THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO MAGAZINE | WINTER 2003 IDAHOHERE WE HAVE LIONEL’S LEGACY Also inside • Campaign for Idaho Success •Why Football Matters 2003 WINTER 1 Help Us Keep Idaho’s Best and Brightest in Idaho You can make a difference to students’ lives by investing in the power of scholarships. • Academic Excellence: UI Scholars, UI Scholarship of Merit and Presidential Scholarships - These awards help the university attract top academic students graduating from secondary schools; • Access Scholarships - Awarded to students based on need, with consideration given to individuals who are economically or otherwise disadvantaged in pursuing an education; • College or Program Based Scholarships - You may direct your gift to the college or program of your choice; • Annual Unrestricted - One-time, general gifts made without established criteria allow the university to award scholarships where they are most needed. To make a scholarship gift to the University of Idaho or to learn more about endowing a scholarship fund, please contact the Office of Development at (208) 885-7069, or on the Web at www.uidaho.edu/supportui. IDAHO RE WE HAVE RE WE HE 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO MAGAZINE | WINTER 2003 Here We Have Idaho The University of Idaho Magazine HERE WE HAVE WINTER 2003 • VOLUME 20, NUMBER 1 IDAHO University President Robert A. Hoover Vice President for University Advancement Features Joanne Carr Director of University Communications and Marketing 10 Campaign for Idaho Bob Hieronymus Celebrating success Alumni Association President 12 Jan Selberg University of Idaho Foundation President 12 Lionel Hampton J. Patrick McMurray A legacy of learning and a love of music Editor Jeff Olson Magazine Design 15 Young Researcher Julene Ewert A presidential honor Illustrations 16 Nathan Nielson Class Notes Editor 16 It’s Academic Angela Helmke Supporting football supports UI Writers and Contributors Hugh Cooke Kathy Barnard 25 A Dream Season 26 Leslie Einhaus Nancy Hilliard Celebrating a World Series Dan Hunt Bill Loftus Sue McMurray 26 UI in Spokane Julie Monroe Becky Paull Rise to the occasion Lana Weber Photographs 29 The Triumph of as credited Jennie Hughes Smith The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/ Departments affirmative action employer and educational institution. © 2003, University of Idaho 5 Calendar of Events Here We Have Idaho magazine is supported by private funds from the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc. Published three times a year in January, April and August, 6 Campus News the magazine is free to alumni and friends of the university. ❚ Send address changes to: PO Box 443147, 9 Quest Moscow, ID 83844-3147. ❚ Send information, Class Notes 29 and correspondence regarding alumni activities to: Angela Helmke, Alumni Office, University of Idaho, PO 20 Class Notes Box 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232. ❚ Send editorial correspondence to: University Communications and 9 Marketing, University of Idaho, PO Box 443221, 23 Letters to the Editor Moscow, ID 83844-3221; phone (208) 885-6291; fax (208) 885-5841; e-mail [email protected]. 30 To Be Considered Letter Policy We welcome letters to the editor. Correspondence should include the writer’s full name, address and On the Cover: daytime phone number. We reserve the right to Photo by Al Wildey for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. edit letters for purposes of clarity or space. 2003 WINTER 3 4 HERE WE HAVE IDAHO Enid Farber Enid Frank Jackson COMING EVENTS Feb. 16-18 — Vandaleers’ Reunion ○○○○Feb. 19-22 — Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival February ○○○ ○ March 28 — Vandal Road Trip March 15-23 — Spring Break March ○○○ ○ April 4-6 — Moms’ Weekend April 25 — Spring Football Silver and Gold Game April 26 — The Tom Cable Golf Tournament April May 2 — Engineering Design Expo May 2-4 — Class of 1943, Class of 1953 and Golden I Reunion ○○○ ○ Commencements May 8 UI-Idaho Falls May May 10 UI-Boise May 12 UI-Coeur d’Alene May 17 UI-Moscow From the President he University of Lionel was an inspired artist, composer Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, the T Idaho lost a very and arranger, a worldwide ambassador and a International Jazz Collections that will hold special member of its savvy businessman. He was the complete, the treasures of some of the greatest jazz family this past summer. gifted teacher. And even if he was only with artists in the world, and an education and As you’ve probably us for just a short time each year, he was a performance center on the Moscow campus. heard, jazz great Lionel beloved member of the University of Idaho It was Lionel’s dream that the center be a Hampton died August 31 at age 94. family and the Moscow community. home for jazz for all ages. That dream is a There have been two celebrations of Like a favorite out-of-town relative, he natural extension of the work he did at the Lionel’s life since then. In New