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Missouri University of Science and Technology Scholars' Mine Missouri S&T Magazine Special Collections Missouri S&T Magazine Fall 2003 Missouri S&T Marketing and Communications Department Miner Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/alumni-magazine Recommended Citation Missouri S&T Marketing and Communications Department and Miner Alumni Association, "Missouri S&T Magazine Fall 2003" (2003). Missouri S&T Magazine. 56. https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/alumni-magazine/56 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars' Mine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Missouri S&T Magazine by an authorized administrator of Scholars' Mine. This work is protected by U. S. Copyright Law. Unauthorized use including reproduction for redistribution requires the permission of the copyright holder. For more information, please contact [email protected]. pjjojjcatjoj’J o f 7>j£jyjsjyj- ojyj. Ljjjyjj'jj MSM-UMR Alumni Association Representing over 45,000 alumni worldwide Castleman Hall • University of Missouri-Rolla • 1870 Miner Circle • Rolia, MO 65409-0650 • Telephone (573) 341-4145 • Fax: (978) 926-7986 • email: [email protected] • http://alumni.umr.edu PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT ZEBULUN NASH, 72 LARRY L. HENDREN, 73 Baytown, Texas ([email protected]) Columbia, Mo. ([email protected]) VICE PRESIDENTS DAN HINKLE, 73 SUSAN (HADLEY) ROTHSCHILD, 74 Sugar Land, Texas ([email protected]) St Louis, Mo. ([email protected]) ASSOCIATIONS ADVANCE DARLENE (MELOY) RAMSAY, '84 JON VANINGER, '63 AMERICA Rolia, Mo. ([email protected]) Manchester, Mo. ([email protected]) Chamber of Commerce Member KENNETH G. RILEY, '56 PERRIN R. ROLLER, '80 San Marino, Calf, ([email protected]) Spring, Texas ([email protected]) SECRETARY TREASURER ASSISTANT TREASURER SUSAN WATSON, '83 JERRY R. BAYLESS, '59 RICHARD L. ELGIN, 74 Danbury, Conn, ([email protected]) Rolia, Mo. ([email protected]) Rolia, Mo. ([email protected]) PIRECTORS-AT-LARGE DAVID L. BEGLEY, 73, Longmont, Colo, ([email protected]) JORGE A. OCHOA, '85, Ft Wayne, Ind. ([email protected]) ROGER A. DORF, '65, Austin, Texas ([email protected]) RICHARD R. PAUL, ‘66, Bellevue, Wash, ([email protected]) GARY W. HINES, '95, Olathe, Kan. ([email protected]) JANET WICKEY-SPENCE, '85, Kirkwood, Mo. ([email protected]) AREA DIRECTORS Area 1 JENNIFER POSDA, 76, Trenton, N.J. ([email protected]) Areas 10-18 JOHN R. FRERKING, '87, Kansas City, Mo. ([email protected]) Area 2 ROBERT J. SCANLON, 73, Brookeville, Md. ([email protected]) Areas 10-18 MICHAEL D. HURST, 74, St Louis, Mo. ([email protected]) Area 3 JOHN R. DALTON, '88, Coker, Ala. ([email protected]) Areas 10-18 RON JAGELS, '86, St. Louis, Mo. ([email protected]) Area 4 DANIEL L. CARNAHAN, '68, Margate, Fla. ([email protected]) Areas 10-18 STEPHEN R. PULJAK, '92, Chesterfield, Mo. ([email protected]) Area 5 LISA (WILLHAUS) GIBSON, '93, West Chester, Ohio ([email protected]) Areas 10-18 RODDY J. ROGERS, '81, Springfield, Mo. ([email protected]) Area 6 MARVIN E. BORGMEYER, 74, Baton Rouge, La. ([email protected]) Areas 10-18 KELLEY (JOZWIAK) THOMAS, '91, Kirkwood, Mo. ([email protected]) Area 7 GREGORY JUNGE, '65, Galena, III. ([email protected]) Area 19 WILLIS J. WILSON, 73, Cassoday, Kan. ([email protected]) Area 8 RICHARD W. EIMER, JR., 71, Decatur, III. ([email protected]) Area 20 LINDA K. (MOORE) WRIGHT, '88, Houston, Texas ([email protected]) Area 9 JOHN P. "PETE" LEGSDIN, 70, Louisville, Ky. ([email protected]) Area 21 DAVID B. AKERS, P.E., '82, Phoenix, Ariz. ([email protected]) Areas 10-18 RICHARD R. ARNOLDY, '69, St Louis, Mo. ([email protected]) Area 22 NORBERT F. NEUMANN, '52, Salt Lake City, Utah ([email protected]) Areas 10-18 ERNEST K. BANKS, '81, St Louis, Mo. ([email protected]) Area 23 KAMILA (CRANE) COZORT, '85, Clayton, Calif, ([email protected]) Areas 10-18 JENNIFER DISKIN, '91, Alton, III. ([email protected]) Area 24 H. PAT DUVALL, '62, Seattle, Wash, ([email protected]) Areas 10-18 RANDALL G. DREILING, '81, St Louis, Mo. ([email protected]) STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES JULIA ROSEMANN, Student Council President ([email protected]) ANDREW DRAKER, Student Union Board ([email protected]) COMMITTEE CHAIRS HENRY E. BROWN, '68, Cincinnati, Ohio ([email protected]) ED MIDDEN III, '69, Springfield, III. ([email protected]) DAVID W. DEARTH, '68, Rolia, Mo. ([email protected]) ROBERT R. MORRISON JR., 71, Naperville, III. ([email protected]) JOHN F. EASH, 79, St Charles, Mo. ([email protected]) CRAIG S. O'DEAR, 79, Kansas City, Mo. ([email protected]) JAMES L. FOIL, 74, Lees Summit, Mo. ([email protected]) PAST PRESIDENTS ARTHUR G. BAEBLER, '55, Grantwood Village, Mo. ([email protected]) RAYMOND 