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32 24 26 38 COVER STORY Patriot View to a Thrill America’s Story Voices Spur Change Congress awards Bob Dole its At the Spencer Research A new project seeks oral Responding to crisis, KU highest civilian honor. Library, the stunning vista is histories from military forges an innovative sexual the same, but the outlook is all veterans and others to better assault prevention and By Mike Pettit new. understand one of the most awareness program that draws divisive periods in U.S. heavily on student input. By Chris Lazzarino history—the Vietnam War era.

By Heather Biele By Steven Hill

Cover illustration by Susan Younger

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of minorities in Lawrence in I his many books. I rst met him who entered that establishment Your while researching my KU and with mouth agape [“He’s Got It opinion counts Hope College chemistry If He Can Find It,” issue No. 1]. mentor Cal Vander Werf’s Over the years I had many Please email us a note at [email protected] commitment to the rights of occasions—when I worked for to tell us what you think of KU and Lawrence minorities Brown Cargo Van and E & E your alumni magazine. in the ’40s and ’50s. I wrote Specialties or for any home about it in my biography, Cal project—to revisit in search of Vander Werf: Anchor of Hope. an obscure item. Anytime I anks, Kansas Alumni, for needed something out of the helping all of us appreciate ordinary, I always went to and I was actually teaching Rebuilt right those who make our past come Ernst & Son rst, and I always Sunday school class to two of to life. came away fullled. Rod Ernst his sisters that year. T Doug Neckers, PhD’63 will indeed be sorely missed. I did my graduate degree at article covering KU’s club Perrysburg, Ohio Perry Sprague, d’70, c’76 KU and then taught in the hockey program [“ e Mighty Wichita English department two years, ’Hawks,” issue No. 1]. What a from 1959 to 1961. Even aer good group of players and Only one Rod all these years, I think of coaches who run the program. Pride of Mayetta Lawrence as one of my favorite ey had a reputation to Editor’s Note: Just after Kansas places to live. I have wonderful Alumni came o the press in rebuild and they did it the right T for memories of being on campus January, we learned the sad news way: ey repaid the debts of that Rod Ernst, c’57, longtime your article on Bill James and and teaching two classes as a the old club team, re-estab- proprietor of Ernst & Son his daughter, Rachel, and their graduate teaching assistant. lished their credibility on Hardware, staunch Jayhawk and sleuthing [“Murder Most Foul,” ank you again for the campus and among other subject of a feature story in issue issue No. 6, 2017]. write-up on Bill. What a teams, and put a competitive No. 1, died Jan. 23. His In Memory I grew up in Mayetta, as Bill wonderful small world team on the ice. I hope they notice appears on page 64. The did, and I was 12 when he was we have. make the playos and their following letter is one of those we born. His family lived across Patricia Hafer Buck, g’58 program continues to prosper. received noting Ernst’s passing. the street from our church, Indianola, Iowa Rock Chalk, Jay-Hawkey! Steve Bausch, e’84, Denver

Editor’s Note: The Jayhawks did qualify for the American Collegiate Hockey Association’s Show your KU pride Division 3 playos, losing a 5-4 thriller to Arkansas Feb. 24 in with every handshake Lincoln, Nebraska. KU ﬁnished its season 20-6-1. Choose from a variety of styles, available in 10K, 14K yellow or white gold. The inside of the ring is forged with “Rock Chalk Jayhawk,” and can also be engraved with the graduate’s initials, Scholar’s hero degree and class year. A special presentation box is included. T beautiful story on Professor William For more information visit kualumni.org or call 800-584-2957. Tuttle [“Freedom Fighter,” issue No. 1]. e term “scholar- citizen” denes Bill, and he is a Lawrence and KU scholar’s hero. Bill chronicled the struggles

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efore the nation’s recent days of are not representative of the government’s actions in Vietnam.” Breckoning about sexual miscon- More than 30 years later, Musgrave’s experience became a duct in the workplace captured the central theme of “e Vietnam War,” lmmaker Ken Burns’ spotlight, higher education leaders recent documentary. Kansas Public Radio producer Kaye began to face the harsh realities of McIntyre also featured Musgrave in a recent edition of her sexual assault in college and weekly show, “KPR Presents,” and he is helping her gather university communities. For KU, other veterans’ memories for “Kansas Stories of the time was up in September 2014, Vietnam War,” a project of the Kansas Humanities Council when an anonymous student’s in partnership with the Library of Congress. In our feature, complaint against the University, Associate Editor Steven Hill describes the statewide eort to R E G N Lawrence police and the district U collect stories from combat veterans, military medical corps O Y AN attorney for mishandling a reported SUS members and veterans advocates as well as conscientious objec- sexual assault made national headlines. tors. Varied perspectives from a pivotal, painful era can provide In November 2014, Kansas Alumni rst reported on campus invaluable lessons as the nation navigates current and future eorts to improve procedures for reporting, investigating—and conicts. ultimately preventing—sexual assault. One of our state’s most well-known veterans, Sen. Bob Dole, From the start of KU’s reckoning, Chancellor Bernadette ’45, is the focus of an essay in this issue by his longtime chief of Gray-Little clearly declared the mission: “Our goal is not to do the sta, Mike Pettit, c’76, l’79, who traveled to Washington, D.C., in minimum required by law or policy. Our goal is to be a national January, when Congress presented Dole, 94, its loiest civilian leader in how universities prevent and respond to sexual assault honor, the Congressional Gold Medal. Pettit captures highlights on campus.” She formed a Sexual Assault Task Force, and in fall from the celebration. 2015 said KU would implement 22 of its 27 recommendations. roughout his long career, Dole burnished his reputation as a In our cover story, Sta Writer Heather Biele reports on one of plainspoken, practical statesman with a knack for rising above the University’s most substantive improvements, which soon will partisan rancor to forge compromise and nd long-term solu- be its most visible: the Sexual Assault Prevention and Education tions—qualities now sadly in scarce supply among our leaders. In Center (SAPEC). Created in 2015, SAPEC in mid-March will 2003, during the dedication of the Dole Institute of Politics at KU, move to the new Burge Union, in a dedicated space that is rare Dole said he hoped the institute would encourage the kind of among U.S. universities. Director Jennifer Brockman and her politics “where conviction co-exists with civility, and the clash of team, including devoted student volunteers, are setting new ideas is never confused with a holy war.” Surrounded by fellow standards for innovations as they confront and try to halt World War II veterans and leaders of both parties, Dole vowed dangerous misconceptions and behaviors. that the institute would oer bipartisan discussions of history and It’s no surprise that issues related to sexual misconduct galva- public policy. “Public service is an honorable calling, in my view,” nized students and administrators at U.S. universities before the he said. “I’m not saying we’re going to turn the world around at national #MeToo and Time’s Up movements gained momentum. the University of Kansas and the Dole Institute of Politics, but we Oen in U.S. history, honest discourse and harsh dissent over the can make a dent; maybe we can make a start. nation’s grim challenges have occurred rst on college cam- “It’s about the future. It’s always about the future.”h puses—the same places where potential solutions and hopeful signs of healing rst appear. During the Vietnam era, anti-war activism and protests rocked KU and many other campuses. By the early 1980s, KU student PUPPE STEVE leaders and alumni had resolved to create a memorial to Jayhawks who had fought and died in the war. In 1986, KU dedicated the rst Vietnam Memorial on a university campus. John Musgrave, ’74, who was wounded twice as a Marine infantry rieman in Vietnam, spoke to the Student Senate in 1983 as an advocate for the memorial. “I was involved with the anti-war movement when I came back from ’Nam, and many of the people I knew who were against the war are now supportive of the memorial idea,” Musgrave told students.“ey realize the vets

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Student MFA thesis installations will be on display in March and April at the Art & Design Gallery, on the third ﬂoor of NAZANIN AMIRI Chalmers Hall. The gallery is free and open to the public.

Exhibitions 5 Dance America presents Dance Competition 2018 “Above Ground: 40 Moments 8, 9 John McCutcheon, folk of Transformation,” Spencer singer and instrumentalist Museum of Art, through 11 April 1 Yekwon Sunwoo: 2017 gold medalist, Van Cliburn “Women’s Athletics at KU,” International Piano Kenneth Spencer Research Competition Library, through April 30 17 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 18 Chancellor’s Concert: KU “Race, Gender, and the Wind Ensemble and Jazz ‘Decorative’ in 20th-Century Ensemble I African Art: Reimagining 24 Boundaries,” Spencer Museum Pete Souza presents his of Art, through May 7 “Intimate Portrait” of Nazanin Amiri, Brilliance of Science, March 26-30. Amiri designs alluring President Obama and contemplative spaces, which are inspired by traditional Persian “Big Botany: Conversations 26 University Band and Jazz courtyard houses and inﬂuenced by her experience living and working with the Plant World,” Spen- Ensembles II and III in Iran. cer Museum of Art, March 27 27 Olate Dogs through July 15 MAY 25 Earth, Energy & “Pledges of Allegiance,” e Chancellor’s 1 Environment Center (EEEC) Commons, through July 31 KU Symphony Orchestra Inauguration Dedication 3 Symphonic Band

APRIL 26 Center for Service Learning: Service 14 Lied Center e Big Event at KU Celebration, Burge Union 18 University Theatre Chancellor’s Concert: KU 27 e Burge Union Grand MARCH Wind Ensemble and Jazz Reopening 30 MARCH Ensemble I, Lied Center Frank Waln 28 Rock Chalk Ball, e 31 30-31 “Perfect Arrange- 19 Chancellor’s Inaugural KU Powwow and Grand Ballroom at Bartle ment,” directed by James Research Symposium, Indigenous Culture Festival Hall, Kansas City Dick, William Inge Memo- Edwards Campus 29 KU Wind Ensemble & APRIL rial eatre 20 Installation Ceremony Jazz Ensemble I: World 5 KU Jazz Ensemble I with for Chancellor Douglas A. Premiere of Freedom from APRIL Girod, Lied Center Anat Cohen, clarinet and Fear, Washington, D.C. saxophones 5-8 “Perfect Arrangement,” directed by James Dick, William Inge Memorial eatre

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RENEE SPRINGER MARCH Commemorate the Gr8s 19-25 Spring break events (for more information, visit kualumni.org/ MAY commemorate) 3 Last day of classes 1 KU Night with the Trail Blazers, Portland, Oregon 4 Stop day 6-7 Gold Medal Club 7-11 Finals week Reunion Weekend, Adams 13 Commencement Alumni Center 13 Jayhawk Roundup, Murn Stables, Wichita Alumni Events 18 Houston: Jayhawks & Java Renee Springer, Feed Me, March 26-30. Springer explores images and 28 23rd-annual Rock Chalk behaviors that reﬂect our connection to digital space, using her work to MARCH Ball, e Grand Ballroom at investigate the relationship between technology and pop culture. 1-31 KU Libraries Bartle Hall, Kansas City Commemorate the Gr8s events (for more informa- MAY tion, visit kualumni.org/ 8 “Ashes to Ashes,” directed 6 Visiting Artist Series: 16 Houston: Jayhawks & Java commemorate) by Rana Esfandiary and Craig Rutenberg, Opera Gala 17 Denver: Jayhawks & Java “Henry’s Law,” directed by with KU music students 21 Houston: Jayhawks & Java Michelle Cowles, William 7 Faculty Recital Series: 24 KU Night with the Events listed here are high- Inge Memorial eatre Michael Kirkendoll, piano Colorado Rapids, Commerce lights from the Association’s 21-22, 27-29 City, Colorado “Spring 8 Helianthus Contemporary busy calendar. For complete Awakening,” directed by Ensemble 24 Oregon Food Bank listings of all events, watch for Mechele Leon, Craon- Packing, Portland emails about programs in your Preyer eatre 9 Kansas City Lyric Resident area, visit kualumni.org or call 29 e Emmett Till Memory Artists 800-584-2957. Project, Wichita 10 KU Choirs: Chamber Murphy Hall Singers 12 World Percussion MARCH Ensembles 23 26 Faculty Recital Series: KU Jazz Combos Matt Otto, saxophone 24 KU Saxophone Quartets

27 Faculty Recital Series: 24 KU Trombone Choir SHELL MARISSA Joyce Castle, mezzo-soprano 29 KU Tuba Euphonium MAY Consort 1 KU Choirs: Bales Chorale 31 Visiting Artist Series: 2 KU Choirs: Concert Choir Molly Barth, ute and Women’s Chorale 3 KU Opera Workshop APRIL 4 KU Percussion Group

6 KU Percussion Group Marissa Shell, Untitled, April 8-13. Shell’s sculptural vignettes depict featuring music of Robert ﬁctional landscapes constructed with synthetic and industrially Honstein manufactured materials, mimicking life and land forms found in the natural world.

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gi counts), “One Day. One KU.” Marine-turned-movie mogul challenged Jayhawks around the world salutes old C.O. to support their favorite KU program or priority. e’s got fame, wealth and Nearly 1,900 donors responded. Hstar power. He’s adored Highlights included a successful challenge by A-list beautiful people, resulting in a $40,000 gi for study abroad most of whom would ﬁght scholarships, $25,000 in matching gis each other in cage matches from Wichita’s medical community and if he so commanded. But for more than $31,000 for the Alumni all the reasons we’ve long Association’s Jayhawk Career Network.

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ST OR Rob Riggle Experience, he’s EY few came with pithy dedications, including ﬁnally topped them all: one from former basketball player Eric In his latest role, Riggle, c’93, gets to play Chenowith, c’11: “In Honor of Greg his former boss. As in, his for-real, real-life Gurley. World class eater, below average former boss. In a movie. radio broadcaster and good guy.” Even for us schleps, the scenario feels lined What a dierence a day makes. with laughs; in the hands of a brilliant comic actor like Rob Riggle? Comedy gold! Except … the boss Riggle portrays in “12 Strong” isn’t Lorne Michaels or some Big man throws down other show-biz fat cat ripe for parody, and the setting for sure isn’t 30 Rock, the at beachy bowling bash Vegas strip or a SoCal sound stage. The boss—heavy emphasis on boss—is Lt. Col. Max Bowers, and the setting is I a bowling Mazare Sharif, Afghanistan, in October 2001, a month before a real-life young alley into a tropical party hub, it’s Scot Marine ocer, Capt. Rob Riggle, real-life reported for real-life duty with the U.S. Pollard. e former NBA player returned Army’s very-much-real 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, commanded by to Lawrence Jan. 26 with his wife, Dawn, really-larger-than-life Lt. Col. Bowers. for the fourth-annual Pollard Beach “I just wanted an honest portrayal,” Riggle told The Kansas City Star. “Col. Bowling Party, a family-friendly event to Bowers is an outstanding commanding ocer. ... He knew his job and he knew it bene t the School of Education’s Multicul- well. And he cared about his men.” tural Scholars Program. And clearly his men cared about him. Even the Hollywood honchos. Pollard, d’97, decked out in a tank top, camo shorts and a straw hat, declared that he and Dawn would visit each team’s lane, Cold cash where bowlers could select a Pollard to e date marked the 155th anniversary throw a strike. “Choose wisely,” he A classes of an 1865 bill locating KU in Lawrence— cautioned. “One of us is a really good and made for hazardous commuting on a bill that passed the Kansas House by only bowler and one of us is really good the Lawrence campus did nothing to one vote. Building on the idea that one looking.” dampen the generous spirit of KU’s rst person can make a dierence (and every With prizes for Best Team Attire and 24-hour giving campaign, “One Day. Best Lane Design on the line, alley ’Hawks One KU.” sported Crimson and Blue leis, tropical Led by KU Endowment, the fundraising shirts and other beachy attire, and teams push from midnight to midnight Feb. 20 transformed Royal Crest Lanes with party marshaled internet and social media lights and inatable palm trees, pink word-of-mouth and more than $230,000 amingos and beach balls. in matching gis and challenges to raise Alumni Association sta and at least a $734,621, setting a record for the most dozen board members, who were in town gis in a single day. for their winter meeting, joined in the fun,

8 | KANSAS ALUMNI including national chair Kevin Carroll, assoc., who paired his new Member APPreciation T-shirt with a bright blue Better living grass skirt. A er Pollard rolled a strike for through chemistry PUPPE STEVE one of the Association teams, board members kicked in for the cause and ver wonder what’s really behind that handed him $1,000. Ten bills for ten Ebuzz you get from a cup of coee? pins—not bad for one frame. Or what gives tattoos their staying power? The answers to these questions and more can be found right here on Mount Oread. Last semester, Timothy Jackson divided freshmen in his honors chemistry class into 15 groups and asked them to identify campus spots where chemistry plays a critical—yet not always obvious—role in our daily lives. Jackson and Vartia COURTESY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SCHOOL COURTESY For inspiration, students headed to Ambler Student Recreation Fitness associate professor of chemistry, who Center, the Spencer Museum of Art, worked with Drew Vartia, PhD’13, a Watkins Memorial Health Center, the postdoctoral teaching associate, to Roasterie coee shop in the Union and reﬁne the assignment. other popular sites. Each group created Not only did the young chemists a poster that teased a topic and featured embrace the assignment, but most a QR code that took viewers to a website campus partners also were eager to packed with student-produced participate. “Once they fully wrapped information on science found at each their heads around it, everybody was location. really pretty enthusiastic,” says Vartia, “I want students to think about what who hopes to expand the project beyond Dawn and Scot Pollard they learn in class and how it relates to campus, asking students to explain the the world around them,” says Jackson, chemistry of our favorite college town.

Nightmare on Naismith Drive

hat yappity know-it-all players’ digs, to answer a call about an “older gentle- Tperched at the end of the man” in a red-and-blue windbreaker who kept showing bar? Your sister’s ex-boyfriend: tight up to dish his free “free-throw advice.” shorts, bad haircut, played a semester of No arrests were made, no reports filed, and pretty juco ball before he got kicked out of school, much everyone had a good laugh about the overeager LARRY LEROY PEARSON LEROY LARRY reasons still unclear? Great-uncle Fred, insisting for superfan, including the guy who gets paid to dish decades now that he was Wilt’s roommate sophomore free-throw advice. year? The guy across the street, still sore about that “If it’s Rick Barry,” coach Bill Self said, referencing one damn sideline call on Jo Jo? of the best free-throw shooters in hoops history, “I’m all Yeah, that’s the dude. Seems he finally for it.” snapped. Udoka Azubuike’s six awful free Of course, the dude wasn’t Rick Barry. Or Scooter throws in the final minutes of KU’s Jan. 23 loss Barry. More like the guy watching games alone in the at Oklahoma were to basement who screams at the TV and scares the dog. blame. “Apparently he told everybody he was coming to see Midafternoon the me next,” Self said, grinning. “So as long as it’s not following day, KU police Freddy Krueger, I’m OK with it. Everybody’s got their ocers were summoned own opinions.” to McCarthy Hall, the Cousin Freddy, eh? Was he a baller, too?

