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SPRING 2015 MEET SLU’S PRESIDENT: INAUGURAL MIDTOWN DR. FRED P. PESTELLO PAGE 10 ADDRESS PAGE 19 GROWTH PAGE 24 editoR’S table of UNIVERSITAS Message Contents VOLUME 41, ISSUE 1 Because University President Dr. Fred Pestello You demand a lot of the magazine chronicling University President shares his thoughts in a Q&A that begins on the life of your alma mater, and we intend to Dr. Fred P. Pestello in his office EDITOR page 10 of this issue, I’m taking this opportu- deliver with even more stories focused on the Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92) nity to share an editor’s message about our 2014 things that matter to you — campus growth, readership survey. A president’s message will Jesuit values and, most of all, people. be back in this space in our next issue. One person we’re highlighting in this issue ASSOCIATE EDITOR is Saint Louis University’s new president, Dr. Amy Garland (A&S ’97) elcome to the much delayed, newly Fred P. Pestello. Planned as a get-to-know-the- designed Universitas. president story, the in-depth interview became ART DIRECTOR W Thanks for your patience as we an opportunity for Pestello to share his take on Matt Krob worked to get this issue into your hands. the demonstration that took place on campus Last summer we conducted a readership in October. CONTRIBUTORS survey via email and the web to get your opin- Of course, Pestello also discusses other top- Gemma Groch ion about what you’d like to see in your alumni ics, including what drew him to SLU, his views Sara Hendrixson magazine. More than 2,700 of you responded. on Jesuit education and his plans for the future. We asked lots of questions — from what you Until you have the opportunity to meet him in ON CaMPUS NEWS STORIES typically read in each issue to the types of sto- person, I hope this article will give you a sense University Communications ries you prefer to what you think of the name of of the man behind the title. Medical Center Communications the magazine. We took your This issue also features a Billiken Media Relations feedback to heart with this story about the University’s redesign, and inside you’ll burgeoning Midtown neigh- ON THE COVER notice: borhood, which is home to SLU President Dr. Fred Pestello > A new, modern look that an innovation district called Photo by Jay Fram emphasizes photography. Cortex and soon will include > New recurring the only Missouri outlet of items that focus on Swedish retailer Ikea. If you Universitas is published by Saint Louis nostalgia and alumni haven’t been back to campus University. Opinions expressed in in some time, you’ll read that Universitas are those of the individual achievements. authors and not necessarily those of the now there are even more rea- University administration. Unsolicited > An expanded news sons to visit SLU. manuscripts and photographs are section up front to bring Again, thanks for bearing welcome but will be returned only if you even more updates accompanied by a stamped, self- with us as we prepared this addressed envelope. Letters to the about what’s happening issue. And please know the editor must be signed, and letters not on campus. intended for publication should indicate readership survey isn’t the that fact. The editor reserves the right And we heard you loud only way to share your opin- photo BY jaY FRam to edit all items. Address all mail to and clear about possibly Universitas, DuBourg Hall 39, 1 N. Grand ions. We want to hear from Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103. We accept renaming the magazine; you. FEATURES DEPARTMENTS email at [email protected] . if you haven’t already noticed, it’s still called Send us your thoughts, letters, class notes Universitas. (Roughly three-quarters of you and address changes. You can email us at uni- 10 2 On Campus Postmaster: Send address changes to said we should not even consider changing it.) [email protected], or visit universitas.slu.edu New housing | Strategic planning | Belize Universitas, Saint Louis University, You’ll also note that this issue arrived in your Meet the President partnership | Fulbrights and grants | New rankings to share information online. Of course, you can Learn more about SLU’s 33rd president, 1 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103. mailbox, not your email inbox. While some and honors | Go Further campaign update | always write to us at: Dr. Fred P. Pestello. — By Laura Geiser Billiken Hall of Fame Website: of you were fine with reading the magazine universitas.slu.edu online, about 86 percent of you still prefer a Universitas 19 28 Class Notes printed version. Saint Louis University 1 N. Grand Blvd., Room 39 We were happy to learn that almost two- 30 How I Got Here Universitas is printed by St. Louis, MO 63103 Higher Purpose. Universal Printing Co. thirds of you read “all” or “most” of every issue. Tom J. O’Toole Jr. (A&S ’79, Law ’86) In addition, you overwhelmingly told us that Greater Good. Thanks for reading. The full text of University President Dr. Fred P. Pestello’s 33 Alumni Spotlight Worldwide circulation: 112,500 Universitas reminds you of your days at SLU. inaugural address. And in this recycled world, almost half of you Sarah Huck (A&S ’00) told us that you’ve saved an issue for future 24 © 2015, Saint Louis University reference. 