THE MAGAZINE OF BRADLEY UNIVERSITY FALL 2018
PAT LAYKY’S STAR-STUDDED CAREER page 16 THE CAISSONS ROLLED AT BRADLEY page 20
Do clothes make the woman? PAGE 26
HOW TO GROW A CELL page 32
Remember your first week of college? It’s great to have students back on campus. This year’s incoming class of 1,090 students is the second-most ethnically diverse in Bradley history and wow, are they smart. Their average GPA was a whopping 3.76!
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DO CLOTHES MAKE THE WOMAN? 10 min. A historical look at the plus-size clothing industry reveals attitudes and biases toward larger women that are still prevalent.
FEATURES
CAMPUS NEWS
EARTH & SKY 5 min. After four decades at NASA as a space optics physicist, Pat Layky ’67 has settled into a sweet home on 80 acres in Alabama.
5 Feedback The Big Question
THE BOYS OF BRADLEY 5 min. A century after the “war to end all wars” ceased, we look at how Camp Bradley trained men to go and fight.
7 Amazing Gas Mileage A Living Memorial in Sound
CELLULAR STRUCTURE 5 min. Creating a biological scaffold for a patient’s own stem cells may one day lead to faster, better healing.
10 Hitting the Big Time All Aboard! Double-Duty Athlete
6 Building on the Final Frontier Bradley’s Report Card
8 Founder’s Day Awards 9 Meet the Team
11 Bringing Help and Hope Student Athletes Make the Grade 12 5 Questions with … Kelly Hicks ’20 13 Bradley Family Reunion
ALUMNI NEWS 36 Class Notes 41 Lasting Connections 42 Bells & Rattles 44 Passages 48 Five Books and a Movie 50 Alumni Event Calendar 51 My Bradley Experience
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feedback We asked Bradley alumni to share their favorite places, either on or off campus, and they were eager to comply. L’S SUNDRIES My favorite hangout was L’s Sundries across from University Hall. The absolute best cheeseburgers and most addictive and fun pinball machines. Cliff Smith ’73 MME ’76 MR. CHIPS Mr. Chips had air conditioning and my apartment across University Street didn’t (It’s now Avanti’s parking lot). Tuesday’s special was free nachos with every pitcher of beer.
CRUSENS: MARTY WOMBACHER, MEANWHILEBACKINPEORIA.COM
Mary Scheuerman McGhiey ’88 SAE, THE LUCKY LADY, GARRETT CENTER My Bradley BFFs and I (we call ourselves the B.U. Tees) made some amazing
the big question
Jen Caruso ’97
What traditions were popular when you were a student?
JOBST HALL BENCH
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memories while dancing at SAE, The Lucky Lady and the Garrett Center!
Now gone, our favorite hangout and final destination after walks was the bench in front of Jobst Hall. It is part of our Bradley love story. Nick ’16 and Andrea Barr Maggiore ’16 (married 6/22/18)
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OLD BARRACKS The second floor of the old barracks where you could get a cup-o-mud, and hang out between classes, mostly all vets and a few females. Paul Johnson ’50 CRUSENS BAR Wednesday nights at Crusens Bar. Free Yahtzee (BYOD – Bring Your Own Dice), pumpkin carving, $3 Amber Bock and Busch pitchers and free pound of wings. Jeremy Huss, Tom Brennan, Lucas Hannibal, Jim Dauphin, Class of 2005 Read more at bradley.edu/magazine.
STAFF S.L. Guthrie, executive editor Bob Grimson ’81, assistant director Mary Brolley, assistant director Sarah Dukes, art director Duane Zehr, university photographer Matthew Johnson ’20 , student intern ADMINISTRATION Gary R. Roberts ’70, president Walter Zakahi ’78, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs Renée B. Richardson, associate vice president for marketing and communications © Bradley University 2018 Bradley magazine is published three times a year by Bradley University for alumni, faculty, staff, parents of students and other friends of the university. Bradley University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and the promotion of equal opportunities for all persons regardless of age, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status. The university is committed to compliance with all applicable laws regarding non-discrimination, harassment and affirmative action. Send address changes to Bradley magazine, Bradley University, 1501 W. Bradley Ave., Peoria, IL 61625. Phone: (309) 677-2250 Website: bradley.edu/magazine Email: magazine@bradley.edu Campus information: (309) 676-7611.
campus news SPACE EXPLORATION
Building on the Final Frontier Five teams from four states shared a $100,000 prize in the latest stage of the NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Centennial Challenge. Successful teams came from New York, Arkansas, Mississippi and Illinois and used specialized software to create a digital representation of the characteristics for housing on Mars. The final, on-site phase of the competition focuses on 3-D printing and fabrication of a scaled habitat that could use materials found on Mars, with or without recycled items. The total prize package for this stage is $1.7 million.
“ These competitors are working to advance critical systems needed for human space exploration.”
In addition to space applications, the technology developed could be used to build housing after natural disasters, in military situations and other cases. The competition gives Bradley students and faculty a chance to network and explore new ideas and breakthrough technology.
Started in 2014, the competition — Lex Akers aims to spur citizen-inventors dean, Caterpillar College and companies to develop techof Engineering and Technology nology for space exploration. Earlier stages focused on the proposed structures’ architectural designs and structural properties. The third and final phase ends with the construction printing competition in early 2019. Along with Bradley and NASA, sponsors include Caterpillar Inc., Bechtel, Brick & Mortar Ventures and the American Concrete Institute.
BRADLEY’S REPORT CARD TOP 10: REGIONAL UNIVERSITY MIDWEST U.S. News TOP 10: STUDENT ENGAGEMENT Wall Street Journal/ Times Higher Education 384 BEST COLLEGES IN THE U.S.: UNDERGRAD EDUCATION The Princeton Review TOP 100 PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN AMERICA Kiplinger’s Personal Finance TOP 20: VALUE ADD ALUMNI EARNINGS Brookings Institution TOP 10 IN THE MIDWEST: ANIMATION PROGRAM Animation Career Review ACCREDITATION: DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE PROGRAM Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education ACCREDITATION: HOSPITALITY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA).
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STUDENT INGENUITY
That’s some amazing gas mileage!
Bradley students are a clever and resourceful bunch. From left, Trevor Rexroat ’18, Terrance Waddell ’18 and Blake Strait ’18 built the Shell Eco-marathon car out of light carbon fiber, which reached 553 miles per gallon in
MARS ILLUSTRATION: COURTESY APIS; SHELL ECO CAR: DUANE ZEHR; MEMORIAL ILLUSTRATION: MURDOCH ASSOCIATES.
PARTNERSHIPS
A Living Memorial in Sound Brett Fugate was confident he and his company, Fugate Inc. of Morton, Ill., could create the 40 wind chimes that would turn the Tower of Voices into a 93-foot-tall musical instrument. For help with the proposal to the National Park Service, Fugate consulted the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship’s Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center. Once the proposal was accepted, the company began work on the polished aluminum chimes, which range from 8 to 16 inches in diameter and are 5 to 10 feet long. Built near the entrance of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., the tower honors the 40 heroic passengers
on-campus testing. The team is part of the Bradley Motorsports Club — open to all students — and includes the SAE Formula Car, SAE Baja vehicle and solar car.
and crew who died when they battled hijackers and the plane crashed Sept. 11, 2001. The memorial’s architect, Paul Murdoch, envisioned the tower as “monumental in stature but intimate in experience.” The site — a former strip mine — takes visitors through a series of open
spaces defined by site walls, plantings, walkways and courts, gateways and building elements. The $5 million tower, which completes the 2,200-acre national park, was dedicated in September. Listen to the chimes at bradley. edu/magazine/memorialtower.
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ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT
Committed excellence It’s no secret that Bradley alumni are doing great things in the world. Just look at the three who joined nearly 200 members of the Centurion Society on Founder’s Day:
Michele L. Sullivan ’87 MBA ’89 As director of corporate social innovation and president of the Caterpillar Foundation at Caterpillar Inc., Sullivan is an inspiring leader at the forefront of the global philanthropic movement.
“ There are three things no one can take away from you: your dreams, your education and knowledge, and your relationships.”
one of the 50 most influential people in philanthropy, the law-enforcement officer who took down drug lord “El Chapo” and an exec who’s created the supply chain for two sudsy beverages.
Jack Riley ’80 Riley is a retired deputy administrator for the DEA. He led the search for major drug lords, including the notorious Joaquin Guzman Loera, better known as “El Chapo.”
“ My career was all about doing the right thing for the American people but also to represent this university.”
Celso L. White ’84 Global chief supply chain officer for Molson Coors Brewing, White joins his sister, Nuria White Fernandez ’82, in the Centurion Society.
“ Take full advantage of this microcosm of the world … that diversity is only going to help you, as it helped me, in my life and in my career.”
faculty awards PUTNAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING D. Antonio Cantù, professor of education
ROTHBERG AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE Joseph Chen, Caterpillar professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering and technology
CATERPILLAR FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR TEACHING William Bailey, assistant professor of accounting
CATERPILLAR FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR SCHOLARSHIP John Nielsen, assistant professor of history
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD Michele L. Sullivan ’87 MBA ’89, president, Caterpillar Foundation
LYDIA MOSS BRADLEY AWARD David DeFreitas ’87, controller — Americas, Caterpillar Financial Services Ltd.
