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]4CtJf11 'o Special Report: The art of admissions 9 What tour guides do 12 What alumni can do

1-1 Reunion Weekend 2000

21 Commencement 2000

26 What we learned, by Megan Walsh, '00 "Just as we discover what it means to be students, it's time to leave."

27 Values as verbs, by Charles F. Lauter "In talking about liberal education, we must talk about values."

30 Stories and dreams, by Isabel Allende "Telling stories is the most pervasive vice of the human race. "

J)e1Jll rt111 c11 ts 2 Correspondence

3 Inside Lawrence

32 Sports

38 Alumni Today

56 Lawrence Yesterday

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Showing their colors: Flaunting their Lawrence blue, alumni gather for Reunion 2000 (page 14). Photo by Apple Photography. Correspondence

Unforgivable An inspirat ional teacher "They're at the door! Dr. Knight, Dr. I was appalled that Lawrence Today I was a piano student of Miss Beck, some deans!" As it turned out, printed and George Larsen took it Brainard for about three years and the chaperones had gotten the word upon himself to write the letter about found her to be a most inspirational out about the drawings - Gladys Brainard [Correspondence, teacher. She showed me several and all were amused and delighted Summer 2000]. He should know that incredibly useful finger, hand, and by them. she was more shocked than he and technical exercises that I still use and Years later, at my tenth reunion, said the first thing that came into her validated the value of "pianistic" and I met Dr. Beck and re-introduced head. My first thought is that she beautiful playing. I remember our myself I expected from him, perhaps, could not afford a blouse to go with lessons, which, as those of other stu­ some inquity as to my writing efforts, that black jacket and did the best she dents, were filled with the my teaching career, etc. Instead, could. Salaries were pitifully low at wonderful treat of hearing her play his brow wrinkled, searching his that time. (There wa a depression on, and watching her extraordinarily mem01y: "Beranis? (Pause) Ah, yes! you know.) Also, she supported her strong, yet supple hands caress the (His eyes brightened.) The cartoon­ mother and father for several years. It keys but also with much talk about ist." And his attention turned to was an episode that should never have her reminiscences of the earlier another alum. crossed George's lips; certainly it decades of the century. She imbued Ted Berar1is, '57 should never have been published for me with the feeling that I was Bonita Springs, Florida all of the alumni to read. I have never descended, in practically a direct line, seen anything so derogatory in any from the fabulous pianists of that era. Good words Lawrence publication. Why start with These were great thoughts, which I Kudos for your Summer 2000 issue. I someone of Miss Brainard's stature? kept with me during many hours have been reading Lawrence Today for She is not here to defend herself of practice. 30 years, and this is certainly one of I studied with Miss Brainard for What am I doing? I'm director the very best in terms of content, for­ my bachelor's and master's degrees. of nursing of a psychiatric ho pi tal on mat, production values, etc. My studio was next door to hers for the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I Donald S. Kli11ifelter at lea t ten years. She was eccentric, play the Bayan (Russian accordion) Signal Mountain, Tennessee but she was dedicated to her students in the Washington Balaika Orchestra. and gave unstintingly of her time. She Did my lessons with Miss Brainard More good words was inspiring, exciting, and a good help me play the accordion? You bet! Terrific issue of Lawrence Today friend. She is, also, the best piano Judith L. Meyers, '66 [Spring 2000], in my opinion the best teacher and performer that Lawrence Easton, Maryland since the special issue on Women in has ever had. For this to happen is Science at Lawrence. Starting with unforgivable. Remembering Warren Beck the endowed chairs right there on the Barbara Simmons Webster, C '30, '37 I enjoyed so much Gerry Max's front- the future of outstanding Waupaca, Wisconsin recollections of Professor Warren teaching at Lawrence personified­ Beck [Summer 2000]. Its insights and and moving right through the special In response descriptions were, to my mind, on tribute to Frank Shattuck and all the I agree wholeheartedly with Mrs. the mark. other good stuff, including Fred Webster's conclusion regarding I write to share a humorous Sturn1.'s description of the Jazz Fantasy Gladys Brainard. I would have hoped Beckian anecdote: Camp- oh my, it's impressive. she would agree with me also. This is In 1957, as a theme for our Sig Thanks so much for making this why I was able to write the short Ep spring party, I plastered the ba e­ alum - and I personally know of episode that was included in ment walls with caricatures of faculty several others - feel even more than Lawrence Today. "Gladie" was the in outrageous settings- i.e., Dr. we might have otherwise that the greatest. She will ever be one of my Beck on a motorcycle with Dean college is doing great things and going true heroes. Mary Morton clinging to him; Dr. great guns. George Larsen, C '4 9 Brooks and Dr. Foster having a tea Priscilla Peterson Weaver, C '69 Sister Bay, Wisconsin party, in bed; Dr. Knight and Dean Kenilworth, Illinois Cameron as Olympic weight lifters; Dr. Stewart lecturing, with Einstein taking notes; and so on. The next morning, I was shaken awake by brothers shouting,

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Development program institutions of 18 cents per dollar Former Japanese earns national honor raised. ambassador is Scarff "Our uccess on the fund-raising Lawrence University has been named a front is important not for its own sake," Visiting Professor recipient of a 2000 Circle of Excellence he adds, "but for the extraordinary Takakazu Kuriyama, LL.D. '93, who Educational Fund-Raising Award by impact of philanthropy in making attended Lawrence University in the the Council for the Advancement and Lawrence a great and exciting place." LT mid-1950s and Support ofEducation (CASE) in went on to Washington, D. C. Considered the become Japan's most distinguished honor in the Not one, but two, Ambassador to development profes ion, the award students earn Goldwater the United States, recognizes exceptional fund-raising science scholarships has returned this programs through a comprehensive fall as Stephen analysis of fund-raising data. Two Lawrence University physics Edward Scarff Lawrence was one of only six majors have been named recipients Memorial Visiting private liberal arts institutions in the of a prestigious national academic Kuriyama Professor. During country cited in CASE's "Superior fellowship. the first five Overall Performance" category. Angela Kopp, '01, Tomahawk, weeks of the Fall Term, he i team­ CASE reviews each aspect of a devel­ and Cindy Regal, '01, Duluth, Min­ teaching, with Franklin M. Doeringer, opment program to identify not only nesota, have been awarded $7,500 the Nathan M. Pusey Professor of an upward trajectory in gift income East Asian Studies and profes or of but the breadth of philanthropic history, a course titled The Postwar support and the strength of each japanese-American Relationship. component of a college's advance­ Kuriyama attended Lawrence ment effort. Joining Lawrence among during the 1954-55 academic year as the liberal arts institutional winners a special student in an overseas study were Amherst College, Middlebury program sponsored by the Japanese College, Oberlin College, Smith Foreign Ministry. In addition to his College, and Wellesley College. year as a special student at Lawrence, Gregory Volk, vice-president for Kopp Regal during which he was elected to the development and honorary society Mace, Kuriyama also external affairs, attended Amherst College under the reports that gift scholarships by the Barry M. Goldwater same program. He is a graduate of income to the Scholarship and Excellence in Educa­ the University ofTokyo. college has set tion Foundation. The Goldwater Son of a former justice of japan's new records in cholarship is the country's premier Supreme Court, Kuriyama began a each of the past undergraduate award for students distinguished diplomatic career in three years and pursuing careers in the natural sciences, 1954. Prior to his 1992 appointment giving from pri­ mathematics, and engineering. a Ambassador to the United States, a Volk vate sources has Kopp and Regal were selected position he held until 1996, Kuriyama more than tripled on the basis of strong academic merit served as Vice-Minister for Foreign in the past eight, growing from $5.9 from a field of 1,17 6 non1inees from Affairs, Ambassador to Malaysia, million in 1992 to more than 20 more than 500 colleges and universi­ Director General of the North Amer­ million in fiscal 2000. Lawrence's ties around the country. Some 309 ican Affairs Bureau, and Counselor to alumni donor participation rate of scholarships were awarded for the the Embassy ofJapan in Washington, just over 50 percent ranks it well 2000-2001 academic year. Lawrence, D.C. Since leaving public service, he within the top tier of alumni giving UW-Madison, and UW-Milwaukee has taught courses on international for all colleges and universities in were the only Wiscon in institutions relation at Tokyo's Waseda University. the country. with Goldwater Scholarship recipients. In 1993, he returned to Lawrence At the same time, Volk says, Kopp and Regal become the to receive the honorary degree Doctor Lawrence also boasts an exceptionally fourth and fifth Lawrence students to of Laws at a special convocation, in low cost-per-dollar-raised ratio. For be named Goldwater Scholars in the which he spoke about the importance fiscal year 1999, Lawrence spent just 12-year history of the program. Thi of removing "barriers of ignorance" to six cents per gift dollar, compared is the first time Lawrence has been improve U.S.-Japan relations. to national averages for four-year awarded more than one scholarship in the same year. LT

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The Scarff Memorial Visiting "It's certainly very exciting to in Chinese language in 1989, when a Professorship was established in 1989 bring this kind of tate-of-the-art full-fledged Department of East Asian by Edward and Nancy Scarff in research to Lawrence," Sunm1ers says. Languages and Cultures was estab­ memory of their son, Stephen, a 1975 "The subject is interesting as well as lished. Over the past decade, the Lawrence graduate who died in an relevant, and our students will learn program has grown from a single automobile accident in 1984. It is complex techniques that will be foreign language instructor to a three­ designed to bring public servants, directly applicable to their future person department featuring two professional leaders, and scholars to scientific pursuits. And, there's always language and literature specialists and Lawrence to provide broad perspectives the possibility that some of our deriv­ a historian. As the importance of the on the central issues of the day. L T atives may actually prove to be supe­ Paciflc Rim has begun emerging rior to erythromycin. That's our hope globally, the program has shifted focus anyway." from its initial emphasis on literature Summers receives grant The AREA grant will support toward issues of economic and politi­ for antibiotic research research similar to that Summers con­ cal development. ducted as a molecular biologist in the The addition of the Luce Professor Richard Summer , assistant professor anti-infective research department at will provide Lawrence's East Asian of chemistry, has been awarded a Abbott Laboratories prior to coming program with a specialist in the inter­ $143,763 Academic Research to Lawrence. A member of the faculty relationships between Asian political Enhancement since 1997, Summers earned his bache­ and economic institutions. A ward (AREA) lor's degree in chemistry at Swarthmore The Luce grant is the fifth major by the National College and the Ph.D. in biochemistry award Lawrence has received in Institutes of at Harvard University. L T support of its East Asian program. In Health to investi­ 1989, the Andrew W. Mell on Foun­ gate the produc­ dation made a grant to support the tion of new college's first faculty position in antibiotic deriva­ Luce Foundation Chinese language. That same year, tives. Specifically, funds new a 3M Vision grant underwrote an Summers he will attempt to extensive lecture series that featured create new vari­ professorship in representatives from Fox Valley eties of the antibiotic erythro111ycin by Asian studies companies with operations in the altering its molecular structure Asian Pacific area. through genetic engineering. In 1993, Lawrence was awarded Development of new antibiotic With the help of a major grant from a $142,000 grant from the Chiang derivatives is essential in the fight the Henry Luce Foundation, Ching-kuo Foundation for the intro­ against disease-causing bacteria - Lawrence will establish a new faculty duction of advanced courses in Chi­ which are growing increasingly resis­ position in the political economy of nese language. Most recently, the tant to antibiotic treatments - and to East and Southeast Asia, beginning in college received a $182,000 grant reduce side effects of drugs currently the fall of 2001. from the National Security Education 1n use. The grant, one of only ten Program in 1996 to set up an innova­ Sununers' research, which will be awarded nationally, will provide salary tive three-year program of student carried out over the course of the and benefits for a new professor­ internships with American companies next three years with the help of 9-12 the Luce Assistant Professor of the doing business in hina [Lm11rence Lawrence students, will focus on the Political Economy of Asia - for Today, Fall 1999] . antibiotic-producing bacteria Saccha­ four years. It also includes funds for The Henry Luce Foundation was ropolyspora erythraea. Using recombi­ program activities, such as travel established in 1936 by the late Henry nant DNA techniques, he hopes to opportunities, student intern hips, R. Luce, co-founder and editor-in­ alter the genes in Saccharopolyspora and a lecture series featuring business chief of Time Inc. With assets of erythraea bacteria that are responsible leaders and government specialists $1 billion, the foundation supports for the production of erythromycin, discussing contemporary issues. At programs focusing on American art, an antibiotic that was first developed the end of the four-year grant period, Asia, higher education, public affuirs, in the 1950s. Summers estimates that Lawrence will assume funding for the theology, women and science, and more than 100 new erythromycin position on a permanent basis. Total public policy and the environment. LT derivatives are possible through the value of the grant is expected to manipulation of the antibiotic's basic approach $300,000. + www.lawrence.edu/ dept/ ealc/ molecular structure. Lawrence first offered instruction

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Three new administrators join Lawrence staff Lewis will be responsible for the maintenance of Lawrence's permanent studies and collections a well as the planning and exchange installation of all exhibition . LT programs at the University of + www.lawrence.edu/ acadernics/ Minnesota. He offcampus/ also taught in that www .lawrence. edu/ abou t/ bj ork/ university's students.shtml American studies rogram. www.lawrence.edu/ news/ Seaman Law Lewis P Originally wriston.shtml Gerald Seaman, chair of the from Washington, D.C., Law earned Department of Foreign Languages at his bachelor's degree in American the University of Evansville, has been studies at Georgetown University and Water and worms: named associate dean of the faculty. his grant-supported research Seaman joined the Evansville doctorate in American studies at the by two LU biologists faculty in 1992 as an assistant professor University of Minnesota. of French. He was named department Law will coordinate student B art D e Stasio, chair in 1997 and promoted to the participation in the nearly 30 off­ '82, associate rank of associate professor last year. campus programs Lawrence offers, professor of A Wisconsin native who grew either on its own or through the biology, has been up in Madison, Seaman has been Associated Colleges of the Midwest named a Faculty published in national and international consortium. He also will oversee Fellow in Envi­ journals and was the recipient of a Lawrence's London Center and direct ronmental National Endowment for the Human­ a program of weekend seminars for Science at the ities fellowship in 1994. This past students at Bjorklunden. Marine Biological spring, he was named the recipient of Frank Lewis, an art magazine Bart De Stasio Laboratory in Evansville's Mortar Board Professor editor and long-time art educator, has Woods Hole, of the Year award. been named director of exhibitions Massachusetts, He earned his bachelor's degree and curator of the Wriston Art Center. for the 2000-01 in political science, international Lewis founded Art Muscle maga­ academic year. studie , and French at the University zine in 1986 and served as first editor B eth D e Stasio , ofWisconsin-Madison and master's of the former bimonthly publication. ' 83 , associate and Ph.D. degrees in French literature Since 1992 he has been editor of professor of biol­ at Stanford University. Metalsmith, a magazine devoted to ogy and the As associate dean, Seaman's areas artworks in metal. He previously Raymond H. of responsibility will include faculty served as Wisconsin editor of The Beth De Stasio Herzog Professor mentoring and development, grant New Art Examiner and wrote more of Science, has support, and instructional technology. than 120 reviews as an art critic for been awarded a $66,700 National He will coordinate the Sexual Harass­ the Milwaukee Sentinel from 1982-90. Science Foundation Professor Oppor­ ment and Assault Resource Board and A specialist in modern art and tunity for Women in Research and chair the Committee on Instruction. contemporary theory and criticism, Education (POWRE) grant and is Andrew Law, who has more Lewis served as acting director of the spending the year at the Massachusetts than ten years experience in study­ UW-Milwaukee Art Museum in 1996 Institute of Technology in Boston. abroad programs and international and was associate curator of exhibi­ A specialist in aquatic biology education, has been appointed director tions at the Kohler Arts Center in and predator-prey interactions, Bart of international and off-campus Sheboygan from 1989-90. De Stasio is utilizing the MEL's programs. He earned his bachelor's degree resource to continue his research on Law is currently working as an in literature at Emory and Henry the impact of global warming on zoo­ independent consultant and researcher College and a master's degree in art plankton populations, examining how in Minneapolis after spending two history at the University of Chicago, changes in those populations can have years as the coordinator of off-campus where he currently is pursuing a an impact on entire aquatic ecosys­ study at Macalester College. Prior to doctorate. tems, including water clarity, algae that, he spent six years in the foreign As Wriston Art Center curator, concentrations, and fish survival rates.

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His research focuses on the upper heat influence stops." one art course a year for the next limits of zooplankton collected from Case has played her role in several years. lakes located in arctic, north temper­ shaping eternity through her close "Lawrence changed my life," ate, and ubtropical zones to assess the collaboration with the nearly 50 art Case says. "It was the best thing that consequences of climate change over education majors who have left ever happened to me." a broad geographic range. Lawrence during her watch on their At MIT, Beth De Stasio is using way to classrooms - from kinder­ Fred Gaines her POWRE grant to further investi­ garten to high-school - around the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega gate the role of myosin, a major world. once said, "all muscle protein, in the assembly of ''I'm so proud of our art educa­ one needs in muscles. Using a small roundworm, tors," she says . "In the long run, order to do the­ C. elegans, as a model system, she they're the ones who really make all atre is three studies the role the enzymatic portion the difference." boards, two of myosin plays during the develop­ Mter spending 21 years on the actors, and a ment and assembly of various muscle front lines of art education in subur­ passion." For 23 subunits. ban Chicago schools, Case relocated years, Fred Gaines She also is continuing additional, to Appleton in 1980 and joined the provided an but separate, genetic research on how art department faculty that fall. Not Gaines abundance of nerves and muscles "talk" to each long after, she began lobbying the passion for the other, attempting to determine which administration to incorporate comput­ boards of Cloak genes and gene products are needed ers into the art curriculum. In 1987, and Stansbury Theatres. to produce functioning muscle, with the help of an early-generation His campus arrival in the fall research that is supported by a three­ personal commuter, the Commodore of 1977 came without the typical year, $108,000 grant from the Amiga, Case began teaching her first credentials of a teacher and was fully National Institutes of Health. computer-assisted art class. The course intended to be short-lived. While Including her recent NSF and has been a staple of the studio art scratching out a living as a freelance NIH funding, Beth De Stasio has curriculum ever since. writer and director on a small farm in been awarded four major research "I saw it not as a luxury but as western Wisconsin, Gaines heard of grants since 1993, totaling nearly a tool that would make a difference an opening in Lawrence's theatre 694,000. LT in art forever," Case says. "Your department through a chance meeting hands never get dirty, there's nothing in Minneapolis with David Ball, a to clean up, but you still do have one-time LU theatre professor who frustration." also had once directed one of Gaines' Case, Gaines, An accomplished artist herself plays. The opportunity not only who profe ses drawing as her greatest piqued Gaines' interest, it turned out Lauter retire love ("The rhythm that can be to be a springboard to a career as an created with a pencil. The line means educator and mentor. everything to me."), her works have "I certainly didn't come here as a Alice King Case been showcased in national juried and teacher. My assumption was this The small plaque on the bookshelf in invitational exhibitions in more than would be a very temporary thing," Alice King Case's 30 galleries. Among her many recalls Gaines, who was named to the subterranean creations have been several compact James G. and Ethel M. Barber Profes­ Wriston Art disc covers for Lawrence Conservatory sorship in Theatre and Drama in Center office has ensemble recordings. 1987. "I just wanted to earn enough been a reliable Case's short-term future includes money to get some bills paid and get source of inspira­ a two-month stay this fall in Johnson, back on my feet." tion during her Vermont, enjoying the second ofher Gaines' love of language and 20 years as direc­ two Artist-in-Residency grants to the enthusiasm for performance overcame tor of Lawrence's Vermont Studio Center, one of the any pedagogical shortcomings. He art education pro­ Case country's leading creative communi­ quickly discovered that working with gram and lecturer ties for working artists. She intends to students was an energizing experi­ in studio art. remain creatively busy in her Apple­ ence. For a petformance of his play, Throughout the years, she has taken ton studio on College Avenue as well The Blue Angel, Gaines transformed to heart its message: "A teacher affects and will stay tenaciously tethered to the Memorial Union Coffeehouse eternity. You never know where the her beloved art educators by teaching into a German cabaret in order to, as

6 Fall 2000 Inside LatPrence I've always tried to treat students as through when they decide to go into ing and career planning to off-campus young professionals, the arts," Gaines says with the wisdom study options and multicultural and give them the of the ultimate insider. "I've always programming, Lauter has been an tried to treat students as equals, as energetic promoter of new cultures respect they want as young professionals, and give them and experiences, a compassionate young artists. the respect they want as young artists. listener, an enthusiastic collaborator, "It's been an honor to teach at a trusted friend. -Fred Gaines Lawrence. There really is a sense of In recognition of his conunit­ family at a place like this. I don't have ment to students, Lauter received the he proudly says, "put theatre right in ex-students, I have friends. What I'll Mrs. H. K. Babcock Award for Service the middle of student life." Another take away from Lawrence are the to Students on five occasions and at time he conducted a non-traditional friendships I've made." this spring's Honors Convocation was casting call for his play, The Greeks, Gaines won't be taking those the recipient of the Mortar Board by patrolling the hallways of the Phi friendships very far away. He intends Honoraty Award for "dedicating so Delta Theta fraternity house in search to still make his home in Appleton, much of his life to students and their of hulking football players to play where his near-term plans call for fre­ academic pursuits ... and who selflessly several "beefy" roles. quent late-night rendezvous with his gives to others." He was instrumental in securing basement typewriter, working on Among his lasting legacies is the the talents of members of the Royal some long put-off writing projects. leadership role he played in the cre­ Shakespeare Company of London for "I don't think of this as a divorce," ation of the college's early community a campus visit in the mid-1980s, an Gaines says of his retirement. "Don't service programs, which grew into experience that once included a be surprised if I'm back doing things the highly successful Volunteer and tongue-lashing from pre-"Star Trek"­ at Lawrence on a small scale." Community Service Center, and in fame company member Patrick launching the signature student semi­ Stewart. That one-time visit has since Chuck Lauter nars at Bjorklunden. become nearly an annual treat. During his 31-year tenure at "The seminars have added such While honing his classroom skills, Lawrence, Chuck vitality, I only wish they had been Gaines never abandoned his first love: Lauter has gone here for students years ago," he says. writing. He has written a play or through four His activities and activism have more every year, and works from his different sets of not been confined within the campus portfolio of nearly 80 plays have been business cards to borders. He helped the city of Apple­ petform_ed on stages throughout the acconunodate his ton initiate a sister-city relationship country, including Minneapolis' ever-evolving job with Kurgan, Russia, that eventually Guthrie Theater, New York's Ellen titles. But, led to Lawrence's own student Stewart Theatre, and the Cleveland whether it was exchange program with the Kurgan Institute of Music, earning Guggen­ his first - dean State University. Although his Russ­ Lauter heim, Fulbright, and Eugene O 'Neill of student affairs ian is limited, Lauter will combine his fellowships in playwriting. He has - or his latest - loves of experiential learning and directed more than 70 productions, dean of off-campus programs and international travel by visiting Kurgan acted in dozens more, written a pair international student advisor - a next spring to teach a class modeled of series for public television, and common thread woven through all after Lawrence's Freshman Studies. penned several movie scripts, each of of his positions has been his close "My connections to Lawrence which he's still eagerly waiting to see association with students. students have been marvelous. They turned into cinematic productions. For his first eight years in Appleton have made my work infinitely easier "I've always wanted to be success­ after arriving in 1969 from Wesleyan and a constant joy," reminisces Lauter ful, but I never wanted to be on the University, Lauter invited a Lawrence from his second-floor office in Inter­ 'Tonight Show,"' he says. student to live with his young family national House. "They come here Perhaps his biggest success is in their on-campus residence. Those from good families. In 31 years, the reflected in the impressive number of students became like members of his number of students I had serious students he's nurtured through the own family, but the entire Lawrence doubts about I can count on one Music-Drama Center who have gone student body was always treated by hand. Many of them have become on to careers as playwrights, television Lauter as part of one big extended lifelong friends, and many of their writers, animators, directors, and family. parents have become great friends actors. Working closely with students on as well." RP "I know what the kids are going matters ranging from academic advis-

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Faculty revises general Under the new GED require­ Competency requirements stipulate education requirements ments, students will be expected to that four courses be selected that complete cour e work within three improve and reinforce those funda­ Mter a long and exhaustive review of broad categories: mental abilities central to a liberal arts the general education expec- Distribution requirements stipulate education - courses designated as tations Lawrence has for its writing intensive, students, the faculty of the speaking intensive, college voted on May 12 to emphasizing mathematical adopt a revised set of general reasoning or quantitative education (GED) require­ analysis, and involving ments. The new requirements proficiency in a foreign will go into effect during the language. 2001-2002 academic year and apply to the Class of 2005 . One characteristic The general education of the new GED component of a Lawrence requirements, according education is designed to to Dean of the Faculty ensure that students "gain Brian Rosenberg, is that familiarity with the principal they "build more explic­ academic disciplines and with itly upon the most the modes of thought and identifiable, distinctive, expression appropriate to and long-standing com­ each." ponent of our general In seeking to instill a education curriculum, breadth of knowledge and Freshman Studies." The promote exposure to a wide emphasis on writing and range of subject matters and speaking skills articulated intellectual approaches, the in Freshman Studies is Lawrence curriculum requires continued, and the that approximately one-third inclusion of the voices of non-Western and under­ of a student's course work Megan Peeters, '02, and Terra Winston, '01, in the Lincoln Reading Room of the leading to a bachelor's degree Seeley G. Mudd Library represented cultures is be in general education. expanded. "Our goal is The impetus for this for Freshman Studies to year's review and reaffirmation of the that seven course credits must be become not an isolated stop at the start GED requirements was derived from completed from. among the general of a student's career but much more the fact that the previous require­ divisions of the college, with courses clearly the foundation of a subsequent ments had been in place for 15 years, divided among the humanities, fine course of study," Rosenberg says. since 1985. Since then, not only have arts, social sciences, and natural The new requirements also the boundaries of various disciplines sc1ences. encourage pedagogical and curricular changed or evolved, but there has Diversity requirements, which innovation, the dean says, "by creat­ been noticeable growth in the num­ encourage students to become better ing space in our general education ber of interdisciplinary or cross-disci­ prepared for a more interconnected curriculum for new courses, programs, plinary areas of study that have been world and a more diverse America, and ideas - for courses that focus added to the curriculum. require that students take at least one intensively on writing, speaking, and In revisiting the requirements, course that either emphasizes global quantitative reasoning; for team­ the faculty sought to ensure that the perspectives or focuses on an area taught interdisciplinary courses; and principle of a broad general education outside ofEurope and the United for courses on subjects or cultures for all Lawrence students continues States, and one that explores dimen­ or areas of the world previously to be adequately reflected in the sions of diversity that are of particular neglected." SB course work students are expected to importance in understanding contem­ complete before they graduate. porary society in the United States.

