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11 in ’11DePauw

Summer 2011

DePauw undergoes a transformation every spring, as classes end and we send our graduates out into the world, and the campus grows quiet. In Greencastle, spring moves toward the greenness of summer, and for a moment it seems as if the campus will go unappreciated at the time it is most beautiful. Then, every year, alumni return for Alumni Reunion Weekend, and the walkways echo with the sounds of recollection, merriment and discovery. DePauw alumni seek me out on these weekends. They speak to me about what they learned on this campus, and what they are still learning. At the end of a yearlong campaign in which our faculty and staff members work tirelessly to try to give all of our students the strongest possible educational experience, the return of our alumni gives us an opportunity to remember why the work we do is so important, and so worthy of our best efforts.

Our alumni remind us that DePauw has for generations provided students from all backgrounds with not only the kind of rigorous academics that prepare them for life’s challenges, but also the kinds of lifelong connections required for building a meaningful and productive life. In their years at DePauw, our students learn to be leaders and connectors – in their Greek houses and organizations, and through their internships and service trips – and these experiences help them to do profound things later in life. Again and again, I hear the same refrain from both current students and alumni: “DePauw helped me come out of my shell.” Members of the DePauw community are social, eager and up to a challenge as they go out into the world. These qualities are as important today as they have ever been, and so I am deeply comforted when I see the hopeful light shining in the faces of our 2011 graduates reflected in the alumni of the classes of 1986, and 1961, and 1951. May DePauw graduates always be, as they are today, game for what life brings their way.

There have been a number of important achievements at DePauw this year, from the Stellar Communities grant that (through a nearly $20 million award from the state) will help revitalize the town of Greencastle, to our students’ success in landing nationally competitive fellowships and awards, to the faculty’s development of a newly strengthened writing curriculum. We had a remarkably strong admission season this year, and the incoming Class of 2015 has profound promise with higher SAT and ACT scores than any class entering DePauw for the past several years.

But we should also be proud of the things that remain the same. As has been true since 1837, we remain committed to the University’s tradition of making the DePauw educational experience available to promising young people from every walk of life. The University remains deeply committed to providing – to as great an extent as is possible – the financial support needed to make this superb, and costly, education available to as many students as possible. We are fortunate that, beginning with the first gifts to the University and continuing through the Rector and Holton gifts, DePauw has had meaningful endowment funds that allow us to support a significant number of students. We will continue to maintain this legacy, and to strengthen it.

This commitment will ensure that generations of students will continue to come here to receive a strong education, a connecting experience and a lifetime of meaningful engagement with the world.

Thank you for everything you do to help make this possible, and for your continuing support for DePauw.

Brian W. Casey

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512 graduates will determine what their contributions will be n 11 in 2011 n New webpage connects alumni with Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities n “Dynamic partners” Greencastle and DePauw celebrate receipt of city’s Stellar Communities grant for community development n Mark McCoy appointed dean of DePauw School of Music n New website features tradition of the Rector Scholarship Program n Eight Concerto Competition winners perform with DePauw Orchestra n Students receive prestigious national scholarships and grants n DePauw again on President’s Community Service Honor Roll n Grant will allow University to place Eco Reps in first-year residence halls n East College returns as part of new DePauw logo n DePauw launches first phase of Campus Master Plan n Faculty news

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Also in this issueLetters to the editor 20

Alumni Programs 33

Class Notes 41

22 Virtual state spectroscopy research on a shoestring

24 Everybody loves (studying) butterflies in DePauw Nature Park

25 Research on tiny fish may lead to help for human heart disease

26 Computer science research helps connect people

28 Humanities-based research leads to presentation of paper at conference

Bernard W. Bever ’65 n Deb Brandt Buehler ’83 n Robert G. Burney ’58 n Charles L. Byrum ’66 n Donna J. Dreyer ’53 n L. Penfield Faber ’52 n Katherine L. Farnsworth ’93 n John L. Ferringer ’98 n Terry R. Myers ’87 n Tom Rechtin ’93 n Larry C. Spears ’78 n James B. Stewart ’73 n David L. Wann Jr. ’71

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Larry G. Anderson, editor 765-658-4628 [email protected]

Kelly A. Graves, designer, director of publications [email protected]

Donna Grooms, class notes editor [email protected]

Larry G. Ligget, editorial assistant, photographer [email protected]

Sarah McAdams, writer sarahmcadams@ depauw.edu

Jennifer Clarkson Soster ’88, executive director of alumni relations 765-658-4208 [email protected]

Christopher Wolfe, writer [email protected]

DePauw Alumni Association Officers

Marcus R. Veatch ’75, president

Brent E. St. John ’89, vice president

Gilbert D. Standley ’82, secretary

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Cover: Eleven members of the Class of 2011 are profiled on pages 4-10.

Revised printing schedule for DePauw MagazineThe printing schedule for DePauw Magazine has been revised in order to better provide three timely issues each year. In particular, this will allow the magazine to cover May’s commencement and June’s Alumni Reunion Weekend in the summer issue, and the fall issue will include a condensed President’s Report.

Beginning with this issue, DePauw Magazine is scheduled to print as follows:

Summer issue: JulyFall issue: NovemberWinter issue: February


“I have no doubt that our class has great things in store, but only if we do not forget all of the lessons we have taken from the past,” Walker Cup recipient Christine E. Walker told her fellow 511 graduating seniors during DePauw’s 172nd commencement on Sunday, May 22, in Holton Memorial Quadrangle.

The Walker Cup recognizes the senior judged to have contributed the most to the University during his or her four years. A political science major, Walker served as student body president and was a member the debate team, founding member of DePauw Model UN, member of TG3, a group dedicated to improving town/gown relations, active in Alpha Phi sorority and other activities.

“We are the first generation to be plugged in completely, in which no area of information or the world is off limits,” Walker said. “We are the generation for whom, as author Thomas Friedman states, the world is flat. As we grew up, we were told that we can retrieve information faster, travel further and dream bigger than

any who came before us. And then we came to DePauw.”

Walker recalled nights of studying and lifelong friendships developed as students. “We will always be members of DePauw,” Walker said. “None of this should end here today. Your DePauw experience should not end here today. Everything you have learned, everything you have been challenged to do, should continue far beyond this moment. We have all come from very different places, and we are heading different directions. We shared these four years and all of the lessons they taught us. So as we head forward, don’t forget to look over your shoulder as well. When you come to a life-changing crossroad, such as today, look behind you because that is where your map may lie.”

The principal commencement speaker was Theodore “Tim” M. Solso ’69, chairman and chief executive officer of Cummins, Inc. A psychology major at DePauw, Solso earned a M.B.A. degree from Harvard University in 1971, the same year he joined Cummins. He has

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DePauw’s 172nd commencementserved as chairman and CEO since 2000.

“Each generation has the opportunity to do things better than the previous one, to resolve issues that push us to conflict, to find cures for the diseases that plague us, to develop the technology that helps protect our environment or enrich our lives, to create a more civil world where actions are driven by consideration for others,” Solso told the graduates. “Ultimately, each of you will define your own guidelines for life and determine what kind of contribution you will make.”

Solso, who was named one of America’s 30 Most Respected CEOs by Barron’s, recommended that members of the Class of 2011 follow five guiding principles when they consider what their contribution to the world will be: • Charactermatters. • Embracechange;itisinevitable. • Giveback;itwillmakeyoua

better person. • Becivil. • Havefuneveryday.

Solso said, “If you are passionate

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about what you do, you will do it well. It is possible to feel good about your job. In fact, I think it is essential if you want to have a fulfilling life. I believe that if you enjoy what you do, have a passion for work, face life and its tasks with a positive attitude, you will achieve more than you and perhaps others thought possible. And you will do it with a great sense of satisfaction and fulfillment.”

Solso and two other distinguished individuals received honorary doctoral degrees. Solso was awarded a Doctor of Business Administration degree.

Receiving a Doctor of Music degree was Cassel Grubb, professor emeritus of music and former director of the DePauw

School of Music. Grubb, a professor of cello from 1949 until his retirement in 1989, served as director of the School of Music from 1978-89. “This is a day that I shall always remember,” Grubb said. “I’m especially honored because it’s given from the University where I taught and performed for 40 years.”

Ian Morris, Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics and professor of history at Stanford University, received a Doctor of Letters degree. “I was feeling a little bit humble just now listening to what some of you graduating seniors have already managed to do,” Morris said. “For an academic, this is the greatest award you can possibly hope

to get in a lifetime, so I’d like to thank everybody at DePauw for doing me this enormous honor.”

Two retiring members of the DePauw faculty were also honored: Barbara Bean, professor of English, who came toDePauwin1987;andCynthiaE.Cornell, Jane Cooling Brady Professor of Early English Literature and professor of English, who has been on the faculty since 1975.

Listen to the complete addresses by Christine Walker and Tim Solso, read more about the honorary degree recipients and the commencement ceremony at www.depauw.edu/news. View photo galleries at www.depauw.edu/photos.

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Walker Cup recipient Christine E. Walker

Doctor of Letters: Ian Morris, right Doctor of Music: Cassel Grubb, left

11 in 2011President Brian W. Casey suggested that alumni might like to get a better sense of the kinds of students graduating from DePauw today. With this in mind, we managed to catch 11 of this year’s graduating seniors in the days between the end of final exams and commencement to shoot a few photos and chat with them about their DePauw experiences.

There are so very many wonderful stories from this year’s class, from Fulbright winners to employment successes, from graduate and professional school admissions to service work and entrepreneurship, that it would be impossible for this feature to represent even the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the Class of 2011. More stories about today’s DePauw students are available at www.depauw.edu.


Ashley L. Anton Major: East Asian studies and communication

Hometown: Worth, Ill.

Greek affiliation: Alpha Chi Omega

Activities:Softball;InternationalStudentServicesintern;SpeakingandListeningCenterconsultant;InternationalStudentAssociation;treasurerofA.S.I.A.Club

Plans: Awarded Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to teach English in South Korea.

“There have been so many experiences and opportunities that I am proud to say I’ve had. Going and studying abroad in Japan, finding the time to balance all facets of life here at DePauw, and working hard to do my best in everything have been some of the most rewarding experiences in my time here.”




Avery M. ArcherMajor: Physics and mathematics

Hometown: Fort Wayne, Ind.

Greek affiliation: Phi Gamma Delta

Activities: DePauw Debate Society, Tae Kwon Do Club

Plans: Pursue a Ph.D. program in physics at Washington University in St. Louis

“Serving as president of my fraternity taught me a lot about leadership. I am proud of what I was able

to do for the house and what the house was able to do for me.”

Tyler A. Archer Major: History

Hometown: Greencastle, Ind.

Activities:PutnamCountyRelayforLifeco-chair;WGREstationmanagerandbroadcasterforDePauwathletics;workinHistoryDepartment,includingyearlongseniorthesis;publichistorymuseumexhibits;served

as member of Committee on Academic Policy and Planning

Plans: Selected by Teach for America and will teach middle school language arts in St. Louis next year.

“I can’t think of another place that would let me do incredible, groundbreaking

historical research, manage a large fundraiser and run the largest campus organization in the

same year. It seemed crazy at the beginning, but I did it because the culture of DePauw makes it possible.

DePauw has prepared me for the future in ways beyond my imagination. Certainly the most enriching, fulfilling years of my life were spent here!”


Rhonesha A. ByngMajor: Communication

Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.

Activities:D3TV;WGRE;AssociationforAfrican-AmericanStudents;IndependentstudyprojectforHerAgenda.com

Plans: Acquire grants and investors for an entrepreneurial venture, HerAgenda.com, in addition to freelancing for various media companies in New York City.

“I started a company my sophomore year utilizing the resources on campus and with advice from my amazing professors. DePauw really took me out of my comfort zone. It helped me to grow and understand more about who I am and what I stand for. I am proud to have been chosen to attend DePauw as a Posse Scholar.”

Julia E. DrummondMajor: English and economics

Hometown: Holland, Mich.

Greek affiliation: Pi Beta Phi

Activities:Women’s soccer;ManagementFellows;TheJanetPrindleInstituteforEthicsIntern;Women in Economics and Business

Plans: Work as an implementation consultant with Epic Systems Corporation, a software technology company in the healthcare industry, in Madison, Wis.



“I’m most proud of leaving behind a soccer team that will perform incredibly well at the national tournament, and helping initiate a not-for-profit consulting project with [Professor of Economics and Management] Mary Dixon for the Women in Economics and Business group.”

“Where else but DePauw would you sit down to dinner with a professor on five separate occasions before graduation? I’ll miss these relationships that challenged me and pushed me to grow.”

Caroline E. MurphyMajor: Music performance and art history

Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.

Greek affiliation: Kappa Kappa Gamma

Activities: Honor Scholar, editorial cartoonist for The DePauw for two semesters, hosted WGRE radio show, part-time assistant director of the Putnam County Museum, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Lambda

Plans: Moving to Norfolk, Va., where her fiancé, Alex R. Turco ’10, is stationed as a Naval Officer (they met in Professor of English Andrea E. Sununu’s First-Year Honor Scholar

Seminar). Will pursue a career in museums and audition for the Norfolk Opera Company.

“I created my Honor Scholar theses around the notion of bringing DePauw and the county together. I had the

opportunity to become not only a part of DePauw, but also a devoted member of the Greencastle and Putnam

County community.”

“My voice teacher, Pamela Coburn, acted as a second mother to me. My Honor Scholar and art

history theses adviser, Ann Harris, challenged me to ever stretch my academic goals.”




Diana M. NguyenMajor: Biochemistry

Hometown: Fort Wayne, Ind.

Greek affiliation: Alpha Chi Omega

Activities:BonnerScholar;volunteerattheJohnsonNicholsHealthClinicinPutnamCounty

Plans: Will pursue a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in epidemiology at Indiana University.

“In the past four years, I’ve developed strong bonds with the people in the Greencastle

community. I have dedicated almost 1,700 hours to service work.”

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need to be successful in life.”


Matthew L. Rivera Major: English writing

Hometown: Chicago

Greek affiliation: Beta Theta Pi

Activities: Men of Excellence in Cross-Cultural Alliances;CommitteeforLatinoConcerns

Plans: Work in Los Angeles for Toyota-Scion in the company’s Education Strategy Department. Will do research and help with branding strategy. His band, AudioDax, is moving with him to pursue a career in music by touring on the weekends.

Minnu PaulMajor: Economics

Hometown: Chennai, India

Activities: International Student Association (former president), resident assistant, mentor, member of the DePauw Health Advisory Board, International Student Advisory Board. She and classmate Jordan S. Stefanov led an effort that resulted in 90 percent of senior international students contributing to the DePauw Annual Fund.

Plans: Work as an account manager for Cummins Inc., Columbus, Ind., an engine manufacturer, and will open a healthcare clinic, Klinik la Konpasyon, in Haiti in March 2012.

“I am proud of thinking critically and challenging my thoughts. I am proud of learning about different cultures and appreciating the Midwest and its cornfields. I am proud of the intellectual conversations I had in classes – with professors over coffee in Café Roy, with friends over Marvin’s, with classmates on East College lawn and with President Casey in the DePauw swimming pool. Last, but not least, I am proud to have lived in one of the duplexes in the Senior Neighborhood with a Bulgarian, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese and an American – DePauw’s U.N.!”

“Over the years, DePauw has become a place that welcomes all with open arms. Diversity of thought, students challenging each other, great lectures facilitated by the school. I learned as much outside the classroom as in, and that is testimony to the nature of this environment. I’ve learned from the best professors and the greatest peers.”




Robert W. SteeleMajor: Philosophy

Hometown: Wheaton, Ill.

Greek affiliation: Phi Gamma Delta

Activities:Men’strackandfield(captain2010,2011);HonorScholar;EthicsBowlteam(captain2008,2010);DebateTeam;PhiSigmaTau,philosophyinternationalhonorsociety;fraternity philanthropy

Plans: Attend Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wis.

“Although I am proud of (and very thankful for) the accomplishments I have had over the years here at DePauw, what I am most proud of is having the opportunity to pursue so much, to be challenged and be given the tools and guidance to succeed. I never felt limited in any sense of the word, and I take pride in knowing every challenge was merely another opportunity to exceed my own expectations.”

Jordan S. StefanovMajor: Economics

Hometown: Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Activities: International Student Association, International Student Advisory Board, Management Fellows, Information Technology Associates Program, Randal L. Wilson Award in Economics, Becker Fellows Award, Phi Beta Kappa, Rector Scholar. He and classmate Minnu Paul led an effort that resulted in 90 percent of senior international students contributing to the DePauw Annual Fund.

Plans: Management consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London.

“Being part of DePauw’s community has been a life-changing experience for me. Not only did I expand my knowledge in a variety of fields, but also I feel that I became a better person. DePauw made me more confident and more determined, and it inspired me to go after the things I want. I absolutely love this place.”



Connecting alumni with current students is critical to the success of Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities at DePauw.

“Students need to hear from alumni about how DePauw impacted their lives,” says Steve Langerud, director of professional opportunities. “That’s a starting point for students; it gives them a context. Then we can move on to conversations about shadowing, hosting a student for Winter Term, internships and other tangible experiences.”

And it works both ways. “Alumni should know that Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities is a resource for them, too,” says Sarah Ryan, director of civic opportunities. “If alumni have questions about any of the areas in our programs, we are happy to consult with them.”

New webpage connects alumni with Civic, Global and Professional OpportunitiesHow you can help DePauw students, and how DePauw can help you

In fact, Langerud offers the same career consulting services to alumni that he provides for students – either by phone, e-mail, on-campus meetings or in an alum’s region when he travels. It’s another way in which DePauw is a lifelong resource for alumni.

To help connect alumni with students and available resources, DePauw created a new webpage. (See screen shot on this page.) In order to access the webpage, log in to the Alumni Gateway at https://www.depauw.edu/e/alu/login.asp and visit the “Alumni Connection” page to indicate how you want to help and see how DePauw can assist you. To make sure students can also view your information, be sure to edit your profile and directory preferences to change the

“Student View Release” to yes. Featured ways in which alumni can

help DePauw include: hire alumni or students, provide internships, talk with students or alumni, speak on campus, update professional business information, serve as an admission volunteer, serve as a regional volunteer, nominate alumni for awards or University boards, complete a postgraduate survey and more.

Featured ways in which DePauw can help alumni include: connect you with alumni in your area, connect you with classmates, iPhone app download, access library resources, career networking, individual career or life counseling or coaching, résumé and cover letter assistance, gift planning and more.



Greencastle is receiving a Stellar Communities grant from the State of Indiana that promises to bring “some special magic” to the city, according to Mayor Sue Murray. Murray and DePauw President Brian W. Casey – along with a standing-room-only crowd of people from the community and campus – welcomed Indiana Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman on Thursday, March 10, in a celebration of Greencastle’s award, which was announced earlier. The ceremony took place in the Great Hall of DePauw’s Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts.

Forty-two Indiana communities appliedforStellarCommunitiesgrants;Greencastle and North Vernon emerged as the winners. Since receiving the news on March 7, Murray – who worked closely

“Dynamic partners” Greencastle and DePauw celebrate receipt of city’s Stellar Communities grant for community development

district; • Addpublicparkingsolutionsin

thedowntownarea; • Addnewhousingoptions,

including lofts in the commercial district and new construction in theSouthCourtneighborhood;

• Constructacommunityhealthcenter and other wellness initiatives, such as a walking and fitnesstrail;

• PartnerwithIndianapolisSymphony Orchestra to provide concerts in Greencastle, a youth orchestra program and master musicclasses;

• CreateatechnologyhubandWi-Fi bubble in the commercial district;

• Usetheseprojectstoleveragefuture private investment.

“This all adds up to a very comprehensive plan that will indeed make the City of Greencastle stellar. That’s what it’s all about,” Skillman said.

President Casey said, “In an era when we can work over the Internet and where we can telecommute, these livable, creative college towns are becoming the new communities of ideas and energy, music and art. Lt. Governor, you have allowed us to imagine the next great college town – one for Indiana, one right here in Greencastle.”

Mayor Murray called DePauw Greencastle’s “longest-standing partner,” an entity “that’s been consistent” and has “brought richness and breadth and a lot of opportunities to our community.” As the bridges between the campus and community are bolstered, she noted the “incredible amount of offerings and

with President Casey to craft and promote the winning proposal – said, “We have been just absolutely ecstatic and proud and pleased and honored ever since, and we will be for the rest of our Greencastle days.”

Lt. Governor Skillman told the crowd on March 10, “We are especially impressed by all of your strong partnerships, particularly between the City and DePauw University.” Her office says the State of Indiana expects to contribute at least $19 million to fund projects in Greencastle over the next three years. The community plans to: • Revitalizethecourthousesquare

and central business district with streetscape improvements, façade renovationsandsignage;

• RelocatetheDePauwUniversitybookstore to the central business

From left: David Terrell, deputy chief of staff for Lt. Governor Becky Skillman and executive director of the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA); Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman; Mayor Sue Murray and DePauw President Brian W. Casey.

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opportunity on the DePauw campus that our community needs to learn to take better advantage of.” She and President Casey both recalled having a meeting on July 1, 2008, the day Casey began serving as DePauw’s 19th president. Murray told the crowd that with the Stellar Communities proposal, “What we have worked on are opportunities” to break down barriers – physical and imagined – between the campus and community.

According to President Casey, “Colleges and universities, more often than not, turn their backs on their hometowns – they become self-referential, they think of their own thoughts, they become ivory towers, they form bubbles.” He asserted, “Today, Lt. Governor, you have taken this University – one on the eve of the 175th anniversary of its founding – and you have challenged us out of our bubble. So this University, DePauw University, vows to start our next 175 years as a dynamic

partner with Greencastle and with the State of Indiana.”

Mayor Murray believes the program “truly gives hope and optimism and an opportunity to small communities everywhere in this state.”

The Stellar Communities program is a multi-agency partnership aimed at launching multiple community development projects in Indiana’s smaller communities. The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, and Indiana Department of Transportation, along with the State Revolving Fund, participate in this innovative program.

“We know that Greencastle now will become an even greater economic engine for the entire region. We cannot wait to see what Greencastle will do for Indiana,” Lt. Governor Skillman said.

See photos of the Stellar Communities grant announcement at www.depauw.edu/photos.

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Mark McCoy, a noted educator, composer and conductor, has been appointed dean of the DePauw University School of Music, effective Aug. 1. McCoy is currently chair of music at Shepherd University in West Virginia. His selection culminates a nearly yearlong international search for the next leader of DePauw’s School of Music, founded in 1884, one of the nation’s oldest private institutions for post-secondary music instruction and the longest-running in Indiana.

“We are extremely happy with the outcome of this search,” DePauw President Brian W. Casey says. “The DePauw School of Music has always been central to the University’s history of creative expression, and I know that Mark McCoy will build upon the School of Music’s proud traditions in leading it to new levels of achievement.”

“I am very excited about this opportunity and the strengths and remarkable potential of DePauw’s School of Music,” McCoy says. “I am very much looking forward to working with the faculty and students.”

McCoy joined the faculty of Shepherd University, a liberal arts college in the easternmost tip of West Virginia, in 1995, and he was appointed chair of the music program a year later. During his 16 years at Shepherd, the number of music majors and faculty members has more than tripled, multimillion-dollar renovations and additions have revitalized the music facilities, and a community based “Friends” group has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and vast community support for department initiatives. In addition to

his duties as chair, McCoy is director of instrumental studies at Shepherd, touring nationally and internationally with his instrumental groups.

Prior to Shepherd, McCoy taught theory and jazz at Texas Tech University. Earlier in his career, he taught elementary, middle and high school bands and orchestras in West Virginia and Maryland.

Active as a conductor and guest conductor, McCoy leads Shepherd Wind Ensemble and Orchestra as well as Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra, one of three professional orchestras in West Virginia. He has presented concerts at the invitations of heads of state in Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Spain, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. He led performances at the 2003 Montreux Jazz Festival and 2005 season at Carnegie Hall.

The professor has composed operettas, musicals, an opera, many works for winds and several soundscores. They include a soundscore for The Secret Garden; a musical, Ann of Green Gables; and a symphonic work, A Symphony for Salem, 1692. McCoy also wrote a novel, Curtain Music, examining the relationship of Brahms and the Schumanns.

McCoy holds a B.A. degree in music education from Shepherd, M.M. in music education with an emphasis in wind conducting from the Peabody Conservatory and Ph.D. in Fine Arts with a concentration in music composition from Texas Tech University.

The search committee, which was chaired by President Casey, also included: Jason A. Asbury ’95, music

director at Prospect Presbyterian Church inMaplewood,N.J.;Katherine“Katie”N.Blakey’11,musicmajor;NicoleM. Brockmann, assistant professor of music;WayneE.Glausser,professorofEnglish;AndrewM.Hayes,associateprofessorofcommunicationandtheatre;CraigT.Paré,professorofmusic;ZakaryD. Phillips ’11, philosophy and music performancemajor;CarolineB.Smith,Cassell Grubb University Professor ofMusic;andScottC.Spiegelberg,associate professor of music.

DePauw University School of Music has an established tradition of educating leaders in virtually every facet of music, including performers, educators, composers and administrators.

