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rles M. Osborne PRESIDENT nny Winton Vl E PRESIDENT ~ ,rvey Mackay SECRETARY FI ·d R Friswold TREASURER Tomas E. Holloran PAST PRESIDENT A dreamer, an artist, and a practical what this practical man was. Dressed in a AT-LARGE MEMB ERS man passed through the office last week, perfectly tailored suit, he was quiet and and each left a lasting impression. thoughtful, and he chose his words so I mes R. Brandt Ed Landes The dreamer came with a philosophy carefully they always made sense. la k L. Chestnut Wilham Pearce Things had changed a lot in fanning, D,le I Enckson loUise H. Saunders degree from Carleton College, a desire to II Iham I Fine Maryan Schall be an environmental lawyer, and a short he said, and he was going back to learn nneth "Chip' Glaser Did Tschudy story in hand. He liked short-story more about them. It's hard to be a farmer l Steven Goldst ..n Mike Unger writing, he said, he couldn't get it out of these days, he added. Of course, he said, HJ Johnson Charles S. Zimmerman lun LeVander Kmg Sue Zelockson his psyche. The story was a delicate tale some farmers in trouble today had made la queline Jodi Student Body President of love, a den, a hunting trip, a men's their own problems. They had Mmnesota Student Association drinking bar, and a dog named Stripe. overspeculated. o nna Bergs~om President Student Alumni AssoCiation Board There was something about the story that He talked about his home and his Scott Madson Past President wasn't quite right, he was told . But still family, his farm, farming in the Red Student Alumru Association Board he insisted that it made sense to hun; in River Valley, about the University and Stephen W Roszell Associate Vice PresIdent Development and Alumnt Relahons fact, his friends really liked the part in the selection of a new president. Then the question. They could relate to it, he said. phone rang, and he said he had to go. REGIONAL REPRESENT ATIVES He thought over each suggestion for the We shook hands and he left. MlNNESOTA improvement of his story, worrying The country's in good hands, I Ed Culbert Timothy Olcott outwardly that changes would ruin his thought, then wondered why. He was a Jane Houlton Lonnie Sutton hard work, face wrinkled with the look farmer, after all, not a politician. The Honorable Harold Dahl Doug Ayers l..soe Hansen REGION I of the edited. A brilliant work under­ It's nice to have a University universe Deanna F Peterson REGIO 11 stood only by those capable of recog­ to choose from to fill the pages of a o\rdue Johnson REGION 1lI nizing great work? A short story with magazine. It's more rewarding than I Roger E. Atwood REGION IV Mary Max Silk REGION IV two messages needing a little work? imagined. in the end, it's what makes the Robert J TIffany REGION V When he left the office, he wasn't sure. magazine succeed or fail. Paul Cartwnght REGION VI Neither was 1. If you're passing by, stop in the office. Lnus Tumbleson REGION VII The artist showed up with a roomful You meet the nicest people working here. James Anderson REGION Vlll Irwon Tomash REGION Vlll of drawings, sketches, and paintings. He But then, someone already said that on had been going to the College of St. page seven. CONSTITUENT REPRESENTATIVES Thomas, he said, but could no longer As I was saying .. _ . Craig I Sallstrom AGRICULTURE afford it. He worked part-time as a dish­ Nadine S/1'Uth ALUMNAE SOCIEn. washer at a restaurant just off campus John Brandt BAND ALUMNI and soon would be moving to a new Gary $e,m BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Jo ph E Siztr BLACK ALUMNI apartment. Jim Elert LIBERAL ARTS AND He couldn't stay long, he had to go to UNIVERSITY COLLEGE work. Donavan laussen DENTISTRY Susan Poston EDUCATION He was so gentle he looked as if he Mama C Butler-Fasteland FORESTRY would break. He took me through his Sharon Rem GENERAL COLLEGE short painting/drawing career, dtsplaying Mary C O'Brien GOLD CLUB lanlce Templon HOME ECONOMlCS intricate pencil drawing of dragons and o L. Pete Peterson INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS slayers he had done in his youth; a pend I J.S Jack Braun INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOG\ sketch of his girlfriend, whose picture he Carol L. Pine JOURNALISM carried in his pocket; a elf-portrait in oils Faith Ohman LAW Robert A. Steon M CLUB he had painted in haunting reds by Rlchard A Carlson MEDICINE looking at himself in the mirror. He Joan Schm id t MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY opened a sketchb ok of torsos and build­ Richard Hinze MILITARY SCIEN E Raymond Gors!..i MORTUARY 5 IENCE ings and faces he had done for a class. Marlene Weuthrich NURSING He would work for little, though he Joanne Ae tcher NURSE ANESTHETISTS needed more. He said he never charged lohn Middleton PHARMACY Donna M. Anderson PUBLIC HEALTH enough for his work. He should charge Cary R. Leff VETERINAR) MEDICINE more, I thought, he's very good. The practical man stopped by the office to dr p off an essay he had written. He wa tall or he wa hort. It was hard to remember. It wa hard to get pa t his face . He had the look I first Jean Mane Hamilton remember seeing on C ngressman Martin joined the Minnesota Sabo' face : open and hone t with Alumni AssocIation staff as Minnesota thoughts flickering in hi eyes, unpr ten­ editor in January. tious and practical. Mo tly it was the Formerly she was editor of Northwest look of a Minne ota farmer, which is Orient magazine.

M \ J E 1<) 11 NES TA 5 J~1)~ Texas announced that it had raised $32 But privately endowed chairs and Quality Control, million in private funds to establish 32 publicly supported faculty salaries mu ~t endowed chairs. This achievement made go hand in hand. Releasing the fun d and Minnesota Style national news, but it was just the tip of matching it with private donations to the oil well . Since then, through a gusher create a program of endowed chairs is a of private support, Te as has established plan alumni can understand and partiCl­ As a graduate of the University of more than 600 endowed faculty positions. pate in . It would increase the stature of Minnesota, you don't need to be As might be expected, other schools the University and the value of its convinced that learning and research are fighting back, and they are using the degrees. At the same time strong pu blic enrich the real world, but you may be methods of the business world. support for the fundamental components surprised to learn that real-world compe­ The Chronicle of High er Education of the University would provide the base tition threatens this university and others, reported March 13 that "the shoot-out for on which to build the special strengths pitting them against each other in a high­ America's best professors has reached the supported by endowed chairs. It won't do stakes game. At risk is the loss of a pages of the alumni magazine of the to have the finest supercomputer university's hard-won national reputa­ University of California-Berkeley." The program, for example, if basic progams tion, as wealthier schools lure away gunfire is an advertisement placed in the in the liberal arts and sciences aren't professors and sometimes entire depart­ magazine by the University of California­ equally strong. ments in the academic equivalent of a Berkeley Foundation. The headline: "The Again, the University of Texas corporate takeover. Eyes of Texas Are Upon Us." provides an instructive example. This Rather than develop their own all-star President Kenneth Keller has outlined year the state of Texas, because of falling ·talent, universities across the country are a plan to focus the University of Minne­ revenues caused by the slumping oil raiding one another to compete for the sota that, if implemented, would put it economy, is proposing to cut support for services of the most outstanding scholars among the top five research universities its university . And Texas, the most and teachers. This kind of competition in the nation. One of the proposal's most highly endowed university in the for faculty creates immense pressure on important points is improving the quality country, is feeling the chilling effects. As universities such as Minnesota's, pressure of the faculty as well as its salaries. The N ew York Times reported March 17, that must be faced on two fronts, one Minnesota's opporunity to meet this chal­ the major effect of the state cutbacks will public, the other private. lenge, and blunt the threat of academic be on faculty salaries. Already the change Faculty salaries are the first area of and corporate raiders, lies in the Perma­ has affected recruitment and retention of concern. A poorly paid faculty is a nent University Fund (PUF). promising associate and assistant profes­ faculty susceptible to the lure of a better The Permanent University Fund, sors, which have an impact on the salary elsewhere-at another university which totals about $56 rnillion, is the University's ability to attract "stars" to or in industry. Measured in real dollars, accumulated proceeds of the various land the endowed chairs. faculty salaries at the University of grants, sales of land and timber, letting of Public and private support must work Minnesota dropped 20 percent from 1973 mineral permits, iron ore royalties, and together. When they do, Minnesota' to 1983. Although requests to signifi­ occupational taxes that evolved from the march to the top will encounter fewer cantly improve faculty salaries have been creation of the University by the federal obstacles, and along the way alumni and at the top of the University's legislative Land-Grant Act and by the state legisla­ citizens of the state will find the rewards request for the last several sessions-and ture in the mid-1800s. The state legisla­ of an energetic university working to they are the number one priority again ture administers the fund and, in the enrich our lives on the forefronts of this year-almost no progress has been fund's modern history, has used the teaching, research, and service. made because of the state's own interest income to offset the state's appro­ In the process, we'll avoid the longing economic problems. priation to the University. About $2.5 gaze of the eyes of Texas and keep our On the second front is the quest to rnillion of this interest income has been faculty in stocking caps and out of raise private funds to endow chairs, applied to the University appropriation, cowboy hats. The lone star in Texas skies which would enable the University to with the remainder returned to the state. wi ll be the North Star. hire professors and strengthen depart­ Under an exciting proposal now being ments beyond what public funds can considered by the legislature, the state finance. An endowed chair is a type of would forego the interest income and permanent endowment, usually sizeable release the fund to the University. The enough to generate annual interest to University is proposing to raise private support part or all of a designated profes­ gifts to match the fund total. thereby sor's salary and research expenses for the providing for the establishment of nearly year. Endowed chairs are a powerful and 100 endowed chairs. prestigious way to attract internationally Such a fund-raising effort would respected scholars and support their surely be among the most ambitious ever research programs. At the same time, attempted by a public university and, if James Day has been the acting they protect the quality of a university's successful. could create a forward surge executive director 01 faculty against the unpredictable ravages so great that the University of Minnesota th e Minnesota Alumni Associatlor of time, inf1ation, and economic cycles. would clearly be one of a few world-class since Septem ber Two years ago, the University of universities. '"'--___ 1984.

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Cesar Chavez's efforts to organize field workers in Califorrtia. Dress on campus A Regent's Reflection ranged from very casual to outrageous, although under those outrageous costumes were some pretty good kids. When I was a student at the Uruver­ I would characterize today's students sity of Minnesota in the 1950s, I don't as being more optirrtistic about the future think I knew that it was governed by a than their counterparts in the early seven­ Board of Regents. I knew that James ties, in spite of the econorrtic difficulties Morri ll was the president, that there were of the past few years. The issues now two vice presidents, William Middle­ have shifted to concern about South brook and Malcolm Wiley, and that there Africa, El Salvador, and nuclear were deans, but that's about all I knew weapons. Dress on campus is casual but about the University admirustration. neat, and even three-piece suits are in Thirty years later, after having served evidence. twelve years on the Board of Regents, I The Board of Regents was itself in a Launs Krenik's term as Un iversity regent ended February 4. A Madison Lake farmer, Krenik served retire from my position on the board transition period during my tenure. on the board for twelve years, six of them as chair. with the feeling that I till have a lot to Charles Mayo, with 17 years of service, Krenik was elected from District 2, but reappor· learn about the operation of the and Daniel Gainey, with 34 years on the tionment in 1981 placed hIm in District 1. University. board, had retired, and Lester Malkerson, One is intirrtidated by its sheer size who retired a few years after I started, personally visit the candidates. If the full and breadth of operation. In addition to served on the board for 26 years. The board wanted to visit with a candidate, the five campuses, the University reaches rate of turnover on the board is greater the meeting had to be public and the into every county in Minnesota. It now than it has ever been. By the time I candidate's name revealed. For many includes experiment stations, research had eight years of service on the board, I reasons that I can't detail in this article, institutes, specialized laboratories, study was the seruor member. most candidates, especially those who cmters, extension centers, and a host of I would characterize this board as already held good jobs, did not want other operations scattered throughout the being more activist than its counterpart in their names made public and therefore state. the sixties. This activism has at times declined to be interviewed or withdrew as Serving on this board has for me been caused weU-mearung board members to a candidate. a sort of Jekyll and Hyde experience. For step across the line that divide what are I am confident we made the right a day or two you are the director or properly board functions from what are decision in naming Keller, but I think the chairman of the b ard of a $2.5 billion normally chief executive and adrrUnistra­ board feels less informed about the candi­ corporation with an annual budget of tion functions. Lack of experience with dates than has been the case in the past. nearly $1 billion. The ne t day you may board-chief executive relationships is Serving on the goverrting board of be back on the farm doing such mundane responsible for some of this confusion. In one's alma mater is a privilege few people things as taking care of the hogs or general, the longer persons serve, the are afforded. It means a major comrrtit­ planting com. more aware they become of their proper ment of time, and there is no pay, at least One of the real dangers of this type of roles. not in monetary terms. The pay is being volu nteer service is that you are easily Tlfe biggest responsibility the Board of able to meet so many truly fine people caught up with the importance of hiring Regents has is hiring the University presi­ and become involved in some things few administrators and maJ-.ing policy deci­ dent. I had the opportunity to participate people get a chance to e perience. sions that directly affect the functioning in hiring two president during my twelve I've erved with three University presi­ of the University and may downplay the years on the board. The first , C. Peter dents, nearly thirty different regents, importance of your own busines or Magrath, was hired in 1974 before the nearly twenty vice presidents, and five profession . One of the reasons for my open meeting law was enacted. Presiden­ provo ts. I continue to be amazed at the leaving the board is my desire to spend tial candidates then were able to meet great number of excellent faculty we more time with my farming operati n with the board in private. Community have. It has been my privilege to meet and to examine more carefully some of and business leaders, faculty leaders, and know a fairly large number of the e the advances that have been made in legislators, and others were also given a dedicated, interesting, and enthusiastic agriculture during the time when my chance to meet candidates. I think it i people. The support taff has also helped attention was at least partially diverted fair to say that we were able to c me to a to make the Uruver ity a place where I by Uruversity busin ss. RegardJ ss f deci i n ba ed n personal contact and a fel t welcome and truly at home. you r profession, learning is a lif I ng great amount of informati n that had To all these people 1 say thanks for the proposition. been compiled. many kindne es shown me and for the Since 1973 when I came on the board, We have just completed another pleasure of being associated with them. 1 there have b en many change at the search pr ces re ulting in the narrting of hope to support the University in the University. In 1973 stud nt unre twas Kenneth Ke lJer as the Uruversity's twelfth future in any way 1 can. From my day still evident on campus. The mphasis pre ident. We were hampered in this as a student right up t the present, the had shifted from the Vietnam War to earch becau e under the law only a Uruversity of Minnesota has always gi en things like lettuce b ycotts in upp rt of limited number of reg nt were able to me much more than 1 have given.

IA) JUNE 1985 II THENE ST CONSERVATIVES The turbulent sixties seem like a world away as students compete for jobs and status in the wake of the baby boom generation

By Jay Walljasper Photographs by Randall D . Eaton

he year 1972 marked the high point of ters held the street for two days, fending off student rebellion at the University of Minne­ attacks by the Minneapolis police. sota. The sweet fragrance of marijuana That autumn, 20,000 cheered as Democratic lEspilled from campus restrooms and bus presidential candidate George McGovern spoke stops. Rock music blasted from dormitory on campus. An anti-McGovern rally organized windows, bearing messages like, "Give me a by Vin Weber (now a congressman from Minne­ head with hair, long beautiful hair." The Minne­ sota's Second District) drew only six partici­ sota Daily reported that 78 percent of students pants. McGovern carried the campus precincts wanted U.S troops out of Vietnam; only 11 by an overwhelming margin in November. percent supported the war. Now all that seems as distant as the second On May 8, after President Nixon announced Ming dynasty. the blockade of North Vietnam's Haiphong It's a much different story on campus the harbor, the campus erupted in protest. Thou­ days. Hair is safely above the earlobes on sands rallied on Northrop Mall, then stormed almost all college men; women arrive for class an Air Force recruiting station in Dinky town. in dress-for-success business blazers and skirts. Barricades went up on Washington Avenue in Students were back in the streets after th front of Coffman Memorial Union, and protes- invasion of Grenada-but this time they greete

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MAY JU E 1985 11 '£SOTA 9 U .S military intervention with chants of explains, "Students were ready for a change approval. The Minnesota Daily passed up the Our generation doesn't remember things like chance to endorse liberal torchbearer George antiwar protests. But Afghanistan really affected McGovern in last year's presidential caucuses, us. We also worry about getting a job when we HEveryone loves preferring instead the moderate policies of get out of school. Reagan's free market policies Walter Mondale. are creating new jobs for us to get." Ronnie," says Joe Although Mondale registered a modest "There's a new conservatism on campus. Weber, above, chair victory margin in the campus precincts last based on self-interest," says Karen Reid, edito­ of the University November, the ranks of College Republicans rial page editor of the Minnesota Daily. "I hear College Republicans swelled during the campaign-nearly 200 people talking in bars about how they want to and brother of students joined the organization, compared to major in French but have to take business to get Congressman Yin five in 1982. a good job. They say they don't want their tax Weber. HHe has money to support someone on welfare." Self-interest is nothing new in campus poli­ shaken the Nixon air. he times, they are a-changin' at the tics, points out Bruce Berkowitz, assistant He does what he says. University of Minnesota. professor of political science and one of the few Students like that." Indeed, they're changing at campuses faculty members openly known as a conserva­ T across the country. The 1984 election tive. Students of the 1960s and 1970s didn't returns showed that college students supported have to worry about jobs, he says, but they did Ronald Reagan by a 3-2 margin. That statistic have to worry about fighting in Southeast Asia. hit many political forecasters like a tornado. It So they were antimilitaristic. meant that students, who had long been slotted "Today's students," says Berkowitz, "don't as the liberal conscience of the electorate, voted face the draft, so they don't worry about war. more conservatively than the rest of the But they were born on the wrong side of the country. baby boom bulge, so they face stiff competition Peter Eiden, a senior at the University, for jobs. The free market economics of Ronald

HStudents were ready for a change. Our generation doesn't remember things like antiwar protests. We worry about getting a job when we get out of school." Peter Eiden, University senior

10 MAY /JUNE 1985 MINNESOTA Reagan plays perfectly to these students' hopes know a lot on some issues. If you sit down with and fears. Predictions of an ever-expanding them and explain the difference between a eco nomy and tax breaks for upper-income Sandinista and a contra in icaragua, then they earners seem to promise a secure future for aren't conservative at all " graduating students. Another reason for Reagan's surprising Publicans agree that students' votes are showing with student voters, even on usually up for grabs in the next election. Says I liberal campuses like the University's Twin Cities Chris Georgacas, University senior and campus, is Reagan himself. On TV news clips R state chair of the Minnesota College '1e comes across as decisive, vigorous, and Republicans, " Students voted their pocket- assured-the same qualities that endeared John books. But whether they stay in Republican and Bobby Kennedy to an earlier generation of ranks is hard to say. If the economy performs students. well , then they may be Republicans for life." "Everyone loves Ronnie," says Joe Weber, But for right now, University College Republi­ chair of the College Republicans on campus cans chair Joe Weber concedes, "It's still a liberal (and brother of Vin Weber, who headed the campus." Weber, however, presides over a much same group in the early seventies)."He has healthier organization than his brother Vin did in shaken the ixon air. He does what he says. the early seventies. The group now numbers 160, Students like that." with ten to twenty active members. tiThe excitement of Even Joel Homme, vice president of the left­ The big change on campus, according to Joe lea ning Progressh e Student Organization, Weber, is that conservatives no longer hide their the seventies is gone. admi ts, "Reagdn is a good communicator. That's political preferences. "It's now a case of both The biggest debate on why a lot of first-time voters went out for him." sides being heard on campus. Students a few campus right now is But does ne election harden an entire gener­ years ago were afraid to speak out with conserv­ probabl between the atIon of students into lifelong c nservatives­ ative views." prolAyatoZlah Iranian especially In a state who e liberal traditions go One probable reason for conservatism's new tudents and the antil all the way back to the populi t farmers and acceptability is that the movement has shed A atollah Iranians." radical workers of the 1930s, who supported the some of its reactionary attitudes. Young con­ Farmer-Labor party? servatives today might defend civil rights legis­ Donald Gillmor, jourl As might be expected, Joe Burns of the lation, question Pentagon spending, and support naZism prafes or University Oft chapter doesn't think so. And tougher environmental laws. he furnish orne hard facts to back up hi "I see no reason in having a healthy economy optimism . A study of 1984 Minnesota election and a lake that you can't fish in," says Joe data showed that Mondale polled 70 percent in Weber, whose brother Vin is a leading propo­ precincts adjacent to the University. That's a far nent of thi new-fa hioned conservati m on sight better than the razor-thin majority Minne­ Capitol Hill. in made headline recently by ~o ta as a whole gave its native son. (Some of denouncing South Africa's racist apartheid poli­ Mondale's votes in the campus area, however, cies and gained more exp sure as a charter may have come from faculty member and member of the Con ervative Opportunity nonstudents. An unofficial poll by the College Society-a delegati n f young Republican Republicans found that 65 percent of tudents congres men who pu h a vision of the future in liVi ng in the dorms, fraternities, and sor ritie which high-tech indu try , free market supported Reagan.) ec nomic , and traditional ocial values bring unparalleled pr sperity t An1erica. he only precinct the Republicans This visi n of utopia lure me into the '''~ T took was the one along fraternity con ervati e ' rank -the idealistic ort of r w," says Bum . tudent who, in the eventies, would have been The Univer ity Oft chapter tand a prospect for liberal r lefti t cau e. Says steady at 200 memb r , with an active c rps f Ge rgacas, "Student tend t be ideali tic, and 20 to 30. Burns believ that th Oft can core some of the ideal f Jack Kemp, eber, points bef r the n t election by raising i ue and other appeal t that." such as stud nt-aid cuts, abortion, and Central Georgaca the rize that in the venti, America. lib ral t k the stud nt vote f r grant d and "It's n t neces arily true that the tud nt made few effort to articulate or justif their b dy is c n ervative," h ay. "They just don't po ition . onservativ , wh were u ed to

IA\ 'E }O s {l.lI, 1\'£$ T4 11 defending themselves after two decades as a high-paying job and believe that free market beleagured minority on campus, took the offen­ economics will provide such jobs. But there's a sive and made inroads into liberal support. growing faction of conservatives on campus Georgacas himself is a convert to conserva­ who emphasize Moral Majority-style SOCIal HCentral America is a tism. Unlike Joe and Yin Weber, who learned issues such as abortion, school prayers, and Republican soft spot. Republican politics at their father's knee (the homosexuality. elder Weber publishes a conservative newspaper Says Reid of the Daily, "The two biggest It may be covert in Slayton, Minnesota), Georgacas grew up in a topics we get on the letters page now are about action in Central liberal household in Grand Forks, North creationism and whether God loves homosex­

America that causes Dakota. uals. That's a I big change over the last two things to swing back " Both my parents are academics," he years." to the liberal side." says."My father is an emigre from Greece. You The group stirring up the most attention Joe W eber might even call him a socialist. ... He' s almost to about conservative social issues is the Maran­ the point of disowning me ." atha Christian Fellowship, an evangelical church located in an old fraternity near the Minneapolis campus. Maranatha pastor Bruce Harpel says, n high school. Georgacas fancied himself a "When I came to this campus three years ago, leftist and waded through thick volumes by Christians were in the closet. Conservative was Marx and Engels. Then he discovered Ayn a dirty word. Conservatives on this campus I Rand and anarchist philosophers and were complacent while the liberals were switched to a radical libertarian point of view. working hard. We saw that just sitting around Under the influence of Republican thinkers like and praying wasn't enough . We needed some Yin Weber and Jack Kemp, he later moderated confrontation. So we borrowed some tactics his views and adopted a more conventional from marxist revolutionaries." brand of conservative politics. Maranatha members began picketing abor­ Intellectual pilgrimages like Georgacas made tion centers, rall ying support for the Grenada are rare among the University's conservatives. invasion, challenging evolution theory, lobbying Most joined the conservative camp because of for school prayer, and forging alliances with pocketbook politics. These are the students you pocketbook conservatives to help elect Repub­ might call "yuppies in training" -they want a lican candidates.

uConservatives on this campus were compla, cent, while liberals were working hard," says Maranatha Chris, tian Fellowship pastor Bruce Harpel, right. HWe saw that just sitting around and praying wasn't enough."

12 MAY I JUNE 1985 MINNESOTA ut this emphasis on moral issues alanns some campus conservatives. "Conserva­ tives could really lose ground with youth if they push the social issues," says conservative professor Berkowitz. " If they succeed in banning abortion, for instance, the Democrats could make real gains." Although the mood of the Minnesota campus IS tamer than in 1972, no one is going to mistake Middlebrook Hall for a church camp. "Drug use is probably down on campus, but a lot of students smoke pot," says Berkowitz. "Per-capita beer consumption is probably about the same. Living together is commonplace, although out-and-out promiscuity is probably in decline." These are the issues that really matter to most university students. "Sex and drugs and rock 'n' roU" -or at least dating and drinking and MTV-arouse far greater enthusiasm than discussions of abortion or the farm crisis. Apathy claims far more adherents at the Univer­ sity of Minnesota than the left and right combined. As Burns of the DFL University Chapter notes, "You'll be out somewhere and start to talk about politics, and people will look at you funny. Politic is seen as boring. You're only supposed to talk about th ne t party." Journalism professor Donald Gillmor adds, 'The excitement of the seventies is gone. The biggest raging debate on campus right now is probably between the pro-Ayatollah iranian students and the anti-Ayatollah Iranians." But the times might be changing again at the University of Minnesota. as wishful thinking by a group dedicated to the Just after the November election-as people revival of protest politics on campu , except for uStudents 't'oted their were shocked to discover that young Minneso­ the fact that most conservatives echo hi word. po ketbooks. But tans voted in surprising numbers for a 73-year­ Maranatha pa lor Harpel. who vigorou ly whether the sta in old president-something happened that may opposes the icaraguan go ernment, says, "It's Republican ranks is swing the political pendulum back in the other becoming a big issue. There are a lot of naive hard to a '. If the direction. The world watched with tension as students on this campus affected by Central the Reagan administration accused Nicaragua's America." e onomy performs Sandinista government of importing Soviet And Joe Weber of the University College well, then the rna be fighter planes. It turned out there were no planes Republicans adds, "Central America is a Repub­ Republicans for life." aboard a Soviet freighter docked in a Nicara­ lican soft spot. The PSO is recruiting around Chri Georga as guan harbor, and most people forgot about the the Central America is ue, and it's maJ..ing a Minne oro College matter. But it remains n th minds f many difference. I'm not sure 1 w uld want to taJ..e Republicans chair innesota students. them on right now. It may be covert acti n in "Students are finding Central America as a Central merica that causes thing to wing rallying point," a sert Homme f the Pr gre - back t the liberal side." sive Student Organization. 'The tide f con rv­ a ism, or apathy a I prefer to call it, i on th Jay Walljasper is e.l.ecutive editor of tile Utne w ne ." Reader. He attended graduate clloo1 at tIle Homme's pinion c uld easily b dismi ed University from 19 to 1Q 1.

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amount of reflectance, measured in foreign countries as well as in the United Work at the University's different wavelengths, provides a great States. Remote Sensing Labora­ deal of information about the Earth's Remote sensing could potentially be resources, including crops, forests, and developed to provide information on crop tory may enable fann­ water. conditi9n to individual farm managers. Remote sensing involves measuring Similar information on forest species and ers to analyze crops by and analyzing the radiation reflected and conditions could be provided to forest viewing on a computer emitted by these materials. One branch of managers. remote sensing is aerial photography. A Development of improved ways to terminal pictures of second and much newer branch involves acquire and process remotely ns d data multispectral scanners capable of sensing has literally e ploded in the past few their fields taken from additional wavelengths and recording the years, but relatively little of thi new data in digital formats for computer-aided technology has been directed at meeting an airplane or satellite analysis. These sensors have been placed the information needs of agriculture and on land and weather satellites. forestry at the producer level. The Umver­ Efforts under way at the University to Satellite remote sensing is now being sity's Remote Sensing Laboratory is mo,t develop remote sensing techniques could used by the U.S. Department of Agricul­ involved with this important but often lead to an efficient system for acquiring ture (USDA) to survey crop production. overlooked application of remote sensing. up-to-date information for crop manage­ Knowledge of global agricultural condi­ Bauer, an agronomist, was responsible ment, says Remote Sensing Laboratory tions is of particular importance to the for crop inventory research at Purdue Director Marvin Bauer. United States, the world's largest grain University's Laboratory for Applications The crop information system, devel­ exporter. Lack of accurate, up-to-date of Remote Sensing, before moving to the oped from Agricultural Experiment information on world grain supplies University last year. He believe that Station research at the University, would means planting, buying-selling, storage­ much of the capability already developed enable a farm manager or crop consultant transportation, and export decisions are for using satellite data to inventory crop to press a few keys at a computer terminal made with incomplete information. production over large areas can now be and view an image of farm fields taken Large-area crop surveys are now adapted to provide useful information fo r within the past 24 hours from an airplane possible with the synoptic view of agricul­ crop and forest management. at high altitude or from a satellite. The turallandscapes provided by multispectral He sees two challenges in reaching th is imagery, together with crop growth sensors on satellites, combined with goal. The first is to conduct the needed models, would be used to detect problems computer-aided analysis techniques. basic research on the spectral-biophysical in seeding, fertilization, or herbicide appli­ Landsat, the fifth satellite to orbit the relationships of crops and forests. The cation; detect disease and insect infesta­ earth since 1972, passes over each area of second is to develop analysis techniques, tions; evaluate uniformity of water the globe once every sixteen days, its computer models, and data delivery application by irrigation systems; assess multispectrum scanner sensing data in methods that will enable farm, forest, and crop 'damage due to flooding, drought, digital format. The feasibility of utilizing hail, or wind; and study and map soil Landsat data to identify and estimate conditions such as drainage and erosion wheat acreage was first demonstrated in The University's Remote SenSing laboratory IS problems. the 1970s. Today the USDA uses satellite developing Information for crop managem nt. -This color Infrared photograph of agricultural All of these factors affect how sunlight remote sensing to monitor changes in areas show the variations produced by dlfferpnl is reflected by crops and soils. The acreage and yield of major crops in several crops, crop conditions, and effects.

14 MAY/ JUN E 1985 MINNESOTA agribusiness managers to effectively use spectrum, appears in tones of red, while A comparison of color In frared , left, and COior aerial, right, photographs shows agricultural remotely sensed data. old or severely stressed vegetation appears fields, lower right, a forest, river, and housing In As a first step toward using remote green. Soil tones range from light blue or the color Infrared photo, healthy green vegetation appears red , stressed vegetation appears green, sensing techniques for crop management, green to dark blue, green, or even black, and soil ranges from light blue or green to dark a growing number of crop consultants are depending on soil color, texture, and blue, green, even black depending on 5011 color, using color infrared aerial photography to moisture. Clear, unpolluted water looks texture, and moisture. Clear water Is bright blue detect crop problems. Aerial photography black or dark blue on color infrared film , is already an integral part of forest survey but if the water has a lot of sediment and and management. appears brown or tan to the eyes, color - Aerial photography gives a bird's-eye infrared film will portray it in tones of apparent in the imagery. view of fields, easily revealing conditions blue. On the other hand, the electronic and problems that would be difficult to Recently, Douglas Meisner of the format of the video data makes it assess from on-the-ground observation. Remote Sensing Laboratory has developed amenable to computer-aided analysis-an Unlike the human eye, photographs give an aerial video system that acquires color advantage and approach Bauer believes a stop-action view of rapidly changing infrared imagery on standard video has major potential for developing into a phenomena such as floods or forest fires . cassettes. This approach has several useful management tool for farmers, crop Aerial photographs also provide perma­ advantages over photography. The consultants, agriculture extension agents, nent records that may be examined any imagery is immediately available for and natural resource managers. time. A series of photographs taken at viewing; unlike film, video does not Future remote sensing systems will different times can be invaluable for require processing. And although the sense additional wavelengths and will studying changes during the crop year and initial cost of a video camera is more than transmit digital data directly to computer for comparing different years. And, since the cost of a 35mm camera, the cost of systems located on farms and offices of infrared film is sensitive over a wave­ acquiring imagery is very low. A standard crop consultants and extension agents. length range about twice as broad as that videotape costing about $10 is less than Although it will probably be ten years of the human eye, such film can detect the price of film and processing for a 36- or more before all the components of an and record many phenomena that the exposure roll of 35mm film . The video­ operational system are available, research unaided eye cannot. tape can cover two hours of imagery is now going on at the University to The colors produced by color infrared versus one or two minutes for the film . develop the analysis techniques and film are strikingly different from those The primary disadvantage of video models that will enable farm and for t seen in nature. Healthy, green vegetation, compared to photography is its lower managers in Minnesota to effectively use which is highly reflective in the infrared resolution, meaning that less detail is remote sensing technology.

