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This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars' Mine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Missouri S&T Magazine by an authorized administrator of Scholars' Mine. This work is protected by U. S. Copyright Law. Unauthorized use including reproduction for redistribution requires the permission of the copyright holder. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A PUBLICATION OF THE MSM-UMR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MSM-UMR DIRECTORS AT LARGE CHRISTA DEGONIA ANDREW, '85, 13108 Dougherty Ridge Ct., St. Louis, MO 63131 -2212 ROBERT S. BRUCE, '69, The New England, 12400 O li ve Bl vd., Suite 102, St. Louis, MO 63141 ALUMNI GENE W. EDWARDS, '53, 159 Hillmont Drive, Paducah, KY 42003 ALISSA GAllAGHER, '81, 816 South Berry Road, St. Louis, MO 63122 DENNIS F. JAGGI, 70, Delhi Gas Pipeline Corp., 7301 Northwest Expwy., Oklahoma City, OK 73132 ROBERT MORRISON, 71, 730 Raintree, Naperville, lL 60540
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00-14 S. DALE McHENRY, '81, AT&T-Communications, Route 202 / 206 N., Room 3A223, Bedminster, NJ 07921 15-26 ROBERT C, PERRY, '49,302 Fox Chapel Road, Apt. 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 27-36 WILLIAM H. GAMMON, '49, 4142 Southwell Way, Sarasota, FL 37-45 WILLIAM M. FARRELL, '65, 6204 Bertram Avenue NW, Canton, OH 44718 46-52 DENNIS J. KINCHEN, '78, 10836 Currier Court, Brighton, MI 48116 1& 53-61 ROBERT J. WILSON, '62,548 Rance Road, Oswego, IL 60543 62-62 ROBERT F. UTHOFF, '52, 42 Circle Drive, Springfield, IL 62703 LEITERS 63-65 WILLIAM W. COLLINS, '50, 1608 Wilson Circle, Rolla, MO 65401 MICHAEL E. FERRETTI, '67, 2492 Country Place Drive, Maryland Heights, MO 63043 JAMES L. FOIL, 74, 207 NE Country Lane, Lee's Summit, MO 64063 PHILIP A. JOZWIAK, '66, 1747 Staunton Court, Creve Coeur, MO 63146 2 DARLENE S. RAMSAY, '84, 155 Forest Drive, Labadie, MO 63055 ROBERT J. SCHNELL, 78, Union Electric Co., P.O. Box 38, Lake Ozark, MO 65049 I CAMPUS KEVIN SKIBISKI, '75,330 Texas Drive, Ozark, MO 65721 -9807 WILLIS J. WILSON, '73, Burns & McDonnell, P.O. Box 419173, Kansas City, MO 64141 66-72 JOHN MOSCARI, '51,503 Coleman Drive, Longview, TX 75601 4 73-75 STEVE THIES, '72, 3301 E 99, Tulsa, OK 74137 76-77 WAYNE T. ANDREAS, '58, 1802 Whitefeather Trail, Crosby, TX 77532 ASSOCIA' Castleman Hall 78-84 RANDY G. KERNS, '74, 4797 Valhalla Drive, Boulder, CO 80301 85-92 WILLIAM M_ HAllETT, 55, P. O. Box 64216, Tucson, A2 85728-4216 University of Missouri-Rolla 93-99 SIDNEY J. COLE, '54, 13640 Paseo del Roble Court, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Rolla, MO 65401-0249 2~ Telephone (314) 341-4145 STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FAX: (314) 341-6091 ALUMNI I
Email: [email protected] ROBIN ANN RUIZ, Student Union Board, 218 University Center-West, UMR, Roila, MO 65401 ANDREW SEARS, Student Council President, 202 University Center-West, UMR, Roll a, MO 65401 2~ OFFI CER S COMMITIEE CHAIRS SECTlONl Pres ident GERALD L. STEVENSON, '59 J. RICHARD HUNT, '50, 14913 Highway 82, Carbondale, CO 81623 Ja cobs Engineering Croup, lnc. 4~ 251 South Lake Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101 JOHN CURT KILLINGER, '73, 14823 Preston Park, Houston, TX 77095 CALVIN M. OCHS, '49, 1304 Bello Paseo Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109 MINER SP Pre sident-elect GRAHAM G. SUTHERLAND III, '64, Eichleay Corporation, 6585 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206-4407 JAMES K. VAN BUREN, '63, 9807 Copper Hill Road, St. Louis, MO 63124 MATTEO A. COCO, '66 7115 Aliceton Avenue, Affton, MO 6323 4~ Vi ce Pres idents PAST PRESIDENTS ALFRED J. BUESCH ER, '64 Sverdrup Corpora ti on ARTHUR G. BAEBLER, '55, 17 2inzer Court, St. Louis, MO 63123 13723 Ri verport Drive, Maryland Heights, MO 63043 RICHARD H. BAUER, '51, Missouri Elec trochem, [nc., 10958 Lin-Valle Drive, St. Louis, MO 63123 ROBERT D. BAY '49, 673 Princeton Gate Drive, Chesterfi eld, MO 63017 W. R. " PAT" BROADDUS, JR., '55 ROBERT M. BRACKBILL '42, 9148 Clearlake Drive, Dall as, TX 75225 Assoc. Aggregates International PAUL T. DOWLING, '40, 10144 Winding Ridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63124 P.O. Box 2545, Dalton, GA 30722-2545 RAYMOND O . KASTEN, '43,901 West 114th Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64114-5220 ROB ERT T. BERRY, '72 PETER F. MATTEI, '37, 9954 Holliston Court, St. Louis, MO 63124 Burns & McDonnell JAMES B. MCGRATH, '49, 12425 Balwyck Lane, St. Louis, MO 63131 3701 S. Lindbergh Bl vd., Sunset Hills, MO 63127 JOSEPH W. MOONEY, '39, 211 N. Central, Clayton, MO 63105 MELVIN E. NICKEL, '38, 10601 S. H amilton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60643 JAMES BERTELSMEYER, '66 J. ROBERT PATTERSON, '54, Show-Me, Inc., P. O. Box 573, Sikeston, MO 63801 3303 E 100 th Place S, Tulsa, OK 74137-3536 LAWRENCE A. SPANIER, '50, 246 Eagle Drive, Jupiter, FL 33477 JOHN B. TOOMEY, '49, 9 Wilkes St. , Alexandria, VA 22314-3853 Sec reta ry ROBERT V. WOLF, '51, 1504 Scenic Dri ve, Rolla, MO 65401 LUCIEN M. BOLON, JR., '59 902 S.W. Murray Road, Lee's Summit, MO 64081 STAFF Treas urer JERRY R. BA YLESS, '59, DONALD G. BRACKHAHN, '93, Executive Vice President, MSM-UMR Alu mni Association Assoc. Dean, Sc hool of Engi.neering 101 ERL, UMR, Roll a, MO 6540] LINDSAY LOMAX BAGNA LL, 76, Assistant Vice President, MSM-UMR Alumni Association
Assistant Treasurer J. L. "JACK" PAINTER, '50 1200 Homelife Pl aza, Rolla , MO 65401 132
T H s s SUE nSler,N) 079:1 DEPARTMENTS FEATURES LEITERS TO THE EDITOR WELDON SPRING 2 A Co ld War relic bec omes a textbook CAMPUS NEWS example of environmenta l remediation. 10 4 CLEANING TIMES ASSOCIATION NEWS One of the nation's most infamous toxic wastes sites, Tim es Beac h, Mo, gets a 23 cleanup, and a new future ALUMNI NOTES 14 UNDOING A LEGACY 28 For decades the developing threat of environmental pollution has been SECTIONS NEWS overlooked. Now, UMR researchers are involved in the fight to save our natural 42 re sources. I. MINER SPORTS 18 2()b-l407 Inp' ~,I~e goes A DROP IN THE BUCKET '11"" 46 A UMR alumnus take s on the safe water Pd( 4 supply concerns of developing countries 22 ROAD WARRIORS Life on the road for a student-athlete means calculus on the bus. 46
On the cover: Ken Meyer at a quarry being cleaned out at the Weldon Spring site. In the background , workers go through the steps of preparing a dump truck to safely p deliver a load of contaminated waste to a stora ge area nearby. Photo by Dan Seifert! Stone House Photography. ALUMNUS Men at Work Did anyone else find a problem with the Mission of the Alumnus winter iss ue, orwas it just m e? Correct MSM Alumnus magazine I am writing to express my extreme disap me if I am wrong, but I did not notice any The MSM-UMR Alumni Association publishes the MSM Alumnus to communicate and reflect the past, pointment in the staff of the MSM Alumnus for females, in fact, I did not notice any minorities the title " Men At Work" on thecoverof th e Winter current and future interests of the alumni of the on the cover. It seems odd to run this cover and Missouri School of Mines and the University of 1994 issue. While th e title and the accompanying also run an article on minority engineering Missouri-Rolla. photograph may represent the past at MSM and students, which states " as far as climate on this UMR, they surely do not represent the present campus is concerned, we've got a long way to UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA CHANCELLOR nor the future of the university. I am sure thatJ.S. go." What disturbs me even more is th e cover John T. Park Alberici Construction Company is a fine corpora title " Men at Work" H ow can this magazine tion in many aspects, but th e magazine cover glor'ifya company who has such obvious " cave MSM-UMR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT illustrates clearly that they employ no female man" hiring policies. Someone please notify Gerald L. Stevenson, '59 MSM-UMR graduates, a point not lost on those J.S. Alberici that they might be one of the EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT seeking gender equity in the workplace. Midwest's largest construction firms, but until Donald G. Brackhahn I find it ironic that your oversight should they recognize th e value all minority engineers appear in an issue that also highlights the Minority have to offer, they won 't be " one of the best. " The MSM Alumnus is written, edited, Engineering Program. T he article states that while Tom Werner, EMgt'84 photographed, and designed by the staff of the much progress has been made for minorities at UMR Publications Department. the UMR News UMR " as fa r as climate on this campus is con Services Department, and the MSM-UMR Alumni we've got a long way to go." Your Association. cern~d, Editor's note: We apologize to those magazine shows that the climate for women also alumni who were concerned with the cover EDITOR continues to be ch illy. title "Men at Wo rk. " The J.S. Alberici Kathy Fillmer I am very proud to be an alumna of UMR, and Construction Company was not involved I have praised the sc hool on many occasions. ASSOCIATE EDITORS in the choice of this title. The Alberici H owever, I would be embarrassed to show this (Alumni) lindsay Lomax Bagnall, '76 Company does employ minolity and fe issue to prospective students or fellow engineers (Features & News) Andrew Careaga male engineers, however, at the time the as an example of what the institution represents. photo was taken no MSM-UMR minolity CONTR IBUTING WRITERS Katherine A. (Stone) Phillips, NucE'90 orfemale engineering alumni were in their Laura Best '94 employ. Mindy Gardner '95 T he inconsistent messages I received from the Dick Hatfield Winter 1994 MSM Alumnus magazine concern John Kean me. The cover article touts the accomplishments Entrepreneur Issue Marianne Ward of " Men at Work. " T he next article features the H ave been wanting to write for some time to SUPPORT STAFF Minority Engineering Program. One of the let you know how impressed I was with your Tamie Hance program 's students sta ted that .... as far as climate special edition of the MSM Alumnus dealing Ronda Peplow on the ca mpus is cQncerned, we've got a long with the " Entrepreneurial Spirit. ,. I read the way to go. " I contend th at the climate at the PHOTOGRAPHY issue from cover to cover and certainly enjoyed Alumni office could also use some improvement. Shelly Kusnetz it. Robert Phelen I discussed my viewpoint with a representa Dan Seifert/Stone House Photography tive from the office. She apologized and told me Ted Gosen, Chem 'Sl that she understood. She was very happy to I am taking th is opportunity of thanking you report that a future edition would be dedicated to f'o.'ISM Alumnus (USPS-323-500) the women graduates of UMR. for se nding me the A lumnus and to praise you for th e changes, all rather to be complimented, Issued four limes per year (March, June, September, December) in I do not think a special '·token " women 's issue the Interest of the graduates and former students of the Missouri is the answer. I would prefer to see these articles in th e last two issues o f th e Alumnus. School of Mines and Metallurgy and the University of Missouri-Rolla. T he MSM Alumnus is pubUshed by the MSM-UMR Alumni Associa throughout every issue. I do not need another George S. Richardson, M.D. , '33 tion. Castleman H all. University of Missouri-Rolla. Rolla. MO 65401- m ea ns to show me that I am different from my 0249. Second Class postage paid at Rolla. MO and additIOnal mailing offices fellow alumni. I would prefer to be considered an I didn't know until you brought it out th at so POSTMASTE'rt Send address changes to MSM Alumnus. Ci"lsHeman alum o f UMR who happens to be a woman. The many Miners branched into en trepreneurship. H all. University 01 /'.·lissouri-Rolla. Rolli), MO 65401-0249. fact that a special magazin e is even under consid T his was great. eration tells me that th e Alumni office has not MSM -UMR has really made a contribution We welcome your comments and suggestions for completely accepted th at women are an integral to th e business world and I'm thankful you are your MSM Alumnus. part of th e university. bringi ng this out. Your A lumnus is th e tops. Letters to the editor may be addressed to: Perhaps you can concentrate on the achieve Charles Boulson, EE'39 Kathy Fillmer, UMR Publications ments of our diverse alu mni populati on w ithout 1201 State St ., Room 105 recognizing and editorial izing on th eir gender. University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65401 Let's celebrate the accomplishments of those I would like to compliment the alumni asso by FAX at 314-341-4262, or email at individuals who have contributed th eir skills to ciation for th e special issue on en trepreneurial making positive changes. Respecting diversity alumni - som e very interesting info. fil [email protected] consists of more than pointing out differences in Lowell D. ·'L.D. " Stevenson, ME'70 people Vale ri e J. Williams, EMgt'84
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Armed with their degrees and JJ You have an obligation to innovation-to seek it out, UMR experience, UMR's newest embrace it-to develop new ideas and to implement graduates now have the tools to be innovators, according to en them. These are the things that UMR alumni are trepreneur and December com Smith m made of. JJ mencement speaker Eugene D . chancell Jackson, EE '67. universit "Y ou have been endowed with advancel tools to make a difference with new ideas," Jackson said at the After 11 yeal Dec. 17 commencementceremo lor for admini ny. " You have the potential to Neil K. Smith vice chancellol advance new concepts, to imple advancement. ment change, to do things differ Chancellor J, ently-better than ever before. nounced the You have an obligation to inno early Decemb, va tion-to seek it out, embrace Along with it-to develop new ideas and to ment come thE implement them. These are the trative change 'While the ca things that UMR alumni are made anew vice cha of. " istrative servic Jackson, now chairman and will be split be chief executive officer of the World Patton, direct African Network, a 24-hour cable cilities at UMR, television network, was one of im vice chanc, seven African American studen ts facilities, and F at Rolla in 1964. In his speech he director of pure ness services, \ also encouraged the new gradu interim vice che ates to promote diversity in the cia I services. work place. 'Wendell R. " In order to meet the compe chancellor for tition on the global economic play took over direct. letics program i, Two faculty receive professorships ing field , we must ensure that every member of our team has had been over, completed his or her educati on was vice chanci Robert E. M oore, CerE '56, the American Iron and Steel In trative Services and training and feels he or she professor and chair of ceramic stitute. Smith, who has an unconditional partnership engineering, became UMR's new Haemmerlie Montgomery Vice chancellor I in the future of our great coun est Curators ' Professor, and (left) joined the UMR faculty in vancementlast c try," Jackson said. " To achieve Frances Haemmerlie M ontgom 1978 and has received several man for the job this all-important objective of se IS a proven lea: er y, professor of psychology, be teaching awards for her work. Her curing America 's long-term com campus and the ca me the campus' newest Distin research work with students has petitive position in the new world he Possesses th guished Teaching Professor during resulted in some 25 co-authored abl irtie s and' marketplace, we must tackle our w Int, December commencement cere papers published in psychology e need to help most difficult domestic challenge: monies. journals or presented at profes momentum in achieving parity in workplace di Moore, a m ember of the Rolla sional meetings. vancement versity. liN' ' faculty since 1957, is known for T he C urators' Professorship is ell underst. " We must meet head-on what tanc f ' his ea rly work on glass -bonded awarded to faculty primarily for , e0900dm_ ever prejudices and concerns we tlces and ' mica materials and more recently their research work, and the Dis , goal'sl have for our fellow Americans, for for his resea rch in refractory ce tinguished Teaching Professorship ach' I to he it has been the area o f race rela leve succes ramics. H e currently directs a re recognizes faculty who demon Sm ith's s, tions that has, for centuries, gone lead' new search program on refractories for strate excellence in teaching. Ing the unresolved and threatens to crip the handling of molten steel for men!, alu offi( tiOns mn, rei ple some of America 's greatest and ne aSpubl' ws: PHOTOS BY DAN SEIFERT/STONE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHY conhibutors- that means you." Ie radio s
MSMAWMNUS UMR to host 17th Annual Intercollegiate Mining Competition ity Mining students from dozens mine rescue and muck- of coll eges and universities will i ng tea m s, m i n in g leir degrees and converg e on Rolla th is spri ng to teams from u niversi , UMR's newesl try th eir hand at old-fa shioned ti es in th e Un i ted a\'e the tools to mining tec hniques during th e 17th States , as well as Can ccording to en. A nnual In tercollegiate Mining ada and Australia. will lecember com. Smith named vice Competition. take part in the com ker Eugene D. chancellor for UMR will host the event T hurs petition. " We expec t university day, April 13, through Saturday, between 20 and 30 nendowed\\ith April 15. at th e UMR Experimen teams to take part in difference with advancement tal Mine. Because the UMR team th e competitio n ," ;on said at the After 11 years as vice chancel won th e event last year, the ca m Robiso n says. "Any ·ementceremo· lor for administrative services, pus ge ts to host the competition. university with a mining engi he potential to Neil K. Smith has been named T his is the first time th e event has neeli ng program will more than vice chancellor for university cep15. [0 imple· been held at Rolla. likely compete .., advancement. jo things differ· M en 's and women's "muck UMRolla's team won fi rst Chancellor John T . Pa rk an ing" teams from each sc hool will place in overall men 's com n ever before. nounced the appointment in igaDon to inna early December. test th eir skillfulness with old-fas h petition during the event held I! out. embrace Along with Smith's appoint ioned mining m ethods and hand last spring in El ko. Nev. T he ~\\' ideas and to ment come these other adminis held tools. Five- to six-member UMR tea m finished in first These are the trative changes at UMR: team s w ill take part in ti med place in five of the seven ·While the campus searches for events, such as gold panning. sur events held. Jumni are made a new vice chancellor for admin veying, hand-mucking, hand In addition. the fi rs t UMR wom istrative services, the interim job Ph otos from the 1994 , chairman and will be split between Marvin L. steeling, track-standing, Swede en's mucking tea m to ever com ker of the \\' orld Patton, director of physical fa sawing and jackleg drilling. pete in the event finished second competition in Nevada-(top} a 24-hour cable cilities at UMR, who is now inter According to Ron Robison. su overall in the women 's competi UMR men 's mucking team busy rk. was one of im vice chancellor for physical pervisor of UMR's Experimental tion. scoring in first place in three earning the first-place title; facilities, and Randall V. Stoll, lerican srudenG Mine Facility and trainer of UMR's o f the seven events held. (bottom) UMR women 's director of purchasing and busi mucking team members after In his speech he ness services, who is serving as competition. Ph otos by Ron the new gradu· interim vice chancellor for finan Robison. diversity in the cial services. ·Wendell R. Ogrosky, v ice leet the compe' chancellor for student affairs, took over direction of UMR's ath Einstein unveiled Ieconomic play· letics program in January. Smith ust ensure that had been over athletics while he Looking for inspira ti on? H ead If our team has was vice chancellor of Adminis to the first floor of the Curtis Laws Don trative Services. , her educa Wilson Library, where you 'lI fin d Smith, who became interim feels he or she a bronze bust o f the father of )nal partnership vice chancellor for university ad vancement last June, is " the right relati vity: Albert Einstein. T he 45- our great coun· man for the job," Park said. " He pound bronze bust, crea ted by id To achieve is a proven leader, loyal to the Roll a artist Louie Sm art. was cre . objective of se· campus and the community, and ated from a photo of Einstei n re he possesses the organizational long· term com' turning from a fi shing expedition. abilities and interpersonal skills in the new world During th e bust's unveiling in must raclde our we need to help us continue our momentum in Univ ersity Ad December. Smart said he tried to llestic challenge vancement. ca pture th e physicist's humanity e dl' In workp Iac "Neil understands the impor and love of people. tance of good management prac " UMR is an ap t place for this head.on what· tices and goal-setting, and he is smiling Ei nstein that celebrates !€t ve committed to helping each unit d concerns \ th e joys of imaginative insight, ,. an for ach ieve success," Park said. ,I<' Americans. says James Bogan, pro fessor of For more inform ation about f race rela· Smith's new duties include 3rea o. one leading the offices of develop art and chair o f Friends o f Ei n any of th ese news items, Ir centunes. g . ment, alumni relations, publi ca stein. " W e hope he w ill be an please contact: tenS to cnp' tions and news services as well inspiration to generatio ns o f stu rea. eatesl '!lerica s gr • as public radio station KU MR. dents to com e." UMR News Services at means you 314-341 -4328. Sprillg, 1995 5 - tVa NtMI-t ------UMR senior named to USA Today's Finally, ~ team of academic those 101 all-stars Here's proo A ndrew Sears,(middle, photo ubiquitous: Ku at Ie!) a UMR electrical engineer aslistantprofes: ing m ajor, is o ne of 60 college neertng, creotes students chosen by USA Today ware program fo r th e 1995 All-U SA College I .c and announCE ademic Team profiled in the news net. He expec paper 's Feb. 16 edition. few intereste( USA Today chooses th ese " ac neers. Instead ademic all -stars" each year to rec electronic mai ognize outstanding undergradu program fro ates who " combine academic world . He eVE brilliance w ith energetic leader from a physic ship and a desire to use their Now, thanks talents to help others ." Nearly bar's software 1,400 students were nominated more than 7SC for th e honor. countries and \V Sears, president of the UMR me30.000st Student Council, holds a perfect "For a whilE 4.0 grade point average. In addi office and see 2 ti on to his stellar academ ic record, on the queue he also has volunteered for the S tudent Council membe rs A ndrew L ecren, A ndrew Sears and Dan Engle show off their Wo rld Wide world." says K local Big Brothers/Big Sisters or Web "home page" for student governments. from Argentina t, ganizatio n, wo rked at a homeless ing for copies of shelter in I-(ansas City, and spent requests came n 0, WHAT A NEW-FANGLED WEB ~E WEAVE ..· . , a recent summer as a missionary UMR Student Council brings student government on-line in South Africa. On campus, he spea rheaded a UMR effort to es Factory 0 tablish the Internet H eadquarters N ewt Gingrich ca n brag all he enginee ring, and fellow Student UMR students th en compared for Student Government, a net wants abo ut putting governm ent Council members Dan Engle, a their consti tutio n w ith th e docu The" virtual f, wo rk to link student governments o n-line; UMR's Student Council junior in chemical engineeri ng, m ents o f o th er insti tutions, he says. prodUcts and th all over the w orld. has him beat by a fi ber-optic mile. and A ndrew L ecren. a junior in UMR Student Council mem manufacture tf L ast fall , before th e electio ns, computer sc ience. bers dem o nstrated th e service to signed and testl UMR's student governm ent cre The service allows readers to th e UM System Board o f er-isc!osetorei ers Frank ated a W orl d W ide W eb " home view docum ents o f the va rio us Curators in Decem ber, Li< McMillin. The t page" designed to exchange in student governments, informati on and the curators were gent Systems C, formation o n student government abou t student lea ders. and pho d uly impressed . Curator are creating soft with college students worldwide. tographs and video cl ips, and to Jam es M cHugh noted Now anyone w ith access to the hear audio presentati ons. " Stu that " th e studen ts may the costly early Sl, uct developmen Internet ca n fin d o ut what's going dents ca n use this se rvice to find be tea ching th e teach on w ith th e UMR Student Council o ut w hat iss ues are important o n ers" computer literacy. Making and I mOdel of a des' and m ore than 50 other student oth er campuses as well as what To access th e Inter th 191 gov ernments throughout th e services are successful," Sears sa ys. net H ea dquarters for e most eXpen' product crean . w orld- incl uding sc hools in Can ~~ The network came in handy Student G overnments, ...-.-, ... UMR 01 ada, Finland, Germany, Israel and last fall as th e UMR Student C o un po in t your W orld Wide aSSOCiate I chanical en . th e United Kingdom- th rough the cil worked to revise its constitu W eb browser to http :! 91n eE COntract lvith S UMR StuCo's Internet H eadquar ti o n. " W e were able to get copies /www.umr.edu/ - stu SpeCialists In c ters for Studen t Governments. o f 10 o th er student government co/nati onal. html. and McM'II' c. 0 The service was crea ted by UMR constitutio ns in a matter o f min I In a professor of . Student Council President An utes through th e W orld Wide com! devel op' drew Sears, a se nior in electrical W eb network, Sears says. The Virtu Ing sohl, al en . \lJrOnn th !Ie des' Igns. Th