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center, Alzheimer’s disease center and clinical and translational science institute, STEVE PUPPE STEVE all NIH-designated. Along with KU faculty in Kansas City, Lawrence and Wichita, the call for funding proposals also attracted the attention of researchers at Children’s Mercy, St. Luke’s and UMKC. Among the many projects already getting a “rocket-ship boost” from Frontiers funding, Barohn cites as a particular favorite the congestive heart failure research being conducted by Janet Pierce, University Distinguished Professor and Christine A. Hartley Centennial Professor of Nursing. Aer focusing her laboratory research on heart-cell mito- chondria, Pierce designed a clinical trial to test the compound known as Ubiquinol. Barohn Shortly aer landing an NIH grant, though, Pierce’s funding was unexpectedly Frontiers medicine announced in January, “Frontiers”—for- cut and she was forced to dial back the mally, Frontiers: University of Kansas goals of her clinical study. NIH awards $25 million Clinical and Translational Science anks to a boost from Frontiers to boost bedside research Institute, worth $24.97 million over ve funding, Pierce’s study is back on track, years—has already awarded nearly $2 with 200 patients expected to enroll over he post-World War II boom in life million in pilot grants to help accelerate two years. Tsciences ourished by focusing on about 40 studies. “By the time we’re done with the ve what neurologist Richard Barohn, vice “It’s a huge grant that helps us support years of this grant, we’ll be touching chancellor for research at KU Medical what I think are my goals as the research hundreds and hundreds of faculty and Center, describes as “the building blocks of leader on the Medical Center campus,” students,” Barohn says. “is covers how cells live and die.” While such Barohn says, “and that’s to support our research from across the spectrum, from research “is still going on and still very current researchers as much as we can, to babies to geriatrics, nursing, medicine, important,” it’s also time to shi some train the next generation of researchers, allied health. It leverages our current attention from laboratory to bedside and and then to expand and grow the number talent and makes them more productive, cure what ails us. of researchers in our research base. is more able to reach their research goals, “ere’s been much more of an empha- grant allows us to do that, across all and it also helps them accelerate their sis in the last 20 years,” Barohn says, “on disease areas.” research projects with the tools we these more practical ways to apply some of With the NIH award, KU is now one of can give them.”h our scientic discoveries to improve the only 26 U.S. universities with a cancer —Chris Lazzarino health of our population.” Such “clinical and translational sciences” underway across KU campuses and among metro KC partners recently got a huge boost with a nearly $25 million grant—the “By the time we’re done with the ﬁve years of this second-largest in KU history and the grant, we’ll be touching hundreds and hundreds largest KU grant currently active—from the National Institutes of Health. of faculty and students.” — Richard Barohn Awarded in September and publicly { }

10 | KANSAS ALUMNI The Sphinx speaks Thomas shows aable side in latest KU visit

e is famously reticent during oral Harguments, once going 10 years without asking a question of attorneys presenting cases before the nation’s highest MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS KU KUMIN, MEG court. Away from the U.S. Supreme Court, though, Justice Clarence omas is lively and engaged when discussing the Ameri- can legal system, as KU School of Law students have discovered during his numerous Green Hall visits. Following trips to Mount Oread in 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2004, Justice omas in Professor (and now U.S. Attorney) Stephen McAllister recalls that the ﬁrst time he brought Justice January spent three days interacting with Clarence Thomas to Green Hall, in 1996, Thomas was irritated by a busy schedule that left no time law students in a rst-year Introduction to for student interaction. “We had booked him from class to class to class, and he objected. He said, Constitutional Law Course and a special ‘No, you have to give me time in-between things so I can really talk to the students and spend intersession course, Landmark Supreme time with the students.’” Court Cases, which he co-taught with Professor Stephen McAllister. omas concluded his KU visit by swearing in minutes allotted for mingling with that, but I understand what you’re saying,’” McAllister, c’85, l’88, as U.S. Attorney students— omas ashed a quick humor says McAllister, who clerked for both for the District of Kansas, in a private rarely seen outside of his closest personal omas and the late Justice Byron White, ceremony at the Dole Institute of and professional circles, as well as a and immediately began a three-year Politics. willingness to engage in arguments about unpaid leave of absence from KU upon his During the three Landmark Supreme the most fundamental aspects of Ameri- swearing in as U.S. attorney. “He’s very Court Cases class sessions—each of which can justice. courteous and respectful, and his person- lasted 90 minutes, with an additional 30 “He’ll say, ‘I hear you; I don’t agree with ality is disarming. One of his messages is,

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project to replace the grotesques, Joseph Roblado and anything less would Frazee, donated $5,000. be a misrepresentation of STEVE PUPPE STEVE ADyche Hall grotesques, the mythical limestone “We’re thrilled to have how those at the time saw beasts that have adorned the opportunity to help in and appreciated Dyche Hall the seventh ﬂoor of the restoring one of the most when it was built.” Natural History Museum beautiful historic buildings Fundraising continues for since Dyche was built on Mount Oread,” says the project, which aims to [“Monsters of the Mind,” Dale Slusser, president replace eight of the original issue No. 6, 2017] received of Historic Mount Oread 12 carvings, which are badly a boost from two major Friends. “From a preserva- eroded by a century of ex- gifts this spring. tion perspective, you want posure to Kansas weather. Historic Mount Oread to capture as much of the For more information, Friends donated $10,000 to building’s original character contact dslusser@kuen- the project, and the Frazee as possible. The grotesques dowment.org. Family, descendants of the are an essential part of this —Steven Hill sculptor who carved the highly ornamental building,

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 11 Hilltopics Students engineer GRAD RATE: KU’s four-year graduation a hat trick rate is tops among the six Board of Re- gents universities, according to a recent Three Jayhawk teams win

STEVE PUPPE STEVE at aerospace competition update of the Regents’ “Foresight 2020” chool of Engineering faculty members report. 41.1 percent of KU freshmen from Shave grown accustomed to their fall 2010 graduated in four years. Four-year students doing well in design competitions that require them to translate theoretical graduation percentages were 31.1 percent at Kansas learning into practical solutions. State, 25.6 at Pittsburg State, 22.7 at Emporia State, But the recent sweep of top prizes by a trio of student teams at one of the most 21.5 at Wichita State and 18.1 at Fort Hays State. prestigious international competitions was a rst for KU—and perhaps for the competition itself. ‘Don’t assume that just because we’re the technology as law-enforcement tools, and Supreme Court that we know everything.’” prisoners’ rights. When McAllister opened During one of the landmark-cases class a discussion about state-mandated sessions—which Kansas Alumni was restrictions on workers’ rights, the former invited to attend, with the Supreme Court’s KU law dean oered an example of the approval— omas led discussions about a state requiring “eyebrow threaders” to wide range of precedent-setting cases and complete 750 hours of training. legal history, even oering insights into his “What?” omas asked, dumbfounded. COURTESY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCHOOL COURTESY own thought processes and research Aer a stylishly coied student at the front methods in cases he helped decide. of the room explained the practice of While helping students grasp details of precise eyebrow plucking and shaping to each case, omas invariably steered the the bewildered associate justice, omas discussion toward legal fundamentals, responded, in reference to the hundreds of oen within what he views as the impera- required training hours, “Yeah, I think it tive of originalism, or the theory that the should take at least t h at .” ree teams of engineering students Constitution should be read only for what McAllister le time at the end of class won rst place in design competitions it actually says, rather than broader views for students to meet omas and pose for sponsored by the American Institute of that nd authority beyond the text. cellphone seles. Famously a fan of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) His oen-repeated message was that the University of Nebraska sports teams, a during the 2016-’17 school year. court can stray into arbitrary ndings passion acquired from his Omaha in-laws, “We’re led to believe that’s the rst time unsupported by the Constitution—“A lot omas was delighted when former KU that’s happened anywhere,” says Richard of these cases aren’t about what you decide, volleyball star and current law student Hale, C.E. and M.J. Spahr Professor but who gets to decide”—and that the Cassie Wait brought him a KU volleyball and chair of aerospace engineering, court tends to reach into political arenas T-shirt; the justice was quick to pick up on “but it’s denitely the rst time it’s that should be reserved for voters and their Wait’s reference to KU playing Nebraska in happened at KU.” elected representatives. the 2015 volleyball Final Four. A nine-member undergraduate team led “Justice [Antonin] Scalia referred to me “ e sentiment around the building is by omas Row, e’17, and advised by as a ‘bloodthirsty originalist,’” omas that this is not just a once-in-a-lifetime professor Saeed Farokhi and Ray Taghavi, said, drawing laughs from students. opportunity, but a real gi,” said law PhD’89, Sharp Professor and associate Smiling, he added, “I don’t know where he student Ben Stringer, of Lenexa, “As a law chair, won the international aircra engine got that.” student, you think of Supreme Court design competition. e challenge: Design Discussions that omas eagerly dove justices as the end all, be all, but here he’s an engine to replace a popular turboprop into included school desegregation, Bush chatting about Huskers football, KU that has been used in light aircra for v. Gore, what he views as the shaky basketball … so it’s great to get that more than 50 years. Students took concepts of “substantive due process” and personal side of someone you revere as a advantage of lighter modern materials to precedent-enforcing “stare decisis,” member of the legal profession.”h create a design that was judged simpler legislative redistricting, advances in —Chris Lazzarino and more ecient than the current model.

12 | KANSAS ALUMNI A 10-member graduate team (which features both design elements. e Milestones, money included students from RMIT University Pytheas design calls for solar power with a in Australia) led by PhD student Marwan nuclear backup, and includes a stasis and other matters Dessouki, e’16, and advised by professor chamber where astronauts can sleep for Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, e’88, PhD’93, won up to two weeks, reducing the need for the graduate team aircra design competi- supplies. tion. Students were asked to design two “We’re proud of the students; they put PUPPE STEVE light business jets—one six-passenger in a great deal of eort, and that eort is plane and one eight-passenger plane— its own reward,” Hale says. “Winning a with a range of 2,500 nautical miles and a design competition is icing on the cake, cruising speed of Mach 0.85. Feedback but what the students are really doing is received during presentations to manufac- getting a much better education. For the turers such as Boeing and Lockheed faculty, of course it’s nice to have external n Gov. Sam Brownback, l’82, resigned helped the team whittle 18 potential professionals have the same opinion that at the end of January to take a job in designs down to one winner. we have of our students. at’s validating President Trump’s administration as A seven-member undergraduate team the curriculum.” the ambassador-at-large for religious led by Bailey Miller, e’17, and advised by KU has won more rst and seconds in freedom. Lt. Gov. Je Colyer, m’86, was Mark Ewing, associate professor and the AIAA competitions than any other sworn in as the state’s 47th governor director of the ight research laboratory, aerospace engineering program. in a Jan. 31 ceremony at the Topeka won the space design competition, which “I think success builds on itself, because statehouse. Colyer, who is seeking the challenged students to design a spacecra when you have success it’s a challenge to Republication nomination for governor capable of traveling to Mars and orbiting the next years to meet or exceed that in 2018, will serve the remainder the planet without landing. e design for performance,” Hale says. of Brownback’s term, which ends in a cra called Pytheas combines hard metal Next year’s teams have their work cut January 2019. walls and a so inatable capsule—much out for them.h like the International Space Station, which —Steven Hill n A $1 million gift from Tracy Ashlock, d’83, will establish an endowed fund to provide international travel for students in the environmental studies program. With an interest in environmental issues that dates back to elementary STEVE PUPPE STEVE school, Ashlock earned her bachelor’s degree in health education with a minor in biology before there was an environmental studies program at KU. She works for TSR Group, an environmental company that does soil and ground- water remediation of contaminated property.

n Harold Godwin, p’64, professor emeritus in the School of Pharmacy, received the 2018 Remington Honor Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Pharmacists Associa- tion. Established in 1918, the Remington recognizes distinguished service on behalf of American pharmacy. Godwin recently retired as professor of pharmacy practice and association dean for Among the students and faculty members who helped School of Engineering teams achieve clinical and medical center aairs at the three ﬁrst-place ﬁnishes in AIAA competition are Martin Mendoza, Richard Hale, Ray Taghavi, University of Kansas Health System. Cody Hill, Riley Sprunger, Bailey Miller, Kyle Herda, Arno Prinsloo, Ron Barrett-Gonzalez and Mark Ewing.

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SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENTS in-state tuition, while students in the third Starting in Fall 2018, the University of Kansas is pleased to announce new scholarship tier (KU Achievement) will pay 150 amounts for out-of-state students. It is not too late to apply for Fall 2018 to receive these percent of the in-state rate. Details are scholarships. available at admissions.ku.edu/tuition- Type Criteria Award scholarship/freshman. Money freed up as a result of shi ing KU Excellence 30 ACT or 1390 SAT + 3.75 GPA $64,336 ($16,084/yr)* (Equivalent to paying in-state tuition) scholarship dollars from KU Endowment funds to waivers will instead support aid KU Distinction 28 ACT or 1310 SAT + 3.5 GPA $54,320 ($13,580/yr)* for academically qualied Kansas students who have documented nancial need KU Achievement 24 ACT or 1160 SAT + 3.25 GPA $44,308 ($11,077/yr)* based on the Free Application for Federal Midwest Student Exchange and Jayhawk Generations Beginning Fall 2018, students Student Aid. who qualify for these programs will be awarded the KU Excellence, KU Distinction or KU e awards are automatic (students need Achievement based on GPA and test score. not apply to receive them) and are renewable for four years as long as *Partial tuition waiver. Amount varies based on tuition. Tuition for the 2018-’19 school year is contin- students complete 30 hours per year and gent on Kansas Board of Regents approval in summer 2018. maintain a 3.25 GPA. Implementation of the new scholarship grid means that the Jayhawk Generation SCHOLARSHIPS freshmen will receive more generous Scholarship, which KU and Alumni scholarships under the three-tiered system Association leaders launched in 2009, and New scholarship grid delivers for that takes into account their standardized the Midwest Student Exchange program Kansas and nonresident students tests scores and high school GPA. Out-of- will no longer be separate scholarships. state students whose academic achieve- Instead, students will receive the new, C KU allocates scholar- ment puts them in the highest tier (the KU larger KU Excellence, KU Distinction or ships and tuition waivers will result in Excellence scholarship) will receive KU Achievement awards. larger awards for both resident and $16,084 in annual tuition waivers, making e changes do not aect the KU nonresident freshmen this fall. their tuition cost the equivalent of in-state Edwards Metro Rate, international Under a tuition waiver expansion rolled tuition. Students in the second tier (KU students or current KU students. out in January, incoming nonresident Distinction) will pay 125 percent of —Steven Hill

VISITOR

Executive order including those for Abraham right.” He noted that PUPPE STEVE Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford did not mind Richard Norton Smith, a Ford and Herbert Hoover. As being underest- nationally recognized authority the first director of the Dole imated—a trait he on the presidency, discussed Institute, he supervised shared with his role the C-SPAN Presidential construction and launched the model, Dwight D. Historians Survey, in which he Presidential Lecture Series. The Eisenhower, who and other experts rank U.S. Feb. 25 event, “Ranking the ranked fifth. “Someone presidents, as part of the 2018 Presidents,” was the first of four said Ford was Ike Smith Presidential Lecture Series. talks he’s giving in February and without the medals,” Smith carry on the same conversation March for a series titled “1 to quipped. “In politics it is better with C-SPAN viewers,” Smith WHEN: Feb. 25 44: The Best and the Worst of to be underestimated than said when asked if polls matter. American Presidents.” overestimated. You can surprise “We live in such a compart- WHERE: Robert J. Dole on the upside.” mentalized society that Institute of Politics ANECDOTE: Now at work anything that promotes ‘talk on a comprehensive biography QUOTES: “There are very amongst yourselves’ is BACKGROUND: Smith has of Gerald Ford, Smith judged few subjects where erudite admirable.” led several presidential libraries, Ford’s No. 25 ranking “about scholars of the presidency can —Steven Hill

14 | KANSAS ALUMNI ADMINISTRATION Milestones, money Top roles ﬁlled by veteran and other matters leaders and alumni T KU- administrators already holding key leadership positions at the University were chosen to ll new roles

this spring. EARL RICHARDSON Robert Simari, executive dean of the School of Medicine since n A mock trial team of third-year Sears 2014, was chosen students from the School of Law will as the Medical

GREEK LIFE MEDICAL CENTER KU COURTESY compete at nationals this spring. Jordan Center’s new Kane, c’15; Ben Stringer; and Joe Uhl- executive vice KU Greeks launch man beat teams from 11 law schools chancellor. Simari, in seven states to win Region 9 of the marrow match program m’86, had held the competition, sponsored by the Texas T KU and nine role as interim Simari Young Lawyers Association. Nationals sororities in January joined forces to since July 1, when will be held April 4-8 in Austin, Texas. recruit 535 new registrants for Be the longtime executive chancellor Doug Girod KU’s moot court program ranks 17th Match, a national stem cell and bone was name chancellor of KU. Before joining in the nation, according to rankings marrow donor registration program. e KU, Simari served in several administra- published by the University of Houston community service project, organized by tive, research and teaching roles at the Law Center. the Kansas Fraternity Landlord’s League, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. was rst launched in 2017 at the Sigma Nu Reggie Robinson, n A $1 million gift from Chad Leat, chapter, thanks to the eorts of Hodgkin’s c’80, l’87, was b’78, will support LGBTQ students at lymphoma survivor Steve Sears, b’83, of named vice KU. Leat retired in 2013 as vice chair- Kansas City. chancellor for man of global banking at Citigroup after Sears’ second bout with the disease public aairs,

COURTESY KU MAR/COMM KU COURTESY a 30-year career on Wall Street. He required stem-cell transplants, and his replacing Tim create the Chad A. Leat student scholar- experience motivated him to suggest Caboni, who le ship at KU in 2006 to assist students Sigma Nu focus the chapter’s philanthropy KU to become committed to helping KU foster a mul- on stem cell and marrow donor president of ticultural, inclusive environment. The registration. Western Kentucky new $1 million gift, announced during a “Once it became clear how easy and University. Robinson campus visit in February, “will establish ecient it was to register one fraternity,” Robinson, who has this scholarship as a much larger and Sears says, “I set a goal of enlisting others served as interim vice chancellor since more meaningful investment in the in the KU Greek system.” August, previously directed the School of LGBT community here at KU for a long In addition, the fraternity landlords Public Aairs since 2014. Earlier in his time,” Leat said. group also established a $1,000 scholarship career, he was president and CEO of the for any new registrants who end up Kansas Board of Regents and chief of sta n Billy Mills, d’62, who won Olympic becoming stem cell or marrow donors. to KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway. gold in the 10,000 meters in 1964, will —Chris Lazzarino —Steven Hill lend his name to a Lawrence middle school. The Lawrence school board in February approved a motion to change the name of South Middle School to “I think the more you know about the American Billy Mills Middle School eective July 1. The change honors Mills’ work past, the more you can be conﬁdent in the on behalf of Native Americans and American future.” —Richard Norton Smith his athletic achievements at KU and {} at Haskell Indian Nations University, which donated the land on which the school is built.

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 15 Sports by Chris Lazzarino STEVE PUPPE (4) STEVE

The streak lives Hoops ‘Hawks rally to win 14th-consecutive Big 12 title

hen coach Bill Self met with “I like our guys a lot, but we’re still a Coach Bill Self had plenty to smile about Wreporters on the frigid morning of big-time work in progress. We haven’t thanks to a late-season surge led by senior Dec. 27, his Jayhawks were 10-2 heading developed an identity yet. Who are we? Svi Mykhailiuk (10) and Big 12 Player of the into the Big 12 opener, Dec. 29 at Texas, How do we make people play bad? Are we Year Devonte’ Graham (4), above guarding scoring 87.5 points per game, with a only going to win when we make shots? midseason Player of the Year favorite Trae defensive eld-goal percentage of 38.6, But that’s the personality we have right Young, of Oklahoma, and below celebrating and were ranked No. 11 in the country now, and we’ve got to get out of character with junior Lagerald Vick. even without freshman forward Billy to get tougher. We’re not as tough as we Preston, who had yet to be declared need to be.” eligible (and never would be) in the wake When it comes to developing champi- of questions about a car he’d brought with onship teams, Self values no trait higher mental calculations, and replied, “I think him to campus. than toughness. Without it, a successful 13-5 will get it free and clear. … Every- But attention then still lingered on two campaign in the country’s deepest body in the league is going to lose two in a stunning losses: Dec. 6 to Washington, in conference would be all but impossible. row. Everybody is going to lose. So how Sprint Center, and Dec. 10 against Arizona “We’ve shown people we have a chink in you respond to those negative perfor- State, in Allen Field House. our armor, so to speak,” Self continued. mances will be very, very important.” “If you take ve days out of six weeks, “It’s not like people are saying, ‘We Yet more evidence for why Bill Self is a we’ve been pretty consistently good,” Self gotta play perfect to beat hall of fame coach: e Jayhawks won said at the time. “But this is not a team ’e m .’” the Big 12 at 13-5, and, aer losing that is anywhere close to being a champi- So how many wins two of three conference games in onship-caliber team—yet—in our league. would it take to top early February, responded with Not even close. We make so many the Big 12? Self a ve-game streak that vaulted mistakes. Our energy level is still average paused for a senior point guard Devonte’ and we’ve got to get a couple of individuals moment, seeming to Graham to unanimous pumping some energy into the room. run through some selection as Big 12 Player of

16 | KANSAS ALUMNI the Year and put him in the conversation for national player of the year awards. “It’s been a grind. A lot of people had “We put our hearts into it. ... It’s tradition. It’s a doubt and lost faith,” Graham said Feb. 25, historic place. It’s all about winning. I don’t know a day before his Senior Night game against Texas, an 80-70 victory that gave KU why, but it’s a blessing to be a part of.” outright claim to its 14th-consecutive Big —senior guard Devonte’ Graham, Big 12 Player of the Year 12 championship, an NCAA record that {} eclipses the great UCLA teams from 1967-’79. “We went through some rough Newman hit a trey to tie the game, 66-66, “You come in as a freshman, you don’t patches, back-to-back losses, losing at with 2:13 remaining, and KU took the lead really understand,” Graham said. “You home, and through it all we just kept for good with 1:40 le on a pair of free don’t get the streaks, you don’t get all the grinding and believing in each other. We throws by senior guard Svi Mykhailiuk. people, all the history, all the tradition. But didn’t want to be that team to end the e dierence, though, was sophomore then coach keeps telling you about it, that streak, as we always say, so we went out center Udoka Azubuike, who led KU with it’s bigger than you, it’s bigger than us. It’s and grinded and did it.” 21 points, along with ve rebounds, three the Jayhawk nation, it’s everybody who’s Asked whether “don’t be that team to blocks and two steals. Just as impressive as been here before you. Once you get ahold end the streak” is a motivational attitude his high-energy defense were his free of that, you really just kind of fall in love that is actually verbalized or is instead throws. When the amiable Nigerian was with the place and it starts meaning a simply understood among the players, asked to comment on making seven of his whole lot more. Graham answered, “No, that’s what we say. 10 attempts, Graham, seated at Azubuike’s “We put our hearts into it. I think we all We don’t want to be the team to end the side, quickly scanned a stat sheet and love each other like one big family, we love streak.” exclaimed, “You were seven for 10?” playing for each other, we love the Aer an ugly 16-point loss Feb. 10 at Azubuike smiled and nodded shyly as coaches. It’s tradition. It’s a historic place. Baylor, KU’s third loss in six games, it Graham continued, “Oh, you went crazy! It’s all about winning. I don’t know why, appeared the Jayhawks’ Big 12 title streak My boy! Just like me!” but it’s a blessing to be a part of.”h might grind to a halt at 13. Texas Tech had As the regular season wound toward its plastered Kansas State in Manhattan that nale following revenge victories over weekend, 66-47, “to take control of the Oklahoma and Texas Tech, Graham league race,” in the estimation of the reected on Azubuike using his 1-for-8 Inﬁeld bruiser Kansas City Star’s Blair Kerkho, a widely free-throw shooting performance Jan. 23 respected observer of Big 12 athletics. Yet at Oklahoma as motivation; had he not Second baseman aims to top even from the rare perspective of looking dealt well with the ridicule that followed Freshman All-American season up at a conference foe atop the standings, and slid into a February funk, KU would Self was still banking on the rigors of the have been sunk. ophomore second baseman James Big 12’s February circuit to give his ’Hawks “Ever since that OU game he’s been SCosentino helped his high school team, a chance to return to their traditional focused, especially on his free throws,” St. omas Aquinas in Overland Park, to a perch. Graham said. “Just being locked in on “I don’t think we need to play with what coach has been wanting him to do. desperation,” Self said Feb. 15, two days His attitude has been real great in practice, before KU beat West Virginia, 77-69, in working hard. Out of everybody on the JEFF JACOBSEN Allen Field House. “I think we need to team, I feel like coach has been on him the play with urgency, purpose and focus. It’s a hardest all year, and he’s responded.” long season.” e Jayhawks closed their regular e Jayhawks had earlier followed the season with an 82-64 loss at Oklahoma humbling loss at Baylor with a six-point State, the rst conference opponent to win at Iowa State, but it was the West sweep KU in Self’s 15 seasons. But for the Virginia victory that seemed to turn KU’s Jayhawks, the hard work leading up to the fortunes. nal third of their campaign, the all- West Virginia led by 12 with 10 minutes important NCAA Tournament, had remaining, and an 11-3 KU run cut the already been done, and they’d emerged as decit to four. e furious nal minutes Big 12 champions exactly as predicted: saw both sides trading 3-pointers, steals 13-5. and rebounds. Sophomore guard Malik Free and clear. Cosentino

