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TANGLED PATH TO AMERICA page 18 TRAUMA TREATMENTS page 14
OUR FASCINATION WITH GENEALOGY page 22
PICK-UP ARTIST Malini Wijesinghe ’19 cleans up good. With awards galore and a 3.99 GPA on a triple major, she became the secondwinningest player in Bradley women’s tennis history. Wijeshinghe also started the BU Cleanup Crew to pick up trash on campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods every Friday.
PHOTOGRAPHY: DUANE ZEHR.
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“ I feel a loss inside of me.”
A COMPLICATED LEGACY 10 min. China’s one-child policy, in effect from 1979–2015, made a significant impact on its society.
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CAMPUS NEWS
THE WAR WITHIN 5 min. A research project seeks three non-invasive treatments for PTSD.
5 Feedback Online stories
ON THE COVER BURIED TREASURE 10 min. A new book explores America’s fascination with genealogy. Illustration by Ken Jacobsen.
6 Springtime Reigns Bradley Academic News 7 Haik-up to Mars Bradley First in Illinois
12 Athletics News 13 5 Questions with ... Liz Gunty Wiest ’15
ALUMNI NEWS 28 Class Notes
8 Graduation Gallery
38 Bells & Rattles
9 Meet the Leadership Team: Justin Ball, Vice President for Enrollment Management
40 Passages
10 The Robots Are Coming
45 Lasting Connections
11 Tiny Americans Bragging Rights Roberts to Retire
4 7 My Bradley Experience Herb Mueller ’50
44 Alumni Event Calendar
PHOTO COURTESY CHARLI COPELAND ’22.
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feedback AFTER PROFESSOR SUSAN BRILL DE RAMÍREZ
Significant mentor
Sarah McMahon ’15 M.A. ’16
Professor Susan Brill de Ramírez was undoubtedly the most dedicated and caring individual I encountered in my five years at Bradley; she also made a point to remain in contact with me after graduation. The literary canon is infamously inundated with old, white men, and she introduced me and my classmates to Native American writers, women writers and writers from non-Western backgrounds. I’m convinced that Professor Brill de Ramírez was a visionary ahead of the times. She recognized years ago the shift from print to digital media and worked to keep the humanities rising with this tide as to not disappear into obscurity. She was a strong, vibrant woman who was exactly the mentor I needed during a vulnerable, uncertain time of my life. I hope every student has a teacher like her, who sees the best in everyone and who leads with a spirit of giving that is such a rare and precious gift.
if I had a dollar for each time you stopped me at a coffee shop to chat for a minute that turned into an hour I’d have enough cash to buy a beachfront home with huge bay windows facing the sunset, the same direction your office perched on the third floor of the only building on campus that felt like home you were the first person I ever heard say, “Stories changed my life. Stories saved my life.” Native American literature came to life in your eyes, pulled me into a non-linear understanding of time you taught me to pay attention to empty space wrote at the bottom of my thesis “Poetry is the art of silence” you always said yes to independent studies office hours extra time to complete assignments when my chest felt constricted and anxious you never said no to giving more most people take, stacking boxes of belongings around them like shields, you gave away swords turned anger and hurt into learning and love in the long spring days of Ramadan you ate burritos at the front of an English class Master’s students weary but wanting to learn to read and speak and be heard you were always so eager to listen when I heard you’d gone missing my heart sank like lead when I heard you were dead I closed the door to my office sank to my knees and sobbed my limbs turning numb, ears ringing the sound of your quiet hum I miss how your laughter skipped down the steps of Bradley Hall where magnolia tress blossomed late into April I want you to know your echo is louder than the anger that stole you your spirit is strong and tenacious lovely and free and relentlessly kind one day I will drive to the desert write a poem in the sand and sign your name pray to God you are safe now promise to carry you with me your spirit of iron, conviction like fire in my veins I will whisper your name to the crash of the waves I am so far away but I wanted to say, thank you.
Sarah McMahon ’15 M.A. ’16
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First Jobs Don’t Last Forever A former champion on Bradley’s speech team is on her fourth career choice with no signs of slowing down. Convergence in the Community Projects like the Bradley Fellows program teach leadership skills and civic responsibility. On the Move with: Adam Byerly The lecturer in computer science riffs on teaching computer-savvy students, AI and the pleasures of solving a Rubik’s Cube. Adversity Leads to Career A serious childhood illness paved the way for one student’s career choice. Sit in on: Human Behavior in the Social Environment How does our lifetime of experiences, starting at birth, influence our behavior? Best of Campus Missing your alma mater? Check out our monthly photo series for all the Bradley action!
STAFF S.L. Guthrie, executive editor Bob Grimson ’81, assistant director Mary Brolley, assistant director Matt Hawkins, assistant director Sarah Dukes, art director Duane Zehr, university photographer 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 2019. 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.
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Springtime Reigns
BRADLEY ACADEMIC NEWS TRADING SPACES How do you bring in great students? By creating great partnerships with local schools. Bradley and Illinois Central College have teamed up to allow ICC students with two-year degrees in arts, sciences or engineering science to earn their bachelor’s degrees with guaranteed admission to the university if they have greater than a 2.5 cumulative GPA. To ease the transfer process, Bradley and ICC have also created more than 40 “2+2” agreements, which map the necessary courses for the student’s first two years at ICC and those needed for their last two years at the university.
Combine this latest title and more than 160 individual national championships and you have the most successful collegiate team in any activity, including sports, according to the Associated Press. The team has won at least one forensics national championship in every decade since the 1980s. The team scored a second-place finish at the American Forensics Association (AFA) national event, also in April. Although the team initially won the event, the AFA disqualified one of Bradley’s duo interpretation speeches due to a rule violation that prohibits student participants from editing a script. Bradley returned the winning trophy. Regardless of the loss, fans offered their enthusiastic support. “It’s been great to feel the support of the university behind us. It’s unlike anything we could have prepared for,” Magee said after the team arrived back on campus to cheers, waving pompoms and an impromptu verse of Queen’s “We Are The Champions” from some students in the crowd. “We had three underclassmen win national championships — the underclassmen have been spectacular.”
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SPEECH TEAM: DUANE ZEHR; MARS: AI SPACE FACTORY.
“(It’s) more than the top five basketball teams combined,” said speech team president Megan Magee ’19 about their 42nd overall title win in April at the National Forensic Association national event in California. “It’s something we’ll talk about with our kids when they apply at Bradley.”
Last one standing AI Space Factory snatched the top spot in the 3D building competition with their Marsha model. RIGHT TOP Interior view showing the inner core and light properties. RIGHT BOTTOM The design firm is also developing a model for Earth called Terra.
SPACE EXPLORATION
Haik-up to Mars The joint NASA-Bradley project has returned to Earth in the final round of the NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. Two teams — New York’s AI SpaceFactory and Penn State University Park — have earned a combined $700,000 in prize money for designing, building and testing 3D-printed buildings for survival at deep-space destinations like the moon and Mars. The project had us wondering about life on the Red Planet, and our thoughts turned to the following haikus:
NEED A JOB?
Bradley First in Illinois If you want to land a job after graduation, then it’s a good idea to attend the right school. In Illinois, that choice is Bradley, according to the career site Zippia.com, which ranked the university first in the
Alien envy my new home is possible NASA, Bradley join
Home an adventure chronicle possible move to Mars neighborhood
On the red planet my new abode stands ready helped by Bradley U
Planning Martian trips Bradley, NASA offer fresh chance real estate boom comes
Project now pays off new home an amazing chance living on Mars time
Get in on ground floor housing opportunities may abound on Mars
state for students finding employment. Nationally known programs in highdemand professions, experiential learning and internships, and the Smith Career Center are just a few key factors leading to our 93% placement rate (5-year average).
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“ These professors gave me the opportunity to fulfill my dream. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t have had the chance.” — Martin Suppo ’19, above, who completed his degree after a 50-year hiatus
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COMMENCEMENT, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: DUANE ZEHR; MATT COATES; OLIVIA CARRIZALES; RUBEN AGUILAR; REMAINING PHOTOS: DUANE ZEHR.
A tip of the hat, high five and spirited fist bump to our nearly 1,000 spring 2019 graduates and their proud families. Perhaps the happiest was Martin Suppo ’19 (above, celebrating with Tim Koeltzow, associate professor of psychology), who returned to Bradley after 50 years to complete his degree. Visit instagram.com/explore/tags/ bradleygrad to see more 2019 graduation photos.
LEADERSHIP
Meet the Team Vice President for Enrollment Management Justin Ball When Justin Ball was a senior at Canton High School (Ill.), there weren’t many college or university recruiters who came to visit. But he remembers the one from St. Ambrose University (Iowa), who helped him understand the private, Roman Catholic, liberal arts university would be a good fit. His collegiate experience turned out so well that Ball decided to help future students the way his recruiter helped him.
PHOTO COURTESY JUSTIN BALL.
As vice president for enrollment management, Ball’s division is responsible for recruiting new first-year and transfer students, as well as accompanying marketing and operations efforts. Outreach begins as early as the sophomore year of high school, but he said they cultivate the Bradley brand as early as elementary school. “Really, if you think about the recruitment process and lifecycle, we work with students from the very first time that they find out about Bradley University all the way to postgraduation when they start their careers or consider going to graduate school,” Ball said. He meets with his executive team to plan recruitment strategies, including which high schools to visit, what marketing materials
they’ll bring and the kinds of presentations they’ll give. The intent is to meet the needs of a variety of students.
