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What is the definition of entrepreneur? Guest writer Monica Vest Wheeler delves into the true meaning of entrepreneurship on campus as well as spotlighting alumni who have ventured into entrepreneurial careers.

Fall 2004 Volume 10 Issue 4 Karen Crowley Metzinger MA ’97 editor Nancy Ridgeway associate editor Michelle Bowers Gray designer/illustrator Duane Zehr university photographer

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Selling his students on their entrepreneurial potential and building a new major in the Foster College of Business Administration gives Dr. Fred Fry, professor of business administration, an outlet for his own creative spirit.

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Robert Turner ‘77 MBA ‘78 turned his passion for investments into a prosperous business. Bradley benefits through the Robert and Carolyn Turner Center for Entrepreneurship, which provides a bevy of programs and services to the University and community.

Contributors Ina Ferguson classnotes coordinator

Meet four alumni

Gayle Erwin McDowell ’77 contributing writer

Ray Montelongo ’99, Justin Waldsmith ’00, Kim Hiley Fisher ’92, and Anne Edwards Cotter ’77 share their personal journeys into the world of entrepreneurship.

Kelly Kolton ‘05 student staff assistant

Administration Dr. David C. Broski president William Engelbrecht vice president for advancement Kathy Fuller assistant vice president for university relations

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Second, we wanted to increase our appeal to an even wider demographic of readers.

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Dr. Emily Gill named Caterpillar Professor

Dr. William Hall

Dr. Emily Gill recently was

Whether it is time to try to amend the Constitution in terms of the Electoral College depends on what you expect out of the Electoral College. I should note that it is not unheard of for my American government students to refer to the “Electrical College.”

named Caterpillar Professor of Political Science at Bradley.

Caterpillar Professorships recognize and reward the highest level of scholarship among senior faculty who hold tenure and have the rank of full professor.

She received a bachelor’s degree from Scripps College and her master’s and Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School.

Dr. Patricia Costello receives First Year Faculty Award Dr. Patricia Costello, assistant professor of psychology, recently received the First Year Faculty Award at Bradley.

She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Thomas and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. She is a recipient of an NIH Vision Training Fellowship and an NSF Fellowship for vision and motor control.

professor of political science

If the Electoral College is to reflect the national popular vote totals, then it is time for reform. Under the present system, all electoral votes of each state except Maine and Nebraska are cast for the candidate winning a majority of the state’s popular vote. The two exceptions award votes on a congressional district basis with the overall state popular vote winner receiving the two bonus electoral votes given each state for representation in the U.S. Senate. Ironically, since these states adopted this format, neither has ever divided its electoral votes.

If the Electoral College is to reflect the votes cast in the individual states on a proportional basis, then it is time to try to amend the Constitution. If you want to award electoral votes on the basis of vote percentages in each state, then the present system receives failing marks. In other words, if Illinois gives John Kerry 60 percent of the popular votes and George Bush 40 percent, under the present rules, Kerry would get all 21 electoral votes and Bush would get none. If the rules were changed to award electoral votes on the basis of popular vote totals, then Kerry would get 13 electoral votes, and Bush would get eight.

Is it time to reform the Electoral With a nation facing a presidential election, the Bradley Hilltopics staff posed this question to our political science professors.

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While other proposals for altering the electoral vote process exist, these two attract the most support. It is unclear whether sufficient congressional and popular support exists for either of these proposals or any other constitutional alteration of the Electoral College. The process for amending the Constitution usually begins in Congress. Amendments to the Constitution that originate in Congress require the approval of two-thirds of both houses of Congress. If a proposed amendment receives the necessary votes in both houses, that amendment is then sent to the states for ratification. Three-fourths of the states (38) must vote to ratify an amendment before it is added to the Constitution.

However, another avenue for proposing amendments has yet to be used. If two-thirds of the state legislatures petition Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing amendments, an amendment affecting the Electoral College could be initiated in this way. If such a convention were convened and approved an amendment to the Constitution, it would still have to be ratified by three-fourths of the states. The states have the absolute last word on ratification.

I do not believe reform of the Electoral College is likely at this time. A quadrennial target of political reformers, it seems to escape each reform attempt unscathed. Reform of the Electoral College is not an issue that stirs the hearts and minds of Americans.

One of the reasons reform seems unlikely is that currently 24 states have five or fewer electoral votes (out of 538). I believe many (or most) of these smaller states would be reluctant to make changes which might further dilute their already limited power in the selection of a president.

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This form of electoral vote calculation would have had the 2000 election ending with Bush receiving 271 electoral votes and Gore receiving 267. That is exactly the total under the present system, except that an elector in the District of Columbia didn’t vote for Gore as a way to protest the involvement of the U.S. Supreme Court in the final outcome.

For better or worse, the Electoral College generally works as the Founders designed it to work. In fact, it is more reflective of the popular vote in each of the states than the Founders anticipated. The Electoral College was designed to make a national decision on a state-by-state basis. It continues to do that.

Dr. Emily Gill professor of political science As is well known, the framers of the U.S. Constitution wanted to insulate at least some elections from what they feared would be the shifting winds of popular passions. Not only did they stipulate that the President be selected by the votes of electors in each state, rather than by popular vote, but they also required that U.S. Senators be selected by state legislatures, rather than by popular vote, an arrangement later changed by constitutional amendment. Groundswells for change have foundered on the fact that advocacy is often split among several proposed alternatives. As a result, I do not believe it is politically feasible to expect enough support for one proposed alternative to ensure its passage and ratification as a constitutional amendment. I do, however, think there is one advantage to the current arrangement that is often overlooked.

Generally, all of the electoral votes of a state go to whichever candidate wins the state’s popular vote, even when the latter margin is narrow, so candidates tend to focus their campaigns in heavily populated states that usually contain major urban areas. They get more bang for their buck, so to speak, by spending several days in California, for example, because of California’s many electoral votes, rather than traveling around many smaller states whose votes together might total the same as California’s. This arrangement potentially means that candidates may focus on urban voters, often racial minorities and the less well off, who don’t count as much in races for state legislatures or the U.S. Congress. If we moved to popular election of the President, there would not be the same incentive as now for candidates to focus on states containing large numbers of urban voters, and these areas might get even less attention than they do presently.

Dr. Craig Curtis associate professor of political science It is not time to reform the Electoral College.

While the aftermath of the 2000 election produced some negative outcomes, these

effects are not really because George W. Bush did not win the popular vote.

Reforming the system would be too traumatic for the nation.

The current system works well, if we avoid having an election going to the House of Representatives, an outcome that is not very likely in the absence of a third party with sufficient strength to garner electoral college votes.

Results in the Electoral College almost always follow the popular vote. Voters in small states and less populated areas of large states get more attention from the major party candidates than they would if we employed a nationwide popular vote. If we moved to a system wherein the ticket that won the popular vote was the winner, candidates would simply concentrate their efforts on the more populous areas.

In the aftermath of the 2000 election, the nation was bitterly divided on the issue of the legitimacy of the Bush Presidency. Subsequent policy decisions made by the Bush Administration, especially the decision to invade Iraq, have made this divide even more apparent. In my opinion, the polarization of the electorate into two bitterly opposed camps is the result of a change in the style of politics that started during the Reagan era. Don’t blame the Electoral College; blame Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, and Trent Lott. Had Bush won the popular vote as well as the vote in the Electoral College, this polarization would still be with us, and large numbers of voters in 2004 would still be either voting for Bush, or against him.

Trying to change the system in today’s political environment would lead to far too much worry about whether the new system favors Democrats or Republicans, and far too little discussion about whether the proposed system protects the values of democratic theory. Now is not the time to consider such a major reform.

New Fites Chair Dr. John Engdahl holds the new Donald V. Fites Chair of Engineering and Technology.

As an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Michigan, his primary field of study was nuclear radiation detection and measurements.

His career includes research, clinical applications, and lectures in nuclear medicine.

He has worked for GE Medical Systems, Henry Ford Hospital, the University of Michigan, and Siemens Nuclear Medicine Group. He also owned a consulting company, Applied Nuclear Imaging. He holds 10 issued patents and has six applications pending. He will work with Peoria NEXT in developing and commercializing new technology.

The Fites Chair was established to honor Donald V. Fites, former chairman and chief executive officer of Caterpillar Inc. and chairman of Bradley University’s Centennial Campaign. The Fites Chair was established in the College of Engineering and Technology to recognize Fites’ engineering background and Caterpillar’s commitment to engineering excellence.

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ILR celebrates 10th year: Because learning never stops

By Nancy Ridgeway

ILR members Ruth and Bob Frost, right, talk with Wanda Lane, office coordinator for Continuing Education at Bradley. Lane has been involved in the Institute for Learning in Retirement since its inception 10 years ago.

A whole gamut Art, history, science. ILR offers a wide range of educational classes. These titles indicate the scope of topics offered over the past decade.

It’s Music to My Ears Art Styles From Monet to Modern Writing Life’s History America’s Debt to the Native American Save Me the Aisle Seat-A View of Movies U.S. Trade Policies-Current Topics DNA Biotechnology and the Andromeda Strain Computers for Scaredy Cats Everyday Chemistry Artificial Intelligence: The Wave of the Future www.bradley.edu/continue

John Heintzman, standing, former director of university galleries, is one of several faculty and professional staff members who have led ILR classes.

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When people refer to seniors at Bradley, they could be talking about students in their final year of undergraduate study, or they could be talking about participants in the Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR). Celebrating its 10th year at Bradley, ILR offers learning opportunities for Peoria-area residents 55 years old and older.