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75-19 record in his four seasons with the Cosentino hit .271 as a freshman, with over Murray State Feb. 18 at Hoglund Saints, including two Kansas Class 5A 11 doubles, four home runs, 31 RBI and 10 Ballpark, part of the Jayhawk’s 8-2 state championships, and he’s second in stolen bases. rough the rst 11 games of season-opening home stand. career RBI and fourth in runs scored— 2018, Cosentino was hitting .286, with two “It took a little bit, obviously since much of which is to be expected for a home runs, three doubles, a triple and 14 McLaughlin le , but we’ve been out here baseball player talented enough to advance runs scored. every day, getting comfortable,” Cosentino to the Big 12 and be named to Collegiate “He had a great year, not only oen- says of his new ineld partner. “He’s doing Baseball’s Freshman All-America team. sively, but nobody in the country played a great job up the middle. We both feel But Cosentino also proved his overall second base better than he did,” coach comfortable.” athleticism—and toughness—by setting Ritch Price said a er Cosentino was e Jayhawks opened 2018 with their the Saints’ season rushing record with named freshman All-American and entire starting rotation intact, along with 1,298 yards, including a school-record 261 second-team All-Big 12. “If he continues nine position starters, from the 2017 team yards in a single game. to work hard and develop his skill set, he’s that went 30-28 overall but nished a A middle inelder who’s also a bruising going to be a really high dra pick before seventh in the Big 12. running back? Don’t expect Cosentino to his time is done.” “Our competitiveness and our drive to be intimidated when holding his ground Although only a sophomore, Cosentino win ball games is getting better and we’re against a baserunner intent on breaking up is already the veteran of KU’s middle denitely getting more condent,” a double play. ineld following junior shortstop Matt Cosentino says. “We’ve got a lot of “I think football helped me out a ton,” McLaughlin’s departure for the Colorado pitchers and our bats are stepping up. I says Cosentino, of Leawood. “When I step Rockies’ farm system. He’s been replaced think we’ll make a big step forward. It out on the eld, I’m a gamer. I’m going all by sophomore shortstop Benjamin Sems, will be a little bit dierent in the Big 12 out, all nine innings.” who notched six assists in KU’s 4-1 victory this year.”h

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Softball swept the Carolina Junior Sharon Lokedi won the 12 Pitcher of the Week after Invitational March 2-4, thanks 5,000- and 3,000-meter runs striking out 14 March 4 against in part to freshman utility player at the Feb. 23-24 Big 12 indoor Texas Southern for his third win JACOBSEN LAURA Tarin Travieso’s stellar relief meet at Iowa State, pushing the of the season. Coach Ritch work in the event’s finale KU women to a second-place Price called it “one of the more against Elon. After senior finish. Sophomore Bryce dominant performances I have starter Sarah Miller injured her Hoppel won the men’s 800, seen in my time at Kansas. Not arm on the first pitch, Travieso and senior Megan Linder, only was he throwing mid-90s, threw seven innings with five sophomore Mariah Kuykendoll, but his command with his strikeouts with one run allowed. junior Nicole Montgomery and o-speed pitches was o the Rychagova “Tarin was put in a tough spot freshman Honour Finley won charts.” KU will represent the to start a game, but she was the women’s 4x400 relay. ... U.S. at the World University her No. 1 national ranking and ready from her first pitch to her Sophomore right-hander Baseball Championships July ran her singles record to 17-2 last,” said coach Megan Smith. Ryan Zeferjahn was named Big 6-16 in Taiwan. ... with a straight-set win March 4 KU was 16-3 heading into the Adrian Mitchell, c’80, on Jan. against Gonzaga. Their 6-1 March 8-11 Jayhawk 28 became the fourth women’s team victory was the Jayhawks’ Invitational. ... basketball alumna to have her sixth-straight at home. ... The Sophomore golfer Andy jersey retired to the Allen Field Marlene Mawson Exemplary Spencer tied for fourth and four JEFF JACOBSEN House rafters. Mitchell was the Student-Athlete Award went to other Jayhawks placed in the first KU player to reach 2,000 volleyball senior All-American top 20 to push KU to a points, and she remains second Madison Rigdon, a three-time 21-stroke victory over Purdue on the Jayhawks’ career scoring Academic All-Big 12 honoree. and Michigan at the Desert list, trailing only Lynette Former teammate Tayler Mountain Intercollegiate March Woodard, c’81. ... Junior Soucie, d’17, won the award 3-4 in Scottsdale, Arizona. ... Spencer Anastasia Rychagova retained last year.

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Cole Aldrich, c’13, and Sherron Collins, ’10, (above, l-r) teammates on the 2008 NCAA championship team, returned this season to see their jerseys retired to the Allen Field House rafters, and Rick Suttle, ’78, Donnie Von Moore, d’81, and coach Ted Owens (left, l-r) were among the more than 300 former players, coaches and managers who convened Feb. 3 for a celebration honoring 120 years of KU basketball. Seniors Devonte’ Graham, Svi Mykhailiuk and Clay Young (below left, l-r) led Senior Night festivities Feb. 26 after winning the Big 12 title outright with a victory over Texas.

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 21 22 | KANSAS ALUMNI fter clinching at least a share of their record-setting 14th-consecutive conference Achampionship Feb. 24 at Texas Tech, the Jayhawks and unanimous Big 12 Player of the Year Devonte’ Graham (4) on Feb. 26 won the title outright with an 80-70 victory over Texas in Allen Field House. Photograph by Steve Puppe. Download this poster at kualumni.org/extras.

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 23 Patriot Congress hails Dole’s allegiance to American ideals

When Congress honored Sen. Bob Dole, he had known ended April 14, 1945, in a ’45, in January, Mike Pettit attended the Nazi ambush in the jagged hills of Italy. ceremony. Pettit, c’76, l’79, who served as Dole returned home to Russell with Dole’s chief of sta in the 1980s and was a limited use of his limbs, spent 39 months senior advisor to his two presidential in hospitals and endured countless campaigns, shares his account of the surgeries—paid for by local townspeople memorable day.—e editors who deposited what they could into a cigar box at Dawson’s Drugstore. As Dole rare bipartisan spirit prevailed in said when he resigned from the Senate in the U.S. Capitol Jan. 17, when the 1996 to run for president, “I rose from the nation’s leaders presented Sen. hospital bed and was permitted by the Bob Dole, 94, the Congressional grace of God to walk again.” AGold Medal, the highest civilian honor A er serving in the Kansas Legislature bestowed by Congress, for his long career and as county attorney in Russell, Dole as a leader in the House and Senate and a was rst elected to U.S. House of Repre- standard-bearer of the Republican Party. sentatives in 1960. Nine years later, he e ceremony summoned nostalgia for an won a seat in the Senate, where six times era when Dole and other leaders valued his colleagues elected him as Republican country over party and took the long view, Leader. He was President Gerald Ford’s striving to solve the nation’s problems. vice presidential running mate in 1976; 20 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer years later, he was the Republican Party’s described Dole as “a son of the heartland, nominee for president. born to an era of Depression and war, who During the Jan. 17 ceremony, House unblinkingly answered his country’s call Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Califor- to arms; who bravely fought in the Second nia thanked Dole for a lifetime spent World War and, at the age of 21, sustained defending, advancing and exemplifying grave injuries for which he earned two our proudest American ideals, recalling Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star; who, one of Dole’s most memorable statements: a er returning home, did not pass the “Our challenge is not to question Ameri- mantle of service but rather continued can ideals or replace them, but to act carrying the torch in an altogether worthy of them.” dierent way, elected by the people of House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin Kansas to serve them in Congress for described Dole as one of the giants of more than 35 years.” unrivaled courage who propelled our Before the war, Dole, ’45, com- country beyond the threshold of greatness. peted in football, basketball and track at KU and planned to become a surgeon. e life H by Mike Pettit

24 | KANSAS ALUMNI Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said few living would make him more popular. But he did evoking the memory of him looking at Americans have demonstrated Dole’s not inch from dicult tasks, spearhead- Arlington Cemetery and “the countless courage—a kind of courage that imbued ing bipartisan deals that reduced budgets heroes who rest there. … ey practiced Dole with the conviction to stand up for by enhancing revenue and cutting many faiths, spoke many tongues. what he believed to be right and just. spending. But this much they had in common: Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said, “A good When Dole announced his retirement Patriots before partisans, they put their Patriot and eective leader must keep his or her from the Senate to devote all of his country before self.” EARL RICHARDSON DOLE ARCHIVES (3) DOLE ARCHIVES U.S. HOUSE OFFICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY

word. Bob Dole is a man of his word.” energies toward the presidential campaign, Dole through the years: As a young Army Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon- he quoted his own hero and fellow lieutenant; a senator in 1970; with President nell of Kentucky noted that Dole, a soldier, Kansan, President Dwight Eisenhower: Jimmy Carter and Jack Lucas, Medal of Honor statesman and American hero, has never “As we peer into society’s future, winner, during the Dole Institute dedication, stopped ghting for vulnerable people, we—you and I and our government— 2003; at the U.S. Capitol in January and that commitment is the true measure must avoid the impulse to live only for of servant leadership. today, plundering for our own ease and Dole’s record includes early support of convenience the precious resources of civil rights legislation, sponsorship of the tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the President Donald Trump noted Dole’s Voting Rights Act and the Americans with material assets of our grandchildren eorts to help build the World War II Disabilities Act, and co-sponsorship with without risking the loss of their political Memorial, reminding us that “tens of his longtime friend Sen. George McGov- and spiritual heritage. We want democracy thousands of veterans have boarded honor ern, D-S.D., of food stamp and school- to survive for all generations to come, not ights to visit the National World War II lunch legislation. McGovern attended the to become the insolvent phantom of Memorial, thanks to Bob Dole. Nearly 2003 opening celebration of the Dole tomorrow.” every day, at the memorial, you can see Institute of Politics at KU, and he received Many who worked with Dole recog- tough war heroes in their 80s and 90s the Dole Leadership Prize in 2004. nized that he possesses virtues we crave in moved to tears. And many recount the Dole entered politics as a mainstream our presidents: authenticity, a spectacular unforgettable experience of being greeted conservative with some skepticism about sense of humor, a spine of steel, the magic at their memorial, and much to their the role of government in citizens’ lives. to appeal to the better angels of our nature, surprise, by Sen. Dole.” But he also had a sixth sense that many a principled pragmatism with the compe- Bob Dole’s life and career are well people needed help on their way up, and tence to make government work, and the chronicled at KU’s Dole Institute, where that help would come from the govern- simple willingness to tell the truth and do visitors of all political stripes get a sense of ment or not at all. As county attorney in the right thing. why the Republicans and Democrats in the 1950s, he had signed welfare checks for McConnell said, “Bob’s accomplish- Congress unanimously awarded him the his grandparents and an uncle. He was a ments reshaped public policy. But his most Congressional Gold Medal. He is a living compassionate conservative before the memorable legacy would be either his embodiment of his home state’s motto: “Ad phrase was coined. unimpeachable integrity or his world-class Astra Per Aspera—To the stars through Dole observed that most families don’t sense of humor. Bob showed us that a diculty.”h spend money they don’t have, and he leader needs a backbone and a funny bone. thought the same should apply to the In his case, neither was in short supply.” —Pettit is on the board of advisors for government. He never pretended that Sen. Elizabeth Dole described her KU’s Dole Institute of Politics, and he is closing tax loopholes or raising taxes husband’s tireless ght for veterans, CEO of MSP Strategic Communications.

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 25 RENOVATED NORTH GALLERY HELPS REINVENT SPENCER RESEARCH LIBRARY’S PUBLIC PERSONA

26 | KANSAS ALUMNI by Chris Lazzarino

Photographs by Steve Puppe

eth Whittaker worked in Spencer knows exists. “What’s the story with that?” all with help from research librarians, are Research Library while pursuing e uncertainty is understandable, she kept within closed stacks—unlike KU’s Bher master’s degree; nine years ago she concedes, because for much of its half- other libraries. returned as its director. She is intimately century the Kenneth Spencer Research Even more crucially, perhaps, is its familiar with the imposing white edi ce, Library, although always open to the location. Although Spencer Research and while she’s busy planning a yearlong public, did little to openly encourage Library is nestled within the heart of KU’s celebration of her professional home’s 50th casual visitors. A lack of widespread clarity traditional academic core, it is hidden birthday in November, Whittaker also about its accessibility and purpose behind Strong Hall and can’t be seen from acknowledges that Mount Oread’s archival perpetuated an air of mystery. Jayhawk Boulevard. Entrances are hardly stronghold still needs an introduction to Why? For starters, it shares the Spencer welcoming, one facing a little-used terrace, Jayhawks who never venture inside or name with the popular art museum across the other tucked within a covered parking don’t even know what the place is. Marvin Grove. Brand distinction was alcove. To the north, folks traversing “Why is there this huge building at the never in the research library’s destiny. Memorial Drive are probably paying more top of the Hill, by the Campanile?” Important, too, is that the Spencer’s attention to the Campanile and a vista Whittaker says, voicing the confusion she holdings, although accessible to one and glorious to view than they are the big

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 27 “If you have 10 minutes, come in, you’ll learn something, you can explore something...”

—Beth Whittaker, Director

28 | KANSAS ALUMNI white building overlooking the road. Rather than bemoan its limitations, Whittaker, c’92, g’94, and her colleagues made changes. “It’s a special place, and it’s always been a special place,” says Whittaker, assistant dean of distinctive collections. “We would love for alumni who have never been in here, if they’re on campus, just come by.” ose who do can expect to be rewarded: A breathtaking secret is just around the corner, and even regular visitors will be startled by new views of timeless treasures.

“ f you’re so inclined, I’ll think you’ll be glad you did.” I at could be a general reference to visiting Spencer Research Library. But in this case, Whittaker is suggesting that a visitor remove a shoe, if even for a North Gallery visitors (above) stand before panels loaded with text, images, interactive video moment, because the red carpet encircling displays and even artifacts. One of the treasures on display (below) is a leather-covered the renovated North Gallery is so sumptu- “hornbook,” which holds a 16th-century paper alphabet. Hornbooks were so named for the thin ous that it must be felt underfoot. sheets of translucent animal horn that protected rare and valuable printed pages—typically “When we did this project,” Whittaker alphabets or prayers that would need to be used repeatedly, for many years and generations— says, “we thought for about two minutes from damage wrought by young readers. about whether we would replace the original wool carpet with a similar wool carpet, and there was just no question. It’s four oors. And, just as confusing, current you’d seen it all. ere was nothing such a signature look.” librarians could make little sense of why dierent, and it represented whatever Spencer Research Library’s North certain books were chosen for the shelves choices were made to shelve things in 1968 Gallery is reached via its exhibit space— visible to the public. for whatever criteria we don’t know.” currently featuring the splendid “Women’s “Everything that had been here origi- e renovated, reimagined and reorga- Athletics at KU: From Physical Education nally had been shelved here since 1968,” nized North Gallery—much of which was to Recognized Athletic Program,” through Whittaker says. “You came here once and made possible by an estate gi from April 30—which is directly behind the former librarian Ann Hyde, c’60,—opened main lobby. last September with a festive celebration. It Even when new signage above the North features books arranged by specic Gallery’s entrance is added, there still will collections with interactive panel displays be little hint of what’s to be discovered that oer up easy-to-digest lessons about around the rst corner: a sea of red carpet, that collection’s topic and the holding’s rich wood paneling, high ceilings, and a history at KU. glass-walled enclosure that oers visitors a e new gallery, in the description of taste of what’s within the closed stacks. KU News Service’s Mike Krings, blends e design of a U-shaped public gallery “the resources and expertise of an aca- encircling a sta-only storage area, the two demic library with the accessibility, separated only by glass, is iconic and, in technology and feel of a 21st-century Whittaker’s estimation, “genius.” museum,” creating “one of the most A few problems, though, needed to be unique library spaces on an American addressed: Books visible behind glass college campus.” partitions were but a sliver of the Spencer’s First up is the Wilcox Collection of holdings, with no hint about the breadth Contemporary Political Movements, an and depth of collections that stretch across internationally prominent collection of

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 29 Dan Storey’s video of the North Gallery can be seen at kualumni.org/extras. Paige Harding, a Dodge City freshman and member of the Student Alumni Network, inspects the gallery’s interactive trove of campus life images. Directly behind Harding are windows oering a memorable view of Marvin Grove and buildings perched on Jayhawk Boulevard. “I love this one,” director Beth Whittaker says of the eastern view. “This is my favorite.”

thousands of books, manuscripts and printing, and extensive displays from windows that makes the scene almost ephemera from America’s diverse political University Archives about campus life. surreal. landscape. Its creator and donor, Laird “It’s a genius idea to say that this is a “You feel closer,” Whittaker says, gazing Wilcox, ’67, was on hand for the Septem- closed-stack library but we can expose a at the Campanile from the North Gallery’s ber grand opening, and he gladly o ered small bit of what we have so that people new north wall, created from a little-used visitors musings about a passion he’s can get a taste of it, but the idea that this reclaimed balcony that for decades had nurtured since boyhood. wasn’t as e ective as it could be haunted been the source of water intrusion “When I look at the books up there,” me,” Whittaker says. “We needed to bedeviling collection caretakers. Wilcox says, gesturing toward high shelves expand it, and we also needed to honor e gallery has always been open to behind glass, “I can remember when I got the space and the intention.” visitors and has long been used for each and every one of them. And I’ve got All of which leads to … occasional small events. Even game-day four more big boxes sitting in the garage visitors who ducked in to use the library’s right now to bring over.” restrooms sometimes found their way Other highlighted exhibitions include hat view. Oh, that view. e back to the gallery in search of what they’d the Kansas Collection, the Langston Campanile, the Hill, Marvin Grove, heard was a splendid view. Hughes Collection, science ction, the Tthe golden valley, as you’ve never seen But the experience was rather ill- University’s extensive Irish and Central them before. dened, as in, “Oh, a balcony that over- American literature and history holdings, Yes, you can easily stand anywhere along looks the stadium. Nice.” Ho-hum. If the priceless Gould and Ellis natural Memorial Drive and look north. But visitors even noticed shelves of rare books history collections, 4,000-year-old there’s something about seeing that view behind them it was almost by accident. cuneiform tablets, the early history of literally framed within high, crystal-clear Now visitors are encouraged to come

30 | KANSAS ALUMNI enjoy a view like no other on campus, and, ries—or make a request of the reading- oh by the way, irresistible temptations that room receptionist for materials within represent the heart of the University’s Spencer Research Library’s vast holdings. academic mission also await. Reading-room visitors are required to “ at was really one of the big motiva- sign in, with a photo ID, and, in the spirit tions for trying to refresh this space,” of protecting rare books and manuscripts Whittaker says, “so that the bookshelves from “wet umbrellas and hot dogs,” in weren’t just background noise. If people Whittaker’s delightful description, visitors want to come look at the view, that’s must put bags and coats in secure lockers. ne. We’re happy to have them come and e process takes mere minutes, and the look at the view. But they’re going to rest of the library’s public areas—the lobby, see a couple of other things along exhibition space and North Gallery—are the way.” open for visits with no registration e tall windows and their unrivaled required, and coats and bags need not be access to the beauty of Mount Oread also stued into lockers. (As a common foster another dening feature of the courtesy, though, hot dogs might be better North Gallery: serenity. e mellow, quiet enjoyed elsewhere.) room is suused with a calm that encour- “If you have 10 minutes, come in, you’ll ages the quiet pause. learn something, you can explore some- “It’s denitely a reective space, and Estate papers across 500 years of England’s thing, and I just don’t think we did that people appreciate it for aesthetic and prominent North family—including Frederick before,” Whittaker says of the Spencer’s emotional qualities, too,” Whittaker says. refreshed public spaces encouraging visits. North, prime minister during the American “I come back here when I’m having a “It’s a way for alumni to connect with Revolution—include what today looks to be a rough day, and I just sit here and soak it all what’s happening at the University right up. So we didn’t want to overdo it [with fanciful “ﬁle” of legal writs, written on now, because this is a part of what’s exhibits and displays], and I think we parchment, strung onto thread or wire and happening at the University right now.” struck a really nice balance.” bundled and hung for storage (above). If For those who love books and beyond, unfurled, they remained in order. it’s a view to a thrill. Come see for yourself.h eady to check it out? Here’s how: Enter from ground level and take Rthe elevator or stairs one oor up, or enter directly from the Strong Hall terrace. Step up to the front desk—newly repositioned from its former less-than-helpful location at the back of the entry lobby—and say, “Hi! I want to see what’s here.” (“Howdy” and “hello” work, too.) It’s that easy. “Nobody needs to know how to do anything,” Whittaker says. “ ey just need to get to this person here”—she gestures toward a student receptionist—“who will walk you through the whole process.” To the le is the splendid Marilyn Stokstad Reading Room, which opened in 2011. It is where researchers perch at heavy tables to study materials brought to them by Spencer librarians. But don’t be intimidated: It is also open to the public, and visitors are welcome to browse books shelved in the reading room—including Jayhawker yearbooks, Kansas Alumni magazines, and city and county directo-

