The South Dakotan THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SPRING/SUMMER 2013

Riding the Talk Jenn Dice achieves prominence in the world of bicycling

View Finder Dustin Lutt creates pathways to success in film and photography

Charting the Seas of Sustainability Paul Ellingstad develops innovation in new age Oct. 3–6, Vermillion, S.D. Schedule subject to change.

THURSDAY, OCT. 3 SATURDAY, OCT. 5 7 p.m. — Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media 10 a.m. — 99th Annual Dakota Days Parade Aalfs Auditorium, Slagle Hall Watch the parade and enjoy refreshments on the front lawn of Inman House, the USD president’s residence, 415 East FRIDAY, OCT. 4 Main Street. 7:30 a.m. — Alumni Association Annual Meeting Post-parade Muenster University Center • Classes of 1953, ’63 and ’73 reunion lunches — 9 a.m. — National Music Museum Neuharth Center and Beacom Hall Morning coffee and brown bag lunch. Enjoy free admission • USD Nursing program 50-year anniversary tailgate all day and alumnus Adam Nelson ‘05 on piano at noon. lunch — Lee Medical Building • 1958 championship men’s basketball team reunion — 1 p.m. — Yote Floats Howling Pack tent at tailgate Visit with USD’s students of today and participate in a • Coyote Tailgate Nation pre-game festivities new campus tradition, the weekly root beer float party in the lounge of the Muenster University Center, located 2 p.m. — USD Coyote Football vs. Missouri State at 401 E. Cherry Street. DakotaDome Coronation of Miss and Mr. Dakota at halftime. 2 p.m. — Campus Tours Tickets are sold through the Coyote ticket office at Enjoy seeing all the places you remember as well as 605-677-5959. new additions to the campus landscape. This one-hour tour will depart from the pit lounge area of the SUNDAY, OCT. 6 Muenster University Center. Shuttle carts will be 2 p.m. — USD Chamber Singers Alumni Concert available. To assist in our planning, please RSVP online Aalfs Auditorium, Slagle Hall at www.usdalumni.com/events or call 800-655-2586.

5 p.m. — Dakota Days Alumni Social and Dinner Relish an evening of visiting with your fellow alumni in the Muenster University Center. Registration required. Register online at www.usdalumni.com/events or call 800-655-2586. 5 p.m. Social hour 6 p.m. Dinner and recognition of Alumni Achievement Award recipients Classes celebrating their reunions will be seated together and will have class photos taken following dinner. Visit www.vermillioncvb.com and 8 p.m. — Occupational/Physical Therapy Alumni www.southeastsouthdakota.com for Dessert Reception — Lee Medical Building a listing of area accommodations. THE SOUTH DAKOTAN MAGAZINE Vol. 8 No. 1, Spring/Summer 2013 For alumni and friends of the University of South Dakota EDITORIAL STAFF Kim Lee – Editor, Writer THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Jarett C. Bies ’94 – Writer Michelle Green ’04 – Contributing Editor Terry Dyvig ’81 – Graphic Design FEATURES Sharla Krell – Foundation Writer Phil Carter – Contributing Writer Doug Murano ’04, ’08 – Contributing Writer ADMINISTRATION James W. Abbott ’70, ’74 – University President 6 Kersten Johnson ’87 – Executive Director, Alumni Association COVER STORY Tena Haraldson – Director of Marketing Riding the Talk The South Dakotan magazine is published by the University of South Dakota Alumni Association Jenn Dice achieves prominence in cooperation with the University of South Dakota. in the world of bicycling Requests for permission to reprint materials and readers’ comments are welcome. Send mail to: EDITOR USD Alumni Association 414 E. Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 Phone: 605-677-6734 Fax: 605-677-6717 [email protected] www.usdalumni.com Views expressed in The South Dakotan magazine do not necessarily reflect the official position of the University of South Dakota or the University of South Dakota Alumni Association. Copyright 2013 USD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION View Finder BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jeanette “Jen” (Gebhart) Porter ’93, ’03, Chair, Success comes naturally for Sioux Falls, S.D. 10 photographer Dustin Lutt Paul Van Buren ’60, Vice Chair, Los Altos, Calif. Staci (Kesling) Stern ’92, Treasurer, Chandler, Ariz. Erik Muckey, Student Representative, Corsica, S.D. FOUNDATION Bryan Benson ’04, Phoenix, Ariz. Maren Colon ’09, Washington, D.C. Scholarship support is vital now Tom Froning ’73, Fargo, N.D. 18 more than ever Charles “Bush” Fullerton ’77, USD Foundation Trustee, Huron, S.D. Craig Goth ’94, ’04, Spirit Lake, Iowa Lorelei Heisinger ’89, Cedar Falls, Iowa Rick Heller ’93, Olathe, Kan. Jafar Karim ’93, Rapid City, S.D. 22 Chelsey Krull ’06, Chicago, Ill. Patricia (Crowley) Nash ’04, Omaha, Neb. ATHLETICS Carla (Taplett) Thomsen ’82, Sioux Falls, S.D. Athletic Board of Control Delegates: Dynamic Duo Chase Andersen ’99, Minneapolis, Minn. Pair brings unparalleled success Thomas W. Holland ’71, Dakota Dunes, S.D. to Coyote pole vaulting Photography: Aaron Packard Photography The Equalizer Michelle Green Larry Gurian and Doug Pitt, WorldServe DEPARTMENTS Kersten Johnson Allen Krughoff, Hardcastle Photography (cover) Dustin Lutt and Rockhouse Motion 3 Around Campus 18 Foundation 33 Yote Notes Grant Taylor, Grant Taylor Photography Kate Powlison, People for Bikes.org 6 Features 22 Athletics Thomas Williams Photography

Spring/Summer 2013 1 Dear Alumni and Friends,

In this issue we bring you stories featuring three alumni who have taken their university experiences and followed paths unanticipated, evolutionary and adventurous. In many ways, their stories are our stories in that opportunities manifest themselves in unexpected ways. Jenn Dice ‘94 was a campus leader and she continues to lead as one of the nation’s most influential figures in bicycling. She is helping unite bike riders and businesses across North America and her work with two organizations has helped open thousands of miles of trails for bikes as well. We profile Paul Ellingstad ’93, an economics/ political science student, who now helps lead Hewlett Packard’s ongoing sustainability and social innovation efforts. Ellingstad recently returned to campus to share insights with students in the university’s sustainability program, which is the newest major in the College of Arts & Sciences. We also introduce you to Dustin Lutt ’10, a contemporary media and journalism graduate who has taken his cameras into the wild to capture the vivid spirit of nature and begin a career as a filmmaker. Life is a series of chances and decisions—many of them seemingly inconsequential at the time, but in reflection, they can tally up to opportunities leading to extraordinary and unique experiences. One decision we all made was to attend USD. Whether it was the solid academic reputation of the university or something less scholastic in nature that brought us to Vermillion, that decision set each of us on a course that led to other chance encounters—a guest lecturer, an unusual elective, participation in a student organization, a professor who encouraged us, a class discussion group—that opened our eyes and minds to possibilities often unanticipated when we decided to enroll. You have the opportunity to open up these same unlimited possibilities when you encourage college-bound students to consider USD (http://admissions.usd.edu/) and through your support of student scholarships. We have enjoyed seeing many of you at events around the country over the past year and hope you make plans to join us here in Vermillion for Dakota Days Oct. 3–6. You will find a preliminary schedule on the inside front cover of this issue. Additional details and links to register can be found on the events page of our website, www.usdalumni.com. We hope you’ll join us as we continue hosting a wide variety of events on the road. Stay tuned, stay in touch and remember that regardless of the path you pick, you’re always a part of USD.

Onward!

Kersten Johnson, ’87 B.A. Executive Director, USD Alumni Association

2 The South Dakotan AROUND CAMPUS

New Faces/New Places y Kurt Hackemer, Ph.D., was named chair of the Department of History effective with the start of the 2013–14 academic year. Hackemer currently

istor serves as associate vice president of academic affairs and professor of history.

H His administrative experience is extensive at USD and includes serving as

of interim director of diversity; interim Registrar; associate dean of the College

of Arts & Sciences; and acting chair, Department of Native Studies. A member of the faculty at USD since 1996, Hackemer will take the reins from Judith Sebesta, Ph.D., who retired in May. Hackemer received a Ph.D. and an M.A. in history from Texas A&M University and a B.A. in m e n t art history from the University of Chicago. e p D

Associate Professor Jill Tyler, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Department

of Communication Studies. At USD since 1999, Tyler earned her doctorate in t u dies

of 2007 and M.A. in 1989, both from the University of Iowa, and her B.A. from

S Simpson College. In 2009, Tyler was awarded the Doyle Humanities Teaching Award for the College of Arts & Sciences at USD. She teaches courses in Interpersonal Communication, Popular Culture/Cultural Studies, Family Communication, m e n t art Communication Research and Communication Theory. Tyler’s research e p interests include adult friendships and social networks as they are constituted D through societal structures, with a particular focus on intersections of

n o mmun i c atio relational communication, health, technology and social class. C , h y

g es Istvan Gombocz, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Department of a Languages, Linguistics & Philosophy. Gombocz has taught at USD since 1989 and was promoted to full professor in 1999. He received a Ph.D. in German a ngu

p hiloso from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a doctorate and

L B.A. in German and library science, both from Lorand Eotvoes University of

of Hungary. In addition to teaching all levels of German, he also teaches in USD’s

& P Honors Program. In 2005, Gombocz was the recipient of USD’s Cutler Faculty Award in Liberal Arts and in 2009, he was named Greek Professor of the Year, as chosen by USD’s student Greek community. His research interests are 18th century studies, Austrian literature and German-Americana. m e n t art e p i ngu isti c s L D

Spring/Summer 2013 3 AROUND CAMPUS

Lavin, Horton Recipients of Prestigious University Award

The University of South Dakota has honored two faculty members with the Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in Teaching, the highest honor USD bestows upon its educators.

Angeline Lavin, Beacom School of Business, and Board, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Board as Thomas Horton, School of Law, are the 2013 recipients chair of the Investment Management Committee, and the of the Belbas-Larson award. Each received a $5,000 tribute, Wellmark, Inc. Board of Directors. a framed certificate commemorating their accomplishment Recognized in the tenure-track category, Horton, J.D., is and a commemorative medal. an associate professor of law and the Johnson, Heidepriem & Honored in the tenured category, Lavin, Ph.D., C.F.A., is Abdallah Trial Advocacy Fellow at the USD School of Law. a professor of finance in the Beacom School of Business. She He received a B.A. in biological sciences from Harvard received her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University in 1977 (cum laude), a juris doctor from the University of South Dakota (1993) and Master of Business Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1981 Administration (1996) and doctorate in finance (1997) from and an M.A.L.S. in American studies from Georgetown the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lavin is also director of University in 2007. A member of the Ohio and District of USD’s M.B.A. and M.P.A. programs. Columbia bars, Horton directs the Law School’s trial “I enjoy the opportunity to work with excellent colleagues program and its tournament teams. who are dedicated to providing a superior learning “I am greatly honored to receive the prestigious Belbas- environment,” said Lavin. “I am honored to have the Larson Award,” said Horton. “I want to thank my many opportunity to impact the future, and I believe that I can wonderful students and colleagues here at USD who have accomplish the most by igniting sparks that will motivate been so helpful to me in so many ways. This award reflects students to want to learn and by providing tools and all of their phenomenal efforts to make my four years here at opportunities for each student. One student at a time, we make USD so enjoyable and productive.” a big difference.” Horton is a leader in applying evolutionary theories and This isn’t Lavin’s first Belbas-Larson honor; she was given models to behavioral and structural antitrust analyses. He is the award in the tenure-track category in 2000. She has also a member of the American Antitrust Institute and the Society received the Best of Session Award from the Academy of for Evolutionary Analysis in Law and presented papers to that Business Disciplines Annual Conference in Ft. Myers, Fla. entity in 2012 and 2013. Horton received the School of Law’s in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and the Beacom School of Business John Wesley Jackson Outstanding Faculty Award in 2011 Research award for the Department of Accounting and Finance and was previously nominated for the Belbas-Larson Award in 2009. She serves on the Sioux Falls City Employee’s Pension in 2012.

The Belbas-Larson Awards were established by a 1956 graduate of USD, Dean Belbas of Sioux Falls, S.D. and his friends, Harold W. and Kathryn Larson of Bemidji, Minn. and Scottsdale, Ariz.

4 The South Dakotan Jason Berger, Ph.D. Ranjit Koodali, Ph.D. Doug Peterson, Ph.D.

2013 Cutler Awards Honor Distinguished Faculty Members

Three members of the USD faculty have been honored as 2013 recipients of the Richard and Sharon Cutler Faculty Awards in Liberal Arts, endowed in 2003 by Richard and Sharon Cutler of Sioux Falls, S.D. to recognize distinguished faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences.

The Cutler Awards are presented annually to faculty who of the South Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate advance liberal arts education through teaching and research Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and he serves over a three-year span. Jason Berger, Ph.D., of the Department as the graduate program director for the Department of of English, Ranjit Koodali, Ph.D., of the Department of Chemistry. His research efforts have been supported by Chemistry, and Doug Peterson, Ph.D., of the Department of The National Science Foundation (NSF), Department Psychology, were honored at the 126th Spring Commencement of Energy (DOE), National Aeronautics and Space ceremony and received a $4,000 cash prize payable through the Administration (NASA) and South Dakota Board of Regents. University of South Dakota Foundation. He was a recipient of the Research Excellence Award under Berger, the recipient in the Humanities Division of the the Early/Mid-Career Category in 2010. Koodali received his College of Arts & Sciences, is an assistant professor in the Ph.D. and M.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology and Department of English. A USD faculty member since 2009, a B.S. in chemistry from Loyola College. Berger has authored the book Antebellum at Sea: Maritime Peterson, associate professor of psychology, was recognized Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century America, as well as several in the Social Sciences Division for his exemplary psychology published articles. He was honored in March with the 2013 teaching, embracing innovative and new teaching approaches Doyle Humanities Teaching Award for his outstanding to build student engagement and for his diverse research classroom instruction and mentoring, including working closely interests in human-computer interaction, consumer psychology with students on almost 30 theses and dissertations. Berger and organizational culture among college populations. received his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut, an M.A. Peterson, a member of the psychology faculty since 1998, in English from the University of Vermont and his B.S. in was a recipient of USD’s Belbas-Larson Award for Teaching history and English from Central Connecticut State University. Excellence in 2002. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Koodali, associate professor of chemistry, received the award experimental psychology from Kansas State University and his in the Mathematics/Natural Sciences Division. He is a member B.S. in psychology from USD.

