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2 FROM THE EDITOR With the year 2000 fast approaching, it seems everyone is hopping on the “let’s reminisce” bandwagon. And guess what? We’re no different. 4 CAMPUS NEWS Mary Dempsey ’75, commissioner of the Chicago Public Library, receives an honorary degree at commencement… Seniors honored at year-end banquet… Arts programs receive generous gift from Kierlins… Hefel, Salvi honored at Founder’s Day… A-T Walk fund-raiser. 7 THE LAWNMOWER MAN SMU men’s soccer coach Brad Hauter enjoyed a leisurely ride across the United States this summer — on a lawnmower. 8 BREAKING BARRIERS SMU’s Calla Strange put her cross- country skiing talents to the test when she competed in the Winter World 12 LOOKING BACK… Olympics for the Deaf in Switzerland. Saint Mary’s has played a vital role in the arena of 9 CLEANING UP higher education since its The Saint Mary’s Resource Studies Center is asking Congress to support a founding in 1912. As the new $1.1 billion, 10-year initiative to reduce millennium closes in, let’s pollution in the Mississippi River. take one last walk through Saint Mary’s Hall and, if 10 LIVING A DREAM we’re lucky, maybe — just Christine Jax found her dream turned into maybe — we can hear the a reality when Governor Ventura named walls talk one more time. the SMU Twin Cities Campus education professor the new Minnesota education commissioner. 11 SMU ON THE WWW Webmaster A. Eric Heukeshoven has only been on the job a few months, but already the SMU web site has a life of its own. 24 THE SPORTING NEWS The SMU fastpitch softball team earns ON THE COVER its third straight MIAC title and reaches What was a local school providing the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional education for young men in 1912 championship game. is today an international university 26 ALUMNI NEWS serving women and men of every age, race and nationality. 28 CLASS NOTES

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On the Y2K bandwagon Before jumping head-first into the next millennium, let’s take one final look at the Saint Mary’s of old

ith the year 2000 fast ago? Although some things about col- • At the far end of the maintenance Wapproaching, it seems like lege students never change, some do, area behind St. Joe’s there is a everyone is hopping on the “let’s and the differences and similarities are beautiful stone grotto. It is really reminisce” both riveting. nothing more than a sheltered bandwagon. I think that students are more inter- altar, but it is formed from No matter ested in these bits of history than one thousands of stones fitted perfectly where you go, would think. Notice that they have together. It hails from the days or what you’re never forgotten the story of the Heffron when scholasticates lived in Joe’s. doing, Y2K ghost. In fact, most are strangely proud • Speaking of Joe’s — it used to be seems to be on of the hall’s supernatural resident and the Winona County poorhouse. the tip of every- are delighted to share this bit of history one’s tongue. with new students. In a similar way, I • Before the Toner Student Center Donny Nadeau ’85 And guess think students would be intrigued by existed, the cafeteria was in University Editor what? We’re no other events and facts. Griffin Hall. different. Some cases in point: • Skemp Hall used to be a So much gymnasium. has happened at • Freshmen, long ago, were made to Saint Mary’s since it was founded in wear green berets so that everyone • We used to be the Saint Mary’s 1912, but at times, we become so could tell who they were and pick Redmen, not the Cardinals. focused on the future that we forget on them accordingly. about our much-celebrated past. • The parking lot behind Saint Just ask graduating senior These facts are mostly meaning- Mary’s Press was formerly an Martha Langowski, who wrote the less, and perhaps they are not new to outdoor swimming pool. following editorial for the school’s anyone. However, anecdotes such as student-run newspaper, The Cardinal. these can give a student, who is usually here for only four years, a perception of Saint Mary’s has a grand vision of We’re interested the passage of time. In addition, they the future. We keep hearing of the great can spark student interest in the univer- changes that are set to occur in the in your thoughts sity as an entity, and perhaps help to Toner Student Center, Saint Mary’s Hall provide that sense of school spirit… and in the dorms. However, it seems like e want to hear from you, The past is an important part of our past may have gotten lost in the Wthe alumni, parents and our present and future, and we would shuffle of the plans for the future. Saint friends of Saint Mary’s University. all do well to devote more attention to it. Mary’s, while not diminishing the You’re welcome to respond to importance of history on the campus, something you read in University Point well-taken. does not often promote it. Magazine, or to comment on any Hopefully, this issue of University I’m not talking about dry textbook subject that involves the past, Magazine gives everyone a chance to history. Dates of past presidents and present or future of the university. take a moment to remember all the careers of illustrious alumni are impor- Send letters to University fond memories you have of Saint tant, but are not the kind of thing that Magazine Editor, Saint Mary’s Mary’s. And, if for one second you spark students’ interest. The history that University, 700 Terrace Heights think back and say to yourself, “I should be remembered is that which is #36, Winona, MN 55987-1399 remember that,” or “I didn’t know least likely to be studied and memorial- or e-mail editor Donny Nadeau that,” then we’ve accomplished our ized: the purely anecdotal. What was it at [email protected]. mission. like to be on campus 10, 20 or 50 years Enjoy. ≠

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Gabriel? Did you do verb with Urban? Carry books with Luke, the Reveler of Redmen? And what is Metaphysics, Her- mes? And how mystic was Fred? Did the four feet of these last two Brothers ever touch the floor? Brother Henry couldn’t have been as stern as he seemed. And Frank didn’t always smile. Joe could press your flesh, man. And Phil and Gar did it the new way. The Guru way. What do you suppose Daly would have said if he’d heard you call him Denny; or Woods, Sticks; or Fabian, Fabes; or Boyd, Flame? Did you know Toyo before you knew Toyota? Who was the last Bishop you REMEMBER WHEN… saw with white bucks? The Since 1912, Saint Mary’s has grown and changed. But whether you were graduated in 1920 or 1990, the school last Clyde with 14 kids? The has provided memories that you will cherish for a lifetime. Above: Saint Mary’s campus circa 1959. last Shorty who was Long? And do you know? They are all still here. All are here A trip down memory lane still working, living, breathing life as they never breathed it before. Some we can still see in the halls, some are out of our ack in 1987, Dr. Michael Flanagan ’63 was asked to sight for now. Bwrite a short piece for the celebration of Saint Mary’s Did you ever live in the Barracks? Did you find that it lent diamond jubilee 75th anniversary. itself to late-night tiptoes in the AM? Were you a vet there? Or What Flanagan wrote about struck a chord with me — a jock there? Were you proud of it? Could good old U.S. have it got me thinking about this school, and all the wonder- won WWII without V-12? ful memories it holds. How much of your life did you spend in the Union? No, Here are a few excerpts from his work. I hope it will not the steel and glass they call the Center, but the real Union? have the same effect on you that it did on me. Good old Mary fried hamburgers and sold donuts there. Vera sold books there. There were real, real pinball machines there. The century was not yet a teenager when Bishop Heffron There were mail boxes with no locks. There was a balcony all did his founding fathering in 1912. The century had not tasted around the Great Hall where you could sit and sip a Coke and war, touched nylon, seen television, smelled Chanel, or heard memorize ethics. Miss Piggy. Only the likes of Jules Verne had thought us onto Those of us who have spent years or decades or lifetimes the moon and more; byte was only spelled bite; atoms split as part of the life of Saint Mary’s know this truth: The whole is only of their own accord. greater than the sum of its parts. And also: Each part shares In 1912, Max Molock was but two; Brother Charles was in the essence of the whole. What I have taught as a teacher; approaching college age; it was still 20 years before Pat ministered as administrator; vested as an investor; studied as Costello was born; it was four years after the Cubs’ last World a student. Where I have walked, my footprints remain; where Series victory. The Titanic made its maiden voyage. I have spoken, my words echo and re-echo and resonate. For In 1912, whether intending to or not, Bishop Heffron every touch I have given, I have felt supported by thousands changed the world. more. How much of your life have you spent on Terrace Heights? In 1912, whether intending to or not, Bishop Heffron Most tread the grounds for four years long; but so short they changed the world. were… DONNY NADEAU Did you soar with the Archangel Brothers Raphael and UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE EDITOR

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Dempsey honored at commencement Graduating seniors recognized… Kierlin gift benefits arts… Honorary doctorate for futurist… A-T walk raises awareness

ne of the highlights of Saint commissioner of the Chicago Public OMary’s commencement cere- Library by Mayor Richard Daley. She monies on May 15 was the conferral of oversees the system’s 1,500 employees an honorary degree on Mary A. and 78 locations. Under her leadership, Dempsey ’75, commissioner of the library hours and services have Chicago Public Library system. expanded, and 23 neighborhood Brother President Louis branch libraries have opened, with 20 DeThomasis honored Dempsey with a more in the works. The library system Doctor of Liberal Education degree has become automated, connected to for her “outstanding, visionary leader- the Internet and is poised to offer ship” of one of the country’s largest Chicagoans a public library for the 21st library systems, and for her “passion century. for and commitment to learning.” Prior to commencement, on May Dempsey graduated with honors 14, Dempsey was recognized for her IN REMEMBRANCE from Saint Mary’s University with a career achievements and for her lead- A gift from the Kierlin family in memory of the degree in American studies. She con- ership gift to the Friends of Fitzgerald late Stefannié Valéncia Kierlin will endow tinued her studies to earn a Master of Library. Through her generosity and scholarships and programs for SMU fine and Library Science degree from the Uni- that of future benefactors, the Friends performing arts students. Shown with Brother versity of Illinois, and a degree in law of Fitzgerald Library will ensure the President Louis DeThomasis are Robert from DePaul University. continued vigor of the central learning Kierlin, left, and Monique Kierlin. In 1994, Dempsey was named resource on the Winona Campus. GIFT TO BENEFIT ARTS PROGRAMS IN MEMORY OF STEFANNIÉ KIERLIN A gift from Robert, Lara and Monique Kierlin in honor of the late Stefannié Valéncia Kierlin will endow scholar- ships and programs for Saint Mary’s University fine and performing arts students. The gift is valued at more than one-half million dollars. Stefannié Kierlin was executive director of the Minnesota Conserva- tory for the Arts until her death on Jan. 20. She also taught dance at Saint Mary’s and served as a member of the board of trustees. In 1994, the dance studio in the Gostomski Fieldhouse A COMMITMENT TO LEARNING was named “Studio Valencia for the Mary A. Dempsey ’75, commissioner of the Chicago Public Library system, was honored May 15 with a Art of Dance” to honor her father. Doctor of Liberal Education degree at SMU’s 75th commencement ceremonies. The first Saint Mary’s program to benefit from the endowment will be named the “Stefannié Valéncia Kierlin

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Theatre Program in London.” The FUTURIST MARYKNOLL INSTITUTE endowment will help underwrite the JOEL BARKER STUDENT DEFENDS semester-long study and performance RECEIVES MASTER’S THESIS experience, and provide scholarship HONORARY funds for theatre students. DEGREE On Feb. 15, Beatrice Wairimu Churu, a Brother President Louis Kenyan citizen in the Maryknoll Insti- DeThomasis expressed his gratitude to Internationally tute of African Studies of Saint Mary’s the Kierlins for their “extraordinary acclaimed futurist University (MIASMU), successfully generosity.” He said the endowment for Joel Barker was defended her master of arts thesis, “An Joel Barker arts scholarships and programs is “a fit- awarded an hon- Evaluation of Small Christian Commu- ting way for Saint Mary’s to pay tribute orary Doctor of nities’ Viability and Effectiveness in to Stefannié, to honor her, and to con- Leadership and Management Degree Saint Joseph’s Kangemi Catholic tinue her magnificent legacy in the following a presentation on “Faith, Hope Parish - Nairobi.” Churu’s defense is arts.” The arts, DeThomasis said, “were and Vision: Hallmarks of the 21st Cen- the second M.A. thesis defense since her passion and purpose in life.” tury Leader,” held at SMU on March 9. the Maryknoll Institute of African The event was sponsored by SMU’s Studies was affiliated with Saint GRADUATING SENIORS Hendrickson Institute for Ethical Mary’s University in 1996. Presently, RECOGNIZED AT BANQUET Leadership. there are 25 students working towards The following seniors were honored at Barker, founder and CEO of Infin- their master’s degrees at the Nairobi, the annual senior honors banquet ity Limited, Inc. of St. Paul, is a futurist Kenya institute. April 21. who began popularizing the concept of MIASMU offers in-depth, post- graduate immersion courses on various American Institute of Chemists & paradigm shifts and vision in 1975. His dimensions of contemporary African Engineers Award - Cheryl Galewski; book, “Future Edge,” was listed as one of the most influential business books of cultures. The 1999 program runs from American Chemical Society Award - 1992 by the prestigious “Library Jour- June 2 - August 17. Cheryl Galewski; Kevin Martineau nal.” Barker’s videotapes on paradigms Business Award - Linda Fluck; Interna- and vision are some of the most popu- tional Business & Marketing - Linda lar in the history of business education. Fluck; Accounting - Cindy Knollen- berg; Management - Martha Lan- gowski; Marketing - Laura Hewitt; KENYA INSTITUTE Wall Street Journal Award - Melinda COMMENCEMENT HELD MAY 15 Moses; Brother Leo Northam Award - Saint Mary’s Christ the Teacher Insti- Darren Row; St. Thomas Aquinas tute of Education at Tangaza College, Award for Excellence in Philosophy - Nairobi, Kenya, held commencement Jill Arens; Outstanding Senior Theatre exercises on May 15. Major - Jeffrey Lusiak; Chamber of An institute of the SMU School of Commerce Education Committee Education, CTIE awarded Bachelor of Community Education Service Award Science in Education degrees to 27 stu- - Marisa Niemiec; Student Alumni dents, and a Diploma in Education to Relations Group Scholarship - Toni 17. Brother Robert Smith, FSC, Ph.D. Kowalski, Natalie Halvorsen; Student ’76, chair of the SMU theology depart- Service Award - Karen Lachowitz. ment, presided over the ceremony. Lasallian Honors Program Mai- The three-year CTIE diploma monides Service Awards - Jill Arens, program fully qualifies a person to Lisa Brandt, Brian Doll, Erin Freder- teach at the secondary level in Kenya, ick, Kimberley Gutsmiedl, Chad Lau- and most of Africa. The Bachelor of rich, Merridith Morrison, Jennifer Science in Education is very similar to TOURING THE WORLD Paul, Darren Row, Rebecca Sallee, the bachelor’s degree offered at SMU The International Student Club hosted a dinner Jenny Welch; Joachim & Ann Lasallian except that it does not include the lib- and fashion show in early March featuring Institute Award - Matthew Mueller, eral arts requirements. Lillian Foxx; Delta Epsilon Sigma Spe- cuisine and costumes that are native to the cial Scholarships - Keira Schroepfer, countries of SMU’s international students. Ami Kuisle; Brother James Miller Award - Tracy Folliard.