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 31 SUSAN YOUNGER SUSAN

32 | KANSAS ALUMNI KU’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Voice s Center motivates Jayhawks to speak out Spur Change about sexual violence

n September 2014, back-to-school expected to receive the go-ahead on so prevention o ce. What we see for most excitement quickly turned to many recommendations, especially programs is that it’s a hybrid: O ces are painful turmoil aer the online considering statewide budget cuts that doing prevention work, but also direct Hu ngton Post detailed the story of had limited University resources. service and advocacy work. And as it Ian anonymous KU student who accused One of the recommendations that should, advocacy takes priority. You the University, Lawrence police and the Doan was particularly pleased to see respond to crisis and then when you have local district attorney of failing to properly greenlighted was the creation of a sexual time you do prevention.” respond aer she reported her sexual assault prevention and education center, Brockman has spent her career provid- assault. Student demonstrators occupied a hub that would streamline the Univer- ing support for those aected by sexual the lawn of Strong Hall to protest the sity’s eorts to provide more training, and domestic violence. She has coordi- administration’s handling of sexual programs and activities for the KU nated educational and awareness programs misconduct on campus and to voice their community. for several community organizations and support for change. “at was monumental,” she recalls. learning institutions, including the Within days of the article’s release and “at was a game-changer.” University of Arkansas, where she was a the backlash that followed, Chancellor KU in fall 2015 established its rst sexual assault prevention educator. Before Bernadette Gray-Little assembled a task centralized o ce for sexual violence moving to Lawrence, she served as force to examine how the University prevention and education programming, executive director of the University of prevents and responds to sexual assault. the Sexual Assault Prevention and Iowa’s rape victim advocacy program, the Alesha Doan, associate professor with a Education Center (SAPEC), which has largest comprehensive sexual assault joint appointment in the School of Public called Carruth O’Leary Hall home since program in the state. Aairs & Administration and the depart- 2016. is spring, SAPEC joins the Emily Today, Brockman leads a SAPEC sta ment of women, gender and sexuality Taylor Center for Women & Gender that includes two full-time prevention studies, co-chaired the task force, which Equity and Legal Services for Students in educators: Dustin Struble, who’s currently met 13 times during the 2014-’15 aca- a stunning new space in a coveted working on his doctoral degree in higher demic year to review KU’s policies, location—the recently completed Burge education, and Sony Heath, c’07, j’07, g’10, practices and sanctions regarding sexual Union in the booming Central District. who worked as an academic adviser for assault. the School of Education and as assistant As the 2015 spring semester came to a director in the Emily Taylor Center for close, the task force delivered a report to hen Jennifer Brockman arrived on Women & Gender Equity. Kierra Sim- the chancellor with 27 recommendations WMount Oread in January 2016 as mons, an MBA graduate student and for improvement in the areas of policy and the rst director of SAPEC, she embraced former student-athlete, joined the team process, prevention practices, support and the signicant task ahead of her. “One of this year to assist with programs for advocacy for student victims of crime, and the things that brought me to this athletes. evaluation of the Code of Student Rights position, which I loved, was that this and Responsibilities. really was a build-up program,” Brock- by Heather Biele Gray-Little approved 22 of them. man says. “ere are not many programs “I was stunned,” says Doan, who hadn’t in the country that have a dedicated Photographs by Steve Puppe

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 33 e center also recruits peer educators origins that come from our student “Because we were born to help raise awareness about sexual activism on campus, which is a huge assault. Many of these student volunteers motivator for us. Because we were born of student voices, we don’t have been on board since day one. “We of student voices, we don’t put out any put out any programming, didn’t plan to have peer educators so programming, any marketing material, any marketing material, any soon,” says Brockman. “We thought we any curriculum that has not been inu- needed to get about a year under our belts, enced by, reviewed by or created by curriculum that has not been gure our world out and then bring students.” inﬂuenced by, reviewed by students on, but the students just kept e center not only seeks input from its or created by students.” coming.” peer educators in developing programs Zyrie Berry-Hendricks, a Topeka and new educational material, but it also —Jennifer Brockman sophomore majoring in social welfare and enlists the services of the greater KU gender studies, was one of the rst 13 student population, including anity students to join the center as peer educa- groups and student groups that are tors. He was eager to participate aer statistically known to have higher rates of meeting Brockman during student victimization or exposure to sexual orientation. “I was already interested in violence. “We do listening posts,” Brock- partner violence prevention. e course is trauma prevention and trauma care,” he man says. “If we’re rolling out new mandatory for all new and current says. “But she got me really motivated to curriculum, we bring those students in undergraduate, graduate and non-degree get this work done.” and have them review the material and seeking students. e material rotates Students are the center’s focus and give us feedback.” yearly, so students will never take the same have always played a prominent role e center currently has six core online course twice. in SAPEC’s work. “We utilize the philoso- programs for students: • “Jayhawks Give a Flock,” a cleverly phy of ‘nothing for us without us,’” • “Think About It,” an online training named bystander intervention program Brockman explains. “We have grassroots tool that addresses sexual and intimate that encourages students to take action when they recognize behavior that puts others at risk for violence, victimization or perpetration. • “Consent @ KU,” an interactive workshop that uses videos, images and role-playing to help participants understand, request and assess consent. • “Healthy Relationships,” a presentation that helps students develop skills to identify healthy and unhealthy behavior in intimate and other relationships. • “Sexual Violence Awareness & KU Policy,” a training tool that denes sexual assault and gender-based violence and gives students access to support resources at KU. • “Drug & Alcohol Facilitated Rape,” a presentation that uses images, lm and case review to recognize this particular type of sexual violence.

Brockman notes that the issue of drug and alcohol facilitated rape has become an increasingly critical conversation on campuses across the country. “What we hear over and over again from students is “I’ve never worked on a campus or in a community with this much involvement,” says Jennifer that they need consistency, especially Brockman, director of KU’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center, which moves into when folks are talking about alcohol or the new Burge Union this month. drugs as it relates to sexual activity.”

34 | KANSAS ALUMNI During the 2016-’17 academic year, SAPEC reached 43,797 students, faculty, sta and community partners through sta presentations, online training tools and other awareness programs, including education on how drugs and alcohol can inuence sexual violence. e center’s comprehensive campus outreach and engagement strive to ensure that all Jayhawks—especially students—receive clear, consistent communication about sexual assault. “No matter where they turn on campus, they’re hearing the same thing,” Brockman says. “ ey’re hearing the same message.”

rockman has been overwhelmed by Bthe support she and her team have received since SAPEC joined the campus community. One of her most memorable Shane McCreery and Alesha Doan are among experiences at KU came during her rst campus leaders working with SAPEC to year, as she trekked down Jayhawk promote a safe, supportive environment for all Boulevard to the Watson Library lawn KU students, faculty and sta. with 3,000 ags to display for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Fully expecting to tackle the daunting task alone, she was surprised to nd nearly 30 faculty and sta from various University departments eager e IOA oce provides several to lend a hand. resources for students, faculty and sta “ at’s reective of what our experience who report acts of discrimination, has been like at KU,” Brockman says. harassment and sexual misconduct, “We’re not having to ght to get people to including interim and protective mea- understand the importance of what we’re sures, such as academic accommodations doing. When we need doors to open, they and alternative housing placement; open. When we need partners to collabo- information about legal and health rate with across campus, the partners are support resources in the Lawrence and there and they’re willing. More oen than Edwards campus communities; and not, they’re coming to us and saying, ‘How assistance with informal conict resolu- can we help with this?’” tion and mediation as well as formal One campus partner that SAPEC works investigations. closely with is the Oce of Institutional “ e whole goal is to promote that we Opportunity & Access (IOA), which is Shane McCreery, who directs KU’s IOA can help,” McCreery says. “It all comes responsible for administering the Univer- oce, joined the University in September down to giving the person who’s engaging sity’s non-discrimination policies and 2016 aer spending 12 years as director of us control. ey can control how much procedures and ensuring that all KU the Oce of Equal Opportunity, Ethics they share with us, what resources they students have equal opportunities to all and Access at Illinois State University. use. ey can drop out of the process at aspects of education. e oce is also “It’s a team li,” McCreery says of any time.” widely known for enforcing Title IX, the working with SAPEC. “You have to work McCreery and his team have taken federal law that prohibits gender discrimi- cross-functionally to make an impact. We several steps to ensure that the Oce of nation at educational institutions that joint train and that works well. [Students] Institutional Opportunity & Access is a receive federal money. e law also guides get to see the yin and the yang, the visible resource on campus. Last year IOA universities in their response to reports of prevention and the response. We comple- sta conducted 60 training sessions on sexual violence and misconduct. ment each other really well.” campus, including programs with the

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 35 JENNIFER SPRAGUE (2) JENNIFER SPRAGUE

“What Were You Wearing?,” a powerful art installation featuring re-creations of outﬁts worn by survivors of sexual assault, returns to the Kansas Union Gallery April 9-27 as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

entire Kansas Athletics community, and and campuses don’t have that advantage, work, but we put our heart and soul into they aim to do an additional 15 this year. which is why she’s particularly proud of this issue on campus. We want to continue e o ce also has distributed 10,000 KU’s participation in the Heartland Sexual that work.” informational brochures across campus, Assault Policies & Prevention on Cam- Doan explains that part of the grant which detail how discrimination and puses Project, otherwise known as the requirement is that each institution harassment are dened, what services are Heartland Project. establish a task force to examine sexual oered through IOA, and how students, e project is funded by a three-year, assault in its community and identify gaps faculty and sta can seek help. $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department in services. Last year, the researchers “e main goal is remember us,” says of Health and Human Services O ce on administered a comprehensive survey to McCreery. “If they don’t know we exist or Women’s Health; KU was one of nine measure several issues on campuses, they have a fear of the unknown, they’re grant recipients nationwide. including student behavior related to not going to engage us.” Doan leads the project, which includes health and drinking. In addition to the e University’s widespread dedication researchers Juliana Carlson, assistant survey, Doan and her team have con- and support for SAPEC are unlike professor of social welfare, and Natabhona ducted student interviews and met with anything Brockman has seen in her years Mabachi, g’05, PhD’09, g’12, a research focus groups to further assess the status of working in sexual violence education and assistant professor of family medicine at each campus and determine needs for prevention. She knows many communities KU Medical Center. Both women also long-term success. participated in Gray-Little’s sexual assault “Our goal is to have a prevention plan, a task force. comprehensive one, in place that’s Doan, Carlson and Mabachi selected sustainable beyond the life of the grant eight campuses in Kansas, Missouri and and our intervention on these campuses,” “The fact that KU went Nebraska to evaluate current policies on she says. from this point of crisis sexual assault and help implement Doan understands that addressing and literally, in the span of a successful, research-based prevention sexual assault on college campuses is a strategies. Doan says her team intention- challenging one, but she believes that couple years, is now a national ally chose a variety of campuses, including engaging in di cult conversations and leader on what to do around research universities, faith-based and tackling those issues head-on will only this issue is remarkable. predominantly black universities, and strengthen post-secondary learning That’s a stunning turnaround.” community colleges. e Heartland institutions. As one of the co-chairs of Project researchers also selected KU to KU’s sexual assault task force in 2014, —Alesha Doan participate. she knows rsthand how rewarding the “We still wanted to work with KU, outcome can be. because obviously we’re very invested in “e fact that KU went from this point it,” says Doan. “It’s not only our place of of crisis and literally, in the span of a

36 | KANSAS ALUMNI couple years, is now a national leader on survivors of sexual assault. To date, more video campaign features animated body what to do around this issue is remark- than 200 organizations and universities parts that explain consent in clever and able,” she says. “ at’s a stunning worldwide have received installation playful ways. e campaign won a Webby turnaround.” packets. Award in 2017. Brockman attributes part of the installa- “It’s ridiculous when you explain the tion’s success to its timing: It debuted in concept,” says Li, “but I think it got people s Brockman prepares to move her Lawrence as detailed reports of sexual talking. We were able to start a conversa- ASAPEC team into the new Burge assault and harassment hit several tion about what consent is and isn’t.” Union, she’s also gearing up for Sexual industries, including lm and media, and In just three years, Project Consent has Assault Awareness Month in April. is gave signicant momentum to the grown to include more than 50 employees year’s theme for the national event is #MeToo movement. “Embrace Your Voice.” “Folks were ready to have a vehicle for e center has several events lined up, their voice,” she says. “ is created a very including the return of the “What Were accessible vehicle for them to use.” You Wearing?” installation, which debuted e opening of this year’s installation, at KU last September. Brockman and a which will feature more than 18 outts former colleague at the University of donated by KU students, faculty and sta, Arkansas, Mary Wyandt-Hiebert, created coincides with an April 9 forum in the the project in 2013 aer nding inspira- Burge Union. ree speakers, all of whom tion in a poem written by Mary Simmer- are prominant activists against sexual ling, which detailed the clothing she wore violence, will give brief presentations, when she was sexually assaulted. followed by an opportunity for partici- To create the installation, Brockman pants to break into groups for workshop- interviewed survivors of sexual assault and style sessions. used their stories to recreate the outts for Sara Li, a Topeka junior majoring in display, all of which were donated. She creative writing with a minor in journal- hosted the installation at the University of ism and a certicate in entrepreneurship, Arkansas and later took it to Iowa, but it is one of the speakers. Li founded Project wasn’t until the exhibition was featured at Consent, a nonprot organization that the Kansas Union that it received wide- raises awareness about sexual assault, Sara Li spread attention. when she was a junior in high school. It e story of the University’s haunting originally started as an Instagram page, who volunteer their time or receive college and powerful new installation was picked but as the page gained global interest, she credit for their work. up by several news outlets, including the realized she was on to something. Just as Project Consent has seen Lawrence Journal-World, Hungton Post “It’s denitely grown past awareness,” substantial growth in its volunteer base, and the Chicago Tribune, and soon she says. “Now we want to take action, Brockman can anticipate her team of Brockman was elding requests on how whether it’s working with domestic student volunteers more than doubling by recreate it. She assembled an installation shelters or working with policymakers.” 2019. packet with a curation guide and other Two years ago, Project Consent teamed “I’ve never worked on a campus or in a helpful tips, which she oers at no cost. up with an advertising agency to create community with this much involvement. e only requirement is that hosts partner “Consent is Simple,” one of its many e students could not be more enthusias- with a victim advocacy group or mental seasonal campaigns that highlight some tic to have this legacy of change be health program to provide resources for aspect of sexual violence. e innovative theirs.”h

Sexual Assault Awareness Month at KU n April 16-20: Awareness flags at Edwards Campus, Overland Park n April 3-7: Awareness flags at Lawrence n April 9-13: Awareness flags at KU n April 18: “Drink Talk Learn: campus, Watson Library lawn Medical Center Consent,” Hashinger Hall theatre n April 9: “Embrace Your Voice” n April 9-27: “What Were You n April 27: SAPEC Open House, forum, featuring Syard Evans, Wearing?” survivor art installation, Burge Union Tracy Wright and Sara Li, Burge Union Kansas Union Gallery

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 37 As part of Kansas Humanities Council project, KPR seeks to record the oral histories of Vietnam vets

by Steven Hill | Photographs by Steve Puppe

38 | KANSAS ALUMNI aye McIntyre kept hearing that views and le us with just one,” Burns told she recalls. “It was a profoundly moving John Musgrave’s story was one McIntyre in an interview broadcast on experience to see how moved they were Kshe needed to listen to. KPR Sept. 10, “I’d pick John Musgrave’s at nally being recognized.” e rst call came from Steve Nowak, and retitle the lm ‘e Education of John e moment reminded her of some- executive director at the Watkins Museum Musgrave.’” thing Musgrave said during the interview: of History. e Lawrence museum was “I thought, ‘All right, I guess I’ll call ere are so many veterans who deserve to hosting a talk, “Vietnam Comes to him,’” McIntyre says, laughing. “ey were have their story told, and most of them Lawrence: Remembering a Bitter War,” at both so powerful in their statements about will never be asked. which Musgrave, ’74, would discuss his John, and he lives right down the road. So “Looking around the room, I thought, experiences as a Marine infantryman in I called.” ‘ese are the men he was talking about; Vietnam and upon his return home. What followed was an interview that these are the men who deserve to have en McIntyre, who produces Kansas McIntyre, who has conducted hundreds in their stories told, and they’re right here in Public Radio’s weekly public aairs her 17 years at KPR, called “easily the most our community.’ I just wished I could run program, “KPR Presents,” learned that Ken moving interview of my entire career.” She around the room taking names. I walked Burns and Lynn Novick would visit Kansas devoted an entire show to Musgrave’s out of there feeling like, ‘Wow, I would City in early September to promote their story, which aired Oct. 1. e next night love to jump in and try to do some small new documentary lm, “e Vietnam he participated in an event at Liberty Hall part in helping collect those stories.’” War.” Burns, deservedly lauded for his hosted by KCPT, Watkins Museum, the And then came the email from the quintessential lms on the Civil War, Dole Institute, KU Libraries and the Kansas Humanities Council. baseball, jazz and other iconic American Lawrence Public Library. “What It Means topics, had turned his attention to one of to Be a Patriot: e Vietnam War with H H H the most divisive periods in U.S. history, John Musgrave” screened clips from the producing an ambitious 18-hour epic. A documentary followed by a discussion aj. Murl Riedel serves in the 130th big reason Burns and Novick were coming with Musgrave. MField Artillery Brigade of the to Kansas City, hosted by public television McIntyre attended, and at the end the Kansas Army National Guard, based in station KCPT, McIntyre learned, was that moderator asked the Vietnam veterans in Manhattan. Riedel, g’14, joined the guard one of the lm’s main storylines belonged the audience to stand. About a third of the in 1998 and received his ocer commis- to John Musgrave. room, McIntyre says, stood as the rest of sion in 2001. From 2003 to 2005 he “I’ve always said that if some evil genie the packed theatre applauded. was deployed in Iraq, providing force took away all of our hundreds of inter- “ey all looked so proud and so glad,” protection at checkpoints, and operating COURTESY KANSAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORICAL KANSAS COURTESY

Soldiers in the Vietnam War, 1968

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 39 KPR producer Kaye McIntyre hopes Vietnam gates and towers on a compound. of oral histories from the Vietnam era. War veterans such as (clockwise from top) “We weren’t actively patrolling areas,” e second is to foster the sort of commu- David Hann, c’70, g’73, John Musgrave and Riedel says, “but we had our own threats nity-level discussion that might lead more Professor Emeritus David Dinneen, g’54, will and hazards to deal with.” When he Kansans to reach out to Vietnam veterans arrived, part of the second wave of troops in their families and communities. share their experiences as part of “Kansas sent to Iraq, his brother, who served in the “As part of the way that the war was Stories of the Vietnam War,” a statewide 82nd Airborne as part of the invasion viewed as veterans returned, there was not history project organized by Julie Mulvihill and force, was just leaving. When Murl le, his a lot of oral history recorded with the Murl Riedel (opposite page) at the Kansas sister’s National Guard unit was just soldiers coming back,” Riedel says. “In Humanities Council. arriving. “For about three years there was fact, soldiers were oen reluctant to talk a Riedel in Iraq,” he says. “My mom’s got a about their experience at all. Now we have big investment in Iraq at this point.” the opportunity, 50 years later, where it has Riedel directs grants for the Kansas become OK to talk about these things.” Humanities Council and leads “Kansas “Kansas Stories of the Vietnam War” telling stories were from that older Stories of the Vietnam War,” a project grew out of a 2016 humanities council Greatest Generation,” says Julie Mulvihill, that’s enlisting 12 community organiza- project, “ e ings ey Carried Home.” d’91, g’01, executive director of the Kansas tions from across Kansas to collect oral Kansans were encouraged to read Tim Humanities Council. “When we say histories from the Vietnam veterans in O’Brien’s classic Vietnam War novel, e veterans, I think for a lot of Kansans we their community. e council provides ings ey Carried, participate in still think of the World War II generation. grants and training expertise to the 12 community book discussions and attend And they deserve all the respect we can groups—one of which is Kansas Public workshops where they learned to care for give. But we thought, as we move forward, Radio. the mementoes soldiers brought home let’s really see if we can start to treat our e mission of the project is twofold, from war. Organizers discovered that most Vietnam War veterans with the same Riedel explains. attendees were focused on earlier wars. respect, and sort of bring Kansans along e rst goal is to rectify the shortage “So oen the family members who were with us as we look at this particular

40 | KANSAS ALUMNI chapter in our nation’s history.” Where the 2016 project focused on the As part of the way that the war was viewed objects soldiers carried home, “Kansas “as veterans returned, there was not a lot of Stories of the Vietnam War” is concerned with more intangible things—emotions, oral history recorded with the soldiers coming back. memories, feelings—that veterans carried In fact, soldiers were often reluctant to talk o the battle eld. “What’s really important to so many about their experience at all. Now we have the local museums and historical societies opportunity, 50 years later, where it has become around the state is to have a section honoring their veterans, but so oen OK to talk about these things. —Murl Riedel there’s not much there from the Vietnam War,” Mulvihill says. “And I think that’s ” because so many of us just didn’t know how to respond. at war was more father and mother. “If we were looking for Musgrave was 11 months into his complicated in some ways, and it’s still heroes, all we had to do was look across 13-month tour when he was wounded for complicated for people to talk about.” the dinner table,” he says. “ese were the second time, shot in the chest at close people who saved the world.” range by a North Vietnamese machine H H H For Musgrave, a proud Eagle Scout who gunner. One Marine died and others were believed deeply in service to community shot retrieving him from the battle eld. ust how complicated the Vietnam War and country, joining the Marine Corps ree times he was triaged as too badly Jwas is writ large in the twists and turns was a logical progression, “the next step to wounded to operate on, but somehow he of John Musgrave’s journey. another uniform, a more serious type of survived long enough for a surgeon to In 1967, when he arrived in country as service.” He was tired of not counting. save his life. He returned stateside to an infantry rieman, he was as gung-ho as “I knew I wasn’t going to be a man when recover at a military hospital near Chicago they come. He’d grown up in Fairmount, I graduated from boot camp,” Musgrave and eventually wound up in college in Missouri, idolizing the generation who says, “but I knew I’d be a Marine, and that Kansas, where he discovered what served in World War II, including both his would be enough for me.” America really thought about the war.