Spring/Summer 2013 5 Passions Intertwined: Jenn Dice Rides the Talk, Leads Bicyclists by Jarett C. Bies ’94

Opportunities arise even when we don’t expect them. The lightning of chance can strike and reveal prospects that before were invisible.

It happened for USD graduate Jenn Dice ’94. Her passions began to intertwine during a rare summer lull in Vermillion. She didn’t realize at first that forces were commingling into a career that combined her zeal for advocacy with her love of bicycling. Nor did she know that as an undergraduate she was building a foundation that would take her to national prominence in the world of bicycling. Yet lightning did strike. The Mitchell, S.D. native attended USD when a new sort of bicycle was appearing on campus—they had knobby tires like a motocross bike, but with gears and features most known in “10-speed” bikes. Dice got one of these new vehicles, a Giant Yukon mountain bike, and spent a summer playing Lewis & Clark on Clay County’s back roads and bluffs. She got hooked. Dice took off on a mountain bike, grew to know the draws and gullies around Vermillion, and the initial inklings of the power of bicycling began to take root in her spirit. “It’s funny to look back on it now, but I remember planning out what was going to be a ‘long ride’ for me, and it was on back roads from Vermillion to Yankton,” Dice said. “It was fun to explore places I had never seen from a car. I think that first summer of riding heavily, finding bluffs and trails around Vermillion, it had an impact.” Beyond bikes, she was passionately involved in her sorority, her classes and student government. Dice got her

6 The South Dakotan B.A. in mass communications and on the 1994 Jim Beddow ’64, ’65 That desire led her to Colorado, English in 1994. She was a Kappa Alpha campaign for South Dakota governor. where she served as assistant director Theta and served as Student Association Beddow’s running mate for lieutenant of communications with the Colorado president (after time as a senator) from governor, and now USD president, House of Representatives for one 1993–94. She also was voted as Miss James W. Abbott ’70, ’74, recognized year. She was promoted to director of Dakota in 1994. Enthusiasm was her her talent. communications for the Colorado State calling card, according to Jafar Karim “What I can tell you is I knew right Senate, and then worked as a lobbyist ’93, who preceded her as Student away she was a person that was going for Colorado Counties, Inc., where she Association president. to make a significant difference in lobbied for county commissioners and

“What I can tell you is I knew right away she was a person that was going to make a significant difference in some way…What I remember most is that I never had to worry about things being done correctly because she just did it.“

—James W. Abbott, President, University of South Dakota

“She was always someone you’d some way. I had no idea it would be in dealt with county government issues. want on your team, as your ally, and bicycling, and I’m surprised by that, All the while that hobby hewn on we became close friends,” said Karim, but it doesn’t surprise me that she’s hills by the Missouri River continued who is now the director of government really good at what she does and is to grow. She was in true mountain- affairs for the Black Hills Corporation well-respected by the industry that she bicycling terrain, and took full in Rapid City, S.D. “She was a good chose,” Abbott said. “Some people know advantage. As her skills grew as a thinker who could understand complex how to take charge of a situation, and government employee, so too did her problems quickly. On the student senate, I’m not sure if it’s an instinctual gift— intense aspiration to ride higher, farther she would look at topics through the it’s a moxie factor I call it, and she’s one and faster. prism of how they would affect students of those who has it. What I remember It was in 2001 when the two worlds as well as the institution. But at the same most is that I never had to worry about she’d carefully crafted began to merge. time, she was always fun and genuine.” things being done correctly because she just did it. And I’m sure Jim Beddow felt A National Profile Takes Shape Building the Foundation the same way.” The International Mountain for a Dream Job While the Beddow-Abbott campaign Bicycling Association, or IMBA, started Dice graduated in 1994 and began to was unsuccessful, it gave Dice more small, like many good things. Its goals establish a fine-tuned resume. Her career experience, and she went on to more from the beginning were ambitious: arc stretched from Sioux Falls, S.D. to foundation-building efforts. After Get more people riding, get areas once the state capital, and then beyond. She internships in Pierre and Washington, off-limits to the sport open to those led and contributed to organizations D.C., and staff work on the Sioux Falls riders, protect the land around the trails, that put public policy into action on Economic Development Foundation in and all the while maintain a positive many levels, from cities and counties South Dakota, she moved to Kansas, atmosphere in the face of what was then to state and federal arenas. In doing completed a master’s degree in public bellicose opposition. so, unbeknownst her, she was already administration at the University of The man who hired her at IMBA, prepping for that dream job that was Kansas and worked with the League Tim Blumenthal, is still a guiding to come in 2001. Among those of Kansas Municipalities. But she was force, but with a different organization. experiences was time spent working hungry for new sky over her head. Blumenthal said as a key hire, he highly

Spring/Summer 2013 7 doubts he could have done congressional figures,” she said. better than Dice. “Some days I would meet “I was the first employee with senators, and others I’d be of IMBA, and Jenn was an riding with kids on public addition to the team that trails in places like Rapid City. transformed our government Other days we’d take on affairs work,” said Blumenthal, hard-core single track ‘gravity’ who now serves as president trails with passionate riders and CEO of Bikes Belong, a with immense skills.” Colorado-based group that looks Blumenthal, Dice and their to “put more people on bikes team worked hard enough to more often.” He served as change minds. They were able to CEO of IMBA with Dice for four patiently show the National Parks years. “Jenn brings a remarkable Service that mountain bicycling combination of skills, personal was an environmentally sound style and strengths that make her activity that would not only leave a great representative of what we scenic beauty unharmed, but aim to do at Bikes Belong.” Stuart Walsworth (Dice’s fiancé), former President also bring a growing and younger Dice was hired to serve as George W. Bush and Dice after a mountain bike ride in 2012. audience to the millions of IMBAs government affairs acres of public lands around the director and chief lobbyist. She described the work as U.S. It wasn’t all fresh air and towering fir trees: Dice was a “amazing” because it meshed her “day job” (advocacy, lobbying policy architect who developed funding plans and organized and interaction with government and industry leaders) with approaches to land management with mountain bicyclists her pastime: mountain bicycling. Flying frequently between in mind. Boulder, Colo., IMBA’s base city, and Washington, D.C., South Dakota was among the states IMBA directly when Dice wasn’t on trails riding to raise awareness, she was in impacted. The federal Recreational Trails Program, which congressional meetings, hoping to persuade national leaders of Dice helped lobby to secure, led to improvement and expansion the necessity of trail conservation and access. of many trails in the Black Hills, including Rapid City’s At the start, the meetings she attended as advocate for her municipal system of trails. “I have been among those who enjoy sport were at times unpleasant. “We worked diligently, often them, and while I don’t ride like Jenn, I know she’s helped to in the face of opposition, to have National Park Service trails bring a new and diverse group of tourists to her home state opened to bicycling,” she said. “It has changed, but at the time, hikers and horseback use were the primary concerns. Too many with her work on the Black Hills trails,” Karim said. “She can people saw mountain bicycles as a threat, even though it was be really proud of that work.” an unfounded fear. But we built trust in our case, and through Blumenthal said the impacts that can be attributed to that our ideas grew.” Dice go beyond her substantial efforts to secure trails and Blumenthal said Dice was truly an agent of change and lands for the sport. “She is perhaps the most effective advocate leader. “She is amazingly clear with her messaging but also for bicycling in the U.S., and it reminds me of a funny story savvy when it comes to political strategy,” he said. “But beyond she might not want to share,” he said. The tale goes something that, she is someone who we describe as ‘riding the talk.’ Jenn’s like this: Blumenthal and Dice were guests of President as enthusiastic a rider as anyone. She still rides to work and George W. Bush, in the Oval Office, with a group of CEOs takes part in challenging mountain-bike races. Sometimes it’s from bicycling businesses across North America. As the hard for me to realize she is only 20 years out of school. She has introductions were under way, Blumenthal said the president established a reputation that would take most people twice as interrupted the process. much time.” “I’d introduced Jenn and mentioned she was with IMBA Through the years of her IMBA career, Dice said her work and was a veteran of several 100-mile races,” he said. “I went on would stretch the gamut. “Generally our mission was to create to other introductions when he stopped me and went back to sustainable trails, so we worked with agencies of all sizes, from ask Jenn a number of questions about the races, places she rode. towns and cities to state government to federal agencies and They really hit it off.”

8 The South Dakotan “Jenn brings a remarkable combination of skills, personal style and strengths that make her a great representative of what we aim to do at Bikes Belong.” —Tim Blumenthal, President and CEO, Bikes Belong

Dice was among the first people to ride down Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. She visited Africa as part of an effort to raise money to build wells through the WorldServe organization. It was a game-changing moment. “Jenn leaves a strong She’s already begun developing a department from scratch at impression and has tons of connections that are unprecedented; Bikes Belong, where she serves as vice president of government her network is amazing,” he said. “In arenas with big Fortune relations. Dice will lead a new effort to track and engage 500 CEOs and government leaders including the president, she pro-bicycling community leaders in the political process. is confident but not over-confident, and she uses that influence She also will help Bikes Belong grow its citizen movement, to benefit bicycling in the U.S.” Blumenthal’s not alone: In PeopleForBikes.org, which now has more than 700,000 2011, Outside magazine named her No. 22 on “The Power List” supporters. In March, she traveled to Africa to take part in of the most influential people “in the world outside.” a climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. After summiting, Dice then descended the oft-described peak, but naturally she did it in A New Beginning the saddle of her mountain bike, facing technical terrain and When Dice began at IMBA, she joined a team of 20. As dirt trails with two wheels. The climb and ride was part of a she departed, the team had grown to more than 60 people successful effort to raise money for water infrastructure in that working every day on behalf of mountain bicycling enthusiasts part of Africa, in coordination with WorldServe International. from around North America and the world. “It was a growing From back roads in Clay County, S.D., to the snows of family and hard to leave, but it was time to start with another Kilimanjaro and the Oval Office, Dice said she feels the endeavor,” Dice said. thread that connects it all, almost daily. “Everything I did at “Bikes Belong presents USD—riding, student government, working with students and new opportunities and faculty—it led to my activism today and the work I do with challenges, in part because it is the trade association for bicycle Bikes Belong,” she said. “It was the best four years of my life, sellers in North America. It supports IMBA, so I’m not going and while I didn’t see this career then, what I did in Vermillion too far away, thankfully.” certainly made me ready for it.”

Spring/Summer 2013 9 iew inder Dustin Lutt makes his own pathways V F to success in film and photography By Doug Murano ’04 B.A., ’08 M.A.

In the mountains of British Columbia, Dustin Lutt ’10 He’s no stranger to documenting out-of-the-way places B.A., had just wrapped filming an adventure hunt for a client. while exploring rugged terrain and uncharted pathways. After After a successful moose harvest, he and his companions all, Lutt has been doing it since he was a child. One of his most headed back to camp with the animal’s quarters amidst the vivid early memories of the outdoors involves clinging to his usual hazards—inclement weather, rockslides, treacherous father’s back as they hiked through a swamp together, during terrain, unsure footing for the pack horses—and bedded down, what would prove to be a successful deer hunt. when some uninvited guests paid the group a visit. “I believe I was 10 years old, when I filmed Dad shooting a “During the night, a sow grizzly and her two cubs were in Pope and Young [trophy] buck,” he explained. “That was the camp trying to steal our moose quarters,” he said. “I was sitting first thing I remember filming.” in a mummy bag in a canvas tent, and I could hear the grizzly The 26-year-old USD alumnus has transformed that sniffing the wall of the tent. I felt a lot like a corn dog or a pig youthful passion into a thriving career with a company he in a blanket must feel. At the same time, that area is so remote co-owns, Rockhouse Motion, based in Geneseo, Kan., which and so beautiful, I’d do it again in a heartbeat.” specializes in capturing the wild places of the world, the diverse For Lutt, this was just another day at the office. creatures that inhabit them and the people who partake in their

