Millikin QuarterlySPRING 2011 Oberhelmans, Caterpillar pledge $11.5 million to Transform MU Also inside this issue: Meet the Jeffcoats cover.indd 1 4/21/2011 12:07:58 PM each of the first, second, third and fourth quarters by ON THIS PAGE: Millikin Quarterly Millikin University, 1184 West Main Street, Decatur, From left: Gorin Hall, Pilling Chapel and Leighty- Vol. XXVII, No. 1 Spring 2011 Illinois 62522-2084. Periodicals postage paid Tabor Science Center as viewed from the Dr. and Produced by the Millikin University at Decatur, Illinois. Mrs. J. Roger Miller Centennial Quad. Office of Alumni and Development. E-mail comments to: POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Millikin COVER: Doug Oberhelman ’75, CEO of Caterpillar
[email protected] Quarterly, Millikin University, 1184 West Main Street, Inc., stands in front of Richards Treat University Cen- Decatur, IL 62522-2084. ter and Aston Hall. See story beginning on page 11. Millikin Quarterly (ISSN 8750-7706) (USPS 0735- Telephone: 217-424-6383 or call 570) is published four times yearly; once during toll-free to 1-877-JMU-ALUM. cover.indd 2 4/21/2011 12:08:12 PM pgs 1-15.indd 1 5/13/2011 10:40:19 AM Above: Leighty-Tabor Science Center 2 Spring 2011 Millikin Quarterly pgs 1-15.indd 2 5/13/2011 10:40:30 AM CAMPUS NEWS It’s a brand new day at MU You may have noticed a new Millikin al brand-development agency cofounded by Sarah Shupenus logo on the cover of this issue and also at by Jon Tiede ’92, we engaged in a three- right.