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 41 “In 1969, the last thing you wanted to be be ashamed of,” Musgrave says. “Fortu- exposed to Agent Orange. He also began on a college campus was a disabled combat nately for me, I was a Marine and that gave working with combat veterans, from veteran,” Musgrave says. “I had people I’d me a tremendous amount of attitude. I had Vietnam and subsequent wars, encourag- gone to high school with cussing at me, a chip on my shoulder the size of the ing them to open up about their war calling me a war criminal. People would Rocky Mountains.” experience. spit on the ground in front of me.” But over time, Musgrave came to oppose “I don’t think any of us can really come Military men on campus gave him some the war. In the same way that he’d felt home until we tell our story,” Musgrave friendly advice: Grow your hair, don’t wear driven to serve his government, he now says. “How else can we come to terms with anything that connects you with the felt obligated to stand against it. He joined our experience? A lot of guys say, ‘I don’t military and never talk about Vietnam. He Vietnam Veterans Against the War and think about it; I have come to terms with went straight home, dug his jungle boots was part of the group’s successful eort to it.’ Well, that’s horseshit, and I always call and eld jacket out of his seabag, and wore win treatment and benets from the them on it. If it remains unsaid, it remains nothing but that on campus from then on. Veterans Administration for soldiers who undealt with. ey need a conversation.” “I refused to act as if I had something to experienced post-traumatic stress or were We need a conversation, Musgrave and

42 | KANSAS ALUMNI others say: for our veterans but also for our Kansas communities. I don’t think any of us can really come home “ ese sorts of conversations are “ timeless,” Julie Mulvihill says. “ ey honor until we tell our story. How else can we come to the past, but they also help us think about terms with our experience? A lot of guys say, where we’re at right now and presumably even project into the future about how we ‘I don’t think about it; I have come to terms with it.’ want to welcome back our soldiers from Well, that’s horseshit, and I always call them other wars, or what is the right way to think about opposition to current events.” on it. If it remains unsaid, it remains undealt with. e best oral histories, she believes, They need a conversation. —John Musgrave aren’t those that ask people to reect generally on their lives, but those that ” gather many dierent perspectives on a specic shared experience. e Library of Congress will provide exactly that kind of project, participants can donate their ‘America loves you.’ Whether you believe training to the 12 community groups, stories to the Library of Congress, where in what they were doing in Vietnam or whose individual projects target not only they will become part of the Veterans not, their stories are important and it’s combat veterans, but also conscientious History Project, a trove of some 108,000 important that we hear them and value objectors, military medical corps members rsthand accounts of U.S. veterans who them. It’s a way, I guess, to go beyond just and veterans service advocates. In addition served in wars and conicts from World saying, ‘ ank you for your service.’” to oral histories, the groups will also oer War I to Iraq and Afghanistan. at October night at Liberty Hall, aer memoir writing workshops for those who “It has taken us a long time as a society the applause died, several veterans in the feel more comfortable telling their stories to be able to divorce the war from the audience approached Musgrave. “ ey in written form. At the conclusion of the warriors,” says Kaye McIntyre, who is came up and told me, ‘ at’s the rst time enlisting Musgrave’s help in convincing anybody’s ever done that for me.’ It was the veterans to share their stories with KPR as rst time, and it made them weep. We take part of “Kansas Stories of the Vietnam for granted that ‘ ank you for your “America had not liked the war, America was War.” service’ is commonplace, that everybody’s not comfortable with the war and America did She points to StoryCorps, an oral hearing it, but not everybody is.” not want to be reminded of their responsibility history project that since 2003 has So, yes, it’s complicated. And simple: collected, preserved and shared thousands e stories of John Musgrave and thou- of it when we came home,” says Marine of stories, some of them broadcast on sands of Kansas veterans—from Vietnam veteran John Musgrave, who helped bring a National Public Radio and published in and other wars—are stories we need to Vietnam memorial to campus and has books. listen to. counseled survivors of Vietnam and “One of the guiding principles behind “ is is America’s story,” Musgrave says, subsequent wars. “Hundreds of thousands of StoryCorps is that listening is an act of “It’s a story that America has for 50 years veterans bottled it up. Getting on with their love,” McIntyre says. “I feel like collecting not been particularly interested in hearing, life did not mean making peace with it.” stories of our veterans is a way to say, but it’s America’s story.”h

Kansas Stories of the Vietnam War H Kansas Studies Institute at To share your oral history Johnson County Community with Kansas Public Radio, he following 12 organizations are participating in the Kansas College, Overland Park contact Kaye McIntyre: THumanities Council project to collect oral histories from H Mary Cotton Public Library, [email protected]. More the Vietnam era: Sabetha information on the statewide H Mid-American All Indian project can be found at H Kansas Public Radio, H Eisenhower Presidential Center, Wichita http://kansashumanities.org/ Lawrence Library and Museum, H Newton Public Library programs/kansas-stories-of- H Do Good Productions, Abilene H Onaga Historical Society the-vietnam-war/. Leawood H Emporia Public Library H Salina Public Library —S.H. H Jetmore Public Library H Winﬁeld Public Library

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University Career Center to provide these services. Leading the new program is Kristi Durkin Laclé, c’99, who worked in marketing and event planning for Sprint and Cerner before joining the Association in February as assistant vice president of the Jayhawk Career Network. She will work closely with Mark Mears, j’84, an independent consultant a er a long career Professional connections as a marketing executive with several national corporations. Mears, who also is New program boosts resources for students and alumni executive-in-residence for the KU journalism school, will assist with the hrough the years, many alumni have current and future Jayhawks. I’m pleased program’s development over the next year. Trelied on the advice, encouragement to be able to lend a hand in its success.” e JCN eort results from two and connections of fellow Jayhawks to Key JCN components will include: common themes that have emerged from advance their careers. To formalize and • KU Alumni Mentoring, an online, recent alumni surveys. Alumni, especially coordinate Jayhawk connections, espe- career-focused platform that connects recent graduates, have voiced their desire cially for students—and to enhance and students to alumni and alumni to alumni for more tangible and convenient ways to promote the University’s career services— for long-term and one-time mentorships. connect professionally with fellow the Alumni Association has created the e Association will launch this digital Jayhawks, and alumni of all ages have Jayhawk Career Network (JCN), a service in fall 2018 in partnership with the voiced their desire to give back to KU by multifaceted program to link students and Schools of Architecture & Design, assisting students as well as fellow alumni, providing career resources for Business, Engineering and Journalism, as graduates. Jayhawks at every life stage. e Associa- well as the College of Liberal Arts & Jerry Skillett, president and co-founder tion will collaborate with the University Sciences and the University Career Center. of Citizens Parking in New York City and Career Center, professional schools and • Rock Chalk Connect events that unite a national board member for the Associa- other campus units to roll out this students with alumni experts in various tion, has served for nearly two years as a new initiative. professions. In the past year, the Associa- mentor for the School of Business. He “One of the greatest assets the Univer- tion has hosted successful events in Kansas wanted to help KU students in the early sity of Kansas has is its powerful network City and Chicago featuring leaders in stages of their career exploration and of 250,000 alumni around the world,” says engineering, media and entrepreneurship. preparation. Heath Peterson, d’04, g’09, president of the Plans are underway for programs in other “It’s an opportunity to touch outside of Alumni Association. “We must do more to major metropolitan areas that have large the college bubble,” says Skillett, b’81. “e connect students to Jayhawk industry Jayhawk networks. opportunity to begin building a network leaders and help them grow their alumni • Opportunities for job shadowing, with successful business people is an network before they leave the Hill.” internships and employment with alumni additional natural outcome.” e Association’s investments in the who work in these key metropolitan areas. Laclé anticipates that the program will JCN are made possible by a $250,000 gi e Association will partner with the provide students with lasting and powerful from Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple in San Francisco and recipient of a 2015-’16 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. (2) STOREY DAN “KU helped my career take ight, and there is no doubt that I still highly value and lean on my KU network,” says COURTESY BRAD GARLINGHOUSE COURTESY Garlinghouse, c’94. “I think the Jayhawk Career Network can replicate and expand upon my fortunate experience for lots of Laclé Mears Garlinghouse

44 | KANSAS ALUMNI connections to the University, far beyond their years on the Hill. “One of the biggest takeaways from my career is that I met STEVE PUPPE STEVE Jayhawks along the way,” she says. “At every organization, there was always somebody who was tied back to KU, and they were always a sounding board. It was a bond and a familiarity that was a comfort.” In addition to connecting students and alumni at every stage and providing lifelong resources for professional success, the Jayhawk Career Network aims to enhance new student recruitment by showcasing the distinct advantage of a KU degree. “Preparation for career success will continue to have growing implications on enrollment throughout higher education,” Alumni Association President Heath Peterson (l) presented a check to KU alumnus and says Peterson. “ e Jayhawk Career Network will allow us to showcase for retired Marine Corps colonel Mike Denning (r), c’83, director of KU’s Oce of Graduate prospective students the value and Military Studies and president of the KU Veterans Alumni Network, during the Jan. 27 versatility of the KU degree and alumni KU-Texas A&M men’s basketball game. With Mike is former Marine Maria Santiago, a career success. We are well positioned to pre-engineering student, and her daughter, Ashley. The Association donated $5,500 in provide new opportunities and real value membership dues in November to the Wounded Warrior Scholarship Fund as part of its ﬁrst for all Jayhawks.”h KU Cares Month of Service.

Jayhawk Roundup 2018 Friday, April 13, 2018 6 p.m. VIP entrance 6:30 p.m. Event begins Murﬁn Stables 14515 E. 13th North (13th and 143rd streets), Wichita For tickets, visit kualumni.org/jayhawkroundup Event hosts Dave and Janet Murﬁn IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

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Life Members Lisa M. Mescher-Schlueter New Staff he Association thanks these Jayhawks, who began their Life Patricia Hackney Miller Tmemberships Jan. 1 through Feb. 28. For information, visit Kathleen Minner kualumni.org or call 800-584-2957.h Anthony & Susan Mitchell STOREY DAN Crysta R. Moon Candice A. Ackerman Andrea N. Fulmer Nancy Todd Noches Erik S. & Sarah Hochstetler John B. Gallon Ronald W. Peterson Anderson Erica D. Golditch Scott H. Raymond Heidi V. Anderson Jamie L. Haines Sarah Frazier Redick Taylor D. Atwood Joel G. Harding Lee A. & Tandy Beckett Lyle E. Baade Jason O. & Stephanie Reussner Collin J. & Abigail Bartlow Wilkinson Hargett James A. & Nang M. Rives Kristen E. Brau Shanda C. Hayden Daniel S. Rose W. Dale Brownawell James L. Helt Catherine E. Ruhl Mary C. Carter Katelyn E. Houtz Tonda F. Rush rysta Moon, c’17, joined Derek P. & Deborah K. Rogers Ebony S. Howard Jean M. Schrader Cthe Association in Case Darrin L. Johnson Reuben A. Shelton January as coordinator of Cheryl L. Catron Evan S. Jones John G. & Ashley R. Sparks membership, marketing and Sean D. Christensen Roxanne Longenecker Kos Keon & Carley M. Stowers business development after Brian E. & Amy Lebsack Dillon Linda L. Kruger Daniel T. Suitor spending the past two years Joseph M. & Jami Dix Joshua D. Lang Katherine Evans Tepper as an intern. The Mission Kristen N. Dondlinger R. Thorsten Liebers Thomas W. & Starr Smith native, who’s also a James N. & Mary Lew Jennifer Shoulberg Lyon Wagsta third-generation Jayhawk, Edmonds Leslie Catron Manthei Reeves W. Wiedeman majored in Spanish and was Gary D. Erlich Caroline Martin Robert A. & Mary Beth part of the Homecoming Christopher W. Farabee Judith Clements Mason Williams Steering Committee. Bradley C. Fishman Katie A. McCurry Stephanie J. Wittman DAN STOREY (2) STOREY DAN

Amanda Landes Adkins, c’98, vice president of population health for Cerner Corp., was one of four alumni professionals who shared their insights Jan. 18 during the Association’s KU Biosciences in KC event at KU Medical Center. She described Cerner’s research to develop “personal health intelligence systems” to help individuals combine their medical records, behavioral data and genetic data. Nearly 60 participants attended the event, part of the Jayhawk Career Network’s Rock Chalk Connect series.

46 | KANSAS ALUMNI The Greater Kansas City Network and the KU Alumni Association present Order of Events

Saturday, April 28 The Grand Ballroom at Bartle Hall 301 W. 13th St., Kansas City, MO 64105 (Use “Grand Ballroom” for GPS) Rock Chalk Ball 2018 5-6:30 p.m. Crimson and Blue Silent Auction Forever KU Hors d’oeuvres and Cocktails at the Grand Ballroom at Bartle Hall, Kansas City, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28, 2018 Rock Chalk Chant with the KU Band and Spirit Squad Honoring e Chancellor Live Auction and Dinner Chancellor Doug Girod and Susan Girod are honorary chairs for 2018. 8:00 p.m. Rock Chalk Ball is the ﬁnal celebration in a week of activities and tributes Silent Auction closes marking his formal installation as the 18th chancellor of the Dancing to the music University of Kansas. of the Patrick Lentz Band Registration Black Tie I Please make reservations no later than Friday, April 13, 2018. Creative KU-inspired I Respond online at rockchalkball.org or call 785-864-9769. black tie apparel applauded! I Valet parking will be available at The Grand Ballroom at Bartle Hall. Open Bar I For questions or concerns, please call Kelsey Hill at 785-864-9781.

Proceeds from the event will support the Association’s programs to advocate for Title Sponsor Presenting Sponsor KU; communicate to alumni and friends in all media; recruit students and volunteers; serve current students, alumni and KU; and unite all Jayhawks.

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 47 Class Notes by Heather Biele Painesville and have four children and nine grandchildren. Stephen Hines, d’71, wrote A Prairie Girl’s Faith: e Spiritual Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, which was published in Shirley Thomson Burbank, d’53, Harold Godwin, p’64, professor February. It’s his 10th book about the 53 retired aer a long career in 64 emeritus at the KU School of children’s author. education, social work and sales. She lives Pharmacy, in March received the 2018 in Ellicott City, Maryland, with her Remington Honor Medal, the highest Robert Briscoe, c’72, g’74, is retired husband, Carl. honor given by the American Pharmacists 72 principal at Mercer. He continues to Association. Before retiring he served as make his home in Long Beach, California. professor of pharmacy practice and John Nixon, j’72, received the National 55 associate dean for clinical and medical Sports Media Association Sportscaster of MARRIED center a airs at the University of Kansas the Year Award for the state of New James Duncan, Health System. He directed the hospital’s Mexico. He’s the play-by-play announcer e’55, and Beverly Sue pharmacy from 1969 to 2004. for New Mexico State University athletics. Wright Brownlee, d’55, is is the third time Jack has been g’58, Dec. 23 in Prairie Village, where they Lawrence Williams, d’66, is a honored with this award in his 38-year make their home. 66 retired math teacher in Emporia, career at NMSU. where he makes his home with his wife, John Kelso, c’59, is retired and lives Gae. 59 in Cincinnati. His career included posts as director of investigations and Mel Ehrlich, d’67, l’74, is retired and School Codes Letters that follow names regulatory compliance at the Food and 67 lives in Bakerseld, California, with indicate the school from which alumni earned Drug Administration and director of Yvette Leerskov Ehrlich, l’90. degrees. Numbers show their class years. quality assurance at Duramed Pharmaceuticals. Keith Culver, b’69, g’70, lives in a School of Architecture, 69 Palm Springs, California, where he Design and Planning James Quinn, e’60, chairs the site fullled his 2017 resolution of running a b School of Business planning and architectural half-marathon every month, a goal which c College of Liberal Arts 60 and Sciences commission for the City of Medford in has taken him to Madagascar, Estonia and d School of Education Oregon, where he lives with his wife, Cuba for races. e School of Engineering Mary. Jim also is CEO and chairman of Dana Dirks Metcalf, d’69, is a retired f School of Fine Arts White Mountain Apache Timber Com- teacher and lives in Tallahassee, Florida, g Master’s Degree pany in Whiteriver, Arizona. with her husband, Richard, b’70. h School of Health Professions Jo Ann Marinelli Weber, j’69, is a sales j School of Journalism Dale Taylor, d’62, g’71, PhD’84, in executive at Reece Nichols Real Estate in l School of Law 62 November received the Legacy Overland Park, where she and her m School of Medicine Award from the American Music erapy husband, Ronald, make their home. n School of Nursing Association’s Black Music erapy p School of Pharmacy Network. He founded the music therapy Paul Gray, d’70, is a minister and PharmD School of Pharmacy s School of Social Welfare program at the University of Wisconsin- writer whose third book, Convert- 70 u School of Music Eau Claire and has published several ible Conversations, was published in AUD Doctor of Audiology articles and books on the subject. November. He and his wife, Margaret DE Doctor of Engineering “Kitsy” Waggoner Gray, d’69, live in DMA Doctor of Musical Arts Charles Long, PhD’63, professor Lawrence. DNP Doctor of Nursing Practice 63 emeritus of biology at the Univer- DPT Doctor of Physical Therapy sity of Wisconsin, wrote Poems of Charles H. Thomas Chapman, ’71, a former EdD Doctor of Education Alan Long, which was published last year. 71 KU football player and member of OTD Doctor of Occupational In 1968 he founded the university’s the 1969 Orange Bowl team, is CEO of Therapy Museum of Natural History and served as V.L. Chapman Electric in Grand River, PhD Doctor of Philosophy director and curator for 30 years. He Ohio. He also is a retired pastor and SJD Doctor of Juridical Science (no letter) Former student makes his home in Stevens Point, volunteers his ministry services at the assoc Associate member of the Wisconsin. local jail. He and his wife, Claudia, live in Alumni Association

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J. B. Forbes, j’73, a Pulitzer Prize- “Bahaghari: Traditional Songs of the Gordon Docking Consulting in Overland 73 winning photographer at the St. Phillipines.” Park. Louis Post-Dispatch, in March was Lisa Scheller, h’76, g’03, recently retired Ann Hastings Frigon, c’77, lives in inducted in the St. Louis Media Hall of from KU Endowment, where she worked Dodge City, where she’s a senior wealth Fame. as a writer and editor for 10 years. Last adviser at Pinnacle Financial Group. Judith Sample Thompson, d’73, is year she published e Story of the Bear, a John Jeter, c’77, m’81, in January retired retired and lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. book for children who have lost a loved as president and CEO of HaysMed, which She taught in the Shawnee Mission School one to suicide. is a partner in the University of Kansas District for several years and also worked Joel Waxman, c’76, m’79, is a physician Health System. for two publishing companies. in the department of otolaryngology at KU Patricia Cleary Miller, g’77, PhD’79, Medical Center. professor emerita of English at Rockhurst Joseph Holman, l’74, is an attorney Craig Weinaug, g’76, in October University in Kansas City, will receive the 74 at the Whitlock Company in Kansas received the Career Development Award university’s Rashford-Lyon Award in April City. from the International City Managers for her leadership and service in the Association. He lives in Lawrence, where classroom and in Kansas City’s arts James Mason, c’75, retired a er he’s the Douglas County Adminstrator. community. 75 nearly 40 years with the City of Wichita Park & Recreation, where he James Barker, c’77, m’80, is a Stuart Kowalski, b’78, l’81, lives in recently served as director of the Great 77 pulmonary and sleep medicine 78 Wichita, where he retired as general Plains Nature Center. specialist in Gatesville, Texas, where he counsel from Slawson Companies. and his wife, Karen, make their home. Rob Rains, j’78, a longtime St. Louis Rex Niswander, c’76, lives in New Beth Black, s’77, is a physical therapist at sports reporter and author of more than 76 York City, where he’s of counsel at Rust Medical Center in Rio Rancho, New 30 books, in March was inducted in the St. Morrison & Foerster and vice president of Mexico. She lives in Albuquerque with her Louis Media Hall of Fame. He was artist and repertoire at GLP Music. He wife, Gail. inducted in the Missouri Sports Hall of produced singer Lea Salonga’s latest CD, George Docking, j’77, is a consultant at Fame last May.

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 49 Take a closer look at these Flying Jayhawks adventures!

