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SPRING 2006 NewNew museummuseum andand musicmusic facilitiesfacilities areare amongamong recentrecent developmentsdevelopments thatthat havehave solidifiedsolidified Rollins’Rollins’ rolerole asas aa boomingbooming centercenter forfor thethe artsarts inin CentralCentral Florida.Florida St. George and the Dragon by Alexander Boguslawski, professor of modern languages and literatures. “This painting is my reinterpretation of the story of St. George, in which the saint does not have to fight the dragon because the princess does not need saving. She is sitting safe and sound, playing her recorder.” See story p. 8. To view other Boguslawski paintings, visit: www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang /Painting/alexart.html TRUSTEES OF ROLLINS COLLEGE Francis H. (Frank) Barker ’52, Chairman of the Board Allan E. Keen ’70 ’71MBA, Vice Chairman of the Board OLLINSALUMNI RECORD F. Duane Ackerman ’64 ’70MBA ’00H Theodore B. (Ted) Alfond ’68 R SPRING 2006 William H. Bieberbach ’70 ’71MBA William K. Caler, Jr. ’67 Andrew J. Czekaj Lewis M. Duncan, Ph.D. Jon W. Fuller, Ph.D. Ronald G. Gelbman ’69 ’70MBA Alan H. Ginsburg Rick Goings About The COVER: Warren C. Hume ’39 ’70H The Hon. Toni Jennings The newly renovated and expanded Thomas G. Kuntz ’78 Cornell Fine Arts Museum (photo by Gerald F. Ladner ’81 David Woods) and Keene Hall music David H. Lord ’69 ’71MBA building (photo by Joyce Kanavel) John C. (Jack) Myers III ’69 ’70MBA Blair D. Neller ’74 Charles E. Rice ’64MBA ’98H FEATURES Joanne Byrd Rogers ’50 ’05H Phillip G. St. Louis, M.D. Homecoming 2005, R. Michael Strickland ’72 ’73MBA ’04H Page 20 Photo Gallery . 10 Christabel Kelly Vartanian ’68 Featuring the Cornell Fine Arts Museum and R. D. Kathleen M. Waltz Keene Hall, home of the Virginia S. and W. W. Nelson Harold A. Ward III ’86H Department of Music Winifred Martin Warden ’45 Victor A. Zollo, Jr. ’73 State of the Arts . 12 Honorary Trustees : By Leigh Brown Perkins and Robyn Allers Barbara Lawrence Alfond ’68 With contributions from Ann Marie Varga ’82 Betty Duda ’93H The Hon. W. D. (Bill) Frederick, Jr. ’99H Homecoming 2005 . 20 Joseph S. Guernsey By Mary Wetzel Wismar-Davis ’76 ’80MBA OFFICERS OF ROLLINS COLLEGE DEPARTMENTS Lewis M. Duncan, Ph.D., President George H. Herbst, Vice President for Business and Finance and Treasurer Campus News . 2 Patricia A. Lancaster,, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Then & Now . 6 Affairs Cynthia R. Wood, Vice President for Institutional Sports Scene . 7 Advancement Faculty Profile . 8 Richard F. Trismen ’57, Secretary Alumni Perspectives . 28 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF Alumni of Note . 29 DIRECTORS Alumni Association News . 32 Michael G. Peterson ’74, President Barbara Doolittle Auger ’89, Vice President Class News . 33 Sandra Hill Smith ’73 ’74MBA, Treasurer Spotlight on Young Alumni . 43 Professor Alexander Peter E. Powell ’77 ’78MBA, Member at Large Boguslawski, Page 8 Raymond M. Fannon ’82, Member at Large Regional Events . 48 Elizabeth A. Ashwell ’99 Laurin Matthews Baldwin ’86 ’89MAT Peter S. Bok ’92 EDITOR: Mary Wetzel Wismar-Davis ’76 ’80MBA James E. Chanin ’87 CLASS NEWS EDITOR: Laura J. Cole ’04 Robiaun Rogers Charles ’94 CONTRIBUTORS: Robyn Allers, Linda Carpenter, Jed Dunstan, Nicole Fiedler ’08, Ilyse Gerber ’00HH, Maureen Harmon, Jeni Flynn Hatter, Leigh Brown Perkins, Vickie Pleus, Lorrie Kyle Ramey ’70, Zaida Rios, Nancy Shelton ’00 ’04MLS, Kristin Marcin Conlan ’89 Gerald Sprayregen ’56, Ann Marie Varga ’82, Nate Weyant, Elaine Worth Brendan J. Contant ’89 DESIGN: Design Studio Orlando, Inc. Andrea Scudder Evans ’68 Jose I. Fernandez, Jr. ’92 MISSION STATEMENT: The Rollins Alumni Record serves to maintain and enhance the relationship between Rollins College and its alumni and other Asunta D'Urso Fleming ’81 constituencies by building pride in the institution through effective communication of news of alumni and the College. It aims to keep readers of varying Charles R. Gallagher III ’95 ages and interests connected to current developments, programs, and achievements at Rollins, and to keep alumni connected to each other. The magazine is the College’s primary vehicle for communicating to alumni Rollins’ mission of commitment to educational excellence, educating Teresa Greenlees Gelston ’97 students for active citizenship in a global society, innovation in pedagogy and student services, and maintaining the close community ties that have Cyrus W. Grandy ’69 always been a hallmark of the Rollins experience. Tamara Watkins Green ’81 Dyer S. Moss ’61 ’66MAT All ideas expressed in the Rollins Alumni Record are those of the authors or the editors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Alumni Association or the College. Letters to the