A “Winterim,” where participants meet for four consecutive days in January, was added in 1997. Jon Neidy MA ’01 joined the University in 1998 as the second director of the program. Neidy added technology-related initiatives during his first year and expanded the educational travel aspect of the program. The popular “Commerce Unseen” series allows participants to visit local businesses for rare behindthe-scenes glimpses at places such as the Sanitary District, Caterpillar, and others.

Each spring and fall, an array of classes ranging from history and current events to the arts and religion to science and technology are offered one day a week for four consecutive weeks. Participants may enroll in several classes and spend the day learning from emeritus faculty and other experts who volunteer to lead classes.

Noting that educational, rather than hobby classes are the emphasis at ILR sessions, Proehl comments, “Nobody had classes that were essentially academic.

We wanted to focus on what Bradley is known for.

I think having the University sponsor this program gave it a lot of credibility. A lot of people who never went to college or who went somewhere besides Bradley now feel a connection to Bradley.”

The idea for an ILR began to grow when Janet Lange MA ’93, executive director of Continuing Education, was working on her master’s degree. Lange says, “During my research, I found out about ILRs. At the time, many Elderhostels were being created, but we were more interested in doing something similar to that but without the travel.” Dr. John Shorrock, then vice president for Advancement, took an interest in her idea and provided seed money for a joint effort between Continuing Education and Alumni Relations.

She adds, “Our goal was to bring adults to campus who are not only alumni, but also friends and others who wanted to be connected to the University.”

Nancy Hinrichs Proehl ’64 MA ’70 was hired to oversee the program. She met with a focus group to begin planning the first ILR. “The group decided they didn’t want to meet too often, and not in bad weather. They wanted to meet on campus,” she says.

Typically, about 30 volunteers plan classes, considering about 150 suggestions from participants and committee members. Once ideas are chosen, members must find volunteer instructors. Some classes are so popular they are offered each semester.

Lange says, “Along with staff member Wanda Lane, Nancy set the tone to have extensive, meaningful use of volunteers. Jon has perfected it. It’s an art to involve the volunteers, but not burden them.

Jon guides it. The volunteers set the curriculum, and we provide the administrative backbone.”

Neidy says, “We look for a balance when choosing classes. We have people interested in science, gardening, music.”

Lange adds, “Among ILRs, our structure is different. Because everyone comes together on one day per week, we have a very strong community.

Members, especially those who have participated in other ILRs, appreciate what Bradley does.”

Looking toward the future, Neidy says he doesn’t anticipate the program getting bigger. “We’re at an ideal size. We started with 10 classes and 84 people.

Now we have 41 classes and 350 people, plus the travel program. We don’t want to hurt the quality of the experience, so we will look at doing new and different things,” he says, noting a recent addition to the program has been art displays in the Student Center each week during ILRs. Lange comments, “We started out and continue to be a group about peer learning. Our success comes back to the people. We have to have the right people who genuinely care.”

Reading between the lines: Tutoring helps one at a time

By Michelle Fricke ’05 In the summer before I came to Bradley University, I received a letter inviting me to apply for a tutoring position with America Reads. By attending the tutor information session, I found out that the America Reads tutoring program was initiated by former President Bill Clinton. This program was created in response to a 1994 report, which estimated that 23 million Americans could not read or write. America Reads targets children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Most of the tutoring sessions focus on working one-on-one with students; this stimulates their interest and growth in reading. I also learned that Bradley was one of 1,400 colleges and universities that participate in this program. Tutors are paid entirely through Federal Work Study funding.

The America Reads tutoring program at Bradley University, which is administered through its Smith Career Center, offers several placements to reach the youngsters. When the program started in 1997, tutors could travel to one of two Peoria Public School District primary schools by van for before- or afterschool programs, or tutors could work with Peoria area children in the Smith Career Center during evening tutoring sessions. The program has increased greatly in size since then. In 1997, tutors worked

with children a total of 3,600 hours; tutoring hours increased to nearly 9,000 this past year. The program has added three schools, including two middle schools, as well as Common Place, a community literacy center.

Through this program, I have been able to help students learn the most important skill in their lives: to read at a functional level. I am able to establish a relationship with the students I tutor, and we look forward to seeing each other every day. I always begin the session by reading poems from Where the Sidewalk Ends; this allows us to start reading something funny that could later lead into reading books.

The students always love to pick out funny poems for me to read. This past year, I worked with the same student the entire year. This enabled us to have a closer relationship second semester. She would come to the session with a huge smile on her face, and she would give me a big hug before leaving.

Diane Wade ’04, a four-year volunteer of the America Reads program, tutors students from Harrison Primary School, one of Bradley’s original partners.

I have seen all students improve their reading skills in some way, whether it is recognizing a sight word or being able to sound out more difficult words on their own. The American Reads tutoring program has made a difference in both the lives of the students I have helped as well as my own.

Bradley has been ranked 6th among Midwestern universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual publication America’s Best Colleges. For more details, visit www.bradley.edu.

Bon Voyage, Class of 2008! Members of one freshman orientation class take to the water on the Spirit of Peoria before beginning their Bradley adventure this fall. Thirteen orientation classes are offered to incoming freshmen and their parents.

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Cliff Gillett mixed learning and volunteerism

By Gayle Erwin McDowell ‘77 A lovely watercolor of Bradley Hall hangs in the family room of Vivian Gillett’s Peoria home. “Bradley was his second home,” Vivian says lightheartedly, referring to her late husband, Cliff Gillett ’62 MEA ’68.

She isn’t exaggerating either. For a span of 50 years, Cliff spent untold hours on the Hilltop, first in the role of student and then instructor.

Vivian and Cliff Gillett ’62 MEA ’68

Adopt a seat today Seats in Meyer Jacobs Theatre have been renovated as the first phase of an overall theatre restoration effort to commemorate the Theatre Department’s 25th anniversary season in the Hartmann Center. An Adopt-a-Seat fundraising program to cover the cost for the restoration has raised $38,000. Approximately one-third of the seats have been “adopted,” and alumni and friends are encouraged to participate in the program. For each $250 gift toward the restoration, a brass plate bearing a name chosen by the donor will be attached to a seat.

Donors will receive adoption papers locating the seat in the theatre and will be acknowledged in the 25th anniversary commemorative program. For more information, call John Mathews at (309)677-3442.

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While Cliff taught industrial engineering majors for more than 15 years, sometimes two courses per semester, he was never paid. Instead, he returned his stipend to the University. In 1986, Cliff was finally persuaded to allow an award to be named in his honor. The Clifford C. Gillett Industrial Engineering Outstanding Senior Award has been presented annually ever since. Vivian has continued to fund the scholarship since Cliff passed away in 2001. “He wanted kids who didn’t have the GI Bill to have the advantages he did,” she explains.

Raised on a farm near Hanna City, Cliff graduated from high school in 1937 at age 16. Although he had been awarded a journalism scholarship, Cliff’s father convinced him to join a training program for machinists. He was destined to stay at Caterpillar for 45 years, rising to the position of supervisor in the patents division. An even more important long-term

commitment was his 60-year marriage to Vivian.

The couple met on a blind date and married on New Year’s Eve in 1941. Soon after, Cliff served in the Navy aboard a repair ship off the coast of North Africa and then in the Pacific theater.

After the war, a friend urged Cliff to enroll at Bradley. With his wife’s encouragement, he began night classes in 1947. “He had a very high intellect and needed to be educated,” says Vivian. “It took until 1962, but he graduated with honors.” She stayed home with their children, sewing and listening to radio programs while her husband studied. She also became involved with the Great Books program.

Influenced by their parents’ academic pursuits, the Gillett children, Alan, Janis, and Grant, earned college degrees. Cliff continued his own studies at Bradley, earning a master’s degree in engineering administration. He returned to teach his first night class in 1977, when Vivian began working at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center as housekeeping supervisor. From 1980 until 1995 Cliff was an adjunct professor. He taught two classes: engineering law and professionalism, and engineering economics. “The kids gave him the best evaluations,” his wife says.

“Some said he was the best teacher they ever had.”

Industrial Engineering alumni and engineering faculty gathered with Dr. Rita Newton, professor of industrial engineering, emeritus. Newton, who taught more than 700 students during her 30 years of teaching at Bradley, recently gave a scholarship for female engineering students at Bradley. Shown with Newton are, front row, Eileen McMenamin Teska ’78, Duane Flier ’96, Kelly Hamerlinck Svendsen ’99, Newton, Jean Heisner Penwell ’71 MSIE ’73, Tonya Taylor Garrett ’94; second and third row, Dr. Rich Johnson, dean of Bradley’s College of Engineering and Technology; Kara Woodcock Knepp ’98; Gloria Garcia ’93; Bonnie Parrish; Kristi Ockelmann ’93 MBA ‘01; Wendy Williams Kamiscke ’77; Nancy Jaster ’80; Dr. Arnold Ness, associate professor of manufacturing; Dr. Joe Emanuel, professor of industrial engineering; David F. Cook MEA ’73; Gary K. Welch MEA ’73; Dr. Dennis Kroll ’70, professor of industrial engineering; Larry L. Decker ’73; Dr. Kay Ricciardelli, associate professor of anthropology, emeritus; Tim Koutner; and Cabler Bergschneider ’71.

You’ve heard the story of Bradley’s founding a dozen times, and every retelling tends to make it routine, which it does not deserve to be…A middle-aged woman loses her husband in a freak accident, takes over his business, and makes it into a phenomenal success. She does this in an era when female business executives are about as rare as female football players. One by one by one, she loses all of her children—six of them.