16 MAY/jUNE 1985 MINNESOTA There are only two places on earth where you're always welcome.

Mom's and your alma mater.

ornething s changed at the travel and health programs and Univer ity ince ou re ei ed our nurnerou pri ilege - uch a degree. acce to the Uni er ity library You're not here. We rni ou. y tern. Yes you graduated. But you With pri ileges of cour e come never really had to leave. You ve pecial opportunitie . The Univer­ always had the chance to belong ity need it alumni. People of rich to your Minne ota Alumni experience and generou pirit. A ociation. People like ou. The Alumni A 0 iation i a Indi idual alumni contribution family of graduate that extend to the Uni er ity of Minne ota around the world. It keep ou in Foundation en ure that the Uni er­ con tant tou h with other alumni it)' tradition will ontinue for and key U ni er ity de eloprnent . generation to orne. It al 0 provide valuable di count, Vi it write or call horne toda

"There's no place like the University."

The Minnesota lW111Zi sso iatiol1 ( 12) 3 - 466 • The nil' rsity 0/ linnesota Foundation (6L) ]""' - 4 100/ 120 Morrill Hall 100 hur h treet E Minl1 apolis, 1innesota 4 fe on the speak­ er's circuit isn't easy, especially if you are a newcomer. But if you graduate to the big time, it pays- up to $20,000 if you're Harry Reasoner-to be eloquent

Whoever said talk is cheap never had speaker. Last year, he sent the graduating to ante up the $20,000 to $25,000 speaker's By Vicki Stavig students of St. John' s University in fee for former Secretary of State Henry Collegeville, Minnesota, out to face the Kissinger. Or the estimated $20,000 it Winfield, '73, outfielder for the Yankees, real world, and he will soon do the same takes to hear Ted Koppel, host of ABC's who earns between $2,500 and $5,000 per for students at Luther College in Decorah, Nightline. speech, and Kevin McHale, '80, of the Iowa. Of course, there are bargains to be Boston Celtics, who pulls in between What's the price tag for Keillor' s had. For a mere $12,000 you can find out $1,500 and $2,000 each time he speaks to speeches? His booking agent wasn't what's on the mind of Mark McCormack, a group. talking. author of What They Don't Teach You at Then, of course, there' s Garrison In Minnesota, says Porte, Gopher foot­ Harvard Business School. But if Peter Keillor , '66, of A Prairie Home ball coach Lou Holtz is one of the most Drucker or Kenneth Blanchard are more Companion fame, who- according to Al popular speakers. His fee is reported to be to your liking, you'll have to sweeten the Porte, owner of Speakers USA, a Minne­ between $1,500 and $6,000. WCCO radio pot a little. The fee for their repartee is apolis-based speakers bureau- is in such announcer Ray Christensen, '49, who does $15,000. demand that he is often booked six the play-by-play reporting of Gopher Speaking is big business these days, months to a year in advance. Says Karen football and basketball games, is another and several University of Minnesota Tofte, who handles Keillor's booking, "His popular speaker. alumni and faculty members are ge tting in popularity has grown since th e show went Nationally, Geraldine Ferraro is one of on the action. The hot topics on the national in 1980. That's when the invita­ the most popular female speakers-if you speaker's circuit are business, economics, tions started coming in from national can catch her between commercials. and self-improvement; the hot speakers organizations. " Ferraro received $15,000- the going rate are authors and athletes and TV person­ According to Tofte, the down-h me for former president Gerald Ford-to alities-and the University has turned out philosopher has no set topics for his speak in the Carlson Lecture Series, spon­ several alumni who fit the bill. presentations, preferring instead to give sored by the Humphrey Institute of Public Harry Reasoner, '41 , and Eric Sevareid, readings of his works or to write a speech Affairs. '35, for example, each earn a reported geared specifically to the event at which Janet Hagberg, '68 and '72, author )f $20,000 for their speaking engagements. he is appearing. Colleges are finding Real Power, is fast becoming one of the Popular but less well paid are Dave Keillor to be an able commencement busiest speakers on the circuit. She's b n

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speaking on power and career renewal for Faranda, who has shared the podium several years, yet facing an audience with the likes of Thomas Peters, coauthor doesn't come easy for Hagberg. "Although of In Search of Excellence and one of the I really enjoy interacting with people," she most popular speakers in the United States says, ''I'm basically an introvert, so after today , speaks extensively outside the I'm finished with an engagement, whether country- Australia, Japan, Europe, it be an hour or a day, I'm really tired. I Canada, and Mexico. need to be alone, to recoup. If I didn't feel He has also been known to practice his so strongly about what I'm saying and trade while en route from one city to what I'm writing, I might not even be on another. "I've held seminars on trains the speaker's circuit." from Minneapolis to Chicago for a Her motivation, however, "is seeing management group," Faranda says. "And the audience responding reflectively and I've been asked to hold a seminar for a Harry Reasoner thoughtfully to something I've said. I'm group of corporate e ecutives on their $20,000 not an entertainer. I'm more of a provoc­ way to Japan in a 747 to educate them on ative speaker. My main purpose is to Japanese versus American management provoke and make people think about techniques. " what they're doing and why." When Faranda began speaking profes­ Hagberg has a minimum of two sionally, he found breaking into the busi­ speaking engagements each week ness difficult. " I had trouble with throughout the country . While she marketing," he says, "trying to find out wouldn't disclose her fee, she did say she where is the market and how do you gives a certain number of speeches free of reach people that do the hiring of speakers charge each year for groups "I feel for the big conventions. That's always the strongly about," and that she charges less toughest part of the job, even today when than her normal fee for nonprofit groups. I have a full-time director of marketing." Despite the handsome fees , the first­ Faranda now earns about $5,000 per class air travel and hotel accommoda­ speech but says it takes years of hard tions, and the interesting cities to visit, life work to reach that level. "A lot of people isn't easy on the speaker's circuit. "It's not are charging $50 or $100," he says, "and all glamorous," says Hagberg, who finds they start in places that we all had to the traveling tiring. start, giving free speeches in church base­ Tom Faranda, who has been speaking ments and speeches for very low money." professionally for about nine years and Booking agent Porte (who is also Janet Hagberg also teaches management courses at the taking graduate courses in speech commu­ Figures unavailable University, agrees that life on the circuit nication at the University) adds: "Most isn't all it's thought to be. "The stress and people who think that they would like to the long hours are awesome," he says, become a professional speaker don' t "and the travel can be wearying." realize that it takes a lot of time and It can be more than wearying, it can money." Would-be speakers must choo e be downright unpredictable, as Faranda a topic in which they are well versed, discovered while on a three-month write a presentation, and "commit the speaking tour in Australia. An airline entire thing to memory," he says. Then strike left him 500 miles from Melbourne there's the cost of preparing publicity the night before he was to give a speech materials, including brochures and audio Henry Kissinger $20,000 to $25,000 there. He finally got someone to fly him and video cassettes, and sending them out to within 150 miles of the city; then he with the hope that they will bring in a had to rent a car and drive all night to few bookings. Many speakers also partic­ make the engagement. ipate in "showcases," says Porte, during His love of speaking, however, more which each speaker has a fifteen-minute than makes up for any problems he might "audition." Finally, he says, a speaker encounter. "I love the freedom, the chal­ must keep at it for five to ten years. lenge-to be able to create, write, and Anyone can claim to b a professional perform," says Faranda. Meanwhile, he speaker and charge whatever seems desir­ doesn't expect to be stranded at an airport able, but if there are no bookings, it's Lou Holtz again, at least not while traveling to give academic. Says Porte:"I get half a million $1,500 to $6,000 a speech in the United States. After dollars for my speeches, but no one has receiving his pilot's license a year ago, he called on me yet. I'm speechl ss." bought a Turbo Mooney 231, a four-seat cabin monoplane, "and now I fly to my Vicki Stavig is associate editor of Corpo­ engagements in the country," he says. rate Report.

20 MAY / JUNE 1985 MINNESOTA THE BEST OF THE British Isles ON ONE GREAT NEW TWO-WEEK TRIP

Available Only Through the ...... UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Mail to : Minnesota Alumni Association ALUMNI ASSOCIATION and INTRAV University of Minnesota 100 Morrill Hall I through the stately halls of ancient castles in Minneapolis, MN 55455 arney. Kiss the Blarney Stone. Chat with locals Please send me more information on the British Isles a pint of stout or shop for Waterford in Dublin. Adventure! xperience the majesty of Edinburgh. Play golf on of the world's most beautiful courses. Name ______~ ise down London's Thames past Big Ben . Watch Address ______---' Changing of the Guard. Shop at Harrods. Ride a uble-decker bus. Attend the theatre. See where • City _____ State ______Zip _____ speare was born at Stratford-Upon-Avon. And he royal family's castle at Windsor. Area Code ___ Office Phone ______e BRITISH ISLES ADVENTURE adds up to a rare lend of history, pageantry, pomp and jolly good fun . parting June 28, 1985 T H E A s s o c A T o N s

BY DAVID LEVY

is designated (in a sense rebated) to the serve each member and to support associ­ At the Alumni Club association. That insurance income is ation activities. on the 50th floor of deposited into a separate "general endow­ The association's acting executive ment fund ." director, James Day, explains: "It's a the IDS Tower, the Income from the two funds comprises balanced approach to investing. We struc­ about 25 percent of the association's oper­ ture the portfolio so that debt (bonds) and Minnesota Alumni ating budget. (The remainder comes from equity (stocks) can never be out of membership dues and University balance- the highest proportion we can Association's Fi­ contributions.) have of either is 60 percent. Then we look nance Committee To manage the two funds, the associa­ at what kinds of debt and equity invest­ tion has gathered an impressive roster of ments we want. They have to be secure, practices the fine investment and financial management represent opportunitie for growth, and talent from the Twin Cities to serve on generate enough current income to take art of high finance, the Finance Committee, all of them care of cash transfers. Beyond that, we alumni: Fred Friswold, president at Dain want to be fairly aggressive while being managing two funds Bosworth (committee chair); Ronald secure ." Everson, managing director at Piper The endowment fund, while similar to 'Winning by not losing describes our Jaffray & Hopwood; John Kofski, partner the obligated fund, is managed more investment philosophy," says Minnesota at McMichael & Kofski; LeRoy Piche, aggressively for growth. Because about Alumni Association Finance Committee senior vice president at Norwest Corp.; $200,000 is drawn from the endowment member Richard Tschudy. "We are trying and Richard Tschudy, president of Invest­ fund every year to subsidize the associa­ to protect the account against down ment Advisers. By any measure, it's a tion's operating budget, the committee markets, but on the other hand, we want group of professionals long on market tries to build the fund's purchasing power to get our share in an up market-we savvy that would match the best of Wall to maintain its ability to support future don't necessarily want to be on the top of Street. operations. Recently the committee has the heap." That's not a unique philos­ Once a month members of the Finance made investments in perceived growth ophy, since most investors seek to mini­ Committee assemble at the Alumni Club areas such as electronics and health­ mize risk and produce a reasonable profit. on the 50th floor of the IDS Center. There oriented companies to help achieve this Yet few do it as well as the alumni they plot a course for both the general goal. association's all-volunteer committee of endowment and the obligated funds, now How have the funds performed? investment advisers. totaling about $3 million. For each fund Return on the two funds compares fav r­ Every year the alumni association sell s they have well-defined objectives and an ably in the long run against Standard &. about 200 life memberships at $300 opera ting stra tegy . Poor's, Dow Jones, and other more apiece. The receipts go directly to the The purpose of the obligated fund is to esoteric financial indices. In th do n Finance Committee, which puts them into maintain enough dollars to serve the life markets of late 1983 and 1984, t e the "obligated fund." When association members for life. That goal means keeping committee won by n t losing, by avoiding members participate in the group insur­ the fund at a level that all ows the associ­ the steep declines many funds e p ri­ ance program, a portion of their dividend ation to withdraw enough annually to enced. Recent total return in the genelJI

22 MAY I JUNE 1985 MINNESOTA endowment is approximately 15 and has ensured top-quality percent; the obligated fund membership. generates a similar return. Each person brings a different A successful return, according set of skills to the monthly to committee member Piche, is a meeting. Day explains the measure of how well investors group's dynamics: "Fred Friswold de termine their objectives and is very analytical, and often after whether the portfolio is properly Dick Tschudy's economic over­ structured to meet those objec­ view, he will focus on key points tives. In other words, the commit­ of the overview, testing it. Ron tee's relative success reflects not Everson's background is that of luck or shooting-from-the-hip a stockbroker. In his research, he investment strategies but rather looks at which company is right strong-willed commitment to a set for now. leRoy Piche will talk of objectives. about interest rates, what the Reviewing individual invest­ Federal Reserve Board is going to ments made by the Finance do, money supply indicators, Committee shows some big and the bond market generally. winners, many good performers, As a CPA, John Kofski brings a and few outright failures. "The good general overview on most prescient thing we did was economic and investment deci­ buy Digital Equipment Corp.," sions. He's in a good position to says Day. 'We bought it when it help sort out various proposals. was down at about $69, and it When the committee discusses popped up to around $l20." the broader issues of association Other good picks ha ve been First budgeting, accounting, and Bank System, Exxon Corp., and finances, he provides a good Dayton Hudson Corp. Invest­ transition . They' re all very Managing two funds totalling around $3 million for the association are ment results recorded in red ink John Kofskl, not pictured, and, clockwise from back, Fred Friswold, complementary. " are few and follow no discernible Richard Tschudy, leroy P ich~, and Ron Everson. Do they have any fun 'We're pattern. a pretty serious bunch, ' says A committee meeting typically begins security, and dividend protection, but Tschudy. Piche agrees, adding, "but its not with an economic overview by Tschudy, they were also looking at what the market all serious browbeaten work. It's done with which amounts to his analysis and conclu­ was going to value, given some economic a liveliness to it. The meetings are enjoyable sions about what's going to happen in the assumptions," says Day. "They did their .... We are quick to recognize the embar­ economy and the market. He cites a broad homework. rassing things like picking a wrong tock." range of economic indicators. Then "In February they did s me very prof­ Questions about the succes of the follows a discussion during which each itable seiling," says Day. funds committee members manage for the committee member offers thoughts from 'We were correct a lot ooner than we association yield only modest responses. his base of expertise-stocks, bonds, had anticipated," ays Friswold. 'We took They obviously leave their egos in the economic insights. From that exchange, profits to bring the portfolios back into safety deposit bo before moving around investment decisions begin to flow. balance." the big chip . "In their January meeting they made a The committee will favor a I cally Busy a members are with other busi­ number of purchases and reaffirmed some based inve tment if it meets the objectives nes and civic activities, they still manage buying decisions made earlier," says Day. of the fund . That willingnes has been an to ma1.e time for the a sociation. "I have "The relative value of stocks in the associati n tradition, following the a debt to the Univer ity-that's where I market made them extremely attractive," rati nale that it' go d for the community, was educated," say Piche." ow I can do says chair Friswold. 'We made a strategic which the University als erve . something of service in my time. decision to increase the proportion of In the bond market, the Finance T chudy echoes these words and the senti­ stocks in the funds." Committee has gravitated toward invest­ ment of the entire committee:" ell, gee, The committee had concluded that ment with hort and intermediate matur­ I guess I like the University, and I feel 1 interest rates would drop a bit, econ mic itie . "We stay n the shorter-maturity we them omething." activity would pick up, and the ec nomy h rizon with the debt," ' ay Piche. "The What's the a ciati n' return on the would continue trong. To increa it hort end f the bond portfoli ha given committee' in estment . "It' priceless, equity p sition, the c mmitt favored u go d in me and liquidity, and the says Day. "The committee repre ent inter st-sensitive and cyclical stocks. Two ability to m ve fr m debt to equity if we alumni v lunteeri m at it best." stocks they bought in January were o decide." Burlington N rth rn Railroad and n­ To an e tent, the c mmitte i self­ David Levy, '72, is the director of public A ra . Earlier they had invested in building p rp tuating. A ne memb r tep down, affairs at Medtronic. For set'eral y ars Ire companies and banks. an th r of the fraternit . is rec mmended, wrote 1m intemationally distributed 'T hey want d fundamental value, a practice that gi e th gr up c ntinuity colullln on persollal fillance.

! ) JU E 10 TA 2J OLLEGES AND SCHOOLS

By Jeanne Hoene the University's architecture school, along MANAGEMENT with tours of the Minneapolis skyways. I J PUBLIC AFFAIRS Topics presented included the anthro­ I pology and sociology of pede trian Competition for systems; the need to maintain intent and IBM Grant Narrows Of Skyways, Streets, integrity of architectural form in the and Tunnel Vision urban setting; the social fabric of the The School of Management is among street; economic and social segregation in 30 graduate schools competing for one of When planning city space, few city cities; personal safety, density, and diver­ twelve $2 million grants to be awarded planners stop to consider their plans in sity of populations; the use of skyways as by IBM for research and instruction in terms of skyways, streets, or tunnels. building blocks in the development of management information systems. That issue was the focus of "Pedestrian megastructures (the introverted city, the As the first step to winning a $2 Systems," a two-day conference April 13- self-contained city, the shopping center); million grant, the school received an 14, promoting interdisciplinary and skyways or tunnel systems as planning initial $12,000 planning grant to prepare comparative perspectives of elevated and elements; public facility planning; and the its proposal. Proposals were submitted In subterranean pedestrian systems. The building as road-the road as building. January, and IBM is expected to conference explored the social, economic, Featured speakers were Mildred announce the grant winners this spring. architectural, and public policy aspects of Friedman, Walker Art Center design According to Fred Beier, as ociate both existing and planned systems in curator; Colin Rowe, Cornell University dean in the School of Management, If the major U.S. and Canadian cities. Confer­ architecture professor; Sam Bass Warner, school receives the award, the monies ence cosponsors were the Walker Art history professor at Boston University; could be used by all departments in the Center and the University of Minnesota's Galen Cranz, architecture professor at the school and also by other units within the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of California, Berkeley; David University. Receiving the planning grant School of Architecture, and Center for Dillon, Dallas Morning News architecture "reflects the high quality of the [informa­ Urban and Regional Affairs. critic; Bernard Jacob, Minneapolis archi­ tion system 1program ," Beier says. Group presentations, professional tect and critic; and Jacqueline Robertson, Other graduate schools receiving plan­ workshops, and discussion panels were University of Virginia dean of ning grants were Harvard, MIT, Stan­ held at both the Walker Art Center and architecture. fo rd, Wharton, and UCLA.

24 MAY I JUNE 1985 MINNESOTA to radio, television, or video games [tENTISTRY INSTITUTE OF Showing young children without TECHNOLOGY previous dental experience videotapes of I Putting a Smile other children in a dentist's care seems to into Dental Education reduce anxiety and improve cooperation. Advancing Materials Science At the University, dental students Although dentistry is moving ahead spend more time now than in the past Success in technology means devel­ qUickly in developing techniques to learning strategies to reduce the stress a oping a better understanding of materials prevent and treat dental problems, many visit to the dentist often involves. Even science, or the chemistry of substances people-as many as 50 percent in parts of their vocabulary is changmg to eliminate used in making circuits, input/output the country-rarely or never see a denhst dentistry terms with negative connota­ devices, and storage media. As materials for check-ups. A 1983 report on the tions. 'Tm going to drill your tooth" has are developed or improved, new technol­ future of dentistry cited fear, behavioral become "Now, I'm going to prepare your ogies are created, manufacturing depends hetors, and cost as reasons that continue tooth." less on the use of scarce elements, size to keep people away from necessary Oliver says that all the curriculum and time dimensions for microcomputer dental care. changes and research reflect a broaderung circuits are reduced, quality control To reduce those concerns, dentIsts of of the dental profession. Today, a dentist improves, and products cost less. the future will need to serve also as is being prepared as an educator, commu­ The continued advancement of mate­ health educators of patients and the nicator, technician, and behaviorist. rials science study requires close collabo­ public, accordmg to Richard G. Oliver, ration between physicists, chemists, and clean of the School of Dentistry and chair engineers. The Microelectronic and Infor­ of the American Dental Association's !EDUCATION mation Sciences Center (MEIS), estab­ Speaal Committee on the Future of lished in 1981, helps fund just such Dentistry. He believes that behavioral. An Apple for the Teacher research, education and technology managerial, and communication skills transfer programs at the University. wIll become as important to the dentist as Within the next three years, every one The center, originally funded by seed technical c1irucal skills. of the roughly 185 full-time faculty grants from 3M, Sperry, Honeywell, and Oliver says that people are assuming members in the College of Education will Control Data, receives additional support more responsibility for their health in have access to a microcomputer. As part from the state of Minnesota, federal general and want to participate more of its commitment to leadership in the sources, and other associate sponsor actively in decisions about their health research and development of computer­ companies, including Cray Research. In care The dental school is responding to based learning, the college is planning to February, 3M contributed $400,000 to thIS trend by training future dentists in provide its faculty with unlimited access help sustain the center's programs. communication skills, which will help to microcomputers by 1987. "We are now completing the start-up them interact well with their patients, According to Dean William Gardner phase of the center and the programs that ultimately to achieve the best dental care the school now offers faculty only limited began vvith the eed funds,' says 1artha possible. opportunities to develop slills in Russell, as ociate director of the center. Specific curriculum additions include a computer education technology. He :,ays 'We're moving into the next phase a course on ethics and professional respon­ it is critical and increasingly necessary for pattern of sustained membership and sibility, which uses vignettes to help education faculty to develop proficiency contribution to further develop the proj­ students learn to listen and sensitize with microcomputers for their instruc­ ects we've begun. themselves to patients' concerns that tional, organizational, and scholarly The center funds individual and team nught not be readily apparent, such as activities. And becoming adept on the research projects. Four team projects that child abuse. Students watch videotapes of computers means having easy access to currently receive major upport from the themselves in treatment situations and them. center include the study of intelligent have an opportunity to receive feedback The college's co t-sharing plan include systems, Ill-V compound and high- peed and reactions. A series of lectures on fear a $150,000 investment by the college, devices high-performance integrated of pai n and anxiety is presented also. which repre ents about two-thirds of the circuits, and artificially structured mate­ As the relationship between anxiety start-up expen e, over the ne. t three rials for microelectronics. These projects and the patient's perceived level of pain years. Individual departments will combine the efforts of university faculty, becomes better understood , behavioral provide the r maining one-third from graduate students, cientists, engineers, solutions may replace the more usual their operating budgets. To ensure that and technical experts from participating treatments such as painkilling drugs. by 1987 every faculty member will have c mpanies. Some of the behavi ral methods already access to microcomputers, the college will The first round f pr ject reviews for bemg tried include rela ation to decrea need an additi nal 75 to 100 comput r all four major research tudi wa muscle tension, monitoring blood pres­ workstations, ay Gardner. completed thi pring. Each pr ject su e and heart rate, and distracting a The college also plans to provide e tra review included participation by faculty patient's attention from the d ntal w rk funding to help faculty become familiar from other universities, national technical and proficient with this new technol g expert and elected eternal revie\ ers. Skyways were the focus of a conference that drew through lab demonstrations, in tructional A tatus rep rt, t urs, and demonstra- par ticipants from th e United State and Canada. workshop , and courses. tion aI \ re pr ented.

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IAGRICULTURE Getting to the Heart of the Farm Problem The plight of Minnesota fanners, espe­ cially those with medium-sized family fanns, has reached crisis proportions. According to statistics compiled by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, approximately 25 percent of all farmers in the state are in financial trouble, and over the next two years, as many as 14,000 farm families may face foreclo­ sure, bankruptcy, and loss of the family business. To help farm families deal with the financial crisis, the Agricultural Extension Service created Project Support. It offers financial planning, stress management, Helping farm families deal with financial crisis Is the goal of the Agricultural Extension Service's Project and community networking support. Support. Financial planning, stress management, and community networking support are being offereo Extension agents in each county coor­ dinate the program, which began last The county agents work with families fanners and can help ensure that they December. All the state's extension agents one-to-one or in seminars, workshops, stay in farming. have been reassigned to work on Project and support groups. In Grand Rapids, Project Support takes a family systems Support and have received special Minnesota, a day long workshop on how approach to coping with the stress training. to manage stress recently was presented. created by financial crisis, according to One of the program's goals is to help In Winona County, 46 people fonned a extension specialist Ronald Pitzer. families who have recently left farming fann couple support group, which meets Communication about what's happenmg make the transition to nonfanning regularly to discuss mutual concerns, with the family's situation is important so careers. The program also gives short­ including topics such as communication that all family members can help support and long-range financial counseling to between husband and wife. each other, says Pitzer. those who choose to remain in fanning. Patrick Borich, dean and director of Project Support workshops and semi­ Extension agents also refer families to the University's Agricultural Extension nars present ways that family members appropriate outside resources such as Service, says that special programs such can reduce stress, encourage family mental health clinics or credit agencies. as a financial package are available to strengths, and activate support networks.

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The University's dance program is now part of the theatre arts department In the College of Liberal Arts. $31~N~UP The program's continued existence depends on raising a $1 million endowment. JUST 5 MINUTES FROM THE METRODOME University's central administration over FREE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST ILIBE RAL ARTS the next four years. The continued exist­ ence of the program, however, depends SPACIOUS. COMFORTABLE ROOMS Dance Program on raising a $1 million endowment over NATIONAL the next five years. The initial goal is Reaches Turning Point TOLL FREE: $250,000 to be raised by the end of this 1 -800-622-3999 The University dance program will year. A pledge of $55,000 has already IN MINNESOTA CALL: move to the beat of a different drummer been made by a group of St. Paul citi­ '·800-446·6466 in September, when the program changes zens, and Anthony Nicolini, a caterer, its academic address to the College of who read in the newspaper about the Liberal Arts (CLA) . The dance program, demise of the dance program and wanted which had been part of the College of to do something to help keep it at the Education, was to be discontinued for University. budget reasons. But public support from The University of Minne ota ~ricket the University and outside community led Foundation has rganized a "Save thE to the agreement that transfers dance to University Dance Program' fund, to the theatre arts department in CLA. which contributions may be ent. lnqui­ Inn "We're delighted about it," says rie about the fund can be sent to Nadine Nadine Jette, dance program director. Jette at 101 Norris Hall, 172 Pillsbury 5 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS: UNIVERSITY "We think the move has really worked Drive S.E., Minneapolis MN 55455. Univ. & Wash. Aves . • 623-3999 out for the best." For the past several years, CLA ha BURNSVILLE Strong support for the program from offered only a minor in dance, but Jette 1-35 at Burnsville PkWY . • 894-8280 MAPLEWOOD the theatre department and from students hopes to have a dance major added. The 1-94 at centuf'j Ave . • 738-1 600 is the reason CLA agreed to run the program, which enr lied more than 280 PLYMOUTH PI gram, according to CLA dean Fred students during winter quarter 1985, will 1-494 & HWV. 55 • 559-2400 ROSEVILLE Ll kermann . continue to ffer it e isting curriculum, 1-35W at CtV. Rd . C • 636-6730 Program costs, roughly $100,000 including ballet, modem dance, anatomy, Yl r1y, will be shared by CLA and the and kinesthesiology.

lA) JU E 10 MI. 'ES TA 27 Four Elected to Board of Regents Wendell Anderson, Stanley Sahlstrom, Mary Schertler, and Charles Casey were elected University regents March 19. Anderson, former Minnesota governor and U.S. senator, and Sahlstrom, retiring provost of the University's Crookston campus, are new to the twelve-member board; Casey and Schertler are incumbents. "The University is a very, very good university today and can be even better in the future," says Anderson, who earned a B.A. at the University in 1954 and a law degree in 1960. ''I'm concerned about access for young people who are academically and financially disadvan­ taged. I think that tuition is at the point where it's barring many young people from the University. "I support University President Ken Keller and his plan to make the Univer­ Stanley Sahlstrom Wendell Anderson sity one of the top fi ve in the country. My only caveat is for accessibility. I concerned that the University maintain its a B.s. (with high distinction) from the think the new president will do an commitment to the land-grant philos­ University in 1961 and a doctorate of outstanding job, and I intend to coop­ ophy, providing support to rural Minne­ veterinary medicine in 1963. erate and help him." sota's homes, businesses, farms, and Schertler of St. Paul was el cted to the Anderson is an attorney with Larkin forests, to help maintain a viable board in 1977. She graduated magna cum Hoffman Daly & Lindgren in the Twin economy. We have an obligation as a laude from Loyola University in Chicago Cities. During his tenure as governor, he land-grant institution to serve aU the with a B.S. in humanities in 1960 and is presided over changes in how education people of the state." administrative assistant to Fourth Di triet was financed in Minnesota. 'We raised Sahlstrom says he supports President Congressman Bruce Vento. taxes and put revenue to work in the area Keller's plan for the University, with a Regents are elected to six-year terms. of education," says Anderson, "which is number of provisos. Funding changes Eight regents represent each f the state's just the opposite of some legislative must be made by the state if the plan is congressional districts; four r gents hold proposals debated in the legislature to work, and the plan must be properly "at-large" positions. today. In some areas we do need tax implemented and understood. "It must Selection of the new regents began relief, but we must be careful not to recognize the uniqueness of other March 4 when regent candidates were provide so much tax relief that it cuts campuses in the University system in nominated from each congre sional into the core and muscle of our institu­ meeting the goals," says Sahlstrom, "and district by a biparti an caucus of all tions like the University." it requires cooperation from other legislators representing the district. He intends to lobby hard for the systems." Cas y in District 1 and Schertler in University, he says. He's fuJly supportive of the Cro kston District 4 were unopposed. Anderson of A native Minnesotan, Sahlstrom campus's role, as envisioned by Keller, to Wayzata and Elizabeth Ebbot of Whit received B.S. (with distinction), M.S., serve the mission of the Institute of Agri­ Bear Lake were nominated in District 6 and Ph.D. degrees from the University. culture, Forestry, and Home Economics, Incumbent regent William Do land, He was assistant to the president and which includes support for tourism and Mo rhead State University faculty director of field services at St. Cloud hospitality as well as agriculture. m mber Yvonne Cond lJ , and Sahlstrom State College before joining the Univer­ "My experience as head of the were nominated in District 7. sity in 1965 as director of what was then Crookston campus for twenty years and as Names of the candidates chosen by a technical institute. The founding a professor on the St. Paul campus gives these caucuses were submitted to a j in t provost at Crookston, he retires June 30 me a depth of understanding of the Univer­ gathering of the S nate and House edu a­ after twenty years there. sity," says Sahlstrom, "but I come here as tion committees, which narrowed th list SahJstrom, too, wants the University an inexperienced board member who has a to one candidate from ea h district and to be accessible. "I want students to have great deal to learn. I approach the board presented the slate to a joint onventi n the same opportunities I had as a farm with humbleness and eagerness." of th Hou e and Senate for a v teo After boy during the Depression of the thir­ Casey of West Concord was el cted to nominati ns w re made from the fl or, ties," says Sahlstrom. ''I'm deeply the Board of Regents in 1979. He earned regents wer elected.