8 Fall 2000 By Joan Krush Assistant director of admissions

On any given day you are likely to find a Conservatory ofMusic, high school student, a £1mily, and an English major must or a large group of both being learn his or her way around the escorted around the campus by a current natural science classrooms and laboratories student carrying a very large ring of keys. An important - of Y oungchild Hall or Science Hall. arguably the most important - component of the time a Tour guides must be committed to making the campus prospective student spends on a campus visit is the guided tour. visit a truly positive experience for each prospective student. The Lawrence students who conduct those tours play an inte­ New tour guides participate in a fairly extensive training series gral role in the experience a prospective student has when he before they give tours to prospective students and their families. or she visits campus and are an important, if sometimes "Without a doubt, the best part of my job in admissions unsung, part of the recruitment process. is supervising the tour guides. They are a fun, bright, witty The tour guides - called Star Key Am.bassadors - con1e group," says Ross. "It's great to work with a group of people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences; yet each who are genuinely interested in the mission of the admissions attempts to convey and describe the campus atmosphere for office. They all care a lot about Lawrence University, and I every student they meet, regardless of that student's interests think that they enjoy showing off Lawrence to prospective and background. students and their families." "The prospective student's visit to campus is the single There is a distinct connection the tour guide makes with event with the greatest potential to influence his or her college students and their families while they are on campus for such choice," says Tricia Ross, assistant director of admissions and a short time. Not only is this connection evident in the Star Key Ambassador advisor. Tour guides are re ponsible for recruitment of students, but it also keeps the admissions office being knowledgeable, friendly, and, of course, enthusiastic connected to campus. Ross says, "I know that the contacts [ about Lawrence, she adds, because often the tour guide have with the tour guides keep me in becomes the most memorable aspect of a prospective student's touch with the campus and make me a first look at Lawrence. better admissions counselor. I'm just so Potential tour guides are nominated by their peers and much more aware of what's happening recommended by faculty and staff members. Students choos­ because of them." LT ing to apply must participate in an interview and be selected to join the 25-30 student tour-guide group. ]om1 Krush, a graduate of the University of "We are looking for articulate students who have warm, South Dakota, received a master's degree in welcoming personalities," Ro s says. "We like to have a lot of student development in postsecondary educa­ diversity in the tour guide group, as far as the types of tion from the University of Iowa in 1999. extracurricular involvement, majors, hometowns, etc." This Bifore coming to Lawrence she was assistant director of admissions diversity contributes to the effectiveness of the group and the at Dakota Wesleyan University. individual, she notes, but, besides having individual interests, each tour guide must be well-grounded in the Lawrence • www.lawrence.edu/ admissions/visit/ basics. A biology major must learn something about the

Lawrence Today 9 Walking backwards:

Admissions tour guides, clockwise from top left: Brian Branchford, '01, Tom Schiffler, '00, Mark Smerek, '00, Vanessa Curtis, '00, Laura Knutson, '00, and Jenny Kapalenski, '00

10 Fall 2000 Star Key Ambassadors play an important role in the recruitment offuture Lawrence students. We asked a few to tell us what nwde them interested in becoming a tour guide, what they want students and families to remember about their tours, what q11estions they are asked, what (if anything) is the craziest /funniest thing that's happened to them 011 a tour, and 111/wt they enjoy about being tour guides.

hen I give tours, I try to find some­ Parents usually ask about Greek life. Whenever I give a tour thing interesting and funny to say and on a fraternity theme day, I always get a few odd glances to make the tour original, interesting, from the parents and prospectives, wondering if people and hard to forget. I usually get asked dress up in di co apparel or togas every Friday. I really enjoy about class size, student/ professor telling prospective students how much is possible at ratios, and food and dorm life. I try to Lawrence, whether it's independent research projects, off­ remember the stat1st1cs about campus programs, or athletics. I think Lawrence ha a lot Lawrence and give them a realistic and honest opinion. to offer. Craziness? Once I was giving a tour to a junior girl and - Peter Levi, '01 her mother. It was an afternoon tour, and when we got to the Watertown., Wisconsin Coffeehouse, I heard a guy there yell to the girl, asking her Biology and internatio11.al studies what the heck she was doing at Lawrence. Apparently they Cross country, track were old sweethearts and had lo t touch with each other about six months before. They were very happy to see each other. I just stood there looking very confused until they explained it I really love Lawrence, and I want to share how wonderful to me. it is with all the prospective students. I also really like to - Charles Erickson, '03 meet people, and it's fun to see who might be coming into Iron Mountain, Michigan our community. I want students to remember that Lawrence Choral/Genera/music education and is more than just a place to learn: it' a community of diverse Spanish education with ESL training people. And it's really fun to be here. l also think that the neat little facts are cool. Everyone can tell you about acade­ mics and sports, but what about the cool stuff like the coin I enjoy meeting people who have nothing in common with collection? I love meeting the people and seeing how differ­ n~e - it makes for some great conversations! I suspect my ent parents and prospective students react to different things. tour participants leave here saying, "Gee, that guy was kind Families ask about alcohol use on campus, how the residence of funny." I once had a prospective student spend five halls are set up, and about my personal experiences as a minutes talking to a friend on her cell phone during the student. The craziest thing I've done on tour: I took a tour middle of one of my tours- that's pretty crazy. to the bathroom once in the Rec Center because I had to -Eric Martin, '01 go really badly. So did a couple of others on the tour, so it Walworth, Wisconsin was ok! I've given a couple of tours backwards, and I get Biology completely lost in Y oungchild. Once, one of the families I Cross country, track took on tour sent me four dozen cookies. That was totally the coolest thing ever! -Annie Staby, '01 I want prospective students to remember that I told them the Plymouth, Minnesota truth about how I see Lawrence - and that I was friendly Psychology and violin peiformance and welcoming. Some families ask about what people do on the weekends; I tell them that most of us stay on campus LT because there are parties and other things to do. I also tell them that this is what I wanted in a college, that I didn't want to go to a school where everyone left all the time. -Jamie Lee, '02 Northfield, Minnesota Studio art

Lawrence Today 11 Above, Michael Thorp, director of admissions, Kate Murdock, director of conservatory admissions, and Steve Syverson, dean of admissions and financial aid Peo eta ki 0 e le Who is Lawrence's best hope for attracting good students? Look in a mirror.

By Gordo11 Brown

Practitioners of the craft - or it is the art - of college On the other hand, Syvcr on says, "admission offices are admissions are beset on all sides, says Steven T. Syverson, inundated with another set of consultants, the ones who are dean of admissions and financial aid, by tho e who would going to solve our enrollment problems and tell us all the great like to turn it into the busines of adm.issions. ways to attract students. On the one hand, he says, you have the companies, "What is interesting is, you look at both sides of this assisted by the media, that are telling prospective students and melee and say, 'Wait a minute. If it's so hard getting into col­ their parents that getting into college is so overwhelming an lege, are colleges really having such a hard time recruiting? undertaking that they can't do it on their own. Why should there be businesses on both sides of the equa­ "These are the people who are saying to families, 'You tion?" need our help to get in. You'll take the tests better if you take Obviously, the firms that counsel students and parents on our test-preparation classes, you 'lJ write the essay better if you the seeming intricacies of the ystem are there because there is read our book of essays that got omeone into an Ivy League a market for their services; families have bought into the school; you can't possibly weave your way through the admis­ notion that getting into the right college i made easier - or sions process just as a normal human being, you need someone even made po sible - by having an ally, a source of trade counseling with you.' secrets, insider information, and canny advice. Conversely, the "As a result," he says, "you have people deeply involved consultant firms that rent their expertise in enrollment man­ in the process who aren't high-school counselor and are not agement, market research, strategic planning, and other arcane college admissions officers, and, potentia!Jy, you have an arts to admissions offices have convinced many college that almost-antagonistic relationship between families and colleges. they need a secret weapon, too. There is a sense of gamesmanship; you play the game the right In the mist of all of this, Dean Syverson says, with empha­ way, and you'll get into the right college." sis, Lawrence has its own not-so-secret weapon: you.

12 Fall 2000 "Ultimately, colleges like Lawrence are going to live or Lawrence, that happens to be tme, and it is true in ways that die based on word of mouth. We don't do things that gain us go profoundly beyond a low student/faculty ratio and a small a great deal of national visibility - our football games aren't campus population, but it is one of a number of positive fea­ on network television, we don't go to the Rose Bowl, we tures that "everybody has" and everybody talks about. aren't written about regularly in The New York Times- so we The Office of Admissions builds its case for the Lawrence really count on alumni and counselors and individual people Difference around other distinguishing characteristics of the talking to other individual people." college, of which there are many. For your reference as alumni In Lawrence's case, it is not really a question of success or going forth to witness for Lawrence, here are five answers to failure, of live or die; the college has had a 35 percent increase the question, "What is the Lawrence Difference?" There are in the total number of applications over the past few years. others - and you no doubt have your own choices - but "We have some movement in the right direction," Syverson these are among the first things that could be mentioned: notes, "and not all colleges have." Which, in a sense, means that Lawrence is swimming t Freshman Studies: Few colleges and universities have a against the demographic trends. Although the number of high first-year requirement as stimulating and intellectually potent school graduates is rising, notes Director of Admissions as Freshman Studies at Lawrence. Michael Thorp, the number of high school graduates going on to college has declined slightly the past couple of year . t Independent Study : More than 90 percent of Lawrence In the course of recruiting the Class of 2004, Lawrence students work one-on-one with a faculty member- partic­ received its largest number of applications ever, 1 ,580, and ipating in an independent study, studying in a studio, assist­ offered admission to approximately 72 percent of them. Also ing with faculty research, or co-authoring papers for publi­ contrary to national trends, this year's freshman class is 46 per­ cation in profes ional journals. cent male, up from 42 percent two years ago. Numbers alone are not the goal, of course. For Lawrence, t Conservatory of Music: Lawrence is one of only a hand­ a larger applicant pool offers the opportunity of greater selec­ ful of nationally recognized colleges of the liberal arts and tivity, of choosing not just for quantity but for quality. Move­ sciences with conservatories of music devoted exclusively to ment in that direction is positive as well. the education of undergraduates. In fact, Thorp says, "When alumni look around their neighborhoods and schools and friends for prospective students t Bjorklunden: Lawrence's 400-acre estate on Lake Michigan to recommend to Lawrence, we want them to remember that provides a unique setting for academic study and enrich­ the college is more selective than it might once have been. We ment, including a distinctive Student Seminar program. truly do want them to put us in touch with the best students they know." t Honor Code: The Honor Code fosters an environment To do that, you will want to be able to articulate for those that encourages achievement, nurtures honesty, and values students that "Lawrence Difference" that everyone talks about cooperation and collaboration over competition. but not everyone can explain. Defining the Lawrence Difference is almost as difficult as Go now and spread the word. And remember, when it's it is easy - anyone with even the lightest knowledge of all said and done, as alumni, you are the Lawrence Difference. Lawrence University is likely to have an answer. Some answers LT are traditional, some are anecdotal, and some are even nutri­ tional (i.e., the Zucchini Oatmeal Bake erved at Downer Commons). And, interestingly enough, all are, to some degree Over 900 alumni, in almost all 50 states, have volunteered to or another, correct. represent Lawrence at college fairs, phone prospective students, The principal Lawrence Difference, of course, is attend or host receptions, "adopt" local high schools, or conduct Lawrence people. Alumni testify, again and again, that the interviews. If you would like to join in this effort, please call Monita most lasting, most important, more cherished part of their Mohammadian, assistant director of admissions and Alumni Lawrence education derives from the close contact between Admissions Volunteer Program coordinator at 888-556-3954. If students and professors; in the individual attention given to you already know of a high school student you would like to students by their teachers; and in the friendships, collabora­ recommend to Lawrence, a postage-paid card for that purpose ts tions, and personal relationships formed between faculty mem­ provided in this magazine. bers and students and between students and students - con­ nections that frequently last a lifetime. + http:/ /www.lawrence.edu/admissions/ In the admissions game, unfortunately, that card is taken out of play by the fact that nearly all small colleges proudly say the same thing. Breathes there a school with soul so dead that never to prospective students hath said: "We are small and inti­ mate and foster deep personal relationships"? In the case of

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14 Fall 2000 Eight alumni are honored for achievement and service

The members of the Nominations and Her first academic appointment Awards Committee of the Alumni came in 1988 as an instructor at Harvard Association Board of Directors work Medical School and senior assistant in hard at their job, and they're good at it. medicine (hematology-oncology) at The selection of alumni to receive the Oinauer Hartoonian Children's Hospital. She was promoted awards presented at a special convoca­ to assistant professor at Harvard in 1990. tion during Reunion Weekend is a Joining Indiana's School of Medi­ careful and virtually unending process of cine in 1991 as associate professor of identification, research, and delibera­ pediatrics, he has risen through the aca­ tion; finding the people who best fulfill demic ranks, adding an appointment as the standards for each award is an oblig­ associate professor of medical and mole­ ation the committee members take very cular genetics in 1992 and being pro­ seriously. moted to full professor in 1997. Each year the Alumni Association Appointment to the Letzer chair came in presents awards to alumni who have Sackett Spil/e 1998. distinguished themselves in their chosen Paralleling those academic positions professions, performed exemplary service to were hospital appointments at the Dana­ society, or given generously of their time and energy as vol­ Farber Cancer Institute, Children's Hospital, and the James unteers for Lawrence. On June 17, the Association honored Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University. these eight individuals: She has been described by a colleague as "a stellar clini­ cian ... superb teacher. .. excellent lecturer, and a perfect role Professional achievement model for clinicians and researchers." Dr. Mary Dinauer, '75; H. Michael Hartoonian,'60; Dr. Michael Hartoonian has been called "Mr. Social Stud­ David Sackett, '56; and Henry A. Spille, '54, received the ies" and "a teacher's teacher" and is acknowledged to be one Lucia R. Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award in of the most influential social studies educators in the country. recognition of outstanding contributions and accomplish­ He has taught, lectured, and served as an education, busi­ ments in their respective fields. ness, and government consultant throughout the United Mary Dinauer is the Nora Letzer Professor of Pediatrics States, Central America, Asia, and Europe. In addition, he has and Medical and Molecular Genetics at Indiana University been a classroom teacher, university professor, state content School of Medicine. One of the country's most successful supervisor, school administrator, and policy advisor, not to researchers in pediatric hematology I oncology, she is consid­ mention a Fulbright Scholar in Africa, a member of the ered a leading authority on the molecular biology of chronic National Humanities Faculty, president of the National Council granulomatous disea e (CGD), a rare, often devastating, and for Social Studies, and author of over 50 articles in the most sometimes fatal disease of children. respected journals. Graduated from Lawrence in 1975 summa cum laude, she His research interests and the topics of his books include went on to earn the Ph.D. in biochemistry and the M.D. social studies education, U.S. history, international relations, degree with honors from the University of Chicago and did curriculum integration, teacher education, the development of her internship and residency at the University of California, thinking and reasoning in children, democratic capitalism, San Francisco, where in 1984-85 she was chief resident in civic virtue, and citizenship. pediatrics. She also held a three-year fellowship in pediatric Professor of education at the University of Minnesota hematology I oncology at Children's Hospital in Boston. since 1997, Hartoonian is a former supervisor of ocial studies

Lawrence Today 15 education for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruc­ among Europe's most prestigious doctors." tion. While at the DPI, he wrote the Guide to Curriculum Plan­ Now back at home in Markdale, Ontario, Sackett ning in Social Studies, which has become a national model for recently has been associated with a series of articles about the elementary and secondary schools. accuracy of certain components of the patient history and Graduated from Lawrence with a bachelor's degree in physical examination. In addition to his contributions as a clin­ economics and mathematics, he subsequently earned a master's ician and educator, he also has been involved in major clinical degree in history and education and the doctorate in curriculum trials; his work in helping to codify the evaluation of clinical and instruction, both from the University of Wisconsin­ evidence resulted in a classic textbook. Madison. Before joining the University of Minnesota faculty As long-time vice-president of the American Council on in 1997, he served as professor of education and liberal studies Education and director of its Center for Adult Learning and in the graduate school of Hamline University and as director Educational Credentials, Henry Spille is closely identified of graduate programs in democratic capitalism and active with the General Education Diploma (GED) program, espe­ citizenship. cially for his role in standardizing the GED test and the award­ Widely regarded as the originator of evidence-based ing of diplomas and degrees in all states and in the military. For medicine, David Sackett pioneered a way of thinking about the latter effort he received the Tilton Davis, Jr., Military clinical practice that has evolved into an international movement. Educator of the Year Award and the Department of Defense As one of his colleagues has commented, "Some physicians Medal for Distinguished Public Service. A native ofJacksonport, Wisconsin, after graduating from Lawrence he earned a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and then served for eight years in the Sturgeon Bay High School as English teacher, coach, and counselor. He joined the UW-Fox Valley Center in 1966 as director of student services and moved to UW-Green Bay three years later as assistant dean of the colleges and director of the Academic Assistance Program. He joined the ACE staff in 1974. A frequent speaker at commencements, national and regional education conferences, and state and federal legislative hearings, he is co-author of Diploma Mills: Degrees of Fraud (1988) and External Degrees in the Information Age: Legitimate Choices (1997). He has been honored with the American Asso­ ciation of Adult and Continuing Education's President's Hess, Hafner Award for Exceptional and lm1ovative Leadership and with selection as a fellow of the Royal Society for the Encourage­ discover a cure for a disease. Others change the way that ment of Art , Manufactures, and Commerce in the United physicians think about the fundamentals of clinical practice. Kingdom. Dr. Sackett is among the select few in the second category." After graduating from Lawrence with honors, he earned Service to society B.Sc. and M.D. degree from the University oflllinois College A. Jack Hafi1er, '50, and Jeanette Schmidt Hess, M-D '60, of Medicine, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the received the 2000 George B. Walter Service to Society National Institutes of Health and an M.Sc. degree in epidemi­ Award. Established in 1997 in honor of the late George ology from the Harvard School of Public Health. In 1967 he Walter, '36, a Lawrence education professor from 1946-75, joined the Faculty of Medicine at McMaster University in the award recognizes contributions to socially useful ends in Hamilton, Ontario, where he founded the Department of the community. Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and, by 1994, had At age 55, Jack H afner left an established career as a become a full professor and head of the Division of General clinical psychologist and university professor to become direc­ Internal Medicine. In that year he moved to England to tor of a mental health clinic in the Chippewa Health Center become professor of clinical epidemiology in the Nuffield in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. Department of Clinical Medicine at Oxford University. During a seven-year tenure at the Family Resource Center, Dr. Muir Gray, director of research and development at he developed programs for people of all ages and wrote grant Oxford, said Sackett's arrival in England resulted in a "refor­ proposals eventually totaling some $4 million. He was princi­ mation of medical practice. He has made a major impact on pal author of the Family Circles Program that received a major medical care and education ... many people would put him five-year grant from the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention continued on page 19

16 Fall 2000 Golden Classes: Front row (from left) Georgina Mitchell Johnson, '42, Murna Wickert Class of 1945 (55th Reunion) : Front row (from left) Mary Wood Weller, '27, Lauretta E. Schultz, '33, Mary Kreiss Miles, '30, Betty Jane Kloehn, '38. Small, Pamelia Anderson Henriksen, Nancy Rose Mellem. Second Second row Robert C. Wood, '49, Shirley Fox Cuff, '45, Dolores Horrig Laake, '45. row Louis D. Traas, JoAnn Kasper Conlan, Betty Fountain Lane, Third row Frank F. Mulkey, '38, Robert J. Osen, '43, Edwin R. Shannon, '39. Jane Brown Marich.

Class of 1940 (60th Reunion) : Front row (from left) Dorothy Martin Cole, Mary Young MacDonald, Geraldine Seitz Leiser, Ruthellen Pelton Sanders, Mary White Stroebe, Rosemary Mull Laird. Second row H. Woodrow Ohlsen, Stanley C. Cole, A. James Whitford, Robert H. Leverenz, Ruth Class of 1935 (65th Reunion): Front row Clare Ragland Reineck, Geraldine Dillon Shannon. Patterson Hutto. Second row (from left) Lloyd M. Delsart, Anita Cast Reichard, Helen Cornell Cartwright.

Class of 1950 (50th Reunion): Front row (from left) Rosemary Meinert St. Aubin, Lois Deschler Krueger, Ann Cox Otzen, Barbara Morris MacNaughton, Virginia Scott Heinemann, Joan Queenan McClellan, Marijean Meisner Flam, Jean l ei Gray, Rosalie Keller Griesse, Joanne Hamilton Herold, Paul A. Pavlock, Lois Mereness Throne-Martin, Elizabeth Forster Glidden. Second row Sue Cooley Jansen, A. Jack Hafner, Delores Long Jensen, Angelo F. Greco, Harvey M. Kuester, Earl W. Berry, Joseph M. Kortenhof, Donald W. Brown, Mary Lamers Grist. Third row Marieta DeNy Scherer, Roger L. Hackbarth, Carl W. Laumann, Jane McNamara Mcintyre, Lawrence S. Potter, Martin J. Spalding, William E. Beringer, C. William Herold, Curtis L. Scherer, Jean Radtke Peotter, Anne Lackie Andersen, Sara Denman Drake, Marjorie Bliese Gluckstein. Fourth row James M. Auer, Barbara Mosher Nelson, George W. McClellan, William R. Thompson, Donald E. Jones, John W. Schneck, DonaldS. Koskinen, Thomas B. McKenzie, I. Richard Roberts, Herman L. Kloppmann. Fifth row Lawrence J. Futchik, David Knickel, Paul F. Wilber, Donald F. Jabas, Charles R. Knoedler, F. James Grist.

Lawrence Today 17 Class of 1960 (40th Reun ion): Front row (from left) Lois Bachmann Polzin, Karla Struck Tobar, Nancy Shepherd Schloemer, Linda Ohlander Jessen, Dorothy Lawrence Miller, Helen Buscher Franke. Second row Marilyn Low Schmitt, Charlotte Carpenter Brokaw, Margaret /ten Murphy, Lynn Walter Scott, Virginia Netz Schumann, Haldan W. Lindfelt, Judith Larsen Jentzen, Judith A. Matthews, Robert R. Polzin. Third row Donald R. Niemi, Jack H. Morris, Charles W. Scruggs, Louise Putnam Pate, Kathleen Karst Larson, Elizabeth McNeil Haeberle, Anita Hansen Kopplin, Joyce Ward Fox, Donna Ruf Van Allmen, Gail Meier Reiman. Fourth row J. Thomas Hurvis, Gilbert W. Sutherland, JoAnn Staab Schmidt, Joan Paddock Steck, David B. Langhaug. Fifth row Robert A. Bishop, Richard K. Ramsey, David C. Hackworthy Gretchen Hildner Bearce, Nancy Wissmiller Moland, Myrna Rongsted Manz, Hannah Gale Pinkerton, Mark H. Rodman, Penelope Kegei-Fiom, Theodore L. Steck, Kenneth E. Haeberle. Sixth row Leonard G. Hall, James M. Keldsen, Arthur E. von Plachecki, John W. Cooper, Ronald H. Traver, Tad B. Pinkerton, R. Scott Sherman, Eugene L. Stong, David P. Glaser, R. Michael Gilboy. Back row Richard A. Roeper, M. Jon Vondracek, H. Michael Hartoonian, Peter A. Voy, Ronald H. Jensen, William E. Perkins, John J. Beck, John C. Wurster.