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HEFEL, SALVI AND STUDENTS a seven-attorney practice, Salvi and ness Administration from the Univer- HONORED AT FOUNDER’S DAY Schostok, P.C., in Waukegan, Ill. He is sity of Dubuque. He has taught at Saint known as a successful and ethical Mary’s since 1987. He is regarded as a At the Founder’s Day ceremony March attorney, as well as a scholar of the law. gifted and inspirational classroom 2, special honors were given to alumnus Salvi earned a bachelor’s degree from teacher. Hefel is described as demand- Patrick Salvi, business teacher Jeffrey Saint Mary’s in 1975, and received a ing, but he is also much beloved by stu- Hefel, and outstanding male and female Juris Doctorate from the University of dents, who nominated him for this senior students. Notre Dame in 1978. award which recognizes his excellence Patrick A. Salvi, J.D., received an Jeffrey R. Hefel was honored with in course preparation and delivery, and honorary Doctor of Laws in recogni- the Brother H. Charles Severin Award fairness in dealing with students. tion of his accomplishments in the field for excellence in teaching. Hefel, assis- The Outstanding Female Senior of personal injury, wrongful death and tant professor and chair of the business Award was given to Jennifer Paul of product liability litigation. Salvi heads department, earned his Master of Busi- Coon Rapids, Minn. The daughter of Dick and Carol Paul, Jennifer majored in biology and had a wide range of interests. An excellent student who was active in women’s soccer and hockey,math, biology and physics pro- fessional clubs, and university ministry volunteer organizations, she also served as a residence hall advisor. The Outstanding Male Senior Award was given to Andrew Yori of Crystal Lake, Ill. Son of Ronald and Lynda Yori, Andrew majored in biol- ogy. A member of the men’s soccer team, he was also a member of the biology honor society, the campus music fraternity, and the martial arts club. Andrew volunteered as a Big Brother and served as a residence hall advisor. Other finalists for the outstand- ing female senior were:Tracy Folliard, Evergreen Park, Ill.; Ami Kuisle, Stewartville, Minn.; Merridith Morri- son, Crown Point, Ind.; Marisa Niemiec, Glendale Heights, Ill.; and Rebecca Sallee, Spencer, Wis. Other finalists for the outstand- Cardinal Athletic Council’s ing male senior were: John Corcoran, Winona, Minn.; Chad Laurich, Blaine, A-T Walk raises $1,800 Minn.; Darren Row, Austin, Minn.; and Matthew Stier, Grand Meadow, he SMU Cardinal Athletic Council helped raise more than $1,800 dur- Minn. ≠ Ting the school’s A-T Walk for a Cure, held May 9. There were over 70 walkers who took part to help raise awareness for the terminal genetic dis- ease called Ataxia Telangiectasia. SMU staff member Nikki Richmond’s nine- year-old son Taylor has been diagnosed with A-T. Most A-T children are unable to walk by the age of 10 and rarely survive their teens. “We are par- ents who could never give back to you what you have given our son — hope,” Richmond told the walkers following the event. “I ask that you all reap the rewards of heaven for your loving gesture in helping our son and so many other children with A-T. You made this Mother’s Day one I will never forget. God bless you all.”

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Miles to mow before he stops SMU coach sees country — on a lawnmower

dream. And in April, “At least 15 interviews,” said Hauter, he could wait no who received a new lawn tractor, longer, the opportunity expenses and an undisclosed amount presented itself and of pay for making the trip. Hauter was finally The first leg of Hauter’s journey going to ride across this took him to New York, where he did a great land of ours… on little mowing in Central Park — “not the THE LAWNMOWER MAN a lawnmower? whole park,” Hauter admitted — and Saint Mary’s men’s soccer coach Brad Hauter spent his summer It wasn’t exactly a appeared on the Rosie O’Donnell Show. touring the country on a riding lawnmower to help raise money for Harley, but Hauter From there, he headed west, the Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup. wasn’t complaining. through Cleveland, Chicago, Milwau- Traveling at speeds kee, St. Louis, Kansas City and Den- between 10 and 20 ver. After a tour down the Las Vegas mph, Hauter coasted strip, an accident in Utah that resulted hen Brad Hauter graduated across the back roads and through in a broken wrist, and a sweltering Wfrom college, he had a dream — major cities of the United States. Fulfill- swing through Death Valley, Hauter’s to hop on a motorcycle and cruise the ing his college dream wasn’t the only trip culminated June 10 in Santa Mon- countryside. reason Hauter spent eight hours a day ica, Calif. He officially became the Hauter wanted nothing more than for nine weeks on the seat of a Yard- Guinness Book of World Records to ride. To see the world — or at least Man lawnmower. Hauter also raised record-holder for the longest distance the lower 48 states — on the seat of his more than $100,000 for the Keep Amer- traveled on a riding lawnmower. motorcycle. To feel the wind whipping ica Beautiful Great American Cleanup, According to Guinness World Record across his face as he journeyed from the nation’s largest organized cleanup regulations, Hauter had to ride seven Point A to Point B, and all points in and beautification program. days a week on the same tractor until between. “I decided to do this for a couple the journey was complete. There would be no agenda, no set of reasons,” Hauter said before he And his trek did not go unnoticed, route. Just hop on his bike and ride — began his 4,500-mile journey on April 7 either. In the first two-and-a-half days, no worries, no concerns…. in Atlanta, Ga. “Over the past 10 years, Hauter was interviewed by 75 different No money. I have donated to, or been a member media outlets — and the media That wasn’t the wind slapping of, such organizations as Greenpeace, Hauter in the face on graduation day the Sierra Club, Save the Siberian Tiger onslaught never let up. Hauter found — that was reality. fund, and National Geographic. he spent several hours a day talking So, for the next 10 years, Hauter “The Keep America Beautiful with reporters on his cellular phone. put his dream on the back burner and Great American Cleanup is another Invariably, what they all wanted to went about his business as a member cause that I truly believe in,” continued know is, why? of the “real world.” He’s played profes- Hauter. “This campaign will clean up “Giving back to the community sional soccer and owned sporting 4.5 million pounds of trash and recy- has always been a priority of mine. goods stores. And for the last four clables, and that alone makes it worthy Now that I have two small children of years, he has been the head men’s soc- of my time. my own, it’s important that I try and cer coach at Saint Mary’s University, “Besides, I always wanted to see make a better place for them,” explains where he has helped the Cardinals the country — and at 10 mph, I won’t Hauter. “This was a once-in-a-lifetime transform from a conference also-ran, miss a thing.” opportunity.” to a conference contender. Hauter was selected to be the And a chance to finally fulfill his All the while, however, the “Yard-Man” by Edelman Public Rela- dream of riding carefree cross-country Chicago native never let go of his tions after a lengthy interview process. — even if it was on a lawnmower. ≠

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SMU skier deaf, not different Calla Strange makes her mark at Winter World Olympics for the Deaf

ven as a young girl, Calla Strange One time, a spectator was standing the U.S. Nordic Ski Team. While E was an unusually focused athlete, on the sidelines watching Calla play. Strange socializes with other deaf her father, Rory, recalled. It was a skill Amazed at her uncanny focus, the man students through Winona State Uni- that she put to good use as a goalkeeper turned to Rory and exclaimed, “God, versity’s American Sign Language for her soccer team in junior high. she must be deaf or something.” Club, her trip to Switzerland in While the action would surge He was right. She is deaf. March represented the first time she around her and the noise would rise to An allergic reaction to an immu- was exposed to a large international a clamor, Calla would maintain laser- nization shot resulted in Calla’s deaf- community of deaf people. like focus on the soccer ball, the calm ness at age 2. But her career path hasn’t And it was an experience she at the center of the storm. been a typical one. Rather than attend won’t soon forget. special residential “It was nice because there were no schools for the deaf, barriers — everyone was deaf,” said Strange has gone Strange, whose best finish was a 10th- through conventional place showing in the 10-kilometer pur- schooling since the suit race. “Sometimes it was difficult to second grade. figure out what was going on, because And in doing so, the sign (language) in Europe is very she’s broken new different. ground in the process “We played a lot of charades to — she was the first communicate with each other.” deaf student to Strange has already been selected attend the public to compete in the 2003 Winter schools in Duluth, Olympics for the Deaf in Sweden. She Minn., and she is the is also a member of the U.S. National first to attend Saint Track and Field Team, which will be Mary’s University. competing in New York and Cuba this “I think I feel summer, as well as in the 2001 Sum- more confident by mer Olympics in Italy. going to a main- Strange characterizes herself as an stream school,” easy-going, approachable person — Strange said through just don’t assume that because she is an interpreter. “I deaf she is different from the rest of learned how to get the Saint Mary’s community. along with hearing “I can do everything any other people. I learned how person can do,” Strange said. “There to socialize.” are no barriers.” ≠ A junior sports psychology major and a member of the cross country and nordic ski teams at Saint Mary’s, Strange com- peted in the Winter BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS World Olympics for Calla Strange, a member of the Saint Mary’s cross country running the Deaf in Davos, and nordic ski teams, competed in the Winter World Olympics for the Switzerland, where Deaf in Davos, Switzerland in March. she was a member of

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Resource Studies Center unveils river cleanup plan SMU researchers are asking Congress to support a $1.1 billion, 5-state initiative

aint Mary’s University research- The project would encompass all far greater than $1.1 billion,” Sers are asking Congress to sup- the land that feeds water to 1,036 miles Drazkowski said. port a $1.1 billion, 10-year initiative to of the Upper Mississippi River, from According to Drazkowski, the reduce pollution washing into the northern Minnesota to its confluence river’s problems today stem from the Upper Mississippi River. with the Ohio River in Cairo, Ill. conversion of Midwestern prairies to The multi-agency Mississippi According to the Resource Stud- crop land, the land use practices associ- River Stewardship Initiative, unveiled ies Center, one-fourth of the farm fer- ated with farming, and construction in April by SMU’s Resource Studies tilizer applied in the Upper Mississippi projects in urban and rural areas. Center, would identify sources of pol- basin washes away and ends up in the Vose, who wrote the bulk of the lution and install preventive measures river, translating to an annual loss of initiative and is encouraged by its in the Upper Mississippi River basin more than $320 million in excess nitro- potential for interstate cooperation, — 189,000 square miles of land in Min- gen application alone. said the initiative will go where no nesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Sediment must be dredged to other river program has gone before. Missouri. maintain a nine-foot depth for barge “We need to place more emphasis Resource Studies Center co-direc- navigation, and dredging costs $100 on stopping these problems at their tors Barry Drazkowski and Rory Vose million each year. The sediment also sources, rather than concentrating on formulated the idea over the past two fills backwaters and reduces wildlife remedial actions once the sediment years, fine-tuned it last fall, and pre- habitat, threatening a $1.2 billion-a- and nutrients have entered the sys- sented it to river district congressmen year recreation industry on the river. tem,” said Vose. ≠ in the five-state region this summer. “The costs of doing nothing are

CLEANING UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Saint Mary’s Resource Studies Center, directed by Rory Vose and Barry Drazkowski, is asking Congress to fund a $1.1 billion, 10-year initiative to reduce pollution washing into the Upper Mississippi River. The four-year-old RSC, located in Watters Hall, is one of the Midwest’s most sophisticated spatial data analysis facilities, particularly in the field of geographic information systems. GIS is like a computer-based “geographic spreadsheet” which allows map production and detailed analysis of virtually anything that can be mapped. Inset: RSC chief analyst Dr. Xiaoming Yang checks a map as it comes off the large-format plotter.

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Turning a dream into reality Governor Ventura names Saint Mary’s professor as Minnesota state education commissioner

or 10 years, Christine Jax toyed with has exceptional experience in the edu- do standpoint.” Fthe idea of applying for the Min- cation field and is extremely dedicated At the time of her appointment, nesota education commissioner job. to the young people of this state. Jax said she was eager to begin her Last fall, the education professor “Christine has worked with pre- tenure as the new education chief. She at the Saint Mary’s University Twin school children to graduate students planned on speaking to teachers about Cities Campus decided to take a shot — poor children as well as suburban their difficulties with the new Profile of at making that dream a reality. families,” Ventura continued. “With Learning — part of the new Minnesota “For 10 years, she has talked about her strong leadership in education, graduation standards that require stu- this job,” said Jax’s husband, state Rep. this administration will not fail our dents to complete a series of assign- Len Beiernat, DFL-Minneapolis. “This young people.” ments to earn their diploma. She also has always been her dream.” A self-described common-sense planned to explore ideas to reduce stu- Jax wowed newly elected Gover- person, Jax landed the position over dent-teacher ratios, perhaps by putting nor Jesse Ventura during the interview others who had experience in state more paraprofessionals in the class- process, and before she knew it, she government and running school dis- rooms. was the new Commissioner of the tricts. She considers her lack of connec- The appointment — which makes Department of Children, Families and tions an advantage. Jax responsible for setting K-12 edu- Learning, a 540-person department “I feel I’m coming in without cation policy throughout the state — with a $64 million annual budget. owing anyone and without an was applauded by Saint Mary’s “Christine shares my commitment agenda,” said Jax, the mother of three. administrators. to improving education for Min- “We can approach issues from a com- “Governor Ventura has set the nesota’s children,” Ventura said. “She mon-sense, what’s-the-right-thing-to- stage for outstanding vision, leadership and change within the arenas covered by the Department of Children, Fami- lies and Learning,” said SMU president Brother Louis DeThomasis. “She is an intelligent, practical and caring leader. Her appointment brings honor to Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and our fundamental mission.” Dr. Daniel J. Maloney, vice presi- dent and chief operating officer of SMU’s Twin Cities Campus, echoed Brother Louis’ praises. “Christine is an extremely gifted, dedicated and talented individual,” Maloney said. “Her educational back- ground in child psychology, public pol- icy and educational leadership is an ideal combination for an individual holding this position. “I believe Governor Ventura has selected the ideal candidate for this critically important position.” ≠ LANDING HER DREAM JOB Saint Mary’s University Twin Cities Campus education professor Christine Jax, pictured with Saint Mary’s president Brother Louis DeThomasis, fulfilled a 10-year dream when she applied for, and was named, Minnesota’s new education commissioner.

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Weaving a new SMU web SMU on-line better than ever

reetings from cyberspace! INTERACTIVE GAt the end of January, I had the CAMPUS NOTES privilege of joining the staff here at SMU as the school’s web site man- SMU publishes its Cam- ager. At least that’s what my business pus Notes every Friday card says, but around here everybody during the school year. just calls me the “webmaster.” By The web version way of introduc- (http://www.smumn.edu/ tion, let me tell notes/) offers readers a you just a little more in-depth view of about my life events by offering “hot- GETTING BETTER AND BETTER away from the links” to related stories. Under the direction of “webmaster” Eric Heukeshoven, the Saint web. Many peo- Reading about a recent Mary’s site just keeps getting better and better. Among the recent ple in the theatre production of improvements has been the addition of the on-line version of Winona area Chekhov’s “The Cherry University Magazine. know me not so Orchard,” readers could A. Eric Heukeshoven much as a com- click on links to read biog- Web Site Manager puter geek raphical information on (which I am), the playwright and a synopsis of the play PLANS FOR THE FUTURE but rather as a itself. I can’t think of a better way for musician. alums to stay connected with SMU than This summer promises to be a time for I graduated from the University to see what’s happening on campus. new and exciting developments for the of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts SMU web site. At the suggestion of our degree in Music Composition and have continued to write and perform UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, Alumni Board, we are working to pro- music for many different groups. My STUDENT NEWSPAPER ON-LINE vide live “webcam” shots of the campus. most visible keyboard job is also the Our current plans call for the webcam most strenuous — playing the city of While we hope that the print edition of to travel to various locales on the Winona’s historic steam-powered cal- University Magazine reaches nearly all Winona campus. A much larger project liope. For the last two years I’ve also SMU alumni, we also realize that more in the works will make the web site had the good fortune to teach music and more people are getting their news more representative of the entire uni- composition students here at SMU from the web. With the publication of versity with increased visibility for the and have served as the low brass the Winter 1999 University Magazine, Twin Cities campus and our many affil- instructor for almost 10 years. the on-line edition now offers readers iations around the world. And if you As my title implies, I’m the person quick access to all the stories contained haven’t yet joined your fellow alums by responsible for the university’s “official” in the printed version. The on-line edi- registering your e-mail address in our web site — http://www.smumn.edu. tion also provides readers with a link ever-growing alumni database, we are Since taking over the webmaster’s to download a printable copy of the simplifying that process with an on-line duties back in January a major goal has complete printed edition. To take a submission form which will instantly been to keep our web site accurate, com- look at University Magazine on-line update the database. plete, useful and interesting. Here are point your web browser to I can’t tell you how much I enjoy some of the changes I hope you’ll take a http://www.smumn.edu/magazine/. hearing from visitors to the SMU web look at. The SMU student-run newspaper is site. If you have any comments or sug- also available on the web. New and gestions please e-mail me at webmas- archived editions of The Cardinal can [email protected]. As I tell people when be found at http://www2.smumn.edu/ I’m playing a solo piano job,“Do I take studorg/~cardinal/index.htm. requests? … You bet!” ≠

Summer 1999 11 Our Cover Story... LookingLooking Back...Back... A reflection on 88 years

aint Mary’s University of Minnesota has played a vital role in the arena of higher education since its founding in 1912. SWhat was a local school providing educa- tion for young men in 1912 is today an inter-

12 Saint Mary’s University Magazine national university serving women and men of logical, social, physical and spiritual needs. It every age, race and nationality. has come a long way in its 87-year history. The university stays true to its Lasallian As the new millennium continues to close heritage by meeting the needs of the people of in, let’s take one last walk through Saint Mary’s the times, striving at the same time to remain Hall and, if we’re lucky, maybe — just maybe attentive to individuals with varying psycho- — we can hear the walls talk one more time.