MSM ALUMNUS Spnng.199j or named EE PROF HITS IT BIG ON THE INTERNET ,day's scribes how electrical circuits re around with the demo version but r; ademic Finally, something to do during spond to signals. It's a basic princi didn .t request the software, ., he says. those long Antarctic nights ple for EE, but Kosbar found that He found that elechical engi many of his students had trouble neers weren't the onl y ones inter Here's proof that the Internet is electrical engineers. They came also visualizing how it works. So he de estedin hissoftware. ltturnsoutthat ;. (middle, photo ubiqUitous: Kurt Kosbar, a UMR from psychologists, hydrologists, ra veloped the software "just because the convolution principle also helps cmcal engineer. assistant professor of electrical engi diologists-and the Austr'alian phys of my fru stration over trying to de radiologists describe why X-ray pho e of 60 college neering, creates an instructional soft icist doing atm ospheric research in scribe something that I thought tos turn out bluny It also helps by USA Today ware program for EE professors Antarctica. should be pretty straightfolward. ,. hydrologists explain some phenorn JSA College I.e. and announces it on the In ter Kosbar first used the Internet to Apparently, Kosbar wasn't the ena related to fl ooding, and psy filed in the news. net. He expects to hear from a spread the word about his software onl y instructor having difficulty help chologists find it useful because it dition. few interested electrical e ngi two years ago. He has since re ing students comprehend convolu describes some features of th e hu looses these "ac· neers . In stead he's flooded with leased three newer versions of the tion. After developing the program, man nervous system. each year to ree· electronic mail requests for the software, an example of the "free Kosbar made a demonstration copy Follow-up notes from people ng undergradu. program from all over the ware" available on the Internet. available on the In ternet and adver who used the early versions also bine academic world. He even gets a request "One guy in Siberi a is using it. tised its availability on several Inter helped Kosbar work bugs out of the nergetie leader· from a physicist in Antarctica. and a couple of psychologists in net discussion groups frequented software. He now has produced Ire to use their Now, thanks to the Internet, Kos Moscow are using it, and one guy in by science and engin eering faculty. four versions of the program. others." Nea rly bar's software is in the hands of Estonia, "I Sprillg, 1995 7 Sun·da New center to help improve mathematics and science education in Missouri's schoolrooms UMR faculty soon will lend meeting those needs. Based on the resource center as a lending their expertise to help area ele the plans, UMR's center could storeroom where teaching sup mentary and secondary school receive up to $ 1 million through plies , such as lasers, science and teachers improve their teaching the State of Missouri Outstanding math ematics demonstrations kits of math and science. T he effort is Schools Act. and other teaching tools, could be Nader to speak part of a statewide program to "The state is setting aside sig checked out. atUMR train Missouri students for the nificant resources for the profes "We could not only supply the Co nsumer advocate Ralph more competitive global market sional development of elementa equipment, but also the expertise Nader is coming to UM R this spring. place. ry and secondary school on how to use the equipment The aut ho r of " Unsafe at "If it is done right, this state educators," says John Fulton, effectively-either through a vid A ny Speed" will deliver two program should provide a real dean of UMR's College of Arts eotape or one-on-one training," speec h es at U M R on boost in education for Missouri and Sciences and interim director Collier says. Wednesday, April 26. His students," says Wayne Cogell, of the ce nter. "We have been Organizers hope eventuall y to first add ress w ill be to par associate dean of UMR's College given an opportunity to do some share information via a computer ticipants of the Third Annu al Ce ntral Missouri Econom of Arts and Sciences. "T his is a thing wonderful for pre-college and video network that would ics Conference, sponsored collaborative partnership between education in the state. " link every school in the state to by UM R's econom ics de K-12 fac ulty and administrators "Nationwide, students' scores each of the centers. partment . Nader will speak and UMR faculty, and it may in math, science and technology "A network would allow us to at t he conference banquet UMR SolarC, change the direction of all public are decreasing, while the demand do the most good for those in at 6 p.m . in Centennial Hall lay oui carbor education in Missouri. " for people with these skills contin more remote areas of the region," of th e Un iversity Center of [·Cubed In January, Missouri Gov. Mel ues to increase, " says chemistry says Fulton. "T he potential is West. Banquet tickets are $25 each ($ 15 for st udents) Carnahan announced the creation Professor H arvest Collier, who strong to make a big impact in and are li mited. To get tick ForUMR of the Regional Center for Profes helped bring the center to UMR. those parts of the region where ets, cal l Li nda Manning, as the three sional Development at UMR. The T he center will bring together UMR the average family is not well off sociate p rofessor of eco center, one of nine in the state, faculty and teachers in the region financially. " nomics, at (314) 341 -4828, The vehic was organized in conjunction with to find better ways to prepare UMR will focus on mathemat or send an Email request to Cubed- is tellil another UM R program, th e Mis students for the 21st century. ics, science and technology, but [email protected]. Nader also speaks at 8 It slands for souri Rural Science, Mathemat Traditional lectures are " no UMR faculty from oth er disciplines p.m. in Leach Theatre of mentandeducc ics, Engineering and Technology longer the most effective way to and experts from the other re Castleman Hal l. The lecture Educatio n (SMETE) Resource teach students in junior high and Solar Car Tearr gional ce nters will cover other ar is free, but tickets are re Ihree ['s in de~ Center. high school," Cogell says. Dem eas of need. "If we don't help, we quired. T hey are ava il able hope will be a Through a $150,000 planning onstrations and hands-on ap could continue a cycle of poverty beginning March 27 from the grant from the Missouri Depart proaches are more effective, but in areas where many of the re UMR t icket window at Uni Sunrayce '95. ment of Elementary and Second these take more planning, time, sources are not available," Cogell ve rs ity Ce nter-West. For [,Cubed is more information, ca ll t he ary Education, UMR faculty will resources, equipment and inge says. " In order to meet the needs POwered cars th t icket office at (314) 341 - survey pre-college teachers and nuity. The center will help teach of all students, we must share the cross-couniT 4219. in Indianapolis others in South Central Missouri ers develop collaborative learning resources and reach students in Nader's 8 p.m . speech is to find how to improve education techniques and then share them an effective way. " sponsored by the econom summer-June efforts, then develop a plan for across the state. Collier envisions ics department, the Leaders June 29 in Gale for the 21st Century Lect ure Alumni in th, Series and the Harry W . L. have plenty of c Porth Distinguished Lecture Cubedin acoon Series at UMR. will caver abo through the hea , , The potential is strong to make a big impact in those parts of . Theteam mel the region where the average family is not wel l off financially. , , In all, from pract pline -are I . b ear - Dean John Fulton a Out the devele ~ironmenta lly f Even thOugha ~ By Dick Hotfiela MSM ALUM NUS Sprllig, J99j Sun-day is on the way Come see E-Cubed in action Come o ut this summer an d show you r UMR pride! Cheer on t; -Cubed and the UMR So l a~Car T eam during Sunrayce 'speak '95. . The team has adopted Alton, dvocate Ra lph III. , as its city during the race. 19 to UMR this Alton is the stopover for ra ce participants on Wednesday, of "Unsafe at June 21. /ill deliver two Other cities that w ill be stop t UM R on overs during t he race include: April 26. His Nill be to par June e Th ird Annu 20 Terre Haute, Ind. souri Econom 22 Fulto n, M o. :e, sponsored 23-24 Lee's Summit, Mo. :onomics de 25 M anhattan, Ka n. der will spea k 26 Smith Center, Kan. ence banquet UMR Solar Ca r Team members Steve Bela rde, Robert Ziegler and Mike VanHouden 27 St. Francis, Kan. :entennial Hall layout carbon fibe r cloth used in the construction of material fo r infrastructure support 28 Aurora, Colo. JrSity Center of E-Cubed. 29 Golden, Colo. et tickets are i for studentsl For UMR's Solar Car Team, the name the game is The vehicles w ill ra ce during ~d. To get tick of daylight hours and will aver l Manning, as the three E's: energy, environment and education age a daily distance of 143 ,ssor of eco- miles. The ca rs w ill gather at a 1141 341-4828, T he vehicle ' s name-E be practical for everyday use in but also at the learning experi cO!TImon stopping point each llail request to Cubed-is telling. the near future, the technology ence. like the first Solar Car night. The w inner will be the ca r with the lowest cumulative edu. It stands for energy, environ that we learn from building our car Team, the current group has been ) speaks at 8 elapsed t ime. ment and education-and UMR's will have a positive impact on the involved in all aspects of develop :h Theatre of How to help: For informa 111. The lecture Solar Car Team is considering all environment," says Aaron Rut ing a vehicle: raising funds, fi nd tion on how to help UMR's So ickets are re three E's in designing what they ledge of Jefferson City, Mo_ , a ing material and labor donations lar Car Tea m , co ntact the UMR -are available hope will be a winning entry in UMR senior in mechanical engi for the car, design and construc Solar Car Project, 202 Engineer rch 27 from the Sunrayce '95. neering and vice president of man tion, and publicity. ing Management Building , UMR, Rolla, M o. 65 401 , phone indow at Uni E-Cubed is one of 40 solar ufacturing and design for the So (3 141 341 -4249. er-west. For powered cars that will take part in lar Car T eam. "We are assisting in 3tion, call the the cross-country race that begins the development of an ecological at (3141 341- in Indianapolis at the onset of ly sa fe alternative energy form. " = • ).rn. speech is summer-June 20-and ends on A nd the team is truly cross - f the eco nom - June 29 in Golden, Colo. disciplinary, Rutledge says. " We nt, the Leaders Alumni in the Midwest should probably have a team member entUry Lecture have plenty of chances to see E from nearl y every degree program 1e Harry W. L. Cubed in action, as Sunrayce '95 on ca mpus," he says. uished Lecture will cover about 1,100 miles This is the second solar-pow R. th rough the heart of America. ered vehicle UMR has fielded in The team members-about80 the biennial Sunrayce. T he UMR in all, from practically every disci team 's Sunrayce'93 en try, Sol pline-are learning first-h an d Survivor, finished 29th out of 36 about the development of an en teams. ." ... -... - -s vironmentally friendly vehicle. But UMR students look not "Even though a solar car may not only at the prospect of winning, I By Dick Hatfield Sprillg, 1995 9 CONTROL The skeletal remains of a truck are a stark reminder of a busy factory that once occupied the Weldon Spring site. 10 MSMAWMNUS Spnl/g, 199j WELDON SPRING: A $975 million Cold War legacy It was once a bustling ordnance works churning out munitions for the war effort in the '40s; then a uranium processing plant fueling the Cold War in the '50s. Now this St. Charles County waste site is a textbook example of the attention to detail essential in an environmental cleanup. • by Andrew Careaga T'S MID-FEBRUARY, UNSEASONABLY The Weldon Sprin g site, located next to a warm, and six deer are resting in the shade wildlife area just north of the Missouri River Iof a grove of cedar trees on a hilltop near and St. Louis, was wilderness until 1941. That the Missouri River. A van approaches on an year the Army took over some 17,000 acres adjacent dirt road, but the deer are not alarmed. of woodlands and farmland-including about "That's our herd," says the driver, Kenneth two-thirds of a farm owned by one of Meyer's A. Meyer Jr. "They've gotten pretty used to us. " great-uncles-and turned part of the area into For eight years now, an ordnance works. Meyer and the deer The Army dug a quarry have shared th e same to mine aggregate rock 217 acres at the Weldon for the roads into and Spring Site Remedial around the plant, and Action Project, one of a company called At several Superfund las Powder moved in cleanup sites being man to manufacture TNT aged by the U.S. De and DNT for the war partment of Energy. effort. During the war, Though smaller and per Atlas Powder and th e haps less infamous than Army used the aban other DOE projects, such doned quarry as a as the Rocky Flats site The processing plant in operation during in the 1950s dump for their waste. near Denver- which a After the war, the recent DOE study called the most dangerous Army sold part of the site to th e University of nuclear weapons facility in the nation-or the Missouri. The university later sold some of its Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant in Wash portion to the Missouri Department of Con ington, the story of how Weldon Spring came servation, which turned it into a wi ldlife area. to be is just as fascinating. The munitions plant, meanwhile, sat idle until Meyer, GeoE'84, knows the story well. A the Atomic Energy Commission took it over in native of nearby Defiance, Mo. , he grew up the 1950s. It was the height of the Cold War, with the site practically in his back yard, and and the AEC wanted the site for a uranium he knows people who used to work there. As processing plant. The AEC built one th ere, and the project manager for Jacobs Engineering from 1956 to 1966, the plant, operated by Group, one of the firms in volved in the DOE Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. , churned out ura cleanup effort, he is involved in writing the nium metal and stored "raffinate," its radioac final chapter. ti ve sludge byproduct, in pits on the site. » Sprillg, 1995 11 The watery substance, along with waste 200,000 gallons of water per day. " Meyer Today, the site is a conglomeration of from the old explosive production says. concrete slab foundations, rows of the processess, leaked into the ground and "T here were over 4,000 containers of dumpster-shaped steel containers, and contaminated groundwater. At the time. chemicals scattered all around in the build stacks of lumber, steel, glass and other few people lived in the area. But today the ings. " Many of the chemicals were uni bUilding materials, all cordoned off by quarry sits one-half mile from th e drinking dentifiable. "A lot of the labels were gone yellow rope. Dirt roads kept damp by water source for over 70,000 people, and the containers were deteriorating. " trucks that sprinkle water on them periodi including Meyer's family. Before th ey could get to the radioactive cally weave around these sections and th e T he Army took over the plant in 1967 waste, the engineers had to figure out how raffinate pits, which hold the radioactive with plans to convert it for the manufac to deal with th e derelict buildings and sludge, and a few holding ponds used to ture of Agent Orange. But the cost of infrastructure. That proved to be a big job, treat water that will be released into th e cleaning up the plant proved prohibitive. says Meyer, who is now one of 17 UMR Missouri River. The Army projected the job would take alumni currently at the site. (Eight alumni three years and cost $3 million, Meyer work for MK Ferguson, seven for Jacobs, says. But after three years the Army had one for DOE and one with another subcon spent $30 million, and the conversion was tractor, Faegin America.) H E ORIGINAL PLANS for nowhere near completion. So the Army The cleanup of the buildings began cleaning up the site called for a abandoned the effort. with a top-to-bottom washing to remove nine-year, $350 million effort. any potentially radioactive debris. T hen T But delays in the environmental crews began work on the interior hazards: documentation process held up the project, asbestos in the window caulking, poly M eyer says. By 1993, the year Meyer chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on th e tile became Jacobs Engineering's project "In some cases, we floors (apparently from some cleaning manager, all parties involved-including take things to the solvent, Meyer believes), and "things you'd DOE , EPA and the Missouri Department of never think about," like mud-dauber Natural Resources-finally came up with extreme. We follow wasps' nests, which were also hazardous a plan that satisfied all the state and federal because the wasps built them out of con regulators. But that plan helped push the the exact letter of the taminated soil. costs up to $975 million and extend the law. Not that that's Asbestos was a big problem. "There project ti metable to 2002. wasn 't a bUilding here that didn't have " Finding a way to make progress while bad, but it does make some asbestos in it," M eyer says. " It may going through the environmental docu Thel ast buildingI life more complex." have been only on a couple of pieces of mentation process " has been the biggest pipe, but it had asbestos in it. In some challenge for Meyer, he says. " It's taken a to radioactive buildings, asbestos removal took six lot of work between us , th e other contrac than a visit to i T he site again sat idle until the U .S. months. In others, it only took days. ,. tors, the DOE and th e regulators. " years on the Department of Energy assumed control in Work crews put the asbestos-tainted What it boils down to is this: Safety exposed to ab 1985. T he U.S. General Accounting O f materials in steel containers-some the comes first. The regulations require very 'on. "That's a fice ordered DOE to clean up the site, and size of dumpsters, others nearly as big as detailed procedures, and while the red tal X·ray," he a year later Weldon Spring was added to railroad cars-that are stored on site in tape may slow progress, it ensures that th e The deer a the U.S. Environmental Protection areas cordoned off by yellow rope. cleanup will be done right. apparently ha Agency's list of priority hazardous waste Next, crews gutted the buildings, re " DOE is very conscious of complying diation exposu sites. Also in 1986. DOE hired MK Ferguson moved hazardous materials, put it in drums with all the regulations, " Meyer says. " In fro mLindemv( Co. and its pre-selected subcontractor, and stored it in the hazardous waste build some cases, we take things to the ex workers at thE treme. We follow th e exact letter of th e Jacobs Engineering, to do the job. ing-called Building 434-where the tested deer, ral law. Not that that's bad, but it does make T hat's when M eyer, then a new envi materials remain. " PCBs , solvents, mer mice living on t life more complex. " ronmental engineer with Jacobs, first set cury metal, cyanide, acids, bases-nearly August Busch For instance: " Every piece of equip foot on the Weldon Spring property. H e anything you can think of that is nasty, it's tests show no , entered a virtual wasteland of some 40 in there," Meyer says. ment that is brought on this site goes Water being tf( abandoned, dilapidated buildings-one Then work began on the outer shell and through our own inspection. If it doesn 't Into the Wildlife story laboratories, warehouses and ad the framework of the buildings. To mini pass-if we find that a subcontractor's affect three lak, ministrative buildings, and five large pro mize health and safety hazards-to keep truck leaks oil, for example-it goes right Meyer says. cessing plants. The entire site was in workers from being exposed to lead- and back out. " disrepair. Utility poles were falling down. cadmium-based paints. for instance The project management team follows The overhead piping between buildings work crews used Bobcats with shears the sa me rigid rules they lay down for was decaying, as were the asbestos cover whenever possible to cut portions of the other contractors. Burned-out fluorescent ings. On the inside, the bUildings were buildings. "We wanted to minimize the light bulbs are trea ted as hazardous wastes practically museums of the 1960s-Meyer amount of human contact," Meyer says. because th ey contain traces of mercury. ~e~ and his co-workers found newspapers A photograph on Meyer's office wall " For 99.9 percent of the world, when a an from 1969 still lying on desks and tables. commemorates the last bUilding coming fluorescent light goes bad, it goes in the h We cA allenge for ~ The bUildings also harbored aging electri down on Dec. 8. 