Class of 1975 (25th Reunion): Front row (from left) Mary Campbell Toycen, Mary Jo Hilbert Powell, Judith Erickson Robinson, Nancy Fitzgerald Brown, Margaret Riggs Ketterer, Patricia Knetzger Fullam, Karen Elias Koos. Second row Philip J. Schultz, Mary C. Dinauer, Susan Jansky Oefelein, Danica Sarkovic Houle, Kirk W. Grover, Elizabeth Krueger Mancosky James A. Brown. Third row Kathleen Kosloske Orth, Susan E. Hanna, Richard H. Hearn, Thomas B. Cartwright, Lynn M. Schlager, Gail Dinius Dolan, Barbara Johnson Salance, Karen Freeman Ortmann. Fourth row Jane Rittenhouse Florine, Douglas G. Gold, Cathryn L. Thurow, Julie Haight Rose, Elizabeh Ore/up, Barbara Szweda. Back row Court H. Bentley, Gordon Hard, Robert Brucker, Jay Lal one.

18 Fall 2000 Class of 1990 (1Oth Reunion) : Front row (from left) Peter A. Lasko, Margaret L. Hall, AmyL. Scherdin, Molly K. Anderson, Ann Marie Heiman, Angie Roehrborn Geydoshek, Kim M. Hauser. Second row Tara Janel Mucha, Lynne Ramstad Thompson, Renee J. Johnson, Karen Kimberly Holland, Gail Feldman Micheau, Terry Deger Berger, Christine Spica Donlin, Kristin M. Howard, Nara Hulbert Detienne. Third Row Kristyn Overby Prial, Khutso I. Mampeule, Amy C. Miller, Elizabeth L. Darner, Hilary Ninman Parker, Jennifer K. Ackil, Christopher L. McNulty, Kristin Kusmierek. Back row Muhammad Asif, Eric J. Kearns, David J. Schnackenberg, Robert T. Fuhrmann, Christopher E. Moody, Brian C. Koeneman, David P. Wilk, Phillip S. Myers. continued from page 16 and founder of the Nii-Jii Alternative Recreation Center, an Health Systems and a member of the Substance Abuse Services adult drop-in program providing sober activities, including an Board, she ha been administrator and personnel director for annual sobtiety pow-wow that continues to this day. the Dubuque County Board ofSupervisors since 1974 and also Under his direction, the clinic staff grew sevenfold and directed volunteers in beautification efforts at Ryan House, a new programs were added in educational services and training, Dubuque County historical site, and the county courthouse. ctisis intervention, diagnosis and screening services, counseling, A 1960 graduate of Milwaukee-Downer College, Hess and primary prevention. Hafner also made plain his commit­ has been honored with the Hist01ical Society's Volunteer of ment to hiring Native Americans- at one point 32 members the Year Award, three Labor-Management Partnership of a staff of 35 were Native Americans - and incorporating Awards, a First Citizen Award from the Dubuque Telegmph­ native culture within the center's programs. Herald, and the YMCA-YWCA Youth in Government Cum laude graduate of Lawrence in psychology, he Program Award. received master's and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology at Indiana University. In addition to a distinguished career on the Service to Lawrence faculty of the School of Public Health at the University of Andrea Stephenson Bletzinger, '40, and Helen Buscher Minnesota, he was a consultant to at least 30 mental health and Franke, '60, received the Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp, M-D alcohol and drug abuse programs. '18, Outstanding Service Award for exemplary dedication, Jan Hess has played a leading role in improving the qual­ leadership, and commitment as volunteers for Lawrence ity of life in her hometown of Dubuque, Iowa. She was a University. central figure in the creation of the Special Initiative for the After graduating fi:om Lawrence Will laude with a major in Poor; helped reform the Tri-State Health are Coalition; and, English, Andrea Bletzinger pursued a successful career in as president of a local ecumenical group, led a reorganization journalism, working at NBC radio and later as a reporter for of the Dubuque Community Food Pantry. the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. Those writing skills were later In addition, she chaired Project Concern, a community put to good use as a volunteer for the college, in developing agency providing a host of services, including a transit program and editing a newsletter for the local alumni club of the Fox for people with disabilities, a foster grandparent program, and Valley and as the club's public relations coordinator. a crisis line and referral program. From 1988-91, she was a member of the Alumni Association Also a trustee of the Association of Iowa Hospitals and Board of Directors, where she served on the nominations and

Lawrence Today 19 volunteer in the college's phonathon program, and has been both an admissions volunteer and a career consultant. Helen Franke was instrumental in the formation of Lawrence' Lo Angeles alumni club and has long been con­ sidered Lawrence' unofficial ambassador of alumni relations to Southern California. The citation accompanying her award said, in part, "the breadth and depth of her commitment to and involvement with the college has set a standard for effec­ Bletzinger tive volunteerism at Lawrence, and her devotion to the college earns her our respect, admiration, and gratitude." She served for seven years on the Lawrence University Alumni Association Board of Directors and has served on the steering and gift committees of every reunion of the Class of 1960. For this year's 40th reunion, Franke and a cla smate issued a challenge for reunion giving that led to notable Katie Willems, right, a volunteer for the children's uccess for the Class of 1960's gift. Over the years, her work programs as class agent has also resulted in exemplary participation rates for the Clas of 1960. Franke awards committee, researching prospec- In addition, she has long served as an admissions volun­ tive candidates for - among other things teer and also as a career counselor. LT -the Jupp Award. In addition, she served for seven years on Lawrence's Business and Industry Committee, was a pioneer

Patrick Short, '81, left, teaches an alumni college course on improvisational theatre.

20 Fall 2000 wo hundred and twenty-nine seniors received bachelor's degrees during graduation ceremonies on Sunday, June 11. It did not rain. Comn'lencement Weekend began on Friday, June 9, with the traditional concert by the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra, featuring performances by outstanding musicians of the Class of 2000, and continued on Saturday with a Baccalaureate service led by Charles Lauter, retiring dean of off-campus programs and international student advisor (see page 27 for excerpts from Dean Lauter's remarks). On Sunday, in addition to other honors and awards reported on these pages, the honorary degree Master of Arts, ad eundem) was conferred upon Dean Lauter and on Fred Gaines, the James G. and Ethel M. Barber Professor of Theatre and Drama, who also is retiring. Alice King Case, lecturer in the art departn1ent, also was recognized as a retiring faculty tnember. (See page 6 for biographies of the three retirees.)

Lawrence Today 21 Seven reasons

By Shirlee Emmons) C )44. D.F.A. 1 00

An excerpt from Conservatory alumna about perfo mmg by g1v ng e Shirlee Emmons' Commencement charge e to He would say to me, "Smile. You to the Class of 2000, a list of seven reasons why she is glad she went simply cannot come on the stage with that business-like look." to Lawrence. It would have been a Top Ten list, she said, but she was Sure enough, my latest book is on the subject of performing skills. allowed only five minutes in which to speak. For an Emmons biog­ raphy, see page 23. #3 ec us.e the fl x1b"lity of 1t duca onal a h g nt to wr nc Professor Lavahn Maesch ['26) gave me a tutorial in my senior year on Wagnerian operas that was so all-inclusive that #7 Wherever I have gone, Lauritz Melchior, the greatest Heldentenor of the 20th century, I am always very proud to say I am from Wisconsin: proud of its engaged me to sing Wagner with him on a nationwide tour and 30 natural beauty, proud of its history of progressive thinking. I had years later his family judged that I knew enough about Wagner, been given scholarships to three very good music schools, but in thanks to Professor Maesch, to do a good job as the great tenor's the end, I chose Lawrence- and I was right! biographer.

#6 cau eo h #2 ecause 1t taught m the mportance of an This background enabled me to supple­ ment my income in New York- very good for a penniless singer, When my singing days were over, my education allowed me to you know- by teaching musical subjects to singers, among turn from performing to teaching and, thanks to those exigent whom was opera diva Roberta Peters. And, had I missed those English teachers, eventually to writing. exigent English and literature courses, I would not today have had three books accepted for publication. My French teacher spent a #1 Be great deal of time with me because I was a singer, and she actually No one can make it without friends and family. After convinced me that I had a flair for languages, so I took Italian as high school, a group of church friends from my hometown, Stevens well as French. Sure enough, seven years later I was awarded a Point, took up a collection to augment my Lawrence scholarship Fulbright Scholarship to Italy, where I was able to blossom, linguis­ and did it anonymously. Some years later, some donors from the tically and musically. Neenah church where I sang, under Dean Waterman, contributed to my tuition costs for each of my last three years, also anony­ #5 e s mously. I don't even to this day know whom to thank. My freshman year, the great African American contralto, Marian Anderson, gave a concert here. The day before, I I came to Lawrence a frightened, fat, shy singer of serious music­ was so excited, because I met her down at the knitting mill down not a good augury. I left a confident, more mature, reasonably by the river. She graciously conversed with me and listened to all skilled singer ready and anxious to make my way in the world, unfor­ my stories about my singing and my musical dreams. The concert tunately still plump. itself, which was the first one I had ever heard by a singer of such On your graduation day, what do I wish for you? My wish is prominence, just amazed and inspired me. Then, 11 years later, I that you continue to enjoy the support of your friends and family, to became the winner of the Marian Anderson International Vocal help you on your way. My wish is that you will have a chance to do Arts Competition that she had endowed. more than one thing with your life. My wish is that you will combine #4 w ence College a lack of fear with a real appreciation of your own strengths. LT ate m n

22 Fall 2000 Musician, novelist receive degrees Winner of the Marian Anderso n Intern ational Vocal Arts and speak at Commencement Competition in 1953, Emmons' extensive performance ca reer has included lea ding roles with the Spoleto, Santa Fe, and A singer/author and an author/teacher are honorary m em­ NBC opera companies; solo work with the Robert Shaw bers of the Class of 2000, as of June 11, and each delivered C horale; a solo concert tour of Brazil for the U .S. State a charge to their new classmates (see "Seven Reasons," Department; and the title role in Menotti's Ma ria Golo vin on oppo ite, and "Seven Little Hints," below). Broadway. She earned an O bi e Award - an off-Broadway hirlee Emmons, '-1-4, received the honorary degree T ony- in 1957 for " distingui shed perfonnance in a leading Doctor of Fin e Arts. After ea rning a Bac helor of Music degree role" for her work in !Vfot!t er of Us A II . in voice from Lawrence, she pursued graduate study at the A highl y-sought-after teacher, whose private students Curtis institute in Philadelphia and later was awarded a include singer on the ros ters of the M etropolitan Opera and Fulbright Scholarship, w hi ch she used to continue her stu dies the N ew York City Opera, Emmons ha presented master at th e Conserva tori o Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. classes throughout the country, including several at Lawrence. co ntinued on page 24 Seven little hints

By Lorrie Moore) Litt.D. )00

An excerpt from what novelist #4 Not everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. Lorrie Moore said to the Class of Not 15 minutes in a row. The person who said that originally was 2000. For a Moore biography, see just being funny. Better to bear in mind George Eliot's famous next page . conclusion, "that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half-owing to the number who have lived fa ithfully a hidden life ." I would love to share with you all the great wisdom I have acquired #5 Women, you can't have it all. George Eliot, despite through the decades, let you in on her name, didn't have it all . No one had it all . Even men don't have the Key to Happiness, the Key to it all, though it's true they have more. So there is work to be done. Contented Success, the Key to Years ago, Gloria Steinem said, " I have yet to hear a man ask for Enduring Love, but I have been advice on how to combine family and a career." Here it is, the year sworn to secrecy by the Keyholders Association and by other 2000, and I myself have yet to hear a man ask ing for such advice, powerful forces and organizations I am not allowed to name. I can , while it is what every woman I know continues to struggle with. however, give you little hints: #6 Unplug your television sets. Garrison Keillor said, #1 Sometimes in life you have to do things you "You can learn more about life by drinking gin straight from the hate, but not always, not every time . In fact, never every time. bottle than you can by watching TV ." He, of course, is a radio The trick is to figure out which time is which. You must, from time man, but that doesn't mean he isn 't right. to time, as much as fate allows, do work you love. #7 Often it is the people who say, "I cannot #2 For those of you thinking of start-up imagine it" who have at least begun the hard work of imagin­ companies, the whole dot-com thing may be over. ing something quite difficult, something painful, something we do not have the moral right, however, not to imagine. These are #3 If you are always doing things you hate, people to listen to, for they are not glib empathizers but people something's w rong. If you are never doing a single thing you hate, who bring an understanding of the seriousness and difficulty of something is also probably wrong, or else yo u are extremely real thought. Enjoy your life, but bring your imagination, your lucky .. .or extremely med icated .. .o r extremely deceased . curious, surprisable, and sympathetic imagination to everything. It honors the world. LT

Lawrence Today 23 continued fro/11 pa'-f!,e 23 Named one of America' be t no eli t under 40 in 1996 he began her reaching career at olumbi Univer ity/ b ranta magazine M re hort t rie have appeared Barnard allege and also ha taught at Princeton, Bo ton, and frequently in the ew Yorker, Hatper's, and Paris Revie111, Rutger Uni er itie a well a outh Korea Taegu Univ r ity. among other . he received a ational End wment for the In 199-, he b came the fir t woman chair of the American Art reati e Writing Fellow hip in 19 a Rockefeller Academy ofTeacher of inging a po ition he till hold. Foundati n Fellow hlp in 19 9, and the pre tigiou uggen- A contributing editor to the ]o11mal of the ational Associ­ heim FellO\ hip in 1991. he won the ov ted . Henry ation of Teachers of in,f!,i11J!, Emmon i the author of three Award for the year' be t publi hed hort tOty in 199 , after book . Her mo t recent Polt'er Peiforl/lance for inscrs: Tran­ earning the third-place prize in 1994 and wa the 199 recip­ scendinJ! the Barriers, wa publi hed in 199 by xford Unive1 ity ient of the ational Magazine A' ard for Fiction. Pre . he al o wrote Trhanissi111o: The A11thori:::ed Bio,f!,mphy In addition to writing, Moore ha taught Engli h at the 4 Hcroic Tenor La11rit::: .\Jelchior and Tlte f:l.rr of the on,f!, Recital. Univer iry of Wi con in-Madi on ince 1 4. he \ a appointed full profe or in 1991 nd named the Delmore L rrie Moore, ' ho received the h n ra1y degre D tor of chwartz Profe or in tl1e Humanitie earli r thi year. Literature, i the author of two novel , Tf !10 TT ill Rlfn the A native f len Fall e\ York, Moore earned her Fro,e. Hospital and na,e_mln -· , a v-.:ell a a children' book, The bache] r' degree in Engli h at t. Lawrence Univer ity and a Fotgotrcn Helper and three col!ecti n of h rt torie . . Ma ter of Fine Art degree in fiction writing from ornell Her mo t recent hort-st r collection, Birds

The cu t m . tarted in 19 - In nominating him for the and . aw it. 16th iterati n at award, La\ rene enior Vane. a mmencement n june 11. urti , a 1996 hull burg High ach year, members the chool graduate, aid Bo le a\ renee graduating cla . who con i tent] 'in pired hi tu­ attended Wi c n in e ndary dent· t want to learn ... !hi] ch 1 are asked t n minate enthu ia m for teaching ha had the be t of th ir f( rmer tea h­ an impact n all of hi tudent. . er to receive the ut tanding The .elf-confidence he h lped ea hing in Wi. con in A\ ard. me gam \ a invaluable a I Winner are elected n the b gan m college career." ba i f their ability to commu­ Robert Peter on began hi ni ate their ubject effectively, Peterson teaching career at Frederic create a . en e f ex itement in High chool in 197 . arrymg the cia room, and motivate ne of the f: culty'. hea ie. t clas. a .ignment he re!!t.Ilarly tudent t pur ue academic teaches ix different I .. each day- applied math, phy ical excellence. ach teacher receive . cience, phy. ic., ge metry, math lV, and calculu .. He al a certificate, a citation and a [i unded th \ re tling program at Frederic and c a bed the monetary a\ , rd. var ity quad [i r 26 ear. before retiring Ia t year. Recipient. thi year were "Frede1ic High chool i. ve1y mall and ffer. no I obert B yle, . ial tudie Advanced Placement c urse for gifted tudent, but fhel teacher at hullsburg High \ ork to make . ure the material in hi cia. e challenge e en Boyle ch 1, and I bert Peter n, the be t student ," aid Lawrence enior Andy Peter. on, a CI nee and math matic. 19 ~6 Fred ric High chool graduate, in nominating hi father. tea her at Frederic High ch 1. "Hi. indi idualized attention i not re. erved for on1 the be t Robert B yle joined the faculty of hull burg High . tudent ; he make great effi rt to en ure that the weaker ch ol in 1972 and urrently tea he Am rica11 hi t ry, eco- tudent. reach their p tential a well." LT 11 mic , and . ocial pr blems. ln additi 11 to hi . cia room dutie he ha been head coa h f the cro country and track • www.frederic.kl2.wi.u / b bpeter on/ index.html team. and ha erved a hull burg athletic director ince 19

2-1 Fall 2000 It seems that, just as we discover what it means to be students, it's time to leave. What we learned

By Megan Walsh, '00

Megan Walsh, from Oak Park, Illinois, spoke at Commencement to and for the Class of 2000, a cus­ tom that has been part ofgraduat ion ceremonies at Lawrence since 1990. A government rnajor and French minor, with a concentration in international studies, she graduated with the Bachelor if Arts degree, cum laude. She is a nwnber if the Lambda Sigrna honorary society and the recipient if a number of academic and community-service awards, including the Campus Life Award given by the Alumni Association and the Lantern Community Service Award. After Commencement, she began an internship with the East Timor Action Network in Washington, D. C.

Some time ago, we arrived on confidence in our elves, we were able to prove our abilities to the campus of Lawrence the very professors with the most frightening reputations. University in time to discover Most of all, perhaps, we learned each other- o that we one thing: our business here no longer see or know ourselves solely by our number of high was to learn. It took many terms oflife at Lawrence to learn school valedictorians or athletic captains but by much smaller what the scope of this learning would be. numbers, through relationships formed, through the memo­ One thing we realized rather quickly was that our learn­ ries, images, and occasions of our Lawrence year . One of us, ing would be enriched and complicated by the triking indi­ for example, lost ten pounds and kept it off, no small achieve­ viduals who make up this university. Among our class alone ment on a [food services] diet. Another one of us gained 15 [were] dozens of high school valedictorians and even more and kept it on - for her a much more difficult battle and a captains of high school varsity sports teams. One student in our much sweeter success .... We spent tern1s and terms studying class had a collection of carnivorous plants, and ten per cent of abroad, learning things about ourselves that we never would the class came from a country other than the United States. have guessed. One of us left Lawrence to have a job, an.d We heard stories about learning - professors who cut another left to have a child .... One of us learned what it took up papers into the shape of an F - and about how difficult it to be asked to leave Lawrence - and what it took to be asked would be to find or define yourself in this new environment. to come back ... . One of us is still learning about his carnivo­ And we listened. We listened to seniors toast their inevitable rous plants .... One of us found her best friend and is marrying success, freshmen who thought they had something new to say him. Another of us realized that love maybe wasn't what she about Foucault or James Joyce, and Con students who thought thought it was. Through all these relationships we learned. they had been placed in much lower seats than they deserved. . .. As much as we learned at Lawrence, there are some We listened to our friends, to hear what they needed when things we are not prepared for - like budgeting for groceries they couldn't go home for necessary support, and we smiled or cooking a meal that doesn't consist of Ramen or mac-and­ the first time we heard the word home slip out when we were cheese. And despite the fact that we are graduating with a referring to Lawrence. certain specialization, we realize that we never learned nearly Through listening to each other, we learned. We enough about most every subject or composition that we stud­ learned about the beauty of Freshman Studies: that, no matter ied or performed. It seems that, just as we discover what it who you are, something in the course bailles you and that a B means to be students, it's time to leave. But, as we walk away may be an outstanding grade. We learned that we didn't have from Lawrence, there is something we cannot escape: ... we anything new to say about Foucault or James Joyce and that realize that the learning that took place at this small, and yet those lower seats placed upon us fur greater demands than we enlarging, residential college and conservatory will be carried ever anticipated. And, as soon as we began to question our with us throughout our lives. LT

Lawrence Today 25 President Warch with outstanding teachers Pourciau (!left) and Miller

n 1959, the Uhrig Foundation created at degree in mathematics at Brown University and his Ph.D. in Lawrence an award to recognize "out­ mathematics at University of California, San Diego. standing performance in the actual teach­ Brigetta Miller, C '89, assistant professor of music and ing process, including leadership in the director of music education, received the Young Teacher quest to ensure that students reach their Award, given annually to an untenured member of the faculty full development as individuals, human who has demonstrated "excellence in the classroom and the beings, and future leaders of society." promise of continued growth." Renamed in 1974 as the University Miller returned to her alma mater in the fall of 1996 as a Award for Excellence in Teaching, it was faculty member in the Conservatory of Music. A tlutist by awarded this year to Bruce Pourciau, training, she also specializes in music education, teaching professor of mathematics. classes in music methodology for early childhood, elementary, A specialist in optimization theory and and secondary school levels. In addition, she provides on-site the philo ophy of mathematics, Pourciau supervision of student teachers in the areas of choral and joined the Lawrence £1.culty in 1976 and was promoted to the instrumental instruction. rank of professor in 1994. He was one of three mathematicians She has served as multicultural chairperson of the worldwide honored in 1998 for expository excellence, receiv­ Wisconsin Music Educators Association; performed with the ing the Lester R. Ford Award from the Mathematical Associ­ White Heron Chorale, the Appleton Boychoir, and the ation of America for his article, "Reading the Master: Newton Wisconsin State Children's Honor Choir; and written several and the I3irth of Celestial Mechanics." This is the second time published articles on multicultural education. Pourciau's writing has been rewarded with the Ford Award, Warch hailed Miller's "vigor, methodological sophistica­ which he first earned in 1980. tion, and attention to the needs of an increasingly diverse and President Richard Warch cited Pourciau's lectures as complex American society. "models of clarity and organization, your classroom manner "Few members of our community have brought to their open and engaging. teaching a more powerful and abiding commitment to the "While your students often struggle to meet the high recognition and celebration of diversity," he said. LT standard to which you hold them, they see in your teaching and your scholarly efforts that you hold yourself to a standard + www .lawrence.edu/ dept/ faculty _dean/ teaching/ equally high," the president said. awards.shtml Originally from New York, Pourciau earned his bachelor's

26 Fall 2000 al es as verbs

By Charles F Lauter

n talking about liberal education- which best stammer when you talk about them!" intends to liberalize, liberate, or free a person I do not wish to stammer about values. I wish to trumpet - I believe we must talk about values. In their im.portance. some university settings a statement like that brings about a shudder, because many Values as process people are concerned that moral education The reason I am more comfortable than some with values or education about values is an inappropri­ education is that I view education it elf, and particularly lib­ ate activity in a college or university. eral education, as a process, not a product. I used to have a Richard Morrill, in a book titled Teaching favorite poster in my office that showed a group of Antioch

o be effect·ve, v I e d a d t e first ct1 n ste rom e

embrace, p ize, and che i h u e •

Va lu es in College worries about this phenomenon, which he College students arduously trekking through the Saint Ebas describes this way: Mountains in Alaska, and the wonderful caption was, "Edu­ "Many, perhaps most, contemporary academicians assume cation is a journey, not a destination." It is that notion of that values are subjective in nature and wholly a function of process as the principal task of education that allows me to personal choice and desire, that they are preferences. To seek discuss value comfortably. We are not talking about in doc~ to influence another's preferences is to intrude upon personal trinating people with isms; we are talking about helping freedom, to meddle in private matters, and to set arbitrary them to learn a process of valuing, a way to arrive at and standards. From this viewpoint, instruction in values lies enact values, rather than the content of those values. beyond the proper scope of higher learning. Colleges and One educational process dealing with values is called· universities should limit themselves to their proper business - valu es clarification. Everyone has value already. None of us is the discovery and transmission of knowledge and the develop­ a blank slate when coming to a university setting, and so we ment of the skills of the intellect. Educators should bear no must clarifY the values we already hold. To arrive at our pre­ responsibility for shaping a student's values, for that task can be sent values, we have had to choose from alternatives. I hope accomplished only through indoctrination. Since differences we have learned to choose a particular belief or value only in values cannot be resolved by an appeal to objective criteria, after we have considered the consequences. I also hope we the attempt to teach values is ali en to the basic purpose and have learned to choose the value freely without someone responsibilities of higher education." coercmg us. Stated that way, arriving at a value or belief seems rather Morrill disagrees with that position and so do I. Morrill also simple. However, embedded in those actions are more com­ quotes Wittgenstein: "Values. A terrible business. You can at plex processes. To choose from alternatives, we must educate

Lawrence Today 27 ourselves about the myriad alternatives. To choose wisely, we must know and understand the consequences. To do that, we must inquire, analyze, and criticize, and then we must accept and recognize that the belief i our choice. It is not enough just to go through that process and then smugly sit on the belief. To be effective, values demand action, and the first action stems from our fi·ee choice; we must embrace, prize, and cher­ ish our beliefs. We must affirm our beliefs when it is appro­ priate. By that I do not mean we wear them on our sleeves, but we should be willing to "stand up and be counted" when it is necessary. Then we must act on our beliefs, regularly and consistently.

