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YEAR OF THE DRAGONIn a vividly colorful cultural celebration, DePauw students welcomed the Year of the Dragon on Feb. 11. Organized by the ASIA Club and Asian Studies Program and held on the last day of the Lunar New Year celebration, the festival featured traditional foods and authentic dragon and lion dances performed by the Indianapolis Chinese Community Center, Inc. in the Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Center.
WHEN’S YOUR FIRST CLASS?
Excitement was palpable on campus as DePauw welcomed its 175th entering class in August. The Class of 2016 is one of the most academically talented in the University’s history.
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STAFF
Christopher J. Wellsvice president for communications and strategic [email protected]
Larry G. Anderson senior editor [email protected]
Kelly A. Graves director of publications [email protected]
Donna Grooms class notes editor [email protected]
Larry G. Ligget University photographer [email protected]
Jennifer Clarkson Soster ’88 executive director of alumni relations [email protected]
Contributors: Charles A. Tindley
School, Sarah McAdams, Linda
Striggo, Beth Wilkerson and
Chris Wolfe
DePauw Alumni Association Offi cers
Marcus R. Veatch ’75, president
Brent E. St. John ’89, vice president
Gilbert D. Stanley ’82, secretary
10 18 22THRIVECollege or Die: School principal
Marcus C. Robinson ’94 has lofty
goals for students
THINKStriking Fear – Debate at DePauw
LIVEGoing Global: More students opt for
an international experience
DEPARTMENTS 2 News
29 Recent Words
31 Alumni and Advancement
38 Class Notes
Cover photo and photos on pages 10-17
by Wilbur Montgomery.
MAGAZINE
DePauw MagazineFall 2012 / Vol. 75 / Issue 2www.depauw.edu/pa/magazine
M A G A Z I N E
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letters
ON BROADWAY
Editor:
Th e article about Heather A. Hitchens
’91, “From the Tony Awards to Arts
Advocacy,” [Summer 2012 issue]
reiterated the importance of the
DePauw community in the arts, as
well as the strength of the DePauw
alumni network. Having just fi nished
my Master of Fine Arts in Acting, then
moving to New York City this summer,
many of Hitchens’ insights resonated
with me deeply. After a mere three
days in the city, I was already interning
with DePauw alumna Rachel Routh
[’08], and I now work as her executive
assistant at the Dramatists Guild Fund,
an organization that supports writers
and theatres throughout the country.
As Hitchens states, her liberal arts
education allowed her to transition
from one infl uential role to the next
with ease, and it is that same liberal
arts education that has allowed me
to so quickly become integrated into
that “community of theatres” of which
Hitchens speaks.
Without the collaborative spirit and
varied experiences gained at DePauw,
I don’t think I would have been able to
step so easily into such a position, nor
would I have had the connection to
Rachel. I hope that the experiences of
alumni like Hitchens continue to inspire
those within the DePauw network to
support and/or pursue careers in the
arts. We have something special, and the
future of theatre needs us.
Brandon M. Piper ’09
New York City
LIFE IN JOURNALISM
Editor:
In reading your latest publication,
I particularly enjoyed seeing the
continuing success of Th e DePauw
[Summer 2012 issue].
My four years of working on
the publication turned out to be a
valuable lesson as it led to an extremely
enjoyable lifetime career in journalism
for me.
One suggestion: the aerial photo of
East College (page 60 of the summer
issue) was great for those of us who
have not been able to return to campus.
I’d like to see a centerfold rendering
where I could visually witness all of the
Did you study abroad?Tell us about your
international
experience.
DePauw Magazine wants to print your letters about the impact of the study abroad experience on you and your life.
Send letters to:EditorDePauw MagazineP.O. Box 37Greencastle, IN 46135-0037.
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HEATHER HITCHENS ’91 Broadway is 3,000
miles long for her
and the American
Theatre WingPAGE 10
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Summer 2012 changes that have occurred since I was
last in Greencastle.
I always look forward to hearing
about life at DePauw.
Paul O. Germann Jr. ’52
Waynesville, N.C.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Th e University is
developing a new campus map that will
indicate the most recent changes to the
campus. When the map is completed, we
will be able to share it with readers.]
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At DePauw, we have a great deal to which we can look forward.
The University recently announced development of a new Center for Student Engagement, which will feature a comprehensive student development approach to help students shape their out-of-the-classroom experiences. From off -campus study, to internships, to pre-professional advising, service work and career planning, the new center will further strengthen DePauw’s legacy of connecting the liberal arts to life’s work.
The Board of Trustees recently approved a master plan for DePauw’s athletics and recreation facilities, and the University has received initial gifts that will help ensure that early phases of this plan are implemented. The plan will provide a roadmap for DePauw’s support of its student-athletes and for the athletic and fi tness facilities that are central to the quality of life on campus.
In Greencastle, the Stellar Communities Grant, a program that will bring new energy and development to the city, is taking root on the courthouse square, where DePauw’s new bookstore, Eli’s Books, has opened. The reconstruction of Anderson Street as an entrance to DePauw will also soon be complete.
In short, this is a campus that is active and moving forward. Universities are like that, of course – always in progress. During their years here, our students are always in the process of becoming themselves, and our faculty are continuing to develop themselves as teachers and scholars. New academic disciplines emerge, and existing ones evolve.
So, like our students, DePauw is evolving and always looking to the future, committed to our vision as a leading, residential liberal arts college that combines a powerful academic focus with experiences that prepare our students for lives of purpose and extraordinary accomplishment. It would be easy to become impatient. Certainly, those of us who want the very best for DePauw can be forgiven for wanting it all right now. We might benefi t from some of the wisdom of Marcus Robinson ’94, who is featured in this issue’s cover story. He has recognized that the remarkable success of his school, a charter school in Indianapolis, depends on its ability to adapt to the needs of its students. There is no secret to education, he might say, that sets aside the need for continual striving.
Striving in the service of what one loves is a very fi ne thing. As this University continues its own journey, I want to thank all of you who continue to support DePauw in its ongoing development, sharing with us the joys of what DePauw has been and the hopeful vision of what it can be.
Brian W. CaseyPresident
FROM THE PRESIDENT President Brian W. Casey
120,000 The number of items currently included in DePauw’s Digital Library. It features documents and photographs from the University’s Archives; University publications such as The DePauw and DePauw Magazine; Methodist publications; Greencastle Banner-Graphic and Putnam County photographs and newspapers dating back to 1837, the year the University was founded; audio recordings of campus events, science collection, art collection and more. You can access the Digital Library at digital.library.depauw.edu.
“Can I get them to tell us something that will explain who they are, what they believe in?”CANDY CROWLEY, CNN’s chief political
correspondent, during an Ubben Lecture
at DePauw on Sept. 25, as she prepared to
moderate a debate – just three weeks later –
between presidential candidates Barack Obama
and Mitt Romney.
Live from DePauw, it’s D3TV!For the fi rst time in its history, DePauw’s
student television station, D3TV, can
broadcast live online from anywhere on
campus. With funds provided by the
Allocations Board and Rachel A. Pfennig
’09, this fall D3TV purchased a Tricaster,
a high-tech remote television production
system. As a result, the student TV
station is expanding its coverage,
including live broadcasts of home
football games and a featured Game of
the Week from various DePauw sports.
Alumni can view the live TV
broadcasts by going to the DePauw
website.
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NOW YOU CAN HAVE A BOOK AND A LATTENew location. New name. New Starbucks café. New bookstore.
DePauw’s bookstore has moved from the lower level of Memorial Student
Union Building to a newly renovated space on the courthouse square in downtown
Greencastle. Th e redesigned 11,000-square-foot bookstore, now called Eli’s Books and
located at 6 E. Washington St., will allow DePauw students, faculty members and area
shoppers to explore a mezzanine-level Starbucks café, soft-seating areas, community
room and expanded product selection.
DePauw and Greencastle welcomed Eli’s Books to the community during a grand
opening Sept. 27-29. A ribbon-cutting ceremony featured Indiana Lt. Governor Becky
Skillman, DePauw President Brian W. Casey, members of the Greencastle community
and dignitaries from Eli Lilly and Company, which was founded by Eli Lilly, the
bookstore’s namesake. Lilly attended Indiana Asbury University – which later was
renamed DePauw University – and started his fi rst pharmacy on Greencastle’s square.
Check out the products off ered by Eli’s Books at www.elisbooks.bkstr.com.
news
“There are few moments in life when before and after are so clearly visible to each other, separated by one moment. You woke up this morning in a true before. And when you leave this hall … you will begin an amazing after.”PRESIDENT BRIAN W. CASEY, welcoming the Class of 2016 to DePauw at the opening convocation on
Saturday, Aug. 18 in Kresge Auditorium of the Green Center for the Performing Arts. Th e entering class
included 617 students from 47 states and 34 foreign countries.
The number of bicycles
available for use by students
and Greencastle community
members through a bike-
sharing program introduced
on campus this fall. Developed by students
in a Management Fellows Capstone course,
the bike program not only is eco-friendly,
but it also further connects students with
the community.
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2ND IN NATIONDePauw tied for second among the
nation’s small colleges in the number of
its graduates who committed to serving
in Teach For America’s 2012 teaching
corps. Nineteen DePauw alumni joined
TFA this fall. Only Wellesley College,
with 21 participants, had a greater total
among small colleges, and Amherst
College matched DePauw’s total of 19
new corps members.
Teach For America recruits top
college graduates and professionals who
commit to teach for two years in urban
and rural public schools and become
lifelong leaders in the pursuit of
educational opportunity for all students.
DePauw is consistently among the
nation’s top contributors to TFA.
ENTREPRENEURIAL
SPIRITThe First Annual Entrepreneurship Symposium on Sept. 14 allowed students, alumni and staff members to explore their entrepreneurial spirit and share ideas. Sponsored by The Robert C. McDermond Center for Management & Entrepreneurship, the symposium featured sessions and discussion about Executing Ideas into Products and Services, Building Support with Investors and Partners, and Lessons Learned from Entrepreneurship.
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On Opening Day this year, students lined up along Anderson Street and walked across campus to the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, where they were greeted by faculty members and student mentors, and then formally welcomed into the DePauw community. It is rewarding to be there on that day, to see the results of the hard work done by DePauw’s admission staff during the preceding years. This vibrant and gifted class was selected from more than 5,000 applicants. Their fi rst day, in many ways, marks the end of the admission recruiting cycle that focused on them, though we’ll get to enjoy their company on campus for the next four years and some of them will work with us, giving tours, hosting visiting students and welcoming visitors to campus. Now we turn our attention to next year’s cycle and identifying promising young people who will make up DePauw’s Class of 2017.
We continue to focus on our primary admission and fi nancial aid goals, including: » Strengthening the academic profi le of students who enroll at DePauw. The
quality of the educational product we off er is aff ected signifi cantly by the quality of students who learn here, and we continue to work to bring the most talented students to DePauw.
» Sustaining the diversity of students we enroll. DePauw continues to be committed to off ering the campus a wealth of diversity, in the students we enroll, faculty and staff we employ, and through the wide array of multicultural experiences we provide both on and off campus.
» Making the best possible use of fi nancial aid funding to support students we enroll and maintaining our commitment to keeping a DePauw education accessible to students from all walks of life.
» Working to expand DePauw’s presence in some regions, those in which we believe we are well positioned to recruit from a position of strength.
The past year saw successes in each of these areas, and also (as always) room for improvement. This year, admission operations are fully moved into new offi ces in the beautiful Emison building, which provides us the opportunity to make the best possible fi rst impression. We have a number of new staff members joining our more seasoned staff , and all of them are excited to be bringing in the Class of 2017.
As I do each fall, I’d like to thank all the alumni and friends of DePauw who have taken the time to recommend students to us. If you know of a promising high school student you think should be hearing from DePauw, please feel free to let us know (on our website at www.depauw.edu/referstudent or via email at [email protected]).
All of us in the Offi ce of Admission will be working hard this year to bring in another class that you can be proud of. Thank you for your continued support.
Daniel L. MeyerVice President for Admission and Financial Aid
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RECRUITING THECLASS OF 2017Dan Meyer, vice president for admission and fi nancial aid
D i l L M
MEDIA BEAT: THE WHITE HOUSE AND FIVE FOREIGN COUNTRIESThe hands-on experiences of DePauw students in the Media Fellows Program are ranging from the White House to organizations in fi ve foreign countries this fall. Among locations where Media Fellows are experiencing internships are: Offi ce of the First Lady/White House, Washington, D.C.; TeamWorks Media, Chicago; World Food Programme, Rome, Italy; The Olive Press, Málaga, Spain; Hatfi eld Post Productions, Chicago; The Santiago Times, Santiago, Chile; “Today Show,” New York City; DiGa Vision, New York City; Threeview, Munich, Germany; and Big Sky Productions, Cape Town, South Africa.
The number of
DePauw students
who submitted
applications this
fall for 2013-14
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
scholarships to teach and conduct
research abroad. The Chronicle of
Higher Education lists DePauw among
the Top Producers of Fulbright Awards
for U.S. Students.
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ART & THE OTHERTheme of ArtsFest 2012, the 11th annual celebration that featured creative and performing arts and talents of DePauw and Greencastle community members as well as visiting artists, from Oct. 28 through Nov. 3.
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A TWO-WAY STREETGreat things happen at DePauw. World-class education. Important research.
Experiences that shape lives. DePauw students and alumni know the University is a
special place, but it might not have been as evident to fi rst-time visitors as they turned
down one of the side streets that travel through campus. First impressions matter, and
the new Anderson Street entrance is sure to make a good one.
As the only street that leads all the way to East College, a symbol of DePauw since
the 1870s, Anderson Street was a leading candidate to become the University’s front
door. In fact, students, faculty members, alumni and visitors have driven the street in
the shadow of the bell tower for years – but in the wrong direction. Anderson Street
ran one way, and that way was away from campus.
Work began in March 2012 to transform a section of the quiet street into a two-
way avenue that delivers visitors directly to the heart of DePauw. Th e Hoover Gates,
modeled after the Alumni Arch on East College lawn and named for R. David Hoover
and his wife, Suzanne, (both members of the Class of 1967) will mark the offi cial
entrance at the intersection with Bloomington Street/U.S. 231.
Matching brick sidewalks and 52 triumph elms will line the rest of the way to East
College lawn, creating a sense of arrival to the grounds to match the power of the
academic and co-curricular experiences that are central to a DePauw education.
The number of fi lms
from Spain and Latin
America, including
an Oscar-nominated
animated feature,
shown on campus
this fall. The Spanish
Film Club series is an
initiative between Pragda Films and
American universities to create new
audiences for recent feature-length
fi lms from Spanish-speaking countries.
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EYES OF THE TIGERWhen DePauw’s athletic coaches gathered to review and make recommendations about athletic logos as part of the University’s new marketing eff ort, they agreed that their teams needed a logo with a tiger that has its “chin down but looking forward.” The eyes of the tiger are doing just that in the new athletic logo.
Working with an outside athletic design fi rm, the DePauw athletics department now has a new Tiger logo as well as a redesigned paw and camera-ready art specifi c to each athletic program. Of course, the offi cial color is still Old Gold.
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SOFTBALLErica Hanrahan, previously an assistant
softball coach at Boston College, is just
the third head coach in the DePauw
softball program’s history since its
return to varsity status in 1996.
Hanrahan takes over for Bonnie
Skrenta, who resigned in June
to become the head coach at Division I
Bucknell University. Th e Tigers posted
a 241-61-1 record during the last seven
years, including fi ve appearances in the
Division III NCAA postseason in the
last six seasons.
WOMEN’S GOLFJuniors Paige Gooch and Kelsey Smith
combined to shoot a fi nal-round 157
and fi nished tied for 29th overall
and second among NCAA Division
III golfers at the Pure Silk Team
Championship.
DePauw, which fi nished second
at the 2012 NCAA Division III
Championships, opened the 2012-13
season at the Indiana University Fall
Kickoff .
MEN’S SOCCERNathan Sprenkel ’12, previously
goalkeeper for Antigua Barracuda
FC in the United Soccer Leagues
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Professional Division and now with
the Chicago Soul of the Major
Indoor Soccer League, and former
second team all-American selection at
DePauw, returned to campus this fall as
goalkeeper coach for the Tigers.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVINGMatt Ense, formerly assistant
swimming and diving coach at Denison
University, replaced Mary Bretscher as
just the second women’s swimming and
diving head coach in DePauw history.
Bretscher announced her retirement
from coaching in April.
Ense was recently named the 2012
CollegeSwimming.com Rising
Assistant Coach of the Year.
DePauw again in
top 50 in Directors’
Cup StandingsDePauw fi nished 42nd in the 2011-12 Learfi eld Sports Directors’ Cup Division III Final Standings. It is the University’s 11th top-50 fi nish and eighth consecutive in the 17-year history of the program.
The Directors’ Cup recognizes colleges that maintain a broad-based program and achieve success in both men’s and women’s sports.
.711 WINNING PERCENTAGEDePauw athletic teams fi nished 2011-12 with a 214-85-6 record for a .711 winning percentage as the Tigers captured the North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports Trophy in their fi rst year of conference competition.
NEXT STOP: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSTh e men’s soccer, women’s soccer
and fi eld hockey teams all won their
respective North Coast Athletic
Conference tournaments this fall. As
a result, all three Tiger teams earned
automatic bids to the NCAA Division
III Championships.
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HISTORY: STUDENTS DIG IT ON CAMPUS By Christopher Wolfe
For Danica R. Andersen ’15 and
Kathleen M. Raymond-Judy ’15, June
marked both the end of their freshman
year and beginning of an international
archaeological adventure that began on
DePauw’s campus.
Built in 1902, Minshall Lab was
home to some of DePauw’s most
celebrated alumni. While a research
fellow at DePauw, Percy Lavon Julian
’20 and a colleague formulated the total
synthesis of physostigmine in Minshall.
Before Dr. Ferid Murad ’58 became a
Nobel Laureate in medicine, he learned
the principles of his life’s work as a
student there.
Many decades of discovery later,
Minshall was no longer suited to
its purpose of training the best and
brightest chemists. In 1973 the
laboratory was razed and buried in its
own basement.
Despite the wealth of memories,
photographs and records that exist of
Minshall Lab nearly 40 years later,
every campus survey from the era
disagrees by a few meters about the
site of the old laboratory. Working
with Pedar W. Foss and Rebecca K.
Schindler, both associate professors
of classical studies, Andersen and
Raymond-Judy set out to fi nd the true
location of Minshall’s southern wall.
During Alumni Reunion Weekend
prior to the dig, one visitor joked they
might want to bring a Geiger counter
with them. It soon became clear that
they were digging up more than the
remains of an old building. Th ey were
unearthing memories.
“It was interesting to hear stories
from people walking by as we were
digging,” Andersen says. “People would
walk by and say, ‘Oh! Th at’s that ugly
bathroom tile!’ When you have people
there who remember the building, it
brings a whole new aspect into the
archaeology.”
By the third and fi nal week of the
dig, it was clear to the excavators that
all three of the earlier surveys were
wrong. Th eir trench grew to the size
of a parking space, sloping downward
more than three feet where they
revealed the true location of Minshall’s
southern wall.
Foss and Schindler planned the
excavation to celebrate DePauw’s 175th
anniversary. With that chapter fi nished,
Andersen and Raymond-Judy left with
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AND IN TURKEYFoss to explore a much older historic site.
In July they traveled to Lycia, an
ancient region in southwest Turkey
that was once a corridor between the
empires of the Mediterranean and
Western Asia’s Anatolian plateau,
where they spent two weeks combing
the hills and plains near the towns
of Çaltilar and Seki for remnants of
cultures that had lived there. Th ey
weren’t digging as they had been earlier
in the summer – farmers’ plows have
made that unnecessary – but their
training with the high- and low-
tech tools of archaeology helped the
students get the most from their stay.
Each fi nd was painstakingly
recorded in a growing database
controlled by the Çaltilar
Archaeological Project, an international
collaboration headed by the universities
of Bristol and Liverpool in the U.K.
Using GPS data and specialized
Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) software, the students created
maps to help researchers understand
how the peoples of Lycia adapted to the
land, exploited it and moved across it.
As in Greencastle, the people
of Çaltilar took an interest in the
archaeologists’ work. “What was
really cool was that both projects had
signifi cant components of community
outreach,” Foss says. “In the small village
of about 400 people where we lived,
nearly 100 of them ended up coming by
our dig house over the course of three
or four days to look at displays we had
made, or the pottery we found, or to ask
questions about their past.”
Th e students had already begun
making plans for future excursions
before they returned to their homes
in Minnesota. Next year, Andersen
hopes to return to Turkey with Foss
to continue the project in Çaltilar.