1994. It shows a crane trash, " says Meyer. " Ours go in a drum. " volvedinm cal wiring. asbestos-lined pipes and leak pulling down the structure's leaning steel Safety is the chief concern, and the ""b' ana ing water lines. The last folks out had left frame as dozens of employees in hard hats rules ensure that Weldon Spring is a safe nil'"" hcrelati ons. the water on. " We were losing about gather to watch. place to work. When it comes to exposure ChIS near the \\ aries County 12 MSMALUM US ipnng, 199j glomeration of i. rows of the )ntainers. and lass and other rdoned off by {ept damp by 1 them periodi- 2ctions and the :he radioactive ponds used to eased into the . PLANS for ~te called for a million effort environmental Iup the project, e year Meyer ring's project 'ed- including ) epartment of , came up with ate and federal elped push the .nd extend the progress while 1m ental docu The last building com ing do wn on Dec. 8, 7994. Dozens of employees in hard hats gathered to watch as a crane pulled do wn the structure's leaning steel frame. ~en the biggest IS. "It's taken a to radioactive materials, the site is safer are newcomers who don't have Meyer's ITH ALL THE BUILD other contrac than a visit to a dental office. In his eight sense of history regarding Weldon Spring. INGS DOWN, the team is ators." years on the project, Meyer has been For area natives, the site was once a source concentrating on the latest is this Safety exposed to about 10 millirems of radia of jobs and income. But for the newcomers W phase of cleanup: re moving and treatin g water from the 1S require very tion. "That's about one-eighth of a den news of a nearby Superfund site can b~ while the red tal X-ray," he says. distressing. "Most of the people who were raffinate pits-where the radioactive sludge is stored-and waste from the nearby ~ nsures that the The deer and other animals on site most concerned about this project were apparently have encountered little ra people who had just moved into the area," quarry. of complying diation exposure. Working with students says Meyer, "and these were the people The quarry had been used as a landfill 1eyer says. "In from Lindenwood College in St. Charles, who were also the least informed. " sin ce the days of the old ordnance works. In addition to waste from the explosive 19S to the ex workers at the remedial action project Compounding the problem was a "poor production, an entire uranium processing ct letter of the tested deer, rabbits, squirrels, ducks and public image" DO E had during the beginning fac ili ty fro m north St. LouiS was dismantled lt it does make mice living on the site and in the adjacent of the project. Part of that image stemmed August Busch Wildlife Area, and those from a 1982 plan floated by DOE to turn the and dumped into the quarry. In all , about 100,000 cubic yards of waste-or 10,000 ieee of equip tests show no elevated radiation levels. site into a hazardous waste facil ity for a truckloads-will be removed from the this site goes Water being treated on site and released seven-state area. esn t into the wildlife preserve apparently does "We've worked very long and very hard quarry by this fall , Meyer says. )n. If it do : The next step involves handling the -ubcontracior s affect three lakes there, but only slightly, at turning that around," Meyer says. To radioactive slu dge left in the raffinate pits. ~_it goes right Meyer says. keep the public informed, the engineers have held community public hearings The sludge will be mixed with cement and fly ash to form a more stable grout-type nt team folloWS one was held as recently as Feb. 21-and publish bulletins about how the project is substance that will be encapsulated, along J lay down for with the rest of the waste, in a state-of-the fluorescent s MUCH TECHNICAL ex progressing. They've held two open houses, -ou t art disposal facility to be built in the middle lZardous wastes pertise as is required for such each one attracting 500 to 700 people. Boy an enormous project as Scout troops, high school science classes of the current complex of roads, metal -es of mercury. buildings, treatment plants and stacks of "world. when a Weldon Spring, the biggest and even church groups have toured the challengeA for Meyer and the others in building materials. A buffer zone will sur I it goes in th~ faCi lity, Meyer says, and he and others at volved in managing the project has been the project reach out to local schools through round the facility to keep anim als out, but , 0 in a drum. th e rest of th e site will be returned to g and the public relations. The quarry-turned-Iand DOE 'S Partnership in Education program. 1Cern, fe fill is near the water supply of many St. "unrestricted use. " Which means the deer Spring is a sa Charles County reSidents, many of whom and other wild animals will be welcome nes to exposure there . • MSM ALUMNUS Spring, 1995 13 Gary Pendergrass stands su rrounded by the overwhelming paperwork involved in the application to operate an incinerator at Tim es Beach, Missouri. CLEANING TIMES Cleaning up a GOO-acre, dioxin-contaminated site is an enor mous job. Add to that the challenge of dismantling the ghostly remains of a town that once prospered there. A UMR alumnus is doing just that at one of the nation's most infamous toxic waste sites: Times Beach, Mo. • by Marianne Ward s GARY PENDERGRASS WALKED In 1985, Pendergrass came to begin the lengthy among the abandoned buildings of cleanup process. A Times Beach that November day in As cleanup coordinator of Times Beach, 1985, he thought about the town's past. Just Pendergrass' uneasiness came not from the three years earlier, Times Beach was a thriv dioxin-he understood its toxicity and knew ing resort town on the Meramec River south how to avoid contamination-but from walk west of St. Louis. Now it was empty-its ing along block after block of abandoned buildings mere shells, its residents scattered to houses. Even the usually focused Pendergrass new communities. couldn't help thinking about those who had The dioxin-contaminated oil that forced called Times Beach home. the exodus of Ti mes Beach in 1982 was "I spent a lot of ti me by myself walking barely visible. But its effects lingered like the down the abandoned roadways and in the empty houses and abandoned cars. buildings," says Pendergrass. "It was very "In a number of the homes, it looked like emotional. Seeing what was le ft behind gave the people had stood up me an appreciation of the and walked out the door people who had liv ed and never returned," says there. It was their home, Pendergrass, MS GeoE'79. their community." "I saw the evidence of the Disaster struck just be people who have lived fore Christmas 1982, when there-swing sets still stand the Meramec River fl ooded ing in the back yards and and forced Times Beach tricycles sti ll in the driveways. residents to evacuate. Just The signs of the ch ildren as the flood waters receded made it more personal. I reali zed it must have and the residents returned to reclaim their been a tremendously traumatic experience homes, a second disaster struck-this one for them. " more catastrophic. The Environmental Pro For Pendergrass, the experience of walking tection Agency's tests taken at Times Beach in through the place where no one else wanted November and December 1982 revealed di to be was unsettling. "It was so quiet-too oxin contamination. And while residents' quiet," he says of that first vis it to Times dreams washed away in the flood , the dioxin Beach. "It reminded me of a ghost town." clung to the soil th ere, and the Centers for A demon called dioxin-a chemical pre Disease Control and th e Missouri Division of sumed to cause cancer-drove the life from Health advised residents not to return. The th is town after it was discovered that the oil on EPA concurred, deeming th e 600-acre town Times Beach's roads was tainted with the too dangerous a place to live. In February chemical. 1983, th e EPA spent $33 mill ion to relocate In the early 1980s the federal government Times Beach residents and businesses. declared the town of 2,240 people a hazard Th e dioxin contamination began in Febru ous waste site and ordered people to stay out. ary 1971 and continued for several years. » incinerator i! when a S t. L ouis- based oil -hauling firm th e materi als in th e fas hion th ey had been nated, th e task was not a simple one, dioxin-COnta first sprayed dioxin-contaminated oil to (by incinerati on) , th ey contracted with Pendergrass says. The bUildings contained from the oth control dust on roads in Times Beach and one o f th eir chemica l suppliers, Indepen house hold hazardous wastes-everything for incinerati 26 oth er sites in Eas tern Missouri. The dent Petrochemica l C O. ( IPC), to dispose from paints to pesticides- that had to be burning will Centers for Disease Control took its first of th e waste products. IPC subcontracted disposed o f properly. Then th ere was the completed ir soil sa mple at Shenandoah Stabl es south with Russe ll Bliss , w ho sprayed th e di crankcase oil and batteri es from nea rl y Although i ofTroy in August 19 71 , but it wasn't until oxin-contaminated oil on roa dways , park 100 abandoned cars. In addition, crews admits he hi July 1974 that th e CDC identified dioxin as ing lots and horse arenas for dust control. " had to rem ove as bestos from 30 bU ildings this project . th e toxic substance in th e sa mples taken at before th ey could be dem olished. business bee henandoah. Eight years later th e EPA lems," he sa: tool, th e initial soil sa mple atTimes Beach. and I've rece "Tim s Beach is th e site th at has re what I've bE ce ived th e m os t press coverage beca use H E FINAL SOLUTION to this projecl." of th e buyout, but this is a much bigger "People fear the Times Beach's 20-year-old di As coordil projec t th an just Times Beach," says oxin problem will come when the completi l Pendergrass, th e Times Beac h projec t co unknown and what Pendergrass ge ts th e go-ahead T tails, as outlil ordinator for Agribusiness Technologies to build an incinerator th ere. The incinera documents, Inc. "This affects people in th e entire St. they don't understand. tor will burn th e dioxin -contaminated soil relations ane L ouis m etropolitan area and oth er com I'm trying to take the from all 27 sites, and th e sterile, non schedules pu munities in eastern Missouri." hazardous ash will be put to beneficial use tions from thl ites include horse arenas, a lumber as backfill at th e Times Beach site. Con mystery out of this arranges for: company, two churc h parking lots, th e struction of th e incinerator could be com ing the progr Bliss-Frontenac tank farm where th e oil project. " pleted by late September - providing a ings about t was distributed , a m obile hom e park and permit is granted. But until th e dioxin person for nE truck terminals. Closest to UMR is th e Syntex Agribusiness Inc., th e parent contaminated soil is des troyed, it will con the project Rosa ti /Pi azza Road site loca ted nea r company o f Agribusiness Technologies tinue to pose a threat. " Incineration is th e He wants Russell Bliss' home in St. Jam es. The Inc., purchase d Hoffman-Taff and so in only rea l solution, ,. Pendergrass says. dioxin and Ti contaminated soil from th e Rosati -Piazza herited th e cl eanup burden. According to The incinerator is a point of contro unknown ar site has bee n removed and placed in Superfund regulations, " th e government versy in th e St. L ouis area. " People are stand," he s, storage until it ca n be burned. has th e authority to go as far down th e concern ed about th e incinerator, but th e mystery out I Bliss "sprea d dioxin-laced oil on his chain as th ey need to find someone to risks of an incineration proce ss are far less own property, so I don 't think he under fund a clea nup," Pendergrass says. of a threat th an lea ving these materials out stood th e full ramifica ti o ns of w hat he had " H o ffman-Taff was not around beca use in th e community, " Pendergrass says. " If and what he was doing, ,. Pendergrass Syntex had purchased it. IP and EPAC 0 th ey ca n be des troyed sa fely, it's to say. were bankrupt and Rus ell Bliss did not everyone's benefit to do th at. O[ The EPA inves ti ga ted 400 sites for po have th e m oney to fund such a cl ea nup, "I understand how people feel. No one tenti, I dioxin contaminati on. Of th ose, so th e burden fell to Syntex." wants an y type o f incinerator in th eir back its 150 were sa mpled and 27 were deter In 1984, when th e EPA and th e state of yard. I think th e grea tes t fear th ey have is gra mined to have dioxin lev Is req uiring some Miss uri sued Syntex for clea nup. th e th at once th e incinerator is constructed TCOL degre of cleanup. company "made a conscientious decision th at it will be th ere forever. Nothing could site. Once the "Scientists will probably argue the health to put their resources into so lving the be further from th e truth. That has never rials are destr ri sks of dioxin for years to com e, but, the problem rath er than fi ghting this in court been in th e ca rds. The incinerator is in community v bottom line is if we destroy th e plat ri als, for yea rs and spending a grea t dea l o f tended to solve th e problem and th en MissoUri Depa th ey will no longer pose a th rea t," says m on y on litiga ti on," Pendergrass says. leave. " Times Beach P ndergrass. Syntex cr ea ted a subsidiar y, The incinera tor must operate under park with hiki Agribu iness Technologies Inc., to handle ri gid air-quality standards. As a perfor ''I'm looki the cleanup. Since then, th e road to a mance test, "W e have to dem onstrate that Pendergrass, solution has become a tory-high paper th e incinerator will destroy 99.9999 per trail. Th e p ap erwork is n ecessa ry . cent o f two c h emicals (1 ,2 ,4 - H E D IOXIN THAT T A INTED Pendergrass says, " beca use everyon has trichlorobenze ne and hexachloroeth ane) Times Beach and the o th er sites to agree th at w hat you 're proposing to do th at are harder to des troy th an dioxin," ".DelaYI was a by-product of EPA 'S will solve the problem ." Pendergrass says. cleanupin th( production of h xachloroph ne, .. Hazardous waste is not our business; Once th at test is passed, EPA will moni tive tech nolo Tan ingr dien t onc used in tooth past and we make medicine." Pendergrass says. tor a sa fety tes t o f th e incinerator using th e Opedis wi sh mouthwash during th late 19 Os and Synt x produces pharmaceutica l prod actu al dioxin-contaminated materi al. " We prolongand i early 1970s. NCPA co (th Northeastern ucts, including naprox n, an anti-inflam will have to demonstrate that we ca n Pharmac utical and hemical Co.) lea ed matory drug. "We fel t, however, th e re opera te at a safe level of emissions. " he to peoplelivil its producti on spac from th e H offman spon ible thing to do as a good corporate says. sites," Taff hemical o . in Verona, Mo. citize n was to solve the problem." Contaminated soil has been rem oved - lrOman " When hexachlor phene fell out f fa As part f the agreement with the gov from Times Beach's roadways and moved the feb.; vor- th fed ral governm nt bann d it ernment, yntex was responsible for raz to a storage facility inside a levee where use- [P,\ co fell on hard times. " says ing th 600 buildings at Times Beach, and th e incinera tor will be located. Once th e P nd rgrass. "Rath l' th an di posing even though many were not conta mi- 16 M MALUM US Spnlig, 199j ------7i=ip:.-=~""'"1: a simple One incinerator is running, the EPA will deliver :lings Contained dioxin-contaminated materials and soils es~verything from the other 26 dioxin sites in Missouri -that had to be for incineration. If all goes well , full-sca le n there was the burning will begin in late 1995 and be 2S from nearly completed in less th an one year. lddition. crews Although it may seem odd, Pendergrass lm 30 bUildings admits he has enjoyed the challenges of olished. th is project. "1got into the environmental business because I wanted to solve prob lems," he says. 'Tm an environmentalist and I've received a lot of satisfaction from JLUTION to what I've been able to accomplish with 20-year-old di this project. " lill Come when As coordinator, he not only oversees s the go-ahead the completion of the dioxin cleanup de tails, as outlined in thousands of pages of ~. The incinera ltaminated soil documents, but he also handles public e sterile. non relations and community relations. He schedules public meetings, answers ques l beneficial use !ach site. Con tions from the public and the news media, arranges for site photographs document could be com Aerial view of the levee that will enclose the incinerator . The warehouse structure holds ing the progress and attends public hear - providing a dioxin -contaminated soil that will be destroyed in the incinerator. ings about the case. He is the "go-to " ltil the dioxin person for nearly everything dealing with yed, it lvill con the project. The dioxin trail ineration is the He wants to get the facts out about Timetable of dioxin discovery rgrass says. dioxin and Times Beach. "People fea r the November-December 1969 - Hoffman-Taff leases a building in Verona, Mo, to lint of contro unknown and what they don't under NEPACCO. Syntex Agribusiness Inc. acquires the building from Hoffman-Tafl a. "People are stand," he says. "l'm trying to take the April 1970-January 1972 - NEPACCO produces hexachlorophene in Verona . The era tor. but the mystery out of this project. " process creates dioxin as an unwanted byproduct. cess are far less February 1971 - Russell Bliss, hired to dispose of NEPACCO'S waste by Independent ;e materials OUI Petrochemical, picks up the first load of dioxin-contaminated oil. !rgrass says. "If Early 1970s -Bliss sprays 27 Easte rn Missouri sites with dioxin-contaminated oil. safely, it's to August 1971 - The federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) takes soil samples at hat. ODAY , TIMES BEACH, with Shenandoah Arena near Troy, Mo, at the request of the Missouri Divi sion of lie feel. 0 one its new saplings and lush green Health. :or in their back grass, looks more like a golf Summer 1972 - Bliss sprays Times Beac h with dioxin-contaminated oil. !ar they have is course than a hazardous waste is constructed T July 1974 - The CDC identifies dioxin as the toxic substance in the 1971 samples taken site. Once the dioxin-contaminated mate from Shenandoah Stables . Nothing could rials are destroyed, the si te of th e former August 1974 - The CDC traces Shenandoah dioxin to NEPACCO'S hexachlorophene That has never community will be turned over to the production in Verona. cinerator is in· Missouri Departmentof Natural Resources. November-December 1982 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency takes initial llem and then Times Beach will th en become a state park with hiking and walking trails. soil samples at Times Beach. operate under 'Tm looking forward to that day," December 1982 - Times Beach floods; residents are evacuated ; the Missouri Division . As a perfor- Pendergrass says . • of Health and CDC advise residents not to return because of dioxin. ~monstrate that February 1983 - EPA transfers $33 million under authority of CERCLA (the Comprehen y 99.9999 per sive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, commonly icals (1,2.4 - known as the Superfund law) to permanently relocate Times Beach residents achloroethanei, " ... Delaying the eastern Missouri and businesses. y than dioxin. clea nup in the hope that effective alterna 1985-present - cleanup in progress. Story addresses specifics of this time period. tive technologi es wi ll someday be devel ni I EPA will mo · oped is wishfu l thi nking, and would only Future plans ' rator using the September 1995 - Incinerator will be constructed at Times Beach' e prolong and increase potential exposure ·dmatena.'1 "We November 1995 - Trial burn tests begin. . that we can to peopl e living an d working near the 27 March 1996 -Full-scale burning begins'" e . " he emiSSions. sites. " October 1996 - All soil and contaminated ma terials will have been burned. - from an editorial by Gary Pendergrass in December 1996 - Incinerator will be dismantled. moved been re d the Feb. 20, 1995 St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 1997 - Times Beach will be turned over to Missouri DNR and become a state park. ove Jaysandm , a levee where • Providing inci nerator permits are granted. ;ated. Once the *' Providing all emission tests are passed. Sprillg, 1995 17 When Rachel Carson's Silent Spring first warned ASSESSING THE RISKS OF OLD COAL us of the environmental dangers of pollution in GAS PLANTS A century ago, coal gas lit up the streets 1962, the message was overshadowed by more of many Missouri towns. Though the coal immediate concerns, such as the Cuban Missile lights are long gone, waste from coal gasification plants continues to pollute Crisis and the threat of nuclear war. Now, three these communities. For the past three years, geological engineering Professor decades later, the specter of nuclear holocaust is Allen W. Hatheway has studied the sites less haunting, and we are better able to assess the of more than 50 old coal gasification plants in Missouri to determine the extent environmental concerns that Carson first brought to of damage. "Typicall y, you fi nd some form of groundwater contamin ation at bear on the nation 's consciousness. these for mer manufactured gas plants, making them potentially as damaging to We now see that the threat of environmental the environment as most other uncon degradation is real. Some of our nation's industries troll ed hazardous waste sites," he says. Hatheway and several geological engi have left a legacy of pollution that we and our neering students are following the Mis souri Department of Natural Resources children must contend with . and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in their efforts to owersee the first RIISS Reed pre Many UMR researchers, intrigued by cleanup of a Missouri gas plant, the former by a stlldellf if environmental issues, have launched research Columbia Gas Light and Coke Co. Coal gasification technology, which led Modern el projects to undo this legacy of pollution while to the development of manufactured gas techniques ca plants, arrived in Missouri in 1847 at SI. doned sites rei searching for less environmentally damaging ways Louis, Hatheway says. By 1900, some adds. 40 gas works illuminated many northern of sustaining our standard of living. The stories that and western Missouri coal belt towns as WALKII\ follow are merely a sampling of the environmental well as the citi es of SI. Louis, Kansas C it~,r, PLASTI( Jefferson City, Columbia, Hannibal and Cape Girardeau. One way to research efforts under way at Rolla. The list is by landfills may With th e advent of cheaper and cleaner c no means comprehensive, but it illustrates the natural gas, coal-gas works were shut Thafs the app down. "When natural gas pipelin es were glas Carroll, Pi broadness of the work being done at UMR. introduced to Missouri in th e 1930s, few undergraduatE of the original gas plants survived, and all Last fal l. C' had ceased routine operation by 1955," fi bers of r~c y ~ Hatheway says. hopes of findir What the plants left behind, however, concrete stron( was a mess. The old er plants typically ers already u; disposed of coal-tar residuals and emul fiber know n as sions in on-site "tar wells" or into nearby their concrete p drain age ditches, Hatheway says. "These plaslic fibers hE cracklOg " h harmful reSi duals often leaked directly the . ' e s into sewers and into the environment at . miX also iJ h unpredictable locations below the sites, " t Inks that _ Cost b me he says. Many of the fo rmer contami ti~ y USing nants, however, have evaporated over milk jugS othe th e decades since their disposal. r plaStic polYprop I Yene. MSMALUMNUS ------..., of environmental pollution -IE tons of hazardous mineral waste con COAL· taminates these smelter sites. Cl ~ aning up this mess is a challenge being taken on t up the streets by UMR metallurgical engineers. lough the coal A method is close at hand, but the cost ste from coal of cleanup could be staggering-perhaps les to pollute ' billions of dollars-according to metallur he past three gical engineering Professor David G. 1ng Professor Robertson, director of UMR 's Center for Jdied the sites Pyrometallurgy. Robertson is heading a al gasification three-year, $210, 000 research project for line the extent the U.S: Bureau of Mines to cl ean up the au find some old smEiIters. ,tamination at Robertson and his colleagues are using ~d gas plants, a method developed by the Bureau of s damaging to Mines' Rolla Research Center to reduce other uncon the amounts of heavy metals in those :es," he says. piles. According to Robertson, the key to eologicalengi treating the waste lies in removing the wing the Mis carbon- mostly unburned coal that com .ral Resources prises up to 30 percent of the waste: Ital Protection "Once the carbon is removed, th e waste versee the first Russ Reed prepares to place a load on a concrete block during research being conducted is much like other slag-type materials that I ant. the former by a student team investigatill.g ways to use recycled plastics to reinforce concrete. could be processed physically, chemi :oke Co. cally, thermally, or by a combination of ogy. which led Modern environmental engineering stronger than regular concrete, Carroll those," he says. lufactured gas techniques can make most of the aban says. In the laboratory, the UMR researchers in 1847 at 5t doned sites relatively harmless, Hatheway Carroll's undergraduate students, are smelting the waste by addin g it to a y 1900, some adds. funded through UMR 's Opportunities for "slag bath" that is heated by burning the nany northern the Undergraduate Research Experience separated coal. "This is done to flush out belt towns as WALKING ON program, tested this theory last fall by harmful lead and zinc vapors from the s, Kansas City, PLASTIC shredding recycled soda bottles, milk jugs, waste," Robertson says. The lead and Han nibal and One way to keep pl astic waste out of plastic bags and other recycled plastic zin c are then recovered as a dust that can landfills may be to put it under our feet. and mixing the fibers in concrete. They be recycled. "Our goal," Robertson adds, Jer and cleaner That's th e approach being taken by Dou added about 1 112 pounds of the plastic "is to produce a slag that is so low in lead rks were shut glas Carroll, PhD