Playing with verbs The title of this piece is "Values As Verbs," so let us play with some verbs. Playing is a form of process, and talking about values as verbs is clearly process-oriented. Because the word process implies n"lovement and action rather than stasis, it captures the very purpose of verbs in our language; verbs specify action ! A good place to start with values as verbs is with the Lawrence University Mission Statement (see box, left). The Mission Statement, I have to tell you, does not do as good a job as I would like in dealing with values as verbs. There are only two strong verbs: to educate and to prepare. These do denote important value actions; however, several other strong values are put in noun or participle form. The Statement refers to the development of intellect and talent and to the cultivation of judgment and values rather than stating the case more actively. We might instead declare that we Mission Statement develop intellect and talent. Similarly we could say that we cultivate judgment and values. Instead of listing the nouns Law re nce Unive rsity of Wisconsin , service, achievement, leadership, and personal fulfillment, we through its underg radu ate college and could state that we prepare students to serve, to achieve, to lead, and to fulfill. I realize that these seem like minor criti­ conse rvatory of music, educates men cisms, but if we truly believe that values should be action­ oriented, we need to pay attention to such issues. and women 1n the liberal arts and The Mission Statement goes on to list the purposes of the University (see www.lawrence.edu/ about/ mission.shtml), and sciences. Comm itted to the development here we do a much better job, tarting each purpo e with a strong verb: to promote, to nurture, to foster, to design, to of intellect and talent, the acqu isition of contribute, to seek, to provide, to support, to sustain. knowledge and understanding, and the In spite of its limitations, I commend the Mission State­ ment, and especially its statement of educational purposes, a a cultivation of judgment and values, document that you can return to in the future as you examine and act upon value positions. Lawrence prepares students for lives of Playing with nouns se rvice, ach ievement, leade rsh ip, and Let's look at some other values besides education. This is where the sense of play with values as verbs comes to the perso nal fulfillment. fore. The English language is a ve1y noun-centered language,

28 Fall 2000 Many of the values of a general nature that and that encourages a ten­ word hope provides us with another example; we hope in the dency to think of values verb form that something will occur, but we also have hopes. we consider most as entities or possessions, Care is another powerful word in this category. We care for acqui itions, objects, or someone or something, but we also have cares. Perhaps the important exist only things. I hope I have mo t powerful word of all, love, is a word that in its verb and already signaled to you noun fom1s provides a highly meaningful action and a heart­ in the noun form: my disquiet with that felt condition. Although I cannot claim to be exhaustive, I am notion and my desire for chagrined to point out that it was much easier to come up values such as peace, a much more dynamic with lists of values that were nouns and values with noun­ view of values. We have a equivalents than it was to come up with the more powerful happiness, wisdom, seriou problem in that form - values that are verbs. many of the value of a Lest I seem Pollyanna· h by dealing with only positive honesty, justice ... general nature that we values, I want to point out that the ame type of classification consider most important can be applied to negative values. We have nouns like vice or exist only in the noun prejudice which also take helping verb like encourage or form: values such as engender. Prejudice can also be a verb, as when we prejudice peace, happiness, wisdom, honesty, justice, community, good­ someone else. And then we have the negative verbs that have ness, truth, courage. Each of them needs a helping verb to put noun equivalents, like violate and its noun form, violence. it into action. Thus we seek peace or seek happiness. I would Finally, we also have the most powerful forms, where the one note that seek could be the helping verb for each of those val­ word serves as both the noun and the verb form, such as hate. ues that I just stated. In itself, to seek is a very powerful verb and could even be seen as a positive value in its own right, but A confession we can al o establish or make peace or provide happiness; I have a confession to make. Some readers may already have those verbs direct the value action outward to others. We can caught the fact that there were a number of times in the pre­ embrace wisdom, we can foster honesty, we can promote jus­ ceding paragraphs when I used a value verb in a noun or tice, we can build community, we can cherish goodness, we participle form, or - heaven forbid - in the passive voice, can affirm the truth, or we can engender courage. That last when I am supposed to be talking about values as active one is also fun to play with, because if we put engender and verbs. However, I have already said that our language is courage together we get the strong verb encourage. much more noun-centered than verb-centered, especially There is another category of value verbs, and those are when it comes to values. In order to overcome that, I would ones that have noun equivalents. I recognize that you can take have had to create - and, believe me I tried - some terribly virtually any verb and make a noun by using its gerund form, convoluted sentences. Rather than subject you to that, I but I am talking about verbs that have a separate noun equiv­ gave in and surrendered to the more obvious convention of alent: to know and knowledge, to tolerate and tolerance, to our current language and culture. I hope you will forgive me liberate and liberty, to commit and commitment, to act and for that. (Note how I exhorted you to act, with the verb for­ action, to inquire and inquiry, to analyze and analysis, to crit­ give, one that I had not dealt with previously.) LT icize and criticism, to accept and acceptance, to affirm and affirmation. Several of these verbs have interesting aspects The Class of 2000 asked Dean Lauter to be the speaker at their when we see them as personal actions. To educate, a very Baccalaureate Service on June 10, and this article is excerpted frorn important verb for us, implies the education of omeone else, his re111arks on that occasion. He retired this SU11111ler after 31 years unless we use it reflexively to mean to educate one's self; I at Lawrence, most recently as dean of off-campus programs and believe we need to embrace both of those aspects. The same international student advisor. For more about Chuck Lauter and i true of to free or to liberate; those actions are usually other retirees, see page 6. directed towards some other entity, unless we use them reflex­ ively to free or liberate ourselves. I believe we must acknowl­ edge both forms. Having dealt with values that are nouns and value verbs with noun-equivalents, we come to my favorites, those values that are verb , some of the most potent and critical values we can utilize. These are such words as value itself, which has both the verb form, to value, and the noun form, a value. Likewise, the word respect, which is a quality and also an action. The

Lawrence Today 2 9 and repeated over and over, describe our journey through life and death. We find them in immortal myths: the lost paradise, the hero in search of the father, the fight between good and evil, the battles against the dragon of our own souls. All the great plots have been told innumerable times. We can only create new versions of the same old ones, but every time a good story is told it comes again to life with the same charm of the first tale. We need to surrender to the story. In the Sudan, the toryteller sits in the center of the vi ll age and says, I am going to tell you a story, and the pe ple say, right. Not everything in the story is true, the narrator warns. The people say, right. But then not everything is false either. Right. You see, they make a contract. The rules are clear. Not everything is true, but the audi­ ence will pretend that they believe if, and only if, the storyteller makes it believable. As a writer, I propose to my reader, hey, I have a story for you. Do you want to hear it? Not everything in the story is true, not every­ thing is false, but maybe in thi bunch of uncer­ tainties we can find some particles of truth. Let's both enter, hand-in-hand, the magic ofliterature and find our way together. I love the time I spend alone in sil ence in my studio, weeks adding details to create the unique world of the story, months allowing the characters to grow and to talk, years sometimes trying to understand their motivations and emotions. A novel requires passion, patience, dedication. It is a total commitment, like falling in love. For me, the first impulse that triggers writing is always a profound emotion that has been with me for a very long time. Stories and Time i what gives me distance, ambiguity, irony to create fiction. It is difficult to write in the middle of a hurricane. lt is preferable to recreate the story after the furious winds have dreams passeq and I can make some sense of the degree, struggle, losses, confusion, memory. Those are the raw materials of my By Isabel Allende) Litt.D. )00 writing. Stories are to humankind what dreams are to individuals. I am here to tell you a story; that is my job. If we are not allowed to dream, we perish, suffocated by con­ Telling stories is the most pervasive vice of the human fusing thoughts, unspoken words, and persevering demons. race. Thousands of years ago, when our great-grandparents sat Without storie there would be no collective memory, no in a cave during the harsh winters of the Stone Age, when under tanding of civilization, no spirituaJ legacy. language was merely a combination of grunts, gestures, and a Stories are like dreams; they follow their own rules. The few sounds, when darkne s surrounded the small family writer and the dreamer have much in common. They cannot illuminated by fire , even then the storyteller had a role. His or control the plot. They are always part of the story or the her mission was to entertain the others and ward off fear, to dream. They don't understand the symbols, which can only be keep a record of event , and to pass on knowledge and expe­ interpreted much later. I never know what my books are rience to the youngsters. about until I read the reviews or watch the movie. Like the first drum-beating and the first clumsy dance I cannot separate my life from my work as a storyteller; steps, storytelling wa born out of a necessity to express anxiety both are so tightly interwoven that l can hardly distinguish and joy. The wonder of storytelling has accompanied fiction from reality. Freud has a name for this condition, but I humankind since the beginning ofhistory. Some tales, memorized cannot remember it. I think that everything I write is true. lf

30 Fall 2000 I dream often of a house, a large, it isn't true right now, it may be true tomorrow. Before, l was truth. I never have accepted called a liar, and now that I make a living with these li es, I am somber, and messy what the predominant culture called a narrator. tells me is true or good; place that needs to be For me, life becomes real when I write it. What I don't most of the time it is non­ write is erased by the winds of oblivion. I forget a lot. My cleaned, but no matter sense. Now, I am more mind betrays me constantly. l cannot recall names, places, modest. I think of my writ­ dates, face , but I never forget a good story or a significant how much work I do ing as a humble offering that dream. Writing is a silent intro pection, a journey to the dark there is always I put out there with an open caverns of memory and the so ul. Fiction, like memory, moves hea rt. With some luck from revelation to revelation. another room to be maybe som.eone will accept the offering and give me a Dream. are a vety important tool in my work and in my life. cleaned ... The house, few hours of his or her time They allow me to enter into the dark room of my uncon­ of course, is my life. so that we can share a story. scious where all the information gathered along the journey That story doesn't have to is safely stored. It's said that the brain doesn't forget any­ be about the most in1portant thing. Everything that you have experienced, everything and transcendent human that has happened in your life, you remember. It is som.e­ experiences. I find myself often writing for the same reason where in your brain. Often it is possible to reach that place I read, just for the fun of it. I don't want my books to be just where all this is told in a dream and retrieve knowledge that an intellectual experience for the reader. I want them to in a conscious state one would never have access to. touch the heart, to be playful and luminous but also chal­ I have a ljttle notebook on my night table to write down lenging and revealing. I want my books to open a space significant dreams as soon as I wake up. Later, I save them in w here the reader and I, hand-in-hand, can share our lives my computer. Dreams unclog the mind of the fog and the and search for some truth. noise of the world. They clear my thoughts, teach me about I write because I need to remember and overcome. It is myself, and guide my decisions. With their help 1 attempt to from memory and a sense of loss that the passion to create overcome the convention of time and the limits of space to emerges. Writing is some attempt to sort out the confusion of understand the past and acq uire some knowledge about the life, to make the world more tolerable, and ultimately to pre ent. change it. Why do I write? Storytelling is a passion - like I have been recording my dreams for o long that l have motherhood or love with a perfect lover. I am a story junkie. learned to decipher some of the images. I dream often of a I want to know what happened and to whom, why it house, a large, somber, and messy place that needs to be happened, and where. I want the human story preserved, told, cleaned, but no matter how much work I do there is always and retold. I write because I love it, because if I didn't, my oul another room to be cleaned, and another, and another. It is a would dry up and die. LT never-enillng Herculean task. The house, of course, is my life. The rooms are the dif­ + www.isabelallende.com ferent a pects I have to deal with. The dream tells me that something is not working in my life, and that is why I have The author of six bestsellers, Isa bel Allende has risen from politiwl the dream almost every night. I need to clean up my act. My exile to intemational critica./ accla im. The niece and goddaughter of hu band has another interpretation. H e says that this is my forll1er Chilean President Salvador Allwde, sit e fled Chile in 197 3 control-freak dream. during the bloody coup that killed her uncle. She spent ~tine years as When I am writing, and only when 1 am writing, I dream a newspaper joumalist in Caracas, Venez uela, and released her .first of little children, babies. The child represents the book in novel, The House of the Spirits, in 1982. Tlte novel started out process and what happens to the baby in the dream is usually as a long letter to her dying grandfather in Chile and evo lved into a happening to the book in real life. For example, in the dream three-gweration fa 111ily saga, interwoven with the history of Chile. the child cries with the voice of an old man. The next day, I Her first nO/ifiction work, Paula, published in 1994, also began as check the narrative voice, because most probably there is a letter, a 111 emo ir to her 2 8-year-old, terminally ill daughter that something wrong there. Other times I dream that the child is became a meditation on a mother's life and a daughter's death. Her lost in a maze, and that usually means that th e plot is compli­ most rece nt work, Daughter of Fortune, is a detailed historical cated or confusing and not clear. novel set during the California gold rush. In addition, A llwde has written childrw 's stories and plays for the Chilean theatre, hosted a When I was younger I thought I wrote only for the sake of pair of television shows in Santiago , and taught literature at the those I cared for, the poor, the repressed, the abused, the University of Virginia and the Un iversity of California, Berkeley. growing majority of th~ afllicted and distressed, for those Tltis article is excerpted front her remarks at Lawrence's Honors w ho don't have a voice and for those who have been Convocation on May 23, 011 which occas io11 she was presented with silenced and, for sure, I wrote to defY authority, because I the honora ry degree Doctor of LiteratHre . learned very early in my life that I have to look for my own

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Carl Giordana is now retired after working in production-planning and Hall of Fame supervisory role at Thilmany Paper in Kaukauna for nearly 40 year .

inducts its fifth Dick Gast, '55 Dick Gast is one of the rarest of class college athletes, a 12-time letter- Six outstanding athletes selected for 2000 Winner. A native of Shawano, Gast was a standout performer in three sports over four years. He spent hi fall on Whiting Field as a defensive back on the football team, a cold Wisconsin winter meant Gast would The Lawrence University Intercolle­ electrified crowds at Whiting Field be patrolling the hardwood in Alexan­ giate Athletic Hall of Fame, currently from the moment he stepped on the der Gymnasium as a guard for the 36 members strong, will add six new turf In his first home game in the fall basketball team, and the arrival of inductees at its annual banquet on of 1942, he took the opening kickoff spring sent him back outside to play October 14. Inaugurated in 1996, and raced 73 yards to spark a 32-6 singles and doubles in tennis. the Hall of Fame honors the greatest win over Knox College. In addition As a freshman in the fall of 1951, Lawrence athletes and coaches. to playing the key left halfback position Gast helped the Lawrence football This year's class includes Carl in Lawrence's offense, he also was a team to the conference championship. Giordana, '48, Dick Gast, '55, David defensive back in that era of ironman A four-year starter at defensive back, Mulford, '59, Jim Schulze, '61, John football and part of a Vikings defense he also was on the 1951 and 1952 Davis, '76, and Tracie Spangenberg '90. that allowed just 13 points, the second­ teams that won 14 consecutive games. lowest season total in school history. During three years as a starting Carl Giordana, '48 With the United States fully guard in ba ketball, he was one of the Few athletes in Lawrence history have engaged in World War II, Giordana conference's top players. Gast, who left as great an left Lawrence to serve in the Arn1.y held the record for free throws made . . . ImpressiOn m as fur Corps, returning in 1946 to pick in one game (16) for 22 years, was a short a time as up where he had left off. In the first consistent performer on the hardwood Carl Giordana. three games that season, he accounted and helped the Vikings become a Although he for nearly every Lawrence touch­ championship contender. An All­ played little more down by running for five scores and MWC pick as a senior, he teamed than two seasons throwing for four more. with Charles "Sal" Cianciola, a 1996 of football, Gior­ Giordana saw his athletic career Hall of Fame selection, to form one of dana led Lawrence cut short when he injured his knee the conference's best backcourts of the to a pair of Mid- in preseason practice for the 194 7 1950s. west Conference sea on, and he played sparingly in that Gast closed his athletic career at (MWC) championships and kicked off campaign. Despite the injury that Lawrence in style in the spring of (you should pardon the expression) a ended a stellar career, fans and team­ 1955, helping the tennis team to a 6-0 golden era in the college's football mates remember him as one of t-he dual match record for the season. history. A native of Kaukauna, he best to have ever played at Lawrence. The Vikings just kept picking up earned All-MWC honors twice and Football wasn't the only port in steam for the conference tournament, took Lawrence to conference titles in which he excelled. A guard on the where they captured the conference 1942 and 1946, starting a string of basketball team, Giordana played one title and started a run of three consec­ five championships in seven seasons. season of varsity basketball and helped utive league championships. Playing in Dubbed the "Kaukauna Klassic" the Vikings to the conference cham­ the golden era of Lawrence tennis, he by the Appleton Post-Crescent, Giordana pionship for 1942-43. was on MWC championship squads in

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1953 and 1955, as the Vikings won All the opposition saw the team' MVP, finished sixth in the five league titles between 1949 and conference in scoring, and earned 1957. was a blur as Mulford honorable mention on the All-MWC Gast won both the No. 3 singles squad. A knee injury forced him to championship and No. 1 doubles title went past them on nils nearly all of his senior season in in 1955 and the No. 2 doubles title 1960, but he did recover in time to in 1953. the football field and play the final game of the season, Dick Gast is the retired president the track. against St. Olaf College, when the of Ro Laboratories and lives in Vikings pulled off "the upset of the Columbus, Ohio. year," a 20-16 victory. Schulze, co-captain of the 1960 squad, threw David Mulford, '59 all three of Lawrence's touchdowns. David Mulford's college athletic ran to the confer­ On the hardwood, he wa career was nothing but a blur - at ence title in the known for his floor leadership, defen­ least, that was all the oppo ition saw, 880 in 1:57.6. sive pressure, passing, and brilliant a blur, as Mulford went past them on Mulford, who floor play. A three-year starter and the football field and the track. later broke his letterwinner at guard, Schulze was A reserve quarterback when own school part of a strong period in Lawrence his sophomore football season began record with a basketball. He was the team captain as in the fall of 1956, the Rockford, time of 1 :55.0 in a enior, and that season marked the Illinoi , native soon got his chance to the 880, did not first time in six years the Vikings had shine, when star halfback Dick Rine, lose a race in that a winning home record. Lawrence '57, went down with an injury event as a junior. also broke an 11-game losing streak to against Ripon College. Mulford He competed in two other Carleton College and picked up seven stepped in and ran the ball 13 times sports, basketball and wrestling, victories for the season. for 57 yards and had an 82-yard kick­ playing basketball as a freshman and Baseball was in its infancy during off return that set up the insurance sophomore before giving that up to Schulze's time at Lawrence. He was a touchdown in a 34-~1 victory. devote more time to indoor track. He member of the 1959 squad that was Mulford, who earned All-MWC wrestled as a junior before an injury the first to compete as an intercolle­ honors in 1957, still holds the school cut that season short. giate team, and he played in 1960 record for touchdowns in a game. A David Mulford is the cluirman when the team was competing in the co-captain of the football team in international of Credit Suisse First Midwest Conference for the first time 1958, he ran 25 times for 165 yards Boston and lives in London. and the Vikings' lone win was against and two touchdowns in that year's rival Ripon in the la t game of the Ripon game. Jim Schulze, '61 sea on. In 1961, Schulze homered at Nicknamed the "Rockford Jim Schulze was a leader in three Menasha, and that was the first home Rocket" by John Paustian of the sports at run ever hit at Koslo Park. In all three Appleton Post-Crescent, Mulford was Lawrence. A years, Schulze was a jack-of-all trades, one of the conference's top runners native of Apple­ as he started at pitcher and the infield. in the late 1950s. Over the course ton, he excelled Jim Schulze lives in Appleton and of his track career, he was virtually in football, works at Don F. Jaba Associate as a unbeatable in the 880-yard run, basketball, and senior account executive. losing just a handful of times in three baseball. years of competition. His specialty A three-year John Davis, '76 was the 880, and he already owned starter and letter­ John Davis was the epitome of consis­ the school record when he stepped winner at quar­ tency and excellence. The Appleton onto Whiting Field for the trial terback, he also native excelled in football, swimming, preceding the 1958 MWC Track and played halfback, punted, was the and track. If you needed to count on Field Championships, where he out­ place-kicker, and started on defen e. someone to get a top-five finish in did himself, winning the trials for the In the 1958 homecoming game swimming or track, Davis was the man. 880 in 1 minute, 56.8 seconds, setting against Ripon, he rushed for 71 yards He made his mark during his the Whiting Field record and missing and passed for another 117. He freshman football season, when he ran the conference record by only one­ earned All-MWC first-team honors 28 times for 121 yards and a touch­ tenth of a second. The next day he that season and, in 1959, was named down against Carleton College. As a

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sophomore, he track and was team captain in 1976. In basketball, she was team MVP led the team in John Davis lives in Neenah and twice and captain in 1990. In 1989, rushing and owns John R. Davis Health Promo­ she was an All-Lake Michigan turned in a ster­ tions, Inc. Conference first-team performer and ling performance led Lawrence to that conference's against Grinnell Tracie Spangenberg, '90 championship. College. The An all-around athlete, Tracie Span­ Spangenberg was only the second ha lfback ran 14 genberg set numerous individual women's basketball player in school times for 113 records and saw each of the three history to earn all-conference honors yards, including a teams on which she played improve when she did in 1987. As a senior, she 52-yard touchdown run, in a 34-6 win. dramatically during her career. A helped the Vikings win the MWC ln his junior season, he switched ten-time letter­ championship, completing the turn­ to tight end and was the team's lead­ winner, the around of a program that had won ing receiver, grabbing 25 passes for Waterford native just two games in 1987. 408 yards (16.3-yard average) and six played volleyball, A superb setter/hitter for the touchdowns. He saved l1is best for last basketball, and volleyball team, she was the "team's at the Lawrence Bowl; as a senior in softball and still top all-around player," according to a 1975, he was again the team's leading holds 11 school newspaper report. In 1986, the squad receiver, grabbing 31 passes for 354 records in basket­ won just nine games, but that yards and three touchdowns. He was ball and softball. improved to 15 victories in Spangen­ a first-team. All-MWC selection and Softball was berg's senior season. She was team the team's MVP, and he led the Spangenberg's best sport, and she MVP in 1988 and 1989 and captain Vikings to their fir t league champi­ showed her talent during her fresh­ in 1987 and 1989. She was given onship in eight year . man sea on in 1987, finishing second honorable-mention All-MWC honors Davis quickly n1.ade a splash (par­ in the country in batting average and in 1986, was a fir t-team All-WIC don us, again) on the Lawrence swim home runs and fourth in triples. WAC choice in 1986 and 1987, and team. As a sophomore, he earned Though she stood just 5-foot-3, she earned fir t-team All-Lake Michigan first-place finishes at various meet in packed a lot of punch in her offensive Conference honors in 1988. As a the 100-yard freestyle, 50 freestyle, output, setting single-season school junior, she wa part of a team that 100 freestyle relay, and 400 medley records in triples, home runs, slugging reached the championship bracket of relay. At the conference meet, he was percentage, and total bases as a fieshman. the Midwest Conference Tournament part of a team that won the 400 med­ During her three seasons of soft­ for the first time in school history. ley relay. In the 1975 conference ball (she studied off-campus her Spangenberg lives in Minnetonka, meet, he earned a fifth-place finish in junior year), one area journalist said Minnesota, and is the manager of the 100 freestyle and a fourth-place that Spangenberg was the "premier Adele's Frozen Custard. JVA finish in the 50 freestyle. His final shortstop in the Midwest Confer­ season in 1976 saw him grab third­ ence." She was team MVP in 1987 + www .lawrence.edu/ dept/ athletics/ place honors in the 50-yard freestyle. and captain in 1990 and led the team hall.shtml A prep standout at Appleton East in 11 of 12 offensive categories. She High School, Davis was a three-year earned All-MWC first-team honors letterwinner and team captain and in 1987 and 1990 and was named to MVP in 1976. the All-WIC WAC first team in 1987 He also lettered four times in and 1988. The Lawrence softball team posted it best season in school history to that point when it went 15-5 in 1987.

