the university of TULSmagazinea 2002 summer AN EPIC ARCTIC ADVENTURE WeWe won’twon’t callcall toto discussdiscuss meatloaf.meatloaf. the university of In the next few weeks you may receive a very special telephone call. It won’t be a long distance company asking you to join its TULSmagazine “Call Antarctica Free” program. It a won’t be someone worried about your refrigerator running. And it won’t be your mother-in-law regal- ing you with her meatloaf recipe. features departments The caller will be a TU student with news about your alma mater — exciting educational programs, 14 AMORE 2 Editor’s Note impressive student and faculty 2002 By Rolf Olsen achievements, and new technolog- From the top of the world, TU geosciences professor Peter Michael led 3 Campus News ical developments. an expedition of discovery along the Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Circle. summer 8 From the U And just as important, the student Mark Radcliffe: 1974 to 1492 12 Research will be asking for your support of 20 By Nathan Halverson TU’s Annual Fund. 36 Partners in Education You’ve probably giggled or cried or covered your eyes at his work. Meet The Annual Fund is the lifeblood TU alumnus Mark Radcliffe and find out why this Hollywood favorite 38 Athletics of TU’s educational programs. It still calls Tulsa home. helps bridge the gap between the contents 41 Alumni News amount students pay in tuition and Homecoming 2002: Special Section 24 42 Class Notes the total cost of their education. Distinguished Alumni Floyd L. Walker..................................................................................26 45 In Memoriam So when you receive a call from James D. Miller...................................................................................28 Bob West.............................................................................................30 one of our students, please take 48 Calendar a moment to renew your ties J. Paschal Twyman Award, Bill Fisher .................................................32 with TU. Mr. Homecoming, Tom Cairns.............................................................33 49 Book End Homecoming Events, Calendar and Registration.............................34 For more information on the TU Annual Fund, call Kerry Willmann at (918) 631-3514, or mail your contribution to The University of Tulsa Annual Fund, 600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-3189. Annual Fund p. 14 p. 20 The University of Tulsa Magazine Volume 6, Number 1 University Summer 2002 TU in the News The University of Tulsa Research Funding Hits TU Institutes Faculty Magazine is published three • Chicago Tribune, Dec. 26, 2001 news editor New High Residence Program times a year by The Work environment changes can University of Tulsa, 600 Funding for research at The TU is enhancing the intellectual South College Avenue, wreak havoc on anxiety levels. Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104- University of Tulsa hit a new climate of both LaFortune and the the TU professor Wendy Caspar 3189. Publication dates may high for the 2000-01 fiscal year. Honors House by developing the vary according to the quoted. University’s calendar, events, According to figures released by position of faculty member in resi- • National Review, Oct. 2, 2001 and scheduling. Standard Al Soltow, TU’s director of dence. The selection committee, led On-line article about terroist nonprofit postage is paid at campus from Tulsa, Oklahoma. research and sponsored pro- by Roger Sorochty, vice president of attacks by Prof. Paul Rahe. grams, the total of $17,551,213 enrollment and student services, and POSTMASTER: Send Jan. 4, 2002. Article by Rahe change of address to The in research grants represents a 25 Roger Blais, provost and vice presi- about stategies used in the University of Tulsa Magazine, percent increase over the previ- dent for academic affairs, looks to Middle East post Sept. 11th. Office of Development, The University of Tulsa, 600 ous year’s total of just under $14 integrate a faculty member within • New Orleans Times Picayune, July South College Avenue, million. the student populace of the Honors 1, 2 & 3, 2001 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104- 3189. Soltow attributes the increase residence. The program is modeled Law Prof. Ray Yasser quoted in to TU’s aggressive research after the long-standing practices of investigative series on Title IX. UNIVERSITY RELATIONS strategies that include top-quality British universities and would give • New York Times, Nov. 15, 2001 ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT Barbara Sorochty faculty who use their research students a greater chance to interact An article about V.S. Naipaul, work to augment instruction. with professors outside the class- MANAGING EDITOR who donated his archives to Deanna J. Harris Nearly half the grants came room. TU’s special collections. EXECUTIVE EDITOR from 22 federal agencies, much by Natalie Churchey • Philadelphia Inquirer,Nov. 27, Doug Fishback of the rest from state and indus- 2001 ART DIRECTOR