EM '91 , and four UMR for every cubic yard of concrete-the and zinc it can be claSSified as nonhazard pipelines were undergraduate students. same ratio of polypropylene most com ous. the 1930s, few Last fall , Carroll and his team added monly used by concrete manufacturers. The researchers also hope to deter 'ved and all fibers of recycled plastic to concrete in They cured the bricks for 28 days, then min e the cost of carrying out that process ltvl ' .. tested them for strength and toughness. on a large scale. "Cleanin g up all such tion by 1955 hopes of finding a low-cost way to make concrete stronger. Concrete manufactur The tests showed that th e recycled plastic waste piles across the U.S. may cost as fibers increase the toughness of the con much as $8 billion ," Robertson says. "This lind, however, ers already use a high-strength plasti c crete by about 25 percent, Carroll says. research will produce the information re )Iants typically fiber known as polypropylene in some of quired to realistically assess the costs ver uals and ernul their concrete products, Carroll says. "The sus benefits of this particular environ or into nearby plastiC fibers help keep the concrete from GETTING THE "These cracking," he says. But adding plastic to LEAD OUT mental cl eanup. " JY says. Working with Robertson are Arthur E. ked directly the mix also increases th e cost. Carroll Along the borders of eastern Okla I MorriS, a professor emeritus of metallur ea nrnen I al thinks that manufacturers could lower homa, southeastern Kansas and western ,nviro " gical engineering, Lloyd R. Nelson, PhD :Iow the sites .. costs by using unsorted recycled plas Missouri-a region once called "the tri tics-milk jugs, soda bottles, bags and state lead-zin c area"-lie dozens of aban MetE '94, and MetE graduate students K. ~rner conlarnl- Narayanaswamy and Dhiren Panda .. led over other plastic products-instead o f doned smelters, some of which are more :>- lapora polypropylene. The mi x would also be than a century old. More th an 500,000 sposa l. MSMALUMNU5 Sprillg, 1995 19 MAKING GLASS Forciniti is studying ways to use the With Van De Mark's coating, water will "LOGS" OUT OF creatures to treat wastewater from replace most of the ozone-depleting sol NUCLEAR WASTE mining or manufacturing operations that vents, which allow paints and primers to use lead. This is especially important for flow smoothly. "In the past we've used Delbert E. Day, CerE'58, has discov residents of Mi ssouri 's lead belt, which is solvents such as xylene, toluene and some ered ways to use glass in everything fro m the nation's largest producer of lead. The alcohols, but with this primer we want to asphalt to the treatment of liver cancer. microbes could also be used to reduce use water as the carrier instead of a sol Now he's developing an iron phosphate cadmium-which is used to make batter vent," Van De Mark says. "The primer is, glass to dispose of nuclear waste. ies and in electroplating operations-in similar to latex paint, but it's more high Day, a Curators' Professor of ceramic tech. It must adhere to higher perfor engineering and senior research investi wastewater. "We want to be able to create a tech mance standards, such as stopping corro gator in UMR 's Graduate Center for Ma nology that people can reproduce," he sion, while remaining flexible and reSisting terials Research, is leading the effort to says. The two microbes Forciniti is study impacts. " develop glass "logs" to safely dispose of ing are inexpensive, and so is the method Van De Mark's goal is to reduce the nuclear waste. Through a process known of growing them. Plus-heavy metals amount of smog-producing volatile or as vitrification, radioactive waste is com aSide-they don't eat much, so they're ganic compounds (vocs) to less than 150 bined with a non-radioactive base mate ( easy on the grocery bilL grams per liter of paint or primer. The rial to form a glass that immobilizes the I , Forciniti hopes his work will lead to the current voc limit is 340 grams per liter. waste. development of a "bio-reactor" that would The water-based primer research is "That glass could have the potential to use microbes to filter the toxic metals out being funded through a $32,000 grant be used with certain types of nuclear of wastewater during the treatment pro from UMR 's Center for Environmental waste," Day says. "The glass container cess. "We could immobilize these micro Science and Technology. "CEST members can then be stored in a repository for organisms in some sort of support-for think it's important because if one can thousands of years, with little or no chance example, attach them to glass beads or develop the proper technology to apply to of the radioactive materials escaping into even sand-and build a bio-reactor" to aircraft coatings, modifications can be the environment. treat wastewater, Forciniti says. made for other coatings, such as alumi "Our ultimate goal is to develop glasses The use of microbes in such a treatment num can coatings," Van De Mark says. that can contain large amounts of special system would trap the harmful metals in a Van De Mark's research is at the fore ized nuclear wastes and that are environ small volume, and the metals could then front of a national trend to reduce VOcs in mentally safe to use. " be disposed of through in cineration. "In the coatings industry. "In recent years, IT'S NO Day's research is funded by the Pacific stead of polluting one million gallons of we've reduced the amount of solvents ST. PA- Northwest Laboratories in Hanford water with lead or cadmium, you would and we keep redUCing it," he says. "It's When you Wash. , and by Westinghouse Savannah have only 50 gallons," Forciniti says. "You technically challenging. I see it as a chance and Rolla. 01 River in Savannah, Ga. reduce the size of the problem. " to improve the coatings industry and make mind: St Pal One of the microbes-called it a better industry in terms of protecting professors, in pseudomonas aeruginosa-"seems to be people's health and th e environment's are making c resistant to the toxic effects of the metals " well-being. " mentally men Forciniti says. "It can grow in the presen~e They're do of these metals and can accumulate these rice hUlls- ali metals both externally and internally. " WASH THAT WASTE making opera In addition, Forciniti is studying com AWAY ing process. R mon blue-green algae, which also handles While some researchers are focusing beer -making t lead and cadmium welL on new ways to store hazardous materials, Anheuser -Bu ~ one UMR professor is designing a method do with all the I to get the stuff out of the leaky containers Busch. a cOlj Anabaena Cylindrica, seen al 3500X, is that now store it. Center for EI one ojlhe wasle-ealing microorganisms David A Summers, Curators' Profes Technology _ The amount of ozone-depleting sol sor of mining engineering, and his col question, a~d( ATTACK OF THE vents in paints and primers will drop sig leagues in UMR 's High Pressure Waterjet those hUlls as KILLER MICROBES nificantly if a water-based primer being Laboratory are designing waterjet equip Most brew( developed by a UMR chemist catches on. ment to remove radioactive waste from derived from Daniel Forciniti has found some micro "We're trying to make paint as harmless leaky containers so it can be treated and filter impuritie! scopic bugs that li ke heavy metal, but as possible," says Michael Van De Mark, stored more safely. Working for th e De cal engineeri they're not into rock'n' rolL Rather, they're ME' nc an associate professor of chemistry and partment of Energy, th e waterjet team is . 60. U/;1R' into ingesting lead and cadmium. director of UMR 's Coatings Institute. testing a multijet rotating cutting and ex nCe hUlls faun These bugs may take a bite out of The use of such primers will be impor traction assembly. The waterjet uses very hom beer as \V pollution and lead to a better way to treat tant in areas where Clean Air Act stan little water to remove waste from dam Ranigan says wastewater, says Forciniti, an assistant byP ., dards have not been met, Van De Mark aged containers, and it recovers what professor of chemical engineering. He is rOduct ofIf says. To meet those standards, compa water it does use to avoid adding much to experimenting with two kinds of microor re~dilyavailabk ni es "are going to have to reduce their use the volume of waste removed. ganisms that thrive in environments where The fixed ( of solvents, and paints and primers are Porous and toxic levels of lead and cadmium exist. . pel often targets," he says. I111PUrities " These microbes ingest th e metals, or in I SC some cases the metals attach to the bugs. 20 MSMAWMNUS SPring, 1995 ati ng, water will they're a lready stockpiled, it's a find a way to determine, on a broad scale, 2-depleting sol. very affordable alternative to the the potential risks of inj ection wells to and Primers to coconut shells. " groundwater. ast we've Used The researchers first tried to The UMR team, led by Warner, has luene and some use the hulls as filters to treat developed a method that consists of five ner we Want to wastewater, says William J. approaches for determining whether an ';,tead of a sol. James, professor emeritus of area can be exempt from well-by-well AO R The primer is chemistry and director of CEST. studies. One step calls for an evaluation of it' 5 more high. But that experiment went flat, so an area's hydrogeology. If no underground higher pedor. they decided to char the hulls source of drinking water is present, then stopping carro. and test them on the beer. Lab th ere is no need for an AOR study. Other lie and resisting tests show the rice hull product methods of evaluation are more complex. could also be used as a filter to One such method involves determining to reduce the treat the water supply used in whether a petroleum reservoir has enough ng volatile or. brewing, James says. pressure to cause brine to flow into an o less than 150 underground drinking water source. If Jr primer. The not, then AORS aren't required. 3ms per liter. The research so far shows that older er research is TESTING THE injection wells pose little risk to under $32,000 grant SAFETY OF ground drinking water sources. "What Environmental OILFIELD we're doing is showing that if there is a .CEST members INJECTION risk, it is a very small risk," Warner says . The team has tested the approach in lse if one can WELLS logy to apply to the San Juan BaSin of New Mexico , one of For every gallon of oil pumped ations can be the largest oil-producing areas of the United out of the ground, 20 gallons of such as alumi· States, and found that 20 of the 24 large salty water comes up. That water )e Mark says. oil fields they investigated would not re must be returned to the oil field , , is at the fore· quire well-by-well AO RS. More recently, via injection wells, to help maintain pres reduce vocs in they applied their method to th e Permian IT'S NOT JUST FOR sure underground and keep the oil flow Basin of West Texas-the largest on-shore 1 recent years, ing toward the surface. But in recent years lOt of solvents ST. PAT'S ANYMORE oil -producing area in the United States ,. he says. ,·!t's When you think of beer, and green, regulators have been concerned that the and the site of some 30,000 injection and Rolla, only one thing can come to brine might affect the quality of under wells-and again found that the wells did ~e it as a chance ground drinking water if the two ever mix. ustry and make mind: St. Pat's. Well, think again. UMR not pose a threat to drinking water. That professors, instead of making green beer, "One gallon of brine has the possibility of project also was funded by th e API, which 1S of protecting contaminating thousands of gallons of fresh environment's are making beer green, as in "environ has supported the UMR project with a mentally friendly. " water," says Don L. Warner, dean emeri total of $950,000. Now the U.S. Depart They're doing it by experimenting with tus of the UMR School of Mines and ment of Energy is joining the effort, pro rice hulls-a waste product in many beer Metallurgy and professor emeritus of geo viding an additional $500,000 to study making operations-as filters in the brew logical engineerin g. the legendary East Texas oil field, which IASTE ing process. Rice is a key ingredient in the It is for this reason that in 1980 the U.s. has produced more oil than any other field beer-making business, but companies like Environmental Protection Agency began in the continental United States. The re ~ s are focusing Anheuser-Busch have wondered what to having oil companies conduct studies of searchers also are considering studies of dous materials, do with all the leftover rice hulls. Anheuser newly constructed injection wells to en oil fields in th e entire states of California, ~ning a method Busch, a corporate member of UMR 's sure that they wouldn't pose a threat to Kansas and Oklahoma. ~aky containers Center for Environmental Science and underground sources of drinking water. According to Warner, UMR 's Technology, approached UMR with th e These "area-of-review" studies, or AORS, multidisciplinary approach caught API 's lrators' Profes· question, and now researchers are using were required under provisions of the interest. UMR 's four-person team includes g and his col· those hulls as filters. Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. one geological engineer (Warner), one e~sure Waterjet Most breweries use activated carbon The cost of a typical AOR is $2,500 per geologist-Robert C. Laudon, associate waterjet equip derived from charred coconut shells to well. That's a small expense for a few professor of geology and geophysics jve waste from filter impurities from beer, says mechani wells, but the petroleum industry is con and two petroleum engineers, Shari Dunn be treated and cal engin eering Professor Vi rgil J. Flanigan, cerned that these regulations could be Norman, assistant professor of petroleum th e De· ME '60. UMR laboratory tests of charred expanded to include injection wells built engineering, and Leonard F. Koederitz, ,-ing for .IS .vaterjet team rice hulls found that they filter impurities before 1980. If that happens, th en con ChE'68, Distinguished Teaching Profes cutting and ex from beer as well as the activated carbon, ducting a well-by-well analysis of the esti sor and head of petroleum engin eering. lterjet USes very Flanigan says. And because rice hulls are a mated 100,000 wells built before 1980 "We have a great blend of experts on dam· could prove quite expensive. So a few ,ste from t byproduct of the brewing process, they are our team," Warner says. "The research wha years ago th e petroleum in dustry decided recover S readily available to breweries, Flanigan adds. sponsors haven't fou nd any university or adding much to "The fixed carbon of rice hulls is very to look for a less costly approach. other research group th at has a better In 1990 a team from UMR won' an ~ved. porous and perfect for filtering out organic resource for th is work than we have." • impurities," says Flanigan. "And since American Petroleum In stitute contract to Sprillg, 1995 21 A DROP IN THE BUCKET UMR alumnus forms partnership to aid developing countries • by Dick Hatfield ike many Americans, Gary J. W h ite was " There are at least another billion people out more or less indifferent toward the poor there who need assistance with safe drinking L living conditions of people in developing water, ., White says. countries. But a 1984 trip to Guatemala changed Even before graduation, White was using his the way he looked at things. engineering know-how to m ake life better for " I saw the water problems the people were others. As a student he founded SENITA, the having, and that really brought it home to me," Student Engineering Network for International says White, CE'85. " I saw sewage flowing on T echnical Assistance. Through this group he the streets from shacks, and I saw chil dren organized the trip to Guatemala to help con playing in that sewage. I saw animals drinking struct a training center for an aid organization from the same streams that people were ge tting there. After graduation he joined the Catholic their drinking water from. ,. Relief Service to oversee water and sanitation Few Am ericans realize that unsafe drinking projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. water is the biggest health problem in the world, Then after a brief stint with CH2M Hill, an White says. But about 10 million people- most environmental engineering consulting firm, of them children under the age of 5-die each White co-founded his own aid organization, year from disease borne of unsafe drinking WaterPartners International. water, inadequate water supplies and poor sani White is executive director of WaterP artners, tation. which is based in Chapel Hill, N.C. He and co founder Marla E. Smith created the non-profit organization in 1990 to Old and new. (top) the traditional source of water for EI help developing countries build the Limon. Honduras was replaced by a newer system. infrastructure needed to improve (bottom) A new water system is completed for a family in their water and sewage system s. Sosoal. Honduras. Every household in this community will WaterPartners first project was build this "pila "-or outdoor wash basin-as pari of their to build a gravity-fed water supply water project , system for EI Limon, H onduras. The organization now works on simi lar projects with eight communiti es unsafe water and sanitation in the developing in Guatemala and Honduras. worl d," he says. "It is disturbing to see people, T he approach, as the name especially children, with such water related dis WaterPartners implies, involves eases as cholera, typhoid and dysentery, all of building partn erships with the ben which have long since been conquered in the eficiary communities. The people United States. " in the communities invest a portion T hat is w hy when WaterPartners employees While (left) with an engineer and technicians from Aqua del Pueblo. a of the cost of a water system visit the communities each year to monitor the Guatemalan organization that works with communities to establish safe typically between $ 15 ,000 and projects, they take cameras along with them. water supplies $20.000-as well as all of the labor Their slides are shown at fund-raising events. required to build it. " We are also trying to get people from the U.S. " We take water for granted" in the United " W e want to work with only those partner to visit these needy countries and to see for States, White says, " but there are millions of organizations who can prove that they are seri themselves the magnitude of this problem," people who die each year due to diseases ous about doing it," White says. "The commu W hite says. caused by unsafe water supplies. This crisis nities must make a cash investment, covering WaterPartners' fund-raising efforts have so accounts for 80 perce nt of all sickness and kills part of the costs of th e projec t. We make sure far focused on charity dinners, with proceeds far more people than fam in e." th at each household pays a user fee-type pay from each going to help a different community That eye-opening experience in Guatemala ment so that money will be avail able for future in a developing country. Through a series of led White on a ca mpaign to raise awareness in m aintenance. " dinners in Kansas City and Chapel Hill, W hite 's the United States o f the water-related problems Along with raiSing funds, W hite wants to group has raised about $85,000 to support o f people in developing nations. "That trip," he raise awareness in this country of the needs of th ese global water quality efforts. But that says, "made me decide what I wanted to do other nations. " We hope to educate A m ericans amount is a mere drop in the bucket when with my degree from Roll a. about the overwhelming problems caused by measured against the staggering needs . • If you wou ld like more information, contact: WaterPartners International 22 Phone/FAX (919) 929-1820 · Email: [email protected] MSMAWMNUS wersystem. leted lor al amily In thiS communii'( Will ;/n- as pari olthell 19 efforts have so rs. with proceeds :erent community rough a series of lapel Hill. White's ),000 to support efforts. But that the bucket when ing needs. • COMMI EES TH Committees are where the work of the MSM-UMR Alumni Association is conducted Members of • Study cooperative the board of directors serve on at least one committee, and other alumni are recruited to serve on ters. committees as well, to represent the alumni body Here 's a brief explanation of what committees • EncoUl range visits \ are active and what they do. Please contact the committee chair if you have something to suggest to legislators, ci a particular committee (you can find their phone numbers and addresses on the inside front co ver). ers, membe branch mem edlVith them This committee 's duties include working with ALUMNI AWARDS JACKLING FUND RICHARD HUNT University. staff in recommending programs and individu Reviews income and expenditures of this JOE MOONEY • Study i als to be emphasized in the MSM Alumnus and Nominates alumni campus fund and reports on such to the board records of s other communication vehicles, evaluating pub and friends of the ca m at eac h meeting. This is in accordance with the Congress. lications and making suggestions for improve wishes of th e donor in his will. pus to be recognized or · Studya' ments, and reviewing policies and procedures honored by the alumni istrative actic relating to publications and making appropri association. This rec FINANCE affecting UM ate recommendations to the board for changes ognition includes, but is not limited to, honor GRAHAM SUTHERLAND in such policies and proced ures . ing individuals for outstanding personal Dea ls with matters NOMINATIOf achievement and service to UMR and the relating to the fiscal in Recruits. MSM-UMR Alumni Association. Some of the FACULTY & PROGRAM PLANNING tegrity of the organiza board of dire awards currently given by the association are RAND YKERNS tion including bud associa tion. the Alumni Achievement, Alumni Merit and Develops programs to involve alumni with nn geti ng, in v es tm e nts, board inciudi Alumni Service awards: the H onorary life faculty. students and other alumni in the aca physical properties and ground, geo Membership: the Presidential Alumni Service demic and social life of the ca mpus and to monthly financial state ethnic origin, Citation; Outstanding Student Advisor awards evaluate the effecti veness of such programs. ments. that will prOl and the Distinguished Teaching award. T his The following programs are currently active: ents, skills an, committee also establishes suitable recogni Alumni Speakers Bureau, affinity credit card, LEGISLATIVE & the Associatic ti on items for award recipients. alumni cruises and foreign tours, alumni mer INTER CAMPUS service each \ chandise (rings. pendants, watches, etc.), UMR contribution ATHLETIC STUDY GENE EDWARDS license plate, bookstore order form in MSM CAL aCHS Communicates with have demon~ Responsible for obtaining information and Alumnus. and distribution of Old RoJ/amo public officials about nization throl advising the board of directors of th e needs yearbooks. T his committee is conSidering UMR programs and association II and problems of intercollegiate athletics. The many other programs to benefit alumni, and is needs. This is accom election 10 th committee then plans and develops recom working to help al umni communicate with plished mainly through the efforts of the Public mendations concerning th ese needs and prob each other electronically. Reso urce Ambassadors group, along with the STUDE NTFIN , lems and possible assistance from association following duties: members . ANNUAL FUND DENNIS JAGGI Plan and, • Study, inform membersh ip, and generate cial support of Responsible for the planning. executi on grass-roots support for-or opposition to ing 10 Ihe bo COMMUNICATIONS and evaluation of the association's annual specific legislation affecting higher education finanCial aid a fund raising campaign. Establishes appropri ARTBAEBLER in general. and UMR specifically. 