Mark McCoy appointed dean of DePauw School of Music Effective Aug. 1

As part of DePauw’s continuing efforts to renew its proud Rector Scholar tradition, alumni can now access the Rector Scholarship website. Alumni can read about the tremendous impact the Rector Scholar tradition has had on DePauw, see a list of past and current Rector Scholars, and more at www.depauw.edu/rectorscholar.

The website includes sections related to the history of the Rector Scholarship Progam, including 1944 Rector graduate Lew Gulick’s book, An Investment in Humanity, Edward Rector and his Historic Scholarship Program for DePauw University. Other features of the website include listings of living Rector graduates as well as current scholarship recipients.

Appropriately, a senior Rector Scholar, Jordan S. Stefanov, was instrumental in creating the Rector Scholar website.

Lawyer and philanthropist Edward

New website features tradition of the Rector Scholarship Program

Rector made one of the largest gifts ever to a liberal arts college in 1919 to fund full-tuition scholarships. His generosity made it possible for many talented students to pursue a DePauw education, which they might not have been able to afford otherwise. During the next nine decades, more than 4,000 Rector Scholars went on to achieve uncommon success in their careers, personal lives and communities. Still today, the Rector Scholarship Program is the largest DePauw endowment dedicated to merit academic scholarships.

With the help of a gift from M. Lewis Gulick ’44, who was able to attend DePauw as a recipient of the prestigious scholarship, the University is once again able to provide a director to maintain the “Rector spirit” of DePauw’s preeminent academic merit award program. In August 2010, DePauw named its first

new Rector Scholarship Program director in decades. John “Jack” E. Morrill ’57, professor emeritus of mathematics and economics and a Rector Scholar himself, is now working to revive the office.

Morrill is working especially to connect with Rector Scholar alumni as well as communicate with current Rector Scholar students to make them more aware of the tradition of the Rector Scholarship. He is reestablishing a newsletter called Rector Record.

Gulick’s book, An Investment in Humanity, Edward Rector and his Historic Scholarship Program for DePauw University, is available online via the DePauw Bookstore or may be ordered by calling 765-658-4926.

Read more about the Rector Scholarship Program at www.depauw.edu/rectorscholar.





The Washington C. DePauw Society and DePauw Discourse Chair Joyce Taglauer Green ’75 request that you save the dates of Sept. 29-Oct. 1 for DePauw Discourse 2011 featuring world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Empowering Society Through the Artsfeaturing Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Mawww.depauw.edu/discourse

Eight Concerto Competition winners perform with DePauw OrchestraThirty-six students competed in the DePauw School of Music’s 2011 Concerto Competition, and the winners performed in concert on April 10 with the DePauw Orchestra, under the baton of Orcenith Smith, director of orchestras.

Thisyear’sconcertowinnerswereseniorSarahR.Chamberlain(flute,studentofAnneReynolds);seniorElizabethA.OrsbornandjuniorJenniferA.Wilson(sopranos,studentsofCarolineSmith);juniorSamuelV.CrockerandseniorKathrynJ.Pfaff(horns,studentsofRobertDanforth);sophomoreJosiahQ.Rushing(percussion,studentofAmyLynnBarber);sophomoreEstherY.Shim(violin,studentofDanRizner);andsophomoreClaireE.Wilkinson(soprano,studentofPamelaCoburn).

The DePauw Concerto Competition is an annual event in which the winners are awarded the distinct opportunity to perform their repertoire in concert with a full orchestra. Faculty members from the DePauw School of Music served as judges for the first round, and four judges from outside the University were brought in to adjudicate the final round of the competition.

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DePauw again on President’s Community Service Honor RollThe Corporation for National and Community Service named DePauw University to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for a fourth consecutive year. The Corporation oversees the Honor Roll in collaboration with the Department of Education, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact, and the American Council on Education. By their senior year, 87 percent of DePauw students have participated in community service or volunteer work, according to the 2009 National Survey of Student Engagement.

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Grant will allow University to place Eco Reps in first-year residence hallsA new sustainability initiative at DePauw was selected as a 2011 winner of the Ball Brothers Foundation Venture Fund competitive grant program. The University will use the $15,000 award to institute a first-of-its-kind program at an Indiana college, placing two student Eco Reps in each first-year residence hall to connect individual behaviors to environmental stewardship, promote environmentally sound living, and act as liaisons with the greater DePauw and Greencastle communities.

DePauw students led the way in two categories in the first real-time, nationwide electricity and water use reduction competition, Campus Conservation Nationals 2010.

Students receive prestigious national scholarships and grantsDePauw students received several highly selective national scholarships and grants during the spring semester, including:

BARRY M. GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIPJunior Catherine “Catie” M. Baker is the fourth DePauw student in the last three years to receive the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premiere undergraduate science and mathematics award in the United States. Baker, a computer science and mathematics double major, also is a recipient of DePauw’s Wiley Condit Computer Science Award presented to an outstanding junior in the computer science department.

CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIPSophomore Janelle C. Thixton, a women’s studies major who is particularly interested in gender issues in Arabic culture, received a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic in Oman this summer. Thixton is DePauw’s third CLS recipient in as many years.

DAVIES-JACKSON SCHOLARSHIPOnly one student in the nation is selected annually to receive the Davies-Jackson Scholarship, which provides a full ride to St. John’s College at the University of Cambridge for students with exceptional academic records who are among the first in their families to graduate from college. Stephen K. Worden ’11, an English literature and political science double major, was named the 2011 recipient of this prestigious award. At Cambridge, Worden will continue his studies in political thought. Andrea Sununu, professor of English and Worden’s faculty adviser, worked with him for three years in order to help him prepare an application for the scholarship.

FULBRIGHT GRANTSKyle K. Inman ’11, who had a double major in music and English literature, was awarded a Fulbright research grant to study in Northern Ireland beginning in July 2011. Inman is one of four national recipients of the Fulbright “mtvU” award, which allows recent graduates to study topics in international and intercultural music. Inman’s project, “Voices of Northern Ireland,” focuses on music organizations dedicated to co-community music between the divided populations of the country. The project builds upon Inman’s senior project completed in the DePauw School of Music.

Chelsey E. Jonason ’11, a conflict studies major, received a Fulbright grant that will allow her to experience a nine-month Fulbright English Language Assistantship (ELA) in Slovakia – beginning this summer – where she will help other teachers as a conversational English assistant. Jonason applied to Slovakia because, having spent a semester abroad in Switzerland, she wanted to return to Europe, and the country’s political history fits her academic interests.



How has the DePauw alumni network had an impact on you?One of the hallmarks of the DePauw experience is the way students and alumni benefit from contacts with – and support of – alumni in all walks of life. DePauw Magazine wants to hear about how DePauw alumni have had an impact on your life or work.

As a student, did you receive life-changing advice or support from alumni, participate in internships with alumni that opened new opportunities for you, or have other experiences that stayed with you since leaving the campus?

As an alumnus or alumna, how have you continued to be supported by other members of the DePauw alumni community? For example, many groups of DePauw alumni maintain close ties through the years, get together regularly and offer support to others. How does the DePauw alumni network continue to have an impact on you?

There are many amazing stories, and DePauw Magazine wants to know. Please share your stories, and we will print as many of them as possible in future issues of the magazine. Send your stories to Larry G. Anderson, editor, by e-mail at [email protected] or by postal mail at Larry G. Anderson, Editor, DePauw Magazine, P.O. Box 37, 300 E. Seminary St., Greencastle, IN 46135-0037.

East College returns as part of new DePauw logoAttendees at Alumni Reunion Weekend in June may have noticed that East College is back as a central component of the DePauw University logo.

Developed as part of a larger effort to enhance the University’s means of communicating with prospective students, alumni and other friends of DePauw, the new logo features the campus’ signature building.

In the coming months, alumni can expect to see a gradual rollout of the new logo on new recruiting publications, a redesigned DePauw website and redesigned alumni publications.

DePauw launches first phase of Campus Master Plan Gifts to support enhanced campus experience for students, visitorsWhen students arrive on campus this fall, they’ll be met by early progress in the first phase of the DePauw University Campus Master Plan.

“The totality of our student experience is inherently connected to our campus,” said Brad Kelsheimer, vice president of finance and administration. “It must welcome visitors, connect our students and provide space for the student-faculty interaction that is a hallmark of a DePauw education. This first phase, and other improvements still to come, will help make this possible.”

The initial phase – to include the modification of the Emison Museum of Art to accommodate admission activities and a newly constructed Anderson Street entrance boulevard – has been funded through generous gifts from alumni and friends of the University.

Initial modifications to Emison are due for completion in the coming months, while other projects – such as the Anderson Street enhancements – will be implemented over the course of the next two years.

“Without question, these first steps stand to have a significant impact on our ability to attract promising students and provide a campus worthy of the institution we have all grown to love,” Kelsheimer said.

All first-phase improvements have been drawn from the Campus Master Plan – the product of an 18-month review process that involved students, faculty, the administration and Greencastle officials – which was recently approved by the Board of Trustees.

Other in-progress initiatives include the re-planting of the East College tree canopy, a project that has been generously spearheaded by members of the DePauw Class of 1951.


Associate professor of classical studies receives New Directions Fellowship from Mellon FoundationJinyu Liu, associate professor of classical studies, is recipient of a New Directions Fellowship from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The award will fund innovative cross-cultural research on the impact of Greek and Roman classical works on the intellectual history of China.

New Directions Fellowships assist faculty members in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who were awarded doctoral degrees within the last five to 15 years and wish to acquire systematic training outside their disciplines.

Fellows receive the equivalent of one academic year’s salary, two summers of additional support, and tuition and other reasonable costs associated with the fellows’ training programs.

According to the Mellon Foundation, “Unlike other fellowship awards, this program does not aim to facilitate short-term outcomes, such as completion of a book. Rather, New Directions Fellowships are meant to be viewed as longer-term investments in scholars’ intellectual range and productivity.”

Liu’s book, Collegia Centonariorum: The Guilds of Textile Dealers in the Roman West, was released in 2009 by Brill Publishing.

Liu also was awarded a David Stevenson Fellowship from the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council in 2006.

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Faculty NewsNews of the University

Mona Bhan, assistant professor of anthropology, was invited to speak at a Stanford University symposium, March 5-6.

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Wade N. Hazel, Winona H. Welch Professor of Biology, contributed to research published in Current Biology. The study, conducted with colleagues at the University of Western Australia when Hazel visited there on sabbatical, focuses on a mite, Rhizoglyphus echinopus, that has two different types of male: “fighters,” who turn one of their four pairs of legs into weapons that are used to kill their rivals, and “scramblers,” who possess a full complement of normal legs and are incapable of harming each other.

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Michael “Mac” P. Mackenzie, associate professor of art and coordinator of the European Studies program, was awarded a grant from ASIANetwork’s Faculty Enhancement Program to attend a workshop in India this summer. The program, “India: Religion, Globalization, and the Environment in the 21st century,” is part of a seminar series, Deepening Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, which is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Mackenzie and the seven other grant recipients traveled to Delhi, Agra, Amritsar, Dehradun, Mussoorie, Lucknow, Varanasi and Bodh Gaya from June 14 through July 5 in order to further their understanding of the connections between art, architecture and religion in India.

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Galveston, a debut novel by Nic Pizzolatto, assistant professor of English (on leave), was one of three fiction titles named finalists in the 2010 Discover Great New Writers Awards presented by Barnes & Noble. While on leave from his teaching position, Pizzolatto is developing a screenplay based on his novel and is also working on projects for AMC and HBO.

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Letters to the Editor

In response to the recent issues of DePauw Magazine:

Sports exploitsEditor:

In fall 1946, I arrived at DePauw as a 20-year-old freshman, just out of service. I went out for the football team and was fortunate enough to play for the four years I attended DePauw. The highlight of my football career was when we beat Wabash

8-0 in my junior year (the only year we beat them while I was there), and I managed to account for all our points with a touchdown and a blocked punt resulting in a safety. I should have retired then, because, despite having most of the team back, we

won only one game in my senior year – and lost to Wabash.

I also played basketball for DePauw for a couple years, and I was privileged to be a member of the “Black Five.” We were the bottom five players on the roster and usually spent most of our time watching games from the bench. (Hey, we had good seats!)

Sports consumed many hours of my free time at DePauw in a structured environment under the leadership of quality coaches. Most importantly, among 2,000 students in a new environment, sports gave me an identity on campus while I was at DePauw, and I was grateful for that. Also, I am convinced that it brought me a better grade in a philosophy class because the professor liked athletes and I always wore my letter jacket when I attended his class!

My interest in sports continues today as I watch my grandchildren compete. And, of course, I regale them with exaggerated stories of my exploits at DePauw.

Dr. Charles “Bud” T. Vear ’50Hillsdale, Mich.

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Card-carrying athleteEditor:

I wouldn’t be where I am today if it were not for athletics at DePauw University. In all probability, I wouldn’t have graduated from DePauw but for athletics.

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My participation in track and cross country in the early ’60s with Coach Robert Harvey had a lifelong impact upon my life and career. I was fortunate enough to meet excellent people and acquire lifelong friendships from participation in track and cross country from 1963-67.

During my first semester, I called my parents and told them to come and get me, and they told me not to withdraw from school until they came down to see me. After making that phone call, I went to freshman cross country practice and my spirits picked up, and by the time my parents arrived on campus, I was at least determined to stick it out until Christmas.

After cross country, Coach Harvey had us running in Bowman gym and on the streets of Greencastle in preparation for the upcoming track season, and then after that it was fall cross country and then track. The cycle repeated itself for all four years. I never was the fastest guy in the world, but we did have some good relay teams, and I ran with some other people that pulled me along. I learned not only that one’s accomplishments could be achieved on the track, but also that the basic principles developed are essential for achieving career goals.

During my college career, the Vietnam war was heating up and this, through friends that I developed on the athletic teams, led me to an ROTC commission, deferral for law school and then serving as a Judge Advocate (Air Force Attorney for four and a half years). My law partner for more than 25 years was a teammate on the freshman cross country team. Our initial friendship and camaraderie were established during the daily workouts that Coach Harvey put us through among the hills and dales of Putnam County.

My bottom line is “thank you, DePauw” for affording me the opportunity to participate in track and cross country and to have had the experience of a coach of the quality of Coach Robert Harvey.

Daniel C. Blaney ’67Morocco, Ind.

P.S. I still carry in my billfold the original D Association card I received in fall 1964.

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The Campus through the YearsEditor:

Among my memories of places shown in John Baughman’s illustrated history of the campus (summer 2010 issue) is a stirring address, “The Student and His Reading,” by Stanley Pargellis, an eminent historian and director of the Newberry Library in Chicago. The occasion was dedication of Roy O. West Library in the fall 1956, and he spoke to a large gathering at Gobin Church.

Describing the world then as the most upset in four centuries and America as desperately needing both scientists and humanists, Pargellis urged students to develop serious reading interests outside as well as inside their coursework. “Please,” he appealed to us, “for your sake, for God’s sake, for your country’s sake, for the world’s sake, for any sake alive that makes any sense to you, read.” Observing that human liberty and reading books are inseparable, he pointed out that “freedom at its best means freedom of the mind and of expression.”

Related memories are the introductory and advanced courses – for me mostly at Asbury Hall and East College, ranging

from history and literature to religion and languages – taught by inspired professors whose lectures, assigned reading and conversation provided a solid liberal arts

foundation. Such broad studies prepared many of us for the specialization of graduate or professional schools and subsequent vocations in teaching, scholarship, ministry, law, business, journalism and so on.

No college curriculum can include everything, but liberal learning is the gateway to a lifetime of varied and well-chosen reading, such as Pargellis envisaged for citizenship, cultural engagement, parenting and much else. His address is in the DePauw Archives.

Charles C. Brown ’60Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Student-Faculty Collaboration

Student-faculty research and collaboration take place in all disciplines on campus throughout the year.

“This type of student-faculty collaboration is essential to providing transformative experiences for our students,” says Kerry E. Pannell, dean of faculty and associate professor of economics and management. “It’s also the way in which we train students who are going to do research in a variety of fields – for graduate school and for careers in both government and private organizations. Students may be asked to develop questions that people want answers to and find a process by which they can come up with the right answer.

“So this very close experience between students and faculty members is a way for students to see how research is really done.”

Read about a few of those student-faculty collaborations in the following pages.

A Way for Students to See How Research Is Really Done



As a physics professor at a small liberal arts school, it’s important to find a niche – an area of research that may have been overlooked by billion-dollar research labs. Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy John M. Caraher found his in virtual state spectroscopy. To appreciate how he got there, however, requires a brief lesson.

All around us, particles of light called photons are interacting with the environment in different ways. You know this because standing in sunlight for too long can burn your skin, while the light from a nearby lamp is mostly harmless.

Over the course of a photon’s life, it may at some point run straight into an atom – the universe is a big place, so there are no guarantees. If the photon’s frequency is just right, the atom will absorb its energy and jump to an “excited” state. As the atom returns to normal, this extra energy is released as a new photon. Not familiar? You may have

seen this process in action if you’ve ever held a glow-in-the-dark toy up to a lamp.

In 1931 a physicist named Maria Goeppert-Mayer thought of a way to take advantage of photon frequency in a clever way. She hypothesized that it was possible to excite an atom using two photons of half the necessary frequency, as long as they collided with the atom at nearly the same instant. This two-photon absorption technique would allow scientists to excite atoms at a specific point in space, without worrying about the photons being absorbed along the way. Unfortunately for Goeppert-Mayer, getting two photons to collide with a single atom – at the same time, no less – was virtually impossible. That is, until the invention of the laser.

Lasers, put simply, are highly concentrated streams of photons. If you focus laser beams on a fixed point, two photons are bound by chance to collide simultaneously with an atom,

making Goeppert-Mayer’s two-photon absorption theory possible to test. And, as you may have gathered, it worked.

Biologists have since used two-photon absorption to excite fluorescent dye molecules injected beneath a thin layer of tissue, creating incredibly detailed, three-dimensional images of living organisms.

In 1998 researchers at Boston University realized that the two-photon technique could also reveal details about the energy states of an atom. By using specially paired photon twins, the Boston team suggested that it was possible to determine in a single test what normally required a multi-step process. But in the years since, little has been done to test their theory, which they named entangled-photon virtual state spectroscopy.

And that’s how Caraher found his niche.

But Caraher hasn’t been alone in his work. He formed DUAMOP – DePauw

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University Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics – to facilitate his research program and the student collaborators who have helped him move forward, one step at a time.

“Breaking down what needs to be done and why, in a way that’s accessible to undergraduates, clarifies and extends my own thinking about the physics,” Caraher says. “One very nice thing about undergraduate physics students is that they simply want to learn. They’re not worrying about publishing or where they’re going to land a postdoctoral position. And because everything is new to them, there’s a lot of enthusiasm for even the ‘little’ things.”

In summer 2010, Yujiao “Cindy” Qin ’11, an economics and physics double major from Nanjing, China, worked with Jonathan D. Cripe ’12 and Ashwin A. Upasani ’12 to build the equipment and software needed for DUAMOP’s

tests. A mere $100,000 could have bought everything ready-made, but where’s the fun in that?

“It is both fun and challenging to experiment on a budget,” Qin says. “We had a lot of freedom in designing our experiment and deciding which pieces of

optics to buy.”Qin has served as DUAMOP’s analyst

and programmer. She built computer models to explore the theory behind virtual state spectroscopy, and she also used the predictive model from Boston University to create energy-state graphs that DUAMOP will test this summer – tests that will either confirm the theory,

or create entirely new questions for Caraher and his students.

The research is rigorous and intense. But it also presents Caraher and his students an opportunity to learn by exploring new ground.

“Virtual state spectroscopy is a very lightly discussed area in optic physics, and there is a limited number of physicists researching it right now. That’s why our experiment is so important, yet so difficult,” explains Qin, who will enter Duke University’s medical physics program following

graduation.“There is no right or wrong answer –

we just have to test everything out,” she says. “When I’ve been stuck somewhere, I have to go back through every single detail of the theory and figure out why it is not working. But at the same time, I’ve enjoyed this constant problem-solving experience.”

“There is no right or wrong answer – we just have to test everything out.” – Cindy Qin ’11

Cindy Qin ’11, left, and John M. Caraher, assistant professor of physics and astonomy

Everybody loves (studying) butterflies in DePauw Nature ParkBy Christopher Wolfe


Of the dozens of ongoing research projects at DePauw Nature Park, Professor of Biology Wade N. Hazel’s mesh bags generate the most curiosity. Hanging from trees along the trails, the bags are used to contain butterfly larvae – caterpillars – until they become pupae.

We all know that butterflies develop from caterpillars. After binging on the leaves of its favorite plant, a fat and happy caterpillar forms a chrysalis – a butterfly pupa – to begin metamorphosis into its adult, winged phase. A butterfly’s life, from egg to adult, lasts only a few months, so many generations are born over the span of a single year.

But what happens in the winter, when temperatures are too cold for a butterfly to survive? The answer, says Hazel, is a clever feat of adaptation called diapause, which allows butterflies to live through months of freezing weather.

“When they enter diapause, their metabolism slows, and they produce chemicals that prevent their tissues from freezing,” Hazel says. “They may go into diapause in September and not come out until April or May.”

He and his students are trying to figure out if the time when butterflies enter diapause is influenced by the temperature in previous years – in other words, whether butterflies have some sort of internal diapause calendar that can evolve over multiple generations.

For a site to conduct the research, Hazel didn’t have to settle on the Nature Park because it is inexpensive and convenient. Rather, for at least one of the species Hazel is studying, he doesn’t know of any better place to go.

“The Nature Park has the largest local density of giant swallowtails of any place I’ve seen in my life,” Hazel says.

There are other benefits to having a

prime research site only a few minutes from campus. The park provides Hazel and his students a place where they can study their butterfly subjects in their natural environment, and not just under fluorescent lights.

“Working directly with butterflies really helps me gain an understanding of their behavior and habitat,” says Maria T. Haag ’13, a member of the Science Research Fellows (SRF) program who began working with Hazel in March 2010, splitting time between lab and fieldwork.

Kelsey R. Gagesch ’12 (photos, left), a SRF member who spent two summers with Hazel, agrees. “I think that being outdoors and actually interacting with specimens in their natural habitat helped me to connect science with everyday life,” Gagesch says. “I can go for a walk in the woods and start explaining biology to people who have little or no background in science.”

Gagesch and Haag had a recent opportunity to share their work with people who don’t need as much explanation. The two presented their research with Hazel at the 2011 Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (MEEC) in April.

Hazel estimates that roughly 70 students have worked with him on research projects in the last two decades. Of those students, some have even had the opportunity to publish with him as undergrads.

“Every time I do research I’m aiming to publish, and so students are almost always acknowledged – if not listed as an author,” Hazel says.

Quality fieldwork experience and a chance to publish are enough reasons for students to opt for work with Hazel, but he says there may be at least one more draw to his research projects.

“We’re working with butterflies,” he says. “Everybody loves butterflies.”


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Research on tiny fish may lead to help for human heart diseaseBy Christopher Wolfe



More than $300 billion is spent every year to fight heart disease in the United States, but as the nation’s leading cause of death, the true cost of heart disease is far greater. According to Pascal Lafontant, assistant professor of biology at DePauw, tiny fish may hold the solution to this growing epidemic.

Following a heart attack, the human heart replaces damaged muscle with an emergency scaffolding of scar tissue. This scar tissue works well as a patch, but it is stiff and unable to contract like the original muscle, leaving the victim with a weakened heart susceptible to further problems.

Facing a similar trauma, some species of fish such as zebrafish have a leg up on their mammalian friends. Unlike humans, they are able to generate new cardiac cells to rebuild a heart that’s just as strong as ever. Lafontant is studying these fish in the hope that they might unlock a similar process in humans.

“The fish hearts have molecular and cellular programs that humans do not have or cannot activate,” Lafontant explains. “We are teasing out the complex repair processes that occur in fish hearts. What we learn may be used to develop new therapies that will enhance a human heart’s ability to heal and regenerate after the major loss of heart cells.”

Lafontant and Lala Tanmoy Das, a junior from Kolkata, India, made a recent trip to Washington, D.C., to present their heart research at Experimental Biology (EB) 2011, an annual conference for biologists in multiple fields. There, Lafontant presented data on the tissue remodeling that occurs during regeneration, including a new model of heart regeneration in fish that involves inflammation and collagen deposition – trademark signs of heart attacks in humans.

Das, a biology and biochemistry

double major and member of DePauw’s Science Research Fellows, won an undergraduate research competition at EB 2011 that included students from Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, McGill University and University of British Columbia. He presented a poster showing evidence of muscle regeneration in the cellular cycle of fish hearts. He and Lafontant worked with a collaborator at the University of Houston to image this process with an electron microscope.

Das began working with Lafontant in fall 2009 when posters outside the professor’s office caught his interest. Now he is one of seven students working in the lab on various aspects of growth, repair and regeneration of the heart.

“The heart fascinates me because it is such a small organ, and yet so important to the entire organism,” Das says.

Lafontant’s lab has a history of sending students to top-flight conferences. Jamie A. Grivas ’10 and Benjamin L. Golden ’10 attended Experimental Biology 2009 in New Orleans, and last year Grivas and Mary Ann Lesch ’10 presented at the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology in Seattle.