Raymond-Judy plans a Winter Term
2013 trip to Greece led by Schindler.
“Archaeology is a craft you have to
apprentice to really fi gure it out,” Foss
says. “You realize quite quickly whether
you love it or it’s not for you – there’s
no in-between.”
With three years still ahead of them
at DePauw, that’s one archaeological
fi nd Andersen and Raymond-Judy have
already made.
FROM LEFT: VISITORS RECEIVE DIG UPDATES FROM DANICA R. ANDERSEN ’15, IN TRENCH, AND KATHLEEN M. RAYMOND-JUDY ’15 DURING A FRIDAY MORNING TRENCH TALK. MINSHALL LAB. AN ANCIENT ROCK-CUT SHIELD RELIEF, SUNDERED BY MODERN QUARRYING, NEAR ECELER MOUND. RAYMOND-JUDY, REBECCA K. SCHINDLER AND ANDERSEN IN THE MINSHALL TRENCH. TEAM MEMBERS PREPARE FOR BALLOON PHOTOGRAPHY OVER ECELER MOUND, SEKI VILLAGE.
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COLLEGE OR DIEby Christopher Wells
School principal Marcus C. Robinson ’94
has lofty goal for students
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NOW“College or Die.” When Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School fi rst
opened, The Indianapolis Star reported that the school’s principal,
Marcus C. Robinson ’94, wanted to paint these words on the wall, but
other school employees thought the motto might be too much.
Th e words are there now, painted
right inside the entrance. It’s not
hyperbole, Robinson says. Th e life
expectancy of students from inner-
city schools goes up markedly if they
graduate from college. “So from our
vantage point, our courage and our
moral authority has to push us to get to
the levels of rigor that students need,”
says Robinson. “We’ll get them to
college. If not, we don’t really mean what
we’re talking about.”
Tindley School opened in 2004 in
Th e Meadows, a low-income urban
Indianapolis neighborhood with one of
the city’s worst crime rates. Th e school
was to be housed in an abandoned
discount grocery store, renovated for this
purpose. Despite the challenging setting,
the vision for the school was from the
beginning a lofty one: to ensure that
100 percent of its students would gain
acceptance to fully accredited four-year
colleges or universities.
Successful in its mission, Tindley
School has sent every graduate to college
– every single one. Its entry is decorated
with acceptance letters from some of the
most prestigious colleges in the country.
And its students enter college with the
foundational tools they need to succeed.
Tindley students beat the average on
state test scores and attend college-
level classes in calculus, literature,
composition, history, philosophy and the
sciences before they graduate. Th e U.S.
Department of Education named it a
Blue Ribbon School in 2010.
Tindley has achieved this
extraordinary success by relying on the
notion of “accelerated education,” in
which every student receives the kind of
education normally reserved for gifted
students. Accelerated schools expect
their educators to do what is necessary,
including teaching specialized remedial
classes, to keep their students on track
to achieve at a high level. Robinson
and his colleagues pulled this off in an
inner-city neighborhood with a history
of underachieving schools. So how did
they do it?
Th e accelerated school model is the
foundation. Robinson says, “Th e high
school I went to had fi ve ability tracks,
from super-bright down to super-
remedial, and so in that menu you could
choose to get ready for Harvard or get
ready for homelessness.” Instead of
accepting this spectrum of outcomes,
the Tindley School sets one bar for all
students, and everyone who works there
knows that this is the expectation. But
aiming high is not in itself a guarantee
of success.
For the Tindley School, success
seems to come from adapting to what
students need outside of the confi nes of
conventional school hours or even the
conventional school year. Th e standard
school day at Tindley is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“We impress upon our families at the
very beginning that we’re going to work
as hard and as long as your child needs,”
Robinson says. “Well, everyone likes that
conceptually, but pragmatically when
somebody has to wake up at 6 o’clock
in the morning to get a kid out here for
Saturday school, pragmatically when
you’ve arranged to do some things in
the evening and your child has to be at
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school two or three hours longer, that
can get a little hairy. It really requires
a diff erent level of commitment, not
just from the kid and the teacher, but
from the parents and guardians who are
supporting that kid.”
Some students do end up leaving
school at 3 p.m., and taking the summer
off , but students who aren’t making it are
required to put in the extra time. Every
Friday students get a progress report. If
they have 75 percent or above in all their
classes, they may leave at 3 p.m. for the
next week. Robinson says that 65 to 70
percent of students leave at 3 p.m.
Th e same logic applies to summer
vacations, which are available to students
whose state test scores show they are
keeping up. “Th ey know, ‘If I want a
summer, I’ve got to earn a summer.
Th at means I have to take this test
very seriously,’” Robinson explains.
“Elsewhere, if you don’t do well on
ISTEP [a state test], it’s better luck next
year. But our kids realize it’s not just a
high-stakes test for us as professionals;
it’s a high-stakes test for them as a kid.”
Tindley’s success also is a function of
its teaching. Class size is limited to 20-
22 students because, as Robinson puts
it, “at 30 or 40 kids in a room you’re not
teaching, you’re instructing, and our kids
who are behind cannot aff ord to have an
instructor. Th ey need someone who is
really speaking to their needs.”
Extending the school day or year
doesn’t matter if students are spending
more time with a weak teacher. “Th e
research shows that one bad teacher
costs a kid two years of instruction, and
two in a row costs them fi ve years of
instruction,” Robinson says.
Tindley has found gifted teachers
willing to work in the adaptive structure
that ensures all students achieve. “We
have some teachers who come out of
great schools here in Indiana,” he says.
“We recruit nationally, and so we’ve
moved people here from [other states].
We cast a very broad net in terms of
the people that we’re bringing to the
table, but no matter where we get them
from, we still have to train them to be
great. Th ere’s probably only one person I
would say who’s come here and just been
amazing from day one, and that guy
went to DePauw. You know, if DePauw
keeps turning them out, then I won’t
have to work so hard.”
Th e school off ers specialized teacher
training each summer in the form of
the Tindley Teaching Institute. Most
schools of education poorly prepare
new teachers for inner-city classrooms,
Robinson says. “We do our own Urban
Education Institute: Th is is how you
manage the class. Th is is how you plan
for instruction. Th ese are the rules and
regulations, the systems and procedures
“We’ll get them to college. If not, we don’t
really mean what we’re talking about.”
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that are necessary to help your kids be
successful. Here’s how you keep from
boring kids to tears.” In the end, teachers
in an accelerated school focus not only
on what they are putting in front of
students but also on what students are
taking in.
Robinson refers to Harvard Business
School professor Clayton Christensen’s
notion of disruptive innovation: “At
some point, if you’re going to be really
disruptive in what you’re trying to do
and turn things around, you have to
fi gure out not just what you’re selling,
but what people are buying when they
go to school.” For Robinson, the nature
of the work is seeing what students’
specifi c needs are. “You’ve got to know
your audience. Comedians get it; they
tell a joke diff erently depending on who’s
sitting in the audience. I think in teaching
too frequently we say, ‘If I tell a joke, and
it falls fl at, it’s the students’ fault.’”
Th is stance toward student outcomes
isn’t easy, he adds. “You can’t say every
kid who graduates has to do two
semesters of college calculus if you aren’t
as educators willing to make sacrifi ces
to make that happen. I can sleep at
night because I know when we get a kid
through, that kid is not just prepared to
go away but to be successful wherever he
or she goes.”
THE PAST After graduating from DePauw,
Robinson spent a fi fth year in
Greencastle as an admission counselor.
He then did similar recruiting work for
Hope College, traveling the Midwest
and talking to underrepresented
populations about choosing a private
liberal arts college. He kept meeting
students whose credentials said they
weren’t ready for college, but whose
spirit and aspirations said they were.
“I felt like I was meeting students too
late,” he says. “By the time I encountered
them, they either got one designation or
another: admissible or not admissible.
Th at didn’t stop me from being aff ected
by those kids.”
So he set out to become a teacher,
because he thought that by catching
students in high school, he could
prepare them for places like DePauw.
He student-taught at Lawrence Central
High School in Indianapolis and then
took a job as an English teacher in an
urban middle school in his hometown
of St. Louis. Cathedral High School
recruited him back to Indianapolis
in 1998 as an English teacher and to
help with its diversity program. Th e
private parochial school off ered a good
experience, he says, but missed the target
population he was interested in. He
wanted to bring the caliber of education
he was seeing in the private realm back
into the public school context, but he
wasn’t sure how to go about it.
“While I’d like to say I had an idea …
a dream … a vision … I made it happen,
the fact of the matter is that I got roped
“I can sleep at night because I know when
we get a kid through, that kid is not just
prepared to go away but to be successful
wherever he or she goes.” – MARCUS C. ROBINSON ’94
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appropriate, had involved and responsive
parents, did all their homework,
studied for tests and begged for extra
help – didn’t materialize. Neither did
the academic results Robinson and the
Tindley founders and board hoped for.
“We weren’t doing worse than
traditional public schools, but we weren’t
doing any better,” Robinson says. “Our
kids in the fi rst couple years of the
life of this school ranked at just about
where African-American students
rank on the ISTEP. We were about 99
percent African-American, more than
two-thirds poverty. It’s not like we were
doing any worse. We just weren’t doing
any better.” Th e school had purposely
been located where it was needed most,
but the result was, in part, a student
body that struggled.
“We opened in 2004 really set to be
a high school and encountered kids who
were not ready for high school,” Robinson
explains, “ – not just our accelerated high
into this by some DePauw alums,” he
admits. [See related story on page 17
about the involvement of DePauw
alumni in launching the Tindley
School.] Robinson received a call from
Kenya Taray Delemore ’96, who was
working in the education policy division
of the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of
Commerce. Delemore sat on the board
of a new charter school and wondered
if Robinson would be interested in
helping them open it and serving as its
principal. Robinson had never run a
school before and was interested. As he
recalls, he asked Delemore, “What kind
of school is it?” Delemore said it was a
charter school and Robinson hung up.
Delemore called back, thinking they’d
been disconnected.
Robinson: No, I hung up on you.
Delemore: Why would you hang up
on me?
Robinson: Charter schools are the
worst administrative reality of any
private school administrator, having
worked in the private school sector, and
it’s the worst administrative reality of
any public school administrator, and so
what you’re looking for is not a principal,
but an idiot, and I’m not it.
But as Robinson learned more, his
interest grew. Th e idea that all of a
school’s students could be high achievers,
if properly supported, was compelling.
He also believed it was true.
Funding for the school was still
coming together, and the construction
and renovation work had not yet
begun. Indianapolis attorney John T.
Neighbours ’71, who led the Tindley
School’s board at the time, remembers
Robinson’s staggering learning curve as
a fi rst-time principal: “Th e principal’s
job was an enormous undertaking
and, frankly, required Marcus to travel
uncharted waters in Indiana. Th is was
10 years ago when few in Indiana even
understood what a charter school was,
and none could appreciate the challenges
that were ahead.”
Robinson oversaw everything, from
hiring to construction to contracts.
From a plan written by Siri A. Loescher
’84 [See related story on page 17], he
developed a program for the school.
Th en the students came. “We had the
sense that if you build it, they will come,
and they’ll all do exactly what you want
them to do and do it the way you expect
them to do it,” Robinson says. “We
opened the doors of the school and none
of those kids showed up. So we had a
decision to make. You’re either going to
sit on your hands and wait for the kids
you wrote the plan for to show up, or
you’re going to change the plan to meet
the kids’ needs.”
Th e adaptations that later fell into
place, including the longer school days
and school year, “came about because
the kids showed up, and they needed us
to be here longer,” he says. Robinson’s
dream student body – of kids who came
to school on time, were grade-level
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school, but anybody’s high school. We’re
talking about 18-year-olds who were
doing ninth grade for the third time. If
a child gets to ninth grade and does not
absolutely own multiplication facts, for
example, the remedy isn’t very diff erent
for what you do with a fourth-grader.
Frankly, you just have to memorize the
multiplication facts. Th e problem is, the
ninth-grader feels like his or her dignity
is infringed upon when you start to go
over multiplication facts. It wasn’t that we
weren’t willing to work with high school
students who were two or three, in some
cases fi ve grade levels behind; it’s just that
the kids weren’t prepared to stomach what
it meant spiritually, which we respect.”
Tindley’s business model required
that it be able to attract and retain
students, and concern was growing that
the demanding curriculum would drive
students away. Th e school’s leaders had
to make a decision. One contingent
said the school was expecting too much.
Perhaps there should be “a Tindley and
a Tindley lite,” an idea that, according
to Robinson, is “antithetical to what
accelerated schools believe.”
Th e school needed another solution
that wouldn’t require students who had
fallen behind to immediately catch up
and begin to excel. Tindley’s leadership
researched schools with similar
ambitions across the country. Th ey
found that the schools sharing both
their aspirations and their demographic
of high poverty, inner-city, minority
students never started any later than
sixth grade. So the Tindley School
grew younger, adding an eighth grade
fi rst, then seventh, and fi nally, sixth. As
students moved through this enlarged
system, and as the school’s program of
adapting to student needs fell into place,
so did the results they’d been hoping for.
THE FUTURE Once Tindley became successful, a
superintendent asked Robinson what
he thought he would be doing in fi ve
years. Robinson said he’d probably
be looking for a job. Th e surprised
superintendent asked him why, since the
school was doing so well. Robinson told
him, “Because you’ve got twice as much
money as I have. So if you outspend me
doing the same work as me, I’m going to
be out of business.” Robinson thought
that once people understood the Tindley
School’s success was a matter of resource
allocation and determination, everyone
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would do it. It would be a nice way to go
out of business, he acknowledges.
He is still in business, however.
Th e Tindley School has been the only
accelerated school in the state and the
only early-college public high school that
requires actual college courses to earn
a high school diploma. To some extent,
this uniqueness has driven its expansion,
Robinson says: “We tend to have waiting
lists that make us uncomfortable. How do
you continue to look people in the face
and say, ‘I am fl attered that you like the
work that we’re doing, but we have no
more space’?”
In 2010 the Charter for Accelerated
Learning became EdPower, which focuses
on expanding quality, college-preparatory,
educational services for young people.
Robinson is its chief executive offi cer.
EdPower wants to increase access, “but
we didn’t want to take Tindley and make
it 5,000 kids,” he says. “What made the
most sense was to spread out the work
in multiple buildings that were self-
contained. One school, many locations.
Tindley Prep [a new middle school
campus for boys] is the fi rst in that
developmental process. Th e middle school
boys left [the Tindley School] and went
into their own space around the corner.
Next fall the middle school girls will
follow suit. Th at allows us to serve twice as
many middle school kids and feed twice
as many into our high school.”
Th e vision for EdPower’s growth is
even broader. One of Robinson’s friends,
who runs a charter network on the West
Coast, asked Robinson to contemplate
what it would mean if his students got
to sixth grade without falling behind; in
fact, if they were ahead by sixth grade.
Robinson and his colleagues realized
that they could prepare their students
to be remarkable global citizens if they
didn’t have to worry about getting
their math and language arts skills to
where they needed to be. In fall 2013,
EdPower will start its fi rst elementary
school. Eventually, Robinson says, four
elementary schools will feed into the two
middle schools feeding one high school.
Th is past summer, the Indiana
Department of Education named
EdPower one of three turnaround
school operators for Indiana’s failing
schools. Th e only nonprofi t organization
selected, EdPower was awarded a fi ve-
year contract to work with Indianapolis
Public Schools’ struggling Arlington
High School.
So is the Tindley School the
blueprint for fi xing what’s broken in
inner-city public education? Robinson
is optimistic about the future but not
complacent. “Th ere’s never a settled
conclusion about what Tindley really is,
because the point at which Tindley stops
fl exing for the actual kids that show up
is the point at which we do a nosedive.
“Th at’s hard for people, because people
want the binder, right? When folks come
to visit us and say, ‘How are you getting
this done?,’ they want an operational
manual. Beyond the willingness to adapt,
to do what students need, there may not
be a secret guidebook.”
Robinson off ers one suggestion,
though. When others ask him if the
trick to the Tindley School’s success is
to fi nd people willing to be superhuman
for their students, he answers, no. “Th ese
kids don’t need you to be superhuman.
Th ey just need you to be human.”
Marcus C. Robinson ’94 has led
Tindley School, and now EdPower,
to remarkable successes, but – as he is
quick to point out – he had a lot of help
along the way. Some of the support
came from DePauw alumni who shared
the vision of what might be possible if
Indiana had an accelerated school. Th is
vision really began with the school’s
three original founders, one of whom
was Siri Ann Loescher ’84, who had
already identifi ed her passion for making
a diff erence through education when she
was an undergraduate at DePauw. She
now serves Tindley School as its dean of
Early College.
It was Loescher and other co-founders
who gave the school its name. “We
wanted a name for our school that has
meaning and embodies something,”
Loescher said at the time. Charles
A. Tindley was a self-taught, black
Methodist Episcopal minister. Born in
1851 and the son of slaves, Tindley has
been credited as a co-founder of gospel
music. Tindley’s “I’ll Overcome Some
Day” was the basis for the American civil
rights anthem “We Shall Overcome,”
popularized in the 1960s.
In addition to Loescher, a number of
other DePauw alumni helped make the
vision for Tindley School a reality. At the
time the school charter was accepted by
the City of Indianapolis, DePauw alumni
comprised more than 25 percent of the
Tindley School board. Members of the
board then included John T. Neighbours
’71, who served as chair; Alan P. Hill ’81;
Kenya Taray Delemore ’96; and Loescher.
Current members include Neighbours
and James K. Baker ’53, a former chair of
the DePauw Board of Trustees.
DePauw graduates have also been
part of the day-to-day life of Tindley.
Patrick J. Terry ’94 was the school’s
director of operations, and four alumnae
have taught at the school: Rosalie
Landrum Pettigrew ’96, Nickola M.
Baker ’94, Maggie C. Coyne ’99 and
Courtney Lindsey Odom ’05.
DePauw alumni were part of Tindley School from the start
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by Sarah McAdams
STRIKING FEAR –DEBATE AT DEPAUW
James W. Kirkpatrick ’13, a member of
DePauw’s national champion Debate
Team and Debate Society president,
describes the minutes leading up to the
start of a round at a debate tournament.
“It will be a calm, almost fraternal
atmosphere between the teams,” he
says. “Everyone is really friendly, and
then you’ll hear ‘Topics about to be
announced,’ and then everybody freaks
out. You have 15 minutes. Th ere have
been times with fi ve minutes left of prep,
and we don’t know what we’re going
to do. You think, this is going to be a
disaster, but it usually works out.
“Th ose 15 minutes are really intense.
It can try our relationships within the
teams. It’s really a scramble in those
minutes to put together an argument, to
make a case, and then responding to it
is equally as diffi cult. Th ere will be times
when Ronnie (Ronnie D. Kennedy Jr.
’14) and I will be prepping, and another
team needs help. I don’t have time, but
you try to make time. It’s a very high
level of intensity. You do the round, then
there’s a kind of a release, and then the
same thing happens all over again.”
Mohammad Usman ’13, member
of both the Bioethics Bowl and Ethics
Bowl teams at DePauw, describes the
moments leading up to presenting a
case. “When you arrive, you’re given a
document that outlines whom you’ll be
competing against. You immediately get
this rush of wanting to understand how
the other team performs. What sort of
strategies have they used in the past? It’s
the fi rst moment of rush.
“Once you have that, then it’s walking
into the room,” he says. “Th ere are two
desks that seat fi ve people, and they
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are facing each other. A third table is
perpendicular, which is where the three
judges sit, and a moderator next to them.
My main cause of anxiety is that within
the next 40-or-so minutes I have to get
the judges – who don’t know me – to like
our team, to appreciate our arguments
and to understand who we are.”
Th e moderator releases the question,
and a coin toss decides which team
will present or defer. “We have a
miraculously successful record of
winning the coin toss, and we always
defer,” Usman says. “Th at way, you get to
see how the other team performs.
“Th e moderator tells you which case
you have and gives you the question. We
have 15 cases that are released weeks
in advance that we’re preparing, but we
don’t know what the question is until that
moment. So we anticipate to the best of
our abilities. You have 60 seconds between
that moment and when you start talking.
In those 60 seconds, you have to recall the
arguments and written outlines.”
Benefi ts Aren’t Up for DebateAll three organizations at DePauw
– Debate team, Bioethics Bowl team
and Ethics Bowl team – had successful
seasons last year, but each is distinctive
from the others. Th ey practice diff erent
types of argumentation and prepare for
tournaments diff erently, but the team
members all agree, their skills transfer
well to academics.
“I’ll be mentally drained after a
tournament weekend, and then I have to
go study,” Kirkpatrick says. “But it really
does help, not only with discussion in
the classroom but with writing papers.