28 MAY/jUNE 1985 MINNESOTA Now Showing: The Law different from other law students he has Five Receive NSF Awards known in his twenty-seven years of Five University faculty members were and Irving Younger teaching. But in that time, he has seen among 200 researchers nationally who By Annette M. Larson some changes. received the Presidential Young Investiga­ Law students were older and more tors Award from the National Science Here's a man who combines his hobby experienced when Younger graduated Foundation. Each will receive up to from ew York University with a law $100, 000 per year for five years to with his profession. His hobby: films. His profession: law. lrving Younger derives degree in 1958. 'They had been drafted finance research. pleasure from both by finding aspects of between college and law school, so they University recipients and their research came back with a wider experience of the subjects are Catherine French, assistant law in the films he sees and sharing them with students. world," says Younger. "Today we have professor of civil engineering, seismic full-time law students who have been analysis of structures; Christine A. Younger, a visitmg professor holding Hastorf, assistant professor of anthro­ the Marvin J. Sonosky Professorship in pology, archaeology and anthropology; the Law School, has always been fasci­ Pra mod P. Khargonekar, associate nated by movies and theater and sees professor of electrical engineering, linear what goes on in the courtroom as drama, control; Robert L. Lysak, assistant too. professor of physics and astronomy, "I have interests beyond practicing law aural zone dynamics; and Kim A. and sitting around writing law review Stelson, assistant professor of mechanical articles," says Younger. "In a courtroom engineering, automated manufacturing the jury is the audience. If the jury senses systems. that you're performing . . . you've lost." When he became a la""'Yer, Younger says, his interest ill theater and movies Team Wins National was a natural carry-over. While teaching at Cornell he hosted a law-on-film series Business Competition for the University Film Society there. At A ca e-study team from the Universi­ the University of Minnesota, he has ty s School of Management defeated four hosted a similar series sponsored by the other teams to win the Mclntire Law Forum. Some of the films he's Commerce lnvitational, a national under­ selected include On the Waterfront graduate business competition sponsored Henry V Anatomy of a Murder and Vlsltmg law professor Irvong Younger, combmmg by the University of Virginia . Casablanca . hiS Interests in law and film, hopes that students Team members Lisa Ris er of Younger introduces each film pointing Will grasp the finer poonts of law by watchmg Anatomy of a Murder and other courtroom Owa tonna, Ruth Bakken of Robbinsdale, out the legal issues of the movie and dramas. Bruce Polikowsky of Byron, and Paul other interesting facts. Spnnger of Rochester defeated teams Other "informal hobbies" ounger has going to school since kindergarten with from Texas A & M and the universities include thinking, reading, and writing. "I no break. Their experience of the world is of Illinois, Florida, and Notre Dame, last wa a writer who accidentally became a the experience of schoo!." year's winner. lawyer," he says. Such lack of life experience inhibits Teams were challenged to solve the Although he doesn't claim to be pro­ understanding of law, say Younger. question of whether the thermometer lific, he is m re than a closet writer. He "Law i one of the branches of humani­ ma nufacturing subsidiary of the Figgie has written technical pieces for law ties," he says. "Language i what a law­ inte rnational Holding Co. should accept reviews, article for general reader yer works with. Human nature i what the offer of a financially troubled compet­ ('What Good is Freedom of Speech. " you work on. A better grasp of human itor to sell out to Figgie for $1.5 million. published in the January 1985 i ue of nature is gained with more e..'\perience. " Each team studied the problem and Conrmentary) and things for "fun and One replacement for experience i lit­ submitted its olution in written and oral games, " such a mu ic criticism and legal erature, but Younger also believes today' presentations to a panel of senior e ecu­ stories designed to entertain rather than student are not very well read. He think tives. The University team's winning instru ct. reading, writing, and arithmetic are the solution recomm nded that Figgie offer ounger is enj ying his stay in Minne­ basics of an undergraduate education, yet one-third less than the competitor was ota. Having grown up in upstate ew most undergraduates don't have those asking. York, Younger says Minnesota' weather kill . He tries to balance the lack of The team and the contest, dubbed the held no terrors for him. "Minneap lis is knowledge by being a g d teacher. '1 Super Bowl of undergraduate business ne of America's great but ecret cities," use bits and pieces of teaching tyles, he ed ucation, were the subject f a column he says, adding that the Law chool say , but he know they've worked only in The Wall Street loumal. Th Univer­ compare favorably in quality to law when tudents have learned what he i sity, which mad its first pp aranc in ch I ranked in th t p ten nationally. teaching. the tournament this year, will return t University student are bright and And, he ay , he doe n't do it the \ av Virginia n xt y ar to defend the title. enthusia tic, says You nger, and not too it's d ne in Paper hase. . GBACK

1945: A Letter Home the Senior Cabinet. Rod McQuary was editor of the Minnesota Daily, and from Iwo Jima Barbara Robertson, '46, was homecomIng chair. It was estimated that 9,000 fa rme~ The year was 1945. James Morrill, attended short courses at University Fann former president of the University of each year, and 350 veterans were attend­ Wyoming, had just assumed the presi­ ing the University under the G.1. Bill dency of the University of Minnesota, There was a shortage of faculty and then the nation's fourth largest university. staff, with more than 600 members His salary was $15,000 a year. The serving in the armed forces or in other twelve-story Mayo Memorial building war activities. Pages of the alumni maga ­ was scheduled to be erected, and the zine were filled with the names of Univer­ regents had just requested an annual sity students who were serving in World increase of $1 ,529,000 in the University War II, had died in action, or were budget. hospitalized . On campus, about 400 students Jackson C. "Jack" Tumacliff of the belonged to cooperative eating clubs, class of '41 was one of those listed. He paying $4 .75 for 20 meals a week. Ciga­ found himself on Iwo Jima, fighting the rettes were sold three for three cents in battle that marked the beginning of the Coffman Memorial Union. The student end of the war with the Japanese. Progressive Party was demanding an Midway through the battle, the 26-year­ investigation of living conditions and old marine sat down in his foxhole and rates in student rooming houses and was penned a letter. The letter was reprinted calling for a long-range building program by the Waseca Journal April 4, 1945. for dormitories and cooperative housing. Here is his story as he wrote it then to his Dorothy McNeill, '45, was president of friend R. E.

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30 MAY/ JUNE 1985 MINNESOTA he censor's ban was lifted some­ craft were everywhere; battleships were I looked around and found / was what the other day, and now I thundering on all sides; and Iwo Jima between a dead marine and another with can relate some exciting experiences. was taking a terrific pasting. blood all over his face. He looked at me To begin, December brought the news We paused at the line of departure for and said, "/ guess I lost my fingers." He tha t an operation was in the offing. a brief moment and then, with a surge, spoke as if he thought it couldn't have Orders, maps, photographs, and more broke for the beach. At this point we happened to him. But there he was orders presented thrmselves, and day by ceased to feel small and felt very much bleeding and dirty. I told him to go back day plans for the stupendous task like a large bull's-eye with every gun to the beach and a corpsman would take unfolded. trained on us. care of him. It was a strange excitement that From below the gunwales, we could I scrambled to my feet and dashed gripped us in those days for the target distinctly make out the scores of caves in inland. There was not a tree or bush for was to be Iwo lima-that pork-chop­ cover, only the pockmarked, black-sand shaped fortress in the Volcano Chain, a dunes. Every once in a while a mine mere 650 miles from Tokyo. would detonate with a tremendous roar Iwo Jima was only a speck in the vast and send debris so feet into the air. Pacific-but what a speck. Only five I had lost the rest of the reconnais­ miles long and two miles wide at its sance party but knew from our planning widest point-it had been in Jap hands where to head. I stumbled and crawled fo r many, many years, and was literally and flopped from shell hole to shell hole, bristling with Japs and guns. Volcanic in past wrecked trucks and steam rollers. origin, this island would be a tough nut through a cane field and into a small to crack. Two donnant volcanoes fonned grove of trees. And there I could see the the ends of the island, and the connecting ocean. / was on the other side of the strip of land between held the two island! ai rfields, which were our primary goal. A group of marines was crouched in a The enemy had the advantage in every trench, and I asked them, "What outfit i respect, and the observation provided by this?" "The 28th Marines," they said. the high ground on either end of the "Why, you're the assault wave!" I said. ISland was menacing to contemplate. "That's right," they said. All this we knew as we boarded the Well-that floored me. I was in the ship for the final journey. right place but a little too soon. I crawled I was to be part of the reconnaissance Jackson C. " Jack" Turnacllff died March 31 while back to the beach again and after a while hiS article was being prepared tor publication A party for the artillery and was to land 1941 graduate at the UniverSity, Turnacliff was a located the commanding officer. He had shortly after the infantry and select the veteran at Guadalcanal and Bougainville and was the position selected and had called for awarded the Bronze Star tor heroic achievement position. on Iwo Jlma. Turnacliff, 67 , retired in 1980 to SI. the guns. On D-Day eve we gathered our gear Paul after 31 years as an advertising executive It was growing dark a we dug in and together, checked the straps on our with Ford Motor Co. in DetrOit prepared our defense for the night. One packs, worked the bolt on our rifles a by one our guns arrived, and we put few times, and, satisfied that all was OK, the precipitous sides of Mt. Surabachi. them in position ready to fire. The night dropped off to sleep wondering when we Red tracers were pitting from all these was filled with noise and tracers would again sleep in a comfortable bed. caves and splattering in dusty puffs on streaming through the sky, and we slept February 19th dawned bright and the beach ahead. Geysers of water were little. clear, and, after [our J breakfast of steak spouting on all ides of us as the enemy At dawn, the battle increased in and potatoes, the ship reached its gradually recovered from the effects of ferocity and our guns joined in to add to anchoring point. the bombardment and got mortars and the noise. Enemy artillery was active, Out on deck, the creak of the cranes artillery into action. The noi e was deaf­ too, but slowly our lines con olidated could be heard as the landing craft were ening, and it all eemed unreal. and pu hed forward. lowered. Next over the side clambered All of a sudden, with a lurch and a Day after day the infantry inched group after group of helmeted marines. scraping sound, the boat beached; the forward. The artillery (ours) was blasting Finally it came our tum to go over the ramp fell down, and we da hed off onto continually, aircraft were zooming. and side. With a final hitch of our equipment, the blac\., and of Iw Jima . rifles were spatting. F r 26 days, we f ught a drink of water, and a bon voyag to The beach wa lined with marine them, but at least the i land wa declared th se remaining, we climbed over the with rifle pitting. M rtar shell .. ere secure. We paid a high price, but the side, down the net, and into the bouncing bursting to the side and in the water. i land wa urs. e had captured a prize craft below. and ahead the con tant tream of airfield close to Tokyo. As we drew nearer to shore, the i land machine-gun bullets churned the and. Thi concludes m narrative, R. E. to k shape with more clarity, and we Our only th ught wa to get inland and Hope it makes up for my months f co Id see the treacherous Mt. Surabachi away from the mortar fire . I struggl d silence. glowing down at us from above. At this thr ugh the knee-deep and and, upon tiMe we felt very, very m II. All around reaching acre t ju t ab e the water line, u was noise and c nfu ion. Landing dashed inland and dove f r a hell hole.

lA TU E 19 5 t.t1 'ES TA 31 Reviewed by Ralph Huessner Pictures from a Trip, by Tim Rum­ sey, '74. William Morrow, New York, 1985. $15.95.

Two weeks after his brother Mark's death in 1979, Tim Rumsey began recording his thoughts and feelings in a three-by-five-inch notebook that he kept stuffed in his shirt pocket. "Initially, it was a collection of mem­ oirs and the writing a catharsis-part of the grieving process," Rumsey says. "But then it became a mission to tell the world about my brother and me." Today, that mission has been fulfilled with the publication of Pictures from a Trip , a novel about two brothers and a blind friend on a trip to the South Dakota Badlands to find dinosaur bones. Rumsey emphasizes that he is not a "dinosaur freak," and the story is not simply a travelogue. Actually a compos­ Digging up the past is the literal and symbolic subject of St. Paul physician Tim Rumsey's novel about ite of several journeys the Rumsey broth­ two brothers' trip to the South Dakota Badlands to find dinosaur bones. ers made in their battered old Bronco, the novel is primarily a story about family, phrases, and descriptions of people. I Rumsey's next novel, Modern Medi­ filled with anecdotes and facts about collected maybe 100 notebooks over the cine, will deal with ten years in the life of 1970s' rock 'n' roll, photography, and years," Rumsey says. "I didn't start for­ a young, idealistic doctor who works In a paleontology. mal writing until I was done with my free clinic and who must deal with radical "The book is really about the love of internship in 1975." changes taking place in health care. But two brothers for each other," Rumsey That year Rumsey began his medical the central theme will be "a doctor and says. ''My interest in paleontology is just career as a family doctor at the Helping his look at humanity," he says. a device, used symbolically to dig up the Hand Health Center, a free clinic in St. How did a young physician, with a past." Paul, where he remained until 1982. He medical practice and family, produce a Although some of the towns and a few also wrote a monthly health column for a novel? characters are fictitious, and dinosaur community newspaper. In addition to his After early morning rounds at United bones have not been found in the area of journalistic elldeavors, which included Hospitals of St. Paul, he would spend South Dakota where the Rumsey boys two how-to medical books, Tim tried his three or four hours in the hospital camp, the "spirit of the book is real," hand at fiction-poetry and short sto­ library, writing in longhand. He spent the says Rumsey. ries- but had little success. afternoons and some evenings in the Tim and his younger brother, Mark, After Mark's death in an automobile clinic. grew up in St. Paul, but their intense crash in Utah, Tim concentrated on writ­ 'Tm a writer and a doctor," Rumsey kinship didn't develop until Tim was in ing about their relationship and success­ says of himself. 'William Carlos Wil­ medical school at the University and fully produced his novel- four years and liams, who was a practicing pediatrician Mark was in film school in Chicago. five rewrites later. and a poet, is one of my role models. He Then began a series of late-night tele­ Rumsey's sensitivity to people is said there should be no difference phone calls and summer trips west. reflected in his writing. He has a talent between being a poet and a doctor. I like 'We filled a role for each other," says for conveying through words often-unex­ that answer. I'm not a neurosurgeon or Tim. "I was the straight and narrow, and pressed feelings . Pictures will trigger heart transplant surgeon, performing he was the creative one." memories for all who have experienced medical miracles. I'm a patient advocate, Rumsey's interest in writing grew from the joy of sharing in another's life; it may teacher, and partner in a person's health. a love of reading-especially fiction- and bring tears to those who have lost a close "I chose medicine because, for me, it learning. As a chemistry major at the friend or family member. combined a love of nature and science College of St. Thomas, he began "hang­ The young writer makes you feel that with a love of people." ing around with some journalists" and you are seated in the back seat of the Both are certainly reflected in Tim served as the photo editor for the college Bronco, listening to the brothers' friendly Rumsey's writing. newspaper and yearbook. He didn't begin banter and teasing. You share with them writing until 1970. the wonder of discovery as they pry Ralph Heu5sner is a science writer ill the "I was in medical school and started a dinosaur bones from their resting place of University's Office of H altil Sciences notebook, writing down observations, 70 million years. Public Relations.

32 MAY I JUNE 1985 MINNESOTA ore Memorable Americans, 1750- formal semantics can be defended only if of Papua, New Guinea. He contrasts 1950, by Robert B. Downs, Harold they are incorporated into realistic their enthusiastic involvement in cattle W. Scott, and John T. Flanagan, semantics. raising and coffee production during the '35. Libraries Unlimited, Littleton, mid 1970s with the subsequent decline in Co lorado, 1985. $30. village commercial activity in the early 1980s. Using a cultural-ecological per­ Peasants, Subsistence Ecology, and Flanagan, emeritus professor of English at spective, he theorizes that commodity in the University of TIlinois, and his col­ Development the Highlands of production undermines subsistence pro­ leagues have written a reference book Papua, New Guinea, by Laurence S. duction, degrades the environment, and that includes biographies of 150 Ameri­ Grossman, '74. Princeton University adds to economic inequality. He discusses cans, including Kit Carson, Walt Disney, Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985. the harm done to Third World peasants Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jack London, $35. by policies that promote national devel­ Emily Post, Tecumseh, and Cole Porter. opment through agricultural commodity Brief bibliographies accompany all Grossman explores the conflicts between production. Grossman is assistant profes­ sketches, and the appendices include a subsistence and commodity production in sor of geography at Virginia Polytechnic chronological list by birthdate and a developing countries, using for his analy­ lnstitute and State University, Blacks­ classified list by principal career. sis the peasants of the eastern highlands burg.

The Expeditions of John Charles Fremont, Volume 3: Travels from 1848 to 1854, edited by Mary Lee Spence, '57. University of Illinois Press, Champaign, Illinois, 1985. 549.85. PARTNERS In this book, the third in a series, Spence FROM THE covers the travels of John Charles Fre­ mont , soldier, explorer, politician, finan­ cier, land speculator, and amateur BEGINNING. scientist. Spence chronicles Fremont's dis­ astrous fourth expedition across the Rockies in midwinter, which claimed the lives of ten men and left lingering suspi­ cions of cannibalism. Fremont served as a U.S. senator and traveled to Europe In the beginning, Ro emount Inc. a three Univer it of Min­ before setting out on his fifth and last ne ota graduate who joined force to produce a pecial aero pace expedition. Spence, a member of the his­ tory faculty at the University of illinois, en or. Today we're a worldwide upplier of high performance is a former president of the Western mea urement and control in trumentation , erving the aero pace History Association. and indu trial proce market .

Global demand for Ro emount product ha created 0 er 3500 The Foundations of Philosophical job worldwide. And Ro emount-ne er ontent imply to e - Semantics, by John L. Pollock, '61, pand e i ting market -continue to look for new wa to tretch Princeton University Press, Prince­ the barrier of mea urement and ontrol technology. ton, New Jersey, 1985, $22.50. In that endea or, we look a alwa to the Uni er it of Min­ Pollock, a professor of philosophy at the ne ota, our partner in de eloping the mo t important re ource of University of Arizona in Tucson, dis­ all : people. cusses the issues of philosophical seman­ tics in the hopes of providing a unified account of the field . He discusses his theory of language in terms of proposi­ Rosemount tions, concepts, statements, and attri­ butes, and analyzes issues including the 12001 West 78th Street nature of possible worlds, modalities, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344 counterfactuals, and causation. He distin­ guishes between realistic and formal se. antics, arguing that claims for

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11\) J ESOTA 35 Moving? Dial M contact's name, address, and phone topher Pryce, budget committee chair. for Minnesota number-encouraging them to call the Others selected to the board of gover­ contact." nors are Bridget Brennan, Kathleen Burg, You've just been promoted and your Questions as vague as what the town, Sue Chrysler, Caroline Cochrane, Chri' new job is in Texas. Or perhaps you just business climate, or weather is like are Curry, Sue Graupman, Ben Etzkorn, graduated and your new job will take appropriate and encouraged. Christopher Green, Ellen Harris, Mark you to another part of the country. Nter One recent alumna who used Dial M Jones, Robert Martin, Rani Murdoch, the initial euphoria wears off you for Minnesota was Joan Engebretson, Lisa Pawlak, Paul Saunders, and Shant suddenly realize that you don't know a medical technology, '83 . Schmidt. thing about the area you are moving to. "Having recently moved to Texas, I You realize that you have no friends, thought it would be a good way to meet relatives, or contacts there, either. people, " Engebretson says. "Mr. Alumni Club Charleson (her alumni contact) encour­ Number Corrections aged my fiance and me to come to the annual banquet. I found it a lot of fun to Telephone numbers for the AlumnI reminisce about Minnesota. Because of Club on the 50th floor of the IDS Center my contact with Mr. Charleson and were incorrectly reported in the March others, I'll probably become more active April issue of Minnesota. The correct in alumni functions." numbers are: "I basically coaxed her to come to our 349-6262 Luncheon and dinner annual meeting down here-she was reservations really interested in meeting people," says 349-6265 Room rental and catering Cliff Charleson, business, '49. 349-6255 Restaurant billing. He became involved with MAA after moving to Arlington, Texas, about two years ago. "My niece and her husband New Membership were members of the constituent group, Benefit Added Over the last year, the Minnesota and they invited me to attend the annual Alumni Association (MAA) has worked Big Ten Ball," Charleson says. ''I've been Members of the alumni association are to develop Dial M for Minnesota, a involved ever since. " entitled to a 21 percent discount on all growing network of alumni who serve as Using the Dial M for Minnesota University Press publications. The contacts in various parts of the country. program is easy: Just call the MAA at discount is being offered until September "More than 150 alumni are currently 612/ 373-2466 and say that you want to when it wi ll be e aluated. If successful, it involved with the network," says Chris use the service. Association staff and will be continued. Mayr, assistant director for alumni alumni contacts take care of the rest. To order books or to determine if a chapter programs. Alumni interested in becoming contact book is published by University Press, "Dial M for Minnesota is not an occu­ people should write or call Chris Mayr, call Elaine Hughes at 376-8503 . Order pational assistance program, but rather a assistant director for alumni chapter must be prepaid. Welcome Wagon of sorts," he says. programs, at the Minnesota Al umni The program is not only designed for Association, 100 Morrill Hall, 100 younger alumni, but for those who are Church Street S.E., Minneapolis MN Faculty Honored planning to retire in another part of the 55455, 612/373-2466. for Contributions country as well. to Student Activities To get the program started, alumni contacts are mailed resource sheets. "The USA A Elects Thirty-six University faculty were alumni briefly describe the topics listed, Board, Officers recognized and honored for their contri­ such as area recreation, banking, restau­ butio ns to improving the student e peri­ rants, mass transportation, and the like," Mary Breidenstein, a junior majoring ence by the Minnesota Student Alumni Mayr says. "Then they complete a second in business, was elected president of the Association at a reception at the Campus page called the In Touch Directory, 1985-86 board of governors of the Club February 20. Faculty members were which is a compilation of important area University Student Alumni Association nominated by campus student telephone numbers. (USAA). organiza ti ons. 'When alumni complete the forms, "The goal of the board is to provide a Among those honored were: they retain a copy for their folder and more personal and positive experience to College of Agriculture: Warren Gor send the other copy to the association," students who are the future alumni of the Deon Stuthman, J. Michael Bennett says Mayr. 'When an association University," says Breidenstein. College of Biological Sciences: Gary member calls our office for information Other officers elected include Natalie Nelsestuen, Robert McKinnell about a particular area, we ask for name, Brobin, vice president of personnel; College of Education: Jack Merwin, address, phone number, and membership Michael Casey, vice president of events; Shirley Clark, Barbara Pillinge r number to verify membership. Next, we Teresa Wulf, communication coordi­ College of Forestry: James B wyer write the member a letter containing the nator; Nancy Hajlo, treasurer; and Chris- College of Liberal Arts: Mary

36 MAY / JUNE 1985 MINNESOTA Co coran, Frank Sorauf, Joseph Galas­ leMcz, Betsy Barnes, Russell Hamilton, Paul Murphy, George Green, Michael A Girt Of Dennis Browne, Stephen Wilbers, Donald Gill mor, Toni McNaron, Gwen Barnes Lasting Time General College: Jerome Gates, David anoMemoUtY Gie Institute of T echllology: Matthew The University of Minnesota Alumni dock Tirrell, Phyllis Freier, John Clausen makes a beautiful addition to home or of­ Medical School: Gregg Hickey fice. It's the perfect gift for any graduate. A Office of Vice President for Academic quality dock of solid butcher block con­ Affairs: John Wallace, Marjorie struction. Deep gold tones color the Cowmeadow Office of Vice President for Student Roman numeral face and central silk­ Affairs: Samuel Lewis, Flo Wiger, screened seal which stand out against the GUlllermo Rojas dark-grained walnut finish. The IJ "xIJ"xl'/z" L_~"::""-_...... !I!!!...!L-_-'-_""""",,:", Orientation Office: Gerald IgeJsrud dock weighs three pounds and features a quartz movement It runs on a size C School of Management: Arthur battery. With a one yeN guarantee. Wtl liams, Brian Job School of Nursing: Jean Andrews I would like to purchase __ UM seal docks @$49.95. Endosed check made out to: R. A. Audette &. Co.. Box 346, Sebago ldke, ME 04075

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Emeriti Reunion Luncheon Speaker: Vern Sutton from the i THE GIRL 0' THE a School of Music. 11:30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., Town and Country Club, 5t ~ GOLDEN WEST ~ Paul. Directed by harle Nolte 17 Education Alumni Society ~ ~ ~ Annual Meeting and Banquet ~ t-C\~ Mu ical olio ~ Award ceremony and dance at SI. ~ Sf c.t-1-\\ choreographed by ~ Paul Student Center. a o~~ Robert Moulton ~ 21 Band Alumni Annual Meeting and Senior Reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Campus Club ~ ~ east wing, Coffman Memorial Union, Minneapolis campus. a a Sponsored by the Band Alumni. 30 Medical Technology Senior Reception 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Eastcliff, 176 East Mississippi River Blvd. , SI. Paul Sponsored by the Department of Medical Technology. JUNE Canoe Dig This? 7 Medical Alumni Society Reception/ Class Reunions 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Minnesota Alumni Club, 50th flo r, IDS Tower, Minneap lis. Sponsored by the Medical Alumni S ciety.

8 New Horizons in Minnesota Medicine Annual Seminar/ Meeting If 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., luncheon following the seminar, Classroom ~(~ I~ Auditorium 2-690, Malcolm Moos =c---\ Center, Minneapolis campus. Cost r- is $40 for Medical Alumni Society members (i ncludes luncheon), $5 Your Alumni Association membership automatically make you a for nonmembers (includes luncheon member of the Outdoor Store, located in--- the St. Paul campus tudent and cost of membership), $10 for Center. You get discounts of 20 to 30 percent on everything from canoe luncheon only (alumni, spouses, to skis. Even paddJe . guests) . Sponsored by the Medical Simply pre em your current member hip card when making pur ha e Alumni Society. and watch your member hip pay for it elf. The Outdoor Store is open 8 14 Veterinary Medicine a.m.-S p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. aturday. Senior Alumni Reception Take Advantage of Us. 4 p.m., Lewis Small Animal Hospital, St. Paul campus. T he Ullive rsity 0/ Minnesota Aitll1l111 A SSoCIatIon For membershIp Ih/onllatlOn, ca ll 612 373·2466. Sponsored by th Veterinary Medicine Alumni Society.

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MA ]U E 19 Ml ' E O TA Jq Hockey Basketball Other Men's Intercollegiate Sports Minnesota's hockey Gophers ranked Gopher men's basketball finished with Men's gymnastics stood at 9-1 overall second in the 1984-85 WCHA final stand­ a 13-15 overall record and 6-11 Big Ten at the end of March, 3-1 in the Big Ten. ings. First were the Bulldogs of the record, ranking eighth in the Big Ten. Men's swimming stands 3-1 overall. University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD). Leading the league were Michigan in first 1-4 in the Big Ten. In the Big Ten The Gophers, representing the Universi­ and Illinois in second. With an 11-5 championships, first and second places ty's Twin Cities campus, finished the record, Minnesota had been doing well were won by Indiana (641) and Michigan season with 31 wins, 12 losses, and 3 ties. until the end of January. In the final half (566). Minnesota finished ninth with 121 In WCHA most-goals playoff games of the season, they were beaten by points. the Gophers lost to Northern Michigan Northwestern 51-56, Ohio State 62-76, In the Big Ten Relays the University 3-4 in the first game and won the second Indiana 66-89, Iowa 65-70, Michigan finished third. Other scores: UM 96- game 6-4. In round two, they beat 64-66, Wisconsin 61-65, Indiana 68-79, Northwestern 15, Hawaii 55-UM 40, UM University of Wisconsin-Madison both Ohio State 77-78, Purdue 67-79, and Illi­ 79-Bemidji State 34, UM 81-St. Olaf 31, games, 6-0 and 8-7. In the WCHA cham­ nois 56-82. The two wins in this period Iowa State 65-UM 41, Iowa 93-UM 40, pionship series, the Gophers split the two were over Michigan State 73-64 and Purdue 80-UM 49, and Illinois 96-UM j3. games with UMD, 6-4 and 2-6. Northwestern 74-48. Qualifying for the NCAA nationals is Robert Barrett, a senior majoring in theater with a 3.0 GPA. Barrett will be swimming the 200-yard butterfly with a qualifying time of 1:48.26, He is also under consideration for the lOG-yard We Still butterfly with a time of 49.4. The men's wrestling team finished eighth in the Big Ten with 34 314 points. Make House Calls. Men's indoor track finished in sevent!­ place in the Big Ten indoor champion­ ships with 19 points. (Final results of other winning teams were unavailable at press time .) Women's Basketball The Gopher women's basketball team finished in third place in the Big Ten wnh a 13-5 win-loss record. The final games 01 the season were against Purdue 97-83 and Illinois 74-67. The Gopher's only losses this year were to first-place Ohio State at home, 58-64, and away, 72-85, and to second-place Iowa away, 38-60, and home, 58-66. The turning point of the season was a loss to Northwestern 74-80. After that the Gophers lost to Ohio State and Iowa but finished off with a five­ game winning streak, winning a total of In a day when personal service seems like a chapter seven of their eight final games. from history, you 'll be pleased with All ied 's genu ine This year senior Laura Coenen was concern. Call us . We 'll make a helpful house ca lL .. named to the First Team All-Big Ten and sophomore Molly Tadich was named to ri ght away. the Second Team All-Big Ten. Carol Peterka received an honorable mention. Other Women's Intercollegiate Sports The Minnesota women's swimming and diving team finished second in the Big Ten Championships behind Ohio BeRGeR State. The Gophers scored 535 points to TRANSFER & STORAGE Ohio State's 698 points. The Iowa Ha k­ eyes came in third place with 418 points. 3720 Macalaster Drive, N.E., M inneapolis, MN 55421 .612·788·9393 The Gopher season ended with an overall record of eight wins and five losses.

40 MAY / JUNE 1985 MINNESOTA care of two out of three, she state treasurer and state audi­ says, she became involved in tor by consolidating their the DFL party and the League duties with those of the secre­ of Women Voters. tary of state. Growe says the In 1972 Growe ran suc­ change would be mainly a cessfully for state representa­ cost-saving measure. tive from the Minnetonka Despite her loss in the and Eden Prairie district. The Senate race, Growe is not first woman to serve from discouraged. In fact, she is that district, she was one of hopeful that women's politi­ only six women then in the cal involvement will increase. state legislature. She says that even though A headline that appeared she lost, her candidacy will at that time in one of the make the way less difficult Twin Cities' daily newspapers for women coming after her. amused her. '1t said, 'The The campaign taught her women are taking over: and several lessons, she says. there were only 6 out of 201 First, it is very difficult to legislators," Growe says. beat an incumbent; second, it In the House of Represen­ costs a lot of money to run tatives, she was the first for Senate; and third, having woman to be eJected to the a woman on the ticket DFL caucus steering commit­ doesn't mean women will tee. While on that committee, she was chief author of Min­ nesota's open meeting Jaw. In 1974 she was elected secretary of state, despite the prophecy of friends and col­ leagues that she would never Minnesota Secretary of State Joan Growe lost her bid for the Senate, but says she won many victories that will pave the way for women who run for make it. ''That taught me a public oHlce In the future. lesson-don't listen to what people tell you not to do," Against All Odds struggling to overcome obsta­ Growe says. cles many women face . She As secretary of state, By Annette M. tar on left an abusive, alcoholic hus­ Growe's goals have been to "Are you tough enough to band in 1964, taking her make an impact and effect withstand the rigors of a three children (aged 3, 4, and change. ''The secretary of campaign for high political 5) to St. Paul, where she state is the state eJection offi­ Growe and vice presidential candi­ date Gerald ine Ferraro share a office7" worked for $300 a month cial," she says. 'We work moment during the campaign. Both Joan Anderson Growe teaching in a par,Pchial with the League of Women found it diHlcult to beat an Incum­ bent and discovered that havi ng a asked herself this question school. She needed to prove Voters to get people involved woman on the ticket doesn't mean repeatedly after she decided to herself that she was "tough in voting." Growe has women will automatically vote for to run for U.S. Senate from enough." And she did. worked on state and national her. Minnesota. Her self-deter­ In 1968 Growe eamed a "get out the vote" campaigns mined answer was "yes-not special education certificate and on Minnesota's law automatically vote for her. only for my candidacy but from the University through allowing registration at the 'Women are making gains," for all women who are run­ extension. She worked as an polls. She has also encour­ Growe says, 'but it's very ning for political office." elementary school teacher in aged greater emphasis on slow." This challenge motivated the Bloomington and the St. election-judge training. Growe's analysis of her Growe during her race Anthony school systems and Growe plans to run for defeat was published in the against Republican incumbent as a special education teacher reelection again when her ovember December issue of Senator Rudy Boschwitz, and at Christ Child School for term is up in 1986. Until then Womell's Political Times, in kept her going when she was Exceptional Children in St. she will be writing and which she wrote:' e may defea ted. On the night she Pau!' rewriting election laws, mak­ not have won in ovember, conceded, she t Id the Why did Growe get ing budget requests, and but we won too many victo­ crowds in the St. Paul Civic involved in politics7 She working to computerize office ries in this campaign to label Center, "Our time has come. e plains by aying that she projects and improve the it a defeat. I have no regrets, Not this day, to be sure, but has dedicated her life to three training of election judges. and many Ie on and pr ud we have arrived." things: family, educati n, Growe favors a proposed bill moments to draw on in the Growe has spent a lifetime and service. Having taken to eliminate the offices of next race."