Research, Lafontant says, is a long road with no guarantee of meaningful findings. But when students such as Das have persevered and presented their work to the scientific community, those breakthroughs are just as rewarding for him.

“What I enjoy most about working with students is when they realize that the work they are doing can be of significant value,” he says. “The great joy when an experiment finally works, when their findings suddenly come into focus and they finally understand exactly how a biological process works.”

Lala Tanmoy Das, a junior, and Pascal Lafontant, assistant professor of biology



On television or in film, the computer geek is often portrayed as a shy, socially awkward creature. At least, that is the stereotype, but you won’t find anything like that in DePauw’s computer science department. Good communication, argues Assistant Professor of Computer Science Khadija J. Stewart, isn’t just the foundation of her research – it’s also a crucial skill for the budding computer scientist.

Since Stewart began teaching at DePauw in 2006, a growing number of student research assistants have helped her tackle computer networking problems. For example, is it possible to synchronize the time on multiple wireless devices before you finish reading this sentence? Peter K.Terlep ’11, one of Stewart’s most recent and longest serving student assistants, explains the need:

“Say you have a research project on a mountain or in an area that’s hard to access,” Terlep says. “So, you plant these wireless sensors in trees or soil to take

synchronized readings during a 10-year period.

“The first challenge is that you need the battery on the device to run for 10 years, and it might be as small as a quarter. In order to get a battery to last that long, you have to make a couple concessions in your design. These sensors do that by waking up just long enough to collect their data before going back to sleep to conserve power. The second challenge is that the clocks in these devices are like those in digital watches. These clocks tend to drift apart as time goes on and the temperature changes. Over the course of 10 years, you may end up minutes, hours or days apart between individual devices.”

In other words, you may have a network of unsynchronized devices, potentially compromising your expensive experiment.

Terlep started working on Stewart’s synchronization project two years ago. During summers his position has been

funded by a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant that DePauw’s computer science department received in 1994 from the National Science Foundation. He has also twice returned to the project during Winter Term through independent study.

Two summers ago, he and Steven C. Klabak ’10 figured out a way to cut down on energy use in the sensors. Terlep and Stewart reworked the algorithm last year to make it scalable to networks of all sizes.

“You can apply our methodology to synchronize networks of any type of resource-constrained device – cell phones, sensors for monitoring the environment or industrial processes,” Terlep says. “As long as each device follows the same rules and can interact with its neighbors, an entire network can be time synchronized very quickly.”

Terlep is just the latest student to leave a mark on the project. In 2007 Emily A. Lyons ’08 and Kelsey J. Warsinski ’08

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Peter K. Terlep ’11 and Assistant Professor of Computer Science Khadija J. Stewart review research results.

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started the ball rolling by developing a set of network design recommendations and presenting an abstract of their work at the 18th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics. The following year, Kasey M. Aderhold ’10, Andrew S. Porter ’10 and Kervory Samuel ’11 developed the algorithm to allow a synchronization process to hop between each sensor on the network. Samuel presented the project at the 2008 Conference for African American Researchers in Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS), where he received an award for best undergraduate poster, and the students again presented abstracts from their research at the 19th Annual Argonne Symposium.

Stewart is undeniably enthusiastic about the experience she has shared with

“I didn’t realize as a sophomore that this would be the most important part of my time here.” – Peter K. Terlep ’11

her students. Being at a small liberal arts college provides her with a pool of research assistants that she says stand out.

“I think of my students as being more creative, as not being stuck in a narrow tunnel of thought,” Stewart says. “They aren’t just fixated on math and physics. Our students take courses in art or music, for example, that open up the brain. And they can write – I can’t emphasize that enough. Research isn’t aboutgoinginstraightlines;it’saboutthinking and communicating outside of the box, and these students can do that.”

The proof, she says, is the recognition her students and others in the computer science program have received from outside DePauw. Catherine M. Baker ’12 was profiled in DePauw Magazine (winter 2011 issue, p. 28) partly for her research with Stewart. They found a

way to identify harmful computer files on file-sharing networks – before they have downloaded to your computer. Baker recently received a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.

As for Terlep? He was awarded a fellowship at the University of Michigan’s computer science and engineering Ph.D. program, where he enrolls this fall.

“As far as computer science doctoral programs go, the number one thing they look for is undergraduate research experience,” Terlep says. “I didn’t realize as a sophomore that this would be the most important part of my time here. I wasn’t even interested in graduate school, but I guess you could say it worked.”



Last summer Anne “Annie” E. Sexton ’11 and Katherine L. Walker ’11 received a 10-week summer research grant to collaborate on a project with David L. Worthington, assistant professor of communication and theatre.

The experience culminated in writing a paper that the students presented in February at the Western States Communication Association 2011 Convention in Monterey, Calif. The paper, “The Problem of Blueberry Monsters: A Rhetorical Examination of the Problem of Monstrous Others,” competed against papers from professors and graduate students and was accepted – a notable achievement for undergraduate students.

Professor Worthington wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Holocaust Museum and later learned about a photo album donated to the museum. He had an idea for a project that included studying the album and was encouraged by the University to collaborate with students and apply for a summer research grant.

The project examined an album that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received in 2007. It is unique because the album contains wartime photographs taken while officers and enlisted personnel were at leisure away from the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex.

The photographs in the album were taken at a SS retreat located near Auschwitz. “The album contains pictures of Nazi SS officers being rewarded for doing a good job,” Sexton says. “The

images are disturbing because they show officers doing everyday things – playing with dogs and participating in sing-a-longs. The most famous photos are of an officer handing out bowls of blueberries to women at the retreat – giving the album its nickname – The Blueberry Album.”

Sexton and Walker took Visual Rhetoric with Professor Worthington and studied iconic images concerning public memory, including the Great Depression, lynching and the Holocaust.

They discussed how certain images serve as reference points.

“When Professor Worthington asked us if we would be interested in working with him, we decided to research how the Holocaust is taught in the United States and what the public memory of the Holocaust is in general,” Sexton says.

Worthington says, “We organized the summer so that the first third was reading, taking notes and talking with me, and the second third was formulating our thoughts. The final third was writing the paper. We did field research and went to CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education

Center in Terre Haute, Ind., and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. In D.C., they also visited other museums to get a sense of the different ways the past is presented.”

Sexton and Walker met Holocaust survivor and founding director of CANDLES Museum Eva Kor. She was a Mengele twin, and she and her sister survived the horrible experiments of Dr. Josef Mengele, the Angel of Death. Most twins died as a result of the experiments.

“There are photos of Mengele in the Blueberry Album. Meeting Eva Kor made us view our project in the bigger picture,” Sexton says. “I thought if she could forgive the Nazis, then there must be something bigger going on here. Whether you want to or not – what you have to do to make sense of these situations is to realize that they are both humans, but under what circumstances did Mengele get to the point that he did?”

Walker says, “It’s not only important to remember that the Nazis were human so that history has a lesser chance of repeating itself, but we’re really not paying full respect to the tragedy if we don’t do the harder emotional work of realizing that these were people doing this to people.

“When we went to D.C., we couldn’t help but think critically about the way things were presented at the museums,” Walker says. “We couldn’t look at an exhibit without asking ourselves, what are they leaving out? A lot of what Professor Worthington talks about in his rhetoric class is the idea of what you

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“Also, to know that we could stand among a group

of scholars and our work could be just as interesting and intriguing, was a really

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don’t say is just as important as what you do, and that was a lot of what we experienced.

Both Sexton and Walker agree that the entire experience was rewarding, and the feedback they received at the conference was encouraging. “Many of the participants had not heard of The Blueberry Album,” Walker says. “However, we did meet a woman who had written several articles that we had read for our paper. Meeting an expert in the field was intimidating but very cool.”

Sexton adds, “Being among people who we look up to – with the response that we got – made us feel like we had a good purpose in doing this work. Also, to know that we could stand among a group of scholars and our work could be just as interesting and intriguing, was a really good feeling.”

“In hindsight, I remember those moments in the very beginning when we thought, what are we writing about?”

Walker says. “Professor Worthington really kept us focused and constantly challenged us. He’d ask, ‘You wrote this, but do you realize how it’s coming off to the reader?’”

Sexton adds, “However, at the same time, he didn’t force us to steer in a certain direction. He made us come into the argument ourselves.”

“His approach got us more invested in the paper because we didn’t feel like we were writing somebody else’s ideas,” Walker says.

Worthington admits that humanities-based research with students can be challenging. “It has to do with fundamental differences in the way that scientists and humanities people work,” he says. “Through their reading, scientists develop a hypothesis, go out and test it and then write about it. Once they get to the writing stage, they know more fully where they are going and have results to report.

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different in the sense that I don’t know where I’m going to wind up when I start,” Worthington says. “What I write is always informed by the reading I’ve done before and during the process. The challenge is that the students aren’t at the same level of reading as professors, and if they were, then we wouldn’t be here. It’s hard to get students up to speed in particular places, but Katherine and Annie did a really good job, and I am really proud of how well they stood up at the conference and held their own.

“It was an experience for them to do the research – to understand the process,” Worthington says. “They see the world a little differently – maybe a little more skeptically, and that’s not a bad thing. One of the things that comes out of teaching critical thinking to our students is just a little bit of skepticism about the world around them. It makes them more cautious but also better able to recognize possibilities and potentials that are out there.”

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BERNARD W. BEVER ’65, Adventures in Pandora’s Box (Publish America – 978-1-4560-3297-5). Adventures in Pandora’s Box follows the life of Pandora Robes, an artist and addict, and her daughter and neighbors living in a small part of an unnamed town, called the District. Pandora was addicted as a child by experimenters at a local hospital, and much of the conflict in the story is between experimenters and Pandora, and her neighbors in the District. Other conflicts are provided through Pandora’s daughter,whoisaccusedofmurder;Samira Sedaghaty, a young woman trying to find a life apart from her wealthy, brutalfather;CoachThomas,ashadowyfigure;Mandy,whoisinanundiscoveredrelationshipwithherneighbor;andothers – including the Pickett family, who are trying to dispose of Pandora before she can expose their crimes.

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DEB BRANDT BUEHLER ’83 and Louise Dunn, The Hollowed Heart: Inspiration for Women Awakening from Grief and Loss (Mill City Press – ISBN: 978-1-936400-71-3). Louise Dunn and Deb Buehler dedicate this book to the countless women who have experienced and survived profound losses. “We each walk on the sacred ground of their combined wisdom, strength, and courage,” they write. The book features inspiring stories from women who share their grief and healing, and Dunn and

Buehler discuss each case and offer advice about how to survive grief and loss. The ultimate message to women is “… you will not always feel as raw as you do today. You have everything you need within you to rise up and move forward in your life again.” Buehler is a professional writer, writing coach and bee keeper. Through the process of losing both her parents, she appreciates the value of authentic grief work toward healing and renewed living.

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ROBERT G. BURNEY, M.D. ’58 and James M. Levett, M.D., Using ISO 9001 in Healthcare: Applications for Quality Systems, Performance, Improvement, Clinical Integration, and Accreditation (American Society for Quality Press – ISBN: 978-0-87389-808-9). Healthcare providers deal with quality concepts and tools on a regular basis, but the idea of a quality system or quality management system (QMS) is not a familiar term. Most individuals in the healthcare system are familiar with control charts, Lean, PDSA cycle, Six Sigma and Baldrige criteria, but ISO 9001 is not usually recognized, and most have no experience with a systematic program to implement quality objectives within an organization. Using ISO 9001 in Healthcare explains the overall value of an ISO 9001-based QMS, its value in implementing a quality culture within an organization, using other quality tools within the

ISO framework, clinical integration, accreditation and performance improvement.

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CHARLES L. BYRUM ’66, A Boys’ Game (Author House– ISBN: 978-1-4520-7174-9). Hank Branson, 58, has no intention of giving in to middle age. He’s active, energetic and youthful in his thoughts, and he does everything he can to avoid falling into routines that signify the onset of the aging process and the inevitable winding down and settling in that occurs to so many. One day, a friend tells Hank about a senior softball organization where teams of players over 50 years of age play tournaments throughout the summer against others their age, with the best being invited to play in a world championship tournament in Las Vegas at the end of the season. Fascinated by this, Hank investigates. A Boys’ Game is the story of a hastily assembled team of total strangers from all walks of life who share only the common love of playing baseball – which they all did as boys – and the determination to give it one last shot, despite their ages.

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DONNA J. DREYER ’53, Decrescendo: A Memoir of Love and Caregiving (CreateSpace – ISBN: 978-1453-85798-4). Donna Jean Cook majored

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in psychology at DePauw, and she met her future husband at DePauw – Bill Dreyer graduated from DePauw’s School of Music in 1952. Several pages of Decrescendo are devoted to their alma mater, and Jean credits professors Raymond Pence and Edna Taylor for her writing skills. This book is not merely a memoiroftheauthor’slifeandtimes;itis specifically a memoir about the variety and complexity of issues that flow from care giving within the context of a long-term chronic illness that is ultimately terminal. The central theme is how care giving challenges – and can strengthen – the relationship between a patient and a family caregiver, whether it is a spouse, parent, child or sibling.

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DR. L. PENFiELD FABER ’52 and Dr. Robert Kalimi, Clinical Scenarios in Thoracic Surgery (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins – ISBN: 0-7817-4797-X). Clinical Scenarios in Thoracic Surgery is a unique case-based review that guides the reader through the surgeon’s decision-making process, providing an interactive study and review tool that emphasizes both general knowledge and case management. Each scenario takes the reader to the front lines of thoracic surgery, and gives expert guidance on what tests to order and how best to interpret the results. It also offers guidance on proven surgical interventions and critical advice in

complications management. This book is the ideal material for board examination preparation. Faber is chairman and professor emeritus of the Department of Cardiovascular-thoracic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center.

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KATHERiNE L. FARNSWORTH ’93 and John D. Milliman, River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean: A Global Synthesis (Cambridge University Press – ISBN: 978-0-521-87987-3). Rivers provide the primary link between land and sea. Utilizing the world’s largest database, River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting fluvial discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. The ways in which climatic variation, episodic events and anthropogenic activities – past, present and future – affect the quality and quantity of river discharge are discussed. River Discharge provides an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate studies in hydrology, oceanography, geology, geomorphology and environmental policy.

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JOHN L. FERRiNGER ’98 and Sean P. McDonough, SharePoint 2010: Disaster Recovery Guide (Course Technology/CENAGE Learning – ISBN: 978-1-4354-5645-7). Microsoft’s SharePoint

platform is a complex, diverse technical tool designed to meet a range of business needs and uses. It requires several other platforms and applications for implementation, and it can be integrated with a line of business applications. This diversity also applies to the numerous methods, tools and approaches to preserve a SharePoint farm if it becomes affected by a catastrophic event. SharePoint 2010 introduces the reader to those methods, tools and approaches for backing up and restoring SharePoint. It covers the key concepts and activities necessary to develop a disaster recovery plan for SharePoint.

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TERRY R. MYERS ’87, ed. Painting (The MIT Press – ISBN: 978-0-262-51567-2). The “death of painting” and its subsequent resurrection in transformed conditions is a leitmotif – a recurring theme – of the modern era. Painting’s post conceptual resurgence at the start of the 1980s began a dramatic expansion of its field. If painting remains important today, it is because its contradictions have been acknowledged as artists have radically diversified the components of its production and presentation. This first anthology to focus on painting’s multiple discourses over the last three decades brings together key statements, dialogues and debates that have moved the conversation beyond the modern/postmodern dialectic while redefining the


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RECENT WORDSconditions necessary for an artwork to be described as “painting.” Terry R. Myers is a Chicago- and Los Angeles-based writer, educator, and independent curator. He is the author of Mary Heilmann: Save the Last Dance for Me (Afterall Books, 2007). He is associate professor of painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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TOM RECHTiN ’93, Traces (Pudding House – ISBN: 1-58998-937-6). Objects from everyday life (a moth, crane, painting or dream) prefigure a wild collision of disparate elements in Tom Rechtin’s poetry chapbook, Traces. His poems range from outright surrealistic flights of revelry (“Dali Meets Rodin: Off-Broadway” and “After Buñuel’s The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”) to confessional (“now that the fleas are gone” and “300,000 Kilometers per Second”) to imagistic (“The Crane” and “The Painter”) to the discursive and meditative (“Bigfoot” and “Two New Tires”). Regardless of their particular mode, his poems embody the three worlds of meaning that surrealism animates: the world of objects, abstract ideas and untamed desire.

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LARRY C. SPEARS ’78 and Shann Ray Ferch, eds., The Spirit of Servant-Leadership (Paulist Press – ISBN:

978-0-8091-0594-6). The Spirit of Servant-Leadership is a powerful and elegant approach to the nature of the leader-follower relationship, with a specific focus on the life-affirming and transformative qualities of the servant-leader. Included are the dynamic, helpful and diverse writings of James Autry, Peter Block, Shann Ferch, Larry Spears, Margaret Wheatle and many more, providing a panoramic view of what is possible through servant-leadership. Larry C. Spears is president and CEO of the Larry C. Spears Center for Servant-Leadership, Inc., established in 2008 and headquartered in Indianapolis. From 1990-2007 he served as president and CEO of the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership.

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JAMES B. STEWART ’73, Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America – From Bernie Madoff to Martha Stewart (Penguin Press – ISBN: 978-1594202698). Best-selling author James B. Stewart’s latest book is a news-breaking investigation of our era’s most high-profile perjurers, revealing the alarming extent of this national epidemic. Our system of justice rests on a simple proposition: that witnesses will raise their hands and tell the truth. In Tangled Webs, Stewart reveals in vivid detail the consequences of the perjury epidemic that has swept our country, undermining the very foundation of

our courts. With many prosecutors, investigators and participants speaking for the first time, Tangled Webs goes behind the scene of the trials of media and homemaking entrepreneur Martha Stewart, top White House political adviser Lewis “Scooter” Libby, home-run king Barry Bonds and Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff. Stewart’s previous books include Den of Thieves, Blood Sport, Heart of a Soldier, DisneyWar and Blind Eye.

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DAViD L. WANN JR. ’71, The New Normal: An Agenda for Responsible Living (St. Martin’s Griffin – ISBN: 978-0-312-57543-4). In this follow-up to his previous book, Simple Prosperity, David Wann argues that changes in such variables as climate, population and resource availability are forcing consumer cultures to dispense with the “throwaway mind[set].” The author seeks to “evaluate and guide decisions that can steer us clear of both personal and planetary bankruptcy.” According to Wann, three barriers exist to fully bringing out a saner, more holistic way of life for everyone: “Cultural crisis, hyperindividuality and overproductivity.” Wann offers a detailed, 33-point “new normal agenda” built on convincing statistical and anecdotal information.

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DePauw tennis alumni, current tennis team members, coaches and staff members celebrated “Tiger Tennis, A Winning Tradition” during a special program on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11 and 12, to mark the 20th anniversary of the DePauw Tennis Alumni Association (DATA).

The DATA 20th Anniversary Celebration featured announcement of the All-DePauw Men’s and Women’s Tennis Players, Alumni Challenge tennis matches, presentation of Senior Medallion Awards to current tennis team members and two awards to former DePauw tennis coach Thomas R. Cath ’76.

On Friday, David C. Kingsley ’64 served as emcee for the alumni reception. Current members of the DePauw men’s tennis team introduced alumni players designated by DATA as All-DePauw Men’s Tennis Players. Alumni tennis players recognized include:

Men 1923-71Dr. Thomas L. Brunkow ’61, Dr. William Giddings ’63, M. Lewis Gulick ’44, Edwin M. Lindsay ’39, Paul M. Mitchell ’69, Robert Morgan ’38, William A. Pendl ’54, Joseph “Buzzie” E. Pierce ’68, Walter Sampson ’58, Erwin E. Schulze ’47, Paul Souder ’41Men 1972-2010Thomas R. Cath ’76, Dr. Scott G. Fisk ’02, Douglas S. Gourley ’92, Louis Hakim ’96, Robert A. Kannaka ’95, Kortney J. Keith ’08, John A. Kite ’87, Dr. Yuri Klaychkin ’00, Marshall F. Kuresman ’05, Brad A. Pierce ’90, Andrew R. Post ’00, Scott Mydland Sandager ’10, Scott Christopher Swanson ’09, Evan B. Webeler ’07, David B. Whetzel ’92, F.D. Wilder ’82DePauw’s longest-serving tennis coach,

Thomas R. Cath ’76, was awarded the President’s Cup for Tennis in recognition of his service to the DePauw tennis community. Cath, who amassed a record of 374 wins against 165 losses during his 24

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years as coach, also was named the Men’s 1923-2010 All-DePauw Tennis Coach.

DATA presented the Tiger Award to Robert A. Kannaka ’95 to recognize his overall athletic performance.

Saturday evening’s Tennis Banquet Program included naming the All-DePauw Women’s Tennis Players:

Women 1972-2010*Erin Christine Andrade ’08, Elizabeth L. Bondi ’07, Nancy Gyorgyi ’82, Haley S. Heathman ’03, Greer Mackie ’10, Katy L. McPeek (Lowe) ’97, Leslie Nolan ’01, Jennifer Pulido (Burns) ’90, Shanya Schupan Barry ’00, Kayla Smith ’10, Suzanne Schulze Walker ’75, (*1972 was the first official year of intercollegiate tennis competition for DePauw women.)Cath presented the Thomas Cath

Cup, recognizing leadership, hard work and team loyalty, to Scott Sandager ’10.

The program also included Tom Brunkow ’61, who talked about “Tiger Tennis, a Sport for a Lifetime.” Current DePauw tennis coach Scott Riggle was named the 1972-2010 Women’s All-DePauw Tennis Coach. Riggle also recapped the men’s and women’s tennis seasons.

Junior class members of the DePauw tennis teams presented 2011 Senior Medallion Awards to Hunter Schouweiler on the men’s team and Janelle Arita, Lizzy Whitlatch and Tricia Wilks on the women’s team.

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Thomas R. Cath ’76, left, with Scott Sandager ’10

Thomas R. Cath ’76, right, with DATA president Greg Nammari ’03.


• Elizabeth R. Polleys ’07, J.D., law clerk, Office of the Indiana Attorney General

• J. Stuart Showalter ’68, J.D., M.F.S. Showalter is a healthcare attorney and author of The Law of Healthcare Administration (fifth edition) and a monthly webpage on legal/regulatory affairs.

• Elizabeth R. Stanton, P.A., J.D., director of regional risk management, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance and the New England Alliance for Health

• Christopher L. Tucker ’08, law student, Indiana UniversityThe Alumni Healthcare and Legal Professionals Program was made possible thanks to the generous support of Mary Smith Showalter in memory of her husband, Dr. John R. Showalter Jr. ’38.

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In addition to attending thought-provoking panel discussions about timely issues, participants in the Alumni Healthcare and Legal Professionals Program: The Crossroads of Healthcare and Law on Friday and Saturday, March 4 and 5, had the opportunity to connect with returning alumni and to mentor current DePauw students planning careers in the healthcare and legal professions.

Sessions and panel discussions included:• CaseStudiesinClinicalEthics• Medical/LegalIssuesattheEndofLife• EffectsofMalpracticeSuitsonPhysicians• Student-focusedsessionwithalumniparticipants

Speakers and panelists included:• Jennifer L. Behrens ’11, biochemistry major and Lead

Undergraduate Ethics Intern• Adrienne N. Cobb ’09, medical student at Indiana

University• Richard B. Ferrell ’65, M.D., associate professor of

psychiatry,DartmouthMedicalSchool;associatemedicalstaff,NewHampshireHospital;BiomedicalEthicsCommittee and Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects member, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

• Stephanie A. Freeman ’02, M.D., University of Kentucky Medical Center

• Kenneth J. Kirkpatrick, DePauw associate dean of academic affairs and chair, Health Sciences Advisory Committee

• Steven V. Langerud, DePauw director of professional opportunities

• Bryce S. Lynn ’07, medical student at Indiana University

Alumni consider The Crossroads of Healthcare and Law Program held on campus

J. Stuart Showalter ’68, left, with DePauw President Brian W. Casey.


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In true cycling criterium fashion, the 55th running of the Little 5 bicycle race and fifth annual Alumni Race held on April 9 were moved from the track of Blackstock Stadium onto the closed streets that looped the Percy Lavon Julian Science & Mathematics Center and Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Center.

The half-mile loop had a little bit of everything to challenge racers, including a fast downhill backstretch, rough surface between turns three and four, and an uphill sprint to the finish on College Avenue. Tenspeed Productions scored the races, providing a professional cycling race feel with a scoring time clock and lap counter that spanned the width of the road at the start/finish line.

Delta Upsilon won the 2011 men’s title 166-165 over runner-up Beta Theta Pi. In the women’s race, Alpha Phi was first by 46 points over second-place Kappa Kappa Gamma.

The Alumni Race, which grew to nearly 30 riders this year, was comprised of four races within one. The race is scored in four age categories: Master’s 30 – for racers undertheageof39;Master’s40–forracersintheir40s;andMaster’s50andMaster’s60. The Alumni Race is similar in every way to the student’s race. Each race was 36 laps in length, or approximately 18 miles.