Not one becomes an adult.

How does Lydia Moss Bradley come to terms with grief greater than any of us wants to imagine? By giving you—and me—a university that would outlive her.

It is very tempting when we have done something well to think that we alone are responsible. I believe there is no such thing as a self-made man or woman. Every life is built on the backs of those who went before, those like Mrs. Bradley, who found a way to make her life count for something. Much of what I have been able to achieve is built on the backs of people like Paul Snider, a fabulous journalism professor long ago retired, and [the late Dr.] Kalman Goldberg, [professor of economics], who taught me about guns and butter and humanity when I was an 18-year-old, reluctant enrollee in Econ 101, there only because the journalism program required a course in economics.

One of the most rewarding parts of my job has been talking to people who have [changed the world]. I want to acquaint you with two of them. Both are Peorians.

Nancy Goodman Brinker’s promise The first is Nancy Goodman Brinker. She and her sister Suzy were the daughters of a prosperous Peoria developer. In their early 30s, first Suzy and then Nancy got breast cancer.

Nancy would live; Suzy would die.

In their last visit together, Nancy promised her sister she would do something that would honor her memory. That something became the Race for the Cure, run first in Dallas and second in Peoria and now an annual event in more than 100 U.S. cities and at least three foreign countries. Proceeds from the races and dozens of other related fundraisers go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the largest private sponsor of breast cancer research in the United States. Researchers have come up with treatments that have greatly prolonged the lifespan of breast cancer victims and dramatically increased the odds of recovery.

Furthermore, by calling attention to one terrible disease particular to women, the Komen Foundation has shone necessary light upon women’s health in general. For example, it is no longer tolerable for medical researchers to include only male subjects in their stud-

ies, overlooking the fact that women’s bodies react differently.

I interviewed Nancy two years ago in Budapest, Hungary, where she was eight months into her new career as the U.S. ambassador. She was working in an embassy that was barricaded after 9-11, struggling with loneliness and anti-Semitism. Yet, beyond the duties asked of all ambassadors, she was visiting hospitals and talking to cancer patients and trying to encourage them, all the while working to establish in Hungary the voluntary, non-governmental organizations that are commonplace in this country.

one-third of all bachelor’s degrees. Forty years later, women made up 43 percent of all law school graduates and 36 percent of dental school graduates. They had become the majority, 62 percent, of all recipients of new bachelor’s degrees issued in this country.

Friedan launched a revolution. It is no wonder that in an end-of-the-millennium ranking of the 100 most influential women of all time, she was placed 29th. (She was behind Eleanor Roosevelt and ahead of Joan of Arc.) The Feminine Mystique is rated among the 100 most influential books ever written.

I flew to Washington in 1999 to interview Friedan. Given that she has not always spoken kindly of Peoria, I was surprised to hear her credit her hometown with teaching her “the can-do spirit of community organizing.”

Betty Friedan and Lydia Moss Bradley are among the 200 members of the National Women’s Hall of Fame, an extraordinary feat, I think, for a city this size.

You are young and talented. Let no one tell you that one person cannot make a difference in a big and complex world. You have done well, but you did not do it alone. So before you forget what I told you, spend a few minutes thinking about those who helped you. Say thanks, and phone home, OK?

Building our lives on the backs of

others

This is an excerpt of a speech given by Barbara Proctor Mantz Drake ’67 MLS ’82, Journal Star editorial page editor, at the spring initiation banquet for the national academic honorary Phi Kappa Phi.

Betty Friedan’s revolution

Barbara Proctor Mantz Drake was the editor

The second woman is Betty Friedan HON ’91: author of The Feminine Mystique, The Second Stage, and four or five other books; and founder of the National Organization of Women. She grew up just around the corner from Bradley, the daughter of a jeweler and a resentful stay-at-home mom. The Feminine Mystique, which attacked the idea that a woman’s highest goal in life was to have shiny floors and a clean oven, came out in 1963, the same year I started at Bradley. I read it in a freshman sociology class.

of the Scout, Bradley’s student newspaper, as

Here are some statistics:

Illinois Press Association has said editorials

In 1960, three years before the book came out, less than 3 percent of all law school degrees went to women, as did less than 1 percent of all dental degrees and less than

she wrote or co-wrote were the best in the

an undergraduate. Drake has won a number of writing awards, including national citations in 1994 and 1999 from the William Allen White Foundation for editorial writing.

Editorials she wrote or co-wrote have won the Copley chain’s Ring of Truth Award for editorial writing five of the eight years the Journal

Star has been owned by the Copley Press. The

state among large newspapers seven of the last 10 years.

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Jerome Robinson excels in Austria’s top pro league

By David Driver Gmunden, a small town in central Austria, sits on a scenic lake about three hours west of Vienna. Tourists can take a ski lift, where the reward in the winter is a fabulous view of snow-capped mountains. The town has a sports hall that holds about 2,000 people. When the local hoop team is playing, it is filled with loud fans.

It is in towns like this, as well as nearby Wels, where Bradley product Jerome Robinson ’03 played his first season of pro basketball as a visiting player this past winter.

The debut was worthwhile for forward Robinson, who was out of organized basketball for two seasons after he finished his career at Bradley. But this past season the 6‘ 3” Canadian landed his first professional job, and he made the most of the opportunity.

“I was so [motivated] when I got there. I knew I had to do well, since I had been out [of the game] so long,” says Robinson who had been the defensive player of the year in the Missouri Valley Conference in 2001. Robinson won a boatload of awards in Austria’s top pro league: Eurobasket.com named him All-Austrian forward of the year, import of the year, and defensive player of the year, and he was named to the all-import team, all-defensive team, and all-league first team.

“I felt like I played my heart out in every category.

I felt I deserved it,” he said of the awards, without sounding boastful. Teams in Austria were allowed three Americans per team last season, though that may be reduced to two for 2004-05.

Robinson, first-team all-MVC as a Bradley senior, is one of several former Braves who have found hoop success overseas. Other athletes who played overseas in 2003-04 included Bayo Akinkunle ’98 (Japan), Ed Cage ’01 (Germany), Angelo Flanders ’01 (Spain), Aba Koita ’00 (Estonia) and Anthony Parker ’97 (Israel), who is one of the top Americans overseas and was named most valuable player of the Euroleague championship when he led Maccabi Tel Aviv to the title past Skipper Bologna, 118-74, this past season.

“The one common thread all of those kids have is adaptability,” Bradley assistant coach Al Biancalana said. “I could see them fitting in in a foreign land.

They are all intelligent with good heads on their

Robinson

David Driver, a freelance writer from Maryland, has contributed to The Washington Post, Associated Press, and the Missouri Valley conference basketball tournament program. He now lives with his family in Hungary. Information from www.eurobasket.com was used for this report.

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shoulders. You have to fit in (in Europe) and not stand out.”

Robinson said his two American teammates and a soccer player may have been the only four people of color in the town of Oberwart.

“You get a lot of stares. When you first get there, it kind of bothers you. But you get used to it,” he said.

Some former Division I players, whether they have NBA experience or not, can make a competitive salary in countries such as Italy, which has one of the top leagues in Europe.

Robinson played last winter in the small town of Oberwart, which is less than one hour from tourist hub Vienna in eastern Austria. The team provided Robinson with a fully furnished one-bedroom apartment, a vehicle, and a competitive monthly salary that was tax-free.

“I loved the city of Vienna,” Robinson said. “I just like the way they keep the buildings and don’t try to modernize everything. They leave it like it is.”

Robinson, who was born in Toronto and grew up in Ontario, worked out several times for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA prior to the 2001 draft, but he did not make the team.

Now he is a real basketball player. And he is getting paid to play in one of the cleanest and most beautiful countries in Europe.

Shouse shows major league perseverance

By Gary Libman Late in the 2001 baseball season, a pitching coach told Brian Shouse ’90 to abandon the traditional overhand pitching motion.

“He said, ‘If you ever want to get to the big leagues, you have to do something different,’” Shouse says, “’because when you throw over the top, you’re just the same as any other left-handed pitcher.”

Shouse accepted the advice, having spent almost all of 12 professional seasons in the minor leagues.

He began to throw sidearm, swinging his arm across his hip before releasing the ball. “Hitters don’t see a lot of sidearm pitchers,” Shouse says, “and it gives you a gimmick, so to speak.”

Gradually the relief pitcher learned to control his new delivery and succeeded as never before, pitching almost all the 2003 and 2004 seasons for the Texas Rangers. Shouse, 35, who typically appears in the seventh or eighth inning to get out left-handed hitters, credits much of his success to Texas pitching coach Orel Hershiser.

“He finally stuck in the major leagues because he improved his ability to locate the ball,” says Hershiser before a game in Anaheim this season.

“He used to tell me ‘When I throw strikes, they can’t hit me, but I need to throw more strikes.’ The main thing we worked on was getting him to understand his pitching mechanics and to repeat his pitching delivery.”

Shouse says that Hershiser, Texas manager Buck Showalter and bullpen coach Mark Connor also “had confidence in me like I always had. They let me have my successes and my failures. When things are going good, it’s easy to stay in the big leagues. The true test is: will they stick with you if you struggle for three or four games? Other teams, if they couldn’t help me get back on track, I was gone….”

“When I went to the sidearm delivery,” says Shouse, the only Bradley player currently in the major leagues, “I didn’t know enough about it to get myself back on track when I struggled. But Orel did, because he understands the mental and mechanical art of pitching so well. He would say you have to do this, this, and this.” Now that he understands his pitching mechanics and has survived two seasons with the Rangers, Shouse says he feels “a little more confidence with my situation. If the Rangers decided they didn’t want me, I’ve shown people what I have and I can get another job at the big league level.”