“ Not every school’s students are having the incredible experiential learning that Bradley students are getting.” That means reaching high schools throughout the state of Illinois and finding rural high schools where there are students who would be a good fit that oftentimes get passed by other colleges and universities, Ball said. “We are really aggressive and intentional about finding a class that has a mix of students with a great deal of diversity in terms of where they’re from, their ethnicity, the majors they’re interested in, their
backgrounds and all the other things that make students wonderful that you don’t see on a transcript or a test score.” Relationship building both on and off campus is at the core of Ball’s role. “I intentionally spend time making sure we understand what’s happening in the five colleges and that we’re giving accurate information to students,” he said. “We want to be sure prospective students and their families understand what it really means to be at Bradley. “There are about 4,000 schools throughout the country, and I would venture to guess that almost every one of them has similar programs to ours, but not every school’s students are having the incredible (type of) experiential learning that Bradley students are getting.” When he’s not at work, Ball and his wife, Jessica Lenz Ball ’07, enjoy outdoor adventures; the couple has a daughter, Chloe, 3. He encourages alumni families to visit campus with their children and grandchildren and share with them their Bradley Experiences. “I love hearing those stories,” Ball said.
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Kenneth Taylor Stanford University
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“Disruptive technological change has been foisted onto society as a whole by those who own the means of production. We can’t leave decisions in the hands of those who stand to make a profit. I like the market, but it’s not God.”
What’s the current state of artificial intelligence?
“We’re in the midst of a Fourth Industrial Revolution that will change people’s lives and perceptions as much as the first three (steam power, mass production, the internet).”
“We needn’t fear that AI radically outperforms us in our most uniquely human abilities nor fear the singularity. Given that we don’t understand tricks our minds employ, we don’t have a clue what the singularity should look like.”
What are the benefits of AI and autonomous vehicles for society?
“It absolutely will make the world a safer place.”
What’s a word of caution for AI’s future?
“There’s always this struggle between security and those trying to compromise the systems — as soon as you make a better mousetrap, someone can figure it out. The ultimate safety feature is a human behind the wheel able to take control.”
How does AI enhance what humans already do well?
“You only have two eyes, and you can only look in one direction. An autonomous vehicle is always looking in every direction at the same time. What it cannot do is make split-second ethical decisions.”
Where is AI going in the future?
“Infrastructure — physical and digital — needs to be developed, but that’s expensive. Security measures also need to be upgraded while autonomous vehicles themselves are fine-tuned and legal issues, such as liability in accidents, resolved.”
“We never imagined somebody could hijack a plane with boxcutters. Somebody did. Imagination always wins. Imagine the best and worst. What guarantees the best wins?”
“AI definitely is an amazing tool. Just think of the driverless car, and some radiologists think AI is another tool in their kit. If it’s like that, it’s a win-win. The question is if you can guarantee that.”
“Robots are coming. They are relentless. If we can’t stop or reverse the robot invasion, we must confront questions. Should we seek to regulate? Accept the inevitability they’re taking jobs? How do we find meaning in a world without cognitive labor?
Joe Buckner ’09 AutonomouStuff
WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED?
FIRST LINE “In the fall of 1978, our father brought home a stack of books from the library on activities to do with us kids as an attempt to get himself sober.”
The start of Associate Professor of English Devin Murphy’s new novel, “Tiny Americans,” which looks at a family’s unraveling and a chance at reconciliation. Available at online and other retailers.
TRANSITIONS
BRAGGING RIGHTS
The university’s game design program once again earned a spot on The Princeton Review’s list of the best programs. Ranked on academics, faculty, technology and graduates’ career prospects, Bradley snagged the #12 spot, making it the highest-ranked school in Illinois.
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Roberts to Retire that I would have a limited tenure. Next year, I will be 72 years old, and Donna and I want to have some healthy years to enjoy life and check several items off our bucket list. “Also, I believe that many of the changes that need to occur at Bradley will take several years to implement fully, and having a president who can provide continuity of leadership throughout that transitional period will be a big plus for the university.”
ROBERTS: DUANE ZEHR.
During Roberts’ tenure, the university designed and implemented a new strategic plan, launched a faculty salary initiative, began construction and will complete Phase 1 of the new Business and Engineering Convergence Center and expanded Bradley’s suite of online course offerings, among many other accomplishments. Gary R. Roberts ’70, who has served as Bradley’s 11th president since January 2016, has decided to retire at the end of May 2020. He announced his intent to the university’s trustees and senior leadership in May.
“I love Bradley and all of the people I have worked with here,” said Roberts, noting the decision is bittersweet. “Despite the challenges that Bradley faces as higher education is disrupted and transitions its business model, I am optimistic about Bradley’s future, and I still hope to be a part of it.”
“As most of you know, I was planning to retire before I accepted this wonderful position to lead my alma mater,” Roberts said at the time. “All along it was assumed
A search committee made up of trustees, faculty, staff and student representatives began work this summer with a search firm to develop the hiring process and identify potential candidates. Learn more at bradley.edu/presidential-search.
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CAMPUS NEWS SCORE!
Mike Tauchman ’13 follows through on his sixth-inning, three-run home run against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, April 16, his first in the major leagues. As of press time, he’s hit 11 more homers and 41 RBI’s this season. To read more about his first home run, visit bradley.edu/tauchman.
YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN
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SKIN IN THE GAME
Friends Tony Seghetti ’14 (left) and Kyle Schmitt ’12 (top) are all Team Bradley. How do we know? Check out their new B-shield tattoos! While the tats honor the university, the basketball team and its 2019 run to the MVC title and NCAA Tournament appearance, both men agree they are also reminders of their Bradley connection. “It means more to me than just one season of basketball,” Schmitt said.
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Growing up in Chicago made it all the more special when Walt Lemon Jr. ’14 signed in March with the Bulls. In his debut, Lemon scored 19 points and had six assists, four rebounds and four steals against eventual NBA champion Toronto. “I didn’t get drafted (out of Bradley). I didn’t expect to,” Lemon told the Chicago Tribune. “When I went overseas, it was definitely a piece of humble pie. Over there, it’s like a whole other world. It made me appreciate what I do have.”
TAUCHMAN: NEW YORK YANKEES; TATTOOS: COURTESY TONY SEGHETTI ’14 AND KYLE SCHMIDT ’12; WIEST: THE LOVELY LENS PHOTOGRAPHY.
Sweet Home, Chicago
YOUNG ALUMNI LIFE
5 Questions with … Liz Gunty Wiest ’15 Liz Gunty Wiest ’15 is the face behind Bradley’s social media marketing efforts. The daughter of Karen Sue Brown Gunty ’79, she majored in public relations and is an active community volunteer. 1. WHEN DID YOU BECOME INTERESTED IN SOCIAL MEDIA? As a kid, I remember putting a lot of focus into my Myspace profile and caring about what it looked like and how it was doing. In my first job after Bradley, I did social media and discovered I loved it. 2. NEW PLATFORMS ARE CONSTANTLY APPEARING. HOW DO YOU KEEP UP? I think the fast-changing pace of social media is what keeps it exciting, but it also can be overwhelming. Being immersed in it every single day helps me stay informed. I also read a lot of blogs, watch a lot of webinars and am in Facebook groups with other social media managers.
3. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE BACKLASH AGAINST SOCIAL MEDIA IN RECENT YEARS? I think social media has become part of our culture. I understand it has a negative side, but as individuals and as companies, we have the right to choose if or how we use it … You can’t control what everyone else is doing, but you can control what you or your company put out there. 4. WHAT’S YOUR BEST ADVICE FOR ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE? Understand your business or organization at its core. Then create a strategy, listen to your audience and have fun. Don’t be afraid to try new things. 5. YOU RECENTLY MARRIED. WHAT’S THE BEST PART SO FAR? I asked my husband and he joked, “Now that we’re married, I legally can’t be mad at you for watching ‘The Bachelorette’ and forcing me to watch it with you!”
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THE WAR WITHIN “Suffering is a part of life, but needless suffering is just not OK.” — Lori Russell-Chapin
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often the brain’s normal reaction to experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event or situation. It may manifest in reliving the events through flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety and hyper-vigilance. Nancy Sherman has worked with abuse and assault survivors throughout her career, but it was her time in New Orleans helping victims of Hurricane Katrina that helped demonstrate the devastating effects of PTSD on a large scale. “I had one man who watched his girlfriend slip away into the water (during Katrina) … he couldn’t help her,” the professor in education, leadership and counseling said.
“I’ve had clients who had PTSD as a result of being in a bad automobile crash. It’s a thing nobody is prepared for. Although reactions to traumatic events range in severity, even the most acute responses are natural after experiencing a traumatic event that is out of the bounds of normal experience.”
MENTAL HEALTH BY BOB GRIMSON ’81 5 MIN.
According to the National Center for PTSD, an estimated seven or eight people out of a hundred will experience PTSD at some point in their lives, with women more likely to develop it than men. Military veterans are uniquely prone to developing PTSD, with symptoms showing up from a few months to years later, affecting relationships and the ability to function in everyday life.