When you’re confronted with giving
a 10-minute speech in class, and just
did that 10 times over the weekend, it’s
really not that daunting for debaters.
“For anyone who is a little unsure
about speaking up in class, debate is
really helpful,” he adds. “My academics
have really helped my debate, but at the
same time, my debate has really helped
my academics. It’s given me a lot of
confi dence in making arguments because
in a liberal arts education, there’s a lot of
arguments to be made.”
Kirkpatrick says he’s also grown
close to his teammates. “It’s not like a
sports team where you’re seeing them
every day, but the experiences that we
have, whether it’s mutual frustration
or mutual celebration at tournaments,
defi nitely comes back to campus. Some
of my closest friends are people whom I
debate with.”
Usman says he spends more time
on Ethics Bowl than any single class,
but practicing for two hours up to six
times a week is worth it: “It relates to
everything I enjoy doing. It makes me
sharper, more conscious, more aware and
in tune to what’s going on. Despite all
the responsibilities and work that comes
with it, it’s probably the best thing I do.”
Being on the team is relevant to a
liberal arts education, Usman agrees.
“We have to apply this array of tools and
facts that we’ve accumulated. It makes
you think on your feet, be critical and
analytic. So you take what you learn in
school and then apply it in the most on-
your-feet, real-time setting. It’s perhaps
the most academic exercise one can do.”
Usman credits the teams’ success
to their coaches, whose dedication
refl ects the caliber of the DePauw
faculty, he says. Marcia A. McKelligan,
Blair Anderson and Martha Caroline
Rieth Professor of Applied Ethics and
professor of philosophy, has coached
“We have to apply this array of tools and facts that we’ve accumulated. It makes you think on your feet, be critical and analytic.”– Mohammad Usman ’13
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both Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl
since their inception on campus, with
assistance from Ethics Bowl co-coach
Robert D. Newton, professor emeritus
of philosophy, and Bioethics Bowl
co-coach Ted R. Bitner, Hampton and
Esther Boswell Distinguished University
Professor of Psychology.
Success in the Bowl GamesDePauw has competed at Ethics Bowl
since 1999. It’s a tiered competition,
so teams qualify for the national
tournament by doing well at the
regional level. Since 2004 DePauw has
qualifi ed every year except one. “Our
record of achievement in Ethics Bowl is
extraordinary, because teams have to be
in at least the top 20 percent at regionals
– typically one of the top three teams
– to make it to nationals,” McKelligan
says. Last year the DePauw team
reached the national semifi nals of Ethics
Bowl – quite an achievement among 32
teams from across the country, many of
them regional bowl winners.
Bioethics Bowl is new to campus.
Under McKelligan’s coaching, the team
won the 2012 National Undergraduate
Bioethics Competition in March at
University of Denver. “It’s remarkable
that we won on our fi rst try,” she says.
Undergraduates fully run Bioethics
Bowl, and schools can bid to host the
competition. McKelligan hopes DePauw
will host the national competition in the
near future.
Th e number of students
on each team varies
based on interest. Last
year students formed two
teams of fi ve for Ethics
Bowl and one team of
fi ve for Bioethics Bowl.
Two students from Ethics
Bowl also competed in Bioethics Bowl.
Because the preparation time overlaps,
McKelligan thought it was not doable,
but the students surprised her.
One of them is Benjamin C.
Hoff man ’13. A biopsychology
major, Hoff man prepared for both
competitions, which totaled four hours a
day in addition to his classes. “I’ve given
up a lot to do these competitions,” he
says. “Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl
are the most intellectually stimulating
activities for me on campus. It’s what I
want to spend my time doing.”
Cases are released six to eight weeks
prior to competition. For the fi rst few
weeks, students meet together 10 hours
a week, which increases to 15 to 20
hours. However, that doesn’t include
all the work students do on their own
preparing cases and doing research.
“It’s a phenomenal amount of time,”
McKelligan says. “I admire these
students so much for their dedication to
it. It’s almost like taking another class.”
For Ethics Bowl, students don’t
know the question they’ll be asked in
competition and can’t have any notes.
Th ey have to fi gure out the kinds of
issues they are likely to be asked about
and memorize a 10-minute presentation
fl exible enough to accommodate any
question.
Students have upped their game,
McKelligan says, and over the years have
become better prepared and smoother.
“Once you start winning, you don’t want
to lose, and the students get more fi red up.
It’s almost as if every year we work a little
harder because we have this reputation at
stake now. Other schools fear us. It’s sort
of funny. Th ey fear DePauw.”
“We fear them, too,” Usman replies.
“You have to be conscious of people
you’re going against. Otherwise you get
arrogant, and that’s dangerous.”
LEFT: British Debate Team
“I admire these students so much for their dedication to it. It’s almost like taking another class.”– Marcia McKelligan
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Fifteen Minutes to Prepare: Debate TeamGeoff rey D. Klinger ’88, associate
professor of communication and theatre,
has his former debate coach’s job.
Klinger was a debater himself, coached
by Robert O. Weiss, professor emeritus
of communication and theatre. Klinger
returned to DePauw to teach in the
Department of Communication and
Th eatre. He is also director of forensics
and just started his 10th year as Debate
Team coach.
Before returning to his alma mater,
Klinger was director of forensics at
University of Utah, a larger school with
a larger budget. “We ran a full-service
program – policy debate, parliamentary
debate and speech activities,” he says.
“Here, we focus almost exclusively
on parliamentary debate. We’ve been
dabbling the last few years in a new style
of debate called ‘world style.’ Th ere are
world debate tournaments, which we
hope to be able to participate in.
“Right now we’re a regionally
competitive school. We at most fl y to one
place a year while still trying to give the
students enough experience so they fi nd it
useful to their academic lives. One of my
hopes is to establish our debate program
more as an international presence.”
Klinger travels with the team to
tournaments and advises the Debate
Society, a student organization dedicated
to promoting critical thinking through
campus debate and public speaking. Th e
society brings speakers to campus and
organizes public debates, and hosting the
British national debate team has become
an annual event. “Th at’s one way of
internationalizing our program,” Klinger
says. “So if we can’t aff ord to travel there,
we’ll bring the world to DePauw.”
Twelve students are on the Debate
Team, and three two-person teams
travel to tournaments. An open national
championship tournament in the
spring wraps up the season. Debate
Team members practice two hours a
week. “Before tournaments you [also]
really have to stay current on the news,”
Kirkpatrick says. “Because you can’t
bring evidence into rounds, preparing
for tournaments is really about reading
the newspaper – really diligently –
beforehand.”
“Academics is their highest
priority,” says Klinger. “Th e activity
supplements it. If it starts getting in
the way, I recommend they stay on
campus and focus on their academics.”
Klinger proudly notes that the Debate
Team graduates many Phi Beta Kappa
scholars, and the past two Walker
Cup winners (Nicholas Flores ’12 and
Christine E. Walker ’11) were Debate
Team members.
Some of the classes Klinger teaches
dovetail into debate. Last spring, nine
two-person teams from his Public
Communication and Controversy
class attended the Novice National
Debate Tournament at University of
Indianapolis. “Th e whole class went and
debated, and we did very well. DePauw
got third place overall.”
“It’s cool that Coach Klinger was
a debater, too,” Kirkpatrick says. “He’s
very passionate about debate, but he’s
also really passionate about this being
an activity for students. He doesn’t
overreact if you run an argument that
he doesn’t like, which some coaches do.
He’s very much about encouraging you
to explore the activity yourself, and see
how you like it.”
Kirkpatrick says his motivation for
being a debater is simple. “I really like
debating, but at the same time, I like the
process of evaluating ideas, evaluating
policy and being informed and really
questioning the status quo. What can we
do to make things better? Th at discourse
within those rounds doesn’t just stay
there. It creates a lot of conversations
outside, and I really love that.”
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RIGHT: Debate at University of Indianapolis
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GOING GLOBAL
More students opt for an
international experience
by Christopher Wolfe
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WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxillary SphereWorld Countries Source: Esri, DeLome Publishing Company, Inc.Map generated by Beth Wilkerson, DePauw GIS Center, September 2012
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“Servicio was the beginning of my
whole experience at DePauw,” she says.
“It made me feel like I could go abroad
again.”
So, she did. Less than a year later,
Conard traveled on a Winter Term in
May to Australia to survey the country’s
biological and geological diversity.
And last spring, she spent a summer
in Belgium studying the protein that
controls cell growth and reproduction
– work that earned her a nomination
for the Forum on Education Abroad’s
Undergraduate Research Award (see
photo above left).
“I’ve really tried to take advantage
of these opportunities while I’m here
because I know it won’t always be like
this,” she says. Although Conard’s fl uency
in French, Spanish and bioinformatics
predicts a bright future, she makes a good
point. She’s not the only student who sees
things that way, either.
All told, two-thirds of DePauw
graduates earn at least one credit from
an international experience. In the Open
Doors 2011 report, the Institute of
International Education (IIE) ranked
DePauw as one of the top small colleges
in the country for study abroad. By the
time you read this, DePauw will likely
have made the list again.
It’s not just DePauw students who
are fl ocking overseas, however. Th e
number of U.S. students participating
in study abroad grew from 50,000 in
1985, the IIE’s fi rst year of records, to
more than 270,000 last year. As these
experiences become more commonplace,
the competition among colleges off ering
international programs grows – as well
as the scrutiny of them.
DePauw students have many ways to study abroad. For one example, meet junior biochemistry major Ashley M. Conard.
Conard’s fi rst international experience at DePauw came weeks before she was technically a student. During the summer before her freshman year, she traveled with the Servicio en las Américas program to Costa Rica to monitor sea turtles and guard beaches fi lled with their nests.
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In an opinion piece appearing on
Bloomberg View, Ohio University
economist Richard Vedder wrote a
critique of study abroad titled “Study
Abroad, Goof Off and Fool Your Future
Boss.” In it, he argued that study abroad
programs, while popular, can fall short of
an institution’s otherwise high standards
and many people take for granted that
these experiences produce more capable
college graduates.
Vedder’s concerns are particularly
salient to the people who represent
the G in CGPOpps (“see-gee-pops”)
– campus vernacular for DePauw’s
Offi ce of Civic, Global and Professional
Opportunities. Students who talk to
one of these advisers about study abroad
will probably hear the word “integrative”
more than once. Th e purpose of study
abroad isn’t to travel or to see the
world, as nice as those things are. Th e
point, students are told, is to use the
opportunity to do something uniquely
suited to their own plans at DePauw.
“I think what makes DePauw better
than many, many other schools out
there running study abroad is that we’re
trying to be much more deliberate about
individual student outcomes,” says Kate
Knaul, director of Global Opportunities
and assistant dean of academic life.
“It becomes more of an integrative
puzzle,” she says. “Th ere are many puzzle
pieces that make up who a student is,
and we help put them together.”
Winter Term continues to be the
most popular option for students
looking to test the international waters.
Th e yearly intersession is a big part of
what makes DePauw stand out among
its peers, but it, too, has had to adapt.
As a student, Tave Reser ’83 had
the opportunity to travel abroad
during Winter Term and later spent
a semester in Athens. Th ree decades
later, he’s executive director of Seminars
International, Inc., an organization that
advises many DePauw faculty members
about their international Winter Term
courses. Reser says that his own Winter
Term experience, while rewarding and
memorable, wasn’t as tightly connected
to curricular goals as the ones now being
developed.
“I have observed a conscious eff ort by
the administration and faculty to ensure
Winter Term projects are not just ‘trips’
but academic courses,” he says. “Instead
of just seeing and doing, the students
“There are many puzzle pieces that make up who a student is, and we help put them together.”
FROM LEFT: ASHLEY M. CONARD ’14, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. SERVICIO EN LAS AMÉRICAS, ECUADOR. KATHERINE E. BROECKER ’13, LIMERICK, IRELAND. RUI GONG ’13, LONDON, ENGLAND. WINTER TERM, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.
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are coming away with specifi c learned
objectives while participating in an off -
campus experience that could possibly
impact the direction they choose as a
student and in their careers.”
For that reason, advisers are
encouraging students to think about
study abroad opportunities such as
Winter Term as soon as they arrive on
campus. Done early on in a student’s
academic career, a service trip to Costa
Rica or a trek through Southeast Asia
may be the catalyst for a lifelong pursuit.
Junior Phua Xiong is a fi rst-generation
Hmong-American. Fearing reprisal for
their role in a CIA-backed guerilla war
against Communist forces, her parents
were among tens of thousands of Hmong
granted asylum in the United States
following the Vietnam War. During
Winter Term 2012, Xiong traveled with a
group of students to Vietnam, Cambodia
and Laos, where members of her own
family told her about the struggles of
those who stayed behind.
“Learning of the ethnic
discrimination against my people, I felt
so helpless and angered,” she remembers.
“All I could say to myself at the time
was, ‘Th is is simply how things are.’”
But Xiong left Laos believing that
the future could be diff erent. Th is fall,
she is studying at Yunnan Nationalities
University in China, conducting research
on the Hmong people to share with
others in the United States. (See photo
above, second from left.)
Th e program she chose was one
of more than 100 global partnerships
endorsed by DePauw, each an extension
of what might be found in a DePauw
classroom. Students are helped to fi nd
the right program for them. Studying
music performance? Vienna may be
the place for you. Interested in Arabic
culture? DePauw just partnered with a
program in Jordan.
Many of the programs, particularly
semesters abroad157
By the Numbers: Last academic year, DePauw students traveled on
international Winter Terms18 diff erent
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those outside of the modern languages
curriculum, are English-based, allowing
students from any major to participate.
However, if the experience is exactly like
what they would fi nd on campus, there’d
be little point.
“Part of what makes a strong program
is how diff erent it is from what a student
can get here,” says Russ Arnold, an
associate professor of religious studies
who chairs the committee that vets
potential semester-abroad partnerships.
“We’ll look at things such as home stays
and interaction with the community, or
whether the international students are
just locked up in their own building.
Th e goal is to provide a very diff erent
environment that helps our students
to take on and encounter diff erent
worldviews and experiences.”
Th ere would be something ironic
about a university working hard to
recruit new students, only to tell them
once they’ve arrived that their best
opportunities now wait across an
ocean. But when Dean of Experiential
Education and Career Planning Raj
Bellani talks about international
education, there’s no dogmatic adherence
to the idea that students must travel
abroad. He points out that immigrant
communities exist throughout the
United States and are often easy and less
expensive to visit. And that DePauw’s
international student community is
growing as fast as the world is shrinking
– a tenfold increase in the last decade
alone – ensuring that cultural exchanges
happen in every classroom. DePauw
students have many ways to learn about
the world. Bellani’s priority is to make
sure they do.
“Th e new norm is global education,”
he says, “and you can see this change
refl ected in the competencies that
businesses and nonprofi ts are now
looking for. We owe it to our students to
give them this kind of education. Th ey’re
learning to ask detailed questions, to
ask the right questions, and to solve real
problems that exist in the world.”
Vishal Khandelwal, a senior art
history and economics double major
from Kolkata, India, traveled to Rome
last fall to study museum practices.
While there, he found that Rome’s
“The goal is to provide a very diff erent environment that helps our students to take on and encounter diff erent worldviews and experiences.”
FROM LEFT: ANDREW D. MILLER ’14, ISTANBUL, TURKEY. YI LI ’13, RUTH VO ’15, PHUA XIONG ’14 (CENTER) WITH MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY, LAOS. ASHLEY A. R. CASTILLO ’13, BEIJING, CHINA. PHOTO BY VISHAL KHANDELWAL ’13, ROME, ITALY.
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Winter Term trip set direction for his lifeCompanion Community Development Alternatives (CoCoDa) Executive Director Ivan J. Villasboa ’93 (photo at right) spent the last decade nurturing grassroots development projects in El Salvador. The work defi nes who Villasboa is – compassionate and untiring – but his life might have been very diff erent if not for a DePauw Winter Term trip to a war-torn country.
“When I went to El Salvador in January 1993 on a Winter Term, I wanted to be a banker or a fi nance minister back in my home country of Argentina,” Villasboa says. “Little did I know that the trip would forever change the course of my life. While on a Winter Term, in the smallest country of Central America, I found myself. I found my calling. I found my purpose in life. And for this, I will always be thankful to DePauw.”
Next summer, Villasboa hopes to share that special experience with other DePauw alumni and their families. He’s planning a special 20th anniversary trip for others who traveled through DePauw’s Winter Term In Service to El Salvador – and those who never had the chance. Read more about the 2013 Alumni Reunion Service Trip to El Salvador on page 43.
Bangladeshi community inspired
comparisons with ones at home in
Kolkata. With funding from DePauw’s
Frank W. Howes Summer Grant
for Independent Study, Khandelwal
traveled to India and back to Rome to
conduct research for what became his
art history senior thesis – a project he’s
working on during a semester abroad at
the University of Oxford this fall. (See
photo, previous page.) He hopes these
experiences will help him get into the
graduate program of his choice.
No one had to convince Khandelwal
of the value of global experience. When
he came to DePauw, he’d already bought
in to the idea that he might have to
go out into the world to get some of
the pieces of the education he wanted.
Like Conard and Xiong, he’s putting
his puzzle together one study abroad
adventure at a time.
FROM LEFT: ISABELLE S. CHAPMAN ’13, FLORENCE, ITALY. NATHAN R. LYNCH ’13, ISTANBUL, TURKEY. BRITTNI E. CROFTS ’13, THESSALONIKI, GREECE.
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CHARLES PRESTON FLETCHER ’78Simple Things: An Anthology
of Poetry
(Inspiring Voices, A Service of Guideposts – ISBN: 978-1-4624-0340-0)
In this anthology of poetry, the fi rst book in a series, Charles Preston Fletcher ’78 is on a journey of self-awareness. The sad times, the glad times and those times of life that lie in-between. He writes of what love can do – for him and for anyone. Most of all, his poetry was written for him, by him and about struggles in his life as a way to refl ect, grow and ultimately move ahead. Fletcher’s fervent wish is that his journey of self-discovery can be a friendly voice to help others in their struggles, and to begin journeys of their own. In Simple Things, Fletcher shares his view that it is only through The Struggle that the best in life is found.
J. EUGENE GLORIAAssociate professor of EnglishMy Favorite Warlord
(Penguin Books – ISBN: 978-0143121404)
Eugene Gloria’s third book of poems, My Favorite Warlord, is driven by his ongoing obsession with his origins. At the heart of this collection is the poet’s sense of belonging and not belonging. Gloria’s poems on place consider home and exile, one’s arrivals and departures, and the complications of identity. From Manila and San Francisco to Kyoto and Detroit, these poems evoke the lyrical landscapes of family stories. Throughout the collection, historical and personal events collide. One poem weaves together meditations about 16th-century warrior and leader Hideyoshi and the poet’s elderly father. Another poem embraces post-racial America even as the speaker wrestles with his own sense of displacement in the Midwest. In elegy and psalm, as well as ancient forms from Asia such as haibun and pantoum, these elegant and passionate poems enact rage, civility, love, wanderlust and a devotion to art as they explore Gloria’s fears of frailty and erasure. Gloria’s previous books, also part of the Penguin Poets series, are Hoodlum Birds and Drivers at the Short-Time Motel.
NANCY J. DAVISProfessor emerita of sociologyand Robert V. RobinsonClaiming Society for God: Religious
Movements & Social Welfare
(Indiana University Press – ISBN: 978-0253002389)
Claiming Society for God focuses on common strategies employed by religiously orthodox, “fundamentalist” movements around the world. Rather than employing terrorism, as much of post-9/11 thinking suggests, the most prominent and successful religiously orthodox movements use a patient, under-the-radar strategy of infi ltrating and subtly transforming civil society. Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson tell the stories of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Shas in Israel, Comunione e Liberazione in Italy and Salvation Army in the United States. They describe how these orthodox movements are building massive grassroots networks of religiously based social service agencies, hospitals and clinics, rotating credit societies, schools, charitable organizations, worship centers and businesses. The authors argue that this bottom-up, entrepreneurial strategy is aimed at nothing less than making religion the cornerstone of society.
recent words
WILLIAM F. HAYES ’47and Susan Seaforth HayesTrumpet: A Novel of the Regency
Era
(Decadent Publishing Company – ISBN: 978-1-61333-257-3)
Singer/actor Bill Hayes and his actress wife, Susan Seaforth Hayes, immersed themselves in the history of the Regency Age in London and England as well as traveled to Egypt, Spain and other countries in order to produce their fi rst historical novel, Trumpet. As professional actors, they are well suited to telling the story of the brilliant and sassy Elizabeth Trumpet, who fantasizes about starring on the London stage in the early 1800s. Overcoming family tragedy, she scores her fi rst acting job as a fencer – a deadly skill she learned from her brother that will prove helpful later. Blessed with talent and a rare singing voice, she pursues her career, learning from theatrical characters high and low. From the magnifi cence of Regency palaces and the Theatre Royal Covent Garden to the pyramids of Egypt, she is never far from trouble. Both Bill, who majored in music at DePauw, and Susan starred on the television show “Days of Our Lives,” and they previously wrote a memoir titled Like Sands Through the Hourglass.