Summer 1999 13 ishop Patrick R. Heffron founded Saint Mary’s in 1912 to provide education for young men in south- ern Minnesota’s Diocese of Winona Band surrounding areas. In its early years, the university operated as an academy and junior college, and, in 1925, it became a four-year lib- eral arts college. The students of the early Bishop Heffron announced May 30, 1912,1912 as the day to lay the corner- stone of Saint Mary’s College.The college would be an all-boys school nestled in the Mississippi River valley of Winona. Our past September 18, 1913, was the first day of classes1913 at Saint Mary’s College. About 65 students were enrolled the first year and four different presidents courses of study were offered. The Preparatory course was for 7th and 8th grade students; the Academic course was for high school student; the Collegiate course was for college students; and the Commercial course was for individuals interested in business and agriculture.

The business and agriculture programs were1918 dropped from the curricu- lum. Also,World War I military training was inaugurated on campus.

During the 1920s, freshmen were 1920forced to wear green caps to distinguish them as freshmen. Every year at halftime of one of the home football games a formal burial was held for all the green caps. Bishop Heffron Founder of Saint Mary’s

14 decades became religious, professional and the next 15 years, enrollment increased from business leaders in their communities. 200 to 500 students. The De La Salle Christian Brothers, an In the 1950s and 1960s the college international Catholic teaching order, expanded its physical facilities to accommodate purchased Saint Mary’s College from the on-campus housing and activities for the student Diocese of Winona in 1933. Soon thereafter, body, which had grown to the 1,000 mark, with the university obtained formal accreditation nearly all of the students residing on campus. of its bachelor’s degree programs, and, over The Catholic religious developments

1912-1918 first student union was built, an 1969 -1976 Very Reverend William E. Griffin addition was built on the dining hall, Brother George Pahl, FSC, Ph.D. Saint Joe’s was enlarged to house the While president, he entered athletic On-campus housing improved with the Christian Brothers, and in 1950, teams in interscholastic sports and addition of the villages, and the construction on Kelly Hall began. taught Latin, English and religion. Advanced Institutional Development Program federal grant was awarded to 1918-1933 1950-1956 help improve the college. Right Reverend Monsignor Brother J. Ambrose Groble, FSC John H. Peschges Many changes took place at Saint 1976-1984 Mary’s College during Brother During his presidency he ran a Brother Peter Clifford, FSC, Ed.D. Ambrose’s presidency. Aquinas (now successful fund drive for new Vlazny Hall) and the science hall were Brother Peter brought fiscal security to buildings, expanded the curriculum, built, a graduate the college and he also improved the and phased out the high school program was relationship between Saint Mary’s and program. developed, the city of Winona. 1933-1942 enrollment grew 1984- present Brother Leopold Julian Dodd, FSC slowly but consistently from Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, Ph.D. Brother Leopold negotiated with 542 to 780, and Brother Louis has guided Saint Mary’s Bishop Kelly for the 1933 transfer of government- through an exciting period of change Saint Mary’s College from the Diocese funded programs and growth in enrollment and of Winona to the Christian Brothers. Br. J. Ambrose and grants were programming. The college became a During his presidency Saint Mary’s Groble introduced. university, with received full four-year accreditation. successful new He also guided the college to financial 1956-1963 graduate and stability. Brother H. Basil Rothweiler, FSC special programs The most significant physical growth on in the Twin 1942-1943 campus took place during his admin- Brother Landrick Jerome Foy, FSC Cities, Rochester istration. Construction included new and at work- His notable achievement was the dorms, the chapel, the library, residence places. Two acquisition of the for the Christian Brothers faculty, the Nairobi, Kenya Navy V-12 unit novitiate, and a minor seminary. institutes were Br. Louis during the war. affiliated with DeThomasis 1963-1969 SMU, and inter- 1943-1950 Brother Gregory Robertson, FSC national programs added for under- Brother Joel Under the leadership of Brother graduates. Extensive building and Stanislaus Gregory, Saint Mary’s College remodeling at the Winona campus Nelson, FSC, became co-ed, psychology was added included a performance center, science Ph.D. to the curriculum, and the old gym and library additions, pool, ice, During his Br. J. Stanislaus was converted into what is now fieldhouse and recreation facilities, presidency, the Nelson Skemp Hall. two dorms, and a classroom building.

15 The college began embodied in Vatican Council II in the mid- the transition to 1960s, as well as the social movements of that 1923phase out the high school program. decade, transformed Saint Mary’s College. Saint Mary’s Between 1968 and 1974, the college becomes a 4-year, experienced one of the greatest periods of 1925liberal arts college. change in its history: In 1926, the college • Establishment of an independent Board changed its colors 1926from maroon and white to Card- of Trustees, all but the president being inal red and white.The college also entered into the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Confer- ence and was accredited by the Catholic Educational Association.

Bishop Heffron, the founder of 1927Saint Mary’s, died on November 23 from cancer.The SMC football team made the school proud by achieving an undefeated season record.The following year, the football team was crowned MIAC champion.

The Brothers of the Christian 1933Schools purchased Saint Mary’s College from the Winona Diocese.The college has been under the Christian Brothers administration ever since. During World War Cardinals. II, a Navy V-12 unit Redmen, Cardinals. 1943was established on campus. Cardinals, Redmen, Cardinals. Students received military training And so goes the history of the Saint Mary’s University nickname. and lived in on-campus barracks Through the first 14 years of exis- until the war ended in 1945. tence, Saint Mary’s didn’t have an “offi- cial” nickname. The school’s colors were maroon and white, thus the athletic teams were known as the “Maroon and Whites,” the “Maroon Men” and the “Maroons.” In 1926, the year Saint Mary’s offi- cially joined the Minnesota Intercolle- giate Athletic Conference, the school changed its dominant color to cardinal red (maroon was too difficult a shade for use in decorations and in athletic

16 from outside the college. small class of women; subsequently the • Clear separation of college administration achievement of a balanced gender mix from the district administration of the within the student body. De La Salle Christian Brothers. • Declining proportion of seminarians and • Revision of faculty and student body Brothers in the student body. governance. • Expansion of the curriculum. • A decision to become a co-educational institution in 1969, starting with a very By 1980, enrollment had surpassed 1,200 What’s in a nickname? apparel, according to the Nexus, Saint of Native American nicknames, the Saint Mary’s started out as the Cardi- Mary’s student newspaper). school changed its nickname to Cardi- nals and will enter the new millennium Various press accounts from the nals for men and women. as the Cardinals. After all, what goes following years used the Cardinal nick- It really should be no surprise that around, comes around, right? name when reporting Saint Mary’s ath- letics, and the school song (did you even know we had a school song?), Saint A Cardinal wave sweeps over the field circa 1932, used the Cardinal nickname. A thousand throats their homage yield. By 1935, however, the nickname Mary’s True hearts beat high, evolved from Cardinals to Redmen, again because of the uniform color. School Defeat defy Change to the Redmen nickname Song And for Victory appeal. was due, in part, to the fact that Maroon They’re marching on, no brain nor brawn Men was difficult to pronounce in Can stop that charge. school yells, had no visual element for The goal’s in sight the students to identify with, and Another yard to go, through changing circumstances, became inappropriate. Maroon Men no Hit hard, hit low. longer accurately described the cardinal Saint Mary’s Cardinals red-clad Saint Mary’s athletes and the Fight, Fight, Fight! name was scrapped. The men in red, as local sports- They’re marching on to Victory, writers would describe Saint Mary’s The Cardinals of SMC athletes, quickly became the Redmen. The Redmen moniker remained No team alive, until women’s athletics made the move Can stop that drive, to varsity status in the 1970s. As they swing on down the field, The women’s teams decided to go For one more game to swell her name, back to the school’s roots, selecting For Alma Mater show your might. Cardinals as their nickname, and for a number of years, the school carried both names — Redmen for the men’s And to the thunder beat of marching feet, teams and Cardinals for the women’s. Saint Mary’s Cardinals With a growing respect for the use Fight, Fight, Fight!

17 The Saint Mary’s undergraduates and 200 master’s degree students. Flying Club was During the 1980s, the campus underwent 1946popular during 1946.The club chartered a C47 Douglas Trans- vigorous growth. Constructed during this port to fly 21 students to Chicago decade were the ice arena (1986), performance for the Easter holiday.The club center, including the Figliulo Recital Hall and also offered weekly flights to Chicago for $10 each way. Joseph Page Theatre (1987), Brother Charles Hall (1989), Gilmore Creek Residence (1989), The Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Christian Brothers Residence (1989). 1948Seminary opens.

1954 marked the last season that 1954Saint Mary’s College would have a football team. 1969: Saint Mary’s launched 1958 an on-campus radio station known as KSMC.The radio station is still popular on campus today as KSMR.Also during 1958, SMC the St.Thomas More chapel was built and a fire swept through campus destroying three buildings on the college farm (located goes co-ed across the highway).

A new library was built on campus 1962during 1962.The junior class sponsored “Operation Booklift” to help move all the books from Mary’s Hall into the new library. The students carried stacks of books into the new library and with every stack they brought in, the nuns would give them homemade cookies and treats.

18 In the 1990s, expansion continued with the Education Coordinating Board granted library’s McEnery Center, the Gostomski university status to the institution, and on June Fieldhouse, the Jul Gernes Pool, the College 1, 1995, Saint Mary’s College officially became Center Plaza, the Pines Residence, the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The Hendrickson Center, and the Heights facility. university designation reflects the growing The College Center was upgraded and renamed complexity of the institution. No longer simply the Michael H. Toner Student Center. a residential, rural, four-year college, Saint On Oct. 20, 1994, the Minnesota Higher Mary’s now has undergraduate, semester-long

paper. “Fifty-seven years of tradition go some of the restrooms, the needs of down the drain the next year, when for- women on campus had been met. At merly rugged conservative Saint Mary’s the beginning, women’s needs were College for men goes girlie… We are assessed from the perspective of the the last Redmen,” the article mourned. men who ran the college.” Male students certainly had some Soon things changed, however. questions and concerns about Saint Women began working on the Student Mary’s going co-ed. Most importantly, Development staff, and were outspoken what impact would the change have on regarding women’s needs. Intercolle- the college as a whole? giate athletic teams for women were The answers were soon learned. developed; in the first few years of At the beginning of the fall semes- co-education at SMC, the only athletic ter, 1969, 31 women were enrolled as activity available for women was an full-time students at Saint Mary’s, informal game of racquetball. New accounting for 3.2 percent of the 977 dorms for women were built. This fall marks the 30th anniver- undergraduates. By the following year, Ten years after the arrival of sary of the admittance of women to their number had grown to 141. women, “the cycle was complete,” Saint Mary’s University. These days, In a 1989 issue of the Saint Mary’s announced the school’s alumni maga- students scarcely remember that Saint University alumni magazine, Dr. Kate zine. “The college is not recognizable as Mary’s was once a college only for men. Flanagan wrote, “I think that in those an all-men’s institution any longer.” Women currently hold many leadership first years, Saint Mary’s remained a Although the transition was not positions on campus, have the option men’s college with women present, an easy one, it has been well-worth- of participating in many intercollegiate rather than immediately becoming co- while. Saint Mary’s will enter the new sports, and comprise a bit more than educational… The mentality of the millennium with a strong and diverse half of the student body. time was that in removing urinals from student body. It used to be different. In December, 1968, the board of trustees decided to change with the times: Saint Mary’s College would begin admitting women on a full-time basis. “Redwomen or Squawmen?” asked a January 29, 1969 headline of the Nexus, the school’s student-run news-

19 programs in London, Florence, Mexico and Nairobi, Kenya. The rapidly expanding graduate and special programs, administered through centers in Minneapolis, Rochester and Winona, now count more than 6,000 non-traditional students in a wide variety of liberal arts and professionally oriented master degree programs, The gymnasium was converted into 1965what is now Skemp Hall.At the time, Skemp Hall offered the largest rooms on campus.

Some major changes took place Our 1969in 1969.The college admitted women for the first time. 31 women were in the first co-ed student body of 977 students. ‘spirit’-ed Varsity soccer was 1973 added to the growing list of sports on campus. history Women’s basketball was started as a 1974club sport in 1974. Also in 1974, The ghost of Heffron Hall. a preschool was run out of St. Whether you graduated in the Joe’s Hall.The preschool was 1930s or the 1990s, you probably have started to complement courses in heard the infamous ghost story. Like any tale that’s over 80 years developmental psychology. old, the tale of the ghost of Heffron Hall has had many variations and embellish- Graduate programs ments. 1984 began in the Twin And many different individuals in Cities. the role of lead ghost. Let’s try to set the record straight The SMC men’s (maybe). hockey team won The legend goes back to 1915. 1988the MIAC crown for the first time Bishop Patrick Heffron had just since 1965. begun to celebrate Mass by himself in the chapel on the third floor of St. Mary’s Hall when a figure darted into the chapel The Mexico and fired three shots, one hitting the 1990 semester abroad bishop in the thigh, another piercing his study program was started. In lung and the third landing in the altar. sports news, the baseball team Less than an hour after the shoot- won the MIAC championship title ing, Father Laurence Lesches was for the first time since 1971. arrested in his room. Lesches and Hef- fron had known each other for 17 years

20 bachelor degree programs, professional training and institutes. Saint Mary’s has come a long way since Bishop Heffron first made it a reality in 1912. The future holds much promise, and the promise of more changes. ≠

and had never gotten along. The bishop Bishop Heffron and an enemy of Father students on third Heffron reported a felt that Lesches was unfit for the priest- Lesches. The two priests had lived tapping sound up and down the hall at hood and suitable only for farming. together in Saint Mary’s Hall. They had odd hours of the night. Father Lesches, Lesches was acquitted of charges had numerous arguments, and on one as researchers point out, walked with a on the grounds of insanity and was occasion, Father Lesches predicted gold-handled black cane. committed to a mental institution, Father Lynch would go to hell because Papers lifted from bulletin boards where he spent the final 29 years of his of his interest in athletics. when no breeze was stirring. Women life, before dying of a heart condition Father Lesches often quoted the students experienced the exact same on Jan. 10, 1943. Bible and had once repeated to Father nightmare on the exact same night. Even from his room in the State Lynch the passage, “And the Lord shall Sudden cold spots could be felt in dif- Hospital for the Dangerously Insane in come again in the sounding of trumpets.” ferent places on the third floor. St. Peter, Minn., however, Lesches’ Close examination of Father Some experts say the spirits of presence was reportedly felt on the Lynch’s charred Bible reportedly persons who have led troubled lives Saint Mary’s campus. revealed a single passage that was not cannot rest. Of the three religious men, In May of 1931, a nun entered the burned: “And the Lord shall come again only Father Lesches suffered a life of room of Father Edward W. Lynch in order to the sounding of trumpets.” bitter frustration. Also, the footsteps to clean it. She found the priest Had Lesches cursed him? Father and strange happenings on third Hef- sprawled across the bed — dead. The Lynch’s death was officially attributed fron did not begin until after Father bed and the body simulated a cross. The to accidental electrocution, but no one Lesches’ death. corpse, lying upward, was charred all has been able to completely explain the But why would Father Lesches’ over. The priest’s Bible was also burned, mysterious death — or the strange ghost haunt Heffron Hall? To exact but nothing else in the room had caught occurences that have taken place on revenge upon an old enemy in the fire — not even the bedsheets. third floor Heffron since Lesches’ death. building which bears his name? Father Lynch was a close friend of Shortly after Lesches passed away, No one knows for sure. But to date, no “earthly” explanation has been applied to the strange happenings at Heffron Hall. According to several newspaper accounts — including a USA Today article listing the Heffron ghost as Minnesota’s most legendary haunted place — that’s the story. Brother Paul Ostendorf, former head librarian and archivist, however, calls newspaper reports over the years “fanciful journalism.” What story did you hear? Did you believe it?