The 2011 overall winner of the Alumni Race was Jesse W. Williams ’07, a member of Alpha Tau Omega. Alumni completed their 36 laps faster than the student men. Alumni race time was 43 minutes and 36 seconds, while the DePauw men completed their race in 46 minutes and 30 seconds.

Along with scoring individual racers within their age group, this year the Alumni Race featured a new format of forming teams, which helped generate greater excitement for the alumni race. The average number of laps in conjunction with the average race time of each team

determined placement. This year Beta Boyz 1 (Brian J. Lee ’83, Timothy L. Weadick ’83, Marshall C. Weadick ’10, Timothy F. Meyer ’83 and Thomas M. Galliher ’76) beat Roid Boyz (Kent A. Billingsley ’80, Robert J. Janowski ’81, Jonathan C. Beasley ’77, and Richard T. Born ’83) by a slim margin. Beta Boyz 1 completed .80 more laps even though Roid Boyz was .066 of a second faster. Tim Weadick ’83 and Marshall Weadick ’10 were the first father-and-son pair in the Alumni Race.

Alumni flew in from both coasts of the country to participate. For a number of alumni, Little 5 was the race that started their love affair with the bike that has continued years after graduation. Most of the alumni racers are recreational riders, but there are a number of alumni who do club racing and are licensed racers with the American Bicycle Racing or USA Cycling organizations.

Kent Billingsley ’80 has been the Alumni Race director since 2008 when he organized the second Alumni Race. Kent races for his local cycling club in the Chicago area, and he attributes his interest in competitive cycling to when he raced in the Little 5 back in the late 1970s. His son, Alex, a current DePauw senior, raced for Delta Upsilon, and placed second in the men’s race.

“It is my hope that the popularity of

the race grows to the point where the race field will become so large that we can have two individual alumni races – perhaps one race for those under the age of 40 and another for those over 40,” Billingsley said. “It would be nice to have an all-women alumni race, too. There’s a tremendous field of talented student-women racers, and I struggle with why we can’t bring interest to alumni women to come back to DePauw and race. I believe we will achieve that goal.”

The Alumni Race is open to alumni of all ages whether they raced when attending DePauw or not. It is about remembering collegiate bonds and having fun, Billingsley notes.

For more information about the Alumni Race or to participate in 2012, contact Kent Billingsley at 630-665-0776 or [email protected].

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The 25th Reunion class continued a new tradition started last year by holding the class reception at The Elms, President Brian W. Casey’s home.


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The Alumni Celebration program featured, from left, outgoing Alumni Association President Janet L. Johns ’85, Michael S. Stanek ’06, Marletta Farrier Darnall ’61, President Brian W. Casey, Blake T. Myers ’86 and incoming Alumni Association President Marcus R. Veatch ’75.

The Lost Chords performed as part of the 50th Reunion program.

Passing of the gavel from outgoing Alumni Association President Janet L. Johns ’85 to incoming Alumni Association President Marcus R. Veatch ’75.


Members of the Class of 1951 dedicate a tree during Alumni Reunion Weekend.

The three living former directors of the Rector Scholar Foundation – Louis J. Fontaine ’52, Robert H. Farber ’35 and John J. Wittich ’44 – attended the Rector Scholar Lunch.


Twenty-five alumni and friends enjoyed the Historic Reflections cruise to the Mediterranean in April 2011 aboard Oceania’s Insignia. Front row, from left: Lynn Williams Cluskey ’82, LouAnn Hart Williams ’57, Geraldine Aker Pritchett ’52, Marcia Terwilliger Adams ’53 and Melanie Norton, DePauw’s director of gift planning. Second row: Joan O’Shea, Priscilla Hedges Black Duncan ’70, Marilyn Payne Freeouf ’52, Sherry Bender, Jamie Leschansky Fullenkamp ’77, Mary Goff Pontius ’57, Tressie Wells and Josie Kenyon. Third row: Patrick O’Shea, Paul Hedges, Dorothy Hooning, John Hooning, Jean Nelson, James B. Nelson ’63, Bruce H. Bender ’64, Peter Grylls, Larry Fullenkamp, Jerry D. Pontius ’56 and Charles D. Kenyon ’61. Not pictured: Judy Barmore.

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The Indianapolis Regional Chapter held a service event at Second Helpings on June 4, 2011. Attendees were: Sara Bruhn ’10, Nicole Kernan ’06, Kristin Marini, Brent Marini ’04, Heather Northrup Stith ’91 (not pictured), Haley O’Brian ’08, Karen Reeves King ’95 and Dan Sheehan ’05.

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Celebrating our Tradition of Service,at home and abroad.

Jonathan Lambert, left, received the Phil Eskew Award at Cel-ebration of DePauw Athletics on May 7, 2011. Courtney Lauer, right, received the Amy Hasbrook Award. The Phil Eskew and Amy Hasbrook awards are presented to senior male and female athletes, respectively, who best exemplify effort and excellence in academ-ics, athletics, leadership, integrity, dedication to the team, campus involvement and community service.

Six alumni were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame during Celebration of DePauw Athletics on May 7, 2011. Inductees for 2011 are John M. Cassady ’60 (baseball), C. Morgan Everson ’66 (basketball), Carla C. Fritz ’95 (soccer), Sam A. Juarascio ’76 (football), Jennifer Burns Pulido ’90 (tennis), Scott W. Shafer ’70 (track and field).


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Alumni Representatives College Fair SiteChristy A. Agness ’01 Austin, TexasBrooke Barbee ’03 Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.Rajb R. Bhattacharjee ’06 Plano, TexasCarol Euken Bledsoe ’90 Fort Myers, Fla.Barrett L. Boehm ’08 Kansas City, Mo.Carter W. Boehm ’08 Cottleville, Mo.Shelly Mazeau Bogda ’96 Memphis, Tenn. Andre L. Brewer ’93 Richfield, Minn.Howard L. Bull ’64 Mountain View, Calif.Caryn O’Brien Callanan ’89 Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Rochester Hills, Mich.James M. Callane ’64 Kokomo, Ind.Cynthia Ullem Christy ’91 Des Moines, IowaMarc E. Cooper’76 Palo Alto, Calif.Elizabeth E. Crouch’04 New York CityJonathan V. Cuevas’97 Charlotte, N.C.Adam J. Devlin ’05 Bloomfield Hills, Mich.Scott R. Eberle ’96 Pittsburgh, Pa.Barrett T. Ellsworth’08 Tulsa, Okla.Mark E. English’64 Naples, Fla.Cassidy S. Enix’10 Lakewood, Colo.Nancy Oviatt Erkkila ’61 Brecksville, OhioMatthew E. Fosheim ’07 Richardson, TexasJames R. Foster 02 Highland Heights, Ky.Alison E. Frost ’69 Hong Kong, ChinaAnita Mendoza Garibovic ’98 Houston, TexasGregory A. Gelzinnis ’84 Granite City, Ill.David W. Gilbert ’65 Livingston, N.J.Allison L. Grogan ’06 Lexington, Ky.Michelle Silkowski Hackett ’88 Redondo Beach, Calif.Angie Hamilton-Lowe ’00 Culver City, Calif.Colleen Konicek Hannigan ’88 Crystal Lake, Ill.Lisa Morse Harmening ’89 St. Louis Park, Minn.J.ZacharyHopkins’98 Evansville,Ind.Kelly J. Houpt ’10 CincinnatiCharles F. & Patricia (Sparenberg ’86) Hudson ’86 Troy, Mich.Kathryn Rohlf Johnson ’93 Moline, Ill.Lesly Jones-Beatty ’82 Chicago Allyson Wylie Klak ’89 Mt. Pleasant, Mich.Carla Gasbarra Lane ’95 Oklahoma City, Okla.Jonathan D. Lau ’04 Bloomfield Hills, Mich.Katie L. Lemons ’03 San Antonio, Texas

Thank you to alumni who represented DePauw at college fairs and helped bring in this fall’s entering class During the 2010-11 academic year, 81 alumni and friends assisted the Admission Office by representing the University at 89 college fairs in 21 states and four foreign countries. Without the assistance of these loyal alumni and friends, it would not be possible to attract students to DePauw from all regions of the country. Admission staff members express their sincere thanks to the following people who helped to enroll this fall’s incoming freshman class:

Alumni Representatives College Fair SiteStacy Goodwin Lightfoot ’99 Chattanooga, Tenn.Cynthia Jones Lippincott ’84 Tampa, Fla.Elizabeth McGroarty Lucey ’98 Greenwich, Conn.Kathleen Gorman Maltarich ’92 Davenport, IowaBarbara Ring McKone ’81 St. LouisSara A. Meyer ’06 DallasRobert E. Mitchell ’82 New York CitySherri R. Modrak ’87 Valparaiso, Ind.Jennifer King Molyneaux ’99 Moline, Ill.Sarah Dewart Morrison ’81 CincinnatiBrent Nakano ’08 HonoluluCharles J. Nelson ’85 Sherman Oaks, Calif.Joshua & Kara (Vozel ’99) Patterson ’98 Oshkosh, Wis.Alexandra Perdew ’00 Tustin, CalifDarlene Kane Reinhard ’85 San Antonio, TexasStephanie Rivera ’05 Houston (3)Gretchen L. Rohm ’83 Toledo, OhioJamesW.Rowlett’54 Scottsville,Mich.;TraverseCity,Mich.Francillia V. Samuel ’10 Staten Island, N.Y.Sameer S. Shetty ’92 Bangalore, IndiaBrenton A. Shultz ’06 HoustonGlenn R. Silcott ’65 LaCanada, Calif.Tyler B. Somershield ’69 Cleveland Heights, OhioDale Gossard Stevenson ’89 Quincy, Ill.James M. Tomsic ’69 Parma, OhioRebecca L. Trowbridge ’10 St. Paul, Minn.Barbara Martin Tubekis ’80 Wilmette, Ill.Theodore C. Tubekis ’08 ChicagoKarenCurleyVowells’94 Madison,N.J.;Summit,N.J.Tvan P. Vuong ’03 Hanoi, VietnamJohn G. Wallace ’08 Kansas City, Mo.Jennifer Warren Plymouth, Minn.Kevin K. & Pamela S. Watts Mesa, Ariz.Nancy Weigley St. LouisDarin E. Williams ’93 Franklin, Tenn.JamesW.Wright’64 Anaheim,Calif.(2);Burbank,Calif.;Corona,Calif.;CostaMesa,Calif.;Fullerton,Calif.;LagunaBeach,Calif.;LaHabra,Calif.;RanchoSantaMargarita,Calif.;SantaAna,Calif.;SantaMonica,Calif.;

Torrance,Calif.;Tustin,Calif.ElizabethWeidmanZuercher’66 Anaheim,Calif. Huntington Beach, Calif.


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1952Beverly Grant Frier received the Naperville

(Ill.) Area Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award, May 13, 2011. Bev is a businesswoman, having opened several stores in the Naperville area. She is a community volunteer and donates significant time to the community’s clubs and organizations.

1942Robert I. Landis and his wife, JoAnn,

live at 1150 Anchorage Lane, Unit 614, San Diego, CA 92106. Robert retired in 1981 from management at The San Diego Union-Tribune newspapers. Since retirement he has renewed his devotion to the theatre as actor, director and playwright-in-residence with Vanguard, a San Diego community theatre production company. The Vanguard theatre produced 14 of Robert’s plays.

1944Lincoln Landis appeared on a Fox Sports/

MLB program, “This Week in Baseball,” June 18, 2011, as a witness nearly 80 years ago to Babe Ruth’s “called shot” home run legend (Game 3, 1932 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees at Wrigley Field in Chicago). Lincoln says, “Major League Baseball Productions apparently recognized my unique qualifications to recollect (as a 10-year-old boy, seated near the Cubs’ dugout next to my uncle, the commissioner of baseball) the heroic actions of Babe Ruth at home plate on this historically important occasion.”

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and the University current on their careers, activities and whereabouts.All information for class notes should be sent to DePauw University, DePauw Magazine,

300 E. Seminary Street, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037. You may also fax the information to 765-658-4625 or e-mail to [email protected].

Photographs will be used as space allows and cannot be returned. If you submit digital photos, the images should be shot at the highest resolution on the digital camera. Images must be saved at the highest resolution or 300 ppi minimum in JPEG format.

In the interest of privacy, we will publish home and e-mail addresses only if an alumnus or alumna specifically requests us to do so.

Class notes printed in DePauw Magazine will also be included in the online version of the magazine.

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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011 – Class of 1951Row 1: Clara “Emmy” Clifford Wilson, Elizabeth “Betsy” Veit Boyton, Brooks Smoot Carr, Shirley Veneman Lanum, John P. Rudy, Eleanor Hockey Perris, Patricia “Pat” Opie Parker, Maclyn “Mac” T. Parker, Virginia “Ginny” Condon Neff. Row 2: Donald E. Bartlett, Kenneth B. Welliver, Mary Lee Hickman Welliver, JoAnn Givens Baker, Brevourt “Jack” Baker, Lewis “Lew” V. Morgan Jr., Diane Forst Stephens, Norval B. Stephens Jr., Elsie Manny Eads. Row 3: W. Craig Chamberlin, Raymond J. Payne, John “Jack” H. Mitchell, Barbara Forsell Barbieri, Barbara Taylor Hensel, C. Salen Herke, John “Jack” R. Hilborn, Barbara Armitage Porter. Row 4: Loren D. Daily, Dr. Robert “Bob” L. Koenig, Owen W. Robins, Dr. David B. Stevens, William “Bill” D. Bugher, Eunice Blanchard Poethig, Nancy Shelly Schaenen, Nancy Bardonner Bossert.

C. Dean Ellison ’53, William K. Oliver ’53 and Frank R. Shoptaugh ’53 vacationing in Seattle.


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1953C. Dean Ellison, William K. Oliver and

Frank R. Shoptaugh took a four-day tour of Seattle, followed by an Alaskan cruise. The highlight of the trip was an excursion out of Seattle to San Juan Island, which included lunch at Hotel De Harol at Roche Harbor. Outside of the Hotel De Harol, they were surprised to find a plaque stating they were in a part of the United States that was pioneered

by a DePauw graduate, John S. McMillin, Class of 1876. They were delighted to have lunch at the top of the space needle in Seattle. (See photo, page 41.)

1955Ian M. Rolland was recipient of the

Council for Advancement and Support of Education 2011 Distinguished Friend of Education Award, July 11, 2011, in Chicago.

The award is presented in recognition of extraordinary service to education and the field of educational advancement. Ian is retired chairman of Lincoln National Corporation. He is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees.

1957After recovering from health problems,

Gerald B. Kracke has resumed playing golf and swimming. Gerald enjoys baby-sitting for his adopted Korean grandson. Jerry’s e-mail address is [email protected].

1958J. David Eberle is chief executive officer of

Dick’s Wings and Grill, the Jacksonville, Fla.,-based casual dining restaurant chain.

Dr. Ferid Murad is a professor at George Washington University, where he teaches undergraduate courses, mentor graduate and medical students, conducts research and leads a laboratory program in the biochemistry and molecular biology department. Ferid received a Nobel Prize in medicine in 1998.

1959Since graduation in 1959, a group of

Lambda Chis and their spouses have gathered annually for a reunion. This year they met at Michael and Virginia “Gini” (Greenwald)

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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011 – Class of 1956Row 1: Don M. Owen, Eldon K. Marshall, William B. Hoenig Jr., MaryBelle Ferguson Hoenig, Lila Hanna Manhart, Phyllis Hahn Lauter, Sally LeVay Cottingham, Joan Prieb Schultheis, Barbara Thompson Garlinger, Susan Overstreet Stevens. Row 2: Jinsie Scott Bingham, Mary Larsen Austin, Jane Carpenter Wilson, Elaine “Lannie” Wussow Grant, Susan Christensen Beatty, Katherine “Kay” Suydam Hall, Cynthia Brooks Holmberg, Jeanne Rappel Wagle. Row 3: Joanne “Jody” Jones Garrigus, Shirley Dungan Cline, Ann Messersmith Fletcher, Dianne Schneider Trees, Elizabeth “Betty” Pfeffer Allen, Martha “Sue” Sappenfield North, J. Raymond North Jr., Ronald “Ron” W. Sondee, J. Richard “Dick” Emens. Row 4: David E. Winton, Nancy Harrison Winton, Thomas A. Jameson, Gerald “Jerry” L. Ward, Samuel R. Henderson, Jerry D. Pontius, Richard W. Peck, Donald W. Garlinger. Row 5: Robert E. Kersey, Dr. E. Henry “Ned” Lamkin Jr., Edward M. Roob, Richard “Dick” W. Moll, Shirley Craig Karas, George G. Karas, Bruce R. Danner, Frederick “Fred” R. Williams.

Lambda Chis from the 1959 class and their spouses met for their annual gathering, April 15-18, 2011, on Spring Island, S.C. Those present included Michael G. Logan, Billy D. McMains ’59, Nina McMains, Nadine Tovey Thornton ’60, Virginia “Gini” Greenwald Logan ’59, Gerald H. Gruber ’59, Phillip A. Livengood ’59, Linda Gruber, Lynn A. Snelson ’59, Ginger Sisco and Judith Gardner Livengood ’60.


Logan’s home on Spring Island, S.C., April 15-18, 2011. (See photo, previous page.)

William R. Prosser is digital photographer who is especially accomplished in black and white images. His work was featured in an exhibition, The McLean Project for the Arts, April 14 to June 4, 2011. Bill is a volunteer at McLean (Va.) High School where he teaches Photoshop, photography and mentors students

in visual design. He is a teaching assistant for Smithsonian Institution Photoshop classes. Bill’s e-mail address is [email protected].

1960Avis Crowe Vermilye is author of The 23rd

Psalm: In Your own Words, an e-book. The e-book is available at www.fun.org/shop.

Members of the Pi Beta Phi class of 1960

held a reunion in Phoenix in January 2011, hosted by Jill Holtgrieve Morgan. (See photo, next page.)

1961Jonathan D. Cryer is co-author of Time

Series Analysis with Applications in R, which has been translated into Chinese.

Carol Hack Fitzgerald retired as director

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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011 – Class of 1961Row 1: Thomas Anderson, Merill “Mac” M. Main, John W. Sanger, Robert “Bob” C. Barnes, James “Jim” W. Gladden Jr., Nancy Lassman Hecht, Mary Kay Rutt Cheek, Judith “Judy” Hanson Wessling, Lucy Brown Sloan, Melissa Watson Walker, Elizabeth “Liz” Pool Rupert, Barbara Routh Stratton, Janet Bloxsome Harmening, Louis “Lou” W. Harmening, Erik G. Nelson, Joan Jackson Lucky. Row 2: James “Jim” W. DeArmond, Sara Copeland Reynolds, Sarah Barnett Moore, Janet Allen Drum, Margaret “Peggy” Maroney Sanders, Dr. Richard “Dick” A. Loescher, Eleanor Northrop Hall, Paul A. Cheek, Carol Hack Fitzgerald, Mary Grace Spencer Lyman, Marilyn Smith Boxell, MaryAnn Palmert Parks, Ellen Rosselot Schneider, Joan Furlong Huisinga, Phyllis Osborn Wolfe, Dr. Margaret “Peggy” McQuiston Kitterman, Karen Jenkinson Barnes, Mary Lou Becker Weddle. Row 3: Jo Misselhorn Usher, Norma A. Wanegar, Elizabeth “Liz” Doeller Radcliff, G. Max Poynter, Thomas “Tom” S. Peirce, Thomas “Tom” N. Ertel Sr., Michael “Mike” R. Maine, John S. Null, William “Bill” G. Gerber, George “Bud” L. Meisenger, David “Dave” M. Roeder, Lynette “Lyn” Orwig Wile, Marletta Farrier Darnall, Dr. David “Dave” T. Allen, Alice Stout Sherman, Kathleen “Kathy” Kapellas McFall. Row 4: Ann Carper Dugan, Janet Mitchell Rathbone, Caroline Adair Dimmers, Peter W. Aden, Ned P. Rule, David M. Beckwith, Thomas “Tom” P. Blake, Richard “Dick” A. Strakowski, Thomas A. Smith, Ronald R. Clark, Richard M. Bennett, John R. Beaty, Amy Armer Meyer, Betty Sue Garner Carroll, Eleanor “Elly” Rapp Poland, Jeanne DeCosted Pittman, Richard “Dick” M. McFall. Row 5: Judith Van Scoyk Barnhart, Harriet Weeks Ruggeri, Nancy Hackler McConnell, Charles “Chuck” W. McConnell, Lynn Rezek Rule, Marianne Jacobson Knapp, Patricia “Patsy” Jeffries Partridge, Richard “Dick” A. Partridge, Nancy Oviatt Erkkila, Charles “Butch” H. Colin Jr., Joyce Hopewell Cook, Patty Scherer Trantina, Richard B. Brock, Suzanne “Suzy” Stratton Perozzi, Pamelia “Pam” Ledune Tallman, William C. Tallman. Row 6: Christine “Chris” Johnson Morgan, Linda Myles Brumagin, Dorothea “Dotty” Gother Barsness, Delbert “Del” L. Michel, Sara “Sally” Sare Michel, Diane “Dede” Day Bray, Pamela “Pam” Parkhill Wilson, William “Bill” W. Urban, John W. Busey, Michael “Mike” M. Webb, Gary Paul Drew, Don R. Daseke, Sarah Neely Patterson, Richard “Dick” R. Patterson, Nancy Todd Gilbert, David “Dave” L. Dunkelberger. Row 7: Richard “Dick” L. Schaefer, Jon W. Tolle, Walter H. Stewart, Peter B. Work, Dr. Charles “Chuck” D. Kenyon, James H. Sry, W. Terry Umbreit, Marjorie Colegrove Brickley, Barbara Babcock Hawes, Thomas “Tom” F. Anderson, Douglas “Doug” W. Schoeninger, Helen Gloyd Johnstone, Perry C. Gillette Jr., George C. Dorner. Row 8: James “Jim” W. Herrick, William “Bill” S. Richards, Dorothy B. Richards, Joan Koebke Campbell, Mary Jean Sims Cannell, Maura McNamara Pape, Donna Maly Odar, Jo Ann Eggers Todd, Carole Lee Clark Randall, John E. Tener, Susan Laury Freedlund, Jeanne Mahaney Eggert, Norman H. Eggert, Erika Esser Shorney, David B. Sarver, David L. Silver. Row 9: James “Jim” M. Force, Elizabeth “Betty” Herrick LeTerneau, Lawrence “Larry” R. Murrell, Edwin “Van” V. Hendey, William “Bill” J. Darosett, Barbara “Rabby” Kingman Toohey, John T. Ayers, Lynn Maish Babcock, Carol Shauman Alaimo, Joyce Jones Herbert, Phyllis “Phee” Blair Belsey III, George W. Belsey, Ellis K. Locher Jr., Mary Hardy Turner, Donald “Don” Dangremond, Jonathan “Jon” D. Cryer. Row 10: Helen Cooper Campbell, Sandra “Sandy” McDermond Wood, Judith “Judy” Burt Mizaur, Patricia Thoma Mallers, Kathleen “Kathy” Vietzke Evans, Dr. Karl “Skip” Y. Hostetler, Anita Hursh Cast, Elaine “Bunny” Bertram Larkin, Rebecca Johnston Howard, Sara Schrock Barrett, William “Bill” J. Barrett, Roger I. Sekera, Robert “Bob” G. Fox, Roger W. Ireson, John W. Firth Jr., John “Jack” W. Hatcher.


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of department of libraries in Sussex County, Del., after 25 years of service.

Nancy Hackler McConnell has joined the William Raveis Real Estate offices in Greenwich-Old Greenwich, Conn.

Charles W. McConnell has joined the William Raveis Real Estate offices in

Greenwich-Old Greenwich, Conn. Nancy C. Terrell is retired. She lives on her

classic trawler, Swan Song, in Waikiki.

1962James B. Bortell is a retired United

Methodist minister and serves as pastor of a small Mennonite Church USA congregation. He and his wife, Roberta, live in Bloomington, Ill. Jim recently completed master naturalist training, a program of the University of Illinois.

1963John R. Bradbury lives in St. Louis.

He recently made his 460th donation of whole blood to the American Red Cross. He volunteers for two opera companies in St. Louis, which he finds exciting and rewarding. He spends part of his summers in Charlevoix, Mich., at the cottage his great-grandfather built in 1902.

B a r b a r a Hoflund Wirth recently established Travel Legacy, a company offering exciting new travel journals for capturing highlights on your trips in a new, fun way. Barbara’s own watercolor, pen and ink paintings are

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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011 – Class of 1966Row 1: Frederick “Fred” M. Green, William “Bill” H. Gilbert, Nicholas E. Hollis, Sharon Kniebbe Hartshorn, William S. Hamrick, Susan Bartelsmeyer Bartlett, Sharon McCall Jenson, Jill Houghton Truitt, Betty “B.J.” Wilkening Luce, Ann Fairchild Lawrence. Row 2: Carol Wilson Wing, Susan “Sue” Lacy Moore, Mary Lou Coyle Hughes, Timothy “Tim” L. Scott, Paul L. Bancel, James “Jim” R. Clark, Robert B. Kleemeier, Alice Weyeneth O’Brien, MichaelF.O’Brien.Row3:Gregory“Greg”D.Pearson,JohnL.Rabb,SherryBockstanzHughes,Elizabeth“Liz”WeidmanZuercher,CarolynSchrankMugge, Nancy Norberg MacGregor, Dr. Ina Lynn Dyer Tonkin, Robert J. Macoy, Steven D. Shattuck. Row 4: Nancy Pedersen DeCook, Martha J. Anderson, John L. Pogue, Pamela Blake Peters, Mary “Lynn” Evelyn Organ Amstutz, Linda Younts Bolas, Pamela “Pam” Lott Paige, Frederick “Fred” O. Paige, Dr. Thomas P. Copper, Max W. Hittle Jr. Row 5: Bonnie Stout Lloyd, Stanley “Stan” L. Bahler, Bobbette “Bobbie” Hendricks Bahler.