10 The South Dakotan beauty. These days, he forges ahead on the power of his own was looking for a way to mount his camera in a tree stand for legs (and ambition), creating a portfolio that has taken him an upcoming shoot in the wilds of Canada. around the globe, from the rugged mountains of Canada, to “I thought, ‘I don’t know this kid at all. I can’t allow him the dense forests and myriad lakes of the Boundary Waters and to take one of our $2,000 tripods with him into no man’s iew inder across the sandy deserts of Africa. land,’” said Mechling. “But I could sense something about him. He was more mature than the average student that was just V F A Career Comes into Focus walking in, kind of lost, thinking they need to check out gear.” Lutt can’t remember a time when he didn’t feel a strong That interaction led to a mentorship that would last the rest desire to experience nature up-close and on its terms. of Lutt’s time as a USD student. Mechling worked to develop “I’ve always loved being in the outdoors, being close to the young filmmaker’s innate talent for storytelling and his eye deer—studying them, being close to them,” he said. “That for production values. spread to every animal, along with the landscape.” “Dustin, you could tell, was fairly advanced by the time When he wasn’t out tracking game in the countryside near I got to him,” he said. “I don’t know that I developed him a his Wayne, Neb. home, or observing his father’s work as a whole lot, but I encouraged him and I gave him some criticism, taxidermist, he took an interest in hunting and fishing shows which pushed him a bit further.” on television. These early experiences with the medium of film Mechling said he still uses some of Lutt’s class projects inspired him to pick up a camera for the first time. Though he as illustrations of what is possible with healthy amounts of appreciated the glimpses into outdoor adventure many of the patience and talent. shows provided at the time, he couldn’t help but feel something “I’ve used [Lutt’s school projects] in classes to show students, was missing from an aesthetic standpoint. ‘You can do this. It’s possible. This kid was a student here, and “I thought there was more heart and passion to the experience look what he’s done. He’s traveling the world with the best than they were actually showing, so I tried to do my best to film equipment and it’s amazing.’ I think it’s awe-inspiring.” in a different way,” he said, his thoughts returning to moments In addition to sharpening his filmmaking skills, Lutt earned with his father. “I guess the bonding time was something that I an art minor with an emphasis in photography, which he said always admired and I wanted to show that, too.” helped him with lighting and composition. By the time Lutt arrived at the University of South Dakota “I don’t think you can be a good videographer without being as a student in the Department of Contemporary Media & a good photographer in terms of framing and being able to see Journalism, he had filmed many of his own hunts and held the shots as they come,” he said. a clear idea of the direction he wanted to take, which, he admitted, set him apart from others in the program. Going Pro “The video school there is primarily for news, so me pushing Late in his college career, Lutt took an internship with for outdoors films was something different,” Lutt noted. a production called “Heartland Bowhunter,” a television “Nobody else, while I was there, was really doing it. I wanted to show based in Missouri. Though the relationship wouldn’t do something a little different.” last (the show couldn’t afford to hire him on full-time) it Even so, he encountered teachers at USD who provided him provided essential networking opportunities that allowed him with an abundance of encouragement and helped him develop to continue to hone his skills, fund his continuing outdoor his already considerable skills. Among these influential teachers excursions and build his portfolio. was Todd Mechling, an instructor in the department, with “It wasn’t a career opportunity for me, but because of whom Lutt had several classes. Mechling said he recognized the the clients I met through them, I was able to get work as a precocious filmmaker’s talent and drive immediately. freelancer, then ended up starting my own business,” said Lutt. “The first time I ever met him it was kind of funny because The internship also set the stage for his current partnership all of a sudden there’s this guy in our equipment checkout room with Matt White, co-owner and founder of Rockhouse one day,” said Mechling. “No one checks out equipment until Motion, who also worked for a time with “Heartland I’ve checked them out first and they’ve had at least the basic Bowhunter” before forming his own start-up company. Because video class so they know what they’re doing and I can trust their offline social networks were already so intertwined, it was them with the gear.” almost inevitable for them to connect online via social media, After some discussion, and much to his surprise, Mechling where they recognized in each other kindred spirits. It didn’t discovered that Lutt was already an experienced filmmaker and take long for White to extend Lutt an offer to collaborate.

Spring/Summer 2013 11 Filming of A Deliberate Life. Dustin Lutt (right) and Matt White check light levels during filming of A Deliberate Life. “He drove through the night to help me for a day and drove long work days (often 16 hours at a time) he comes home each six hours back home,” said White. “That, to me, proved that evening feeling energized and optimistic. he was a worker and willing to put in the sacrifice to do what “Every day is different,” said Lutt. “We spend a lot of time it takes.” in our downtime studying Photoshop and editing techniques, In addition to Lutt’s work ethic, White said he was struck by trying to up our game constantly. It’s non-stop, but the best his ability to capture the human element, intense emotion and part about it is we love what we do and it doesn’t always feel a distinct narrative within the frame. like work. Then the real fun comes in where we could be “It’s a subtle nuance, the way a person’s hand is hanging anywhere filming…anywhere.” or a glance of their eye, or the play between the person and Anywhere, indeed. Within the next year, Lutt is scheduled the elements around them,” said White. “There are lots of for shoots in the Northwest Territories, New Mexico, Pakistan, photographers that can buy nice equipment and take an Afghanistan, Sudan, Mozambique and Australia. image that is sharp and beautiful, but to create an image that “I can’t say I want to travel like this for the rest of my life,” speaks to someone, as Dustin does, I believe you’re born with said Lutt, in reference to his 2013 itinerary. “But I’m young that ability.” now and it’s fun.” It’s a sentiment Lutt echoes when discussing his own artistic philosophy. “Everyone’s going to look at a photo or movie A Deliberate Life differently, and if they can make their own story that moves Though Lutt and White spend the majority of their time them, based on what they see in front of them, that’s what creating advertisements for corporate entities, they still make makes a good photo or video,” he said. sure to find time to nurture their passion projects. Shortly after that initial trip, White and Lutt determined the Case in point: Lutt and White recently completed work on best way to grow their business was to join forces permanently. an 18-minute short film entitled “A Deliberate Life.” The film, “You can do three times as much work with two people. It’s which they funded independently during production (they not two times as much work,” said White. “So he moved down gained sponsorships on the strength of the visuals and story [to Kansas] and now he’s basically part of our family.” after wrapping), documents 10 days in the lives of a group of Since then, the duo has completed work on a variety of Idaho fly-fishermen who have decided to demonstrate courage projects—primarily product spots for outdoor equipment and in their convictions and follow their passions—a concept which firearm manufacturers like Sitka Gear and Benelli—that have mirrors Lutt’s own journey through his life and career. taken them throughout the country and beyond. The two “It was a risk, but that was kind of fun about it, too—taking pride themselves on serving as a one-stop shop for clients, from a risk, seeing what happened and being proud of it no matter location scouting, to filming to the final edit. what,” said Lutt. “We spent 10 days in Idaho, wading around “We pretty much do everything in-house; editing, graphics, in rivers and fly-fishing through beautiful country. I’ll never film and photography,” explained Lutt. regret doing any of that.” Above all, Lutt feels inspired by the variety of the work Lutt further explained the major difference between a film he’s able to do as a part of Rockhouse Motion. Despite the like “A Deliberate Life” and many other films about fly-fishing

12 The South Dakotan Dustin Lutt (right) and Matt White check light levels during A panoramic view of the wilds of British Columbia. filming of A Deliberate Life. are the intentions behind the message and the audiences they year, we would work for clients making money,” White added. hope to reach. “Then the other quarter of the year, we’d make narrative films “The film itself…the message of the film isn’t about fly- for no advertising purpose, just films to reach people and make fishing at all,” Lutt expounded. “It’s about pursuing what their day different, based on seeing that film.” makes you happy. If you’re not happy in your job, or wherever In the meantime, Lutt intends to dedicate himself to you are, then do what makes you happy. No one’s going to improving his skills and sharing his zest for life, not only with hand you happiness, you have to go out and get it.” his audience but with the people closest to him. He expressed Currently, the film is making the rounds on the gratitude for the support his wife, Carley. International Fly-Fishing Film Tour, which will put the work “I’m very lucky to have her,” he said. “She handles the in front of audiences throughout the U.S., Canada, South frequent travel very well and is always proud of what I do. She America and Europe. is outdoorsy. She likes hiking and looking for antler sheds, which is kind of a rare find, as far as that goes.” “ If you’re not happy in your job, or He also intends to continue the traditions he enjoyed with his father and impart his love of the outdoors to his four-year- wherever you are, then do what old son, Kade. While he does his best not to force him into the outdoors/hunting lifestyle, Lutt believes in getting the makes you happy. No one’s going youngster outside as much as possible and exposing him to to hand you happiness, you have the beauty of the world around him. “We’ll go outside shed hunting, or walk the dog,” said Lutt. to go out and get it.” “He will tag along turkey hunting. We’ll go outside and sit and watch for deer, or just go out for drives. When I was in —Dustin Lutt Vermillion, we’d go out for drives and look for deer and he’d Further Downstream sit in his car seat looking for deer with his little pair Looking into the years ahead, Lutt expressed a desire of binoculars.” to move further toward making artistic films, like Listening to Lutt describe these scenes, it’s difficult not A Deliberate Life, on a more regular basis. to think back to a young boy riding on his father’s back “I really like artistic films and someday I’d like to see through the swamp in search of deer—and wonder a film we do get into Sundance Film Festival if Kade will one day trade in his binoculars for a or other nationally recognized festivals, camera of his own. where it’s completely out of the outdoor For more information visit www.rockhousemotion.com. industry and it’s something you might see in a movie theater,” he said. “We would love to create a scenario where for six to nine months out of the

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Charting the Seas of Sustainability and Social Innovation Paul Ellingstad Develops Innovation in New Age By Jarett C. Bies ’94

Even in an interconnected world made flat by the “Social innovation is a little bit newer, but its principles go Information Age, businesses and organizations still need a back decades. HP founders were talking to employees about a certain type of individual. company’s responsibility to contribute to society back in the They need explorers—people ready to challenge what we 1950s and 60s, long before ‘corporate social responsibility’ know, how we do business and where new paths may take was even a concept.” those businesses. Innovative Man for an Innovative Company Add Paul Ellingstad ’93 to the list of voyager-collaborators William Hewlett and David Packard, known affectionately who are riding the seas of change. Ellingstad said when he to HP employees as Bill and Dave, founded their eponymous earned his double-major Bachelor of Arts degree at USD, he company in 1939. From simple beginnings in a one-car garage, realized that while not a business school graduate, he could it grew into the world’s leader in PC manufacturing and in apply his education equally well in industry. other areas. The founding duo recognized the necessity for Now, as partner and program development director in positive corporate contributions in the early 1960s, and HP was Hewlett Packard’s (HP) Sustainability and Social Innovation among businesses that broke ground in sustainable approaches. group, Ellingstad is doing just that: plying his liberal arts Ellingstad said that pioneering role, which he embodies as one education in economics and political science while developing of HP’s employees, benefits the work he does in 2013. And it innovative ways to solve social and environmental problems ties back to his USD education. that reinforce rather than compete against a company’s “In college, a broad foundation of coursework established business objectives. a base of skills in communication, critical and analytical Sustainability isn’t easily defined. It’s not simply about thinking and research methods, and this has served me well, protecting the environment. It’s no longer rooted solely in a because it has helped me effectively define and solve complex sense of compliance or cost-reduction, according to Ellingstad. problems while working with a diverse set of people and Put simply, it’s about working and living in a way that organizations,” Ellingstad said. “Often, we do this work in balances current needs without jeopardizing those of future resource-constrained situations and ambiguity about the roles generations. In fact, it’ll help those generations to come meet of various organizations that are involved. My education, paired the requirements they will face. Sustainability is also seen as with diverse experience I’ve gained in my career, has helped me striking a balance between people, planet and profit. address the complexity and challenges we run into.” Sustainability coupled with social innovation—Ellingstad’s Ellingstad points to the culture of curiosity, perseverance and vocation—is open to a variety of definitions as well, but the humility in his hometown, Vermillion, as among the reasons most important among them is working collaboratively to he’s had success in his career. Growing up in a small university solve problems in a way that creates win-win scenarios that town, he was guided by a broad range of mentors, from Boy can bolster a company’s bottom line while also benefiting Scout leaders to faculty. He dabbled in college-level chemistry society as a whole. as a high school student, and then departed to chase a boyhood Many leaders in sustainability focus on the type of world we dream of naval aviation. One year later, he reconsidered and want to live in today, and the one we hope to leave to those who returned to South Dakota. follow us. Ellingstad defines his work in several ways. “My first adviser was Royce Engstrom, whom I’d known “There’s completely new thinking on sustainability and for years and who taught me chemistry when I was still in high how it relates to businesses. It’s not just about compliance, it’s school,” Ellingstad said. “He was just an absolutely wonderful also about creating new business opportunity,” Ellingstad said. influence, mentor and adviser. When I came back, I was

Spring/Summer 2013 15 fascinated by economics and was certain I was going to do that, and then thought I could do a double major with economics and chemistry. And that’s what I sort of started out as, it was my declared major.” But in time, the influence of friends and other mentors led Ellingstad to political science. He kept chemistry in his life as a minor, but completed his double major and graduated in 1993. Royce Engstrom, now president of the University of Montana and former provost, professor and department head at USD, said his former protégé documents the value of the liberal arts curriculum and how it prepares students for so much, including businesses like HP. “He’s an exemplar of that idea, exploring around in several Ellingstad returned to USD in January 2013 to share insights on his work with students and former professors. fields a bit before focusing in on a single path,” Engstrom said. “He illustrates perfectly well how a liberal arts education sets Both sides were impressed. Meghann Jarchow, coordinator one up for success in an unpredictable future.” of the Sustainability Program at USD (the university’s newest Ellingstad was active in his fraternity, Sigma Nu, worked inter-departmental course of study) and an assistant professor a variety of part-time jobs and spent time as an intern for of in the Department of Biology, said her students were then-Congressman (now U.S. Senator) Tim Johnson. He later intrigued to speak with an alumnus who had found his niche interned with Gateway in North Sioux City, S.D., and that in business. “They really shared stories, after his guest lectures, affected his future in distinct ways. on the serpentine path Paul took to his current position, “I don’t believe there is any pre-defined road map to success; and how valuable it was to have him share insight on his being open to embrace a variety of opportunities and genuinely experience,” Jarchow said. “Paul didn’t go from path A to being receptive to learning and exploring new things plays a job B. He had to learn how to work with others, and how to key role in the opportunity for success—however that’s mesh his own expertise with that of other individuals, and defined,” he said. how to bring the group’s shared insight to bear on complex issues. I think he enlightened them to the fact that good Business on the Road, in the Air opportunities come when students chose to engage in a bigger While his company’s headquarters are in Silicon Valley, vision for their education.” Ellingstad calls Ireland home and said much of his work— Seeing so many familiar faces from his youth along with the almost three-quarters of it—is travel. Whether meeting distinct changes of his alma mater was a unique experience, with partners or reviewing programs, and beginning Ellingstad said. “On one hand, the first thing that strikes me new ones, he said the work of social innovation requires is the familiarity—seeing Old Main, the old South Dakota hands-on collaboration. Union—beacons that haven’t changed,” he said. “But seeing “I’m going to Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, China and the new business school and student union, it was great to elsewhere, but also coming over to the States on a regular see progress and investments like those. It’s good to see how basis,” he said. “One of the elements in my job that I personally much alumni and other benefactors have stepped up. I was get the most satisfaction from—it is absolutely vital, and no also deeply appreciative to see former professors and family pun intended—is ’sustaining’ sustainability by working with friends who came to the lecture; that really meant a lot to me. the next generation of leaders on college campuses.” I believe USD has a lot to offer and, I know from traveling to Ellingstad said his field “isn’t one for wallflowers” because it a lot of different universities, so as an alum, I think we have an draws upon the energy, enthusiasm and inspiration of students obligation to reinvest in the place where we got our start, and like those who gathered to hear him speak at the Beacom to pay it forward to the next generation as well.” School of Business in January 2013. “Returning to USD was rewarding to me, but it was also A Life-Saving Example nerve-wracking. I was more nervous before that speech than Ellingstad points to programs such as one in Kenya, where ones I have given in my work and elsewhere,” said Ellingstad. the power of sustainability and social innovation helped make “Part of it was the return to my roots, but I was also curious life-saving changes. More than 1.5 million children are born to see what ideas students here [at USD] were bringing to in Kenya every year, and approximately 85,000 pregnant the table.” women are HIV-positive and at risk of transmitting the virus