21 Changes…

Casual visitors to Saint Mary’s University see a lovely residen- tial campus. They probably admire the flowers and the well- kept green grass. They might spend a minute gazing at some of the university’s sculptures. Maybe even take a look at some of the buildings, noticing the blend of old and new architecture. The casual observer probably doesn’t know that many of the buildings are chock-full of history, and that they may have The women’s been put to several different uses in their lifetimes. 1991 soccer team won SAINT MARY’S HALL: As the original campus build- its 4th straight MIAC crown. ing, Saint Mary’s Hall contained the entire school in 1912. Its five floors provided residence rooms for both students Nickname changes and faculty, as well as the chapel, library, classrooms, sci- from Redmen to ence labs, theatre and offices. The fourth floor continues as 1992Cardinals. a residence for students; the other floors provide class- rooms and faculty and administrative offices. The old third- Saint Mary’s floor theatre has been remodeled as the Common Room College officially and is used for meetings and as a student lounge. HEFFRON HALL: As the second major building in the 1995became Saint Mary’s University. college’s early history, Heffron was built in 1922 as a resi- The name change was celebrated dence facility. It still houses students in single rooms on by a dinner and dance for all third and fourth floors, while faculty and administrative students, faculty, and staff. offices are located on the first and lower levels. This building honors the founder of Saint Mary’s College, Bishop Patrick R. SMU earned NCA Heffron, and currently houses the president’s suite of offices. accreditation GRIFFIN HALL: Built around the same time as Saint 1997through 2007, and, the first Mary’s Hall, Griffin Hall was originally a place for the Sisters doctoral program in Education to live and work. The second floor was their convent, while Leadership was introduced. the first and lower levels were used for the laundry, kitchen and dining hall, which they staffed. Today, the second floor retains its use as a residence hall, while the first floor -99:The Twin Cities houses the Social and Behavioral Science departments. 1998 Campus expanded Academic Support Services occupy the lower level. and was renamed.The SMU SAINT JOSEPH’S HALL: Boasting one of the longer his- women’s softball team won its tories at Saint Mary’s, Saint Joseph Hall was built in 1898 as second consecutive MIAC title the County Home for the Poor, but was eventually given to and set a school record for most Saint Mary’s. In 1950, the third floor, east wing gymnasium, wins in a season with 38.The garage and shops were added, and in 1954, the west wing was team also set an NCAA Division added. Until 1972, it was used by young men who were study- III record for most consecutive ing to be De La Salle Christian Brothers. At that time, it victories with 33. Women’s became a residence hall for any male student. Today, it houses the art department and continues to function as a dormitory. hockey became a varsity sport. Last year, it underwent major renovations, and the dorm rooms are now among the more modern at the university. SKEMP HALL: Originally a two-level gymnasium, Skemp Hall was built in 1922 as an annex to Heffron. Remodeled in 1965, it is a three-story residence hall, while the lower level contains the maintenance department. This hall is dedicated to Tom Skemp, a beloved teacher and coach at Saint Mary’s during the 1920s. SAINT THOMAS MORE CHAPEL: The campus chapel, originally on the third floor of Saint Mary’s Hall, was moved

22 Saint Mary’s University Magazine to its present site in 1958. It was reno- 1874, Cotter has been, at various college farm manager’s home. The vated and rededicated in 1987. The rock times, the bishop’s house, the student barn, destroyed by fire 30 years prior, garden, which was a personal project of Brothers’ community, a student resi- was located where Watters Hall now Brother H. Charles Severin, is located dence hall and Sisters’ convent. stands… The bubble, an air-filled on the site of the old union building, a GONE NOW: The Barracks, mili- dome that allowed Saint Mary’s to play WWII army officers’ club which stood tary-style housing for students in the its home hockey games on campus — from the late 1940s until 1969. ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, gave way to Saint rather than travel to Rochester, Minn. COTTER HALL: The oldest struc- Mary’s Press and the Heffron Hall — was replaced by the current struc- ture on campus, Cotter Hall originally parking lot… The White House, used ture in 1987… The “mobiles” were was the residence of C.C. Beck, from as a student residence until it was mobile-home units each shared by six whose estate a group of Winona mer- destroyed in a controlled fire by the students located in the Ek Village. The chants and farmers purchased the Winona Fire Department in 1988, was last of the mobile homes was removed campus for Bishop Heffron. Built in built in 1920 and originally used as the from the village in the mid-1990s. ≠ Welcome aboard, sir!

On July 1, 1943, windows at Saint “.…the Army, Navy, Marine Corps Mary’s College became “ports” and and Coast Guard are in need of a flow going downtown became “going into their respective services of large ashore.” numbers of young men who require Sound like Saint Mary’s was a ship? specialized, educational and technical That’s exactly what the U.S. Navy training. Their own facilities and teach- had in mind. ing staff and equipment are not suffi- It was called the V-12 Project and cient for these needs.” was operated at Saint Mary’s from July The program consisted of the Navy 1, 1943 to August, 1946. The purpose of contracting with Saint Mary’s to use the program, according to a Dec. 12, Heffron and Saint Mary’s Halls. The 1942, letter to the American Council on school offered education and received Education from Brigadier General M.G. money and students in return. White, was to educate young men in The regulations manual for the V- the service: 12 unit set strict guidelines for all offi- cer trainees: Students were up and outside for reveille by 6 a.m., had office, the course load of one V-12 stu- done exercises, were dent — worth 18 credits and considered dressed and ready for a semester’s work — included: Engineer- inspection by 7 a.m. ing and Drawing, the History of Eco- The manual also nomic Thought, Principles of Accounting, stipulated that trainees Labor Problems, Naval History, Elemen- were allowed to “go tary Strategy, Historical Background of ashore” for seven hours Pre-World War, Fundamentals of Debat- Friday, five hours Satur- ing, and Physical Education. day and 14 hours Sunday. The program lasted for about 16 According to the weeks and there were three programs Saint Mary’s registrar’s per year.

23 Sports News

Saint Mary’s sports roundup From All-MIAC to All-American: Saint Mary’s athletes and coaches end seasons with excellence

MEN’S HOCKEY losing streak in late Decem- MEN’S year… Sophomore Jenny ber/early January, the Car- BASKETBALL Long was the Cardinals’ MIAC: 8-5-3 (T-4th) dinals won 10 of their last 13 lone representative on the OVERALL: 11-10-4 games and went 10-1-2 in MIAC: 7-13 (8th) All-MIAC first team, while BRIEFLY: Cardinals finished that span. The lone loss was OVERALL: 9-15 freshman Amy Burns was fifth in the MIAC in the a season-ending 10-4 deci- BRIEFLY: Junior Ryan selected to the All-First tightest conference race in sion to Gustavus in the Rankin earned All-MIAC Year Team… Long, the only nearly 10 years — with six post-season Augsburg Tour- first-team honors after player to start all 25 games teams bat- nament… Four Cardinal leading the Cardinals in for the Cardinals, led SMU tling for the players — Missy Wester- scoring and in scoring (11.1 ppg) and four playoff gren, Mindy Westergren, rebounding rebounding (5.4 rpg), while spots right Mo Hayes and Teresa during their Burns added 10 ppg and down to the Wysocki — were named 20-game team-highs in assists (79) final week first-team All-MIAC, while conference and steals (47)… Long of the season… Senior head coach Jeff Vizenor was schedule… equalled a career-high when Randy Gallatin and sopho- named MIAC Coach of the Rankin finished the season she scored 25 points in a loss more Denny O’Connor Year… Every SMU player averaging a team-high 17.2 to Hamline, while Molly were named first-team All- on the roster scored at least ppg and led the team in Hollenkamp pulled down a MIAC, while senior Jason scoring in 21 of their 24 career-high 14 rebounds in a Sato, juniors Jason Tripic- games, including the last win over Augsburg. chio, Fred Hennen and seven straight… Rankin Dusty Verhey, and sopho- scored a career-high 30 SWIMMING more Kevin Mackey were points in a two-point loss to AND DIVING named honorable-men- MIAC champion Augs- tion… Sato and O’Connor burg… John Oleksyn was MEN’S MIAC: 7th led the team in scoring with the only SMU player to WOMEN’S MIAC: 9th 35 and 34 points, respec- start in all 24 games… BRIEFLY: Under first-year tively… Kevin Mackey was Jason Boll led the team head coach Zhawn Stevens, the team’s goal-scoring Jeff Vizenor with 31 3-pointers, while the Cardinal men posted leader with 14, while Sato’s MIAC Coach of the Year also posting a team-high 44 season-best times in 90 per- 22 assists were tops on the assists and 35 steals. cent of the team… Hennen started 17 events of the 25 games in goal for one goal, led by Missy West- WOMEN’S they com- SMU, posting a 3.32 goals- ergren, who finished with BASKETBALL peted in en against-average and an .896 team-highs in goals (28) and route to their seventh-place save percentage. points (48). Hayes, mean- MIAC: 9-13 MIAC (7th) MIAC finish… The SMU while, was the team-leader OVERALL: 9-16 women, meanwhile, turned WOMEN’S in assists (19), while BRIEFLY: A season-ending in their best times of the sea- HOCKEY Wysocki started all 25 loss to Concordia kept the son in 11 of the 13 events games in goal for the Cardi- Cardinals’ from posting they competed in, finishing MIAC: 8-2-0 (1st) nals, boasting a 2.51 goals- their first 10-win season ninth at the MIAC Champi- OVERALL: 16-7-2 against-average and an .884 since the onships… Diver James BRIEFLY: The Cardinals save percentage. 1988-89 sea- Gualdoni — who broke the earned a share of the inau- son and left Cardinals’ school record in gural MIAC championship SMU at 9-16 the 1-meter diving competi- in their first year as a varsity for the sec- tion (240.70 points) — team… After a four-game ond straight made the biggest splash at

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the conference meet, placing lone representative on the by Jill Hocking and Jill indoor championships… fifth in the three-meter and MIAC’s all-conference Berthiaume on the All-Mid- Pederson and Lien both sixth in the one-meter… team… Scott Morrison and west Region first team… earned All-MIAC honors at Emily Paulson and Katie Duda were the team’s top Hocking, Berthiaume, Teisha the MIAC Outdoor Cham- Krebsbach took center stage hitters, batting .457 and .440 Smith and Angie Wright were pionships — Pederson’s for the women, each record- respectively. Morrison had named to the MIAC’s all-con- coming in the triple jump, ing season-bests in three team-highs of 31 RBIs and ference team, while John where she was second with a events — the 200 IM and the eight home runs, while Tschida was named the leap of 36-2 1/4, while Lien 100 and 200 butterfly for Duda was the team-leader MIAC’s Coach of the Year was third in the 3,000 with a Paulson, and the 100 with 11 doubles and two for the third straight season… time of 10:35.17. Both were freestyle and 100 and 200 triples… Brian Doll led the Hocking and Jennifer Garin school records… In all, the backstroke for Krebsbach. team in at-bats (121), runs earned GTE Academic All- Cardinals teams broke 20 (32), hits (41) and stolen District honors, while Garin school records — 10 during CROSS COUNTRY bases (16)… Joe Yach led and Smith were named to the indoor season and 10 SKIING all SMU pitchers with 46.1 the “New Dodge/Successful during the outdoor season. innings pitched and a 5-2 Farming Magazine All-Amer- MEN’S REGIONAL: 8th record, while Tom Fernelius ican Farm Team”… Meyer TENNIS WOMEN’S REGIONAL: 7th had a team-best 2.87 ERA led the team with a .421 bat- MEN: BRIEFLY: Martin Stensing and 36 strikeouts. ting average and also had 0-9 MIAC (9th), 0-17 and Mark Bolster led the team-highs in runs (44), hits Overall WOMEN: Cardinals to their eighth FASTPITCH (59) and triples (3)… Hock- 3-7 MIAC (8th), place finish at the NCAA ing finished with a team-lead- 9-9 Overall SOFTBALL BRIEFLY: Jennifer Fritz cap- Regional ing 36 RBIs and six home meet, with tured the consolation cham- MIAC: 21-1 (1st) runs… Smith was the team’s Stensing pionship at No. 5 singles, OVERALL: 40-8 top pitcher, posting a 21-4 clocking a winning the BRIEFLY: The Cardinals cap- record, a 1.45 ERA and 86 time of final match tured their third straight con- strikeouts. 1:00:30 to ference title and made in three place 28th in the 20-kilome- sets, 6-2, 6-7 a third consecutive trip to the TRACK AND FIELD ter classic race, while Bol- NCAA Division III Midwest (7-4), 7-6 ster finished the 10K (7-3)… The Regional, where they lost to MEN’S INDOOR MIAC: 11th freestyle race in 25:48 to fin- Cardinal women’s 9-9 over- MEN’S OUTDOOR MIAC: 11th ish 33rd… On the women’s all record — which included side, Amy Henjum was the its first-ever victory over WOMEN’S INDOOR MIAC: 10th Cardinals’ top finisher, plac- cross-town rival Winona WOMEN’S OUTDOOR MIAC: ing 20th in the 15K classical State — was their best fin- 10th race (55:44) and 18th in the ish to date… Fritz finished BRIEFLY: Kari Pederson 5K freestyle (15:28)… Hen- with an 11-7 record at No. 5 became SMU’s first-ever jum was the Cardinals’ top singles, while Sarah Iverson female indoor All-MIAC female finisher in all six posted the team’s best performer when she placed freestyle races, including a record, a 13-4 mark at No. 4 second in the long jump with third-place finish at the Jennifer Meyer ’01 singles… The men’s No. 1 a leap of 16-9 3/4… Sherri Carleton Invitational. 2nd team All-American doubles team of Josh Feld- Lien closed out her final man and Dan Walch cap- indoor sea- tured the MIAC consola- BASEBALL Simpson 6-0 in the champi- son break- tion championship to finish onship game… SMU had its ing a pair of MIAC: 10-10 (T-5th) the season at 6-13 conference-record 48-game school OVERALL: 17-15 overall. ≠ BRIEFLY: The Cardinals winning streak snapped in the records. She climbed to the .500 mark in final weekend of the regular finished the MIAC, after posting 9- season… The Cardinals’ 40 ninth in the 600 with a 11 records wins were a school record, as record-setting time of the last two were their 48 games played… 1:41.16, then added a 2:23.16 seasons… Sophomore Jennifer Meyer to break the SMU mark in Sophomore was named to the Louisville the 800… SMU’s 4x200 and Joe Duda Slugger/NFCA All-American 4x800 men’s relay teams also was SMU’s Second Team, and was joined set school records at the