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To see the complete 2018 schedule of Flying Jayhawk destinations, visit kualumni.org/travel or call 800-584-2957. e Rev. Julie Williams Johnson one of only two players to score 2,000 New York. She’s the rst woman to lead Staples, j’78, is executive director of career points and record 1,000 rebounds. the private school. Intersections International in New York John Nuss, c’80, is chief scienti c ocer Thomas King, g’82, is interim CEO of City. She recently served as interim senior at Oppilan Pharma and Escalier VIVUS, a pharmaceutical company in minister at Flatbush-Tompkins Congrega- Biosciences. California. tional Church in Brooklyn, New York. Reggie Robinson, c’80, l’87, in January Bradley Masterson, b’82, lives in Kansas Julie was a 2015 recipient of the KU Black was named KU vice chancellor for public City, where he’s vice president of architec- Alumni Network Mike and Joyce Shinn aairs aer serving as interim leader of the ture and delivery at DST Systems. Leaders and Innovators Award. Oce of Public Aairs. e KU Black Alumni Network named him a Mike and Barbara Durbin, h’83, supervises Ron Altman, j’79, retired in Decem- Joyce Shinn Leader and Innovator in 2017. 83 rehabilitation at St. Luke’s East 79 ber as an account manager at AT&T. Hospital in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. He makes his home in Overland Park with Russell DeTrempe, s’81, is director Julie Moses Altman, d’80, g’04, the 81 of maximum security and chief of Tom Bené, b’84, is president and principal at Horizon Academy, a private operations at Fulton State Hospital, where 84 CEO of Sysco Corporation in school for students with learning disabili- he’s worked for more than 30 years. He Houston. He previously served as the ties in Roeland Park. makes his home in Hartsburg, Missouri. company’s chief operating ocer. Bill Pollard, g’79, is a respiratory Mehdi Jalayerian, e’81, g’82, is executive Jerry Green, j’84, is an online commu- therapist and sleep technologist in Sebring, vice president and chief of innovation for nity strategist at e Community Round- Florida. He’s currently running for global practice at Environmental Systems table. He and Karen Wayne Green, c’85, Congress in the 17th District of Florida. Design in Chicago. lead implementation manager at Compan- Mark Strand, c’79, g’81, lives in Law- Brian Purdy, j’81, is Dallas market ion Protect, live in Overland Park. rence, where he’s retired director of president at CBS Radio. facilities management, academic and Robert Arrocha, c’85, is oce administrative services at the KU School Laura Kang, d’82, is head of school 85 manager at State Farm Insurance in of Business. 82 at East Woods School in Oyster Bay, Baldwin Park, California. He and his wife,

Molli Hasenbank Anderson, d’80, 80 g’86, is assistant head of school at the National Child Research Center in Washington, D.C., where she lives with her husband, Brian. J. Brooks Augustine, b’80, is chief customer ocer at Jyve, a technology- optimized merchandising company. He lives in Naperville, Illinois, with his wife, Jane, and has two sons, one of whom is Reid, b’15, g’18, who earned his MBA from KU in December and is a nancial analyst at Key Bank in Overland Park. Alison Banikowski, g’80, PhD’81, retired as deputy superintendent aer 34 years in the Olathe School District. She’s currently teaching at Baker University. Bill Graves, ’80, former governor of Kansas and past president and CEO of the American Trucking Association, is on the board of directors of Openforce. He lives in McLean, Virginia, with his wife, Linda. Adrian Mitchell Newell, c’80, who played women’s basketball at KU and earned All-Big Eight honors, had her jersey retired in January at Allen Field House. She was the rst KU player and

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Patricia, assoc., live in Pasadena and have named executive vice chancellor for KU her partner, Candace, live in Santa Fe, a son. Medical Center, where he served in an New Mexico. Gregory Botteron, e’85, m’89, is a interim role aer Chancellor Doug Girod’s Kirklin Bateman, c’88, a retired U.S. physician at Mercy Medical Clinic in St. departure last summer. He continues his Army colonel, chairs the department of Louis. He has three daughters and lives in role as executive dean for the School of war and con ict studies at National Chestereld, Missouri. Medicine. Defense University in Washington, D.C. Jay Craig, b’85, g’87, is vice president He and Amber Lauderdale Bateman, ’90, and senior project executive at MSI Lisa Frerker Austin, j’87, ’93, directs make their home in Nokesville, Virginia. General. He makes his home in Fox Point, 87 communications for Blue Valley Kendall Draeger, g’88, lives in Kettering, Wisconsin. Educational Foundation in Overland Park. Ohio, where he’s a computer engineer for Diane Yetter, b’85, a sales tax profes- Deborah Brewton Dailey, g’87, is the U.S. Air Force. sional and educator who founded Yetter director of institutional research and Consulting Services and the Sales Tax eectiveness at Birmingham-Southern Michael Blumenthal, c’89, l’92, a Institute in Chicago, was named one of College in Birmingham, Alabama. 89 partner at Seyfarth Blumenthal & 2017’s 100 Most In uential People in Stephen Johnson, f’87, f’87, has been Harris in Kansas City, was selected as a Accounting by Accounting Today. commissioned by Johnson County Library 2018 Legal Champion by Missouri to construct a mosaic art installation for Lawyers Weekly. Je Colyer, m’86, in January was the new Lenexa branch. Stephen won the Gwen McKillip O’Brien, j’89, is associate 86 sworn in as the 47th governor of Caldecott medal in 1996 for his children’s director of internal communications at the Kansas. He has served as lieutenant book, Alphabet City, and he also created University of Notre Dame. governor for the past seven years. one of the Alumni Association’s sesquicen- Peggy Plunkett Petrovich, c’89, is Isaac Holland, c’86, is city administrator tennial Jayhawks in 2016. diplomat-in-residence for the U.S. Foreign of Willmar, Minnesota. Michael Kuss, e’86, directs defense at Laura André, c’88, a’91, manages Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita. 88 the book division at photo-eye, an Robert Simari, m’86, in January was online photography bookstore. She and

52 | KANSAS ALUMNI Service East-West Center in Honolulu. at Hamilton, Wilson & Hendrickson Kathy Lambrecht Kocour, d’91, is an Scott Seifert, j’89, in January was Orthodontics in Topeka. 91 appraiser at UMB Bank in Kansas named president of Hiersche, Hayward, City. She and her husband, Vincent, live in Drakeley & Urbach in Addison, Texas. He Kendall Harris, c’90, is provost and Olathe. has been with the rm for more than 20 90 vice president for academic a airs Roscoe Pebley Jr., c’91, is vice president years. at Texas Southern University. of risk management at Anschutz Enter- Christopher Shirling, b’89, is chief Ruth Watkins, PhD’90, in January was tainment Group in Los Angeles. nancial ocer at Intouch Solutions in named president of the University of Utah Overland Park. in Salt Lake City. She’s the rst woman to Je rey Hook, j’92, in January was Sharon Stolte, l’89, works at Sandberg lead the university. 92 promoted to executive vice presi- Phoenix & von Gontard in Kansas City, Nancy Winchester, c’90, PhD’94, is vice dent of development and marketing for where she recently was named oce president of technology and innovation at Hard Rock International. He lives in managing attorney. Danchem Technologies and Innovations Lighthouse Point, Florida. Donald Wilson, c’89, is an orthodonist in Danville, Virginia. Je rey Risley, j’92, resides in Oklahoma

PROFILE by Steven Hill STEVE PUPPE STEVE With Cabela’s deal done, the World’s Foremost alumnus seeks new chapter Outtter in 2011. As executive vice president, s president of Cabela’s, Scott Williams chief marketing and e-com- Aliked to ask customers of the hunting merce ocer, Williams and shing retail giant to share a memory oversaw the company’s of their introduction to the great outdoors. marketing and branding “I found that a lot of people who really while running cabelas.com. love the outdoors get introduced to it by a In 2015 he became chief parent, a grandparent, an aunt or uncle,” commercial ocer, adding says Williams, b’85, who recently le merchandising and real Cabela’s aer leading the sale of the $4 estate (including site billion company to Bass Pro Shops. “ey selection and construction of Williams says meeting loyal Cabela’s customers is a bit like have that cool memory of shing or Cabela’s expanding chain of encountering fellow Jayhawks: “You have something in hunting with Grandpa, and they say, ‘Hey, tourist-destination stores) to common you’re really excited about sharing.” I want to share that with my kids or his portfolio. On becoming friends.’” president in 2016, he also His enthusiasm for the outdoors was took responsibility for running a company while pursuing its kindled by family trips to western Kansas operations of all 85 stores in the U.S. and sale. “Let the boat dri and you end up in for pheasant hunting, a Bourbon County Canada. the water. It can be a challenge.” quarry for bass and crappie shing, and an Williams says he couldn’t have known Completing the deal closed a successful Ontario lodge for walleye, pike and muskie where his early focus on marketing would chapter on his career, Williams says, and angling. Joining Cabela’s gave him an lead; the internet, aer all, didn’t even exist as he looks to open a new one he’s enjoy- opportunity to branch out by learning to when he studied business at KU. at’s ing a fringe benet: more time to hunt hunt big game and to y sh. why he tells students to embrace adapt- and sh. “I found there’s a unique skill set to ability. “e most important thing you “It’s been fantastic, being able to take each,” Williams says. “You can transfer learn in college now,” he advises, “is how both of my daughters hunting while I take some skills, but you also need to learn new to learn.” a bit of a breather,” he says of a recent ones.” e Bass Pro acquisition pushed deer- and turkey-hunting trip to Texas. e same can be said of the Topeka Williams to master yet another new skill: “Oen the best outdoor experiences native’s career. Involved in online com- merging two big retail competitors. aren’t your own, but having time together merce since 2000, he ran e-business for “You have to keep one foot on the dock in the eld with others to see their OceMax and Sam’s Club before joining and one foot in the boat,” he says of success.”h

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John Pepperdine, c’95, g’04, is principal at MPW Strategies in Aurora, Colorado. He and Carrie Homann Pepperdine, e’96, make their home in Broom eld with their three children. David Stras, c’95, l’99, g’99, in January was sworn in as a judge on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

John Blosser, s’96, ’98, lives in 96 Overland Park, where he’s president of Integrated CareGroup and Pharmacy Distribution Partners. Jennifer Heller, c’96, d’96, g’98, PhD’07, directs institutional eectiveness at Park University in Parkville, Missouri. Janice McLean, c’96, g’11, is senior project manager at R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates in Lawrence, where she lives with Robert Conrad, ’94, an archeologist at the same rm.

Kristin Crain, c’97, j’97, directs 97 marketing at ZGF Architects in Portland, Oregon. She’s also an instructor at the University of Oregon School of Architecture. Colleen McCain Nelson, j’97, is vice president and editorial page editor at the City, where he’s chief strategy ocer at Health Care Service Corporation. Kansas City Star. In 2017 she was inducted Saxum, an integrated marketing commu- Marlene Dearinger Neill, j’94, wrote in the KU Women’s Hall of Fame. nications agency. Public Relations Ethics: Senior PR Pros Tell Samer Saba, c’97, is assistant manager at Us How to Speak Up and Keep Your Job, Baron MINI in Merriam. Melissa Grace Callari, c’93, is a which was published in December. She’s 93 soware specialist at FreeWheel. an assistant professor in the department of Brian Goodman, l’99, is chief She lives in Smyrna, Georgia, with her journalism, public relations and new 99 operating ocer at R.A. Industries husband, James. media at Baylor University. in Santa Ana, California. Lois Mouton McMillan, g’93, retired Curtis Keyes, c’99, is professor of aer 21 years with the USDA. She and Timothy Calvert, b’95, is partner history and African-American studies at Frederick, assoc., who had a 31-year career 95 and managing director at the City Colleges of Chicago. with the U.S. Navy and also worked for Boston Consulting Group in New York Lisa Reed, a’99, c’99, g’07, was promoted Allen Press, live in Lawrence. City. He works remotely from his home in to associate architect at Cho Benn Holback Rich Reda, c’93, in February was Overland Park. in Baltimore. promoted to president of bene t commu- Travis Gorenc, c’95, lives in New York nication insourcing at Lockton Companies City, where he’s in R&D planning, MARRIED in Kansas City, where he’s worked for the strategy and operations at Regeneron Spencer Duncan, c’99, j’99, to Barbara past 17 years. Pharmaceuticals. Heller, Oct. 14 in Topeka, where they Shawn Morrow, ’95, an orthopedist at make their home. Spencer is owner and Frederic Degeorges, g’94, works at the Surgery Center of Kansas, was named president of Capitol Connection. 94 Lukoil Marine Lubricants. He and a 2018 Top Doctor in Wichita. his wife, Anne, make their home in Paul Neidlein, e’95, is Midwest region Michael Blundell, c’00, g’01, is Suresnes, France. president at JE Dunn Construction in 00 director of information technology Brad Mason, c’94, lives in Chicago, Kansas City. He previously served the at Palomar Health. He lives in Carlsbad, where he’s a senior client consultant at company as senior vice president. California.

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MARRIED Tanya Brown-Giammanco, c’04, Jennifer Wittman, j’00, to Ethan Rost, 04 g’07, was promoted to vice presi- Sept. 30 in New Hampshire. dent of research at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety in Richburg, Matthew Kenton, c’01, lives in South Carolina. 01 Nolensville, Tennessee, where he Douglas Donahoo, j’03, manages Tiany Kruggel Hansen, b’04, is senior directs regional sales at REACH Health. 03 public relations for the Kansas and reference strategist at Cerner in Kansas Parisa Esfahani Weiss, c’01, is an western Missouri division of e Salvation City, where she makes her home with her attorney and shareholder at Seltzer Caplan Army. husband, Dave, and their two children. McMachon Vitek in San Diego. Kimberly Downs Gorombey, s’03, is a Sean O’Grady, j’04, lives in Denver, social worker in the Liberty School where he manages local marketing at Shanda Powell Hayden, c’02, g’09, District in Missouri. Monster Energy. 02 is assistant athletics director for Beau Jackson, c’03, l’09, is partner at Christina Warinner, c’04, is a molecular Kansas Athletics. Husch Blackwell and works in the rm’s anthropologist and assistant professor of Kris Koenig, c’02, a nancial adviser at Kansas City and Washington, D.C. oces. anthropology at the University of Prime Capital in Overland Park, recently He continues to live in Fairway with Laura Oklahoma. earned the Accredited Investment Fidu- Sutton Jackson, b’08, and their son, Hank. ciary designation. He lives in Lee’s Sarah Smarsh, c’03, j’03, was named a Michael Barnicle, c’05, is a govern- Summit, Missouri, with his wife, Caycee, 2018 fellow of the Shorenstein Center on 05 ment contracts trial attorney and and their daughter, Olivia. Media, Politics and Public Policy at partner at Duane Morris in Chicago. Harvard Kennedy School. She’s a freelance Jessica Sueper Corcoran, c’05, is a BORN TO: journalist who covers politics and eco- part-time pediatric ICU nurse at Nebraska Christopher Crow, j’02, and his wife, nomic inequality for e Guardian. Medicine in Omaha, where she makes her Savanna, daughter, Annabelle, Aug. 3 in Jake Wayne, e’03, g’05, is a lighting home with her husband, Timothy, and Wichita. Christopher is vice president of designer and leads the lighting group at their two children. sales at Textron Aviation. Arup in Boston. Amity File Dannefer, j’05, manages

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56 | KANSAS ALUMNI senior talent at VML in Kansas City. new sustainability director. She previously Lisa Coble-Krings, g’06, lives in Monica Delaorra, j’05, g’10, lives in served as the Johnson County sustainabil- 06 Lawrence, where she coordinates Gainesville, Florida, where she’s marketing ity program manager. marketing communications for KU’s manager at the University of Florida Nate Mundy, c’05, was promoted to department of theatre. College of Pharmacy. senior vice president and chief operating Ashlea Kramer Lytle, d’06, DPT’10, is Ryan Greene, j’05, directs communica- o cer at Lockton in Los Angeles. He center director at Activcore in Denver. She tions for the Las Vegas Lights Football oversees the company’s Pacic operations. and her husband, Jeremy, reside in Castle Club. Rock, Colorado. Joel Kammeyer, b’05, works at Cerner in BORN TO: Zach Renn, b’06, is a commercial Kansas City, where he’s team lead and Jim Lewis, c’05, and his wife, Natalie, producer at Stephens Chapin Insurance in senior program manager of contingent son, Cameron Joseph, Dec. 26 in Hillsbor- Lawrence. He commutes from Lenexa. workforce. ough, New Jersey, where he joins two Stefany Samp, b’06, g’08, manages Jasmin Smith Moore, c’05, in January brothers, Charles, 6, and Gri n, 3. Jim commercial compliance at Molex in Lisle, was named Lawrence-Douglas County’s manages the builder division at Miele Inc. Illinois. She lives in Chicago.

PROFILE by Heather Biele

Opportunities on tap who assist with the brewing process, for adults with disabilities interact with customers and serve the brewery’s six beers on tap. She tailors the FIXTER TIFFANY COURTESY our years ago, Tiany Fixter moved to work environment to suit each person’s FDenver to manage a day program for needs, using checklists, photos and videos adults with disabilities. e special-educa- to help her employees learn. Fixter and tion teacher, who earned her master’s head brewer Tanner Schneller also teach degree in autism spectrum disorders from through repetitive modeling. KU, had hoped to promote independent Customers at Brewability Lab are part of living by teaching participants practical the process, too. Because many of Fixter’s skills they could use outside of the “beertenders” can’t read, she color-codes program. She grew discouraged when they each beer and labels the tap handles spent most of their time making cras and accordingly, so customers order their coloring. drinks by color rather than by name. “We “The boys are the stars of it, not me,” says “It was a lot dierent than I expected,” try to make it as easy as possible,” Fixter Tiany Fixter, a special-education teacher who says Fixter, g’12. “We had some really, explains. “Just having those extra supports employs individuals with disabilities at really great people with some amazing there helps.” Brewability Lab in Denver. skills, and we’re sitting around making e brewery’s nurturing environment yarn dolls.” has already beneted its employees, Determined to nd better opportunities including Patrick, an autistic man Fixter for adults with disabilities, Fixter le the knew from the day program. When Alex, a beertender who’s visually impaired, day program and purchased a turnkey Patrick rst joined Brewability Lab, he and plays everyone’s favorite music during brewery in northeast Denver. “I wanted to could speak only a few words during his their shis, much to the delight of Nick, do something cool and dierent,” she says, ve-minute shis. Fixter patiently worked who can be found serving beers and noting that the methodical processes in with him and encouraged him to try a new singing along to Pink and Lady Gaga every cra beer production appeal to many task each time he came in, such as holding ursday evening. individuals on the autism spectrum. a glass and eventually pouring a beer. Now, Witnessing this kind of social growth is Since opening in 2016, Brewability Lab aer a year at the brewery, Patrick works one of the most satisfying parts of her job, has provided meaningful jobs for several 10 hours a week and speaks in full Fixter says. local residents with special needs. As the sentences. “ey’re denitely dierent people: name implies, the brewery’s concept Although teaching new skills is a top they’re condent, they’re proud, they love centers on people’s abilities, not their priority, Fixter strives to make the working, they’re building relationships disabilities. Fixter employs six individuals atmosphere fun for sta and customers with the community. It’s really awesome to with various developmental conditions alike. She stocks card games in Braille for see that every day.”h

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Harmony Society International in Las Vegas last year.

MARRIED Ian Staples, c’08, and Teija Cheung, ’10, Oct. 14 in Lawrence. ey live in Wash- ington, D.C., where Ian is legislative director for Rep. Susan Davis, and Teija is private dining director for Mindful Restaurant Group.

Karen Beckman, g’09, is an 09 associate attorney at Merchant & Gould in Minneapolis. She specializes in litigation and intellectual property. Samuel Jeter, c’09, lives in Denver, where he directs corporate counsel at DaVita. Jade Martin, c’09, l’13, is an attorney at Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita. B.J. Rains, j’09, was named Idaho Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. He’s the Boise State beat writer for the Idaho Press-Tribune. Caitlin Tew, j’09, directs global brand development at 20th Century Fox. She lives in Agoura Hills, California.