16 The South Dakotan to their newborn children. Globally, there are about 330,000 important core values can be, regardless of the endeavors new HIV infections among children annually; the goal is zero one undertakes. From business sustainability and social new infections by 2015. The acute need to tackle HIV/AIDS innovation to orchestrating less complex ventures, he points to by marshalling private- and public-sector resources led HP a willingness to question and to explore. to partner with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, a non- “The old cliché of ‘reading, writing, arithmetic’ still stands, governmental organization, and the country’s health services. and having strong communication skills and solid analytical, The goal: Save lives by reducing the time it takes to diagnose problem-solving and critical thinking skills will help you and begin treatment for HIV-positive children. in any type of industry, job or career,” Ellingstad said. “The A broken process that used to take months and that put as ability to think on your feet, with the rigor and discipline of many as half of all HIV-positive children at risk now functions the scientific method, but at the same time, employing the reliably and predictably in just days, thanks to innovation and ability to communicate the results, that’s key. We’re moving

Ellingstad’s career with HP leads him to work with new teams in dozens of countries across the globe. collaboration. Ellingstad said the team was able to bring together into a completely different age where technology is so pervasive disparate groups, finding the strengths in each, in everything that we do, to convey your thoughts clearly, it’s and HP technology, Kenyan college students, and a slew absolutely vital.” of clinical and other professionals built a new, more efficient Ellingstad said it may be easy to get busy and address the infrastructure that has doubled the likelihood of survival for tens various fire-drills that make up our lives, but to step back of thousands of infants. The solution is now being replicated in and take control of your time—our most valuable resource— other countries and scaling up to have global impact. requires discipline and makes a world of difference. “Sustainability ideas have been around, but their relevance “Set some time aside to reflect and use it to continue to business and society, to the relationships between public and learning, because it doesn’t come easily, but it’s important,” he private sectors and even non-governmental organizations, we’re said. “You also have to feel it in your own heart and in your now at a turning point where all of these movers and shakers mind. It’s not something you do because someone tells you to. are looking at different models and putting this approach to use I literally am still learning every day the fine balance between in really strategic ways,” Ellingstad said. “My work is exciting. trying something new without the fear of failure, and learning We’re bringing sustainability and social innovation to life, not from that, in order to grow and develop. Sometimes you’re as a marketing campaign, not as PR, but literally as part of how going to regret the risks you take, but if you’re not willing to the business runs.” take those risks, you sort of cocoon yourself from the rest of the As he continues onward, creating solutions and exploring world. Keep exploring. Keep learning.” opportunities for HP’s growing business, Ellingstad sees how

Spring/Summer 2013 17 FOUNDATION Meet Field Glover USD Foundation Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Development

The USD Foundation welcomed new leadership this spring and worked his way up to when Field Glover joined the Foundation as chief operating national coordinator positions officer and vice president of development. The Cambridge, in both groups before shifting his focus to higher education. Mass. native has many years of non-profit development Glover moved to university development, starting as experience, most recently as the executive director of director of development for the College of Health Sciences at development at the University of Denver, and looks forward the University of Wyoming, where he doubled the growth of to the challenge of the Onward South Dakota campaign. a newly crafted development program. Program growth and “My excitement about the Foundation is focused in three success led him to move into a similar development position at areas: leadership, fundraising and impact,” Glover explained. Virginia Tech, where he worked as a western regional director “Steve [Brown, president of the USD Foundation] is taking of development on its $1 billion campaign. But the Rocky an approach to fundraising management that truly excites me Mountains were calling, and Glover moved west with his for its emphasis on investment in the Foundation’s greatest family, first accepting a position as director of development resource, human capital. His profound respect for each for the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical School, individual illustrates great innate leadership. Good then moving to the University of Denver, where he served as fundraising is a barometer of an organization’s volunteer senior director of development for sciences and then as interim and staff leadership; the USD Foundation has great reserves executive director of development. At DU, Glover vastly in both areas.” increased the size and influence of the Office of Institutional Glover believes this investment in human capital will impact Advancement and distinguished himself as a strong leader. the university’s ability to compete at every level of academics Foundation president Steve Brown is impressed with Glover’s and athletics and will bolster USD’s impact throughout credentials and his work at USD thus far. “He brings extensive Vermillion, South Dakota and the country. “The university, background and experiences in fundraising,” Brown stated. the Foundation and our donors can have a huge impact “Field’s engaging personality, enthusiasm and strong passion for by continuing to lead in South Dakota’s development of a leading staff became evident his first day on the job.” philanthropic framework,” he said. Field and his wife, Laura, have two children, Zack, 8, and Glover got his start in non-profit fundraising working with Ellie, 6, and look forward to making their home in Vermillion the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and later, the American with their “pack” of Australian shepherds, Isaac, Tutwiler Diabetes Association. He began in regional director positions and Princess.

Primarily focused on four pillars—student scholarship, Dakota logo was created and will appear on all campaign faculty support, student and program enrichment and communications. A new Web presence is in development capital projects—Onward South Dakota is the University and will debut in summer 2013. Most importantly, of South Dakota’s largest comprehensive campaign new Foundation staff are filling vacancies and rounding ever. Although still in its leadership phase, $250 million out departments. of priorities have been determined and fundraising We hope you’ll join us as we work to leave a legacy, connections are being established. shape tomorrow and improve the future of the university As the campaign moves toward a public launch, and state of South Dakota, our nation and the world. Find work continues behind the scenes. The Onward South us at www.usdfoundation.org or call 800-521-3575.

18 The South Dakotan NOW IS THE TIME TO Support Student Scholarships University of South Dakota students need your help to finance their educations now more than ever. It’s a refrain that the USD Foundation sings repeatedly, but are you aware of the facts behind the request?

Put simply, the amount that Americans owe on student cost. But here’s the downfall: As more become burdened loans is the highest it’s ever been, surpassing $1 trillion in 2012. with student loan debt, this generation is taking longer than The Department of Education estimates that around two- previous generations to hit key milestones such as getting thirds of bachelor’s degree recipients borrow money to attend married or buying a house. Some reports even indicate that this college, either from government or private lenders, and some reality is slowing the housing market recovery since first-time believe that this number might not tell the whole story because home buyers are so essential to it. it doesn’t include those who borrow from family members. The case is stronger than ever for scholarship support. Recent surveys show that the average debt for all borrowers We need your help. The University of South Dakota relies was $23,300. Ten percent owe more than $54,000 and three on scholarships to attract, enroll and retain the best and percent owe more than $100,000. brightest students. University of South Dakota students rely on Not a surprise, you say? We all know that tuition and fee scholarships to help finance their educations and give them the increases continue, most reportedly to offset large cuts in state same advantages that you once had. funding. When the South Dakota Board of Regents met in You can make a difference. Invest in the future of USD. April, they increased tuition and fees at USD by more than Create a Coyote Commitment Scholarship. Contribute to an 4.1 percent, attributing the jump to increases in employee endowment. Give to Coyote Athletics. Establish a bequest salaries, health insurance benefits and inflation. in your will. Whatever you choose to do, USD students and As more students are offered—and take—the opportunities future graduates thank you. for higher education, more students need help financing the

Erik Muckey of Corsica, S.D. has some big plans for the University of South Dakota. Recently elected president of USD’s Student Government Association, he knows he’ll get the opportunity to put his plans into action. He also knows his USD education wouldn’t have been possible without a scholarship. The junior, majoring in economics with minors in math and finance, is the recipient of a Mickelson Scholarship, one of USD’s highest

FOR OURFOR STUDENTS achievement awards. You can help future USD students achieve their leadership “I will always be grateful for the scholarship I received in order and scholarship goals by giving to the USD Foundation to gain these new opportunities to learn, to grow and to serve today. Find us online at www.usdfoundation.org or s amazing what one scholarship can do, and the others. It’ call 800-521-3575. opportunities I have because of it are endless.”

Spring/Summer 2013 19 FOUNDATION Jorgensen Begins Tenure as Youngest Trustee

Kyle Jorgensen ’07 is the youngest trustee currently on the USD Foundation’s roster, a role the USD Beacom School of Business graduate is a bit surprised by, but is passionate about. The Aberdeen, S.D. native resides in Chicago near historic Wrigley Field and works at investment firm Abbot Downing. Jorgensen’s job is a nice balance of maintaining a book of clients as a portfolio manager and co-managing a small cap equity strategy that is research intensive. “Choosing to go to USD was one of the better decisions that I ever made,” stated Jorgensen. “I met great friends, had great opportunities and received a well-rounded education that’s competitive in the real world.” As a business and finance major, Jorgensen believes that his education prepared him well for success in his career. As a senior, he participated in a nine-month internship with the South Dakota Investment Council (SDIC). “That internship has proven to “Choosing to go to USD be directly applicable to my job,” he said. “Since the SDIC only was one of the better recruits from schools in South Dakota, it was a benefit of going to USD that I didn’t realize at the time.” decisions that I ever made. As a result, Jorgensen believes it is his obligation to give back to the university in return for all the positive impact USD has had on I met great friends, his life. When co-worker and friend Mike Casey ’82, ’85, a member of the Foundation’s board of directors, nominated Jorgensen as a had great opportunities trustee, Jorgensen thought it would be a great opportunity. He likes and received a that he can direct his gifts to funds or areas that he feels strongly about and appreciates the element of planned giving. And as an well-rounded education investment professional, he believes in the importance of investing for the future. Trustees are also tasked with encouraging others to that’s competitive in give, and Jorgensen is eager to use his role to influence friends and the real world.” other young alumni. “A lot of young people aren’t yet giving and this is a network that I can help tap,” he explained. “Many of my friends and —Kyle Jorgensen affiliations from USD have the same feeling about the university that I do. We want to return the favor and help USD.” Jorgensen hasn’t yet developed his giving philosophy. In fact, he claims that his role as trustee is his first foray into philanthropy. That said, he does have some advice for his peers. “If someone asks you to get involved, just do it. It’s OK to start out small,” he said. “Participation reflects well on the university and shows commitment to current and future students.”

20 The South Dakotan Jorgensen Begins Tenure HOW TO LEAVE A as Youngest Trustee

Leaving a legacy at USD can be as simple as by professors who shaped our lives signing your name. Susan Tuve, Jon Mammenga and exposed us to the classical arts,” and the USD Foundation’s Department of Planned said Powell. Giving can make it easy to determineLegacy the best way for you Another illustration is Jerry Kerkhove of Centennial, Colo. to create an estate gift and remember USD in your will or A detail-oriented planner, he leaves nothing to chance. So trust. There are almost as many variations in ways to make when the 1969 graduate developed strategies for his retirement, a donation as there are needs to be met, so whatever your he also took a serious look at planning the end of his life, interests, you can create a plan that is mutually beneficial. revising his will and establishing a pre-funeral plan. A good example is Marnie Powell ’57 of Walnut Creek, All details were developed with careful consideration. Calif., who recently created a unique endowment with the Kerkhove is, after all, an accountant. And when he Foundation. The Marnie and Parker Powell Endowment determined the division of his estate, Kerkove had some equally benefits both the USD Sanford School of Medicine very specific ideas. “Most of these decisions I’ve been thinking and the Department of Art in the USD College of Fine Arts. about for 20 years. I always knew I’d leave the bulk of my It’s not necessarily a common pairing, but Powell feels it’s an estate to charity, I just needed to determine the causes,” appropriate one. The endowment honors both her husband’s he said. medical career and their shared passion for the arts, especially Kerkhove created an endowment to fund graduate music, which she strongly feels was cultivated while they were assistantships for accounting students. The fund will be students at USD. initially supported through annual gifts, fully funded later “Attendance at symphony and other classical concerts when his estate is settled. “I’ve believed for a long time that and visits to art museums have greatly enriched our lives and what I do may have some unknown benefit at a much later brought us much happiness,” Powell explained. “That’s not date,” he explained. “An endowment like this will benefit always true when you’re a scientist like my husband, but he was both students and professors.” always as enthusiastic as I was.” Whether you are interested in a gift of scholarship for She and her late husband, Parker ’56, both from Sioux Falls, students today or an estate gift that lives in perpetuity, the S.D., completed their undergraduate degrees at the University USD Foundation can help. Help us build a legacy as we of South Dakota. “While we were at USD, we were inspired move “Onward.”

For more information, contact Susan at [email protected] or Jon at [email protected], or call them at 800-521-3575.

Spring/Summer 2013 21 ATHLETICS DYNAMIC DUO Bethany Buell and Kyle Ballew take USD pole vaulting to new heights

Sometimes the best opportunities come along when you aren’t looking for them. It’s a sentiment Bethany Buell and Kyle Ballew can both vouch for. The two Coyote pole vaulters hail from places far away from the plains of the Dakotas, but they both independently arrived at a common decision: the University of South Dakota was the right place to take their vaulting careers to a higher level.