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KENT B. McDILL ’78100 Things Bulls Fans Should Know
& Do Before They Die
(Triumph Books – ISBN: 978-1-60078-650-1)
Veteran sports journalist Kent McDill provides the premier reference for making Chicago Bulls fandom a lifestyle rather than just a sports preference. McDill, who traveled with the Bulls from 1988-99 and was the only beat writer to cover all six of the Bulls championship teams, packs the book with facts and trivia, including important dates, player nicknames, key jersey numbers through history, and even the best places to eat before or after a game. He shares details about some of the most famous games, players and traditions in Bulls’ history, such as: how the starting lineup introductions originated, Michael Jordan’s spectacular career, the dynasty years of the 1990s and the amazing 72-win season, the incredible playing and broadcasting career of Johnny “Red” Kerr, the old Chicago Stadium and transition to the new United Center. McDill received a bachelor’s degree in communication from DePauw, and his career in sports journalism has spanned more than 30 years, many of them spent at the Daily Herald.
FACULTY NEWS Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., professor of English and author of The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction, will be a featured speaker at the University of California, Riverside’s Eaton Science Fiction Conference, April 11-14, 2013.
Hilary J. Eppley, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is one of the senior personnel for a multi-institutional, collaborative project, “IONiC: Transforming Education Through Collaborative Development of Materials at the Frontiers of Inorganic Chemistry,” which received a four-year grant of $437,962 from the National Science Foundation. It is a national project of the Interactive Online Network of Inorganic Chemists (IONiC) that is intended to improve student learning in inorganic chemistry by incorporating cutting-edge research topics into classroom and laboratory activities.
Deborah R. Geis, associate professor of English, was invited to deliver a lecture on Oct. 26 to mark the centennial of the University of Michigan’s Rackham Graduate School.
Daniel G. Gurnon, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Jacob K. Stanley ’05, who served as a part-time assistant professor of art, are featured in a video, Sculpting Proteins, that won a Mid-America Emmy Award in the Informational/Instructional Feature category. The video shows how physicist-turned-artist Julian Voss-Andreae and the two DePauw professors were inspired to create twisted steel sculptures of a protein called villin. The sculptures now hang from the ceiling of the Percy Lavon Julian Science & Mathematics Center atrium.
More than 50 paintings by Robert D. Kingsley, professor emeritus of art and art history, were featured this fall in an exhibition, “Robert Kingsley: A Retrospective 1976-2012,” in the Richard E. Peeler Art Center. During his 36 years at DePauw, Kingsley taught many students in his courses on painting and drawing, served as chair of the Art Department three times, and showed his work nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions. The retrospective exhibition continues on display through Dec. 14.
The collaborative work of Henning Schneider, professor of biology, and his students was featured in two publications. Schneider, seven DePauw students and a student from another university collaborated on an article, “Cloning and expression of a zebrafi sh 5-HT2C receptor gene,” in Gene, an international journal of functional and evolutionary genomics. Schneider and 12 DePauw students produced a chapter, “Zebrafi sh and Drug Development: A Behavioral Assay System for Probing Nicotine Function in Larval Zebrafi sh,” published in a book, Zebrafi sh Protocols for Neurobehavioral Research.
Thespian, a short play written by Christine White, associate professor of English, is included in an anthology, The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2011, published by Smith and Kraus.
LESLIE BAIRD McDONALD ’72Musings of a Horse Farm Corgi
(Down the Aisle Promotions – ISBN: 9780615638348)
An entertaining read for dog and horse lovers of all ages, Leslie McDonald’s fourth book, Musings of a Horse Farm Corgi, is an engaging true life story as told from the unique perspective of Beamer the Corgi. Branded in early puppyhood by a genetic hair fl aw that sets him apart from other Corgis, Beamer’s undaunted spirit and perseverance serve him well as he tries to become Corgi in Charge on a working horse farm. His special insights and opinions of the cast of characters in his world are likely to make readers think about their own dogs in a whole new light. Active professionally in the horse industry for more than 40 years and a dressage trainer, McDonald is also the author of Down the Aisle, Making Magic: Breeding and Birthing a Healthy Foal, and Tic-Tac. She and her husband live on a horse farm in southern Ohio with fi ve Swedish Warmbloods, two Labrador Retrievers, a barn cat, and, of course, Beamer the Corgi.
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SUPPORTING DEPAUW A tradition of generous and loyal
philanthropic giving from DePauw
alumni, parents and friends has persisted
for 175 years, ever since 500 local
residents raised $25,000 to demonstrate
support of the fl edgling village of
Greencastle as home to a new Methodist
college, Indiana Asbury University.
Since 1837 donor support has made
it possible for DePauw to thrive and
fl ourish while it strives for continuous
improvement. From books to buildings,
from scholarships to professorships,
our University owes its greatness to the
thousands of donors who had the vision
and made the sacrifi ces to nurture it.
Th e 2011-12 year proved to be
not only a celebration of DePauw’s
venerable legacy, but also a glimpse into
a promising future. As the University
continued its steady climb back from a
period of economic challenges, donors
demonstrated their belief in the DePauw
liberal arts mission through a total of
nearly $22 million in gifts, including
$5.4 million to the Annual Fund. Th e
University has entered year three of a
strategic and fi nancial plan based on a
viable business model that best manages
existing resources while generating
funds for future initiatives. For the third
consecutive year, DePauw’s operating
results are favorable when compared to
its operating budget. Th e University is
tracking favorably against almost every
fi nancial metric that was identifi ed three
years ago as a key driver toward what can
be – in a few years – one of the healthiest
periods in DePauw’s fi nancial history.
As of June 30, 2012, the University’s
endowment was $483,065,000.
A few gifts in fi scal year 2012
stand out as critical to DePauw’s top
priorities. Work on the Anderson Street
project began in March 2012 as part of
the $19 million Stellar Communities
pilot initiative awarded to Greencastle
in March 2011 to establish it as “the
next great college town in Indiana.”
Th e University broke ground on the
Hoover Gates, funded by the Ball
Corporation and named in honor of
R. David Hoover ’67 and Suzanne
Anderson Hoover ’67. Th e Hoover
Gates will serve as a welcoming point
of entry to the University from the new
offi cial entrance at the intersection of
Bloomington and Anderson streets. New
gifts for need-based scholarships – such
as the Bergfeld Family Scholarship
and the Peggy and Walker Gilmer
Scholarship – underscore DePauw’s
renewed commitment to supporting the
aspirations of talented students from
every walk of life.
Th e Offi ce of Annual Giving started
two new programs, the Tiger Club and
the Faculty/Staff Campaign. Th e Tiger
Club allows donors to invest in DePauw
athletics, sustaining a long tradition
that promotes a well-rounded liberal
arts experience for hundreds of student-
athletes. Since the Tiger Club’s launch in
April 2012, 415 donors have made gifts
totaling more than $57,000 to impact
DePauw’s 23 varsity sports programs.
Th e Faculty/Staff Campaign resulted in
gifts from more than a third of DePauw
faculty and staff , a powerful affi rmation
of DePauw’s mission from those whose
hard work and dedication already
impacts students on a daily basis.
Donor support allows DePauw
to thrive, grow and dream. Gifts to
the University impact each student
by increasing access to education,
improving academic and cocurricular
programs, and strengthening the campus
community. In a year celebrating the
University’s great history and traditions,
loyal and generous giving by so many
alumni, parents and friends allows
DePauw to look with optimism and
excitement at the opportunities that the
next 175 years will bring.
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Support by alumni, friends and parents is crucial in allowing DePauw to remain accessible to deserving students who need increased financial assistance. It also helps the University recruit and retain faculty members who are committed to excellence in teaching and their scholarly or creative activities.
2011-12 Giving at a Glance
ALL GIFTS BY SOURCETOTAL: $21,982,630
ALL GIFTS BY PURPOSETOTAL: $21,982,630
8,051ALUMNI DONORS
30% ALUMNI PARTICIPATION
1,210 THE WASHINGTON C. DEPAUW SOCIETY ANNUAL MEMBERS (Alumni, Parents and Friends)
30%
2%
8%
25%
32%
11%
2%
29%
2%
7%
12%
40%
Gift figures are from July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012.
ALUMNI ($6,505,937)
PARENTS ($384,089)
FRIENDS ($1,846,270)
ANNUAL FUND ($5,386,916)
ENDOWMENT/BOARD DESIGNATED ($7,111,555)
FOUNDATIONS ($2,310,598)
DEFERRED GIFTS ($464,890)
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS ($6,438,445)
BUSINESS/INDUSTRY ($546,424)
FAMILY TRUSTS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ($1,619,552)
CURRENT USE - RESTRICTED PURPOSE ($2,580,824)
TRUSTEES ($8,769,758)
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WHY WE GIVERussell Freeland ’51 believes in DePauw
One of the great
advantages of a DePauw
education is the opportunity
to study a wide range of
subjects, a hallmark of
a liberal arts education.
Kathryn A. Miller ’73
spent her years at DePauw
focused on two subjects
many would fi nd quite
diff erent – mathematics and
music. Studying these fi elds
prepared her for both her
life’s vocation and avocation.
After earning a master’s
degree in math from Indiana University, Miller assumed she
would teach the subject. Instead, fate led her into accounting, fi rst
at General Electric and then at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne,
Ind. Miller also continued her interest in music as a member of her
church choir and as assistant organist at First Presbyterian Church
in Fort Wayne for the past 29 years.
She studied organ at DePauw under Maureen McCormick
Carkeek ’48. Miller met Carla Edwards, associate dean of the
School of Music, professor of music and University organist, just
before Edwards arrived at DePauw in 1988. Th rough Edwards,
Miller has kept up with the organ program at DePauw through
the years and takes pride in this ongoing tradition at her alma
mater. Although national interest in organ has waned over
time, DePauw continues to provide an exceptional program for
students of the instrument.
When a new organ was commissioned for Kresge
Auditorium a decade ago – the J. Stanford Smith Concert
Organ – Miller provided a gift to help fund the project. She
points out that while most of her giving to DePauw through
the years has been unrestricted, she believed that DePauw truly
needed a fi rst-class organ in order for students to receive the
fi nest preparation possible for careers as professional organists.
While refl ecting on her own college education that prepared
her for the future, Miller also looks ahead to future DePauw
students. “My DePauw experience was terrifi c,” she says, “and
that’s why I give. I want other students to have just as good an
experience as I had.”
Kathryn A. Miller ’73 and DePauw’s continuing legacy in organ
High school basketball
coach George “Bud”
Bateman ’36 saw
something special in
Lawrenceburg, Ind., high
school student Russell L.
Freeland. He persuaded
the student to apply
to DePauw University.
Freeland was accepted and
named a Rector Scholar,
becoming the fi rst in his
family to attend college.
However, as an
African-American,
Freeland was not allowed to live on campus. “Families in town
would take us in,” he explains, and on the way to and from
classes he passed by a certain house that was home to a young
Greencastle woman named Joan Miles. “One thing led to
another,” Freeland says, and the two were married shortly after his
graduation.
Freeland had planned to be an educator after his DePauw
career, but a commencement day conversation with Dean Robert
Farber changed all that. “He suggested I check out International
Harvester in Indianapolis on my way home,” he says, adding that
Farber gave him the name of a DePauw graduate there. Freeland
made the visit, was interviewed at length, and went on to spend
35 years working in manufacturing and industrial engineering at
International Harvester (later Navistar).
A Loyalty Society Life Member, Freeland gives consistently
to the Annual Fund. “I believe in DePauw University as
being vital not only to the educational process but also to life
experience,” he says. “What is learned here can be transferred to
whatever you want to do in your life and your career.”
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Kyle P. McGrath ’ and
Danielle Dravet McGrath ’
each experienced all the best that a
DePauw education has to off er. Kyle
was a kinesiology major, member of the
DePauw football team and president of
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Danielle
was an English literature major and
member of Kappa Alpha Th eta sorority,
who served as president of Panhellenic
Council during her senior year.
In gratitude for their outstanding
academic and cocurricular experiences,
the McGraths support the University
through regular Annual Fund gifts and
service. “Refl ecting on our DePauw
experiences, we understand that who
we are today both personally and
professionally was shaped by our time
GOLD Couple Keeps DePauw Close to Heart
spent in the classroom, on the athletic
fi eld and in leadership roles within
the Greek system,” they say. “Th ese
experiences make it an easy decision
for us to give back to the University, so
future generations will have the same
opportunities we did. And when you see
so many positive changes happening on
campus, you want to be a part of it and
contribute all you can.”
DePauw has continued to infl uence
Kyle and Danielle as individuals and
as a couple since their marriage in
October 2009. During the 2012 Alumni
Reunion Weekend, they renewed their
vows during a special Met and Married
ceremony at Gobin Memorial United
Methodist Church and celebrated
with other DePauw couples at a cake
and champagne reception on the East
College lawn. Th eir participation in the
special event refl ects the strong sense
of community among DePauw alumni,
even across generations.Th e McGraths
are as active as they were as students.
Th ey served on the Indianapolis
Regional Alumni Council from 2008-
11. “It’s incredible how many talented,
successful alumni are located in the
Indy area,” Kyle says. “By participating
in the Alumni Council events, it allows
us to meet with old friends and make
new connections. It also reinforces the
fact that no matter where you are in the
world, there is a network of DePauw
alumni more than willing to support you
any way they can.”
Th ey are especially pleased when their
service brings them back to campus. For
example, the McGraths joined other
volunteers on DePauw’s 2012 Opening
Day to help the University welcome
fi rst-year students and their parents to
the DePauw community. Th e couple
joined the newest members of the
DePauw community for lunch, served
ice cream, answered questions and
directed students to assigned locations
throughout campus.
Danielle now serves on the Graduates
of the Last Decade (GOLD) Council.
“Young alumni have so much to
off er, and it’s important to keep them
connected and engaged,” she says.
“Serving on the GOLD Council is a
way to foster these relationships with
the University and build upon the
foundations already in place. Although
we have graduated and started down our
own paths, DePauw was a part of that
journey and one worth revisiting along
the way.”
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OLD GOLD WEEKEND 2012
ABOVE: At the 2012 Old Gold Weekend, the following alumni were recognized for their outstanding achievements – (from left) Old Gold Goblet: James R. Bartlett ’66, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Media: William F. Rasmussen ’54, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Management and Entrepreneurship: Robert S. Apatoff ’80, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Citizenship and Voluntary Service: Janice Pahl Kern ’71, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Science and Technology: Karl Y. Hostetler ’61, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Creative and Performing Arts: Richard W. Peck ’56, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Professional Achievement: Randall L. Braddom ’64, Young Alumni Award: Aaron J. Lucchetti ’96.
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175TH CELEBRATIONMark your calendars for these upcoming 175th Anniversary celebration events.
» Feb. 20, 2013 175th Anniversary Distinguished
Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw DiscourseScott W. Rasmussen ’86, president, Rasmussen Reports
» March 9, 2013 175th Anniversary Distinguished
Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw DiscourseFerid Murad ’58, Nobel Prize in Medicine winner
» April 8, 2013 175th Anniversary Distinguished
Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw DiscourseJoseph R. Flummerfelt ’58, director of choral music, New York Philharmonic and co-artistic director, Spoleto USA
A complete schedule of 175th Anniversary celebration events is available online at www.depauw.edu/about/175celebration.
LIFE AFTER DEPAUWLast spring the inaugural session of Life after DePauw provided recent graduates a
new opportunity to make a diff erence and give back to DePauw. Th e program is a
collaboration among the Alumni Offi ce; Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities
Offi ce; and DePauw Student Government vice president of academic aff airs.
Life after DePauw is a series of speaker panels throughout the year featuring recent
graduates who share their experiences and advice with current students about what
they wish they had known before graduating from DePauw. Each session has a
diff erent post-graduation focus and off ers insights into various facets of the job world
or the various graduate school options.
If you are interested in volunteering as a panelist, please contact Holly Enneking ’08
ABOVE: Emily M. Pence ’10, Jacob T. Krouse ’09, Grant D. Wright ’09 and Adrienne N. Cobb ’09 spoke about their graduate school experiences as part of a Life After DePauw panel on Sept. 6. The panel also included the following alumni not pictured: Brian J. O’Neill ’09, Laura R. Suchy ’08 and Michelle Sollman Sharp ’08.
TIMOTHY H. UBBEN ’58 RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS CASE AWARDTimothy H. Ubben ’58 (right, in photo) is the 2012
recipient of the Ernest T. Stewart Award for Alumni
Volunteer Involvement. Presented by the Council
for Advancement and Support of Education
(CASE), the Stewart Award is the highest honor
CASE gives to alumni volunteers and recognizes
exceptional overall service to their alma maters.
Ubben chaired DePauw’s Board of Trustees
from 1998-2001 and continues his service as an
advisory trustee. He was a member of the Alumni
Association Board from 1983-87 and served as
chair from 1985-87. He chaired Th e Campaign for
DePauw: Leadership for a New Century, which
raised more than $376 million; was a member of
the presidential search committee in 2007-08; and was awarded DePauw’s Old Gold
Goblet for “eminence in life’s work and service to alma mater” in 1993.
He and his wife and DePauw classmate, Sharon Williams Ubben ’58, received
honorary doctorates at the University’s 173rd commencement in May 2012.
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Th rough the years, DePauw University has earned a notable reputation for its
commitment to academic and athletic excellence. Th e Tiger Club was created to
maintain that level of distinction and encourage alumni, families and friends of the
University to invest in the future of DePauw athletics.
Between the Tiger Club’s launch in April 2012 and the end of the fi scal year on
June 30, 415 donors contributed gifts totaling more than $57,000 to impact DePauw’s
23 varsity athletic programs. Th e gifts not only provide additional funds to improve
and maintain the quality of athletic equipment and facilities, but they also strengthen
DePauw’s ability to recruit and retain high-caliber student-athletes.
Some Tiger Club supporters directed their gifts to a gender-specifi c sports program.
In such cases, 50 percent of each donation goes to the general fund for athletics and 50
percent goes to the sport of the donor’s choice. However, an overwhelming number of
contributors chose simply to designate their gifts to the general fund for athletics.
Stevie Baker-Watson, Th e Th eodore Katula Director of Athletics and Recreational
Sports, oversees the Tiger Club general fund and works with all programs to provide
additional support above and beyond the operating budgets. Baker-Watson consulted
with the DePauw athletic staff and Cindy Babington, vice president for student life and
dean of students, in determining that the general fund would fi nancially support four
main areas in 2012:
» Extended trips: A number of DePauw’s athletic teams travel for extended
periods during the season. To help provide a better experience for our student-
athletes, six programs were given additional funds for their trips, which allowed
teams to travel to a new location to face fi rst-class competition.
» Strengthening the DePauw brand through communication: Th e athletic staff
has worked with the Offi ce of Communications to develop a consistent and
cohesive visual image for DePauw athletics. Th ey also are working collaboratively
with a number of campus groups to improve the athletics website and webstream
selected home sports contests.
» Celebrating the student-athlete: Th e athletics department hosted its fi rst
opening ceremony on Aug. 23, 2012, in which all student-athletes and athletic
staff members came together to celebrate DePauw’s athletic success. Student-
athletes received a free T-shirt with the new athletics logo, had a snack courtesy
of Blue Door Cafe and Th e Flying Cupcake, and enjoyed a laugh with the
athletic staff ’s parody of “Call Me Maybe.”
» Sustaining/foundational expenses: To help conserve water, a residential-sized,
high-effi ciency clothes washer was purchased for Blackstock Stadium, and two
Power-Flo water coolers will help the athletic training staff support student-
athletes during practices.
As a member of the North Coast Athletic Conference, DePauw competes against
some of the strongest liberal arts colleges in the nation and demonstrates that high-level
athletic programs need not be sacrifi ced in order to meet rigorous academic standards. Th e
University’s renewed focus on athletics, sustained by the new Tiger Club, will enhance the
Division III intercollegiate experience of more than 500 student-athletes. Th ank you to all
those who helped make a diff erence this year by supporting DePauw athletics.
TIGER CLUB MAKES IMPACT ON DEPAUW ATHLETICS
SAVE THE DATEAlumni Healthcare and Legal
Professions Program:
DePauw alumni healthcare and legal professionals, mark your calendars and plan to join us on campus March 8-9, 2013, for the Alumni Healthcare and Legal Professions program.