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“It’s really an interesting diagnosis because two people can be at the same event and one person will get PTSD and the other won’t,” said Lori Russell-Chapin, co-director of the Center for Collaborative Brain Research and a professor in education, leadership and counseling. She and Sherman, along with Celia Johnson, professor of teacher education emerita, are part of a Bradley effort to study three non-invasive treatments for PTSD. Russell-Chapin’s father was a World War II pilot, shot down and wounded as the only survivor of his plane’s crew. He also served time as a POW. She suspects that combination of factors left him with PTSD. Working with veterans from the Vietnam era to the present, one treatment in the Bradley project focuses on RTM (reconsolidation of traumatic memories), and is part of a larger, nationwide effort. “We got interested in (RTM) because it’s quick, which would mean cost-effective,” Sherman said. The other two treatments being studied at Bradley aren’t part of the nationwide effort — EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) and neurofeedback. “All of these have shown to be effective; we’re hoping to find which is the most effective in reducing symptoms. Our work is unique because we’re testing three treatments.”
RTM is an imagery exercise to retrain the brain and its responses. Sherman said she has successfully used RTM in helping people overcome snake phobias. EMDR is not a new treatment — it has subjects track a light or some other moving object while discussing the troubling situation. It works to regulate activity between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Neurofeedback uses electrodes placed on the scalp to monitor brain activity while subjects view a picture or scene. All of these noninvasive methods help the brain learn to self-regulate. “As a counselor, my world is making a difference in other people’s lives,” Sherman said. “I (believe) this is such an important thing if we can add to the body of knowledge that tells how we can effectively treat PTSD so people can live their lives.” Russell-Chapin said the amygdala, the part of the brain which primarily processes memory, decision-making and emotional responses (such as anxiety, aggression and fear), is activated during traumatic events and may actually get larger with repeated traumas. “So the next time something happens, you react from your amygdala, not from the prefrontal cortex which is responsible for executive reasoning responses.” She added there is evidence of brain network communication problems. With PTSD, the connection between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala becomes lost, so the prefrontal cortex may get smaller in volume if it isn’t used as much. Many people with PTSD are treated with medication, which can have side effects. Russell-Chapin compared that to a Band-Aid, treating symptoms and not the underlying causes.
“ I’ve had clients who had PTSD as a result of being in a bad automobile crash. It’s a thing nobody is prepared for.” — Nancy Sherman
“Some of the things our veterans have to see and have to do, no one should have to see and do,” Russell-Chapin said. “Yet they come back and we expect them to be able to go to Walmart or some place and function normally.” Board-certified in neurofeedback, she uses quantitative 19-panel EEGs for pre- and post-treatment testing that show brain map areas where the brain is dysregulated and not working efficiently. “What’s remarkable about this treatment is you’re attacking the problem at the source,” she said. “You can see in the brain when things are not functioning.” Sherman said paper-and-pencil tests measuring the severity of a participant’s symptoms also are used before and after
treatment. So far, all subjects, regardless of treatment group, have improved. Finding participants has been a challenge, however. Despite reaching out to the Department of Veterans Affairs and other groups, the study still has a few open spots. Participants are paid a $100 stipend but Russell-Chapin noted many times veterans are reluctant to accept it and just want to help or serve others. Because live subjects are involved, the Institutional Review Board from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria provides oversight, and there are other regulatory reviews. “If we can have some results with our small study, and begin to have better research and share it with the world, I think that’s so helpful and encouraging,” Russell-Chapin said. “It’s been fascinating, frustrating, sad. I’ve heard stories … it’s tragic. Suffering is a part of life, but needless suffering is just not OK.” B
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TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE IMPOSITION OF CHINA’S ONE-CHILD POLICY, A NEWBORN CHARLI COPELAND ’22 WAS LEFT AT A HOSPITAL IN BAODING ON A COLD DECEMBER DAY. SHE KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT WHY. GIRL, INTERRUPTED BY MARY BROLLEY
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“Hope is the name I was called in the newsletter, and my mom stumbled across me.” So begins Copeland’s adoption story. Brought to the United States from an orphanage in Baoding at age 3, she knows almost nothing of the first six weeks of her life. Not the circumstances that led to her being left outside of a hospital. Not who her parents were. Not where she was born. But she does have one crucial bit of information. “When the night watchman found me, ‘11/1/99’ was written on a piece of paper bundled inside my clothing and blankets,” she said. “So at least I know my birthday.” Although Copeland is unsure exactly how, she feels certain China’s one-child policy played a part in her abandonment. Because of a cultural preference for males, and even
though it was illegal, female babies were frequently aborted or given up for adoption, overcrowding orphanages. Babies with birth defects, such as Copeland’s moderate vision impairment, were more likely to be given up. These “waiting children” were sometimes profiled in newsletters like the one her mom saw when she began the adoption process through Holt International Children’s Services. POPULATION CONTROL EFFORTS, DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES “One of my students from China told me the government did many bad things to implement the one-child policy,” Jihyun Kim said. “I’ve had a number of international students from China as well as secondgeneration Chinese American students in my classes. It’s safe to assume all of these students have been affected by
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the policy in one way or another. But Charli’s life journey stands out as one of the most dramatic and memorable.” Each time she teaches IS 182, Fundamentals of Contemporary East Asian Civilizations, the professor of international studies covers the population control strategies of various Asian countries, including the best known: China’s one-child policy, in effect from 1979–2015. Last fall, Copeland was in the class and delved into her past to create her final project. “Charli was very open about her adoption,” Kim said. “She was eager to share this with her classmates and me. (The policy) lasted more than three decades and really affected human beings. It was considered necessary to achieve population control, but its designers didn’t think carefully about the many unintended and negative consequences.”
“ IT’LL ALWAYS BE A PART OF MY HISTORY. THERE’S A HOLE IN MY HEART I’M TRYING TO FILL.” — CHARLI COPELAND ’22
In 1979, with population nearing 1 billion, the Chinese government instituted the one-child-per-family policy (with certain exceptions). Married couples were encouraged to delay having children, and women of childbearing age were tracked — even their menstrual cycles were watched. Required to register when they were pregnant, they were often sterilized or forced to use long-lasting contraception after a first birth. For unplanned or second pregnancies, forced abortions were common. In response to punishments including fines and demotions, those who found themselves pregnant with a forbidden child gave away their babies — overwhelmingly female — 80,000 of whom were then adopted by American parents in the 1980s and ’90s. These young women grew up with a complicated legacy: gratitude for their adoption by loving, financially stable
The 4-2-1 phenomenon Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies Dan Getz, who’s traveled extensively in China, said the one-child policy has had a significant effect on its society. “If you’re there, you can’t avoid it. Anybody that has married and is having children has been impacted. “It’s complex, right? Leaders were freaked out by the demographics. But it’s a totalitarian policy. From a human rights point of view, it was terrible. “It all goes back to the Cultural Revolution (starting in the 1960s). The family planning cadres
(local groups that tracked their neighbors’ pregnancies and fertility) had control over people’s lives. Deciding how many children to have is one of the most basic rights human beings have.” Because there are not enough women and not enough younger workers, the policy has caused major demographic and economic problems, Getz said. “And such pressure is put on all these only children, because all the expectations of the family are on them. “You’ve got the 4-2-1 phenomenon, where one child has to take care of two parents and four grandparents. You put it all together and you’ve got a real complex of societal burdens and issues that are very hard to address. “One effect of this is because of the large gender imbalance, girls are (now) more cherished, more valued. But when a woman marries, she’s still marrying into her husband’s family. “The lack of gender balance is socially and politically destabilizing.”
families, but with a lifetime of doubts, uncertainties and loss regarding their origins. THE ADOPTION Copeland’s mom, Connie, remembered immediately falling for the little girl, called Hope, in the newsletter. An optometrist, the elder Copeland was undaunted by the little girl’s vision problem. “I’d never understood how other parents would say they fell in love with their child through a picture, but I did,” she said. “I thought I could help her.” It took a year of paperwork, background checks and home visits, but finally Connie Copeland flew to China to meet her new daughter and take her back to Madison, Wis. They joined a support system of families who’d recently adopted girls from China. Connie Copeland took Mandarin lessons to communicate with the child and better understand her culture. There were memorable moments. “I was 3, but had never seen a cat. I would run after our two cats and pull their tails. I thought they were handles,” Charli Copeland said. “My mom had to learn to say ‘Don’t pull the tail!’ in Mandarin.” She is generous in her assessment of her birth mother, saying she’s grateful that she left her at a hospital, where she would be found quickly and cared for. But 20 years later, Copeland still struggles with why she was abandoned. “Was it because I have a vision problem? Because my birth family was poor? Or because I’m a girl?” she wonders. Throughout the adoption process, Connie Copeland was aware of the effect of the one-child policy. “These little girls were being left, abandoned. There was infanticide. The culture said that a boy takes care of his parents in old age, so boys were preferred.”
ABOVE Copeland and her mother meet the night watchman who found her at a hospital as a newborn. RIGHT Copeland in her crib at the orphanage. She climbed in when they visited to say goodbye.
“People tell me how lucky Charli is. And I say, ‘I’m the lucky one.’ Adopting her is the most wonderful thing I’ve ever done.” Through her adoptive mother’s stories, Charli Copeland knows that at the orphanage, she became attached to one of the caregivers, called nannies. “I called her mama,” she said. Also, because she took a DNA test in the last few years, she knows she is 79% Chinese and 13% Mongolian. Copeland urges people not to make assumptions about adoptees, such as that their happy lives with their adoptive families completely wipe out the anguish of their beginnings. “It’ll always be a part of my history. There’s a hole in my heart I’m trying to fill. I feel a loss inside of me,” she said. “Still, I got a chance at a really amazing life,” she said. “Without what happened, I wouldn’t have my mom. I’m blessed by her generosity and selflessness.” B
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A new book by Jackie Hogan, professor of sociology and anthropology, explores the fascination with finding our roots. RESEARCH BY S.L. GUTHRIE ILLUSTRATION BY KEN JACOBSEN 10 MIN.