The unassuming Shouse, who was released by three teams and granted free agency five times, also spent most of the 1999 season on the disabled list and had two surgeries for bone chips in his elbow. But he reached the Rangers in his 14th pro season and says the long wait was worth it.

“I didn’t want to leave with any regrets or ‘what ifs.’ Plus I love the game so much,” he says grinning in the visitors’ dugout before the game in Anaheim. “I’m like a little kid out there, and that’s what my teammates think I am. It means so much to me that my wife and kids have been very supportive. They saw how much I enjoyed it, and they said, ‘You keep going for as long as you can, because we’ve got your back.’ They’re letting me fulfill my dreams and putting all their stuff on hold.” Shouse’s wife, Trisha Whittaker Shouse ’90, and daughters, Haleigh, 11, and Emmy, 8, live in Texas during the summer, but when the season ends the family returns to life in Peoria.

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Shouse originally came to Peoria to attend Bradley and pitched for the Braves from 1987-90. Today he attends Bradley basketball games with his daughters and works out on campus to keep in shape. He hopes to pitch in the major leagues for “at least five more years. If I keep in shape and take care of my body and be smart about things,” he says, “that’s my goal.”

And why not?

“I’m getting paid to play a kid’s game,” he says. “…Not everybody gets to do something like this. I hope to influence those little kids who don’t think they can make it because someone says they are too small, or do not throw hard enough. Your dreams can come true if you work at it,” says the 5‘ 11”, 190pound pitcher. “I’m not the tallest, not the biggest, and I don’t throw the hardest, but I’m here. I found a way to get people out.”

Gary Libman, Ph.D. is a former Los Angeles Times reporter and executive sports editor of the Minneapolis Tribune. He lives in Los Angeles where he is a writer and teaches at Whittier College and at Whitney High School for gifted students.

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Dr. Fred Fry

Kim Hiley Fisher ’92

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By Monica Vest Wheeler

Anne Edwards Cotter ’77

An idea, a business plan, and capital. Entrepreneurs know these are the basic elements of business. Here, we introduce you to Dr. Fred Fry, professor of business administration, who has developed an entrepreneur-

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The building blocks of business businessman who has given funds to

the University to create the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship; and to several Bradley alumni who have undertaken entrepreneurial ventures.

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a certificate program, some offer a concentration, and a few like Bradley offer a full major in entrepreneurship. The growth in student numbers and course offerings has not gone unnoticed. In 2003, Entrepreneur magazine ranked Bradley’s program in the top tier of schools with limited programs. In 2004, it was ranked in the top 10 among schools with an entrepreneurial emphasis. Bradley also was a finalist in program quality as determined by the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, an academic association focusing on entrepreneurship education.

Bradley recently has been recommended to sponsor the Journal of Small Business Strategy for the next five years. The journal is a publication of the Small Business Institute, a national academic organization for small business and entrepreneurship. Bradley’s responsibility includes all aspects of editing and publishing the journal. Fry will be the editor.

Alum offers advice Karen Rekowski Blair ’87, who owns a Culver’s restaurant franchise in South Elgin with her husband Christopher, her brother-in-law, and his wife, is among the alumni who were enthused to learn an entrepreneurship major was being planned. Blair learned about it at an alumni event in Chicago. “Sirens went off, lights flashed, lightning bolts came down, I got all excited about it,” she says, adding she offered her assistance.

The new entrepreneurship major offers students a unique insight into the “big picture” of how business works, along with the nuts and bolts of starting a business. Blair comments, “Back when I was Ann Conver MFA ’91

Dr. Fred Fry should have been in sales. Never mind; he already is. Fry sells his students on their entrepreneurial potential. He sells small business owners on ways to capitalize on growth opportunities. He sold Bradley University on the need for an undergraduate major in entrepreneurship. And to top it off, he sold a growing audience on the fact that Bradley has one of the best programs in the country.

His commissions? Just miles of smiles, particularly his own, upon learning this year that Bradley University had been named one of Entrepreneur magazine’s top 10 programs for schools with an entrepreneurial emphasis. And the Bradley professor of business administration will achieve a longtime dream when the new entrepreneurship major becomes reality this fall.

Fry offered the first small business management course in 1986 and soon added an entrepreneurship course. During the 1990s, he added an entrepreneurial finance class with the help of the finance department. Then by utilizing existing courses in human resource management and marketing, he built a concentration in entrepreneurship within the management major. Interest in the concentration began to grow. Another new course, technology entrepreneurship, was added to meet the needs of both business and engineering students who had a desire to create new products and bring them to the market. It became evident in 2003 that there was enough interest to justify a full major in entrepreneurship.

“The demand for entrepreneurship continues to grow,” says Fry. “We were seeing this increase in the number of students selecting the entrepreneurship concentration. The number of students jumped from the teens one year to the mid-twenties to over 30

A major interest in

entrepreneurship and, most recently, to nearly 60 students. We don’t know for sure whether we have an interesting spike, an aberration, or a real trend going.”

Many colleges offer some type of entrepreneurship program. Some offer a single course, some have

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a student, I would have loved to have had that opportunity. I was heavily involved at Bradley, being the all-school president, so I saw a lot of different facets of the University that most people didn’t get a chance to see.” She remembers meeting the CEO of AT&T and other influential people from the business world. “It helped me to understand that it’s a big world out there, but you can take a piece; you can take a bite out of it. I would have loved to have had the opportunity to say, ‘Hey, I have an idea. Where

Students share enthusiasm Fry praises students who are sharp, know what they want to do, and share their enthusiasm both in and out of the classroom. One of these students is Shafondra Matthews ’04. She brings a passion for learning to class every day as she prepares to graduate in December. Family encouragement and what she’s discovered at Bradley have influenced her decision to explore business, especially entrepreneurship.

Matthews loves the dynamics that would be involved in owning a business. She knows she’s an individual who needs a certain amount of freedom and independence. “I’m the type of person who follows the rules, but …,” she says, “I’ve learned so much. It’s a great personal reward, knowing you have the tools to do it by yourself. I’ve learned that the days are long and the nights of sleep are short. But it’s all for me.”

Mark Wolff ’03 also sees an entrepreneurial venture in his career. He earned a degree in manage-

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do I go from here?’ I think that is where most people struggle … It’s essential to have the courage to step out and say, ‘I want to figure out how to make this product or provide this service. How do I do that?’ ” Looking at her own entrepreneurial experience, Blair tells how she and her husband explored various opportunities before going the Culver’s route. The restaurant celebrated its first anniversary in July 2004. This is their first “leap of faith.” They intend to own several franchises in the coming years. The biggest lesson the couple has learned this first year is managing time and family.

Nine-year-old son Beck is right there with Mom and Dad at the business. “There’s nothing he doesn’t do. He’ll work the register, the drive-through, clean, plant flowers. He’s part of our team. He’s been a part of this business venture as much as anybody. He’s been in on the decisions, too. Sometimes the insight he brings to customer service and employee relations are wonderful. It’s been invaluable for him to understand people through customer service.”

Blair comments, “Relationships, relationships, relationships. People are incredibly important, in both personal and business relationships. Business relationships make your opportunities exist. Always be open to ideas. There’s no bad idea. It’s just a question of how you manage it. Rely on others, and trust and respect others to bring their talents to the table.”

She adds, “A lot of the leadership opportunities and programs I had at Bradley helped me tremendously. You have to have the confidence in yourself to ask the questions and open the doors. You also have to ask yourself, ‘What is it that you desire most and what makes you happy?’ Such a small percentage of people in this world find something they can make a living at and enjoy. Identify your strengths as an individual and where your interests lie and then develop a product or service that you’re just going to love doing.”

Blair says that if she could teach a class for entrepreneurship students, it would be a personal development class “that would help students to recognize that when one door shuts, it’s not necessarily over.”

It‘s a family affair. From left to right: Tom Blair, Karen Rekowski Blair ‘87, Beck Blair (son of Chris and Karen) Craig Culver, Kim Blair, and Chris Blair.

ment with a concentration in entrepreneurship and is working on his MBA with concentration in finance.

He says, “I thought this might be the best way for me to prepare for what I need to do in my career before opening my own business.” No one in his family has gone this route, but he was inspired by a Bradley alumnus for whom he worked, a mentor who told him to go to graduate school. “The way he had learned, through his life experiences by owning his own business, inspired me to look into it.”

Wolff says his entrepreneurship classes are a good foundation as he looks to eventually opening his own business. “I had set my goals earlier for opening a business, but I’ve been taught realistically how to do it, how to get some experience, capital, connections, and then find the opportunity at the right time.”

Two of the lessons Wolff picked up in his entrepreneurship classes were how to put a business plan into place and how difficult financing can be. “Dr. Fry brought in a venture capitalist who talked about how he approves or denies people. He reads the first four lines of an e-mail. If it doesn’t strike him, he deletes it. It’s good to know those kinds of things. Dr. Fry brought a lot of knowledge from the community into the classroom.”

Wolff also joined the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, cleverly known as CEO, to connect with students with entrepreneurial goals. The quality of the entrepreneurship program is reflected in the student chapter, as well. Bradley’s chapter won two awards at the national CEO convention in 2004.

Fry says working with students like Matthews and Wolff who someday will have their own businesses makes teaching entrepreneurship a joy. He concludes, “Teaching students they have to work hard, do their research, network, and be creative in fundraising makes you want the future to hurry up and get here so you can see what kind of businesses they start a few years after graduating.”