Members of the 1960 Pi Beta Phi class meet in Phoenix. Those attending included Bonnie Tall Gauger ’60, Jill Holtgrieve Morgan ’60, Jane Medaris Paine ’60, Jane Morris Tillman ’60, Carolyn Phillips Leath ’60, Betsy Greenlee Stampe ’60 and Carol Mead LaBorde ’60.

Barbara Hoflund Wirth ’63


YWCA of Greater Lafayette at Indiana’s Salute to Women Banquet, March 1, 2011. Sally is co-founder of several not-for-profit agencies. She is chief executive officer of Family Services Inc. as well as a board member of community organizations in the Lafayette area.

Theodore “Tim” M. Solso was appointed by President Obama to serve as a member of the President’s Management Advisory Board. Tim is chairman and chief executive officer of Cummins Inc. in Indianapolis.

Frederick Tucker III was honored with the Fred C. Tucker Sr. award in recognition

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featured on the journals at www.TravelLegacy.net. She would enjoy hearing from alumni. Barbara’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, previous page.)

Lewis F. Matuszewich is a member of the law firm of Matuszewich, Kelly & McKeever. LLP. He serves as chair of the Economic Development Council, a not-for profit corporation based in Chicago that looks at national, international, regional and local issues affecting business and community development. He is editor of The Globe, the newsletter of the International and Immigration Law Section of the Illinois State Bar Association. Locally, Lewis is on the advisory board to Senior Services Associates, Inc. He is a member of the transportation committee of the McHenry (Ill.) County Council of Governments and is a member of the transportation and infrastructure committee of the McHenry County Economic Development Corporation.

Ralph W. Spencer is a retired Protestant minister. He served churches in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut, as well as in Toronto, Canada. In 1974 he served on the faculty of the Centre for Christian Studies. From 1978-99 he was a full-time minister of College Street United Church of Canada. From 1999-2003, he served a United Church congregation in Calgary, Alberta. He retired in 2003 after 48 years of service. During his first years of retirement, he was a fill-in minister for several churches. In 2010 he and his wife, Linda, moved to Palm Desert, Calif. They live at 40 Presidio Place, Palm Desert, CA 92260. Ralph’s e-mail address is [email protected].

1965Michael W. Street’s e-mail address is

[email protected] F. Stuessy is professor of systematic and

evolutionary botany at University of Vienna, Austria, and is head of the department. He was inducted into the Lake Forest (Ill.) High School Alumni Wall of Fame, April, 2011.

1967R. David Hoover was inducted into Boulder

County (Colo.) Business Hall of Fame, April 2011. He is chairman of Ball Corporation. David is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees.

Barrie A. Peterson lives near Nyack, N.Y.,

and enjoys several grandchildren and singing in a community chorus. He teaches business ethics at area universities and is on the board of his Unitarian Universalist church. He keeps his Midwest roots alive by visiting family in LaPorte, Ind., writing about antique tractor events for The New York Times and listening to Prairie Home Companion. His e-mail address is [email protected].

1968William C. McGraw retired as senior

pastor of Zionsville Christian Church,Zionsville, Ind., in June 2011. He plans tospend retirement enjoying family and giving back to the community.

Thomas W. Walsh is a board member and treasurer of Save Bristol Harbor, which has a mission is to preserve the health, safety and integrity of the coastal waters and other natural resources of Bristol, R.I. Tom is vice chairman and director of NCB Capital Impact, a director of Legal & General America and senior adviser to the Armed Forces Benefit Association.

1969Sarah “Sally” Rushmore Byrn was

recognized as a Woman of Distinction by the

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Frederick Tucker III ’69 (left)

Members of the 1973 Phi Kappa Psi class met to remember a departed classmate, Gary S. Bender ’73. Those attending the recent gathering included Bruce Ross-Shannon ’73, David L. Emison ’73, John W. Timothy Jr. ’73, Stuart M. Walker ’73, John F. Bergmann ’73, John W. Ashley ’73 (with bike) and Paul M. Beck Jr. ’73.


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of “exemplifying the high standards and time-honored traditions” that were initiated by his grandfather, Fred C. Tucker Sr. Class of 1908, founder of F.C. Tucker Company. Fred retired from the company in 2010 after 33 years of service. (See photo, previous page.)

1970Willard “Bill” J. Frederick is co-author

with his wife, Katie, of a children’s book, The Kite Surprise. The book is written for 4-to-7-year-old children. The Kite Surprise is Bill and Katie’s first collaboration.

Michael L. Smith is a member of the board of directors of Hulman & Company. Mike retired as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Anthem, Inc. He chairs the Commission for Higher Education in Indiana. He is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees.

1971Doug Frantz is co-author of Fallout: The

True Story of the CIA’s Secret War on Nuclear Trafficking. Doug is chief investigator for the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

David L. Wann Jr. is author of The New Normal: An Agenda for Responsible Living. The book offers a 33-point plan for improving our lives while preserving the planet. (See Recent Words, page 32.)

1973Members of the 1973 Phi Kappa Psi class

gathered recently on campus to remember a departed classmate, Gary S. Bender, by recreating an infamous incident at The Boulder. (See photo, page 45.)

James B. Stewart’s latest book is Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie

Madoff. James discussed his book at an event in Chicago, May 2011. (See Recent Words, page 32). Afterward he visited with Christina E. Guzik ’06, Kathryn Knight Randolph ’07 and Ryan J. Randolph ’06. His book, Heart of a Soldier, was commissioned by the San Francisco Opera as a new opera. The nonfiction book was published a year after the 9/11 terror attacks and is based on an

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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011 – Class of 1971Row 1: Marcia Light Fidler, Charles L. Gardner, Kathleen M. Robbins, Barbara Broadbent Collins, Richard B. Plain, Joseph F. Vosicky Jr., Robert “Bob” H. Shaykin, John P. Doan. Row 2: Michael “Mike” W. Allee, Marilyn R. Heath, Margaret “Peggy” Schatz Mayfield, Pamela “Pam” Charlson Speer,Frances “Fran”E.Zollers,Constance “Connie”HawkesReeves,Barbara “Barbie”NaftzgerTapley,VickiNoeHittle.Row3:DavidF.Baggerman, Dr. Bryan T. Burney, Virginia Hays Burney, Priscilla O’Connell, Carey Cibulka Shaw, Caryl Frauenhoff Rohol, Mary Ann Phelps Sibrava, Michael “Mike” A. Fleming. Row 4: Steven R. Jacobs, Richard “Dick” A. Reck, Carolyn Russ Robinson, Lynne A. Tweedie, Wendy Blythe Gifford, Katherine “Kate” L. McQueen Row. 5: William “Curt” Curtis Schade, Craig L. McGaughey, Barry R. Fritsch, Mark B. Dinwiddie Sr., James H. “Cy” Young, Margaret Gardner Rich, Katharine Adams Walker, Russell “Russ” Breeden III. Row 6: Merritt K. Alcorn, James “Jim” W. Emison, Laurie Duncan, Thomas “Tom” M. Scaife.

James B. Stewart ’73 with Christina E. Guzik ’06, Kathryn Knight Randolph ’07 and Ryan J. Randolph ’06 in Chicago.


Jan Walton Rubsam is owner of Valpo ATA Black Belt Academy in Valparaiso, Ind. Jan is a seven-time Indiana State Champion in sparring. She has ranked third in the world in sparring twice. In addition to teaching and competing in taekwondo, she continues to work as an assistant to the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Valparaiso University.

Philip W. Trammell is development officer for major gifts and planned giving for Texas Woman’s University.

1977Barrett J. Corneille was named Madison

(Wis.) Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year for 2011 by Best Lawyers, a peer-review legal publication. Barrett is founder and managing partner of Corneille Law Group in Madison, Wis.

Barbara Kingsolver is recipient of the 2011 LEAF Award for Lifetime Environmental Achievement in the Fine Arts. The award is given in recognition of artists “whose works have lifted the human spirit by conveying our profound spiritual and material connection to the earth, thereby inspiring others to help

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unsung hero of 9/11. James is the writer of a business column for The New York Times. He is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees. (See photo, previous page.)

1974Ann Kahri Laudeman was honored by

the Knox County (Ohio) Symphony April 30, 2011, with the symphony’s performance dedicated to her. Ann has played violin with the symphony for 40 years.

Robert F. Sharpe Jr. is a member of the board of directors of Swedish Match. He is a senior adviser to the chief executive at ConAgra Foods, Inc.

William H. Tucker received the University of South Carolina Aiken Distinguished Citizen Award for continued support and service to the University of South Carolina Aiken and the Aiken community. William is senior partner in the Aiken, S.C., law office of Hull Barrett, PC. He practices in the areas of estate planning, probate administration, residential and commercial real estate transactions, and small business transfers.

Elisa A. Turner is a freelance journalist and

art critic in Miami as well as a faculty member of Miami Dade College. She is the Miami correspondent for ARTnews magazine. Her blog is www.artcircuits.com. Elisa is married to Eric S. Smith ’72.

Jack W. Wiley was The Robert C. McDermond Center Lecture Series speaker, March 1, 2011. Jack is executive director of Kenexa Research Institute.

1976Randall E. Curran is chief executive officer

of ITC DELTACOM Inc., a Southeastern telecommunications company. He is a member of the board of directors of RDA Holding Company.

Linda H. Heuring won second place in the Writers’ Workshop of Asheville (N.C.) 2010 fiction contest. She received the award for Tears of Strangers, an excerpt from her unpublished novel, Shape of a Heart.

Timothy R. Pearson is author of The Old Rules of Marketing are Dead: 6 New Rules to Reinvent Your Brand and Reignite Your Business.

Carolyn Schnadt Wilson is principal of Heath School in Brookline, Mass.

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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011 – Class of 1976Row 1: Brian Bruce Baber, Anne Harter Tobik, Patricia “Pat” Unger Pernicano, Peter “Pete” E. Ritz, Stephen C. Turley. Row 2: John R. Hammond III, Patricia Hillis Reed, Suzanne “Suzie” O’Brien Beeson, Lauren Meurisse Johnson, Kim E. Schaefer. Row 3: Thomas G. King, Kenneth H. Behrendt, Joy Strueh Andonov, Linda Goodyear Sweeney, Diane Dredge Anderson.


management at Loyola University, May 2011. Ann was inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the international Jesuit honor society that represents intellectual academic excellence, community service and integrity. Ann’s e-mail address is [email protected]. Ann’s executive assistant is Gabriele Goerlich Nash Hammond ’82. Gabriele’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, below left.)

Priscilla Pope Levison is professor of theology and assistant director of women’s studies at Seattle Pacific University. Priscilla is author of Turn the Pulpit Loose: Two Centuries of American Women Evangelists and co-author of Jesus in Global Contexts.

1982Kenneth W.

Coquillette is co-head of investment banking for the Midwest region for Goldman, Sachs and Company. Ken is head of the financial i n s t i t u t i o n s group in the Midwest region

specializing in mergers, capital raising,and strategic advisory services. Ken was a speaker for DePauw’s McDermond Center for Management & Entrepreneurship, March 3, 2011. Ken is member of DePauw’s Board of Visitors. (See photo, above.)

Gabriele Goerlich Nash Hammond is an executive assistant to L. Ann Libka Hendrich ’80, vice president of clinical excellence operations, at Ascension Health in St. Louis, Mo. Gabe’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Byron C. Kauffman is president of Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana for 2011. Byron is principal of Wetzel Insurance Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency serving business owners and individuals in northern Indiana, Michigan and Illinois.

Pharez A. Whitted performed with the Tri-C JazzFest in Cleveland, May 3, 2011. Pharez is assistant professor of music at Chicago State University and a composer and performer. He mentors Chicago public school students through

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forge a more sustainable life for all.” She is author of The Lacuna, which was short-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the largest and most international award of it kind.

Andrew B. Sandler is executive director and chief executive officer of Abe’s Garden based in Nashville, Tenn. Abe’s Garden is a nonprofit organization that seeks to establish a national model of residential living and daycare programs for those suffering with Alzheimer’s disease.

Julia Tucker Wallyn is coordinator of quality/risk management of infection control at Indiana University Health Tipton Hospital inTipton,Ind.Julie;herhusband,Gary;andson, Michael, live in Kokomo, Ind.

Randy R. Wells was inducted into Martinsville (Ind.) High School Alumni Hall of Fame, Feb. 19, 2011. Randy is a dentist in Martinsville as a member of Wells, Marvel & Hall, LLC Family Dentistry. The business was recognized as one of Indianapolis’ Top Dentists by Indianapolis Monthly magazine. Randy was inducted into DePauw’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.

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L. Alexander is administrator of the San Luis Obispo (Calif.) County Emergency Medical Services Agency. She was elected to serve a four-year term on the board of trustees of Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo.

Charlotte’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, above.)

Cheryl L. Keggan works at NATO Program Support branch at the Air Force Security Assistance Center (AFSAC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Cheryl lives in Beavercreek, Ohio. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

Norman H. Leonard is a teacher of environmental science at Pike High School in Indianapolis. He was the 2011 Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship Award winner. The fellowship will allow him to travel to Panama, study herpetology and return to Indiana to

study reptiles and amphibians at Eagle Creek Park and at Pike High School. He was the Toyota International Teacher Program fellow to Costa Rica in June 2010. In May 2010, Norman received the IPL (Indianapolis Power and Light Company) Golden Apple Award for science teaching excellence. He was the Pike High School Teacher of the Year, May 2010 as well as the MSD Pike Township Schools Teacher of the Year, May 2010. (See photo, above.)

Larry C. Spears is the co-editor of The Spirit of Servant-Leadership. Larry is president and chief executive officer of the Larry C. Spears Center for Servant-Leadership, Inc., in Indianapolis. (See Recent Words, page 32).

Gretchen Warner is executive director for the American Board of Funeral Service Education. She lives in Racine, Wis., where she serves on the Racine Unified School District Board of Education.

1980Timothy G. Collins was elected to the

board of directors of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Association, Inc., the premier global professional association for teachers of ESL/EFL. Tim teaches at National-Louis University in Chicago, where he is the chair of the faculty senate for 2011.

L. Ann Libka Hendrich is vice president of clinical excellence operations at Ascension Health in St. Louis. She earned a doctoral degree in health outcomes p e r f o r m a n c e

For a schedule of alumni events and information about alumni services, go to:www.depauw.edu/alumni/index.asp

Charlotte L. Alexander ’78

Norman H. Leonard ’78

L. Ann Libka Hendrich ’80

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Ravinia Festival’s Reach-Teach-Play programs. His album, Transient Journey, was nominated for best jazz album at the 10th annual Independent Music Awards, March 2011.

1983Kevin D. James is composer of Dialogue

with Vanishing Languages, which was premiered at the opening gala performance of the Elisa Monte Dance March 2-5, 2011, at Joyce Theater in New York City.

Angela Jones Hill received a MBOA degree from Spring Arbor University, November 2010. She lives with her twin daughters, Charmaine and Charrone. She is a CSR with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan and also a tax preparer for H&R Block during tax season. She works as Mother Superior with the Michigan Renaissance Festival in the fall. Angie’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Scott A. Morehead is executive director of media at RIESTER, advertising and public relations firms in the Western United States.

David A. Morris is senior vice president for Grubb & Ellis Company. He leads the real estate services and investment firm’s St. Louis office.

Deborah Schrier-Rape is member of Goodwin Procter LLP law firm in the San Diego office. She focuses her practice on bankruptcy, insolvency, out-of-court restructurings and creditors’ rights.

Karin A. Zuckerman is director of The Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center.

1984J. Scott Forgey took his legal and financial

services company, A Clean Slate, Inc., public as chief executive officer. He is the chief strategist of Brand Management & Promotions, LLC. He

has been a senior faculty member for Landmark Education for more than 10 years and leads a communication course throughout the world. He and his wife live in Boca Raton, Fla.

David E. Jones gave the keynote address at the 2011 California Working Families Policy Summit, Jan. 12, 2011. Dave is insurance commissioner for the State of California. He lives in Sacramento with his wife, Kim Flores, and their two children.

Jennifer Schmidt Young and her husband, John, announce the birth of their daughter, Cassidy Young, Aug. 16, 2010. Cassidy joins brother Elijah, 2. Jennifer’s address is P. O. Box 221, Central Lake, MI 49622. Jennifer’s e-mail address is [email protected].

James L. Weingartner, a colonel in the United States Air Force, is serving a one-year deployment to Baghdad, Iraq, as director of the Joint Counterintelligence Unit. Upon

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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011 – Class of 1981Row1:Victoria“Vicky”A.Urban,Margaret“Peggy”A.Busard,Cynthia“Cindy”KellyMcCarthy,PamelaL.Zdunek,Constance“Connie”ZearbaughMcCall, Susan Williams Coates, Jill Tanner Kamman, Dr. Barry F. Krieble, William “Bill” B. Sharkey. Row. 2: Dr. Nancy R. Baird, Beth Stewart Barrett, Karen Albert Frankenberg, Pamela Miller Crain, Melissa Phillips Meyer, Kim Klinger Butler, Stephanie Craft Salsich, Alison Mason Heyde, David B. Heyde, John P. Woods. Row 3: James E. Funk, Robert S. Martino Jr., Julia D. Terhune, Elizabeth Rogers Church, Susan Campbell Thews, Rosalyn Schneider Kesan, David J. Brandvik, Carol Hohlfelder Roth, Laura L. Laughlin. Row 4: Martha B. Pennington, Jill Taubensee Havey, Marsha Brown Webster, Joseph J. Atria, W. Michael Davidson, Robert A. Farris, Robert “Bob” P. Janowski, Jack D. Sutton, Jacob “Jake” R. Jackson. Row 5: Jody Tweed Gullifor, Marcie Stults Vormohr, Nancy Krebs Riggs, Julianna “Julie” Schwarz McCormack, Robert B. Baker, Bruce D. Donaldson, Jeffery B. Conner, George R. Geiger, David G. Stringfellow. Row 6: Leigh Ann MacKenzie Dolan, Wendy Putnam Pierce, Vicky Martin Hime, Margaret Thomson Kelsey, Deanna Downey Compton, Lee McCarty Fruhling, Carilee Phillips O’Banion, Priscilla Hader Rose, John R. Norris, Greg O’ Herren, Randy M. Pavlick. Row 7: Susan Gallion Ball, Nancy Sommer Gariepy, Sarah Dewart Morrison, Carol Warner Golder, Marian Blew Roberson, Ann Flickinger Higley, Nancy Schumacher Stream, Marco L. DeLucio, Maureen Thomure Emoff, Mary Powell Nelson, Anne K. Smith.


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completion of his tour, he will begin advanced Arabic training at the Joint Military Attache School for his next assignment at the United States Embassy in Doha, Qatar. Jim’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, left.)

1985Lucius “Luke” E. Reese was the March 3,

2011, speaker for The Robert C. McDermond Lecture Series. Luke is managing director of Winona Capital Management in Chicago.

Alice H. Ripley, a Broadway actress, made her Chicago concert debut at Stage 773, May 2, 2011. Her show was titled “Daily Practice: The Acoustic Sessions” and featured acoustic songs from both the rock and Broadway catalogs.

Sheryl Smith Hays is national program manager with OmniSource Marketing Group in Indianapolis.

1986Tamara Lewis Lynch is a member of

the ownership team of Swartz, Retson & Company in Merrillville, Ind. Tammy oversees the tax function for clients of the firm.

Bryant L. Orem, a Hamilton County (Ind.) sheriff’s deputy, was honored by the Noblesville (Ind.) Chamber of Commerce for service to the community in January 2011. He was cited as a “driving force behind the success of the Hamilton County Citizen’s Academy.” Orem serves as a DARE instructor for local fifth-grade students, teaching about the dangers of alcohol and drug use. He works with the sheriff’s department’s bike patrols, instructs emergency vehicle operations and is a member of the Crisis Response Team.

James K. Simonian has been named associate judge for Lake County Circuit Court in Illinois.

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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011 – Class of 1986Row 1: Dean A. Burch ’87, Mart G. McClellan, Kenneth “Ken” L. West, Blake T. Myers, Brian Gourley, Charles “Charley” F. Meyer, Jill Roberson McNay, D. Scott Looney, Susan Hohlfelder Ferreri, Kerry Leatham Hands, Tracy Spier Osborn. Row 2: Theresa “Terri” McCann Bagley, E. Parker Hays Jr., Robin J. Clark, Angela “Angie” Arihood Sleeman, Karen Krukowski Hickman, Michael “Mike” Schmidt, Carl P. Singer Jr., Bradley “Brad” J. Santeler, Jennifer Koffend Santeler, Stacey Kamps-Brzegowy. Row 3: Dr. Cathy A. Bryant, James “Jim” E. McNichols, Dr. Jennifer L. Vesper, Jonathan A. Orr, Judith Hinshaw Semilota, Lisa Turner Schmidt, Sharon Sandbo Hayes, Dana C. Hayes Jr., Joni L. Merriam, Kristin Breen Cloonan. Row 4: Gene R. Thiem, Thomas “Scott” Arrington, John P. Tull, James “Jim” N. Stephens, Vincent “Bud” P. Truax III, John R. Bruch, Jessica Lumsden Ruppert, Peter G. Ruppert, Kimberly “Kim” Whetzel-Whitman, Marilyn Miller Monahan. Row 5: Linda Lischka Olson, Sharon L. Heinrich, Dr. Vivien J. Dorsey, Jay F. Stutz, Breton “Bret” A. Schoch, Mark R. Koenig, Stephen “Steve” C. Denison, Ingrid Johnson Serio, Deanne Behm Nicholson, Dr. Christopher S. Nicholson. Row 6: Dr. Maureen Hill Watson, Susan “Susie” Cramer Schacht, Sydney LaMothe McManus, Anne Christy Ballentine, Jeffery R. Ballentine, Candance “Candy” Hedberg DeBarger, Patricia “Michel” Williams Hauser, Deborah “Debbie” Hardy Ruckstaetter, Susan Naftzger Leinbach, Catherine Biggs Kaster, Charles M. Boesel. Row 7: Nicholas “Nick” S. Linardos, Dr. Raymond “Ray” G. Piedmonte, Joseph “Joe” B. Vanderkolk, Dave J. Macknick Thomas E. Grooms, Phillip “Phil” J. Troyer, Leisa Stark Merrell, Jill Slivka Forbes, Laura Keeler Bergquist, Susan “Dennie” Eaton Yianakopolos, John H. Hauser, M. Nader Sharifi.

James L. Weingartner ’84


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1987Rebecca J. Brothers received the Greater

Greencastle (Ind.) Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year award. Becky is a South Putnam (Ind.) High School guidance counselor.

Rebecca Fleming Calwell is editor of e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org., which is a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council. Becky’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Brian L. Harmon is superintendent of Indiana’s North Gibson School Corporation.

Terry R. Myers is editor of Painting. Terry is associate professor of painting and drawing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a writer, educator and independent curator and a regular contributor to numerous international journals, including Art Review, Parkett and Modern Painters. (See Recent Words, page 31.)

1988Shannon Gath Forsell released a new

compact disc of Hoagy Carmichael songs, The Nearness of You. Shannon is managing director of the Cabaret at the Columbia Club in Indianapolis.

Lisa Marquette Porat is president and chair of the Association of Oncology Social Work.

She is a member of the board of directors of the American Psychosocial Oncology Association. Lisa is president of ILP Solutions, Inc., a healthcare communications and management consulting firm in Indianapolis. She, her husband and their daughter live in Indianapolis.

Matthew L. Moodhe is a managing principal of Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit, a Chicago area law firm. Matthew concentrates his practice on condominium, townhouse and homeowner association law and litigation.

1989Jay S. Hosler, an award-winning biology

teacher, is author of Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth. Jay is an associate professor of biology at Juniata College in Huntington, Pa.

David C. Kimbell is vice president of marketing for Chicago-based wireless carrier U.S. Cellular.

Jennifer Thrasher Lorsung is author of a collection of poems, Cape of Leaves, published under the name of Jennifer McBride. Jennifer has published four non-fiction books under the name of Jenni Lorsung, including The Parents’ Guide to Boys’ Lacrosse and Help! My Daughter Wants to Play Lacrosse.

Joseph E. Ukrop is co-owner of Lift Caregiving, an online company that assists

family members and others who care for aging parents or relatives.

Heather K. Unruh was honored, June 1, 2011, at a gala benefiting the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center for her strides in the fight against cancer. Heather is the evening news anchor at Boston’s WCVB-TV.

