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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Montanan Magazine, 1969-2020 University Relations Winter 1-1-2018 Montanan, Winter 2018 University of Montana--Missoula Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/montanan Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation University of Montana--Missoula, "Montanan, Winter 2018" (2018). Montanan Magazine, 1969-2020. 187. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/montanan/187 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the University Relations at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Montanan Magazine, 1969-2020 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA | WINTER 2018 Non-Profit U.S. Postage PAID University of Montana EXPERIENCED. PROFESSIONAL. 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Seth Bodnar Photographic Visions of Holly Andres Proudly serving Missoula and UNIVERSITY western Montana since 1972 CELEBRATES 401 SW Higgins Avenue, Missoula | (406) 543-9798 125 215 Main Street, Polson | (406) 872-2990 YEARS caras-properties.com Cover Winter_2018_ec.indd 5 1/24/18 11:34 AM WINTER 2018 VOLUME 35 // NUMBER 1 PUBLISHER Paula Short ’93 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF John Heaney ’02 (OUTGOING) Cary Shimek DESIGNER Eileen Chontos PHOTO EDITOR Todd Goodrich ’88 EDITORIAL TEAM Andrea Lewis Breanna Roy ’09 Jennifer Sauer ’01 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Allison Franz ’07 EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Courtney Brockman ‘17 ADVISORY BOARD Denise Dowling ’82 Peggy Kuhr ’73 Jed Liston ’82, M.Ed. ’00 Ginny Merriam ’86 Paula Short ’94 Kate Stober Carol Williams ’65 Kurt Wilson ’83 ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Brooke Redpath ’05 406-529-8289 [email protected] Tara Halls 406-529-7796 [email protected] EDITORIAL OFFICES University Relations 103 Brantly Hall University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812-7642 PHOTO BY HOLLY ANDRES HOLLY BY PHOTO 406-243-5914 VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION: $20 WEBSITE: montanan.umt.edu EMAIL: CONTENTS [email protected] UM WEBSITE: www.umt.edu The Montanan is produced by ON THE COVER: DEPARTMENTS University Relations. It is published Seth Bodnar, a West three times a year by the University of Point graduate, Rhodes 3 Letters Montana for its alumni and friends. Scholar, Green Beret and 5 Around The Oval CHANGE OF ADDRESS: 877-UM-ALUMS former GE executive, (877-862-5867) joined UM as its 19th 14 Bookshelf president in January. or [email protected] 29 UM Foundation Impact Report Please allow eight weeks for mailings to PHOTO BY TODD GOODRICH reflect changes. 33 About Alumni 52 Artifacts WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MONTANANMAGAZINE FACEBOOK IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF FACEBOOK INC. PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR MONTANAN Contents_ec.indd 2 1/24/18 11:34 AM 20 33 16 “The way I look through a camera is very much the 24 way that a painter looks at a canvas when they’re composing,” says UM alumna Holly Andres. FEATURES 16 20 24 MONTANAN ONLINE: Mission Accepted UM at 125 The Big Picture Be sure to visit BY NATE SCHWEBER ’01 BY FRITZ NEIGHBOR ’90 BY CORY WALSH '07 montanan.umt.edu New President Seth Bodnar The University celebrates Photographer Holly for more photos and brings passion for service 125 years of academics, Andres cultivates dual exclusive content. and high achievement to achievement and growth. careers in fine art and the University of Montana. high-end editorial worlds. MONTANAN.UMT.EDU MONTANAN WINTER 2018 // 1 Contents_ec.indd 1 1/24/18 11:34 AM Everyday Low Price Guarantee locally owned 2100 South Reserve St | Missoula | (406) 542-7777 | | SleepCity.com Letters_ec.indd 2 1/24/18 11:35 AM // LETTERS A Bugs Bunny mural Everyday Low Price Guarantee is painted on a wall inside a bunker below a U.S. Air Force base. locally owned The painting as done as homage WANTED: to a World War II YOUR OPINIONS bomber crew sas Jeff MacDonald, a The Montanan welcomes CIRE investigator letters to the editor. Please who is pursuing sign and include your his doctorate in graduating year or years of PHOTO COURTESY OF UM CIRE UM OF COURTESY PHOTO anthropology at UM. attendance, home address and phone number or email A SSEERS ASTERS EREE address. I found the mention of a university in the states of and a copy remains at https:// Send them to: Whiteman Air Force Base the bases Montana, North scholarworks.umt.edu/. After Montanan Editor, (Preserve and Protect, and South Dakota, Missouri my discharge from the Air Force, 103 Brantly Hall, Missoula, MT 59812 Spring 2017 Montanan) and and Wyoming. That’s how I my second trip to Missoula or Minuteman missiles