Core courses in entrepreneurship major BMA 382 Entrepreneurship BMA 383 Small Business Management BMA 384 Entrepreneurial Finance BMA 385 Technology Entrepreneurship BMA 356 Human Resource Management BMA 357 Leadership and Interpersonal Behavior An approved marketing course In addition, students must complete the Foster College of Business Administration’s core business requirements and the University’s general education requirements. www.bradley.edu/fcba/busmgmt

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Achievement Award. He

The definition of entrepreneur

Robert Turner ’77 MBA ’78 recently received the Beta

was nominated for the award by the Beta Gamma Sigma chapters at Bradley University and Loyola Marymount University.

The award honors people for significant accomplishments in business and acts of generosity benefiting a community or education.

He and his brother Mark Turner ’80 have created an investment company that now manages more than $13 billion in assets. At the core of this impressive enterprise is a man who subscribes to every belief he has about the spirit of entrepreneurship.

“Almost by default, you become an entrepreneur because you’re pursuing what you really love to do,” Turner says. “A lot of times it’s hard to do that within a structured environment in a big organization. You have to want to deliver something better to the enduser than what is out there. I worked for banks and insurance companies for 10 years prior to starting the business. I felt I could offer more by doing it myself versus others in a big organization.

“Some people are born to rise on the corporate ladder and be successful in organizations. Some are born to do it on their own. I don’t want to say I rebelled

Soaring with his strengths and

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against authority, but I remember my first job, going to management and saying I don’t agree with what was being done,” he says.

Bradley supports Turner’s passion After earning his degree in accounting, Turner remembers talking to Dr. John Wholihan, head of the MBA program. He bemoaned his fate after being offered a position in the tax department in a public utility at the tender age of 20. Wholihan offered him a graduate assistantship if he wanted to stay at Bradley and pursue an MBA. “That was great, because I didn’t have excess funds to pay for school. Earning that advanced degree was critical,” Turner says.

He thanks Bradley for “bailing me out,” for allowing him to explore what would be his career, his passion, his calling. Though the University didn’t offer a specific investments program, he studied under Dr. Joe Alber, former Bradley professor of business

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Gamma Sigma Business

Meet Robert Turner ’77 MBA ’78, widely respected investments professional, chairman and chief investment officer of Turner Investment Partners Inc. Meet Robert Turner, benefactor, who with his wife Carolyn endowed the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship at Bradley University in 2000.

Meet Bob Turner, the guy who takes his turn loading the dishwasher at work and wouldn’t have it any other way.

When asked how he would define “entrepreneur” for Webster’s next dictionary, Turner describes an individual who has a true passion for what he or she does and who has the desire to live out that passion through those endeavors.

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administration, to complete an independent study in investments, a financial field that had been tugging at him, and that would serve him well as he began his own business.

“The influence of the professors at Bradley was quite strong,” he says. As a graduate assistant for the late Dr. Kalman Goldberg, professor of economics, Turner developed a love for learning. He has retained his strong ties to Bradley through the years, from graduate to member of the Board of Trustees. He’s quick to credit Bradley with its emphasis on small business development and its potential. And that made Bradley a natural choice to be the recipient of a $1.5 million endowment to create the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship. The Center emphasizes what he loves about being in business for himself, the realities and excitement of controlling one’s own destiny and that of others. The Turner Center for Entrepreneurship was a natural focus and evolution.

The hungry entrepreneur “There’s a reason why entrepreneurs are young. They don’t have the experience to know better. The great thing I had going for me 14 years ago was that I was naïve to the challenges that this does bring forth.

You really do have to have that hunger to do well and willingness to understand that there will be pitfalls along the way, bumps in the road, and how the problems can become possibilities, and acknowledge it’s a long race, it’s not a sprint,” he says.

“Persistence and patience pay off over time, and you have to acknowledge you’re not going to have this instant success.” Add in patience in dealing with employees and with everyday setbacks. However, entrepreneurial settings can be nurturing environments in which employees can be brought up to the level the company wants. “We were a start-up entrepreneurial company, and now we have the best of the best coming to us for jobs. Our really good employees now were young and inexperienced at the time, so

we had to make sure we were patient with them. My brother Mark was one of the first people to come to work for me. You really need to convince people that this is a great opportunity. Success in any organization is letting people feel as if they’re participating in the growth.”

Turner Investment Partners Inc. now boasts 95 employees and 62 owners. Anybody who works for the company three years can become an employee-owner.

Leadership and ethics What are the best and most difficult parts of all that responsibility?

“The easiest part is that you get to see the direct result of your efforts. The most difficult part is knowing that you have a lot of people ultimately depending on you for their livelihood. Of course, in our business, as in any business, the client relies on you, as well.”

That was even tougher in his business in recent years with the economic downturn. Clients had a difficult time, but he also had to look out for the wellbeing of his employees. “We did not let anybody go, and it would have been real easy to do. As a result, profitability dropped precipitously. As an employeeowned organization, without public shareholders or a parent company to answer to, we were willing to let that happen because we knew the bear market wouldn’t last forever. We knew we would come out on the other side and have a more loyal, focused, and dedicated workforce.”

Stressing that leadership by example is the key, he says, “We are very, very sensitive to anything that would be perceived as favoring one group of employees over another…. The investment team knows that my bonus structure is the same as theirs.”

Turner focuses on pleasing both customers and employees. He delivers strong investment returns for his clients in a volatile industry over the long term and provides a comfortable lifestyle for the people who work with him. He occasionally hears, “This is the best place I’ve ever worked” and “I’m so happy to be here.” Though modest, he hopes he’s had some favorable impact on his fellow employees. He hopes they rise to the height of their capabilities and are duly recognized. He also trusts his employees to get the work done.

But it’s not all work and no play. Turner leaves the office behind when he walks out the door and makes family time a priority. He learned to plan ahead for his children’s ballgames or special events. What was sacrificed was playing golf.

“Free time was for the family, not individual pursuits.” He smiles.

If he could don the hat of academia and teach one class in Bradley’s entrepreneurial major, what would it be?

“Ethics,” Turner says, adding it’s vital to successful business. He concludes, “Being an entrepreneur is hard work. You see the people who are in trouble now, and they didn’t have that moral compass. There are a lot of temptations in life overall, especially in business.”

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The Robert and Carolyn Turner Center for Entrepreneurship was established at Bradley University. The Turner Center extends Bradley’s strength in entrepreneurship by bringing together educational, research, and related programs and services to help entrepreneurs and family business owners create more successful business.

The following are among the programs and services offered through the Turner Center: • Entrepreneur practicums involve MBA and MSA students and faculty in conducting projects for local entrepreneurs.

• Senior Consulting Projects program utilizes teams of senior-level business students as consultants to businesses and organizations on projects including market research, international trade, eBusiness, and organizational and operational issues.

• Turner Center Lecture Series brings prominent entrepreneurs, authors, and academics to Bradley to meet with students and interact with the campus and local business communities.

• Small Business Development Center provides counseling, training, and other resources to assist entrepreneurs interested in starting or owning their own businesses. The SBDC also assists small business owners to develop their business, marketing, and financial plans.

• International Trade Center and NAFTA Opportunity Center help companies develop and expand their international trade through a program of counseling, training, and market research. Services include foreign market identification, export documentation, export financing, and international marketing.

• Center for Business and Economic Research is the premier source for business indicator data in Central Illinois, providing quarterly household consumer confidence surveys. Utilizing the resources of the Business and Industry Data Center, the Center conducts entrepreneurial research projects to identify business trends and assist entrepreneurs in researching potential markets for their products, services, and new technologies.

An additional $250,000 in funding from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity was announced this summer. The funding allows the Turner Center to expand to a regional hub that will coordinate small business development, entrepreneurship training, and entrepreneurship development activity in the north central Illinois region. Partial funding for some of the programs and services offered through the Turner Center also is provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, and the Rural Economic Technical Assistance Center. www.bradley.edu/turnercenter

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2,000 guests. It was a “smack of reality” at the onset as he negotiated learning curves along the way. In its third year, Montel Technologies is thriving. He’s even had offers to buy his company, “but I’m not ready for that yet. I want to see how big we can grow.”

Ray Montelongo ’99 had no idea he’d be running his own company five years after graduation. He wasted no time putting his skills to work in developing Montel Technologies, a company that specializes in delivering high-speed Internet access to the hotel industry.

He says the biggest advantage of selfemployment is “controlling my destiny.”

He travels extensively while exploring new opportunities, including innovations such as “wireless hot spots” in restaurants, truck

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After graduation, Montelongo first worked with his brother Jim Montelongo ’91 MBA ’04, who has an engineering firm in Peoria.

While there, he dabbled in technology but wanted to move back home to Rockford.

He honed his technology expertise in what he considered a wide-open market, targeting hotels nationwide, including large markets like Las Vegas. With about 8,000 hotel rooms under his watch, he expects to add another 10,000 in the next few months.

Montelongo explains a large number of companies started the industry by charging hotel guests $9.95 a night for Internet service, but guests didn’t buy into those excessive rates, and many providers went bankrupt.

That left many hotels with inoperative systems. He started bringing them back online with 24/7 technical support, and the referrals started pouring in. Now he has eight employees who serve as support staff with independent contractors in various markets.

Montel Technologies offers flexibility the hospitality industry and its guests want. Over the next two years, Montelongo expects his business to explode as more hotels, and now campgrounds, opt for this service.