editor are welcome and will be considered for publication in the magazine. The Rollins Alumni Record is Robert B. Ourisman ’78 published three times a year by Rollins College for alumni and friends of the College. Please send your comments or suggestions to: Rollins Alumni Thomas R. Powell ’85 Record, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave. - 2747, Winter Park, FL 32789-4499, or e-mail the editor at [email protected]. Linn Terry Spalding ’74 Member, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and Florida Magazine Association. Kurt M. Wells ’95 Anthony L. Wilner ’82 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Rollins College, 1000 Holt Avenue - 2747, Winter Park, FL 32789-4499. De Anne P. Wingate ’96 CAMPUS NEWS A GIFT OF INTERNATIONAL PROPORTIONS FACULTY feats Parent gives $12 million to LUCK O’ THE IRISH —Last summer, Professor of Psychology help internationalize Rollins Maria Ruiz made her third trip to the National University of Ireland (NUI), Maynooth to work with her A $12-MILLION GIFT from research collaborator, psychology professor Bryan Roche, on their Thomas J. Petters, parent of study of language and the role of ver- Rollins senior Jennifer bal histories in cognitive processes. Petters and CEO and The purpose of her research is to chairman of Petters Group develop an assessment tool that taps Worldwide, promises to into the language patterns of individ- enrich and expand the uals who have been convicted of College’s international buying child pornography on the programs. Internet and convicted pedophiles The gift will provide who are currently serving time for Maria Ruiz endowment for two new crimes against children. Tom Petters faculty chairs in interna- BUSINESS SENSE—Crummer School professor of marketing and tional business or international relations, one for a distin- strategy Greg W. Marshall was inducted as a Fellow of the Society for guished visiting professor; support for Rollins faculty and stu- Marketing Advances (SMA) at their annual conference in San Antonio dents to conduct scholarship, practica, and internships in November. Marshall was recognized for his outstanding record of abroad; and enhancement of physical facilities for international scholarly achievement in the field of marketing and demonstration of studies, particularly technology to allow real-time interaction a long-term commitment and extraordinary contribution to SMA and to the marketing discipline as a whole. Crummer professor of interna- with faculty and students in other countries. tional business James P. Johnson was ranked No. 57 in a global list “International business is extremely important. In a sense, of the most prolific researchers in international business in the past 10 our young people need an opportunity to learn and exchange years compiled by the Center for International Business Education and cultures and visions,” Tom Petters said. “This will afford Research (CIBER) at Michigan State University. many students and faculty the opportunity to actually experience international business beyond the outstanding COVER GIRL—Associate Professor of Art History Susan Libby was featured on the cover of program which exists today.” the September 22 edition of the Eclaireur, pub- “This gift is a perfect match of the College’s mission of lished in Montargis, France. Libby, who was educating for global citizenship and responsible leadership attending an event at the Musée Girodet held in with Tom Petters’ priorities of academic integrity, interna- conjunction with an exhibition of the work of the tionalization, capitalism, entrepreneurial spirit, and lifelong Neoclassical painter Girodet at the Musée du learning,” said Rollins President Lewis M. Duncan. Louvre in Paris, wrote an essay for the exhibition The College is also working with Petters Group Worldwide catalog, which will be published in English early and three other higher-education institutions to develop a next year by Editions du Musée du Louvre. Susan Libby Living and Learning Center in Shanghai. The proposed residential center would create an educational facility in the Chinese city to serve U.S. college students and faculty, U.S. corporate employees, and the Chinese business and academic NOTABLE quote communities. “This will be an extraordinary opportunity for our “We don’t have a snob factor. We want the best of students and faculty to study in the world’s most dynamic emerging economy,” President Duncan said. any musical genre, because it’s all music. I believe Petters Group Worldwide is a recognized leader in creating, if Bach had been born today, he’d be a jazz player.” developing, and investing in companies that manufacture, —John Sinclair procure, and market merchandising solutions for key growth markets. Petters’ core portfolio includes a growing list of John M.