Women’s Studies Reunion:
The Women’s Studies Program is planning a reunion on April 6, 2013. Make sure you don’t miss out. For more information about this reunion, send email to alumnioffi [email protected] or call toll-free 877-658-2586.
A NEW DEPAUW GATEWAYA new DePauw Gateway will be launched soon in order to provide a more robust experience for alumni looking to connect with each other and with current students. Replacing the current Alumni Gateway, the new online community will make it easier to fi nd and contact classmates, maintain your contact information, share your post-graduate experiences and register for regional and on-campus events.
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1941 William H. Pearson is a
retired United States Air
Force colonel. He celebrated his 93rd
birthday, Aug. 14, 2012. He and his
wife, Maxine, live in Tucson, Ariz.
1956 Don M. and Sue
(Richardson ’57) Owen’s
email address is [email protected].
Gerald L. and Gail (Loomis ’57)
Ward renewed their wedding vows at
the Met and Married ceremony at the
Class of 1957 reunion in June. Th ey
have been married for 55 years. Th eir
email address is gailandjerryward@
gmail.com.
1957 J. Patrick Aikman was
honored by the Indiana
Basketball Coaches Association
which named one of its annual
scholarships the Pat Aikman
Character and Leadership Award.
Th e award is given to outstanding
high school graduates recognized
for basketball and academic
achievements, extra-curricular
activities and contributions to the
winners’ schools and communities.
Pat presented the awards at
the annual Indiana-Kentucky
High School All-Star games in
Indianapolis. He has directed the
Indiana All-Star charity event for Th e
Indianapolis Star for 20 years.
John A. and Joene (Cline) Bruhn
live in San Diego. Jodie is a retired
principal and master gardener. John
is a retired Marine offi cer. After
retirement from the Marine Corps,
he was head of San Diego County’s
Justice Agency, an instructor in
business at University of California
and is now writing a book.
Louette Hartmann Ames was
honored with the Alpha Th eta
Achievement Award by the Alpha
Th eta Chapter of Delta Kappa
Gamma Society International,
an organization of key women
educators. Louette received the
award in recognition of her high level
of service and commitment to the
Society and to her community.
Gail (Loomis) and Gerald L. Ward ’56
renewed their wedding vows at the Met
and Married ceremony at the Class
of 1957 reunion in June. Th ey have
CLASS NOTESThe class notes section of DePauw Magazine allows DePauw alumni to keep their classmates and the
University current on their careers, activities and whereabouts. Class notes printed in DePauw Magazine
will also be included in the online version of the magazine. We will publish as many photos as possible,
but due to space limitations and reproduction-quality requirements, we are not able to publish every
photo. Photos cannot be returned. To have your photo considered for publication, it must meet these
requirements:
• Group photos of alumni gatherings, including weddings, will be considered. Please include everyone’s
full name (fi rst, maiden, last), year of graduation, and background information on the gathering.
• Digital photos submitted must be high-quality jpegs of
at least 300 dpi (or a fi le size of 1mb or higher).
Class notes can be sent to DePauw Magazine, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037.
You may also submit via the DePauw Alumni Gateway, by faxing to 765-658-4625 or emailing
Please direct questions to Larry Anderson, senior editor, at 765-658-4628 or [email protected].
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(International University Sports
Federation). Lawrence met with
Russian offi cials to ensure the
medical care of the 13,000 student-
athletes and support personnel for
the Kazan 2012 Summer World
University Games. He is medical
director of the Indiana University
Sports Medicine Program and
clinical professor of medicine
at Indiana University School of
Medicine.
1963 Carol Smith Witherell
received the President’s
Annual Award from the City Club
of Portland (Ore.), June 2012. She
received the award in recognition
of her work as co-chair of a series
of forums titled “Schools Making a
Diff erence: Portraits of Excellence,
Engagement, and Equity.” Carol is
a professor emerita of education at
Lewis & Clark College Graduate
School of Education and Counseling.
She was chair of the education
department and a member of the
faculty for 18 years, retiring in 2005.
Carol’s email address is cswitherell@
comcast.net.
Tri Delts from the pledge class of
1959 (graduating Class of 1963)
celebrated their 70th birthdays at
Castello di Montalto near Siena,
been married for 55 years. Th eir email
address is [email protected].
1961 Margaret Howard Rucker
is chair of the division of
textiles and clothing at University
of California, Davis. She and her
husband, Bob, were delighted to
welcome their fi rst grandchild in
March 2012. Peg’s email address is
David H. and Jean (Rose ’63) Evans
’62, Robert T. and Sherri (Brown
’62) Whetzel ’62, and Allen G.
and Nancy (Tollkuehn ’62) South
’62 met on Mt. Desert Island in
Hancock County, Maine to celebrate
their respective 50th wedding
anniversaries. Th ey were joined by Jo
Misselhorn Usher. (See photo.)
1962 David H. and Jean (Rose
’63) Evans, Robert T.
and Sherri (Brown) Whetzel, and
Allen G. and Nancy (Tollkuehn)
South met on Mt. Desert Island in
Hancock County, Maine to celebrate
their respective 50th wedding
anniversaries. Th ey were joined by Jo
Misselhorn Usher ‘61. (See photo.)
Dr. Lawrence D. Rink is chair of the
medical committee of the Fédération
Internationale du Sport Universitaire
FALL 2012 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 39
JERRY G. GAFF ’58 is a Fulbright Senior Specialist and spent six weeks in Hong Kong consulting on the historic changes in its universities from a three-year baccalaureate degree program based on the British colonist model to a four-year degree consistent with American practices. Jerry is an expert in curriculum and faculty development and has published two dozen books on the topics.
Hong Kong is undergoing a systemic change in its entire educational system, from elementary school to university. All eight of its diverse public universities are adding a fourth year to their degree programs and adding a substantial amount of study in general/liberal education. Jerry helped plan and lead an international conference, General Education and University Curriculum Reform, that was co-sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, whose mission is to promote liberal education and from which he retired as vice president. The conference drew more than 400 individuals from 15 countries throughout Asia.
William V. Blake III ’59, second from right, and three teammates set a world record in the 800-meter freestyle relay at the United States Masters Swimming zone meet in San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 11, 2012.
David H. Evans ’62, Jean Rose Evans ’63, Robert T. Whetzel ’62, Sherri Brown Whetzel ’62, Allen G. South ’62, Nancy Tollkeuehn South ’62 and Jo Misselhorn Usher ’61 atop Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park.
Tri Delts from the Class of 1963 celebrate their birthdays in Italy. Those attending included Mary Price Swain ’63, Caren Campbell Gardner ’63, Evelyn Stone Dawson ’63, Barbee Moriarty Benbow ’63, Sue Curry Wright ’63, Mary Pitzer Griffi th ’63, Jacqueline Faust McDowell ’63, Phyllis Maurer Rumbarger ’63 and Judith DuPree Hontz ’63.
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from the National Association of
College and University Attorneys
(NACUA) during its annual
conference in Chicago. Th e award is
given to individuals who have given
extraordinary service both to NACUA
and to institutions of higher learning.
Ed retired as an attorney and partner
from Reed Smith LLP in Pittsburgh,
Pa. In 2006, he was granted a
NACUA Life Membership for his
outstanding service. (See photo.)
1970 Dan L. Hendricks is vice
president for university
advancement at the University of
North Alabama.
Richard E. Kimmel retired from the
St. Johns River Water Management
District in Florida. He lives in
Grayling, Mich., and is enjoying
retirement.
1971 Doug Frantz was honored
with a Distinguished
Alumni Award from Indiana’s
Manchester Community School
system. Doug is national security
editor for the Washington Post.
1972 Sally Draper Zoll was the
Robert C. McDermond
Center lecture speaker, Sept. 6, 2012,
at DePauw. Sally is chief executive
offi cer of United Th rough Reading.
Constance Ryan Lathrop and her
husband, John, especially enjoyed
Constance’s 40th reunion, June 2012,
because it also was the 5th reunion
for their daughter, Lisa D. Lathrop
’07. Constance; her husband John;
daughter Lisa; and Lisa’s fi ancé, Adam
Martin (University of Indianapolis), all
celebrated together. (See photo.)
1977 Dr. Stephen N. Polezonis
and Michael A. Daly “got
caught up on old times” at a relative’s
wedding in Bangor, Maine, July 2012.
(See photo.)
1978 Kent B. McDill is author
of 100 Th ings Bulls Fans
Should Know & Do Before Th ey Die.
(See Recent Words, page 30.)
Jan Millard Saxton is managing
director of coaching services for
SASH Programs, headquartered in
Seatac, Wash. She and her husband,
Tuscany, Italy, May 2012. Th ey are
looking forward to their 50th reunion
in June 2013. (See photo, page 39.)
1964 Susan K. Nelson is an
instructor of managerial
communication for the College
of Business Administration of the
University of Illinois at Chicago.
She is an editor of the newsletter
for Lincoln Park Village, part of the
nationwide “village” movement, and is
active in progressive politics.
1965 In September 2012, Robert
L. Lee began his third
independent eff ort to raise money
and awareness for three important
causes: cancer, ALS and hospice care.
It is his third ride across the country
in an eff ort to raise a million dollars.
In 2001 he rode 3,254 miles across
the southern border of the United
States, and in 2007 he rode 6,500
miles up the east coast and across the
northern border. His 2012 ride started
in Vancouver, Canada, followed the
western coast of the country into
Mexico and returned to California to
cross the fi nish line in San Diego. He
rode more than 12,000 miles around
the perimeter of the United States.
1966 Dr. Th omas P. Cooper
was named a member of
the board of directors of American
Specialty Health Incorporated.
James A. Kerr Jr. is author of Sixty
Stanzas for the Sixties: Pavane for a
Dead Decade, a poetic commentary
based on observations as a member
of Sigma Nu at DePauw from 1964-
66. James recently retired as chief
adjudicator for Connecticut Human
Rights Commission.
Robert A. Vedder is a retired
publisher of the Venice Gondolier Sun.
He was inducted into Florida Press
Association’s Hall of Fame (FPA) .
Bob is past president of the FPA and
a member of the FPA Foundation
board of trustees.
1969 Hugh Finson is a resident
circuit judge of Piatt
County (Ill.) appointed by the Illinois
Supreme Court.
Edward N. Stoner II received
the Distinguished Service Award
40 DEPAUW MAGAZINE FALL 2012
Edward N. Stoner II ’69
Constance Ryan Lathrop ’72, John Lathrop, Lisa D. Lathrop’07 and Adam Martin.
Stephen N. Polezonis ’77 and Michael A. Daly ’77
Susan M. Ansel ’82
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William, live in Gig Harbor, Wash.
Th ey enjoy visiting their fi ve children
and seven grandchildren who live
in Virginia, California, Washington
and Brazil. Jan’s email address is jan.
Mary C. Woolling is a member of
the Butler University Alumni Board
of Directors and was appointed to
the Board of Visitors for Butler’s new
College of Communication. She was
recently inducted into the National
League of American Pen Women.
1979 David W. Martin, a
professor of economics
at Davidson College, was awarded a
Fulbright-Nehru Research Fellowship
to spend the 2012-13 academic year
at the Institute of Economic Growth
at Delhi University, India. David will
study the “eff ects of impounding the
Gambhir River behind the Panchana
Dam, resulting in water fl owing
to downstream farmers and to the
Keoladeo National Park.” He and his
wife, Elizabeth, will live in New Delhi
from August 2012 through May 2013.
William J. Roess is a planning
services leader for Heapy
Engineering in Kettering, Ohio.
1980 Timothy G. Collins
completed his second
term as chair of the Faculty Senate
of National Louis University in
Chicago and was elected co-chair
of the institution’s University
Leadership Council, a joint faculty-
staff -administration body advisory
to the university president and
senior administrators. Tim serves on
the board of directors of TESOL
International Association, the premier
global professional association for
ESL/EFL teachers. His email address
Eric L. Schurr is chief marketing
offi cer at Bit9, a company that
specializes in advanced threat
protection technology to protect
against malware attacks.
1981 David J. Carr, a partner in
the Indianapolis law fi rm
of Ice Miller LLP in the fi rm’s labor
and employment group, was invited
to become a Fellow of Th e College
of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Election as a Fellow recognizes
sustained outstanding performance in
the profession, exemplifying integrity,
dedication and excellence.
Mary G. Meeker is a member of the
board of directors of Lending Club.
She is a partner at Kleiner Perkins
Caufi eld & Byers in Menlo Park, Calif.
Martha Weber Victor is director
of marketing for Healthios Capital
Markets, LLC. She handles
conference management and investor
marketing. Martha lives at 282 Mills
Court, Lake Forest, Ill. Her email
address is [email protected].
1982 Susan M. Ansel is
president and chief
executive offi cer of Gables
Residential, a management and
development company of multifamily
apartment communities in Dallas.
Sue is a member of DePauw’s Board
of Visitors. (See photo.)
Judith Noblett Steinberg is principal
at Gwynedd Square Elementary
School in Lansdale, Pa.
1983 James C. Alling is interim
chief executive offi cer for
T-Mobile USA.
Laura Demaree Shinall is vice
president and a member of the board
of directors of Syndicate Sales, a
manufacturer of fl oral supplies. She
is a member of the American Floral
Endowment Board of Trustees.
1984 Mark A. Buening is
strategic planning senior
consultant in the Global Supply Chain
Operations division at Dell Inc. His
daughter, Rebecca J. Buening, is a
senior at DePauw. Mark is a member of
the board of trustees for the Alpha Tau
Omega chapter at University of Texas.
He lives at 13021 Legendary Drive,
#421, Austin, TX 78727. Mark’s email
address is [email protected].
Lorraine Dunn Martin is a member
of the board of directors for Inroads,
a nonprofi t organization that provides
corporate internships and leadership
development to underserved students.
Susanna Meacham Harris retired
from active duty with the United
States Air Force, June 2012, after
more than 20 years of service. She
joins her husband, Andrew, also a Lt.
Col. retired from the Air Force, and
their children, Dennis, 14, and Anna,
13, at their home in Winchester,
Wis. Sue looks forward to life with
teenagers as a soccer mom.
Col. James L. Weingartner
completed the Joint Military Attaché
School and will serve as the senior
defense offi cial/defense attaché at
the United States Embassy in Doha,
Qatar. His wife, Barbara Bradford
Weingartner, also completed the
training and will serve with him as a
diplomat wife.
1985 Kathleen Galliher
Locke is a photographer
and opened a storefront studio
on Merchant Street in Decatur,
Ill. Kathy specializes in photos of
children and family portraits.
Bradford S. Grabow is vice president
and commercial banking offi cer at
Lake City Bank in Indianapolis.
1986 Scott W. Rasmussen
is a columnist, author,
political analyst, and founder and
president of Rasmussen Reports.
Scott’s book, Th e People’s Money, was
a bestseller this year. Scott hosts
a nationally syndicated television
show, “What America Th inks with
Scott Rasmussen,” which launched
September 2012 on WCBS in New
York and KCBS in Los Angeles.
1987 Gregory J. Alm, crew
member of the Realt
Na Mara, and skipper Joseph P.
Londrigan ’88 won the 2012 Race
to Mackinac, the world’s longest
freshwater boat race. (See photo.)
Kevin L. Chumlea is assistant general
counsel at Scannell Properties in
Indianapolis.
Kira Davis McManus is director of
business development and channel
sales for FORTRUST, a data center
services provider and colocation
facility in the Rocky Mountain region.
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Joseph P. Londrigan ’88 and Gregory J. Alm ’87
ACCOMPLISHMENTSDo you have a recent achievement or accomplishment to share? Perhaps you were promoted? Or fi nished graduate school? Whatever your accomplishment might be, we would love to include it in the magazine. Snap a photo (high-resolution, please) and send it to us with a description.
Send photos to DePauw University, DePauw Magazine, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037. Or email [email protected].
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Vicki Freeman Pugh is vice president
for development at Palm Beach
Atlantic University. Vicki and her
husband, Timothy M. Pugh ’88, live
in Ormond Beach, Fla. Th ey have two
daughters: Aline, 13, and Grace, 8.
John P. Rhodes published two related
articles: “To Be or Not to Be: Who
is an Indian Person?,” 73 Montana
Law Review 61 (Winter 2012); and
“Who Is an Indian,” Th e Champion,
May 2012. John’s email address is
1988 Kimberly Allee Allen
teaches history and
literature classes, as well as cursive
writing and Latin, at Roseleaf
Academy in Farmville, N.C.
Darryl B. Bennett and his third-
grade daughter, Lucy, wrote a book
titled Who Stole Franklin Stripington?
Th e book resulted from Lucy’s third-
grade teacher’s class project, which
involved solving the mysterious
disappearance of the class’ mascot.
After the mystery was solved, Darryl
and his daughter wrote the book
about the experience. (See photo.)
Joseph P. Londrigan, skipper of the
Realt Na Mara and crew member
Gregory J. Alm ’87, won the 2012
Race to Mackinac, the world’s longest
freshwater boat race. (See photo,
page 41.)
Dianna Minnick Boyce is senior
director of corporate communications
at Finish Line.
1989 Jodi Green Wingler and
Daniel Stockton (Wabash
College) were married July 28, 2012,
in Greencastle, Ind. Jodi is manager
of youth services of the Danville
(Ind.) Public Library. Daniel is plant
manager of Morgan Services of
Indianapolis. Th ey live in Greencastle.
Jodi’s email address is jstockton@
dplindiana.org. (See photo.)
1991 John F. Hirschman has
joined Faegre Baker
Daniels LLP in Indianapolis as
counsel. (See photo.)
Dr. James M. O’Brien Jr. is medical
director of quality and patient safety
at Riverside Methodist Hospital in
Columbus, Ohio. He is continuing
his work to fi ght sepsis, the third
leading killer disease (as featured in
the winter 2012 issue of DePauw
Magazine) as well as his eff orts with
the organization he founded, Spike
Out Sepsis, and the international
organization Sepsis Alliance.
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WHICH IS BETTER, OLYMPICS OR MONON BELL?
In his seventh season as head strength and conditioning coach for the Orlando Magic, Joseph P. Rogowski ’00 was selected to serve as strength and conditioning coach for both the NBA East All-Stars and Great Britain’s Olympic basketball team. In the latter role, Rogowski traveled with the team throughout England, Spain and France, and
then he had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of working at the London Olympics.
Even better, he was able to attend the Olympics with his girlfriend, Diana Lopez, American bronze medalist in taekwondo, and her family, which includes other Olympians and medalists. With the help of a family pass, he spent two weeks in the Olympic Village meeting, eating with and hanging out with most of the American Olympic athletes–not to mention celebrating with them and their families after medal victories.
After such a thrilling time at the Olympics, what does Rogowski, a former defensive back on the DePauw football team, rank as the greatest athletic experiences of his life?
Right up there at the top, he says, are watching his girlfriend and her brothers win Olympic medals, seeing Jamaica’s Usain Bolt win a gold medal with an Olympic record time in the 100-meter fi nal, and experiencing the spectacle of the London Olympics opening ceremony.
However, Rogowski admits that still dearest to his heart is winning the Monon Bell four years in a row as a DePauw student.
Darryl B. Bennett ’88 Who Stole Franklin Stripington ?
Jodie Green Wingler ’89 and Daniel Stockton
Joseph P. Rogowski ’00 is at far right.
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Amy Oler Holthouse is president and
chief executive offi cer of the Wayne
County (Ind.) Area Chamber of
Commerce.
Stacy Wilson McCann has been
appointed to a three-year term on the
board of trustees for the Overlook
Medical Center Foundation in
Summit, N.J.
1992 Dr. Todd D. Brandon is
a member of the board
of Cameron Memorial Community
Hospital in Angola, Ind. Todd is a
general surgeon and has
served at Cameron for 11 years.
Clarenda M. Phillips is interim
associate vice president for academic
aff airs at Morehead State University.
She is chair of the department
of sociology, social work and
criminology at Morehead State.
1993 Stanford K. McCoy,
a member of Phi
Gamma Delta fraternity, received
distinguished service honors in the
Coulter Cup for his service to the
chapter. Th e Coulter Cup is one of 12
distinguished service awards that Phi
Gamma Delta presents annually.
1994 Angelina Andrews
Torain is an assistant
commissioner for institutional services
and championship administrator for
Th e Summit League in Elmhurst, Ill.
Angie and her husband, Kyle, have
three daughters: Kaylyn, 15, Amari, 10,
and Addison, 5.
Jonathan A. Jenkins is head
of engineering for Pinterest,
headquartered in San Francisco.
Jon is responsible for leading
the engineering team in its
continued development of the
website, managing and scaling the
infrastructure that supports the
service, and growing the overall
technical team behind Pinterest.