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SMU alumni Upcoming Alumni Events board changes AUGUST 2, 1999 Chicago Alumni Golf Outing Crystal Lake with the times 12:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. AUGUST 6 Twin Cities s you can read in this issue of University Magazine, Saint Saint Paul Saints Game AMary’s has changed over the years. So has its alumni association. OCTOBER 22 Milwaukee The Saint Mary’s alumni board was formalized in 1940 Alumni Reception under the leadership of its first presi- 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. dent, Ed Lynch ’33. Its mission was to OCTOBER 30 build a mutually beneficial relationship Twin Cities Urban Plunge between the university and its alumni, extending the sense of community so NOVEMBER 7 Rochester firmly established during college years. Alumni Liturgy & Brunch The alumni board’s job has evolved. At first, the board was a half- DECEMBER 9 Winona dozen interested alumni who met in Alumni Christmas Lawrence J. Cap ’76 Winona to plan events, including Reception President (1998-99) Homecoming and one or two off-cam- 5:30-7:30 p.m. pus gatherings. These early events pro- National Alumni Board JANUARY 21, 2000 Los Angeles vided a way for alumni to reconnect Alumni Reception with the university and their classmates. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Over the years, the board increased in size, expanded the number of events, assisted the Saint Mary’s admission office, JANUARY 22 San Diego and focused on networking between alumni and students. The Alumni Liturgy & Reception board helped develop alumni/student mentoring and “meet the 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. professionals” programs. In the ’90s, a Chicago alumni chapter was revitalized, FEBRUARY 2 Washington D.C. and a Twin Cities chapter established, to extend the “com- Alumni Reception munity” and provide alumni with even more ways to network 5:30-7:30 p.m. with each other. FEBRUARY 5 Twin Cities Over the past few years, the board has worked with uni- Alumni Hockey versity staff to use the new tools of the telecommunication- Reception & Game computer age to do the business of the board and to reach out to our alumni. FEBRUARY 27 Florida With the development of the Saint Mary’s web site Alumni Liturgy & Brunch (www.smumn.edu) we have the opportunity to take another step in connecting the Saint Mary’s community. Jumping on MARCH 3 Kansas City the information superhighway, alumni can reconnect from Alumni Dinner anywhere in the world. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. In the web site’s special section for alumni, you can MARCH 4 Saint Louis check the calendar of events and alumni activities, find a Alumni Liturgy & Dinner classmate’s E-mail address, order items from the bookstore 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. and read the latest copy of the alumni magazine. You can also take an on-line tour of campus without leaving the com- MARCH 26 Twin Cities fort of your own home. Alumni Liturgy & Brunch We invite you to check out the web site to experience these feelings of “community” again, or attend one of the Please watch your mail for details, many alumni events. or check out the SMU web site: I hope to see you soon! http://smumn.edu/alumni

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Alumni events

A TIME FOR SHARING Brother President Louis DeThomasis and local MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS alumni enjoyed the hospitality of Chris and Dr. Stacey (Mounce ’85) Arnold during the Winona Oscar and Mary Jane (CST ’52) Straub ’52 opened their house to the Saint Mary’s community Christmas Gathering in early December. during an alumni gathering in St. Louis, Mo., in March. Kathy Stender ’95, Sharyn Goo, Dr. Mary Catherine Fox ’75 and Larry Gorrell ’74 were among the Saint Mary’s staff members in attendance.

SPENDING TIME IN SUNNY FLORIDA “RAGTIME” IN CHICAGO The Bradenton, Fla., Luncheon last February was a good time for SMU alums (left to right) Emery A.J. Budilovsky ’50 and his wife, Laverne, Harmon ’42, George Greene ’48, William Kiley ’47, Robert Peters ’48 and Donna Peters to catch up enjoy SMU’s reception at the Allegro Hotel on old times. prior to the January performance of “Ragtime.”

A TWIN CITIES GET-TOGETHER “RAGTIME,” TOO Dr. Ambrose Schmelzle ’36 and his wife, Myrtle, were among those in attendance at Saint Mary’s John Beaty ’54 (left) and Roger Laven ’54 were gathering at the Minneapolis Club in early March. also among those attending the pre-performance reception at the Allegro Hotel in Chicago.

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And from the class of… Who’s where, doing what… news from alums… weddings, births, deaths

Class Class Class Class of ’29 of ’55 of ’58 of ’61 Robert F. Donahue, Dr. Noel Shuell, Br. Bernard LoCoco, FSC, Gerald (Jerry) Dooley, Red Springfield, Mass., was Newfoundland, Canada, Moraga, Calif., just completed Wing, Minn., is employed by awarded the Jane Falk Award presented an invited paper in 12 years as director of the the City of Rochester, Minn. from the Massachusetts Beijing, China in November of Sangre de Cristo Renewal He is the coordinator of its Association for the Blind. Bob 1998. The paper was on the Program in Santa Fe, N.M. He neighborhood organization has been a volunteer for MAB new religious education has accepted the position of development. for the last 16 years. program being developed for president of the School of the public schools of Applied Theology in Berkeley, Newfoundland. The Calif. In addition, Br. Bernard Class Class conference was sponsored by is on the board of trustees at of of the Pacific Rim Institute for Saint Mary’s University of ’64 ’43 Development and Education Minnesota. Fr. Hilary R. Brixius, St. Robert J. Carter, Plainview, (based in California) and the James, Minn., has been the Minn., retired from the Institute of World Religions. It pastor and diocesan vicar of Department of Transportation was the first multi-faith Class Hispanic ministry at the in 1980 after 34 years as senior international conference on of Church of St. James since design engineer. Robert was religion and ethics ever held in ’59 1996. He returned in 1995 1 married to Lois in November China. Thomas McKenna, from 4 /2 years in Bolivia of 1997, after his first wife Bloomington, Minn., has been doing missionary work with Mildred passed away from appointed president of the the Maryknoll Fathers. cancer in 1996. United Sugars Corporation. Don Jacoby, Golden Valley, Minn., is retiring from Novartis Seeds as vice president of corporate accounts. Don’s retirement concludes a 12-year career with Novartis Seeds and former Northrup King Co., Donahue keeps on giving during which he played a vital role in vaulting the company ob Donahue ’29 was presented the Jane Falk Award for out- to a position of leadership in Bstanding volunteer service by the Massachusetts Associa- the seed industry. He is a tion for the Blind in October. board member of the US Donahue has been volunteering for MAB for 16 years. He Grains Council, a board member of the Farm began as a driver and escort for clients going to appointments. As a Foundation and former chair former broadcaster, his rich voice and clear diction led him to do of the Agricultural Council of Bob Donahue ’29 readings, first in person and later by recording materials on cassette. America. Currently, Don is “Age does not stand in the way of Bob’s willingness to assist considering part-time those who are in need of his vision and his voice,” said Sandy consulting work within the Burgess, coordinator of volunteers for MAB. seed industry. One of Donahue’s early reading assignments was to read mail every week to a young man with a learning disability. Over the years, he has read and recorded cook- Class books, a typewriter manual, magazines and medical textbooks. of “Bob has gained a reputation as a man who could be counted on to do an ’65 excellent job as a reader and recorder, whatever the assignment he was given,” Dr. Gustavo R. Valadez Ortiz, praised Burgess. Chicago, is vice president of the Richard J. Daley College. He recently was appointed by

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the mayor to serve on the in Houston, Minn. city’s cultural affairs advisory George Simon, Centerville, board. Gustavo serves on the Minn., and his wife are once Graham among parish life commission for the again making their home in Holy Name Cathedral Parish. Minnesota after 27 years in Dr. Tom Moylan, Edinburgh, Chicago. George is regional top 100 athletes Scotland, is a professor of manager at White Castle popular culture at John Systems, Inc., with direct ony Graham ’47 was named one of the St. Paul Moores University. oversight of 57 restaurants and TCity Conference’s top 100 athletes at a banquet Lawrence I. Nelson, a large distribution center. held in April in St. Paul, Minn. Rosewell, Ga., took an early The conference unveiled its list of the 100 best retirement from Curtis 1000, male athletes during its first 100 years. Athletes were Inc., as vice president of sales Class selected from the 14 city schools — Central, Como and marketing. He started the of Park, Cretin-Derham Hall, Harding, Highland Park, next chapter of his career as ’71 realtor in the North Georgia Terry E. Klages, Wyoming, Hill-Murray, Humboldt, Johnson, Marshall, Mechanic mountains in October of 1998. Mich., was appointed director Arts, Monroe, Murray, Washington and Wilson. of faith formation at the St. Graham — inducted into the Saint Mary’s Hall of John Vianney Catholic Church. Fame after a standout collegiate career in football, Class James J. White, Lakewood, hockey and baseball — was also a three-sport prep star, of Colo., is a government leading Washington High School to conference cham- ’66 partnership specialist with the Dr. Charles A. Sieracki, United States Department of pionships in football, hockey and baseball. Graham Portland, Ore., is dean of Commerce. He specializes in earned all-conference honors in both football and base- instruction at the Portland the area of the census bureau. ball and was an honorable-mention selection in hockey. Community College. John Vosejpka, the official St. Paul City Confer- ence historian and statistician, said: “We wanted to Class celebrate the first 100 years and all the great athletes Class of of ’72 and coaches that have been a part of the conference, ’68 William Wold, Litchfield, and this is one way to get people talking.” Dr. David Christenson, Minn., has been appointed Winona, was nominated by a superintendent of schools in patient for the 1999 Minnesota the Litchfield school district. Target Stores. Class Family Physician of the Year Br. Patrick Conway, FSC, of Award. The award is presented Winona, Minn. was a recipient ’78 annually to a family physician Class of the 1998 Saint De La Salle Chris Cowen, St. Paul, is a who represents the highest of Award from the Cretin High business agent for the AFSCME ideals of the specialty of family ’73 School (St. Paul, Minn.) (American Federation of State, medicine. Gary Newton, Branson, Mo., Alumni Association. County and Municipal moved to Missouri to work Employees), a public sector with his wife in the tourism/ labor union. Class entertainment area. He is the Class Jane Troller Wood, Littleton, of supervisor on the “Showboat of Colo., was appointed team ’69 Branson Belle” at Silver Dollar ’76 leader for Hitachi Data John Nett, Winona, was City Theme Park. Patrice A. LaBelle, Wheaton, Systems’ large accounts in the appointed branch manager for Ill., works for Cendent Mobility western region. the new Town and Country as director of client services. State Bank located on the Class Cendent Mobility is in the city’s growing east side. of relocation business. Class Tom Varchmin, West ’74 of Dundee, Ill., is director of Larry LaBonté, White Bear Paul Trunk, Lititz, Pa., is vice ’80 environmental health services Lake, Minn., displayed a new president of sales for Berk Tek Kevin Moriarty, Columbia, for Cook County, Ill. work called, “Eye on the New in New Holland, Pa. Berk Tek Md., was promoted to Millennium,” which was specializes in the legislative coordinator at the showcased at his studio during manufacturing of data cable. United Nations Children’s Fund Class the St. Paul Art Crawl in April in Washington, D.C. He joined of of 1999. the organization three years ’70 Class ago as legislative assistant, and Fr. William Kulas, Rushford, of now is lobbyist on behalf of Minn., celebrated his 25th Class ’77 child survival programs before anniversary to the priesthood of Pamela Joachim, Chaska, the U.S. Congress. on June 13 at St. Joseph’s ’75 Minn., is a quality consultant George Stephenson, St. Paul, Church in Rushford and on Steve Koller, Coppell, Texas, for GE Capital IT Solutions in has been hired jointly by the June 20th at St. Mary’s Church is a regional recruiter for the Minneapolis. Ramsey County Attorney’s

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Office and the St. Paul City Class manager for General Motors. Class Attorney’s Office as of Martin Behrends, Seattle, of community prosecutor. George ’85 Wash., is regional controller ’88 will work with the community Susanne C. Ek, St. Cloud, Minn., for Compass Group North James M. Tschida, St. Paul, on a wide range of legal is the program manager at the America, a dining services was appointed general problems, including criminal Diocese of St. Cloud in the office company. manager for Minnesota cases, nuisance activities and of natural family planning. Computers, Inc., a buy/sell housing-related issues. Anyone interested in learning computer hardware business. Celeste Williams, Skokie, Ill., about modern natural family Class opened a new show in May planning is welcome to contact of called “Eastville.” It is a three- Susanne at [email protected]. ’87 Class person drama/mystery set in Peter Wallerich, Canton, Ernest S. Cutro, Lake Zurich, of the late 1850s along the Mich., is the senior Ill., is product development/ ’89 underground railroad. technologist for EDS, a data scientist for The Quaker Oats Brad Mattson, Woodbury, processing service. Company in Barrington, Ill. Minn., is a tax manager for Lisa (Anderson) Hartlage, Jacobs Management Class Elmhurst, Ill., is principal of Corporation, which provides of Class West School in the Glencoe tax, insurance, and benefits ’82 of School District 35. consulting. Jennifer (Hilger) Natzke, ’86 Sharon Keane Chamberlain, Patrick M. Bliss, Duluth, Harvard, Ill., is a 4th grade Bret Borth, Eden Prairie, Lincolnshire, Ill., graduated Minn., is employed by the teacher at St. Joseph’s School. Minn., is the business from the Chicago School of Cathedral of Our Lady of the Gabrielle M. Murphy, development manager for Massage Therapy in December Rosary as director of religious Geneva, Ill., is second vice Braun Interetec. Bret has of 1998 and was acknowledged education. president at Northern Trust recently been appointed to for outstanding achievement. Rob Babikan, Des Moines, Company, Chicago. She serves oversee Braun’s China She is practicing at a massage Iowa, has been working for in the database marketing operations. therapy clinic in Libertyville, Land O’Lakes for the last five division of the PFS Marketing Mike Bauers, Alpharetta, Ga., where she specializes in pain years in the fluid dairy division Group. is account manager for GE management, postural analysis, as Illinois sales manager. He Capital Fleet Services in and stress reduction. and his wife, Mary have two Atlanta. daughters, Emily, 5 and 1 Class Terese Wallerich, Canton, Alexandria, 1 /2. of ’83 Mich., is the marketing area Frank Roessler, Marshalltown, Iowa, completed his master’s in physics from Clarke offers alternative Mankato State University in December of 1996. He is a to ‘time-outs’ for kids physics instructor at the Marshalltown Community ou cringe as your furious child sits in the corner College. Yscreaming bloody-murder and pounding his feet against the chair rungs. You know making him take a Class time-out isn’t working, and yet you find yourself using of it more frequently and for increasingly longer periods ’84 of time. Terry Johnson, Coal Valley, Unfortunately, the minutes spent in a time-out are Ill., is a senior account usually limited to the child’s age. Have a four-year-old? executive for the United Parcel You guessed it, that 10-minute time-out is six minutes Service. He received a trip to Walt Disney World for placing too long. in the top 3% in the country in But what else can you do? “Time-In: When Time-Out Doesn’t sales. Jean Illsley Clarke, MA ’78 offers a solution to that Work” is the latest creation by Mark J. Hogan, McHenry, Ill., question in her latest book, “Time-In: When Time-Out Jean Illsley Clarke, MA ’78, who was appointed regional sales Doesn’t Work.” The book, Clarke’s second, is for every has received many awards for her manager for LifeScan, a parent who has felt frustrated, helpless, angry or scared division of Johnson and revolutionary contributions to when traditional parenting tools don’t work. Johnson, which specializes in parents and families. diabetes care products. An inspiring speaker and author, Clarke is a parent educator of international reputation. Along with Time- In, she is the author of “Self-Esteem: A Family Affair,” and has received many awards for her revolutionary contributions to parents and families.