interesting. earned my MBA from UM. was from the East Coast for the [email protected]. I was an Air Force Minuteman The University operated Commencement ceremony in II missile launch officer at an extension campus on June 1973. Well-known western Because of space limitations, we are not able to include Malmstrom Air Force Base in Malmstrom Air Force Base, writer Dorothy M. Johnson was all letters sent to us. Letters Great Falls from 1970 through directed by a resident dean, two the guest speaker. may be edited for length or 1972, with many tours of duty or three full-time professors, a During the past few years of clarity. While universities are in the underground launch few part-timers and a librarian. retirement, Ive been reading places of discussion where people do not always agree, capsules. The UM library on the base was books by her, A.B. Guthrie Jr. letters deemed potentially At that time, the Air Force well-stocked. and my favorite, Ivan Doig. libelous or that malign a Institute of Technology I was on the Missoula campus Keep up the good work with person or group will not sponsored free graduate only two times once I drove the magazine. be published. Opinions expressed in the Montanan education programs at the over to the main library to find Sincerely, do not necessarily reflect six Minuteman missile bases. additional information for my ERE S EE A those of the University of The courses were linked to master’s professional paper, Erdenheim, Pennsylvania Montana. The Montanan would like to thank the following people for recently donating to the magazine: Joanne Anderson, George S. McElhinney and Suzanne R. Repasky, Claudia Tidball, David Baker and Rhett Wise. ERES UR R EE RA ERA sports his Griz gear while riding camels on a recent family camping trip in the Mongolian countryside for the 40th birthday of his wife, Mandy. , Mongolia, working as the special operations liaison officer being commissioned from the UM ROTC program.” Also pictured are their sons, Alex and Mason. Congratulations, Brandon! You have won a $50 gift card for The Bookstore at UM. Do you have a photo of yourself wearing Griz gear in an amazing place or while on an incredible adventure? If so, send it along with a brief description to [email protected]. Winners will see their photo published in the Montanan and will receive a $50 gift card to The Bookstore at UM. To be considered, photos must be in focus with the UM or Griz logo clearly visible. 2100 South Reserve St | Missoula | (406) 542-7777 | | SleepCity.com MONTANAN.UMT.EDU MONTANAN WINTER 2018 // 3 Letters_ec.indd 3 1/24/18 11:35 AM ® Follow @umontana on these social media channels to participate in officially licensed product giveaways: Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter. Visit www.umt.edu/getyourgrizon, your online resource that lists brick-and-mortar and online retailers carrying officially licensed University of Montana products. “Look for the label” A portion of proceeds from the sale of officially licensed collegiate product benefits University of Montana programs and community outreach. Be sure to look for the officially licensed collegiate product label on branded UM product to ensure authenticity of the product. 4 // WINTER 2018 MONTANAN Oval_ec.indd 4 1/24/18 2:02 PM NOTABLES // PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE // THE BOTTOM LINE // FACETIME AROUND THE OVAL Bobby’s Second Act HAUCK RETURNS TO LEAD GRIZ FOOTBALL TEAM “BOBBYBALL” IS BACK. everything we do. Coach Hauck’s previous success on the football field at University of Montana Director of Athletics Kent Haslam named UM is well-known, and I expect that will continue. I also expect we will former Grizzly head coach Bobby Hauck as the 37th head football continue to build a culture of hard work, respect and accountability.” coach on Nov. 30. Hauck agreed to a three-year contract, which will Hauck was prolific for Montana in his first stint as head coach, take him through the 2020 season. posting an 80-17 overall record. He also led the Griz to three unbeaten One of the winningest coaches in Grizzly history, the UM alum seasons in Big Sky play and won at least a share of the league title in returns to his native Montana after five seasons as the head coach at the each season he coached. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and three seasons as San Diego State Hauck’s Grizzlies also excelled in the classroom during his tenure. University’s associate head coach and special teams coordinator. UM placed 104 football players on Academic All-Big Sky teams, and “It is an honor and a privilege to be able to come back home football student-athletes also graduated at a higher rate than their to a place that is campus counterparts, so important to including a remarkable me,” Hauck says. 90 percent rate in 2005.