OUTSTANDING YOUNG GRADUATE AWARD Florence Ann Romano ’08, owner/ CEO, Original Six Media
alumni awards
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MERGEN AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE Alison Morrissey, associate vice president for advancement
LEADERSHIP
Meet the Team In the last issue of Bradley Hilltopics, President Roberts said he wanted you to learn more about Bradley’s senior leadership and the work they do. Up first is Vice President for Student Affairs Nathan Thomas. Thomas chats with Student Body President Mikki Tran.
There’s no such thing as a typical day for Nathan Thomas, and that’s just the way he likes it. Although Thomas starts by looking at varying reports, along with any necessary follow-up, his next steps might take him to Renaissance Coliseum for a meeting about any of Bradley’s four athletic facilities, one of many meetings on a range of topics he’ll have in a given day. On at least two afternoons, Thomas teaches: one class explores social issues and navigating university life, the other is a leadership practicum.
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That’s just a fraction of what Thomas does in a given week. As a member of the senior leadership team, Thomas sets the strategic priorities for his division of 40-plus personnel, overseeing all aspects of the student experience outside the classroom. Put that way, it might not sound like much, but the list of student areas he covers includes housing, recreation, Greek Life, clubs/organizations, government, orientation, misconduct investigations, academic support, health services and counseling, along with several others.
“ We get to work with 18- to 22-year-olds, which is a pretty exciting and dynamic group.”
His biggest concern is making sure students have the support they need when they need it. Although that might mean dealing with their complaints and sometimes their transgressions, Thomas said he finds a lot of joy watching students develop their leadership potential.
entirety, and then they continue on as friends in the future. It’s tough to pinpoint only one student because sometimes we lose sight of the one in the chaos, but in the moment it is just one student that makes us keep coming back every day, too.”
“I can think of students who on day one when they moved in had an issue with their door lock or something minor, who then go on to become student body president,” he said. “You’ve interacted with them for the
Managing priorities is one of Thomas’ biggest challenges, and there are days when he feels as if he’s on 24/7. “Obviously, there are finite resources in where you’re going to invest your time, and where you need to
make decisions. But I know leaving campus that whichever staff member is involved, we’ve trained them well, they’re prepared and they’re tremendous student leaders. You can go home with a certain comfort level that things are going to happen in the way they should.” The student life landscape has changed dramatically since Thomas’ arrival as director of Greek Life in 2000, and he believes today’s students face greater pressures. He encourages them to take advantage of the resources Bradley offers to help them succeed. Thomas also recommends students get involved in meaningful activities and find something to be passionate about in their major as well as outside the classroom. “Most of us go into student affairs because we want to engage with students and that’s our population,” he said. “But what makes the job exciting is the beginning and the end of it … We get to work with 18- to 22-year-olds, which is a pretty exciting and dynamic group.”
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Hitting the Big Time Three former Braves signed contracts in major sports: BASKETBALL Walt Lemon Jr. ’14 (above): Boston Celtics and their G-League team in Maine B A S EB A L L’ S FIR S T-Y E A R PL AY ER D R A F T: Boby Johnson ’19: chosen by Colorado in the 16th round Luke Mangieri ’19: a 25th-round selection by Pittsburgh
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All Aboard! The Bradley Braves are traveling to away games in style with a new pair of Peoria Charter Coach buses. Showing off some school spirit, the buses — one red and one white — are part of an exclusive agreement between the university and the transportation company.
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Double-Duty Athlete Two-sport athletes are rare at the college level — but one senior is taking his shot(s) at it. NAME: Alex Ciaramitaro (pronounced SIERRA - mah - TARE – oh) HOMETOWN: St. Peters, Mo. MAJOR: Mechanical engineering-energy concentration HOW GOLF AND SOCCER DIFFER: “Golf is quieter, and I love the crowds. I love when we play in front of 3,000-4000 people at Shea (Stadium, soccer’s home field). It’s the best thing in the world. So, I try to manufacture that on the golf course.” WHY REDSHIRT IN GOLF BUT NOT SOCCER: Soccer limited his participation in fall golf and he could hit the links for an extra year while getting an MBA. “I’ve never been able to play a full year of golf before (in college), it’s always been broken up. I wondered how my game would improve if I played a whole year. In the fall … my (golf) game goes to rock-bottom.” KEEPING LIFE BALANCED: “The biggest key for me is definitely time-management … finding solid blocks of time to do homework and study. (Also) naps. I don’t mind staying up until 2 or 3 a.m. doing homework as long as I can squeeze in a nap the next day.”
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Volleyball Brings Aid to PR
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Student-Athletes Make the Grade
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peat winning the MVC’s AllAcademic Award.
RECORD GPA IN 2017-18:
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172 STUDENT-ATHLETES ON MVC HONOR ROLL MIN 3.2 GPA
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After Hurricane Maria wrought devastation in Puerto Rico 14 months ago, the island’s citizens were in desperate need of help and hope. In May, Bradley’s volleyball team traveled to Morovis, in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, delivering volleyballs to schools in impoverished areas, each signed with a message of encouragement. The area is home to senior libero Yavianliz Rosado. In addition to playing three matches, the team hosted three clinics for local children and donated clothing, medicine and supplies to homes for senior citizen and a women’s center. The trip was part of USA Volleyball’s Leave a Ball Behind Program. Senior middle blocker Alissa Schovanec, in a video posted on the team’s Facebook page, summed up the experience. “Being able to share these experiences as a team is culture changing for who we are as a program and as individuals,” she said.
46 MVC Scholar-Athletes in 15 sports
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STUDENT LIFE
5 Questions with … Kelly Hicks ’20 Kelly Hicks, a psychology major from Sleepy Hollow, Ill., was the winner of the first-ever Bradley Idol competition, held in April, with her interpretation of the Whitney Houston classic, “I Have Nothing.” 1. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU BEGAN SINGING AND PERFORMING? I’ve been singing for as long as I can remember; I sang in choir and musical theater. As a kindergartener, my class sang this little song at my mom’s workplace. Afterward, “Feliz Navidad” started playing and since it was one of my favorite Christmas songs, I ran back up on stage and started lipsyncing in front of everyone! 2. BESIDES WHITNEY, WHO ARE YOUR MUSICAL INSPIRATIONS? I like Beyoncé — that’s a classic answer. Otherwise, I’m a really big fan of musicals. Sara Bareilles’ musical, “Waitress,” is my favorite, and Lin-Manuel Miranda is just a musical genius. He’s an inspiration.
3. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE TO HELP THEM OVERCOME STAGE FRIGHT? Growing up, I didn’t really have any stage fright, but now I definitely do. I think it’s important to surround yourself with people who support you and can give you that confidence boost when you’re not feeling it. Also, believing in yourself is key. 4. WHAT EMBARRASSING SONGS WOULD I FIND ON YOUR PHONE? I know every single lyric to (George Michael’s) “Careless Whisper” and I play it all the time. I also like a lot of joke songs or mashups, like “Thomas the Tank Engine” paired with rap music. I have a lot of weird music on my phone that no one would actually listen to, but I do. 5. WHAT’S NEXT ON THE HORIZON? I’m a sophomore right now, but I’m planning to go to graduate school and study art therapy. Besides looking into various programs, I’m just continuing to be creative. I love all forms of art, not just music.
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ALUMNI EVENTS
Bradley Family Reunion
PHOTOGRAPHY: DUANE ZEHR.
Perfect weather — sunny and mid-70s — drew a throng of students, alumni, friends, faculty and staff to the Hilltop. Monday, the Lighting of the B was a luminous success. Pomp and circumstance ruled during Founder’s Day events on Friday. On Saturday, there was a morning run, a paws-itively charming book signing, and tailgates and games galore. See more photos at bradley.edu/ magazine/hc2018.
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CHALKING IT UP High school sophomore Meher Sethi reacts to a spray of powdered chalk during The Gauntlet, a celebration after long days of researching, writing and memorizing his speech at the Summer Forensics Institute. Photo by Duane Zehr.
EAR SKY ALUMNI PROFILE BY MARY BROLLEY 5 MIN.
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RTH & pat layky ’67 reflects on four decades as a nasa scientist and life in a rugged appalachian county.
“They still call me a Yankee,” Pat Layky ’67 said of longtime friends and neighbors in tiny Estillfork, Ala., an unincorporated community in the northeastern part of the state. “And I’ve lived (in Alabama) two-thirds of my life.” Her tone conveyed an understated affection for these neighbors, most of whom go back at least five generations in this remote and beautiful area. Layky felt drawn immediately to the 80-acre plot just south of the Tennessee border and its views of the Little Cumberland Mountain — “but only in the winter; too many trees in the summer,” she noted with a scientist’s precision.
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ver the next several years, while living in a mobile home park to save money, Layky designed and supervised the construction of her home. After she moved in, Layky drove 45 miles each way to work at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center near Huntsville, Ala., until she retired in 2010 after a 42-year career. She never seriously considered leaving the area. Instead, she’s crafted a life of hard, rewarding work, time for reading, contemplation and outdoor activities, and a variety of volunteer work in the community. ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD In the late 1960s, NASA offered a charged, exciting atmosphere. Layky worked as a space optics physicist on a number of well-known projects: the Skylab Space Station, the Space Shuttle Challenger and the Hubble Space Telescope, to name a few. The field involves the creation and use of cameras and telescopes — any type of light-collecting mirror — to explore objects or areas thousands of miles away. She tested and prepared the scientific experiments astronauts would conduct during their missions. “I was involved during the design phase, so you’re always looking forward,” Layky said. “I was doing engineering of film and video cameras that would be used in experiments onboard. By the time the craft actually flew, I hadn’t worked on it for a while. “NASA was one of the leaders in bringing women in. Still, there were very few women in space optics physics. Some of the men I worked with were supportive, some were very dismissive. But some helped you learn, taught you.”