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Class of ’90 SMU unveils official class ring Todd Russ, Valencia, Calif., is assistant director for n official Saint Mary’s Servicemaster at the University of Southern California. AUniversity class ring Ann Flad, Milwaukee, Wis., is has been designed by employed by Northwestside Jostens and is available to Community Development order. The new, unified ring Corporation as the economic design replaces the variety development specialist. of looks previously offered. Constance (Russell) Brewer, Lafayette, Ind., is a The design incorporates ele- pharmaceutical consultant at ments of the Saint Mary’s SmithKline Beecham. University seal, representing Lisa Looney, Rochester, Minn., the university’s mission, his- is an elementary counselor at tory and traditions. Blooming Prairie School. The ring comes in Rosemarie Ann Einberger, men’s and women’s sizes in St. Paul, is now area manager for Bestfoods. a choice of 10K, 14K or 18K gold. Individual degrees and graduating years can Class be inscribed inside the ring’s band. The ring can be ordered through the university’s of Barnes and Noble Bookstore, or by contacting Jostens directly at 1-800-424-1492 or ’91 through their web site at www.jostens.com. Neil Pankau, Lake Geneva, Wis., graduated from Marquette University Law School in May of 1997. In Alex Jerabek, Green Bay, International Dairy Queen years with the New York December of 1998, Neil joined Wis., received a bachelor of Companies in Minneapolis. Yankees organization, he was Walgreens as an attorney for science degree from the Michael J. Vena, Elmhurst, Ill., released during spring training their trade and corporate University of Wisconsin in received an MBA from Lewis in March of 1998. In his two relations. Green Bay with a major in University Graduate School of years, he walked 48 batters Todd Guenther, Houston, environmental science Management. Since graduation, while striking out 193. His ERA Texas, is national sales (physical resource Michael has been working as was 2.74. From May of 1998 to manager for Vallen Safety management). He is employed product manager for mid-November, Kevin played Corporation. He sends warm by Wisconsin Conservation Minuteman International, Inc. for the China Trust Whales in wishes, weather and sunshine Corps as a crew leader. Alex in Addison, Ill. the Chinese professional to all his friends up north. trains 18-20 year-olds to Heidi Colby, Onalaska, Wis., baseball league. He finished the conserve and protect natural is a sales consultant for Honda season 12-3 with a save and a resources. Motorwerks in La Crosse. She 2.09 ERA, best in the league. Class received the salesperson of the He returned to Taiwan in early of year award for 1998. February for another season. ’92 Class Kevin Henthorne, Palm Denise M. Buege, Psy.D., of Harbor, Fla., is playing baseball Vass, N.C., is employed by the ’93 in Taiwan. After playing two Class State of North Carolina Marianne A. Guilfoyle, Chino of Department of Corrections as a Hills, Calif., received her ’94 psychological program master’s in social work in 1996 Donna A. Vescera, Smithfield, manager. from the University of Illinois R.I., is employed by the Edward James Anderson, III, at Chicago, Jane Adams School Jacqueline Philip Salon as a Oak Park, Ill., is senior process of Social Work. She moved to nail technician in Providence. 1 invocation analyst for Everest California 1 /2 years ago to Erin Riemer, Carol Stream, Healthcare Services. work at the Hillview Acres Ill., was promoted to John Sutcliffe, Austin, Texas, Children’s Home as their social integration engineer at is sales representative for Dell worker. Siemens Information and Financial Services L.P., a Jim McAteer, Lake Drive, Communication Networks, Inc. leasing company. Ind., is a reporter for WNDU, She is installing both LANS L. Alexander Parker, an NBC affiliate in South and WANS for some of the Torrance, Calif., is a program Bend. largest companies in the manager for the United States Janene Armstrong, Eden world. Air Force (LA AFB) in El Prairie, Minn., is a buyer of Patrick F. Brown, Chicago, is Segundo, Calif. general merchandise for Kevin Henthorne ’93 attending Loyola Graduate

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School of Business for a volunteers at the Family Washington, D.C., is the Holy Trinity Preschool in master’s in international Support Center at the nearby assistant director of alumni South St. Paul. This is Jodi’s marketing and management. Army post. relations at American second year at the school. Scott A. Bauer, Chippewa Robert Graham, La Crosse, University-Washington College Falls, Wis., is associate pastor Wis., performs in a 10-piece of Law. (parochial vicar) for St. band called, “Three Beers Till Brandon D. Sitzmann, Class Charles, St. Peter, and St. John Dubuque.” He also works as a Washington, D.C., works at the of the Baptist parishes and is sales representative at Leithold Smithsonian Institute-National ’96 chaplain for Notre Dame Music, a full-line musical Zoological Park as zookeeper. Kristin Fierst, Zumbrota, School in Chippewa County. instrument store. Julie Henkel, Ames, Iowa, Minn., is a self-employed Tracy Trowbridge, Winona, is teaches middle school Spanish piano and voice instructor, as employed by Walz Buick- at Boone Schools in Boone, well as an adjunct teacher in Class Pontiac-GMC as business Iowa. the Saint Mary’s University of of manager. Chris Koehler, Dallas, Texas, Minnesota music department. ’95 Kristine E. (Hare) Valk, is a software engineer for G Patti Reardon, Rochester, Ellen (Pfab) Halloran, APO, Onalaska, Wis., joined the Systems, Inc., a data Minn., teaches in the CEC moved to Europe in July of Community Credit Union as an acquisition and control systems program (program for 1998. Her husband was education and training development company. pregnant teens) at the promoted to major in the specialist. Jodi Schleicher Roventine, Rochester Public Schools, United States Air Force. Ellen Holly C. (Goelz) Sitzmann, Galena, Ill., is director of the ISD 535. Christie Pranaitis, Hauppauge, N.Y., is finishing her dual master’s in special SMU bids farewell to education and reading. She is a teacher at an elementary school in the Smithtown long-term faculty members School District, as well. Jim Buffo, St. Paul, is raduation this spring marked transition for faculty mem- employed by the Minnesota Gbers Dr. Lawrence Dieterman, Louis Guillou and Dr. Gerald Timberwolves and Minnesota Langowski. Lynx in their marketing/sales Dieterman began his teaching career at Saint Mary’s in division. August of 1963, and for the past 36 years he has been a mem- Dr. Lawrence Dieterman Scott Hillman, Edina, Minn., ber of the chemistry department, where his main focus has been is a senior graphic designer for Transglobal Vacations. organic chemistry. Tanya (Ramey) Bell, Colts Dieterman has many strong ties to the Saint Mary’s commu- Neck, N.J., is a quality nity — two of his sons graduated from Saint Mary’s, his father-in- assurance auditor for Cytogen, law, Max Molock, is a legend in these parts, and his wife works on a pharmaceutical company in the SMU campus part-time. Princeton. “I’ll miss the daily routine of teaching, of interacting with Michael Campbell, Stillwater, students and members of the SMU community,” Dieterman said. Minn., is director of government relations for St. “I have established many good relationships over the years.” Paul Mayor Norm Coleman. Guillou, a 1959 graduate, began teaching at Saint Mary’s in Alexandria (Ali) Balong, 1968, after earning a master’s degree in mathematics from the Marshalltown, Iowa, graduated University of Notre Dame. He served as mathematics/statistics Dr. Gerald Langowski ’59 from Illinois State University in chairman and, early in his career, as associate dean for academic May with a master of fine arts advising. in acting. She interned at the Guillou was active in national mathematics organizations, and was the author of Unicorn Theatre in Kansas several math textbooks. He also served as an advanced placement grader for The Col- City, Mo. during her last semester of school. lege Board’s calculus tests. Jane Healy, Chicago, Ill., Two of Guillou’s four sons followed him as Saint Mary’s graduates. completed her master’s in arts Langowski, meanwhile, has been at Saint Mary’s since 1965, spending most of administration from Saint his time as a member of the modern language department. Mary’s University of Minnesota A 1959 graduate of Saint Mary’s, Langowski earned his Master’s degree from the in 1998. She is now employed University of Iowa in 1961, and completed his doctoral work at the University of Wis- by the Chicago Shakespeare consin-Madison in 1973. Repertory Theater, where she Selected for inclusion in the second edition of the “Who’s Who in International works in the education department. Educators” in 1980, Langowski has written several papers, which he presented at con- ferences all around the world.

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Class of ’97 Buck Nelson, Phoenix, Ariz., graduated from Arizona State University with a master’s in public administration in May 1999. Margaret A. Maher, Minneapolis, is assistant office manager for Church Offset Printing, Inc. Jonathon B. Rygiel, Minneapolis, is president and owner of Midwest Placement, a recruiting firm with offices in the Twin Cities, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis. Amy Cherwin, Naperville, Ill., accepted a position with GE Silicones in their Midwest Regional Sales Office. Her duties include public relations and analysis of daily sales reports. Ten fellow Saint Mary’s graduates joined in the celebration as Christine Sushinski ’87 married Paul Kawiecki on Dec. 5, 1998. Among SMU alumni in the wedding party were maid of honor Janet Sushinski Class ’86, Kerry Barton ’87 and Margaret Houlihan ’86. of ’98 Vicki LynMarie Kleist, Minneapolis, is a group and is employed by the Mayo Mary T. Buley, Plymouth, corporate sales representative Medical Center as a Minn., has left the public Weddings for the Minnesota Orchestra. psychologist. sector after 20 years of Gene J. Newman ’40, Xavier Wilson, Winona, is Curtis Patrick Sheldon, working in various technical Westlake Village, Calif., to director of major gifts at Saint Hortonville, Wis., recently and professional jobs for the Erma, on August 8, 1998. Mary’s University of Minnesota. returned from volunteer State of Minnesota. She is Classmate, Paul Libera ’40, Ryan Carlson, Stillman Valley, medical work in the Bugando product and marketing Winona, attended. Ill., teaches science at Stillman Medical Center in Mwanza, manager for Means Joseph N. McIntyre ’63, Valley High School. Tanzania. He is now certified Telecommunications. Thornton, Ill., was married in Megan Bausman, Manitowoc, registered nurse assistant at the Judith Costello, St. Augustine, October of 1998. Wis., is a biology and New London Family Medical Fla., is creator and editor of Michael (Mike) Feeney ’64, computer teacher at Roncalli Center in anesthesiology. “Peter’s Path,” a magazine on Sierra Vista, Ariz., to Joan High School. She also coaches Carol Tschida, Lindstrom, parenting and spirituality. Vesco, on January 1, 1999. girls tennis and track. Minn., is the program Anne Schoonover, Rochester, coordinator for the Share a Minn., died on November 8, Christopher Cribari ’86, Home Program for Catholic 1998. Lisle, Ill., to Denise McSherry, Charities. Sr. Helen Jean Washtoak, on November 7, 1998. Graduate Anne Damron, Queensboro, PBVM, Aberdeen S.D., Paul Tomashek ’86, Ky., is director of development graduated from Geriatric Winona, to Kelly Smith, on Students & at Brescia University. Pastoral Care Institute in St. April 9, 1999 in Las Vegas. Todd Bauernfeind, Spokane, Paul in 1997. Sr. Helen has Patricia Ann Heinz ’87, Alumni Wash., recently relocated from also been busy writing a Lake Orion, Mich., to John Florida. Todd is employed by paper titled, “Ministry to the Spengler, on October 23, 1998 in Libertyville, Ill. Matron of Maria Di Lorenzo, Winona, Holy Family Medical as a Cognitively Impaired.” She honor was Laura Strauss ’87. married Donald Kruse on certified registered nurse was recertified in the National August 23, 1998. anesthetist. Association of Catholic Christine Sushinski ’87, Patricia Hines, Cambridge, Judith Condon, Tahoma Park, Chaplains in 1999 at the age Chicago, to Paul Kawiecki, on Minn., was a partner with Md., is the director of a two- of 68 and is planning for December 5, 1998. Wedding Kishwaukee Anesthesia in year program for homeless, recertification in 2003! party included maid of honor, DeKalb, Ill., but has recently pregnant, and drug-addicted Jonathon Pearson, Apple Janet Sushinski ’86, Kerry moved back to Minnesota. She women called, “New Valley, Minn., married Shanda Barton ’87, and Margaret now is a nurse anesthetist at Expectations.” The focus of Greiner on May 1, 1999 in Houlihan ’86. Cambridge Medical. this program is spirituality and Hastings, Minn. Cary Gilbert ’89, Phoenix, Sara Sedivy, Rochester, Minn., healing. Ariz., to Suli Aquirre, on July