10 stUdents; e ate donor clubs and implements a program of Responsible for the • Study and recommend a program aimed year and recc service and recognition for those club mem planning and evaluation at encouraging UMR supporters to inform their policies and of th e association's com bers. The income from the campaign will be employers or the general public o n key legisla finanCial aid i munications program, used to provide gifts to th e ca mpus and for tive issues. mendations I< needed operating expenses of the organiza including publication of • Confer with legislators on legisla tive mat policies and p tion. the quarterly publication MSM Alumnus, the ters affecting the University. Alumni Directory and other communica tio ns used to promote the association's programs. 2,) :8 HEART • Study and arrange for inter-association REUNIONS • Recommend to recruiting services tech cooperative efforts on certain legislative mat JIM VAN BUREN niques to make alumni more effective in re ters. cruiting prospective UMR students. Plan , execute and • Encourage association members to ar • Acquaint board and membership with evaluate class reunions. range visits with governmental officials (state current quality academic programs being of T his includes the follow legislators, city council members. county offic fered at UMR and aspects of the campus that ing duties: ers , members of congress, state executive help in the student recruitment process. • Identify volunteer branch members) to become better acquaint • Inform board of success of student re alumni to serve as Class ed with them and to discuss issues affecting the cruitment effort at UMR. UNT Coordinators for each class and involve them University. • Develop programs through the associa lenditures of this in planning and executing class reunions at • Study and inform alumni about voting tion to assist in making prospective students a ;uch to the board Homecoming. records of state legislators and members of part of the university family. ordance with the • Work with association staff to plan and Congress. • Evaluate current programs and make II. execute reunions for classes graduating 5, 10, • Study and inform membership on admin suggestions for improvement. 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 or more istrative actions or rulings and court decisions years ago at Homecoming each fall. affecting UMR. • Work with association staff to plan and CONSTITUTION & 1M SUTHERlAND execute a special reunion for the class gradu BYlAWS lis with matters NOMINATIONS BOB PATTERSON ating 25 years ago at Homecoming each fall. CRAIG O'DEAR 9 to the fi scal in· Recruits, orients, motivates and evaluates • Review 50-year class reunion at com Reviews the consti of the organ iza· board of directors members and officers of the mencement each spring and recommend revi tution and bylaws on a ncluding bud · association. Study the composition of the sions of program. regular basis to assure , investments. board including academic departmental back • Establish suitable recognition items for that they are in accor- al propertiesand ground, geographic location, age , sex and 25- and 50-year reunion classes. dance with University, Iy financial state· ethnic origin, having in mind future selections State of Missouri and federal rules and regula that will provide an optimum breadth of tal SECTIONS tions as a not-for-profit corporation. ents, skills and capacity to assume all aspects of CURT KILLINGER the Association·s success . Nominate for board service each year those individuals that have a Obtain information STUDENT RElATIONS & ORIENTATION TO contribution to make to th e association. and and advice in matters ASSOCIATION DARLENE RAMSAY relating to operations have demonstrated commitment to the orga Plan. execute and evaluate a program to and development of nization through financial contribution to the involve students with the organization and geographical, corporate association the preceding two years prior to acquaint them with alumni efforts to aid and and special interest sub- election to the board. work with them to make UMR a better institu groups (sections ) of the association. This tion. forts of the Public STUDENT FINANCIAL AID MIKE FERRETTI committee also coordinates th e Outstanding Section Award. Also responsible for training 'p. along with the Plan and evaluate the association's finan section leaders and coordinating the sharing of cial support of students, including recommend ideas among sections. hip. and generate ing to the board each year types of student opposition to financial aid and amount of grants to be given STUDENT RECRUITMENT higher education to students; evaluating aid given in preceding cally d year and recommending changes; reviewing CHRISTA DEGONIA ANDREW ap rogram aime policies and procedures relating to student Plan. execute and evaluate the associa ers to informt heir financial aid and making appropriate recom tion 's student recruitment program, through lsla )lic on key leg · mendations to th e board for ch anges in such the following duties: policies and procedures . • Work with UMR campus recruiting servic . mat· )n legislative es office in acquiring alumni to serve as admis si ons am bassadors. 25 fun!" I Art h great after ha Attention Civil through by·pi Engineering Alumni! "Hopefully, I Last time i1 pais,' who ne Dea r fellow alumni, Make plans now to attend the 1941 As your new presi dent, I have accepte d the cha lle nge of making th e MSM I Herbert E. UMR Aluillni Association a stronge r, more successful org aniza tio n. I kno w the Geo M. this will re quire much frolllllle, butin or derto tru ly mee tthe challeng e, we wi ll Third Annual Civil Engineering out of businE ne ed th e help of eac h one of yo u. Herbertwasi Spring Alumni Event owner of the We, as vo lunteers who ca-re abo ut th e MSM -UMR Alumn i Assoc iati on, will April 20-22, 1995 E. Zanzie. E have to pu t tillle and effo rt into our associati on , as well as Ill akin g a finan cia l August 199- con tri buti on. Fo rtunate ly, th ere are many among you who are dedicated to Grimm. ME. Ac tivi ti es includ e: the associa ti on, and who are alrea dy Illakin g a strong co mmitm ent in "time sian: Charle Campus to urs and classroom visits and talent" as we ll as "treas ure." So me who com e imme diately to mind are made a trip t, pa nel disc uss ions th e fo llowing outstand ing indi vidua ls: ovember I' re search demonstratio ns very fine city i • Hans Sc hmoldt, who spea rh ea ded tli e Class of '44 in their formation of the golf scramb les some as old a~ Ike Edwa rds Sc holarship Fund stud ent/alumni/facu lty barb equ e and cocktails Buckner, ME • Dennis Jaggi, who as hea d of th e Annu al Fund Comm ittee im plemente d retirement an For more informatio n a new dono r recognitio n pla que pro gra m -lam busy\\~t or to register for the event pl ease call : • Bob Saxer, who was the firs t to start holdi ng rec epti ons fo r pro spe cti ve tor of Helix V. San Diego C stud ents, and who continues to serve activel y as an Admiss io ns Am bassa dor Cha rlena Ousley, 314-341-4470 president of • Cal Dc hs, who hea ds up the leg islati ve co ntact effo rt in Misso uri, JPIA is the je promp ting th e governor and th e legi slature to provid e increa se d supp ort to Calif. Water the camp us Do you know a student who insurance for There are hund reds of other alum ni who are also working to further the should attend UMR? Thomas A. J goa ls of the associa ti on- vo lunteerin g as Class Coo rdinator s, Ad miss ion s Call Jennifer Bayless at 1-800-522-0938 Claire celebr, ding an nivers Ambassa dors, Public Reso urce Amb assa dors, secti on leaders, co mmittee -she'll send them information! cha irmen and serving on the boa rd of directo rs. It will ta ke the effo rts of these 1943 alumni and many more to kee p th e assoc iati on strong . We enc ourage you to I Gene S. Mi be a part of this effort by bei ng ac ti ve in th e assoc iation in whatev er way you The MSM-UMR Alumni Association offers the laSl1 montc ca n, from attending sec ti on meetings and making yo ur co ntribution to the following benefits to its members: Gene has be. Annua l Fund to suppo rtthe assoc iation's progra ms to ser ving on th e boa rd of hislorymissior Christ of the L directors. • Travel tours (Ireland and Switzerland/Black We are very fortu nate to have an alu mn i assoc iation that exists as a Forest this fall) separate, non -profit orga niza ti on, dedica ted to th e support of UMR and its • MSM-UMR rings student s. By giving your time, effort and financia l supp ort to the MSM-UMR • MSM-UMR pendants Alumni As sociation as we ll as to yo ur de partm ent or other area of ca mpu s, • MSM-UMR watches you ca n he lp the associa tion play an ever-in creas ing role in the continu al • UMR license plates, for Missouri residents illlp rove ment of your alma mater. • affinity credit card Si nce rely, For further inform ation on these benefits, please contactthe Alumni Offi ce at (314) 341-4145. ~ '"q,~ President ASSOCIATION MEMBER BENEFITS ;( 26 ----- POLICY FOR PUBLICATION OF Aw NOTES IN THE MSM MNI " We are happy to a A LUMNUS h nnounce wedd ' fun l " • Arthur W . Retzel is feeling be returning in March 1995 . • E.H. ave OCCurred Ings, births and pro . iii great after having successfully made it Barnett. ChE. writes, "1have opened " We will mentio~ a , motions, after they through by-pass surgery. Arthurwrites, a consultancy to offer my knowledge . f spouse s name 'f' . mni! In ormation provid I It IS specificall . "Hopefully. I'll make 'HIe' next year. of how to improve processes for yield " The MSMA ed by the alumnus. y mentioned in the Last time (1993) I missed my 'real and profitability as I did for Monsanto . IlImnlls will ann Immediate family mem ounce deaths if information i . pals,' who no longer attend. for some years. ,. • Jack E. Fleischli, " We will print addre ber, Or from a newspaper ob't s submitted by an end the ME, and Sue spent July and August b . sses If spec'f II I uary. 1942 h'aveling the inland waterway from su mltting the note I Ica y requested to do b Moscow to St. Petersburg. In April " We reserve the . h' so y the alumnus • Herbert E. Pagel. MinE, writes that " W. fig t to edit ailin . glneering the Geo M. Meriwether Corp. went 1995 they will be in Japan and Korea e will use submitted photos on;~'a:o;eps to meet space requirements. out of business in September 1994. on business and in May they will be in ace permits. vent Herbert was a vice president and part Australia and New Zealand. Jack owner of the corporation . • Charles writes, " My son, Michael, is a sales E. Zanzie, EE , went to St. Louis in engineer for Omron Electronics. My August 1994 to visit L. J. " Jim" daughter, Gretchen, graduates in May 1946 Grimm, ME. "A memorable occa 1995 from Oklahoma University. .Raymond B. Jones, CerE, sti ll does Number one son. Jackie, is an attor some consulting. "My last job was in 11 visits sion. " Charles and his wife Meg also made a trip to St. Augustine. Fla .. in ney and number one daughter, Karen, South Korea on a borosilicate glass November 1994. He writes, " It is a is a mother of three. her oldest is a smelter. My daughter has joined the 1950 ns very fine city and displays many relics, freshman at I 'Sidenlofhisdad's Michael J. Kausch, Jr., MSEMgt, opment Co. in process engineering Phillip Henry, NucE '75, and Jill , their first child , a boy, Matthew. roducts fnc. . in and his wife Palr'icia, frequently visit and evaluations. She and Glenn live James H. Martin, AE '75, Tina, and older brother Scott, a boy, Paul Leman, ,lmoSI a hundred their daughter, Joanne (Kausch) in Houston, Texas .• Stanton W. Dec. 22, 1994. :!lWes Spread over Holmes, MetE '91 , and her husband, Hadley, NucE, works on the Martin J. Mike Fischer, ME '78, and Christie, a boy, Nathan Andrew, Oct. 20, 1994. are feet manufac. Robert, CE '87, and their children; Marietta research staff in Oak Ridge, Bob Freeman, ME '78, and Pam, their first child, a boy, Theodore Robert, hair conditioners Rebecca Marie, 3 112, and Amanda Tenn. , and writes) aI am doing great named after his grandfather, Dec. 6, 1994. Dn Ihe shelves al Jael, 1 112, in Savoy, ilL Bob Holmes and working hard! " • Mark D. Russell L. Goldammer, CE '78, and Shirley, their third child , a girl, Ashton ross the Counlly. has transferred to the U.S. Geological Krahenbuhl, CE, starled with Samson Marie, Oct. 13, 1994. ve in Ihe commu. Survey in Champaign-Urbana and is Resources as vice president, explora Carma (Stone) Gibler, ChE'79, and Glenn, their first child, a girl, Hayley I~ations such as planning to begin work on his PhD in tion, in September 1994after 13 years Lauren, Dec. 9, 1994. Smilh College, CEo with Bridge OiL Mark and his family Linda (Hudgens) Michaelsen, LSci '80, and Ward, a girl , Emma Chrisline, the Uniled Negro moved to Tulsa, which put them clos Sept. 23, 1994. 1978 er to their relatives . • Michael W. Michael Fearon, Geol'81 , and Donna, a girl , Rebecca Anne, Sept. 6, 1994. • J. Mike Fischer, ME , has complet Noble, ChE, is assistant director of Morris C. F. Buenemann Jr., ME '82, and Barbara, a girl , Allison , July 8, 1993 . ed 11 years with Lee Apparel Co. oral and maxillofacial surgery at St. Dale Anthony Kyser, ChE '82, and Joan, a girl , Rebecca, Oct. 25, 1994. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Charles "Dave" Malin, EMgt '82, and Diana Sue (Bindemann), ChE'83, ,NucE, moved 10 where he manages the facilities design Louis. Michael and wife Nancy have their second child, a girl , Hannah Terry, September 1994. ~ he is a professor group. Mike and Christie live in Over one daughter, Natalie .• Kevin R. Daryl Seck, EE '82, and Sheila (Courtway), ME '84, a boy, Michael, June 1994. the University of land Park, Kan . • Kim R. Fowler, EE, has worked with the Applied Physics O'Sullivan, ME, is vice president of Todd M. Thomas, CE '82, and Lynn Dee (Paar), EE '83, a girl , Anne Dee, Oct I Medical Cenler. engineering for Diagnetics Inc. in T ul 23, 1994. uya house in San Laboratory at Johns Hopkins Univer sa, Okla. Kevin and wife Karen have Jeffrey Scott Bell, ChE '83, and Crystal, their first chil d, a girl , Kaitlyn Lee, ames D. Wood sity for 13 years. He finished a text book on the design and development two children, Patrick and Kaitlyn .• April 15, 1994. IstillHve al3345 James R. Wray, ME , and Denise are Mark P. Carthy, MSChE'83, Vera and older sister Lydia, a girl, Natalie Abingdon, Md. of electronic instruments to be pub lished by Oxford University Press this back home in Springfield, Mo. , after Alexandra, June 25, 1994. amed her MS in year. He also placed in the 1993 De several years in Houston and Fort Bradley R. Miller, ME '83, and Susan (Pyron), EMgt'86, their third daughter, '4, and Jim and sign News Design for Excellence con Worth, Texas. Jim is a project manag Candice Rosalie, Oct. 25, 1994. j Iheir nrsl wed· test. Kim , Oonagh and Seth are doing er for Turblex Inc. , a packager of high Charles K. Reed, MetE '83, Malette and older sister Stephanie, a girl , ~ovember 1994. welL . Robert D. Freeman, ME, is a volume turbine compressors . • Elizabeth, April 6, 1994. ms, ME. became 1 project manager for MAXTAR Corp. , Charles E. Mattson, EE, is living in Kim (Hofstetter) Williams, PetE '83, and Dave, PetE '83, and Dylan, 2 / " ,r of business de· "leading a team of engineers design Ridgecrest, Calif. , and is working as a a boy, Collin, Aug. 30, 1994. Jihweslern Bell ing disk drives for the personal com range systems engineer in the Range Jamie (Luca) Bennett, EMgt'84, Marc, and older siblings Tyler and Jennifer, es Inc .. a subsid· puter market. " • Rosa L. Herman, Architecture Office of the Pacific Rang a girl , Heather Francis, Sept. 9, 1994. tications Inc. . on ChE, writes, "I received my MBA from es Department at China Lake. He is Michael A. Book, EE '84, Mary Alice (Gielow), ME '85, and older sister lry wriles, -Neal the University of Michigan, was named the scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop Maureen, a girl, Melanie, Jan. 21 , 1994. Iner, Ch E,joined to the Beta Gamma Sigma national 35 in China Lake. His oldest son, William "Andy" Chambers, ME '84, and Diana, their second child, a girl , :0. in November honor society for business, relocated Roger, 12, is in the sixth grade and his Bethany, March 18, 1993. nl of operations. to Texas with Dupont and was mar youngest son Ryan, 6, is in the first Guy Cordonier, ChE'84, and Nancy, their fifth child, a boy, Michael, 1994. I, 13. Daniel, 9, ried to Robert Hall Christmas 1993. I grade. Charles' wife Karen is the trea Karen (Penney) White, ChE'84, Scott R. , ME '85, and older siblings Amy and live al: 457 Joe am enjoying the warm weather here at surer of the PTA. Charles writes, "Near Evan, a girl , Audrey Elaina, July 28, 1994. . La 71203. I 4395 Willow Bend Dr. , Beaumont, Death Valley? Stop and see us! " • Sharon (Berger) Finger, PetE '85, and Lou, their third girl , Nicolet, February lelE. was trans · Texas 77707. " • John McVay, EE , James F. Fox, GGph, is living in 1994. Corporale Tech· serves Tulsa Christian Fellowship as Bartlesville, Okla., with his son Chris Glenn G. Fournie, ME '85, Lynn and older siblings Luke and Amy, a boy, r 10 Texas City 10 missions director and church adminis topher and his wife Deborah. He is the Josh, 1994. "s chemical planG trator, with responsibilities ranging Geoscience Director for Worldwide Kostas Kolliopoulos, ChE'85, and Anna, a boy, Panayioti, Sept. 2, 1994. Don wriles. ' In· from recruiting children 's teachers to Exploratio n. James taught "a two day Kevin Truman, PhDCE'85, Katina and older brother Zane, a girl , Kameryn t people. bul I'm database management. John also pub seminar for AAPG entitled 'Interac Rae, Sept. 4, 1994. 8degree weather lished an article in the annual Great tion Between Sedimentation and Salt Matt Lemke, EE '85, Vicki (Koch), ChE'86, and older brother Brian, a ~ gave our snoW Commission Handbook . • James W. Teclonics. "' . Bruce Cooper, ME, is a girl ,Kelly, Sept 14, 1994. Parker, EMech, does structural anal major in the Arm y and "is currently Jorge A. Ochoa, ME '85, and Heidi , a girl , Olivia Rose, Feb. 25, 1994. ysis on a contract basis al Bell Heli assigned as an instructor in the Army Kevin Dale Renfro, PetE '85, and Michele, a girl , Kathryn Joelle Renfro, Dec. copter in Ft. Worth, Texas .• Jeff ROTC Department at the University 1, 1994. of Missouri - Columbia. " • Milo Fos Anne (Oetting) Spence, AE '85, and Loyd, a boy, Jonathan Tyler, June 7, 1994. ~1inE , isstillal lhe Swoveland, Geol, has joined Equita ter, ME, traveled around the world Kim J in Illinois and ble Resource's treasury department W. Tracy, CSci, Math '85, and Kathleen, a boy, Roberl, Aug. 13, 1994. four times in six months as director of James Akers Jr., ChE'86, and Donna, their first child, a boy, Christopher, Jm old friends. I as director of alternative finance. Jeff Kimberly - Clark's World Support April 1994. IE. ' recently left earned his master's degree in finance Group. Now he is vice president of John Charles Denzel, ChE'86, and Debbie, a boy, Christopher, Aug. 15, 1993. I business 10 be from Carnegie-Mellon University . • operations and planning for Kimber Curtis David Eshelman, NucE '86, and Carolyn (McCowan) , CSci '87, mtra Transport James T. Rau, CE, is working as cl ly-Clark's Household Products busi their first child, a boy, April 1994. Okla.' Gary also regional engin eering projects director ness in Europe. Milo writes, "Kathleen, Jim Reinhardt, EE '86, Mary Jane (Paganini), CSci'8E 10 Missouri and for Conoco after a temporary stint as Billings refinery maintenance manag 5, and Anthony, 3, love their bilingual and four-year-old Kevin , a girl , Nicole, Jan. 13, 1994. shere. -I Chtls' school and Barbara's high school Forrest T. Thomas, CE '86, and Meg (Marshall), CE '87 :E. is working as er. James writes, "Still living in and loving life in Big Sky countryl " French has finally become useful. a girl , Haley, Aug. 6, 1994. in American Sa· We're all enjoying the experience a 'eclS on Dan Bock, ME '87, and Sarah (Reeves), ChE'87, abo; I,vay pro! . e 1979 great deal. If you plan to visit Paris Kevin , May 23, 1994. He and his \Vlf please call 33.1.39.58.96.21. " • • Mark A. Ditch, CE, started Ditch llage of Leone. I Johanna Yuhas, EE , was promoted Engineering In c. , a civil engineering ChE. move~ :0 to staff projecl engineer, Proving Divi and surveying company, in Augusta, January 199 0 sion , General Motors Corp .. Continued on page 36 Mo. , in June 1994. • Carma (Stone) lvironmenlal SCi ' at the UniveTSI' Gibler, ChE, works for Shell Devel- ~I Chapel Hill. I net h IV. Gi e~ information on myoid roommate 'Big 1982 process design engineer for the Paul lo r. 4. and San Bob .. I wonder where Monroe is these Mueller Co. in Springfield, Mo. Sher • Stephen A. Bahn, C Eois a superin Kenneth recen days? And where is Debbie Foy? And ry Davis, CSci '85, is a programmer tendent with Olin Chemicals in tric in Corpor< Ben McNail? Oh well, our address is for Management Software Inc. They Charleston, T enn .. responsible for the opment. I Tin P.O. B ox 4381. EXPAT-EGYPT, would love to hear from old friends . • manufacture and shipping of chlorine. and Katryn Houston. Texas. 77210. " K eith Elting, MSMetE. has three chil caustic, hydrochloric acid and other Econ 'S4. are dren and has moved to a larger home industrial chemicals. "I am not sure where Tim i~ 1981 in Godfrey, Ill . • Patrick J. Giacomini, 1980 how my civil engineering degree got HalVard. "Mic • Chester W. M cD owell Jr., ChE, ME. Debbie and their children are • Elizabeth (B ellis) Drees. NucE. me here." • Lynn E. Johnson, ME, is 5, are both el works for Chevron Overseas Petro doing well. Patrick works in a power just finished her 11 th year at General a senior engineer with McDonnell Bilingue, a b leum and still lives in Arcadia, Mo . • plant on mechanical systems and con Atomics in San Diego, Calif. Her re Douglas in St. Louis. H e and his wife school nearb! W. J am es Unverferth. ChE, is vice trol system retrofits . • Dr. Jayant cent tasks in space power programs have been married for 12 years and hear from Jirr president of engineering with Synergy Ramakrishnan, MSME. is director of deal with nuclear waste disposal and have two sons, David and Micah . • Producti on Co. in H ouston. Texas. Houston operations for Dynacs Engi PIE work Her husband, John, and Timothy P. O 'M ara, ChE, left Cargill 1984 James, Nancy and their two daugh neering Co. and chairman of the Hous th ei r five animals enjoy life in San after 12 years to return to St. Louis. te rs live at 15418 Woodland Orchard ton A IAA's gUidance, navigation and . William "A I Diego . • K aren (D owner) H erbert, where he is a project engineer with Lane, Cypress, T exas 77429 . • control committee and education and the pastor 01 ChE, recently ended three years as Fru-Con Engineering. "I am having Kathlee n (Sullivan) Ziha, ME, en career enhancement committee . • Jon Church and e president of the St. L ouis section of lots of fun with other alums from UMR. joys being at home with her two chil Worth Treat, ChE, started a new job Testament fro the Society of Women Engineers. Work with Fru-Con is good, but I do dren. Sarah, 8, and Colin, 3. "We with GM as designlrelease engineer list Theologica Karen is chair for the 1995 Expanding miss the frequent trips to UMR that rece~tly lived in Brussels, Belgium, for for several exterior components on Texas, in Ma Your H orizons Conference for girls in Cargill recruiting afforded." • Eric G . one-a nd-a-half years. It was a won the GM electric vehicle program. He is Ha rber, ME, ! grades eight through 10 and works in Politte, ME, is president of Response derful experience. " • Gary P. also close to earning his MSChE from Angeles, Calit SWE public relations. "H enry is 15 Management Associates, an environ McMichael, CE, received his MSEMgt Wayne State University in Michigan . • mental techno months old, has an amazing memory mental engineering/consulting firm. Dec. 17, 1994 through UMR's Gate Thomas T. Wallace, MSME, works market. I StE and loves to stack blocks." • Steve Eric Sue and their three children live way University Program . • Keith for GE Aircraft Engines in CinCinnati, was installed , Ramsey, GeoE, was reassign ed by in S~ring, Texas, and invite old friends Tomazi. ChE, is working as senior designing advanced future air-breath Triangle Fratel Diamond Offshore International as to call. • Mark L Stevens, CE, and development engineer in the synthe ing propulsion systems (jet engines). sales enginee: area manager for semi-submersible Glenda have two daughters, Alex and sis and purification of peptides for H e says hello to all his friends from th e ment Co. in ~ operations in waters offshore Trinidad Lauren, and live in Canyon Lake, 1980-1984 era . • Steven Woodcock, children. I StE Mallinclnodt Specialty Chemicals Inc. Texas . • D. Joe Strain, CEo founded and Tobago . • William G . H ansen, CSci, and Colleen live in Colorado Lora Richards • J. Barry Shelden, PetE, and Strain Engineering in St. Peters, Mo .. EE. is a project engineer with Black & Springs, Colo. After working in th e 1994. Steven : Kathlee n (Dill) Shelden, CSci '79, which provides structural and archi Veatch and is involved in design and ballistic missile defense world for 11 have moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, tectural engineering, inspection and dinator lor Mo' construction of underground trans years, Steven is going to work on after " 12 wonderful years in Alaska." investigation services to architects. con the Army ResE mission lines. William and his wife video games for Sega! " Not much of a They are looking forward to the ad tractors and private cl ients . • K im ing art certificr Cindy live in Overland Park, Kan. , transition. now that I think about it. " • venture and their "new address is Barry (Signorino) Swartz, EMgt. is an envi teaching from with daughters Gina' and Hanako . • Jeffrey Scott B ell, ChE, moved to and Kathy Shelden, A RRI, c/o AIOG ronmental engineer with Air Combat Paul E. Nandi John G . H offman, MinE, is still living Keizer, Ore., in Oct. 1993 for a new C .. P.O. Box 260888, Plano. Texas, Command at Langley Air Force Base, merged h~ p: in Egypt and is having a great time. job with Siltec. Jeff now carries the 75026-0888. It only requires U.S. Va. Kim and her husband Ijve in local counselin John writes, "It was nice to see some title of sen ior staff development engi postage, so please drop us a line! " Smithfield, Va , with daughter Aman going well in t neer, EpitaxylThin Films Technology da and son Jeremiah. "We love small (Courtway) Se Development. • Cary B. Stiles, ME, town life." .John Topi, ME, is project Washington U, and his wife Diana have lived in Hous manager for the new federal bUilding in May 1994 a ton, Texas. fqr the last 11 years. Cary FUTURE MINERS, CONTINUED and U.S. Courthouse in Omaha, Neb. Brook Bartlet has worked as a project engineer for Cath y (Proffitt) Boys, ME'87, and Edward, a boy, Nathan Edward, His twin sons, Johnny and Matthew, Bent ley Alex Bechtel Corp. and is currently the started kindergarten . • Vicki Sue Jonathon, 7, ' Dec. 10, 1993. . Of I N' I project engineer area coordinator for JeffT ey L Costellia, ChE'87, Mikil and older brother Zach, a glfl, " e sey lCO e, Johnson. AE, is now working for been in the m automation technology in the H ous USRA management on sp ecial over three yeal May 12, 1994. . . f' h'ld '1 ton office . • M ichael T. Moylett. T ony Estopare, ME '87, and Nora (Tochtrop), ChE 88, thell' Irst c I ,a gil , projects, which include increasing mi GGph, writes, "Back in th e oil patch! Nicole Carroll, Jan. 18. 