MA) JU 1: 1985 II 41 elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha ton Beach, California, has been COLLEGE OF Honor Society and received the ICOLLEGE OF promoted to unit sales manager lor II. AGRICULTURE Upjohn Achievement Award for LIBERAL ARTS Procter & Gamble. outstanding academic attainment. '28 Ernest G. Booth of Boca He also received the 1982-83 '38 Oil paintings by Naomi Raton, Florida, received the Uni­ Edward G. Stoiber Award and the Alice (Smith) Bernick of Safod, versity of Minnesota's 1984 Out­ 1983-84 Lange Award. Israel. were e hibited in Tel Aviv IGRADUATE standing Achievement Award. and Jerusalem. Bernick recently SCHOOL ] Booth has served as manager of '77 Mark Bowers of Excelsior, retired from her position as curator the Minneapolis field office of the Minnesota, is an account manager of the Safod Municipal Museum. '60 Roger Wheeler of Bloom­ Domestic Trade Section of the for U.S. Communications in ington, Minnesota, has been U.S. Department of Commerce, Minneapolis. '67 Lynne Hansen of Brooklyn elected preSIdent and chief execu­ director of the state price stabiliza­ Park, Minnesota, has been named tive officer of SHARE Health Plan. tion programs of the U.S. Depart­ vice president in trust administra­ ment of Agriculture, and assistant tion and investment services for '68 Michael F. Mee of Chester­ secretary and member of the exec­ ICOLLEGE OF Norwest Bank Minneapolis. field , Missouri, has been elected utive committee of the Federal EDUCATION financial vice president of Norton Land Bank of St. Paul. '71 John Grimley of Walker, Co. in Worchester, Massachusett '51 Hoover T. Grimsby of Minnesota, has been named per­ '60 Jerry L. Malone of Pleasan­ Edina, Minnesota, senior pastor at manent chief administrator at Ah­ '74 Judy Stringer of Fergus ton, California, has been named Central Lutheran Church in Min­ Gwah-Ching Nursing Home in Falls, Minnesota, is museum edu­ export division and national neapolis. was honored by his con­ Walker. cator of the Otter Tail County account sales manager for the gregation and friends at a Historical Society. May tag Co. at the company's celebration of the 40th anniversary '73 Robert l. Mikulay of headquarters in Newton, Iowa. of his ordination. Brooklyn, New York, has been '81 Willarene Beasley of Rose­ appointed executive assistant to the ville, Minnesota, has been selected '62 Karl Schurr of Portage, '57 Gretchen Russell of Clear­ executive vice president of market­ to participate in the 1984-85 Edu· Ohio, has been appointed to the water, Florida, has joined the staff ing at Philip Morris U.S.A. cation Policy Fellowship Program Ohio Water Advisory Council. of Levy King & White Advertising Beasley is assistant principal of which advises the governor of as copywriter. '76 Nancy Altman of Minneap­ North Community High School m Ohio. Schurr is a professor of biol­ olis has been named advertising Minneapolis. ogy at Bowling Green State Daniel D. Danielson of director of Donaldsons Stores in University. '61 Wayzata, Minnesota, received the Minneapolis. '79 John J. Gariano of West 1984 Presidential Award for Excel­ Lafayette, Indiana, has been pro­ '78 George W. Hudler of Ith­ lence in Science and Mathematics '76 Robert J. Murphy of St. moted to plant manag r of the aca, New York, has been given the Teaching. Paul has been awarded a Jerome Pillsbury Co.'s Green Giant facihty 1985 Award of Merit by the New Foundation Fellowship in the vis­ in Lafayette. York State Arborists' Association. Kathy Aesher of Brooklyn ual arts to pursue his work in Hudler is a faculty member of '69 Center, Minnesota, program photography. '83 Lindsay Shorter of Roch - Cornell University. supervisor of Brooklyn Center's ter, Minnesota, has been promoted parks and recreation department, '77 Steven F. Brandwein of to operations manager of th has been given the 1984 Helen 1. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, has Rochester Area Chamber of COLLEGE OF Pontius Award by the Women's been named vice president and Commerce. controller for Armour Handcrafts. BIOLOGICAL National Professional Leisure Ser­ vices Organization, Chi Kappa '84 Beverly J. Carlson of Min· SCIENCES Rho . '79 Robert J. Ethen of St. Paul neapolis is legislative assistant to has been named assistant sales Republican Senator David Duren­ '76 Bruce Werness of Hopkins, '74 Wesley Fausch of Grimes, manager of Oscar Mayer Food berger of Minnesota. Minnesota, recently graduated Iowa, has been named regional Corp.'s Chicago sales center. with honors from the Colorado sales manager for Pioneer Hi-Bred Lurline Mar h of Jefferson School of Medicine. He was International. '82 John T. Barber of Hunting- City, Missouri, has joined the

Geri M. Joseph, '46, of Minneapolis was the recipient of the University Journalism Society's Award for Excellence. Joseph, a free-lance journalist and fonner U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands, is director of international program development at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

42 MAY !jUNE 1985 MINNESOTA c,)operatlve I' search staff at Lin­ tional accounting for Peat former law partner. U.S. Supreme coln University to conduct crop MarwlCk. He is a partner In charge Court Chief Justice Warren Burger. I MEDICAL SCHOOL ~, lence and natural resources of the management consulting came to St. Paul to present the research in stress physiology and department of the firm . award. '43 Frank J. Dixon of La Jolla. crop production. California. received the Outstand­ David Webb of Minneapo­ '66 Richard W. Towey of ing Achievement Award from the lis, cofounder of Webb Enterprises, Rochester. Minnesota, has formed University of Minnesota in Febru­ has opened Rupert's, a restaurant a law partnership with fellow ary 1985. Dixon, an adjunct pro­ [INSTITUTE OF and nightclub in Golden Valley, alumnus John W. De Young, '77. fessor of pathology at the TECHNOLOGY Minnesota . of St. Charles, Minnesota. The University of California. San new law firm has offices in Roch­ Diego. pioneered studies in ester and St Charles. immunities in kidney diseases. '39 Harold S. Kemp of Talley­ '71 Robert O . Straughn of 51. Paul has joined the law firm of Vi lle, Delaware. has been elected O'Connor & Hannan in Minneap­ '51 Calvin Elrod of Glendale. vice president of the American Franklin J. Knoll and Ann olis as partner California, has been named chief Institute of Chemical Engineers. D. Montgomery, '77, of Minneap­ olis. have been appointed Henne­ of taff at 51. Joseph Medical Cen­ Bruce D. Morem of Macli­ pm County district court Judges. ter in Burbank. James E. Thornton of SI. '72 'so Judge Knoll. formerly a state legis­ Pa ul has been selected Entrepre­ son, Wisconsin. has been pro­ lator. has served as assistant public Solomon J. Zak of Minne­ ne ur of the Year by Minnesota moted to the pOSition of clistrict '57 defender and as Hennepin County apolis has been elected medical Business /oumal He is cofounder. sales manager at the Milwaukee mUnicipal court judge. Judge clirector of the board of directors chairman. and chief e. ecutive offi­ office of Square D Company Montgomery is a former assistant of SHARE Health Plan. cer of etwork Systems Corp. '77 James E. Rollings of US attorney and Hennepin County municipal court judge. Richard E. Carlson of Will­ '57 Gregory C. Woes ner of Worcester, Massachusetts, has '66 mar, Minnesota, has joined the Clearwater. Rorida. has been received the 1985 Presidential named vice president of Rorida Young Investigator Award. The Willmar Medical Center as a spe­ operations at Honeywell's Military award will provide funcling for his cialist in otolaryngology. Avionics Division in Clearwater. research in biochEmical engineering. '60 Realto Cherne of Rochester, I SCHOOL OF ew York, has been awarded the SCHOOLOF lQ85 ASHRAE-Alco Medal for MANAGEMENT Distinguished Public Service by the I LAW SCHOOL /. NURSING American Society of Heating, '59 Douglas C. Snure has been Refrigeration. and Air-Condition­ '21 Lewis "Scoop" Lohmann of named clirector of marketing for '50 June Bjerke of Mantorville. Ing Engineers. The award IS pre­ Minneapolis celebrated his 90th Honeywell's Commercial Aviation Minnesota. retired from her posi­ sented annually in recognition of birthday in April. Lohmann, Operations in Minneapolis. tion as nursing instructor at Roch­ out tanding participation in public recently retired from his law prac­ ester Community College. where affairs by an engineer. tice. served fourteen years as Hen­ '63 Bruce A. Richard of Rose­ she had specialized in psychiatric nepin County public defender. He ville, Minnesota. has been elected nursing. '67 Bruce A. Brock of Hopkins. has been a member of the Univer­ president and chief executive offi­ Minnesota. has been promoted to sity's Board of Regents. and state cer of orthern States Power Co. vice president of test systems and commander of the American logistics operations for Honey­ Legion . 'SO Mark W . Ekmark of well 's Military Avionics DIVisions Anoka. Minnesota. has been ISCHOOL OF In Minneapolis. '38 Richard Moore of 51. Paul named executive vice president of PUBLIC HEALTH has been awarded the Great Uving the Minnesota Arrowhead Associ­ '69 Clifford l. Olson of 51. Saint Paulite Award by the 51. ation. the tourist-travel-vacation '84 Susan Rockwood of ~1inne­ Louis, Missouri. has been named Paul Area Chamber of Commerce. promotion organization covering apolis has become regional admin­ Midwest regional clirector of man­ He has headed the board of the 51. the eleven-county area of north­ Istrator of Park icollet Medical agement consulting for Intema- Paul Foundation since 1974. His eastern Minnesota. Center.

Russell K. Ander on, '48, of San Luis Obi po, Cali­ fornia, ha received the Distingui hed Service Award from the California P rk Pr ducers As ciati n. A faculty member at Calif rnia P lytechnic State University, he has been activ in the state's live tad. indu try pr grams and ha erved in everal pr fes­ ional organizati ns.

43 I DEATHS had conducted research for the Leonard T. Nelson, '39, St. James, ate School and served for sev n company in radar, radio, and air­ Minnesota, on November 1,1984. years as a member of its general borne electronics during World He had been manager of the St. Lawrence Biever, '42, Rochester, administration board. He coaut War [I. James Airport for eleven years and hored Agriculture Market PriCE' , Minnesota, on june 6, 1984. He had worked with the Farm-Home 1951 and contributed to other pioneered the Chicago 4-H Club Richard G. Gray, '40, Blooming­ Administration and the First books and journals. He had been organization in 1957 when he and ton, Indiana, on November 20, National Bank of St. James. He involved in several professi nal his wife were named 4-H specialists 1984. He was dean of the Indiana was active in many civic and fra­ associations. at the University of Illinois. Biever University School of journalism ternal organizations in the area, had served as president of the and had taught at Northwestern and in 1983 was named outstand­ Philip H. Whitbeck, '47, Houston, Rochester Chapter of the National University. He served as president ing citizen of Watonwan County. Texas, date unknown. Association of Retired Federal of the American Council for Edu­ Employees and president of the cation in Journalism and was a Chester A. Ronning, '22, Camrose, Minnesota State Federation of the member of the Freedom of Infor­ Alberta, Canada, on December 31, same group. He was also chairman mation Committee of the Associate 1984. Ambassador Ronning IFACULTY DEATHS of the 1984 American Cancer Cru­ Press Managing Editors entered Canada's diplomatic corps sade in his county. Association. in 1942, serving first in China, and Robert G. Cerny, '32, MifUleapo­ later in India as high commis­ lis, on january 31, 1985. He Edward H. Coe, '19, Evanston, Ralph E. Hansen, '81, Staten sioner. He was considered most Illinois, date unknown. Is[and, New York, on january 23, founded the University of Minne­ responsible for establishing diplo­ sota's architecture department, 1985. A former Eagle Scout, Han­ matic relations between Canada John E. Connell, '17, Superior, sen also won the National Explora­ where he taught for 42 years. HIS Wisconsin, on January 24, 1985. and China in 1970 and had acted architectural accomplishments tion Award of the Explorers Club as intermediary between Washing­ He served in the U.S. Army Den­ in 1972, which aU owed him to do include St. Olaf Lutheran Church tal Corps after World War I and ton and Hanoi during the early and the ShE'raton-Rltz Hotel In archae[ogical exploration in the years of the Vietnam War. later established his own dental Aleutian Islands. He was a mem­ Minneapolis, and the St Paul practice in Superior. He was a ber of the Explorers Club and Civic Center. member of the Northern Wiscon­ Martin M. Rosen, '47, Alexandria, Polar Society and the American Virgirua, on November 23, 1984. F. F. Oppenheimer, Sausalito, Cal­ sin, Wisconsin, and American Forestry Association. Dental Associations, the University He founded the First Washington ifornia, on February 4, 1985. He Alumni and "M" Clubs, the Min­ Walter Douglas James, '24 , Sun Bank and held various posts there. served as research associate in the nesota Williams Foundation, and City, Arizona, on February 13, He also had served as senior vice radiation laboratory at the Univer­ the Disabled American Veterans 1985. james established a dental president and director of Bache sity of California, and during Commanders Club. practice in Winona, Minnesota, Halsey Stuart Shields. He had been World War II he worked on the and practiced there until his retire­ operations director of World Bank Manhattan Project, which devel­ John A. Durrenberger, '42, Arling­ ment in 1967. He was active in and was executive vice president of oped the atomic bomb. H had ton, Virginia, on September 29, many professional and community the International Finance Corp. of been an as ociate profes or of 1984. He served in active duty in organizations. World Bank. During his career, he physics at the University of Minne­ the Navy during World War II and served as a governor of the Foreign sota in the late 1940s and later later joined the Air Force, where Collette (Weyer) McCurdy, '48, Policy Association in Washington founded the Exploratorium, a he held posts at the Air Force Northridge, California, on Decem­ and received awards from the gov­ "hands-on" science mu eum tactical warfare center, the Air ber 21 , 1984. She had been a nurse ernments of several countries for designed to allow visitor to touch Force headquarters in Europe, and in the Los Angeles school system his service. In Alexandria, he and participate in scientific peri­ at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida, for several years. helped establish and was financial ments and exhibitions. where he retired in 1975. He came adviser to the Hartwood Founda­ out of retirement to work as a Gordon B. Moore, '27, St. Paul. tion, a nonprofit organization William Kleinhenz, G Iden Valley senior staff member at the Institute on December 18, 1984. He helped dealing with the handicapped. Minnesota, on March 5, 1985. for Defense Analysis in Washing­ found the consulting engineering Professor Kleinhenz had taught at ton, D. C. He was there for nine firm of Gausman and Moore 3Ild Harry TreJogan, '38, Arlington, the UniverSIty of Mlnn ta inee years before retiring a second time served as a consulting engineer for Virginia, on February 8, 1985. He 1946 and had served 22 years as in 1984. schools, churches, and hospitals was the first administrator of the associate head of the mechanical throughout the area . He was presi­ Statistical Reporting Service of the engineering departm nt. Among Elmer W. Engstrom, '23, Highs­ dent of the Consulting Engineer Department of Agriculture and his awards were the University's town, New jersey, on October 30, Council of Minnesota in 1963-64 founded that Department's Wa h­ George Taylor Service Award and 1984. He had been president, and had been active in the leader­ ington Data Processing Center. He the Centennial Medallion from the director of research, consultant, ship of his church for more than had taught for 27 years at the American Society of Mechanical and board member of RCA, and 40 years. Department of Agriculture Gradu- Engineers.

RonaJd R. Christensen, /79, of Poolesville, Maryland, director of science and education of the Society of American Foresters, has been named executive vice president of that organization. Christensen brings an interesting background to the society; in addition to having bachelor's and master's degrees in forestry, he also has eight years of experience in the U.S. Navy's submarine program and a degree in law.

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) aydream Believer and led groups of students through northern Minnesota's y Jeanne Hoene Boundary Waters Canoe Laurie Shepherd says she Area. has always been a dreamer. But in her daydreams, And whether her fantasies are Shepherd envisioned herself ,Jf rock climbing, writing in northern Minnesota build­ plays, or building her own ing a log cabin. log cabin, she hasn't been one "I tried to create a log­ to let them go unheeded. cabin lifestyle of sorts where I A TV show about her per­ was living in Wabasha," says sonal hero, Davy Crockett, Shepherd, 35. "My house had inspired Shepherd's earliest a fireplace and a loft and dreams: pretending to be looked rustic, but it wasn't either a pioneer or an Indian the real thing. scout. "Building and living in my When she was a young own log cabin seemed like a girl, Shepherd and her family vague fantasy until one par­ moved to the edge of a Min­ ticular backpacking trip in nea polis suburb, alongSIde a 1976. It just hit me that I was seemingly wild woods (which in the city living a hectic life, she called Sherwood Forest), instead of living in the woods where she developed a love where I wanted to be. I decided then to switch that for outdoor play. Later McGregor, Minnesota, teacher Laurie Shepherd built her own log cabin, camping and canoe trips around so I could live that then wrote a book about It. Her pioneering lifestyle brought her to the way, in the woods, aU the attentoon of Esqulfe, which named to her Its 1984 directory of men and increased her appreciation for women under 40 who are changing Amenca. wilderness. When Shepherd time." was in high schol, Outward To make her dream a real­ Bound opened its program to ity, Shepherd resigned from skylights until, six months here, we decided to build a young women; she immedi­ teaching, sold her house, and later, her pine-log cabin was small e tra room this summer ately signed on. The seven­ worked around the clock. built. She lives there still, with a stone fireplace." She's teen-day wilderness canoe Her jobs read like an alpha­ without the conveniences of gone back to teaching full­ bet of occupations: Army plumbing or electricity. time, at McGregor School. Reservist, bus driver, chim­ "Some people in this area where she is in charge of the ney sweep, dishwasher, insur­ have been incredibly suppor­ school's production of Fiddler ance agent, piano tuner. She tive-they could have written on the Roof. She completed a needed to accumulate enough me off as a weirdo when I master's degree in educational cash to buy materials and first came," says Shepherd. psychology from the Univer­ cover her living expenses dur­ "They were great, though, sity last summer, and her ing the construction of the asking me to join them for children's Christmas play will cabin. "I felt like a,..fish out of dinner just when I needed a be published this faU. She is water, but I was beginning to weU-cooked meal ." also in the process of getting see the lake," she says of Shepherd has chronicled a pilot's license. "I was afraid Shepherd's cabin was built with the those days. "There wa n't her experiences in a book, A of flying until 1 took my first he lp of friends. much time to dream Dreamer's Log Cabin , Ie son," she says." ow, I anymore!" (Dembner Books, 1981). In like to land the plane in the trip made a deep impact and In October 1978, she December 1984 Esquire mag­ field across from the cabin." drew her strongly away from found the land she wanted­ azine honored her for her Shepherd says she would an urban lifestyle. eight acres of high, wooded contribution to arts and let­ like to slow down a bit, but During the next few years, land near Grand Rapid , ters in it 1984 regi ter of new dreams continue to drive Shepherd vacillated between Minnesota, with 400 feet of men and women under 40 her life. There's stili the canoe her real world and her dream frontage on the Mississippi who are changing America. trip down the Huds n River life. In real life, she attended River not far from its ource. "The cabin has changed," that she would like to tale the University, drove a By April 1979, Shepherd says Shepherd. ''I've added bef re she's 40, travel to school bus to earn tuition, had quit all her job and wa head r om in my loft area, Europe and other parts of the c mpleted her degree in 1972, living in a tent on her land. the sink i in a different world with her hu band, a d moved to Waba ha , a With the help of a f w faith­ spot." another hike in the Grand small town in southern Min­ ful friend , he awed and S , too, have ther Teton . If past performance i ne ota, to teach art. During notched lIe , pe led bark, a pects f thi dreamer's life . any indication, Laurie Shep­ the summer, she taught a six­ hauled cement, in talled Sh got married a little over a herd will continue to male week rock-climbing c ur e doors and window and two year ago. "With the two of us these dreams come true.

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Perquisites of the Presidency tion-other than those who call and ask between th President's Office and othc for "Kenny" or otherwise pretend to parts of the University. Borgestad, who know him well-are put through to earned a law degree while working for By Pat Kaszuba Marsha Riebe, the newest addition to the former president C. Peter Magrath, nO\ Whether University President Kenneth staff. Riebe, Keller's executive assistant, works in the University attorn y's office Keller is halfway across the country has worked with him since the early as well as writes and does res arch for meeting with the heads of other universi­ 1970s when they were in the chemical Keller. Pazandak, who is University ties, in St. Paul lobbying the legislature engineering department. grievance officer, now spends most of her for increased funding for the University, Riebe, whom Keller has called his time as acting director of the Office of or sitting behind his desk, things get done "troubleshooter," is basically responsible International Programs. in the President's Office. Phones are for deciding who gets a piece of the Eastcliff, built in 1922, became the answered, letters read, meetings sched­ president's time. Riebe takes every oppor­ University president's residence in 1960 uled, reports produced, problems solved. tunity to draw out Keller's opinions on when the family of the original owner, In the five-office suite at the head of issues that callers and visitors are apt to lumber e ecutive Edward Brooks, the stairs on the second floor of Morrill ask about. donated the house and grounds to the Hall, Keller's staff of seven takes care of Dianna Gardner, the office adminis­ University. O . Meredith Wilson's was tho the daily tasks of running the University's trator, supervises support staff, makes first presidential family to live in Eas1cli'f. most powerful office. travel arrangements, drafts replies to To say that a twenty-room residenle Less than two miles away, another letters, and administers the $300,000 that gets 4,500 visitors each year needs presidential enclave also gets full-time budget that pays for salaries, operating more attention than most houses is more attention. At Eastcliff, the official resi­ expenses, and supplies. than a small understatement. Cheryl dence of the president's family, two care­ Mary Ryan, whose office is in the Anderson, interior caretaker, and N il takers spend their days running the basement of Morrill Hall , takes care of Dylla, exterior caretaker, spend their twenty-room Georgian colonial mansion filing for the office. days on the upkeep of the 13,451 quare and maintaining the grounds along the Jim Borgestad, special assistant to the feet of interior space and the two acre!'­ Mississippi River. Keller, his wife, Bonita president, and Carol Pazandak, assistant complete with swimming pool. tennis Sindelir, and their 2-year-old son, Jesse, to the president, divide their time court, and flower and vegetable don't plan to move into Eastcliff until gardens-that surround it. Juggling Eastcliff's dual rol s as pnvate July, but the couple has entertained there Official Title: Chancellor of the residence and site of University SOCIal frequently since Keller took over the pres­ University and ex-officio president of functions, Maril e Ward acts a liaison idential duties in November. the Board of Regents The presidential office and residence Salary: Being negotiated between the University community and are quite different in appearance and N u m ber of employees: 18,067 the president's family to schedul use of function, yet each serves the same basic (5,694 academic, 12,373 civil service) the house. After the president's family, purposes: to make it easier for the presi­ Employees reporting directly: Five University-affiliated groups have prionty dent to run one of the largest public vice presidents, four coordinate on using the facilities at Eastcliff. higher education systems in the nation campus provosts, University general Ward meets weekly with Sindelir to and to symbolize to the academic counsel, equal opportunity and affirm­ work out scheduling; they meet once a community and the public the Universi­ ative action officer, two assistants month with food service representatives ty's power centers. The University spends Perks: Twenty-room house, house­ to plan menus and discuss coming func­ about $375,000 a year to operate the hold staff, household budget, car, tions. Sindelir, who is a staff attorney at two. parking in any University lot, entertain­ the University, plans to leave the details The week in the President's Office ment budget, tickets to athletic and of day-to-day operations to the house­ cultural events, memberships in the begins with a spate of phone calls coming hold staff. Minneapolis Club, Minnesota Club, in on eight telephone lines (a call every Sindelir hopes moving to Eastcliff will Town and Country Club, Minikahda make life simpler for her family by 45 seconds by one estimate) and large Club bundles of mail being dropped off by a getting rid of the complications of living T ypical workday: First meeting in one place, entertaining in another, and campus mail employee. Lately many of begins at 7:30 a.m., last one starts the calls and letters have been to congrat­ having to arrange for babysitters. She around 5 p.m. Usually six meeting are plans to have live-i n help with child care ulate Keller on his election, but usually scheduled per day (accompanied by an at Eastcliff. they come from people who have a ques­ equal number of impromptu meetings The presidential family will wait unt il tion or problem involving the University, with vice presidents and senior staff), people who have decided to go to the fo ll owed by dinner engagements thr e summer to move to Eastcliff partly top. or four times a week. Travels three to because the mansion needs to be remod­ The phones are answered by Pat Noer four times a month. eled-the kitchen and dining room fac ili­ and Karen Benson, who screen calls for Presidential memberships: American ties will be enlarg d and upgraded-and other staff members and direct callers to Association of Universities, Big Ten's partly because, "n ither Ken nor I has other University offices where someone Council of Ten, Midwest Universit y had time to sit down long enough to plan can answer their questions or solve their Consortium for International Activities, the move," says Sind lir. problems. Just listening to callers' American Council n Education, complaints is often enough. National Association of State Universi­ Pat Kaszuba is the l1Ianaging editor of tile Callers seeking Keller's time and atten- ties and Land-Grant Colleges Ulliversity News Service.

46 MAY !jUNE 1985 MINNESOTA ,

"wfire the whole state's team. For everybody who puts 'Minnesota' on their license plates, wfire their team." Lou Holtz, Nov. 20, 1984

10000 laht"~ It was just a year ago when Lou Holtz hit Minnesota and took Gold • Country by storm. He promised no magic, but when the Gophers delivered victories over powerful Wisconsin and Iowa, fans began to believe in his rosy outlook for the Golden Gophers' future. GOPHE Gopher fans were treated to an exciting season , and more li es HUI 10000 lake.., ahead in 1985 when Wichita State, Montana, Oklahoma, Purdue, Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Michigan invade the Metrodome. The demand for tickets continues to grow. Is Coach Holtz happy In Gold Country? "I've never been more sure that I did the right thing coming here. And I'm sure about another thing ; you can wnte it down. We will get the job done".

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL '85 Sept. 14 WI CHITA STATE GOLDEN GOPHERS Sept 21 MONTANA Sept. 28 OKLAHOMA Oct 5 PU RDUE Oct 12 at Northwestern Oct. 19 at Indiana MINNESOTA'S Oct. 26 OHIO STATE (Homecoming) Nov 2 at Michigan State Nov 9 WISCONSIN Nov. 16 TEAM MICHIGAN Nov. 23 at Iowa

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~~I bought my Seville for the sound system; its better than my home stereo:' ROD ESSIG, MINNESOTA CADILLAC OWNER

"One of the main reason that I I could make. I w uld recomm nd a bought the Seville wa the beautiful adillac to an on . It i , with ut a Bose sound system. In my line of wo rk, doubt, the be t ar l'v er wn d ." I listen to a lot of mu i , and I felt it he adillac e ill e i a n f a was very sensible to buy a car that kind ci a ic. It exteri r line peak of would have as good, if not a better tyl and gra e. Th plu hint ri r i sou nd system that 1 have at home. T h comfortabl as w II a fun li onal. Wi th Seville has that. With the front-wheel­ V-8 power and front-wh I-dri . it' drive for a safe, mooth ride and great truly tate of the art. winter handling, a classi body style, and lots of standard features that cost e t drive the adi ll a eville or on thousands on other ars, my Cadi ll ac of the other fin adilla toda . Seville was the most sensible purchas Discover the sensible side.

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Editor Jean Marie Hamilton park and technology STORY hothouse. With the Copy Editor corridor, the University Mary little Uncommon Garden is embarking on a new Editor 5 Editorial Assistant outreach rnission­ Kimberly Yaman Varieties 6 Jean Marie Hamilton A contrasting look at technology transfer. Designer By Mathews Hollinshead Churchward Design the University of At the "u" 26 Minnesota Landscape Photographer Tom Foley Arboretum's new Building a Better Patent gardens: the Japanese Office 17 Editorial Board Paul Dienhart Garden, designed by A herpes drug, the Jean Marie Hamilton Koichi Kawana or artificial heart valve, Mathews Hollinshead Lynn Marasco UCLA; the Knot and even a new variety of Marcy Sherriff Cloister Gardens, red maple tree-all were Maureen Smith modeled after types in patented at the Executive Editor the Middle Ages. University. Today a Marcy Sherriff By Susan Newman reorganized patent Publisher office is making it easier Stephen W. Roszell for the University Advertising Director employees to transfer Colleges and 28 linda Jacobs knowledge from Schools Minnesota Alumni Association academia to industry. Executive ComrrtiUee By Amy Ward Book Reviews 32 President Main Street Revisited Penny Winton '74 A Summer's Sojourn Vice President Harvey Mackay '54 A portfolio of New England photographs Secretary Kenneth "Chip" Glaser '75 by John Barnier, On the Cover photographer and Treasurer Watercolor rendering of Fred R Friswold '58 graduate student who the new Japanese Members Garden at the John French 55 L Steven Goldstein '75 Minnesota Landscape Ed Landes '41 Arboretum. Jean LeVander King '71 Carol Pine '67 34 Maryan Schall '75, '83 Cover watercolor by Past President Koichi Kawana Charles M. Osborne '75 36

Executive Director Margarel Sughrue Carlson Class Profile 38 Graham Hovey Mimlesota, July/ August 1985, Volume 84, Number 6, is published bimonthly by the Minnesota Alumni Association 40 for its members and other committed Corridor of Megadreams fnends of the University of Minne ota. Membership is open to all past and and Microchips 13 placed fourth in the Looking Back 42 present students, faculty, staff, and The University, the other friends who wish to be involved 1985 Photographer's in the advancement of the University. state, and the city of Fonlm Best or College Minnesota Annual dues are $22 singl , $28 Minneapolis have joined husband/ wife. Life membership dues Photography Alumni are $300 single, $350 husband/ wife. forces to create the competition. Association 44 Installment life memberships are Minnesota Technology available. For membership information Photographs by John or service. cali or write: Minnesota Corridor, a research Barnier Executive Director 46 Alumni Association, 100 Morrill Hall, 100 Church treet SE, Minneapolis MN 55455, 612-373·2466. "We're the whole state's team. • Mi nn ~sota oM' For everybody who puts 'Minnesota' on their license plate GOPHE'I, ~ '0000 lal\(''' we're their team." Lou Holtz, Nov. 20, 1984

It was just a year ago when Lou Holtz hit Minnesota and took Gold ntry by storm . He promised no magic, but when the Gophers delivered victories over powerful Wisconsin and Iowa, fans began to believe in his rosy outlook for the Golden Gophers' futu re. Gopher fans were treated to an exciting season , and more lies ahead in 1985 when Wichita State, Montana, Oklahoma, Pu rdue, Oh io State, Wisconsin , and Michigan invade the Metrodome. The demand for tickets continues to grow. Is Coach Holtz happy in Gold Country? "I've never been more su re that I did the right thing coming here. And I'm sure about another thing ; you can write it down. We will get the job done". GOLDEN GOPHERS MINNESOTA'S TEAM TOGETHER, WE'RE GETTING THE JOB DONE! ..... _--_._--_._-_ .•...... ••••••...... •.••.••...... •....•••...... •.••••••• I I I SINGLE GAME APPLICATION SINGLE GAME APPLICATION I I University of Minnesota University of Minnesota 1985 OUT-OF-TOWN FOOTBALL 1985 HOME FOOTBALL Subject to available tickets. Subject to available tickets. PLEASE PRINT PLEASE PRINT Name: Name:

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Penny Winton PRESIDENT Harvey Mackay VICE PRESIDENT enneth "Ch.p" Glaser SECRETARY Fred R. Fnswold TREASURER T here are apartheid protesters outside yell "Sis-Boom-Ah, Princeton." harles M Osborne PAST PRESIDENT our Morrill HaJJ doors. Their drum beats A retaliation was definitely in order. AT-LARGE MEMBERS have replaced the chants of students John Adams and his roommate 'Win" heckling Brother Jim, a modem-day Sargent determined to devise a "yell with James R. Brandt Carol Kerner Elmer Gantry who usually shares the a characteristic Minnesota flavor." Rah­ Jack L. Chestnut lean leVander King mall with Sister Cindy and preaches rah-rah was a given. Minnesota was Dale I. Enckson Ed Landes another given, but had one too many William!. F.ne Carol Pine against fornication . lohn French LoUIse H Saunders The noise of the demonstrations-of syllables. The fellows solved that L Steven Goldstein Maryan Schall Brother Jim , for that matter-easily problem by renaming the state Minn-so­ Ron Handbtrg Dick Tschudy djstracts those hoping to be distracted, ta o While composing the rest of the cheer, Hallohnson Mike Unger Distracted, I'm interrupted by editorial Adams was stymied in his attempt to find Andy Se.lel Student Body Pres.dent assistant Kim Yaman, a rousing three-syllable phrase that wouJd Mtnnesota Student ASSOCIation Mary Breidenstein Pres. dent Do you know, she asks sardonically, rhyme with Minn-so-ta and rah-rah-rah. Student Alumm Association Board the meaning of Ski-U-Mah, those myste­ Cudgeling his brain, he remembered a Donna Bergslrom Past Pres.dent rious words in the Minnesota Rouser pep canoe race between four Indian boys that Student Alumni Associat.on song? he had witnessed. He recalled that upon Stephen W. R szell Associate Vice President Development and Alumni Relations No, [ answer. I know, I say, that winning the race one boy had raised his Minnesota means "land of sky blue arms and shouted in exultation, "Ski-oo!" REGIONAL REPRESENT AnVES waters," or so the story goes. Using poetic license, Adams added the In the realm of great things to ponder, syllable mah to rhyme with rah and MINNESOTA Ski-U-Mah barely rates, but I must admit finished his yell , The resuJt: Rah, rah, Ed Culbert Jean lacklsh lames Flinn Brian QUIgley that I wonder what it means every time I rah. Ski-Oo-Mah. Minn-so-ta! Douglas Gregor Lonn.e Sutton hear the song and the cheer, which is The yell was printed for the first time Jess.e Hansen REGION I quite often around here. in 1885. But about six or seven years Deanna F Peterson . REGION II Yaman had thoroughly researched the later, "the original yell was pronounced Arch .. lohnson REGION III subject at the behest of alumnus Oren deficient in noise-making qualities or in Roger E Atwood REGION IV Steinfeldt, B.A. '42, M,B.A. '54, Ph .D. some way had become passe." A _<;ommit­ Mary Max Silk REGIO TV Robert J Ttffany REGIO V '83, of Hopkins, Steinfeldt wrote that he tee headed by Byron Timberlake was raul Cartwnght REGTONVI had recently visited nationally syndicated appointed to revise the yell , The yell Gnus Tumbleson REGION Vil columnist George F, Will, who was became: Rah, rah, rah. Ski-U-Mah. Hoo­ James Anderson REGION VIlI scheduled to deliver the Carlson Lecture rah, hoo-rah. Varsity, varsity. Minn-so­ Irwin Tomash REGION VIII at Northrop Auditorium June 24, Will tal" CONSTITUENT REPRESENTATIVES wondered about the chant, and Steinfeldt Yaman relayed this historical informa­ told him he thought he had read an tion to Steinfeldt, who presumably Cra.g Sallstrom AGRICULTURE article on Ski-U-Mah in M illnesota, Stein­ relayed it to Will . And there you have it. Nadine Sm.th ALUMNAE sOCim feldt took responsibility for enlightening We're always happy to provide column­ John Brant BAND ALUMNI Will , ists with the facts . If Will is interested in lane rorterf ..ld BIOLOGICAL SCIE CES Yaman, who eventually ended up with 10 eph E. SIZer BLACK ALUMNI another rousing cheer, this one from !1m Elert LIBERAL ARTS AND the assignment, took on the project as a 1905, he might tum to Jennie Hiscock's UNIVERSITY COLLEGE personal challenge. She scoured recent story on page 42. Oliver lohnson DENTISTRY issues of Minnesota, but could not find We get letters from the nicest people Susan Poston EDUCATION the answer. She didn't top, however, here at the Minnesota Alumni Associa­ Frederick Rpngel FORESTRY and eventually uncovered the history of Sharon Rein GENERAL COLLEGE tion, and we're u uall happy to oblige JeNelle lohnson GOLD CLUB the phrase in a book published by the inquiries, But please don't ask us about Janice Templ,n HOME ECONOMICS Minnesota Alumni Association in 1928. the origins of Dinkytowll. D.L "Pete" Peterson INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (Steinfeldt is just a youngster when it Gregg Vande teeg lNSTITUTE c me to the Minnesota Alumni A cia­ OF TECHNOLOG) tion, and we're sure he wasn't perusing a Carol Pine JOURNALI M 1928 Terrence Doyle LAW book when he thought he had read Steven Eril-sson . M LUB about the origins of Ski-U-Mall. ) Richard Carbon MEDICINE Here, then, for all who have p ndered loan Schmidt MEDICAL TECHNO LOG) the Ski-U-Mah enigma, is the rigin of Richard Hinze MIUT AR) SCIEN E the phrase, according to that article. aymond Gorsk. MORTUAR) SCiEN E The rigin f the yell was "practically Marlene Weuthnch NURSIN ·oanne Fletcher NURSE ANESTHETISTS imultaneou with the rganization of the lohn Middlet n PHARMAO first real University rugby team in 1884." ' arl Mohr rUBU HEALTH The new Minne ta team wa djvided - ary Leff VETERINAR) MEDI INE int two quad during practice, and it eems that ne quad wa led by a Prince­ ton graduate. Whenever that team would beat the other, it w uld pu h over and

JULY UGU T lQSS II ESOTA 5 Uncommon Garden Varieties

here are landscape gardens with a collection of 8,000 volumes. and herb gardens, perenni­ Attached to the Snyder Building is a als and rose beds, and col­ conservatory that displays plants lections of plants from commonly grown in homes and indoor around the world. There are public places. gardens of every sort at the Last fall the arboretum added new TUniversity of Minnesota Landscape gardens in which the garden's form i a Arboretum, as well as marshlands and important as the plants growing there. stands of maple, linden, ash , oak, and The newest additions are a Japanese hornbeam-675 acres in all. Garden , and the Knot and Cloister The arboretum, affiliated with the Gardens-types of gardens popular in the Department of Horticultural Science and Middle Ages. All three are as different Landscape Architecture of the University, from the other gardens at the arboretum­ was established in 1958, primarily to test and from each other-as a rose is from a plants for landscape use in Minnesota. rock. Their uniquenesses are explored on Over the years, the arboretum has the following pages. added many services for the general Arboretum grounds are op n 8 a.m. to public, including classes and tours of the sunset all year, and the Snyder Building is grounds for adults and children . The Leon open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through C. Snyder Education and Research Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday Building is the focal point of arboretum and Sunday. Gate fees are $2 for adults activities. It contains a tea room serving and $1 for children twelve and under; lunch and light refreshments Tuesday there is no fee for arboretum members. through Sunday, a shop featuring plant­ The arboretum is located west of Chan­ related gifts, an auditorium, classrooms, hassen on Highway 5 just s uth of the and a noncirculating horticultural library junction of Highway 41.