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Layky spent the last part of her career in Marshall’s well-regarded Earth Sciences program. “We conducted weather and climate experiments and did earth resources experiments with cameras, radiometers and microwaves,” she said. MICROWAVES? “Not everything that contains useful information is in the visible spectrum,” she replied. “We monitored the health of crops in forests and measured warming patterns in rivers. We did all kinds of weather experiments. We worked with the Tennessee Valley Authority.” Designing equipment to operate in zero gravity presented unique challenges. There were failures with sounding rockets, which provided short periods of zero-g by flying higher than balloons but below orbiting satellites.
NASA was one of the leaders in bringing women in. Still, there were very few women in space optics physics. “Though the camera had undergone several high-level ‘shake’ tests to demonstrate its ability to operate after launch vibration, when it got into the nice calm zero-g phase, the film floated up and jammed into the top piece, ruining the experiment.” After any type of failure, Layky said there would be an independent investigation led by a group of engineers from several disciplines.
ADVICE to those starting CAREERS in SCIENCE: Don’t get lazy A good portion of your projects, especially if you work somewhere like NASA, will be canceled. You’re dealing with scientists who give you a first set of requirements, but then costs can spiral and you have to redo things. You often have to redo things. Just keep working hard on your projects.
Don’t let a failure or mistake spiral you down Because you’re going to make some (mistakes). I sure did.
Women scientists: The sky’s the limit Stand up for yourself. You’ve got so many opportunities.
FIELD OF DREAMS At Bradley, she had been one of just a handful of physics grads in 1967 — and the only woman. Layky felt the department’s size was an advantage. “I needed individual attention. I get lost in a crowd,” she said.
LAYKY: MICHAEL MERCIER
Science was an early passion. “I had a couple of great physics teachers in high school in Niles (Ill.). I won an Illinois state scholarship. Bradley had a good technical engineering program and a good physics department.” On a visit to the university, she noted the seriousness of the student guides. “You toured some schools, and the school work wasn’t what they talked about. But at Bradley, (student tour guides) expressed an interest in what they were learning.” NASA offered her a job in its space optics program straight from the university. “They were recruiting like mad,” she
recalled. “It was close to (the lead-up to) the first moon landing. And it was just what I wanted. This was right after Sputnik. Space was really a field to dream for.” Layky never regretted joining NASA. “Sometimes I wish I’d achieved more. Maybe gone on for a Ph.D. But it boils down to, ‘Are you doing something you like at a level you’re content with?’ I knew I was never going to be a Nobel Prize winner. But I liked it. I did good work.” Her greatest joy? “When a project worked. When we heard that scientists were getting really good data. When we got copies of the scientific articles they published.” A LIFE IN THE FOREST On her land, there’s just enough cleared space to build two homes. There’s no light pollution, so it’s perfect for stargazing. She chops wood for her backup heater
and dabbles in woodworking, making outdoor furniture. In the community, Layky serves as a volunteer firefighter and helps out at a nearby hospital as well as the library. She even prepares income taxes for those in need. “We’re sort of advanced first aid-ers,” Layky said of her work with the local fire crew. “We try to keep you alive until the ambulance arrives.” Life in the woods is perfect for her. “I was never a party animal. Not big into night life. I’ve always had a small-town attitude. I like hiking, scenery. I’ve slowed down a bit, but I still hike in Tennessee state parks, and I kayak.” B
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World War I, the optimistically named War to End All Wars, officially ended at 11 a.m., Nov. 11, 1918 — the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. The first modern global conflict swept in social, political, economic and technological changes worldwide — including on the campus of Bradley Polytechnic Institute, known then as Camp Bradley. On the following pages you’ll see how the boys of Bradley trained before going “over there.”
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PHOTO ESSAY BY BOB GRIMSON ’81 PHOTOGRAPHY FROM SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, CULLOM-DAVIS LIBRARY 5 MIN.
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Approximately 2,000 men from central Illinois and beyond learned the technical skills for modern warfare at Camp Bradley. In early 1918, the government asked the school to join others and offer industrial courses alongside military instruction. Later, the Student Army Training Corps, a coordinated national effort to train officers and technicians, came to campus. Most of the instruction was in the horological and optical departments. The young men also took classes in the machine shop, and in blacksmithing, gunsmithing and carpentry. Physical training, military drills and academic classes made for full days. Considered active-duty soldiers, the Army issued them regulation equipment. Soldiers became part of campus life. According to the 1918 Polyscope: “It was a strange sight to see an army of ‘boys in blue’ go sweeping over the campus from Bradley Avenue to Main Street, picking up each stick and paper that cluttered the green.” The few buildings then on campus saw heavy use. Bradley Hall had a 700-person mess facility to feed the soldiers, and they bunked in the gym, now Hartmann Center, or in barracks built as part of their training. Physical training and bayonet drills were conducted on the athletic field, where Founder’s Circle, Olin and Swords halls are today. Student-soldiers weren’t the only ones who served. The 1918 yearbook also listed five pages of names for “Bradley Boys now in the service of the U.S. government,” including graduates, employees and former students. The 1919 edition listed the names of 11 men who would not come home.
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Family footsteps
I’ve heard the phrase “walk in someone’s footsteps” but never experienced it like at Bradley. My paternal grandfather died when my dad was 5 so I have few family stories and just one picture of him. A Peoria native with immigrant grandparents, he apparently felt the patriotic call when the U.S. declared war on the- Central Powers (Germany, the Austro Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire) in 1917.
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He trained at Camp Bradley, just a few miles from his home. I’ve seen his military report card with his courses, including truck driving and auto mechanics. He probably drilled on the athletic field and may have eaten at Bradley Hall or bunked in Hartmann Center. My connections to the university are many: a student and an alumnus, a parent who watched his daughter graduate and now a Bradley employee, living within a block of campus. After all these years I feel a kinship that goes beyond the bloodline with a man I never knew. Especially when walking across The Quad I envision him, clad in khaki and marching in formation or to class. ,When I’m at Hartmann , I wonder if there are any parts he would still recognize. I feel closer to my grandfather at Bradley – it’s the only place left in town where I know he spent time. We’re still together in the Bradley family, even though we’ve never met. B
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Do clothes make the woman? Research on plus-sized women’s clothing in the early 20th century brings surprising insight to the world we live in today. When retail merchandising professor Carmen Keist was in high school, she loathed shopping for clothes with her friends. While they sifted through the latest fashions on the racks of Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle and The Limited, she found herself sidelined — they didn’t make clothing in the larger sizes she needed.
“My friends asked me why I wasn’t shopping, and I always came up with some reason that I didn’t want to,” she said. “I didn’t want to say, ‘I’m too fat.’” Though there were a few plus-sized teen clothing stores at the time, shopping often felt lonely for Keist. So perhaps it’s no surprise that a moment that occurred years
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later while doing research for her master’s felt so fraught with emotion. Keist, who had long loved both history and costume design, was flipping through a century-old needlecraft magazine at Iowa State University when she came across an ad selling a “stout women’s corset.” The ad stopped her cold. “I thought: ‘Wait a minute, they’re calling me stout!’” Keist couldn’t get the ad out of her mind. In a turnof-the century culture that celebrated Gibson girls — whip-thin, fashionable women drawn for magazines by artist Charles Dana Gibson — the options for larger women were scarce. “I really started to think about living 100 years ago. What would I wear? Could I buy clothing? How would I look?” That curiosity spurred a yearslong quest to understand the clothing choices and challenges of plus-sized American women in the early 20th century, from high fashion to everyday clothing. While Keist’s research is unique — she is one of just two people in the world to zero in on these topics — its implications are vast. Her work has illuminated the bias that has threaded through our culture against larger women in the past 100 years and the real challenges these women faced as they tried to overcome it. Her findings may even help explain some of the most insidious practices that fuel the plus-sized women’s clothing industry today — and the attitudes about larger women themselves. “Plus-sized women have been marginalized, and these patterns have been in place for a long time,” said Keist. “We’re starting to realize that, and we’re also realizing that it doesn’t have to continue to be that way.” SIZING UP THE AMERICAN WOMAN It may seem as if our culture has always revered thin bodies for women, but that isn’t the case. Keist noted Lillian Russell, a well-known stage actress and singer in the late 1800s revered for her beauty and style, tipped the scales at 200 pounds. “Then, (a larger body size) was connected to health and wealth,” said Teresa Drake, an assistant professor who teaches wellness and dietetics. She pointed out that when food wasn’t so plentiful and most people were doing hard physical labor — right up until about the 1900s — larger women had higher status.
“ I really started to think about living 100 years ago. What would I wear? Could I buy clothing? How would I look?”