Buell, a junior psychology major from St. Louis, Mo., said with a jump of 19 feet, 2 ½ inches, which he she got some surprised reactions when she announced her set in 2005. college decision. “I got a few ‘you’re going where?’ comments,” “What caught our attention with she laughed. “USD was the furthest from home among the Bethany was her natural feel for the schools I considered, and the smallest. But I trusted the coaches event,” explained Miles. “She was a here could get me where I wanted to go.” talented gymnast with great speed which By all accounts, they’ve been successful. A three-time All- are two key aspects to being successful in American, Buell cleared 14 feet, 1¼ inches to earn her first the vault. After a short time of working indoor All-America honor. She finished sixth at nationals, with her I found that she was able to becoming USD’s first indoor All-American. Her USD record make technical adjustments easily and of 14 feet, 2 inches was set while also capturing first place at quickly. Rather than taking weeks to the Iowa State Classic in February 2013. And Buell was the make a technical change, she could do lone representative from the Summit League to qualify for the it in one session which really sped her women’s side of the indoor championships. development along. As she has developed she More recently, Buell set another new career-best and USD has really become a driven and disciplined athlete, outdoor record of 14 feet, 7½ inches while winning section A which remains the foundation of her success.” of the women’s pole vault at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, Her successes at USD were, in part, what encouraged Buell in March, becoming the first Coyote to win at the Texas Relays in her pursuit of a spot on the U.S. Olympic women’s pole vault while also shattering her own previous USD record of 14 feet, team at the 2012 Olympic trials. Although she didn’t make the 5½ inches that she had set last season. team, a second run at it isn’t out of the question. “I’d love to But pole vaulting wasn’t, surprisingly, the two-time state make a world team before my career in vaulting is finished,” champion’s (Rockwood Summit High School, Mo.) first she said. “Making that Olympic team in June 2016 would be event of choice. Initially a sprinter and triple jumper, Buell great, but we’ll just have to wait and see how I’m doing at that soon discovered that pole vaulting was where she should time. I’m not really focused on that now; I’m concentrating on concentrate her efforts. “I was doing other jumping events and finishing out my collegiate career.” I just thought I’d see how far I could go with vaulting,” she Whatever is to come for Buell after her USD career explained. “Then I started to get recruited and it set in that concludes, she just hopes she has represented Coyote track maybe I was good at it.” and field well. Coach Derek Miles ’96, ’98, can take credit for getting her “I feel like I came to USD at a good time—it’s exciting to wear Coyote red. Miles, a five-time All-American, has three being in this first year of the DI transition,” she said. “I’m so Olympic Games appearances representing the United States glad I made the decision to come to USD. No other university under his belt. He owns the DakotaDome pole vault record could have gotten me to where I am.”

22 The South Dakotan BUELL FILE • Named to Summit League Commissioner’s • Earned her third NCAA All-America honor List of Academic Excellence. with a sixth-place finish and a vault of 14 • Took sixth place at NCAA Indoor feet, 1¼ inches at the national championships Championships in March 2013. in Fayetteville, Ark. • Named Summit League Indoor Track and • Earned first-team honors with a third- Field Athlete of the Week in February 2013 place finish at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor and Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Championships and recorded second-team Week in April 2013. honors with a 13th-place finish at the outdoor championships in 2011. • Earned six weekly conference athlete of the week honors. • Was the Missouri state high school champion (Rockwood Summit High School) her junior • USD’s first-ever student-athlete to compete and senior years and came in at third place at the NCAA Division I Indoor Nationals, her sophomore year, with a high school best in Fayetteville, Ark., and was the lone vault of 12 feet, 6 inches. representative from the Summit League to qualify for the women’s side.

For Kyle Ballew, a transfer to USD from Los Angeles Valley Junior College, excelling in the pole vault was the result of a little bit of happenstance and a lot of self-driven enthusiasm. “I tried out for my high school baseball team and didn’t make it,” he smiled. “My track coach suggested I try pole vaulting instead, and it just felt natural from the beginning. There was no pressure to be good at it, so I just kind of learned on my own, at my own pace, how I wanted to.” At both his alma maters, Woodland Hills El Camino Real High School and LAVC, Ballew still holds pole vault records of 16 feet, 1¼ inches and 17 feet, 1 inch, respectively. He took home third place at the California high school state meet in back-to-back years, 2010 and 2011, and was West Valley League champion in 2011 and Southern California champion that same year. As a freshman at LAVC, Ballew during his time at won the junior national championship (19 and under), USD. “I think I’ll best granting him the opportunity to compete in the junior it this season,” he said. world championships in Canada. “I’m disappointed it didn’t It’s a tradition Ballew hoped he could continue while at happen in the indoor season USD under the tutelage of Coach Miles. “In making the but I’m more than confident it will decision come to USD, being recruited by Coach Miles was a happen in outdoor.” big draw for me,” he said. “The fact that he competed as long Ballew was a contributor to the USD men’s track as he did, and all the experience he has—that sealed the deal and field team that secured the 2012–13 Summit for me.” League Indoor Track and Field Championship, In his first year as a Coyote, he’s achieved a personal best held at the DakotaDome in February. “I was really of 17 feet, 5¾ inches, a vault Ballew is confident he can beat confident going in and had the best mark in the

Spring/Summer 2013 23 ATHLETICS

conference,” Ballew said. “I was less focused on my own performance and more on doing well so the team could get the points. We were really pushing for a team title and I’m really proud to be a part of that.” Miles isn’t surprised by Ballew’s success this season. “Kyle has a great knowledge base and experience,” Miles explained. “He has spent a great deal of time learning the ‘ins and outs’ of his event, not only at his level, but at the highest levels as well. He is constantly learning and studying the pole vault which allows him to evaluate his own performances through a constantly refreshed perspective. He also has the ability to feel things such as timing and rhythm during the vault, which makes implementing changes a much more efficient process. He does everything right on a day-to-day basis BALLEW FILE outside of track which says a lot about his commitment.” • Qualified for NCAA West Preliminaries, Ballew believes his coaching at USD has had a large impact placing 23rd with a vault of 16 feet, 8¾ inches. in bringing his success to new heights. “My coaches have • Set a personal best of 17 feet, 5¾ inches at the helped me stay motivated, more than just with my physical Nebraska Invitational, winning the event. performance,” Ballew said. “When I don’t do as well as I want to, they tell me that I am on the right track and it will come • Earned All-Summit League honors during together. It’s a great motivator that they are there for me.” the indoor season after taking third at indoor Ballew credits his parents, David and Debbie, for providing championships. him with a lot of motivation as well. “They never pressured • Set USD indoor record with a vault of 17 feet, me to play any sport, but always have been there to support me 4½ inches at John Dalton meet in February 2013. going to meets throughout my career,” he explained. “They’ve • Twice named the Summit League Outdoor been my two biggest fans.” Track and Field Athlete of the Week in Although he’s undecided about where his future and his March and May of 2012. degree in kinesiology and sport science will take him, Ballew is confident that pole vaulting will always play some role in his • Earned the men’s athlete of the week honor after life. “It’s taken me so far and I’ve gotten so much out of it. If I clearing a height of 16 feet, 7¼ inches at the can, I’ll give back somehow, by coaching or motivating kids to Aztec Open in 2012. do what they want. It’s pushed me a lot further than I thought • Placed third in the California high school state I’d go and I’m grateful for that.” championships in both 2010 and 2011.

24 The South Dakotan “We will continue to raise the bar here at the University of South Dakota. The key is to never be satisfied. We are going to set lofty goals and when we reach them, we are going to set them higher.”

Takes Reins as HERBSTER 13th Athletic Director David Herbster was named the University of South Dakota’s with Learfield Sports and headed the creation of GoYotes.com, 13th director of athletics in April. the official website of USD athletics. Herbster, who had been USD’s interim athletic director “USD and Coyote athletics is very personal to me,” said since December 2012, has been with USD since 2007 as Herbster. “I have been here through the complete transition. associate athletic director, after serving as assistant to the We have built and accomplished some amazing things here on chancellor and athletic director at the University of Nebraska- the field, in the classroom and in the community, and seeing it Omaha from 2005–2007. He was also athletic director at built from the ground up is a special process. We will continue Concordia University of St. Paul from 2001–2004. to raise the bar here at the University of South Dakota. The key “Herbster has a proven track record of making athletic is to never be satisfied. We are going to set lofty goals and when programs successful at all levels of NCAA competition,” we reach them, we are going to set them higher.” USD President James W. Abbott said. “The future for After receiving a B.S. in marketing from Virginia Tech Coyote athletics is very bright, and he has the work ethic (1991), where he was a member of the Hokies men’s basketball and the vision to ensure that great things happen for the team and team captain in 1990-91, Herbster also earned an student-athletes, coaching staffs and everyone involved with M.S. in education (sports management) from Virginia Tech Coyote Athletics.” in 1994. Herbster has been instrumental in overseeing the Coyotes’ He will remain the driving force behind the USD Sports transition to Division I. He helped secure bids into the Summit Performance Enhancement Facility Arena and Outdoor Track League and Missouri Valley Football Conference, generated and Soccer Complex, and the USD Science, Health and more than $4 million in revenue to see scholarship offerings Research Lab; two projects totaling more than $68 million that raised from 103 student-athletes to 187, and has developed will transform the DakotaDome and surrounding area into a and implemented fundraising efforts for South Dakota’s $68 unique Division I athletic and academic complex. million athletic facility master plan. Herbster formed the Herbster and his wife, Kelly, have three daughters: Morgan, Howling Pack, led negotiations that resulted in a partnership Kasey and Leah.

Spring/Summer 2013 25 Athletic Facilities Project Advances After the South Dakota State Legislature passed legislation The new facility will include a 6,000-seat basketball and that authorizes USD’s Sports Performance Enhancement volleyball arena and an outdoor track and soccer complex, Facility and Science Health and Research Lab Building, efforts and a Science, Health and Research Lab Building, which are earnestly underway to raise the last part of the $68 million will connect the DakotaDome with the new arena and price tag before the building process can begin. will accommodate occupational therapy, physical therapy, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has also signed the physician’s assistant, and kinesiology and sports sciences. bill that will allow USD to break ground on the project when Together, these two facilities carry a price tag of $68 million the remaining money has been committed. and will transform the DakotaDome and surrounding area into “As of now, the last hurdle we have to clear is securing the a unique Division I athletic and academic complex. final dollars,” said Athletic Director David Herbster. “We are Groundbreaking will happen when all funds are committed. ‘calling all Coyotes’ knowing that our alumni, friends and fans The facility is projected to take about two years to build. can help us reach our goal so we can start building.”

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26 The South Dakotan International Travel Opportunities for USD Alumni

The USD Alumni Association is launching an international travel program, designed to give alumni a chance to see the world, celebrate USD, and connect with some of the university’s most impressive students. If you are interested in these opportunities contact the USD Alumni Association today at 800-655-2586 or [email protected]. Art History Tour of Italy May 20 –31, 2014 Experience Italy in depth, starting at the famous Venice canals and St. Mark’s Basilica. Join USD art history students and Professor Carol Geu as they take a guided tour of Italy’s Renaissance past.

Chamber Singers Performance Tour of Germany and Austria March 6 –14, 2015 Join the USD Chamber Singers and Director David Holdhusen on their performance tour of Germany and Austria. The 2015 tour will include a mix of unforgettable sightseeing, incredible history and superb music.

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Spring/Summer 2013 27 Al Neuharth 1924–2013

“Enjoy this wonderful game called life. Do it your way.” —Neuharth Allen Harold Neuharth died April 19, 2013, at his him interesting. And he was interested in others. I join the home in Cocoa Beach, Fla., at the age of 89. But his oldest many who have lost a role model, a friend and an unforgettable friends in the journalism business say his heart never left South personality. He was a person who didn’t take no for an answer.” Dakota—never left Eureka, where he was born and is buried; Since 1989 the Freedom Forum has sponsored generous Alpena, where he worked his first newspaper job; or Vermillion, scholarships for at least 50 journalism students at USD, one of where he received his bachelor’s degree from the University of them Mary Jo Hotzler ’99. South Dakota in 1950. “I wouldn’t be where I am today without Neuharth and “I can think of no person who was more closely associated his generous commitment to giving back,” said Hotzler, now with and made greater contributions to his alma mater,” said director of Forum News Service in Fargo, N.D. Gordon Aadland ’49, who met Neuharth at USD when both “I will always be grateful to Al Neuharth. For as important were students on the GI Bill. as he was in the world of journalism, he still stayed connected “Al never really left the classrooms of Old Main or of The to USD and the students at The Volante. Volante office in the corner of the student union, where he got “I remember my sophomore year introducing myself to him his start in journalism,” said Aadland, who at age 91 still writes after the annual Neuharth event,” she continued. “I had met a weekly newspaper column. “I am having difficulty speaking him before but assumed he wouldn’t remember me. But I’ll

Tom Brokaw ‘64 paid tribute to Neuharth at the USA TODAY founder’s celebration of life service, held in USD’s Aalfs Auditorium May 17.

about him in the past tense. He was a man of the present and never forget it, he shook my hand and said, ‘I know who you the future.” are.’ That sticks with me and shows you what kind of person “I remember meeting up with him one afternoon in the he was.” Student Union when I was editor of The Volante,” recalled Neuharth visited campus several times a year and each fall Marilyn Hagerty ’48, an award-winning columnist with the presented the Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Grand Forks Herald and the 26th recipient of the Al Neuharth Media, bringing a media celebrity to what he called “the sacred Award for Excellence in the Media. “I tried to convince him soil of South Dakota.” he should major in journalism and forget about his interest in Starting in 1987 the Freedom Forum, under Neuharth’s radio. I don’t know if that cut any ice, but he did join our staff guidance, gave USD $3.25 million and also provided staffing as assistant managing editor in the fall of 1947.” and programming through Freedom Forum programs Neuharth’s national legacy includes the creation of USA administered out of Vermillion. Jack Marsh, director of those Today, the first nationwide newspaper, and the launch of programs, said there was a stipulation when the first money the Freedom Forum, a foundation devoted to free press. His was given. biggest monument is the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue in “The committee wanted to create a unique journalism Washington, D.C. program that supported student media, essentially The At USD he leaves the Al Neuharth Media Center, home to Volante,” Marsh said. “The university had to agree the the Department of Contemporary Media and Journalism, as students would have complete press freedom, and the well as South Dakota Public Broadcasting, The Volante student university said, ‘OK.’ newspaper and KYOT television and KAOR radio. The former “Al believed the university should be the bedrock of a armory building was renovated in 2003 with a major gift from freedom of the speech,” Marsh continued. “Al Neuharth the Freedom Forum. lent his name to very few things. The only facility on the “Al was always loyal to his friends. He was always good planet named for Al Neuharth is the Al Neuharth Media natured,” Hagerty added. “He had a way about him that made Center at the University of South Dakota.”