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By Joe Vanden Acker

Lawrence University, it seems, Rueden was torn over the direc­ away the athletic skills, and from that needed Mindy Rueden at least as tion of her life while a student at standpoint alone, I would have much as she needed Lawrence. Xavier High School in Appleton. recruited her." Add Rueden's out­ A young woman with deep "Midway through my senior year standing athletic ability, plus her religious faith, Rueden found at in high school, I seriously entertained dedication, work ethic, and stellar Lawrence the academic challenges she the idea of entering the convent," she academic record, and Tatro and craved while pursuing a bachelor's says. "A lot of people looked at me Proctor had found a gem in their degree in religious studies, and she like I was a lunatic when I said that, own backyard. also satisfied her passion for athletics, but my faith i my number-one From the moment she stepped competing in basketball and oftball. support, and I wanted it to be a large into a Lawrence classroom, Rueden At the same time, she gave back part of my life." found the rigorous academic setting to her college and her teanm1ates, Enter the two women, Amy for which she had been searching, and helping the Vikings to four Midwest Proctor and Kim Tatro, who would her transition to college athletics was Conference championships. introduce Rueden to Lawrence. equally swift. As a freshman, he "People who participate in Proctor, LU's women's basketball helped the women's basketball team athletics at a school like this do it coach, and Tatro, the softball and to a 14-8 record and the softball team because they love the sport," she says. volleyball coach, began recruiting the to the conference title. "Lawrence provide a good mix of Xavier star. She started every game in center academics and athletics. The athletic "First and foremost," Tatro says, field and thereby set a precedent. She part is in there because you love it." "she's an outstanding person. Take started every game in her softball

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with groups like career at Lawrence and set the school basketball. She would give campus record for games played. Special Olympics to tours to recruits and incoming fresh­ The individual accolades came men or help out in any other way I almost immediately. She was named the volunteering needed her." to the all-conference softball team as a Rueden, who was active as a sophomore and would be named to she's done here at volunteer during her college years, the squad three times in the years to wants to continue helping people. come. Rueden says the individual Lawrence, she always She currently is student teaching at awards are nice, but she takes greater St. Joseph School in Appleton. stock in something else. has been a leader. "I really enjoy working with "I don't place much emphasis on youth, as well as being involved in personal achievement or recognition. athletics, and I decided that, by going When I look back at a season, I don't into youth ministry, I could incorpo­ say, 'I was all-conference that year'; rate all of those aspects," she says. "I I say, 'We won the conference tour­ supporting player in basketball. A could do the teaching. I could do the nament.' jack-of-all-trades on the hardwood, athletics and coaching and things like "Teams can make players look she would lead the team in scoring that, but I would also have the faith good, and I've been lucky to have one game, in assists the next, and in aspect involved." played on very good teams. If an rebounds the game after that - Both Tatro and Proctor agree individual is ever recognized, the which is reflected in her statistics. She with Rueden's career choice. The team is recognized with them. A lot never averaged more than 8.8 points young woman who was such a natural of times that's overlooked." per game or 3. 7 rebounds per game athlete should be a natural in her The softball teams Rueden in a season but was always among the future undertakings as well. played on were outstanding; the team leaders in points, rebounds, "She's a leader," Proctor says. Vikings won three consecutive league assists, and steals. "From her work with groups Eke championships from 1997-99. This "She has great talent," Coach Special Olympics to the volunteer past spring, although Lawrence didn't Proctor says. "She was very versatile. things she's done here at Lawrence, capture the conference crown, everal She played every position for us this she always has been a leader. I think Vikings were recognized for individ­ past year. From the standpoint of her niche is to work with kids." ual achievements. First among them natural talent, she was one of the best Rueden, known for her quick was Rueden, who was named the athletes we will ever have." smile and easy laugh, says, "I like North Division Player of the Year. During the 1998-99 season, associating with young people. They "Mindy has gained the respect of Rueden did a little bit of everything have an enthusiasm I really respect. I the competing coaches because of the and helped the Vikings to a 17-8 think it's a good reminder for myself type of person she is. It says a lot record, the MWC title, and a berth to keep that same enthusiasm." about her- it also says a lot about in the NCAA Division III Tourna­ That shouldn't be too difficult. LT the coaches in our league, who look ment. When injuries hit the team at that as being as important as batting hard this past season, she would .400," Tatro says. change roles from game to game. + www.lawrence.edu/ dept/ Rueden's numbers as a senior are She finished the season averaging 7.6 athletics/ wbasketball/ not eye-popping. She batted .319, points and 3. 7 rebounds per game had a .413 on-base percentage, and and also handed out 66 assists and www.lawrence.edu/ dept/ swiped 13 bases in 14 attempt on a recorded 44 steals. The team again athletics/ softball/ team that finished 17-12. What the advanced to the MWC Tournament, numbers don't reveal is her sparkling and Rueden earned first team all­ play in center field and her status as conference honors. the league's top lead-off hitter. "The biggest compliment I can While Rueden enjoyed star give her is that she was willing to status in softball, she was more of a do anything," Proctor says, "and I mean that in terms of more than just

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The spring sports season saw and Sam Sather, '03, Chaska, one Lawrence University team Minnesota, tied for 19th at maintain its winning ways 165. Orth also won the and others make strides Midwest Conference North toward the top of the Mid­ Division Open title. west Conference. The men's tennis team The Viking softball placed fifth at the conference team posted its fourth tournament and had several consecutive winning season good performances. with a 17-12 record. Tom Lipari, '02, Lawrence narrowly missed a Racine, reached the semi­ return trip to the conference finals at No. 1 singles and tournament and was unable finished the season with a to go for a fourth consecu­ winning singles record.]. T. tive league championship. Maschman, '00, Prairie du Outfielder Mindy Sac, won the consolation Rueden, '00, Appleton, was title at No. 4 singles; Tom named the Midwest Confer­ Shiiller, '00, Medford, won ence North Division Player the consolation title at No. 5 of the Year, the fourth singles; and John Stalnaker, consecutive season a '00, Omaha, Nebraska, won Lawrence player has earned the consolation title at No. 6 that honor. Joining Rueden singles. Lawrence also on the all-conference team reached the semifinals at No. were first-team selections 3 doubles and took the Janae Magnuson, '00, Seattle, consolation title at No. 1 Chad Waller, '00, delivers a pitch in the Vikings' 8-6 victory at Carroll Washington, and Erica doubles. College on May 4. The Waupaca native had a 5-0 record and a 3.86 White, '02, San Andreas, earned-run average and was a first team All-Midwest Conference selection. The women's track California. team grabbed a third-place Rueden, also an All- finish at the conference Great Lakes Region first-team selec­ first-team pick, led the pitching staff championships, held at Whiting Field. tion, hit .319, had a .413 on-base with a 5-0 record and a 3.86 earned Courtney Miller, '03, Reston, percentage, and swiped 13 bases. run average. Waller earned two wins Virginia, led the Lawrence women by Magnuson, also honored on the all­ against Ripon College, as the Vikings taking second in the 3,000 meters and region first team, led the Vikings in took three of four games from the fifth in the 1,500 meters. Christie hitting at .329. Magnuson, the team's team that went on to win the league Balch, '03, Hollandale, placed second first baseman, was also stellar in the championship. Utility player Eric in the 400 meters, and Shelley Ebert, field. She didn't commit an error in Busch, '00, LaGrange, Illinois, and '03, Janesville, was second in the 800 conference play and had just one for shortstop Jeremy Tollefson, '03, Mid­ meters. Sarah Slivinski, '03, Eagle the season. dleton, were also named to the first River, took third in the high jump, White hit .269, belted three dou­ team. Outfielder Kent Hayes, '00, fifth in the javelin, and fifth in the bles and a triple, and drove in 14 runs. Kohler, earned second-team honors. triple jump. The women's team. also White formed half of an effective Waller and Tollefson also became claimed the title at the Lawrence middle infield combination and made the first Lawrence players in five years University Open earlier in the season. just one error at second base during to be named to the All-Midwest The men's track team finished league play. Region team. sixth at the conference meet. Peter The baseball team established Travis Orth, '03, Saint Cloud, Levi, '01, Watertown, placed second itself as a force to be reckoned with in Minnesota, led the golf team to a in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the next few seasons. Lawrence posted fourth-place finish at the Midwest fourth in the 5,000 meters. JVA an 11-21 record, earning more victo­ Conference Championships. ries in 2000 than it had in the previ­ Orth fired rounds of 77 and 7 5 + www.lawrence.edu/dept/ ous two seasons combined. for a 36-hole total of 152 to take athletics/varsity.shtml Chad Waller, '00, Waupaca, fourth place, just two shots off the headed up Lawrence's four selections winning score. Will Samson, '03, on the all-conference team. Waller, a Appleton, tied for 16th place at 164,

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Stephanie How ard Vrabec, Colorado as a mined-land reclamation Six new members have been elected '80, Menasha, graduated from specialist and in Vermont and to four-year terms on the Lawrence Lawrence with a student-designed Wisconsin as a wetland ecologi t. She University Alumni Association Board major in biology, geology, and art and has been coordinator of the Fox Valley of Directors, effective at the regular earned a master's degree in landscape Alumni Club and recently served as board meeting in October. architecture from the University of project coordinator for the Lawrence­ Peter G. Kelly, '87, Newton, Wisconsin-Madison while working based Fox Valley JASON proj ect. Massachusetts, is director of graduate for the Wisconsin Departntent of Patricia Freyburger Watson, admissions and financial aid at the Natural Resources. As a consulting M-D '53, Whitefish Bay, added a Boston University School of ecologist, she has lived and worked in master's degree in biochemistry from Management, having graduated from Marquette University to her Milwaukee­ Lawrence with a B.A. in anthropology Lawrence University Downer bachelor's degree, cum laude, and Spanish and from the American Alumni Association in chemistry, with a minor in mathe­ Graduate School of International Jonathan W. Bauer, '83 matics. From 1959 to 1968, she was a part-time laboratory and quiz Management with a concentration in President marketing. Previously, he had worked instructor in chemistry at the Un.iversity with Latino families in Lawrence, George Swope, Jr., '72 of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Mter taking Massachusetts, and taught in Madrid, Vice -P resident a course in ecology at the Riveredge Spain. An active Lawrence alumnus, Janice Daniels Quinlan , '74 Nature Center, she has volunteered he has served as chair of the Lawrence Director of Alumni Relations there as a teacher/naturalist, inter­ Club ofBoston's Service Day projects, rupted only by a four-year stint as Andrea M. Powers, '94 co-chair of the Class of 1987's tenth­ receptionist and bookkeeper in her Assistant Director of Alumni Relations reunion gift comm.ittee, and co-chair husband's dental office. of the Viking Gift Committee. Board of Directors Thom as R. Zoellner, '91, San Soozung W. Sa, '89, is director William E. Beringer, '50 Francisco, edited the Lawrentian and of youth and fam.ily ministries at Angela M. Bier, '98 graduated with a B.A. degree in Covenant United Methodist Church Margi Briggs-Lofton, '76 English and history. He worked as a in Fond du Lac. After gradtlating with Betty Domrose Brown, M-D '47 ranch hand, prep school teacher, the B.A. degree with a major in Kathleen W Callaghan, C '99 office temp, and bus boy before music, she worked for four years as an Mary L. Carlson-Mason, '72 joining the Savannah Morning News as admissions officer at Lawrence. Active John R. Chandler, '77 a political writer. As a crime reporter in the state, regional, and national levels Elizabeth Van Buskirk Deckman, '85 for the Salt Lake Tribune, he was a of her denomination in the areas of Diane Bass Greatwood, C '53 finalist for the 1998 Associated Press youth min.istry and Christian education, Todd W Hausmann, '85 Public Service Award for a story she is an involved and enthusiastic Walter J. Isaac, '64 documenting welfare abuse among Lawrence alumna, serving as chair of Peter G. Kelly, '87 polygamist families. He currently is the Class of 1989's tenth reunion Nancy Moran Larson, '48 a general assignment reporter for steering committee and a a member Andrew D. McNeill, '79 the San Francisco Chronicle and a of the Task Force on Residential Life. Victoria Moerchen, '86 contributing editor to Men's Health Ryan L. Tarpley, '93 , Los Sarah E. Morris, '01 magazme. Angeles, is dean of juniors and Jo Howarth Noonan, '78 In addition to those new members, seniors at Harvard-Westlake School Mia T. Paul, '95 Jessica Seaberg, '00, who served on in North Hollywood, serving as college Kelly Carroll Rhodes, '89 the board during her sen.ior year, will counselor and dean of students. A Soozung W Sa, '89 continue for three more years. She residence life advisor as a Lawrence Jessica Seaberg, '00 currently is employed as special events student, after graduation he worked as Betsy Grausnick Sonnemann, M-D '48 coordinator with the Kydd Group, a a resident director at Willamette Lyndsay A. Sund, '01 marketing company in Minneapolis. Un.iversity. After earning a master's Ryan L. Tarpley, '93 The Alumni Association expresses degree in college student personnel Lee Traven, '52 its appreciation to eight people who and counseling psychology at Ohio Barbara von Behren Uhlman, '67 are leaving the Board of Directors this State University, he was successively Stephanie Howard Vrabec, '80 year: Raymond J. Ramsey, '88, Jane assistant dean of admissions for minority Zachary W Walker, '01 Voss Holroyd, '61, Charles L. recruitment at Pomona College and Nancy Freeman Wallace, '73 Newhall, '86, Nancy Perkins Lindsey, assistant director of admissions for Patricia Freyburger Watson, M-D '53 M-D '54, Elizabeth Wood MacDon­ programming at the California Thomas R. Zoellner, '91 ald, '44, R. Paul Nickel, '97, Mark Institute of Technology. C. ScheiDer, C '91, and Peter J. Thomas, '62.

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Lawrence 1927 Inauguration delegates Murna Wickert Weller, Appleton, was honored during R eunion 2000 by being asked to speak at the Golden Alumni It is traditional in American higher education for institutions that are celebrating major dinner. events to invite the presidents of other colleges and universities, or their designated rep­ Milwaukee-Downer 1929 resentatives, to take part in the special occasion . In many instances, the president will ask Sesquicentennial Reunion, an alumnus or alumna of the college to represent it at the other institution's celebration . October 12-14, 2001 The following individuals have represented President Richard Warch and Lawrence Leona Baird Kidd, San Diego, Califor­ University by participating in presidential inaugurations at the institutions listed. nia, designs and paints greeting card , writes autobiography, and leads a writing Stephen G. Bates, '78 Albion College group of 28 seniors in her apartment complex. She also writes monthly William Beringer, '50 Oglethorpe College colunms for her church and apartment Charlotte Buchanan, '72 Skidmore College newsletters . G. Russell Clapp, '58 Rhodes College Lawrence 1931 Stanley Cole, '40 Illinois State University Robert A. Dickens, '63 Silver Lake College Helen F. Andruskevicz, Green Bay, received a standing ovation for organizing Lee Gaida, '67 University of Georgia the Green Bay Garden Club's 65th Jane Voss Holroyd , '61 University of Wisconsin-Parkside Anniversary Celebration and also was Harold Jordan, '72 LaSalle College recognized at the State Historical Society's Michael H. Kortenhof, '80 Willamette University annual meeting for her 45-year life mem­ bership. Helen attended the dedicatory Marcia Duin Mentkowski, M-D '61 Mount Mary College recital for the Gladys lves Brainard John C. Messenger, Jr., '42 Denison University M emorial Piano at Lawrence in April. As Philip A. Metzger, '66 Lehigh University a junior in high school, H elen played for Miss Brainard. In 1927 she enrolled at the Larry Nesper, '73 Earlham College Lawrence Conservatory to tudy with her. Edward A. Rath, Jr. , '66 Millikin University T hey remained close friends until Miss George Swope, Jr., '72 Wayne State University Brainard's death in 1970. · Herbert Tjossem, professor emeritus of Eng lish Grinnell College Milwaukee-Downer 1931 Susan Anderson Wise, '70 Whittier College Sesquicentennial Reunion, October 12-14, 2001 Adela Grueber Johnston, O akland, California, in May, celebrated her 90th birthday at Y osernite N ational Park with family members who included her two Museum, loca ted in the oldest house in Milwaukee-Downer 1940 children and their spouses, six nieces and W aupaca. nephews, and six grandchildren and their Sesquicentennial Reunion, Carol Wellbeloved Rahn, an Juan October 12-14, 2001 significant others . Capistrano, California, and her husband, Esther T acke B artelt spends winters in Ken, are enj oying th eir villa on Marbella Fl orida and summers on her fa rm in Milwaukee-Downer 1935 Golf ourse. In 1999 they took cruises to Ontro near her fi ve children and ten Sesquicentennial Reunion, N ew England, Barbados, Alas ka , and the grandchildren. October 12-14, 2001 Mexica n Riviera. Elizabeth Nelson Burchard, Burnsville, Blanche Lamm Abraham, St. Peters­ Dorothy Holzhausen W olfgramm, Minnesota, reports that a hospital stay and burg, Florida, is an ac tive volunteer and Milwaukee, has sold the house in Elm a diagnosis of congestive hea rt fa ilure have tutor and writes that she is "generally in Grove where she lived for 60 years and put an end to her hiking, w hi ch she had good health at 86, except for falling off a has moved into an apartment. done regularl y for 25 years, and also has bicycle in 1998; now fully healed after reduced her volunteer time at the hospital. total hip replacement." Lawrence 1939 " R es t is a big word in my vocabulary Jane Pokorny Petters, W est Bend, is a 65th Reunion, June 2004 now," she writes . frequent volunteer in musical activities. Irene Luethge, Sheboyga n, has written N adine Southcott Capron spends her he has five children and ten grandchildren. a book, Potpotmi fro //1 Kettle Laud, about winters in Florida and her ummer in living on an acreage in the Kettle Milwa ukee, where she is in a luncheon Milwaukee-Downer 1938 Moraine, which is scheduled to be and potlu ck group with several members Sesquicentennial Reunion, published by avage Press this fa ll. of the Class of J 939 who also were "city" October 12-14, 2001 Lorraine J. Evenson, W aupaca, has students at Downer. donated her mother's J 898 Ivers and Patricia H enning D eihl, R acine, is cur­ riculum chair for Adventures in Lifelong Pond piano to the Hutchinson House

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Learning, for which she has arranged 62 Artists, the Wauwatosa Artists Workshop, guest lecturers in the past two years. and the Manito Art League. A.L.L. sponsors n"lini-courses, field trips, Barbara Loomis, Downers Grove, and study groups for its 300 members. She Illinois, is a docent at the Brookfield Zoo also has attended 25 Elderhostels in the and an activity assistant at Coi11111unity past 23 years. Adult Day Care; publishes a monthly Julia Brace Denniston, Ogdensburg, and condon"linium newsletter; and, after her husband, Michael, took a seven-day cataract surgery, has been able to resume driving trip along the Mississippi River, bird-watching. with stops at Guttenberg, Iowa; Nauvoo, Gertrude Johnson McEwen, Carmel, Illinois; and Hannibal, Missouri. California, is retired a a special edu cation Jane W. Lentzner, East Troy, visited teacher but still does tutoring in her several railroad museums in Wisconsin home, "since I find young ones a pure joy." with her nephew and then drove with Lura Webert Wilcox, Bloon"lington, hi m through the we tern United States, Minnesota, and her husband, William, taking in a quilt show in Boise, visiting spend part of the winter in Green Valley, relatives in Missoula, and returning via Mini-Reunion Arizona. Amtrak. Lawrentians have a way of running into Jeanne Albrecht Young, Mayville, Sarah Roberts Scholle, Corona del Mar, notes with pride that her granddaughter, California, lives in a house overlooking each other, all over the world. Just such an Katherine C. Young, '00, graduated from the Pacific Ocean and keeps busy with unexpected mini-reunion happened when Lawrence this past spring, magna cum laude. "fan"lily, golf, Bible study, church work, two members of the Class of 1949, Beverly and a little bridge." Pearson Joutras, of Northfield, Illinois (left), Milwaukee-Downer 1948 Lorraine Siekert Thomas, Mequon, uses Sesquicentennial Reunion, e-mail to stay in touch with her grand­ and Jean Watt Castles, of Arl ington October 12-14, 2001 daughter, who is a Peace Corps teacher in Heig hts, Illinoi s, discovered each other on a Doris Meyer Cort, New York, New Kyrgyzstan, near the western border of Rhine River cruise . "There's always a York, works from home as a salesperson for her husband John's firm, Cort Realty. hina, and her grandson, who works for Lawrentian around, wherever we go," Jean a publishing company in Addis Ababa, Harriet Zinneman Levy, Highland, Ethiopia. Castles says. Maryland, and her husband, Stanley, have lived in the M aryland suburbs since 1952 Lawrence 1945 and, for the past several years, have win­ 60th Reunion, June 2005 tered in Phoenix, Arizona, where one of Patricia Torson Boyd, Highlands, North Alunmae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta their two daughters lives. T hey also have Carolina, is president of the Highlands and also serves on the Episcopal Diocese a son and four grandchildren. Conservation League and also active in Program Group on Communications and Carol Peterson Olson and her husband, the Art League and in fund-raising efforts volunteers for a support group for the Los Lowell, spend summers in Seattle, doing for a new perfom"ling arts center. Angele Philharmonic Orchestra. "a little golfing and a lot of cruising on Betty Van Gorp Bradley, Wausau, is a our boat in the American and Canadian health consultant, assistin g her daughter, a .Milwaukee-Downer 1946 islands." In the winter, they live in nutritionist, in her clini c. She also volun­ Sesquicentennial Reunion, Tucson, Arizona. teers at the Woodson Art Museum. October 12-14, 2001 James R. Gerth, Van Nuys, alifornia, Sara Sue Son Esser, Milwaukee, writes Lawrence 1951 has completed the libretto for a new that she and her husband, John, are in 50th Reunion, June 22-24, 2001 opera, joan if Arc. A CD, with members of good health and feel fortunate to be able Patrick D. Curtin, Lake Mills, since the New York Opera Company singing to continue their interests and activities, retiring ten years ago as a n"liddle-school arias and highlights, has been released, and which include volunteer work, sailing, principal, has worked part-time with the selections from the score were included in golf, skiing, bridge, and travel. University ofWi consin-Whitewater as a one of the perfom1ances of the New York Connie Nickoloff Hedtke, Duluth, supervisor of student teachers and also Millennium Orchestra. Minnesota, served on the steering com­ done some upervising in a beginning Mary Fran Godwin Purse, Northfield, n"littee for the October 2000 reUJ"lion of teacher assistance program. H e volunteers Illinois, was invited to sing as part of a the Class of 1946, along with Pat Yates at a St. Vincent de Paul store and served program given by the North Shore Senior Tannhaeuser and Sara Sue Son Esser. for eight years on the Jefferson County Center, celebrating T he Year of the Older She was assisted in efforts to contact all 49 Board. Person. She specializes in "the good old members of the class via telephone or William L. and Katherine Milnamow '30s and '40s tunes we all know and love letter by a conunittee that also included ('53) Guerin, Baraboo, in April, took a o well." Jeanne Albrecht Young, Lura Webert Lindblad Nature Photography Crui e on Polly Durgin Warner, Ellison Bay, has Wilcox, Doris Larsen Lange, Judy the Sea of Cortez, viewing and pho­ lived in Door County for ten years. She David Zuehsow, and Germaine tographing many dolphins and whales. takes adult-education classes at The Clear­ Romenesko St. Arnold. Jim ('52) and Joyce Herreid Haight live ing each winter and also art classes at the Lois Addicks Johnson, Wauwatosa, part of the year in Beloit and part near Peninsula Art School. retired from nursing in 197 6 and since their children in San Diego, California. Billie Kolb Youngblood, San Marino, then has pursued a career as an artist. She Joyce has retired as a tax consultant, and California, is president of the Pasadena is a member of the League of Milwaukee

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Marcia Duin Mentkowski, M-D '61, profes­ Publishers, features the exploration of cross-cultural differences, sor of psychology and director of the allows students to develop and utilize composition ideas in an interac­ Office of Educational Research and Evalu­ tive manner, offers guidelines for evaluating writing as well as exer­ ation at Alverno College, is co-author of cises on a CD-ROM that parallels an activities manual, and includes a Learning that Lasts, published by Jessey­ review of problematic grammar points. Bass . Drawing from two decades of longi­ In addition to her Lawrence B.A., Parker holds master's and Ph .D. tudinal studies on student learning in the degrees from UW-Madison. The 1999 recipient of UWSP's Excellence curriculum at Alverno and on leading edu­ in Teaching award, her areas of expertise are 17th to 20th century cational theories, Mentkowski and her Francophone theatre, literature, and civilization. associates present a portrait of deep and portrait of deep and durable learning. Jennifer Baumgardner, '92, is co-author of The book explores what it means for educators to foster Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, MANIFEST essential skills for learning, leading, teamwork, and adapting A and the Future, to be published as a trade with integrity in college and beyond. These same skills, it notes, paperback by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux in promote transformation of the learner. October. Professor Mentkowski's associates include faculty mem­ Manifesta is said to be the first book bers, administrators, and researchers who span disciplines in the to chronicle a new generation of feminism

humanities, behavioral sciences, and the professions. Drawing AND AMY liCNAIDl -Third Wave Feminism . If the First Wave on their own experiences, they suggest concrete ways for fac­ comprised women like Elizabeth Cady ulty and academic staff members to work together to forge Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and the effective curricula, design innovative programs, implement key Second Wave gave us Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, then the institutional goals, and renegotiate the college culture. Th ird Wave includes young women who've grown up with the ideas of feminism but who are trying to define what it means for Marcia Glidden Parker, '66, associate pro­ them now. fessor of French at the University of Wis­ Encouraging young women to embrace both "girlie culture" consin-Stevens Point, is one of three and political activism, Manifesta is both a call to arms and a defense authors of a textbook for French compo­ of the "I'm not a feminist, but" mental ity. Feminism, the book says, sition and conversation, Generations: can include Helen Gurley Brown and Susan Faludi, the Spice Girls Composition et conversation en francais. and Ani Di Franco. "This book is geared toward improv­ Baumgardner was an editor at Ms. from 1993 to 1997 and ing the communication skills of serious now makes her living as a freelance writer whose work has French students," Parker says. "The title appeared in Glamour, Ms., Out, The Nation, Jane, and Marie refers to generations of families and Claire. Her co-author, Amy Richards, Barnard College '92, is co­ societies, the spoken and written word, and the generations of founder of Third Wave, a national activist organization for women successive drafts that all good writers use to generate creative between the ages of 16 and 30 . Included in their fall 2000 book tour writing ideas." will be a lecture appearance at Lawrence . LT The 288-page paperback, published by Harcourt College

Jim is semi-retired from N ew York Life tional Ltd. , a book-publishing company. Lawrence 1954 Insurance Company. Charles Van De Zande, Greensboro, 50th Reunion, June 2004 Allan R. and Jane Cole ('52) Hallock, North Carolina, is an adjunct associate Howard M. Boor, Noblesville, Indiana, Columbine Valley, Colorado, celebrated professor in the industrial engi neering submitted the following report on his life: their 50th anniver ary in M ay . All an has department of North Carolina Agricultural "One wife/ T wo grea t kids/ Three years in been active in developing ski condos in and Technical State University; plays retirement/ Four-lorn re my college Steamboat Springs, C olorado. trumpet in the Greensboro Big Band, th e behavior/ Five fin e and healthy grandchil­ Lois Larson, Palm H arbor, Florida, vol­ Greensboro Concert Band, and a brass dren/ Many good memories of those col­ unteers at H elen Elli Hospital, works ensemble; and is a member of the N orth lege days / Infinite the ways the Lawrence with children at her church, and has taken Carolina Sea rch and R esc ue D og Associa­ experience ca n be benefi cial. " some interesting classes. tion (with hi partner, chocolate lab M r. C. Ted Hill, Crys tal Lake, Illinois, has Barbara Nukow Olive, Milwaukee, is Keen). opened a new R eMax office in Huntley, secretary I treasurer of Lemieux Interna- Illinois.

