The magazine of the University of Nevada, Reno • Fall 2011 NEW HEALTH SCIENCES CHIEF DR. THOMAS SCHWENK SARA LAFRANCE ALUMNA OF THE YEAR NEVADA SILVER & BLUE WHAT I’VE LEARNED: THE HONORABLE JAMES HARDEstY • Fall 2011 Wow! You have that here? Special Collections and University Archives From the President Past, present and future We have been preparing for this moment for a while now. We’ve taken the various departments and units that are The magazine of the University of Nevada, Reno associated with medical and health care education and we’ve www.unr.edu/silverandblue organized them in the most strategic manner possible. Copyright ©2011, by the University of Nevada, Reno. All rights We’ve opened the Center reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Nevada Silver & Blue (USPS# 024- for Molecular Medicine for 722), Fall 2011, Volume 29, Number 1, is published quarterly medical research, the William (fall, winter, spring, summer) by the University of Nevada, N. Pennington Health Sciences Reno, Development and Alumni Relations, Morrill Hall, 1664 Building for interdisciplinary N. Virginia St., Reno, NV 89503-2007. Periodicals postage paid at Reno, NV and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: medical and nursing education, Send address changes to Nevada Silver & Blue, University of and are making effort to own a Photo by Darby Weber Darby by Photo Nevada, Reno Foundation/MS 0162, Reno, NV 89557-0162. Las Vegas medical campus. 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Find us on Facebook: “Nevada Silver & Blue” Tom was the right choice for this role, not only because of his background as the chair of one of the Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/silverandblue country’s most well-regarded Family Medicine departments at the respected University of Michigan Medical School, but because he clearly understood that if we are to succeed at this moment, we must Executive Editor John K. Carothers work together. His agenda for the future is firmly rooted in the notion that our next generation of leaders in science, medicine and health must learn first-hand that innovation and impact can only Senior Editor Melanie Robbins ’06M.A. come when it is rooted in interdisciplinary collaboration. Art Director Patrick McFarland ’97 There will be challenges ahead of us, certainly. Yet attainment of the goal of the highest possible Associate Editors Amy Carothers ‘01M.A., Juliane quality of health care for the citizens of Nevada is closer to our reach than ever before. This is our Di Meo, Roseann Keegan, Christy University’s time. Jerz ’97, Zanny Marsh ’09MJM, • • • Anne McMillin, Rhonda Lundin, Jim Sloan, Keiko Weil ’87 You will note that this issue’s theme revolves around the value of the libraries, special collections and archives of our University. In the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, we have one of the most Staff Photographer Theresa Danna-Douglas technologically advanced libraries in the country. In addition to the Knowledge Center’s Special Photographers John Byrne, Jeff Dow, Jamie Collections and University Archives, our campus is home to the Basque Library, as well as the Savitt Kingham ’93, Lisa Tolda, Darby Medical Library and the DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library. Weber, Mike Wolterbeek ’02 Each of these libraries has its own personality and purpose, which, taken together, make our Website Patrick McFarland ’97 institution a true leader for the preservation and dissemination of a kind of intellectual capital that generates value for all Nevadans. For our campus, our libraries, archives and special collections serve as a constant reminder of what our institution and its people once were, what they are today, and, thanks to the treasure of information that is right at our fingertips, what they can be tomorrow. Fall 2011 • Sincerely, Marc Johnson • President Marc A. Johnson Heather Hardy • Provost President John K. Carothers • VP, Development and Alumni Relations www.unr.edu/president NEVADA SILVER & BLUE Bruce Mack • Assoc. VP, Development and Alumni Relations 2 Table of Contents Fall 2011. Vol. 29. No. 1 Features 2 14 40 Wow! You have that here? What I’ve Learned: The Honorable James Alumna of the Year: Sara Lafrance ’73 Special Collections and University Archives Hardesty ’70 Departments 5 Feature – Keeping busy at the Knowledge Center About the cover 10 Feature – Elusive information at your fingertips The 