Spring/Summer 2013 29 MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA MINNESOTA CAUTION ’YOTES SOUTH DAKOTA AT PLAY

NEBRASKA

COLORADO

CALIFORNIA

ARIZONA

TEXAS

We’ve enjoyed seeing alumni at events around the country and look forward to seeing more of you soon (see www.usdalumni.com for upcoming events).

30 The South Dakotan NORTH DAKOTA MINNESOTA

SOUTH DAKOTA NEW YORK

IOWA NEBRASKA OHIO ILLINOIS INDIANA

VIRGINIA

MISSOURI

FLORIDA

Spring/Summer 2013 31 Save the Dates! Register or get more information on all of these events, and more, at www.usdalumni.com.

August National Music Museum Exhibition, Seattle, Wash. September 7 Football Tailgate, Lawrence, Kan. 21 Football Tailgate, Flagstaff, Ariz. 28 Football Tailgate, Macomb, Ill.

November 23 Football Tailgate, Fargo, N.D.

October 4 –5 Dakota Days 2013, Vermillion, S.D., includes reunions for the classes of 1953, 1963 and 1973, the 1958 national champion basketball team, the Occupational/Physical Therapy Program, Nursing program and USD Chamber Singers

19 Football Tailgate, Cedar Falls, Iowa 26 Football Tailgate, Normal, Ill.

32 The South Dakotan Andrew Bischoff ’94 B.S.Ed., Chicago, Ill., was named tight ends coach for the Chicago Bears in January. Bischoff joined the team after the Bears announced Marc Trestman as their new head coach. Trestman and Bischoff worked together for five seasons coaching the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. The team earned consecutive championships in 2009–2010.

by Southern Illinois Bruce Nolop ’72 B.A., Sister Mary Schramm ’77 Platinum Supplemental University for developing New York City, was Ph.D., Yankton, S.D., was Insurance. agents that can protect appointed to the board named a “living legend” by Thomas Berry ’81 B.S., Stephen Griffin ’69 against noise- and drug- of directors and chair the American Association Spearfish, S.D., was B.F.A., Colonial Beach, induced hearing loss of the audit and finance of Nurse Anesthetists. inducted into the Sturgis Va., was the recipient and other side effects of committee of CLS Group. William Stier ’72 Ed.D., Brown High School of a 2012–2013 Artist cancer therapies. Englewood, Fla., received Athletic Hall of Fame. Fellowship from the Tor Nygard ’78 M.B.A., Virginia Commission of Dale Johns ’70 B.S.B.A., Minneapolis, Minn., was the Luther Halsey Shelley (Prill) Boden the Arts. Penrose, Colo., was appointed as managing Gulick Medal at the ’86 A.A., Russell, Kan., named Citizen of the Year director and CEO of 2013 American Alliance began work as a nurse/ Craig Lawrence ’69 B.A., by the Penrose Chamber Berger Paints Nigeria for Health, Physical consultant with the Kansas Sioux Falls, S.D., was of Commerce. PLC. Education, Recreation Healthcare Collaborative. named the state chair and Dance National of the South Dakota Brent Kallestad ’72 B.A., Albert Peck ’77 M.P.Ad., Mark Culhane ’82 Convention. Republican Party. Tallahassee, Fla., retired Williamsburg, Va., B.S.B.A., Atherton, Calif., from The Associated Press was named county Kevin Whitelock ’77 was hired as chief financial Laris Roberts ’68 B.S.Ed., officer for Lithium after a 40-year career. administrator for Essex B.S.B.A., Spearfish, S.D., ’77 M.A., Ballantine, Technologies Inc. County, Va. was appointed to the Mont., was selected to Lee Magnuson ’77 South Dakota Bankers Mark Eichler ’80 B.S.B.A., serve on the board of B.S.B.A., ’80 J.D., ’80 William Peterson ’73 Association’s board Hamilton, Ohio, was directors for the Shriner’s M.B.A., Sioux Falls, S.D., B.A., Sioux Falls, S.D., of directors. promoted to vice president Hospital for Children in was named Partner-in- joined Lutheran Social at Fifth Third Bancorp. Spokane, Wash. Charge of the new Sioux Services of South Dakota Falls office of Lindquist & as vice president of Charles Habhab ’81 Vennum Law Firm. resource development. J.D., Aberdeen, S.D., was named senior consultant Anita (Hotz) Patrick Quinn ’76 B.S., Paul Blackburn ’77 David Berg ’86 M.B.A., at Great Western Bank Messerschmidt ’73 ’77 M.B.A., Scottsdale, B.S., Phoenix, Ariz., was Owatonna, Minn., in Aberdeen. B.F.A., West Des Moines, Ariz., was named head was named the chief appointed as a clinical Monte Hanson ’83 Iowa, was honored as the of the Residential associate professor within administrative officer M.B.A., ’83 J.D., the Department of West Des Moines 2013 Utility Consumer Office for the I-35 corridor in Sioux Falls, S.D., joined Emergency Medicine at Citizen of the Year. for Arizona. the Southeast Minnesota BMW of Sioux Falls as a region of the Mayo Clinic the University of Arizona Donald Meyer ’72 Richard Sample ’78 client adviser. College of Medicine. Health System. M.B.A., Lancaster, N.Y., M.D., Madison, S.D., Merlin Hollis ’88 M.A., Kathleen (Murphey) was named president of was named Family Doctor Michael Berg ’86 M.B.A., Topeka, Kan., was named Campbell ’77 M.A., the five-member Port of of the Year by the South Dubuque, Iowa, was hired the new director of the Glenarm, Ill., was named Tacoma Commission Dakota Academy of as chief operating officer emergency medical Inventor of the Year for 2013. Family Physicians. of administration with technician and paramedic

Spring/Summer 2013 33 programs at Kansas City appointed as an Indian U.S. Army, was awarded Lincoln, Neb., was named Deidre (Sorensen) Kansas Community probate judge with the the Lt. General Raymond a 2013 Entrepreneurial Budahl ’02 B.S.B.A., ’07 College. U.S. Department of S. McLain Medal for Fellow by the Ewing M.B.A., Rapid City, S.D., the Interior. Michael Kujak ’88 B.S., National Guard officers. Marion Kauffman was named a partner in Foundation. the Casey Peterson & Chaska, Minn., was Robin (Parr) Uithoven Ehren Christensen ’96 named general manager of ’85 A.A., Okoboji, Iowa, B.S.B.A., North Sioux Susan Sabers ’95 J.D., Associates accounting firm. Prostate Health Solutions was hired as a certified City, S.D., joined United Sioux Falls, S.D., was Ryland Deinert ’05 J.D., at American Medical nurse practitioner with Real Estate Solutions’ appointed as a circuit judge Sioux City, Iowa, joined Systems in Minneapolis. Sanford Cancer Center in residential sales division. in South Dakota’s Second the Klass Law Firm as Worthington, Minn. Judicial Circuit. Mary Milroy ’81 M.D., Christopher David Hall a partner. Yankton, S.D., was Mark Zickrick ’81 ’92 ATTD., Chamberlain, Gregory Stoltenburg ’95 Jesse Dirksen ’06 M.D., recognized for her B.S.Ed., ’83 M.B.A., S.D., an enrolled member J.D., Clear Lake, S.D., was Sioux Falls, S.D., began contributions to the Pierre, S.D., began work of the Crow Creek Sioux appointed as a circuit judge work as a breast surgeon at field of women’s health as a technology engineer Tribe, Big Bend District, in South Dakota’s Third Sanford Health. with the 2012 Spirit of point-of-contact with the will serve with the Bush Judicial Circuit. Dakota award. South Dakota Bureau Foundation’s Native Nation Matthew Erickson ’00 Bob Sutton ’90 B.A., ’95 of Information and Rebuilders Program. B.M., Hanscom Air Scott Peterson ’86 M.P.Ad., was appointed to Force Base, Mass., Telecommunications. Chad Hatch B.S.B.A., ’87 M.P.A., ’92 B.S.B.A., the South Dakota Board was named music director Sioux Falls, S.D., was Aberdeen, S.D., was of Regents. and conductor for Bay named director of appointed to a three-year Gordon Swanson ’92 Colony Brass. government affairs term on the South Dakota J.D., Sioux Falls, S.D., was with Avalara. Aeronautics Commission. Emily Feauto-Sudbeck Robert Baxter named a magistrate judge ’90 ’09 B.F.A., Vermillion, Marc Rasmussen ’81 Kelby Kleinsasser ’97 in South Dakota’s First B.S.B.A., Lima, Ohio, was S.D., owns and operates B.S.B.A., Snoqualmie, B.S., Sioux Falls, S.D., was Judicial Circuit. promoted to president and Willson Florist. Wash., was named vice CEO of St. Rita’s Health named vice president of Melissa (Hanson) president and commercial product with DocuTap. Ramsey (Kavan) Partners, Catholic Health Terronez ’97 B.S.B.A., loan operations and Fitzsimmons ’09 B.A., ’11 Partners. Donald McLaughlin Watertown, S.D., was servicing manager with M.A., Yankton, S.D., Wendi (Brown) Bogard ’92 B.S.A.H., ’12 M.S., named executive director of Washington Federal. was hired as a Spanish ’90 B.M., Lansing, Kan., Freeland, Mich., was the Legacy Care Concierge teacher at Dakota Valley Lou Roach ’86 M.F.A., was named the Kansas promoted to clinical office in Watertown. care manager at Kairos High School. Sioux City, Iowa, was Music Educator’s Northeast Tom Walsh ’98 B.S., Healthcare, Holy Cross inducted into the 2012 District Music Teacher of Sioux Falls, S.D., along Joshua Gassen ’04 Children’s Services. Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame. the Year. with his father, were named B.S., ’07 M.P.A., Sioux Falls, S.D.,was hired as Daniel Schiedel ’89 Rep. Kevin Brady ’90 Jason Mead ’95 B.A., Fort as finalists for Burger King’s an account executive B.S.F.A., ’91 M.A., B.S.F.A., The Woodlands, Riley, Kan., was promoted North America Franchisee at Holmes Murphy & Claremore, Okla., Texas, will chair the Health to lieutenant colonel. of the Year Award. Associates. was named executive Subcommittee of the Charles “Elliott” Ostler Jody Wilson ’99 M.S., director of the Oklahoma House Ways and Means ’93 Ed.D., Omaha, Neb., Sioux Falls, S.D., joined Paul Glader ’01 Educational Television Committee and the Joint received the Alumni Costello Property ATTD., Syosset, N.Y., Authority. Economic Committee in Outstanding Teaching Management as human is the managing editor Bradley Sexauer ’80 Washington, D.C. award from the University resources manager. and co-founder of M.B.A., Saratoga Springs, Jeffrey Brooks ’90 of Nebraska at Omaha. WiredAcademic.com. N.Y., was elected to the B.S.B.A., Sioux Falls, Janet Philipp ’94 Ed.D., Elliott Graber ’09 B.F.A., Saratoga Bridges Hospital S.D., opened Brooks Sioux Falls, S.D., was Los Angeles, Calif., board of directors. Commercial Real Estate. named chair of Augustana Chase Adams ’09 J.D., appeared in an episode of Patrick Smith ’89 Charles Brown ’92 J.D., College’s nursing Sturgis, S.D., joined the “Modern Family” on ABC B.S.B.A., ’92 J.D., Salisbury, N.C., was elected department. National Cattlemen’s Beef as a younger version of Mitchell, S.D., was president of the North Lt. Col. Michael Poss ’93 Association as director of Phil Dunfee. appointed as a circuit Carolina Conference of B.S.B.A., ’99 M.B.A., communications. Tanya (Brettmann) judge in South Dakota’s Chief District Offutt AFB, Neb., was Katie (Kirby) Anderson Kilpatrick ’08 B.S., First Judicial Circuit. Court Judges. selected to be a U.S. Army ’03 B.S.Ed., Rapid City, Lincoln, Neb., joined Mary (Poulos) Maj. Gen. Raymond element commander. S.D., was named the 2013 the staff of Beatrice Thorstenson ’88 J.D., Carpenter ’94 M.B.A., Robert Rhodes ’90 B.S., South Dakota Teacher of Community Hospital as Rapid City, S.D., was Rapid City, S.D., retired ’92 B.S.M.D., ’94 M.D., the Year. an occupational therapist.