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R etrea t for her church. geology at Macalester College, and she Marion C. Reed, of Milwaukee, a Jack Nilles, Los Angeles, California, has recently retired from her j ob a a com­ Lawrence trustee since 1972, was the completed a global study of the future of puter superviso r. For the pas t ten years subject of an article television and electronic commerce for Gerald has been a lecturer on board cruise the Europea n Commissio n, all done via liners to the Antarctic. in the March issue the Intern et. Jack and hi wife, Laila, are Beverly Socha Wilke, W ales, has retired of the United president and vice-president, respecti vely, as orga nist ofJ eru alem Presbyteri an States Tennis Asso­ ofJ ala International, Inc., and both are Church in W ales and Bethesda Presbyter­ ciation's USTA listed in Who's Who in the World . ian Church in W aukesha. She played at Thomas S. and Mary Alice Smith ('56) the church in W ales for 18 years and Magazine, which Piper li ve in Sterling, Virginia. Tom is before that at Horicon Presbytet;an dubbed her "the president, chief executive offi cer, and Church for 25 years. second-best 80- coordinating consultant of th e Ministries and-over tennis in Sync Foundati on, a non- profit organi­ Milwaukee-Downer 1954 za ti on he founded in 1986 that assists Sesquicentennial Reunion, player in the country." That's a genuine churche and C hristia n organizations. October 12-14, 2001 compliment, since the #1 senior tennis Mary retired in 1999 from the Evangelical Nancy Oswald B eheim, Fairview Park, player in the country is the unbeatable Council for Financial Accountability. Ohio, is retired from social work but has retained her li cense and still attends Dodo Cheney, who has won more than Elizabeth Zipser Rouse, W aukesha, reti red in 1998 fi·om Charter Behavioral professional workshops. 300 national tennis titles. In addition to H ea lth System of Wisconsin, then became Jane Donnell Byng, Rice Lake, went her tennis prowess, Read's athletic director of an alternative school, and now white-water rafting on the Wolf River. In resume includes being an accomplished has retired fo r the second time. addition to photography, she has taken up Ivan N . and Carol Gode Spangenberg painting in watercolors. skier, both downhill and cross-country; live in Appleton. Ike received the 1999 Mary McNutt Sayas, Arbor Vitae, serves a figure skater; and a mountain climber Community Service Awa rd from the on the board of Friends of the Library, is a who scaled Mont Blanc and served as a Wisconsin Music Association at its state docent in the local muse um, and tutors in base-camp manager at 20,000 feet on a convention in Madison. a reading/literacy program. John B. Steinberg, Fort Collins, Marjoan Hutchinson Strahota, Cobb, Himalayan expedition. She earned her Colorado, has an active counseling works part-time at Lands' End. H er oil pilot's license at age 55 and added a practi ce but still finds time to be president paintings have been shown in regional glider rating a year later. Grounded by of the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra exhibits, and one is in a statewide touring an eye problem, she now has taken up board, sing in the local choral society, and exhibition. visit his grandchildren in Misso uri. Shirlee Ann Sayner Teuber-Goins, rowing shells. Her credo, according to Jean McLaughlin Swanson, Cashi ers, Columbia, outh Carolina, is a priva te USTA Magazine: "You're never too old to N orth Carolina, and her husband, Arthur, voice teacher and clinician with 58 stu­ start looking for something new to do." have built a log home in th e western dents per week. In 1999 she went to Italy N orth Carolina mountains. They do alpine with her da ughter, Claire, an artist/singer hiking in Europe and lower-altitude who included her mother in recitals in hiking at home. Venice, Florence, and R ome, accompa­ Kay Collip Tornow, Gulf Breeze, nied by a Celtic harp. Roger P. Kennedy, Los Ga tos, Califor­ Fl orida, is a certified water aerobi cs Alice Schroeder Wandt, Brookfi eld, is nia, is chair of the Sa nta Clara County instru ctor. in th e real estate business and plays pi ano Tobacco Control Coalition, which works Gerald and Kathleen Hart Webers live for singalongs at nursing homes and a to edu ca te youth and ad ults to reduce in St. Paul, Minnesota. H e is professor of senior cente r. smoking and second-hand smoke expo­ sure. H e also teaches medical ethics to the residents in his hospital. Mary Alice Green Kopf, Minneapolis, Milwaukee-Downer Reunions Minnesota, is a R eMax real estate guide and, in 1999, finished restm; ng and reno­ vating her 28th house, one dati ng fi·o m Next 1936 2001 1946 2000 1956 2000 1887. She has served as chair of the Cen­ Reunion in 1937 2001 1947 2000 1957 2000 tennial Celebration Week for Pratt School October 1938 2001 1948 2000 1958 2000 (1898), the oldest sc hool building in Minneapolis; chair for Exterior Site Class of 1939 2001 1949 2001 1959 2001 Improvements to the Pratt Comm unity 1940 2000 1950 2000 1960 2000 Educati on Center; and a member of the 1931 2001 1941 2001 1951 2001 1961 2001 boa rd of th e Hennepin County History 1932 2001 1942 2001 1952 2001 1962 2001 Museum . Marilyn Date Kruecke, T hree Lakes, is 1933 2001 1943 2001 1953 2001 1963 2001 enj oying life in the N orthwoods, taking 1934 2001 1944 2001 1954 2001 1964 2001 computer classes and watercolor classes, 193 5 2000 1945 2000 1955 2000 1965 2001 and planning a Ladi es N orthwoods

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Vance Cope-Kasten, '66, professor of philoso­ Margaret A. Waller, '76, associate professor phy at Ripon College, has been awarded the of French at Pomona College, has been James Underkofler Award for Excellence in elected a Wig Distinguished Professor by a Undergraduate Teaching, sponsored by Alliant vote of the college's junior and senior Energy and the Wisconsin Foundation for classes. Waller, a member of the Pomona Independent Colleges and Universities. A faculty since 1986, teaches courses on member of the Ripon faculty since 1970, French culture, history, literature, transla­ Cope-Kasten designed and taught the first tion, and grammar as well as a women's Eastern philosophical tradition course at studies senior seminar. She also won the Ripon, focusing on Indian and Chinese Wig Award in 1991. Her book, The Male Malady: Fictions of philosophies. Since then, he has made the Impotence in the French Romantic Novel, was published in 1993; subject an ongoing research project, studying at the University of she also has had numerous articles published in both English and Michigan and St. Mary's College of Maryland. He received Ripon's French. After graduating from Lawrence summa cum laude May Bumby Severy Award in Teaching in 1975, 1989, and 1997. in French, she earned M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees from He earned master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Columbia University. Michigan and also studied at the University of Freiburg.

Margaret Port Witte, Milwaukee, and her husband, Russell, took a three­ in 1994 after 27 years with a San Fran­ attended the Special Olympics World month trip to Alaska in 1998 and planned cisco-area distributing company and Games in North Carolina. Her daughter, to visit California this year to see moved to Arizona in 1995. She is, she Alison, was the catcher on the Wisconsin Sequoia, Yosemite, and relatives. notes, an avid Arizona Diamondbacks fan. Special Olympics women's softball team Joanne Bondi Kedzie, Anaheim, Ruth Theine Suh, Greenwich, Con­ that won a bronze medal. California, volunteers in the Kaiser necticut, retired in 1999 as dietary director Permanente Hospice program, spending at the Town of Greenwich Nursing Lawrence 1955 time with patients as well as helping out Home. 50th Reunion, June, 2005 in the office, and serves on the University Beverly Hart Branson, Sturgeon Bay, of California, Irvine, Cancer Genetics Lawrence 1957 is an artist whose painting can be seen Re earch and Prevention Advisory Board 45th Reunion, June 2003 in the Fairfield Public Gallery Store in and as a volunteer in the UCI Epidemiol­ Warren R. Rehfeldt, Watertown, is Sturgeon Bay, the Paint Box Gallery in ogy Division office. This past year she newsletter editor for his Army Battalion Ephraim, and, during the summer, in the received honors from both the latter Association. Door County Art League's Show Case organizations for dedication and commit­ Gallery in Sister Bay. In addition, her ment to their programs. Milwaukee-Downer 1957 work is represented in collections in the Ihoko Kono Mott has moved from Sesquicentennial Reunion, United States, Australia, and Spain. Princeton, New Jersey, to Lemoyne, October 12-14, 2001 Pennsylvania, to be nearer her grandchil­ Mary Rauter Fairman, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee-Downer 1955 dren. She planned to visit China and Michigan, retired in June as a special­ Sesquicentennial Reunion, Korea this fall. education resource room teacher in the October 12- 14, 2001 Ruth Legler Qualich, Pewaukee, and Grand Rapids school system. Dorothy Zygmunt Drowns, Bonsall, her husband, Angelo, have traveled Charlotte Strong Ganser, Cary, Illinois, California, writes that all six of their chil­ widely in the past year, including a reports that her husband, Carl, had major dren and five grandchildren live nearby in Panama Canal cruise and trips to Santa back surgery in April, so they are reading, an Diego County: "We are 19 at our Fe, New Mexico, and to Croatia to visit walking, birdwatching, and enjoying holiday table, and a noisy table it is." Angelo's relatives. grandchildren while he recuperates. Char­ Zoe Ganos, Wauwatosa, retired two lotte enjoys needlework and is continuing years ago as a teacher of English as a Milwaukee-Downer 1956 to "work on improving my relationship Second Language and is enjoying "a Sesquicentennial Reunion, with my computer." schedule-less life." October 12-14, 2001 Margaret Neess LaParo, Wyomissing, Beverly Jean Born Hunt, Brookfield, Ruth Lund Daddona, The Villages, Pennsylvania, took a Mediterranean cruise and her husband, Frederick, stay active Florida, retired after 19 years teaching last fall and was planning to go to Toronto with tennis, golf, and a Habitat for handicapped preschoolers in the Fairfax, this past summer for a family reunion. Her Humanity building project through their Virginia, public schools. She and her sixth grandchild was born in June. church; in Florida during the winter, hu band, John, now volunteer in public Patricia Petersen, Grayslake, Illinois, Bev volunteers at the Ringling Museum schools, in addition to golfing and learn­ received the Ed.D. degree in counseling of Art. ing ballroom dancing. from Northern Illinois University in 1991 Betty Key Hurd, Fincastle, Virginia, Kay S. Kerst, Sun City, Arizona, retired and now has a private counseling practice.

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Shirley Zurchauer, Penn Yan, N ew Lawrence 1971 Attention, Lawrence York, is professor of occupational therapy 30th Reunion, June 2002 alumni who are VISTA at Keuka College. Camille Cates Barnett, former city man­ alumni, too ager of Austin, T exa , and W ashington, Milwaukee-Downer 1960 In preparation for the 35th anniversary D.C., has joined the Public Strategies Sesquicentennial Reunion, Group as a partner and will head its of t he Volunteers in Service to America October 12-14, 2001 Washington, D.C., offi ce. program, the Corporation for National Helen Bystol Grothem, Madisonville, Kentucky, is fo unding director of the Service is see king to contact former Lawrence 1972 occupational therapy assistants progra m at VISTA volunteers. If you served with 30th Reunion. June 2002 Madisonville T echnical College. T hat Patricia Fontana-Narell, Berkeley, VISTA after attending Lawrence, you program was accredited in 1997, and he Califo rnia, received a mas ter's degree in are asked to contact the Ameri­ currently is developing an associate's architecture from the University of degree program. corps*VISTA Office at 202-606-5000, California, Berkeley, in M ay . ext. 236, or [email protected] . Harold E. Jordan, Greenwood, Virginia, Lawrence 1962 has been elected to the board of directors For information on VISTA' s 35th 40th Reunion, June 2002 of Advantage Learning Systems, Inc. Anniversary Conference, to be held Scott Underwood Adam, Venice, Founder of the W ashington, D.C., law California, after 30 years in motion October 12 -14 in Washington, D.C., finn of Jordan & Keys, W orld Computer picture production, retired five years ago Systems, Madras Packaging L.L. C., and see www.americorps.org/vista/. and entered Fuller Theological Seminary, Madras Enterprises, he currently chairs the where he expects to complete the M.Div. Lawrence University Board of Trustee . degree this year. Scott was awarded the F. Carlton Booth Award in Evangelism as Lawrence 1973 the tudent whom the fac ulty beli eves has 30th Reunion. June 2002 the most potential for theological writing Barbara Bentley Pisaneschi, H ereford, Richard A. Burkett, San Diego, Califor­ in the fi eld of evangelism; the award Arizona, and her husband, Bob, have nia, associate professor of art at San Diego comes with a stipend toward his tuition restored a 191 4 M odel T and enj oyed State University, was in Ecuador this past for the Ph.D . in practical theology. designing and furnishing their "dream summer on a fac ulty research grant to Robert C. Buchanan, Appleton, presi­ house." document ceramic culture in the village of dent and chief executive offi cer of the Yvonne Fogg Sims, Grand R apids, Jatumpamba in the so uthern Andes . An Fox Valley Corporation, was named Michigan, is an administrator in the Grand internationally known authority on glaze Executive of the Year 2000 by the Paper R apids public schools. technology, he also plays mandolin in the Industry Management Association in June. bluegrass band H wy 52, in w hich hi wife, Milwaukee-Downer 1958 Elizabeth, plays upright bass . Lawrence 1964 Sesquicentennial Reunion, Stanley Kingsley Day, Evanston, Illinois, October 12-14, 2001 40th Reunion. June 2004 a senior editor at N orthwestern Univer­ Gretchen Engel Bailey, R aleigh, N orth Joyce A. Quigley, Carmichael, Califor­ sity, perfom1ed as musical director/ pianist Carolina, is active in her church, delivers nia, is a data analyst for Jacobs Engineer­ for the C hicago production of Hello, Meals on Wheel , tutors in an elem.entary ing Group, Inc., in Sacramento. Mudda h, Hello Fadduh through its 8-1/2 school, and takes care of her year-old month run at the Apollo Theatre. H e granddaughter several days a month. Lawrence 1967 recently played a solo piano recital at the Annie-Lorie Walz Renner, Markesan, is 35th Reunion, June 22-24 2001 First Congregational Church of Evanston, enj oying retirement; trying to train her David P. and Carol McFeaters ('69) w here he sings in the choir under Direc­ golden retriever/ chocolate lab mix, Dunlap live in Falls Church, Virginia. tor of Music David Lornson, '83. R ocky; doing counted cross-stitch; and David is a personnel management pecial­ David R. and Janice Iverson ('75) teaching herself to quilt. ist for the U .S. D epartment of H ealth and Hahn, live in Glendale and "are adjusting Nancy Johnson Schildgen, Clinton Human ervices, and Carol is managi ng to having teenagers in the house." Jan Township, Michigan, is busy with church director of the Fairfax Choral Society. teaches earth science at Whitnall High activities and serves as treasurer of the School. W omen's Fell owship and on the member­ Lawrence 1969 Thomas A. Oreck, Houston, T exas, has ship committee, as well as inging in the 35th Reunion, June 2004 been elected pre ident and chief executive choir. She made her 12th quilt top for the James H. Leslie, St. Paul, Minnesota, offi cer of the Oreck C orporation. church raffie this year. writes that his daughter, M argaret, is a Heather Habhegger Sekulich, Kokomo, first-year student at Grinnell College this Lawrence 1974 Indiana, and her husband, Milo, cele­ fall . 30th Reunion, June 2005 brated their 40th anniversary in O ctober Sandi Bonsett Webster, Blacksburg, Robert Currie, Chicago, Illinois, is presi­ with a surprise party arranged by their Virginia, was elected recording secretary dent of the N ational Association of H ealth daughters. of th e Virginia tate Chapter, PEO Sister­ Services Executives. Carol Holmes Wiensch, Mequon, is a hood, at its convention in M ay. Richard and Nancy Butler ('75) Kuhn, docent at an art museum and sculpture in 1999, moved from N orman, Okla­ garden. homa, to Concord, California, in the East

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Sarah is head of the English department is senior taff engineer in marketing and Thomas Howe, '71, professor of art at and Chuck is communications director at customer service for Optical Research Southwestern University at George­ Proctor Academy. Associates. town, Texas, has Jeffrey K. Kashuk, J erusalem, Israel, is a Lawrence 1975 general surgeon at the Jerusalem Medical collaborated on a 30th Reunion, June 2005 Center. He writes that he is "very occu­ new translation of Annie Gardon Alberty, Hephzibah, pied with Torah study, Jewish survival Vitruvius: 10 Books Georgia, teaches high school French and and growth, and continuity of our heritage." on Architecture, English and was nominated as 1999 Teacher of the Year. Jay A. and Teri Wuletich ('77) LaJone written by a Charles H. Albrecht, Pittsford, New live in Dallas, Texa . Jay is an attorney Roman architect at York, is medical director of Finger Lakes with the firm ofBennett & Weston, P.C. the time of the Radiation Oncology in Clifton Springs. William Jed and Ann Schirmer Lee live Jon A. Becker, Madison, is an arts and in Eagan, Minnesota. Jed is a testing man­ Emperor Augustus education consultant who manages a ager at The St. Paul Companies, and Ann and regarded, Howe says, as "the roster of international music artists that is technology manager with Computer central work of architectural theory in includes John Harmon, '57. He also is Sciences Corporation. Jed owns a 1982 the Western World." He wrote a com­ executive director of the Edward Collins Corvette and has run some car shows for Fund for American Music. the Suburban Corvette Club. mentary, did 143 pages of illustrations, Court H. and Maud Hardacker ('78) Lynn M. Libera, River Forest, Illinois, is and assisted with the translation from Bentley live in Rowley, Iowa. Maud is a consultant for IBM in Chicago. the Latin. the receptionist for M edi cal Associates in Judith N. Little, Shorewood, Minnesota, Howe, who holds M.A. and Ph.D. Independence, where Court plays French is a pension plan accountant for Wells horn in the community band. Fargo. degrees from Harvard University, Thomas B. Cartwright, Dixon, Illinois, Thomas C. Meyers, Bloomington, teaches architectural history and archi­ is a sub titute teacher at the elementary Minnesota, manage an office of Edina tectural design and launched both a and rniddle-school levels and on the staff Reality in St. Paul. Patricia E. Miller, Round Rock, Texas, major in art history and a minor in of the Reynoldswood Christian amp and Conference Center. He plays trombone in recently retired from the Internal Rev­ architecture and design at Southwest­ t\.vo community symphonic band . enue Service in Seattle. ern. He has co-directed two excava­ Susan Glover Craighead, Naperville, Nancy Maxwell Mullen, Cincinnati, tions - a Roman villa in Britain and a Illinois, is benefits communications Ohio, is resident-relations director for an specialist with a pension fund. Epi copal retirement home in southwest structure on the Palatine Hill in Rome Thomas W. Cutter, Oak Park, Illinois, Ohio, with responsibility for more than - and is field director and chief mas­ is associate professor and associate chair of 500 residents. ter planner for an archaeological park the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Thomas L. Neff, Nashville, Tennessee, at the site of several large Roman villas are, University of Chicago. is chief operating officer and director of Gail Dinius Dolan, Neenah, is a creative programming affairs for the at Castellammare di Stabia near Pompeii. teacher/therapist in the child psychology Documentary Channel, scheduled to unit at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton. be on the air later this year, showing Christopher A. Eager, Evansville, is a documentary films 24/7 (http://www. vice-president at Union Bank and Tru t documentarychannel.com). Company. Kendrick E. Neubecker, Vail, Colorado, Bay area of San Francisco. Rich is con­ Scot M. Faulkner, Harpers Ferry, We t is assi tant director/ naturalist for the Vail troller of BEl Technologies. Virginia, is a senior partner in Phoenix Nature enter. Jeffrey D. and Karen Freeman ('75) onsulting Associates, an international Kathleen Kosloske Orth, Appleton, is Ortmann live in Chicago. Karen is senior consulting firm in the area of training and organist and youth choir coordinator at vice-president for patient operations at the management improvement. He is active in Memorial Presbyterian Church, teaches Marionjoy Rehabilitation Link in itizens for Jefferson's Future, a grassroots second-fourth grade music at Appleton's Wheaton, and Jeff teaches at the Wood­ coalition aimed at preserving the rural and new charter school, plays for East High view Elementary School in Bolingbrook. historic character ofJefferson County. School musicals and solo/ensemble con­ Matthew and Martha Hall ('75) Sigler, T. J. "Tim" Freeman, Oneida, is a tests, and has played piano for honors live in Perrysburg, Ohio. Matt is building partner in Cardiology Associates of Green choirs around the state and prepared many a new office for his dental practice in Bay. elementary stud ents for state and regional Bowling Green. Martha takes their Paula Gordinier, Cheyenne, Wyoming, honors choirs. Australian Cattle Dog, who is a registered is a program evaluator for the State of Thomas P. Parrett, New York, New therapy dog, to nur ing homes and Wyoming. York, is a self-employed writer, editor, hospitals. Gordon Hard, Haddam, Connecticut, and advertising creative director. Eric and Martha Anderson ('75) Smith­ is a senior editor of Consul/ler Reports Carl A. Rath, Norman, Oklahoma, is back live in LaGrange Park, Illinois, magazme. associate professor of music at the Univer­ where Eric is a consulting actuary. John F. and Deborah Herndon Isen­ sity of Oklahoma and principal bas oonist Charles B. and Sarah Ousley ('75) Will berg live in Pasadena, California, where with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic are in Andover, New H ampshire, where Debbie is a kindergarten teacher and John Orchestra. In August he performed in

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John W. Sundlof has his own photogt·a­ phy studio in Wilmette, Illinois, doing advertising and editori al photography (www.sundlof com). Lawrence 1976 25th Reunion, June 22-24, 2001 Carl and Susan Jansky ('75) Oefelein li ve in Ba rrington, Illinois. Carl has recently received a patent for an expand­ able cart. Sue is a caterer and also works as a descriptive panelist (product evalu ator) for Unilever. Joseph M. Troy, Appleton, who has been O utagam.ie County Circuit Court judge since 1987, has been appointed chief j udge of the Eighth Judicial Disttict, which includes Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Mari nette, Oconto, O utagamie, an d W aupaca Counties. Lawrence 1978 25th Reunion. June 2003 Thomas M. Baer, '74, is president, chief physics at the University of Colorado. He Bradley ('79) and Martha Kreher executive officer, and founder of Arcturus was vice-president of research for Spec­ Stevenson li ve in Wilmington, Massachu­ setts. Brad is director of software at Virtual Engineering, Inc., in Mountain View, Cali­ tra-Physics, Inc., and also was associated Ink Corp oration. fornia, a company that develops innova­ w ith Biometric Imaging, Inc., before tive instrumentation for the Iife sciences founding Arcturus Engineering . He holds Lawrence 1979 and medicine, including a series of prod­ more than 40 patents, has received 12 25th Reunion, June 2004 Sylvia Long Batzler, R ockville, Mary­ ucts based on laser capture microdissec­ industry awards for design innovations, land, is an assistant public defender in the tion, which can extract specific cells from has been a member of the board of direc­ Maryland O ffice of the Public D efender. solid-tissue samples for precise molecular tors of the Optical Society of America, and Susan Chandler, Edina, Minnesota, is analysis. In addition to his Lawrence has served on National Institute of Stan ­ director of adva ncement and corp orate relations for Arts Midwest. degree in physics, he earned M .S. and dards and Technology oversight commit­ Betsy Crawford Fine, N eenah, recently Ph .D. degrees from the University of tees sponsored by the National Research testifie d, in "full Packer garb" before a Chicago and did postdoctoral research at Council. state senate committee hearing on the the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astra- future of Lambeau Field. She is at work on a book about motherhood to be titled Mo m - The Best Job in th e Wo rld . Linda Fischer, Milwaukee, is facilities coordinator at C umulus Broadcasting, Inc. Mary Roy Fisher, BloOtTlington, Min­ Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the annual nia, is an attorney with the firm of nesota, is head copywriter at Lindquist and confe rence of the D ouble R eed Society, M cNichols, R andick, O 'D ea & Too­ A ·sociates in Minnea polis. and he also is the drummer for MidLife liatos. August "Bill" Geise, Littleton, Col­ C risis, a classic rock band. Victor Scavarda, Idyllwild, California, orado, is Anderse n Consulting's managi ng Susan Lohrenz Rennane, Mequon, is a teaches third-fourth grade and adva nced partner for its world electroni c commerce special educa tion teacher in the M equon­ band in the H emet Unified Sc hool prac tice for the telecommunica ti ons Thiensvill e School District. District and is president of the Idyllwild market segment. Judith Erickson Robinson, Saxtons Mas ter Chorale. Michael Gerlicher, Keizer, Oregon, is River, Vermont, is director of vocal music George E. Stalle, Moorestown, New the controller for the O regon District at Vermont Academy, where she leads a Jersey, is a stay-at- home dad and free­ Assemblies of God. summer course called Visio ns of the Wi/der- lance marketing consultant. Jeff Hawley, Berkeley, California, is 1/.ess, an academic clas that includes 16 Laurie L. Stearns, San Francisco, m~o r markets service representative for days and 60-75 miles of backpacking on California, is taking a sa bbati cal leave Paychex, Inc. Vermont's Long Trail. from her position as corporate counsel for Lauren Schneider Hines, Winnetka, Wendy Robinson, N ew York, N ew the Oracle Company and has written a Illinois, works part-time as an attorney York, is a senior market-research manager chap ter on legal aspects of plagiarism for a and also wtites fic tion and travel piece . for The Net ll Yo rk Tim es. book published by the State U niversity of Roelif Loveland, Peru , Illinois, is sales Julie Haight Rose, San R amon, Califor- N ew York Press. and advertising manager for the N ail