York City, would come to the Palouse each February, University of Idaho for the past two decades. jazz musicians, politicians — including former rekindle relationships and share his magic That dream is his greatest gift to us. The President George Bush — and friends with thousands of students and fans at the legend may be gone, but his legacy will live for gathered at the Riverside Church to honor Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and the Jazz in generations to come. him. It was a privilege for me to represent the the Schools program. UI at that service and speak of UI’s For the past several years, Lionel played an Regards, wonderful relationship with Lionel. Closer to integral role in planning for the Lionel home, students, faculty, staff as well as jazz Hampton Center. This four-part initiative is artists held a grand musical celebration in the aimed at raising the private dollars to support Administration Auditorium. the Lionel Hampton School of Music, the Bob Hoover 2003 WINTER 5 CAMPUS NEWS TODAY@IDAHO For details on these stories, go to www.its.uidaho.edu/today/ UI aquaculture expert Ronald W. Hardy was selected by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman to join the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board. He is the first person from Idaho to serve on the board. The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Idaho Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) $2 million to expand educational and research benefits to Idaho colleges. UI also received a separate $2 million NIH grant to fund renovation of life sciences laboratories on the Moscow campus involved in NIH research. Frank Sweeney of Poipu, Hawaii, is this year’s Dad of the Year. UI student Patrick Sweeney nominated his father to “thank the greatest man in the world.” Teresa J. Kennedy, UI education faculty member, has been named deputy chief educator for NASA’s International GLOBE Program. More than one million students, teachers UI achieves “TOP 50” ranking and scientists are involved in the science The University of Idaho has been chosen one of America’s Top education program. 50 universities by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. UI jumped to 48th among the 100 best public colleges in the country. Others in The UI Health and Wellness the top 50 include The Ohio State University, Clemson University, Program is joining forces with the University of Washington, University of Wisconsin Madison, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research University of California Berkley and UCLA. Center of Seattle to assess student It’s the first time UI has made Kiplinger’s Top 50. Two years ago opinions about smoking and to gauge UI ranked 69th. student awareness of cessation programs Just what has allowed UI to make such a dramatic leap? available to help smokers who want to • Efforts like the UI Scholars program have dramatically increased the quality of quit. students enrolling as freshmen. UI now has 31 National Merit Scholars on campus, one of the highest totals in the Pacific Northwest. A UI research project may help • The number of UI freshmen who return for their sophomore year is well above communities reduce levels of the national average. UI’s retention rate is just above 80 percent compared to 71 arsenic in their drinking water to meet percent for most public, four-year institutions. new federal regulations. Greg Moller, a • Despite recent fee increases for students at UI, the university continues to be UI environmental scientist, leads the one of the best college values in the country. project that developed chemically active • More than $9 million in both merit- and need-based scholarships and more arsenic scrubbers. Recent testing than $46 million in other forms of financial aid are awarded annually. That has indicates the process shows promise in resulted in a low average debt students accumulate before graduation. supplying a simple and less expensive way “This recent ranking by Kiplinger’s confirms the University of Idaho reputation IDAHO to remove arsenic from community water for high quality residential undergraduate education at a very competitive cost,” systems. said UI President Bob Hoover. “It is an extraordinary achievement for our faculty, staff and students.” RE WE HAVE RE WE HE 6 CAMPUS NEWS Celebrating the opening of the Jacklin Science and Technology Building were, left to right, UI President Bob Hoover, Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, Duane and Susan Jacklin, Don and Dorothy Jacklin, and Doyle Jacklin. PhotoSport Northwest - Doug Berger ‘Heaven’s a four-wheel drift at maximum speed’ Post Falls Research Park Tony Opheim, UI Information Technology Services whiz, proved his off- Continues to Grow Dedication ceremonies were campus speed by winning the regional Formula Continental car-racing conducted in October for the championship this fall. cornerstone building at UI’s Post Falls This kind of race car, says Opheim, is “two steps below an Indy car.