34 The South Dakotan Elizabeth Wright ‘11 B.F.A., a theatre graduate touring production of 2012. The couple resides with an emphasis in musical theatre, will play “The Book of Mormon.” in Sioux Falls, S.D. the role of a featured prostitute who gets Marilyn Trefz ’12 J.D., Krista Schram Tschetter captured by Al Capone and his brothers on Vermillion, S.D., has ’08 B.A., ’11 J.D. and HBO’s hit series “Boardwalk Empire.” The series joined the Hughes Law Paul Tschetter ’07 office in Sioux Falls, S.D. M.B.A., ’07 J.D. were premiered in 2010 and has received wide married on July 7, 2012. critical acclaim, including a Golden Globe for Marriages The couple resides in best dramatic series, for its depiction of the Sioux Falls, S.D. Omaha, Neb. Prohibition era in New Jersey. Wright currently Ashley Zellmer lives and works in New York City. McFadden ’04 B.A., ’06 Katie Cerling Whitten M.A. and Nick McFadden ’08 B.B.A. and Charlie were married on Oct. 13, Tiffani Landeen ’00 J.D., Jennifer Pelzel ’06 Montessori in Sioux Falls, Whitten were married on 2012. The couple resides Parker, S.D., joined law M.P.A., Sioux Falls, S.D., S.D. Jan. 12, 2013. The couple in Palos Hills, Ill. resides in Minneapolis. firm Strange, Farrell, joined Brandt Solomon Kevin Kelly ’10 B.F.A., Johnson & Brewers. & Anderson LLP as a Aberdeen, S.D., joined the Wendy Heck Lind ’03 senior accountant. Scott Larson ’01 national tour of “Beauty B.A. and Jack Lind were married on Oct. 13, 2012. B.S.H.A., ’02 M.B.A., Quentin Riggins ’06 J.D., and the Beast.” Amanda Bullene Johnson The couple resides in ’12 B.S. and Justin Canton, S.D., was named Rapid City, S.D., joined Shawn Kennedy ’11 Lincoln, Neb. CEO at the Sanford the Gunderson Palmer M.A., Adams, Minn., Johnson were married on Canton-Inwood Hospital. Law Firm as a partner. was named principal Vanessa Yanez Iverson June 9, 2012. The couple of St. Theodore ’06 B.S. and Cullen resides in Vermillion, S.D. Nicole (Lovre) Laughlin Kimber (Erickson) Catholic School. Iverson ’04 B.B.A., ’09 Cicily Durr Terkildsen ’10 ’02 B.S., ’06 J.D., Sioux Severson ’00 B.S., ’02 M.A. were married on A.S. and Tait Terkildsen Falls, S.D., opened the M.A., Sioux Falls, S.D., Ilisja Moreland ’12 J.D., Oct. 1, 2012. The couple were married on July 28, Laughlin Law office. was named director Sioux City, Iowa, joined resides in Pickstown, S.D. of marketing and Deck Law LLP. 2012. The couple resides Brian Mann ’01 B.M., in Rapid City, S.D. communications with Sarah Skattum Krush ’10 Woodbridge, Va., a Megan Parrish ’12 DocuTap. B.A. and Benjamin Krush Emma Solberg Heiman percussionist with the M.F.A., Spencer, Iowa, ’09 B.B.A., ’11 M.A. were ’13 and Matthew Heiman Air Force Ceremonial Jamie Stech ’08 M.A., serves as head carpenter married on May 26, 2012. ’11 B.A., ’12 M.A. were Brass, performed at the Council Bluffs, Iowa, won with the international tour The couple resides in married on March 1, the Outstanding Adjunct of “Shrek, the Musical.” presidential inauguration Sioux Falls, S.D. 2013. The couple resides Teaching Award for 2012. festivities. Erica Peterson ’12 in Presho, S.D. M.B.A., Pukwana, Robert Lapp ’08 M.D. Lance Monteau ’07 M.D., Lila Sybesma ’07 Ed.D., S.D., was named CEO and Elizabeth Rizzi Lapp Stacy Huss Hegge ’12 Minot, N.D., joined St. Sioux Center, Iowa, was of Sanford Hospital in were married on Sept. 22, J.D. and Jeff Hegge were Alexius Medical Clinic promoted to associate Chamberlain, S.D. 2012. The couple resides married on June 9, 2012. professor of education at as an internal medicine in Sioux Falls, S.D. The couple resides in Northwestern College. Natalie Polisson ’11 physician. Pierre, S.D. B.F.A., Cedar Lake, Ind., Jennifer Pohlman Christopher White ’09 Douglas Murano ’04 B.A., works as an actress with Mammenga ’07 B.A. and Joshua Kohn-Lindquist J.D., Aberdeen, S.D., ’08 M.A., Vermillion, S.D., Blue Gate Musicals in Jonathan Mammenga ’10 B.B.A. and Bridget was named chief deputy was approved for affiliate Lancaster, Pa. ’07 B.A., ’11 M.P.A. were Skaggs Kohn-Lindquist membership in the Horror state’s attorney. married on Oct. 20, 2012. were married on Oct. 6, Carl Rasmussen ’12 Writers Association. The couple resides in 2012. The couple resides M.D., Portland, Ore., His story, “The Chopping Sioux Falls, S.D. in North Sioux City, S.D. joined the staff at Oregon Block,” was named Health & Science Amie Richter Stapleton Alissa Loen Lennon Best Short Story by Taylor Adrian ’12 University as a family ’03 B.S. and Joe Stapleton ’10 B.A., ’12 M.S.W. Perpetual Motion B.S., Windom, Minn., practice physician. were married on Aug. 2, and Jamie Lennon were Machine Publishing. was hired as a ticket 2012. The couple resides married on June 30, 2012. Cody Jamison Strand ’12 representative for the in Centennial, Colo. The couple resides in John Nelson ’04 Ph.D., B.F.A., Brandon, S.D., Minnesota Lynx. Sioux Falls, S.D. Madison, S.D., was serves as the understudy Joshua Swanstrom ’05 promoted to full professor Arianna Berry ’12 M.S., for one of the lead roles, B.B.A., ’08 M.B.A. and Jillian Logan Linster ’11 of English at Dakota Brandon, S.D., joined Elder Cunningham, in the Stacie Ries Swanstrom M.A. and Matt Linster State University. the staff of The Baan Dek first national Broadway were married on Oct. 20, were married on Aug. 2,

Spring/Summer 2013 35 2012. The couple resides To Jafar Karim ’93 B.L.S. Emilia joins big brother campus ministry leader, on in Lone Tree, Iowa. and Jess (Paulson) Karim Holden (4). March 5, 2013. ’99 B.S., ’02 M.S., Rapid, Rosalie Mueller Lammers To Michelle (Stuhr) Norman Miller, El Paso, City, S.D., a daughter, ’12 B.S. and Craig Green ’04 B.A. and Texas, retired emeritus Robert Anderson ’49 Josephine Ruth, on Lammers were married on Kenneth Green ’02 professor of chemistry, on B.S.B.A., Spirit Lake, March 22, 2013. Josephine M.A., Vermillion, S.D., a March 9, 2013. Iowa, on Feb. 6, 2013. July 28, 2012. The couple joins twin sisters Sienna daughter, Ava, born May 3, Anderson was a member resides in Fordyce, Neb. Lynn and Soraya Jane (2). Herbert Ridings, 2012. Ava joins big brother Lexington, Ky., former of Phi Delta Theta. Deanna Johnson Parker To Alicia (Tatge) Peterson Ben (3). chair and associate James Benedickt ’44 ’12 B.A. and Levi Parker ’96 B.S.Ed., ’06 Ed.S. To Patricia (Crowley) professor, Department of ATTD., Gordon, Neb., ’12 B.B.A. were married and Christopher Peterson, Physician Assistant Studies, Nash ’04 B.S.Ed. and on Feb. 18, 2012. on June 23, 2012. The Sioux Falls, S.D., a son, on Oct. 5, 2012. Don Nash, Papillion, Neb., couple resides in Lennox, Bennett James, born Franklin Bens ’49 B.S., a son, Charlie Robert, on Roy Rissky, Mitchell, S.D., June 5, 2012. Bennett joins East Lansing, Mich., on S.D. Oct. 29, 2012. former Summer Science big brother Will (4). Nov. 1, 2012. Bens was Institute teacher, on Kari Skillman Popham ’11 To Ann (Johnson) a member of Lambda To Jill (Haan) Pieper ’99 Oct. 7, 2012. M.S. and Drew Popham Waterbury ’08 B.B.A., Chi Alpha. B.S.B.A., ’99 M.P.A.C. were married on June 1, ’09 M.B.A. and Randall James Vollmer, Sioux and Gabriel Pieper ’97 Patricia (Noll) Bowser ’48 2012. The couple resides Waterbury ’09 B.B.A., Falls, S.D., social worker B.S., Marshall, Minn., a B.A., Peoria, Ariz., on in Sioux Falls, S.D. Vermillion, S.D., a son, at University Psychiatry daughter, Addie Pirlet, Jan. 5, 2013. Bowser was Brayden, on June 19, 2012. Associates, on Feb. 23, Nicole Harrison Weber born Aug. 1, 2012. She 2013. a member of Pi Beta Phi. ’10 D.P.T. and Mitchell joins big brother Noah (3). Roy Brandenburg ’48 Weber ’11 M.D. were In Memoriam LL.B., Lead, S.D., on

married on Aug. 11, Faculty and Staff Oct. 5, 2012. 2012. The couple resides Richard Barnes, Oxford, Henry Dehope ’45 Ed.M., in Omaha. Max Gaspar ’38 B.S.M.D., Miss., former professor of Tacoma, Wash., on To Deidre (Sorensen) Seal Beach, Calif., on law, on Jan. 22, 2012. Jan. 18, 2013. Births Budahl ’02 B.S.B.A., Oct. 7, 2012. ’07 M.B.A. and Dereck William Bergman, Dorothy (Happe) Dolney Elizabeth (Baxter) Budahl ’02 B.S.B.A., ’08 Yankton, S.D., former ’45 B.S.B.A., Alcester, McKibben ’39 B.S.Ed., M.B.A., Rapid City, S.D., director of the Health S.D., on April 8, 2012. Gainesville, Ga., on Oct. 28, a daughter, Reese on Services Administration Dolney was a member of 2012. McKibben was a To Lorilee (Gosch) Larson Feb. 15, 2012. Reese joins program, on Oct. 6, 2012. Alpha Phi. member of Pi Beta Phi. ’99 B.S., ’01 M.S. and sister Cameron. H. Edward Grotjan, Lake Wilmine (Haarstick) Eleanor (Utley) Ream ’31 Scott Larson ’01 B.S.H.A., To Teresa (Baier) St. Louis, Mo., associate ATTD., Sioux Falls, S.D., Farrell ’42 M.A., ’02 M.B.A., Canton, S.D., Campbell ’00 B.S. and professor at the School of on April 13, 2012. Ream Minneapolis, Minn., a daughter, Breklyn LaRae, Medicine 1983-1988, on Reed Campbell ’01 was a member of Kappa on Feb. 3, 2013. on Oct. 5, 2012. Breklyn B.S.A.H., Lincoln, Neb., March 19, 2013. Alpha Theta. Vernon Garry ’49 B.S.I.E., joins a sister, Taryn, and a daughter, Emilia Charley, Rev. Joan Haner, Fall Sioux Falls, S.D., on brothers, Rylan and Kacyn. born June 13, 2012. River, Mass., former Sept. 23, 2012. Inman Hesla ’49 B.S.M.D., Austin, Minn., Kim Clodfelter ’77 B.A., ’82 J.D., Middleton, Wisc., is writing a on Feb. 6, 2013. book about his father, the late USD basketball, track and golf Charles Kell ’49 LL.B., coach Dwane “Cloddy” Clodfelter ’47. Clodfelter’s father led Murdo, S.D., on teams from a number of area high schools in both track and March 21, 2013. basketball for many years. At USD, “Coach Cloddy” was best Kell was a member of known for leading the men’s basketball team to the 1958 NCAA Delta Tau Delta. Division II national championship. Kim Clodfelter continues to Ardis (Freeman) Leathers travel across South Dakota conducting research and interviews ’46 B.F.A., Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2012. for the book. He encourages any alumni who knew his father to share their stories by email [email protected]. Jeane (Rogers) Leer ’40 ATTD., Wickenburg, Ariz., on Sept. 30, 2012.