Jonalan Smith, PharmD’06, is senior their home in Magnolia, Texas, where Josh Berry, l’10, is an attorney at vice president of health plan operations at Laura is a teacher. 10 Hall & Evans in Denver, where he Sunower Health Plan in Overland Park. makes his home with his wife, Bridget. Blake Cripps, j’08, lives in Wichita, Robert Nye, PhD’10, lives in Canandai- Elyse Weidner Bradley, c’07, j’07, is 08 where he’s play-by-play announcer gua, New York, where he’s president of 07 creative director at Pace in Greens- for basketball and baseball at Newman Finger Lakes Community College. boro, North Carolina. University. Luchara Sayles Wallace, PhD’10, an Sarah Gietschier-Hartman, d’07, a Justin Ellrich, e’08, is a senior oil and gas associate professor of special education at physical-education instructor at Wydown process engineer at Black & Veatch in Western Michigan University, serves on Middle School in St. Louis, was named Overland Park. In June he will speak at the the Michigan Board of Behavior Analysts. 2017 Missouri Middle School Physical World Gas Conference in Washington, Education Teacher of the Year and 2018 D.C. MARRIED SHAPE America Central District Middle Marc Langston, c’08, lives in Washing- Kegan Scrivner, b’10, and Eli Woody, School Physical Education Teacher of the ton, D.C., where he’s an attorney. ’11, Aug. 5 in Lawrence. ey live in Year. Taylor Miller, c’08, j’08, is assistant Englewood, Colorado, where Kegan is a C.J. Moore, j’07, co-wrote Beyond the professor at the University of Georgia human resource management system Streak: Untold Stories from Kansas Grady College of Journalism and Mass analyst at Prologis, and Eli teaches speech Basketball’s Unrivaled Big 12 Reign. He’s a Communication. He also serves as and debate at Cherokee Trail High School. freelance sports writer in Shawnee. academic director of the college’s Peabody Joyce Zurkowski, ’07, is executive Media Center. Haitham Al Ghulaiga, g’11, is director director of assessment for the State of Shaun Whisler, f’08, directs music at 11 general at the Institute of Finance in Colorado. Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Saudi Arabia. Lawrence, where he lives with his wife, Jessica Nelson Palm, j’11, in September MARRIED Janelle, and their two daughters. Shaun received the 2017 ATHENA Young Laura Callaway, c’07, to Jeery Sud- also sings bass in the quartet BoomTown, Professional Leadership Award from the derth, June 25 in Lawrence. ey make which placed 21st at the Barbershop Greater Kansas City Chamber of Com-

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Senior High School in Kansas City, was Texas. He’s an Oregon, where he’s an associate sourcer at named 2017 Kansas City High School attorney at Stras- Adidas. Teacher of the Year. burger & Price. Taylor Ermoian, s’16, recently returned Jerry Smith, PhD’12, is chief curator at Sarah Stern, c’13, from Jerusalem, where he spent a year the Dayton Art Institute in Ohio. j’13, manages public working as a human rights researcher and Lon Strauss, PhD’12, lives in Wood- relations for a social worker and teacher at a local bridge, Virginia, where he’s assistant Netix’s Latin America consumer division. school. He now lives in Los Angeles. professor of military history at U.S. Marine Alexander Todd, b’13, is a regulatory Frederick Gayles, g’16, makes his home Corps Command and Sta College. engagement leader at Cerner in Kansas in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he’s Joshua Wrigley, g’12, is assistant natural City. a logistics o cer for the U.S. Army. resources director in Sandwich, Thomas Ward, c’13, is an o ce broker Austin Maness, g’16, is co-founder and Massachusetts. at Kessinger Hunter in Kansas City. He chief operating o cer of Harvest Returns, lives in Fairway with Christine Pringle a nancial technology company in Fort MARRIED Ward, c’13, who’s a commercial broker at Worth, Texas. Ty Buller, c’12, to Jacqueline Maleski, the same rm. Jacob Marshall, s’16, is a sign-language Oct. 21 in Tiger, Georgia. Ty is an invest- interpreter for Kansas City Public Schools. ment banker at JPMorgan Chase & Renee Brune, g’14, is an intern He lives in Prairie Village. Company. 14 architect at KAI in Dallas. Alan Parsons, c’16, is an academic Cassandra Dickerson, l’14, works at adviser for the Veterans Upward Bound Amanda Salisbury Augustine, g’13, Ohio State University, where she’s a program at Arkansas Tech University. He’s 13 manages projects at Lickel Architec- commercialization strategy manager. a U.S. Army veteran who served nine years ture in Kansas City. She and Nicholaus, Caitlin Doornbos, j’14, is a foreign in active duty. c’13, e’16, make their home in Olathe. correspondent for Stars and Stripes. She’s Francesco Rossi Jane, e’16, b’16, lives in Lauren Baldwin, c’13, lives in Wichita, currently covering the U.S. Navy in Japan. Kansas City, where he’s an energy analyst where she directs education at Mark Arts. Joseph Farha, e’14, is a maintenance at Black & Veatch. Regina Bird, c’13, is a meteorologist at engineer at Amsted Rail in Kansas City. Vera Stroup-Rentier, PhD’16, is a senior NTV and KFXL in central Nebraska. Bradley Foster, c’14, lives in Seattle, study director at Westat in Topeka. Wendy Lowe Curry, c’13, lives in Paola, where he’s a business analyst at Amazon. where she manages accounts at DuPont. Cody Heston, m’14, is a pediatrician at MARRIED Christopher Galle, d’13, manages sales HaysMed. Aaron Pope, PharmD’16, and Abbey at the Parking Spot. He lives in Kansas Henry Wear, g’14, is a lecturer in the Whisler, c’16, Oct. 28 in Overland Park. City with Kelsey Hill, c’12, assistant sport management program at Deakin Aaron is a pharmacist at Kramer Phar- director of Kansas City programs at the University in Melbourne, Australia. macy in Ottawa and Abbey is a cartogra- Alumni Association. Eric Wreath, e’14, resides in Grapevine, pher at Garmin. ey live in Olathe. Kathleen Gier, j’13, directs marketing Texas, where he’s a technical sales engineer and communications for Equip-Bid.com at SNF Holding Company. Mason Brightbill, d’17, is an opera- Auctions in Kansas City. 17 tions coordinator for Sporting KC. Amber Kadolph Kasten, c’13, is a Nathan Coons, g’15, manages broker Candace Miller, j’17, lives in Kansas clinical audiologist at Newport Mesa 15 deal operations at Waddell & Reed. City, where she’s a consulting analyst at Audiology Balance and Ear Institute in He lives in Lenexa. Cerner. Newport Beach, California. She resides in Elizabeth Geekie, a’15, g’17, is an Matthew Pohlen, b’17, is an audit Costa Mesa with her husband, Jacob. architect at LS3P Associates in Charleston, analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Claire McInerny, j’13, is the education South Carolina. Wilmington, Delaware. reporter at NPR a liate 90.5 KUT-FM in Eric Gormly, c’15, coordinates student Abby Stuke, j’17, is a communications Austin, Texas. veteran services at Appalachian State specialist for the Spring Hill School Demetria Obilor, j’13, is tra c anchor at University in Boone, North Carolina. District. She lives in Lenexa. WFAA Channel 8 in Dallas. Hugo Macias, g’15, is an academic Alison Peterson Tyler, j’17, resides in Kim Overdyck, l’13, is senior investiga- counselor at Upli Williams Preparatory Denver, where she coordinates social tor at the University of California in in Dallas. media for Red Robin. Riverside. Stanton Parker, b’13, is a senior internal Lauren Armendariz, j’16, is a social ASSOCIATES auditor at Kansas City Southern Railway. 16 media strategist at Anthology Bruce Linton, assoc., lives in Lawrence He’s also a freelance writer. Marketing Group in Honolulu. with his wife, Chris, assoc. Bruce retired as Phillip Pemberton, l’13, lives in Celina, Casey Craig, b’16, lives in Portland, professor at the KU School of Journalism.

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She is III, c’66, l’68, and Douglas, c’68, g’76; two and Janet, c’84; a brother, omas, c’55, survived by two daughters, Kathleen Bair daughters, Janet Winn Payne, d’71, and m’59; and a granddaughter. Ruhter, c’74, and Sheila, c’75, l’78; four Cynthia Winn Burr, ’73; eight grandchil- Melvin Dageforde, c’50, 94, Dec. 19 in grandchildren; and ve great- dren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Hagerstown, Maryland, where he was an grandchildren. intelligence production coordinator at the Bernadine Hall Burton, f’41, 97, Dec. 26 Roger Adams, e’50, g’60, 92, Defense Intelligence Agency. A daughter, a in Lawrence. She was a homemaker. 50s Nov. 25 in La Grange Park, son and two grandchildren survive. Survivors include three daughters, Linda, Illinois, where he was a retired mechanical Bobby Gene Davidson, e’59, 85, Dec. 27 d’70, Kristin Burton Johnson, c’72, and engineer. He is survived by three sons, one in Port Isabel, Texas. He had a long career Bernadine Burton Brown, d’77; a son, of whom is Scott, c’73, g’75; two daughters, at McDonnell Douglas, where he worked John, c’77; seven grandchildren; and six one of whom is Alison Adams Tappan, on the Gemini spacecra and the Har- great-grandchildren. c’78; two brothers, Dwight, c’53, m’56, and poon missile system. His wife, Lucille, a Don Carlos, c’47, 94, Oct. 14 in Glen- Nolan, ’53; and ve grandchildren. son and a granddaughter survive. dale, California, where he retired as Bill Akright, b’51, 90, Dec. 13 in William Dunn, c’53, 89, Aug. 24 in general manager of the international Leawood. He worked for the Internal Greendale, Wisconsin, where he was a exploration and production division at Revenue Service for more than 34 years. physical therapist. Two daughters, two Getty Oil Company. His wife, Jacquelyn, Surviving are his wife, Mary Lou Brewer sons, seven grandchildren and three two daughters and a son survive. Akright, c’49; three sons, one of whom is great-grandchildren survive. H. William Davis, b’48, 93, Oct. 14 in Bruce, ’80; 10 grandchildren; and ve Philip “Rod” Ernst, c’57, 84, Jan. 23 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, where he had a great-grandchildren. Lawrence, where he was third-generation 35-year career at Merrill Lynch. Surviving Joseph Brown, a’54, 87, Dec. 19 in owner of Ernst & Son hardware store. are a son, Philip, b’73; ve grandchildren; Hillsboro Beach, Florida, where he retired Surviving are his wife, Shirley; three and nine great-grandchildren. as president of Black & Veatch aer 41 daughters, Lynda Miller Allen, d’75, g’98, Bertha “Scottie” Scott Johnson, b’40, years with the company. He is survived by Rebecca Miller King, ’88, and Lisa Miller 99, Dec. 29 in Topeka, where she was a his wife, Betty Tudor Brown, b’55. Roth, s’93; a son, Mike Miller, c’82; eight member of P.E.O. Sisterhood and several Donald Burnett, c’56, l’58, 83, Dec. 18 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; other organizations. She is survived by a in Larned, where he had a 59-year career and a great-great-grandchild. daughter, Jill Johnson Gilliland, ’82; a as an attorney and partner in a law rm. James Foster, d’56, g’66, EdD’75, 83, sister, Claudine Scott Lingelbach, b’44; and Surviving are his wife, Deanne LaGree Dec. 30 in Olathe. He retired as superin- a grandson. Burnett, d’67; a daughter, Georgia Burnett tendent of Caddo Parish Public Schools in David Robb, e’43, g’48, PhD’64, 95, Martin, j’95; three sons, two of whom are Shreveport, Louisiana, and also served in Dec. 21 in Salina, where he owned an Lowrey, c’96, and Brooks, j’02; and four several school districts in Johnson County. engineering consulting rm. He also was a grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Muntzel professor of electrical engineering at Iowa Terry Burton, b’55, 85, Dec. 8 in Topeka. Foster, d’76; a son, Michael, c’82; a State University. A memorial has been He worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield for 32 daughter, Elisabeth Foster Horner, ’85; a established at KU Endowment. Surviving years, where he was vice president of brother; and ve grandchildren. are a daughter, Mildred, s’77; a son; four marketing. He is survived by two sons, one John Fox, b’52, 89, Nov. 9 in Greeley, grandchildren; and a great-grandson. of whom is Trey, g’94; a daughter; and six Colorado, where he was a CPA and Robert Satzler, ’47, 92, Dec. 18 in Sand grandchildren. partner in an accounting rm. He is Springs, Oklahoma. He was an HVAC Wendell Castle, f’58, g’66, 85, Jan. 20 in survived by his wife, Mae, two sons, a technician and owned Bob Satzler Air Scottsville, New York, where he was an daughter, seven grandchildren and three Conditioning in Topeka. He is survived by artist and sculptor. Known as the “father of great-grandchildren. two daughters, a son, eight grandchildren the art furniture movement,” he also was Donald Gordon, e’50, 91, Nov. 25 in and ve great-grandchildren. artist in residence at the Rochester Schenectady, New York, where he retired Larry Winn Jr., c’41, 98, Dec. 31 in Institute of Technology, where he served as from a 36-year career as sales manager at Prairie Village. He served 18 years as a U.S. a faculty member since 1962. He received General Electric. His wife, Norma, Representative in Kansas’ 3rd Congressio- a KU honorary doctorate in 2013. Survi- survives. nal District, and in 1977 he was appointed vors include his wife, Nancy, a brother, two Joyce Thomas Hines, g’54, 89, Sept. 19

64 | KANSAS ALUMNI in North Carolina. She was a teacher and Daughters of the American Revolution. a son; a daughter; a stepson; and a sister, an English tutor. Survivors include two Survivors include two daughters, a son, Marilyn Blackman Pearl, c’64. sons and a brother. eight grandchildren and ve great- Donna Gaeddert Brewster, d’66, 73, George Hitt, e’57, 82, Nov. 19 in grandchildren. Nov. 24 in Spokane, Washington. She was Wellington, where he was a retired Gad Smith, b’55, 83, Nov. 28 in Kansas a teacher and led children’s Bible study for lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force City, where he was a retired attorney and 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Bob, and a project manager at Battelle. He is partner at Spencer Fane. He is survived by c’64, m’68; a son; two daughters; and ve survived by two daughters; ve sons; a his wife, Jean; two sons, one of whom is G. grandchildren. brother, Ellis, e’60; a sister; and 10 Clarke, j’87; two daughters; a brother, Ralph “Win” Campbell, ’66, 75, Dec. 27 grandchildren. Vernon, d’54; and four grandchildren. in Lawrence, where he owned several Jo Ann Jarrett, d’51, 89, Dec. 8 in Paul Smith, b’56, 83, Dec. 29 in Mercer downtown businesses, including Camp- Russell, where she was an elementary Island, Washington. He was a commercial bell’s Clothing and Win eld House. He is school teacher and received Teacher of the mortgage broker. Surviving are his wife, survived by his wife, Linda Midyett Year honors in 1988. Several nieces and Jane Henry Smith, n’57; three daughters; Campbell, ’65; two daughters, one of nephews survive. two brothers, George, e’54, and Carl, e’65, whom is Carrie Campbell Gerace, b’86; a Donna Zavesky Peters, ’59, 80, Dec. 2 b’65; and two grandsons. son, Ken, ’89; two sisters, Nancy Campbell in Baltimore, where she was a homemaker. Vinita Bradshaw Sturgeon, d’53, 86, Byers, ’56, and Susan Campbell Noon, ’59; She is survived by her husband, Paul, e’57; Nov. 8 in Boulder, Colorado, where she and eight grandchildren. and a son. was a real estate agent. Survivors include Wayne Cattlett, b’60, g’61, 92, Dec. 8 in Thomas Pettit, ’58, 84, Dec. 30 in San her husband, H. Lee, b’51, g’54; a son; two Blacksburg, Virginia. He had a 31-year Diego. He had a long career in consumer sisters; and two grandchildren. career as controller at Hercules Powder product marketing. His wife, Lynn, two Martha Jane “Janie” Heywood Dressler Company. Surviving are his wife, Miriam, daughters and a half-brother survive. Van Rheen, b’53, 86, Dec. 19 in Olathe. a daughter, two stepsons, 12 grandchil- John Prosser, a’55, 84, Nov. 19 in She worked for the family business, C.R. dren, two step-grandchildren and six Denver, where he was an architect and Calvert Co., in Kingman. A memorial has great-grandchildren. urban designer and professor emeritus at been established with KU Endowment. Fernon Clark Jr., e’61, 79, Oct. 6 in the University of Colorado. Survivors Surviving are two daughters, Nancy Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was a mechan- include his wife, Ann, two daughters and Dressler Borst, j’79, and Susan Dressler ical engineer with American Airlines for three sons. Martin, c’83; a son; ve stepdaughters; two nearly 40 years. A son, a daughter and six Jack Reams, b’57, 83, Oct. 4 in Eau stepsons; 20 grandchildren; and 24 grandchildren survive. Claire, Wisconsin. He owned several auto great-grandchildren. Patti Duncan Crawford, c’63, 76, Dec. repair shops and service stations in St. Robert Young IV, c’51, m’53, 89, Oct. 31 19 in Shawnee, where she owned a Louis. He is survived by his wife, Becky; in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was a family building company, Crawford and Kinder, three sons, one of whom is Mark, ’90; and practitioner and faculty member at the with her husband. She also participated in seven grandchildren. University of Missouri-Kansas City School and organized several equine endurance Gerald Robertson, d’57, g’67, 82, Dec. 2 of Medicine. A memorial has been rides and races. Survivors include her in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. He was established with KU Endowment. He is husband, Sam; a son; two stepdaughters, professor of humanities and ne arts at survived by his wife, Clarissa, a son, a one of whom is Kimberly Jensen, b’81; a Harris Area Community College, where daughter, a sister and three grandchildren. stepson; a sister, Judith Duncan Stanton, he also directed the choir and produced a’61; four grandchildren; and ve musical theatre. Surviving are his wife, Robert Becker, b’62, 77, Nov. 16 step-grandchildren. Deborah; two sons; two daughters; a 60sin Wichita, where he was presi- Ronald Dalby, b’61, 78, Dec. 8 in Ann brother, Kenneth, c’64, g’66; 10 grandchil- dent of Plains Petroleum. He also owned a Arbor, Michigan. He was an attorney, real dren; and three great-grandchildren. music recording company in Los Angeles. estate developer, and president and owner Helen Graves Ross, ’51, 89, Jan. 1 in Survivors include his wife, Jennie; a of Arcadia Corporation. He is survived by Denver. She made her home in Welling- daughter; two sons, one of whom is Barry his wife, Lillian Blair Dalby, d’63; a ton, where she was a volunteer and St. John, c’04; a brother, Frank, e’58; two daughter; two sisters, Kay Dalby Berglund, member of P.E.O. Sisterhood. She is sisters, one of whom is Betty Becker d’59, and Jane Dalby Fox, d’70; and seven survived by a son, Richard, c’75; two Timmerman, c’55; and six grandchildren. grandchildren. grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. Larry Blackman, c’63, 76, Jan. 13 in Gordon Leonard, c’61, 78, Dec. 29 in Helen Shively Satzler, c’50, 91, Dec. 15 Pittsford, New York. He was retired Naples, Florida. He lived in Milwaukee for in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. She was a professor of philosophy at the State several years, where he was a supervisor bookkeeper at her husband’s company in University of New York College at for Milwaukee Public Schools. He also Topeka and a longtime member of Geneseo. 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College and Manhattan Area Technical appellate advocate in Alaska. Surviving are Shay Aura Blackman Meckenstock, ’79, College. A memorial has been established his wife, Cynthia; a brother, omas, l’72; 59, Nov. 17 in Colorado Springs, Colo- with KU Endowment. Survivors include a sister; three sons; a stepdaughter; three rado. She directed ministries and was his partner, Jan, and two daughters. grandchildren; and three step- senior elder at Hays Fellowship House Barbara Linn Lindstrom, d’61, 77, Nov. grandchildren. Church in Hays. Surviving are her 29 in Memphis, Tennessee, where she was Joseph “Jo Jo” White, ’69, 71, Jan. 16 in husband, Bobb, c’76; three daughters, one an administrative assistant and volun- Middleton, Massachusetts. He played of whom is Sarah Meckenstock Weimer, teered in her community. She is survived basketball at KU from 1966 to ’69 and was c’02; her parents; a sister; two brothers; a by her husband, Jim, c’61; and a brother, named a two-time All-American and half-brother; and nine grandchildren. omas Linn, d’64. three-time MVP. His professional career Patrick Price, c’71, m’75, 68, Dec. 6 in Mary Barnett Maxwell, d’60, 82, Nov. included 10 seasons with the Boston Mission Hills, where he was an ophthal- 22 in St. Joseph, Missouri, where she was Celtics, during which time he earned NBA mologist and regional medical director at an elementary school teacher for more All-Star honors. He later became the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas. He is than 40 years. Surviving are her husband, team’s director of special projects. He won survived by his wife, Cyndy Kuntzelman William, a’62; two sons, one of whom is an Olympic gold medal with the U.S. team Price, d’72; a son; a daughter; his mother; David, c’89; a sister; and three in 1968, and he was inducted in the a brother; and a grandson. grandchildren. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Ann Clogston Warren, ’77, 81, Nov. 25 William Neeley, c’63, m’67, 76, Dec. 23 Fame in 2015. Survivors include his wife, in Lawrence, where she was a homemaker in Michigan, where he was medical Deborah; ve daughters, two of whom are and member of P.E.O. Sisterhood and director at Detroit Medical Center Meka White Morris, j’04, and Jamie, c’13; a Daughters of the American Revolution. University Laboratories and a faculty son; and several grandchildren. Two daughters, a son, seven grandchildren member at Wayne State University School and four great-grandchildren survive. of Medicine. A memorial has been Darrell Abernathy, c’71, m’76, Mari Carpenter Wylie, c’74, 65, Nov. 19 established with KU Endowment. Survi- 70sPhD’76, 68, Nov. 18 in Annapolis, in Austin, Texas. She was a physical vors include his wife, Andrena, a daughter, Maryland, where he was a clinical phar- therapist. Surviving are her husband, two sons, a stepdaughter, a stepson and macologist, internist and scientist. He held omas; a son; a daughter; her mother; nine grandchildren. faculty appointments at several universi- two brothers, one of whom is John, c’82; Carol “Margo” Falzone Nicholas, ’63, ties and retired as associate director of three sisters, two of whom are Susan 75, July 19 in Waterloo, Iowa. She was a drug safety at the U.S. Food and Drug Carpenter, g’82, and Nancy Carpenter social worker and a teacher at Tri-County Administration. A brother survives. Flax, d’85; and three grandchildren. Head Start. Surviving are her husband, Lois Allen, PhD’71, 90, Nov. 7 in Lee, b’62; two sons; two daughters; two Shawnee, where she retired as director of Louis Cantilena, PhD’81, m’84, sisters; and seven grandchildren. mental health at Samuel U. Rodgers 80s63, Dec. 16 in Indiana. He was Cynthia Blackhall Shaw, d’62, 82, Dec. 8 Community Health Center. She is survived professor of medicine in clinical pharma- in Lawrence, where she was an elementary by several nieces and nephews. cology at the Uniformed Services Univer- school teacher. Survivors include a son; a Marjorie King Blank, EdD’78, 92, Dec. sity of Health Sciences in Bethesda, stepson, Daniel Shaw, c’83; two stepdaugh- 18 in Lenexa. She was retired dean of Maryland. Surviving are his wife, Kathleen ters, one of whom is Jennifer Shaw, f’98; student services at Kansas City Kansas “Cathy” Conry Cantilena, ’81; two and four grandchildren. Community College. Survivors include daughters; and a son. Gordon Sieker, e’60, 84, Nov. 13 in three sons, two of whom are Ray, b’85, and Curtis FitzSimmons, c’89, m’93, 50, Denver, where he was chief of contracts Doug, g’88; and four grandsons. Dec. 29 in Kansas City, where he was an for the U.S. Department of Defense. He is Bonnie McKenzie King, g’73, EdD’81, infectious disease specialist. A memorial survived by his wife, Sara; two sons; a 88, March 12, 2017, in Red Blu, Califor- has been established with KU Endowment. brother, Will, e’57; and eight nia, where she was a retired resource He is survived by his wife, Laura Broers grandchildren. specialist teacher. Surviving are a son, FitzSimmons, n’95; three sons; his father, James Tharp, c’65, l’68, 74, March 21, Daniel, m’74; a sister; a brother; three Robert, b’62; his mother; and two broth- 2017, in Kaneohe, Hawaii, where he was grandsons; and a great-granddaughter. ers, one of whom is Clark, c’91. an attorney and also performed in Margaret Stites Leo, c’77, 95, Nov. 2 in Carroll Clausing Hoke, l’89, 71, Dec. 15 community theatre. Two daughters, a son Prairie Village. She was a homemaker. in Appleton, Wisconsin. She was an and three grandsons survive. Survivors include three daughters, Kathy attorney at Kansas Legal Services in Robert Wagsta, l’66, 75, Oct. 8 in Leo Lord, d’68, Jan, c’74, m’77, and Nancy, Wichita. Surviving are her husband, Carmel, California. He was assistant c’95, ’96; a son, Bill, c’93; a brother, John Charles, b’71, l’75; a daughter, Etienne attorney general for the State of Kansas Stites, b’50, l’56; six grandchildren; and Hoke Olson, j’88; her mother; two and later became a trial attorney and seven great-grandchildren. brothers, one of whom is Kurt Clausing,