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Waldsmith did go out and work for someone else…for exactly three months after graduating. “It just wasn’t for me.”

Meet four Bradley alumni who have carved their niche as entrepreneurs stops, and RV parks. “We’re in a niche where we can drive an entire market.” He recently partnered with Bel Air Networks, a leader in the wireless industry. Montel Technologies will be one of its 20 value-added resellers in the United States. His first new deployment will be at Costanoa, an exclusive resort on the Pacific Ocean in California.

His greatest reward has been being recognized for quality service. At a recent trade show, his customers were referring potential clients to his company.

Ray Montelongo ‘99

other family business-related issues. “A father is always the toughest boss, but it opens up a whole new relationship.” In fact, Justin recently convinced his father Gary to open a restaurant in Bloomington within the next year. “Family business is basically all on you.

You either succeed or fail based on your efforts. It’s a lot of hard work,” he says.

All in all, Montelongo is even more satisfied than his customers and is keeping his eyes open for the next technological leap.

Lured into the family business Was it the call of the trout that brought Justin Waldsmith ’00 back into the family pond? Maybe he just couldn’t deny any longer that he was hooked on his family’s business.

The Fish House, a popular Peoria seafood restaurant, has been in his family for more than three decades. Waldsmith knew he preferred the self-employed lifestyle long before he graduated as a management major. Dr. Fred Fry stimulated his interest in going into the family business. He benefited from instruction in creating business plans and how to turn concepts into reality with all the necessary steps. He even kept his textbooks because of their outstanding reference material.

The most important lesson he learned was how to work with family relationships, succession planning, “giving up control,” and

He recalls his father’s excitement about him coming into the business and his mother Sharon’s worries about long hours. “When I was eight years old, I peeled shrimp, prepped lobster tails, and made rolls. When I was 17, I started busing and waiting tables. I worked as sauté chef, then kitchen manager.

That’s really important. Walking in there as the owners’ son, I earned my way. I could do every job in the place. That’s a topic we talked about in class—‘jumping’ over employees.

It would be hard for me to gain their respect if I did that.”

He enjoys the immediate feedback you get in the restaurant business. “Within 45 minutes or an hour, you’re going to find out if the customer is happy. We win or fail right there. I like that. I like the people. It just keeps the job fresh. It’s continually something different.”

Waldsmith advises, “In the end, the way to be in business is for yourself.” He recommends enrolling in entrepreneurship classes at Bradley. “Those classes are definitely a tool to get there.”

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of Navy Pier in Chicago. Opportunities continued to literally build upon each other as she courted new clients, always focusing on providing project management services on behalf of commercial, public, and institutional property owners. Now, Cotter oversees 32 employees, primarily in the Chicago area, though the business has extended into Champaign and Milwaukee. Clients run the gamut from notfor-profit organizations to public bodies, even O’Hare International Airport.

Her company’s credo is, “We lead the team to the successful completion of the project.”

She finds that satisfying and has been able to build long-time, productive business relationships that have enabled her firm to grow.

Recently inducted into the University of Illinois-Chicago Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame for 2004, Cotter says, “I really love the business. I love the challenge. I came from a family of entrepreneurs. I do think you’re kind of born with it. You have to have the temperament and personality because it’s a roller coaster ride.”

Kim Hiley Fisher ’92, right, with a customer

Kim Hiley Fisher ’92 didn’t follow the textbook with her entrepreneurial experiences. She just did it her way and now has three clothing boutiques in Chicago.

Moving to Chicago two weeks after graduation, Fisher worked with traders at an online stock company for four years. Then she moved to a small company of eight that had lunged into the Internet.

She saw her employers’ success and decided to try her hand at owning a clothing store. “I’ve always loved clothes, I spent all my money on clothes, loved everything about them, ever since I was a little kid.”

As she and her parents were walking down the street in Lincoln Park, they noticed a clothing store for sale at 2480 1/2 N. Lincoln. Within four days, Fisher had signed a lease.

“I met for three hours with the lady who owned the store and picked her brain for all the things I needed to know. I also went to a lot of trade shows and showrooms,” says Fisher, who sat in front of the store for a couple of days to study pedestrian traffic.

Named after a fashion area in New York near Greenwich Village, the doors to Tribeca opened in September 1997. Putting in long hours doing everything from taking out the trash to arranging advertising to buying and tagging merchandise, Fisher talked with her customers about what they’d like to see in the store. “You don’t know as much as you think you do. It takes a couple of years.”

Now with a partner, Fisher opened Tribeca on the Avenue at 1013 W. Armitage in 2003.

Hot Mama, a maternity shop near the second store, opened last spring.

Discussing her motivation as a boutique owner, Fisher says, “It’s your business. You decide everything, even what hangers to buy.

I’d talk to people who were so excited about having a boutique in the neighborhood. You also feel a sense of completion; you feel good helping another person feel good. I know it’s only selling clothes and it seems simple, but so many people don’t feel good if they don’t have the right outfit on. I understand that.

I’m not ‘salesy’; I’m just chatty. You get to know the customers. They become comfortable with you, and they come back.”

Building opportunities

She concludes, “Being in business for yourself is not for everyone. It takes a combination of skills, temperament, personality and high-energy level. You need perspective and have to love people. Three of my employees have left to start their own businesses.

Entrepreneurs spawn other entrepreneurs.”

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Opening doors

Often the lone female in her major, Anne Edwards Cotter ’77 was student body president, an experience that she credits as great training for the business world. Cotter couldn’t escape the entrepreneurial bug; it bit her entire family. The daughter of a civil engineer, she worked for her father during high school and for a year after graduation, thriving on the construction site dynamics. After that, she worked for several companies, learning the intricacies of construction management, project management of office interiors of high-rise office buildings, the construction part of a real estate company with a focus on building renovation, and then commercial development. With each stop, she picked up more hands-on lessons.

As her family grew, Cotter took a sabbatical from her career, then opened Cotter Consulting in 1990 as a part-time business.

She remained a one-person operation for the first three years, then began adding staff.

Her first big project was when she partnered with a former employer on the redevelopment

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1930s Herschel “Stubby” Stuber ’31, May 22, Bloomington. He had been employed by Standard Oil Co. of Indiana and by Portable Elevator Manufacturing. He was executive director of Immanuel Bible Foundation for 23 years. He was a 50-year member of the Scottish Rite, Masonic Lodge 43, and the Kiwanis Club. He had served as president of the BroMenn Advisory Council. He was an active member of Second Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife Aileen, two children, two stepchildren, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Rena Harren Parr-Gilpin ’34, June 10, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. She was a desk clerk at the Alpha Park Library in Bartonville during the 1970s. Earlier, she was a teacher at Whittier School in Peoria and a substitute teacher and tutor at several Peoria County schools. She is survived by a son, five grandchildren, and eight greatgrandchildren.

C. Wayne Cornish ’38, April 30, Dunlap. He retired as the Dunlap postmaster in 1978. He was a World War II Army Air Forces veteran. He played on the Bradley University baseball team. Survivors include three children and seven grandchildren.

Charles “Bud” Merkle ’38, June 19, Peoria. He owned John Merkle & Sons Monuments for 58 years. As a World War II Army veteran, Bud received a Bronze Star. He was an active member of St. Mark’s Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. Survivors include his wife Anna, six children, and four grandsons.

Catherine “Kay” Gale Otto ’38, March 26, Salem, Oregon. While living near San Diego, she was president of the Star of India auxiliary. She was an ordained Christian minister in the Church of the Trinity.

Survivors include her husband Stuart and her daughter.

Lois Welch Parker ’39, April 13, Morristown, Indiana. She was a secretary at Southeastern Career Center in Versailles from

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1967 to 1983. She is survived by six children and 11 grandchildren.

1940s Madeline Callahan Grawey ’41, May 30, Peoria. Madeline also attended the University of Illinois. She and her husband owned Peoria Auto Parts until 1975 and then Peoria Air Compressor Co. until 1986. She was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club. Survivors include seven children, 18 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Mary Burdick Scripps ’41, March 5, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. She was an accomplished concert pianist and taught piano lessons. Survivors include four children and 11 grandchildren.

Robert Getz ’42, June 2, Morton. A masonry contractor, he was vice president of Sam J. Getz Inc., retiring in 1983. He served on the Morton City Planning Commission and Zoning Board for many years. He served on the board of directors of Heights Finance Corporation from 1961 until his death.

Survivors include his wife Lillian, four daughters, nine grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Jean Joos ’42, March 8, Peoria. She was dean of girls and chair of the mathematics department at Lincoln High School for 26 years. Prior to that, she taught at high schools in Mason City and Wyoming.

She held a master’s degree from the University of Colorado. Jean was a division president of the Illinois Education Association for two years and a member of numerous education associations. She was a volunteer tutor and also taught Sunday school at Madison Avenue United Methodist Church.

Emily Krueger Martens ’42, March 14, Naperville. She is survived by her husband John H. Martens ’42, three children, and seven grandchildren.

Ina Ulbrich Kromphardt ’43, March 16, Peoria. Survivors include two children and seven grandchildren.

Mary Forneris Oepke ’46 MA ’58, June 17, Carlinville. Mary was director of the Illinois School of Psychiatric Nursing from 1946 until 1972. She was a life member of Pi Lambda Theta. Her son and two grandchildren survive.

Robert H. Jones ’48, June 9, Peoria.

He held a juris doctor degree from the University of Michigan and owned his own law firm in Peoria for 50 years. A Navy veteran, he was a pilot during World War II. Survivors include Rosel Leverton, a son, and grandson.