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Whatever the format, Americans are obsessed with genealogy. Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Jackie Hogan looks at the current craze in her new book, “Roots Quest: Inside America’s Genealogy Boom.” More than simply seeking to learn the names, dates, places and stories of ancestors long gone, she writes these family historians, “seek a sense of belonging — to family, to community, to nation and to history.”
hen the ABC TV miniseries “Roots,” based on Haley’s 1976 novel, aired more than 40 years ago, not only did it generate a record-breaking audience, both entities raised awareness about African American history and helped to inspire a global interest in genealogy. At the time “Roots” aired, just 29% of Americans polled said they were “very interested” in family history, according to industry powerhouse Ancestry. In the nearly 15 years between 1995 and 2009, that number almost doubled, from 45% to 87%. Likewise, the industry itself has done a recordbreaking business. In 1983, Ancestry published more than 40 family history magazines and reference books. Today, the company’s website (ancestry.com) has more than 2 million customers and the DNA records for over 10 million people, making it the largest in the world. Many additional websites, magazines and books have since come along, as have television programs like “Genealogy Roadshow,” “Faces of America,” “Who Do You Think You Are?” and “Finding Your Roots.”
The project began while she researched material for her book “Lincoln, Inc.: Selling the Sixteenth President in Contemporary America.” Hogan conducted interviews, went to historic sites and museums, and attended conferences, events and lectures. She discovered a common thread in each. “What struck me is how many people were so proud of their ancestral connections with Lincoln,” Hogan said in a recent interview. “Maybe their great-great-great-aunt had tea with Mary Lincoln or something like that. It got me thinking about how important ancestry is to our sense of who we are. It’s not vanity. I really don’t think it’s vanity that’s motivating people. It’s a desire to belong, to know where we belong in our family history, but also in our national history.”
FAMILY HISTORIANS “SEEK A SENSE OF BELONGING — TO FAMILY, TO COMMUNITY, TO NATION AND TO HISTORY.” — JACKIE HOGAN
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At the root of the family search is often the excitement people feel at solving a puzzle or mystery. Hogan said the people she met shared experiences of going to the county courthouse and digging in boxes in the basement. “They find incredible treasure. Not gold and diamonds, but they find land deeds and birth certificates and who knows what.”
Hogan found the homestead document for her family farm in Nebraska. What made the discovery more meaningful was the accompanying evidence from neighbors and friends used to prove the claimant had done something with the land as required by the Homestead Act. “(They) had to testify as to your good character. So, I have all these lovely descriptions of my Irish ancestors and their character and how many windows they had in their house and how many cattle they had. It’s just this little homestead but it does give you this really vivid picture of what their life was like.”
While the discovery can elicit emotions of elation and pride, learning more about a loved one’s history can also help heal old wounds. After a parent or grandparent has died a child may realize how little they know about their family, leading them to become searchers. “Sometimes they feel like they’re actually relating to (the parent) better than when they were alive, because they’re getting these insights from doing the family history,” said Hogan. For example, an ancestor who had suffered horrifically during wartime might explain why they weren’t emotionally available, or drank or were abusive.
“Especially with your parents, there’s sort of an expectation built into us that they’re going to be emotionally available for us, and when it gets violated, it’s hard,” said Lane Beckes, associate professor of psychology. “... It can be hard for people who have gone through a major trauma like that to connect in the same way emotionally, which then gets passed on to the next generation. “If the kids can understand where a person (ancestor) was coming from, it can help resolve some of that emotional stuff. It at least helps you realize, ‘It wasn’t about me, it was about his own issues, his own history, his own struggle.’”
However healing or satisfying the discoveries are, Hogan said people should not assume the information they see on a public family tree is accurate. “This is especially true the further back you go where physical records are often non-existent,” she said, noting that it’s important to see if there are verifiable records attached to the ancestor in question. In particular, many black people have difficulty finding documentation. Hogan said those families can often only trace their roots back to 1865 because that was the first time previously enslaved black people were documented. “Before then you might get a reference that would say, ‘one slave girl but no name,’ and no indication of anything else” she said. “It’s what genealogists call, ‘running into a brick wall.’” Finding information connected to poor relations is also difficult. Hogan discovered she had many Irish Catholic ancestors, peasant farmers who immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland during the time of the Great Famine. The only documentation she could find, however, were a few baptismal records. “They were Irish Catholics, poor peasant farmers, and so there are almost no records on them … The state, at that time, did not really consider Catholics worthy of keeping records on (because) they were a persecuted group. “Basically, all genealogical research shows us the same pattern, which is that if your family was well-off you’re going to have a great time researching them because they have left all kinds of documents. They’ve left land deeds and wills and maybe newspaper articles were written about them. If you were from a poor, disenfranchised or marginalized group, there’s almost nothing. And so those are really challenging.”
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And while some might see DNA testing as a holy grail of discovery, Hogan said searchers should be aware that the results are only as good as the genetic samples a company has in its database. “Most of these genetic databases have a ton of European-descent samples ... but each company will give you slightly different results, even if you have pretty simple (DNA). There was a study done by a researcher who had submitted the same DNA sample to a dozen different companies. With 50% of them, the results were very different. It just depends on what genetic material they have in their database.” Testing becomes much more problematic, Hogan said, if you have an unusual background. “Indigenous genetic material is really uncommon in (most) genetic databases, in part because indigenous people historically were treated really badly by the medical establishment of the colonizers who came in, so, they don’t want to give up their genetic material for testing … That means that genetic material is really underrepresented in the databases, so you get all kinds of errors with those smaller populations.” She did note one benefit of DNA testing for marginalized groups: their genetic material can offer a clue, albeit a flawed one.
“Sometimes it’s the best record that people from particular groups can have,” Hogan said. “It can give them a placement, a tie to a particular tribe or a particular area of the world that they didn’t know.” A lack of data isn’t the only difficulty people in marginalized groups face. Just after the Civil War, paranoia regarding African Americans’ emancipation led to an obsession among some white people to trace their family’s ancestry to prove racial purity. The same held true for immigrants coming from Europe and Russia. Hogan noted this was part of the American eugenics movement, which later informed Hitler’s policies.
Start by watching TV programs like “Who Do You Think You Are?” and “Finding Your Roots.” Hogan believes these shows provide the motivation you’ll need because you’ll see others walking in the footsteps of their ancestors and feeling a sense of meaningful connection.
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BLACK PEOPLE CAN
“It was the genocidal policies that were the most extreme form of eugenics thinking, keeping bloodlines pure. Then in American genealogy, that went out of fashion after World War II because of its association with Nazis.”
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Thankfully, times change. Hogan noted how the civil rights movements in the 1960s and 1970s generated various ethnic pride movements. People became much more interested in showing ethnic diversity.
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“Time and again, I have heard genealogists be very disappointed to learn that, in fact, they’re all white … They see ethnic diversity as literally more colorful, more interesting,” she said. “Ethnic diversity has become more valued, so people value that in their own family trees as well.”
Although becoming a more globalized society has many wonderful aspects to it, Hogan said it can lead to feeling a loss of cultural distinctiveness. She believes Americans’ booming interest in genealogy is, in part, a response to a current sense of rootlessness. “We are moving more than ever before; moving cities, moving houses, moving between marriages,” she said. “People are changing their family structures. We’re changing our employment more often. We’re less likely to live in the same hometown where our grandparents grew up … We’re becoming a more secular society. People no longer have the religious certainty that they used to have.
In the book’s final paragraphs, Hogan noted that genealogy has become a multibillion-dollar industry and asks, “What are genealogists really buying?” In spending money to learn the details, we are buying “little fragments of ancestors” or in a larger sense, “little fragments of identity.” Yet, like many things, those with more resources will be able to build better trees, and their records are more likely to be preserved over those families with lesser means. “And this has implications for our identities,” wrote Hogan. “… It is often said that you cannot choose your family, but an examination of roots work across cultures and over time demonstrates that ancestry and kinship are not simply natural facts waiting to be discovered. “Ancestry and kinship are actively and creatively constructed. Likewise our true identities — who we really are — are not simply waiting to be uncovered; our identities must be actively and constantly created. And in our age of rootlessness, we do this, in part, through our roots quests.” B
ext, take a look at one N of the websites listed to the right and start building your family tree. Hogan recommends being cautious and skeptical of the process and the results. “If it seems super easy you’re probably not doing it right,’ she said. “You need to look very carefully at the sources of the information and corroborate, corroborate, corroborate to make sure you’re finding the right John Smith.” ogan added that it’s H important to look at friends, relatives and neighbors since the people outside your direct line can be such an
important part of the story. “They can help you solve a mystery about your direct line, e.g., maybe an aunt lived with the family for a period of time or maybe she had a connection that helps you track down where someone in your direct line came from.”
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search, a professional genealogist may be the answer. The Association of Professional Genealogists (apgen.org) can guide you on the best practices for hiring someone. Hogan suggested attending genealogical society meetings or conferences to get further help.
