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VOL. XXVII, NO. 3 NO. XXVII, VOL. MonmouthMAGAZINE UNIVERSITY Hawks Dominate NEC Commencement Herbert Butler and the TIROS Project 50 Years of the Monmouth Review cc1-c4_01-40monu_CS.indd1-c4_01-40monu_CS.indd c1c1 88/10/07/10/07 110:45:410:45:41 AAMM MonmouthMAGAZINE CALENDAR UNIVERSITY OF EVENTS VOL. XXVII, NO. 3 2007 ALUMNI EVENTS PAUL G. GAFFNEY II President SEPTEMBER 5-16 NOVEMBER 1-8 Alumni trip to The French Riviera, Alumni trip to Peru, including JEFFERY N. MILLS including Provence and the Cote d’Azur Machu Picchu Vice President for University Advancement Publisher OCTOBER 13 Rock & Roll Homecoming 2007 MARILYNN W. PERRY Director of Alumni Affairs SPECIAL EVENTS For more information, contact 732-571-3509 or 571-3494 MICHAEL SAYRE MAIDEN, JR. Editor SEPTEMBER 8 OCTOBER 10 Multipurpose Activity Center (MAC) Founders’ Day HEATHER MCCULLOCH MISTRETTA Groundbreaking Assistant to Editor NOVEMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 20 Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner HEATHER MCCULLOCH MISTRETTA The Monmouth Award for Communication EDDY OCCHIPINTI—ATHLETICS Excellence (MACE) Contributing Writers OCTOBER 6 JIM REME, UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHER Student Government Association’s Big Photography Event (one-day community service project) The SGA is accepting job requests from local community ROCHELLE RITACCHO, ASSISTANT TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER groups. The deadline for applications is September 21. Digital Imaging For more information, call Brandon Bosque at 732-406- 6174 or Mia Schwerin at 272-8691. DAVID BEALES, STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER Photography MUSIC & THEATRE PERFORMING ARTS HOWARD DESIGN GROUP, INC. Design of 4 (p3-6) POLLAK THEATRE DECEMBER 7 Design For more information contact the box Father Alphonse & Orchestra of Saint office at 732-263-5730. Peter By the Sea—8 PM Monmouth University Magazine is published by University Advancement. OCTOBER 4 LAUREN K. WOODS THEATRE Ladysmith Black Mambazo—8 PM The Shadow Lawn Stage season of 2007 is a HOW TO CONTACT US: transitional season, as Lauren K. Woods Theatre CHANGES OF ADDRESS: OCTOBER 13 is under construction. Productions have been [email protected] Mariza—8 PM relocated to Pollak Theatre, still on the grounds 800-531-ALUM of Monmouth University. OCTOBER 19 CLASS NOTES: Gallagher—9 PM [email protected] NOVEMBER 8 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Metheny Trio—8 PM [email protected] NOVEMBER 16 Monmouth University Magazine Hampton String Quartet—8 PM 400 Cedar Avenue West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898 Monmouth University Magazine (ISSN 15549143) is published four times annually by Monmouth University, periodicals paid at 400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, New Jersey, 07764-1898, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Changes of address should be mailed to: Attention: Mailing Address Changes GENERAL INFORMATION: Room 320, Wilson Hall www.monmouth.edu Monmouth University 400 Cedar Avenue 732-571-3400 West Long Branch, New Jersey 07764-1898 Monmouth University supports equal opportunity in recruitment, Copyright © 2007, Monmouth University. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted, duplicated, displayed, broadcast, or posted electronically via web, e-mail, or other means, or used in multi- admission, educational programs, and employment practices, and media in any form, without express written permission from the Editor, Monmouth University Magazine. complies with all major federal and state laws and executive orders requiring equal employment opportunity and/or affirmative action. c1-c4_01-40monu_CS.indd c2 8/14/07 12:44:31 PM MonmouthCONTENTS UNIVERSITY FEATURES 03 3 First Images of Earth From Space: Herbert Butler and the TIROS Project 7 14th Annual Leadership Excellence Award Dinner 9 Asking the Right Questions: 09 40 Years on the Beat for a Legendary Trial Reporter 12 Commencement 2007 17 The Monmouth Review: Monmouth University’s Literary 12 Publication Celebrates 50 Years DEPARTMENTS 2 MailQuad 20 Alumni News 21 On Campus 17 27 Athletics 32 Hawks In Print 34 Class Notes ON THE COVER: NEC Tournament MVP Matt Coulson. Coulson pitched 7.2 innings, leading Monmouth University to a 7-1 victory over Central Connecticut on May 26. Photograph by Jim Reme. SUMMER MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE 1 c1-c4_01-40monu_CS.indd 1 8/14/07 12:29:23 PM MAILQUAD POST + E-MAIL + FAX + PHONE SECRET MESSAGE DECYPHERED helped to change the world and put our In answer to the spring 2007 Monmouth country back on a better path. History University magazine ”Test your MU I.Q.” repeats itself and another adjustment is question, here is what I make of it. The hopefully just ahead. circular image with cryptic symbols and Latin words, from my painstaking research, Richard Strell turns out to be Hermes alchemical formula Class of January 1971 for everything in the universe. When the encrypted message is *References used in my studies: decoded and translated into layman 1. The wisdom of Gary Stasse (class of terms, it becomes blatantly evident that 71) gleaned from Shadows 71. it reveals long held secrets of the “whole 2. The heroic studies conducted by thing” ranging from the actual creation of Professor and Philosopher James George the universe to simplistic matters such as Hornung (class of 71). the wisdom and conquest inherent in the game of Pinball.