1990Andrea Heslin Smiley is president of VMS.

She was The Robert C. McDermond Center Lecture Series speaker, Feb. 17, 2011.

David B. Lawrence is president and chief executive officer of the Arts Council of Indianapolis. He was among those listed in “Who’s Who in Hospitality,” published in Indianapolis Business Journal.

1991DePauw Sigma Chis, from the classes

of 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1993, traveled to Clemson University, Jan. 29, 2011, to watch Bradley R. Brownell (coach) and the Clemson Tigers defeat Florida State to take their record to 15-6 for the year. (See photo, next page.)

Whitney Freeman Tschan earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Illinois School of Professional Psychology. She is completing a postdoctoral fellowship in

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neuropsychology and child and family therapy at a private practice in a Chicago suburb. Whitney’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Heather A. Hitchens is executive director of the American Theatre Wing, a not-for-profit organization best known for creating the Tony Awards.

Jay B. O’Neal and his wife, Leslye, announce the birth of their daughter, Sophia Jane O’Neal, April 19, 2010. Jay’s e-mail address is [email protected].

1992Holly Adams Bailey is president of

Associated General Contractors of Illinois. She is president of Howell Asphalt Company and senior vice president of Howell Paving Inc. in Mattoon, Ill.

Angela M. Britton is executive director of marketing services for TriHealth in Avondale, Ohio.

Thomas L. Cooley, a tenor, performed Berlioz’s Requiem, Feb. 13, 2011, at New York City’s Carnegie Hall. On Feb. 18 and 19, 2011, he performed Joseph Haydn’s The Creation with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

Karen M. Kennedy is artistic director for Master Chorale of South Florida.

Patrick A. Lane is vice president and co-owner of Party Dots USA. He heads the corporate sales and distribution department

as well as being exclusive distributor for the United States, Canada and Mexico. Patrick lives in Dyer, Ind., with his sons Cameron, 12, and Casey, 8. His e-mail address is [email protected].

1993Katherine L. Farnsworth is co-author of

River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean: A Global Synthesis. Katherine is assistant professor in

the department of geoscience at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She received a grant from the National Geographic Society to support a research project for a survey of the Black River Bay in the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. She and her co-recipient of the grant will try to find and identify two shipwrecks from the War of 1812. (See Recent Words, page 32).

Kevin S. Gebbia and his wife, Lisa, announce the birth of their daughter, Juliana Maria Gebbia, Feb. 14, 2011. They live in Davidsonville, Md.

Troy Noard, managing director of Frontenac Company LLC in Chicago, was speaker for The Robert C. McDermond Center Lecture Series, March 10, 2011.

Thomas P. Rechtin lives with his wife, Maria, and son, Lukas, 5, in Dallas, Pa. He is coordinator of writing at Misericordia University where he teaches courses in writing, literature and creative writing. His poetry chapbook, Traces, was published by Pudding House Press. Tom’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See Recent Words, page 32.)

1994Kyle P. Ham and Katherine Stolarz were

married June 19, 2010, in Havre De Grace,


Sigma Chi alumni visit Bradley R. Brownell ’91 as he coaches the Clemson Tigers, Jan. 29, 2011. Those attending included Mark A. Hudson ’92, Chris A. Magee ’91, Scott L. Rink ’91, Richard J. Ashton ’91, Charles A. Compton ’89, Jon S. Stutz ’91, William J. Beggs ’89, John C. Stadler ’92, Christopher J. Kosobud ’91, Christopher T. Jones ’93 and Chad D. Royer ’92.

Kyle P. Ham ’94 and Katherine Stolarz wedding. DePauw alumni and friends attending the wedding included Richard Daley, Sarah Albright Daley ’95, Barbara Timm (DePauw part-time assistant professor of art), Steven R. Timm (John Rabb Emison Professor of Creative and Performing Arts, professor of communication and theatre and chair of the communication and theatre department at DePauw), Ivan J.M. Villasboa ’93, Kevin M. Miller ’94, Sara Toole Miller ’96, Mark R. Harbaugh ’94, Jason W. Kistler ’94, Brian O. Harvey ’94 and Kiera Kistler Dubach ’98.


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Md. Kyle is a producer and editor of digital media for Discovery in Silver Spring, Md. Kyle’s e-mail address is [email protected]. Kathy is an osteopathic medical student studying family practice. (See photo, previous page.)

Audra Keitt Davis is a founding partner of her own consulting firm, Davis and Associates. She is an organizational p s y c h o l o g i s t and offers career coaching and human resources

services to businesses, nonprofits and government clients. Audra was named one of the Nashville (Tenn.) Leaders Under 40 by Nashville Business Journal. (See photo, above.)

Daniel L. and Katherine (Gouthro) Kiley announce the birth of their daughter, Frances Olivia Kiley, May 14, 2010. Frances joins brothers Jude 6, and Rafe, 4, at their home in Cincinnati. Katherine’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Christopher W. Naylor is a trustee of Investor Protection Trust (IPT). IPT is a national nonprofit organization devoted to providing objective information needed by investors to

make informed investment decisions.Sonya M. Tilghman is vice president and

community reinvestment act manager for Fifth Third Bank in Pittsburgh. Sonya is a member of the boards of the Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project, Pittsburgh Cares and the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh.

Stephanie A. Wagner is one of two neuro-oncologists in Indiana. She is co-medical director for Indiana University Simon Cancer Center’s neuro-oncology program. She is assistant professor of clinical medicine for Indiana University School of Medicine at the cancer center and at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

Edward S. Walker sold his private dental practice in Carbondale, Colo., and joined the United States Public Health Service. He and his wife, Errin, moved to southern Oregon where Edward accepted a position with the Klamath American Indian tribe.

1995Jason A. Asbury led more than 300 singers

from eight Essex County (N.J.) choirs in a Sing Out!, March 6, 2011, at the Newark Museum’s Engelhardt Court. The event was to highlight and celebrate the diversity that can be found in New Jersey. Jason is music director of Prospect Presbyterian Church in Maplewood, N.J.

Heath W. Beaver and his wife, Mindy, live in Lyons, Colo. Heath is a sonographer with Boulder Community Hospital. Mindy is a physician with Longmont Clinic. Heath’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Riley R. Robbins is vice president of development for Krasnow Productions, a reality television production company. Riley’s recent television commissions include a 10- episode order for the show Searching For ... on the new Oprah Winfrey Network as well as a pilot for the show Family Bonding.

1996Rebecca J. Clout lives at 3935 E. Rough

RiderRoad,Unit1151,Phoenix,AZ85050.She returned to the United States after living in Australia since 2002. She would enjoy hearing from her DePauw classmates. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

Sigrid M. Garavito and her husband, Victor Elliott, announce the birth of their son, Seraph Lucian Elliott, April 27, 2011. Seraph joins brother Eros, 3, at their home in Chicago. Sigrid is an account director in a Chicago-based food marketing agency, Alfred Kato Marketing. Victor is a creative director for UX/UI Consultant for Avanade. Sigrid’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Bonnie Grimes Flater and her husband,

Audra Keitt Davis ’94

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Shane, announce the birth of their daughter, Addison Jean Flater, June 3, 2010. Bonnie’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Amy (Houston) and Christopher B. Oler ’95 announce the birth of their daughter, Molly Christine Oler, Feb. 4, 2011.

David C. Wolf was selected to Boulder County Business Report’s 40 Under Forty Class of 2011. The class was selected per the nominee’s organizational impact, volunteer and philanthropic commitment and community leadership. David is chief investment officer and chief operating officer of BSW Wealth Partners, an independent wealth advisory firm. He serves on the board of the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business, where he funded an annual scholarship for first-generation college students. He is a member of the CU Real Estate Council and received the 2009 Leeds Young Alumni Service award. He and his wife, Norie Kizaki, live in Boulder, Colo.

1997Melinda Birger Devany and her husband,

Don, announce the birth of their daughter, Anna Marguerite Devany, March 7, 2011. Anna joins brother Ethan, 6, at 2480 Quail Court, Aurora, IL 60502. Melinda’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Carrie Clogg and Joshua Barlage announce the birth of their son, Charles Martin Barlage, Nov. 2, 2010. Charles joins brother Samuel, 3, at their home in Des Moines, Iowa. Carrie is executive director of Civic Music Association. Carrie’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Morgan L. Wilson is assistant professor of dermatology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill.

W. Hunter Wolbach and his wife, Hillary, announce the birth of their daughter, Katherine Bird Wolbach, Feb. 16, 2011. They live in Mission Hills, Kan. Hunter’s e-mail address is [email protected].

1998Gilbert J. Duran is press secretary for the

governor’s office in California. Melinda Kissinger Peterson and her husband,

Brian, announce the birth of their son, Lukas Gardner Peterson, Oct. 30, 2010. Lukas joins sister Olivia, 3. Mindy is a music specialist in the Bloomington Public Schools in Minnesota. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

Jennifer Miller Grable and her husband, Christopher, announce the birth of their son, Riley Jacob Grable, April 19, 2010. They live in Charlestown, Ind. Jennifer earned a master’s degree in social work and is a licensed clinical social worker. She is an intake clinician at Wellstone Regional Hospital. Her e-mail address is jennifer_grable.yahoo.com.

Dr. F. Ryan Prall is assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Ericka Parkinson Kilbourne is pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Michigan City, Ind. She is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry program at McCormick Theological Seminary.

Sara E. Shade is managing partner of the law firm Beasley & Gilkison LLP in Muncie, Ind. Sara received a Community Leadership Award from DePauw in 2008.

Molly Wilkinson Chavers and her husband, Adam, announce the birth of their daughter, Louise Ann Chavers, Feb. 7, 2011. Molly is executive director of Indy-Hub in Indianapolis. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

1999Anna (Eidson) and Ryan C. Palmer

announce the birth of their daughter, Audrey Dianne Palmer, April 12, 2011. Audrey joins sister Caroline, 3.

Elizabeth English Eckert and her husband, Kevin, announce the birth of their son, Miles English Eckert, Feb. 27, 2011. They live in Indianapolis. Liz is a financial adviser with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

Edward M. Garnes Jr. is recipient of the Chozen Award for Motivator of the Year. The award is presented as a way to inspire, impact and empower the Greater Atlanta community in honor of the city’s unsung heroes. Ed is founder of From Afros to Shelltoes, a grass roots, community-based organization which uses art as a tool of empowerment.

Cheryl A. Gonzalez is an associate attorney with Baker & Daniels LLP in Indianapolis. Cheryl specializes in environmental law.

Ramona M. Harvey is the author of a book of poetry, Unclipped Wings.

Lynn Martin DeHoyos and her husband,

Sergio, announce the birth of their daughter, Caroline “Callie” Rose DeHoyos, Nov. 5, 2010. Callie joins sister Sophia, 1, at their home in Chicago. Lynn is director of constituent events at the headquarters of the Alzheimer’s Association. She oversees the nationwide Walk to End Alzheimer’s program to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s research, care and support. Lynn’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Nichole Nicholson Wilson is one of Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 for 2011. Nichole is director of rehabilitation and sports medicine for Community Health Network in Indianapolis.

2000Amber M. Bowers is the 2011 president

of the Greater Greencastle (Ind.) Chamber of Commerce. Amber is a photographer living in Greencastle.

Monica Brownewell Smith is a partner in the Indianapolis law firm of Barnes & Thornburg LLP. Monica works in the firm’s litigation department and concentrates her practice in complex commercial lawsuits and

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Analisa C. Oviedo ’00 and Gregory M. Spicer wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jennifer Murman Rolfsrud ’00, Amanda L. Miller ’00, Deborah Perez Vohs ’99 and Andrea L. Dillon ’00.


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construction litigation matters. She is vice chair of the board of trustees for the Indiana chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Grant L. Jenkins is a vice president and private banker for J.P. Morgan. Grant lives in Indianapolis and is a board member for Indiana Living Green, Humane Society of Indianapolis and DePauw’s Old Gold Alumni Council.

Analisa C. Oviedo and Gregory M. Spicer were married, Dec. 18, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, where they live. Analisa’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, previous page.)

Jennifer E. Vance is one of Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 for 2011. She is founder of LeadJen, which provides sales leads and prospecting support to business sales and marketing executives. She was The Robert C. McDermond Center Lecture Series speaker, March 29, 2011.

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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011 – Class of 2001Row 1: Katherine M. McCleary, Eileen Emison Booth, Jennifer “Jenn” M. Williams, Angela “Angela” Dusendschon Davis, Jennifer Randall Knox, Dr. Megan Horine Leivant, Laura Tharp Brim, Sara Bell Clifford, Dr. Christine Dugan Adams. Row 2: Melinda Marglous Maas, Deana J. Rybak, Christopher “Chris” Ryan Fleck, Shavonne Rene Johnson, Greta Smith Murphy, Holly Klunk Carollo, Laura Gisel Miller, Angela Jo McCord, Colin Richard Smith. Row. 3: Andrew “Andy” E. Deffenbaugh, Frederick M. Crampton, Aaron E. Booth, Alison Lee Miller, Sarah Mae Love, Nicholas “Nick” B. Bowles, David “Dave” P. Simon, Daniel “Dan” R. Klemencic, Joy M. Duginske. Row 4: Ryan Scott Winkler, Mason N. Floyd, Felix P.Yau, Joseph “Joe” L. McTaggart, Brandon A. Emkes, Andrea “Annie” W. John, Alana Keilman, Matthew “Matt” J. Pritchard, Stephen Luke Flory. Row 5: Molly Carrell Pierce, Bradley A. Pierce, Sarah Smith Moore, Tara McKillip Bautista, Molly Mugge-Cozza, Nancy L. Nicely, Jeffery Alan Small, Derron M. Harris, Phillip L. Smith. Row 6: Leslie A. Nolan, Lawren K. Mills, Lindsay Borcherding-Miller, Keith R. Miller, David Ryan Phillips, Daniel O. Jones, Benjamin “B.J.” Griswold, John N. Rooks Jr., James “Jimmy” Robert Monaghan.

Angela M. Dusendschon ’01 and Nathan C. Davis wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Laura Tharp Brim ’01 (bridesmaid), D. Ryan Phillips ’01, Jennifer M. Williams ’01, Melissa A. Llano ’05, Melinda S. Haag ’81, April Myers Moore ’01, Alison N. Krebs ’01, Jennifer Randall Knox ’01, Derek D. Sumpter ’01 and Michelle L. Evans ’01.


2001Lora Alvey Perry and her husband, Tracy,

announce the birth of their daughter, Regan Charlotte Perry, Aug. 18, 2010. Regan joins brother Nathaniel James, 2. Lora is an ob/gyn physician with Partners in Women’s Health in Evansville, Ind.

Angela M. Dusendschon and Nathan C. Davis were married July 3, 2010, in Indianapolis. They live in Indianapolis. (See photo, previous page.)

Matthew E. Fink is a member of the law firm of Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones PLC in Grand Rapids, Mich. Matt practices in the areas of energy and natural resources, zoning and land use planning.

Michael A. McKinney and Jill E. Garrison ’02 were married July 10, 2010, in Indianapolis. Mike is assistant principal at Westfield Intermediate School and Shamrock Springs Elementary School in Westfield, Ind. Jill is a counselor at Christel House Academy in Indianapolis. They live in Indianapolis. Mike’s e-mail address is [email protected]. Jill’s e-mail is [email protected]. (See photo, top left.)

Holly Richards Polites and her husband, Mike, announce the birth of their son, Benjamin Marc Polites, Dec. 20, 2010. They live in Speedway, Ind. Holly’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Garrett J. Smith and Mary E. Murrill ’03 were married Aug. 21, 2010, in Chicago. Garrett’s e-mail address is [email protected]. Mary’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, bottom left.)

Jennifer E. Van Hoozer and Brian Hutson were married Nov. 21, 2003. They live at 1594 White Ash Drive, Carmel, IN 46033. Jennifer’s e-mail address is [email protected].

2002Lindsay A. Blair and James D. Marsh were

married Aug. 21, 2010. (See photo, top next page.)

Jill E. Garrison and Michael A. McKinney ’01 were married July 10, 2010, in Indianapolis. Jill is a counselor at Christel House Academy in Indianapolis. Mike is assistant principal at Westfield Intermediate School and Shamrock Springs Elementary School in Westfield, Ind. They live in Indianapolis. Jill’s e-mail address is [email protected]. Mike’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, top left.)

Shawn S. Odle is an account executive with Richard Harrison Bailey/The Agency,

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Jill E. Garrison ’02 and Michael A. McKinney ’01 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jesse S. McKinney ’99 (groomsman), Brian R. Garrison ’00 (groomsman), Leslie Oesterle Boeckel ’01, Natalie Emge Raben ’02 (bridesmaid), Katherine Tapke McNeely ’02 (bridesmaid), Emily Jakubisin Burford ’02, Laura McCammack McCarthy ’02 (bridesmaid), Jessica L. Lange ’02 (bridesmaid), Kristen A. Magnes ’00, Candace Frates Garrison ’00 (bridesmaid), Gail Miller Garrison ’73, Aubrey E. Brandt ’01 (bridesmaid), Lindsay A. Cornelius ’02 (bridesmaid), Rebecca Collevechio Applegate ’02, Christina McKelfresh Hoskins ’02, Georgia G. Scanlan ’02, Joseph W. Schoen ’01, Matthew B. Baird ’01, Jess D. Riefe ’01, Jennifer Geary Riefe ’01, Natalie L. Dressel ’06, Adam C. McNeely ’02, Kyle A. Applegate ’01, Melissa Reinke Simon ’02, Andrew G. Giles ’01, Elizabeth Ephraim Davis ’02, Beau T. Davis ’03, Jason M. Lee ’02, Chad J. Ashcraft ’01, John P. Pertile ’01, Michael E. Harmon ’03, Sean K. Lewis ’02, David B. Gifford ’01, Joseph M. Faires ’01 and Mark R. Boeckel ’01.

Mary E. Murrill ’03 and Garrett J. Smith ’01 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jane Gowland Mahoney ’03, Alfredo Marrero ’02, Ryan K. Mahoney ’03, Brent M. Scott ’03, Jeremy M. Rust ’03, Elizabeth Donahue Jones ’03, Sarah Brinlee Fink ’04, Andrea Pietrocarlo Marrero ’01, Julia R. Moen ’03, Ashley E. Hedges ’03, Kaeley Lynch Ritterskamp ’01, Zachary A. Szilagyi ’01, Shane M. Ledford ’01, David E. Schlecht ’76, Sarah Finney Eder ’03, Michael C. Field ’02, Anne Plymate Field ’03, Kristin Dovenmuehle Harmon ’03, Ashley Pierce Pertile ’03, Katelyn E. O’Reilly ’03, Tanya Schmitter Mayer ’03, Elizabeth Ephraim Davis ’02, Adele Tressler Davis ’67, Julie Wood Russell ’03, Sandra McDermond Wood ’61, Lisa M. Goecke ’01, Bradley T. Camden ’01, Jeffrey A. Jones ’03, Jack M. Maniscalco ’03, Guillermo “Will” H. Amezcua ’03, Troy A. DeBord ’02, Scott K. Shelbourne ’03, D. Joseph Fink Jr. ’01, Adam B. Galloway ’01, John P. Pertile ’01, Beau T. Davis ’03 and James W. Wood ’59.


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a marketing consultancy serving non-profits and specializing in higher education. P r e v i o u s l y , Shawn was assistant director of admission at DePauw. (See photo, right.)

Michael W. Howland is boys’ basketball coach at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Ill., his high school alma mater.

Jessica (Olson) and Nathan M. Moch ’03 announce the birth of their son, Ian Michael Moch, Dec. 9, 2010. They live in Seattle. Jessica is a family therapist. Nathan is a productmanagerforZillow.com.

Palak M. Pandya and John T. Effinger ’03 were married Nov. 14, 2010, in Carmel, Ind. They live in Indianapolis. They announce the birth of their son, Raymond Balvart Effinger, Jan. 6, 2011. (See photo, left.)

Melissa Reinke Simon was recipient of a heart transplant in June 2007, which gave her an opportunity for a healthy future. She watched as DePauw alumni and nearly 4,000 other participants took part in Chicago’s world-class stair climb, the Hustle up the Hancock, March 23, 2011. Melissa did take part in the stair climb last year and was greeted at the top by the parents who donated their daughter’s organs. This year Melissa’s husband, David P. Simon ’01, made the climb to honor his wife and the organ donor. Melissa’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, bottom left.)

Russell R. Sumner is the head football coach at Indiana’s Danville High School.

2003Megan L. Bevington and Wesley T.

Thornhill ’04 were married July 3, 2010, in Indianapolis. Megan is a speech language pathologist for Rehabilitation Hopsital of Indiana. Wes works in corporate insurance sales for The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. They live in Indianapolis. Megan’s e-mail address is [email protected]. Wes’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, top next page.)

Lindsay Bush Zeckel and her husband,Adam, announce the birth of their son, Simon Liam Zeckel, Dec. 26, 2010. They live inCarmel, Ind.

John T. Effinger and Palak M. Pandya ’02

Lindsay A. Blair ’02 and James D. Marsh wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included William F. Kneeland Jr. ’71, Jennifer Tarbox Boodro ’02, Edward B. Blair Jr. ’71 (father of the bride), Kara B. Smith ’02 and John P. Seib ’02.

Shawn S. Odle ’02

Palak M. Pandya ’02 and John T. Effinger ’03 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Chris R. Schonegg ’06, Kathleen Sorensen ’03, Elise M. DeCamp ’05, Nicole N. Long ’02, Caroline Wadsworth Johnson ’03, Adam C. Webb ’05, Jonathon D. Day ’04, Daniel R. Ahlgren ’04, Kelly Luurtsema Mathis ’04, Benjamin J. Mathis ’05, Tina Flispart Ahlgren ’05, Jeffery M. Cowden ’02 and Jennifer May Morse ’01. Also attending but not pictured was Matthew P. Galasso ’06.

DePauw alumni at Chicago’s Hustle up the Hancock, a world-class stair climb. They included Susan Scott Simon ’74, David P. Simon ’01, Melissa Reinke Simon ’02 (present but not participating), Benjamin G. Elrod ’98, Daniel R. Klemencic ’01, Kathryn M. Simon ’07 and Flex P. Yau ’01.



were married Nov. 14, 2010, in Carmel, Ind. They live in Indianapolis. They announce the birth of their son, Raymond Balvart Effinger, Jan. 6, 2011. (See photo, previous page.)

Nathan M. and Jessica (Olson ’02) Moch announce the birth of their son, Ian Michael Moch, Dec. 9, 2010. They live in Seattle. NathanisaproductmanagerforZillow.com.Jessica is a family therapist.

Mary E. Murrill and Garrett J. Smith ’01 were married Aug. 21, 2010, in Chicago. Mary’s e-mail address is [email protected]. Garrett’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, page 56.)

Jon R. Rogers and his wife, Kelli, announce the birth of their twins, Harper Amelia Kae Rogers and Colton Augustus Robert Rogers, March 21, 2011. Jon is a law clerk for the Indiana Supreme Court. Kelli is a teacher at Carmel (Ind.) High School. They live in Noblesville, Ind. Jon’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Jessica E. Schaab and Joseph Egloff were married Oct. 23, 2010, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Jessica’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, below right.)

Alexander “Alex” R. Walsh is chief executive officer of Lithium Exploration Group.

2004Matthew J. Arient is a member of the

Board of Trustee Associates of North Central College in Naperville, Ill. In 2011 Matt was named to the board of directors of Intuit, The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago. He serves on the Union League Club of Chicago Art Committee. Matt works at PepsiCo in Barrington, Ill., in the sales finance department. He lives in Chicago.

Margaret N. Doherty is a member of the 2011 United States Telemark Regional Ski Team. Maggie will compete as a telemark ski racer in the 2011 World Cup Series in Europe.

Benjamin G. Marston is associate director of client leadership for the DunnhumbyUSA Cincinnati office. (See photo, right.)

Andrew P. McCaslin is assistant women’s

Megan L. Bevington ’03 and Wesley T. Thornhill ’04 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Aaron L. Drake ’04 (best man), John S. Gergely ’04 (best man), Ross B. Fleck ’04 (groomsman), Tara Bevington Fleck ’03 (matron of honor), Matthew J. Kleymeyer ’04 (groomsman), Andrea Speller Kleymeyer ’06, Arthur D. Fisher Jr. ’04 (usher), Kodie K. Bonebrake ’04, Jonathan R. Taylor ’04 (usher), Katherine M. Nicolson ’04, Union M. Williams ’04 (usher), Rebekah L. Gebhard ’06, Bradford T. Wochomurka ’04 (usher), Kristin Damrau Dulaney ’03 (bridesmaid), Courtney R. Sayther ’03 (bridesmaid), Michael E. Harmon ’03, Brigid M. Roche ’03, Jill Schneider Glover ’03, Leslie A Haas ’03, Anna Riefe Curran ’03, Gina James Meierbachtol ’03, Melanie Ellett Foster ’03, Sarah B. Bennett ’04, Jon-Jon Knepp ’98, Jennifer Aiken Knepp ’00, A. Morgan Cope Little ’03, Sarah Smith Moore ’01, Marissa Gee Kopp ’03, Jason C. Walker ’03, Britney Rose Walker ’03, Elizabeth Ephraim Davis ’02, Beau T. Davis ’03, Michelle L. Rhodes ’05 and Kyle L. Allen ’04.