1926 painting “The Rider” 13 Feature – How you can help Special Collections by Western artist Maynard Dixon Good Medicine – New Health Sciences chief from the art collection in Special 16 Collections in the Mathewson-IGT focuses on Nevada’s health care needs Knowledge Center, photo by Jeff Gatherings – 2011 Honor Court and Dr. Schwenk Welcome Receptions Dow. RIGHT: Mrs. Carrie (Allen) 18 Fenstermaker, Class of 1903, 20 On Philanthropy – USA Funds continues donating the featured painting support for Dean’s Future Scholars to Special Collections “on the occasion of her 60th anniversary 22 University for You – 4-H programs spur teens’ interest in science careers as a graduate of the University” in September 1963. On the right is University News – Salton Sea flooding may trigger 24 Laverne Rollin, technical editor at high magnitude San Andreas earthquakes the Nevada Bureau of Mines. 26 University News – College of Education uses tough times to build quality 34 Pack Tracks – Nevada to induct five former Wolf nly Online Pack stars into Athletics Hall of Fame O Visit our website for photo galleries, full versions of the printed stories, 37 Pack Tracks – Wolfie Jr. to battle to become Capital One Mascot of the Year plus video and audio clips. You can also access Nevada Silver & Blue archives. Visit www.unr.edu/silverandblue. In this issue: 39 Home Means Nevada Feature – For additional photos, documents and links from Special Collections. 40 – Alumni of the Year: Sara Lafrance Gatherings – For more photos from all of our events. 41 – Alumni Award Recipients 46 – Nevada Alumni Council President’s Letter What I’ve Learned – For the full-length interview with the Honorable James Hardesty ’70 and some historical photos from 1969-70. 46 – Class Chat NEVADA SILVER & BLUE Remembering Friends – For the full obituaries. 50 – Writings on the Wall 54 – Kickin’ it with K-von | Veggie-Delight 58 – Gatherings: Pack Picnics on the Quad 59 – Gatherings: Emeriti Faculty Reception LOOK ONLINE: When you see this LooK OnlIne notice in the print 60 – Family Tree Challenge magazine, it means there’s related bonus material at the website, so check it • 62 – Remembering Friends out: www.unr.edu/silverandblue Fall 2011 64 What I’ve Done With My Life – Joan Zenan, emerita faculty 1 Fall 2011 • Wow! You have that here? Special Collections and University Archives By Melanie Robbins, ’06MA. Photos by Jeff Dow. NEVADA SILVER & BLUE 2 n old cassettes, spindles and wire record- ings, in historical books and leather O ledgers, in handwritten letters and black and white photographs, lies the unpublished history of northern Nevada and the Great Basin. The Clarence & Martha Jones Special Col- lections & University Archives, located on the third floor of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, is home to such an impressive collec- tion of historic records, artifacts, photographs, books, manuscripts and documents that researchers consider it a little slice of heaven. Bernard Mergen, ’59 (English) professor emeritus of American Studies at George Wash- ington University, says, “The University of Nevada, Reno Special Collections is the richest repository of Nevada history materials in existence, and I cannot imagine that any book about the state and its people could be written without consulting its holdings.” Mergen is an award-winning author cur- rently working on a book on the history of Pyramid Lake inspired by his childhood in Nevada. He has used the University’s Special Collections Department to research his last three books: “I used the James E. Church Papers for a chapter in Snow in America (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997) and the records of the Fleischmann Atmospherium/Planetarium for a section in Weather Matters: An American Cultural History (University Press of Kansas, 2008),” he says. Snow History won the Ullr Award from the International Ski History Association and A treasured rare book in Special Collections, the Nuremberg Chronicles, printed by Anton Koberger and published in 1493. It is a history NEVADA SILVER & BLUE of the world beginning in biblical times and is one of the earliest and most lavishly illustrated books produced after Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press and revolutionized publishing. The Special Collections copy is one of the seven hundred to one thousand copies • printed in German. It was donated from the Fall 2011 personal library of Edgar J. Marston.