DEPAUW MAGAZINE DEPAUW’s 19th PRESIDENT INAUGURATED: BRIAN W. CASEY FALL 2008 - WINTER 2009 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 2008 DEPAUW DISCOURSE and PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION Photos, Inaugural Address and more ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: MONON BELL GAME PHOTOS Fireworks soared over the DePauw campus on the evening of Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, to celebrate the inauguration of President Brian W. Casey. DEPAUW MAGAZINE CONTENTS fall 2008 - WINTER 2009 Volume 72 • No. 2 STAFF Larry G. Anderson, editor DEPAUW MAGAZINEON THE COVER: Dian D. Phillips, art director-designer, director of publications Donna Grooms, class notes editor Brian W. Casey was inaugurated as DePauw’s Kelly A. Graves, designer, assistant director of publications Richard Fields, University photographer 19th president on Oct. 10, 2008. See story Larry G. Ligget, editorial assistant beginning on page 2. Jennifer Clarkson Soster ’88, executive director of alumni relations Lisa Hollander, vice president for development and alumni relations DEPAU W’S 19th PRESIDENT INAUGURATED: BRIAN W. CASEY NEWS OF THE UNIVERSITY DePauw Alumni Association Officers FALL 2008 - WINTER 2009 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 2 Lisa Henderson Bennett ’93, president 2008 DEPAUW DISCOURSE and PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION Photos, Inaugural Address and more Brian W. Casey installed as DePauw’s 19th presi- Janet L. Johns ’85, vice president ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: MONON BELL GAME PHOT OS Stephen N. Combs ’87, secretary dent. Text of President Casey’s inaugural speech. Madeleine Albright, Lee Hamilton, others discuss DEPAUW ContactS global challenges at DePauw Discourse 2008. Admission Stefanie D. Niles, vice president for admission and financial aid President Casey meets with Greek Life Advisory 765-658-4108 [email protected] Council Assembly. 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Shore 765-658-4533 [email protected] CLASS NOTES www.depauw.edu 128 Printed by Mignone Communications Inc., Huntington, Ind. www.depauw.edu/pa/magazine While the East College bell rang – and led by co-University marshals Frederick M. Soster and Mary P. Dixon – President Brian W. Casey and members of the inauguration party processed along campus pathways that were lined with international flags. (Photo: © Marilyn E. Culler) © Marilyn E. (Photo: 2 CELEBRATE DEPAUW Inauguration celebrates DePauw’s role in the world Brian W. Casey installed as DePauw’s 19th president DePauw celebrated a new chapter in its 171-year history on Friday, Oct. 10, as the University community and friends from Greencastle and around the nation gathered for the inauguration of the University’s 19th president, Brian W. Casey. The ceremony was the highlight of a week of celebrations focused on DePauw’s place in the world that led into Old Gold Weekend. The UNCOMMON SUCCESS: inauguration theme was Uncommon Success: DePauw in the World. DEPAU W The inaugural ceremony began with a formal procession of stu- IN THE D dents, faculty members, administrators, trustees and delegates from WO RLD 56 academic institutions and educational associations, who walked across campus to the Holton Memorial Quadrangle. With members dressed in caps and robes of academic regalia, the procession followed paths lined with 104 international flags, signifying the 104 countries from where DePauw students and faculty members have come, or have gone to study, during the last five years. As the DePauw Band played “Procession of the Nobles” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and “Seven Suite” by Edward Elgar, the procession strode into the Holton Memo- rial Quadrangle to join the audience of more than 2,500 assembled in front of Roy O. West Library. After a choral offering from Exalt! DePauw’s Gospel Choir, and an invocation offered by Bishop Michael J. Coyner, President Casey received formal welcomes by representatives of the student body, faculty, (Photo: Alex Turco ’10) Turco Alex (Photo: staff, alumni and city of Greencastle. DePauw Associate Professor of R. David Hoover ’67, chair of the DePauw English and poet Joseph W. Heithaus then read a poem he composed Board of Trustees, presented a medallion of the for the occasion, titled “Ode to the New.” (Read the poem on page 4.) University seal to President Brian W. Casey during R. David Hoover ’67, chair of DePauw’s Board of Trustees, presented the inauguration ceremony. the new president with a medallion of the University’s seal and spoke of “DePauw moments” that all alumni share. “There’s the day your parents dropped you off, the classes that helped you become more curious and reflective, the Old Gold Days and dances, and the classmates who became some of my best friends, including my wife, Suzanne [Anderson ’67]. There’s also the way you still feel every time you revisit this campus,” Hoover, president and chief executive officer of Ball Corporation, said. “It is my honor to serve as chair of the Board of Trustees, and as part of my duties I served on the Presidential Search Committee. The fine work of my colleagues on that committee has brought us to this day – and created a ‘DePauw moment’ that ranks among my favorites. In February – after getting to know Dr. Brian Casey and seeing how our community responded to his energy and vision – I had the privilege of informing him that he was the choice to be the 3 News of the University Preparing Roy O. West Library for the inauguration ceremony. University’s 19th president. I have been involved in many important and exciting things throughout my life, but this was special. I love this University, and I have tremendous confidence that this man is the person to lead us forward.” Following the formal installation of Casey as DePauw’s 19th presi- dent, Robert J. Zimmer, president of University of Chicago, gave the keynote address. Zimmer, who worked with Casey at Brown University, spoke warmly of DePauw’s new president. “DePauw, which has such a rich history and a community rightly proud of its achievements, is Brian W. Casey (left) and R. David Hoover ’67 very fortunate to have Brian Casey as its president at this time. He is Culler) © Marilyn E. (Photo: Ode to the New A poem by Joseph W. Heithaus Who doesn’t want your gleaming music? You’re no less for the inauguration of Brian you as a coat Who doesn’t want common than a crow W. Casey as the 19th president for warmth against you to trace perched on a sycamore’s of DePauw University, an old old wind? some misty line white bone branch. October 10, 2008 Or a cart to carry they might step across You’re no less ordinary away what’s broken? to start over? than its caw. Who doesn’t want you But you’re the part for a window But so often I forget that has no name: to let in air, a boot you’re here the sudden flash of wing, to kick a rusty can when I open the nameless tremor just to hear its spook my eyes from sleep of the branch, and rattle and clank? or when I watch the way the feather’s spread. Joseph W. Heithaus Who doesn’t love the moon rise New, you are that crow, Joseph W. Heithaus is your small hands in the dusk’s pale blue. let loose to cut associate professor of opening, that flutter I forget how across the sky. New, English and chair of before your heart you lurk you’re as old the English department starts its canter, in every second as they come, at DePauw. your scent barely like a syllable in a word always looming, here, an inkling of ripe? not yet spoken, ready to speak. Who can stop their ears like a dream when you let go someone’s yet to tell. 4 CELEBRATE DEPAUW Roy O. West Library and the Holton Memorial Quadrangle provided a picturesque setting for the inauguration. a historian with a keen sense of ambition for the future. A man of both great natural intuition and sharp analysis,” Zimmer declared. “As DePauw looks forward to its next steps, to making the important decisions that will help define its evolving position in the landscape of American higher education, I know that with Brian’s leadership the DePauw community will not only make great progress, but also have a wonderful time doing it.” Robert J.