Jessica E. Schaab ’03 and Joseph Egloff wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Lydia J. Butler ’03, Kristin K. Morris ’02, Anastasia S. Argoe ’03, Emily C. Gage ’03, Peter M. Bernstein ’03, Marisa Myers Bernstein ’03, Jennifer Watts Barrie ’03, Kathryn Rudolph Diekhoff ’03, Sean M. Barrie ’03, Bethany Bailey Abercrombie ’03 (matron of honor), Jennifer K. Nielsen ’02, Jane C. Becker ’03 (bridesmaid), Brooke Barbee ’03, Caroline A. Philipchuck ’03, Suzanne M. Barnes ’03 and Amanda H. Miller ’03.Benjamin G. Marston ’04




soccer coach at Western Michigan University. Jamie T. Wilson and Andy Young were

married April 30, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. Jamie’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, above.)

2005John “Jack” F. Avery III, who is completing

study for a M.B.A. degree at the University of Arkansas, was the presenter for a University of Arkansas team, cycleWood Solutions, that won first place and a $1,500 award in the Fast Pitch category of the Brown-Forman Cardinal Challenge Business Plan Competition held Feb. 18-19, 2011, at the University of Louisville. Jack is a member of the DePauw Alumni Board of Directors.

Kiel A. Bowen is an associate with the law firm of Moore & Van Allen in Charlotte, N.C. Kiel works in the financial services practice group.

Ryan J. F e n s t e r m a k e r is assistant vice president at 1st Source Bank in South Bend, Ind. (See photo, left.)

Kenneth L. Finley and Beth M. Polin ’08 were married June 12, 2010, in Evansville,

Ind. They live in Columbus, Ohio. Kenneth’s e-mail address is [email protected]. Beth’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, page 61.)

Morgan R. May is a board-certified therapist. She is music therapist at Bridges Of

Indiana in Terre Haute, Ind.,a human service agency dedicated to providing quality services for the aging population and individuals with disabilities.

Ian M. Stone graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic, December 2009. He opened CHAMP (chiropractic health and max performance) in Noblesville, Ind.

2006Sheena R. Arink and Justin E. Beierman

were married Sept. 4, 2010, in Defiance, Mo. Sheena’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, below.)

Christopher A. and Katherine (Bremer) Doran announce the birth of their daughter, Charlotte Mary Doran, Dec. 7, 2010. Chris is pursuing a doctoral degree in physics at the University of Iowa. Katy is a reading and language arts teacher at South East Junior High in Iowa City. They live in Iowa City. Chris’ e-mail address is [email protected]. Katy’s e-mail address is [email protected].

Kathleen A. Gutting and John F. Kelly were married May 8, 2010, in Valley Park, Mo. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Adam J. Devlin ’05, Claire Sorenson Devlin (bridesmaid), Emily Steele Duckworth (bridesmaid), J. Ryan Duckworth, Blair A.

Jamie T. Wilson ’04 and Andy Young wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Adria M. Haley ’04, Eric A. Wolfe ’04, June Javens Wolfe ’04, Amanda Riggs Klinger ’04, Christopher M. Zacny ’05, Heather Hansen Zacny ’04, Dayna M. Ingram ’04, Cynthia M. Geiger ’07 and Bethany G. Kelly ’04.

Ryan J. Fenstermaker ’05

Sheena R. Arink ’06 and Justin E. Beierman wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jessica L. Oesch ’06 (bridesmaid), Maggie C. Tresslar ’06 (bridesmaid), Brian J. Culp ’06, Shantelle Ransdell Salvitti ’05, Abigail Troutman Rom ’06, Gary R. Rom ’06, Ashley N. Hadler ’06, Phillip B. Mann Jr. ’06, Elizabeth M. Boyle ’09 and Troy A. Montigney ’09.



Loftspring, John C. Stephens and Whitney Long Stephens. Kathleen’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, left.)

Kye T. Hawkins received an Education Pioneers Graduate School Fellowship, which includes rigorous leadership training with K-12 public education. Kye is pursuing a master’s degree in education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Allison Moll Frounfelter, Susan S. Shim ’07 and Daniel B. Kress ’05 graduated from Indiana University School of Dentistry, May 14, 2011. (See photo, next page.)

Samantha J. Staples and Nicholas R. Dryden were married May 29, 2010, in St. Paul, Minn. (See photo, top next page.)

Emily J. Waldren was named public relations manager at The Field Museum in Chicago. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011 – Class of 2006AlumniattendingtheClassof2006reunionincluded:ZacharyW.Adams,AmyEshelmanAdams,WesleyM.Anderson,KerriP.Angel,ChadS.Arnold,JenniferZeserArnold,TiffanyBallard,ChristopherS.Bannister,KathrynMagillBannister,BrittanyN.Barber,MargaretMcCulloughBianco,JenniferL. Binkley, Robert A. Blau, Anthony J. Borgmann, Caitlin A. Brown, Melissa Trombley Bryn, Peter C. Burns, Daniel P. Butler, Catherine E. Calabro, Jennifer Fedchak Call, Chad A. Call, Helen Touchstone Carlson, Tiffany C. Carson, Nipun Chopra, Clayton A. Clark, Curran Clark Jr., Jonathan C. Coffin, Christian L. Cullen, Anne Daly, Adam G. D’Alton, Meghan E. DeFreeuw, Matthew J. Deahl, Jessica L. Dixon, Christopher A. Doran, Katherine Bremer Doran, Natalie L. Dressel, Stefanie A. Duncan, Ryan Wagner, Matthew J. Ehinger, Douglas J. Elsbeck, Jonathan D. Enenbach, Shawn M. Evans, Patrick P. Ferrini, Julie O. Fries, Rebekah L. Gebhard, Bradley T. Giordano, Kari L. Glazier, Brian S. Gooch, Sarah B. Good, Allison L. Grogan, Christina E. Guzik, La Donna Jo Hayden, Sara N. Hedrick, Joshua J. Heeg, John M. Hillenburg, Laura Strup Hillenburg, Andrew J. Hodge, Matthew G. Hodge, Lindsay E. Houin, Lowell M. Huffman, Mark A. Hultz, Julie Bubp Hummel, Chase L. Jonason, Tod M. Karpinski, Nicole Ma. Kernan, Robert R. Kiepura, Joel T. King, Andrea Speller Kleymeyer, Michael B. Knight, Katherine Todd La Beau, Martha A. Leader, Christina A. Leavy, Ryan S. Lett, Elizabeth A. Lewis, Mark J. Loomis, Graham A. Lukens, Janet Blandford Lukens, David W. Mack, Peter J. Makielski, Katie Jaskierski Maley, Lauren B. Mandelbaum, Katherine E. McFall, William H. Metzinger IV, Sara A. Meyer, William B. Coulter, John A. Michels, Sarah A. Miller, Brian G. Millis, P. J. Mitchell,RyanE.Nesbitt,AnneBurnettO’Neill,ChristineT.Pavlovich,AlexanderB.Penning,BenjaminR.Peters,ZacharyS.Pfister,SarahL.Plymate,Ryan J. Randolph, Lesley Rasp Raskin, Paul T. Raskin, Christopher C. Reams, William T. Reiners IV, Antony D. Rhine, Mary Jane Musca Ruff, Aliese A. Sarkissian, Dr. Benjamin E. Scherer, Amanda Arnold Schipp, Christopher R. Schonegg, Ashley E. Sewell, Emily Byers Shannon, Brenton A. Shultz, Emily Johnson Skeeters, Michael S. Stanek, Janis E. Steck, Ann J. Stringer, Jenny Baylor Swisher, Erin V. Szuch, Peter A. Taschenberger, Christopher H. Thiele, Michael P. Triplett, Jill Anderson Tweedie, Jennifer L. Wallace, Mark D. Webb, Sarah Ann Wurzburg.

2007Kathi Harland Harp is recipient of a

National Institutes of Health grant. The grant will allow Kathi to conduct sociological field research on substance abuse treatment programs for women and children. Kathi is a student at the University of Kentucky.

Brandon J. Horn graduated from Midwestern University in Chicago with a Doctor of O s t e o p a t h i c Medicine degree, May 2011. He accepted a position in a five-year Kathleen A. Gutting ’06 and John F. Kelly

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presented by the Franco-American Vocal Academy, Feb. 27, 2011, in Austin, Texas.

Evan M. Skarin and a group of developers were one of two winning teams in the second

annual Indie Game Challenge (IGC) for their game, Inertia. IGC is the largest independent game design competition in the world.

2010John R. Herrick has joined New Media

Broadcasters, a group of four radio stations in Havre, Mont. John will do play-by-play of sporting events.

2011Alia M. Hazel is program director for the

Vigo (Ind.) County Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Coalition.

Language and Area Studies Fellowship. Todd is a student at the University of Illinois College of Law.

Joseph A. Shadday, a tenor and May 2011 graduate of Maryland’s Opera Studio Program, placed third in the Grand Concours de Chant 2011 Laureats. The competition was

orthopedic surgery residency at Michigan State Universitywith Ingham Regional Medical Center in Lansing, Mich. (See photo, previous page.)

Susan S. Shim, Allison Moll Frounfelter ’06 and Daniel B. Kress ’05 graduated from the Indiana University School of Dentistry, May 14, 2011. (See photo, right.)

2008Rachel C. Henderson is a registered nurse.

She earned a second degree in nursing, BSN RN, from Indiana University. She lives in Chicago.

Laura A. Johnson is director of Leelanau Outdoor Center in northern Michigan.

Beth M. Polin and Kenneth L. Finley ’05 were married June 12, 2010, in Evansville, Ind. They live in Columbus, Ohio. Beth’s e-mail address is [email protected]. Kenneth’s e-mail address is [email protected]. (See photo, right.)

2009Matthew S. Reasoner is sales manager for

the Great Falls (Mont.) Voyagers, a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Chicago White Sox.

Todd J. Schmid is recipient of a Foreign

Allison Moll Frounfelter ’06, Susan S. Shim ’07 and Daniel B. Kress ’05

Samantha J. Staples ’06 and Nicholas R. Dryden ’06 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jenny Spors Hill ’06, Rebeca J. Martinez ’06, Iris L. Dooling ’06, Ann M. Seller ’06, Benjamin D. McKelfresh ’06, John L. Schomburg ’08, Ian B. Roosma ’05 and Daniel S. Solberg ’06.

Beth M. Polin ’08 and Kenneth L. Finley ’05 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Michelle M. Canak ’05, Brian S. Williams ’06, Daniel B. Matuszewski ’04, Brian C. Smith ’08, Ronald K. Holmberg ’54, Catherine A. Crossley ’08, Tracy E. Laramie ’08, Maura E. Schnoebelen ’08, Megan L. Walton ’08, Cynthia Brooks Holmberg ’56, Sheryl Householder Hambidge ’72, Robert L. Bruder ’05, Arnulfo Mendoza Jr. ’02, Morgan L. Price ’08 and Jessica A. Hemmelgarn ’08.

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education at UCLA and was author of books, articles, chapters, extensive reports, lectures and addresses at symposia. His survivors include his wife.

Anna Walker Schomer ’33, April 3, 2011, of Terre Haute, Ind., at the age of 98. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She was a homemaker as well as a high school teacher, retiring from teaching in 1974. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Esther White Boothe ’33, Dec. 29, 2010, of Frankfort, Ind., at the age of 97. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Her survivors include a granddaughter, Suzanne Lavelle Foley ’93.

Ruth Williamson O’Rear ’34, March 25, 2011, of Noblesville, Ind., at the age of 98. She was employed from 1946-73 with the Noblesville Post Office in various capacities, including assistant postmaster. She was preceded in death by her husband.

K. Stuart Gast ’35, Jan. 23, 2011, of Winamac, Ind., at the age of 98. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and was a Rector Scholar. He was an attorney and a partner in the law firm of Horner, McDowell and Gast. He served as Pulaski (Ind.) Circuit Court judge during the 1940s. He was preceded in death by his first, second and third wives.

Clarence W. Powell ’35, Dec. 3, 2010, in Long Beach, Calif., at the age of 98. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was a Rector Scholar. He was marketing manager for General Electric for 37 years, retiring in 1974. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Gilkinson Powell ’34, and his second wife.

Llois W. Affolter ’36, Dec. 22, 2010, of Burlington, Vt., at the age of 96. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He retired as president of A.E. Nettleton Company in Syracuse, N.Y. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Martin Affolter ’36; father-in-law, Otto T. Martin Class of 1907; uncle,Ottis T. Martin Class of 1908;cousin,Ottis T. Martin Jr. ’49;andsister-in-law, Margaret Martin Herbst ’32. His survivors include a son, Richard W. Affolter ’63, and niece, Judith Herbst Witters ’67.

Edna Albin Priest ’36, Feb. 18, 2011, of Sandwich, Ill, at the age of 95. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Thomas L. Karnes ’36, Dec. 11, 2010, in Chapel Hill, N.C., at the age of 96. He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the United States Air Force in 1974. He retired from

Arizona State University as history department chairman in 1984 after 16 years of service. He was preceded in death by his wife.

William W. McKittrick ’36, Dec. 25, 2010, in Chicago, at the age of 95. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was inducted into DePauw’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995. He was an attorney. Survivors include his wife.

Sarah Devol Monk ’38, March 15, 2011, of West Lafayette, Ind., at the age of 95. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Alice Banker Miles ’39, May 5, 2011, of Walnut Creek, Calif., at the age of 92. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Theta sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Rosemary Overturf Nussel Cox ’39, Jan. 21, 2011, of Camargo, Ill., at the age of 92. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was a real estate broker and owner of Nussel Real Estate in Villa Grove and Tuscola, Ill. She was preceded in death by her first husband.

Mary Snyder Hornbacker ’39, Feb. 12, 2011, in Auburn, Ind., at the age of 93. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Her survivors include a son, Timothy B. Hornbacker ’69.

Frederic C. Windoes ’39, March 21, 2011, of Fort Collins, Colo. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was superintendent of schools in Northern New Jersey as well as a professor of school administration at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind. His survivors include his wife.

Gerald W. Bruce ’40, Feb. 15, 2011, of Glenview, Ill., at the age of 92. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and was a Rector Scholar. He was a fellow and lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. He was a past member of DePauw’s Board of Visitors. He was recipient of DePauw’s Rector Award in 1990 and an Alumni Citation from DePauw in 2000. He retired as president of J.S. Berlin Printing & Lithographing Company in 1979. After retirement he established a private investing firm, Bruce Enterprises. Survivors include his wife.

Virginia Buchanan Grinnell ’40, March 26, 2011, in Littleton, Mass., at the age of 92. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Dr. Thomas E. Burney ’40, Jan. 16, 2011,

Margaret I. Johnson ’27, Feb. 23, 2011, in Fortville, Ind., at the age of 105. She was a memberofDeltaZetasorority.Sheretiredin1969 as dean of women at Sullins College in Bristol, Va. She was preceded in death by three sisters: Velma Johnson DeaKyne ’24, Bessie Johnson Baldwin ’23, Valeria Johnson Rhodes ’21, and brother-in-law, Russell E. Rhodes ’22. Her survivors include a niece, Elizabeth Rhodes Smith ’51, and nephew-in-law, John H. Smith ’48.

Agnes Roberts Hickman ’29, Feb. 26, 2011, of Oxford, Ind., at the age of 103. She was retired recorder for Benton County (Ind.). She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Marie Perkins Schwartz ’30, May 11, 2011, of Muncie, Ind., at the age of 103. She taught school in Ellettsville, Greencastle and Selma, Ind., and was a substitute teacher in Muncie, Ind., for several years. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Frieda Chidester Hunter Kuiper Adle ’33, Feb. 5, 2011, of Albuquerque, N.M., at the age of 99. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first, second and third husbands.

Julia Crawley Shumaker ’33, April 29, 2011, in Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 98. She wasamemberofDeltaZetasorority.Shewasa Latin, Spanish, French and English teacher at both the high school and university levels. She taught part-time at DePauw from 1947-56. From 1965-79 she taught Spanish and English for the Greencastle Community School Corporation. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur W. Shumaker ’34.

C. Robert Pace ’33, Feb. 5, 2011, in Arcata, Calif., at the age of 98. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was a professor emeritus of higher

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in McCordsville, Ind., at the age of 92. He was a member of Delta Chi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He was a physician in internal medicine in Lakewood, Ohio, for 59 years, retiring in 2002. He was preceded in death by his first and second wives. His survivors include a son, Bryan T. Burney ’71, and daughter-in-law, Virginia Hays Burney ’71.

Marion Gambell Milburn ’40, Feb. 19, 2011, of Arlington Heights, Ill., at the age of 93. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was a high school teacher and, later, a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband and brother, Karl V. Gambell Jr. ’38.

Rachel Waltz Heath ’40, Oct. 28, 2010, in Noblesville, Ind., at the age of 90. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She taught English at the Noblesville (Ind.) High School for 23 years. She was preceded in death by an uncle, Howard B. Waltz ’37. Her survivors include her husband and daughter, Marilyn Heath Johnson ’71.

Edwin E. Allen ’41, Feb. 22, 2011, of Westlake, Ohio, at the age of 91. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He was owner of Allen Pump Company. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Conrad Allen ’42.

Mary F. Johnston ’41, Dec. 7, 2010, of Stone Ridge, N.Y. at the age of 91. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a professional singer and, later, a music educator for 25 years in New York City public schools. Survivors include her partner, Melva J. Wade.

Mary Potter McDonald ’41, Sept. 1, 2009, in Goleta, Calif., at the age of 89. She was a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rolla E. McDonald ’38.

W. Harold Coleman ’42, April 15, 2011, in White Pigeon, Mich., at the age of 90. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He retired as an account manager from Bendix Corporation in 1982. His survivors include his wife.

Joan Downing Aydelott ’42, April 25, 2011, in Flagstaff, Ariz., at the age of 90. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was a music teacher in Indiana public schools from 1942-84. She was preceded in death by her husband;anddaughter,Deborah Aydelott ’72.

Richard H. Elliott ’42, Feb. 20, 2011, in Phoenix, at the age of 91. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He retired as a partner in the law firm of Carson, Messinger, Elliott, Laughlin & Ragan in 1992. He was precededindeathbyhiswife;father,Donald F. Elliott Class of 1909;andsister,Sally Elliott

’40. His survivors include a brother, Donald F. Elliott Jr. ’43;niece,Emily Elliott Browning ’84; nephew, Richard H. Elliott ’80; andniece-in-law, Anne Rock Elliott ’81.

Helen Hitchcock Richards ’42, Oct. 4, 2009, of Gurnee, Ill., at the age of 88. She was a travel agent and president of Ascot Travel Ltd.

Martha Roberts Ross ’42, Jan. 25, 2011, of South Burlington, Vt., at the age of 90. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tipton S. Ross ’42.

John F. Dewar ’43, Feb. 12, 2011, in Henry, Ill., at the age of 89. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and was a Rector Scholar. He retired as an accountant from Old World Trading Company. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly Partridge Dewar ’45, and brother, Robert D. Dewar ’38.

Emma Hornor Stevens ’43, Oct. 28, 2009, of Santa Barbara, Calif., at the age of 87. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was senior psychiatrist at the California Rehabilitation Center in Corona, Calif., retiring in 1986.

Dr. Harold M. Manifold ’43, March 31, 2011, of Bloomington, Ind., at the age of 88. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was a physician in general practice in Fortville, Ind., retiring in 2004. He was preceded in death by a brother, Orrin A. Manifold ’35.Hissurvivorsincludehiswife;son, William R. Manifold ’73;andnephews,Roderick V. Manifold ’69 and Gregory L. Manifold ’71.

Ray W. Moehring ’43, Nov, 19, 2009, of Loveland, Colo., at the age of 89. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was a Rector Scholar. He was a pharmaceutical representative for Wyeth Laboratories. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Gwendolyn Vitek Studt ’43, April 8, 2011, of Glenview, Ill., at the age of 88. She wasamemberofDeltaZetasorority.Shewasahomemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald E. Studt ’43.

Stella Williams Clapp 43, April 4, 2011, of Dallas, at the age of 90. She was a registered nurse and retired as supervisor of school nurses for the Dallas Independent School District. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Gretna Yunker Connor ’43, Nov. 4, 2010, in Chicago Heights, Ill., at the age of 87. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a homemaker and, later, an English and social studies teacher at Westwood (Ill.) Junior High, retiring in 1986. She was

preceded in death by her father, Howard W. Yunker ’21; mother, Grace Mathes Yunker ’21;andherhusband.

Thomas L. Kelly ’44, April 26, 2011, in LaQuinta, Calif., at the age of 89. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. He was a junior executive for Chevrolet Division of General Motors in Des Moines, Iowa, and later, president of Tom Kelly Ford-Lincoln Mercury in Fort Dodge, Iowa, for 28 years. His survivors include his wife.

June Lynch Schlemmer ’44, Dec. 11, 2010, of Greensburg, Ind., at the age of 89. She was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was an elementary school teacher as well as a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

David B. Maxwell ’44, Nov. 16, 2010, in Fullerton, Calif., at the age of 89. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He worked in advertising. He was preceded in death by his father, William D. Maxwell ’21, and mother, Marjorie Thomas Maxwell ’22.

Ada Merry Miller ’44, Jan. 27, 2011, of Rochester, Ind., at the age of 88. She was a real estate agent and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Burk B. Miller ’46.

Robert E. Sessions ’44, March 26, 2011, of Sarasota, Fla., at the age of 88, from complications from lung cancer. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. He was a manufacturing executive for General Electric Company for 40 years. His survivors include his wife, Charleen Seibel Sessions ’43.

Martha Haverstick Field Kay ’45, April 20, 2011, of Columbus, Ohio, at the age of 88. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was office manager of Scott, Foresman & Company in Oakland, N.J., retiring in 1983. She was preceded in death by a brother, George Haverstick ’52. Her survivors include a daughter, Carol L. Field ’70.

Arthur “Bud” E. Klauser ’45, Feb. 14, 2011, in Charleston, S.C., at the age of 87. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. He served as a trustee of DePauw from 1983 until present, becoming a life trustee. He was employed with several United States corporations, and in 1979 he joined Mitsui & Company as senior vice president and general manager. He retired as director emeritus of Mitsui (USA) Foundation. He was an author and lecturer and an expert on Japan. He collected Japanese


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art and artifacts, which he donated to many organizations, including DePauw. The Arthur E. Klauser Asian and World Community Art Collection is housed on the DePauw campus. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Beatrice Moore Kimball ’45, Feb. 16, 2011, in Austell, Ga., at the age of 85. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was a homemaker.

Doris Olson Brodie ’45, Sept. 16, 2010, of Arlington Heights, Ill., at the age of 85. She was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Harry C. Rogers Jr. ’45, March 2, 2011, in Albany, N.Y., at the age of 87. He was a noted metallurgist and expert on metal fractures. He was the A. W. Grosvenor Professor of Materials Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia, retiring as an emeritus professor in 1992. Survivors include his wife.

Nellie Goll Phillips ’46, Feb. 5, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 86. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She worked for Phillips-Willey Associates for 20 years. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Warren E. Fayart ’46, May 10, 2011, of Sanibel Island, Fla. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was senior sales representative for Sherwood Medical Industries in St. Louis, retiring in 1995 after 46 years of service. He was preceded in death by his first wife. His survivors include his wife, and a sister, Elizabeth Fayart Saner ’53.

Julia Gullett Holth ’46, March 21, 2011, of Sebring, Fla., at the age of 87. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a stewardess with Pan American Airways and a substitute teacher and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

Roland J. Knobel Jr. ’46, Aug. 16, 2010, in Atlanta, at the age of 87. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a retired commander in the United States Navy and professor emeritus at both Georgia State University and Emory University. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Kishler Knobel ’45.

James T. Tobin ’46, Feb. 9, 2011, of Palos Verdes, Calif., at the age of 84. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He retired as hospital district manager after 37 years with Lederle Laboratories.

John H. Cox ’47, April 26, 2011, of East Point, Ga., at the age of 86. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He worked

with United Fruit Company in Central and South America, and later, with the federal government in Washington, D.C., retiring from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Dorothy Kutis Merrell ’47, Feb. 4, 2011, of Bedford, Ind., at the age of 85. She was adult services librarian at Bedford (Ind.) Public Library, retiring in 1993. She was preceded in death by her husband, John W. Merrell ’47.

Mary Arnold Cohoon ’48, Dec. 14, 2010, in Paxton, Ill., at the age of 84. She was a member of Delta Zeta sorority. Shewas an elementary school teacher as well as a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, Henry J. Arnold ’23;mother,Charlotte Heckert Arnold ’23;andherhusband.

Elizabeth Brant Barker ’48, Jan. 1, 2011, in Northbrook, Ill., at the age of 84. She was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was a high school drama and speech teacher as well as a homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

Richard E. Coffey ’48, Dec. 6, 2010, in South Bend, Ind., at the age of 87. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was a businessman, banker and financial consultant. Survivors include his wife, Jean McArthur Coffey ’47, and two sons, Richard A. Coffey ’73 and Thomas O. Coffey ’74.

