Missouri University of Science and Technology Scholars' Mine Missouri S&T Magazine Special Collections Missouri S&T Magazine, February 1993 Miner Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/alumni-magazine Recommended Citation Miner Alumni Association, "Missouri S&T Magazine, February 1993" (1993). Missouri S&T Magazine. 393. https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/alumni-magazine/393 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]. MSM-UMR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MSM·! Cas tleman Hall, LlMR, Rolla, MO 65401-0249 Univ Telephone 314-341-4145 OFF ICERS Pres ident ROBERT V WOLF. '51, 244-L McNutt Hall , UMR. Rolla, MO 65401 Pr esident-c lect GERALD L. ST EVENSON, '59, Jacobs Engineer Group, 251 South Lake Dr., Pasadena, CA 9 1101 Vice Pres id ent W.R. "PAT" BROADDUS, '55, MI, P.O. Box 2545, Dalton. GA 30722 Vice Pres ident ALFRED J BUESCHER, '64, 624 Golfview Dc.. Ballwin, MO 63011 Vice Pres ident \ssUedql MATIEO A. COCO, '66, 71 15 Alicelon Ave., Affton, MO 63123 and/orm Secretary Nine5 ar ROBERT 1. BERRY, '72, Burns & McDonnell, 10795 Watson Road , Sunset Hills, MO 631 27 ~Issouri· Treasurer bshoiby J.L. "JACK" PAINTER, '50, P.O. Box 723. 1700 E. 10th St .. Rolla. MO 65401 c..~"" RolIa~1( DIR ECTORS AT LARGE paidatF ~" JOHN G BARTEL, '52, 200 Washington. Hemlann. MO 6504 1 POS1M! JAMES W. HOELSCHER. '48, 113 Stonebridge Dr. , Hendersonville. NC 28739 MS~lA1u DENNIS F. JAGGI, '70. 1509 Nigh thawk Dr., Edmond. OK 73034 ~_n· ALISSA M. GALLAGHER, '81,816 S. Berry, St. Louis, MO 63 122 ROBERT R. MORRISON, '7 1, 730 Rainlree, Naperville, lL 60540 AREA DIRECTORS Area Zip Codes 00·14 S DALE McHENRY, '81, AT&T, Rt 2021206 North, Room 4B232, Bedminster. NJ 07921 MS~ 15·26 ROBERT C. PERRY, '49, 302 Fox Chapel Rd .. Apt. 500, PHtsbucgh, PA 15238 The 27·36 WILLIAM H. GAMMON '49, 4142 Southwell Way, Sarasota. FL 34241 edited, p; 37-45 GRAH AM G. SUTHERLAND [[] , '64. Morrison Knu dson-MK Ferguson. 1500 W. 3rd St. , by thest, Cleveland, OH 4411 3 ofComrr 46·52 LARRY L. PARKINSON, '64. 1800 Williamsburg Dr .. Adrian. MI49221 ",th the, 53·61 ROBERT M. SAXER, '61. 704 E. Cedar Ave., Si. Charles, IL 60174 62·62 ROBE RT F. UTHOFF, '52, 42 Circle Drive, Spring{;eld, IL 62703 Alumni A 63·65 JERRY R. BAYLESS, '59, 10 1 ERL. UMR, Rolla , MO 65401 JAMES L. FOIl. 7 4. 207 NE Country Lane. Lee 's Summit, MO 64063 ~l ana g in ROBE RT S. BRUCE, '69. 15 Carrswold, Clayton. MO 63105 Donald C WI LLIAM W. COLLINS, '50. 1608 Wilson Circle, Rolla, MO 6540 1 ROBERT J. SCHNELL. '78,3526 Brookstone S Dr., SI. Louis, MO 63129 HUMBERT E. "BOB" SFREDDO. '58, P.O. Box 1302, Jefferson City. MO 65102 Editor JAMES K. VAN BU REN , '63, 9807 Copper Hill Rd ., St. Louis, MO 63 124 Kathy M, RICHARD J. VEHIGE. '68. Southwestem Bell Corp, 500 N. Broadway, Room 1400. SI. Louis, MO 63 102 Contribu 66·72 PHIL A. BROWNING, '48, P.O. Box 578, Logansport, LA 71049 73 · 75 JAMES E. BERTELSMEYER, '66, 3303 E. I DOth PI. S.. Tulsa, OK 74137 lindsay l 76·77 JOHN C. "CURT" KILLINGER, 73, 14823 Preston Park. Houston. TX 77095 Andrew ( 78·84 RANDY G. KERN S, '74,4797 Valhalla Dr .. Boulder, CO 80301 DickHaif 85·92 WILLIAM M. HALLETI, '55, P.O. Box 642 16. Tucson, AZ 85728-4216 John Kea 93·99 VIC HOFFMAN, '60,31057 E. Lake Morton Dr. S.E.. Kent, WA 98042 Carol Kie STUDENT REP RESENTATIVES John W.I Rebecca I CLINT scan Student Union Board , 2 18 Universi ty Center West, UMR, Rolla, MO 6540 I Rebecca ~ JENNIFER McGEE Student Council Presiden t. 202 University Center West, UMR. Rolla, MO Marianne 65401 COMMITIEE CHAIRS Photogra Kathy Ma JEROME T BERRY, '49, RI. 4, Box 419, Rolla , MO 6540 1 Dan Seile LUCIEN M. BOLON JR .. '59,902 S.W. Murray Rd., Lee's Summit. MO 6408 1 J. RICHARD HUNT. '50. 14913 Highway 82, Carbondale, CO 8 1623 Doug Mci CALVI M OCHS. '49, 1304 Bello Paseo C1. , Jefferson City, MO 65109 LO NIEJ. SHALTON, '63, 1401 W. 50th, Kan sas City, MO 64112 IliUSiratic RONALD A. TAPPMEYER, '47, 2226 Country Ciub Dr .. Sugar Land, TX 77478 Janet Mul ERNST A. WEINEL, '44. 189 Weinel Place, O'Fallon, IL 62269 PAST PRESIDENTS ARTHUR G . BAEBLER, '55, 17 Zmzer Court. 