Horace Marvel ’48, July 4, Peoria. He was a teacher in the Quincy public schools for 20 years until retiring in 1989. Earlier, he worked at S&H Green Stamps in Quincy.

He held a master’s degree in education from the University of Missouri. Horace was a World War II Navy veteran. He is survived by his wife Jonquil, two children, and two grandchildren.

William C. Beck ’49, March 5, Morton.

He worked for Caterpillar Inc. in the Peoria area and in York, Pennsylvania. He retired in 1985 as a data processing manager. He served in the Navy during World War II. Survivors include two children and two grandchildren.

1950s Maurice “Maury” Beck ’50, May 9, Umpqua, Oregon. He held a juris doctor degree from DePaul University and was a corporate patent attorney. In 1990, he retired as workers’ compensation presiding judge in San Diego, California. Maury served in the Army Air Forces during World War II and received a Purple Heart. He also served in the Air National Guard, retiring as a colonel. Survivors include his wife Sandy and seven daughters.

Gene Clark ’50, June 4, Clearlake, California. He worked in heating and air conditioning sales for 54 years. Gene was a World War II Army veteran and was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Survivors include his wife Helen, two sons, and a granddaughter.

Rita McLinden Grawey ’50, May 25, Peoria. She was a homemaker and had taught home economics at the Academy of Our Lady. Rita was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club and the Fine Arts Society.

Survivors include her husband Charles, three children, and nine grandchildren.

Melvin Hotz ’50, March 13, Bartonville. He was co-owner of Peoria Kitchen Tops from 1952 to 1970. He taught industrial arts at Pekin Community High School and a building trades apprentice class for Carpenter’s Union Local 183. He was a Navy veteran and a former Boy Scout commissioner. Survivors include three children, five grandchildren, and a greatgranddaughter.

John Landreth ’50, May 31, Myerstown, Pennsylvania. After 25 years with Mail Pouch Tobacco Company, he retired as district manager in 1978. John was a World War II Army veteran. Earlier, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Leslie Osterman ’50, May 20, Morton.

He worked in the editorial art department of the Journal Star for almost 30 years. He taught woodcarving at the Miller Senior Citizens Center for 18 years. He served as president of several divisions of the Peoria Academy of Science. He was a charter member of Kennel Lake Sportsmen’s Club. He was a life member of Chapter 1 Disabled American Veterans. A World War II Army veteran, he received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and other medals. Survivors include his wife Helen, two children, six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Mary Haverton White ’50, May 14, Franklin, Kentucky. She taught English in the Simpson County school system and at Western Kentucky University. She had been executive secretary of the Franklin-Simpson Chamber of Commerce. She had served as president of the Goodnight Library Board and was an elder at Franklin Presbyterian Church. Survivors include her husband Charles E. White ’50, two children, and three grandchildren.

John H. Howard ’51, August 8, 2003, Yorktown, New York. He was a salesman for Bethlehem Steel Corp. for 31 years. He worked part-time for Lakeland’s Transportation and was an avid golfer. John was a World War II Navy veteran. His wife Maureen, three children, and five grandchildren survive.

Joseph Pruss ’51, April 14, 2003, Flower Mound, Texas. He was a sales engineer for Federal Mogul. He was a World War II Army veteran. Survivors include his wife Nancy Hawks Pruss ’50, three children, and six grandchildren.

Charles “Bud” Squire ’51, April 2, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. He was awarded a Victory Medal while serving in the Navy during World War II. Survivors include his wife Carolyn, three children, and three grandsons.

Thomas Therkildsen ’51, January 7, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. He is survived by five children, 13 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Patricia Garnes Fuller ’52, March 8, Mackinaw. She taught at Sparland High School during the 1950s. She was active with Proctor Cardiac Rehabilitation for more than ten years. Pat is survived by her husband William Sr., three children, and five grandchildren.

Dorothy Eirk Fulton ’52, March 22, Peoria. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her son.

William R. Hall ’52, January 21, Washington. He was a real estate broker and recently worked as an inspector of export shipments. Bill was a private pilot and a founding member of the Bradley University Flying Club. He served on the Peoria Zoning Board of Appeals for 10 years. He was a World War II Coast Guard veteran. Survivors include his wife Virginia, four children, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Clyde Saums ’52, March 11, Columbus, Indiana. He worked in worldwide quality control for Cummins Engine Co. from 1969 to 1982. He was an Air Force veteran. Survivors include his wife Imogene, three children, four grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.

James Seeck ’53, May 26, Haines City, Florida. He had been a professor of business at Harper College in Palatine after earning an MBA from DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management in 1982.

Earlier, he ran a grocery store with his father in Oak Park for many years. He served in the Air Force as an air traffic controller in Korea. Survivors include his wife Barbara Hinkle Seeck ’53, four daughters, and seven grandchildren.

Leonard “Wally” Walraven ’53, May 11, Chesapeake, Virginia. He retired from the Navy submarine force as a lieutenant commander after 22 years. He is survived by his wife Cecile, three children, and two grandsons.

Richard Polka ’54, March 15, Denver, Colorado. He was a sales representative in Los Angeles for many years. Survivors include his wife Gloria, two children, and three grandchildren.

Michael Trad Jr. ’54, May 6, Marseilles.

He was superintendent of Marseilles Unit School District #155, retiring in 1988.

Earlier he worked as a principal, teacher, and basketball coach. He held a master’s degree from Illinois State University. He was secretary of the Marseilles board of education for many years and also served on the library board. He co-founded the Coalition for Fair Funding and was a charter member of Educational Leaders of Illinois. He was a veteran and a member of the National Guard. Survivors include his wife Nancy, three children, two grandchildren, and one stepgrandson.

William Halsey ’55, February 21, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. He was an initial investor in Kiwi International Airlines, as well as a captain and graphic artist for the airline. From 1966 to 1990 he was a pilot for Eastern Airlines. Earlier in New Jersey, he was a commercial artist for Richards Advertising and a high school art teacher. He was an Air Force veteran and had flown support for the Thunderbirds. As a captain with the Air Force Reserves, he received the Expeditionary Forces Medal. In Bradley Hilltopics Fall 2004

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1986 he was named Man of the Year by the Optimist Club in Watchung, New Jersey. He served on the boards of several arts and historic organizations in New Jersey.

Survivors include three children and two grandchildren.

Homer Harvey EDD ’56, April 4, Northbrook. He retired as Northbrook’s superintendent of schools in 1988. Earlier, he was the superintendent in Skokie. He had also been principal of Crestwood School.

He was a founder of an area special education district. He was an adjunct faculty member at Northeastern Illinois University.

Homer had been president of the Northbrook Library Board and the Northbrook Rotary Club. He served in the Army during World War II. Survivors include his wife Kathleen, two children, and a grandson.

Robert “Bob” Savio ’56 MBA ’57, March 7, Kildeer. As a student, he was president of Delta Upsilon and Interfraternity Council. Bob worked in the law division of First National Bank of Chicago for 33 years, retiring in 1995. He was an active bicyclist.

Survivors include his wife Virginia, four children, and five grandchildren.

Gretchen Kent Webster ’56, January 13, East Sandwich, Massachusetts. As a student, she won the ladies’ division of the Peoria City Golf Tournament. She taught English and sociology at Peoria High School for 13 years. She continued teaching English in East Sandwich from 1969 to 1993.

Survivors include five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Harold Lambert ’57, April 16, Dunlap.

He was a real estate agent for Trader’s Realty for 18 years. He had been manager of Heritage House Smorgasbord. He was an Air Force veteran with the rank of captain. He was a charter member of the Peoria Rotary Club. He is survived by his wife Joyce, four children, and nine grandchildren.

Ralph McCormick ’58, May 16, Springfield. He was a field auditor for the Internal Revenue Service for 30 years, retiring in 1985. Ralph was an Army veteran and

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served in Korea. Survivors include his wife Imogene, two children, and three grandsons.

Ralph Besch ’59, April 19, Ames, Iowa. He worked for Sundstrand Aviation for 32 years in Rockford; Columbus, Indiana; and Ames. He and his wife operated Acorn Antiques. Ralph was an active volunteer. He served in the Air Force as an aircraft technical instructor. Survivors include his wife Nancy, two children, and four grandchildren.

James Bobeck ’59, May 14, Peoria.

He retired from Caterpillar Inc. in 1994 as a supervising electronics engineer. He was a Navy veteran. Survivors include his wife Jennie, seven children, 15 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Dolores “Dee” Parks Smith ’59, November 24, 2003, Wilmington, Delaware.

Dee is survived by two daughters and a granddaughter.

Dayle Johnston Smith ’59 MA ’60, January 22, Topeka, Kansas. She enjoyed opera. She worked with the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services in Kansas from 1968 to 1992.

1960s Loyd Yentes MA ’60, April 29, Lexington, South Carolina. He was an Army veteran.

Survivors include his wife Sharyn, two children, and a granddaughter.

Herbert Stanton ’61, April 4, Scottsdale, Arizona. A 1965 graduate of the Loyola School of Dentistry, Herb spent 30 years on active duty with the Navy Dental Corps, including nine years as a commanding officer, 11 years with the Marine Corps, and four years aboard ships. While stationed in Korea for 30 months, he treated more than 13,000 Koreans in remote areas. He was awarded five personal decorations. As a Bradley student, he served as president of Sigma Chi. He was a deacon at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife Marta Tragethon Stanton ’61, two children, and three grandchildren.

Roger Toledano ’62, April 26, Miami, Florida. Survivors include his wife Lucia, three children, and three grandchildren.