Allen B. Higgins ’48, April 8, 2010, of Montague, Mich., at the age of 88. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was athletic director for Cicero (Ill.) Public Schools for 34 years, retiring in 1983. He was preceded in death by a brother, Colin O. Higgins ’41. Survivors include his wife and daughter, Cynthia Higgins Billington ’75.

Jess Karges Logsdon ’48, Jan. 16, 2011, in Morganfield, Ky., at the age of 84. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jessie Milnor Karges Class of 1916;and her husband.

Ellyn Kubricht Fox ’48, Jan. 1, 2011, in Cody, Wyo., at the age of 84, from complications with pneumonia. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Keith W. Ragan ’48, May 9, 2011, of Paradise Valley, Ariz., at the age of 87. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was a retired attorney. His survivors include his wife and brothers, Rex B. Ragan ’51 and Roger L. Ragan ’49.

Clela B. Reeves ’48, May 2, 2011, of Lincolnville, Maine, at the age of 84. She was amemberofDeltaZeta.Shewasacomputerconsultant for several businesses and retired as

owner and operator of Computer Enterprises. Jeanne Smith Gillum ’48, Jan. 14. 2011,

of Lexington, Ky., at the age of 85. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

Shirley Barth Scott ’49, Jan. 17, 2010, of Fountain Valley, Calif., at the age of 82. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She was a retired manager of training development for Prudential Real Estate.

Herbert E. Grimes ’49, March 2, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 87. He was a member of Delta Chi fraternity. He was a real estate broker for F.C. Tucker Company in Indianapolis. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Rowan Grimes ’48.

Rev. Wells B. Grogan ’49, Dec. 7, 2010, of Orleans, Mass., at the age of 87, from head injuries suffered in a fall. He was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. He was a minister in the United Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by a brother, David S. Grogan ’54. Survivors include his wife, Helen Picken Grogan ’49.

Dorothy Jacobs Carpenter ’49, April 28, 2011, in Hinsdale, Ill., at the age of 83, from heart failure. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She worked in children’s education and was co-founder of the DuPage (Ill.) Children’s Museum. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Shirley McCormick Youngblood ’49, March 3, 2011, of Milwaukee, Wis., at the age of 83. She was a civilian employee and retired as a supervisor from the United States Air Force. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Robert T. Westmen ’49, Dec. 19, 2010, of Pinehurst, N.C., at the age of 85. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a manager for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, retiring in 1982. He was preceded in death by his wife and his father, Horace O. Westmen ’17. Survivors include sisters Janet Westmen Taylor ’49 and Joan Westmen Battey ’54, and brother-in-law, James A. Taylor ’49.

William H. Barrett ’50, May 3, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 89. He worked in the insurance business for more than 30 years, retiring as owner of Barrett Insurance Agency in Indianapolis.Hissurvivorsincludehiswife;son,James H. Barrett ’79;grandson,Kyle S. Barrett ’10;granddaughter,Andrea Z. Barrett ’13;anddaughter-in-law, Beth Stewart Barrett ’81.

Claude C. Boles ’50, April 2, 2011, of Longboat Key, Fla., at the age of 82. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was


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a lifetime member of the The Washington C. DePauw Society. He worked in the family business, The Boles Company, for 50 years, serving as president for 25 years. His survivors include his wife, Marilyn Davis Boles ’50.

Dr. Charles E. Fenlon ’50, May 1, 2010, of Appleton, Wis., at the age of 81. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity and was a Rector Scholar. He was a family physician for more than 50 years. His survivors include his wife.

James M. Gilbert ’50, Feb. 26, 2011, of Shelbyville, Ind., at the age of 83. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He owned and operated Walker Wholesale Grocery in Shelbyville for 15 years as well as being an investment broker for Prudential for 30 years, retiring in 1994. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Gretchen Deitzer Gilbert ’52. His survivors include his wife.

Donald S. Huckins ’50, Jan. 7, 2011, in Ann Arbor, Mich., at the age of 86. He worked for the State of Iowa in the psychology department at the Clarinda Mental Health Institute, retiring in 1959. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Richard F. McLoughlin ’50, Dec. 20, 2010, in Vero Beach, Fla., at the age of 81. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. He served as an advisory trustee of DePauw. He received a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from DePauw in 1995. He retired as president and chief operating officer of The Reader’s Digest Association in 1990. Survivors include his wife, Anita Henderson McLoughlin ’51, and son, Christopher W. McLoughlin ’89.

Kathryn Pierce Steffen ’50, Feb. 15, 2011, of Dekalb, Ill., at the age of 82. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her mother, Esther Anderson Pierce ’21;andherhusband,Norman L. Steffen ’50.

Joanne Roberts McClelland ’50, Jan. 16, 2011, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., at the age of 82. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was a homemaker. She was a teacher’s aide at Southfield Public Schools in Michigan. Survivors include her husband.

Helene (Saint) St. Denis Shroud Walmsley 50, March 30, 2011, of Redding, Calif., at the age of 81. She was a homemaker. Her survivors include her husband.

Dr. Edward H. Wedlake ’50, April 11, 2011, of Pebble Beach, Calif., at the age of 83. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a physician in internal medicine. His survivors include his wife.

Margaret Burns Trent ’51, Dec. 28, 2010, of Peoria, Ill., at the age of 81, from breast cancer and leukemia. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a homemaker and community volunteer as well as a business owner. She was preceded in death by her father, John K. Burns ’24, and mother, Julia Sanders Burns ’26. Survivors include her husband.

Joan Hennigar Hill ’51, March 23, 2011, in Laguna Niguel, Calif., at the age of 81. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She retired as director of public relations from the University of Southern California School of Business.

Joseph W. Lullo ’51, Dec. 21, 2010, in Naperville, Ill., at the age of 81. He was a member of Delta Chi fraternity. He retired as general manager of Castlegate Industries after 34 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Kibbler Lullo ’51.

Mary McNeal Sayre ’51, Feb. 3, 2011, of Deerfield, Ill., at the age of 80. She was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was a businesswoman and sold antiques and real estate.

Vera Nielsen Deal ’51, March 27, 2011, of Huntington, Ind., at the age of 81. She was a music, English and elementary education teacher and homemaker. Her survivors include her husband.

Patricia E. Richardson ’51, May 2, 2011, of Asheville, N.C., at the age of 81. She was a Methodist missionary and pastor in Argentina for more than 43 years.

Richard L. Swift ’51, Sept. 22, 2009, of Covina, Calif., at the age of 80. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was a systems engineering manager for Cusic Corporation in San Diego.

Joan Henke Purvis ’52, April 16, 2011, in Fairfield, Ohio, at the age of 80. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Dale R. Johnson ’52, May 7, 2011, of Lisle, Ill., at the age of 80. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was a banker. His survivors include his wife.

Douglas M. Middleton ’52, Jan. 27, 2011, in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the age of 80, from complications from surgery. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was an investment adviser and securities consultant and, later, owned his own investment counseling firm.

Paul C. Thrasher Jr. ’52, Jan. 21, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz., at the age of 80. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He

was a licensed real estate broker and retired in 1991 as vice president of real estate from Lee’s Inns of America Inc.

Ray L. Wardell ’52, Dec. 31, 2010, of Mishawaka, Ind., at the age of 81. He was employed for several years as a purchasing agent with American National Can Company in Long Beach, Calif.

Mary Daggett Carlton ’53, May 3, 2011, in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the age of 79. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She was a retired elementary school teacher. Her survivors include her husband and daughter, Suzanne Adams Roland ’78.

Barbara Buntain Donley ’54, Dec. 10, 2010, of Indianapolis, at the age of 77. She was amemberofDeltaZetasorority.Sheretiredasa teacher from Heritage Christian School in Indianapolis. Survivors include her husband.

George F. Wright Jr. ’54, April 8, 2011, of Meadville, Pa., at the age of 79. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was a Rector Scholar. During his career, he was an executive at Ohio Bell, employed by the Greater Cleveland Growth Board and a personnel director at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa., as well as at other area hospitals.

Lalla Boswell Heyde ’55, April 26, 2010, in Rochester, Ind., at the age of 76. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was a homemaker and, later, an executive with McMahan-O’Connor Construction Company in Rochester, Ind. She was preceded in death by her father, Edwin C. Boswell ’31;mother, Rebabelle McMahan Boswell ’32;uncle, Robert O. McMahan ’33; and uncle, George T. McMahan ’39. Survivors include her husband; sons, Edwin F. Heyde ’79, David B. Heyde ’81 and Robert H. Heyde ’85;granddaughter,Randall E. Heyde ’09 and daughter-in-law, Alison Mason Heyde ’81.

Ellis R. Brockman ’55, Feb. 28, 2011, of Mount Pleasant, Mich., at the age of 77. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He retired as emeritus professor in 1994 from Central Michigan University, where he taught a variety of microbiology courses and continued his research. He was a scientific consultant on the first U.S.A.-Russia joint space collaboration. Survivors include his wife.

H. William Voltmer ’55, March 5, 2011, in Indianapolis, at the age of 77. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He owned and operated Federal Liquors in Indianapolis and worked for the F.A. Wilhelm Company.

John C. Carlson ’56, March 21, 2011, in Scottsdale, Ariz., at the age of 81. He was a


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member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He retired as a human resource director from the Buick Motor Division of General Motors. Survivors include his wife.

Robert M. Stair ’56, Feb. 27, 2011, in Canaan, Conn., at the age of 76. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He was a Methodist minister and, later, an administrator of Weston Hadden Convalescent Center in Bennington, Conn. Survivors include his wife.

William L. Hastings ’57, Dec. 6, 2010, in Point Loma, Calif., at the age of 75, from complications of melanoma. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was a high school and college football coach and, later, a political science instructor at San Diego Mesa College, retiring in 2005. Survivors include his wife and brother, James C. Hastings ’61.

Barbara Mitchell Zeschke ’57, Jan. 19, 2011, of Sedona, Ariz., at the age of 74. She was a retired high school teacher as well as a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Nancy Neal Keating ’57, Jan. 3, 2011, of Edwardsville, Ill., at the age of 75. She was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She served as executive director and treasurer of The Nature Institute in Godfrey, Ill., and later, as director of Christian education at First Presbyterian Church in Edwardsville, Ill. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

Joan Brandt Martin ’58, April 23, 2011, of La Crosse, Wis., at the age of 74, of cancer. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was a bilingual secretary, and later, a homemaker.

Sandra Haverfield Kroder ’58, March 1, 2011, of Plano, Texas, at the age of 74, from cancer. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a junior high school teacher, and later, a homemaker. Her survivors include her husband.

Ronald G. Liveris ’58, Dec. 31, 2010, of Southern Pines, N.C., at the age of 74. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He worked for the federal government for more than 35 years, retiring as development director from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Survivors include his wife.

David N. McKeag ’58, Jan. 10, 2011, of Western Springs, Ill., at the age of 74. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was a Rector Scholar. He was a retired senior financial analyst for CNA Financial Corporation in Chicago. He recruited high school students from Western Springs, Ill., to

attend DePauw. Survivors include his wife;daughter, Jill McKeag Reich ’94; daughter,Julie McKeag Meyer ’90; and son-in-law,Patrick E. Meyer ’89.

Peter H. Scheible ’58, Feb. 24, 2011, in Brussels, Belgium, at the age of 74. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He retired from Exxon Chemicals as development manager. After retirement he started a consulting firm. Survivors include his wife, Inghvid Ramstad Scheible ’60.

John L. Woodworth ’58, March 29, 2011, of Taos, N.M., at the age of 74. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was a commercial banker in the Chicago area. His survivors include his wife.

Robert A. Below ’59, March 19, 2011, of Highland Park, Ill., at the age of 73. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and was a Rector Scholar. He was president of D-Med, Inc. Survivors include his wife.

Thomas D. Hession ’59, Jan. 16, 2011, of Shelbyville, Ind., at the age of 73. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a teacher, high school football coach and sports broadcaster. He was an Indiana State Senator. Survivors include his wife and daughters, Jennifer L. Hession ’83 and Ann Hession Alexander ’88.

Rev. W. Lance Martin ’59, May 11, 2011, in Morris, Ill., at the age of 73. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was a retired Methodist minister. His survivors include his wife, Carol Conder Martin ’58;daughter, Carla Martin Rosenlieb ’83;daughter,Mary Martin Ringer ’86;son,W. Lance Martin Jr. ’89;daughter,Sarah B. Martin ’95;andson-in-law, G. James Ringer ’82.

Gloria Nowack Guttman ’60, Dec. 21, 2010,ofZionsville,Ind.,attheageof72.Shewas a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was director and manager of Volunteer’s Gift Shop for Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, and later was owner of Gloria Lee Presents.

William S. Boardman ’61, April 28, 2009, in Appleton, Wis., at the age of 69. He was a professor of philosophy at Lawrence University. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Julian L. Boardman ’09, and his mother, Doris Swann Boardman ’36.

Richard J. Howson ’61, April 6, 2011, of Kalamazoo, Mich., at the age of 71. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He retired as a naval architect and, later, worked as a paralegal. His survivors

include his wife and a daughter, Beth Howson Boutry ’89.

Frederick L. Huber ’61, May 11, 2011, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 71. He owned and operated A. A. Huber & Sons in Greencastle, Ind., retiring in 2002. His survivors include his wife;son,Peter J. Huber ’93;anddaughter-in-law, Jennifer Fry Huber ’93.

Hans G. Kuhlmann ’61, Jan. 31, 2011, of Waretown, N.J., at the age of 72. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He was national director, vice president of sales, and, in 1997, United States president of Agfa Corporation in New York City. Survivors include his wife.

George A. Mendenhall ’61, April 13, 2011, of Bend, Ore., at the age of 71. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He was retired chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Export Company in Oakland, Calif. He was preceded in death by his father, Paul S. Mendenhall ’27, and mother, Margaret Lumpkin Mendenhall ’29. Survivors include his wife, Katherine Kemp Mendenhall ’61; sister, Janice Mendenhall Spencer ’59;andbrother-in-law,Frank F. Kemp Jr. ’62.

Patricia Myers Gathers ’61, April 8, 2011, of McKean, Pa., at the age of 72. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. She was a music teacher as well as a professional cellist. She was preceded in death by her father, Paul E. Myers ’24;mother, Iris Hinshaw Myers ’29; and aunts,Mabel T. Myers ’11 and Lois H. Meyers ’28. Her survivors include her husband.

Robert W. Griffith Jr. ’62, Jan. 25, 2011, in Silver Spring, Md., at the age of 70, from Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and was a Rector Scholar. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was professor of history and chairman of the history department at American University and was an author. His books included The Politics of Fear: Joseph R. McCarthy and the Senate. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Klingner Griffith ’63.

Dr. John R. Dugan ’63, Nov. 25, 2010, of Indianapolis, at the age of 69, after an extended illness. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He was a physician in private practice. He was director of the St. Vincent Family Medicine Program. Survivors includehiswife;brother,William M. Dugan Jr. ’60;sister-in-law,Ann Carper Dugan ’61;son, Michael J. Dugan ’85; niece,Deborah



Dugan Morton ’86; niece, Cynthia Dugan Curnow ’88;nephew,Robert W. Dugan ’85;nephew, Thomas C. Dugan ’82;andniece-in-law, Pamela Arbuckle Dugan ’82.

Ann Obenchain Blackmond Everett ’63, March 30, 2011, of Dowagiac, Mich., at the age of 70. She was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was a homemaker. Her survivors include her husband.

Patricia Young Pryor ’65, Jan. 28, 2011, in Lexington, Ky., at the age of 68, from cancer. She was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was a homemaker and, later, a high school educator and teacher for 20 years in the Lexington, Ky., area. Survivors include her husband.

Candace Mitchell Foster ’67, Dec. 12, 2009, of Kailua, Hawaii, at the age of 63, of cancer. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was the Aina Haina (Hawaii) School librarian. Survivors include her husband.

David J. Thoennes ’67, Jan. 10, 2011, of Hamilton, N.J., at the age of 68. He was a senior research chemist for American Cyanamid for more than 34 years. He retired from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in 2008. Survivors include his wife.

Kristin Soderquist Ormond ’68, July 2, 2010, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at the age of 63, from breast cancer. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

John H. Gaither ’69, May 2, 2011, of South Lake, Texas, at the age of 63, from cancer. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He retired from Lucent Technologies after 40 years of service. His survivors include his wife.

Idar Karevold ’69, April 13, 2010, in Norway. He was a professor of music at the Norwegian Academy of Music.

Michael L. Laird ’69, Jan. 17, 2011, in Watseka, Ill., at the age of 63. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He taught golf and was a professional golfer for six years.

I. LaDonna Swain Ellison ’69, Dec. 28, 2010, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 91. She taught grade school in New Palestine, Terre Haute and Greencastle, Ind. She was preceded in death by her husband.

David A. Upchurch ’69, March 9, 2011, of Muncie, Ind., at the age of 63. He was assistant professor at Ball State University for 19 years. Survivors include his wife.

Melissa Blair Moreen ’70, April 15, 2011, of Columbus, at the age of 62. She was a teacher in the Columbus (Ohio) City Schools

System, retiring after 29 years of service, in 2000. Her survivors include her husband.

John C. Montgomery III ’70, March 23, 2011, of Duluth, Ga., at the age of 62. He was a senior development associate with the Atlanta Community Food Bank. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Glenn L. Toppen ’70, Aug. 20, 2010, of Oak Park, Ill., at the age of 62. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. He worked at Toppen Realty in Oak Park, Ill., and, later, in marketing and with Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago. Survivors include his wife.

James M. Barbeau ’71, Jan. 23, 2011, of Portage, Wis., at the age of 61. He worked in hotel management. Survivors include his wife, Lynn Forester Barbeau ’72.

Paul L. Scheuble ’71, Dec. 17, 2009, of New Berlin, Wis., at the age of 60, of septicemia. He was a coach, educator, musician, music instructor, businessman and community volunteer.

Karen Case Garrett ’76, Jan. 11, 2011, in Fort Worth, Texas, at the age of 66, from cancer. She was an overseas school teacher. Later, she taught at Cloverdale (Ind.) Community Schools for more than 20 years. She retired from DLR Group, an architecture firm in Phoenix in 2010.

David L. Holmes ’77, Dec. 15, 2010, of Indianapolis, at the age of 55. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a self-employed mortgage broker. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Walter C. Holmes Class of 1904;aunt,Anne Holmes Northrup ’41;aunt,Harriet Holmes Capehart ’38; and uncle, H. Earl Capehart ’45. Survivors include his father, John C. Holmes ’48; mother, Sally Lowden Holmes ’47; sister,M. Kathryn Holmes Emison ’72;brother-in-law, James W. Emison ’71; andnieces, M. Karyn Emison Uptain ’98 and Elizabeth Emison Cochrane ’00.

Susan L. Crowden Kloo ’78, April 4, 2011, of Miami, at the age of 54, from complications from cancer treatment. She had a career in print media and was a stained glassartist.Hersurvivorsincludeherhusband;sister, Elizabeth Crowden Vores ’76; andcousins, Sally Crowden Barrett ’67 and Vicki Crowden Schaffer ’69.

Janie Welborn Schuyler ’79, Sept. 23, 2010, in Alexandria, Va., at the age of 54. She was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was an education specialist. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Jane Davis Stigler

’22, Survivors include her mother, Margaret Stigler Welborn Cauldwell ’54.

Sylvia D. Leggett ’86, May 31, 2010, of Indianapolis, at the age of 46. She was employed in marketing and retail management.

Thomas G. Lueder ’86, March 29, 2011, in Dallas, at the age of 46. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He was senior vice president of American National Bank of Texas. His survivors include his wife and a brother, Michael C. Lueder ’84.

David W. Oskin Jr. ’87, March 1, 2011, in Boulder, Colo., at the age of 45. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was founder, chief executive officer and managing partner of Big Earth Publishing, a book and magazine publishing company based in Boulder, Colo.

Elizabeth A. Ridgway ’91, Dec. 23, 2010, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 41, from a head injury she suffered after falling from a horse. She was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She was director of the Library of Congress’ national education outreach program, Teaching With Primary Sources.

Curt A. Paison ’96, April 5, 2011, of Glenview, Ill., at the age of 37. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the DePauw football team, in addition to being among the leaders of DePauw Community Service. He became a partner at the Chicago law firm, K & L Gates. His survivors include his wife, Courtney Turner Paison ’96.

FacultyEdward L. Galligan, March 29, 2011, in

Kalamazoo, Mich., at the age of 85. He was an English instructor, and later, an assistant professor of English, at DePauw from 1949-1958. In 1958 he became an English professor at Western Michigan University, from which he retired as department chair of English after 30 years of service. He was a writer and literary critic. His survivors include his wife.

Patricia A. Ritter, March 31, 2011, in Batesville, Ind., at the age of 82. She retired as an emeritus from DePauw’s School of Nursing.

Cornelius van Zwoll, Dec. 11, 2010, of Mt. Carmel, Ill., at the age of 94. He was a teacher and principal early in his career. In 1968 he was chairman of the Russian and German Department at DePauw. While at DePauw, he taught Latin, French, German, Russian and literature. He retired in 1982. He was preceded in death by his wife. Survivors include a daughter, Kim van Zwoll O’Neal ’79, and son-in-law, J. Bradley O’Neal ’79.



Friends of the UniversityBetty L. Albright, Dec. 16, 2010, of

Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 90. She was a member of the food service staff at DePauw. She was preceded in death by her first and second husbands.

Dorothy Overshiner Ault, April 17, 2011, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 91. She retired from DePauw after 30 years of service in the housekeeping department. Her survivors include her husband.

Katherine “Kate” Burns, Jan. 25, 2011, of Warsaw, Ind., at the age of 89. She was an administrative assistant in the athletic department at DePauw for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband. Her survivors include a son, Michael T. Burns ’66.

Norma J. Denny, Dec. 20, 2010, in Brazil, Ind., at the age of 81. She worked at RCA for 16 years and, later, as food service supervisor at DePauw, retiring following 34 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Patricia R. Ewing, March 19, 2011, of

Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 81. She was a secretary at DePauw for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband. Her survivors include a daughter, Susan M. Ewing ’80.

Julia “Judy” Friend Albin Johnson, Feb. 19, 2011, in Indianapolis, at the age of 85. She was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. She was a nurse, homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her first husband and her second husband, James B. Johnson ’36.

Nancy A. McVay, May 14, 2011, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 73. She had been a housekeeper at DePauw. Survivors include her husband.

Mary K. Quinnette, Feb. 16, 2011, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 83. She worked in housekeeping at DePauw for 33 years, retiring in 1995. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Jane Schott, Nov. 26, 2010, in Indianapolis, at the age of 83. She was a lifetime fellow of The Washington C. DePauw Society. She was

a registered nurse in private practice and for Methodist Hospital for more than 30 years.

Dr. Charles L. Smith, Dec. 3, 2009, of Perrysburg, Ohio, at the age of 77. He was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. He practiced ophthalmology for 32 years in Perrysburg, Ohio. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Keller Smith ’52, and daughter, Clare Smith Gorski ’90.

Nancy A. Stringer, March 13, 2011, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 70. She worked in food services at DePauw for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Molly Swisher, May 14, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 85. She was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. She was a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her first husband. Her survivors include her husband.

Dorothy A. York, April 16, 2011, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 80. She was a secretary at DePauw and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Students perform in 2011 Arts Gala during the spring semester.

Today …Charles and Anne Mossberg Hillman

’52, ’51 rolled over an IRA to DePauw

To find out more about this special IRA rollover opportunity or other ways to create your own legacy at DePauw, contact:

DEPAUW UNIVERSITYOFFICE OF GIFT PLANNINGMelanie NortonDirector of Gift Planning300 E. Seminary StreetP.O. Box 37Greencastle, Indiana 46135-0037Phone: 765-658-4216Toll Free: 800-446-5298Email: [email protected]://depauw.plannedgifts.org

At right: Charles and Anne Hillman with interns at The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics.

Charles and Anne Mossberg Hillman ’52, ’51 are dedicated DePauw alumni who met as students and believe deeply in the importance of a liberal arts education. Charles and Anne were active campus leaders right from the start. Charles was a member of Delta Tau Delta and majored in economics; Anne was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and majored in political science. As prominent citizens of South Bend, Ind., they continued to have a meaningful impact on business and their community. Charles is retired president and CEO of Mossberg and Company, Inc., a leading provider of printing and communications solutions; Anne has been a civic and philanthropic leader and is a former member of the DePauw Board of Visitors.

Charles and Anne are particularly interested in ethical issues in the learning environment and feel that sponsoring student interns at The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics is a great way to support DePauw and their interests. In making their gift, the Hillmans took advantage of special legislation, currently approved through the end of 2011, which allowed them to make a direct rollover of IRA funds to DePauw in support of this important program. They also made a gift to underwrite the 2011 and 2012 Undergraduate Ethics Symposiums. The Hillmans’ IRA rollover will benefit DePauw students for years to come.

What will your DePauw legacy be?

Tomorrow …DePauw students change the world.

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The 2011 Putnam County Relay for Life, held at Blackstock Stadium, raised $126,000 for the American Cancer Society.

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