By Susan Newman

6 JULY / AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA

viewer, which is not so interesting. So, Besides these aesthetic preferences, the intentionally, the Japanese garden religions of Japan have fostered respect AGarden designer tries to create suggestive things for nature and have deeply influenced rather than descriptive things. Japanese garden styles as well. "If you are an American, when you The oldest fonnal religion in Japan IS for All Seasons select stones, you select only the beautiful Shintoism. In Shinto belief, spiritual stones, like the red or green. But that will beings called kami dwell in natural objects Koichi Kawana carries his limit the suggestive mode of artistic and places like stones and ponds. Rocks ~~ watercolor renderings to a expression. We select stones that have a arranged in groups are regarded as divine C V muddy hill at the University rather profound and mysterious quality. manifestations. Carp are sometimes ~h of Minnesota Landscape Particularly, we like larger dark stones. released as an offering to the kami of a Arboretum . He rests the We place a tremendous emphasis on pond. The first style of Japanese garden, ~watercolors , protected from the dirty profundity, on an organic feeling ." reflecting Shintoism's influence, as noted surroundings by plastic, on a boulder. The suggestive mode also affects the in The Chronicles of Japan, written by Using them for reference, he carefully choice of plants. Green, in all its tints and NihOn Shoki in 720, is the chisen style places stones and pine trees in the spare shades, dominates the Japanese garden garden, in which the pond is the garden's earth. designer's palette. Flowers and bright focus . It has become the classical Japanese Kawana, one of the leading Japanese colors are used only for accent, contrary garden. landscape architects in the United States to the design of Western gardens, where Several symbolic elements were added and principal architectural associate at the colors often become the main scheme of to Japanese gardens when Buddhism came University of California, Los Angeles, is the garden. to Japan in the sixth century. The beliefs creating a Japanese garden for the 'The use of color limits the suggestive of Jodo, the early fonn of BuddhisI:1, arboretum. range," says Kawana. "Red is red, and include a beautiful island paradise whose The renderings, his master plan for the yellow is yellow. But the monochromes of occupants are eternally young and happy. garden, are a surprise. Lightly brushed in the Japanese garden can be likened to Many Japanese nobles tried to design their black ink, with a few splotches of purple black and white sumi painting, which gardens to look like this paradise. This as the only color, they look unlike any suggests an endless variation of colors shinden-style garden had large ponds with picture of a Western garden. according to one's imagination. Japanese islands and was meant for activity: Noble To experience a Japanese garden is not believe that if the whole is expressed, it is lords and ladies strolled about and to rave over the beauty and color of the uninteresting. " launched boating parties around the flowers. The Japanese have a vastly The Japanese preference for asymmetric islands. A mound of earth symbolic of different idea o{what a garden should be. composition, shown clearly in Japanese Mt. Shumisen, the highest mountain in "With Western gardens, what you see painting styles, is also expressed in garden the Jodo paradise, was a popular garden is what you get, " says Kawana. "But in a design. Irregularly shaped stones and element. Japanese garden, you get more than what plants are selected, then carefully arranged Zen Buddhism, which became domi­ you see. It's a much more profound and in odd numbers rather than even . The nant in the thirteenth and fourteenth sophisticated type of aesthetic, quite Japanese reject symmetry, says Kawana, centuries, had an even more powerful different from Western aesthetics." perhaps because they fear it will limit or impact on Japanese garden design. The Basic values held commonly by the destroy suggestive and implicit expression. four aesthetic values of the Japanese Japanese people, Kawana explains, influ­ "The viewer's imagination must be garden, which characterize its unique ence garden design: closeness to nature, allowed full reign to pursue its own path essence, also coincide with Zen philos­ use of a suggestive mode of communica­ to perfection." ophy and are tenets of Zen Buddhism, tion, a preference for asymmetry in The most famous gardens of the says Kawana. Zen followers seek enlight­ design, and a preference for simplicity. Western world, those at Versailles for enment through meditation, and see the A feeling of closeness to nature is the example, are places of elaborate and garden as an environment to be gazed basic concept of the Japanese garden, says massive grandeur. But in the Japanes up n as an aid in meditation. They sit Kawana. garden, simplicity, especially in the use of completely erect for long hours, with a The country's beautiful islands and natural materials, is valued. "The rock calm mind like "a pool of water mirroring moderate climate have influenced Japa­ arrangement, which is the backbone of all the world." nese concepts of what is beautiful. In styles of Japanese gardens, is used in its Many Zen priests were master garden Japan there are no boundless deserts, natural color, form, and texture, without designers, and the karesansui, or dry broad plains, or gigantic rocky mountains any artificial treatment," says Kawana. ga rden style, was developed by them. like those of the North American conti­ Weathered and moss-covered objects, These gardens were frequ ntly conne ted nent, says Kawana. Instead, smaller but because they express age, are highly to their living quarters and were likely to varied natural surroundings create a pref­ praised. be smaller and simpler than the si1indclI­ erence for the graceful and refined rather Simplicity is not the product of limited style gardens. than the grand and imposing. resources, Kawana emphasizes. 'To spend One of the m st famou gardens f this Japanese people prefer the suggestive a large amount of mon y to achi ve an type in all of Japan ha no tre s, shrubs, mode of expression to the descriptive. "If appearance of simplicity is considered by flowers, or water. Th Ryoanji garden everything is expressed," says Kawana, Japanese to be a characteristic uniquely consists only of fifteen stones with m s "nothing is left for the imagination of the their own." on them . They are divid d into a 5-2-32-

8 JULY / AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA 3 pattern and placed with exquisite care donate their best stones as tribute. These For the arboretum, Kawana has created m a symbolic sea of sand. Gardeners rake stones were considered jewels, and each what he calls a wet garden with a prome­ the sand into flowing patterns. Ryaanji is had a pedigree showing the lineage of its nade style. It has a path, a waterfall, and only for viewing, yet wherever the viewer ownership. Stones are classified into five a small pond with one tiny island. stands, one of the stones is hidden from basIC shapes and their arrangement is a Kawana had to decide whether to make sIg ht . The garden designer uses this highly developed art. the island look like a turtle or a crane, hiddenness, called miegakure, to create a The use of water in a Japanese garden both auspICious symbols for longevity. sense of mystery and profundi ty. is also complex. Waterfalls are categorized According to Japanese and Chinese "Japanese garden design is a centuries and named by the way the water looks as mythology turtles live 10,000 years and old art," says Kawana. "The Japanese it falls, or by how many little falls it cranes 1,000 years. He chose the turtle believe that gardens are art, like painting breaks into, or by how the stream spilts image. or sculpture, not just fu nctional things or as it falls. Ponds are frequently created in " It is a very small garden" says design." The essential elements of th is art the shape of the Chinese character for the Kawana, 'but it will have all the basic fo rm are stones, water, and plants. mind, a desirable shape because the elements. Usually I like to have an element "Stone arrangement is like the skeleton pond's irregular shoreline then provides of water and a dry garden. But this is of the garden," says Kawana. "When I am different views from different parts of the small. like a home demonstration garden. settmg the stone, I am creating a sculp­ pond. In the garden style karesansui, all I wanted to give, even though it is small, ture. In a Western type of landscape forms of water are depicted symbolically the essence of a Japanese garden." des ign, I would have given them to by flowing arrangements of stone, A pagoda and a snow-viewing lantern contractors, and according to the draw­ pebbles, or raked sand. have been imported for the garden. Care ings, they would have put in the stones Plan ts, too, are .:hosen for their was taken to find a lantern and pagoda and trees. But you see, in a Japanese symbolic meaning as well a their aesthetic made of carved granite a natural and garden you have to guide the stone in to qualities. "Pine,' say Kawana "is the simple material, not of cement. "It' called sculpture, your own sculpture, so that the basic sculpture. An evergreen it symbol­ a snow-viewing lantern, explains ga rden will be a genu inely au thentic izes longevity. He believes the predomi­ Kawana, "because the best time to see the ga rden, whether done by a professional nantly monochromatic green shrubs, lantern is in the wintertime when the snow or amateur." ground cover, and a few choice speomen is piled on the big umbrella of the lantern The Japanese place a tremendous spir­ trees contrast favorably \'Vith the busyness and the light is flickenng in the water. A it ual importa nce on stone. Japa nese of mass planting common to Western Japanese garden is designed for the four emperors required feudal underlords to landscapes. seasons. Each time you come here In a different season, you enjoy different things." Although most Americans don t go to botanIC garden_ in the wintertime the Japanese do, he say . "In the garden, snow is looked upon often as a flm,\'er and called sekka or taka The way the snow fallon bare branches or garden acces 0- ries is a very important point in garden viewing. The es ence of a Japanese garden say Kawana 'IS thiS: You tudy and ob erve nature and you try to capture the essence of nature and e. pre it in y ur creative fa hion ot a copy. Becau e of the caleline it i impo ible to get a copy. Kawana ha another rea n tor creating Japanese garden : I feel that it i important for the Amencan public t really view Japane e architecture and garden . When you are involved \\{ith thl type of proJect Y u create tremend u goodwill between the United tat _ and Japan. Iou kn \ seemg 1 better than hearing. If you try to talk ab ut ho~ beauttful or ho\ imp rtant Japan se thing. are, well, many people think it i In the Japanese garden, snow Is looked upon as a flower and called sehka or loh The way the snow propaganda If V u ee it \' u feel it. Art fall s on bare branches or garden accessories IS very important 10 Japanese garden viewing In keepong Wit h Japanese tradition , the arboretum's Japanese Gard en. above. is as beauti ful In winter as It IS on i the amba sador. Art h~s n national su mmer. boundari s.

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herbs. He recommended planting gilJy­ the Middle Ages was the cloister garden. flowers (carnations) and hyacinths. "So The arboretum's Cloister Garden, says Old English soone as these flowers shall put forth their landscape gardener Mike Heger, is not beauties," he wrote, "if you stand a little meant to be an authentic replica, but a remote from the knot, and anything representative sample of the type. (To be ardenscapes above it, you shall see it appear like a authentic, a monastery, or at a minimum knot made of diverse coloured ribands four high walls, would have to be built.) short stroll from the Japa­ most pleasing and most rare ." A cloister is a covered walkway around nese Garden, over a small Unlike Japanese garden designers, who an open courtyard. A building's walls hill and past the rose bushes, prefer a monochromatic palette, support one side of the cloister; the other are two more new additions Markham emphasized and enjoyed side is a row of columns, or colonnade, to the Minnesota Landscape planting the bright colors and patterns of open to the courtyard. These interior Arboretum . Almost nothing could be his knots. His book includes a good spaces were made into gardens for exercise fur ther from the Japanese aesthetic than selection of knot designs, which is and enjoyment of nature in monasteries the Knot and Cloister Gardens, styles that fortunate for today's planners, because and convents. developed during the Middle Ages in almost no gardens from the Middle Ages Medieval religious orders provide an Europe and England. remain. Most of what is known about interesting contrast to the Japanese Zen So named because early ones looked them comes from literature and art. priests. Both cultures believed that close like knots when viewed from above, the Knots were just one part of a medieval living with nature was proper activity for Knot Garden is laid out as a large square. garden. A common type of medieval persons dedicated to religious life. The Its perfect orderliness is in complete garden included raised rectangular beds m Zen priest, believing that observing nature contrast to the asymmetry of the Japanese which plants were sparsely placed, with was the best course for seeking enlighten­ Garden. Within the square, fragrant herbs straight paths running between the beds. ment, used the garden as a meditation are planted and trimmed into geometric This type of garden was frequently walled aid . The medieval monk was expected to patterns. The color uf the herbs is care­ in and sometimes had smaller walls and read religious te ts and pray alone and in fully considered, and fo r the arboretum fences within the larger walls. A fountain, group for enlightenment, and to work in th ree ornamental herbs were chosen: a bench with turf planted on top, and a the garden to procure food . In the art of germander provides a dark green, santo­ few trees completed the scene. the period, Adam is sometimes pictured !ina a lighter green, and lavender a gray­ Besides com pIe , carefully balanced with a spade signifying that he has been green. designs, gardeners of the European Middle thrown out of the Garden of Eden and Knots clearly demonstrate medieval Ages were also concerned about food must now labor for his food. concepts of what a garden should be. In production. In Japanese garden history The arboretum Cloister Garden the medieval garden, the hand-and the there is no mention of rice or vegetable features an arbor, a vine-shaded place for cleverness-of the gardener was cele­ in a garden. But medieval gardens were relief from the sun s heat. Arbors were brated, as opposed to the essence of frequently practical affairs with herb , found in the larger gardens of the Middle nature celebrated in the Japanese garden. flowers, and vegetables-and even an Ages with square tops or, as is the case at The accounr books of the Duke of apple tree or two-all planted together. the arboretum, "in arch marmer winded." Buckingham show payment fo r "making This began to change, h wever, in the Vines that are known to survive Minne­ Kno ts in the Duke's Garden" in 1502, and early 1500s, and gardens eventually sota winters were planted: bittersweet and a comprehenive description of knot became divided into kitchen, phy ic hop (the plant used as an additive in ga rdens was recorded by Gervase (medicinal herbs), herb, no egae (fl wer), beer). Around the arbor, Heger sa , are Markham in The English Husbandman and rchard gardens. ''Biblical herb " uch as ro emary and the (London, 1613). Knots are of two kinds, One type of nosegae garden peculiar to madonna illy, which are mentioned in the open and clo ed, he wrote. Open knots Bible and frequently ymbolize Biblical had "colored earths" carefully fil led in pers ns or event . be tween the lines of the design. Yell ow The Knot and Cloi ter Gardens provide was obtained fro m clay or yellow sand, a glimp e of gardening in the Middle white from powdered chalk, black from Age ; the als present an interesting ground coal dust, red from broken bricks historical and aesthetic contrast to the that were bea ten to dust, blue from mixing Japane e Garden. s di imilar a the white chalk and black coal, and green three gardens rna be, the ha e one thing fro m camomile plant . in common: It tak time f r them t Markham cautioned that the de ign f gr , to compl tene -fifteen ears in the dosed kn ts must be kept simple becau ca e of Ka" ana' ]apane e garden. F r fl owers ar planted between the clipp d however long it take , \ atching them grow i a imple plea ure-and ne of the The arboretum's Cloister Garden, a garden style olde t. f am the Middle Ages, features an arbor like the ne at left. (Illustra tion by Beatrice Parsons from ardens 01 England, A. & C. Bl ack, Lond on © SUS01I ewman is a public relati 115 1908.) At right is a pattern for a ~n o t garden from represe"tativ at the Ulliversitv and a 1617. Ire -lance wnter. -

lUL) £S TA 11 "The Good 'Ole Days" Remember those good 'ole Be ure t c mplete and r turn days by sharing memories with the information promptly old classmates. Introducing an you w n't be D rgotten. Only easy way to look them up­ the number of Dir ct rie our new 1985 Alumni Direc­ ordered will be printed, tory. The book, that will soon end your request for either a be in production, will list all hardbound or softbound living alumni. copy right away-and relive You 'll soon be receiving a those college year with biographical update packet. go d friends. ... mmnESOTA

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If all goes according to district. If all goes well , the windblown and how will the Minnesota Technology parking lots and abandoned railroad Corridor expand and enrich the Universi­ plan, the Minnesota rights-of-way will sprout a com pie of ty's outreach mission? high-technology research laboratories to It could work like this: An engineering rival the best that any state or, for that graduate fellow, using the University's Technology Corridor matter, foreign country has to offer. Cray 1 supercomputer, puts together a set Some corridor tenants will be corpo­ of calculations that show that a certain will give the state a rate research departments. Some will be microcircuit design will permit the devel­ fledgling independent businesses, seeded opment of a new generation of software burgeoning technol-­ by advanced research of University in a particular subdiscipline. The graduate faculty and venture capital from down­ fellow, who is also working for a local ogy--transfer industry town. Some will be spin-offs of local microelectronics firm, at a rented research companies. In their midst will be the office in the technology corridor, elicits and the University a University's new Supercomputer Institutel interest in the design from the firm's Computer Service Center, where the principals. The finn then becomes a co­ new outreach mission biggest, fa test computers ever built will applicant, with the University, for patent be able to simulate molecular or suba­ covering the technology and becomes a for the twenty-first tomic reactions, analyze the performance University licensee to make one of the of a new emiconducting interface, or product . century chart the patterns of underground m i - "Over and over again," says Institute ture movement for a civil or mineral of Technology Dean Ettore Infante, "if engineering project. you look at the history of technology and If it works-that i , if research lab of innovation, [de elopmentl i highly and University-indu try research relation­ dependent on what you could call the "Minnesota Technology Corridor." It's ship do spring up in the Minn ta infrastructure. Look, for example, at what a tantalizing phrase . Technology Corridor-then the Univer­ the e istence of Control Data here ha To some, it's a bold leap into the sity will have embarked on a new 1-.ind f done-Seymour Gay, Zycad Corp., all fut ure . To others, it's an overdue outreach, one that may parallel it of tho e came here becau e there wa a acknowledgement of the present. T till century- Id traditi n of agricultural critical rna s of people, and the infrastruc­ others, it's a political deal. outreach through the Agricultural Exten­ ture of C ntrol Data had pun off these To most people, it' nothing-yet. sion Service, or the decade -old tradition ideas." What state, Univer ity, and Minneap­ of continuing education utreach through Infante and others p int to California' olis city officials hope wil1 be me the evening c1asse and adult special credit . Silicon Valley and B t n' Route 128 a Minnesota Technology Corridor is n w a The purpose and the payoff f the examples f the entrepreneurial culture 113-acre strip of largely underutilized land corrid r, backers sa , will be a new thru t they envision spinning off from the along Washingt n Av nue, midway in community outreach. thi time in the c rridor. But the Minnesota T echnol gy b tween the west bank f the Minneap Ii f rm f t chnology tran fer . Corridor it elf will differ fr m th se high­ c mpus and the d wntown busines What e actly i techn I gy transfer, tech Klondike f lai ez-faire capitali m

lUll AU U T 10'5 fill '1\£ OTA 13 in one important respect. Limited area tition for resources, in which increased ver the n xt three years, bot and the built-up nature of its surroundings collaboration could benefit both. the very high cost and the ev " will define the corridor as a research and Local and national research-intensive higher potential of superco • development center, not a site of mass­ corporations such as 3M, Honeywell, O puting became more and mor production manufacturing facilities . Control Data, IBM, General Electric, obvious. Like other new technologie Current plans envision a tightly knit, Digital Equipment, and Cray Research supercomputers were (and are) evolvi n~ carefully composed complex of buildings have linked up with the University to very fast. If the University was going to connected to each other by common areas sponsor such interdisciplinary efforts as provide supercomputing research service and skyways. The area's main products the Microelectronic and Information to its faculty, then it could not stand still would be ideas and prototypes of "hard" Science Center (MEIS) and the Produc­ with the single machine purchased in (machines and devices) or "soft" tivity Center, both in the Institute of 1981. (computer software or patented labora­ Technology. The 1980 restructuring of the According to Sell , UCC had th e tory discoveries) technologies. Such tech­ School of Business Administration into computing capacity, personnel, and exp r­ nologies would have one characteristic the present School of Management began tise to run faculty research projects on It, mass-produced goods don't: no shipping a process of growth and development in equipment, but there were no consistent overhead. The corridor could literally organizational studies, resulting in such procedures for faculty involvement in the export ideas, which have royalty and efforts as the Strategic Management computing process. In addition there wa. licensing value. Research Center, which studies the a danger that, as supercomputing occu­ sources and prerequisites for corporate pied more and more of UCC's resources and industrial innovation. The College of and attention, its charter duties to prOVide ssociate Vice President Richard Biological Sciences has established a for the University's overall computing B. Heydinger is the University's strong emphasis on biotechnology needs, including microcomputing for administrator in charge of through its Institute for Advanced Studies instruction and professional programnung A following and facilitating in Bioprocess Technology. for other uses, might get sidetracked. corridor matters. Heydinger says the There have previously been occasional Supercomputing clearly deserved a University has traditionally been ahead of suggestions for developing technology home of its own, both physically and other universities in its direct involvement transfer. But little actual progress was organizationally. UCC administrators with the society in which it operates. made until early 1984, when the Univer­ developed a proposal to establish a super­ Now, according to Heydinger, the Univer­ sity requested legislative funding for the computer institute somewhere near the sity is becoming more integrated with its Supercomputer Institute. Minneapolis/ St. Paul campuses. society than it has been for two or three As far back as 1978, according to Peter At the same time that intere t in a decades. 'What the University does is Patton, recently appointed Supercom­ supercomputer institute was developing much more in the public eye than what puter Institute director, it was obvious then University President C. Peter most of its peers do," he says, partly that the University's administrative and Magrath appointed a 22-member Univer­ because it's an urban university, partly research computing needs were too fast­ sity task force on higher education and because it is located in the same metropol­ growing and complex to be met by contin­ the state economy, chaired by DaVid itan area as the state capital, and partly uing to improvise new systems on top of Lilly, then acting vice president for finance because of many other factors. old ones. and operations. In July 1983 the ta k force Given the University's own activism It was equally obvious that one of produced a report suggesting, and the fertility of the local high-tech­ Minnesota's truly unique technology among other things, that the Univer ity nology and venture capital sectors, the assets was its supercomputer industry. develop a new strategy for contributing to corridor is a natural bridge-physicaJly, University alumnus Seymour Cray had the state's economy in the areas of tech­ organizationally, and psychologically­ nurtured his theories on supercomputers nology and management, e plore the between them . at Control Data and implemented them at feasibility of entering into cooperative Technology transfer is not new at the Cray Research . The companies are the arrangements with business and industry, University. The taconite mining process only two in the country, dedicated to and "facilitate the transfer of knowledge was developed by University minerolo­ supercomputers. and skills." The report specifically rec m­ gists. Rosemount Inc. (since 1977 a subsid­ mended increasing faculty research and iary of Emerson Electric)' with over 1,000 he University's fast-growing com­ development incentives, streamlining employees and $50 million in sales, was a puting needs and Minnesota's University patent policy, organizing a direct spin-off of Rosemount Aeronautical supercomputer industry were permanent "techn logy transfer council " Laboratories of the University. Similarly, T bound to connect, and it selecting "one or tw technological ideas" medical breakthroughs developed at happened in September 1981, when the to develop for commercial application, University Hospitals, such as the pace­ University purchased a Cray 1 supercom­ and working clo ely with the city of maker, have become important tools at puter and installed it in the University Minn apolis to "determine the fea ibility hospitals and clinics around the world. Computer Center (UCC) at Lauderdale, and d sirability of establishing a re earch However, the need to justify tech­ just west of the St. Paul campus. park near campus." nology transfer academically, rather than According to John Sell, vice president of Establishing a "research park," was n t economically, meant that it was seldom Research Equipment Incorporated, a just an internal University initiati '. an overriding priority of the University University subsidiary and procurement Mom ntum had b en gr wing within t h ~ administration. That is changing now, for and management agency, the supercom­ Minneapolis city government to d the a number of reasons. puter offered cost-performance advan­ same. Both the University and local business tages, but required a huge investm nt "up­ In January 1982 Minneap lis find the 1980s a decade of intense compe- front. " planner Phil Mei ninger released

14 JULY / AUGUST ]985 MINNESOTA called "Minneapolis: Its Present and relationship between the city and the the city of Minneapolis with its econom r Future Prosperity." University. The most sensible strategy development; to give the University an "It was a rather upbeat and optimistic seemed to be to get the city and the opportunity to play a greater role in the view-I mean it was appropriately opti­ University to join in some kind of rela­ economic vitality of the state; and to gIve mistic, I don't mean it was phony-of the tionship to foster a technology corridor." the state's entrepreneurs and technology­ city's economy and how it looked for the The task force felt secure in recom­ intensive industries a place specifically next several years-[writtenl in the middle mending the idea of the corridor, on two designed for advanced research and tech­ of a recession, " says Meininger. In exam­ conditions: that the University demon­ nology transfer. "The chance to help focus ining the state's agribusiness and service strate its commitment early on by symbol­ technology-oriented businesses here and sectors, and the above-average number of ically sharing with the city the cost of to get some synergism going can have a $l-billion companies in Minneapolis, it recruiting a director of high caliber and definite spin-off benefit for the whole concluded that Minneapolis could afford high profile; and that extensive private­ state," he says. to pursue a slow and deliberate, long-term sector contributions be sought to support economic policy "designed to keep and the corridor. erb Johnson , chair of nurture what we have." At a preliminary meeting of President DataMyte Corp. and chair of Discussions of the report among the Magrath, Mayor Fraser, and City Council the Minnesota High-Tech­ mayor's staff, city council members, and President Alice Rainville, it was immedi­ Hnology Council, is a leading selected University leaders increasingly ately agreed the University and the city spokesman on technology-related educa­ focused on high technology as a key to would each contribute $50,000 to the tional and development issues. "It's Minneapolis's economic security. venture for one year's expenses, including starting to dawn on people that h.gh hiring a director. technology is really a big part of OUI eininger was asked to The new director's primary function economy," Johnson says, "Minnesota's program a retreat on was to "get into the boardrooms" and real key to prosperity." economic futures . "In the corporate CEO offices to find out what Next year, the area designated as the M course of the discussion I private sector support and interest existed. Minnesota Technology Corridor WIll talked about the impact of technology, In early 1984, Charles Arnason was begin to show signs of fulfilling the vision and at the end of my presentation I said, appointed director of the Minnesota Tech­ described in the various studies and 'I can even envision a special development nology Corridor. Just a few months later, proposals completed by University, city area that would be devoted to high-tech the University's proposal for the Super­ and state planners. Washington Avenue is kinds of things.' That kind pf piqued their computer Institute/ Computer Service to be reconstructed with a divider median interest." Center and the Minneapolis city proposal and landscaping, ground will be broken Realizing that Minneapolis should take for the Minnesota Technology Corridor to transform a former printing plant/ positive action to nurture high-technology came together. The institute would warehouse building into the new Super­ research and development, Mayor Donald provide computer services to outside as computer Institute; Chicago-based FMC Fraser incorporated a "high-technology well as University researchers; the Corp. is negotiating to proceed with plans initiative" in his 1983 state-of-the-city corridor would provide a setting for both to establish the corridor's first new corpo­ report and appointed a Research and the institute and outside research activi­ rate research facility . Technology Task Force, which ultimately ties, which would allow the closest contact In teaming up with the state and the made a formal recommendation for the between the two. The two sides teamed city of Minneapolis to develop the Minne­ corridor. up and, with backing from Governor sota Technology Corridor, the University From the start, the University was an Rudy Perpich, went to the Minnesota is granting technology a priority status it important element in both the process and Legislature for funding . has never had before. Once, technology the product. transfer occurred at random, depending Thomas Holloran, then chair of the n the end the legislature decided to on the aspirations, temperaments, and board of Inter-Regional Finance and pres­ make the appropriation for the contacts of individual faculty and ident and board member of the University supercomputer institute/ technology students. Now, the technology corridor of Minnesota Alumni Association, chaired I corridor conditional. It directed the will act as a "technology hothouse," a the task force. Members included five Minnesota Department of Energy and kind of human reactor, where industry senior officials of the University, CEOs or Economic Development to do a study to and University personnel will work senior executives of several major high­ determine whether the corridor was together in close association. technology companies, chief executives or indeed the best place to put state dollars Within a decade, if all goes well, the partners of several consulting and service to stimulate Minnesota's high-technology University will have a leading high-tech­ firms, and Minnesota's Commissioner of sector. The study found exactly that. So, nology research park in its own backyard. Energy and Economic Development Mark in the spring 1985 legislative session, the And technology will have achieved the Dayton. University applied for full funding to go status, and joined the tradition, of Univer­ The group did some case studies of ahead with construction on the Supercom­ sity outreach activities in agriculture, companies that had formed and grown in puter Institute. Final approval of money medicine, natural resources, and Minneapolis, and what had caused them for the institute and the corridor was extension. to grow. Because of good representation granted during the special legislative from the University, says Holloran, "the session. Mathews Hollinshead is editor of the more we talked, the more it became Corridor director Charles Arnason Cornerstone, a quarterly publication of apparent that there could be an important says the corridor has three goals: to help the University of Minnesota Foundation