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Divi ion of the W . H . Maze Company. Lawrence 1980 Keith Morgan, Lowell , M assachuse tts, is James Gandre, C '81, beca me dean of 25th Reunion, June 2005 an operations technician for Epichem, Inc. the College of the Kurt E. Amend, after serving for three Scott Myers, Winnetka, Illinois, is a Perform ing Arts at yea rs as first secretaty/consul in the U.S. partner in Ander en Consulting's pharma­ embassy in Islamabad, Paki stan, moved Chicago's Roo­ ceutical practice. this pas t summer to an assignment in N ew Mark Rosen, Milwaukee, is a criminal sevelt University Delhi, India, tracking trade and invest­ defense attorney prac ti cing with the firm on July 1. He pre­ ment iss ues in the economic secti on of th e of R osen and Holzman Ltd. viously was dean embassy there. Paul Schwab Ill, Lutherville, Maryland, Bernhard Asher, Minneapolis, Min­ of enrollment and is an attorney and a partner in the firm of nesota, works in the !nterprise N etwork­ Azrael, Gann, & Franz, L.L.P. alumni at the ing Division of U S W est, troubleshooting Ruth Steiner, Gainesville, Florida, is Manhattan Frame R elay and other Wide Area assis tant professor of urban and regional School of Music, N etwork repair problems for customers. planning at the University of Fl orida . In addition, he is th e drummer for the where he al so taught a weekly master A specialist in transportation and land- use !nterprise funk/soul band, th e W eb planning, she recently completed studies class for undergraduates in the prepa­ Tones. on Florida growth-management legis­ ration and presentation of vocal reper­ John M. Curtin, Scottsdale, Arizona, lation for the Fl orida Department of toi re. As a vocal performer, he has writes that he and his wife, Victoria, are Transportation and the U .S. D epartment both attorneys and "probably the only of Agriculture. appeared as a soloist with the Cleve­ couple in N orth America w ho keep a Donald and Elaine Maxfield Sunnen land Orchestra, at New York's PepsiCo home copy of the Arizona Rules of Civil li ve in Lexington, Virginia. Don is associ­ Summerfare, with the Philharmon ia Procedu re to se ttle disputes." ate professor of German at the Virginia Baroque Orchestra, and with members Rick Davis, W arrenton, Virgi nia, has Military Institute, and Elaine is a home­ been artisti c director of the Theatre of schooling mother. of the San Franci sco Symphony. Hi s the First Amendment, the professional Donald Sweeting, Littleton, Colorado, choral engagements include more company of George Mason University's is senior pas tor of Cherry Creek Presby­ than 100 performances with such Institute of Arts, for nine years. As of this terian Church in Englewood and was summer he is heamng up a new venture, orchestras as the New York Philhar- involved in some of the crisis counseling SummerArts, a festival thea tre in Flagstaff, and medi a response foll owing the tragedy mon ic, Metropolitan Opera, London Arizona. His co-authored book, W riting at Columbine High School. Classical Players, Royal Concertge­ About Thea tre, was published this year by Amy Thirsten, Richfield, Minnesota, bouw, Israel Philharmonic, and at the Allyn and Bacon. is executive assistant to the president and William F. Drennan, M emphis, T en­ Ai x-en-Provence Festival. Dean Gandre managing mrector of the St. Paul Cham­ nessee, is president of Foresight, Inc., a ber Orchestra. received the B.Mus. degree cu111 Laude sales and marketing consultant firm that he John W. Warrington, Jr., Cincinnati, from Lawrence and the M.Mu s. from founded in 1998. Previously he was sales Ohio, is a partner in Corporate R esearch, the San Francisco Conservatory of manager of a ten-state area for Dot Foods, L.L. C. Inc. Bruce M. ('80) and Sherry Casady Music. He is a candidate for the doc­ Brian A. Fero, Eva nston, Illinois, is Wermuth live in Grapevine, T exas. torate in higher ed ucation leadership senior account director for RR Donnell ey. Bruce is a music producer for maj or from the University of Nebraska . Catherine Barlow Garrison, M ountain corporate shows and a writer/ producer/ Lakes, N ew Jersey, doe data-base consult­ petform.er/teacher with a studio in th e ing in Microsoft Access for small busi­ home. Sherry is a full-time mom/volun­ nesses and, "having returned to the seri ous teer who happily oversaw the fitting of study of the flute after too many years," za tion Adjudication Festival in May. The 300 new uniforms for her daughter's has a small studio of very young tJu tists. N orthport-East Northport School Dis­ high-school band, chairs the board at her Mark D. Hardy, Wheaton, Illinois, is a tri ct, where C hris ha taught music in ce on's preschool, and served on th e ca mpus software eng 1981, has been named one of th e top 100 ineer for Lucent Technolo­ excellence committee at another daugh­ gies and a fr equent artistic contributor to ter's middle school. places in America for music educa tion programs. N ational Public R amo's TI1 e A nnoying Richard Whiting, Bayside, is head trader M 11 sic Show. In 1999, Mark and his partner, Debbie Becker Zak, Lubbock, T exas, and a partner in Vector Securities Interna­ Richard Korthauer, hosted an open-air volunteers in the local school system, ti onal in D eerfield, Illinois. concert of Indonesian gamelan music in Dona Vander SchaafWininsky, Mil­ w here she is in charge of 80 school animals and fi ve gardens used to teach Aurora, Illinois. waukee, is a public policy specialist for the Karin Simonson Kopischke, Chicago, elementaty -sc hool students about ecology, Ameri ca n Lung Associati on ofWisconsin. is a theatrical co tume designer of na tional Christine Manuel Zacher, Northport, animal care, good nutrition habits, and recycling. reputation. She was a recipient of the N ew York, reports that the N orthport Joseph Jefferso n Award for Outsta nding Middle School Sixth Grade Band under Costume D esign, serves on the Michael her directi on received a ra ting of Gold Merritt Design Award Committee, with Distincti on at the N ew York State and teaches costume design at D ePaul Music Association Annual M ajor Organi- University.

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" teaching engineers what they need to kn ow to survi ve in the current petroleum service busin ess." C harl ene has been elected a deacon at The W oodlands Presbyterian C hurch. Lawrence 1981 25th Reunion, 2006 Teresa Miller Spevacek, M adison, i pas toral-care coordinator in th e Queen of Peace parish, training volunteers for parish min is try . Lawrence 1982 20th Reunion, June 2003 David and Regula Vitt ('83) Arnosti live in East Lansing, Michiga n. D avid is an as istant professor of biochemistry at Michi ga n State University, and R egul a is the stay-at-home mother of three. Peter ('84) and Lynn James Dulak live in R ed Wing, Minnesota. H e is the high school choral director in Ellsworth , Wis­ Fly the friendly guys consin, and she is a private music teacher. Jack and Melissa Capra ('83) Ehren li ve Captain Ron Bernard, '73, and First Officer Greg Uselmann, '82, are shown practicing their in Lake O swego, O regon, where he is trade, in the cockpit of their Midwest Express DC -9, bound on this occasion from Apple­ corporate controller fo r Planar Systems, ton to Dallas. Bernard, retired as a commander in the U.S. Navy, lives in Shorewood . Inc., and she is a homemaker. Uselmann, who also entered the Navy after graduating from Lawrence and later flew Karen B. King, Madi son, is an attorn ey in the firm of Michael Best & Friedtich, for Pan American and Braniff Airlines, resides in Merton. They look forward to cockpit LL.D. visits from Lawrence faculty, students, and alumni traveling to and from Wisconsin . Donald V. and Katherine Leventhal ('83) Latorraca li ve in Monona, Wiscon­ sin. She is a physical therapist with M onona R ehabilitation Services, and he is an assistant state attorney general.

Michael R. Ladevich, St. Louis, Mis­ uct , Inc., and N ancy is a homemaker. Lawrence 1983 so uri, is seni or vice-president at Gro up 21. Jennifer A. Sims, San Jose, California, is 20th Reunion, June 2003 Lawrence S. Ly, Dari en, Illin ois, is sec­ se ni or director, internal communica tions Scott C. Anderson, T ucson, Arizona, is ond vice-president at The N orthern Trust and public affairs, for Aspects Communi­ the band director at M arana High School. Company. ca ti ons. Ted Chesky, Ann Arbor, Michiga n, is Michael Martino and Carrie Schaeffer­ Terry Brown Sopotnick, Poynette, is vice-pre id ent ofDesign Hub, a graphic Martino, '83, live in Plymouth, Min­ home schooling her three- and six-year­ design and web development company. nesota. Michael is a vice-president at Salo­ olds, teaches some voice and piano stu­ H e is working on his £light instructor man Smith Barney in Minneapolis, and dents, and di rects the music for Lodi certifica te. Carrie is a pedi atri c nutritional speciali t at High School musicals. Emily Copeland, Miam.i Shores, Florida, Ross Pediatrics. Kenneth Warger, N ew City, N ew is assis tant professor of intern ational rela­ Donald S. and Susan McCrank ('81) York, has been an English teacher and ti ons at Flotida Internati onal University. Litzer li ve in Wisconsin R apids. Donald hockey coach at Clarkstown High School Rodney Fabrycky, M cLean, Virgi ni a, is is hea d of adult services at M cMillour for 20 yea rs and is building a new house a fo reign affairs specialist for th e D epart­ M emorial Library, and Susa n teaches Ger­ in th e Hudso n River Vall ey nea r W est ment of D efense and is working on a man in the M arshfield chool District. Point. Ph.D . Stephanie Gineris Rothstein, Whitefish Robert T. Welch, R edgranite, repre­ Amy Pagel Felder, Providence, Rhode Bay, is Assistant U.S. Attorney for th e sents the 14th Senate District in th e Wis­ Island, is a pa try chef instructor at John­ Eastern District of Wisconsin. consin State Senate so n and W ales University. James I. Scheuer, O wen, has had a com­ (www.legis.state. wi. us/ senate/ se n1 4/ news Nancy Owens Fraser, Orono, Min­ position for young concert bands, Two /index. html). nesota, is litiga ti on service manager at alive A merica n Songs, published by James G. and Charlene Ivancic ('81) D orsey & Whitney, L.L.P. in Minnea polis. Alliance Publications, Inc. Wilke, The W oodlands, T exas, aft er 19 Lynn A. Freiberg, Milwaukee, is an William C. and Nancy Hayes ('81) years in Oklahoma City, have moved to internati onal account representati ve for Simon live in Burnsvill e, Minnesota. Bill H ouston, where Jim is a technical consul­ GE M arquette Medi cal Sys tems. is national sales manager for Bechik Prod- tant for BJ Services Company U SA, Dawn Pubanz Gergen, Beaver D am, is

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an attorney with Gergen, Gergen & School. In October 1999, his high school Nina Shepherd, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pretto, S.C. choir sang at the Wisconsin Music is director of events and special projects at Martha Girard-Renk, Evanston, Illinois, Educators convention and the boys choir the University of Minnesota. is an EKG technician/medical secretary at performed for the silver anniver ary of James Skochdopole, Dallas, Texas, has Glen Brook Hospital in Glenview. the Organization of American Vocal been elected managing partner of the law Wendy Welch Grimm, Eden Prairie, Educators midwest conference. Kevin firm Bell, Nunnally, and Martin. His prac­ Minnesota, is senior sales consultant for was assistant convention chair for the tice focuses on corporate and tax law. Mainline Cruise and Travel. North Central American Choral Direc­ Paul H. Smith and Polly Harker­ Neil M. Hersh, New Berlin, is vice­ tors Association conference, held in Smith, '84, live in Fargo, North Dakota, president of sales at Northwest Coatings Madison in March. where he is chief executive officer of the Corporation. Charles Murphy, Perrysburg, Ohio, is Prairie Psychiatric Center, and she is a Laura Jones, Portland, Oregon, is a marketing repre entative for Federated social worker. regional manager at Exponent in Lake Insurance. Susan Umnus-Talo, Appleton, is a sales Oswego, Oregon. Susan Remillard Ostrowski, Niantic, representative with Electroline, Inc. Joseph L. Kartheiser, Boca Raton, Florida, the self-described "richest busboy in the entire Southeast Atlantic," was recently sent by his employers, Cheese­ cake Factory Restaurants, to Boston, where he "trained busboys to clear tables and dishwashers to u e a Hobart machine." Susan Wegner Kleinberg, Cos Cob, Connecticut, is a fitness instructor at the YMCA of Greenwich and currently is enrolled in a pre-med program at the University of Connecticut. Craig W. Knapp, Monroe, Connecticut, is director of financial planning and analy­ sis at Cebal America, Perching Plastic Packaging, Inc. Bill ('84) and Sandy Kawleski Lien live in Lindstrom, Minnesota. Sandy works in Guests at the September 18, 1999, wedding of Siri Engberg, '89, and Marty Broan, at Camp Manito­ events marketing with eFunds in Shore­ wish in Boulder Junction, included two generations of Lawrentians (from left): Joyce Grant Boan, '59, view, and Bill is director of pricing at Mary Helscher Schuchman, '62, Sarah Daubert Seidel, '62, Jane Kaiser Reckmeyer, '51, Nicole Salier, Patterson Dental. '90, Laura Caviani, '84, Gillian Engberg, '92, President Richard Warch, the bride, the groom, Kate Smail, Ann Kohl-Re, La Crosse, teaches art at '89, Susan Herr Engberg, '62, Charles Engberg, '63, Richard Engberg, '65, Meredith Watts, '62. Not Logan Middle School. pictured: Shana Beneteau, '89. James R. and Tracy Ostwald ('84) Kowald live in Appleton. Jim is a broad­ cast engineer at WFRV-TVS, and Tracy is a sixth-grade teacher in the Appleton Connecticut, is a speech therapist in Ken Wiele, Kenosha, is a band director schools. private practice. in the Kenosha Unified School District. John R. Kuehl, Eau Claire, is senior cat­ Lisa Russell Palzkill, Madison, is a Lisa Wingfield-Syverson, Chicago, alog manager for the Mason Companies in proofreader at A-R Editions. Illinois, earned a B.F.A. degree in graphic Chippewa Falls, managing two women's Jennifer Pedraza, New York, New design and illustration at the Maryland shoe catalogs, Maryland Square and Massey's. York, is owner and president of Cut Institute, College of Art, and now is presi­ David R. Lornson, Gurnee, Illinois, is Time Productions, Inc. dent of her own firm, Syverson Studios. director of music at the First Congrega­ Patricia L. Quentel, Mount Pleasant, Stuart S. Winter, Albuquerque, New tional Church of Evanston. South Carolina, is an associate attorney Mexico, is assistant professor of pediatrics Paul McComas, Evanston, Illinois, is at Moore and Van Allen, P.L.L.C. in (pediatric hematologist/ oncologist) at the "shopping around" his second book, a Charleston. University of New Mexico H ealth novel titled Unplugged; his first book, the Jody Koteski Reckard, Wauwatosa, is Sciences Center. critically acclaimed short story collection vice-president of client services at Fidu­ Twenty Questiorts (Fifthian Press, 1998), has ciary Management, Inc., in Milwaukee. Lawrence 1984 sold out its initial run and gone into a sec­ Victoria Mason Runnoe, Gibbonsville, 20th Reunion, June 2003 ond printing. Paul teaches fictio':l writing Idaho, is a regional conservation educator David J. Meulemans, Fort Lauderdale, in the adult continuing-education pro­ at the Idaho Department of Fish and Florida, is a senior business analyst with gram at Northwestern University and Game. Shared Medical Systems Corporation. works as a figure model at the School of Laura Patterson Sanders, Manchester, Jennifer Taylor, Rochester, Minnesota, the Art Institute of Chicago. Missouri, is a trust representative at A. G. has over 40 private music students and Kevin Meidl, Neenah, is director of Edwards Trust Company. also directs a Home School Band, com­ choral activitie at Appleton West High John R. Schmidtke, St. Louis, Missouri, prising 30 home-schooled children. The is pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. first of three ESL teaching manuals for

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Taiwan, Japan, and Korea she is writing second book, Edward Ruscha: Editions for Oxford University Press was com­ Ross H. Hyslop, '85, has been elected to 1959-1999. pleted in May. In the fall of 1999 she partnership in the national law firm Shawn and Jennifer Wilcox ('90) began work on a master's degree in edu­ McKenna and Cuneo, L.L.P. He has Koerner live in Whitefish Bay. Jen is an cation from the University of Minnesota. immunology specialist for Centocor been an associate Biotechnology, and Shawn is an invest­ Lawrence 1985 in the firm's San ment executive with PaineWebber. 15th Reunion, June 22-24, 2001 Diego office since Jeff and Lynn Brunner ('91) LeMoine Margot G. Dell, Minneapolis, Min­ live in Crystal, Minnesota. Jeff is security 1993. nesota, is a sales and marketing consultant manager for General Mills, and Lynn is a for All-Data, Inc. His practice homemaker. R. David Eisenbeiss, Seabrook, Texas, is concentrates on L. J. Sachs Nicholas, La Costa, Califor­ president of KIWO, Inc., manufacturer of complex commer­ nia, is director of marketing for Bally adhesives and photoemulsions used in Total Fitness Corporation. cial and business textile and screen printing. Bruce Wenger, Henderson, Nevada, is Michael Jolton, Lakewood, Colorado, is litigation in state vice-president of client services for IDC. a senior manager for Arthur Andersen and federal court, and he has experi­ Business Consulting in Denver. ence in civil litigation cases involving Lawrence 1990 15th Reunion, June 2004 fraud and business torts, contract dis­ Lawrence 1986 Margaret E. Anderson, Minneapolis, 15th Reunion, June 22-24, 2001 putes, health care litigation, securities has graduated from the University of Carrie T. Drake and R. Cranston Paull and mail fraud, antitrust, unfair com­ Minnesota School of Dentistry and has live in New York City, where she is an petition, patent infringement, qui tam accepted a Kellogg Foundation fellowship assistant professor of neuroscience at Weill in public health dentistry in Portland, claims under the False Claims Act (i.e., Medical College of Cornell University Oregon. and he i a senior analyst for CIBC­ "whistleblower" claims), and Jones Molly K. Anderson, Wilmette, Illinois, is Oppenheimer. Act and General Maritime/Admiralty performing in ice skating shows and skat­ Jeff Walker, Wales, assistant director of claims. ing competitions, studying improvisation development research at the University of at the Training Center of the Second City Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is active in the He received the J.D. degree from in Chicago, and working as an inclusion Wisconsin chapter of the Association of Tulane University School of Law, aide at a school. Professional Researchers for Advancement where he served as a member of the Amy Moldenhauer Bartol, Berlin, is and serves as editor of the chapter's Moot Court Board, and was admitted the owner of AB Designs Drapery Work­ newsletter. room. to State Bar of California in 1990. Kelly Bunte, Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a social studies teacher at Minnetonka Lawrence 1987 + www.mckennacuneo.com . 15th Reunion, June 22-24, 2001 High School. Jon Barsanti has moved from Milwaukee, Octavia Camarena-Villasenor, Mexico where he has been working as a realtor for City, Mexico, is chief executive officer of Federated Realty Group/ Coldwell Banker Mexicoanalytica. Residential Brokerage, to Greensboro, Lawrence 1989 Anna Lindstrom Defenbaugh, Moore, South Carolina, is marketing services North Carolina, where he will be work­ 15th Reunion, June 2004 ing for Coldwell Banker of the Triad. director for Staubli Corporation, a manu­ Shawn Andary, Marquette, Michigan, Thomas K. FitzHugh, Chicago, Illinois, facturer of industrial and cleanroom system administrator for the Superiorland received the M.S. degree in robots. environmen­ Library Cooperative, is completing a Nick Hess, Tustin Ranch, California, is tal monitoring from the University of master' degree in library science from director of store operations for Dunn­ Wisconsin-Madison in 1999 and now is a Syracuse University. ystems analyst for the Nature Conservancy. Edwards Paint Corporation, overseeing 75 James Baum, Providence, Rhode Island, stores in six southwestern states. is a special assistant attorney general in Julie Strey Johnson, Milwaukee, is a Lawrence 1988 the Rhode Island Office of the Attorney performance technologist at Johnson 15th Reunion, June 2004 General. Controls, Inc. Eva Nell, Frankfurt, Germany, in August, Mikel Gratch Carter, Phoenix, Arizona, Monte Koerner, West Bend, is a quality became head of strategic marketing plan­ is a mom/ volunteer who is active in engineer for Abbott Laboratories. ning and research on the international school activities, a Home Tour for the Kristin M. Kusmierek and Troy D. marketing team of Deutsche Bank's Willo Historic District, Block Watch, and Thornberry, '91, live in Arm Arbor, private banking division. Until recently several subcommittees of the preschool's Michigan. Troy is a graduate student in she was in Japan working on the start-up Parents Action Committee. atmospheric chemistry, researching the air of Deutsche Bank's joint venture, Apollon Gregory C. Collins, Madison, is an above the trees in northern Michigan. Asset Management, which now is up and attorney and partner in the firm of Axley Kristin traveled to Kyrgyzstan in Central running and has been turned over to the Btynelson, L.L.P. Asia in May to study and assist the Japanese majority stockholder. Siri Engberg, Minneapolis, Minnesota, democratization of Kyrgyz University assistant curator of visual arts at the administration. Walker Art Gallety, has published her

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Peter A. Lasko, Denver, Colorado, a travel counselor for American Express Medical School. teaches fourth grade in the Cherry Creek Travel. Lynn Strebe Wegner, Wauwatosa, is a Schools. Charles Grode and Heidi Lukas, '92, team manager for Mary Kay Cosmetics Kent C. Matthies, Washington, D.C., live in Oak Park, Illinois. He is manager and music director of Gethesmane was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist of youth education, and she is director Lutheran Church in Brookfield. minister in 1998 and serves as a campus of operations, both for the Chicago minister at institutions from Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra. Lawrence 1992 to Virginia. Craig Hanke, Milwaukee, is visiting 1Oth Reunion, June 2002 Amy C. Miller, Chicago, Illinois, is assistant professor of biology at Beloit Carol R. Gray, West Allis, is a sales completing a master's degree at DePaul College and is completing a doctorate in representative for McLeod USA in University and is a sixth-grade teacher in phannacology/toxicology at the Medical Milwaukee. the Chicago public schools. College of Wisconsin. Jay A. Nyberg, Los Angeles, is a regional Karl ('92) and Amy Hockenberger Lawrence 1993 customer service manager for Safety Hochkammer live in Birmingham, 1Oth Reunion, June 2003 Kleen, Inc. Michigan. She is vice-president for special Tony Alioto, New York, New York, is Melanie L. Perreault is assistant professor projects of Comerica Bank in Detroit, studying at the Stella Adler Conservatory of history at Salisbury State University in and he is an associate lawyer with the of Acting as well as taking dance classes. Maryland and directs a graduate program firm of Raymond & Prokop. Recently he has been working on the in Chesapeake Studies. Laura Dudley Jenkins, Cincinnati, Ohio, premiere and recording of a new work for Jeffrey N. Peters, Lexington, Kentucky, assistant professor of political science at the tenor and electronics titled "Topography is an assistant professor and director of University of Cincinnati, spent five weeks of Light. " undergraduate studies in the Department in Crete in 1999, doing research for a David Braden, Oklahoma City, Okla­ of French Language and Literature at the book on sustainable development. homa, received the Master of Arts degree University ofKentucky. Kerry Krell, Bristol, is a project manager in 1998 from St. John's College and now Matthew A. Rhodes and Bridget for the Motorola Corporation, a captain is a mathematics teacher at Casady School. Szweda, '89, are in Montgomery, in the U.S. Marine Corps, and a candidate Joel C. Dillingham, Medina, Ohio, is Alabama, where Ma~t teaches in the for the M.S. degree in strategic intelli­ health, safety, and environmental manager Department of International Security gence from the Joint Military Intelligence for the Valspar Corporation-Plasti-Kote Studies at the U.S. War College, and College. Company, Inc. Bridget is planning a return to Montessori David Kueter and Dawn Kral-Kueter, Patricia M. Ellis, Gurnee, Illinois, is a teaching. '94, are living in Denver, Colorado, certified physician assistant with Excel, Nicole G. Salier, New York, New where he is an attorney with Harvey W. L.L.C., in Waukegan. Y ark, earned a master's degree in organi­ Curtis & Associates and she is a teacher in Jennie Fauls, Chicago, daughter of Tom zational psychology from Columbia Uni­ the Adams 12 school system. and Mary Weiss ('71) Fauls and grand­ versity in 1998 and now is a management Theresa Lowe and Reed Rossbach, daughter of Bill Weiss, '41, received the consultant with Pricewaterhouse Coopers. '93, live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Theresa Master of Arts degree with highest honors Patricia J. Schaub, Austin, Texas, is a is laboratory manager for the Energy and in English literature from DePaul Univer­ Ph.D. candidate in history at the Univer­ Geoscience Institute at the University of sity in June. She is teaching at the College sity of Texas. Utah, having received a Master of Sci­ of Lake County, Illinois Adam A. Steiner, Tucson, Arizona, ence degree in 1999 from Utah State Brian C. Gray, Tallahassee, Florida, is a completed the M.Ed. degree in teaching University. Reed is technical director for Ph.D. candidate in coun eling psychology and teaching education at the University the Pioneer Theatre Company. at Florida State University. of Arizona in 1998 and now teaches Laura Main, Irving, Texas, is a micro­ Arleigh P. and Angela Stewart Helfer seventh-grade social studi es in the scope technical sales representative for live in Havertown, Pennsylvania. In 1999, Amphitheater public schools. Carl Zeiss, Inc. Leigh received the J.D. degree magna cum Trevor G. Thomson, Congers, New Tawnia Gunderson Mitchell, Prince­ laude from the University of Pittsburgh York, is a senior developer for Blue Sky ton, is a vocal music instructor in the School ofLaw, where he was managing Studios, a computer animation fim1. Green Lake schools. editor of the law review and elected to John A. Ulven, St. Paul, Minnesota, is a Kurt Mueller, Astoria, New York, is a the Order of the Coif. He is an associate business analyst with Wells Fargo. creative director in the TV, film, and in the litigation department of the Amy E. Zesbaugh and her husband, home video group at Children's Televi­ Philadelphia firm Ballard Spahr Andrews Tim Tibbetts, '89, live in Lansing, sion Workshop. & Ingersoll, L.L.P. Angela earned her Michigan. Amy is a writer and newsletter Peter Murchie, Ann Arbor, Michigan, is paralegal certificate from Duquesne editor in the corporate communications an environmental health scientist for the University in 1997 and now works in department at Jackson National Life Insur­ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. the human resources department of the ance Company, and Tim is completing a He received Master of Public Health and Philadelphia law firm of Wolf, Block, Ph.D. in botany at Michigan State Master of Science degrees in 1997 from Schott and Solis-Cohen, L.L.P. University. the University of Michigan. Lan Huang, New York, New York, is a Jonathan Renner, Hartland, is a regis­ research fellow at Memorial Sloan Ketter­ Lawrence 1991 tered representative of Conseco Securi­ ing Cancer Center and the author of a 1Oth Reunion, June 22-24, 2001 ties, Inc. recent re earch article in Science on protein Elizabeth Baker, St. Paul, Minnesota, is Kecia L. Scheer, Madison, is a program degradation pathways. assistant 2 at the University ofWisconsin Eric Jurgens, Carbondale, Illinois, is