66 | KANSAS ALUMNI c’82; three sisters; and three tilena, ’81; two sisters; and a brother. Fred McElhenie, g’61, 81, Jan. 4 in grandchildren. Lawrence. He worked in student aairs for Meredith Level, g’86, 56, Oct. 5 in UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY 45 years and retired as associate director Orlando, Florida, where she was a real Remi Amelunxen, g’57, PhD’59, 91, Dec. of student housing. Surviving are his wife, estate attorney at Lowndes, Drosdick, 24 in Prairie Village, where he was Marilyn; two sons, Timothy, c’81, and Doster, Kantor & Reed. Survivors include professor emeritus of microbiology at KU Patrick, c’89; a daughter, Erin, ’84; a sister; her mother; a brother, Kurt Level, c’89, Medical Center. and ve grandchildren. l’92; and two sisters. Virginia “Jinny” Harris Ashlock, ’86, 84, Marjorie Newmark, 95, Nov. 30 in Carole Logan Louk, ’83, 83, Dec. 19 in Dec. 8 in Lawrence, where she was an Lawrence. She was associate professor Prairie Village, where she was a retired editor at the KU Paleontology Institute emerita of biochemistry. A memorial has elementary school teacher. A memorial and also served as president of the League been established with KU Endowment. A has been established with KU Endowment. of Women Voters. She is survived by two son, William, ’77; and two daughters She is survived by her husband, Frank, sons, Daniel, c’84, and Joseph, c’93; and survive. b’55; three daughters, one of whom is three grandchildren. Neil Salkind, 70, Nov. 18 in Lawrence, Stephanie Louk Barnow, ’87; 10 grandchil- Rolf Borchert, assoc., 84, Nov. 23 in where he was professor emeritus of educa- dren; and a great-grandson. Lawrence. He was professor emeritus of tion and psychology research. He also wrote Betty Selby Robinson, g’83, 81, Dec. 25 plant ecophysiology and led several study and edited several publications. A memorial in Prairie Village. She was a special-educa- abroad programs at KU. A memorial has has been established with KU Endowment. tion instructor in the Shawnee Mission been established with KU Endowment. Surviving are his wife, Leni, ’91; a daughter; School District. Survivors include a son, Survivors include his wife, Laura Zande- a son; and a sister. George, c’89, m’95; a daughter, Kathryn giacomo de Lugan Borchert, c’87, g’94; Virginia Seaver, 97, Dec. 25 in Lawrence. Robinson Cameron, m’95; a brother; and three daughters, one of whom is Monika She was managing editor at the University ve grandchildren. Borchert-Hillman, g’86; a sister; and six Press of Kansas. Two sons, three grandchil- grandchildren. dren and ve great-grandchildren survive. Matthew Sumpter, m’94, 56, Dec. George Byers, 94, Jan. 1 in Lawrence, 90s31 in Pueblo, Colorado, where he where he retired as professor emeritus of ASSOCIATES was a cardiologist and managing partner entomology. He is survived by three sons, Mary Ball, assoc., 72, Nov. 28 in Atchison. at Pueblo Cardiology Associates. He is two of whom are Bruce, ’82, and Douglas, She managed the family business, Ball survived by his wife, Diane, two sons, a e’88; and a daughter. Brothers Gi Shop, for 19 years. Survivors sister and two brothers. Raymond Davis, assoc., 76, Jan. 4 in include two sons, Bradley, d’92, ’93, and Olathe. He directed the Edwin O. Stene Chadwick, c’96, PharmD’01; a brother; a Henry Fortunato, g’07, 62, Feb. 5 Graduate Program in Public Administra- sister; and ve grandchildren. 00s in Overland Park, where he tion and founded and chaired the depart- Dave Curnutt, assoc., 79, Dec. 1 in directed public aairs for Kansas City ment of health policy & management. A Topeka, where he owned Restaurant Public Library. He founded the KU memorial has been established with KU Services Inc. and operated several Pizza History Project in partnership with KU Endowment. Survivors include his wife, Hut restaurants in North America. He is Memorial Union, and in 2001 he led the Kathleen ompson Davis, ’94; a son, survived by his wife, Carolyn, assoc.; two creation of kuhistory.com. He also Paul, c’96; a sister; and a granddaughter. daughters, Cheri Curnutt Clatterbuck, j’82, designed programs for graduate students Robert Friauf, assoc., 91, Dec. 3 in and Christy Curnutt Wiedeman, h’88; at the Hall Center for Humanities, Lawrence, where he was professor and nine grandchildren. including Humanities Bootcamp. Survi- emeritus of physics, astronomy and Deborah Sundblom, assoc., 65, Dec. 5 vors include his wife, Eileen; two sons, one Western Civilization. Surviving are three in Kansas City. She had careers as an of whom is Alexander, c’15; a daughter; daughters, one of whom is Ann, c’74; a emergency medical technician and a real and a sister. brother; four grandchildren; and a estate agent. Surviving are her husband, Kay Kelly, c’00, 40, Oct. 30 in San great-granddaughter. Stuart, ’75; her parents; and a brother. Diego. She was on the diving team at KU. Katherine “Kac” Carr Giele, assoc., 94, Maxine Wright, assoc., 83, Nov. 30 in Her parents and two brothers survive. Dec. 1 in Lawrence, where she was Lawrence, where she worked at a medical assistant director emeritus at Kansas oce. A memorial has been established Amy Cantilena, PhD’18, 31, Dec. Memorial Union. In 1980, she was with KU Endowment. She is survived by 10s 16 in Indiana. She recently earned inducted in the KU Women’s Hall of Fame. three daughters, one of whom is Kathleen her doctorate in molecular and integrative A memorial has been established with KU Wright Gillihan, ’81; three sons, two of physiology, and she was a student at KU Endowment. She is survived by a son, whom are Kevin, ’85, and Shawn, ’86; School of Medicine. Surviving are her John, c’86; a brother; and two nine grandchildren; and six great-grand- mother, Kathleen “Cathy” Conry Can- granddaughters. children.

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 67 Rock Chalk Review cleverly ris on the stubborn persistence of human connection in an impersonal city, represented by a single building facade; “My Favorite ings,” with its rhyming couplets and quirky juxtaposi- tions (“Squirrels in the mood/Tai Chi Light-bulb moments Dude”) is just plain charming. In a 2013 Kansas Alumni feature [“e Incidental Comic Grant Snider Incidental Comic,” issue No. 6], Snider, sketches prizes and pitfalls of creativity in his debut ’07, said his highest hope was to someday publish a book of his work. “at’s probably been my highest hope homas Edison famously said, “Genius of one- and two-page comics exploring since I was about 8 years old, so it’s pretty Tis 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent various aspects of creativity. surreal to realize that accomplishment,” perspiration.” Snider’s colorful drawings display the Snider says. “It feels just as good as I Cartoonist Grant Snider will tell you it’s artist’s air for visual puns and wordplay, thought it would, but at the same time it way more complicated than that. even as he explores some of the darker only sets the bar for my next book higher.” Snider opens his debut book, e Shape corners of creative angst. A father of three with a busy career at a of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of e chapter titled Aspiration, for Derby orthodontics practice (“It’s the Creativity, with a drawing called “Genius example, features drawings that address world’s lamest superhero,” Snider quips: Is ...” that breaks it down like this: 1 resolve, daring, disappointment and “Orthodontist by day, cartoonist by percent inspiration and 29 percent ambition. Daily Frustration includes night”), he carves out creative time with perspiration, with the remaining 70 comics whose very titles—“Negative early morning sessions at the drawing percent a mix of improvisation, aspiration, inking,” “Creative Blocks,” “Rejection” table. In addition to his rst book, which contemplation, exploration, imitation, and “Lost Ideas”—telegraph their focus on came out last summer, he also has pub- desperation, daily frustration and just a the pitfalls and pressures of creativity. But lished a 2018 Shape of Ideas Wall Calendar, smidgen—0.1 percent to be precise—pure there are sublime moments, too. “Partly and a Shape of Ideas sketchbook will elation. Cloudy” celebrates the joys of skygazing appear later this year. A second book, with Each of those “-ations” is also a chapter with wispy cloud shapes and a palette of comics about reading, writing and in Snider’s whimsical, wondrous collection pale blues and creams; “Apartment Living” literature, is due out next year. MARK WOLCOTT

“A lot of them are pretty personal,” Grant Snider says of the drawings in The Shape of Ideas. “Hopefully there’s some good humor in there as well.”

68 | KANSAS ALUMNI Kiowa comeback The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Linguist wins grant to aid PUPPE STEVE Exploration of Creativity native language’s renewal by Grant Snider Abrams ComicArts, or decades following the creation of $16.95 Freservations in the 1870s, ocial U.S. government policy forbade Native Americans from expressing, creating and sharing their dances, art, history, religion and language. Dancing and powwows The Shape of Ideas 2018 Wall Calendar: began to re-emerge in the 1930s and ’40s, A Year of Thinking and other expressions of Indian culture Outside the Box continued to grow through the 1960s and ’70s. Abrams ComicArts, “But language didn’t really catch on,” $14.99 says Assistant Professor Andrew McKen- zie, a linguist who studies Kiowa, as did his great-grandfather, the pioneering Kiowa linguist and cultural historian Parker McKenzie. “I think one of the Andrew McKenzie with some of the equipment Snider began drawing as a kid, o en reasons it didn’t catch on is because it’s so he carries into the ﬁeld to record Kiowa working at back-to-back easels with his hard to transmit. Languages are extremely speakers for later study. twin brother, Gavin. At KU he drew a complicated in ways that many other daily strip for the University Daily Kansan; cultural artifacts aren’t.” in 2008 he won the $10,000 Charles M. North America was once home to a Schulz Award for college cartoonists, fantastic cornucopia of more than 300 teachers, and their language is taught to which he parlayed into a weekly strip for native languages; now perhaps only two children in Head Start programs. the Kansas City Star. His work has dozen are routinely learned by children, McKenzie cautions that teaching a appeared in e New York Times Book McKenzie says, and the rest have disap- language in a er-school programs is not Review, e New Yorker and Best Ameri- peared or are severely endangered. the same as acquiring it naturally in the can Comics. McKenzie, who learned snippets of home, but it’s an encouraging start. e inventiveness Snider celebrates with Kiowa at his great-grandfather’s knee “Usually the rst sign that a language is such insight and verve in e Shape of while growing up outside Oklahoma City in trouble is if it’s not being picked up by Ideas is not the professional talent of and later wrote his undergraduate thesis children,” McKenzie says in his Blake Hall people in creative industries, but the on Kiowa at the University of Oklahoma, oce. “Once that acquisition chain is imagination and everyday originality of recently received a three-year, $150,000 broken, it’s really hard to start it back up, ordinary folks. grant from the National Science Founda- and to do that takes a lot of dedicated “I think more people are creative than tion and National Endowment for the community members. people who label themselves as creative,” Humanities’ Documenting Endangered “For Kiowa, we now have a solid body of Snider says, “and when I do talks about the Languages program. With support from dedicated community members, so they’re book I try to emphasize that even if you the grant, he will write a Kiowa “semantic trying to keep this ame going. is don’t see yourself as a creative person, you grammar,” to aid in the linguistic study of research project will essentially ll in a lot are being creative in a lot of aspects of the threatened language, as well as of the gaps that will help them do that on your life.” teaching tools such as booklets, games the ground.” His ideal reader could be the 13-year- and ash cards. Kiowa, linguists discovered, is part of old who likes to draw, the 20-something Although realistic about the prospects the Kiowa-Tanoan language family, which hipster who works at an ad agency, or the for his forebears’ language, McKenzie also also includes Pueblo languages of what is Baby Boomer with a world-class beer can says there is reason for optimism. As with now northern New Mexico. Kiowa oral collection. other tribes, he says, language acquisition tradition places the tribe originally in the “All those people,” Snider says, “are is now viewed by Kiowa people as a Yellowstone area of northern Wyoming creative in my book.”h prestigious and worthy endeavor. e before the nomadic people migrated south —Steven Hill Kiowas have hired grant writers and to what is now the western Kansas plains,

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 69 Rock Chalk Review yet details of what McKenzie describes as house, the evil now lurking within needed an “ancient connection” between Kiowa ongoing renewal of fear to sustain itself. and Pueblo tribes remain a mystery. Such is the environment where four

“We have no archaeological or historical INKSHARES COURTESY horror writers, including one who teaches record of it, either on the Kiowa side or on horror ction at KU, nd themselves aer the Pueblo side,” McKenzie says. “So they’ve agreed to a lucrative oer to spend whatever split happened would have a few nights in the house at the invitation happened a long time ago. But with of an outrageous TV host looking to stir linguistic evidence, and with oral histori- up a Halloween ratings jackpot—a plot cal evidence, and then some genetic device that allows omas, a lifelong fan of evidence, you can paint a picture.” horror stories, to explore horror writing As a cycle of language renewal—suc- through characters that represent four of cessfully begun in the 1970s by Mohawks, its primary subgenres. Crees, Chickasaw and Cherokees—takes Thomas “I wrote my rst story when I was in hold among the Kiowa, McKenzie hopes rst grade, about a detective who nds a his and his great-grandfather’s work can last. ey were murdered in their Kill headless body on a cruise ship,” omas help save a language that features linguisti- Creek home in a brutal hate crime says, laughingly conceding that a 6-year- cally tantalizing “extreme peculiarities” committed in August 1863, by the same old who wrote such a story today would that are unique in the global sphere of raiders who would continue their bloody likely be sent for counseling. But his human language. spree by sacking Lawrence. parents and Coeyville teachers were “ ere are some things we don’t nd Others tried over the years to live there, supportive, and omas continued to anywhere else in the languages of the to make the house their own, but the write, inspired by a delightful menagerie world, but since it is in these languages, house resisted. of horror and fantasy source material, then it’s part of the human capacity to It was as if the house refused to absorb including ghost stories, UFOs, Bigfoot, the build languages. If it happens in one their warmth. Bermuda Triangle, “Nightmare on Elm language, it is possible in all. It tells us at’s when the stories began. e Street,” and, most crucially, Stephen King’s something about how our minds are house, said local gossips and parents eager novels and short stories. capable of organizing and building to scare their children away from explor- “I loved the way that he showed how language, and we learn something about ing the abandoned homestead, was evil. something horric, how something us, about the human mind.”h As life raced forward and simple times supernatural, can invade everyday life,” —Chris Lazzarino grew ever more hectic, the house on Kill omas says. “All of his stories were very Creek became just another empty farm- rooted in the real world. e characters house, le for the prairie to reclaim. … e were very real, they were dealing with house must have been lonely then, the real-life problems, and then this evil would Kill Creek horror passion that had built it lost, pulled down start to infect their world. And I really into the earth like morning fog. responded to that.” Supernatural Kansas explored in “ e rst sentence,” omas says from ree months aer his 1998 graduation, TV veteran’s debut novel his Los Angeles oce, “was inspired by a omas, a lm and creative writing major, line in Shirley Jackson’s e Haunting of packed his car and le for Los Angeles, No house is born bad. Hill House: ‘Some houses are born bad.’ where he spent two years as an assistant to So begins Kill Creek, the debut horror I really wanted to explore the idea that this Mike Robe, j’66, g’68, a veteran director, novel by Scott omas, c’98, a veteran is a house that was not born to be bad. writer and producer of TV movies. As writer and producer of light-hearted sci-, is was a house that was built to be fantasy and horror TV shows and movies something good, and even the tragedy that for kids and teens. For his day job, omas happened in the house may not have and his writing partner “tend to lean caused the haunting.” Kill Creek toward comedy.” Kill Creek has no such Instead, the haunting, as omas inclinations, but it does have a tender side. imagines it, was preceded by local legend by Scott Thomas e farmhouse at the center of the that naturally began to attach to an Inkshares Paperback, novel, built in 1859 on the banks of Kill abandoned old house where two people $15.99 Creek, east of Lawrence, was born as an had been gruesomely slain. As the ghost act of love by a young bridegroom stories became more grim and intense, planning his family’s future. e newly- their dark energy began to take root; born weds’ happiness was intense, but did not of bad things thought and said about the

70 | KANSAS ALUMNI omas moved through early stages of his Summer school Robert Rowland, professor of communi- career, producing and writing specials and cation studies and director of graduate clip shows for VH1 while grinding out Alumni volunteers keep studies, was one of the rst instructors writing samples at night, he also wrote the recruited for Mini College and has yet to rst manuscript for the novel that became KU Mini College going strong miss a year. He looks forward to teaching Kill Creek. participants who are engaged and passion- His TV and movie work blossomed, lans are underway for KU Mini ate about learning. with creator, producer and writing credits PCollege, the popular educational “ e people who come back for Mini for popular fare such as “Randy Cunning- program that brings alumni and other College are exceptionally interested in ham: 9th Grade Ninja,” “R.L. Stine’s e lifelong learners back to campus each year. things that are going on in the world and Haunting Hour,” and Disney’s “Raven’s Several Jayhawks are coordinating the that makes them a wonderfully attentive Home” and “Best Friends Whenever.” Kill 2018 session, which will be June 4-6 at audience,” says Rowland, who’s teaching a Creek, though, languished in a desk drawer Spooner Hall and the Adams Alumni course this year on politics and presiden- for a dozen years, until omas in 2016 Center. Mini College is open to all alumni tial rhetoric. happened upon e Tracking Board’s as well as adults with no KU aliation, Beeson is thrilled to see the program online manuscript competition, e and there is no charge to participate. endure and applauds alumni volunteers Launch Pad. e program was created in 2009 by for their dedication to its success. “ eir Kill Creek didn’t win, but its top-10 Jessica Proctor Beeson, c’05, who then continued commitment to this event is a nish was enough to attract the attention worked in the dean’s oce for the College testament to how special Mini College of Inkshares, a small, energetic publishing of Liberal Arts & Sciences, as a brief really is for KU,” she says.h house in Oakland, California. With the summer retreat for alumni and commu- For more information about Mini help of Inkshare’s capable editors, omas nity members to take classes on the College, visit kuminicollege.org. rewrote 70 percent of the book while also Lawrence campus. —Heather Biele working 12-hour days on the rst season Aer budget cuts forced the University of “Raven’s Home.” to withdraw support of Mini College in e resulting novel, published in 2017, 2016, alumni volunteers Judy Farrell was named the year’s top horror debut by Corcoran, j’66; Rich Lovett, j’68; Robert SMITH GARY Barnes & Noble’s Sci-Fi & Fantasy blog Mall, c’69; Ann Irving Smith, c’74, m’92; and top horror novel by the American and Meg Buckley Viezbicke, c’97, stepped Library Association, and was among ve in to keep the tradition alive. nalists for the Horror Writers Associa- “Mini Collegians are some of the most tion’s Bram Stoker Award for superior dedicated Jayhawks on the planet,” says achievement in a rst novel. Among the Beeson, who now manages programs many fans who praised the book online and external relationships for KU’s Oce was the author Joyce Carol Oates, who of Innovation & Collaboration. “ ey described Kill Creek as “intensely realized have shown their love for KU and for and beautifully orchestrated Gothic this program by keeping it going.” horror.” Viezbicke is a longtime participant from “Reaction,” omas says, “exceeded my Portland, Oregon. She views the experi- RICH LOVETT expectations.” ence as a great excuse to return to Law- Discussions for a lm version are rence, reconnect with campus and learn underway, as is the writing of his follow- something new. “It’s just a nice opportu- up novel, which omas anticipates nity to exercise your brain,” she says. “It’s Inkshares will release in late fall. like a nerd vacation.” “It’s a separate story with similar themes: Chancellor Doug Girod plans to average people going through their own welcome campers June 4, and this sum- diculties, and then having their lives mer’s courses span a wide range of topics overtaken by something supernatural. taught by University faculty, sta and Each year nearly 150 KU alumni and “It’s a very Kansas story, and Kill Creek is alumni from several campus units, community members sign up for Mini College, a very Kansas story. I wanted to create a including the School of Journalism, the a popular adult-education retreat on the supernatural Kansas mythology with this College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Lawrence campus. book, and I’m continuing to grow that the Biodiversity Institute. Social activities world in the next book.”h will include a reception at the Adams —Chris Lazzarino Alumni Center.

ISSUE 2, 2018 | 71 Glorious to View Photograph by Steve Puppe

With cellphone ﬂashes in Allen Field House bleachers providing a rock-concert backdrop for Senior Night festivities Feb. 26, Mitch Lightfoot (44) and his teammates watched Rock Chalk Video’s special scoreboard tribute to the Jayhawks’ 14th-consecutive Big 12 championship and seniors Devonte’ Graham, Svi Mykhailiuk and Clay Young.

72 | KANSAS ALUMNI A TIMELESS TRADITION

After more than 50 years, Watson Library’s beloved study carrels are undergoing an incredible redesign and renovation, thanks to KU students in the School of Architecture & Design’s Studio 509. Now, with upgrades including stable power, improved lighting, and modern furniture, KU Libraries are meeting student needs in new ways.

Limited naming opportunities remain available, allowing you to secure your place in history on the KU campus. Special, engraved plaques will be placed in each named space to recognize your gift. We invite you to visit the freshly updated third ﬂoor carrels that will live on as a library legacy for generations of Jayhawks to come!

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