1994. nority participation in USRA programs 1985 Field trip to Hueco and Franklin Moun Rich Langenstein. ME '87. and Stephanie, a girl. Eliza beth H annah. and increasing use of electronic com tains was a good refresher!" • K im • Donald J. Bu N munications. Vicki was originally man ber ly S. (Hofstetter) Williams, PetE. QUad Cities S J °Mv. 2k4D· 1994. ME'88 and Tamara twins Nicholas and Sarah. Jan. 13, 1994. ager of the NASA/USRA/University . ar owney. , ,. .. CI 'k is on extended maternity leave from finis hed editing Jim Paunicka. MSEE·88. and Linda, th eir second c1,dd, a girl , Sarah al. Advanced DeSign Program, which IBM until April 1995. while Dave, and is starting t ended with the "Reinventing th e Gov March 30. 1994. . S 21 1994 PetE '83. is a project manager for the leature film. T Tom Roth. CSci '88. and Veva. their first child, a girl, Rachel Mane, ept., . ernment " activity . • M ark D. USEPA. • Robert S. White. AE, was and Nathan, keE Randall L Vogel, CE '88, and Jerri, a boy, Travis L ee, Sept. 26, 1994. , Diec kmann, PetE, is now working for promoted to marketing manager with el D. Finch ( Tonya (Clemons) Knollmeyer, ME '90, and Timothy K . Knollmeyer, ME 86, Anadarko Petroleum in H ouston. Mark responsibility for Europe. the Middle livi ng in F10ridr a girl, Victoria Rose, Jan. 24. 1994. . writes, "Working for an independent East, Africa. and Asia for Eli Lilly's their children an K enneth Rigsby, MinE'90, and Missy, a boy, Patnck lan, Oct. 26: 1994. sure is better than the majors. ,. medical device company - IVAC Corp. elworksforthe Scott Fletcher, CE'9 1, and Angela. their second child, a glfl, Kylelgh Nicole, - after being transferred from London TranstlOrtation. 1983 July8, 1994. .. h'ld ' 1 to Belgium . • D ouglas C. Swenson, er,CE, "'lites ' Rick A llen Elm er . PhD Chem '92, and Michelle, their hrst c I , a glf, • David A. Bruner, ME, is manager of PetE is now employed as a project absence to Sial Aug. 7, 1994. D 13 1993 mechanical engineerin g, research and engi~ee r with VECO in Bellingham, month-old Son: Joe Jones , CE'92, and Valerie, a boy, Nicholas Gerard, ec., . development, for Brother International Wash. after 11 years as a petroleum road bUilding at Mitch ell Rackers. ME·93. and Debbie, th eir fi rst daughter, Shaylynn. in Bartlett. Tenn. He earned his PhD engineer with Atlantic Richfield in An was named acti Sept. 8. 1994. from th e University of I< entucky in chorage. Doug and Laura have a two neer fOI Div; . D 510 May 1993 . • Scott Davis, ME, is a year-old daughter. Jessica . • Ken- eparlment 0 Suzanne (Pen Job Hunting? Come to a job workshop ... 1eer for the Paul neth W. Gieg, II, MetE, Kathy, Tay master's in Western European Stud gfield. Mo. Sher. Are you a UMR alumnus or alumna who is looking for employ lor, 4 , and Sam, 1, are still in St. Louis. ment opportunities? Do you need professional help with your ies. " Eric is attending Indiana Univer IS a programmer Kenneth recently joined Emerson Elec sity and writes, "This is a libe ral arts resume or your interviewing skills? Would you like to review your filVare Inc. They hic in Corporate Procurement Devel program and I have to say, 'Toto, 1 career choices? If so, the Career Opportunities Center at UMR is om old mends .• opment. • Timothy L. Barefield, ME , don't think this is engineering any prepared to assist you at a two·day workshop the third week in tEo has threechil_ and Katryn (Davidson) Barefield, more. ' I'm sure I'll muddle through. " May. The cost is $75 and inc ludes housing and meals. For more 10 a larger home Econ '84, are living in Massachusetts ckJ. Giacomini where Tim is pursuing his PhD at information, please contact Marcia Ridley at: 1986 ,eir children Phone 314·341·4229 ar~ Harvard. "Michael, 7, and Stephanie, .James E. Akers Jr., ChE, works for .'arks in a power Email [email protected] 5, are both enjoying school at Ecole Ethyl Petroleum Additives in Sauget, ;ystems and con. Write 303 Norwood Hall, Rolla, MO 65401 Bilingue, a bilingual French/English 111. He and Donna live in Florissant, · • Dr. Jayant school nearby. " Tim would like to Mo . • Benton R. Birch, EMgt,is oper ME. is director of hear from Jim Wilder, EMch '82. ations manager for C. L. Smith Indus for Dynacs Engi ... or, try the Internet! Marcia Ridley in UMR's Career Opportunities Center is finding trial Co. , specializing in fabrication man of the Hous 1984 and installation of high-wear, high ways to help alumni with their job searches using the Internet. " navigation and • William "Andy" Chambers, ME, is temperature, ceramic-lined compo Here are two places you can go right now for help: The Monster 10 education and the pastor of Geyer Road Baptist nents, speCifically in the e lectrical pow Board (point your Web browser to http'//wwwmanster.cam) and :ommiHee .• Jon Church and earned his PhD in New er industry . • Sandra (Belmar), ME, The Online Career Center (on the Web, go to ,tarred a new job Testament from Southwestern Bap http.//www. acc.com/ and William Forrester were married in or use gopher to go to if you get a menu, select release engineer tist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, ace/, ace. com - September 1994. Sandra works as a components on Texas, in May 1994. • James A. "other gopher servers" and then "Msen Gopher and Online Career systems engineer for Boeing on inter Ie program. He is Harber, ME, started an office in Los Center"). In the future, the Career Opportunities Center plans to national space station at Johnson his M5ChE from Angeles, Calif. , marketing environ offer job listings to alumni through their home page on the World Space Center. • Stephen F. Grojean, ily in Michigan .• mental technology to the international Wide Web (they are currently available by mail, for a $25 subscrip· ChE, and Michelle live in SI. Peters, '. M5ME, works market. • Steve M. Heitert, EMgt, tion fee). We'll announce this new service in the MSM Alumnus Mo. Stephen works as a process engi· les in Cincinnati, was installed as national president of when it's ready, and tell you how to find it. neer for MEMC Electronic Materials; uture air-breath· Triangle Fraternity in fall 1994. He is a he earned his MBA from Webster Uni TIS tiet engines). sales engrneer wrth O'Bnen EqUlp velslty In SI. LOUIS In May 1994. • ; mends from the ment Co. in SI. Louis and has four lives in Rochester, N.Y. , selling plastic are living in Katy, Texas, along with Rob Jordan, ME, transferred to the ,ven Woodcock. children .• Steven C. Meyer, AE, and products for Mobil Chemical Co. Her their three daughters .• Maureen E. Denver office of Black & Veatch to ive in Colorado Lora Richards were married July 30, husband, Bill , is director of sales/ser Hall, ME, is living in Collinsville , Ill. , head the mechanical engineering ef 1994. Steven is a senior project coor working in Ihe vice for an energy management com and "would love to get together with fort in the Rocky Mountain region . • Ise world for 11 dinator for Monsanto and a captain in pany. Suzanne and Bill have one son, some of my classmates and Chi-O Lt. Vernon P. Kemper, ChE, com ing to work on the Army Reserves; Lora is complet William Connor, 2 1/2 .• Joan sisters. " Beth writes, "Please give me pleted the Submarine Officers Ad ing art certification and a master's in I "Not much of a (Mazurek) Meyer, ME, works for a call at (618) 346-1992 or write 4B vanced Course at the Naval Subma think about it" • teaching from Webster University . • McDonnell Douglas Aerospace-East Holloway Court, Collinsville, 111. , rine School in Groton, Conn . • ChE. moved 10 Paul E. Nandico Jr., Psych, recently in the flight test engineering depart 62234. See ya." • Robert J. Rosser, Christopher M. Keran, ChE, earned 1993 for a netV merged his private practice with a ment. "I enjoy seeing lots of UMR MinE, was recently promoted to se his MBA from Texas A & M in Corpus now carries the local counseling center and things are grads at work. " • Beth Mueller, ME , nior mine project engineer at Barrick Christi, Texas, and works as VCM lelopment engi going well in Miami, Okla .• Sheila is a first·year medical student at SI. Goldsn-ike Mine. He had worked for technical superin tendent for Oxychem. (Courtway) Seck, ME, graduated from Ims Technology Louis University after over five years over two years on the feaSibility and • Robert L. Lorey, GeoE, b'ansferred 1 B. Stiles , ME, Washington University School of Law with Procter & Gamble Co . • Dale A. start-up of their trolley assisted truck to the SI. Louis office of CH2M Hill. • in May 1994 and works for Judge D. Ie lived in Hous· Shelton, NucE, just fin ished up devel haulage system, which is the only one David Gene Dressel, ChE, has "been Brook Bartlett in Kansas City . • a quality assurance engineer with ;! II years. Cary opment of the conversion to improved in North America .• Kerry E. Julian, Bentley Alexander, EE, Jennifer, lecr engineer for technical speCifications for Clinton EMgt, will be moving to the Chicago McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis for is currently the Jonathon, 7, and Lauren, 5, have Power Station. "It has been a really area because he accepted the position the last eight years. " He was married , coordinator for been in the Oklahoma City area just big job, but worth it. " . Mike Wisland, of director of loss control at Transpor in June 1993 and is living at 2361 gy in the Hous, over three years. EE, has been site-seeing (calibration tation Risk Services - a unit of W. R. Sarthe Court, St. Louis, 63043. • lei T. Moylert. sites) in Washington, D.C. , Greece, Berkley . • Kim W. Tracy, CSci, Math, Kevin Wayne Schneider, EE, mar in ihe oil patch! 1985 Germany and the Russian Federation is working for AT&T Bell Labs in ried lisa Basler, "who was teaching instrumental music at the Rolla Public j Franklin Moun • Donald J. Buth, NucE, still works at in support of the upcoming Open Skies Naperville, III. , is teaching computer Schools," after graduating with his resherl' • Kim' Quad Cities Station. His wife, Lisa, Treaty between the United States and science part-time at North-Central PhD. He and Lisa are now living in Williams, PetE. finished editing her first documentary 29 other countries. His home is still in College, and just signed a contract rural Huntsville , Ala. , with their cat, mily leave from and is starting to edit an independent ski country near Salt Lake City, Utah. with Computer Science Press to pub Betty. Kevin is working for Adtran Inc. 5. while Dave. feature film. Their children, Josette • Randall A. Wood, ME , is manager lish his book, which is tentatively ti - "a fast growing telecommunication manager for the and Nathan, keep them busy . • Micha of design engineering with the Able tled, "Object-Oriented Artificial Intel equipment manufacturer. lisa now White, AE, was el D. Finch, CE, and Carolyn love Body Corp. of Joplin, Mo .• Mic hael ligence, Using C+ +." n John A. teaches music privately. " • Kevin 19 manager with living in Florida and keep busy with J. Dell'Orco, ME, is attending gradu Komlos, CE, and Linda (Capone) their children and with working. Micha Keith Derrick, AE , writes, "Hello to ope. the Middl,~ ate school full-time at the University of Komlos, ME '86, were married in el works for the Florida Department of myoid friends and classmates. 1 am ia for Eli Lilly' Florida courtesy of the U.S. Army. 1990. They are living in West SI. Transportation . • Sharri (Riggs) Hill· still a 'job shopper' on the F-22 pro Iny _IVACCO!P. Michael writes, "It sure is strange to be Louis with their daughter, Ellen Marg er, CE, writes, "I have taken a leave of gram at Lockheed-Fort Worth and I ed from London a student again and not to have St. aret, who is two months old. linda absence to stay home with our 11- spend most of my time on CATIA. " • as C. Swenson: Patrick's Day to look forward to. I'd works as an engineer for McDonnell r month-old son. So far, 1 don't miss Curtis David Eshe lman, NucE, ,ed as a projec trade my two-hour ride to Disney Douglas and John is vice president of road building at a IL " .Jeff Hiller, CE, writes, "Things are going great I ., • , in Bellingham. World for that 30-minute drive to business development atARCO Con was named acting maintenance engi Charles S. Klump, ME, and Liesa, as a petroleum Meramec Springs in a heartbeat!" • struction Co .. . Eric W. Metzger, EE, neer for Division 7 of the Oklahoma Sharon (Berger) Finger, PetE, and finished nearly four years in Battery EMgt '86, are doing fine and living in · Richfield in An' Department of Transportation .• Springfield, Mo. Charles writes, "We're · have a hVO her husband Lou have returned to the Command and has "talked the Army aura Ken. Suzanne (Penfold) Maslach, ME , US after 2 years in Indonesia. They into sending me to school to get a busier than we thought was possible Jessica. I to become more diversified I work as craft carrier U S Amenca The ship his Ph D III theor IIcal and apphed an adjunct professor at Albany Medi provided support for avy and Army mechanics at the UllIverslty of illinOIS cal College after my real Job at Knolls helicopter operations and speCial op • tephen K. Brady. CEo work as AtomiC Power Lab. If anybody is III erations units III Haill . • Jacques the concr te manag r for Fru on upstate ew York. give me a call" • Cartan. ME. and han non Buckley Construction III Aswan. Egypt "Fru for a family of 5 and 2 dogs. Would Kevin M . Bullock. ME. IS a manufac were married III December 1992 Con IS repairing the Aswan high dam love to see some old friends If you 're turing engineer for Roadmaster Corp. Jacques is a staff engineer. structures. With slhca fume concret with a 2 - ever passing through." • Carol S. in Delavan. Wis . • John Fernandi. at The American Ins titute of teel day compressive strength of 62 MPA (Lohman) Haesle. ME. married Dav· ME. writes. " I married my high school Construcllon in Chicago. Ill. • Kevin The proJ ct IS sch duled for comple id A Haesle on June 1 . 1994. They sweetheart. and we have a ten-mon th P. Fu ller. CEo IS now a registered tion III Apnl1995 . John F. Broker. are living Lewisville. Texas. and arol - old daughter. Katelyn. Life is good ... • professional engineer • Gregory J. EE. and Julie Ann amson w re mar IS a project engllleer for Peterbilt Mo· .iKln t know n Lawrence Hamilton Jr., Hist. was Gibson. ME. is on active duty as a ned June 4. 1994 They h e III ew tors Co . • Joe l Addison Brand. ChE. 10 all those appointed as pastor of the Bucklin lieutenant in the U.S. avy. assign d ton. lowa.wh reJuli Isa social work- and A nn M axine (Carter ) Brand. ,hawed up!" I and MI. Zion United Methodist to the aval Postgraduate chool Sci' 4. have settled down in their ChE. writes Churches in June 1994 He and Jill pursuing a master's degree in aero new house. Joel writes. " I love my ChE'90I, eal are enjoying their two-year-old son . • nau tical engineering . • Chris E. Har· new job as a 'new product scientist" at TexasA&~ Scott A . Higginb t ham. AE. was dy. MinE. incorporated his own bu i Monitor Labs III Denvl ". developing "~rlang 10 Jel among 51 Kennedy Space Cenler ness in August 1994. dealing with the photometric gas analyzers. I am work P. Bruns. CE employees who were honored for their design and construction of oil and IIlg with Bill Pham. EE '92. and would asan engmee exemplary work at the nation's space groundwater remedial systems and hke to hear from old friends and class na DepartmE port in fall 1994. Scott works for ASA the clean-up of petroleum-contami IIlgs Contracts. a small consultlllg firm mates.' Joel can be reached at: 6990 Douglas and as a senior mission operations engi nated sites in the state of Wisconsin • III St Louis . • Dawnra ( lark) ull Monty Place. Colorado prings. Colo .. dren. ~\atlhe\ neer. . usan Schumacher- James. Jo eph Heb erli e. CEo became a pro er. CEo is now a registered profes ion 090S-2125 thy J. Di cki MetE. and Jerry were married May fessional engineer in July 1994 He al engllleer • Wa yne A . H pkins. Benson were 2 . 1994. and spent their honeymoon works as a civil design engineer at 1987 GGph. wntes. " I have switched Jobs to TIm works in in Wales and on the Isle of Man. They David Mason and ASSOCiates in St E SR Consultlllg and Engllle nng. S"tem progr . • Darrel l Angleton. GeoE. opened live in Seattle where Susan works at Louis. Mo. Joe and Jennifer have two Dixie and I shII travel a lot John his own consulting firm. Angleton space Corp . Allied Signal and Jerry works at boys. Justin and Jacob • Mark Miller ' 5 IS my neighbor now." • \lid Rachelle Environmental. in Alton. III "Last year Boeing . • David . M eyer. ME. EE' 9. Hewlett. ChE. and Kelly (Keran). Mi hael D. Kilgore. ChE. earned his June II. 19~ we bought an old home with terrazzo is attending the University of Wiscon ChE·S9.live in Bay City. Texas. Mark Ph.D at the University of Callfomia floors like the KA front hall I just engmeer with sin-Madison. working on his M ME III is a process engineer with Hoechst Berkeley in fall 1994 He works for !lachelle IS p finished my second year of command the vibrations and computational me Celanese and Kelly is a produchon ovellus ystems Inc III an Jose. of an infantry company III the Illinois Jegree at UM chanics lab . • MaryJo M eyer . engineer with Phillips p troleum • ahf ovellu makes plasma-assist Ren Lee. Ph[ National Guard .. • N ina ... i li MS ucE. and husband Bill work at Robert . Ivy, ME. moved to Spring ed CVD QUipment for microelectron ~erwithChr A vgou topou 10 . ChE. lives in Atlan ASA. They have two children. Rob field. Mo .. from Minnesota in Septem ICS manufacturing. . . David Kirby. putational elirr ta. Ga. with husband George and ert and Anna . • ChriS eugebauer. ber 1993 to work for Anderson Engi E. \Vorks as a dlstnbutlon englll re·melting pa their two children. Rebecca and CSci. is president of his own consult neering. a civil consultlllg company. • for Central Illmol Pubhc rvice 0 onstanllne • Clinton T. Ballinger. He and his II' ing firm. eutron Technologies. He Musa Karakus. MSGGph, works as a III Marion. Ill . apt. ott D . Pe I. daughter. Crv. NucE. wntes. "1am trying to get more and Lisa have two children. Kristin res arch assistant in the ceramic engi EMgt. and arah were marn d Aug ~ pursumg a involved with medical physics research and Kirk • Don Russell. MillE. took neering department at UMR • Ri ch 13. 1994 Scott mvltes his old fri nds tructional teel a Job wllh Chemical Lime Co as quar Milner . AE. is stationed overseas at to drop him a IlIle III arrensburg. ry superintendent at the Douglas Plant Ramstelll Air Force Base. Germany. Mo . • Kri l in ( nyd r). Chern. and M~Umversil New Job? New Spouse? New kid? Daniel IVilt sr Don and Leslie (Whalen). EMgt. have Rich and his family enJoy travehng III Bob Rid nour were marned July J 7. ngmeerwllh! We woul d love to hear wha t's two sons. Samuel and James They Europe, and Rich loves hiS Job "I get 1994. on their sailboat • Jerald A . tg Services il new wi th yOU ! Send in you r live III Sierra Vista. Ariz • M ichele to attend all of the major air shows III Illith . MetE. and Julie 1111 (M eyer). CEo and Brian Tate. EE' Europe as part of my Job l • William (Robins n). EE90. were married m Calm J. Yo U! Alumni Notes ne ws to : Bongamwere finally settled III Texas by buying a R. Reed. MinE. received his P E. III May 1992 Julte works as an nergy house in Fri co. located north of Dal outh Carohna and III orth Carolina services engmeer for Appalachian MdhvemCed 1§@i!l.l,\tjM/1ft1 las . • Bill Thom as . CEo was appolllt in 1994 • Timothy J. Roga ze w ki. Power Co. in Charle ton. W Va , ~Wkmg part t ed manager of the Des loines branch CEo works in the bridge design depart where th y hve. Jerry IS a technical gree 10 geot .. ALUMNI @UMR.EDU . eUmversl!y( (Th is is an Internet addres s) of estern Waterproofing Co.. re ment for the Indiana Department of team leader for Elkem Metals Co III sponsible for all branch activities. The Transportallon. He received his P E. Alloy. Va . Mi h ael Robert qeotechmcal , Western Waterproofing Co. is a mem III 1993 • Kenn th A . helt on. AE. Wehmeyer. EE. writes. 1994 was a Engmeering I 't+';'ttI ber of the Western Group. and the and Margaret J Kaiser were marned very good yearl He was promot d to E£ 1\ stillem MSM-UMR Alumni Ass ocia- Des 10llles branch speclahzes in the Sept 3, 1994 Kenneth i worklllg on Captam In the U Ait rorce febru , manonal m( tion areas of masonry restoration. con the Titan IV and Atlas II programs at ary 15. marn d the former Beth HF and Vr (3 14) 341 -6091 crete restorallon and new construc Cape Canaveral Air Force Base. Fla • Wilkerson from Fenton. Mo. left lion preventive waterprooflllg . • Dou Ri chard T. Bradl y. CEo was pro Kunsan AB. South Korea and moved 1991 glas ~ . \ hit m an. GGph. work moted to project engllleer III January to Moody AFB. Georgia • Timothy C. mMIiJiti offshore West Afnca for Amoco III 1994 forthe City of t LoUIS Board of d Susan J MSM -UMR Houston. Texas . • Jeffrey L. Cosl ellia. Public ervlce • Tom Roth. C CI. llay 7 1994 Alu mn i Asso ciation hE. became a partner III Ixbey. and Veva hve III Dallas. Texas. where I \tOannell Do, ? Fnedman, Leedom. . Ferguson III Tom is a window software developer indies Creve Co. Cas tleman Hall EF ur. IcLean. Va for Gerber Informallon ystems Un iversity of MIssouri- Roll a and Leigh ( 1990 ? IlTled Oct I Ro lla, 0 654 01-0249 1988 1989 • Joe Baker EMgt and Tamalee 'JIa.Okla IJ • LI. ecil . Bridges tEo "'as sta • l'vtark E. Barkey. EMech. IS a dura (Jonesl were marned Oct I, 1994 '1£ "-Tiles. ·S lIoned off the coast of Hamill eptem blhty engllleer for G neral 10tor Joe wnres. I fmally found a girl who ng In Oklah( ber October 1994 on board the air Corp III V arren. Mich He completed 'rce Base WIt! EMAIL ADDRESSES tical and applied ---- Hvou wo uld like to get online with oth er alumn i. send usyour emai l address! time atl ending since graduation and • Paul M . Sakowicz , NucE, and Iversity of Illinois Ronald F. Vetter, ChE·58. [email protected]. ca. us was a very well put together week· Kristina Davitz were marnecl Ocl. 15 . Iy. CE, works a; Eric L. Kratschmer, ME·70. [email protected] end. ,. • Don Mayhew. C Eo joined 1994. Paul is a sales engineer with ger for Fru'Co n Gary White. CE'85, sendwater@aol. com Scott Consulting Engineers in Spring. Flocl yne· Hydraclyne Inc. . Ve rn on A. lan, Egypl ' Fru . Kim W. Tracy, CSci·85. Math ·85. kim.tracy@atl. com fi eld . Mo., as a project engineer. pro· Sm i th . Ch E. and Mary E. ?sIvan high dam Eric W. M etzger, EE '85. [email protected] viding expertise in water and waste (Nussbaum). ChE, were married May Icrete with a 28. Bruce Borcherding. EE '90. [email protected]. com water projecls. • Gerald M cCray. 