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11, 1997. Daughter, Megan JoAnne was born January 13, 1999. Former assistant hockey coaches Susan Donovan ’89, Clackamas, Ore., to David Carey, on October 2, 1998. are blazing their own trails Beth (Thrall ’89) Tobias was maid of honor. he similarities between Greg Dick ’84 and Marc Rogers ’95 Jane C. Donahoe ’89, Tare staggering. Lindenhurst, Ill., to Patrick Both were goalies during their time at Saint Mary’s. Both Hilliard, on November 26, played for four years under SMU hockey coach Don Olson, and 1994. They now have two both are former SMU assistant hockey coaches. children, John Thomas, born Dick left Saint Mary’s to accept the position as head high December 20, 1995, and Mary school hockey coach for the Omaha (Neb.) Gladiators, while Kate, born June 13, 1998. Timothy J. Ferraro ’90, Rogers accepted a job at Iowa State and is the head high school Forest Park, Ill., to Anne Heil, hockey coach for the Ames Little Cyclones. on September 26, 1998. Best They haven’t been on the ice together in three years, but Greg Dick ’84 man was Dan Cummings ’90; their paths crossed again last March, when Dick’s Gladiators groomsmen included Steve knocked off Roger’s Cyclones 5-3 in the Altier ’91, Chris Parnell ’90, first round of the Iowa High School Hockey Ray Olson ’90, Chris Pope League (IHSHL) State Tournament. ’90, and Dan Kovarik ’91. Their efforts behind their respective benches didn’t go Michael T. Maly ’91, Chicago, to Amelia Rulich, on unnoticed, either as Dick — who guided his team to its second December 12, 1998. Anthony straight division title and a 21-5 overall record — was named Tlougan ’88 was best man. coach of the year for the second consecutive season, while Rob Plastina ’92, Rogers, whose team finished with an 8-16-2 record that Mechanicsburg, Pa., to Gay Marc Rogers ’95 included seven losses by one goal, was selected by fellow Hubble, on March 27, 1999. coaches to coach the league’s Chicago Showcase team, which is The wedding party included made up of the best juniors and seniors in the IHSHL. Nate Phelps ’92 and Donald Adone ’92. Amy E. Moulton ’93, Morton Grove, Ill., to Philip Prairie, Minn., to Jeremy 1998. Jared joins three other ’84) McShea, Lisle, Ill., a Johnson, on March 27, 1999. Rosengren, in June 1999. siblings. daughter, Colleen Marie, on Christopher Carroll ’94, Mark and Susan Lucaccioni January 8, 1999. Colleen is Pearland, Texas, to Sarah ’82, Hinsdale, Ill., a son, enjoyed by her four siblings. Hollingshead, on December Nicholas John, on April 19, Dr. Stacey (Mounce ’84) 27, 1997. Parents are Edmund Births 1998. and Christopher Arnold, and Patricia (Goslowsky, David and Beth Anne Winona, a son, Andrew CST ’69) Carroll ’69. R. Peter and Patricia (Corcoran ’83) Bernal, Mt. Mitchell, on January 27, 1999. Christa Bott ’94, St. Paul, to Kollasch ’68, Washington Prospect, Ill., a son on John and Kathy (Richter Joseph Schwarz, on May 22, Grove, Md., adopted a young September 23, 1998. ’84) Brady, Vernon Hills, Ill., a 1999. man from Somalia. David and Peggy (Zost ’83) daughter, Natalie, on March 3, Sherry Flint ’96, Columbia, Michael and Harriet Huff, Greensboro, N.C., a son, 1998. She joins Claire, age 6, Mo., to Arturo Garcia ’96, on Hamilton ’75, Frankfort, Ill., a Zachary Lewis, on September and Liam, age 4. June 28, 1997 in Roscoe, Minn. daughter, Grace Virginia, 16, 1998. Zachary has two Klint and Cindy Anne Dawson ’96, Des adopted December 17, 1998, siblings, David, 11, and Friedenauer ’85, Hastings, Moines, Iowa, to Chris Wood, and born December 14, 1998. Meghan, 5. Mich., a daughter, Clarisa on July 17, 1998. Grace joins big sister, Anne Joseph and Rebecca Marie, on January 21, 1998. Aaron H. Johnson ’96, Marie. (Mondloch ’83) Petraglia, Joe and Diane (Wernimont Fargo, N.D., to Michelle Michael and Linda Petaluma. Calif., a daughter, ’86) Barrier, Aurora, Colo., a Boyum ’97, on June 12, 1999. (Boersma ’80) Wade, Carol Ana Maria, on August 1, 1998. son, Christof Joseph, on Jennifer Schierts ’96, Lake Stream, Ill., a daughter, Jennifer Tom and Brenda Hoffman September 16, 1998. City, Minn., to Craig Junker, on Marie, on March 10, 1998. ’83, Blaine, Minn., a daughter, Thomas and Patricia Sauber October 24, 1998. Kieran and Karen Corrado Nicole Mee Jin, adopted from ’86, Sycamore, Ill., a son, Max Jennifer L. Skala ’97, ’81, Barrington, Ill., a Korea on August 8, 1998, and Thomas, on December 16, Winona, to Brent Doerhoefer, daughter, Victoria, on August born on March 8, 1998. 1998. He joins Cody, age 7, 1 on November 28, 1998. 20, 1997, and a son Nicholas, Dan and Stephanie Hackett Garrett, age 5 /2, and Samuel, Erica Chapman ’98, on January 18, 1999. ’84, Hilliard, Ohio, a daughter, 20 months. Stillman Valley, Ill., to Ryan Lee and Colleen (Rapp ’81) Samantha Joyanne, on October Aubrey and Mary (Shrake Carlson ’98, on July 25, 1998. Fowler, Fargo, N.D., a son, 26, 1998. ’87) Lipscomb, Jeffersonville, Emily Mead ’98, Eden Jared Nash, on September 30, William and Eileen (Aldrich Ind., a daughter, Christine

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1 Elise, on August 27, 1998. sister, Nicki who is 4 /2. sister, Annika, age 3. 12, 1998. Christine joins big brother, Jerry and Katie (Burke ’90) Joseph and Cynthia (Beck Mark and Marie Pehler- 1 Aubrey III, 2 /2. Anderson, Winfield, Ill., a ’91) Kincs, Burnsville, Minn., Gernes ’92, Viroqua, Wis., a Robert and Laura Simone son, Colin Burke, on February a daughter, Natalie Suzanne, son, Bryant Mark, on October Behee ’87, Woodstock, Ga., a 21, 1999. He joins big brother, on May 10, 1998. 20, 1998. son, John Robert, on July 16, Ryan Patrick, 2. Chris and Terri (Hall ’91) Aaron and Kristin (Witt 1998. Dave and Molly (Newell Hungerford, Melbourne, ’94) Paul ’94, Eden Prairie, Andy and Patti (Long ’87) ’89) Bayless ’90, Chicago, a Iowa, a daughter, Kyra Ann, Minn., a daughter, Kira Nichole, Deckas, Eden Prairie, Minn., a daughter, Shannon Elizabeth, on March 6, 1999. on September 24, 1998. son Charles Christopher on June 21, 1998. Nick and Susie Cooney ’91, Nathan and Jennifer (Leis (Charlie) on March 17, 1999. David and Angela Carol Stream, Ill., a son, ’97) Daubner ’94, St. Louis, He joins sister, Frannie, 19 (Hoffmeister ’91) Finley ’91, Nicholas Murphy, on August 4, Mo., a son, Nathan Gene, on months. Esterville, Iowa, a daughter, 1998. October 12, 1998. Nick and Colleen Mahoney Bridget Ann, on February 3, Colin and Kelly (Shanle Bill and Caroline (Sterling Fera ’88, Western Springs, Ill., 1999. ’93) Sokolowski ’91, ’94) McCabe, Grand Forks, a son, Aidan Dominic, on Edward and Melinda Shoreview, Minn., a daughter, N.D., a son, William Charles, January 5, 1999. (Juran ’91) Gillis ’91, Shanley Lauren, on April 13, on November 20, 1998. He Robert and Elizabeth Brooklyn Park, Minn., a 1999. joins sister, Elisabeth Rose, (Towey ’88) Beasley, daughter, Rebecca Marie, on Tom and Jennifer (Filla who was born March 24, 1997. Franklin, Ind., a son, Elijah December 12, 1998. She is ’92) Vinck ’92, St. Paul, a son, Christopher and Sarah Michael, on January 14, 1998. enjoyed by big sister, Allison Jack Thomas, on December 1, Carroll ’94, Pearland, Texas, a Tamara Matthees ’88 and Marie, who is 3. 1998. son, Edmund J. Carroll III, on Randy Galewski, Winona, a Andy and Kelly (Kidd ’91) Paul and Amy December 27, 1998. Proud son, Bryce Mathees, on August Wahlquist, Plymouth, Minn., a Henningsgard Idsvoog ’92, grandparents are Edmund and 29, 1998. daughter, Alannah Rose, on Lake Geneva, Wis., a daughter, Patricia (Goslowsky, CST John and Christiane January 18, 1999. She joins big Caroline Elizabeth, on October ’69) Carroll ’69. (Fortman ’91) O’Doherty ’88, Mundelein, Ill., a son, Cullen John, on October 6, 1998. He is enjoyed by big Remembering Dr. Art Flodstrom 1 brother, Nicholas, 2 /2. James and Susan Bischoff r. Arthur Flodstrom, 56, an English professor at Saint Mary’s for 31 years, died ’89, St. Louis, Mo., a son, John Don April 8, 1999, after a brief illness. Tramelle, on October 30, 1998. Dr. Flodstrom taught English and journalism at Saint Mary’s from 1968 until his Greg and Julie (Doyle ’89) passing. He was chairman of the Department of English since 1972, and in 1996 he Johnson, Chicago, a son, William Doyle (Liam), on was recognized as an outstanding employee by the university. He also served as direc- November 17, 1998 in Wichita, tor of College Bound, a study skills summer program for new Kan. SMU students. Paul and Janet (Przybysz He was a member of the Modern Language Association and ’89) Stauder, South Riding, the Association of the Departments of English. Va., a son, Sean Paul, on In 1964, Art Flodstrom was graduated from Saint Mary’s with March 9, 1999. He is welcomed by sister, Mala, age 2. a degree in English and a minor in French. He studied Swedish lit- Erik and Dawn (Miller ’90) erature at the University of Stockholm, Sweden, in 1966-67, and Junkunc ’89, Libertyville, Ill., taught Swedish at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana a daughter, Ashley Hope, on while working on his doctorate. In 1971 he received a Ph.D. in November 19, 1998. She joins Dr. Art Flodstrom ’64 Comparative Literature from the University of Illinois. 1 a brother, Andrew, 2 /2. Dr. Flodstrom will be remembered as a special colleague, Elizabeth D.J. Jeffers and professor, alumni, and friend. He was a professor with a natural Dine ’90, Orland Park, Ill., a son, Michael Dine, on gift for teaching. His love of language and kindness toward others made a significant February 9, 1997, and a impact on the Saint Mary’s community. daughter, Meghan Nancy, on At the funeral Mass, Dr. Pat Costello reflected, “Art was genuinely humble; he January 27, 1999. knew himself. He did not need or want to call attention to himself. His contributions Mike and Michelle to the betterment of this university are more than can be numbered here… Art was (Langevin ’90) Majerus ’88, indeed dedicated to the Saint Mary’s University community. As time goes by, I am Rogers, Minn., a son, Harrison sure that many of us will come to realize in how many different ways we have bene- James, on March 29, 1999. He joins brothers, Alexander, age fited from Art.” 5, and Spencer, age 1. A complete obituary, along with letters written from former students and friends Rick and Kathleen Williams of Dr. Flodstrom can be found on the Saint Mary’s University web site at Consoli ’90, Lake Orion, http://www.smumn.edu/smunow.html Mich., a son, Nathanael, on August 23, 1998. He joins big

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Don and Joanne (Coughlin Dr. George W. Sterk ’34, ’50, Madison, Wis., April 14, Thomas R. Ethen ’87, ’95) Duffek, Hartford, Wis., a Savanna, Ill., January 10, 1999. 1999. Winona, May 3, 1999. daughter, Frances Jo, on Dr. Paul Germann ’37, St. Robert A. Campopiano ’52, Craig “Gino” S. Marini ’91, February 9, 1999. She is Paul, January 9, 1999. Mountain Home, Ark., April Chicago, December 28, 1998. enjoyed by big sister, Dayle Br. Anselm Hoffmann ’38, 19, 1999. Craig died from a brain tumor. Marie, 18 months. St. Paul, October 20, 1998. J. Patrick Sheil ’56, A benefit was held on March Daniel and Lisa Schaefer ’95, Julius J. Laurenzi ’38, Raytown, Mo., April 18, 1999. 28, 1999 in Chicago. Craig’s St. Cloud, Minn., a daughter, Memphis, Tenn., March 23, Donald A. Zumer ’57, wife, Patti, and family Elizabeth Ann, on May 29, 1998. 1999. Savannah, Ga., April, 1999. members thank all for their Tim and Stacy Flanagan Linus Ney ’38, Fredonia, Gerhardt (Gary) J. Speltz support and prayers. ’96, St. Paul, a daughter, Olivia Texas, April 9, 1999. ’60, Altura, Minn., December Grace, on April 15, 1999. Lawrence F. Pahl ’38, 14, 1998. Bloomington, Minn., Michael Francis December 12, 1999. McCormick ’63, Iron Thomas F. Connon ’41, Mountain, Mich., March 6, Sympathy to Chicago, February 21, 1999. 1999. Charles N. Lentz ’37, Arden Deaths John A. Nett, Sr. ’42, Dr. Arthur N. Flodstrom Hills, Minn., on the death of his Trempealeau, Wis., January 25, ’64, Winona, April 8, 1999. Frank L. Cusick ’18, wife, Marie, on June 8, 1999. 1999. John (Jack) T. O’Malley ’71, Evanston, Ill., October 29, 1993. She was the mother of Brian Br. Leonard Kromhout, Orland Park, Ill., April 14, 1998. Monsignor Richard H. P. Lentz ’67 Charles N. Lentz FSC ’42, St. Paul, September Timothy Armstrong ’76, on , Speltz ’29, La Crescent, Minn., 28, 1998. March 19, 1999. ’63, John M. Lentz ’68, and March 7, 1999. Br. I. Ambrose Trusk, FSC Loren Albert Allen ’76, Mary (Lentz ’75) Hofschulte. James Conway ’30, St. Paul, ’43, St. Paul, December 4, Rochester, Minn., March 1, She was mother in law to October 3, 1999. 1998. 1999. Gordon Hofschulte ’73. Eugene M. Pankratz ’32, Robert J. Hammel ’47, Anastasia M. Cerwin ’79, Donald E. Martin ’50, Waukesha, Wis., date unknown. Stuart, Fla., August 15, 1998. Manchester, Tenn., February Corpus Christi, Texas, on the Most Reverend Bishop Henry A. “Bud” Lacine ’50, 27, 1998. death of his wife, Patricia, on Frederick W. Freking, D.D. Elk Grove Village, Ill., David Eisterhold ’85, February 27, 1995. ’34, La Crosse, Wis., November 5, 1998. Brownsdale, Minn., October Harry Plotke ’59, Mark and November 28, 1998. Bernard J. Dockendorff 1998. Maureen (Curtin ’82) Plotke ’83, Castle Rock, Colo., on the death of Harry’s wife and Mark’s mother, Beverly Plotke, SMU mourns passing on July 14, 1998. Mark and Maureen (Curtin of Galloway, Groble ’82) Plotke ’83, Castle Rock, Colo., on the death of Mark’s ormer Saint Mary’s president Brother J. Ambrose Groble and grandmother, Ann Svetich, on August 17, 1998, and Saint Mary’s teacher Dr. Helen Galloway both passed away F Maureen’s father, Daniel during the past six months. Curtin, on August 18, 1997. Brother Ambrose, president of then-Saint Mary’s College Emil E. Paape ’62, from 1950-56, died on Feb. 17 at the age of 93. He had been Brother J. Ambrose Shoreview, Minn., on the a Christian Brother longer than any other member of the Mid- Groble death of his mother, Margaret west District. Paape, on February 12, 1999. A native of Chicago, Brother Ambrose became a Christian Dale Boland ’63, Vacaville, Brother in 1923. He served as principal of De La Salle High Calif., on the death of his father, Bernard J. “Bernie” School in Minneapolis, was founder of St. Joseph High School in Boland, on February 12, 1999. Westchester, Ill., served Lewis University as teacher, librarian and Michael (Mike) Feeney ’64, administrator for almost 30 years, and was a member of the Sierra Vista, Ariz., on the death Saint Mary’s University board for 13 years. of his father, Joseph Feeney, Dr. Galloway taught English, humanities, art history and on August 23, 1998. piano at Saint Mary’s from 1974 until her retirement in 1990. Roger Reitmaier ’66, She accompanied the Concert Choir and was rehearsal accom- Winona, on the death of his father, John Reitmaier, on panist and orchestra member in many university and commu- Dr. Helen Galloway March 24, 1999. nity theatre productions. Dr. John Navins ’70, and Dr. Jeff Highland, vice president for academic affairs, Mary Pat (Navins ’73) remembered Dr. Galloway as being “regularly recognized by students and faculty as Wlazik, on the death of their one of the most effective teachers on campus.” mother, Mary Navins Burke, She received the Heffron Award for outstanding service to the university in 1988. on May 9, 1999. Tim Laska ’71, Fort Worth, Texas, on the death of his