51. Louis, MO 63123 RICHARD H BAUER, '52, Missouri Electrochem Inc., 10958 Lin -Valle Dr. , S1. Louis, MO 63123 ROBERT D. BAY. '49, 8947 Linden LZlOe, Prairie Village, K5 66207 ROBERT M. BRACKBILL. '42, 9148 Clearla ke Dr.. Dallas, TX 75225 PAUL T DOWLING. '40, 10144 Winding Ridge Rd . St Louis, MO 63 124 RAYMO D a KASTEN, '43.901 W. 114th Terrace, Kansas City. MO 64114 PETER F MAnE1. '37, 9954 Holliston Court, 51. Louis, MO 63124 JAMES B MCGRATH, '49, 12425 Balwyck Lane, SI. Louis, MO 6313 1 JOSEPH W MOONEY, '39, 2 11 N. Central, Clayton, MO 63 105 MELVIN E. NICKEL, '38, 10601 S. Hamilton Ave .. Chicago, IL 60643 J. ROBERT PATIERSON, '54, Show. Me, Inc., PO. Box 573 Sikeston, MO 63801 POint LAWRENCE A SPANIER. '50,246 Eagle Drive, Jupiter, FL 33477·4061 JOH B TOOMEY. '49, Starr Managemen t Corp., 7110 Rainwa ter PI.. Lorton . VA 22079 Melor STAFF DONALD G BRACKHAHN, Executive Vice President. MSM-UMR Alumni Association LINDSAY LOMAX BAGNALl. "76. Assistant Vice President, MSM-UMR Alumni Association --- MSM-UMR Al umni Association University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, Missouri Volume 67 Number 1 us I N T H s s s u E MSM Al umnus (US PS-323-S00) Issued quarterly in the interest of the graduates and fonner students of the M issouri School of Mines and Metallurgy and the University of Missouri-Rolla. The MSM Alumnus is pub­ lished by the MSM-UM R Alumni Association. Castleman H all, University of Missouri-Rolla. RoUa, MO 65401-0249. Second Class postage paid at Rolla , MO and additional mailing of­ fices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to MSM Alu mnus, Castleman Hall. University of Missouri- Rolla, Rolla. MO 6540 1-0249. ALUMNI PROFILE MINER SPORTS PROFILE The MSM Alumnus is written, edited, photographed, and designed How Fred Kummer built Bill J olly fires up the court, and by the staff of the UMR Department of Communications and Marketing, a construction empire the classroom, with excellence with the assistance of the MSM-UMR page 4 page 22 Alumni Association. Managing Editor Donald G. Brackhahn FINDING FOUNDERS RESEARCH Editor Kathy Matthews Help us kick off our search for UMR researchers and alumni take alumni entrepreneurs Contributi ng Editors off with NASA in a variety of ways page 24 Li ndsay Lomax Bagnall , '76 Andrew Careaga page 10 Dick Hatfield John Kean Carol Kiehl ALUMNI SECTIONS John W. Larson page 26 Rebecca Martin, '90 MINERS REMEMBER Rebecca Sherwood, '93 Marianne Ward THE WAR ALUMNI NOTES Photographers Jesse Bowen, EE '49, remembers his page 30 Kathy Matthews Dan Seifert experiences in Europe Doug McKay page 16 Illustrations Janet Muhm AROUND CAMPUS A look at news from the university page 18 Cover photo by Doug McKay Painting of Mr. Kummer on page 4 by Melanie Kummer Brewer HToc owner a the worl of healtl his care! Th, of nursil in the d! care faci commUI hotels ~ of the H is a hub sity of hi and out cover th, painting: collectiol Despite I construe committ, on whicl worketh straightle style, His hasn 't er setting Ie in that pi have leal to euston "Th, product,' On( hangs a r Kummer Views his Ever lengthen, "I de be any b, that's not Vidual," s needs a s Attention to Detail steer an c "Ith i Wh etll er it's hotels, Ilospitals or higher education , shadows, Fred Kummer's leadership casts a long slladow makes yo organizati "But BY A NDREW C AREAGA top aren 't is affinity fo r hotels is under­ suits, well there is no way th at the bottom Kummer began HBE by buildin g standable enough. After all, he can make up for that. That's not to mini­ nursing homes. "They were projects grew up in one, and his first mize the importance of everybody, but which seemed to be always over budget, " business - printing menus for nothing good could come out (of an orga­ Kummer says, "so I tried to use what ex­ hotel restaurants - was run nization) unless you've got somethin g pertise I possessed in terms of bringing from a hotel basement. good at th e top, someone who is willing to these projects in to more financial respon­ HToday Fred S. Kummer, BS CE '55, work and push and who has a sincere sibility." He quickly gained a reputation owner and founder of HBE Corp., one of commi tment to what th ey do. " "as someone who could take a project the world's largest designers and builders At the top of HBE Corp. is Kummer, that was over budget and re-engineer it of health-care faci lities, is at the height of whom none could accuse of bein g insin­ and get it down to what it had to be." his career.