Amy Kossack Sorrells acquired a
contract to publish two full-length
novels with David C. Cook publishers
of Colorado Springs, Colo. Th e fi rst
novel is slated to be published in early
2014. Amy lives with her husband
and three sons in Zionsville, Ind. She
can be reached through her website at
http://amysorrells.wordpress.com or at
Rev. Marella McMillon Holmes is
an associate regional pastor for youth
ministry for the American Baptist
Churches of New Jersey. (See photo.)
Hugh M. Seyfarth and his wife,
Stacey, announce the birth of their
daughter, Ella Grace Seyfarth, April
17, 2012. Ella joins sister Madison
Kathryn, 2. Hugh is head men’s
soccer coach at Florida Southern
College in Lakeland, Fla. His email
address is hseyfarth@fl southern.edu.
1995 Julie Barney Bieszczat
is president of Barney
Enterprises, based in Crown Point,
Ind. Julie is responsible for various
businesses Barney Enterprises owns.
Susan Dinkel Jensen received
an Emmy Award for Special
Achievement: Station Excellence
at the 48th Annual Ohio Valley
Regional Emmy Awards. She is
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John F. Hirschman ’91 Marella McMillon Holmes ’94Elizabeth L. Martin ‘99 and Timothy Yates wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Amber L. Ewing ‘99, Nicole B. Johnson ’99, Catherine Lux Fry ’99, Patricia Guagliardo Mohl ’99, Jeff rey D. Mohl ’99, Damien A. Bender ’98, Lynn M. Miller ’99, John H. Bankhurst ’99, Kimberly Paradise Ridder ’99, W. Kenney Marlatt ’00 and Kenton B. Smith ’99.
YOU CAN VOLUNTEER AGAIN!Alumni reunion service trip to El Salvador planned in 2013A group of DePauw students fi rst made a connection with the community of Consolacion, El Salvador in 1993. They helped build a school while learning from the local community through the Winter Term in Service (WTIS) program.
In 2012, DePauw maintains this partnership with the same community – now Las Delicias – through WTIS and Companion Community Development Alternatives (CoCoDA), an Indianapolis-based nonprofi t organization. To commemorate 20 years of partnership and a commitment to service, WTIS, CoCoDA and DePauw Alumni Relations Offi ce will host an alumni reunion service trip to El Salvador during the summer of 2013.
By inviting alumni to participate in the service trip, DePauw and CoCoDA intend to off er a reunion experience for those who have participated during the 20 years, reach out to family of alumni to connect with the DePauw tradition of service, and provide an opportunity to those that were unable to participate during their years at DePauw.
Tentative dates and price: July 21-31, 2013, and $1,300 per person (plus airfare). Interested alumni should check the website for further details and contact information: www.depauw.edu/alumni/events/alumni-service-trip.
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news director and 5 p.m. anchor for
WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Ind.
Peter K. Fogarty lives in Columbus,
Wis., with his wife and three
daughters. He is director of sales for
Vintage Parts. Mark is a member of
the Columbus school board as well as
the chief visionary and co-producer
for a new digital serial novel project
called NLV. Pete’s email address is
Kristina D. Uland is vice president of
development at WFYI Public Media,
Indiana’s fl agship PBS and NPR
member stations.
Shannon Whitt Smith is illustrator
of a children’s book titled Shakespeare’s
Seasons.
1997 Mark J. Hiemenz is
women’s soccer coach at
Hastings College in Nebraska.
Raphaella Palmer Prange is dean of
students at Millikin University in
Decatur, Ill. Raphaella has served in
several positions at Millikin since 1999.
1998 Dr. Jeff rey L. Hartzell
practices orthopaedic
surgery at Jonesboro (Ark.)
Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
clinic. He is a team physician for
Arkansas State University athletics
and St. Bernards Sports Medicine.
Scott M. Kroeger is director of
sales and operations, as well as
a shareholder, at Lutz Software
Solutions, an affi liate of Lutz &
Company.
Andrew K. Powell is a cast member of
the CBS series, “Th e Mentalist,” in a
recurring role as an FBI agent. Drew
has appeared in several television
series, including “Grey’s Anatomy,”
“Necessary Roughness,” “Leverage”
and “Malcolm in the Middle” as well
as an episode of “Bones.”
Danica Rodemich Mathes is of
counsel for the Dallas law fi rm
of Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP.
She concentrates her practice on
entertainment law, motion pictures
and television, and music. Danica was
selected by her peers for inclusion in
Th e Best Lawyers in America 2013.
Cassidy Ruschell Rosenthal is a
member of the law fi rm of Stites &
Harbison, PLLC in their Lexington,
Ky., offi ce. She is a member of the
construction service group, where
her practice focuses on construction
litigation, contract drafting and
negotiations and general business
litigation. She is president of the
Fayette (Ky.) County Bar Association,
a member of the Fayette County
Bar Association’s board of directors,
executive committee and pro bono
board of directors.
1999 Adam M. and Anne
(Ewald) Dill announce the
birth of their daughter, Penelope Jane
Dill, April 16, 2012. Penelope joins
brothers Charlie, 6, and Joshua, 3, at
their home in Champaign, Ill. Adam
is an associate with Erwin, Martinkus
& Cole, LTD. Anne is a vice
president at Busey Bank, managing
the private client program.
Elizabeth English Eckert lives
at 3274 Whispering Pines Lane,
Carmel, IN 46032. Her email address
Hilary Guenther Buttrick is an
assistant professor of business law
in Butler University’s College of
Business. Hilary’s email address is
Daniel J. Higgins made the front
page of the Bangor News (Maine) for
brokering a deal between Chevron Oil,
Maine Department of Environmental
Protection and the town of Hampden.
Dan is owner and manager of a
marine business in Maine. His website
is www.hamlinsmarina.com.
Elizabeth L. Martin and Timothy
Yates were married April 14, 2012, in
Indianapolis. (See photo, page 43.)
Jeff rey D. and Patricia (Guagliardo)
Mohl announce the birth of their
son, Jason David Mohl, Aug. 1, 2012.
Th ey live in Niles, Ill.
Megan Patterson Zalokar and her
husband, Michael, announce the
birth of their son, Jonathan Michael
Zalokar, Feb. 8, 2012. Th ey live in
Winfi eld, Ill. Megan is orchestra
director for 5th-8th grades in Indian
Prairie School District 204 in
Naperville and Aurora, Ill. Her email
address is [email protected].
2000 Jamie Aussieker Boyer is
a partner in the law fi rm
of Stinson Morrison Hecker. She
was elected president of the Women
Lawyers’ Association of Greater
St. Louis, and she is a member of
the board of directors of Voices for
Children, a nonprofi t group that
advocates for abused and neglected
children.
David T. Christman is chief
information offi cer of Oak Street
Funding, LLC, in Carmel, Ind. He
is responsible for all aspects of the
company’s IT infrastructure.
Robert J. Davis was named one of the
Top 20 Under 40 by the Evansville
Business Journal. Bob opened a State
Farm Insurance branch in 2009 in
Evansville, where he and his wife, A.
“Nikki” Warner Davis, live.
Catherine Hall Wong and her
husband, Ray, announce the birth of
their son, Caden Ray Wong, March
26, 2012. Caden joins sister Mia, 3, at
their home in Foothill Ranch, Calif.
Catherine is a second-grade teacher
in Irvine, Calif.
Brian T. Hicks is director of
corporate development for Vectren
Corporation. (See photo.)
Jeff rey T. Hudson is owner and senior
DJ at Spacecraft Entertainment based
in Austin, Texas. He DJ’s for weddings,
corporate events and clubs. Jeff ’s email
address is jeff @spacecraftentertainment.
com. (See photo.)
Jessica M. McCuan has joined the
staff of North Carolina’s Asheville
Citizen-Times, where she is editor of
the Scene section.
Jonna McGinley Reilly and her
husband, Daniel, announce the birth
of their son, Eagan John Reilly, and
daughter, Alexandra “Alexie” Leigh
Reilly, Feb. 12, 2012. Th ey live in
Chicago.
2001 Wandini Dixon-Fyle
Riggins is an insurance
attorney for Lewis Wagner LLP
and focuses her practice in insurance
coverage defense, bad faith disputes
and immigration. She is a member
of the Immigrant Welcome Center
Board of Directors and a member
of DePauw’s Alumni Board of
Directors. (See photo.)
Jennifer (Geary) and Jess D. Riefe
announce the birth of their daughter,
Laine Evelyn Riefe, Jan. 23, 2012.
Laine joins sister Paige, 2, at their
home in Chicago.
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Brian T. Hicks ’00 Jeff rey T. Hudson ’00 Wandini Dixon-Fyle Riggins ’01
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John N. Rooks Jr. and Bridget E.
Fallen were married Oct. 8, 2011, in
Chicago. John is an attorney with
Fisher Kanaris, P.C. Bridget is a
project manager with Benjamin West.
Th ey live in Chicago. John’s email
address is [email protected].
(See photo.)
2002 Nicole N. Long
earned a doctorate
degree in college student personnel
administration, May 2012, from the
University of Maryland, College
Park, and completed a graduate
certifi cate in measurement, statistics
and evaluation. She is a management
analyst for the District of Columbia
Offi ce of the State Superintendent of
Education. Her email address is long.
2003 Jeremy T. Engle earned
a doctoral degree in
computer science, August 2012, from
Indiana University. He and his wife,
Sara, live in San Jose, Calif.
Joshua M. Husmann and his wife,
Lisa, announce the birth of their
daughter, Jenna Grace Husmann, July
9, 2012. Th ey live in Carmel, Ind. Josh
is lead pastor of Mercy Road Church
in the northern Indianapolis area. His
email address is [email protected].
Allison K. Van Dam and Pehr Hovey
were married July 14, 2012, in Los
Angeles, where they live and work.
Ali is a registered nurse case manager
for VITAS Hospice. Pehr is technical
staff for Walt Disney Imagineering
Research and Development. Ali’s
email address is allisonvandam@
gmail.com. (See photo.)
2004 Amy Baumgartner
Hutton is director of
admissions for the music department
at Virginia Commonwealth
University. She oversees both
undergraduate and graduate
admissions for the department. Amy’s
email address is [email protected].
Abigail A. Huff er and Benjamin A.
Diener were married Oct. 8, 2011, in
Monticello, Ind. Abby is an attorney
at Obear, Overholser, Huff er & Rider
in Delphi, Ind. Ben is an attorney
in private practice in Monticello,
Ind. DePauw alumni attending
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the wedding included Sara Decker
Huff er ’01, Stefanie Chambers
Turchyn (matron of honor), Kelli
Smith Davis (bridesmaid), Casey
L. Brackney, Corey L. Brackney,
Patricia Cooksey Riveire, Laura D.
Clark, McKenna Roberts Goslee,
Rose Shingledecker, Margaret
Held Christensen, Sara K. King
’03, Lauren M. McLean ‘06, Ashley
G. Piper ’07, Andrea M. Johnson
’06, David M. Trogden, Daniel
B. Matuszewski and David E.
Hickman ’73. (See photo.)
Sara S. Mummey is executive director
of the Lafayette (Ind.) Symphony
Orchestra. Sara is the youngest
director in the LSO’s 61-year history.
Dr. Elizabeth M. Ross and Michael
Werner were married April 3, 2012,
in Tulum, Mexico. Liz is fi nishing her
pediatric anesthesiology fellowship
at Riley Hospital for Children
in Indianapolis. DePauw alumni
attending the wedding included Nita
Shaw Douglas and Cory J. Whaley
’06. (See photo.)
Derek K. and Loren (Faulkner) Smith
announce the birth of their daughter,
Arabel Wendy Smith, Aug. 17, 2012.
Th ey live in Nashville, Tenn. Loren’s
email address is [email protected].
Union M. Williams and Rebekah L.
Gebhard ’06 were married July 30,
2011, in Indianapolis, where they live
and work. Union’s email address is
[email protected]. Rebekah’s email
address is Rebekah.gebhard@gmail.
com. (See photo, page 47.)
2005 Aaron M. Gress
completed his Peace
Corps service in Ecuador, May
2012. He worked at two site
John N. Rooks ’01 and Bridget E. Fallen wedding. John and his Phi Kappa Psi fraternity brothers singing “The Sweetheart Song” to the bride. Those included Benjamin G. Elrod ’98, Felix P. Yau ’01, Derek M. Taylor ’00, Xavier L. Pokorzynski ’00, David P. Simon ’01, Matthew J. Nartker ’01, John N. Rooks Jr. ’01 (groom), Matthew J. Pritchard ’01, James R. Monaghan ’01, Frederick M. Crampton ’01, Joshua M. Bolin ’01, Phillip L. Smith ’01, Jonathan S. Williams ’00, Thomas N. Rooks ’04, Bradley J. Kreutz ’00, Benjamin J. Griswold ’01, Andrew E. Deff enbaugh ’01, Bradley R. Foss ’00, Stephen A. Silca ’02 and Ryan S. Winkler ’01. Attending but not pictured were Andrew K. LaDow ’01, Katherine M. McCleary ’01, Christopher R. Fleck ’01, Matthew R. Farrell ’01, Melissa Reinke Simon ’02, Joy M. Duginske ’01, Alicia Bury Bolin ’01, Mason N. Floyd ’01, Megan Hinton Pritchard ’03, Lucas W. Woodard ’01, Nicholas B. Bowles ’01, Katherine Fuson Winkler ’01 and John N. Rooks Sr. ’70 (father of the groom.)
Allison K. Van Dam ’03 and Pehr Hovey wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Emily E. Parsons ’04, Abigail A. Parsons ’04 and Emily C. Hallford ’03. Attending but not pictured were Pamela A. Collins ’75, Zachary G. Stockton ’09 and Sarah R. Chamberlain ’12.
Abigail A. Huff er ’04 and Benjamin A. DienerElizabeth M. Ross ’04 and Michael Werner
Aaron M. Gress ’05
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placements, sharing small business
management skills to a rural
community cheese factory and a
quinoa granola manufacturer. He is
pursuing a master’s degree in business
administration at Duke University’s
Fuqua School of Business. (See
photo, page 45.)
Tyler S. Hollett and Karen A. Babbs
’07 were married May 5, 2012, in
Nashville, Tenn. Ty is pursuing a
doctoral degree in education at
Vanderbilt University. Karen is a staff
member for Teach for America. Ty’s
email address is Tyler.Hollett@gmail.
com. Karen’s email address is Karen.
[email protected]. (See photo.)
Amy Irby-Shasanmi is a 2012-13
American Sociological Association
Minority Fellow. She is pursuing
a doctoral degree in sociology at
Indiana University in Bloomington.
Charles M. Middleton and Connie
S. Shim ’08 were married May 26,
2012, in Fort Wayne. (See photo,
page 48.)
Matthew S. Mooney and Christine
Kluber were married Oct. 22, 2011, in
Oak Brook, Ill. (See photo.)
William C. Riley and Sarah E.
Summers ’08 were married June 30,
2012, in Indianapolis. Th ey live in
State College, Pa. (See photo.)
Michelle L. Rhodes is a member
of the board of directors of CASE
(Council for Advancement and
Support of Education) Indiana.
Michelle is director of the Cathedral
Fund at Cathedral High School in
Indianapolis.
Elisabeth Sugrue Button and her
husband, Jonathan, announce the
birth of their son, Luke Th omas
Button, May 19, 2012. Th ey live in
College Station, Texas.
Laura Valler Halt and her husband,
Eric, announce the birth of their
daughter, Adyson Grace Halt, Aug.
12, 2012. Th ey live in Fishers, Ind.
Laura’s email address is lmhalt@
gmail.com.
2006 Martha L. Allee is an
associate in the Cleveland
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law fi rm of Weston Hurd LLP. She
focuses her practice on commercial
litigation matters. (See photo.)
Daniel P. Antle and Natasha
Squadere were married July 14, 2012,
in Chicago. (See photo.)
Clayton A. Clark earned a Master’s
of Fine Arts degree in creative
writing from Ohio State University,
June 2012. He lives in St. Louis, and
is a copy editor and proofreader at
Osborn Barr, an advertising agency
specializing in the agricultural
industry. Clayton continues to
pursue his poetry, playwriting and
screenwriting projects. Clayton’s
email address is claytonadamclark@
gmail.com.
Rebekah L. Gebhard and Union M.
Williams ’04 were married July 30,
2011, in Indianapolis, where they live
and work. Rebekah’s email address
Union’s email address is Unionw@
gmail.com. (See photo.)
2007 Karen A. Babbs and
Tyler S. Hollett ’05 were
married May 5, 2012, in Nashville,
Tenn. Karen is a staff member for
Teach for America. Ty is pursuing
a doctoral degree in education at
Vanderbilt University. Karen’s email
address is [email protected].
Ty’s email address is Tyler.Hollett@
gmail.com. (See photo.)
Chinonye O. Chukwu’s feature fi lm,
AlaskaLand, debuted at the Chicago
International Film Festival, October
2012. Th e fi lm will be shown at several
fi lm festivals throughout the year.
Matthew S. Mooney ’05 and Christine Kluber wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Ian M. Stone ’05 (groomsman), Evan M. Moore ’05 (groomsman), Adam C. Runyan ’05 (groomsman), Daniel B. Matuszewski ’04, Patrick J. McGrew ’04, Andrew P. Isch ’03, Robert L. Bruder ’05, David M. Trogden ’04, Jaclyn Blackwell McGrew ’05, Dana Hudson Stone ’05, Kelly M. Timmons ’05 (maid of honor), Craig A. Lehmann ’03 (groomsman), Jason C. Pease ’05 (groomsman), and Casey L. Brackney ’04. Attending but not pictured was Lindsay Stewart Runyan ’05.
William C. Riley ’05 and Sarah E. Summers ’08 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Kyle J. Danforth ’05, Evan D. Hunter ’10, Patrick J. Mitchell ’06, Matthew M. Ferrell ’05, Clayton A. Clark ’06, Kate R. Nickols ’05, Janelle J. Blasdel ’08, Raija M. G. Bushnell ’09, Sarah L. Hughes ’08, Kimberly Hamer Schrank ’08, Jessica A. Milano Limeberry ’06, Siobhan M. Lau ’09, Elizabeth Tassell Roth ’08 and Jeff rey M. Roth ’06.
Martha L. Allee ’06
Daniel P. Antle ’06 and Natasha Squadere wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Peter W. Kostroski ’07, William A. Fama Jr. ’06, Tyler C. Mallory ’07, Anthony J. Gemma ’07, Natalie Beardsley Kostroski ’07, Ashley E. Hedges ’03, Jennifer Jessen Bostrom ’07, John C. Stephens ’06, Whitney Long Stephens ’06, Jonathan C. Bostrom ’06, Laura M. Solotorovsky ’09, John R. Fenley ’08, Scott C. Southard ’04 and James Redd IV ’08.
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Amanda Rosenbaum and Jeff rey
P. Zanchelli were married June 25,
2011, in Arlington Heights, Ill. (See
photo.)
2008 Natalie L. Erickson
is a client service
representative for SYM Financial
Advisors in Midland, Mich.
Matthew J. Frye earned a master’s
degree in English literature, May
2012, from Washington State
University. He is pursuing a doctoral
degree in rhetoric and composition at
Washington State.
Alicia M. Keck and Robert L.
Wilson III were married Sept. 17,
2011, in Fort Wayne. (See photo,
page 48.)
Connie S. Shim and Charles M.
Middleton ’05 were married May 26,
2012, in Fort Wayne. Connie’s email
address is [email protected]. (See
photo, page 48.)
W. Andrew Steinhoff is among those
named to the 30 Under 30 Class of
2012 by St. Louis Business Journal.
Drew is the senior total rewards
analyst at Express Scripts Inc.
Sarah E. Summers and William C.
Riley ’05 were married June 30, 2012,
in Indianapolis. Th ey live in State
College, Pa. (See photo.)
2009 Alison A. Colvin earned
a Master of Science
degree in nursing from Rush
University in Chicago, March 2012.
Alison’s email address is alison.
Dana J. Genet and Johnathon E.
Schmidt ’10 were married June 16,
2012, in Cincinnati. Dana’s email
address is danajschmidt@gmail.
com. Johnathon’s email address is
[email protected]. (See photo,
page 48.)
Amy E. Koester will serve as a
member of the 2014 John Newbery
Award committee, which is charged
annually with selecting the most
distinguished contribution to
American literature for children. Amy
is children’s librarian at the Corporate
Parkway Branch of the St. Charles
Seth C. Elder was hired by Indiana Landmarks to direct its southeast fi eld offi ce and Veraestau, a historic site in Aurora. Seth oversees the nonprofi t organization’s work to save historic places and revitalize communities in four southeastern Indiana counties. Seth is pursuing a master’s degree in historic preservation from Ball State University. He has completed
internships with Historic Madison, Inc. and Ol’ House Experts, a specialty window restoration fi rm. He has also worked in his family’s restaurant and inn located in a 19th century row house on the Ohio River in Rising Sun.