0. KASTEN, '43, Kansas City, Mo RICHARD H. BAUER, '51, St Louis, Mo. ([email protected]) JAMES B. MCGRATH, '49, St Louis, Mo ROBERT D. BAY, '49, Chesterfield, Mo. MELVIN E. NICKEL, '38, Chicago, III. ROBERT T. BERRY, 72, St Louis, Mo. ([email protected]) JAMES R. PATTERSON, '54, Sikeston, Mo. ([email protected]) JAMES E. BERTELSMEYER, '66, Tulsa, Okla. ([email protected]) LAWRENCE A. SPANIER, '50, Jupiter, Fla. ([email protected]) ROBERT M. BRACKBILL, '42, Dallas, Texas ([email protected]) GERALD L. STEVENSON, '59, Highland City, Fla. ([email protected]) MATTEO A. COCO, '66, Affton, Mo. ([email protected]) JOHN B. TOOMEY, '49, Lorton, Va. ([email protected]) PAUL T. DOWLING, '40 St Louis, Mo. STAFF LINDSAY LOMAX BAGNALL, 76, Executive Vice President, MSM-UMR Alumni Association ([email protected]) MARIANNE A. WARD, Assistant Director ([email protected]) STEPHANIE MARTENSEN, Coordinator of Alumni Sections ([email protected]) BETTY J. VOLOSIN, Administrative Assistant ([email protected]) RENEE D. STONE, Administrative Assistant ([email protected]) CINDY DONNELLY, Secretary ([email protected]) A PUBLICATION OF THE MSM-UMR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FALL 2003 VOL 77, NO. 3 Road Warriors.....................................7 A Look at the UMR Solar Car Team Members Alumni to the Rescue......................10 Hot N e w s ...........................................11 More Than Solar..............................14 The Soul of a New Machine.........15 Feature: pgs. 4-16 ! PROFILE OF VOLUNTEERS Recognizing our Dedicated Volunteers.........................17-25 CAMPUS NEWS Campus Caps Freshman Class.......................... .................. 26 RESEARCH NEWS Diagnosing Skin Cancer in a Zap...................... .................. 30 DEPARTMENTS From the Editor's Desk......................................... .................... 2 Campus News.....................................................................26-29 Research News.................................................... .............30-33 Faculty/Staff Notes............................................... .................. 34 Miner Sports.......................................................... .................. 35 Association News................................................ .............36-37 Section News........................................................ .............38-42 Alumni Notes......................................................... .............43-53 ' Memorials............................................................................54-56 j l l PICTURING THE OLD TOWN I received the spring '03 issue of the Alumnus magazine recently, and really enjoyed the articles — especially the When you hear the word dynasty, what comes to mind? one about Director G.E. Ladd and The Chicago Bulls under Michael Jordan? The indomitable New York "Picturing The Old Town.'" All the besi Yankees of the 1990s? The feudal Ming and Qing dynasties of China? The '80s TV show starring Joan Collins? Dr Mehmet (Nihat) Taner, MS CE'73 Whatever your mental image, make room for one more: the UMR Turkey Solar Car Team, American Solar Challenge Champions. This multidisciplinary group of students spent two years designing and building the nation's lightest solar car. Their creation, Solar Miner IV, also ended up being the fastest in the United States and JACKLING JOCKS Canada. It blew away the competition in the 2003 American Solar Nice article on my old home (Jackling Challenge, beating the second-place car by nearly five hours. Gym, in "Generous Jocks,'" spring 20C It was the second time in four years a UMR team won a national The ladder was not too bad after the or North American solar-racing event — and the second time UMR slums of St. Louis and a foxhole finished first out of the last three biennial competitions. (In the other in Korea. race, we finished second.) The first victory came with Sunrayce'99, a 1,300-mile jaunt through clouds and storms that plagued the I remember Roger the dodger, Feaster teams between the Washington, D.C., starting line and the finish at and Bubbles Boyett. My football career Epcot Center in Orlando, Fla. The UMR entry, Solar Miner II, won the was highly forgettable — ask Dewey 1999 Sunrayce — dubbed "Rainrayce" for all of its bad weather — Allgood. more because of its energy efficiency than through sheer sun power. Solar Miner III, built to be even faster and more efficient, finished After my B.S. at MSM, I did my graduate second in the 2001 ASC — a much longer, tougher race than the work at the Colorado School of Mines Sunrayce events — to a team from the University of Michigan. This and took a Ph.D. from Cal Pacific. Retired year, however, the Michigan team failed to even qualify
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