The Magazine of St. Ambrose University | Spring 2018 SCENE ALSO INSIDE: SAU Gets A Great Report Card Leap of Faith Led Alum Across Border 50 YEARS at St. Ambrose of Co-educationCelebrating a Milestone Decision SCENE 10 The Magazine of St. Ambrose University Spring 2018 | Volume XLV | Number 3 Managing Editor Photo credits: SAU Archives, cover, inside front cover; John Mohr Photography, p. 2, Craig DeVrieze ’16 MOL 4–5, 6, 8–9, 10–11, 17–19. Scene is published by the Communications Staf Assistant and Marketing ofce for the alumni, 8 Darcy Duncalf ’12 students, parents, friends, faculty and staf of St. Ambrose University. Its purpose Contributing Writers is to inform and inspire through stories highlighting the many quality people Jane Kettering ’17 and programs that are the essence of Dawn Neuses ’94 St. Ambrose’s distinguished heritage of Rev. George McDaniel ’66 PhD Catholic, values-based education. Circulation is approximately 30,000. Dustin Renwick ’10 St. Ambrose University—independent, 24 Robin Ruetenik ’15 MOL diocesan, and Catholic—enables its students to develop intellectually, Designer spiritually, ethically, socially, artistically 18 and physically to enrich their own lives and Rebecca Harris-Klawon the lives of others. 2 Under the Oaks www.sau.edu/scene St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, Iowa 52803. 8 Who’s SAU: Kris Eitrheim
[email protected] 10 Faculty Profle: Deanna Stoube 12 50 Years Later, Alumnae Making a Diference 16 The History of Women at St. Ambrose 18 A Big Thumbs Up for Computer Sciences 22 Alumni Profle: Franc Contreras 24 Early Alumnae Helped Break Old ‘Habits’ 26 Gift of Giving: Frank Mallerdino 26 Class Notes Paula (Laird) Raney ’72 uses a surveying instrument as one of the frst women engineering students in 1969.