trial sources. • London Times, Dec. 12, 2001 Leslie Cairns, MFA ’99 2nd Darcy O’Brien Lecturer • National Public Radio, Nov. 27, PHOTOGRAPHER 2001 Walt Beasley U School Turns 20 Ronald M. George, chief justice Prof. Paul Finkelman on the FROM THE WILDS OF OLIPHANT CONTRIBUTING WRITERS TU Trustee and Bama Pie of California and the judge who Nathan Halverson Barry Bonds’ home run ball con- Rolf Olsen owner Paula Marshall Chapman presided over the notorious Hillside Discovery. The simple notion of finding things out lends itself to countless endeav- troversy. Ed Sharrer, BS ’92 and Oklahoma School Superin- Strangler case, gave the second ors, not least of which is academia: after all, that is the business of the university — Don Tomkalski • Popular Science, Nov. 2001 Jane Zemel tendent Sandy Garrett spoke to annual Darcy O’Brien lecture April helping young minds unearth what we know of the world in which we live. TU’s pro- An article about TU student Angela Henderson, Director, parents, teachers and former stu- 23, in the Great Hall of the Allen fessors and students and alumni roam the planet — exploring the Arctic, digging in Alumni Relations Crystal Redden conducting re- dents as the University School at Chapman Activity Center at TU. Jordan, studying in Oxford, and Belgium, and Ireland, and South America, and Asia, Janis Cavin, Vice President of search that could help clean-up Institutional Advancement TU celebrated its 20th George’s close friendship with and Italy — all on roads that ultimately return to Tulsa and are duly reported in these Robert W. Lawless, President, Superfund site in Picher, Okla. The University of Tulsa anniversary. the late author, scholar and TU pro- pages. • USA Today, Sept. 18, 2001 The University of Tulsa does not Alumni, teachers and stu- fessor Darcy O’Brien began when On a smaller-than-the-world-wide-web scale, discovery also may be simply finding An article about TU’s “Cyber discriminate on the basis of personal dents presented pages of their the two were in high school and con- something new in something familiar. Tucked into a small courtyard in Oliphant Hall status or group characteristics includ- Corps” program. ing but not limited to the classes pro- earliest memories of the school tinued through their undergraduate there is a refreshing surprise. A couple of decades ago, TU Professor Emeritus Albert tected under federal and state law in • Wall Street Journal, Sept. 14, its programs, services, aids, or bene- for inclusion in a commemora- years at Princeton. Pat Blair put in a little garden of plants native to Oklahoma. After his retirement, the fits. Inquiries regarding implementa- 2001 tive book. When George was serving as the garden went a bit wild — just enough to challenge Glen Collier, professor of biological tion of this policy may be addressed Psychological effect of terrorist to the Office of Legal Compliance, Established in 1982, the Los Angeles Superior Court presid- science, to bring it back. After a year’s work and a lot of help — from Matt Reed (’99), 600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, attack on witnesses article ends Oklahoma 74104-3189, (918) 631- University School began with ing judge in the Hillside Strangler Terry Childs, director of animal facilities, and TU’s physical plant — the wild space is 2423. Requests for accommodation of with quote from Prof. Elana disabilities may be addressed to the five students in Chapman Hall. murder trial, O’Brien became capti- becoming an oasis complete with ponds, a waterfall, and a gurgling brook. While the Newman. University’s 504 Coordinator, Dr. The school moved to its current vated by the high-profile case, and space is not totally developed (Collier expects it will take another year, additional Jane Corso, (918) 631-2315. To • Washington Post, Oct. 14, 2001 ensure availability of an interpreter, address in 1997 after a new wrote the best-selling Two of a Kind: plants, a few fish and a bench or two to complete), it is a picturesque little hideaway five to seven days notice is needed; 48 Andrew Burstein, the Mary hours is recommended for all other building was built. The school The Hillside Stranglers. During his that’s cool even in the middle of a June heat wave. Perfect setting for writing notes and accommodations. Frances Barnard Professor of now serves 195 academically two-day residency at TU, George simply being quiet. History at TU, feature story on gifted children in pre-school spoke to TU law students, McFarlin Doubtless, during your TU days, you discovered little oases that are unique to you CONTACT US: “The Politics of Memory” through eighth grade and works Fellows and presented a free public and your alma mater: an “ah-ha” moment in a difficult class; a corner in McFarlin for (918) 631-2651 appeared on the front page of with as many as 2,000 other stu- lecture titled “Justice for All: finals studies; special only-at-The-University-of-Tulsa memories. There are still sur- the World Book section. EMAIL: dents in Oklahoma through com- Improving Access to the Courts.” prises here.