16 JULY / AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA UILDING A BETTER

BY AMY WARD

con idered," ays laco 1..0 . But he thinks to put more effort into producing and A reorganized pat­ at least part of the reas n the project went marketing hi in ention. our was that the University' former Maco ko's tory is typical of what u ed ent office offers patent office exerci ed poor judgment. to be patent holders e periences at the Since the potential market was known to University. Frustrated with the ineffi­ some inventive new be small, it probably would have been ciency of the patent office in recent years, better not to have gotten a patent at all, they have welcomed its recent reorganiza­ ways to promote say Maco ko, but to have contracted tion, which combined the research admin­ with a small company to build a few i tration and patent ffice to form the University patents machines. Office f Re earch and Technolog Getting a patent for hi invention Tran fer Admini tration . Since the before the novelty "certainly wasn't worth it financiall t merger , patent office personnel work the University," ay Maco ko, who e ti­ clo ely with th e in research admini tra­ and the nonobvi­ mates that the patent office ma 10 e tion to tran fer new technol gy from $20,000 on patent c t if it cannot recoup academia to indu try and to et up c p­ ousness wears off th e fee fr m the licen ed c mpanie . erative re earch project between the two Like other University emplo ee wh ectors. are obliged to file for a patent thr ugh the J hn Thuente direct the ne\ patent University , Maco I.. ught a patent and licen ing office. An e perienced Chris Macosk , profe or f chemical primarily to transfer kn " ledge, t make patent attorney, he came n bard la t engineering and material science, had hi idea available for u e in cience and year, a fe months before the merger. problems with a machine he invent d to industry, n t to make m ney. In the end, Patent law i Thuente' ec nd career. mi reactive p lymeric liquid t form he wa n't able t d much of eith r. hen hi ten-month duty tour n an plastic part . Mac sk btained a pat nt, But Mac 1..0 till upport the patent aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean and two companie were licen d t pr e , e pecially ince he think that became t much f a train n his produce his ma hine, but the pr je t r rganizing the patent ffice la t ummer family, a pilot Thuente enrolled at faltered wh n n ither mpan c uld upgraded it perf rmance. The n " office, illiam Mitchell C liege f law. ow cce fully market th inventi n. "would have d ne a better j b in handling in tead f crui ing in an F-14 j t at 5000 "y, u kn w, maybe it wa n't that gr at. the lic n e," he a , perhap b in i ting feet , the bearded and blue-e ed Thu nte l n invent r d e n't u ually a that on a trong perf rmance clau that listen t cia ical mu ic a he p re over i out hi own w r\.., but it ha t b w uld have required a licen d c mpany legal bri f in hi wind les Hice on the

JUL\ 17 fifth floor of the Administrative Services Although most inventors seek patents other hand, if royalties are high, "the Center. primarily to increase knowledge in their University gets the bulk of it. Of the fir t It is easy to believe that his quiet yet fie ld, not to make money, applying for a $10,000, the inventor gets 75 percent. If intense demeanor is that of a productive patent can-temporarily- inhibit the royalties are over $50,000, the inventor administrator and that he is the main spread of knowledge.The United States gets only 25 percent." reason why the patent office is gaining a gives inventors one year from a public The University fun nels its portion of reputation for efficiency. Pushing aside his disclosure of their discovery to file a the royalties back into the inventor's colle­ afternoon's work, Thuente leans across his patent. Japan and many European coun­ giate unit to stimulate further research and desk to explain the patent process. tries, however, require absolute novelty back into the patent office for the patent A patent is a bargain an inventor when a patent is applied for. This require­ development fund. Thuente can give makes with the federal government, he ment rules out presentations at confer­ money from this fund to an inventor says. The Patent and Trademark Office of ences and publication in professional whose work shows commercial potentIal the U.S. Department of Commerce grants journals. Since many companies that Thuente doesn't leave the marketing of an inventor exclusive right to make, use, would license a patent from the University the patents to chance. When he thinks he and sell an invention. In exchange, the has a likely invention, he gets on the inventor must totally reveal how to make phone to interest companies in buying a the invention. Thus, public knowledge is license. He also makes the rounds of increased, and the inventor's rights to the An invention must seminars, short courses, and organiza­ invention are protected. Anyone wanting tional meetings, such as those of the to make or use the invention must pay to be new and "SO dif­ Licensing Executive Society, where he license the patent from the inventor. Since talks to industry representatives about a patent limits production and marketing ferent from the patents. only to license holders, securing a patent And Thuente has the opportunity to can increase an invention's value in the prior art that it peddle just about every kind of patent marketplace. License fees are usually imaginable. The University holds patents calculated as a percentage of net sales. would not have on electronic and prosthetic devices To file a patent, Thuente explains, a chemicals, a method of treating cardiac University employee contacts him or one been obvious to a arrhythmias, a red maple tree, a poultry of his assistants, attorneys Anthony vaccine, a solar heat collector, pollution Strauss and Kathleen Terry , both of person having ordi­ control filters, a herpes drug, monoclonal whom he credits as tremendous assets to antibodies, a safety seat belt , and a the new office because their professional nary skill in the art method of preserving animal emen, to experience is not limited to law. Strauss name just a few . has a physics degree and has worked in to which it pertains But not every invention is a good the electronics field . Terry was a biochem­ candidate for a patent, says Thuente, who istry researcher for more than fifteen years at the time the in"" admits he is wary of going to the e pense before earning her law degree. The two of patenting living organisms that have can talk sh op with many University vention was made:' been humanly engineered, since those inventors. patents depend not on a law but on a To completely disclose the invention as Supreme Court decision handed down in required by patent law, attorney and plan to sell the invention worldwide, 1980. Because the decision is relatively inventor si t down and hammer out the Thuente encourages inventors to delay new, few patents of this kind have been intricacies of the discovery. It may be a publication for the two months it takes to chall enged in court. Law requires that, to wonder drug, a new fabric, or a chemical file an application, so as not to jeopardize be valid, all patents must fu ll y disclo~e method to make dye. Both a process and securing patents on the invention outside their subject. a product can be patented. this country. "But how do you describe a li ving The biggest obstacles to getting a It takes two to three years to get a organism in words?" asks Thuente, patent, most of which last seventeen patent issued in the official booklet with a offering a challenge to poets as well as years, are meeting the requirements for gold seal and a red ribbon on the cover, patent lawyers. novelty and nonobviousness. The inven­ and even then there is no assurance that He is skeptical that frozen samples of tion must be new and "so different from industry will snap up the invention and li ving organisms kept in a national dep - the prior art that it would not have been make the inventor rich. sitory are adequate evidence to safeguard obvious to a person having ordinary skill After patent costs, which range from a patent. "Pr sumably, if someone chal­ in the art to which it pertains at the time $2,500 to $35,000, are subtracted from the lenged a patent, they could thaw out 1 the invention was made, " according to royalties paid by the licensed (Ompany, sample, ge t it t grow again, and deter· Thuente's literature for potential patent the inventor and th e University split the mine if it is diff rent from somebod ' holders. A new light bulb, for example, rest of the money on a sliding scale. "If else's. [ think that's pretty tenuous." can't be patented if its design is obvious it's an invention that doesn't produce a Instead of patenting, Thuente suggest from combining designs of two existing great deal of royalties, the inventor ge ts that engineered organisms be marketed t light bulbs. the bulk of it," says Thuente. On the industry on a contract basis.

]8 JULY I AUGUST J985 MINNESOTA optical element to split and reclistribute PATENTLY light into energy that is specially encoded to represent mathematical data. Optical MINNESOfA systems such as this can perform complex mathematical operations much faster A selection of University than cligital systems. contributions • orthwood, a • The artificial heart valve, patented by new variety of Robert Kaster, allows a more consistent red maple tree, one-way flow of blood through the was produced at the valve. Its unique design eliminates prob­ University Horticul­ lems common with artificial valves: high tural Research Center resistance levels, breakdown of the valve near Excelsior, Minne­ in areas of wear and fatigue, and irreg­ sota, and patented by ular blood flow through the valve. Harold Pellet, pro­ fessor of horticul­ • Used by cliabetics, tural science and landscape architecture, this implantable pump and Leon Snyder, professor of general infuses chemicals or solu­ and cell biology. Characteristics of the tions into the body at a t~ include rapid growth; a well­ steady rate. It can be rounded, full-spreacling, well-branched implanted with a oval crown; early autumn maturity; chamber that can be excellent winter harcliness; and absence of refilled perioclicall y by seeds. Its fall red color is better than injection through the skin. It was average for the species. patented by Perry L. Blackshear, professor of mechanical engineering; • Patented by former University Frank Dorman, mechanical engineering students John Berger and David scientist; Perry J. Blackshear; Henry Emmons, this page-turning device Buchwald, professor of surgery; and can be activated by touch or Richard Yarco, professor emeritus of refitted to be activat- surgery. ed by blowing on a switch activator. • This method for controlling particle emis ions from combus­ • The taconite tible engines (such as diesel proce , a method engines) uses an electrically of proces ing iron conductive c llector to trap ore, was developed, electncally charged exhau t but never patented, particle . Depencling on the in 1913 by Edward form of the device u ed (the Davis of the University patented method lists ix Mines Experiment Station. forms), the particles can Tac nite, a native Minne ota then be 0 idized, recycled rock, contains 22 to 28 percent iron. The into the fuel , or collected r ck i ground into a fine powder, liber­ in a cartridg , which can ating the iron oxide mineral magnetite later be clean d or from the other minerals. The magnetite i di carded. It was patented magnetically eparated from the ther by Dani I D lan, mechan­ r k material in fluid suspen i n. Since ical engineering prof s rs such a fine p wder would easil bl w Benjamin Uu and David away in a blast furnace, it i tumbled into Kittels n, and associate the form f a ball while it i wet and then pr fe r David Pui. hardened by inten e heat. The c led pellet are then a hard a the r d. they • Patented by St ven Ca , a ciate came from . Through thi mean , I w r pr fe r f I ctrical engin ring, the and I w r grade f re can be pr c d data-pr c ssing system u a h lographic t rec ver the iron they contain.

rUL \ AU T 10 85 i\l/ '£ 0T.4 lQ "An interesting idea that wasn't which was concerned with what the One of his goals is to change somt patented but that was developed at the University could do to boost the state's misconceptions about the research agree­ University is the taconite process," says economy. ments prevalent in industry and among Thuente. "That whole business up in the "We didn't have a real active, aggres­ some faculty members. "For example northern part of the state owes its exist­ sive technology transfer program before says Thuente, "there's some notion that ence to what people did here at Mineral the merger," says Anton Potami, assistant the University is unwilJing to give exclu­ Resources Research Center. That tech­ vice president for research and technology sive licenses to companies that are spon­ nology was made available at no cost to transfer administration. soring research at the University ....The mining companies in the forties a nd Although some valuable inventions, fact is that we do most of our licensing on fifties ." including heart valves, heart drugs, and an exclusive basis." That may have been a good decision an implantable drug pump were patented Employing a liaison in the Governor's at the time, says Thuente, but if the before the merger, the patent office "was Office of Science and Technology al,o process had been patented and the license not viewed as being very effective" in facilitates a good working relationship fee were only a penny a ton, the tech­ patenting and licensing new technology between academia and industry. Says nology "would have brought in millions." Potami of the transfer of technology from (The taconite industry in Minnesota has the University to industry, 'We're trying the capacity to produce up to 65 million to build this thing in a way that's very tons per year.) "When one pat­ effective for the University, the faculty, W hile he's busy marketing patents, and the state." Thuente also stays in touch with new and ents, one is gam­ Not all inventors who hold patents established inventors at the University to through the Universi ty are on staff. Some encourage them to patent their work. bling. You need a are students, like John Berger and DaVid One such person is chemistry professor Emmons ( both now graduated ), who Paul Gassman, a prolific inventor who patent attorney developed a page turner for quadriplegics holds 26 patents on chemicals and chem­ as an engineering class assignment. Their ical methods through two universities. who will , in a rela ... invention is unique in that the signal to 'When one patents, one is gambling," turn the pages can be activated either by says Gassman, and a patent attorney tively short amount touc;h or by a puff of air, dep nding upon should help you figure out the odds. "You the handicapped user's capabilities, says need people w ho will, in a relatively short of time, assess Thuente, who has read lots of descriptions a m ount of time, assess whether that of page-turning devices, none of which invention has any potential for making whether that inven­ held much promis . He thinks this is a money." good one, and even though th inventors Only if it has that potential should the tion has any poten-­ don't stand to make a lot of money from university pay for patent costs and the it , its "being patented might induce inventor invest time and energy in the tial for making someone to produce the darn thing," and patent process, says Gassman. thus benefit handicapped readers, says Before the merger, the patent office money." Thuente. itself may have acted as an obstacle to Thuente hopes that presentations he getting a patent, says Gassman. It was not makes to faculty and word-of-mouth uncommon for inventors to spend a great developed by University staff. advertising by satisfied clients will bring deal of time here and at other universities "We have been able to hire competent more invent rs to his door. By assessing educating patent office personnel to prove people," Potami says of Thuente, Strauss, the commercial potential of each inven­ to them that they had an invention worth and Terry, "and we are just starting. John tion, streamlining the paperwork, and patenting. Since the merger, it's another Thuente's only been here for a year." hustling private companies to license the story. When the fiscal year ends in June, patents, Thuente and staff hope to make "There's a very different attitude, and Potami estimates that there will have been the patent process an appealing proposI­ there are very different people," says 100 invention disclosures. A disclosure is tion for University inventors. Gassman. 'Tve been working with Tony made when an inventor contacts the office Bu t that's all they can do. According Strauss, and I find him easy to work with about seeking a patent. Last year there to policy set by th e Board of Regents, the and very understanding." Strauss doesn't were 45 disclosures. The increased inventor alone must make the ini tial deCI­ throw up roadblocks in the patent activity, Potami says, "is one sign of the sion to seek a patent. process, says Gassman, who estimates he facu lty recognizing that we are a service If you're on staff and have ju t built a spends 25 to 50 percent less time on a organization ready and wi ll ing to help ." better mousetrap, John Thu nte's phone pa tent now. Before the merger, Gassman Potami works closely with ind ustries number is 373-2012. put in 60 to 80 hours on the patent process such as Honeywell , Medtronic, and 3M for each invention . to establish research agreements. A Amy Ward is a free-Ia ll ce writer from The merger resulted from recommen­ company may subsidize a research project Lakeland, Minnesota. Her work has dations by the 1983 Task Force on Higher at the Universi ty and then license the appeared ill Twin Ci ties, Northwe t Education and the Economy of the State, resu lting invention. O rient, and other magazill es.

20 JULY / AUGUST J985 MINNESOTA ASummer's Sojourn

ohn Brunier, photographer and graduate tudent in tudio art a ummer ojourner to New England. " There' omething \ery familiar about it, e en though I'm not from the area, " he ay. " It feel like I'm going home." Being near the ocean, Bamier ay , there' a different quality of light, and it hange dra tically. " You get very blue ky and very blue water, and they merge on the horizon line. If it' a hazy day. it look ju t like one heet of blue. You don't knO\ where the \ ater end and the ky begin . The li ht i ery edu tive. There' an ambien e. You feel it more than you an intelle tualize it. It's more of a en ation." To photograph N w En land, Bami r cho e a 3.50 to amera with a pIa ti len. wlu h he bought at a Maine amera tor. The camera, a Diana made in Hon Kong, old originally for 90 ent a a ami a! prize. He u ed 120mm film ele ted a cording to a ailabl light ondition be au the camera in' t apable of adju tin to changing light. No p ia! pr ce ing t hnique wer u ed. " The rea on I photograph in thi part f th country with thi am ra i b au m. f elin are ambient f elin and th imag ou g t from thi am ra ar like that, too. Th y are not harp. The 'r more like a nation than an a tua!lit rat d ription. Thi ju t m lik th right wa to expre m f eling ."

lUl) U U T 10 S fill, 'ESOTA 21 The friends I stayed with live across Portsmouth Harbor from Strawberry Bank. We would drive over there late in the day when the fishermen were just pulling lobster off the boat and ask if we could buy the lobster-for $2.50 a pound I like the contrast the wake of our boat makes. I don 't know what the posts are for, but that 's a blue heron sitting on one

22 JULY / AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA It was just a circular road around the We were just boating by, and I saw these island that was deserted all afternoon. lobster boats tied up together. The reflec· The sun was in back, above the church, tions in the water changed as we moved. and it struck the plastic lens Itself and I was attracted to the white water li ne just kind of flared out. It was one of the and the reflection of the dark boat-the quietest days of my life. It was very, very lights and darks. I like this because it still. looks li ke the Loch Ness monster. Of course, I didn't see that at the ti me.

This is a small island off the coast of Part of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Maine, the same island that Bar Harbor is called Strawberry Bank, is being recon· on, called Mountain Desert Island. It's an structed, rejuvenated. Some of the build· odd mix of bustling tourist spots and very ings are 250 years old. I love history, and quiet, out·of·the·way , sleepy little there's someth ing about the history of sections. The graveyard was for seafaring New England that I feel very close to. people, and almost all the gravestones There's something about a fence, too, had ships carved on them. I like the something thematic. Maybe it's just a surrealist quality of the slashes against design th ing that I like and feel com fort· the hill in relation to the headstones. I able with . It's kind of secure-the idea don't know what they mean, but they that a fence holds things in. seemed so odd.

lUll UGU T 10 ~ " II " ESOTA 2.3 I was standing on an old sailing barge in Portsmouth Harbor. The boom for the sail was lowered so it was moving horizon tally at an angle, and I photographed through it down to the modern lobster boats. The lobstermen figured the barg e was 150 years old.

24 JULY I AUGUST J985 M INNESOTA Epilogue

ohn Barnier placed fourth in the 1985 Photographer' Forum Be t of College Photography competition, which drew 17,000 entrie from the United tate and anada. The winning photograph depict what Barnier calls one of hi more political theme , the manipulation of people by other and v a photographed u ing a technique imilar to that u ed to produce the abo e photograph. To hoot a erie of ubject in thi manner, Barnier u e a Nikon or Lei a camera and one roll of 35mm film, whi h he rewind and hoot oyer again, . 'all th while keeping in mind what ort of image I'm 0 erlapping." om time h doe n't rewind and hoot again but in tead take ingl expo ed negative and andwich two or three on top of one another, then pro e them. Barnier ha been invited to exhibit his photograph in the 19 5 North Am ri an Invitational, a juried how held at the Florida In titute of Te hnology (FIT) thi ummer. Hi v ork are in the pennanent oll ction of th ni er it of Minne ota Art Iu eum and th FIT Photography ollection. Barni r amed a B.A. in p h ommunication from the ni er­ it in 19 3 and ha been an announ er on the ampu radio tation. K 0 1, for v n year .

JUl) UGU~ 10 11\',\;£5 T. :t5 Divestiture Protest: Something Old, Something New The cr wds were smaller, the protes­ ters politer, the speaker less skilled, and the music had changed to African drum beats, but for nine days a social issue was pushed to the front of the University stage just as similar issues had been in the 1960s and 1970s. It started Wednesday, May 8, when about 30 antiapartheid demonstrators gathered on the steps of Morrill Hall to pr test University investments in compa­ nies doing business in South Africa . It escalated into a media event the next day when nine protesters staged what became a five-day sit-in in President Kenneth Keller's outer office in Morrill Hall. Demonstrators blocked the doors of Morrill Hall and refused to let anyone come in the above-ground entrances, demanding "no more business as usual." It climaxed May 15 when 400 supporters Protesters supporting divestiture of University investments in companies doing business In South Africa demonstrated outside of Morrill Hall in May. Nine protesters staged a sit-In in PreSident Kenneth of divestiture gathered at a special Keller's outer office. meeting of the Board of Regents, negoti­ ated by the sit-in demonstrators and tors were demanding that divestiture be $8.7 mdlion, in twenty compani . acting Vice President for Academic placed on the agenda for the May ]0 The Sullivan principle w r r j ct d Affairs V. Rama Murthy. regents meeting at the Morris campus by protest r , who said that they m rely At issue was the University's invest­ instead of for the June 13 meeting on the lend legitimacy to the pre nce of U.s. ments, valued at $34.5 million, in 35 Twin Cities campus as scheduled, which companies in South Africa without companies doing business in South conflicted with the end of the quarter and changing the apartheid ystem. Africa. The largest investments are in finals. About 75 demonstrators Two we ks b f re th protests, Pr 1- IBM ($4.7 million), Mobil ($4.1 million), confronted regents at the Morris m ting. dent Keller appoint d a si -member General Motors ($3 .1 million), and When divestiture was not placed on the faculty advis ry committee to reeamine G neral Electric ($1.9 million) . The agenda, protesters in the Twin Cities the University's policy on South AFrican investments represent 7 percent of the demanded that a special s ion be hid. investments and com up with alternative University's portfolio. That meeting, conducted as an pen acti ns for the r gents to c nsider at the The antiapartheid protesters believe forum in Coffman Union Theatre on the June 13 me ting. Regent at the special that the presence of and profits from Minneapolis campus, was attend d by me ting pr mised to vote on divestiture those corporations directly support the five regents, with three regents Ii tening then. South African government, allowing it to by telephone. Without a qu rum of continue the apartheid system of racial seven present, nation was taken, segregation and discrimination. although regents Mary Schertl r, Wenda Commitment Also at issue were questions of Moore, David L bedoff, and Wally Hilke to Organize whether divestiture would have a signifi­ said they would v te for divestiture. cant or merely symbolic impact on Regent Wendell Anderson and the thr Plans to mak th University's admin­ apartheid, how such action would affect regents participating by phone-Vern istrative structure better reflect th University fi nances, and how far the Long, Charles Cas y, and Erwin Gold­ University's size and budget w re University should go to effect change in fine - did not say how th y would vot . present d to the Board of Reg nt May South Africa. University policy, adopt din 1980, 10 by President Kenn th K lier. Actions the University might take, prohibits inv tments in compani s thal Under Kell r' plan, c ntral admini - suggested President Keller, include have operations in South AFrica and that tration would be r tructured to giv attempting to bring more black South do not subscribe t the Sullivan princi­ coordinate campu prov sts, to b all e Africans to the United States, supporting ples. These are a set f guidelin s estab­ chan ell or , m r autonomy t develop federal legislation on econ mic sanctions lished by Rev . Leon Su ll ivan th at hold budg t plans a nd p licies. Th plan al against the South African government, corporate sub cribers to equal treatm nt call f r creating two vi e pr iden ie - and forming a consortium of univ rsities and advancement f bla k and min rity one for agri ulture, fore try, and h me to push for change. workers. Si n e 1980, the University has economi s; th e th r, for g n ral When the protest began, demonstra- dive ted holding, with a market va lu e of counsel- and panding the j b of vic

26 JULY/ AUGUST "1985 MINNESOTA COVER pr ident for academic affairs to provo t p rcent to a total of 49,864 students. f the University, coordinating the activi­ Enrollment at the Twin Cities campus ALL1IIE ties of other vice presidents as the presi­ dropp d 2.1 percent to 40,023; Duluth's ent's deputy. enrollment dropped 2.1 percent to 6,5bl; In additIon, a president's cabinet, and Crookston's fell 5.5 percent to 85G . BASES compo d of the president, seven vice Enrollment at MorriS increased 5.5 pre idents, and appropriate staff, would percent to 1,553, and Waseca's enroll­ be created to discu s major policy issues. ment increased 0.8 percent to 868. Day-to-day op rating decisions would be d legated to the vice pre idents. The University of Minne ota-Duluth The budget e ecutive group would be production of Modem Love was selected dissolved, it functIons transferred to a as one of the top eight colleg theatrical management committee compo ed of the productions in the nation dUrIng the pre ident, vice president for academic Amencan College Theatre Fe tival , held affairs, and vice president for finance and at the Kennedy Center for the Performing operatIon. Arts in Washington, D.C. The play wa one of 567 national entries. Modem Love Endowment Sponsors was directed by ancy Loitz of the UMD theater faculty. Cast members, all from Nobel Laureate Minnesota, were Thorn Haggerty, Little obel laureate Isaac Ba hevi Singer Falls; Todd Wright, Plymouth; and Enn pre nted a public reading of hIS w rks as O 'Brien, Shakopee. part f the Engli h department's Edel- t In-Keller Vi iting Writer program, A new adverti ing agency run by mad po ible by the DavId E. Ed I tein­ student and erving the Umver ity Thoma A. Keller, Jr ., End wm nt for opened for business in May. Ad Club UNIVERSITY Cr atJv WrItIng. The endowment Advertising Agency is one of only six pr vides for a writer of International uch student-run agencies in the country CRICKET INN di tInction to appear annually at the according [0 Mary Lou Smeaton, pre i­ University, f r s veral I cal writer -in- dent of both the Ad Club and the re id nc , and for stud nt fell w hip in agency. Clients, who pay a 525 flat fee. $3'!N~UP writing, pres nted annually to promising have included the School of Public JUST 5 MINUTES FROM stud nt planning to study creative Health tudent enate, the women' THE METRODOME athletic department, and the Art wrIting in the Engli h d partment. FREE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Sing r read two of hi unpublished tudents' Coop. short stori ,"The Day I Got L st," a SPACIOUS , COMFORTABLE ROOMS Hi tory profe or tanf rd Lehmberg children's tory about an ab entmind d was Cine f 270 ch lars, ci nti t , and NATIONAL profe sor, and "The Mi sing Lin ," about artist awarded a John Simon Guggen­ TOLL FREE: 1·800-622·3999 a crew of n wsprinters who work on a heim Memorial Foundation fellow hip. Yiddish paper. Lehmberg will tud, cathedrals in IN MINNESOTA CALL: The $500,000 end wment was d nated i te nth-century English ociety. , ·8000446·6466 by family and friend of Ed Istei n and Ke ller, wh met while Univ rsity student and b came lif time friends. Th end w­ m nt wi ll b matched by the University. In Brief ~ricket Inn 5 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS: UNIVERSITY Univ. & Wash. AVes . • 623-3999 BURNSVILLE 1-35 at Burnsville PkWy . • 894-82BO MAPLEWOOD 1-94 at Cent ury Ave • 738-1 600 PLYMOUTH 1·494 & HWV. 55 • 559-2400 ROSEVILLE 1-35W at av. Rd . C • 636'6730 pring quarter enroilment at th L niv rsi ty's five ampuse de lin d 1.9

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ILIBERAL ARTS The Odyssey of the Greek Studies Program In 1966 University history professor Theofanis Stavrou accompanied a group of SPAN (S tudent Project for Amity Among Nations) students to Greece, where they met Basil Laourdas, a scholar of Greek culture and, at that time, director of the Institute for Balkan Studies in Greece. Stavrou and Laourdas were drawn into a fierce debate on points of modern Greek literature. Neither conceded hi s viewpoint, but Laourdas so respected the strength of Stavrou's argu­ ment that from the time of their first encounter, he became interested in and followed closely Stavrou's research in modern Greek studies and Slavic relations. Because of this scholarly friendship, This year's annual Celebration of Greek Letters featured an exhibition of books, manuscflpts and other materials of Gregoflos Xenopoulos, often called Ihe Chekov of Greece. Cover Illustrations above, are after Laourdas's death in 1972 his widow from last year's Alexandros Papadlamantis exhibit. donated her husband's coll ection of modern Greek works to the University. bringing students to Greece to study who died in 1951. F r 50 years, n - Housed on the fourth floor of Wilson different aspects of present-day Gr ek poulos edited the monthly Journal I Library in the Special Coll ections culture, including the works of m dern Diaplasis tal! Pedol! (The Education Gallery, Laourdas's unique collection of writers. In 1972, the history department Youth) . A prolific writer, he authored 4,000 books and related material by cele­ began developing courses n the subject, more than 100 volumes of n vels, short brated modern Greek writers has grown and the Greek studies program was born . stories, and plays. Often call d the to 11,000 items and is considered the In 1978, a fellowship was created- the Chekov of Gr ece b caus of the oCial most complete collection of its kind in the only one of its kind-for student impact of his works, enopoulos has world. pursuing doctorate degrees in modern b n described as the father f mod rn As an example of the scope of the Greek studies and Greek-Slavic relations. Greek theater. University's collection, Professor Stavrou So far, twenty students have completed The Xenopoulos e hibit was dlfticult cites the occasion in 1984 when he and a their Ph .D.s, and Professor Stavrou to arrange. In 1944 a bomb fell on eno­ group of students were in Crete visiting proudly points out that not a single on poul 's home, destroying most of hi the museum of Nikos Kazantzakis, is unemployed. work. The exhibit thus had to rely author of Zorba the Greek. The museum In 1979, when the Laourdas gift came h avily on mat rial donated or lent by curator, lamented that so few editions of to the University, the Greek studi fami ly members and personal Kazantzakis's epic The Odyssey: A program initiated the annual Celebration acquaintance. Modem Sequel existed a nd that only on of Modern Greek Letters, a day-long But the search was uc e sfu!' More set could be found for the museum-not occasion that each year features a tha n 1,200 items, including theater even a first edition. The curator was renowned writer of mod rn Greek litera­ programs, posters, personal corre pond­ astonished when Stavrou said that the ture. Books, illustrations, photographs, ence, and manuscripts, were gathered. University of Minnesota had not one but and other items relating to the f atur d A cording to Profes or Stavrou, 90 two sets of the first edition, one inscribed writer are gathered for an exhibit in percent of th mat rial displayed at the by the author himself to the famous Wilson Library. An authority on th ex hibit will become a permanent part of Greek poet Angelos Sikeli anos. featured writer is engaged to peak at the the li brary c Il ecti n, and Wi Is n Library Stavrou's interest in modern Greek event. A summary booklet of the writer' is n w the nly library in the United literature grew from hi s research in life and works as well as a schedul of State to p s ess a c mplete t of th Greek-Slavic cultural relations. He began the event's proceedings is published and journal The Ed ll ca tion of YOllt h. teaching courses on the subject through distributed on the day of th celebration. Patrons, ompri ing individual, edu <, the University's extension program, Approximately 400 peopl - from the ti onal, and government spon or from lecturing in homes and public libraries to Twin Cities as well as other areas of the the United States, r ece, and ypru , small classes in an effort to disseminat United States, Greece, and Cyprus­ pa i nately supp rt th annual event kn wledge of Greek literature and attend th e celebra ti on ea h year. and the Gr ek tudie pr gram, making culture. This year's event, held in May, not only monetary ontributi ns but als,) SPAN expanded on Stavrou's efforts, featured writer Gregorio X nop ulo , donati ns, permanent ntru tment , r

28 JULY / AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA There are only two places on earth where you're always welcome.