2R. 1994. Vernon is doing research at mgth of 62 MPA Jos h Robinson, CerE'91. [email protected]. uconn.edu ME, and Dottie were married in Octo· UMR and Mary is a chemical engineer luled for comple. ber 1992. Gerald is e flightline mainte· et Sullivan Precision Metal Finish in g. IJohn F. Broker nance officer stationed at Little Rock • Scott R. Virtue. ME. and Tracy :mtson were mar: didn't know me (rom college. Thanks Scott Fletcher, CE, was promoted to Air Force Base, Ark .. where he works Lynn Greiwe , ME. were married April 'hey live in New. with the C- 130 aircraft. • Richard L. 23, 1994. Scott is stalioned at Los elsasociahvork· to all those Sigma Chi brothers who senior structural designer in the bridge showed Upl " . Thomas J. B ereswill, M orris. GGph. and Lisa (Reeves), Angeles Air Force Bas e. Calif. , work· arch engineer for division at th e Missouri Highway and ChE, writes, " Scott K ellerman GGph'94 , were married May 21 , ing in th e Global POSitioning System I. East. CEowas Transportation Department. • Timo· (ChE'90), earned his PhDChE from thy E. Holland. NucE. is a health 1994. They live in Colorado. where program office. Tracy works at Varco olOgist at the US. Texas A & M in May 1994. H e is physics specialist working in the ra dio Ri chard is a geophysicist with B.J. Drilling Systems as an applica· ,Houston. Te xas. working in Jeff City, Mo. ,. • Douglas ation protection department at Illinois Samedon Oil Co . • Mark W. Nelson, tions engineer. • Thomas M. Walter . ~ucE. completed P. Bruns, CE, is starting his fifth year Power's Clinton Power Station . • M e· ME, is a project engineer with the MSME, works as a product design lavyin Decem . as an engineer with the North Caroli· lissa D. Klotz, ChE, and Christopher Perrier Group of America . In May engineer (or Ford Motor Co. and lives , for Shared Sav. na Department of Transportation. Huff were married Sept. 17, 1994. 1994. he moved from St. Louis to in Novi, Mich . • A l bert " Jay" lU conSUlting finn Douglas and Nancy have two chil· They live in Overland Park, Kan .. Ran cho Cuca monga . Calif. , a suburb W inkeler. EE, En gl. and Dee na rae (Clark) Full· dren, Matthew and Ra chel. • Timo· where Melissa works (or Franklin As· o( Los Angeles. "I love my job. espe· (Ballinger) were married Aug. 6. 1994 ,Iered profession. thy J. Dickinson, AE, and Lanna sociates Ltd. and Christopher works cially all o( the travelin g. f've been Jay is a graduate student at th e Uni· ne A. Hopkins. Benson were married in June 1994. (or In(ormix Software . • Chris everywhere (rom Cali(ornia to New versity o( Cali(ornia·Santa Barbara. eswitched jobsto Tim works in the Global POSitioning Steineman, ME, and JoAnne York and everywhere in between ... . Ifld Engineering. System program office at The Aero· (Stratman), CE'92, were married Steve Puljak, EMg!. and Stephanie 1994 ,vel a 10l John space Corp . • Russell H. Henke, CE, Sept. 10, 1994, in St. L ouis, Mo. Ann Stroker. ME, were married June • A ngie Dufner. ME, works in the !ighbor now." • and Rachelle Brown were married Chris works with ABB Power T&D 4. 1994. and live in Dallas, Texas. body structures testing department lor Ch E. earned his June ll, 1994. Rus sell is a project and JoAnne works with Babcock & Steve is a manufacturing engineer at Ford in Dearborn, Mich., according to ity of Califomia· engineer with Clayco Construction. Wilcox . • David B. Wunder , CEo will K·Tec Electronics. Stephanie is a pro· her father. Carl D ulner, EE·7l. • 4. He works for Rachelle is pursuing an accounting work as a water resources engineer cess engineer for AT& T Bell Labora· Michelle L. Hill, MSNucE . was one of Ie. in San Jose, degree at UM·Kansas City . • Hsien· with Engineering Ministries Interna· tories. She worked extenSively on seven students honored by the Na· !S plasma·assist· Ren Lee, PhDME, is a product engi· tional until March 1995 doing water preparations which helped AT& T tional H ealth Physics SOCiety at th eir Irmicroelecrron· neer with Chrysler, working on com· supply projects in developing coun· Power Systems become the first U.S. ' annual m ee ting in San Francisco. C. David Kirby. putational climate control projects for tries . • Kathyrn R. Flaspohler, AE. based manufacturer to win the Deming Calif.. last year. • Lisa M. Mooney. ,bution engineer ice·melting patterns for windshields. obtained her MSAE in May 1994 from Award . • Lenard A. Smith, NucE . is ME. is a senior designer with Grove Iblic SeJVice CO. He and his wife, Yin·Mei, have one th e University o( Maryland. She is a postgraduate researcher at Oak Ridge Worldwide in Shady Grove. Pa . • I. Scott D. Peel. daughter, Crystal. • Steve Rist, Engl, currently working (or the Naval Air National Labora tory in Ten nessee. He Donna Riggs. AMth. teaches junior !re married Aug. is pursuing a master's degree in in· Systems Command as an aerospace earn ed his mas ter o( engi neering de· high math in th e Maries R· 1 school es his old fri ends structional technology at Southern II· engineer in the Engineer and Scientist gree (rom th e UniverSi ty o( Florida in district in Missouri. • Matthew P. in Warrensburg. linois University in Edwardsville . • R. Devel o pment Program . • J os h D ecember 1993. • M a rj o ri e Tucker , ME. graduated in October ler). Chem. and Daniel Wiltshire, EMgt. is a project Robinson, CerE, has returned to (Krueger) Weldele. AMth. and Jeff, 1994 from Officer Candidate School married July 17, engineer with Sealright Inc. En gineer· school to obtain a MSEE with an em· EE '93, were married July 2. 1994 . • at Nava l Aviation Schools Command, oaL • Jerald A. ing Services in Kansas City, Mo . • phasis in electronic devices at th e James S. Younger, AE, earned his Naval Air Station. Pensacola. Fla . • MSME (rom TexasA&M in December ld Julie Ann Colin J. Young, GeoE, and Sandy University of Connecticut at Storrs. K ev in D . Utterback, M E. and Linda were married in Bongartz were married Oct. 15, 1994, Josh worked (or three years (or Philips 1993 and works as a test engineer for (Truesdell) were married June 25, Solar Turbines Inc. in Dallas, Texas . • rks as an energy and live in Cedar Park, Texas. Colin is Lighting Co. in Little Rock, Ark. Josh 1994. I\evin w orks (or TG· USA in or Appalachian working part time on a master's de· writes, "My current address is PO Box Dr. George W. Karr. LSci. and his PerrYVille, Mo . • Jim Wagner. Math, wife , Joyce, worked as volunteers in ,rieston, W.Va., gree in geotechnical engineering at 266, Storrs. CT 02628, and my phone will be teaching eighth grade math St. Jude's Hospital Dental Cli nic in St. TY is a technical the University of T exas . H e works as a number is (203)427 ·660l. ,. and science in Ironton. Mo. Lucia, West Indies, January 1995. 'm Metals Co. in geotechnical engineer with T rinity iichael Robert Engineering . • Bruce Borcherding, 1992 Friends of Campus 1993 tes. "1994 was a EE, is "still employed at Rockwell In· • Cynthia A rens, CerE, got a job with • Freeman M cCullah. who attended IVas promoted to ternational in Cedar Rapids develop· Motorola 's semiconductor product • Dirk Frisbee, Engl, and Rebecca UMR, was promoted to district engi· ,\ir Force Febru· ing HF and V H F modems .. sector in Phoenix, Ariz. , after com (Martin), Engl·90. were married. They neer (or the SI. Louis Metro District o( . former Beth pleting her master's degree in materi· both live in Rolla and work at UMR . • the Missouri Highway and Transpor· re . left Rick ey W. Jennings. ME. and L eigh ,nton. Mo .. 1991 als science and engineering at th e tation Department. • Bobby Wixson (Beckemeier) were married June 25, orea: and moved • Timothy C. Andrews, MSEMech, University of Michigan . • Brian P. and Brian Davies are co·editors of 1994. They live in Springfield. Mo., SO Ciety rgia. and Susan J. George were married Carbrey, AE, works for McDonnell Th e Jor Environmental May 7, 1994. They both work at Douglas in St. L ouis, Mo. " I am cur· where L eigh attends Southwest Mis· Geochemistry and Health- Lead in souri State University and Ri ckey McDonnell Douglas Corp. and live in rently working in th e Phantom Works, Soil Recommended Guidelines. The Creve Coeur, Mo . • Doug Cordier, McDonnell Douglas' Advanced Re· works for Fasco Industries . • Tony book represents six years of research Nineties EE , and Leigh (Clark), GeoE'92, were search and Development Group." • K ertz. ME, and Sara Caruthers were and internati onal review o( the SEGH J...... married Oct . 15, 1994. • Mitchell L. married Oct. 15, 1994, and live in Matthew A. Licklider, ME, is a project ta sk force study: it is published by Rackers, ME, sta rted a new job at Tulsa, Okla . • James E. DeVaney Jr., engineer with Anheuser·Busch Cos .. Science Review and available (rom Wagner Casting Co. in Deca tur, III. , as ee AE, writes, "Still doing the navigator working on a new plant in Southern SI. L ouis Press . • d Tamal a product development engineer. • ~ an 94 thing in Oklahoma City at Tinker Air Cali(ornia. " I attended the 1994 d OcL 1, 19 . David Renier!. ME, is en joying life in o Force Base with the E·3 AWACS." • Homecoming activities. It was mythircl (oun damr!\Vh,. Kan sas City working (or General Mills. 1940 ical. as both a manager of casting and a plant manager for Wells Aluminum Corp., as president Charles Eugene H a ll. C Eo of AR Billet Corp .. as tech nical director for U. S. passed away Jan. 1, 1994. A t Memorials Reduction Company. as a self employed consult MSM, he was an associate mem ant for a short time. and as a foundry manager for ber of the Miner Board. Charles Bonanza Aluminum Inc. James lived in Pem also was a member of the Radio broke. Fla .. with wife Laura. (Information submit Club. American Society of Civil Inte r. Co-op ( ted by his so n James R. Ogle. Jr.) Engineers , Band, Engineers Dl'e Council. 1933 Club. Independents. and served and on the Be 1965 K enneth E. Evans. CerE. has as an assistant for NYA and the He worked as Robert Earl Behnke. CE, died died. At MSM, he was a member CE Department. He partiCipated in intramural Washington, June 18, 1994. At UMR, he was of Quo Vadis and was an Inde sports. Charles worked for the Missouri State ~fetalsCo .. as a member of American SOCiety of pendent. Kenneth, better known H ighway Department. the Bureau of Reclama Co .. Inc .. as Civil Engineers and Alpha Phi as Ike. served as H umor Editor, tion in Denver. and for International Engineering Lawn Constn Omega. Robert appeared on th e Associate Editor. and Editor for Company In c. until his retirement in May 19 2. lIOn manager Honor List three times. H e the Missouri Miner and as secre Charles lived in San Carlos, Calif., with wife and as senio ', worked for the Department of tary-treasurer for the Orton Soci Josephine. (Information submitted by his wife Program Con Water Resources for th e state of California. as ety. IIle worked with the Ford Foundation in India Josephine E. Hall) cilities for Arge construction supervisor, systems engineering su for several years. After returning to the United h~ home in C pervisor. and manager of engineering for the St. States he designed one of the largest successful ilnlonmation Louis Coun ty Water Co .. and Olin Corp. Robert sh uttle kilns of the time. He also worked for Allied 1942 Reinsch) lived in St. Louis. Mo .. with wife Elaine. (Informa Engineering Company. Kenneth lived in Golden John W. Wise, MinE. died July 12, 1994. At ti on submitted by wife Elaine E. Behnke) Colo., with his wife. (Information submitted b~ MSM. he was a member of Sigma Nu and the St. frien dsMemor Joseph E. Stevens '32) Pat" s Board. John also worked for the Miner , Ro nald O. William A. Clifton. II. MetE, Board, Business Department and partiCipated in Nov 7. 1993 died Oct. 19, 1994. At UMR, he 1935 a variety of intramural sports winning a First Place Gamma. Ron, was a member of America n So in wrestling at 175 Ibs. H e also worked as a De\Vitt has di H arlan K . Hoyt. ME. MSME ciety of Metals, A m erica n mining engineer for Kennecoti Copper Corp., for E. DeWitt, C '61. died Sept. 19, 1994. At Foundrymen's Society, Ameri W E eill & Associates. and as a self-employed MSM. he was a member of Pi can Institute of Mining, Meta llur cancer OcLl, consultant. John was retired and active in the Kappa Alpha, the American So gical. and Petroleum Engineers. Ferry. EE"51. ational SOCiety of Professional Engineers. John ciety of Mechanical Engineers, and Alpha Sigma Nu. He worked 1994. She \ lived in Borger. Texas. with wife Lucille. (In for and he also worked on the Mis for Armco teel Corporation. Gardner-Denver ~1E"35 .• Iris I mation submitted by John 's son D avid Wise ) souri Miner. Harlan worked for Company. as a foreman for General Electric as a ,~s the wife of Commonwealth Edison Compa supervisor for Monroe Steel Castings, as a 'fore J. Kreidl , prof ny for 34 years in research. operating. training. 1944 man and quality control manager for Franks Found ingat UMR d and administration capacities in the nuclear field. Robert W. M ellis, CE, passed ry, for U-Brand Corporation, and as a foundry Europe. H ~ \ He was manager of the production of the Edison away May 13. 1994. At MSM. superintendent for Dover Corporation. William unus ual honor nuclear facilities when he retired in 1973. Harlan he served as vice-president for lived in Georgetown. Ind. with wife Sandra. (In on Ihe Iron tie lived in Midland. Texas. with wife Ruth. (Informa Lambda Chi Alpha. vice- presi formation submItted by wife Sandra S. Clifton) honor. • ~1r s. 1 tion submitted by Harlan's wife Ruth H oyt ) dent for Interfraternity Council, '"as the wido\\ and as treasurer for American 1966 Naomi Ruth SOCiety of Civil Engine rs. Rob 1937 Gary H . Hunt. Phys, died on Nov 10.1994. ert worked on th e Miner Board Weiser. MetE Frank C. Appleyard. MinE. Oct. 3 1, 1994. At UMR. he and the Rollamo Board. was a PddEMin '68, passed away. At served as vice-president for the death on Fe member of Student ouncil. and also served as a MSM he was a member of the Am rican Institute of Physics and Hackmann, Sl student assistant in the civil department. Robert Independents, Blue Key, and the for Sigma Pi Sigma; he was also 37, PddCE '4 worked as a consulting engineer for Hurst-Rosche Miner and Rollamo Trustees. a member of IEEE. the Fifty Wi li iamP.Ch and as a field engineer for Ru ssell & Axon. In the Frank played football. obtaining niners. Kappa Mu Epsilon, Tau 25,1994. 1950s. he worked as a self employed home four letters and serving as captain Beta Pi, Spelunkers, and received builder until his retirement as owner of Mellis his senior year. H e also served as th e ati onal Science Foundation Undergraduate Building Co. Robert lived in FOIisteli. Mo .. with captain of the MSM Band and as class president. Research Scholarship Gary worked at ASA's wife Mary. (Information submitted by M ary M . Frank supported th e Frank C. Appleyard Faculty George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (M FC) M elliS) Enhancement Fund and received the Alumni Ser for over 15 yea rs making major contributions to vice Award in 1985. He worked for US Gypsum the optical stray light analysis of many of ASA's and had retired to Tubac. Ariz., with wife Violet. 1961 large astronomical observatOri es H e started out Jam es R. Ogle, MetE. died on in th e cooperative educa tI on program at MSFC m June 4. 1994 At MSM, he was 1963 and jomed Sperry Rand Corp after graduat a member of the American mg. Gary also worked for Brown Engmeerlng Foundrymen's SOCiety, the Corp. 111 HuntsVIlle and eventually jomed MSFC in American Society of Metals. and 1979 H e lived in H untsville, Ala, with wife eva AIME. serving as secretary hIS Mae Hunt (Informalton submItted by Jam es M . senior year James worked as a l wiener ' 67) metallurgist for the Reynolds Metals Co , as a senior metallurgIst for Kaiser Aluminum and Chem- ALUM REMEMBERED AS AN ADVOCATE FOR UMR PRO~RAMS WILLIAM RUTLEDGE DIES AT AGE 70 sting and a plant Lawre nce J ohn Reinsch , Jr., o,rp., as president CE, passed away March 4 , 1991. William A. laboratory in the e lectrical engineering depart OITector lor U. S. At UMR, was a member of GDI, Rutledge, EE'46, ment, a $37S,000 gift for an electronic information mployed consult. MRHA, American Society of Civil addressed student network in Curtis Laws Wilson Library, and $1 ndry manager lor Engineers, Missouri Society of groups at UMR million for an addition to the EE bUilding. es lived in Pem . Professional Engineers, National many times. But In 1987-a year after Mr. Rutledge retired Ormation Submit Society of Professional Engineers, he never changed from Emerson-the company gave UMR $300,000 Jr.) Inter. Co-op Council, Newman Club, and Execu his message. to establish the William A. Rutledge-Emerson El ec tive Council. Lawrence also served as president He would be tric Co. Distinguished Professorship in Electrical and on the Board of Control for Shamrock Club. gin by telling the Engineering. Gajda was named th e Rutledge students his annu Emerson Distinguished Professor in 1988. ehnke, CE, died He worked as assistant city e ngineer for the City of Washington, as resident engineer for Reynolds al compensa "He liked to refer to me as 'his' professor," At UM R, he \Vas Metals Co. , as project manager for Harris-Angsten tion-a startling Gajda says. 1erican SOCiety of Co., Inc., as vice-president and owner of Oak number for most Mr. Rutledge grew up in St. Louis, where his ; and Alpha Phi Lawn Construction Co. , Inc.. as senior construc undergraduates. "He didn 't mind revealing that father, a trolley car operator, taught him to take Iappeared on the tion manager for Lester B. Knight & Associates, figure ," says Walter J. Gajda Jr. , UMR vice chan pride in his work and treat all people with dignity. ree times. He and as senior management engineer, Director cellor for Academic Affairs and the Rutledge Despite his success in the corporate world- he , Department of Program Control, and associate director-plant fa Emerson Distinguished Professor of Electrical En joined Emerson Electric after a 28-year career with 01 California. as cilities for Argonne National Lab. Lawrence made gineering. General Electric, and he held seven patents lor s engineering su his home in Clarendon Hills, III. , with wife Betty. Then, according to Gajda, he would tell the manufacturing processes-he managed to stay eering for the Sl (Information submitted by his son Ni c holas students: "There are only two differences between close to his working-class roots. "He had a won lin Corp. Robert Re insch) you and me. Number one, you're probably smart derful way of communicating simply and precise : Iaine. (lnforma· er than I am. But number two, if you putme in a room Iy ," Gajda says. Mr. Rutledge was also an ardent Behnke) Friends Memorials with you, I'll out-communicate you every time." fan of the St. Louis Blues hockey team. • Ronald O . Bryant, who attended UMR, died Mr. Rutledge's down-to-earth approach to Even after retiring from Emerson Electric in lifton, 1I. MetE, Nov. 7, 1993. He was a member of Sigma Tau communication helped ensure his success in man 1986. Mr. Rutledge stayed active in the corpora 194. At UMR, he Gamma. Ronald lived in Alton, III. • Marjorie R. ufacturing and, later, as an executive. It also no tion. He used his manufacturing knowledge to 01 American 50- DeWitt has died. She was the widow of Russell doubt helped UMR secure much of its support develop an inventory-reduction plan for the com als, American E. DeWitt, CE'41. • Nora Ferry died of lung from Emerson Electric Co. in St. Louis. pany. SOCiety. Ameri cancer Oct. 1, 1994. She was the wife of Charles Mr. Rutledge, who died of cancer at age 70 on Mr. Rutledge retired as chief executive officer ~ining. Metallur Ferry, EE 'Sl .• Dorothy Fischer died April 20, Nov. 16, 1994, was one of UMR 's most staunch of Emerson in 1986. He received an honorary leum Engineers, 1994. She was married to Max M. Fischer, advocates. The retired Emerson Electric executive doctorate from UMR in 1987 and an alumni lNu. He\Vorked ME '3S . • Iris H. Jones died Oct. 30, 1993. She will be remembered at UMR for his behind-the achievement award from the MSM-UMR Alumni :lardner-Denver was the wife of Walter T. Jones, CE'37 . • Norbert scenes work to help the campus obtain many gifts Association in 1978. "al Electric. as a J. Kreidl, professor emeritus in ceramic engineer from Emerson Electric. Among the survivors are his wife of 44 years, ;ongs. as a fore ing at UMR, died July 11 , 1994, during a stay in "I'm sure Bill would be the first to say he wasn't Katherine V. Rutledge; three sons, Dr. William M. )r Franks Found Europe. He was in Liechtenstein to receive the the only person responsible, but we would not Rutledge and Richard A. Rutledge, both 01 Fort rd as a foundry unusual honor of having a week-long symposium have had the same strong relationship with Emerson Wayne, Ind. , and Robert K. Rutledge of Ladue: a ,ration. William on the frontiers of glass research staged in his Electric if we hadn't had Bill in our corner, ,. says daughter, Kimberly A. Moore of St. Louis; his ofe Sandra. (In· honor. • Mrs. Edgar M. Lancaster has died. She Gajda. "He had a strong sense of loyalty to this mother, Gladys Rutledge of Lemay: a brother. rdra S. Clifton ) was the widow of Edgar M. Lancaster, CE'Sl. • institution, and he was constantly reminding the Robert E. Rutledge. '46, of Lemay; and seven Naomi Ruth (Rutledge) Weiser passed away people at Emerson of their need to support this grandchildren. Nov. 10, 1994. Naomi's husband Hanley Hartwell campus A memorial service was held on Dec. 4 a t . Phy5. died on Weiser, MetE '18, MSMeLE '20, preceded her in Mr. Rutledge helped UM R secure Emerson Bonhomme Presbyterian Church in Chesterfield. At UMR, he death on Feb. 3 , 1989 . • Ruth (Jeffries) support for a variety of projects-including furni Mo. In his eulogy to Mr. Rutledge, Emerson Elec ~resident for the Hackmann, spouse of Glen N. Hackmann, CE ture for a student lounge, funds to establish a tric CEO Charles Knight said Mr. Rutledge had IteofPhysicsand '37, PddCE '48, passed away Sept. 27, 1994 . • tra nsfer program for St. Louis-area community "made greater contributions to Emerson El ectric jma: he \Vas also William P. Charbonnier passed away November college students, a grant for a machines and drives than any other individual. " IEEE, the Fifty· 2S, 1994. ~u Epsilon, Tau :ers, and received I Undergradual: ,rked at NASA s Center (MSFC) contribunons t,~ nany 01 NASA , He started out JTamatMS FC in rp. after gradual' ,wn Engineenng Ijoined MSFC In with wife Neva ~d by James M. Joz '93: Te '7 ,on Central Ozarks Section coming even ts for th is spring, and Judy L, Section President scholarship chairman Bob Klug Lodde' Dennis McGee announced the recipient of our and C( HCR 82, Box 445 section's Alumni Section Schol Perry; t Bixby, MO 65439 arship, Once the meeting con 70 and Reddy: (314) 626-4422 cluded, a tour was given of the John '4: T he Central Ozarks Section Engineers Museum, (Submitted Schmid met for dinner and a thea trical by Jennie B ayless '89) Spitzna! production Nov, 10, 1994, For Attending: Jack Painter '50; Ed Andy' ty-fi ve alumni and their guests '40, Mabel and Myrn a Rueff; Jerry and Pe '49 and Mary Frances Berry; Harold At the reception following the UMR Lady Miners basketball game enjoyed the dinner served in Cen Chen 'E '66 and Joyce Fiebelman; Donna '86 in Phoenix were: (seated) Betty and Bob Perry; M axine and tennial H all at UM R. and Ka ren Peacock, Don and Nancy L awrence "Chris" Christenson, and James Kvetensky, (Standing) Dixie Finley, secretary-treasur Brackhahn; Gary '60 and Barbara George Axmacher, Norman and A rmin T ucker, Shirley Knecht, er, ca lled to order a short meeting, '61 Patterson: Mrs, WP, Eyberg '50; Stacy Stover Austin and