Rebekah L. Gebhard ’06 and Union M. Williams ’04 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Kye T. Hawkins ’06, Lisa Chambers Wallace ’06, Tara Bevington Fleck ’03, Kari L. Glazier ’06, Elisabeth Goldman ’06, Nicole R. Pence ’06, Andrea Speller Kleymeyer ’06, Kodie K. Bonebrake ’04, Jesse W. Williams ’07, Elizabeth H. Brack ’07, Jennifer Williams Rhine ’05, Wesley T. Thornhill ’04, Megan Bevington Thornhill ’03, John A. Wallace ’04, Ryan M. Heff ernan ’06, Matthew J. Kleymeyer ’04, Jonathan R. Taylor ’04, John S. Gergely ’04, Aaron L. Drake ’04, Arthur D. Fisher Jr. ’04, Bradford T. Wochomurka ’04, John B. Stephens ’03, Antony D. Rhine ’06, Jesse V. Dame ’04, Darren E. Eblovi ’04, Claire G. Cunningham ’04 and Ross B. Fleck ’04. Attending but not pictured were Patrick D. Brunette ’04, Bryce A. Skeeters ’04 and Michelle L. Rhodes ’05.
Karen A. Babbs ’07 and Tyler S. Hollett ’05 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Elizabeth R. Polleys ’07, Kristen Uminger Eisterhold ’07, Courtney A. Pierce ’07, Ashley R. Clark ’09, Michael S. Mioduski ’05, Allison E. Fisher ’07, Ian M. Prunty ’05, Amanda Rosenbaum Zanchelli ’07, Blake C. Royer ’05, Elin Raun Royer ’04, Daniel E. Sheehan ’05, Kyle E. Johnson ’05, Brian G. Millis ’06, David I. McMillin ’06, Emily Steele Duckworth ’06 and J. Ryan Duckworth ’06.
Amanda Rosenbaum ’07 and Jeff rey P. Zanchelli ’07 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending included Paul W. Cartwright ’10, Mary J. Adams ’07, Mary Beth Robinson Riley ’07, Karen Babbs Hollett ’07, Patrick J. Cisler ’08, Courtney A. Pierce ’07, Elyse Fisher Cisler ’08, Morris Rosenbaum ’71, Sarah K. Pasyk ’07, Kristen Uminger Eisterhold ’07, E. Webb Bassick V ’07, Megan Lewis Haddox ’79, Rachel Grimmer Bassick ’07, Katherine Backes Farrell ’07, Bryan W. Heck ’09, William C. Gates ’10, Sherise L. E. Denny ’07, Tyler S. Hollett ’05, Mark C. Gentry ’07, Nicholas E. Davis ’07, Michael J. Qualley ’92, Scott C. Swanson ’09, Allison E. Fisher ’07, Ryan J. Golden ’08, Evan B. Webeler ’07, Jane Collison Rosenbaum ’73, Jarrette A. Marley ’05, Laurel Danner Marley ’04, Andrea Timmons Morrow ’71 and Abigail Trainor Obszanski ’07. Attending but not pictured were Kortney J. Keith ’08, Joan Johnson Warner ’74 and J. Richard Warner ’73.
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City-County (Mo.) Library District.
2011 Colin R. Doran is a graduate
assistant football coach at
Concord University in Athens, W. Va.
Michael E. Engle is a wide receivers
coach for Bryant University in
Smithfi eld, R.I.
Matthew L. Welch is a coordinator
of IFC Services with the North-
American Interfraternity Conference.
Abigail K. Wilson and BJ Sullivan
were married May 18, 2012, in
Indianapolis. Th ey live in Carmel,
Ind. Abbey works in marketing at
DyKnow Software. BJ works in sales
at ExactTarget. Abbey’s email address
is [email protected]. (See
photo.)
2012 Jonathan D. Cripe is
recipient of a Deutscher
Akademischer Austauschdienst
German Academic Exchange Service
scholarship for the 2012-13 academic
year. He is researching and studying
gravitational physics at the Max
Planck Institute for Gravitational
Physics, which is also known as the
Albert Einstein Institute, in Hanover,
Germany.
Allison M. Mousel’s essay,
“Perceptions of Service: A Case
Study of Post-Earthquake Haiti,”
was published in the Undergraduate
Research Journal for the Human
Sciences. Alli is a student at Wake
Forest University, pursuing a master’s
degree and certifi cation for secondary
mathematics instruction.
Anthony E. Navarrete is a member
of the Peace Corps in Ethiopia. He
teaches English, trains teachers and
provides basic HIV/AIDS education.
Mitchell A. S. Strobl is a specialist
of business development and
communications for Kalkomey
Enterprises, a provider of recreational
safety education products.
J. Alexander Th ompson has written
his fi rst short fi lm, Irene & Marie,
which will have its Hollywood
premiere in May 2013. Th e story is
based on conversations he listened
to between his Greek-American
grandmother and her best friend.
Alicia M. Keck ’08 and Robert L. Wilson III ’08 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Anne Cannon Traxler ’81, Susan Sampson Riefe ’85, Chad M. Byers ’08, William Z. King ’08, Deborah Riefe Wilson ’76, R. Lee Wilson ’76, Sarah Wilson Cooper ’73, Dion K. Matthews ’07, Philip W. Shaff er ’08, Elyse Fisher Cisler ’08, Patrick J. Cisler ’08, Peggy Brown Dwyer ’76, Charles D. Traxler ’81, David D. Riefe ’85, Amy Cannon Austin ’82, Stephanie Beneker Dobrik ’08, Jeff rey J. Dobrik ’07, Michelle Sollman Sharp ’08, Andrew D. Kehr ’09, Krista Hinton Weirich ’09, Phillip H. Weirich ’08, Jacqueline Betsch Kehr ’08, Bruce E. Cannon ’78, Robert A. Cooper ’71, Spencer H. B. Kunath ’07, Daniel T. Streitz Jr. ’08, J. Gerald Wallace ’08, David P. Della Chiesa ‘08 and Kortney J. Keith ’08.
Connie S. Shim ’08 and Charles M. Middleton ’05 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Susan S. Shim ’07, Elizabeth R. Polleys ’07, Meghan Rowland Boyls ’07, Casey L. Brackney ’04, Andrew T. Middleton ’10, Corey L. Brackney ’04, Robert L. Bruder ’05, Kyle Jump ’05, Stefanie Baldauf Miller ’08, Drago Petrusic ’08, Brittney K. Nondorf ’08, Daniel B. Matuszewski ’04, Evan M. Moore ’05, David M. Trogden ’04, Brian S. Williams ’06, Brian E. Power ’03, Matthew S. Mooney ’05, Michelle M. Canak ’05, Craig P. S. Snyder ’04, Colin P. O’Flaherty ’04, Ryan J. Miller ’07, Deborah Bushouse Thenen ’04, Kelly M. Timmons ’05, Katherine Doogan Petrusic ’08, Laura Link Zimmerman ’08, Joseph S. Szynal ’07, Kelly M. Coyle ’08 and Marshall J. Baumgartner ’02
Dana J. Genet ’09 and Johnathon E. Schmidt ’10 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Bryan P. Mulligan ’10, Hilary H. Gerwin ’09, Christina M. Giordano ’09 (bridesmaid), Alison A. Colvin ’09 (bridesmaid), Catherine E. Brooks ’10, Ashley E. Fehr ’10, Eliza B. Dowell ’11, Richard A. Hajjar ’10 (groomsman), Sarah J. Harbison ’12, Elizabeth Q. Ratchford ’11, Thomas I. Nickols ’10, Jaclyn K. Ponder ’09, Kaitlin E. Wanta ’09, Lindsay N. Lund ’09 (bridesmaid), Abigail M. Gerwin ’09, Ashley R. Clark ’09, Ashley M. Chin ’09, Ryan G. Gizewski ’10, Scott T. O’Neil ‘10 (groomsman), Peter J. Haller ‘10, Gerry R. Dick ‘10 (groomsman), Anthony L. Holton ’10, Bradley J. Paus ’10, Andrew G. Dober ’10, Reed G. Seward ’10 (groomsman), John C. McIlwraith ’10, Anil N. Patel ’10, John C. Bahl II ’10, Greg J. Vaughn ’10, Alex P. Bailey ’11, Alexander E. Fitch ’10 (groomsman) and Nicholas M. Rohrer ’10 (groomsman).
Abigail K. Wilson ’11 and BJ Sullivan wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Brigid M. Costello ’11, Meghan L. Jenkins ’11, Warren F. Cangany ’11, Sarah E. Barker ’11, Kathleen E. Tangri ’11, Elizabeth F. Palmer ’11, Stephanie L. Sabol ’11, Jillian Harbin Eyl ’11, Caroline E. Wilson ’14, Emily R. Jones ’13, Myka J. Maxwell ’11 and Cathy Stryker Giometti ’11.
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and homemaker. She was preceded
in death by her husband. Survivors
include her daughter, Diana Herr
Bennett Collins ’61, and grandson,
Jeff rey T. Bennett ’86.
1938 Elizabeth Allen Robbins
’38, Feb. 28, 2010, in St.
Petersburg, Fla., at the age of 94.
She was a member of Kappa Kappa
Gamma and a homemaker.
Emily Wolcott Russell ’38, Sept.
4, 2012, of Rolling Prairie, Ind., at
the age of 95. She was a member
of Alpha Gamma Delta and taught
music at Rolling Prairie Elementary
School for 23 years. She was preceded
in death by her husband.
1940 Robert L. Craft ’40, Sept.
23, 2012, in Indianapolis,
at the age of 94. He was a former
executive offi cer of several Indiana
trade associations. He was preceded
in death by his wife, Elizabeth
Pomeroy Craft ’38.
Ethel Scheu Gentes ’40, Aug. 13,
2012, of Scottsdale, Ariz., at the age
of 93. She was a member of Alpha
Gamma Delta and a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband.
Shirley Shields Messerlie Reser
’40, Aug. 17, 2012, in Ludington,
Mich., at the age of 93. She was a
member of Kappa Alpha Th eta and
a homemaker. She was preceded in
death by her fi rst husband; father,
Ewing Shields Jr. ’17; mother, Rachel
Williams Shields ’16; and brothers,
John W. Shields ’46 and Ewing
Shields III ’43. Survivors include her
husband.
1941 Betty Boyle Cooper ’41,
Dec. 28, 2011, of Redding,
Conn., at the age of 91. She was a
member of Delta Delta Delta and
a homemaker. She was preceded
in death by her husband, John W.
Cooper Jr. ’38. Survivors include
a son, Robert A. Cooper ’71; and
daughter-in-law, Sarah Wilson
Cooper ’73.
Elizabeth Smith Taylor ’41, Aug. 30,
2012, of Cranberry Township, Pa., at
the age of 92. She was a homemaker
and a nursery school teacher and
administrator. She was preceded in
death by her husband.
1942 Betty Bartuska Adamson
’42, May 26, 2012, of Fort
Wright, Ky., at the age of 92. She was
a member of Alpha Omicron Pi and
a homemaker. She was preceded in
death by her husband.
Richard E. Bigelow Sr. ’42, Jan. 17,
2011, of Roswell, Ga., at the age of
90. He was a member of Delta Kappa
Epsilon and a retired sales manager.
His wife, Athalie Davis Bigelow ’42,
followed him in death. His Survivors
include a brother, Th omas F. Bigelow
’42, and a sister-in-law, True Davis
Evans ’42.
A. Josephine Bullington Schindler
’42, July 1, 2012, of Chesterfi eld,
Mo., at the age of 91. She was a
homemaker. She was preceded in
death by her husband. Survivors
include a sister, Mary Bullington
Beatty ’52.
Rev. Robert B. Crocker ’42, June 25,
2012, of Arlington Heights, Ill., at
the age of 93. He was a member of
Men’s Hall Association and a United
Methodist minister. He was preceded
in death by his wife.
Athalie Davis Bigelow ’42, April 19,
2011, of Roswell, Ga., at the age of
90. She was a homemaker. She was
preceded in death by her husband,
Richard E. Bigelow Sr. ’42. Survivors
include a sister, True Davis Evans
’42, and brother-in-law, Th omas F.
Bigelow ’42.
Betty Wells Kline ’42, Aug. 29, 2012,
in Atlanta, at the age of 91. She was
a high school speech and drama
IN MEMORIAM 1936
George B. Davis Jr.
’36, July 16, 2012, of
Greenfi eld, Ind., at the age of 97. He
was an attorney. He was preceded
in death by a sister, Virginia Davis
Hyatt ’39. Survivors include his wife;
sons, Stephen E. Davis ’64 and James
E. Davis ’71; daughter-in-law, Sarah
Ryrie Davis ’72; and niece, Joyce
Hyatt Strickland ’72.
V. Eugene Ritz ’36, June 24, 2012,
of Indianapolis, at the age of 97. He
was a member of Beta Th eta Pi, a
Rector Scholar, former owner of Ritz
Insurance Agency in Tipton, Ind.,
and former manager of Tipton’s city
utilities. He was preceded in death
by his wife, Muriel Peterson Ritz
’36; sisters, Esther Ritz Collyer ’28
and Faith Ritz Hippensteel ’30; and
brother-in-law, H. Robert Rusie ’39.
Survivors include his son, Peter E. Ritz
’76, and sister, Ruth Ritz Rusie ’40.
1937 Marian Albaugh Short ’37,
June 16, 2012, of Maple
Valley, Wash., at the age of 96. She
was a member of Kappa Alpha Th eta
and an insurance broker and realtor.
She was preceded in death by her
husband.
Lyn Antrobus Yeager ’37, Sept. 10,
2012, of Excelsior Springs, Mo.,
at the age of 97. She taught piano,
organ and voice, served as minister
of music in several churches, taught
high school English and published
three books.
Eleanor Hostetter Herr ’37, June
13, 2012, of Clemson, S.C., at the
age of 97. She was a member of
Delta Zeta, a high school teacher
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teacher and a homemaker. She was
preceded in death by her husband.
Claude A. Winkelhake ’42, July 21,
2012, of Madison, Wis., at the age of
92. He was a member of Lambda Chi
Alpha, Rector Scholar and professor
of architecture, urban and community
planning at University of Illinois-
Champaign for 30 years. Survivors
include his wife.
1944 Ruth Baker Glen ’44, June
26, 2012, of Rochelle, Ill.,
at the age of 90. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Sheridan A. Glen ’43.
Jeanne Collier Denham ’44, July 27,
2012, of South Bend, Ind., at the age
of 89. She was a physical therapist
and homemaker.
Marjorie Southworth Wann ’44, June
17, 2012, of Tucson, Ariz., at the age
of 89. She was a member of Alpha Phi
and a homemaker. She was preceded
in death by her husband, David L.
Wann Sr. ’43. Survivors include a
daughter, Susan Wann Benton ’68,
and son, David L. Wann Jr. ’71.
1945 Ruth Hammerman
Berman ’45, Jan. 4, 2011,
of Saint Louis, at the age of 86. She
was a homemaker. She was preceded
in death by her husband and brother,
Elmer L. Hammerman ’43.
W. Dean McNaughton ’45, June
3, 2012, of Davis, Calif., at the age
of 89. He was a member of Phi
Kappa Psi and publisher and owner
of newspapers, including Th e Davis
Enterprise in California. He was
preceded in death by a brother, John
T. McNaughton ’42, and sister-in-law,
Sarah Fulkman McNaughton ’42.
Joanna Motsinger Hollis ’45, July 8,
2012, of Whitestown, Ind., at the age
of 88. She was a member of Alpha
Phi and a homemaker. Survivors
include a daughter, Shelley Hollis
Leinicke ’71, and son-in-law, Steven
Y. Leinicke ’71.
Mary Torrence Layman ’45, Aug. 15,
2012, of Wynnewood, Pa., at the age
of 88, of pulmonary fi brosis. She was
a member of Alpha Phi, homemaker
and volunteer typist for braille
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textbooks. She was preceded in death
by her husband.
1947 John E. Logue ’47, May
28, 2012, in Reston, Va.,
at the age of 87. He was a member
of Delta Upsilon, Rector Scholar and
attorney. He was preceded in death
by his father, Hollis L. Logue ’18,
and mother, Esther Bierhaus Logue
’19. Survivors include his wife.
Robert D. Looft ’47, Aug. 13, 2012,
of Council Bluff s, Iowa, at the age
of 87. He was a member of Delta
Upsilon and retired president of Iowa
Western Community College. He
was preceded in death by his wife.
J. Brinton Th omas ’47, May 29, 2012,
of Richardson, Texas, at the age of
87. He was a Rector Scholar, realtor,
insurance broker and substitute
teacher. He was preceded in death by
his fi rst and second wives.
1948 V. Robin Adams
Dickenson ’48, June 6,
2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo., at
the age of 85. She was an elementary
school teacher for 32 years. Survivors
include her husband.
Frederick A. Grohsmeyer Jr. ’48,
July 21, 2012, of Richmond, Ind., at
the age of 89. He was a member of
Men’s Hall Association and a retired
professor emeritus of psychology at
Indiana University East. Survivors
include his wife, Sarah Dudley
Grohsmeyer ’49.
Betty Howard Brown ’48, Sept. 2,
2012, of Lake Wales, Fla., at the age
of 86. She was a member of Delta
Delta Delta and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her
husband.
Margaret Judson Woodruff ’48, Sept.
5, 2012, in Prescott, Ariz., at the age
of 85. She was a member of Alpha
Omicron Pi, an elementary school
teacher and homemaker. She was
preceded in death by her husband.
Survivors include her daughter, Ellen
Woodruff Benson ’77.
Caralyn Keller Buston ’48, June 14,
2012, of Saint Petersburg, Fla., at
the age of 85. She was a member
of Alpha Gamma Delta and an
executive secretary. Survivors include
her husband and brother, James D.
Keller ’52.
Elbridge L. Price ’48, Jan. 4, 2012,
of Cedar, Mich., at the age of 87. He
was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and
worked in sales. Survivors include
his wife.
Lyda Steff en Personett ’48, June
1, 2012, of Westmont, Ill., at the
age of 82. She was a social worker,
teacher and homemaker. She was
preceded in death by her husband,
Glen B. Personett ’48. Survivors
include a sister, Margaret Steff en
Sant’Ambrogio ’57.
1949 Betty Cheney Th alman
’49, May 7, 2012, in
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the
age of 84. She was a member of Pi
Beta Phi and a retired professor of
Romance Languages from University
of Waterloo, Ontario Canada.
Survivors include her brother,
Richard G. Cheney ’49, and sister-in-
law, Gene Hahn Cheney ’50.
Nancy Elliott McFarland ’49, May
31, 2012, of Greencastle, Ind., at
the age of 85. She was a member
of Alpha Chi Omega, piano
teacher, organist and homemaker.
Survivors include her husband,
John W. McFarland ’49; daughters,
Kathryn McFarland Witham ’70
and N. Angela McFarland Green
’78; son, Philip E. McFarland ’77;
grandson, Brandon D. Witham ’00;
granddaughter, Megan McFarland
King ’10; and son-in-law, Gary D.
Whitham ’78.
Wilson H. Parker ’49, Sept. 18, 2012,
in Muncie, Ind., at the age of 90. He
was a member of Beta Th eta Pi, Rector
Scholar and retired vice president of
Industrial Trust and Savings Bank.
Survivors include his wife.
Roger L. Ragan ’49, May 5, 2012,
in Azusa, Calif., at the age of
85. He was a member of Alpha
Tau Omega and retired assistant
executive director of the Los Angeles
County Commission on Human
Relations. He was preceded in death
by his brother, Keith W. Ragan
’48. Survivors include his wife and
brother, Rex B. Ragan ’51.
Janet Spence Teetor ’49, Aug. 3,
2012, of Algonac, Mich., at the age
of 85. She was a member of Alpha
Gamma Delta and a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband.
1950 Dolores Anderson
Morning ’50, Sept. 6,
2012, of Carlsbad, Calif., at the age of
83. She was a member of Delta Zeta
and a library technician.
James A. Baham ’50, July 12, 2012,
in Sunset Beach, N.C., at the age
of 84. He was a member of Men’s
Hall Association and a business
administrator. He was preceded in
death by his wife.
Shirley Beistle Climo ’50, Aug. 25,
2012, of Los Altos, Calif., at the
age of 83. She was a member of
Delta Delta Delta and an author of
children’s books. Survivors include
her husband.
Robert W. Biddinger ’50, March 10,
2011, of Anderson Township, Ohio,
at the age of 85. He was a member
of Delta Chi and president of a
mortgage and lending company. He
was preceded in death by his brother,
Clyde M. Biddinger ’50. Survivors
include his wife.