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loans of rare and sometimes very Themes from a Six video cassett sand 22 audio personal items. With such openhanded Summer Course cassettes are availabl on uch topics as patronag , many materials never before infant learning, discipline, day-care I c publicly shown turn up on display at the College came early to the Minnes ta tion, single parenting, and communi­ annual exhibits. high school students attending th cating with adole cents. The cassettes, Enthusiasm for this relatively new area University's exceptional student study which can be check.ed out from the local of study-modern Greek culture-has programs on the Twin Cities, Duluth, East Central Regi nal Library in had repercussions beyond the University's and Morri campu es thi summer. Cambridge, are located in a special annual celebration. Th e Nostos Books ill The largest of the programs is the display. Users are asked to participate In Modem Greek History and Culture, an Summer Honors College on the Twin a fo ll ow-up telephone survey. The Isanti ongoing series of translations of modern Cities campus, designed to giv e cep­ county home economics group and the Greek poetry, literature, and scholarly tional high school sophomores and Isanti-Mille Lacs Community Health studies that Stavrou edits, now number juniors an in-depth intr duction to chal­ Services have also cooperated in getting fourteen volumes. And efforts to ecure lenging new subjects. For two we ks in the project under way. funding for an endowed chair in Greek June, students attended one or two studies to systematize the work of the courses in disciplines such as mathe­ program are under way. matics, English, Russian, tudio arts, IPHARMACY psychology, political science, statistics, The Writer, the Reader, history, physics, humanities, film studies, and speech communication. The Computer Prescription and the Real Upon completing the Summer Honors Computers are moving into every The practice and criticism of social art College courses, students received aspect of modem life, and the pharmacy was the subject of a three-day seminar, college credits that they can apply toward profession is no e ception. As the phar­ "On the Social Edge: The Writer, the a University of Minnesota degree. The macist's role changes in the computer Reader, and the Real," sponsored by the credits are also recognized at most other age, the College of Pharmacy is College of Liberal Arts in April. colleges and universities throughout the responding by initiating classes that Stimulated by the centenary of author country. prepare students to u e computers in theu Sinclair Lewis, widely noted for the social Other summer study programs for professional lives. urgency of his writings, the conference gifted students have included a Summer In the fall of 1983 the College of focused on the social and politicai forces Musicians Honor Program on the Twin Pharmacy began a on -credit thr e-part that justify and evade much of traditional Cities campus and the Math/ Computers/ course exploring the impact of computers and contemporary art. Readings, lectures, Science Institute and College for Youth on hospital and community practice and and presentations by local and national programs on the Duluth campus. patient information and education. writers also covered the concepts of Upcoming programs are the Honors Insti­ This year, student can enr II in a responsibility and relevance, terms tute in Theatre, July 22-August 16 on the course called Dispensing and Do age conventionally used to express the rela­ Twin Cities campus, and the Summer Form Design, in which th y I am to use tionship between art and social reality. Scholars Program in Biology, focusing on computers to fill out pre criptions, In conjunction with the conference, genetic alteration, July 15-26 on the prepare labels, and check for drug inter­ Robert Pinsky presented the 27th Joseph Morris campus. ac ti ons. And in a laboratory cour e Warren Beach Memorial Lecture on the call ed Therapeutic Agent , student are topic "Responsibilities of the Poet." using computers to write a research paper Conference presenters included writers IAGRICULTURE that wi ll demonstrate their mastery of Carol Bly, Michael Dennis Browne, ba ic word processing and information Patricia Hampl, Linda Hogan, David Drive-Time Study Time retrieval using on-line data bases. Mura, and Nellie Wong. Documentary Students are also being encouraged to filmmaker Michelle Citron and critics With the help of a grant from Minne­ use computers as just another study Scott Donaldson, Gerhard Joseph, Derek sota's Agricultural Extension Service, method. John Staba, a profes or of phar­ Lonhurst, Jane Tompkins, and Annette Isanti county residents can now check ou t macognosy, has plac d several lecture Van Dyke also participated. from the library audio and video guides fro m his cour e, Medical Agents-Antim­ "The response on the part of the on improving the quality of their family icrobials, in the computer sy tern, s public was very good," says Kent Ba les, lives. students can review lectures and answer professor and chair of the English depart­ Isanti county extension agent J an study question about them. ment. "Many out-of-town participants Anderson developed the "Keep in Touch" Computers provide a more interactive stayed through the entire three days, and audio and video cassettes last September approach t learning than what has tradi­ attendance at some sessions was as high as a way to reach busy young famili s tionall y been presented, says Staba. As a as 150 people." unable to attend fami ly education meet­ result, says Staba, students can monitor Organizers hope to make the confer­ ings . Becau e many of the e fam il ies their progress continuall y. ence an annual event, Bales says. Next commute by car to work, Ander n O ne disadvantag is that the comput year the conference will feature a debate thought putting the information on er's locatio n and availability restrict it on the state of the art of performance cassett s that could be listened to during use. "We're still adjusting to th e compu­ versus text in con temporary poetry. the daily drive might be h Ipful. ter," he says. "It's not adjusted to us yet .,

30 JULY / AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA the topic "From Law Finding to Law Four IBM computers are available in LAW Ihe College of Pharmacy for use in I Making." The recipient of a Pulitzer ducation and teaching; the coUege also Prize, he has received numerous honors has access to the University Computer Boorstin Delivers and awards for his historical literary Center and to 30 IBM microcomputers in John Dewey Lecture works. Boorstin graduated with highest the Health SCIences Learning Resources honors from Harvard and received his Center. Damel J. Boorstin, libranan of doctorate from Yale. He was a Rhodes Plan to impruve computer acce s are Congress, was the speaker for the 1985 scholar at Balliol College in Oxford, beIng mad by the pharmacy alumni and John Dewey Lecture in the Philo ophy of England, and is a member of the Massa­ fri ends group, the Century Mortar Club. Law in April on the Minneapolis campus. chusetts State Bar. He has been a visiting The group hopes to establish a computer Internationally known as a historian, professor at universities in Rome, laboratory that will provide computer author, and educator, Boorstin spoke on Geneva, Paris, and lapan. equipment and classes for pharmacy students, faculty, alumni, and other phar­ macy professionals. They have received a D I A L • U -:ommitment from the University to provide matching funds. TIlE SEEDS OF DISCONTENT IMANAGEMENT Industrial Relations Center Celebrates 40th Anniversary The lndu trial Relations Center in the Scho I of Management will celebrate its 40th anniver ary thi year with a fall conference r c gnizing it leadership and contributions to the industrial relations and human r source management professions. The C nter was establi hed in 1945 as an off pring f the University' Employ­ ment StabilizatIon Re arch In titute, fo und d In the early 1930s by Dale Yod r, profes, or f indu trial r lations, and Donald G. Pater on, profes r of psychology. Industrial relation has been broadly defi ned by the center t include group, Rel11emt er thb li((le beauI\ ) Recemh. thi~ delicate denizen of ummer w-al' Interpersonal, and individual behavi r at il~ pel". re.ld)lI1g y ur la\\ n for ruin ~m\ ing it~ ~eeds of di~ omem And it"~ within organizati ns, a well a the tudy only one of a tholl,and liult- nlli"ance~ making ummer I ~:.. than winter\ dream. of organizations, collective bargaining onsider the Ibr. mo~qui(()~ . wa'i ~ and ~ eed~ , DUlch elm di ea., . Burnt instItution , and internati nal compan­ la\\ m,. ,Iug~ In Ihe garden Jnd bee, 111 ~ ur b nneL nd:tl> \"OU know. the LiM g _ on and on. . on f labor market operations. Within \\ here can YOll go for III/orllled helpi all u~ . \';'e're Dial L'. the l 'ni\ er<;ity Ihe e limit , the center promote th of linne.,ot a·~ In~eCl and Pl.lI1t Inform.l!ion :en ice. \\'e·reyollrexpert:.. . st udy f per nne I p licie , human In f3CI , if it h a~ (() <10 \\ nh plant' or in,'e t, - from immediate problem~ to re ource management, em pI m nt laws, pl.lnt ~ 'IcClion or ill~t the 'imple jo~ of dbco\ er~ - ~ e can gl\ e you the infor­ labor relati ns, and int rper onal and matlon) 1I need. qUI '''1) .111thorlt-lli\ eh The nhti Two buck, on lour next individual b havior within rganizations. 1110mh\ phone bill If \\ e f.lil. n 'harge ai all Becaus f the rang f pr bl ms bit \\ orth iI i Thin" ,lhout it \\ h Ip prel ent the :.eedl> of dbc ment. st udied by th center, it focu ha become interdi ciplinary and in Iud s So me of the practices, meth d I gie , and "tOntilor uur tn.'t' DI.I' • l t"sts found in p ychol g , conomi s, .. ( .lknu.1r 0' the 't'" ''\6 \Iuc:rm.ln H.II 'Olh' hn,>lhur\.' \\ Ith hi tory, law, and engin ering, am ng D1AL·U 'I ')JU' \I" '\'i III h.lnlh tlunu- 1.."­ l nl\(,r'l1t\ of \11On ... urJ ther fj Ids. (t,lrtkn liP' -\.gn~ullU r:'1 F" ~n' llm If\ I (e The 40th anniversary nferen e, 1- q7!:j-Ozdl Oct ber 28 and 29, will fo us on th hI t ry and future f indu trial r lati n a d human resour management. 1 • 975 • 0 2 0 0

JUt) UGU T 1Q MI' E OTA 31 Reviewed by Jean Schwind

Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis, Har­ court Brace Jovanovich, New York, © 1920, © 1948 Sinclair Lewis, © 1980 NALISignet, $3.95 (paper).

The novels of Sinclair Lewis define modern American life with an accuracy and vividness that have made his best fiction as much a part of our everyday language as it is a part of our national literature. George F. Babbit of Zenith, Ohio-the title character of Lewis's Babbitt (1922)­ is such an acute portait of the American solid citizen devoted to the "religion of business" that the words babbittry and babbitt are commonly used to designate narrowly materialistic middle-class values and those who pursue them . In much the same way, Gopher Prairie-the small Midwestern town of Whether it's in Sauk Center, Minnesota, above, or Sinclair Lewis's fictional Gopher Prairie, Matn Street Lewis's Main Street (1920)-has acquired has come to symbolize the promise and problems of average or Middle American life. a significance outside the novel where it serves as a fictional setting. As a popular poetry, worshipping new Fords as Main Stre ts v rywhere. idiom, "Main Street" refers to a smug, previous races worshipped almighty Th story would be the same provincial. and drab small-town culture. gods, and fostering fine art in the Form of in Ohio or M ntana, in Even though the book is no longer widely movies like Fatty in Love). Kan as or K ntucky or Illi ­ read or studied, we continue to allude to Beneath the irony of his paean to nois, and not v ry diff rently it when we speak of the "Main Street Gopher Prairie' high culture, however, w uld it be told Up York mentality" of Jerry Falwell's Moral Lewis subtly defends and explain the State or in the Carolina hills. Majority and when we use "Main Street" literal truth in his claim that a small town Main Stre t is the climax as a generic name for the one- and two­ in rural Minnesota repre ents the climax of civi lization. That this Ford street towns of rural America. of civilization. When Carol Kennicott­ car might stand in front of A recent conference sponsored by the the main character of the novel, an ideal­ the B n Ton St r , Hannibal University's English department in honor istic young woman who comes to Gopher invaded Rome and Era mus of the centennial of Lewis's birth inspired Prairie as the bride of the town doctor­ wrot in 0 f rd cl i t r . me to read Main Street for the first time walks down Main Street For the first What Ole Jenson the grocer in over a decade. The book is time, Lewis notes that she "was within say to Ezra St wbody the surprising-and worth re onsidering­ ten minutes of beholding not only the banker is the n w law for because it undercuts much of what we heart of a place called Gopher Prairie, London, Prague, and the assume we know about it when we use but 10,000 towns from Albany to San unproFitable i Ie of th sea. the term Main Street to describe the Diego." In short, Lewis e alt Gopher Prairi perceived dullness and intolerance of As another character later observes, and de ribes every a pect of its life­ small-town life. Carol's new home town is inestimably from the du ty display in its drugstor While Lewis memorably delineates the important because "the newest empire of windows to the sugar-laden menus o~ it petty rivalries, unimaginative stolidity, the world" is made up of thou ands f ladies' club luncheons-in lovingly att n­ gossip mongering, and physical ugliness Gopher Prairies against a mere handful of tive detail for the same reason that he of his archetypal American town, his Chicagos. Gopher Prairie i thus n t damns the town: Gopher Pr irie imulta­ criticism of Gopher Prairie is mixed with simply an insignificant wheat-producing neously attracts and repulses him because curious accolades. When he introduces town of 3,000 but a microcosm of ur it is a th roughly undistinctiv , tandard­ Main Street as the "climax of civilization" nation: ized American town. in hi s preface to the novel, Lewis is as This is America-a t wn Lewi most harply define hi vision serious as he is sardonic. Th novel itselF of a Few thousa nd, in a f mall-t wn Am rica in a crucial emphatically points to the irony of region of wheat and corn and central chapter of Main Street in whi h Lewis's introduction by suggesting that dairies and little groves. he plac s hi novel in the c nt t of two Gopher Prairie is not a cultural climax Th town is, in our tale, traditions that hav d minated previous but is instead an abysmal anticlimax in call ed "Gopher Prairi , depictions of G ph r Prairie in Amer­ the history of Western civilization Minnesota." But it Main ican literature. The first st re type of thl (producing advertising jingles rather than Street is the continuation of Midwe t rn mall town that Lewis

32 JULY I AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA describes is still popular; it is the vision uniform standards that annihilate all that people are rotten" and who makes no that informs such classic movies as Mr. is individual. excellent, or exceptional on effort to understand or appreciate her Smith Goes to Washington (in which a Main Street, his accounts of the gray new home. virtuous junior senator from Wisconsin conformity bred by the town's respect for Behind the "casually cruel" and declares war on the corrupt politicos respectibility are not unrelentingly grim. "proudly dull" Gopher Prairie that Carol ensconced on Capitol Hill) and the more The mediocrity of Gopher Prairie delights describes in the foreground of the novel is current fiction of Garrison Keillor's Lake Lewis as much as it dismays him because another, more likable and promising Wobegon ("where all the women are he sees it as a crude form of American Gopher Prairie that she refuses to see. If, strong, all the men are good-looking, and democracy. Insofar as a nonelitist rule of for example, the town is divided by a all the children are above average") . average citizens is the cornerstone of the class consciousness that makes a mockery According to this tradition, Lewis American way, Gopher Prairie's exalta­ of Will Kennicott's claims that it is a notes, "the American village remains the tion of the ordinary or mediocre fulfills ''Perfect Democracy," the requirements one sure abode of friendship, honesty, our egalitarian ideals. for becoming a member of the "aristoc­ and clean sweet marriageable girls. While Carol Kennicott disdains the racy of Gopher Prairie" (one must be Therefore all men who succeed in low- to middle-brow tastes of the town engaged in a profession, earn more than painting in Paris or in finance in New and zealously tries to elevate them (by 52,500 a year, or descend from grandpar­ York at last become weary of smart way of reforms ranging from reading ents born in the United States) make women, return to their native towns ... Yeats to her husband after dinner to these class lines extremely flexible. And if marry their childhood sweethearts and, teaching the townspeople "the difference Will Kennicott and other citizens of presumably, joyously abide in those between looking at the comic page and Gopher Prairie are unimaginative and towns until death." looking at Manet"), Lewis celebrates the dull, their Midwestern "stolidity" also Objecting to the romanticization of vitality of Gopher Prairie's popular seems to provide a nece sary ballast of this pastoral vision of America's heart­ culture. Although Carol regards herself as no-nonsense conservatism and respect for land, Lewis dismisses a second popular the "sociological Messiah" ordained to tradition to stabilize a nation increasingly conception of Gopher Prairie as an bring classical ballet and avant-garde directed by fads sponsored by Madison anachronism. Although ew York stage­ drama to Main Street, even she feels the Avenue and Hollywood. plays and syndicated cartoons continue democratic appeal of the "art" favored by The Main Street of our literature is to represent the American Midwest as a Gopher Prairie and featured at the richer and more complex than the Main vast wasteland populated by illiterate, Rosebud Movie Palace: Street defined in our dictionaries. Lewis' checker-playing hicks, the rustics of Main . . . the fact is that at the Main Street "is America" because it Street have been dead for 40 years. motion-pictures she discov­ presents both the promises and the prob­ Modern Gopher Prairie "thinks not in ered herself laughing as hear­ lems of our commitment to an ideal of hoss-swapping but in cheap motor cars, tily as (her husband) at the average or middle American life. telephones, and ready-made clothes." humor of an actor who Both stereotypes are inadequate, Lewis stuffed spaghetti down a Jean SciJwind is a visiting professor ill the concludes, because the essence of Main woman's evening frock . For a University s Department of English. She Street is neither wholesome clean living second she loathed her graduated summa cum laude from St. nor "whiskered rusticity": Gopher Prai­ laughter . . .. But the cele­ Olaf College a/ld receiv ed M .A. and rie's distinguishing feature is its "glossy brated cinema je ter's conceit Ph . D. degrees from the U/lit ersity. mediocrity." In large part, Main Street is of dropping toad into a devoted to examining Gopher Prairie's soup-plate flung her into mediocrity as a shaping force in the life unwilling tittering. of Carol Kennicott and in the life of the Main Street is at lea t as critical MAYER LANGUAGE CENTER nation. Carol Kennicott as it is of Gopher ABROAD It is Lewis's oddly ambiguous attitude Prairie, and it i thi often-forgotten criti­ toward Gopher Prairie's status as the cism of Main Street's chief critic that Experience LIVING Spanish "chief mediocrity of the world" that make revisiting Gopher Prairie inter­ at its source ...... makes Main Street more than the esting and, orthwhile. Mi ing from the 10 days of DIRECT. FRIENDLY contact with the people & culture of SPAIN. A RARE & AFFORD­ sca thing indictment of small-town small Main Street we've preserved in ur ABLE opportunity for vacahon ef\ioyment. Ab­ mindedness that we recall when we use language, which ev ke onl the negative sorb culture & language through active particlpa. tion (at the appropriate beginning or more Main Street as a term of derision. F r if feature of mall-town life, i a c n idera­ advanced level). 10 days starting Dec. 26. on one hand Lewis presents Main Street' ti n of the novel' pint of view. For mediocrity as an oppre sive "ruling of the m t of Main Street, ,.\le see the town MAYER LANGUAGE CENTER pirit by the desire to appear respect­ thr ugh the eye of Car I Kennic tt, an AT HOME able," an oppressi n that reduces indi­ "aloof and critical" out ider wh never Cultivate the art of vidual difference in thought, peech, and t p f eling uperi r to G pher Prairie conversation in dres to one dead level f uniformity and and its inhabitants. When we are hown SPANISH OR GERMAN onformity, on the other hand he cele- • Private or Group. Personalized Approach the "intellectu I qualor" and \ A P prej­ • All Levels. Day or Eve· Affordable Rates brates the dull averagen f Gopher udice f the to\ n, it i e sential t Prairie with g nuine enthusiasm. mber that we'r I king through th MA YER LANGUAGE CENTER H wever much Lewis lambasts the fa w man, h se " pini n f 378-3846

JUL) AUGU T 1'/85 MI ESOTA 3J Malcolm Myers in the few weeks si nce his return. Currently he is working on a series of oil in Relief paintings he is considering titling "The By Holly Hoffman Artist in His Studio." Most of them are self-portraits, a move away from his By many measures, art professor more familiar paintings of animals, such Malcolm Myers is a success. Twice recip­ as "City Mouse," 'Walking the Dog," ient of the prestigious Guggenheim and "Animalen." These pieces, too, are a Fellowship, first chair of the University series of vibrant oil paintings. "City studio arts department, and internation­ Mouse" was created while Myers was on ally exhibited artist, Myers is a recog­ sabbatical in New York, when he shared nized leader in the arts in Minnesota. He his Soho loft with a mouse; "Walking the doesn't, however, fit the stereotype of the Dog" comes from another New York tormented, driven artiste. Myers is a stay, this time with his shaggy pet modest, soft-spoken person who pursues poodle, Punky; and "Animalen" was his art with quiet determination. commissioned by the Minnesota Opera With many gestures and pauses to Company for its production of light a cigar, Myers talks about his life "Animalen," a Swedish opera that had its and work. His drawl and easy-to-please American premiere at the Ordway Music manner come from childhood years he Theatre in St. Paul. spent in small towns in Missouri and Besides painting, Myers has produced west Texas. Except for a stint in the numerous intaglio prints done on copper merchant marines and work in oil fields, plates. Although many of these prints are Myers has been painting since he was six of animals, much of his early work was or seven years old. Now, at 68, he is still on a religious theme, the pieces often producing art with the freshness and dark and sombre. Myers has si nce moved enthusiasm of a young man. to lighter subjects, such as animals, and a the environment goes beyond using them Recently returned from a trip to New lighter palette, incorporating pastels and as subject matter for his art. He deplores York, Myers is "pepped up"-as he brighter colors. the killing of species, whether for profit always is after visits to the Big Apple­ Myers has a profound respect for or pleasure, because he believe that and has completed almost eight paintings animals, and his concern for wildlife and "animals are a beautiful and interesting part of our whole lives." He sees an intimate connection between humans and nature, and oft n his animals end up looking more like humans than animals. Probably his best known work is "Fo in Costume," an intaglio print of a fo standing upright, attired in seventeenth-century baroque costume. Another is "Minnesota Rabbit," which brings to mind images of a lifelike Peter Rabbit. One of his recent works is the painting, made popular by the "Animalen" poster, which depicts an otter in top hat and tuxedo and a stork in a flapper dress dancing. There are eighteen other paintings in the series. Works such as these lead art critics to see whimsy and humor in Myers's art, as Myers himself sees it. "] like to think I'm looking at things from a little distance," he says. "] see a lot of humor in things, all the foib les. "] certainly don't have much interest in what you would ca ll realism . I'd like to think I'm working in a modern frame­ work. 1 love that freedom it gives you. 1 li ke to paint qualities you get by not being so cautious. I use what you might Art professor Malcolm Myers's paintings reflect his perception of an intimate connection bel ween ca ll a humanistic approach." humans and nature. Among his works is " An imalen," above, commissioned by the Mlnn esol a Opera Company for its production of the Swedish opera of the same name. P rhaps humani stic is the best way to

34 JULY / AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA describ Myers and his work. For him, Aside from a personal preference for him to concentrate on his art. life and art are one. He is an artist, an urban life, Myers in fact needs ew York Myers is currently teaching intaglio environmentalist, an art teacher, and a for his art. It inspires him in his own printmaking and watercolor. but, he decent human being-all of which his art work and boosts his ambition to compete says, "I've taught everything." During his reOects . with the best artists around, most of tenure as chair of the studio arts depart­ The creative process behind his work whom he believes live in ew York. "If ment, he established the graduate IS Ouid , like improvisational, progressIve you want to do something important program, which made the University the Jazz . Myers doesn't plan out in advance a with your work," Myers says, "you have only school in Minnesota to offer the print or a painting, but lets the work to go to ew York." He plans to estab­ master of fine arts degree. develop of its own accord. In his studio lish himself there within the next few Myers's hard work and dedication to he listens to Jazz performers who have a years, quite an undertaking for a man of his art have apparently paid off. He and similar attitude toward their art-Art retirement age. his wife of 40 years, Roberta, lead a Blakey, Art Farmer, John Coltrane, and Yet Myers doesn't regret the time he quiet, but happy life in M inneapolis, with Miles Davis. Myers i now beginning to has spent in Minnesota. He came to the occasional art trips to ew York and experiment with glitter and other tech­ University in 1948 after receiving a bach­ fishing trips to Montana and Wyoming. mques he hasn't used before and is elor f fine arts degree from Wichita Along the way, Myers collects things­ working on some large (six-by-seven­ State in 1939, a master of arts degree antique toys, miniature soldiers, clay foot) paintings. from the University of Iowa in 1941 , and pots, any form of art, really-and adds Although he makes Minneapoli his a master of fine arts degree, also from them to an already extensive collecbon. home, Myers enjoys living and working Iowa, in 1946. Minnesota is a good place Says Myers of his art, "It's my life. In ew York. "1 consider myself a small­ to work on art, Myers believes, if not There's not much excitement in it, I town boy, but I do like the big cities. I necessarily a good place to show or sell suppose. But I enjoy it." love ew York in pile of all its draw­ art (for that one must go to ew York). backs. It's g t something that e cites me. He likes the quiet atmosphere and few Holly Hoffm all is a St. Paul free-lallce Every time I go there 1 get keyed up." interruptions he find here, which allow writer Announcing a new book to renew all your old friendships. The 1985 Alumni Directory Our 19 =; Alumni Directul) , that will include all li\ ing alumni. \\ ill ~oon be in production. The book \\ ill Li~t ea 'l1 person alphabet- icaJ\~ , b) cla!-~ ) ear and b) current geographic location. E.lLh alum '!- home and l)U~ines , addre. ~e!­ an I telephone llumt er, "ill .tbo be recorded.

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ruLY U U T lOSS II l\,'E5 TA 35 Summit, New Jersey, retired from the food ervice business unit of \ COLLEGE OF \ GENERAL the technical staff of AT&T Bell Campbell Soup. AGRICULTURE COLLEGE Laboratories. Hagstrum's research led to the development of ion neu­ '82 Boyd Kitchen of Cedar '42 Lloyd H. Peterson of '64 Roger H. Olson of Chicago tralization spectroscopy; he has Rapids, Iowa, has been appointed Paynesville, Minnesota, has has been named to the board of published more than 100 papers research station manager of the received the Outstanding Achieve­ directors and the committee on based on his research results. Molecular Genetics corn breeding ment Award from the Board of standards of the National Associa­ station in Lisbon, Iowa. Regents. Peterson, himself a for­ tion of Contract Textiles. Olson is '60 Glenn Nelson of Decorah, mer regent, has been director, offi­ national te tile sales/marketing Iowa, has been named director of '83 Ronald Albrecht of Indi­ cer, and president of the manager for Stow/ Davis the American Lutheran Church anola, Iowa, assistant professor of Minnesota Turkey Growers Asso­ Furniture. Division for College and Univer­ music at Simpson College, was ciation. He has been instrumental sity Services. Nelson, professor of recognized by the Music Teachers in obtaining legislative support for '80 David Simmons Haugen sociology at Luther College, has National Association and the Iowa University building requests and has been hired as a pilot by Conti­ served as vice president for student Music Teachers Association as a recently began a fund drive for an nental Airlines. He is currently sta­ affairs and as vice president and nationally certified teacher of endowed chair in avian health in tioned in Guam. dean of the coUege. piano. the College of Veterinary Medi­ cine- the first such chair in the '61 Helen A. Manfull of Uni­ Mark McKone of Minneap­ United States. versity Park, Pennsylvania, associ­ olis has been appointed instructor I GRADUATE ate professor of theater arts at in biology at Carleton College. '79 Greg Butler of Chanhassen , SCHOOL Pennsylvania State University, has Minnesota, has received the Olym­ received the 1985 Christian R. and '84 Choon K. Kim of Schenec­ pian Award, presented annually '47 John L. Imhoff of Fayette­ Mary F. Lindback Award for Dis­ tady, New York, was hired as elec­ by the Dow Agricultural Products ville, Arkansas, has contributed tinguished Teaching. trical engineer at General Electric Department in recognition of toward an endowed chair in his Research and Development Center achievement . name in industrial engineering at ,63 Wanda Blockhus of Los the University of Arkansas. Altos Hills, California, has Robert E. Rosen of Hor­ Imhoff, distinguished professor of received the 1984 George Washing­ sham, Pennsylvania, has joined COLLEGE OF industrial engineering at the uni ­ ton Honor Medal from the Free­ Rohm and Haas Company as sen­ versity, founded its industrial engi­ doms Foundation for excellence in ior chemist. .\ EDUCATION neering department and served as economic education. Blockhus is a chair for 28 years. business professor at San Jose State '40 Dream of Sa l" luana, a play University. by Lois Hobart of EI Paso, Texas, '48 Jack H. Wernick of Mill­ COLLEGE OF has been produced and staged in EI burn, New Jersey, manager of the ,68 Natarajan Viswanath of HOME Paso. materials science research division Midland, Michigan, has become ECONOMICS at Bell CommunicatIOns Research, special projects manager in the cor­ '48 Paul Jorgensen of North­ served on review panels instrumen­ porate insurance department of field , Minnesota, former associate tal in state legislation creating four Dow Chemical. '74 Pri cilia Kamrath of Indian­ dean of chemistry at Carleton Col­ advanced technology centers in apolis has become vice pre ident lege, returns to teaching mathe­ New Jersey. Wernick chaired the '74 Paul Kintner of Ithaca, and group manager of telephone matics and mathematics education governor's Commission on Science New York, has been named associ­ operations for Walker Research. at Carleton following a one-year and Technology that recom­ ate professor with tenure in the sabbatical. mended formation of an academic­ School of Electrical Engineering at Cornell University. industrial research center in fiber LAW SCHOOL '59 Jane Swanson of Wauke­ optics, based at the Rutgers Uni­ I sha, Wisconsin, former women's versity engineering campus. Don McAulety of Claren­ volleyball coach at Carroll Col­ don Hills, Illinois, has joined the '72 Roger D. Young of Roches­ lege, has become women's tennis Mary Vivian White of Ith­ chemical division of Morton ter, Michigan, has been named coach there. aca, New York, was named 1985 Thiokol as industrial relations vice chair of the Michigan T rans­ recipient of the Award of Merit by manager. portation Commission, which sets '78 Lynda Fagely of SI. Paul the American Society for Testing policy for the state's transportation has been appointed assistant direc­ and Materials. '76 Candace G. Pratt of Pal­ programs. tor of financial aid for Wright myra, New Jer ey, has b en State University. '50 Homer D. Ha~ strum of appointed marketing manager of '74 Gerald P. Halbach of St.

Arlene Stansfield, '48, of Golden Valley, Minnesota, has been named Minnesota Busi ness Home Economist of the Year by the Twin Cities Chapter of Home Economists in Busi ness. Stansfield, cUrector of consumer affairs for Land O'Lakes, organized the first permanent consumer advisory committee for a food company and was a founding member of the Minneso ta chapter of Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business.

36 JUt Y / AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA °aul. accountant at 3M, has been Northwestern National life Elijah Watt Sells Award with High plected tr asurer of the Minnesota Insurance. Distinction and the President's INSTITUTE OF ' ociety of Certified Public Award from the Minnesota Society I. TECHNOLOGY ccountants. '68 Elizabeth SchJeich of Min­ of Certified Public Accountants In neapolis has become a registered recognition of her high scores on '53 James P. Penn of Warner '79 Mitchell Kiffe of Minneapo­ representative of Piper, Jaffray & the recent national certified public Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, lis has been named senior vice Hopwood at the firm 's Mmneapo­ accountant exam. Larson has received the Legion of ent president and head of the income lis corporate headquarters sales employed at St. John's University, award. Penn, air force research loan division of Norwest Mortgage office. received the highest score in Mm­ director of services and reserve Unit. nesota on the nationaJ exam. resources and deputy chief of staff '70 Patrici a L. Sierzant of New­ for engineering and serviCes, ton Square, Pennsylvania, office '65 George Sonnichsen of received the award during a cere­ manager for the law firm of Lentz Golden Valley, Minnesota, has mony recognizing his retirement COLLEGE OF Cantor, Kilgore & Massey, has earned a certificate 10 management from the Air Force Reserve. I been Involved in developing a accounting from the Institute of LIBERAL ARTS series of seminars for lawyers and Management Accounting. '58 Robert F. Motter of Greece law office administrators on man­ ew York, has been appointed '25 Marshall E. Barton of St. aging law firm income. '66 Lowell W. Johnson of Oak manager of product development Petersburg, Florida, was recog­ Brook, illinois. has been named in the health sciences division of nized by the St. Petersburg Wom­ Joel S. Strangis of lexing­ senior vice president of the IllinOiS Eastman Kodak. an 's Service League for his ton, Kentucky, has been appointed Hospital Association. Johnson had Involvement in the organizations' vice president for real estate devel­ been vice president of the '59 Clarence Williams of Mah­ annual benefit program. opment for Wilkinson Enterpnses organization. tomedi, Minnesota, has been named manager of research and '36 Armando M. DeYoannes of '75 Leslie Robinson Heise of St. '75 Ste e B. Yager of Brooklyn product development for Virginia, Minnesota, has become Paul has been named sales promo­ Park, Minnesota has become cor­ WhIrlpool. president of the Virginia Public tion manager for Feinberg Distrib­ porate internal audit officer at The Utilities Commission. uting, Reuben Meats, and Morey's Saint Paul Companies George W. Wooldridge of Fish , parts of the U.S. consumer Brookfield, Wisconsin, has become '42 Leonard Roberts of Dayton, products division of InternationaJ '81 John Mahoney of Jefferson­ vice president of RTE Corporation OhiO, who died In 1984, has been Multifoods ville, Pennsylvania. has been and continues as director of the honored by the United Way in awarded membership in Honey­ nationaJ sales division. Dayton by the institution of an '78 Katie McKee of Boston has welJ's Top Hat Club, which recog­ award In hiS name, to be given been employed in advertising spe­ nizes sales achievement in the '63 c. DonaJd Casey has been annually to a volunteer for "quiet cialty sales for New England BUSI­ Building Services Dlvi ion. appointed division vice president and consistent commitment" to ness Magazine for the Danville, Kentucky divi­ chantable organizations and com­ '82 M. Diane Hietikko of sion of Whirlpool. munity programs. Apple Valley Minnesota, has been SCHOOLOF hired as accountant at Farm Credit '75 Kermeth Cheng of Mem­ '61 Harold R. 'ry"uck" Langland . MANAGEMENI Services. phiS, Tennessee, has been pro­ of Granger, Indiana, was awarded i moted to vice president of interior certified membership in the Ameri­ design for the hotel management can Portrait Society. An e. hibition '58 Robert S. Vathing of Min­ SCHOOL OF company Servico. of his sculptures was held in Mich­ netonka, Minnesota, accountant at PUBLIC Iga n City, Indiana Larson, Allen, Wei hair & Co. Mark W. Uttle of BerJ-.eJey was elected director of the Minne­ HEALTH California, has joined the an Joh.n Maney of Spring Val­ sota Society of Certified Public Francisco office of the interior ley, New York, won the 1984 Accountants. '72 Eugene Loubier of Green­ architecture firm Goldhammer Cyanamid Scientific Achievement field. Massachu ett . has been AsSOCiates as project manager. Award. Maney is a senior research '64 Brian J. Heidtke of WycJ...­ named president 01 \ inchester biologist at the David & Geck off. ew Jersey ha been elected H pita!. Loubier served as 1Q8.J. '77 Jack Rink of Onalaska Division of America Cyanamid. vice president and trea urer 01 president at the e> England Hos­ Wisconsin, has been promoted to RCA Corp. pital embl and has traveled to manager of manufacturing technol­ '65 Hans L. Olsen of Stillwater, China. Ru ia, and Finland on an ogy and operation services for the Mi nnesota, has been elected assist­ Luc L. Lar on of SI. American College of Ho pital commerciaJ systems division of ant vice president of systems at Joseph. Minnesota, received the Admini trators g odwill mission. The Trane Company.