* RISKY INVESTMENT STRATEGY Any person who fi gures out the message There is a P.S. to the story about my Road test your mu i.q. or revealed the long hidden secret should Show moment in your wonderful magazine! ? be turned over to “Reliable Authorities”. A very nice appraiser took a look at If you have read this message please take it. She had to actually de-frame it to Can you identify this person? that very action ASAP. determine its value. Unfortunately, the What a cool yearbook and year we had ‘print’ was actually a poster of the ‘May Readers who can correctly identify the mystery person in 1971 (Shadows 71). I fi nally gave it a Day’ print. And the matting is of a very will win a copy of the handsome book Great Steps. good look over after 36 years. Those were poor grade, which contains acid. great times in history when I attended As for the monogram, AW, embossed Monmouth and students rallied against on the matt, Rose O’Connor, the violence in the world and at home. Jill appraiser (who sent me a photocopy of Willinger singing her folk anthems; Dr. Fell your article by the way), can’t explain it. speaking at those anti war rallies. He was But she gave me $20 off her usual $50 the great teacher of my philosophy class. fee, to make up for the disappointment. Surfi ng the waves off Monmouth Beach, And so it goes... listening to the music of the “Boss” before I’m thinking of pitching an article he became the boss. idea on how to invest in art wisely. What Mohammed Ali (then Cassius Clay) do you want for fi ve dollars after all?! came to speak at our college. Many fi ne HOW TO SUBMIT memories of a time in history when in Maureen Nevin A LETTER TO THE EDITOR retrospect it becomes evident that students Your comments and suggestions regarding Monmouth University Magazine are welcomed and encouraged. Please send your communi- cations in one of the four ways below: E-MAIL hawks on vinyl? [email protected] Are you a graduate of Monmouth University who is featured on Please include the word “MailQuad” in the subject line. a record album or CD? If so, please write and let us know. Why should book authors have all the fun? Qualifying recordings by POST Hawks will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Monmouth “MailQuad” University Magazine. Monmouth University Magazine Room 320A, Wilson Hall 400 Cedar Avenue West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898 FAX “MailQuad”: 1-732-263-5315 PHONE 1-732-263-5285 Due to space limitations, we regret that we can publish only a small sampling of the 2 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE SUMMER letters we receive. c1-c4_01-40monu_CS.indd 2 8/10/07 2:20:23 AM FIRST IMAGES OF EARTH FROM SPACE: [Herbert Butler and the TIROS Project] By Heather McCulloch Mistretta “It’s been quite a life, no complaints,” said Herbert Butler ’59 ’76, who helped develop the first weather satellite in 1960, and as a result changed the face of weather forecasting and the lives of millions. IMAGE COURTESY OF NOAA IN SPACE COLLECTION. ARTIST’S CONCEPTION, CIRCA 1965, OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM INCLUDING TIROS SATELLITES. SUMMER MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE 3 03-6monuR2_CS2.indd 3 8/10/07 1:36:34 PM Monmouth University reward- responsible for the technical direction orbit around the earth demonstrated the ed Butler for his efforts with the of research and development of the advantage of mapping the Earth’s cloud Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003. Television Infrared Observation Satellite cover from satellite altitudes. “I have a plaque on the wall. It’s a (TIROS) I, which was launched from “The successful operation of the beautiful thing,” he said. Cape Canaveral on April 1 at a rate of spacecraft marked a high point in my MBorn in 1914 and raised in New five miles a second. career and probably was my greatest York City, Butler graduated in 1932 “The world has had its picture taken. accomplishment,” Butler once wrote. He from Brooklyn Technical High School, For the first time in the millions of reiterated that sentiment in February. “I which he credits as being the basis for centuries that our planet has been whirl- still miss it.” his education. ing around the sun, we can see our TIROS was far more sophisticated “He was an avid swimmer growing home as it looks from a tiny companion than it looked, able to whirl around up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,” said in space,” said W.G.