But a flurry of changes around the turn of the 20th century began to alter attitudes. Scientists began to understand the links between calories, consumption and weight change. Bathroom scales were patented. It suddenly became much easier to measure and, to some extent, understand factors that led people to be larger or smaller. At the same time the Gibson Girl set the standard for an ideal woman. Into this perfect storm came another advance: ready-to-wear clothing. Until the late 1800s, women mostly sewed their own wardrobes. But
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And good luck finding clothes with embellishments as a larger woman: ruffles, folds, lace and embroidery, common trims for women at the time, were nowhere to be seen in stout women’s clothing. Instead, stout women typically chose from plain, more masculine styles. By the time World War I rolled around, larger women weren’t just subtly encouraged to try to hide, or at least be embarrassed by their weight. They were told in no uncertain terms that their size was a detriment to the war effort. Keist cited a diet book author who advised women that they should “tell loudly and frequently to all your friends that you realize that it is unpatriotic to be fat while many thousands are starving.” Brutal? Absolutely. But the other terms thrown around by fashion journalists and other writers of the time — that larger women were lazy, undisciplined and even smelly — aren’t so far off from the descriptors we still hear today. And outside the fat acceptance movement, fat is still a dirty word. “It’s so negative,” said Keist. “If you want to make someone feel terrible about themselves today, the word you call them is ‘fat.’” THE HIGH COSTS OF BIGGER BODIES Over time, our culture may have become more, not less, obsessed with size as American waistlines have expanded. A 2015 Washington Post article stated the average woman now weighs 166 pounds (up from about 140 in 1960). A year earlier, the medical journal The Lancet reported that 60 percent are overweight or obese, according to body mass index ratios. Men have made similar gains. starting in about 1890, stores and catalogs began selling clothes that women could simply buy off the rack. While companies zeroed in on providing clothing options for average-sized women first, it wasn’t long before they saw opportunity to clothe the nearly 13 million “stout” women who represented more than 10 percent of the American population in 1916. If companies liked the idea of ringing cash registers that selling to these women represented, it didn’t mean they necessarily catered to their tastes, said Keist. Magazine features in Good Housekeeping might showcase the latest fashions in bright colors: rose, violet and yellow. Stout sizing, however, typically offered a smaller selection of dark colors that companies noted for their slimming effects. Keist suspects not every larger woman was thrilled with the options. “It’s easy to imagine (being a plus-sized woman) going to the store and being so excited about a new, cool thing called ready-to-wear and then being so disappointed that the only choices are brown, blue and black,” she said.
And while the most blatant body disparagement might have been scrubbed from our cultural conversation (it’s unlikely people will question anyone’s patriotism based on their weight) there’s no question that stereotypes and skepticism linger. And that leads to real and measurable differences in the way we treat larger people. Keist said she still sees it in the apparel world. Women’s clothing sizes were typically separated by “average” and “stout” sizes in the early 1900s, and there continue to be distinct sections for average and plus sizes in retail stores. “There’s a sense of separate but equal,” she said. “But a lot of people don’t want to be separated from others based on their size.” That’s just the beginning: some older studies have shown that a third of all doctors associate obesity with traits including dishonesty and hostility. Research from 2004
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by the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (naafa.org) found that when it comes to work, larger people make about 6 percent less than thin people in the same positions. They’re also less likely than thinner peers to get promoted. And while it’s true that obesity has been linked to strokes and heart disease, the correlation may not be as clear as scientists once believed. “Obesity is a risk factor for these different issues,” said Drake, “but some evidence suggests that it may not be the weight, but the stigma the person experiences as a result of their weight.” For Danielle Glassmeyer, associate professor of English and coordinator of Bradley’s The Body Project, such statistics are devastating. What she believes may be even more destructive are the ideas that larger people internalize about themselves and how those make them act in self-sabotaging ways.
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Almost 70 percent of women delay seeking health care because of their weight, according to a 2010 study published by the American Public Health Association. But it’s also more insidious than that. “You don’t want to live in the body you have — namely because societal stigmatization of having a larger body is so painful and discriminatory,” she said. “Negative attitudes towards ‘fat’ people are pervasive. The belief is that they are less intelligent, less medically healthy, less attractive — just less than all around.” Even those who intellectually understand that people can be healthy at many different sizes sometimes don’t fully internalize that idea. Glassmeyer often speaks to students at Bradley’s Activities Fair and experiences it firsthand. “I’ll be telling them about what The Body Project is — about the idea of body acceptance — and they know the ideas behind it so well that they’re finishing my sentences,” she said. “But the minute I finish talking, someone will say, ‘So, can you recommend a good diet?’” REWIRING ATTITUDES ABOUT SIZE AND IMPROVING THE WORLD Americans spend their lives in a world awash in bias and discrimination against larger people. But in recent years, there
has been something of a sea change thanks to the body acceptance movement. Plus-sized models are gracing the covers of magazines, while companies like Dove and clothing manufacturer Maurice’s are more inclusive about body size in their advertisements. In June, SELF magazine published a new editorial style guide that eliminated derogatory terms, e.g., spare tire or muffin top, along with other improvements. Attitudes are changing on Bradley’s campus, too. At the Activities Fair, students can visit The Body Project table to learn about “the freshman 15” — the common (and sometimes anxiety-producing) perception that the typical student gains about 15 pounds during the first year of college. They learn that not only is the total weight gain a myth (studies differ, but for women, the average is about 7 pounds, and a bit more for men), but also that it should be expected. Both women and men who start college at 18 are still growing, a process that doesn’t stop until age 20 or even later. Lisa Fix-Griffin, a counselor for Bradley University’s Health Center who has worked with people who have eating disorders for three decades, said she feels a shift in attitudes. “I have noticed that there seems to be less of a preoccupation with extreme thinness,” she said. “People are seeing that it’s not realistic or that it’s not something that they want. There is more acceptance of diverse, unique, natural human forms.” She also thinks body positivity blogs have helped introduce people to a different way of thinking. Fix-Griffin’s anecdotal evidence lines up with larger research findings: according to a 2016 study by the American Psychological Association that looked at women’s attitudes about weight over the course of 30 years, women today are more accepting of their bodies than they’ve ever been. For Keist, such changes are part of a revolution she’d like to see both in the clothes we wear and the ideas those clothes represent. She wants to see more clothing options not just for larger people, but for people of all sizes and abilities. After all, for many, clothes are one way to express who they are and what they value. Clothes can be a way to make people feel confident on a job interview, attractive on a blind date or joyful on a night out. But when the clothing choices offered are uniformly drab, unflattering, or ill-fitting — because of the person’s size, or because they are in a wheelchair, or because they don’t have the manual dexterity to work buttons or zippers — it can feel crushing. “If you’re stuck in gray sweatpants because you don’t have other options, you might say: ‘I don’t feel good,’ or ‘I can’t be good.’” she said. In a world in which body acceptance is growing, the clothes people wear should reflect the self-confidence they have, no matter what their size. Keist knows it’s well past time for us to find more ways to make beautiful, useful clothes for every body. B
the advocate A decade ago, Amber Huett-Garcia ’08 read a story about a 13-year-old girl who underwent bariatric surgery after reaching 435 pounds. Huett-Garcia had undergone a similar procedure and wrote a message of solidarity and support after seeing what readers said in the comments. “The (rest of the) comments underneath the article were horrifyingly cruel,” she recalled. “After I reached out to her, I thought there has to be an organization that talks about weight.” There was. That moment turned out to be the catalyst for Huett-Garcia to join the Obesity Action Coalition, a 60,000-member national group dedicated to supporting individuals affected by obesity through advocacy and education. From 2016 to 2018, Huett-Garcia served as the organization’s chair, and is currently on its national board of directors. The organization’s focus includes encouraging people-first language (“a person affected by obesity” rather than “an obese person”), changing the common imagery associated with obesity (sloppy clothes and gluttonous eating) and creating a community that supports better access to care. She took her advocacy to an even higher level this year by running for the Tennessee House of Representatives. Her platform included developing a chronic disease management plan, an idea Huett-Garcia said is essential since obesity underlies 13 of the top 15 most expensive chronic diseases in the U.S. “To have a sustainable healthcare system, we have to talk about weight, and we have to get past dividing up what part is personal responsibility and what part is other factors,” she said. “That’s not going to get us anywhere, and the reality is that obesity gets better with treatment. We shouldn’t shut people out of that option.”
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FUTURE MEDICINE BY BOB GRIMSON ’81 5 MIN.
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A biological scaffold may one day play an important part in helping a patient’s own stem cells grow and differentiate more quickly and at less cost — leading to improved treatments and faster healing.
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f you’ve ever had even a minor burn, you know it can be uncomfortable and painful. With more extensive injuries, you run the risk of major infection or scarring. Or if you have any kind of nerve damage from a disease or an accident, the suffering can be debilitating. Two Bradley student-research projects are on the path to bringing major relief in the future. With the goal of using a patient’s own stem cells, if successful, both projects could eliminate the expense and side-effects of anti-rejection meds and in the case of burns or skin injuries, give the affected area an improved appearance over current treatments. HEALING BURNS Working under the supervision of Associate Professor of Biology Craig Cady, Jack Blank ’19 created a nanoscale polymer scaffold that provided a structure for successful stem cell growth. “We partnered with the plastic surgery department — they isolated some stem cells directly from patients, from the base of the hair follicle and epithelial tissue,” Blank said of the project begun in 2016 with Southern Illinois University’s medical school. “What we wanted to do was take those stem cells, which are already prone to differentiate into functional skin, and embed them on some form of substrate where they could grow and then be easily implemented in clinical treatments.” He added that similar scaffolding exists but it’s made from cadaver tissue and can cost thousands of dollars. Plus, with outside tissue there is a chance a patient’s body will reject it.