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Jeffrey Bogart taught classes at the Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts and addressed Bradley’s national-champion speech team. Atlanta Magazine named him a Georgia Super Lawyer and U.S. News & World Report recognized him as one of the country’s best lawyers.
Amy Stowell Weis is a real estate agent for Re/Max Choice Properties in Nashville, Tenn.
1977 Scott Pallay is athletic director at Valley High School in Las Vegas, where Willie Scott ’83, a member of Bradley’s 1982 NIT championship team, is head boys basketball coach. 1979 Ken Mancuso retired after a 30-year career in sales at AT&T. He and his wife, Kathy, have two daughters and live in Concord, Ohio. 1980 Wil Burns received the William R. Freudenburg Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences. He is co-director and professor of research at the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy at American University.
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1983 The National Interscholastic Athletic Administration Hall of Fame inducted Doug Smith, who served as an athletic director for 30 years at Monmouth, Woodstock and Naperville North (all Ill.) high schools. 1984 Laura Higdon Sandall is vice president of marketing for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. 1988 Denise Strode Knoblauch graduated with a master’s degree in nursing for leadership and organizational development from American Sentinel University. She is an occupational health supervisor at OSF Healthcare. Garry Roscetti joined Hanson Professional Services’ Springfield, Ill., headquarters. 1989 Dave Manst is a regional development manager for Mercy Ships, a nonprofit
floating hospital. He and his wife, Susan Bass Manst ’88, live in Monument, Colo. Their daughter, Megan ’21, is a student aide. 1995 Brendan Beery had articles accepted by eight law reviews nationwide in the past year. He is a professor at Western Michigan University’s Cooley Law School. Lori David MBA ’99 graduated with her doctorate in nursing practice from OSF School of Nursing in Peoria. She is an emergency services quality and organization executive leader at the University of North Carolina Medical Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. Omer Osman MSCE is secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, where he has worked for three decades in engineering and management. 1996 Peoria’s African American Hall of Fame inducted Karen Farris-Cotton and awarded her the Garrett Humanitarian Award in Business. She is external affairs manager at Illinois American Water.
1997 Benjamin Moritz serves as the chief academic officer for the Wyoming Community College Commission. 1999 The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association selected Jeff Draeger as a junior high coach of the year. He recently finished his 20th year as a teacher at St. Patrick’s Grade School in Washington, Ill., where he is athletic director and director of sports ministry. He and his wife, Amanda, have two daughters and live in Washington. 2000 Mat Fletcher MSCE, a vice president and project manager at Hanson Professional Services in Peoria, celebrated 20 years with the company. 2001 In April, Marc Baker helped launch BASE Indianapolis, an organization that combines sports training and competition with academic and career resources for high school student-athletes. On the same day,
his wife, Morgan Younger ’03, was a lead speaker at the End Violence Against Women International Conference in San Diego. They live in Indianapolis. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development appointed Ben Jedd communications director after he served as a speech-debate coach for Gov. Tony Evers during the 2018 campaign. 2002 Melissa Dunton Dillinger is senior director for strategy and business unit communications at Collins Aerospace. She lives with her husband, Ryan ’99, and son in Charlotte, N.C. 2005 The Chicago law firm Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP promoted Sarah Ferrill to partner. She earned her degree at The John Marshall Law School.
Missouri, for his service to the school. He also received the Outstanding Honors Faculty Award and the Excellence in Student Leadership Award. Doug earned a master’s degree at Missouri and is studying for his doctorate. He lives in Columbia, Mo., with his wife, Chandra ’10, and two sons. 2014 Josiah Williams is part of the on-air digital team for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Performance Center in Orlando, Fla. 2018 Aimée Moy is a developmental trainee assistant at Shore Community Services in Skokie, Ill.
2008 Doug Valentine was among eight graduate students inducted into the Rollins Society, an honors society at the University of
As program director for NBC Sports Radio in Los Angeles, Jack Silver ’80 has covered six Super Bowls, two Kentucky Derbys and six American Century Golf Championships. He has two grown sons and his wife, Christine, is director of events at the Bel Air Bay Club.
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feedback Continued from page 5 Mentor (continued) My interest in philosophy was sparked by an early encounter with a major medical crisis that later caught up with me and derailed my college career at Bradley for close to eight years. When I re-entered Bradley to complete my degree, Professor Ted Scharle (see “Passages,” spring 2019) made the time and effort to help me re-integrate into the philosophy program and greater Bradley life. It was a wondrous, but challenging time for me — a re-birth — one facilitated by his understanding. Later, I learned that he had often been called to help decide ethical problems in the medical community, so this was probably something familiar to him. How privileged I was to re-enter Bradley and have someone whose ethos and practice allowed me to do so with grace and acceptance. It is and was truly miraculous in my eyes.
the new coach. Too many issues of Bradley Hilltopics arrived in my mailbox with little or no mention of Bradley sports. They were, however, filled with articles on diversity, equal rights, social justice, etc. Please don’t misunderstand, I believe in those things. Everyone should have the chance to succeed, but it gets old when you are bombarded with it every time you turn a page of the magazine. Please, give it a rest!! Jim Ebell ’70 I read the cover story about a Navajo graduate who is running the length of the Trail of Tears. It was really cool to see the
story (and a positive story about Native peoples) and it talked about the powerful work history of this person. But it’s also been bugging me because the story doesn’t talk about the modern challenges of native peoples or talk about the ways that white people (and Bradley was mostly white) perpetrated this violence over time. The fact that the story made me feel good was what made me suspicious. It gave me that happy corporate liberal “don’t you feel good about yourself because you read these stories” kind of feeling. As I talked with my friends about it — especially the Bradley alumni — we talked about how important it is to be
Peter M. Fitzpatrick ’92 More magazine feedback I love the new look of the magazine, the new name and new focus!! I actually want to read some of the articles now! Loved the article on the Navajo alumnus and how he got to Bradley, as well as the rest of the story. I related to the mention of Jim Hansen, a great potter and teacher, and one of Bradley’s finest! Keep up the good work! Charles Cooper ’71 Too much or not enough diversity? I have to agree with (Frank) Wainwright ’70’s comments in the (spring 2019) issue. I graduated in 1970 as well, and can vividly remember the excitement of home games on campus. We may have been spoiled to some degree, as Bradley, throughout the late 50’s and 60’s, was a national powerhouse in college basketball. Sadly, this is not the case anymore, though I remain somewhat optimistic and encouraged by the work of
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Robert Turnbull ’61 worked all four years at Schradzki’s clothing store in downtown Peoria on North Adams St.
“ ‘Two Left! Two Right!’ Dashing up to the various front doors to deposit our stash, we would try to run away before the homeowner would see us or some dog would go nuts.” — Sally Pemberton ’81
cautious when something makes you feel good when it should bring me discomfort and pain. Some folks even remarked “Alumni don’t tend to donate much when they are challenged by their college magazine.” Please be better. There are ways to talk about these issues that call us towards more justice. Ken Ambrose ’99 How I earned money as a student I worked all four years at Schradzki’s clothing store in downtown Peoria on North Adams St. That was when downtown was a hustling, bustling merchant center! All gone now! Robert Turnbull ’61 I was a phone caller for the Bradley Fund and did babysitting for local churches and families. Kerri Sklar Alper ’95 My career at Bradley all started when I was hired in November 1958 to clean the Student Center Ballroom at night for 75 cents/hour! I liked working there so much I stayed for 54 years! Ken Goldin ’64 M.A. ’72 As a freshman in 1955, I worked as a member of the Fieldhouse cleanup crew for 75 cents/hour and stayed there all four years.
That same year I lived in the home of the university’s then-night watchman, Gus Beach, and worked in the bookstore during registration, watching for shoplifters. With help from journalism professor Paul Snider, I did an internship in my junior and senior years at the Peoria Journal Star that gave me a class credit and paid $15/week for 12 hours of work. I had a job cleaning the women’s gym that started at 7 a.m. and out by 8 a.m. before classes started, also for 75 cents/hour. Finally, one of the funeral homes in town occasionally needed pall bearers for a person who had no living relatives, and a buddy of mine would ask me to help. That paid about $5 or $6, but those were rare. My senior year, Professor Snider got me a summer job at the UPI office in the Chicago Tribune Tower. I got through Bradley without owing a cent. Fred J. Filip ’59 My first student job in 1978 was lifeguarding, which was quite easy since people were only swimming laps. A second, more “interesting” job we called “Slip Sliding.” Several days a week some of my University Hall pals and I would sit in a room in a warehouse and stuff newspaper advertising circulars into plastic bags. The other days we would drive out into the various neighborhoods. The driver, Steve Corich ’76, would suddenly stop the van and we would all scamper out like a SWAT team: “Two
Left!!! Two Right!!!” Dashing up to the various front doors to deposit our stash, we would try to run away before the homeowner would see us or some dog would go nuts. In winter, we would slip and slide all over the streets. Paul Simon’s song, “Slip Slidin’ Away,” was popular so that gave us an anthem. There were very strict rules about not hanging the bags on mail boxes or throwing them on lawns. Problems arose when someone didn’t have a doorknob or when there were long driveways or large entry gates. The diversity of the neighborhoods and dwellings made us realize why Peoria was considered to be a cross-section of America. Sally Pemberton ’81 I visited my father, Thomas Cromwell, who was then director of Financial Aid and Student Employment, for my weekly allowance. I told him I wanted to get into computers, which surprised him. He said he would talk with Herb Morris, manager of the Student Computer Center, about a job. Once I started working there, I no longer needed weekly financial assistance from my parents. Herb suggested I become a math major, thinking I wanted to go into the hardware/engineering aspect of computers. I worked as an input/output student assistant in the Keypunch Lab, where students created the punch cards for their
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feedback program assignments and submitted the jobs for execution into the computer. I made sure the jobs were properly assembled, and identified and helped students debug invalid results and fix the errors. I did not give them the answers but helped them think their way through the results, which led to the answers themselves. I went back to Herb and discussed whether computer engineering was really the right direction for me. I realized a business major made more sense. Herb also encouraged me to seek employment with temporary office
at a bar/restaurant with another Bradley student. We played blues and some other stuff together. I used to play in a pub in the basement of the Student Center but that wasn’t for pay. The other guy is a professional now — Howie Golub ’75 of the Boat Drunks.