Walter Knecht. Class UMRs Chancellor John Park was Bill and Adele Heller; Armin Tucker Th{ introduced and brought greeti ngs '40; Bob '40 and Connie Klug; Jerry Phoenix Septer. to th e group from th e University, '59, S hirley and Jennie '89 Bayless; Section PreSident Dennis McGee '69: Dixie '68 and get-tog ew officers were elected for the Walter Knecht Charlie Fi nley: John '51 and Betty 17207 Desert Glen Dr, wasatL coming year by unanimous vote: S mit h: Suzanne '94 and Ron Olson; Sun City West, AZ 85375 port, r Dennis McG ee, president: Randy Rodney '47 and Helen Schaefer; (602) 546-6672 northei Verkamp, pres ident-elect, and Camille Consoluo and Bob Ybarra, The Ph oenix Section went to Yesterday's nostalgic dinner the there a Jennifer Bayless, secretary-trea ater in Phoenix on Saturday evening, Nov, 12, Twenty alumni and us play surer. spouses gathered at "the restaurant of nostalgia" to sing, laugh and The With no further business the lincoln la nd generally enjoy the entertainment and reminisce about old times, and Nor meeting adjourned to Leach The Section President Pre liminary plans were made for the next meeting at one of the spring Brockbil atre for the UM R th ea ter produc Hugh a Patrick J. Toby training ballparks in March 1995. ( ubmitted by Walter Knecht '49) tion of " LuA nn Hampton Laverty Dickie f 1010 Pioneer Dr, Attending: Cindy Arens '92: Karl '62 and Carol Brown, Cheryl Clark McGee I Oberl ander." (Submitted by Jacksonville, IL 62650 '83: Bill Hallett '55; Joe Henry '53, Jacqueline Kmg '92, Walter '49 and D ixie Finley '68) (217) 243-3709 Shirley Knecht: Sam '51 and Joyce Napp, Salar Nauidi '81, Robert '56 and A ttending: Jerry '59, 'and Shirley The Lincolnland Section held Carol Robbins: Charles '47, and Doris Shu/ze: Leroy '39 and Marcella Bayless: Jennifer Bayless '89; Don their dinner meeting at the Spring Smith: F. J '60 and Pat Taylor and Na ncy Brackhahn; U ndo Bramel field Best Western East Nov, 17, '89; Eu and Joy Brown; Butch '66 1994, T he 17 persons in atten and Joyce Fiebelman: Charles and dance heard an interesting pre Dixie '68 Finley: Bill and Adele Heller; St. louis/ Alton Belle Casino in Alton, III. , Glenn '79 and Barbara '81 Horler: sentation by UMR engineering where we feasted on a buffet din Bob '40 and Connie Klug; Vernon management department chair Bill McDonnell Douglas ner of prime rib, crab legs and '42 and Betty Loesing: Donald '4 Omurtag on the status of the en St LoUIS Section PreSident shrimp, After dinner we boarded and Alwilda Mathews: Dennis McGee gineeri ng managemen t depart Ron Jagels '69: Robert '55 and Tommie Oetting, the riverboat casino and tried our ment at UMR, T he dinner was (314}531-4321(W) Ron and Sue Olson; Jack Painter '50; luck at the various games, Black coordinated byJerry Parsons '70, John and Dorcas Park; Gary '60, jack and slots seemed to be the 'and Ba rba ra '61, Patterson, Larry (Submitted by Jerry Pa rsons McDonnell Douglas SeClion PreSident At favorites for the evening, T he '73 and Pat Perry: Kent '50 and ' 70) Jill Finklang night ended with a bus ride back Wi nona Roberts; Ed '40 and Mabel Attending: Bill '59 and Betty 879 Whltmoor Dr We'll be to the Tap Room (Subm itted by Rueff: Scott Sandahl '93 and guest, Buren: Gary '74 and Debra Hutchi St Charles, MO 63304 at your e Ron Jagels '86, '91) A rmin Tucker '40, Thomas '62, and son, Dauid Tepen '90: Leland Meyer (314) 750-1917 They ne 70: Richard Bernmg '69, Pat Toby Attendmg; Daue '82 and Becky Lana Van Doren, Raben and Clarissa T he St. Louis and M cD onnell clearplct Young, '88: Bob '52 and June Uthoff; Jerry Akers: Bob '72 and June Berry: Car D ougla S ections held their sec '70 and Mary Parsons: Ed '69 and olyn Bertelsmeyer: Les and Maureen some of ond annual casino riverboat night Either c, On Jan, 29,1995, the Central Anne Midden, Bill Omurtag: Ken Boenng, I lerman '44, 'and Viola Daniels '90, Greg Sanders '91 Friday, ov, 1 , 1994, with over Bnnkmann; Ken Busch '72, Daue '77 Pictures O zarks Sect ion held its January 75 people in attendance, The and Margaret Diestelkamp, Randy please I( meeting and Champagne Brunch evening started off with the group Dreiling '81. Millard '85 and Amy the Plctu at the Engineers Club at Fort Le gathering after work at the St. Dunham, Tom 75 and Kirsten Ellis, We'll Pick onard Wood, T his event was Section leaders: Gene '65, 'a nd Barb Faenger: Paul Louis Brewery Tap Room, a mI hosted by Merrill Stevens, After Deadlines for section news Fleischut '85: Usa Gallagher '81 'and cro-brewery where mem bers were the brunch, a brief business meet articles for coming Issues of he J,m Whetsel '81, 'Tom '50 and Mary able to sample some of the freshly I ferrmann, Curt 70, 'and Andi Iler, ing was held where president MSM Alumnus are as follows brewed beers, tel, Phil '64 and Frances I loge, Ron Dennis McGee announced up- Summer Issue - May 1 Jagels '86, Ed and Pally Johnson, Fall Issue - July 1 T he group then boarded two Phil '66 and Barbara Jozwiak, Kelley Win er Issue - November 1 chartered buses for a trip to the Jozwiak '91 and Marc Thomas '93: Terry and Judy Keran: Len '66, Is there a section '78, and Mary Kirberg; John '81 , and Judy Laschober; John '79. and Lora near you? Lodderhose; Bill McDaniel; Scott '86 and Cathy Noll: Jim '68 and Geri With 28 sections all over the Petry; Mike and Jackie Potter; Steve country it's easy to get involved '70and Mary Probst: Tim '87 and Joan Reddy.: Charles '49 and Nonie Ross; in your alumni association! John 43 and Dorothy Schilling: Wayne Schmidt '83. Rich '86 and Tracy Spitznagle; Howard '67, andJeriStine; • Andy '80 and Jane Tayon; Ralph '50 Alaska John W. Hentges 3501 Ebbtide Circle Anchorage, AK 99516 'ketball game and Peggy Wolfram: Dave '89 and Ark-la-Tex John Mascari, Jr. 503 Coleman longview, TX 75601 one and Cheri '88 Zimmel111an. Central Ozarks Dennis McGee HCR 82. Box 445 Bixby, MO 65439 y. (Sta nding) Chicago Tim & Marla Jedlicka 22W204 Hackberry Glen Ellyn, Il 60137 'ey Knecht, Colorado Hugh E. Blevins Jr 2155 So Owens Ct. Denver. CO 80227 Dallas/FI. Worth Stephen Puljak 418 Castlewood Dr. Garland. TX 75040 Class of '42 Georgia George W. leck 3523 Midvale Rd Tucker, GA 30084 Heartland Gene W. Edwards 159 Hillmont Dr. Paducah. KY 42003 The Class of '42 met in early Houston Wayne Andreas 1802 White Feather Trail Crosby. TX 77532 September 1994 for their annual Kansas City Nancey R. Spaith 12300 W 65th Terrace Shawnee, KS 6621 get-together. This year's meeting Lincolnland Patrick J. Toby P.O. Box 818 Jacksonville.ll 62651 was at the Samoset Resort in Rock McDonnell Douglas Jill Finklang 879 Whitmore Dr. St. Charles. MO 63304 Miami Rene J. leonard 9030 Old Cutler Rd. Miami, Fl33156 port, Ma ine, about 140 miles Miner Music Randall Skaggs 12822 Capistrano Dr. Creve Coeur. MD 63141 northeast of Portland. We were New Orleans Darryl Moore 2425 Oxford PI Unit 107 Terrytown, LA 70056 :lic dinner the· there about a week, and most of Northeast Ohio Hugh C. Kind 1021 Morewood Parkway Rocky River, OH 44116 Northern Alabama John P. Dunbar 622 Patterson lane Meridianville. Al 35759 Ity alumni and us played golf. Oklahoma Glen A. larsen 3209 E. 77th PI Tulsa, OK 74136 ing. laugh and The following attended: George Pacific Northwest Todd C. Groennert 22702 90th Way S. #A203 Kent, WA 98031 ~UI old times. and Norma A xmacher, Bob and Kay Phoenix Walter Knecht 17207 Desert Glen Dr. Sun City West, AZ 85375 and Catherine Bush. Ie of the spring Brackbill, Bill SI. louis Ron Jagels 8618 Elgin Ave . St. louis, MO 63123 Hugh and Roberta Clark, Bill and San Diego Albert S. Keevil 1442 Yost Dr. San Diego, CA 921 09 ,r Knecht '49) Dickie Hill, Harold Kruger. Vernon Southern California James D. Gostin 180 Mount Olive Dr. Bradbury, CA 91010 1. Cheryl Clark McGee and Bob Poh/. Springfield, MO lawrence D. Wolf 2360 E. Grandview St. Springfield, MO 65803 Waller '49 and Tucson William M. Hallett P.O. Box 64216 Tucson, AI. 85728 Raben '56 and Washington, D.C. Eugene Bae 2915 Wisckersham Way, Apt. T·2 Falls Church, VA 22042 ) and Marcella West Florida John Van Nort 4908 W Country Club Dr. Sarasota, Fl 34243 West Texas J. Michael 6209 Driftwood Midland, TX 69707 - -- - ~ ... - - - AROUND THE COUNTRY ) in Alton, III., UPCOMING MINER ALUMNI EVENTS )n a buffet din· WHEN EVENT WHOM DO I CONTACT? crab legs and ler we boarded 22 Alumni Board Meeting, Rolla, MO Alumni Office, 314-341-4145 10 and tried our 28-29 Alpha Ph i Alph a Reun ion, Rolla , MO Alum ni Office, 314·341-4145 games. Black· Attention Section ,med to be the 6 Ark-La-Te x Section, Lon gView, TX Gene Rand '62, 903-759-1661 evening. The Shutterbugs! 11-13 Class of '45 Golden Alumni Reunion Alumni Office, 314-341-4145 a bus ride back We'll be glad to print photos ta ken 20-2 1 Order of th e Golden Shi ll elagh Development Office 314-34 1-4944 at your events - just send them in I (Submitted by TBA SI. Louis/McDonnell Douglas Section They need to be good quality, '91) Ca rdinals Baseball Ga me Ron Jagels '86, 314-53 1-4321 (B) clear pictures, preferably show ing e '82 and Becky TBA Heartland Section Gene Edw ards '53 , 502-554-2415 some of the fun at your event. June Berry: Car· TB A Nort hern Alabama John P Dunba r '84, 205-828-587 4 ~es and Maureen Either color or black-and-white '44. 'and Via!~ pictures are acceptable, but 3* Ce ntral Ozarks Pig Roast Dick Elgin '74, 314-364-636 2 (B) sch 72: Dave If please identify those people in .telkamp: Randy the picture. If you'll send several, 21* North Alabama Section John P Dunbar '84, 205-828-5874 d '85 and Amy we'll pick the best for publication . 15 SI. Louis Secti on Gol f To urn ament Phil Jozwiak '66, 314-571 -1 172 (8) Kirsten Ellis, TBA Central Ozarks Country!Western Show Dennnis McGee '69, 314-626-4422 on d I rb Faenger; pa~ a/lagher '81, an 9 Central Ozarks Shrimp Feed Gary Patterson '60, 314-341-4149 (8) Jm '50 andMary 10 Cen tral Oza rks Cham pagn e Brunch Dennis McGee '69, 314·626·442 2 I 'and Andl Her· I~Ces Hoge: Ron *Tentative , potty Johnson; 'ak Kelley JJoZWI • 43 tJ Your Alumni Office is online! You can send address changes, news for the Al umni Notes section of the MSM Alum nus, wedding and birth announcements, or any other information to the Alumni Office via email. T he address is [email protected] (for merly [email protected]. edu ). You can Joe Miner Gets also use th is address to request addresses/ phone numbers of your fe llow alumni, or for asking other questi ons about alumni topics. If we can 't answer the question for you, we'll be glad to forward your email message to some one who can. 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Road trips are part of the deal. im Holloway had never And road trips in th e far-flung quire at least four and a half hours in town afte been on a "real " road Mid -America Intercolleg iate Ath of one-way drive time. And in the am, itis diff trip b efore he joined letics Association ca n seem even rugged M IAA, where several a 7:30 a. m. the UMR basketball pro longer when a test or m ajor class teams an nually qualify for NCAA sitting in e1as! gramT in 1993. For H olloway and assignment is looming back at Rolla. post-season play, no ga me on oul of it willi his teammates at St. L ouis' Mc But balancing athletics and enem y turf is easy. "Roadtrii Cluer High School, bus rides to academics is a way of life for UMR Nor is studying after one of become to u ~ games w ith opponent schools athletes, and road trips are part of th ese contests. length of the I throughout St. Louis County rare the deal. To comply with M IAA " Traveling on the road is pret conference ly lasted more than 20 minutes. requirements, the Miner and Lady ty tough," says H olloway, a soph graphically, .. For Chris Bohannon, a sen ior Miners basketball tea ms must play omore guard who was the Miners of Ihe leams il guard for the L ady Miners, high at least eight ga m es away from leading scorer during the 1994- nowweslof u school road trips were a little long Rolla. The football team must play 95 season. " The away games are athletes thai, er. But even B ohannon never four or five games on the road a lot harder to play than the ones classroom, bL at home, because they are more each season, and the baseball and poinl thai it j softball team s p lay numerous physical and it takes more energy cause of the I games on th e road- including to play th em. That, combined with away fromel, games that are rescheduled to less the sc hoolwork here at UMR, favorable dates due to the weather. makes it tough. " Small-college athletes may get H olloway has put his road ex even more road-weary than those perience to good use in the class ifeo who play at larger schools. While room. " I did a speech last sem es bad. most high sc hool tea ms can reach ter about the difficulties of being a trips, their destinations by bus in any student-athlete and how the work merr where from 10 minutes toan hour, load is so hard, " he adds. "Some L cially and eme major coll ege tea ms generally fl y nights you might be on the bus way to set a rOI from one town to the next. For after a tough game, a tough loss. the game tha schools like UMR, playing in the and have hurt your ankle in the forging relatio l m ade more than a three ranks o f NCAA Division II , bud ga me, but you have two or three cult because i hour round-trip with her gets are not built for regular airline tests the next day. So you have to day tending tl L ebanon High School travel, and most of the opponents study on the bus, under a little and may nol, tea mmates to playa gam e are more than a one- or two-hour light, trying to get your work in. untillheyanriV{ anywhere. drive away. " I don't think we get enough When H oll oway, Boh UMR competes in a confer credit for w hat we do. but so me of On Ihe roa, differenl T annon and o ther UMR stu ence with sc hools in towns far us are getting a free educa tion so it . 0 a\ es and to get s dent-athletes came to the away northeast Missouri- such as is someth ing we have to deal with. ,. nce time b f athleti c program at UMR, Maryvill e and St. Joseph. And During a "shoot-around" prac E e or, Illporia Sta l it didn 't take long for them th en th ere are the tea ms in Kan ti ce session on a February road lea { to learn that three hours sas-Washburn in T opeka and trip to Emporia, head m en 's bas Ills did not I would be a short trip, one Empori a State in Emporia. Trips ketball coach Dale Martin put it P·Ill. Ihe night way. to any o f these destinations re- this way: " When you arrive back 'fheYalTived inI 11:ISP.m. Wh, 46 MSM ALUMNUS SPriIJg, 1995 II r and a half hours in town after a game at 4 or 5 ing a one-day trip. the bus leaves kind of routine, whatever your "You also have to take care of ~ time. And in the a.m., it is difficult when you have sometime in the late morning or normal routine is for a trip like the responsibilities here before you where several a 7:30 a.m. class. You could be early afternoon to ensure that the this," Roberts says. "You want leave," he says. "Before we went iualify for NCAA sitting in class , but to get anything student-athletes miss as few class enough inactivity so that they can to Emporia, I was in the library y. no game on out of it will be very hard to do. es as possible. rest to get ready for the game, but working on a project that was due sy. " Road trips in this league have On long trips, leaving the night you don't want too much be on Thursday, and since I knew I ing after one of become tough because of the before is far better than waiting cause they tend to be sluggish. So wasn't going to be here Tuesday length of the trips and the way the until the next day, says head wom it's really kind of a challenge to or Wednesday night, I had to work I the road is pret· conference has changed geo en's basketball coach linda Rob balance the day so that there is on it ahead of time to get it fin alloway. asoph· graphically, ,. says Martin. "Most erts. " When you travel like this some of both. " ished. ,. ) was Ihe Miners of the teams in the conference are when you sit and sit and sit-it is Of course, with all of the time Senior forward Katherine Ker uring the 1994· now west of us. We have student really challenging physically to hop available on such long trips, many sten must make special accom away games are athletes that are productive in the out of the bus and do anything," players use some of it to study. modations to do well in her cho ly than the ones classroom, but it has gotten to the she says. "So it is almost impossi Bohannon, who studied for a sen major of computer science. e they are more point that it is very difficult be ble to ask a team to get off a bus physiology test during the drive to Since she doesn 't own a laptop les more energy cause of the length of time spent after a long period of inactivity Emporia, says she has developed computer to take with her on road i. combined wilh away from class." and expect them to play well. This a routine for fitting her classwork games, "a lot of times, I'll write here at UM R. is an important game for us and it into the basketball schedule. down (ass igned) programs b y is a game we need to be mentally " When we go on road trips, I hand, and then once I get back, ; put his road ex· and physically prepared for, so spend at least two hours doing I'll go to the lab to type them in I use in the class' ife on the road isn 't all we need the routine of the shoot homework going up and coming and hope there aren 't many mis ,eech last semes· bad. Coaches view road arounds and pre-game meals and back," Bohannon says. "It is a lot takes. ,. culties of being a trips as a chance for team pre-game talks and activities late of work, and missing classes is Most UMR student-athletes ndhowthework· Lmembers to bond so in the afternoon to get ready for tough because you miss a lot of have found a way to balance their he adds. -Some Cially and emotionally-and as a the game. " material. I find it a little easier studies to the time spent away t be on the bus way to set a routine to prepare for Early the following morning because I don 't have things to from the classroom. Kersten, who ne. a iOugh loSS. the game that night. At home, a Wednesday-in Emporia, the distract me like television or radiO, has posted a 4.0 grade point aver our ankle in the forging relationships can be diffi L ady Miner players begin the rou but sometimes it is hard to study age in five different sem esters, tine with breakfast while Emporia on a bus. You just have to make Bohannon and Jackson are all on ave ~vo or three cult because players spend their day tending to academic needs State students head to class. After yourself do it. " schedule to graduate. H oll oway I. SO yOU have to and may not even see the gym breakfast, both the men's and Senior guard Rod Jackson had a B-average during the 1994 IS. under a litile until they arrive that night to play. women's teams get on the bus agrees. "To me, the hardest part fall semester. !t yOUr work in' On the road, things are quite and head over to White Auditori is making yourself study in a dif " You have to be dedicated to : we get enoug h different. To avoid missing class um, where they will play later that ferent environment," he says. both things, particularly because , o. but some of d es and to get some quality prac evening. When they arrive, the " Especiall y in a motel room, be the academics playa large part in :e education so it - to deal with. tice time before recent games at men's team stays on the bus to ing that you 've been on a bus for what you are doing," Jackson ave -praG' Emporia State University, the watch a videotape of their oppo maybe five hours and you 're not says. "So you really have to focus ot·aroun d d a teams did not leave Rolla until 6 nent playing against Missouri in a comfortable situation. But on that- and just enjoy basket l February ro ball on the road. ,. • en's bas' p.m. the night before the game. Southern State College. The when it comes down to it, you hea dm . . They arrived in Emporia at around women head inside to practice. have to do it, and it just takes a lot Martin pUI II lie . back 11: 15 p. m. When the team is tak- " It is important to stay in som e of discipline. Story and photos by John Kean yOU arTlve Sprillg, 1995 47 s ~ o aRT 5 B R I E F 5 Miner swimmers heading back leaders in several statistical categories. but ions from senior guard Rod Jack to national meet Freshma n guard Becky Reichard son, junior forwards Ryan Wade and A pair of Miner swimmers recently is the Lady Miners' top scorer, averag George Lee and sophomore forward made an encore appearance at the ing 16.5 points per game, and senior Scott Rush . NCAA Division II Swimming Champi forward Katherine Kersten has been onships. Dikan Rendic , an AlI-Amer the top rebounder, with several dou Wallock, Nix make football ica performer last season, made the ble-figure rebound games. Sen ior for All-America teams championships in the 1~O-yard free ward Chris Bohannon and sophomore Miner football standouts Jerry style. Bill Unzicker, who competed in center Heather Hartman have played Wallock and Darin Nix were select the national meet last season as a well on the defensive side. ed to various All -America teams fol freshman, qualified in the 400-individ lowing the recent Miner football sea ual medley and swam in multiple events Miners hampered by injuries in '95 son. at nationals. The meet was held in The men's basketball season turned Wallock, a senior defensive tackle, Canton, Ohio, in March. south in January, when injuries knocked was named second-team All-America Rendic and Unzicker's early-season two inside players out of the lineup. by Football Gazette, third-team AII performances led the Miners to a 6-1 UMR opened the season with an 8- America by the sports information di dual meet record by February. The only 1 record and a seven-game winning rectors from NCAA Division II, and hon loss this season came at the hands of streak that fel l one victory short of the orable mention on C. M. Frank 's Southwest Missouri State University school record . The streak ended just small-college All -America team . He during a triangular meet hosted by before Christmas on a buzzer-beating also was the top vote-getter at his Southwest. Earlier, UMR won the three-pointer fro m Drury College. position on the sports information di Washington University Relays and fin Fo llowing a tough loss to No. 4- recto rs' all-region team and made the ished third at the Arkansas-Little Rock ranked Missouri Western to open con ali-conference team for the third Invitational. At Little Rock, the Miners ference play, the Miners beat North straight season. finished behind powers Western Ken west Missouri State 76-69 thanks to a Wallack also played in January's tucky and Henderson State but ahead big game by junior forward Jamie Snow Bowl. a Division II all-star game of a Drury College team expected to Brueggeman . The 6-foot-9 Bruegge held in the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D. contend for the NCAA Division II cham man is the Miners' second-leading scor He recorded two tackles while playing pionship er and is among the national leaders in for the victorious West squad. For the rebounding and blocked shots. In De Miners in 1994, Wallack was among Lady Miners post upset cember, Brueggeman broke the UMR the team leaders in several defensive win over ranked team career record for blocks and later re categories, including sacks and tackles Buoyed by a win over the seventh corded his 1DOth blocked shot. for lost yardage . ranked team in NCAA Division II , the Injuries hit the Miners right after Nix, a senior free safety, was also Lady Miner basketball team is turning the Northwest game, claiming Brue selected third-team All-America by the the 1994-95 campaign into a success. ggeman and sophomore center Jeff sports information directors and hon UMR's 11-9 record through Feb . 4 Kokal. the team's third-leading scor orable mention by Football Gazetteand includes a 70-57 win over a Pittsburg er. The loss of these two big men fac C M. Frank. Nix, also a second-team State team that came into the game tored into the Miner record of 9-11 all-region selection, led the Miners in with the high national ranking and a through Feb. 4. interceptions for the second straight 13-1 record . Jun ior guard Christie UMR's leading scorer has been season and produced a streak of eight Williams, the top returning scorerfrom sophomore guard Tim Holloway, who consecutive games with a pass inter last season 's squad, had 22 points in averages 17.7 points per game. The ception. the win . She is among the Lady Miner Miners have also received solid contri- -1 8 MSM ALUM NUS