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father, Frank Laska, on January Jeffrey, in June of 1997. 3, 1999. Todd Scott ’87, Minneapolis, Sharon A. Gallagher ’73 and on the death of his mother, Greg F. Gallagher ’78, both of Mary Scott, on March 10, 1999. Calendar Mandan, N.D., on the death of Heather (Vose ’89) their father, Richard P. Landers, Westminster, Colo., Gallagher, on February 11, 1999. on the death of her mother, of Events Michael Crowley ’74, Mt. Norma Vose, on November 17, Prospect, Ill., on the death of 1998. his father, James J. Crowley, Anthony Iori ’94, August Sr., on February 25, 1999. Bloomingdale, Ill., on the 28 New students arrive Roger Belmonte ’74 and death of his father, Tony Iori, 31 Classes in session Robert Belmonte ’76, on February 25, 1999. Chicago, on the death of their David Alsum ’95, Winona, father, Roger Belmonte, Sr., on on the death of his September December 31, 1998. grandfather, Harvey Alsum, on Jill M. (Pellowski ’76) January 11, 1999. 7 President’s Convocation Collodora, Maple Grove, Julie Locher ’01, Maple Minn., on the death of her Plain, Minn., on the death of mother, Thelma Pellowski, on her father, George (Butch) October March 29, 1999. Locher, on June 24, 1999. He 1-3 Parents’ Weekend Jeff and Mary Jane (Farrell was also the father of Anne 1 Jazz Ensemble ’76) Rasmussen ’75, Locher ’97 (deceased). ≠ Westborough, Mass., on the 1-4 “Tartuffe” death of Mary Jane’s mother, 2 Concert Band/Choir Floria Farrell, on March 4, 1999. George M . Drouches ’78, 15 Mid-term Minneapolis, on the death of 16-19 Autumn Recess his mother in February of 1999. Chris Kendall ’79, Winona, 22-23 James Sewell Ballet on the death of his grandmother, Helen Kendall, on March 15, 1999. November Paul (Vickie) Ayotte ’80 5-6 Blue Angel and Walter (Mary Jo Colligan 7 Gilmore Creek Trio CST ’52) Ayotte ’53 of Winona, Karen (Ayotte ’78) 14 Chamber Orchestra Sullivan, Deerfield, Ill., Mark 19-23 “The Last Night of and Christine (Calabrese Ballyhoo” ’82) Ayotte ’82, Mendota Heights, Minn., and Neil 24-29 Thanksgiving Recess Ayotte ’85, Minneapolis, on 30 Waverly Consort the death of Chad Ayotte, 8- year-old son of Paul, grandson of Walt and Mary Jo, and December nephew of Karen, Mark and Christine, and Neil on April 25, 10 Jazz Percussion 1999. Memorials may be 11 Ensemble Choir Concert directed in Chad’s name to the 12 Concert Band Cathedral Elementary School, 352 Center Street, Winona, MN 17-21 Final examinations 55987, where an endowed 22-Jan 10 Christmas Recess fund will be established in Chad’s honor. 23 Final grades due 3:00 p.m. Edwin Wasz ’82, Plymouth, Minn., on the death of his father, Howard Wasz, on January January 16, 1999. 11 Classes in session Susan Schmidt ’85, Chicago, 28-31 “The Dining Room” on the death of her mother, Ellen Schmidt, on July 18, 1999. Susan Jeffrey Busen ’85, Dates are subject to change. Palos Heights, Ill., on the death of her father, Thomas

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Help us honor distinguished Saint Mary’s alumni Nominate deserving alums for Homecoming 2000 awards

o you know an SMU alum who ber an athlete or coach whose accom- Alumnus/a, Alumni Appreciation, D has made outstanding achieve- plishments brought honor to him/her- Sports Hall of Fame, and Religious ments in his/her career? Or, given sig- self and Saint Mary’s University? Service Awards. All nominations must nificant time and commitment to their Each year, the National Alumni come from alumni, or employees of community or Saint Mary’s Univer- Association of Saint Mary’s University Saint Mary’s University. Award nomi- sity? Does someone stand out in your bestows awards onto deserving alumni. nations must be received by the Office memory that you believe is deserving We are now accepting nominees for of Alumni Relations no later than Sep- of an alumni award? Can you remem- Homecoming 2000 for Distinguished tember 1, 1999.

Alumni Award Criteria

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS/A AWARD ■ Present employees of the university shall be ineligible for the award. ■ This award honors an alumnus/a for outstanding achievements in his/her chosen profession. ■ Continuous personal contributions of time and effort are the primary criteria. ■ This person’s daily life reflects the Christian ideals promulgated by the university. SPORTS HALL OF FAME ■ Has distinguished him/herself in his/her chosen field or in another area of endeavor. ■ This award honors the accomplishments of ■ individuals who have coached or performed as Through his/her personal or professional activities varsity athletes for the university and have brought reflects honor to the university. honor to themselves and Saint Mary’s. ■ Must have contributed to the university in ■ An athlete must have attended Saint Mary’s outstanding ways or made significant humanitarian University for a minimum of four semesters. contributions to the community at large. ■ A coach or athletic administrator must have served on the university staff for at least three years. ALUMNI APPRECIATION AWARD ■ An athlete’s class must have graduated at least five ■ This award honors an alumnus/a of the university, years prior to the selection. who by his/her consistent and continuous volunteer ■ The selectee’s accomplishments must be of such a efforts has given his/her personal time and energies character that they clearly bring honor and to further the goals and objectives of Saint Mary’s recognition to him/herself and the university and University. thereby the Hall of Fame. ■ Must show exceptional personal commitment ■ Up to five selectees may be named in one year. involving time and effort in any or all areas involving university functions supported by the Alumni Association. Areas include, but are not limited to, RELIGIOUS SERVICE AWARD Career Services, Admissions Support, Chapter ■ This award honors an alumnus/a for outstanding Development, National Alumni Board, Chapter contributions to the spiritual and religious lives of the Involvement, Regional Events and Programs. people the individual serves.

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Past Award Recipients DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Andre Beaulieu ’65 Paul Voelker ’32 Carl Calabrese ’41 Clint Wager ’42 ALUMNUS/A APPRECIATION Pat Costello ’54 Chuck Williams ’42 Heidi (Campbell ’88) DeRousse Ken Wiltgen (coach) Anthony J. Adducci ’59 C. William Biesanz ’38 Mark “Nutsie” Dolan ’29 Edward M. Allen ’50 William J. Boulger, Jr. ’60 Stanley “Mike” Duginski ’27 Thomas Barger ’30 Joseph A. Caruso ’64 Peter F. Fischbach ’40 RELIGIOUS Michael Bilandic ’47 Dr. Samuel J. Cascio ’48 Tony Graham ’47 SERVICE Rev. Sylvester Brown ’52 James J. Casimir ’61 Robert J. Gunderson ’58 Carl Calabrese ’41 Terry Malloy Chism ’71 Susan (Stephan ’89) Honrud Rev. James Barnett ’60 C. Bernard Carey ’56 Michael J. Dooley ’66 Ken Jansen ’58 Most Rev. Robert Brom ’60 James Carroll ’53 Julius E. Gernes ’61 Edward Karnes ’28 Rev. Daniel Corcoran ’37 David B. Collins ’70 Douglas W. Johnson ’63 Joseph Keenan ’71 Br. Leonard Courtney, Ph.D., FSC ’37 Br. Leonard Courtney, Charles Lentz ’37 Thomas Keenan ’68 Br. Theodore Drahmann, FSC ’49 FSC, Ph.D ’37 Paul Libera ’40 Dr. Joseph R. Kraft ’43 Fr. Andrew C. Fabian, OP John H. Ehlert ’67 James D. Lorr ’58 Ed “Moose” Krause (coach) Msgr. J. Richard Feiten ’45 Gene Figliulo ’46 Daniel E. Lucas ’47 Andrew Lipinski ’30 Most Rev. Frederick Freking ’34 Br. Andrew Gonzalez, FSC, Ph.D. ’59 Charles N. Marron ’57 Ed “Bucko” Lynch ’33 Br. James Gaffney, FSC ’64 Rev. Paul Halloran ’49 John F. Phelan ’72 Russell Malloy ’42 Br. Richard Gerlach, FSC ’35 Gen. John Hennessey ’42 Br. I. Basil Rothweiler, FSC ’38 John Masterson ’42 Br. John Grover, FSC ’65 Dr. John Hoffman ’51 D. Tracy Rumford ’55 Vern Miller ’30 Br. Raymond Long, FSC ’43 Dr. Robert Hoffman ’56 Robert J. Scurio ’57 Max Molock ’35 (coach) Br. Terence McLaughlin, FSC ’44 Thomas Johnston ’43 Loras H. Sieve ’60 John Nett ’42 Br. James Miller, FSC ’66 Dr. Jon J. Kabara ’48 John P. Soucheray ’74 Donald Olson (coach) Rev. Paul Nelson ’57 John Kearney ’55 Oscar H. Straub ’52 Bennie Palmentere ’56 Dennis L. Nigon ’68 Dr. Hugo Keim ’56 Raymond “Skip” Stringham ’71 Robert Paradise ’66 Br. George Paul, FSC ’36 Dr. Joseph Kraft ’43 Richard and Mary Ann Anthony Prelesnik ’31 Br. Alphonsus Pluth, FSC ’39 Thomas Meagher ’53 (Gay ’76) Stringham ’74 Reno Rossini ’43 Br. I. Basil Rothweiler, FSC ’38 Thomas J. Mulvaney ’59 David R. Thies ’59 John C. Ruddy ’70 Rev. James Russell ’56 George J. Murtaugh ’61 Donald H. Whaley ’58 John Ruhnke ’51 Br. Martin Spellman, FSC ’54 Lorin Nevling, Jr. ’52 Jeffrey C. Yourell ’70 Paul Saufl ’51 Most Rev. George Speltz ’32 John Parmer ’50 Ralph J. Zito ’67 Mary Schultz ’86 Most Rev. Alfred Stemper ’34 Dr. Hugo C. Pribor ’49 Mark Servais ’72 Fr. Kenneth Thesing ’64 Dr. William Rock ’59 SPORTS Joe Shrake ’56 Br. Ambrose Trusk, FSC ’43 Dr. John Sbarbaro ’58 Thomas Skemp (coach) Ronald Wilkins ’39 Bernard Semler ’38 HALL OF FAME William Skemp ’56 Br. Julius Winkler, FSC ’36 John M. “Jack” Sharkey ’53 Ed Suech (coach) Most Rev. George Speltz ’32 Oscar Almquist ’33 David Thies ’59 Br. Laurence Walther, FSC ’44 Retsey Ronk Anderson ’80 Pat Twomey (coach) Kenneth Wakefield ’42 Thomas Barrett ’42 Marvin Tunstall ’79

2000 Alumni Award Nomination Form • Preliminary Information

I wish to nominate an individual for: (please check type of award, photocopy to nominate in more than one category): ❏ Distinguished Alumnus/a ❏ Alumni Appreciation ❏ Sports Hall of Fame ❏ Religious Service

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To nominate candidate for an award, complete this form and return by September 1, 1999. Saint Mary’s Alumni Relations staff will follow-up with you for more information as is necessary. Send to: Alumni Relations, Saint Mary’s University, 700 Terrace Heights # 21, Winona, MN 55987-1399, FAX: 1-507-457-6697

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Alumni — send us your news! University Magazine welcomes contributions to the Alumni Class Notes section. Use this form to fax or mail in your personal and professional news items. Photos, news clippings, etc., are also welcome, as well as tips about fellow alums who might make good feature story subjects.

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Chicago Chapter Twin Cities Chapter National Alumni National Alumni National Alumni Board Association Association President President Matthew F. Solatka ’85 Patrice Henning ’84 1999-2000 Westmont, Ill. St. Paul, Minn. President Timothy Horan ’70 Dale Wagner ’72 Vice president Past president Eau Claire,Wis. Golden Valley, Minn. Mary Beth Lorenz ’84 Megan Faricy Stang ’86 Dr. Jeffrey J. Smith ’72 Chicago, Ill. St. Paul, Minn. Iowa City, Iowa Mary Kraft Keane ’80 Kate Bishop Walker ’74 Martin A. Dolan ’85 Secretary/Treasurer Winona, Minn. St. Paul, Minn. Chicago, Ill. Mike Medina ’80 President-elect Anoka, Minn. Rita Jean Eaheart ’87 Michael Lehman ’92 SMU William P. Figel ’76 Chicago, Ill. Bill Clark ’70 Oak Lawn, Ill. Palatine, Ill. CAREER SERVICES Minnetonka, Minn. LIAISON Mary Anne Hanlon ’87 Vice president Tanya McNally Lynn Johnson Chicago, Ill. Kevin Cushing ’78 Winona, Minn. Dellwood, Minn. Thomas C. Callen ’70 Winona, Minn. Susan Schmidt ’85 Wauwatosa,Wis. Eileen Aldrich McShea ’84 SMU Chicago, Ill. Maureen Mulvaney Febel ’83 Lisle, Ill. St. Louis Park, Minn. Julie Auger ’84 ADMISSION Michael Scott ’90 Chicago, Ill. Matt Guzik ’81 Chicago, Ill. Robert Meixner ’66 LIAISON Wayzata, Minn. Oakdale, Minn. Suzanne Deranek ’83 Mark D. Steinke ’83 Sara Blaser ’84 Winona, Minn. Chicago, Ill. Molly Malloy Stucker ’91 Sycamore, Ill. Rich Reedy ’76 St. Paul, Minn. Sleepy Hollow, Ill. Moira K.Tuffy ’85 Judge Arthur Boylan ’71 Chicago, Ill. Finbar Murphy ’92 St. Paul, Minn. Roseville, Minn. Dr.Thomas Rice ’82 Melissa (Cachor) St. Paul, Minn. Ulatowski ’94 Ben Murray ’96 Br. President Louis Villa Park, Ill. Edina, Minn. DeThomasis, FSC, Ph.D. Br. Joseph Russell III ’77 Winona, Minn. Waukegan, Ill. John Mark Weber ’87 Chicago, Ill. Mary C. Fox, Ph.D. ’75 Rebecca Satka ’75 Special Events - Golf Winona, Minn. Winona, Minn. Rich Reedy ’76 Sleepy Hollow, Ill. Judyann G. Golish ’85 George Thomas ’79 Circle Pines, Minn. Winona, Minn. Frank Howard ’76 Northbrook, Ill.

40 Saint Mary’s University Magazine Investing for theF uture - Yours & Saint Mary’s

he codicil, as you probably know, is an appendage to a will that adds to or modifies some- thing in the will. For example, if you want to change the personal representative named in Your commitment T your will, you can do so with a codicil. If you want to add the name of someone to receive a bequest, you can use a codicil. If you want to delete the name of someone, a codicil will work fine. and loyalty Codicils are effective can live on, They do the job. They are just as legal and binding as the main document. Some of our friends may want to add Saint Mary’s University to their wills and others may want to adjust the amount they had creating new previously decided to give. In either case, this can be done effectively through a codicil.

possibilities for Codicils are inexpensive future generations You would probably be surprised to learn the relatively low cost of a codicil. It is considerably less than the expense of drafting an entire will. A quick call to your attorney will tell you just how reasonable of Saint Mary’s this service is compared to other estate planning documents. students Codicils are easy The codicil presents an easy way for our friends to include Saint Mary’s University in their estate plans. It’s not necessary to go through the time and expense of redoing the entire will; all it takes is the creation of a brief legal document that is then stored in a safe place with the will.

If you would like more information about wills and codicils and how you can include Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota in your estate plans, contact Stacey Vanden Heuvel, director of gift planning, at (800) 635-5987, ext. 1785. Or you can use the handy response form below.

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