swore I got them an A. But I explained they got their own A; I only taught them how to think. They had to pass the tests on their own. However, the grades got me free beer and pizza at the local hangout, Mecca. Lyn Cromwell ’72
Rich Burger ’75
I worked in the Lovelace Hall Kitchen, six mornings a week for the breakfast shift. The kitchen head, Frank, gave my roommate, Don Canfield ’69, and I breakfast, lunch and dinner because we were on time, did a great job washing dishes, cleaning
During the summer of ’73 as I prepared to enter BU, I worked loading steel I-beams onto railcars in the structural finishing mill at U.S. Steel’s Southworks complex in
“ Many of the engineering students who had to take programming swore I got them an A. But I explained they got their own A; I only taught them how to think.” — Lyn Cromwell ’72
employment services for summer jobs, since the business experience would help broaden my education of information and data needs for corporations. The experience did prove invaluable throughout my career as it gave me a running start in my first job. And it allowed me to be the most respected business analyst and system tester wherever I worked. Also, many of the engineering students who had to take programming
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up and taking trash to the two dumpsters outside. We arrived at 6:30 a.m. Monday– Saturday, and left in time for our 8:30 a.m. class. This lasted for three-plus years. Arthur Beane ’68 During my last year or two at Bradley, I worked at Sears. I also worked at Montgomery Ward and at a steak restaurant. Occasionally, I co-hosted an open-mike
Chicago. The actual job title was “Hooker,” which earned me my life-lasting fraternity (Pi Kappa Alpha) nickname. During the school year, I washed dishes at Williams Hall. Other college summer jobs included working on road crews on the Illinois Toll Road and as an assembly line worker for Federal Signal Corporation in Blue Island, Ill. John Mikenis ’77
I was a lifeguard during summer days and a waitress in the evenings. At Bradley, I worked in the library, taught swimming lessons and lifeguarded at the Peoria YMCA. I waitressed at Avanti’s and sold my artwork. My small scholarship in art helped pay the tuition. Claudia Bordin ’75 My three most interesting jobs required me to dress up: as a campus tour guide for Admission, as a bus boy for the Pere Marquette Hotel weekend dinner service and as a pall bearer at various Peoria funeral homes. I met many wonderful families and prospective students and ate some great leftover meals from bussing. But it was very sad to experience a person passing with no one to bid them goodbye except six college guys. Quite a learning experience for the time spent at Bradley. George Fraggos ’66 I had a variety of jobs, from waiting tables at Kane’s on Main and University to working at a bottom-of-the-line men’s clothing store for a buck an hour. The best, however, was during my senior year when Dr. Paul Snider arranged for me and my friend, David Horowitz ’59, to be the first two Bradley interns in the Peoria Journal-Star’s newsroom. I think we even got paid.
“ I worked in the Admission office ... Not only did I get paid, I usually got a great lunch at Jumer’s.” — Mary Ann Morck ’74
I worked in the Admission office, and my favorite days were when I gave campus tours to prospective students and their families. Not only did I get paid, I usually got a great lunch at Jumer’s. I also taught cheerleading for the Peoria Park District to elementary school kids. It was a fun project since I was a Bradley cheerleader! Mary Ann Morck ’74 I babysat for two Bradley professors and was able to manipulate my schedule so I only had class two days a week. This
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allowed me to babysit for three days while they were teaching. It was a perfect job! Rebecca Fisher Gromala ’00 I worked as a meal card puncher in the cafeteria, as a residence hall staff member (from RA to assistant head resident at Harper), as a graduate assistant at the counseling center and as a copier in the audiovisual department. Wilma Torres Walls ’80 M.S. ’84 I did secretarial work at the ROTC office on campus. In the summers I was a lifeguard at the pool in my hometown. Carol Miller Renneck Quell ’60 MFA ’78
“ I babysat for two Bradley professors and was able to manipulate my schedule so I only had class two days a week ... It was a perfect job!” — Rebecca Fisher Gromala ’00
My freshman year I delivered mailers door-to-door for Steve Corich ’76’s business. He had a group of us that he drove around in a van, and we hit different neighborhoods in Peoria. I was a tour guide for the rest of my college days. Nancy Cooney Taub ’80
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feedback I had many jobs during my four years at Bradley because I had very little money saved for college. These included washing home windows, unloading lumber from box cars, selling kitchen knives door-to-door, selling women’s shoes, helping to build a mobile home park on Farmington Road while living in a trailer, washing dishes at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house for free meals and working at a rubber stamp company in downtown Peoria. My first summer, I worked for my dad on a farm in western Illinois. Later, I worked for the Northwestern Railroad in Chicago as a fireman on a diesel locomotive. When I graduated in June, I had a $1,000 loan from my parents. We had one child, and my wife was expecting a baby that October. Merlin Foresman ’58 During my junior and senior year, I worked at a muffler repair shop in Canton, Ill., on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. David Oedewaldt ’60 During my senior year, I carried 18 hours each semester, working afternoon/evening shifts at WHOI and late nights at Sully’s. That was a bit rough, but I lived to tell about it! John Mathis ’87 Like many others, I have to thank Caterpillar Inc. I worked there the summer of 1950 and quit when school started. Needing a bed and food, I went back during the first semester and worked second shift and left again in the first semester of my junior year. For my accounting internship during my junior and senior years, I had to leave campus at the start of Christmas break and return after March 15 (at that time Tax Day). Later, I kept books for Advanced Blind & Shade. From there I loafed until the U.S. Army gave me a job. Then it became really interesting. Kenton Hancock ’54
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From 1971–72, I was a part time draftsman for Henschel Machinery in East Peoria. Once a week I had to ride my bike down the hill and over the bridge, pick up specialty made parts, precision-measure the parts, draw the parts up using the drafting equipment at Bradley in the evenings after class, and then return the parts and final vellums the next week. It was very good pay, and I even set up my own company, Olson Engineering, to be able to cash the checks. I also had a work-study job in the computer center as the IBM 360 mainframe computer operator in 1972–73. I worked about 30 hours per week in the evenings keeping the machine running by loading computer
punch cards and changing out the 5MB 11-inch disk drives as the jobs changed. During the summers, I ran the dining hall at a Boy Scout camp up in the northern Wisconsin woods. I managed three cooks and three dishwashers, serving over 300 meals, three times a day for 10 weeks straight: the only time off I got was to do my laundry in town, over an hour away, every other Saturday night for a few hours after dinner. I graduated a semester early in December 1973 and headed to the Naval
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“ Once a week I had to ride my bike down the hill and over the bridge, pick up — John Mathis ’87 specialty made parts, precisionmeasure the parts, draw the parts up using the drafting equipment at Bradley in the evenings after class, and then return the parts and final vellums the next week.” — Tom Olson ’73 Ed. Note: You’ll learn more about Tom in our next issue.
Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I., to start my successful Navy career, which I just completed in March 2018. I still support the Navy as a volunteer acquisition emeritus for the supervisor of shipbuilding in Groton, Conn., helping to build nuclear submarines. Tom Olson ’73 I was a female biology major, and back then there were not very many of us. The department chair, Dr. Richard Bjorklund,
saw I was struggling to stay in school for financial reasons. He arranged a grant and had me working 20 hours/week for the biology department. I set up lab practicals, proctored exams and even organized Dr. B’s ornithology journals! Along with stints in the library and mother’s helper work, I completed my degree and happily used my lifelong learner education!
During my junior and senior years, I worked as an orderly at Saint Francis Hospital.