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Using a patient’s own cells cuts costs and rejection
Latest projects target skin and nerve cells
Tissue “scaffolds” help stem cells grow and work better
iPS stem cells are made from skin cells
“The whole point is to make it much more accessible to patients,” Blank said. “Studies indicate that these stem cells may differentiate into tissue that looks more natural and normal, but the cells need a way to be introduced safely and effectively to the patient.” Blank’s project used a biocompatible polymer that was electro-spun with applied voltage, forming nanoscale fibers one-billionth of a meter in size to which stem cells could adhere and hopefully differentiate. Collagen was used to increase cell proliferation and the likelihood of successful differentiation. However, the electro-spinning process caused some unexpected changes.
“We did some analysis (after electrospinning) and found the structure of the materials utilized was altered in order to integrate into the scaffold… but it was still effective at doing everything we hoped,” Blank said. RESTORING DAMAGED NERVES Also working with Cady is Jaclyn Conway ’19, whose project involves building another nanofiber material to anchor stem cells where they’re needed. She’s analyzing the chemical factors that promote turning stem cells into nerve cells and how to incorporate those chemicals into the material. The result would help surgeons replace damaged nerve tissue more easily.
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“The bottom line is in traumatic injury, this would replace nervous tissue that’s been lost to disease, injury or surgical removal,” said Cady, who has a background in neurophysiology. “This material looks like a (facial) tissue but the stem cells absolutely love it. In fact, it’s hard to get them off the material.” Along with researching a suitable material for stem cell growth, Conway hopes to discover the proper chemical mix and release rate to promote nerve cell development. Cady noted too much of the chemicals or too fast a release kills the cells. Too little or too slow and they won’t change into nerve tissue. It’s a process normally regulated by our bodies.
ABOVE: In the biology lab, Blank and Conway examine their project building a nanofiber material to anchor and sustain stem cells. “It’s really an innovative concept,” said Cady. PREVIOUS PAGE: A bio-compatible polymer that was electro-spun with applied voltage, forming nanoscale fibers one-billionth of a meter in size to which stem cells could adhere.
“Because Jaclyn’s embedding (chemicals) into the material, it’s released slowly, almost like a timed-release tablet,” Cady said. Stem cell research has been controversial when embryonic stem cells are used. Those come from human embryos which are subsequently destroyed. Cady said Bradley’s research uses induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and bone marrow stem cells. With iPS cells, four genes are added to skin cells, changing them into embryonic-like stem cells. Cady brought a $2,000 vial of iPS cells to Bradley several years ago and they have turned into $150,000 worth of frozen cells for research projects. He said it was “incredibly unusual” for undergraduates such as Blank and Conway to do this type of research. “I wish I’d had that opportunity when I was an undergraduate,” he said. “They’re doing research with human stem cells and making human tissue from stem cells. If (Blank and Conway) were at a large campus, they’d be cleaning (lab) dishes.” B
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class notes 1968 Betty “B.J.” Brockmeier Bauer lives in Meridian, Idaho, and Scottsdale, Ariz. A member of Pi Beta Phi, she has three children and six grandchildren. Kandy Baumgardner earned a doctorate in genetics at Utah State University and was a professor and administrator there and at Eastern Illinois University. She has three stepsons, seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild and lives in Congerville, Ill. Alvin “A.G.” Block was a public affairs and political journalist in Idaho and California, and is the editor and lead writer for the California Almanac of Politics and Government. He founded and directed a public affairs journalism program for the University of California system. He has two sons and lives in Sacramento, Calif. Pat Brophy M.A. ’70 earned a doctorate at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has two children and two grandchildren and lives in Oceanside, Calif. Sheila Gurnsey Burton taught music in elementary and high schools and now works at her husband’s law office. A mother of two, including Melissa Taylor Heil ’97, and grandmother of three, she lives in Rushville, Ill.
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Jerrie Feinstein M.A. ’69 earned a diploma in counselor education from Long Island University and worked as a high school counselor. A member of Sigma Delta Tau, she reports being happy and healthy living close to the Atlantic Ocean in Hollywood, Fla. Ruth Kengott Grockis visited 89 countries in a career with a major airline and as an independent contractor with a travel agency. A member of Gamma Phi Beta, she has two daughters and a grandson and lives in Deerfield, Ill. Dale Hachtel was a charter member of Sigma Phi Delta and worked for several engineering firms. After retiring, he moved to Port Byron, Ill., and is active in several groups and his church. Joanne Zeller Hachtel worked in communications and public relations for organizations including the Columbus, Ohio, Public Library, Franklin University and The Ohio State University Medical Journal. Her work also appeared in various magazines. Steve P. Havera served in the Army and earned a master’s and doctorate at the University of Illinois. He worked as a research scientist for the Illinois Natural
History Survey and served as an adjunct professor of biology at Western Illinois University and at Bradley. In 2001, the College of Liberal Arts and the university named Steve a Distinguished Alumnus and Centurion respectively. He has two sons, including Stephen J. Havera ’02, and four grandchildren and lives in Lewistown, Ill. Lukia “Lukie” Chelikas Hoffman worked more than 30 years as a supervisor at Caterpillar Inc. before retiring to care for her widowed father. The mother of four children and grandmother of 11, she splits time between Morton, Ill., and Florida and is an insurance agent. Celesta Jurkovich worked in public information for various Chicago city departments and was the first female press secretary for a Chicago mayor, serving Michael Bilandic from 1977–79. Moving into bank management, she earned an MBA at Northwestern University and was vice president-government relations in Washington, D.C., for the Chicago Board of Trade. A member of the Futures Industry Hall of Fame, Celesta has two stepchildren, seven grandchildren, a great-grandson and lives in Chevy Chase, Md.
Ruth Bigot Keenan-Hillmer taught and earned a specialist degree at Butler University before working as an elementary school principal to round out a 40-year career. She has two children, six grandchildren and lives in Westfield, Ind. Barry M. Krell’s first job was as a Bradley admissions officer. He joined OmniOffices and rose to vice president, responsible for 15 locations nationwide before moving to InterOffice. He was executive vice president of telecommunications for CarrAmerica Real Estate. He and his wife, Sherilyn Rubin Krell ’70, have one daughter and a grandson and live in St. Louis. Stephen LaPaugh was a Marine in Vietnam before coming to Bradley. After graduation, he worked for Newport News Shipbuilding, followed by various engineering jobs for the U.S. government that took him to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Somalia before retiring to his next endeavor — as a blacksmith. He volunteers rebuilding cannons at the Yorktown Battlefield National Park. He and his wife, Paula, have two sons and two grandsons and live in Newport News, Va. Frank Mavetz played basketball and baseball at Bradley and taught high school for 34 years. He and his second wife, Janet, live in Canton, Ill. Frank has two children, three stepchildren, three grandchildren, nine step-grandchildren and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
Corliss Yerby O’Bryan earned a master’s and doctorate at the University of Missouri and retired from the University of Arkansas in 2016. She has three children and lives in Springdale, Ark.
Sue Kaplan Tolpin earned a master’s in vocational counseling and worked in education and at Nordstrom’s. She and her husband, Tom, have two children and four grandchildren and live in Highland Park, Ill.
Diane Zuhlke Ottino has two children and five grandchildren. She lives in Springfield, Ill.
Keith Vanden Dooren followed his father, Oscar ’38, on campus where his fellow students and professors became a second family. A member of Alpha Kappa Psi, he earned his juris doctorate at Chicago-Kent College of Law and worked for the Florida Attorney General for 31 years. Keith and his wife, Marsha, have three children and live in Tallahassee, Fla.
Chuck Pillsbury was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and met his wife, Linda Jenner Pillsbury ’67, on campus. They have two children, seven grandchildren and live in Capistrano Beach, Calif. Mary Ann Scesniak Przytula taught for 30 years. She has two children and six grandchildren. John Skubik was an Air Force pilot before earning an MBA at the University of Michigan. A bank executive in Chicago and Michigan, he was a founding member of Phi Alpha/EAE and met his wife, Mary Allen ’69 on a blind date. The couple lives in Birmingham, Mich., and have two children and three grandchildren. Susan Miller Smolik retired as an educator in 2003. She earned a master’s degree from the National College of Education. Susan and her husband, Bill, have two children.
Jim Weber was ROTC commander and a member of the drill team. He earned an MBA at the University of North Dakota. Jim has two sons and three grandchildren and lives in West Grove, Pa. Ahadi White moved to California after graduation but came back to Peoria and worked 36 years for Bell/Ameritech/AT&T Systems. Known as Joyce White at Bradley, she said her new business cards refer to her as “Connoisseur of Leisure.” She has one child.
Class of 1968 Reunion FRONT Sally Howard Yocum, Ahadi (Joyce) White, Lukie Chelikas Hoffman, Illa Bickel Conklin, James Combs, Celesta Jurkovich, Dinah Peele Hoppe. BACK Jorja Wahls Stephens, Joanne Zeller Hachtel, Dale Hachtel, Richard Martin, Barry Krell, Keith Vanden Dooren, Bruce Brandt, Jim Hammerlund, Robert Picton.
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Richard Lemke serves as public works director for DeKalb County, Ga.