36 The South Dakotan Leer was a member of Craig Stolze ’49 B.A., Larry Davis ’58 M.A., Alan Purintun ’52 LL.B., Dalsaso was a member Alpha Phi. Hemet, Calif., on Sun City West, Ariz., De Smet, S.D., on of Chi Omega. on Sept. 19, 2012. Jan. 23, 2013. Mary (Mallory) Lintvedt Jan. 30, 2013. John Doohen ’61 B.A., Robert Gunderson ’58 Clois Smith ’56 B.F.A., ’44 B.S.Ed., Sioux Falls, Barbara (Connell) Sioux City, Iowa, on B.S.B.A., Fort Dodge, Vermillion, S.D., on S.D., on Jan. 18, 2013. Nov. 27, 2012. Doohen Vondrak ’49 B.A., Oct. 11, 2012. Smith Iowa, on Nov. 7, 2012. was a member of Theta Xi. Helen (Harms) Long ’41 Geneva, Ill., on was a member of Donald Haggar ’50 Nov. 7, 2012. Lambda Chi Alpha. Robert Edwards ’69 B.S.B.A., Wayzata, Minn., LL.B., Sioux Falls, S.D., 1 B.S.Ed., ’73 M.A., ’78 on Dec. 27, 2012. on Feb. 25, 2013. Dora Lee (Delzell) Throckmorton ’55 M.A., Buffalo, Wyo., on Carol (Cherney) Lupia Haggar was a member of Alpha Tau Omega. B.S.Ed., Stillwater, Sept. 30, 2012. Edwards ’44 B.A., Reno, Nev., on Richard Becker ’55 B.A., Minn., on Jan. 19, 2013. was a member of Alpha Frank Henderson ’51 Feb. 14, 2013. Lupia was a Jefferson City, Mo., on Throckmorton was a Tau Omega. LL.B., Hill City, S.D., on member of Chi Omega. member of Alpha Phi. Oct. 24, 2012. Dec. 28, 2012. Henderson Tania (Hauck) Goos ’65 William McGeehon ’44 William Bergman ’51 was a member of Phi Donald Vellek ’51 B.A., B.S.Ed., Aberdeen, S.D., ATTD., Newbury Park, B.S.I.E., ’61 M.B.A., Delta Theta. ’52 ATTD., Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 28, 2012. on Dec. 29, 2012. Calif., on July 3, 2012. Yankton, S.D., on Rev. P. Allan Jump ’50 Thomas Gormley ’60 Oct. 6, 2012. Carol (Adams) Watson Robert McKenna ’42 LL.B., Mulberry, Fla., on B.S.M.D., Billings, Mont., Sept. 26, 2012. Jump ’56 B.F.A., North Liberty, B.S.B.A., Hopkins, Joseph Laine ’52 M.A., on March 16, 2013. was a member of Iowa, on Sept. 18, 2012. Minn., on Nov. 27, 2012. Oshkosh, Wis., on David Gugin ’60 ATTD., Delta Tau Delta. Luther Wigdahl ’54 McKenna was a member Jan. 3, 2013. Evansville, Ind., on Mary (Vanden Berge) B.S.M.D., Isanti, Minn., of Lambda Chi Alpha. Shirley (Macy) Berry ’53 Jan. 9, 2013. Gugin was Kaiser ’56 B.S.B.A., on Sept. 25, 2012. B.S.Ed., Mitchell, S.D., a member of Theta Xi. Daniel McNeil ’49 B.A., Tucson, Ariz., on on Sept. 13, 2012. Berry Hampton, Va., on March 25, 2013. Kaiser Lester Gurdin ’67 J.D., was a member of Kappa Feb. 27, 2013. McNeil was a member of Kappa Estero, Fla., on Jan. 8, Alpha Theta. was a member of Alpha Alpha Theta. 2012. Richard Bottolfson ’55 Janet (Jesfjeld) Ahmasuk Tau Omega. Ruth (Kempter) Karim ’52 Gordon Held ’63 B.S.B.A., Vermillion, ’66 B.S.M.T., Nome, B.A., Pierre, S.D., on B.S.M.D., Young Harris, Earl Moe ’47 B.S.B.A., S.D., on Dec. 11, 2012. Alaska, on May 16, 2012. Feb. 10, 2013. Karim was Ga., on Oct. 16, 2012. Fulton, S.D., on Jan. 16, Bottolfson was a member a member of Alpha Phi. Sharon (Desmond) Allen 2013. of Alpha Tau Omega. Douglas Huewe ’63 Joseph Laine ’52 M.A., ’62 ATTD., Hayesville, N.C., on Nov. 16, 2012. B.S.M.D., Springfield, Alice (Payton) Paulsen Anthony Buckmeier Oshkosh, Wis., on Allen was a member of Mo., on Oct. 12, 2012. ’47 B.S.B.A., Salem, S.D., ’58 B.S.B.A., ’61 J.D., Jan. 3, 2013. Kappa Alpha Theta. on Dec. 14, 2012. Mobridge, S.D., on Edward Larson ’59 Earl Kellett ’61 LL.B., March 28, 2013. B.S.B.A., Sioux Falls, Richard Anderson ’68 Ossining, N.Y., on Lloyd Richardson ’46 Buckmeier was a member S.D., on Sept. 29, 2012. M.A., Yankton, S.D., on Feb. 19, 2013. ATTD., Sioux Falls, Nov. 28, 2012. of Alpha Tau Omega. Paul Larson ’64 S.D., on Nov. 1, 2012. Paul Mundt ’53 B.A., ’56 Margaret Campbell ’51 LL.B., Sioux Falls, S.D., Harry Bau ’64 B.S.B.A., B.S.M.D., Minneapolis, Richardson was a member B.A., Denver, Colo., on on Feb. 24, 2013. Madison, S.D., on Minn., on Nov. 2, 2012. of Lambda Chi Alpha. June 27, 2012. Campbell Oct. 30, 2012. Wayne Nichols ’58 Warren Law ’65 B.S.B.A., was a member of Raymond Ross ’49 LL.B., B.S.M.D., Wray, Colo., William Byrnes ’60 Sioux Falls, S.D., on Alpha Phi. Tolland, Conn., on on July 21, 2012. B.F.A., Overland Park, Jan. 21, 2013. Oct. 19, 2012. Ross Burdell Coplan ’52 Kan., on Jan. 7, 2013. Winston Odland ’53 Hwan Ma ’68 M.A., was a member of B.S.Ed., ’55 E.D.M.P., Byrnes was a member of B.S.M.D., Roscoe, S.D., Scarsdale, N.Y., on Lambda Chi Alpha. Canton, S.D., on on Jan. 1, 2013. Theta Xi. July 6, 2012. Nov. 8, 2012. Coplan E. Opheim Rubida ’47 Dennis Padrnos ’58 Michael Crew ’64 Richard Madsen ’63 B.A., was a member of B.S.B.A., ’60 LL.B., ATTD., Sioux Falls, S.D., B.S.Ed., Mound City, Sioux City, Iowa, on Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Mitchell, S.D., on on Jan. 30, 2013. Crew S.D., on Nov. 6, 2012. Jan. 11, 2013. Shirley (Ericson) Cowles Nov. 20, 2012. Padrnos was a member of Lambda Lois (Howell) Stengel ’42 ’53 C-ELED., Colorado was a member of Chi Alpha. Thomas Muilenburg ’64 ATTD., Rock Island, Ill., Springs, Colo., on Beta Theta Pi. Rosemary (Hafner) B.A., ’66 J.D., Sioux Falls, on Oct. 17, 2012. Stengel Oct. 24, 2012. Cowles William Pierson ’58 Dalsaso ’62 B.A., S.D., on Feb. 14, 2013. was a member of was a member of B.S.M.D., Seattle, Wash., Colorado Springs, Colo., Muilenburg was a member Alpha Xi Delta. Alpha Xi Delta. on Sept. 3, 2011. on Oct. 14, 2012. of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Spring/Summer 2013 37 Sharon (Bauer) James Zischke ’60 M.A., Larry Gorospe ’71 M.A., Daniel Case ’83 B.S., Pierre, S.D., on Sept. 3, Rasmussen ’64 B.A., Minneapolis, Minn., on Belcourt, N.D., on Sioux Falls, S.D., on 2012. Lexington, Ky., on Dec. 6, 2012. Sept. 30, 2011. Oct. 14, 2012. Steven Sargent ’98 Oct. 31, 2012. Rasmussen Dale Green ’71 M.A., Carole (Longtin) B.S.B.A., Platteville, Wis., was a member of Seattle, Wash., on Freemole ’85 B.S., ’86 on Oct. 4, 2012. Alpha Phi. Sept. 4, 2012. M.A., Fort Collins, Colo., John Sears ’94 B.S., Reno, on Dec. 2, 2012. Stephen Rukavina ’68 Eric Greenfield ’74 Nev., on Feb. 5, 2013. Linda (Wayrynen) M.N.S., Plymouth, ATTD., Winner, S.D., Duane Heinert ’81 Sears was a member of Bartling ’76 M.A., Minn., on Sept. 14, 2012. on March 15, 2013. B.S.B.A., Omaha, Neb., Phi Delta Theta. Yankton, S.D., on on Oct. 21, 2012. Lyndell Schmid ’60 Greenfield was a member Gore Vidal ’94 LL.D., Feb. 10, 2013. of Beta Theta Pi. B.S.Ed., ’66 M.A., Anne (Niemer) James ’88 West Hollywood, Calif., on Steven Booth ’72 July 31, 2012. Longville, Minn., on Marion Grego ’74 M.A., Sioux City, Iowa, B.S.Ed., Sioux Falls, S.D., Aug. 22, 2012. B.S.Ed., Sioux City, Iowa, on March 25, 2013. on March 4, 2013. Booth on Oct. 31, 2012. Donna Munck ’80 M.A., Kenneth Siefkes ’63 was a member of Helen Jones ’79 M.S.S., Yankton, S.D., on M.N.S., Hutchinson, Phi Delta Theta. March 13, 2012. Kan., on Nov. 4, 2011. Manhattan, Kan., on Dianna (Conner) Blair ’00 Scott Brugger ’78 Jan. 3, 2012. Claudette Sabor ’80 M.M., Cherokee, Iowa, on Jacqueline Swoyer ’67 B.S.B.A., Cheyenne, ATTD., St. Francis, S.D., Sept. 28, 2012. B.S.M.T., Woodbury, Betty Jordt ’71 M.A., Wyo., on Sept. 27, 2012. on Nov. 15, 2012. David Curington ’05 J.D., Minn., on Sept. 28, 2012.. Westfield, Iowa, on Rex Camerer ’71 B.A., Nov. 13, 2012. David Tryggestad ’80 Rapid City, S.D., on Dec. Jon Turner ’64 B.S.Ed., Lincoln, Neb., on 26, 2012. Dennis Martens ’72 B.S.M.D., ’80 M.D. West Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 9, 2011. Camerer ATTD., Bullhead City, Greeley, Colo., on George McGovern ’08 on Oct. 12, 2012. was a member of Ariz., on Aug. 3, 2012. Oct. 5, 2012. Ps.D., Mitchell, S.D., on Richard Vanslyke ’67 Lambda Chi Alpha. Oct. 21, 2012. Joyce (Brenna) Pfeiffer Patricia (Albrecht) Wells B.A., Marietta, Ga., on Edwin Crawford ’79 B.A., ’73 M.A., Yankton, S.D., ’88 B.S.Ed., ’94 M.A., March 13, 2013. Sisseton, S.D., on on Feb. 28, 2012. Sioux Falls, S.D., on Ivan White March 7, 2012. Dec. 23, 2012. ’60 M.N.S., James Sheffield ’77 B.S., Amanda Heiberger ’11 New Berlin, Wis., on Michael Dacy ’71 B.S.Ed., Huron, S.D., on B.S., Salem, S.D., on Jan. 29, 2013. ’82 M.A., Gregory, S.D., Nov. 19, 2012. Dec. 3, 2012. Stanley Whiting ’66 on Nov. 27, 2012. Tyra Talley ’74 M.A., ’75 Brian Barber ’95 B.F.A., John Quinn ’12 M.A., B.S.B.A., ’74 J.D., Gregory Dice ’72 Ed.D., Elm Grove, Wis., Broken Arrow, Okla., on Rapid City, S.D., on Winner, S.D., on B.S.B.A., ’89 M.B.A., on Feb. 26, 2013. Jan. 9, 2013. Barber was a Jan. 14, 2013. Jan. 30, 2013. Whiting Mitchell, S.D., on former executive editor at Ardith (Kleihauer) was a member of March 15, 2013. Dice The Volante. Thompson ’74 B.S.B.A., Delta Tau Delta. was a member of Sioux City, Iowa, on Corrine Black Bear ’91 Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Douglas Wickstrom Dec. 27, 2012. B.A., St. Francis, S.D., on ’69 B.S.Ed., ’70 M.A., Joseph Gill ’71 Ed.D., Feb. 18, 2012.

Hinton, Iowa, on Milwaukee, Wis., on Jeffrey Giebink ’91 J.D., Nov. 21, 2012. Dec. 9, 2012. Sioux Falls, S.D., on Jan. 25, 2013. Ronald Wilson ’61 M.A., Julie Goede ’70 B.A., Krystal (Pietz) Beuckens Wessington Springs, S.D., Sioux City, Iowa, on ’85 B.S.B.A., Hartford, Elaine (Baum) on Aug. 23, 2012. March 27, 2013. S.D., on Jan. 31, 2013. Podhradsky ’92 A.A.,

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Spring/Summer 2013 39 ALUMNI BOOKS

Sandwiched! Yellowstone Yesterday Selections from De Anima Tales, Tips, and Tools to Balance Life and Today By Francisco Suarez (translation by Jeremiah Reedy, ’60 M.A. and John Kronen) in the Sandwich Generation By Camille Riner, ’86 B.F.A. and Paul Horsted with Bob Berry ISBN: 978-3884051016 By Carol Deye Russell, ’96 Ed.D. ISBN: 978-0971805361 Readers get a glimpse into the metaphysical treatise ISBN: 978-1440154829 Using vivid photographs, the authors present the Suarez brought to life. American women sandwiched between the needs one-of-a-kind landscape of Yellowstone National of both their children and their aging relatives can Park juxtaposed with historic images. draw keen insight from this book. Memoirs of Seven Lean Years a Poet The Life of Folklorist Macalester College from 1968 to By Timothy Woldt, ’91 B.A. Mary Alicia Owen 1975: A Memoir with an Admixture ISBN: 978-4602-0327-9 By Greg Olson, ’85 M.F.A. of History and Philosophy Woldt connects the ISBN: 978-0826219961 By Jeremiah Reedy, ’60 M.A. fine form of verse to ISBN: 978-1477150993 lessons learned, Olson’s history on the folklorist dives deeply into intrigue and a range her back story, her talent and her source material. A vivid account of tough times at a small of emotional liberal arts college. experiences.

Have you written or edited a book recently? To have your book considered for our next issue, please send Athletic Administration a complimentary copy and a description of its contents to: Sound Decision-Making, Strange Animals: Effective Problem-Solving and USD Alumni Association Appropriate Risk-Taking What They Are and the Implications ATTN: Alumni Books Second edition 414 East Clark Street By William Stier, ’72 Ed.D. of Their Existence ISBN: 978-0-89641-509-6 Vermillion, SD 57069-2390 By Patricia Griffin Ress, ’67 B.S.Ed. As a text specifically for use in collegiate athletics, ISBN: 978-1468904376 this prepares the next generation of athletic Ress explains a wide range of odd creatures and The USD Alumni Association administrators and sports managers. provides backstories on the folklore behind them. does not sell or distribute alumni books, unless otherwise I Like Rocks! noted. Please reference the provided ISBN numbers for By Carol Russell and Tally Russell, ’90 Ed.D. ISBN: 978-1463432713 ordering information. This children’s book is perfect for the budding geologist in your life.

40 The South Dakotan There’s Never Been A As one of tens of thousands of USD graduates, you’re part of a distinguished group that’s been with us every step of the way since 1862. Better We take pride in you, our Coyote alumni, and all that you’ve achieved. But you’re not resting on your laurels, and neither are we. For who will produce Time… tomorrow’s leaders? Tomorrow’s heroes? We will—and we’ll do it together. Support our continued efforts by becoming a member of the USD Alumni Association. Dues-paying members fund student scholarships and alumni publications, make alumni events possible across the nation, foster a culture of engagement and earn exclusive deals on products and services you can’t find anywhere else. With all of the exciting things happening at USD, there’s never been a better time to reconnect.

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