Joan Isenbarger Murray ’50, May 12,
2012, in Muncie, Ind., at the age of 83.
She was a member of Kappa Alpha
Th eta, former member of DePauw’s
Board of Visitors and a merchandise
buyer. She was preceded in death by her
father, Paul M. Isenbarger ’20; mother,
Mazie Palm Isenbarger ’20; husband;
and sister-in-law, Jean Phillips
Isenbarger ’45. Survivors include her
brother, John P. Isenbarger ’45.
Joan Lytle Ray ’50, Aug. 22, 2012,
of Springfi eld, Ohio, at the age of
84. She was a member of Alpha Chi
Omega and an elementary school
teacher and librarian. Survivors
include her husband.
John W. Rippetoe ’50, June 29, 2012,
of Nashville, Tenn., at the age of 84.
He was a member of Phi Gamma
Delta and president of Standard
Motor Parts Co. He was preceded
in death by his wife; father, Olin L.
Rippetoe ’17; and mother, Charlotte
Wells Rippetoe ’16.
1951 Richard A. Anderson ’51,
July 11, 2012, in Genoa
City, Wis., at the age of 83. He was
a member of Alpha Tau Omega
and a plant manager at J.L. Clark
Manufacturing Co. Survivors include
his wife, Patricia Harris Anderson
’52; daughter, Pamela Anderson
Smith ’90; son-in-law, Troy T. Smith
’90; sister-in-law, Kathrine Harris
Hauck ’64; and brother-in-law, Philip
C. Hauck ’64.
Richard E. Clift ’51, July 16, 2012, of
Chesterfi eld, Mo., at the age of 82.
He was a member of Sigma Chi and
owner and chief executive offi cer of
Bowersox Insurance Agency. He was
preceded in death by his fi rst wife,
Miriam Reed Clift ’51. Survivors
include his wife; son, Douglas S.
Clift ’80; daughters Sharon Clift
Drbul ’84 and Susan Clift Gislason
’82; sister, Caroljane Clift Lux ’53;
granddaughter, Rachel M. Crump ’12;
and son-in-law, Dave Gislason ’82.
Ursula Glaeser Purbrick ’51, May 10,
2012, in Salem, Ore., at the age of 90.
She was a member of Alpha Omicron
Pi and a homemaker. She was
preceded in death by her husband.
Maurice S. Rarick ’51, June 24,
2012, of Clarinda, Iowa, at the age
of 86. He was a micro-bacteriologist,
a consultant for various meat and
food companies, and retired as safety
director from I.B.P., Inc. Survivors
include his wife, Roberta Purcell
Rarick ’53.
1952 Charles W. Hillman ’52,
July 15, 2012, of South
Bend, Ind., at the age of 83. He was
a member of Delta Tau Delta, a
lifetime member of Th e Washington
C. DePauw Society, and retired
chairman and chief executive offi cer
of Mossberg & Company. Survivors
include his wife, Anne Mossberg
Hillman ’51, and son, Th omas C.
Hillman ’80.
Nancy Nelson Hamilton ’52, Aug.
11, 2012, in Bloomington, Ind., at the
age of 82, as a result of an automobile
accident. She was a member of
Delta Delta Delta, homemaker,
artist, animal advocate and hospital
volunteer. Survivors include her
husband, Lee H. Hamilton ’52.
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Robert E. Rohm ’52, March 11,
2010, of Dallas, at the age of 80. He
was a member of Phi Delta Th eta
and a retired stockbroker. Survivors
include his wife, Jane Watson Rohm
’53; brothers, James R. Rohm ’52
and Richard H. Rohm ’57; sister-in-
law, Salli Stoodt Rohm ’57; nieces
Gretchen L. Rohm ’83, Kristen C.
Rohm ’85 and Karen Rohm Williams
’87; and nephew-in-law, David S.
Ensing ’83.
1953 George B. Douglas Jr.
’53, Nov. 5, 2011, of
Palmersville, Tenn., at the age of
70. He was a member of Sigma Chi
and a personnel manager. Survivors
include his wife.
Richard A. Pruitt ’53, Aug. 27, 2012, of
New Albany, Ind., at the age of 81. He
was a member of Delta Chi, Rector
Scholar and part-owner of Galvan
Manufacturing. Survivors include his
wife, Betty Conner Pruitt ’53.
William A. Shumaker ’53, June 5,
2012, of Lafayette Hill, Pa., at the
age of 80. He was a member of Alpha
Tau Omega and retired as human
resources director from Turner
Construction Company. Survivors
include his wife, Joyce Shoptaugh
Shumaker ’55.
1954 Sara Denton Ong ’54,
May 26, 2012, in Santa
Monica, Calif., at the age of 79.
She was a member of Kappa Kappa
Gamma and Phi Beta Kappa, a
former member of the DePauw
Alumni Board of Directors, a teacher
and homemaker. She was preceded
in death by her father, Winfi eld K.
Denton ’19, and husband, David N.
Ong ’54. Survivors include her son,
Winfi eld D. Ong ’80; sister, Beth
Denton Bamberger ’50; and brother-
in-law, James E. Bamberger ’49.
Gary L. Rutledge ’54, May 30, 2012,
of Pleasant Plain, Iowa, at the age of
79. He was a member of Delta Tau
Delta and retired from the United
States Marine Corps. Survivors
include his wife.
1955 Robert A. Feuer ’55,
April 26, 2012, in Conroe,
Texas, at the age of 77. He was a
member of Delta Chi and a retired
stockbroker and investor. Survivors
include his wife.
Dr. Donald T. Quick ’55, July 27,
2012, in Greensboro, N.C., at the age
of 80, of cancer. He was a member
of Sigma Chi, a Rector Scholar and
physician.
Joanne Sorgel Benge ’55, June 11,
2012, of Evanston, Ill., at the age of
78. She was a member of Alpha Phi
and a graphic services manager for
Package Company of America.
1956 Sidney O. Coats ’56, Aug.
28, 2012, in Pawley’s
Island, S.C., at the age of 77. He was
a member of Delta Chi and co-owner
of a computer sales and consulting
company. He was preceded in death
by his wife, Adrianne Nail Coats ’56;
brother, Max E. Coats ’53; and sister-
in-law, Nancy McGrew Coats ’53.
M. Ann Messersmith Fletcher ’56,
June 1, 2012, of Dallas, at the age
of 76. She was a member of Kappa
Kappa Gamma and a retired college
faculty counselor. She was preceded
in death by her father, Lloyd L.
Messersmith ’28; mother, Fae
Houston Messersmith ’30; and uncle,
Murl L. Messersmith ’36. Survivors
include her husband.
1957 Gregory A. Shackel
’57, Feb. 18, 2011, of
Alsip, Ill., at the age of 75. He was a
member of Delta Chi and a retired
major in the United States Air Force.
Mary Stolz Sell ’57, Sept. 6, 2012,
of Greenfi eld, Ind., at the age of 77.
She was a member of Alpha Gamma
Delta, a homemaker and co-owner of
Supplemental Educational Services
in Indianapolis. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Robert J.
Sell ’56.
1958 Carolyn Duncan Young
’58, July 17, 2012, of
Dayton, Ohio, at the age of 75. She
was a member of Pi Beta Phi and
retired director of human resources
for Places, Inc. Survivors include her
son, Russell D. Young ’89.
Morton F. Longnecker ’58, Sept. 8,
2012, in Gulfport, Miss., at the age
of 75. He was a member of Sigma
Nu, a Rector Scholar and orthopedic
surgeon. Survivors include his wife.
Harriet Rinehart Attig ’58, June 12,
2012, of Eugene, Ore., at the age
of 76. She was a member of Alpha
Gamma Delta, an elementary school
teacher, teacher’s aide and dental
assistant. She was preceded in death
by her father, George R. Rinehart
’30; mother, Cora Ewan Rinehart ’30;
and aunt, Wildred Ewan Michael ’26.
Survivors include her husband, John
C. Attig ’58.
Robert A. Watts ’58, June 25, 2012,
of Champaign, Ill., at the age of 75.
He was a member of Sigma Chi,
a lawyer and publisher. Survivors
include his wife.
1960 Robert W. Gibson
’60, July 14, 2012, of
Covington, Ky., at the age of 74. He
was a member of Phi Kappa Psi,
lifetime member of Th e Washington
C. DePauw Society, former member
and president of the DePauw Alumni
Board of Directors, former member
of DePauw’s Board of Visitors, and
chief executive offi cer and founder
of Scanner Applications. Survivors
include his wife; sons, Greg C.
Gibson ’82, Th omas M. Gibson ’84,
John W. Gibson ’85 and Jeff rey G.
Gibson ’90; brothers, Th omas R.
Gibson ’64 and John A. Gibson ’68;
sister, Nancy Gibson Prowitt ’76;
granddaughter, Nicole G. Gibson
’13; niece Katherine Gibson Wallace
’95; nephews, Michael G. Gibson
’04 and Matthew B. Gibson ’93;
daughters-in-law, Margaret Mullen
Gibson ’82 and Ann Senger Gibson
’84; brother-in-law, Peter D. Prowitt
’77; nieces-in-law, Mary-Kay Tyrrell
Gibson ’93 and Kristyn Tekulve
Gibson ’04; and nephew-in-law,
Michael S. Wallace ’95.
Barbara L. Littiken ’60, June 11,
2012, of Arlington Heights, Ill., at
the age of 74. She was a member of
Alpha Phi and a business owner.
William D. Naftzger ’60, Aug. 16,
2012, of Sarasota, Fla., at the age of
73. He was a member of Phi Kappa
Psi, a banker and vice president of
Northern Trust. He was preceded
in death by his father, William L.
Naftzger ’31. Survivors include his
wife; daughter, Susan Naftzger
Leinbach ’86; son, David C. Naftzger
’94; sister, Barbara Naftzger Tapley
’71; brother, Walter L. Naftzger
’65; and sister-in-law, Colleen Riley
Naftzger ’65.
1961 Peter G. Barclay ’61, Sept.
14, 2011, of Goodyear,
Ariz., at the age of 72. He was a
member of Phi Delta Th eta and
retired director of human resources
for Lutheran Healthcare Network.
Survivors include his wife.
Cynthia Ferguson Schuneman ’61,
Aug. 17, 2012, in Boston, at the age
of 72, of cancer. She was part owner,
rental librarian and sales consultant
for ECS Publishing Corporation
for 26 years. Survivors include her
husband and sister, Nancy Ferguson
Archer ’58.
1962 Jerry D. Andrews ’62,
March 18, 2011, of Frisco,
Texas, at the age of 70. He was a
member of Phi Gamma Delta and a
retired senior master sergeant in the
United States Air Force.
James A. Catlin ’62, Sept. 2, 2010,
of Hendersonville, N.C., at the age
of 70. He was a member of Delta
Upsilon and a businessman. He was
preceded in death by a sister-in-law,
Nancy Mills Catlin ’63. Survivors
include his wife, Susan Whaley
Catlin ’63, and brother, William W.
Catlin ’64.
John F. McKay ’62, Aug. 25, 2012,
in Laramie, Wyo., at the age of 72.
He was a member of Lambda Chi
Alpha, a Rector Scholar and senior
research chemist. Survivors include
his niece, Carter E. McKay ’13, and
his companion.
1964 Arthur P. Doederlein
’64, Aug. 24, 2012, of
DeKalb, Ill., at the age of 70. He was
a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and
the undergraduate studies director in
the Department of Communication
at Northern Illinois University for
more than 30 years. Survivors include
his wife, Sue Warrick Doederlein ’64.
Frank L. Green ’64, July 15, 2012, of
Oakland, Calif., at the age of 70. He
was a member of Phi Gamma Delta,
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a computer consultant and owner of
A/E Information Services. Survivors
include his wife.
Lee R. James ’64, Aug. 24, 2011, of
Portland, Ore., at the age of 68. He
was a member of Delta Upsilon,
worked in corporate marketing and
was a partner in AVenture Partners.
Survivors include his wife.
1965 Nicholas J. Bach ’65, May
28, 2012, of Cedarville,
Ill., at the age of 70. He retired as
senior research chemist from Eli
Lilly in Indianapolis after 30 years of
service.
1966 Barbara Murray Hett
’66, July 27, 2012, of
Marietta, Ga., at the age of 68. She
was a member of Alpha Phi, a small
business owner and homemaker.
Survivors include her husband;
son, Christopher M. Hett ’94; and
brothers, Stephen M. Murray ’69 and
Scott M. Murray III ’74.
Rev. Glenn V. Woike ’66, Aug. 18,
2012, of Tonawanda, N.Y., at the
age of 67, of lung cancer. He was
a member of Delta Chi and Phi
Beta Kappa, a Rector Scholar and
head librarian at Daemen College.
Survivors include his wife, Kay
Reinhart Woike ’65.
1967 John P. Holton Jr.
’67, Sept. 2, 2012, of
Indianapolis, at the age of 67. He
was a member of Delta Tau Delta
and worked in marketing, retiring
as account vice president from UBS
Warburg. He was preceded in death
by his father, John P. Holton ’36;
uncle, Philip F. Holton ’29; and aunt,
Ruth Clark Holton ’29. Survivors
include his wife; son, Anthony L.
Holton ’10; and brother, William L.
Holton ’69.
1968 Kenneth E. Fletcher
’68, Sept. 3, 2012, of
Worcester, Mass., at the age of 65.
He was a Rector Scholar and an
associate professor of psychiatry
and nursing at University of
Massachusetts Medical School.
Survivors include his wife.
Robert F. Flickinger ’68, Sept. 5,
2012, of Penn Yan, N.Y., at the age of
65. He was a member of Alpha Tau
Omega, a Rector Scholar and retired
marketing manager for Corning Inc.
Survivors include his wife.
1970 David A. Hunt ’70, July
30, 2011, in Winter
Springs, Fla., at the age of 63. He
was a computer consultant. Survivors
include his wife.
1971 Eugene Dottery III
’71, Aug. 7, 2012, of
Indianapolis, at the age of 77. He was
a data processing manager. He was
preceded in death by his fi rst wife.
Survivors include his second wife.
1972 Frederick K. Donaldson
’72, June 17, 2012, of
Decatur, Ga., at the age of 62. He
was a member of Beta Th eta Pi and
a consultant for the YMCA of the
USA. He was preceded in death by
his grandfather, Fred R. Donaldson
’16; grandmother, Esther Coombs
Donaldson ’15; and father, Frank C.
Donaldson Sr. ’44. Survivors include
his wife; son, Gregory H. Donaldson
’04; brother, Frank C. Donaldson
Jr. ’73; sister-in-law, Alison Van
Nada Donaldson ’73; uncles, George
D. Donaldson ’50 and John W.
Donaldson ’51; cousin, William R.
Donaldson ’78; and cousin, Bruce D.
Donaldson ’81.
Judy Smith Divine ’72, Sept. 1,
2012, of Evansville, Ind., at the age
of 66. She was an elementary school
teacher, a teacher at the University of
Southern Indiana and homemaker.
Survivors include her husband.
1977 Jamie Mulka Freberg
’77, Nov. 18, 2011, of
Homewood, Ill., at the age of 56.
She was a member of Delta Zeta, a
third-grade teacher and homemaker.
Survivors include her husband; sister,
Elizabeth Mulka Parker ’74; and
cousin, Miriam Cole Breese ’57.
1978 Gwynn A. Wilkins
’78, July 23, 2012, of
Mooresville, Ind., at the age of 61,
from cancer. She was an elementary
school teacher. Survivors include her
husband.
1979 Th omas Y. Gorman Jr.
’79, March 6, 2012, in
Evans, Colo., at the age of 54. He was
a member of Delta Tau Delta and
president of Entrepreneurial Design,
Inc. Survivors include his wife.
Roseann Zielinski ’79, May 30, 2012,
of Danville, Ind., at the age of 73. She
was an elementary school teacher.
Survivors include her husband.
1981 Dennis L. Ellis ’81, Aug. 7,
2012, in Paoli, Ind., at the
age of 53. He was sports editor of the
Paoli News and Springs Valley Herald.
Edwin R. Silbaugh ’81, June 22, 2012,
of Bainbridge, Ind., at the age of 57.
He was a teacher for Danville (Ind.)
Community Schools for more than 36
years. Survivors include his wife.
1982 Peter G. Melberg ’82, July
11, 2012, of Elgin, Ill.,
at the age of 51. He was a member
of Phi Delta Th eta and worked in
international development. Survivors
include a sister, Susan Melberg Davis
’79; brother-in-law, Glenn E. Davis
’79; nieces, Kathryn J. Davis ’08 and
Jane Davis Long ’05; and nephew,
Stephen F. Davis ’12.
1987 David M. Galle ’87, Aug.
28, 2012, in Indianapolis,
at the age of 47. He was a member
of Alpha Tau Omega, a 2006
DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame
inductee, former manager and vice
president for Arvin Industries, and
executive director of the Community
Education Coalition in Columbus,
Ind. Survivors include his wife.
1989 Dr. Benjamin S. Gilmore
’89, July 30, 2012, in
Columbus, Ind., at the age of 45. He
was a member of Phi Delta Th eta
and Phi Beta Kappa, and a physician
at Columbus Pediatrics. Survivors
include his wife.
1999 Krista Lutterman Hurt
’99, Sept. 4, 2012, of
Newburgh, Ind., at the age of 35.
She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, a
pharmaceutical sales representative
and homemaker. Survivors include
her husband.
FacultyLeo F. Goeke, Sept. 18, 2012, in
Pittsfi eld, Mass., at the age of 75, from
complications following several strokes.
He was a lyric tenor and performed
at the New York Metropolitan Opera,
Glyndebourne Festival, Stuttgart
Th eater and La Scala. He was a
professor in the DePauw School of
Music from 1992-2004.
FriendsElsa B. Mazanec, June 8, 2012, in
Houston, at the age of 74. She was
a homemaker and a partner and
lifetime member of Th e Washington
C. DePauw Society. Survivors include
her husband, George L. Mazanec
’58; son, John C. Mazanec ’90; and
granddaughter, Rachel E. Mazanec ’14.
Elizabeth L. Piety July 18, 2011,
in Indianapolis, at the age of 98.
She was a lifetime member of Th e
Washington C. DePauw Society,
a legal secretary, homemaker and
community volunteer. She was
preceded in death by her fi rst and
second husbands. Survivors include
her daughters, Margaret E. Piety ’73
and Rita Luther Erickson ’59; and
son-in-law, Robert L. Erickson ’58.
Annis M. Robinson, July 19, 2012, of
Fillmore, Ind., at the age of 90. She
was a cook in Rector Hall at DePauw.
She was preceded in death by her
husband.
Glenn M. Swisher, July 20, 2012,
of Indianapolis, at the age of 96.
He was a lifetime member of Th e
Washington C. DePauw Society. He
was former president, chair and chief
executive offi cer of Syndicate Glass,
and later, president of the Swisher
Foundation. He was preceded in
death by his fi rst and second wives.
CORRECTIONJean Anderson Weliver ’57 was
incorrectly listed as a member of
Alpha Chi Omega sorority in the
summer issue of DePauw Magazine.
She was a member of Alpha Omicron
Pi. Th e staff regrets the error.
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JOANN WINE WHITE ’52 established the Donald and Joann White Endowed Scholarship – named also for her late husband, Donald A. White ’52 – in order to help students like Elizabeth with demonstrated fi nancial need. The cost of a college education is a subject she knows well, having served as director of undergraduate fi nancial aid at University of Pennsylvania until her retirement. “I believe that every student, regardless of his or her fi nancial circumstances, should have the opportunity to go to the college of their choice,” White says.
The scholarship she established, funded by monetary gifts over the years and a recent gift of real estate, will help DePauw students for years to come. White notes that by making a planned gift now, she can both help DePauw fulfi ll a need and benefi t personally. Now is the best time for her. What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
“I will be the fi rst in my family to graduate with a college degree. I have younger twin siblings: Michael is a freshman at DePauw, and Madelyn is a freshman at Indiana University (although I wish she had chosen to come here). With all three of us in college, every award and scholarship matters to our family. I originally had my eyes set on an out-of-state school, but when I received the generous scholarship package from DePauw University I couldn’t pass it up.
The great thing about DePauw is that I’m not just a student; I can be a part of much more. I enjoy being a managing editor of The DePauw newspaper, I look forward to my afternoons spent tutoring Greencastle youth, and it thrills me to put on philanthropic events for Alpha Phi sorority and the University. I look forward to what I can do in the next two and a half years.
The friendships, connections, opportunities and overall experiences are unlike any others. I want to take this moment to thank the Whites for the Donald and Joann White Endowed Scholarship that continues to be a gift as long as I’m at DePauw.”– Elizabeth G. Hineman ’14Major: Art history
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