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UMR M A G A ZIN E MSM-UMR Alumni Association Representing nearly 5 0,000 alumni worldwide PRESIDENT AREA DIRECTORS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES DARLENE (MELOY) RAMSAY, '84 AREA 1: PAUL G. BALDETTI, '81, Skaneateles, N.Y. BETH GROENKE, Student Council President Rolla, Mo. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) AREA 2: ROBERT J. SCANLON, '73, Brookeville, Md. MICHAEL OJO, Student Union Board President PRESIDENT-ELECT ([email protected]) ([email protected]) PERRIN R. ROLLER, '80 AREA 3: VACANT RAJ SINGH, Graduate Student Representative member Spring, Texas ([email protected]) AREA 4: LEROY E. THOMPSON, '56, Pensacola, Fla. ([email protected]) AREA 5: HENRY E. BROWN, '68, Cincinnati, Ohio VICE PRESIDENTS ([email protected]) COMMITTEE CHAIRS benefits ERNEST K. BANKS, '81 AREA 6: MARVIN E. BORGMEYER, '74, Baton Rouge, La. GARY W. HINES, '95, Owensboro, Ky. St. Louis ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) JOHN F. EASH, '79 AREA 7: GREGORY K. ARDREY, '89, Janesville, Wis. RONALD W. JAGELS, '86, St. Louis ([email protected]) As a graduate of MSM-UMR, Weldon Spring, Mo. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ED MIDDEN III, '69, Springfield, III. JOHN R. FRERKING, '87, Kansas City, Mo. AREA 8: RICHARD W. EIMER JR., '71, Spring, Texas ([email protected]) you are automatically a member ([email protected]) (ri ch _ei m er@ dy n egy.co m) CHRIS RAMSAY, '83, Rolla, Mo. ([email protected]) of the MSM-UMR Alumni SUSAN (HADLEY) ROTHSCHILD, '74 AREA 9: DAVID M. TEPEN, '90, Bettendorf, Iowa DAN O'SULLIVAN, '82, St. Louis ([email protected]) St. Louis ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Association and are entitled to: ROBERT J. SCANLON, '73, Brookeville, Md. AREAS 10-18: VACANT PAST PRESIDENTS ([email protected]) AREAS 10-18: SHAWNNA L. ERTER, '00, St. Charles, Mo. ARTHUR G. BAEBLER, '55, St. Louis JON VANINGER, '63 ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Manchester, Mo. ([email protected]) AREAS 10-18: JOHN R. FRERKING, '87, Kansas City, Mo. RICHARD H. BAUER, '51, St. Louis ([email protected]) Career Assistance: ([email protected]) ROBERT D. BAY, '49, Chesterfield, Mo. TREASURER AREAS 10-18: DANIEL FRISBEE, '71, Ballwin, Mo. ([email protected]) UMR's Career Opportunities Center JERRY R. BAYLESS, '59 ([email protected]) ROBERT T. BERRY, '72, St. Louis ([email protected]) will help you in your job search. Rolla, Mo. ([email protected]) AREAS 10-18: JARROD R. GRANT, '98, OTallon, Mo. JAMES E. BERTELSMEYER, '66, Tulsa, Okla. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Contact Amy Lewis at [email protected] ASSISTANT TREASURER AREAS 10-18: MICHAEL D. HURST, '74, St. Louis ROBERT M. BRACKBILL, '42, Dallas, Texas or 573-341-4229. RICHARD L. ELGIN, '74 (md_h [email protected]) ([email protected]) St. James, Mo. ([email protected]) AREAS 10-18: MARYLOU LEGSDIN, '90, Springfield, Mo. MATTEO A. COCO, '66, Affton, Mo. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) SECRETARY AREAS 10-18: ANDREW M. SINGLETON, '00, Ballwin, Mo. PAUL T. DOWLING, '40, St. Louis Services: SUSAN WATSON, '83 ([email protected]) LARRY L. HENDREN, '73 Danbury, Conn, ([email protected]) AREAS 10 18: KELLEY (JOZWIAK) THOMAS, '91, Columbia, Mo. ([email protected]) Online Community, including Kirkwood, Mo. ([email protected]) JAMES B. MCGRATH, '49, St. Louis ASSISTANT SECRETARY AREAS 10-18: W. KEITH WEDGE, '70, Rolla, Mo. ZEBULUN NASH, '72, Baytown, Texas searchable directory RANDALL G. DREILING, '81, St. Louis ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Access to alumni office via email ([email protected]) AREA 19:JASON BRIDGES, '00, Lenexa, Kan. JAMES R. PATTERSON, '54, Sikeston, Mo. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE AREA 20: DELORES J. HINKLE, '75, Sugar Land, Texas GERALD L. STEVENSON, '59, Highland City, Fla. DANIEL L. BOHACHICK, '99, Joplin, Mo. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Address update service so you don't miss ([email protected]) AREA 21: TODD S. RASTORFER, '98, Rio Rancho, N.M. JOHN B. TOOMEY, '49, Vero Beach, Fla. your MSM-UMR mail HELENE HARDY PIERCE, '83, Sparta, N.J. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) AREA 22: DAVID L. BEGLEY, '73, Longmont, Colo. Insurance discounts and offers STEPHEN W. RECTOR, '72, Greenwood Village, Colo. ([email protected]) STAFF Travel opportunities ([email protected]) AREA 23: DENNIS LEITTERMAN, '76, Sunnyvale, Calif. MARIANNE A. WARD, Assistant Vice President, JOHN M. REMMERS, '84, Hudson, Ohio ([email protected]) MSM-UMR Alumni Association ([email protected]) ([email protected]) AREA 24: PETER MALSCH, '62, Enumclaw, Wash. SHANNON D. ROARK, Administrative Assistant DALE A. SPENCE, '97, State College, Pa. ([email protected]) ([email protected]) MSM-UMR Merchandise: ([email protected]) ELAINE L. RUSSELL, Coordinator ([email protected]) JANET WICKEY-SPENCE, '85, Webster Groves, Mo. RENEE D. STONE, Accountant ([email protected]) Chairs, lamps, watches, pendants, ([email protected]) Jo e Miner credit card, license plates for Missouri residents, and the official UMR ring. To take advantage of these offers, or for more information, contact MSM-UMR Alumni Association Mission and Goals the alumni office: MISSION The association will proactively strive to create an environment - embodying communication with and participation by MSM-UMR Alumni Association MSM-UMR alumni and friends - to foster strong loyalty to UMR and growth of the association. The association will increase Castleman Hall its financial strength as well as provide aid and support to deserving students, faculty and alumni friends. University of Missouri-Rolla GOALS 1870 Miner Circle • Increase alumni pride in their association with UMR and the MSM-UMR Alumni Association. Rolla, MO 65409-0650 • Increase alumni involvement, especially that of young alumni. • Increase alumni contributions, primarily in the number of alumni making a financial commitment to UMR and the MSM-UMR Alumni Association. Phone:573-341-4145 • Strengthen relationships with faculty, staff and students on behalf of the alumni association. Fax: 573-341-4706 Email: [email protected] The officers and other members of the association's board of directors provide leadership and actual participation to achieve these goals and Web: alumni.umr.edu fulfill this mission. For their efforts to be a success, they need YOUR active participation as well, in whatever alumni activities you choose. contents FA LL 2 0 0 7 Profiles campers profile of Happy donors..........18-61 Donations to UMR make a profound difference in the lives of our students. profile of volunteers.... 62-69 More than 1,700 alumni andfriends donate their time and talents to advance UMR. summer camps donor profile.....89 2 0 0 7 Ray & Susan Betz The Retzes endowment 6 will help attract out-of- Imagination stations................... Camp Invention introduces elementary students to the inner-workings state students to UMR. of things and opens their minds to new possibilities TheyYe material girls................. 8 State of the It’s a Girl Thing helps seventh- and eighth-grade girls learn about university...............3 science and engineering Shock & awe.................................11 High school students see, hear and feel the power of explosives On the Cover: On the Planet Zak, a young summer travels camper builds binoculars for better visibility. Photo by BA. Rupert Lending a hand.......................... 12 UMR’s Engineers Without Borders works to establish sustainable solutions Departments around campus 14-17 association news 70-73 14 Academy inductions 70 Meet Marianne Ward This year, 39 UMR alumni and former faculty Marianne Ward named director of were inducted into UMR's academies alumni and constituent relations research 15 section news 74-75 15 Switzer earns honors 75 St. Louis Section raises $1,500 Jay Switzer receives Presidential Award for Research and Creativity from the University of Missouri alumni notes 76-83 sports 16-17 81 Weddings 82 Email 16 Lady Miners venture into new territory Lady Miner softball streak propels UMR into third place 83 Future Miners 17 Sports Shorts memorials 84-88 Gaul lands top academic award for second time 88 Friends The MSM-UMR Alumni Association publishes the UMR Magazine to communicate and reflect the past, current and future interests of the alumni of the Missouri School of Mines and the University of Missouri-Rolla. M I N UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA ASSOCIATE EDITORS UMR Magazine {[ISPS 323-500) (ISSN 1084-6948) CHANCELLOR JOHN F. CARNEY III Lance Feyh is issued four times per year (March, June, John Kean September, December) in the interest of the MSM-UMR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mindy Limback graduates and former students of the Missouri SEND LETTERS TO: PRESIDENT DARLENE (MELOY) RAMSAY,'J School of Mines and Metallurgy and the Marianne Ward, Alumni Editor, ALUMNI SECTIONS EDITOR University of Missouri-Rolla. UMR Magazine is M SM -U M R Alumni Association, Castleman Hall, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT Elaine Russell published by the MSM-UMR Alumni Association, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, M O 65409-0650 MARIANNE WARD Castleman Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO ALUMNI NOTES EDITOR Phone: 573-341-4145 65409-0650.