Karen West Constan ’69
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Jeff Bogart ’69 I worked at Running Central and the RiverPlex. Jonathan Holland ’11
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or year, I carried 18 hours each ng afternoon/evening shifts at nights at Sully’s. That was a bit d to tell about it!” (My jobs) included washing home windows, unloading lumber from box cars, selling kitchen knives door-to-door, selling women’s shoes, helping to build a mobile home park on Farmington Road, washing dishes at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house for free meals and working at a rubber stamp company in downtown Peoria. — Merlin Foresman ’58
I earned money at Cullom-Davis library, babysitting and working at The Fieldhouse. Kelsey McGuire ’13 I typed and edited papers for friends. I also worked in the front office of the College of Education and Health Sciences. Wendy Copeland ’87 My first job was at The Bradley Fund where we called alumni to ask for donations. I always loved hearing the stories alumni had and telling them how much campus had changed over the years. It was especially fun when I got a Gamma Phi alum on the phone! Our boss would make this really great queso dip and bring it some nights. It was always a treat to eat anything outside the cafeteria. My second job was working for Diane Swearingen, who owned Greek Creations. We would sew Greek letters on to T-shirts, bags, sweatshirts — anything you could imagine. I would also travel with her to surrounding schools and set up little shops to sell merchandise. I have many great memories sewing in her basement, watching soap operas and “The Rosie O’Donnell Show.” Monica Soliz ’03
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feedback “ Today, I serve young people by placing them in part-time jobs. It provides opportunities for them to find their career-based niche as an adult. I L-O-V-E working!” — Natalie Cohen Bogg ’68
I held three jobs concurrently as a student. I was a resident adviser in my dorm, worked in the dorm’s cafeteria and was an aide in the Education Department. I enjoyed all of my jobs and had no difficulty keeping my GPA at a decent level. My RA position paid for the room, my cafeteria job provided me with meals, and working in the Education Department assisted with incidental expenses such as books, school supplies and sundries. After graduating with a bachelor’s in elementary education, I worked at Pleasantdale Elementary School as a 4th grade teacher for 14 years. I then earned my special education credential and master’s degree at Azusa Pacific University (Calif.), and have been with the Pomona Unified School District for 15 years. I also was a wardrobe consultant at Bullock’s Wilshire and Nordstrom. Today, I proudly display my BU license plate on my Honda CR-V as I travel to/from work at Pomona Unified School District (Calif.) as a special education teacher/job developer for the state’s WorkAbility I Program. I serve young
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people, ages 16–22, by placing them in part-time jobs. I believe employment helps our teens learn appropriate social skills for the workplace and provides opportunities to find their career-based niche as an adult. I L-O-V-E working! Natalie Cohen Bogg ’68 I served dinner at the sorority house next door to our fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. And I worked in the (UICOMP) med school offices on the first floor of a former women’s dorm correcting med school multiple choice exams. From time to time, I acted as a patient while interviewed by med students. I also worked in a band in Chicago and returned home most weekends. Don Russo ’74 I had to take a summer school class to make sure I graduated in four years. I borrowed money from a bank to pay the tuition, not wanting my parents to pay for summer school, and used my part-time job at Lovin Pharmacy as collateral. My next job was
as a stock boy, then salesman, at the downtown Sears. I found out about their management training program, and interviewed with their Midwest Territory personnel office in St. Louis. They offered me my first job out of college, and I spent a year in a training center in Schaumberg, Ill. My first promotion was as a division manager back to the store in Peoria! I was impressed that they wanted me back, and my wife and I moved back to Peoria where my son was born in 1977. At least Saint Francis Hospital and Bradley still exist! Ted Epand ’73 I worked at a florist shop in Washington, Ill., on the weekends. I had a number of retail tasks, but mostly I delivered and set up wedding flowers on Saturdays and funeral flowers on Sundays. Kenna Pope Atherton ’93
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11 A ndrea Barr Maggiore ’16 and Nick Maggiore ’16, Bradley Nicholas, April 29. 12 T ricia Shadid DPT ’18 and Luke Starkey ’15 married Dec. 29.
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Glen Dille Glen Dille, above, professor of Spanish emeritus who taught at Bradley from 1978–2005, died March 10 in Peoria. A Vietnam-era Air Force veteran, the Colorado native earned a master’s degree at the University of Colorado and his doctorate at Tulane University. His wife, Torchie, was assistant to the director of facilities at Bradley and she
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preceded him in death. Two children, including Philip ’01, and a granddaughter survive. Harold Moore Harold Moore, professor of physics emeritus who taught at Bradley from 1956–84, died May 10 in Peoria. A U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II, Moore earned a master’s and
Robert Lowder ’49 M.A. ’50, professor of psychology emeritus who taught at Bradley from 1956–92, died May 12 in Peoria. After earning his undergraduate and master’s degrees at Bradley, the Peoria native earned his doctorate at Purdue University. A World War II Army veteran, he served as the department chair and the director of graduate training in psychology. Lowder received the department’s Distinguished Alumnus award in 2016. Surviving are his wife, Gretchen Oestreich ’79, and other family members.
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Lora Gale Harvel ’34 M.A. ’56, April 19, Peoria Margaret Hallstead Sullivan ’43, March 14, Washington, Ill. Laura Ernsberger Worner ’44, Dec. 24, Morton, Ill. Earl Beard ’45, Oct. 3, 2018, Houston E. Jeanne Bennett Grube ’45, April 22, Peoria Luanne Overstolz Hurst ’45, Jan. 30, Peoria Mary Semlow Amberg ’46, Feb. 16, Peoria Barbara Mackie Feltham ’47, Feb. 1, Williamsfield, Ill. Gordon “Corky” Lundman ’47, Sept. 11, 2018, Orono, Minn. Henry “Hank” Altorfer ’48, March 5, Peoria Edward Klein ’48, Feb. 2, Peoria Evaughn Humer Menzer ’48, March 27, York, Pa. Delmar Peterson ’48, April 27, Benson, Ill. Marlin Smith CERT ’48, ’50, May 9, Creve Coeur, Ill. Isabelle Mallow Couri ’49, March 2, Peoria Clifford Hasselbacher ’49, Dec. 14, Morton, Ill. Edwin Hick ’49, April 5, Galesburg, Ill. Barbara Waters Marcus ’49, Feb. 27, Peoria Jack Packard ’49, May 23, Rockford, Ill. Braxton Patterson ’49 M.A. ’55, March 6, Oshkosh, Wis. Ellen Miller Vallosio ’49, Dec. 7, Morton, Ill. Harry Wakeman ’49, Jan. 26, East Peoria, Ill. John Bjorkman ’50, Dec. 26, Batavia, Ill. John “Jack” Brinovic ’50, July 21, 2018, LaSalle, Ill. Barbara Hill Calhoun ’50 M.A. ’64, May 23, Marquette Heights, Ill. Floyd Castleman ’50, April 28, O’Fallon, Ill. Donald Diekman ’50, April 11, Ephraim, Wis. Arthur Johnson ’50, May 2, Arrowsmith, Ill. Nick Kapesis ’50, Dec. 23, 2015, Covington, La. John Lord ’50, April 9, Peoria Howard Pitsch ’50, June 25, 2018, Brooklyn, N.Y. Dean Rademaker ’50 M.A. ’55, Jan. 30, Springfield, Ill. Milton Zuercher ’50, Feb. 17, Pekin, Ill.
Philip Becker ’51 M.S. ’52, Jan. 28, Elgin, Ill. Vincent Cooling ’51, May 30, Decatur, Ill. James Lantz ’51, Feb. 3, Macomb, Ill. Glenn Pusch ’51, Jan. 30, Taylorville, Ill. Clarence Sapienza ’51 M.S. ’53, April 14, Peru, Ill. Phyllis Wendland ’51, Feb. 17, Peoria Raymond Burba ’52, June 5, 2018, Glenview, Ill. Hibbard Casselberry ’52, Feb. 5, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. James Harrer ’52, Dec. 12, Barrington, Ill. Zael Klapp ’52, May 7, Freeport, Ill. Robert Wadleigh ’52, Dec. 26, Stanton, Calif. William Bell ’53, May 19, 2015, North Chesterfield, Va. Robert Johnson ’53, April 8, Chicago James Quest ’53, Dec. 29, Rockford, Ill. Henry Soltermann ’53, Dec. 5, Overland, Mo. Donald Vanderventer ’53, Feb. 5, Waukegan, Ill. Nancy Kaiser Wickert ’53, April 6, Peoria Andy “Leslie” Cowan ’54, April 15, Oak Ridge, Tenn. JoAnn Wherry Feucht ’54, Dec. 23, Peoria Mark Hurd ’54, Jan. 31, Peoria Barbara Kunkel Monroe ’54, Feb. 2, Bartonville, Ill. Walter Barnewolt ’55, Feb. 24, Peoria Caroline Zeigler Delaney ’55, Feb. 15, Peoria George Kaeding ’55, Nov. 13, Park Ridge, Ill. Harold Rayburn ’55, March 8, Bellevue, Wash. Robert McClelland ’56, April 24, East Peoria, Ill. Richard “Dick” Nystrom ’56, May 26, Avon, Ill. Ralph Wenk ’56, April 21, Arlington Heights, Ill. Joseph West ’56, April 21, Peoria Kathleen Dooley Dhabalt ’57, April 15, Springfield, Ill. Clifford Johnson ’57, Dec. 19, Peoria William Leiser ’57, Nov. 22, Bourbonnais, Ill. Charles Sigrist ’57, November, Frankfort, Ill. Earl Stalter ’57, March 20, Elmwood, Ill.