Charles Krugel is a labor and employment attorney and human resources counselor in the Chicago area. He recently was elected to the board of the Decalogue Society and serves as board chair for Oak-Leyden Developmental Services.
1977 Don Patton retired after 37 years at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, where he was vice president and controller. He coaches the golf team at Chicago’s Brother Rice High School. Kirk Wessler retired as the sports editor of the Peoria Journal Star and was inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame during the NCAA’s Final Four in San Antonio. He and his wife, Mary Fran Pattara ’78, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in June. They have five sons, including Luke Wessler ’05. Three of their four daughters-in-law also are Bradley graduates.
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) has named Michele Sullivan MBA ’89 to its 2018 Class of Influential Leaders. She is president of the Caterpillar Foundation. 1989 Leading Lawyers magazine featured Matthew Walsh as its January 2018 cover
story. He is a capital partner with Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP in Chicago. He and his wife, Cathy Hartman Walsh ’91, have two children, including Hope ’21. 1991 Steven Berman, partner with the Chicago law firm Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen, Ltd., won a $1.75 million settlement for a client injured by an amusement ride at an after-prom event. 1992 The United Way of Kenosha has named Jeff Hill, president of Herzing University’s Kenosha Campus in Wisconsin, to its board of directors.
1980 Wil Burns is the new director of the Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources at the University of CaliforniaIrvine School of Law. He also teaches courses in international environmental, climate change and ocean-coastal law. Mike Fout is vice president of operations at Kemco Systems, a global water and energy technology company. 1982 Forbes recognized Kimberly Friday Mitchell on its list of Top Women Wealth Advisers and Best-in-State Wealth Advisers this year. She is an adviser for the College of Education and Health Sciences and is a certified financial planner/chartered retirement planning counselor and wealth management adviser at Merrill Lynch.
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WLS-Chicago radio host Pete McMurray ’89 (left) and Food Network’s Jeff Mauro ’00 (right). “Mauro and I have been friends a long time. I love the guy. The BU community is big up here and we stick together.”
I tend to face new settings in observation, taking in the unusual bits of my surroundings, questioning relevancy of those odd bits. The eureka moments are ALWAYS exciting. — Christine Swanson Ness ’95 1994
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Gabrielle Engle Batkin is vice president of legislative affairs at Northrop Grumman.
R. Joe Degitz MSN ’09 earned a doctorate from Illinois State University. He is an assistant professor of nursing at Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing in Peoria.
Damon Hackett is assistant superintendent and chief school business officer for the Dunlap, Ill., school district. He earned a master’s from Northern Illinois University and a superintendent certificate at Illinois State University.
Kimberly Yocum Lyons marked 10 years at Hanson Professional Services Inc.’s Peoria office, where she works as a land surveyor.
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Jason McLaughlin is senior vice president— market manager for the Chicago North Shore Market of Wells Fargo Advisors, handling six locations. He has been with the company or its predecessors since 1999.
Jonathan Sweet is director of the Boating Industry Top 100 Program, which recognizes the best boat dealers in North America. He and his wife, Lorie Nudel Sweet ’98, have two children and live in Chaska, Minn.
Christine Swanson Ness, a fire protection and life safety engineer at PDC Engineers in Anchorage, is the 2017 Alaska Engineering Societies’ Engineer of the Year. She credits Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus Richard Deller for inspiring her.
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Noah Praetz testified before the U.S. Senate’s Rules and Administrative Committee in June on election security. He is the director of elections in Cook County, Illinois. 2000 The Transportation Research Board has named Matthew Dawson MSCE ’10 to a three-year term on its Standing Committee
on Geometric Design. He is a senior transportation engineer with Hanson Professional Services Inc. in Peoria. Stephanie Barrett Webster ’00 is senior vice president of development at Cullinan Properties, Ltd. She has been with Cullinan since 2003. 2001 Jessica Owings Crouch is a visual artist and letterpress printer at Wolverine Farm Letterpress and Publick House in Fort Collins, Colo. 2002 Andy Canopy MBA celebrated 10 years as a project manager with Hanson Professional Services Inc. 2006 Andrew K. Greene is a quantitative researcher with JPMorgan Chase & Co. His partner, Rachael Jensen ’06, is a lawyer with the NYC Administration for Children’s Services. Ryan Doerrer MSCE ’08 received his Illinois Structural Engineering License in 2017.
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class notes Jillian Riewerts Nelson is senior director of annual giving at Illinois State University, where she had served as director of stewardship and donor relations. She earned an MBA from James Madison University.
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Markist Booker is senior associate for global corporate affairs at SC Johnson.
Vannesia Darby started an online marketing agency, MOXIE Nashville.
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Henry Balfanz MBA received the 2018 Andison Award for Excellence in Teaching at Alma College in Michigan, where he is an assistant professor of business administration.
Adam Bockler graduated from the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy and has performed as a pro wrestler. He is a content strategist for ONEFIRE.
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Justin Restaino won a 2018 Sports Emmy in live graphic design for his work on League of Legends.
New York Cosmos B of the National Premier Soccer League signed forward Wojciech Wojcik. He was the Missouri Valley Conference’s 2013 Player of the Year and Bradley’s outstanding male athlete that year.
Sophia Astrene M.A. earned her master’s in nonprofit leadership in May and headed to Greece to visit family. While there, she stayed at the hotel owned by Despina Zirinis Mamantzis ’73, who has lived in Greece for over 40 years.
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Marcus Belin M.A. ’14 is the new principal at Huntley High School in Huntley, Ill.
Becca Wagner earned her Illinois license as a professional engineer. She is a traffic engineer with Hanson Professional Services Inc. in Peoria.
Ever since I was little, I knew I was going to do two things with my life: attend Bradley University and become a professional wrestler. —Adam “Sensei Bock” Bockler ’11
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1 Chicago The Alumni Association Board of Directors held its August meeting at Underwriters’ Laboratories, where board President Barbara Guthrie ’84, is vice president of corporate social responsibility. 2 Asheville, N.C. The annual Bradley University Vets Club reunion included Tony Donato ’70, Ben Dyer ’69, Steve Fuld ’69, Dan Gormley ’70 MS ’71, Mike LaHood ’71, Hank Parish ’69, Walt Putback ’72, Dean Swanson ’67 and Bob Zombro ’69. (Two who attended were camera shy.)
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3 Peoria We love seeing alumni parents share their Bradley Experience with their children as they start their own memories on the Hilltop. From left to right: Allen Durr, Pamela Kersten-Durr ’95, Sophie Durr ’22, Cara Domaszewicz ’22, Greg Domaszewicz ’09 and President Gary Roberts ’70.
5 St. Louis Bradley Alumni Day at Busch Stadium over the Labor Day weekend saw the Cardinals lose 6-4 to Cincinnati but alumni, family and friends, including brothers Brian ’01, Nick ’00 and Lance Rensing, enjoyed a near-perfect end to summer.
4 P eoria Alumni and friends flocked to Jimmy’s Bar Aug. 3 to enjoy live music and great food while raising scholarship funds at Bratfest. From left to right: Mardi Kleinschmidt ’94 MSA ’16, Curt Durham ’76, Anita Durham, Joyce Socha Meiser ’70 MA ’74, Wayne Powell, Todd Powell, Jimmy Spears ’77, and Dave Suzuki ’67.
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3 Colleen Hickey ’11 and Jason Milano, June 30, 2017. 4 Catarina Salazar ’15 and Edward Antanitus III ’13 ’15, March 1. 5 Michael and Johnna Bond Szczurko ’04, Lincoln Michael, Jan. 29. 6 Allison and Ryan Doerrer ’06 MSCE ’08, Mackenzie Kay, June 19, 2017. 7 Joanne Wegiel ’06 and Daniel Czempinski, Alexander Daniel, Oct. 10, 2017. 8 Cody ’09 and Stephanie Coen Bonham ’11, John Joseph, Sept. 25, 2017. 9 Geoff and Hannah Thurwanger Morrissey ’11, Gideon Hugh, March 18. 4
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passages Emeriti Faculty Richard Bjorklund Richard Bjorklund, professor of biology, 1957–91, died Dec. 29 in Mason County, Ill. An Army veteran, he earned his master’s at the University of Montana and his doctorate from the University of Michigan. He was biology department chair and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Bjorklund received the Putnam Award in 1972 and was named a Distinguished Professor. Surviving are his former wife; five children, including Sigurd ’79, Wendy ’80 and Jill Bjorklund Hanley ’84; and extended family. At left, Bjorklund catalogs migratory birds at Emiquon Preserve.
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Bill Hall, professor of political science, 1969–2011, died March 3 in Colorado. He earned his master’s and doctorate at the University of Kansas and was elected to the Kansas State Legislature at the age of 22. Hall won the Putnam Award in 1992 and was chair of the political science department. A Fulbright Scholar, he taught at the University of Tokyo. Surviving are his wife, Carla; a son and daughter, Kirsten ’05; four grandchildren and a sister.
Donald Gorman, professor of geological sciences, 1962–2004, died April 19 in Peoria. An Army veteran, he earned a doctorate at the University of Illinois. Bradley honored Gorman with the naming of a teaching laboratory in Olin Hall. Surviving are his wife, Jane; their children, Michael ’81, Caroline Gorman Pate ’82, Laurie Gorman Skalbania ’84, Thomas ’91 and Michele Gorman Kocher ’92; and 16 grandchildren.