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Martin Naval Electronics and Surveillance promoted to senior editor in the sheet­ Anna Stowell Belyaev, '91, is the Systems, and she is a senior contract ana­ music division of the digital-rights founder and principal of Type A Multi­ lyst with E. W. Blanch, Inc. management corporation Sunhawk.com. media Network, a Andrew T. Pfau, Chicago, is a student at He has performed on the tuba with the the University of Chicago Law School. Seattle Choral Company Orchestra and Chicago-area Kirsten Ratwik, St. Paul, Minnesota, is a on bass trombone with the Northwest provider of pro­ billing representative for Minnesota Life Sinfonietta and the Bellevue Philharmonic fessional e-busi­ Insurance Company. Orchestra. ness solutions, Andrew P. Ricci, Spooner, is pastor of St. Francis de Sales, Spooner; St. Joseph, Lawrence 1996 including full-ser­ Shell Lake, and St. Catherine, Sarona. 5th Reunion, June 2002 vice web sites and Elizabeth Snodgrass, Brooklyn, New Neal P. Gallagher, Milwaukee, works in on-line corporate York, is general manager of Absolute sales and marketing for the Milwaukee Ensemble, a contemporary music ensemble. training. In its first Symphony Orchestra and performs with Jeff Stageberg, Kalamazoo, Michigan, is three bands. year in business, an emergency medicine resident at the Kimberly A. Petrie, Nashville, Ten­ Type A won several prestigious indus­ Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies of nessee, is a Ph.D. candidate in pharmacol­ try awards, including a silver Summit Michigan State University. ogy at Vanderbilt University. Brandee Wagner, San Diego, California, Creative Award for its design of the Joy Gerrits Vertz, Port Washington, is is a research scientist with X-ceptor an account executive with Information software for an interactive kiosk for Therapeutic and recently joined the San Systems Engineering in Oconomowoc. GMC/Pontiac's national auto show Diego Rowing Club. exhibit. Prior to starting her own com­ Paula S. Weber, Mammoth Lakes, Lawrence 1997 California, graduated from the California pany, Belyaev was associated with 5th Reunion, June 2002 Culinary Academy in 1998 and is a cook Amy A. Coughlin, Minneapolis, Min­ Andersen Telemedia, Epic Systems at Skadi Restaurant. nesota is a crisis worker/ case manager at Corporation, and the National Center Kurtiss Wolf, Denver, manager of Ascension Place, a shelter for women. for Supercomputing Applications at change management for Andersen This fall she is beginning work on an Consulting, took a four-month leave of the University of Illinois, where she was M.S.W. degree. absence from his job to backpack through Sean a Dooley, Tucson, Arizona, is an product coordinator for the software Europe. associate with NUMA Solutions. development group that produced Tel­ Elizabeth W orsalla and Christopher Sarah J. Ferris, Aurora, Colorado, has net and Mosaic. Graduated from Riggs, '92, are in Ann Arbor, Michigan. completed a certification program to She received the M.S. degree in natural become a biotechnology technician and Lawrence magna cum laude with a resources and environment in 1999 from is working for Eppendorf 5-Prime. She major in Slavic languages and litera­ the University of Michigan and now is a also coaches high school and age-group ture, she also holds an M.A. degree in watershed planner with the Huron River SWlmmmg. Watershed Council. He is a program assis­ Slavic studies from the University of Patrick P. Hogan, North Aurora, tant in the Washtenaw County Depart­ Illinois, received the Master of Art degree Wisconsin-Madison. ment of Environment and Infrastructure in classical civilization from the University + www.typea.net Services. of Michigan in 1999 and is at the Ameri­ can School of Classical Studies in Athens Lawrence 1994 for the 2000-01 academic year. 1Oth Reunion, June 2004 Laura Keith, Chicago, Illinois, is grants Tracy Wheary Fournier, Racine, is a manager for City Year Chicago. pursuing a master's degree in history at web developer for Waukesha Cherry­ Adam Kintopf is a freelance editor in Southern Illinois University and is a Burrell. Minneapolis. teaching assistant in history and foreign John R. Piiraninen, Jr., Columbus, Melissa T. Munch, Hartford, teaches high languages. Ohio, is an adjunct instructor in music at school social studies in the Hortonville Alyssa Paul Maria, Wisconsin Rapids, i Bowling Green State University. School District and is pur uing a master's international marketing consultant at Sanjeev D. Shetty, Rochester, New degree in educational administration. Advantage Learning Systems. York, director of information systems for Barbara Paziouros, Skokie, Illinois, is a Noel Miles, Denver, Colorado, is a fam­ Time Warner Communications, is a can­ con ultant with Deloitte Consulting in ily caseworker in the Jefferson County didate for the M .B.A. degree at the Uni­ Chicago. Department of Social Services, developing versity of Rochester. Molly Piester, Boulder, Colorado, is treatment plans to assist in the reunifica­ associate program director of the YMCA tion of families. She received a master's Lawrence 1995 of Boulder Valley. degree in counseling psychology from the 10th Reunion, June 2005 Michael J. Princer, La Crosse, is a University of Colorado at Denver in Jonathan and Elizabeth Alden Mahony Spanish teacher in the Onalaska School 1998. live in Minneapolis. He is an account District. Joel M. and Nichole Hamilton ('94) manager for Qualcomm, and she is a Jill Slupianek, Morrisville, North Nagler are in Minneapolis. He is manager consultant at Mills & Associates, Inc. Carolina, graduated from the University of import/ export control for Lockheed Ryan W. Schultz, Seattle, has been of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in

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Lawrence Reunions 1980s Debra A. Klassman , ' 80, and Nicholas Next 1967 2001 1985 2001 Savramis, a son, George Nicholas Reunion 1986 2001 Savramis, January 27, 2000 J am es Acker, '81, and D orothy, a in June 1951 2001 1987 2001 daughter, N atalie R enee, born on January Class of 3, 1999, adopted from C hina on Novem­ ber 23, 1999; twins, Benj amin Pierce and 1936 2001 Audrey Fra ncis, on O ctober 24, 1999 1991 2001 fThis corrects an error in the daughter's name as published in our Spring 2000 iss ue.] Nancy Elliott Curtis, '82, and Christo­ 1976 2001 pher, a daughter, Faith Fuller, M arch 17, 1941 2001 2000 Mark Washburn, '83, a daughter, Emma Grace, September 1998 1961 2001 Kurt Schwarzkopf, '84, and Susie Byers, a daughter, Casey Bye rs Schwarzkopf, January 17, 2000 1946 2001 D . Scott ('85) and Julie Stratton ('88) Andrews, a so n, Zachary, April 24, 1999 1965 2001 John S. Gefke, '87, and Katherine S. 1966 2001 Janssen, '87, a da ughter, Samantha, November 11 , 1999 Ann Martinson Mueller, '87, and Scott, a daughter, Mara Lynn, Jammy 21 , 2000 D ecember 1999 with a mas ter's degree in Lawrence 1999 Kristofer Swanson, '87, and M yrna, a phannacy and a concentration in pharma­ 5th Reunion, June 2005 daughter, Mikayla Rosete, June 13, 2000 ceutical policy and evaluative sciences. Christine E. Jones, Schaumburg, Illinois, Steve ('88) and Elizabeth Johnson ('89) She is working for Quintiles, a contract previously an educational leadership Brooks, a daughter, Sarah Eliza beth, research organiza tion, as an endpoint consultant for Kappa Alpha Theta February 25 , 1999 validation coordinator. so rority, has begun a master's program Robert Greene, ' 88, and Jenna, a son, N athaniel K. Volkman , C hicago, is a in higher educa tion and student affa irs at Robert T imothy, March 8, 2000 media-research analyst with N .P.D. Indiana University. Bradd Seegers, '88, and W endy, a Group. K. Claudia Olvera, San Ysidro, Califor­ daughter, M cKenna Lindsay, June 2, 2000 E rick G. W alter, Janesville, is ass istant nia, is a contracts administrator with Gregory Collins, '89, and Kristan, a store manager at W aldenbooks. Raytheon Electronic Services Company. daughter, Keeley, M ay 14, 2000 Julie Wroblewski, M adison, is a technical She also is active in the N ative American Lori Brennan Latnbert, ' 89, and Timo­ writer on the Wisconsin M edicaid rights group Peace and Dignity. thy, a daughter, Amanda Marie, February account for Electronic D ata Sys tems. Jason W . Price, N aperville, Illinois, is a 14, 2000 geologist with Delta Environmental Michael J. Tremel, '89, and Amy, a so n, Lawrence 1998 Consultants. Andrew Thomas, April 27, 1999 Fifth Reunion, June 2002 1990s Anne T. Brewer, New York, N ew Births and Adoptions York, teaches sixth , seventh, and eighth Amy Moldenhauer Bartol, '90, and grade neath at St. Thomas Choir School, a Scott, a daughter, Al yse Michele Bartol, boarding sc hool for the boys who sing in 1970s O ctober 30, 1999 the choir of St. T homas C hurch on Fifth H elen T . Bartlett, ' 77, and Kenneth John Curtis, '90, and Karen, a daughter, Avenue. Suzuki , a son, William Bartlett Suzuki, Ana M aria, in 1997 and a son, D aniel Amanda L. Graff, H yde Park, N ew N ovember 30, 1999 Sanford, in O ctober 1999 York, is a pas try student at the C uli nary Robin Kipnis, '78, and Penn J . Ritter, Stephanie Millay Dustin, '90, and Institute of Ameri ca. '78, a son, Caleb Minard Ritter, January Richard, a son, Aaron R obert, J une 1999 Keith H arris, Sea ttle, W ashington, is a 27, 1999 Aaron M. and Heather Bannister graduate student in vocal petformance R alph W. Bornhoeft, '79, and Jane, a Kittelson, both ' 90, a son, Noah , at th e University ofW as hington and daughter, W endy Mae, July 31 , 1999 September 27, 1998 currently is performing recitals "all over Douglas J. Honnold, ' 79, and Linda, a Laura Braun P ardo, ' 90, and C hris, an the N orthwest," including appearances son, Jackson, no date given adopted daughter, M ia Rosa, born January with the T acoma Ballet, N orth W est M ark Piper, '79, and Margaret Singer 29, 1999, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Pacifi c Ballet, and Sea ttle Opera. Piper, ' 79, a daughter, M adeline, no date and a son, Maxwell C hristopher, N ovem­

g:~ve n ber 3, 1999 Nanette Paul Pazdernik, '90, and D avid, a son, Andrew John, N ovember

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1999 Faith Richards Selzer '27 Kenneth Petersen, '90, and Milwaukee, May 28, 2'000 ' Julie, a son, N athan Scott, July Jean Schubert Nicholas, '28, 1, 1999 Hancock, Michigan, February Kristynn Fields-Schmitt, 19, 2000 '91, and William Schmitt, a Leslie C. Westphal, '29, son, Lukas Joseph, May 3, Milwaukee, April 17, 2000. 1999 urvivors include two broth­ Rosemary Kelly Neal, '91, ers, Raymond F. Westphal, and David, a daughter, Emily '25, and Aden A. Westphal, Rose, June 23, 1999 '33. Joel ('91) and Cornelia Fehr ('94) Flunker, a son, 1930s Theodore Joel, February 21, Henrietta Pratt Curtiss, '30, 2000 Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April 1, Craig Hanke, '91, and 2000 Carrie, a daughter, Kelsey Marie Gross, M-D '30, Ann, eptember 6, 1998 Brookfield, March 5, 2000 Jennifer Hoffman-Jonas, Dorothea Holz, '31, Green '91, and Jeff Jonas, a daughter, Bay, date unknown Emma, March 16, 1998 The wedding of Kristen Bischoff, '98, and Eric Bressler, '98, in Taunton, Massa­ Helen McDermott Jurack, Karen Park Koenig, '91, and chusetts, on August 29, 7998, had a definite Lawrence look, with these M-D '31, Williams Bay, George, a son, Leo Francis, alumm m attendance: Front row (left to right): the groom and the bride. March 2000 April 24, 2000 Floyd L. Beman, Jr., '32, James R. and Kristin Morris Second row: Erin Westphal, '97, Laura Blegen, '00, Dana Beaumier, '97, Erin Landry, '00, Jennifer Tackes, '99, Rena Takahashi, '98. Third row: Matt Kuchta Midland, Michigan, May 8, Thomas, both '91, twin sons, 2000 '98, Stephen Rodrigues-Pavao, '98, Eric Traband, '99, Corey Singletary, '00, ' James Robert III and Roark John Frampton, '32, Adam Thorne, '97. Fourth row: Beth Schwindt, '99, Michael Donnelly, '98, Mitchel Rochester, Minnesota, April Michael Fl~rence, Jessica Don, Back row: John Enters, '00, Christo­ Ann Willhoite McKinstry, '99, '97. 1 l, 2000. Survivors include hi '92, and Mark, a daughter, pher Schm1dt, '97, Paul Sise, '97, Jessica Ritzke, '97. wife, Edrie Frampton. Claire Elizabeth, December 3, Marie Simonet Schlondrop, 1998 M-D '32, Sussex, in 1999 Michael and Judith Hayes Carol Skowlund Bleeker, Nugent, both '92, a daughter, Katheryn 1990s '34, Seattle, Washington, May 11, 2000 Rose, March 27, 2000 A. Kirby Tink, '34, DeKalb, lllinois, Joel ('93) and Nichole Hamilton ('94) Kristyn Overby, '90, and Joseph Pria1, October 9, 1999 date unknown. Survivors include his wife Nagler, a daughter, Isabel, May 4, 2000 Alan M. Schultz, '90, and Lynn Wilbur, Helen Wernecke Tink, '34. ' Christopher ('95) and Amy Overson September 18, 1999 Ruth Schweke Hanifin, '35, August 23, ('96) Malueg, a son, William Henry, July Sally Glasser, '91, and Michael Callahan, 1998 6, 1999 Gerard J. Hecker, '36, Phoenix, Anthony Arrington, '96, and Angela, a July 24, 1999 Brice Semmens, '95, and Christy, July Arizona, May 19, 2000. Survivors include daughter, Madeline Rachel, May 3, 2000 his wife, Mary Hecker. Michael ('96) and Anna Schenderlein 1998 Mark Fermin, '96, and Rhonda Hund­ Prudence Dorn, M-D '37, February 22, ('98) Durand, a daughter, Grace, no date ley, May 29, 1999 2000 gJVen Andre Martin, '97, and Fabiana Hols­ Mary Arnold Savercool, '37, Hack­ back, February 13, 2000 ettstown, New Jersey, February 10, 2000 Marriages Sarah L. Slocum, '98, and Jon Michael Charles A. Schwartz, '37, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, March 11, 2000. ~awrence Today will accept for pub lica­ Ritzenhaler, '99,June 19,1999 Survivors include hi wife, Charlotte ~ton p~otographs of alumni weddings m wluch a sizable group of Lawrence Bernard Schwartz. Deaths David B. Schaub, '38, Green Bay, participants appears and the individuals April 21, 2000 are identified by name and class year. 1910s C. Robert DeBaufer, '39, Whitewater, Publication. ofwedding photos is subject to date unknown. the availability of space and to the quality Ada Anthes, '18, June 2, 2000 of the photograph. Photographs will be 1940s returned upon request. 1920s Erwin G. Sandrock, '22, Peoria, Illinois, Leta Perry Di Salvo, '40, Oshkosh, April 19, 2000 1980s March 14, 2000. Survivors include a daughter, Marilyn Sandrock Losby, '54. Dorothy Brown Jones, '40, Cincinnati, Kathleen Bublitz, '82, and Joseph Annabel Douglas McArthur, M-D '25, Ohio, February 15, 2000 Vercellone, October 9, 1999 date unknown Robert B. Pride, '40, Everett, Washing­ Siri J. Engberg, '89, and Marty Broan, Dorothy Ralph Parsons, '27, Denver, ton, date unknown September 18, 1999 Margaret Muenchow Sheets '42 Colorado, March 14, 2000 ' '

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Miam.i, Florida, June 20, 2000 Vermont, M arch 29, 2000. Survivors Christine Pors Owens, '43, Cedar include her husband, D onald M artin. R apids, Iowa, February 3, 2000 David L. Andrew, '69, April 12, Audrey Dhein Parker, '43, Slinger, date 2000. Survivors include hi wife, unknown Catherin e A. Watson, '70, and a Alden P. Hendricks, '44, April 10, 2000 brother, Thomas L Andrew, '72. Patricia Exton Taylor, '44, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 13, 2000 1970s Mildred Puchner Trabert, '44, June 23, Lucie Schaff Comita, '77, M enlo 2000 Park, Califomia, May 23, 2000. John S. Goserud, '45, Lancaster, Penn­ Survivor incl ude her husband, Paul sylva ni a, April 5, 2000. Survivors include B. Comita, '77, and broth er-in -law, a cousin, Elaine Koep el Zarse, M -D '52. William J Comita, '76. Charles A. Larson, '47, Bal timore, Kreg K. Scully, '78, Vi rgini a Beach, M aryland, date un known. Survivors Virginia, M arch 13, 2000 include a niece, Sarah Larson, '74. Jane Dixon Schennum, M-D '45, Faculty Geneva, Illinois, date unknown. Survivors Merton M. Sealts, Jr., Madiso n, include her stepso n, R oss Schennum, '75. June 4, 2000. A member of the Shirley Pederson Alston, '48, Fontana , English fac ul ty at Lawrence fr om March 25, 2000 1949 to 1965, he then joined the Charles J. Devendorf, '48, Lakewood, fac ulty of the University of Wisconsin­ Colorado, June 2000. Survivors include M adison, retiring there as H enry A. his wife, Adele Ann D evendorf Pochmann Professor of English in Donald G. Ziebell, '49, O shkosh, 1982. In 1992 he received the Jay B. D ecember 12, 1999. urvivors include his Hubbell Award fi~o m the American wife, Jean M . ZiebelL Li terature Section of the M odern La nguage Associati on for his contri­ 1950s butions to the study of Ame1i can Harold H. Lambrecht, '50, Greenfield , literature. An exhibition of photographs by Roger S. June 9, 2000 Duncan, '94, opened June 1 in Damariscotta, Lyman Lyon, '50, Bloomfield Hills, Staff Michigan, April 6, 2000 Maine. Included were images from his cross­ Justine Mathewson, Appleton, M ay Robert W. Nantke, '50, M enas ha, June USA bicycle trek in the summer of 1996 and 14, 2000. She was a secretary in M ain 4, 2000 H all fro m 1983 until her retirement other travel and nature photography. Barbara Johnson Chamberlain, M-D in 1999. Duncan's work has been published in 47 '51, January 2000. Survivors include her so n, Michael J C hamberlain, '75, and different newspapers and magazines, most daughter, Patricia C hamberlain Franzel, Friends of Lawrence recently illustrating an article in Food Arts Walter R. Courtenay, Winston­ '80. magazine. In addition, he is photography Joan Murphy Salmen, '52, Solon Salem, N orth Carolina, June 14, editor and co-author of the well-respected Springs, date unknown 2000. Survivors include his wife, Ann Eleanor Haligas Taylor, '53, Bethany, Shattuck Courtenay, '39. sailor's reference, The Cruising Guide to Oklahoma, M arch 21, 2000. Survivors Judith Cundy, Appleton, June 13, the New England Coast, currently in its 2000. Survivors include her daughter, include her hu band, W e ley T aylor, '53. 12th edition. Thomas F. Eichel, '54, date unknown Rhonda C undy, a specialist in music Robert J. Sneed, '54, W as hburn, April (voice) at the Lawrence Arts Academy. 9, 2000. Survivors incl ude his wi fe, Nancy Kahl McKey, M arch 5, 2000 Carolyn Peterson Sneed, '54. Jon Lee Ritzenthaler, Appleton, July 9, Survivors include a nephew, D avid C. Earl R. Glass, '55, St. Louis, Misso uri, 2000. urvivors include his wife, R ebecca Blowers, '82, and niece, Anne Blowers M ay 5, 2000 K. Ritzenthaler; a daughter, Eliza beth Higgi nso n, '87. J. McCutcheon Powell, '55, W est Bend, Ritzenthaler, '00; and a son, Jon M. Helen Kiekhoefer Dillon W ollwage, M ay 2, 2000 Ritzenthaler, '99. Appleton, June 12, 2000. Survivors John A. Steidl, '59, Menas ha, April 2, James M. Robbins, Bedford, N ew York, include daughters Jane D . Berghult­ 2000 date un known. Survivors include his wife, Stewart, '64, and Alice Dillon Strong, '67; M ary Brooks R obbins, '35, and a tepso n, on-in-law E. Phillip Strong, '67; and 1960s John A. Schwartzb urg, '64. granddaughter Alison Strong-Zak, '93. Gloria Schubring, Fremont, June 7, Diane Gibout Schuyler, '61, hi cago, J. 2000 Illinois, date unknown George S. Schuyler, Fort Lauderdale, Natalie Koehl Carbetta, '64, Canton, Fl mida, February 2, 1998. Survivors Ohio, M arch 2000 include his wife, Jean Haring Schuyler, '41. Margot Wight Martin, '65, Essex, Ethel Stone, M enas ha, June 18, 2000.

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Reunions then ... and then some!

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Reunions in 1977 had an automotive theme. This is the tenth reunion photo of the Class of 1967.

56 Fa ll 2000 Lawrence University Selections from the Alma Mater Collection

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Pragmatist philosopher William James never met Olin Jessup, '30, but it would be easy to believe that he had - his definition of "the great use of life" fits the late Lawrence alumnus without a wrinkle. Son of a farm family from Mitchell, South Dakota, Olin attended Lawrence College with the help of loans and scholarships and never forgot that his education had been made possible by the generosity and thoughtfulness of others. He set himself the goal of creating a fund that would make similar opportunities possible for future generations ofLawrence students and, in addition, honor the memory of his late wife, Sylvia, and their 50 years of marriage. At Lawrence, Olin received honors in football as an All­ Midwest end, and in boxing he was heavyweight champion in the Midwest Conference. He worked his way through college washing dishes in local restaurants for wages and meals. Soon after graduating in 1930, Olin married Sylvia Sinner, an Appleton native. After working for Kimberly-Clark and Employers Mutual Insurance Com.pany, he began a long and distinguished career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. His work took the couple to New Jersey, where Olin retired in 1973 after 30 years of service to the Bureau. Public servant, loving husband, and devoted son of Alma Mater, Olin Jessup brought to his life and profession the same determination and perseverance he demonstrated as a college athlete. Through hard work and thrift, he has left at Lawrence a proud legacy in the form of the Olin and Sylvia Jessup Scholarship, to be awarded to students with financial need. As he remembered those whose acrifices made his Lawrence experience pos ible, so future generations will remember him.

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