Marilyn Hubbell Fox ’58, Jan. 29, Dayton, Ohio Guy Glover ’58, Dec. 19, Stillwater, Minn. Gerald Molloy ’58, Jan. 18, 2018, Loveland, Colo. Dwight Morgan ’58, April 20, Morton, Ill. Ronald Smith ’58, MME ’64, April 1, Buffalo Grove, Ill. Ronald Fox ’59, Dec. 4, Dayton, Ohio Robert Griffin ’59, Dec. 9, Montclair, Va. Rodney Obourn ’59, May 16, Peoria R. Philip Bearden ’60, April 2, Pekin, Ill. James “Ron” Blevins ’60, May 6, Aspen, Colo. Norman “Doc” Endsley M.A. ’60, Feb. 4, Bloomington, Ill. David Gerig ’60, May 25, Pontiac, Ill. Robert Kuehl ’60, July 15, 2018, Davenport, Iowa George Loetz ’60, May 9, Seattle Wayne Lulay ’60, April 19, Villa Park, Ill. Allen Mansfield ’60, Nov. 25, Glen Ellyn, Ill. Donald Durland M.A. ’61, Feb. 5, Springfield, Ore. William Edson Sr. ’61, April 26, Royal Oak, Mich. Charles Wilhelm ’61, Dec. 13, Lewistown, Ill. William Childres ’62, April 10, Louisville, Tenn. Dorwin Larsen MSME ’62, April 18, Hendersonville, N.C. Jay Green ’63, Dec. 28, Fairview Heights, Ill. Kurt Gronau ’63, May 28, Lake Bluff, Ill. Arnold Gronski ’63 M.A. ’64, March 23, Phoenix Richard Opie M.A. ’63, March 23, Des Moines, Iowa Harold Schindler ’63, Feb. 25, Longmont, Colo. Angelo Zerbonia ’63, Feb. 1, Metamora, Ill. Rolf Hubert ’64, Feb. 16, Pelham, N.H. Robert Kral ’64, Nov. 25, Hinsdale, Ill. Maurice “Maury” Leman ’64, May 5, Venice, Fla. William Bryant ’65, April 2, Hoffman Estates, Ill. Karen Stehr Patterson ’65, Feb. 27, Shelbina, Mo.
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passages Bruce Swanson ’65, March 2, 2018, Madison, Wis. Ronald Hardgrove ’67, Dec. 14, Peoria Karen Knippel Hibbard ’67, July 1, 2018, Mt. Prospect, Ill. M. Glenrose Colver Nash M.A. ’67, Jan. 1, Bradford, Ill. Patrick Swed ’67, Dec. 16, Marana, Ariz. Cynthia Seifert Tousley ’67, March 31, Peoria Randy Walters ’67, March 8, West Peoria, Ill. Bruce Pogue ’68, Dec. 5, Aurora, Colo. Patricia Hammond Warn ’68, April 10, Germantown Hills, Ill. Frances Riley Bierly ’69, Feb. 28, Peoria Heights, Ill. Thomas Clark MBA ’69, March 24, Statesboro, Ga. F. Gene Goselin ’69, March 7, 2018, Frankfort, Ill. Allan Herman ’69, May 18, Peoria Cheryl Pfiester Smitter ’69, Feb. 9, Naperville, Ill. William Stroup ’69, March 12, Algonquin, Ill. Mervin Aden MEA ’70, Feb. 1, Savoy, Ill. Patricia Pilkington Mead ’70, Jan. 29, Caledonia, N.Y. Albert Walker M.A. ’70, M.A. ’76, March 27, Bluefield, W.Va. Debby Pitcher ’71, April 16, Merritt Island, Fla. David Stokes ’71, May 26, Madison, Wis. Peter Parkhurst ’72 M.S. ’00, May 10, Dunlap, Ill. William DiVito ’73, Dec. 3, Tucson, Ariz. Joanne Dunn ’73, April 16, Peoria Stanley Radosevich ’73, M.A. ’75, April 18, Peoria Melvin Shoup ’73, April 17, Peoria Teresa Donato Dewey ’75, Jan. 2, Florence, Ore. Sarah Fennell Putman ’75, April 10, Mill Valley, Calif. Edward Seikus ’75, Dec. 10, Atlanta, Ga. William Barnett M.A. ’76, May 31, Peoria Linda Lemmons Jones ’76, April 4, Wheaton, Ill. Donald Roseboom M.S. ’76, May 25, Peoria Mark Winters ’76, Oct. 29, 2018, Milan, Ill.
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Hisako Kasai Durham M.A. ’77, April 2, Peoria Alice Carlton Forrest ’77, Dec. 21, Yates City, Ill. Peter Aberle ’78, Feb. 14, Tremont, Ill. Laura Larson Hughbanks ’78, March 9, Peoria Judith Boundy Maurice ’78, Feb. 11, West Peoria, Ill. Jean Newcomer Jorgensen ’79, Dec. 23, Glencoe, Ill. Randy Simmons ’79, Feb. 19, Peoria Theodore Schmidt ’82, Aug. 27, 2018, Glen Ellyn, Ill. Patricia Watts Hale ’84, Dec. 1, Gainesville, Fla. Bonnie Goesel Cohrs ’85, April 13, Peoria Glenda Gardner Leverett M.A. ’87, Dec. 26, Peoria Kelly Cornish-Robbins ’88, Jan. 23, Plainfield, Ill. Carol Kosanke Hedeman M.A. ’88, April 6, Peoria Barbara Brown McCoy M.A. ’88, Jan. 6, Peoria Jill Armstrong Rusk ’89, March 27, Crystal Lake, Ill. Margaret McClugage Steenrod ’89, Feb. 23, Peoria Rawlin Brown ’90, April 30, Chicago James Andrae ’93, May 8, Creve Coeur, Ill. Steven Spencer ’94, Jan. 26, Peoria Patricia Campbell ’95, Feb. 18, 2018, Canton, Ill. Laura Humphrey Drassler MLS ’95, April 9, Sun City West, Ariz. Angela Stufflebeam Potter ’97, March 12, Lewistown, Ill. Anthony Saal ’99, M.S. ’03, March 19, Princeton, Ill. Theodore Sumner MBA ’99, Feb. 25, Peoria Kate Brokaw McDowell ’01, Feb. 18, Broomfield, Colo. Mark Goodale ’02, Feb. 25, Germantown Hills, Ill. Catherine “Katie” Sondgeroth ’03, Feb. 18, Peoria John “Jack” Arbuckle ’12, Jan. 8, Peoria Steven Booth ’15, Jan. 9, Frankfort, Ill.
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WHIRLING DERVISHES The Orchesis Dance Company wows the crowd during Homecoming 2018. Orchesis means “to dance” in Greek.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EVENTS SEPTEMBER 12 Peoria Delta Rho Chapter of Sigma Chi 70th Anniversary Spend a fun weekend celebrating brotherhood and service to community with the members of Sigma Chi. OCTOBER 4 Peoria Homecoming Join us as we unite the past and present for Homecoming 2019. Class of 1969 50th Reunion Catch up on 50 years of news as the class of 1969 gathers for their golden reunion.
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26 Austin, Texas Beers with the Braves Noon gathering, tour 12:30 p.m. Join fellow alumni for a pay-as-you-go tasting and happy hour after a tour of Austin Beerworks. NOVEMBER 25 Fort Meyers, Fla. Fort Meyers Tip Off Come out and support the men’s basketball team as it plays in the Rocket Mortgage Fort Meyers Tip Off Tournament. There will be a gathering before the team’s first game.
DECEMBER 12 Chicago BrewLights Tour at Lincoln Park Zoo Join fellow alumni taking in the lights while enjoying tastings of craft and seasonal beers. The evening includes photos with Santa, live music and more. Visit bradley.edu/alumni for details and registration. Office of Alumni Relations at (309) 677-3565 or (800) 952-8258.
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4 Chicago The Bradley University Alumni Association Board of Directors gathered for a summer strategy session and planning retreat. Afterward, they participated in a team-building activity at The Chopping Block in the Merchandise Mart. 5 Peoria Theta Chi fraternity celebrated 70 years of brotherhood and community service on campus in April.
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MY BRADLEY EXPERIENCE
There were so many great answers from alumni to the last issue’s “Big Question.” We chose this one by Herb Mueller ’50 for our Bradley Experience essay. HERB MUELLER ’50
How I Earned Money as a Student It was relatively easy to earn money as a An experience student in 1946, if you were willing to work. Having survived the Depression, our family like mine is no was paying off old debts, and there were few funds for college for my older sister and me. longer possible But in 1943 I was offered a job with F.W. today, and Woolworth (a five-and-dime store) as the stock clerk and janitor for $0.33 per hour, the Bradley a blessing for the family finances. It was almost full time, working after school on Experience is evenings and weekends, and it became a considerably good foundation for the many years that followed. I also worked as a receiving clerk changed for at a department store with a bakery and in an ice house (the only form of refrigeration the better. back then) among others. After graduation from high school, I worked in the commissary of the Pullman Company, primarily servicing club cars. The job paid well, and by October I had saved enough for most of my freshman expenses.
There were many large, old homes near the campus, and the many seniors who lived in those homes were no longer able to wrestle with their heavy storm windows. Washing the storm window and the exterior window,
replacing the screens with the storm windows made me $0.50 richer. Work left little time for study, but I managed enough credits for my graduation in June of 1950. I was debt free with a few dollars left over. Jobs for non-veterans were not plentiful that year, however I did accept a job with an insurance company for $250 a month. On June 25, the North Koreans invaded South Korea, and by October 3rd I was in the Army with a secure job for the next 26 months. An experience like mine is no longer possible today, and the Bradley Experience is considerably changed for the better. But Bradley gave me the opportunity for a college education.
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Working at the Bradley cafeteria paid for my meals and a little more. At the time, Bradley only had rooms for freshmen, and I had to scramble to find housing I could afford for my sophomore year. I ended up sharing a room with one bed with another student for the first semester, and we joined the same fraternity (Tau Kappa Epsilon) for the next semester. We moved into the fraternity house, and we each had our own bed. In the summer, I had factory jobs that paid well. During the school year it was back to washing dishes, busing and waiting on tables, and washing pots and pans at the fraternity house and at the cafeteria. In those days there were no rubber gloves or garbage can liners.
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