OrviUe Freeman, '46, fonner U.S. ecretary of agri­ culture, has joined the law finn of P pham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty as chair of the finn's international law department in Wa hington, D.C. Freeman specializes in neg tiating client opportuniti for foreign investment, particularly in the area of agribusines in the developing world. Freeman continu his position as chair emeritu f Bu ine International rp ration, a re arch, consulting, and publishing company.

lULl AUGU T lQ8S 1\11 E TA J Graham Hovey, The University recognized these killed them. After the Facts contributions this spring by presenting Hovey's group was the first to relay Hovey with an Outstanding Achievement news of the massacre to the outside By Sara Saetre Award. w rid . He has never forgotten its horr r Born in 1916 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, But he reported it-as was always his During World War II, he covered the Hovey graduated from the University in style-as coolly, as accurately, as Gennan surrender in Africa and the liber­ 1938 with a major in journalism and a po sible. ation of Rome. Traveling by night over minor in economics; he added an M .A. After the war, Hovey returned to the mountainous back ways with the French in political science, also from Minnesota, United States, working first for Associ­ underground, he reported the massacre of in 1953. ated Press and later for New Republic the French village of Oradour-Sur-Glane. Over the many years Hovey was a magazine in Washington, D.C. In 1947 Indeed, for most of his half-century as a foreign affairs writer, he often lived in he returned to Minnesota to join the journalist, Graham Hovey has reported Europe (from 1942-1944 for INS; from faculty of what was then called the the world's flights between peace and 1953-1955 on a Fulbright research grant School of Journalism. war, always with a hawk's eye on the in Italy; and from 1959-1965 for the A fellow faculty member, George facts. Minneapolis Tribune). He wrote both Hage (now professor emeritus), describ Hovey was a war correspondent for news stories and editorial page columns the office he and Hovey shared as "a the International News Service (INS) in on arms control and disannament, coatroom acros the hall from Murphy NATO, East-West relations, and the poli­ Auditorium." When Hovey entered the tics of Britain, France, West Germany, master's program in political science, he Italy, Greece, and Turkey. Later, for the used the office to type his papers. New York Times, he developed a "He could write so fast," remembers specialty in U.S. policy toward Third Hage, "that he'd get impatient with World countries, with emphasis on Latin having to change paper in the typewriter. America and Africa. So he got a roll of teletype paper and In the tradition of Ernest Hemingway used that. It slipped from the floor and and other foreign correspondents, back again at a furiou rate." Hovey's reportage often took him into Hovey's sp ed as a writer, though, embattled areas. He was the first to break never forced him to compromise on accu­ more than one important story. Reports racy. "He was a bear for accuracy," says of President Reagan's trip to a cemetery Hage. He achieved accuracy in the in Bitburg, West Gennany, reminded him smallest detail, s Hage t li s It, with "a of a particularly difficult story he broke. fantastic memory" and e hau tive fil . Several of the officers buried at "He's a tirele s clipping Filer. H can come Bitburg were members of Das ReiciJ , a up with dates of minor events that are in division of the S.S., he recalls. "They his field -foreign affairs-and th n, if wiped out Oradour-Sur-Glane. That must he's questioned, he goes to his file and have been in early June 1944." comes up with the pro f," ays Hage. Hovey and several other correspond­ It wa probably Hovey' passion for ents were taken to Oradour by members accuracy that pr mpted him, a an edito­ Minnesota Daily alumnus Graham Hovey is of the French underground resistance. rial writer for the New York Times, to described by his colleagues as a "bear for accu· They zigzagged with the underground develop his own source of information racy" with a "fantastic memory and exhaustive flies." His distinguished career has included over 1,000 kilometers, moving up from rather than relying on news editors or serving as the first European correspondent for the south to slip past Gennan troops rep rter . Hovey gamer d his facts fr m the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and as a member of the New York Times editorial board. retreating from the invading Allies. the people who were making the news­ Hovey went because he wanted to make not from fellow writers. World War II, a foreign affairs reporter the first contact between the Allied forces "I didn't want to bother the news for the Associated Press, and assistant advancing from the Riviera, and the staff," he says with a shrug. editor, foreign affairs, for the Wash­ Eisenhower forces, entering France from H al 0 didn't want to leave anything ington bureau of New Republic maga­ the north. He succeeded. Along the way out. His job was t keep on eye on the zi ne. He was the first European he and his colleagues visited Oradour­ big picture, another on the d tails, and correspondent for the Minneapolis Star Sur-Glane . both on that dearest of all journali tic and Tribune and was a member of the What they found was a village empty commodities-space. editorial board of the New York Times of people and gutted by fire . Hovey's Such valu s were, in part, instilled by for more than a decade. And he's been report for INS said that the Das Reich Hovey's early training. N t all students on the faculty of three respected schools regiment had rounded up the women, rememb r an alma mat r with undiluted of journalism-at Minnesota, Wisconsin, children, and even babies, herding them aff clion, but Hov y em t com and Michigan. He remains professor of into the village church. Then the S.S. close . communication at Michigan, where he threw phosphorous bombs into the H was first attracted to th Univ r ity also directs the journalists in residence church and, as those inside fled through of Minnes ta when he m t Fred L. program. doors and windows, brutally shot and Kildow, a profe r in th j urnali m

38 JULY / AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA department, at a convention of the Asso­ The freedom Cowles gave Hovey, to Arbor. The job caps a distinguished ciated Collegiate Press. write what he wanted, the way he career of reportage and teaching. Onc at the University, Hovey became wanted to write it, was the greatest gift a According to his friend Hage, Hovey absorbed in the Minnesota Daily, some­ publisher can aJlow a writer, says Hovey. brings many of his longtime reporter's times, he says, to the point of slighting "It was a wonderful relationship between passions to that job. "As a teacher, he his other studies. But it was a rich a publisher and a correspondent." has ... this intensity with which he training ground. Other staff at the time By 1965, Hovey was ready to join yet projects his concern about issues," says mcluded Hage; Harold Chucker, who another paper-the New York Times. His Hage. 'His gift is the ability to communi­ became associate editor of the Minneap­ signed columns for the op-ed page were cate his enthusiasm. He cares deeply olis Star and Tn"bune; William Wade, respected, especially by other journalists, about the things he writes about and he who gained recognition as the long-time for their thoroughness and accuracy. He communicates that to his students. commentator for "Voice of America;" served on the editorial board until ''That and his intense respect for hard and Arthur aftaJin, former mayor of December 1976, when he moved to the facts ." Minneapolis, now with the Hubert H. Washington bureau of the Times, where Humphrey instItute of Public Affairs. he was a foreign affairs reporter. Sara Saetre is a graduate student in the Hovey credits three faculty members In 1980 Hovey accepted his position at School of ]oumalism and Mass with having a profound influence on him. the University of Michigan in Ann Communication. One was Mitchell Charnley. "The best editor I ever had," claims Hovey. "He had a genius for getting students inter­ ested in the language." Another was RaJph Casey, director of the department from 1930 to 1958. "He WeS.~11 built the school," says Hovey. The third influence, and perhaps the lIakeNouse most Important, was Ralph Nafziger, a research speCIalist in mternational communications and the foreign pres . Nafziger also taught reporting of public affairs and a cia s called Foreign News Sources . A great friend and mentor, afziger "became a part of my conscience all my life," Hovey says. In 1949 when Nafziger left Minnesota to become director of the journalism school at the Univer ity of Wisconsin, he took Hovey with him. Hovey was associated with Wisconsin for the ne t five years. It was Wilbur Elston, then editor of the editorial pages of the Minneapolis Star and Tn"bune, who convinced Hovey to become a working journalist again. At his request, Hovey returned in 1956 to Minneapolis. There he began another relationship that came to mean a great In a day when personal service seems like a chapter deal to him. "John Cowles, Sr., wa a from history, you 'll be pleased with Allied's genuine great publisher for a correspondent to concern. Call us. We 'll make a helpful house call ... work for," Hovey remembers. Hovey right away. worked for Cowles a a member of the editorial page staff f the Minneapolis Tn"bul1e. Later, he was appointed United Na tions correspondent. But by 1959, Cowles had yet more in store for Hovey. Cowles wanted his own man in Europe, and he wanted the man to be Hovey. Cowles wanted Hovey t cover BeRGeR spot news and breaking stories, but also TRANSFER & STORAGE t write a regular column for the editorial page . "That's the way I thought it sh uld 3720 Macalaster Drive, N.E., Minneapolis, MN 55421 .612·788·9393 be done," Hovey say. "It wa a dream jJb."

JUl AUGUST lOSS MI ESOTA 39 Nice Guys Who Finish First By John Kaiser Can you name the last two Minnesota male athletes to be named "AlI-Amer­ ican" twice? The answer is Ron Backes and Dave Morrison. Never heard of them? These two Gopher track team members have domi­ nated shot put and distance running in an unprecedented fashion for the last three years, yet they remain in obscurity. Kevin McHale, Trent Tucker, and Neal Broten, who all excelled as Gopher athletes, went on to earn big money and publicity in professional sports without ever receiving the collegiate honors that Morrison and Backes have. Yet money and publicity are likely to ever elude these two trackmen. Although it may seem unfair, Backes and Morrison have accepted the limited fame and fortune of track and field . "Even though we're proud to wear the maroon and gold and have Minnesota written across our chests, our glory doesn't come from the fact that we compete for Minnesota the way a foot­ ball or basketball player's glory does, " Backes says. "Ours comes from the people who relate to the sport. It means a Leading the Gopher track team are AII ·Americans Ron Backes, left, and Dave MOrrison Backes repeated as Big Ten champion in the shot put and placed fourth in the discus. Morrison ran the fastesl collegiate lot more to me when I get recognition 10,000 meters in the country and qualified for the nationals. from another coach or thrower than it does from a Minnesotan who doesr,'t shows someone achieved a little higher made up of individual performance know much about track and field . I don't level than someone else. It doesn't make scores, Backes and Morrison are counted really expect anything as far as publicity him any more deserving of prestige than on to score as many points as possible for because I know there is really no track the guy who took last place. I know a lot the Gophers, who compete with fewer background in Minnesota ." of guys who put in as much effort as we athletes than their Big Ten opponents. Such bold statements flow freely from do but don't throw as far or run as fast "For us to do well, we need Dave and Backes, who has rewritten the Minnesota as Dave and I do, and they deserve just Ron to score the big team points by record book in the shot put and discus. as much credit. Track is really a team winning their events. And they've been It's easy to see how he recently set the sport." there for us all year," says Griak. 'What Gopher record in the shot put with a That one-for-all and all-for-one atti­ else can you ask of them? heave of over 66 feet : Backes is an Atlas, tude became apparent to coach Roy "Besides contributing a lot of points, powerful and imposing. His voice booms Griak early in the season, and he credits both have been great leaders," he with authority, and although not a brag­ his two superstars for their musketeering continues . "Backes is more outgoing in gart, Backes is outwardly confident. roles. "Ron and Dave really care for one his leadership, and he really cares about Morrison is his opposite. He has another and for the team. Whenever a the other guys on the team . A lot of th boyish features set beneath short, curly team has this type of unselfish behavior, time you'll have somebody in the hair, and a soft voice that requires the especially from the big point-getters, throwing events who avoids everyone listener to move closer to hear him . '1 respect and pride in each other's events is else, especially the runners. But Backes is think I'm pretty good at what I do," he going to exist," he ays. w II aware of what the other kid are says, "but there are a lot more football "It's becoming a team," Backes says . doing at all times. players than track and cross-country "There is less and less talk about how I'm "Morrison is much more re erv d, but runners, so it's like comparing apples and going to do and more concern with how he's also an e cellent leader who is very oranges when you compare me to a the team as a group is going to compete. concerned with the other guys on th football or basketball All-American . I think this really stems from people team. Morrison is the captain thi year, However, I do take a lot of pride in the caring about each other and competing and I'll be surpris d if Backes isn't ele ted recognition. " for the good of the team and not the to that position ne t season ." Backes also downplays his prestigious individual." Although sympathetic to his tars' lack title. "All-American is only a label that Because a track team's final score is of media attention, Griak makes th b st

40 JULY I AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA f the situation by focusing on their finish for us," says coach Greg Harvey. "1 performances. 'Morrison is having his had hoped that we would finish higher finest year ever," Griak says. "It's a great than that, but we're a young team, so culmination of his five years and a lot of we'll have to see what happens next that is due to his healthiness and the year." continuity he has developed that comes from being free of injuries. Plus, he's very Men's Tennis intelligent. He always knows where he is Jerry oyce's Gopher tennis team on the course, which is important ended the season with a second-place because when you're running 10,000 finish in the Big Ten Team Champion­ meters, there is a lot of time to think ships. The Gophers routed Wisconsin 5-1 about what you're doing. You have to and beat Indiana 5-2 before falling to have the ability to put off pain for 30 Michigan 5-3 in the final. The Gophers minutes. It's something that has to be ended the season with a 16-9 overall learned, and his tolerance has really record and a 9-3 Big Ten mark. individ­ developed. A lot of things happen to the ually, several Gophers had standout mind during those 24 laps, and he's now years, including Matt Grace and Chuck able to deal with it." Merzbacher, who represented Minnesota Morrison's performance at the in the CAA singles and doubles cham­ Dogwood Relays in Knoxville, pionships, and Peter Kolaric, who fin­ Tennessee, April 13 confirmed Griak's ished second in the Big Ten singles confidence. There he ran the fastest colle­ tournament. giate 10,000 meters in the country this year. The race qualified him for the Men's Track and Field nationals, where he will also run the The track and field team finished sev­ Sophomore Chuck Merzbacher from Findlay. Oh io, 5,000 meters. When the Knoxville race placed third in the Big Ten singles championships. enth in the Big Ten Tournament. Once was over, Morrison couldn't believe his His overall record Is 31-17 and 11·1 In the Big Ten. again Ron Backes and Dave Morrison led 28:34.03 time, but true to his style, he the Gophers. Backes successfully attributed his remarkable performance to defended his shot-put championship with perfect weather conditions. ISPORTS SCORES a throw of 65'9 1 z", while Morrison took This year Backes repeated as Big Ten second in the 10,000 meters and fourth in champion in the shot put and placed Baseball the 5,000 meters. Blaise Schweitzer was fourth in the discus. "Backes has really In one of the most dramatic seasons Minnesota's top performer in the steeple­ had a year of improvements," says ever, the baseball team rallied from near chase with a third-place finish. Griak. "Last year he went from 54 feet to elimination to win the Big Ten Champi­ SS to 56 and then to 57. It was really a onship, gaining entrance into the CAA Women's Track and Field nice progression. This year he's improved Regional Tournament. The Gophers won The women's track and field team but it hasn't been as steady. It plays seven of their last eight Big Ten games placed sixth at the Big Ten Champion­ havoc with his mind. Last year he was up against Iowa and Wisconsin, tying the ships, its best showing since finishing fifth and coming; this year he's already there, Hawkeye for second place in the Big in 1977. Becky Fettig led the Gophers, and everybody is aiming to beat him. Ten' Western Division. Minnesota winning the discus title for the second People know who he is, so it's a different gained the play-off spot, however, time in three years. The team's improved situation for him, but obviously, he can because they had a 3-1 sea on record showing was particularly pleasing to handle it." again t Iowa. In the play-offs, the coach Mike Lawless, who in May Although Backes and Morrison would Gophers won all three games, 11-10 announced his retirement after eleven like to pursue track and field careers against Michigan and 8-5 and 5-3 again t years as coach. Barb Peterson was Min­ when they graduate, they realize that the Ohio State. It was the second time in nesota's most consistent performer, plac­ future for track and field athletes, even four years that coach John Anders n had ing in the top ix in four running event . All-Americans, is limited. For both, the guided the Gophers to the Big Ten Cham­ thrill of track and field comes from pionship. Minnesota was eliminated from Softball competing, not from notoriety they might th NCAA playoffs when it dropped The Gopher women's softball team receive. "For me the actual phy ical game to Oklahoma 8-3 and Oral R b­ rebounded from two losses to Michigan feeling of throwing the shot and discus ert 17-8. to win its final two game and end the and ding this all within a competiti n season with a 25-24 record, tied for fifth cite me, not much the glory f Golf with Michigan State. Although the team's participating on the varsity level," Backe The g If team ended the eason in fifth 24 losses were the mo t ever for a ys. place in the Big Ten Champion hips, ju t Gopher squad, the final record gave And all the money in the w rid can't ten str ke behind cond-place Purdue. coach Linda Well a str.ng of ix ears replace that kind of satisfacti n. teve Barber wa Minne ta' top fin- with .500 or better overall record . The i her, placing tenth with a f ur-r und team et a record for mo t double play -J /m Kaiser is a stl/dent assistant ill the cor f 301. "Con idering how thing with 19. Ann Fli ended the year batting 'len's intercollegiate athletics office. went thi y ar, fifth place wa a nice .353 to lead Minne ota.

JUL AUGUST lQ8S MIN £SOrA 41 Remembering 1905 some of the campus routines of the early With a reebo and a rybo, 1900s: and a reebo rybo -and $10 Tuition Cyrus Northrop was my prexy. With a rat-tail, cat-tail By Monty Mickelson He knew many of the students by Chuck full of cocktail name. Smoking was forbidden on Ta ra ra ra RUM! " the campus. We had chapel every When Hiscock graduated, she found Thursday morning in the library, at she could not teach in the Minneapolis 11:30. There, friends met and sat school district without experience. She together. The President usually took a job teaching French and German presided. Each day a different in Sherburn, Minnesota, then moved east faculty member read from the to work near family friends . After two­ Bible. and-a-half years in Norwood, Massachu­ Hiscock sang with the University Girls setts, she returned to West High School Glee Club and with the University in Minneapolis, where she taught French Chorus, directed by Emil Oberhoffer, and German from 1908 until her retire­ later a conductor of the Minneapolis ment in 1949. Symphony Orchestra. She cheered the Hiscock often spent summers honing football team with the Rooters Club and her language skills and investigating new recalls, 'We always built huge bonfires cultures. She lived in Mexico City and back then." Paris, and traveled by car with her famil y Says Hiscock, "We repeated all the old throughout New England . yells and learned new ones. I never could "I always said I taught during the forget this one: golden years of teaching," Hiscock says. Ask University alumnus Jennie I thought I heard my "There were no strikes, no schools being Hiscock about her college years and the grandfather say, closed, and the students were e cited memories flow without priming or inter­ There's going to be a foot­ about learning." ruption. Ask about her Minneapolis girl­ ball game todayl After retiring, Hiscock remained active hood, her eight trips abroad, or the two With a reebo, and a rybo, in the Minnesota Alumni Association, books she has written about her life, and and a reebo rybo-RUM. attending many luncheons and functions. she will gladly offer the details. It's just as plain to me as She also is a longtime member of the There is a great deal to tell, a lot to you Woman's Club of Minneapolis. One look back on . Jennie Isabelle Hiscock That the winning team is a evening, listening to a reading by turned 104 on June 9. Although she has Minnesota U. members of the club's writers' group, outlived her immediate fami ly and at least one of her housekeepers, she is anything but a lonely shut-in. "Many wonderful friends" and writing fill her days. When she retired from teaching and took up writing, Hiscock discovered that her memories were as vivid as ever. She passes them on in I Remember, I and II (royalties go to charity). Hiscock can no longer read most print, but still signs the title pages of her books with a firm, sure hand. Hiscock graduated from the University with a teaching degree in 1905. That was before Halley's Comet's last visit, before vaccines and airplanes, before broadcast technology helped create a global village. For Hiscock, it might as well be yesterday, for she can recall her first quarter's tuition ($10) and the names and faces of her beaux. She remembers her favorite French professor, Charles Benton, and being on a first-name basis with University President Cyrus Northrop, who was 'beloved" by Jennie Hiscock graduated from the University In 1905 and is listed In the Gopher yearbook as a memb r of the YWCA, Women's League, chorus, and Girl's Glee Club. A seasoned traveler, she visited abroad students and faculty . many times and Is pictured here with a friend In the Alps. Above left Is her 1900 Minneapolis East High In her second book, she describes School graduation picture.

42 JULY I AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA Hi cock became enthralled by one story. "The woman was writing about her erp ri nces as a young teacher, and it remi nded me so much of my first year of t aching in Sherburn," says Hiscock. Minneapohs Tribune reporter Dave Wood, at that time a volunteer editor wi th the group, encourag d Hiscock to write about those e periences-and all the others. Her teaching and early travel experiences are told in J Remember­ Book J, published by Bang Printing of Brainerd, Minnesota. Book II, a sequel, pu bhshed in 1983, recounts several of her European trips and her lifelong friend­ r­ sh ips forged in France. Book II also reflects on family Your Alumni A ociation member hip automatically make you a members Hiscock was especially close to: member of the Outdoor tore, located in--- the t. Paul campu rudent her aunt Hattie (Dr. H.S. Beebeel. and her parents, Jo eph Hunt Hiscock and Center. You get di count of 20 to 30 percent on e erything from canoe Kate Dagget Hiscock. Jennie's only to ski . Even paddle . si bling, her sister Harriette, died in 1913. impl pre ent our current member hip card when making purcha e She was a remarkable singer and often and watch your member hip pa for it elf. The Outdoor tore i open performed duets with their mother, a a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Frida " and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. arurday. concert pianist and teacher. Hiscock credits her ister with inspiring her to Take Advantage of Us. lea rn language 'because she could speak T/'e 11lverstt,· of \llIlIIeSOI.I A/um11l ASSOCl.Itlon French, and I was jealous." The last of For members/;,p ;nfOnll.Illoll. (.Ill 612 r3-2466. the immediate family, her father, Jo eph, died in 1935, after working 30 years for the Minn apolis Furniture Co. The book Hisc ck fini hed when he was 102 is Quality entice dedicated to the remaining cousins, scat­ for Ol'er 14 Years te r d throughout New England. In Book JJ Hiscock al 0 recount h r IMPERlAL -fOO ;\IOT R I many lOOth birthday celebrations, hosted IMPERIAL .E. ATTORNE Y· by the Woman's Club, the First Congre­ ga tional Church, and the alumni of Ea t CORPORATE High School. Farm Credit Services. a $12.5 bll· Living in the Hiscock family hou e just IiJ lion lending institution. Is seeking north of Dinky town has been a sourc of an experienced attorney to Join Its corporate legal staff working pri­ ToU Free Re erval10n ( 00) 368-1400 pleasure-and surprise. Hi cock recall marily In the areas 01 mergers and letting a passing student u her phon . In Virginia ( 00) 5 2-2200 consolidations. Including tax and The woman repaid her by leaving a bag security Issues. of freshly baked cookies and a note. Requirements include a minimum Jam~s Ford 8 ~ 1l Mu s~ um of alur.1 HiStory 2-5 years work experience as an Another time, Hisc ck let a student bake attorney In a public accounting a pie in her oven becau e the woman' BOUNDARY WATER CANOE AREA firm. financial institution. or corpo­ September 14-21, 1985 rate legal department and strong hou e had none. She also can rememb r financial skills. Ability to effectively the names f men who b ught the fir t f ~Iurc om." of \ onh \menC;J', interface with all organizational h uon the block and the years when a grt:'JI~1 n;alural area., levels is a high priority. " Ith e'pcrlt'ncco g,U1Ut.''t parated her h us from the " you meet our requirements. are Interested in a fast-paced work en­ ca mpu . In. mlormatlon 't: Mon \\ cd Jull I" - ·9 I'm vironment. and desire responsibil­ "I can't r ad well anym re, and 1 am ity. challenge end opportunity, we lame, but at lea t I have my memory," want to hear from you. Please send your resume complete with HI cod. say , in parting." om a ain salary requirements to: and we'll have an ther nice chat." a.Shober Director, Staffing FAR"" CREDIT SERVICES MO llty Micke/SOli is a Twin ities free­ 375 Jackson Street lallce writer whose Q/ tides have appeQmd St. Paul, Minn. 55101 iI Mpl . St. Paul alld Twin itie maga­ EqualOpponun'Z En lJ , and in th r publi ation .

JUL' UGU T 10 II '''£5 T -\ .jJ Friendly Persuasion: desire to be in the center of things at thl A Profile of Margaret University, a logical next step for Carlsol Sughrue Carlson was to serv as executive director of the Alumni Association. "I am a third-generation professional 'There's something exciting happemng woman," says Margaret Sughrue at the University today," says Carlson Carlson, the new executive director of the "It's not one thing, but many that are Minnesota Alumni Association. "My coming together. great aunts were Phi Beta Kappas from "These are good-news times with a the University of Kansas with master's positive agenda. We have a new presI­ degrees who served as interpreters in dent who has openly articulated his plan Washington embassies. My mother, for academic excellence. There's a Kathryn Sughrue, had a college degree marketing thrust at the University, and and went back to work when her five we're looking at the legislature as a children were two, three, five , six, and friend . We have a sports program to be seven. She didn't have to go back. She enthused about. chose to work and have a professional "There's an all new 'U .' There's a career, and it was very unusual to feeling that as the University takes on a manage those two roles in 1950." different role, you can take on a different In what might be called the Year of role for the University." the Plan at the University, inspired by Carlson's plans for the Alumni AssoLi­ President Kenneth Keller's commitment ation during this period of University to refocus the University's mission, enthusiasm are concentrated in four Carlson assumes the role of executive areas: polling alumni on critical issues Margaret Sughrue Carlson, Ph .D. '83 , the new director of the Alumni Association with executive director of the Minnesota Alumni Asso· facing the institution, promoting alumni her own plans-and a carefully nurtured ciation, is the former executive director of the advocacy, offering alternative ways for Minnesota chapter of the CystiC Fibrosis professionalism. Foundation. alumni to contribute to the UniverSity, She grew up in Garden City, Kansas, and thanking alumni publicly for their and, following in her mother's footsteps, "In 1979 I knew that I wanted to stay contributions to the University. earned bachelor's and master's degrees in at the University, and I was advised that Her first goal is to regularly survey home economics at Kansas State Univer­ it would be helpful to have a Ph.D., so I alumni about issues facing the Univer ity, sity. Nter graduation and marriage to looked around the University for a then to share the results of the e polls Cal Carlson, she moved to Minneapolis, program that would meet the needs of a with regents, central administration, as where her mother again served as a role pragmatic person like me," she says. ciation members, and the press-a goal model. "My mother worked for the Agri­ She chose educational administration that is also strongly endorsed by Penny cultural Extension Service in Kansas for and public policy. In 1982 with her Winton, association president. 28 years," says Carlson, "so I used that coursework completed and working on "As critical issues such as divestitur connection." her dissertation, Carlson began to look of investments in companies doing busi­ Carlson worked as an area extension for a job at the University, only to find nes in South African face the University, agent for the Minnesota Agricultural the University faced with major budget alumni should be polled," says Carlson. Extension Service from 1966 to 1969, cuts and retrenchment. Turning to the 'The students and faculty have direct then took time off to start a family. "For private arena, she became executive access in influencing the decision-making the next eight years while I stayed at director of the Minnesota chapter of the proces and it's time that the alumni home raising my daughters, Julie and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. voice is heard. Since alumni are spread Elizabeth, I thought of myself as a profes­ "It offered an opportunity for line across the United State , their collective sional volunteer," says Carlson. "I made management in a small organization that opinions aren't easily accessed. We hope sure that those years would be mean­ needed a person with strong manage­ to change that. ingful to me when I went back to work." ment, communication, and fund-raising "My second goal is to ask alumni to During that time, Carlson served as skills. It perfectly met what I was looking take an advocacy role to assist the state president of the Minnesota Home for. I made a commitment to myself that University in its mission," says Carlson Economics Association, chaired the I would stay approximately three years. I "We'll develop a clear idea of whal we national convention in Minneapolis, and felt that I had accomplished what I set want alumni to do for the University, served on a number of extension and out to do- put in a good management articulate those needs, and se t orne home economics advisory committees. system of bookkeeping, accounting, param ters of when and how thi can be When she returned to work in 1977, it personnel, programming, fund-raising, done." was as assistant to the dean of the and board development- so I could make With advanced planning will come a College of Home Economics. Carlson my next career move. Of course, the job change in the nature of the issues served at the college when it was organ­ at the Cysti c Fibrosis Foundation won'l addre d by the association, says izing its alumni constituent society and really be completed until there is a cure." Carlson. "In the past we've asked alumni forming the Friends of the Goldstein With her doctoral, experience in lo help with crisis issues-bad news Gallery. leading volunteer organization , and i sue like retrenchment. We a ked th m

44 JULY / AUGUST 1985 MINNESOTA t) plead with the legislature not to cut Carlson's fourth goal is to publicize association, her career comes full circle. fu nds almost as the ax was falling . In the alumni contributions and accomplish­ "For me to be back in education, a fu ture well ask alumni to take a position ments. "If we're going to ask alumni to political environment that requires an on good news issues like student help, to be advocates, to share their advocacy role, brings me back to my recruitmen t. " resources, the one payback we can give roots again," says Carlson. To "offer alumni an alternative way of them is to spread the good news about "My mother worked for 28 years in c ntributing resources to the University" them." the extension service, and when she is Carlson's third goal. This will be one of the most pleasant retired at 63 she ran for the state legisla­ "We've traditionally asked them to goals to meet, says Carlson, because of ture. She's served there for nine years. pay their membership dues and to give the quality of volunteers serving the She took a knowledge, a savvy, and an gifts to the Foundation," says Carlson. University. '1've met with the executive enthusiasm from her base in education "But there are other ways they can help committee, and I was impressed with and translated that into legislative work. us, too-with marketing, advertising, their commitment and loyalty to the She continues to be a forerunner of any promotion, in-kind goods and services. University and the association. And I women's liberation movement. These can be provided through their know that there are other talented alumni '1 never felt I had to be an open work environment or personal expertise. in every comer of the state who are advocate of feminism because I've always "People with resources are going to be serving the institution. They are an incre­ Lived it," Carlson continues. '1 was asked to share them with many organiza­ dible resource. and we're going to make nurtured and thrived on exactly what the tions. I know there are alumni in Minne­ sure that they aren't unsung volunteers. movement is about. Instead of taking an sota and throughout the United States We're going to make the public aware of open position, I prefer that people watch who would like an alternative way to thei service to the Univer ity." what I do." contribute to the University. It would be For Carlson, an inveterate planner/ People watchers at the University important to them because they are organizer, meeting goals-and creating might just develop eyestrain watching investing their resources in something new ones-at the University is not work, Carlson lead the Minnesota Alumni that they believe In.'' but pleasure. As executive director of the Association. But then, that's her plan.

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JULY / AUGU T lq ESOTA "S Keller as University president is another A Letter to Alumni beginning, and it is my impression that President KeIJer is well aware of the energy available in the association. For alumni to make the impact on the W ith guest editorial privilege, I have a University and the contributions to the chance to report to you how the Minne­ University that they, through the associa­ sota Alumni Association looks to me on tion, are capable of, the association must the eve of my year as association presi­ be held by the University in close rela­ dent. It's a beginning for me-and I want tionship. The association must be appro­ to talk about beginnings. priately supported and involved in First, a bit about myself. I am a late­ University affairs. in-life graduate of the College of Liberal There is a Catch-22 here. The Alumni Arts (1974) . My father, Rufus Rand, was Association cannot be effective unless the a regent from 1931 to 1937. I am married University realizes that the association is to Mike Winton, who has been in busi­ a resource, and the University cannot be ness in Minneapolis since 1959. We have expected to realize that unless the Alumni five children and two grandchildren. Two Association demonstrates caring, particular areas of interest for me in concern, and action on behalf of the recent years have been the Minneapolis University. YWCA and Second Harvest, a national This year, the University is beginning network of food banks. I have been on to consider more seriously than ever the executive committee of the Alumni before the potential of alumni. For the Association for four years. first time, the administration accepted the Penny Winton, president of the Minnesota Alumf1 Now I have a confession to make: I association's offer to organize alumni to Association, Is a 1974 graduate of the College 0 haven't been to a Gopher Football game lobby the legislature on the University Liberal Arts. She Joined the association board 0 directors In 1980 and served on the executlv for years-in spite of the engaging Lou budget appropriation. The possibilities in committee as vice president in 1984·85 Holtz. Enough about me . this area are just emerging. The impact of I start out this year as Alumni Associ­ alumni expressing their feelings on the ation president full of gratitude to Jim appropriation to legislators has not yet was a guest speaker. (Who knows? The Day, interim executive director of the been measured, but such action is poten­ next step could b a game.) Holtz spoke association, who filled the position tially influential. about what he wanted to accomplish vacated when Steve Roszell was An extension of this advocacy role we with the Gophers and described the chal­ appointed associate vice president for are just beginning is a regular alumni poll lenge he and the team were facing. He alumni relations and development. Jim on issues important to the University, ended by saying that anything can be doused the job and all of us with a good conducted by polling professionals and accomplished with caring, feeling, and splash of wit and wisdom . His planning sponsored by the Alumni Association . love. and foresight will help Margaret Sughrue Poll results will be presented to the Of course, he's right. That is the stuff Carlson settle in as the new executive administration and regents to consider as out of which all good things are made. director. they determine University policy. The And it applies to the University and its Here is another beginning. I welcome first alumni poll-on the issue of divesti­ Alumni Association as well. Who can Margaret with great pleasure and a ture of the University's investments in better care, feel, or love the place (or bits certain measure of awe over the kudos U.S. companies operating in South and pieces of it) than alumni? So many and huzzahs she elicits wherever she Africa-was conducted in June and of us do, and show it. Yet many f us goes. Margaret will have the benefit of a presented to the regents at the June board do-and don 't show it. It is the no-show tireless and competent staff who have, meeting, where they were scheduled to that the association needs to find and to among other things, increased alumni decide policy regarding South Africa. engage. Out of the strength of its membership, created an active alumni These are two ways in which the members, the Alumni Association will network, expanded the association's association is beginning to prove its effec­ provide the greatest service to the activities with current students, enhanced tiveness to the University and to give University. student recruitment, and directed the first impetus to its relationship with the As the term of my presidency begins, legislative action program. All of these University. To maintain such efforts and the state of the association looks good to efforts are beginning to increase Alumni to develop them further, the association me . We have a well-organized, growing Association visibility and, I presume, the needs more members. Alumni who have membership and a University beginning value of the association to the University any attachment at all to their alma mater to take us seriously. And this is just a that we choose to support. can expand it by joining the association, beginning. This year I would like to see the most by volunteering time and couns I, by The board of directors of the associa­ productive relationship possible estab­ caring. tion and the staff appreciate each other lished between the University and the To expand my own outlook as an and every memb r's contribution. Alumni Association. The time is right. Alumni Association leader, I attended an Your caring matters. It can a complisl The promising selection of Kenneth H. M Club luncheon at which Lou Holtz anything.

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