Charlotte Pate Awl Charlotte Pate Awl, associate professor of nursing, 1967–2001, died May 2 in Asheville, N.C. A graduate of the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing in Philadelphia, she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Indiana University. Awl was associate chair of Bradley’s nursing department and has an endowed nursing scholarship in her name. Surviving are her children, Jane ’87, Dave ’88 and Stephen ’91; and a grandson.
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Jack Meyer Jack Meyer, associate professor of religious studies, 1969–2009, died June 26 in Peoria. He earned a master’s from the University of Louvain in Belgium. A former Roman Catholic priest, he taught at Loras College and served Iowa parishes before earning his doctorate from The Catholic University of America. He received the Francis C. Mergen Award for Public Service in 1985. Surviving are his wife, Mary, and a son.
Centurion and Distinguished Alumni Jack Pearl ’49 Jack Pearl ’49, Distinguished Alumnus and Centurion, 1991, died Jan. 11 in Peoria. After serving in the Navy, he founded Pearl Companies, an insurance agency. Today, the parent company has 800 employees with divisions in auto sales and service, technology and insurance services. A staunch supporter of Bradley and its athletic teams, Pearl was a member of Sigma Chi and honored as a Significant Sig and International Sigma Chi of the Year. Surviving are six children, 23 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
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Ruth Schlatter Martin ’39, July 18, Peoria Helen Holtzman Williams ’40, Dec. 18, Arlington, Texas Clarence Bachmann ’41, Dec. 28, Winter Park, Fla. Willis Ann “Willie” Weatherholt Wolff ’42, March 25, Antioch, Tenn. Harriet Ford Daily ’43, March 19, Farmington, Minn. Harold Morrisson ’43, Jan. 17, Belleville, Ill. Mary “Mem” Chamberlain Dickison ’44, March 7, Peoria Jeanne Waugh Runkle ’44, March 29, Peoria Robert E. Sharp ’44, Feb. 5, DeKalb, Ill. Alice McCord Weaver ’44, March 10, 2014, Arvada, Colo. Shirley Blackwell Presnell ’45, May 12, Peoria Robert Cooper ’46, March 31, Seminole, Fla. Joanne Strawn Dixon-Folck ’46, Feb. 12, Peoria Margaret Maher Hasselbacher ’46, July 1, Elmwood, Ill. Audrey Newton ’46, Dec. 21, Lincoln, Neb. Frank Beebe CERT ’48, ’49, March 20, Bartonville, Ill. Robert Cheek ’49, Jan. 25, Normal, Ill. Jacqueline Dod Corrigan ’49, Dec. 13, Saratoga, Calif. Roland Derry ’49 M.A. ’52, May 1, Galesburg, Ill. Robert Easoz ’49, June 20, 2017, Boise, Idaho Jerry Garrott ’49, May 2, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Howard Schalk ’49, April 9, Vernon Hills, Ill. Malcolm Amstutz ’50, Jan. 3, Morton, Ill. Marilyn Bratt Brummet ’50, July 13, 2017, Lerna, Ill. Marile Dyslin Garrott ’50, Jan. 5, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Paul King ’50, Feb. 25, East Peoria, Ill. James Lair ’50, May 28, Mendota, lll. Allan Lurie ’50 M.S. ’63, April 3, Peoria Robert McIntyre ’50, Dec. 24, East Peoria, Ill. Robert Radcliffe ’50, Dec. 26, Batavia, Ill. George Young ’50, Feb. 12, Peoria Heights, Ill. Elmer Behnke ’51, May 25, Hoover, Ala.
John E. Farrell ’51 M.A. ’52, Dec. 3, Westport, Conn. John M. Farrell ’51, March 18, Zionsville, Ind. Claude Hughes ’51, March 4, Willmar, Minn. Alden Olson ’51, March 9, Fountain Valley, Calif. Donald Peterson ’51, Feb. 1, Oklahoma City, Okla. Phillip Peterson ’51, Jan. 3, Northbrook, Ill. James Wellwood ’51, Jan. 9, Elmhurst, Ill. Alvin White ’51, Jan. 2, Glenbeulah, Wis. Marvin Zerwekh ’51, Jan. 6, Peoria Robert Cheffer ’52, April 24, East Moline, Ill. Donald Hasenstein ’52 M.S. ’55, Feb. 5, Peoria Heights, Ill. Clarence Keel ’52, April 24, Tampa, Fla. Elizabeth Vanetti Scaman ’52, Jan. 14, Delray Beach, Fla. Ronald Whitney ’52 M.A. ’58, Jan. 21, Rockville, Md. Arlene Shaw Cheffer ’53, June 4, East Moline, Ill. Richard Hyde ’53, April 5, Waukegan, Ill. Donald Larson ’53, April 16, Huber Heights, Ohio Rosemary Braden Rushford ’53, June 18, Pekin, Ill. Jean Springer ’53, Jan. 20, Naples, Fla. Marise Schwarting Swanson ’53, Dec. 16, Pekin, Ill. Joanne Hodges Woelfel ’53, May 7, Yukon, Okla. Gerald Brooks ’54, April 25, Woodland Hills, Calif. Ann Caldwell Dearman ’54, March 28, Virginia Beach, Va. George Houska ’54, Dec. 5, Bloomington, Ill. Edith Dunn Pierce ’54, Jan. 7, Evergreen, Colo. Dean Schmidt ’54, June 5, West Peoria, Ill. Harold Wirth ’54, Nov. 17, Venice, Fla. Albert Blumenthal ’55, Jan. 23, Atherton, Calif. Betty Loser Gustin ’55 M.S. ’59 M.A. ’64, April 28, Peoria John R. Hogan ’55, March 5, Morton, Ill. Richard Kohl ’55, April 12, Quincy, Ill. Marie Wood Roop ’55, May 5, Holland, Mich. John L. Rush ’55, Feb. 22, Peoria
Harry Schwarz Jr. ’55 MBA ’60, June 21, Elmhurst, Ill. Thomas Wuellner ’55, Feb. 2, Alton, Ill. Donald Bassi ’56, Nov. 30, McMinnville, Tenn. Herbert Fenske ’56, March 14, Oxnard, Calif. Stanley Jozwiak ’56, May 27, Woodstock, Ill. James “Sluggo” Stanczak ’56, April 9, Waukegan, Ill. Allan Steer ’56, Dec. 30, Holland, Mich. James Jakubek ’57, Dec. 2, Spring Township, Penn. Clarence Kelly Jr. ’57, Jan. 7, Joliet, Ill. Thomas McCann ’57, Dec. 16, Riverside, Ill. Charles Murdock ’57, Feb. 13, Chattanooga, Tenn. William Arnold ’58. Feb. 8, Peoria Penelope “Penny” Butterfield Meyer ’58, Jan. 3, Kickapoo, Ill. Rolland “Ron” Abel ’59, March 5, Peoria Arthur Bergstrom ’59, June 30, Orlando, Fla. Robert Bollegar ’59, July 25, Peoria Louis Kells ’59, March 3, Washington, Ill. David L. Schneider ’59, May 17, East Peoria, Ill. Marilyn Whelan Shoellhorn ’59, March 29, Libertyville, Ill. Marie Nordling Strickland ’59, Jan. 2, Tallahassee, Fla. Dorothy Beasley M.A. ’60, Dec. 24, Bourbonnais, Ill. David Meinders ’60, March 25, Duluth, Minn. Calvin Miller ’60, Jan. 18, Naperville, Ill. Hal Okerberg M.A. ’60, June 4, Flanagan, Ill. Charles G. Wilson Jr. ’60, Feb. 28, Lake Oswego, Ore. Gary Drummond ’61, April 12, Morton, Ill. John Goane ’61, April 19, Milwaukee George Maxwell ’61, Feb. 18, Beavercreek, Ohio Dan Shambaugh ’61 M.A. ’67, March 23, Peoria Ron Skinner ’61, Dec. 12, Keller, Texas Robert Stetson ’61, Oct. 8, St. Louis John Sulko Jr. ’61, April 2, 2017, Grayslake, Ill. William L. Wilson ’61, May 16, Metamora, Ill. Dennis Aldred ’62, Oct. 9, 2015, Elmhurst, Ill.