36 In Memoriam All rights reserved. Plus, overall, we were thrilled to find out that The New Midtown 39 Alumni Events nearly 90 percent of you deemed the content Laura Geiser Anchored by the University, the neighborhood is Reproduction in whole or in part Editor experiencing tremendous growth. — By Sara Hendrixson “very good” or “good.” 40 Feedback without permission is prohibited. Those responses were affirming, for sure, but they don’t give us permission to stagnate. 41 The Last Look ON CAMPUS Partnering with Belize niversity representatives trav- eled to Belize in May 2014 U as part of the SLU-Belize Initiative, an effort to explore a sus- tained relationship with the nation and its people. University Names Four New Deans A rendering of During that trip, the University Since last summer, Saint Louis University has filled four deanships. the residence hall under began a partnership with St. Martin Dr. Christopher Duncan College of Arts and Sciences construction de Porres, a Jesuit parish and school at Laclede and Duncan will join the University July 1. He has been provost and professor of political science at Spring avenues. of 700 students in Belize City, and met Wittenberg University since 2011. His academic appointment will reside in SLU’s department of Clark’s Bar once with several organizations to explore sat at the same political science. Duncan received his doctorate from Wayne State University. corner. ways to address systemic issues of edu- cational and social injustice. Dr. Beth Freeburg School for Professional Studies In August, SLU hosted the Belize Before coming to SLU last summer, Freeburg was the director of the Center for Workforce SLU Plans New and Improved Housing Summit at the Center for Global Development at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She also was a professor in SIU’s onstruction is underway on a suite-style rooms with 450 beds. Complex. The complex, which department of workforce education and development. Freeburg received her doctorate from SIU. Citizenship. Administrators of St. $43.8 million new residence Classrooms, meeting and study includes Walsh and Clemens Martin and other Belizean officials Dr. Mark Higgins John Cook School of Business C hall — the first of several spaces, lounges, a living room with Halls, would also undergo major met with city and SLU representatives Before coming to SLU in January, Higgins was on faculty at the University of Rhode Island since potential projects to enhance cam- kitchen, a chapel and a small out- renovations. to discuss critical issues facing Belize 1988 and had been dean of the business college there since 2006. He earned his doctorate from the pus housing. door amphitheater are in the plans. The housing plan also calls for the today and how to facilitate long-term University of Tennessee and is also a CPA. Prior to joining the University of Rhode Island, he was a The eight-story, 153,000-square- The project is slated to be completed conversion of SLU’s Water Tower partnerships. tax manager for Ernst and Young in New York City. foot facility is being built on existing by July 2016. Inn, located in Salus Center — the For more information about the ini- Dr. Mardell Wilson Edward and Margaret Doisy College of Health Sciences green space at Laclede and Spring Pending future board of trust- former Incarnate Word Hospital — tiative, email Chris Collins, S.J. (Grad Before coming to SLU last summer, Wilson was associate vice president for academic fiscal avenues behind Fusz Hall. ees approval, SLU plans to build a at Grand Boulevard and Interstate A&S ’01), director of the SLU Catholic management at Illinois State University, as well as a professor of food, nutrition and dietetics in the Designed for first- and second-year second new residence hall on the 44, into housing for graduate stu- studies program, at [email protected]. department of family and consumer science. She received her doctorate from ISU. students, the new hall will feature parking lot behind the Griesedieck dents by August 2016. photo BY Danielle LaceY Strategic Planning Process Underway Research Grants n August, SLU President Dr. Fred P. Pestello convened a group of University leaders to launch a comprehensive strategic planning effort.