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passages Jim Carson M.A. ’62, June 6, Cave Creek, Ariz. Richard Clopper M.A. ’62, Jan. 17, Peoria Laurence Gates ’62, July 17, 2017, Koloa, Hawaii Paul Gutfreund ’62, Jan. 20, Pinellas Park, Fla. Theodore Horwath ’62, Dec. 18, Naperville, Ill. D. Stanton “Stan” Korista ’62, May 8, New Lenox, Ill. George Van Os ’62, June 22, Houston, Texas Alan Campbell ’63, Dec. 23, Peoria William Cavanaugh ’63 M.A. ’65, Nov. 2, Reston, Va. Lawrence Davis ’63, April 22, Fort Myers, Fla. Wayne Yarber ’63, Feb. 25, Oakland, Fla. Larry Corley ’64, June 20, Frankfort, Ill. Richard Freeman M.A. ’64, March 8, Loves Park, Ill. Richard Gaylord ’64, July 3, Menasha, Wis. Robert Lile ’64, Dec. 25, Peoria June Johnston-Butler Russell ’64, April 20, Metamora, Ill. Walter Smith ’64, Dec. 31, Prospect Heights, Ill. Richard Brunetto ’65, July 16, Shell Knob, Mo. Marie Sechler Groll M.A. ’65, Dec. 29, Peoria Barbara Fitzgerald Harston ’65, July 22, 2017, Pontiac, Ill. Robert Hultgren ’65, Dec. 28, Peoria Sandra Zimmerman Jameson ’65, Jan. 27, Waco, Texas Sandra Hoepfner Lauer ’65, Dec. 11, Peoria Brian Wakefield ’65, December, Troy, Mich. John Warner ’65, Feb. 10, Mullica Hill, N.J. Edward Bundy ’66, Jan. 16, Savannah, Ga. Glen Hodges M.S. ’66, July 4, 2017, Luthersville, Ga. Linda Hoerr McMullen ’66, July 14, Peoria Randolph Miller ’66, April 19, Severna Park, Md. Douglas Schubert ’66, June 20, Eagle Harbor, Mich. Mark Vorndran ’66, June 25, Pleasant Valley, Pa. George Cicci ’67, Nov. 12, Fitchburg, Wis. John Lewis ’67, March 21, Meridian, Idaho Thomas May ’67, Dec. 26, Peoria
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Oneita Falkner Volz ’67, Jan. 11, Peoria Glenna Halpin Adamson ’68, Jan. 2, Peoria, Ariz. Michael Eckstein ’68, Feb. 23, Boiling Springs, Pa. Dona Luker Green ’68, Jan. 26, Haines City, Fla. Mary R. Morrissey Kelly ’68 M.A. ’72, Dec. 17, Quincy, Ill. Denny Krohn ’68, July 25, Pekin, Ill. Juanita Fredrickson Sims ’68 M.A. ’77, Jan. 5, New Windsor, Ill. Cheryl Stokes Smith ’68, Jan. 13, Morton, Ill. Myrtle Slankard Smith ’68, May 21, Spring Bay, Ill. Philip “Flip” Szold ’68, Feb. 24, San Diego Catherine Donahue Crews ’69 M.A. ’72, June 26, Peoria Shirley Clauson Harman M.A. ’69, May 3, Trivoli, Ill. James Little Sr. M.S. ’69, Jan. 4, 2017, East St. Louis, Ill. Dorothea “Dot” Bodeen O’Brien M.A. ’69, Jan. 7, East Peoria, Ill. Brenda Down Dame ’70, Feb. 16, Columbia, Ill. Gary Knapp ’70, June 26, Peoria Douglas Levy ’70, Feb. 17, Sheffield, Mass. James Moroni ’70, Dec. 14, Carol Stream, Ill. Martha Dinkel Savage ’70, March 11, South Lebanon, Ohio Cheryl Stratton ’70, March 4, 2017, Edmond, Okla. Raymond Bowden Jr. ’71, Jan. 26, 2017, Peoria Paul Gottshall M.S. ’71, April 2, Eureka, Ill. Paula Smith Hafner M.A. ’71, April 4, Normal, Ill. Richard Meade ’71 M.A.’79, May 16, Chillicothe, Ill. Dean Woelfle M.A. ’71, March 7, Pekin, Ill. Jerome Bielicke ’73, May 14, St. Louis Robert Fehse M.S. ’73, July 6, 2017, Charlottesville, Va. Paul Joschko Jr. ’73, Sept. 26, Freeport, Ill. Richard Meyer ’73 MBA ’87, June 27, Fairhope, Ala. Paul Rachielles ’74, Jan. 2, Burlington, Conn. Henry Thomas Jr. ’74, Jan. 27, Chicago Juanita Ashmore Cole ’75, Dec. 15, Oak Park, Ill.
George Stoneburner M.A. ’75, April 24, Rockford, Ill. David P. Swan ’75, May 1, Santa Barbara, Calif. Gary Nunes ’76 M.A. ’80, April 28, West Chester, Pa. Gregory Schmitt ’76, Feb. 4, Fort Wayne, Ind. Dorothy Brainard Wilson ’76, March 27, Henry, Ill. Jeanne Darcey Wurtzinger M.A. ’76, Dec. 30, Peoria John Eppel Jr. ’79, July 27, 2017, Appleton, Wis. Lalita Faulk ’79, Feb. 24, Chicago Joan Heggemeier Guiliano ’79, Jan. 5, Peoria Janet Sandrock Skinner ’79, May 25, Pekin, Ill. Gary Swanson ’80, March 26, Peoria James K. Taylor MBA ’81, Jan. 26, Peoria Eileen “Toby” Meyer Ayres MBA ’83, Feb. 9, Bartonville, Ill. John Mooberry ’83, May 5, Sparland, Ill. Joyce Beverly ’84, Sept. 25, 2017, Chicago Shirley Bemis Kleinlein ’84, Sept. 16, Gilbert, Ariz. Thomas Bianco ’85, May 31, Dundee, Fla. Constant “CH” Miller M.S. ’86, Feb. 5, Darlington, S.C. Paul Kiel ’90, Jan. 28, Hammond, Ind. Warren Bilchik ’92, Feb. 8, Miami Sally Pace MLS ’92, Jan. 6, East Peoria, Ill. Kim Keeton Borge ’93, June 26, Peoria Ryan Murphy ’96, Jan. 26, East Moline, Ill. Bonnie Eastman Gudat MLS ’97, March 24, Chillicothe, Ill. Georgia Phillips Zaeske ’97, June 17, Metamora, Ill. Amy Kahn ’00, Sept. 30, 2017, St. Louis Park, Minn. Amanda Allison Graham ’05, March 17, Peoria Nicole Bottrell ’08, Feb. 16, Lincoln, Ill. Edward Hennessey ’12, May 9, Peoria Dylan Macuk ’14, July 15, McHenry, Ill. Nicole Baran, junior, Feb. 12, Crystal Lake, Ill. Alex Williams, sophomore, July 19, Geneseo, Ill.
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1 “ Playing the Game: Create Your Legacy and Preserve Your Estate for Future Generations,” by Paul Remack ’71, focuses on the best ways to preserve and transfer personal wealth. 2 “ The Kings of the Rings: Stories from the VFW National Marble Tournaments 1947-1962” by Scott Rice McBride ’76, shares the backstory of the game and its significance for the men who played it. 3 “ Happiness Calling: A Practical Guide for Saying Yes to Life’s Joy,” by Victoria Fellers Mitchell ’83, illustrates the benefits of self-care and mindfulness. 4 “ Lead with Literacy: A Pirate Leader’s Guide to Developing a Culture of Readers,” by Mandy Pierce Ellis ’04 M.A. ’07, ’12, offers practical and fun ideas to embed a love of reading into a school’s culture. 5 “ Cuppy the Special Cupcake,” by Kristine A. Sisco ’06, is about acceptance and self-discovery for ages 5-12. 6 “ The Dinner Scene,” a short, romantic comedy written and directed by Nicholas Thurkettle ’99, depicts a screenwriter’s issue with self-doubt while writing a romantic reunion scene. 48 BRADLEY magazine
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We wanted to hear from members of the Bradley family about their Bradley Experience. Bill Campbell ’61 graciously agreed to be our first writer. BILL CAMPBELL ’61
Coming to a mutual understanding Looking back on my years at Bradley, I have many fond memories. Perhaps the one I recall the most is from a finance class I took during my senior year. Professor Wayne Allen assigned each class member an essay topic. Mine, I thought, must certainly be the hardest of all. Since I was totally unfamiliar with the assigned topic, I made a trip to Bradley’s library where I found a wonderful book on the subject. However, after an hour of reading I still drew a blank. I tried to reword what I had read but lacked sufficient understanding to do so in an intelligible fashion. Eventually, the time came, and I turned in my paper. When Professor Allen returned it, I was not surprised to see that I had received a failing grade. He called me up after class and said he hoped he hadn’t been unfair in his grading, but it looked to him as if I had copied the text directly from the book I had found in the library (a book with which he was undoubtedly familiar).
As I read that note I recalled something my father had often said to me: “The truth may be hard, but it’s only half as hard as if you tell me something and I find out it’s not true.”
“ I tried to paraphrase what I had read, but found I was so clueless ... I simply copied in the interest of accuracy.” My Bradley years served me well during a successful business career and paved the way for rapid promotions. Success with several entrepreneurial ventures afforded me an early retirement and the pursuit of an
advanced degree and a second avocation in the ministry. I would be remiss, however, if I failed to state that plagiarism is not a preferred or suggested path to success. The lesson, for me, was rather the grace afforded me by Professor Allen, and the reminder that honesty is, indeed, the best policy. I remember many of my professors from my Bradley years, but with only two exceptions I do not recall their first names. Kal Goldberg in economics was one, and of course, Wayne Allen in finance is the other. Thanks Dad, for the lesson on integrity and thanks, Wayne Allen, for showing me the application of that lesson. It occurs to me that there are many others out there with reflections on their Bradley days. I, for one, would love to hear them. And thanks, Bradley magazine, for allowing me to share mine.
He then asked if that was, in fact, the case. “Your assumption was correct,” I replied. “I tried to paraphrase what I had read, but found I was so clueless of the subject that I was afraid I might inadvertently change the meaning in some way, so I simply copied it in the interest of accuracy.” I may have been wrong, but I thought I detected a slight smile as he thanked me for my honesty. At the conclusion of the term, Professor Wayne passed out our grades on a small folded sheet of paper. Mine read simply, “A ‘C’ by the grace of God and Wayne Allen.”
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