Thomas Albright ’63 MEA ’71, May 13, Chillicothe. He retired from Caterpillar Inc. in 1996 as a supervising engineer in Mossville. He was an active member of Mossville United Methodist Church and was a square dance caller. He served on the Princeville school board from 1976 to 1983, and also on the local water district board.

He was a trustee of Hallock township. He was an Army Reserves veteran, serving as a captain with the Army Corps of Engineers for nine years. Survivors include his wife Edith, three children, and three grandchildren.

Hettie Whiles Perkins ’63, March 25, Pekin. She was a teacher for Creve Coeur School District 76 for 32 years, retiring in 1984. Survivors include her husband Wendell, two sons, five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

Charles H. Smith MS ’64, January 2003, Jackson, Mississippi. He was an industrial arts teacher for more than 35 years, retiring in 1990 from Chastain Junior High School. He was an assistant football and baseball coach. Charles was an active member of College Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife Lena, two daughters, and two grandchildren.

Richard L. Martin ’65 MS ’77, November 3, 2003, Havana. He retired from Caterpillar Inc. in 1987. He had been an Air Force navigator and pilot, and also served in the Air National Guard, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He was active in the Mohammed Shrine Temple and Elks Lodge, both in Peoria. His wife Diane survives.

Margaret “Peg” Fagan Heyl ’68, March 24, Naperville. She had been a substitute teacher at grade schools in Peoria and Joliet before her retirement. She also was a freelance writer. She and her husband adopted 10 children from the United States and abroad. They enjoyed camping in the U.S. and Europe. Survivors include her husband Richard, 10 children, and 14 grandchildren.

Faith Carr Knight ’68, June 7, Peoria.

She was a nurse and taught at the school of nursing at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.

Faith was a World War II Navy veteran,

achieving the rank of lieutenant commander.

She was a 50-year member of the Martha Jefferson Democratic Club. She is survived by her husband Bud and her daughter.

Karl Bahnick ’78, May 1, Woodstock.

He is survived by two sons and his mother.

Janice Van Tine Conrad ’78, March 4, Arvada, Colorado. She had been employed by OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, and in Colorado at Mercy Hospital in Denver, Lutheran Hospital in Wheatridge, and Colorado Lutheran Home in Arvada. She is survived by her husband John and three children.

Mattie Clark Patterson ’69, May 3, Peoria. She was a teacher in Peoria School District 150 for 25 years, retiring in 1995.

She held a master’s degree from Tennessee State University. Mattie had been an active member of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church for 45 years. Survivors include her husband Calvin, two sons, and a grandson.

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Eva Klobuchar Stuckel ’69, June 19, Canton. She taught nursing at Graham Hospital and Methodist Medical Center until retiring in 1980. She also worked as a private duty nurse. During World War II she was a surgical nurse. Survivors include her husband Melvin, her son, two grandsons, and two stepgranddaughters.

John C. Wells ’84, April 30, Strongsville, Ohio. He was a chartered financial analyst and was employed by Mellon Private Wealth Management. Earlier, John worked at Commercial National Bank in Peoria. He held a master’s degree from Illinois State University. He is survived by his wife Susan, two daughters, and his parents.

James Wachtel ’69, April 7, East Aurora, New York. He was the purchasing manager of Ferguson Electric and served on its board of directors. He was an Army veteran and had served in Vietnam. He is survived by his wife Beverly Helling Wachtel ’68 and two children.

Susan Yarde Wiemer ’84, April 10, Algonquin. She worked as an accountant for 20 years. Susan was an active member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Elgin. She is survived by her husband Robert and her parents.

1970s John D. Alley, Jr. ’71, November 10, 2003, Sandy, Utah. He enjoyed music and outdoor sports. Survivors include his wife Annette, one daughter, and his mother.

Robyn Tarshes Cooper ’73, April 2003, Naperville. She is survived by her husband Charles Cooper ’71 MA ’73, three children, and her parents.

Kenneth Emody ’74, January 14, Carol Stream. He is survived by his wife JoAnn, three children, and his parents.

Bonnie Gibson Mack MA ’76, March 28, Peoria. She was a history teacher in Peoria School District 150 for 28 years, retiring in 1998. She had been an adjunct instructor at Bradley University and a counselor at Illinois Central College. Bonnie was an active member of Bethel United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband Austin and her daughter.

Marie Kohlrus Alberssen ’85, June 22, East Peoria. She was an English teacher at St. Thomas Grade School in Peoria for 15 years. She had also worked as a real estate broker and at Caterpillar Inc. in Morton. Survivors include her husband Ted, four children, 13 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

1990s Leeothia Robinson Washington ’93, March 8, Peoria. She was a social worker with the Peoria County Health Department for 10 years. She was co-founder of St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church and was president of Orthodox Wood River District Baptist Association. Survivors include her husband Tommy, her son, and two grandchildren.

Andria Ford ’97, July 26, 2003, Salem, Oregon. She was a registered nurse in the progressive care unit of Salem Hospital.

Andria served in the Army during the Gulf War. Survivors include Neil Johnson, her son, and her parents.

Faculty John Kenny John Kenny, professor emeritus, died on August 26. He taught physics and astronomy for 36 years, retiring in January. He lived in Peoria.

Dr. Kenny held a doctoral degree in theoretical physics from Clemson University. He had several fellowships, including two in Ireland. Recently he was involved in cold fusion studies with faculty from the University of Illinois. He was instrumental in bringing soccer to Peoria and to Bradley University.

An article about his illness and his interest in soccer appeared in the Spring 2004 issue of Bradley Hilltopics. He was also active in the Peoria County Democrats.

Survivors include his wife Patricia, five children, and eight grandchildren.

Hazel Peterson Hazel Peterson, retired associate professor of music, died on May 26.

She lived in Tampa, Florida.

She earned a post-graduate diploma in voice from Julliard School of Music and also held a master’s degree in music from Columbia University Teacher’s College. She won a vocal arts contest in Chicago, resulting in an appearance at Orchestra Hall. She enjoyed teaching and singing in operas, recitals, and churches. After retiring in 1973, she directed the Village Rhythm Band and Recorder Ensemble in Tampa.

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Chapter Contacts Anchorage Leo von Scheben ’64 (907) 276-4245

Philadelphia

Richard Jankowski, Jr. ’83 (856) 427-6966

Atlanta Markie Menlen Wilson ’93 (404) 634-3715 Austin Chuck Wharton ’63 MA ’69 (512) 331-5820

Phoenix Sandra Fleming Carruthers ’62 MA ’65 (623) 780-5991 Quad Cities

Boston Dan Poscover ’93 (617) 738-4802

(563) 323-2626

Central Illinois Michelle Noe ’98 (309) 677-2240

Rockford Doug Halberstadt ’83 (815) 962-2648

Chicago Amy Turk ’97 (312) 443-1570

San Francisco Brian Clouser ’96 (415) 359-0810

Dallas-Fort Worth John ’87

Sarasota Roger Roszell ’57 MBA ’59 (941) 358-3883

and Jennifer Davis Mathis ’88 (972) 644-4208 Denver Ed Geeser ’90 (303) 399-2115 Houston Lucien Klejbuk, Jr. ’77 (713) 932-7988 Indianapolis Jason ’95 and

Linh Stevens Preston ’96

Richard Geifman ’64

Southern California Mary

Ellen Eagelston ’81 (858) 272-2255; Dee

Brockman Lorenzetti ’60 (310) 545-9310 Southeast Florida Jeffrey ’72

and Alicia Book Spero ’72 (561) 482-8534

(317) 931-0768 Kansas City Kevin Bogner ’92 (913) 227-0538 Las Vegas Jane Jensen Saint ’82 (702) 361-6276 Milwaukee Melvin Martin ’50 (414) 281-5877 Minneapolis-St. Paul Cal Flaig ’50 (763) 473-4764 New York Steve Smith ’81 (908) 979-0047

Southwest Florida Walter Keene ’58 (239) 481-7934 Springfield Doug Pollock ’71 (217) 787-5079 St. Louis Diane Meyer Ruffus ’95 (314) 209-9195 Tampa Marilyn Leininger Gand ’55 (727) 938-3636 Tucson Kevin ’85 and Dawn Van Hoorebeke Garcia ’82 (520) 886-4036

Northern Arizona Gary Dawson ’66 (928) 282-2065

Washington, D.C. Brenda Lopez ’02 (301) 908-6325

North Carolina Jennifer Grant ’99 (919) 467-9084

Washington State

Jack Leengran ’50 (360) 321-2816

Orlando Bill ’82 and Chris

Lund Andersen ’83 (407) 294-0610

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Bewitching dates to remember

alumni, faculty & student creativity

Homecoming 2004 M o n d a y, O c t o b e r 2 5 Pep Rally

T h u r s d a y, O c t o b e r 2 8

Founder’s Day, Alumni College,

50-Plus Club Reception

Phi Tau Haunted House Fr i d a y, O c t o b e r 2 9 Alumni College Homecoming Parade Tailgate Party Soccer, Bradley vs. SMU Fireworks Phi Tau Haunted House Alumni Night at Jimmy’s S a t u r d a y, O c t o b e r 3 0 Gary R. Tippett Memorial

Homecoming 5K Race Greek Games Class of 1954 Reunion Luncheon Chili Supper in the Field House Bradley Basketball Scrimmages Post-Game Party, Field House Phi Tau Haunted House Alumni Night at Jimmy’s S u n d a y, O c t o b e r 3 1 Soccer, Bradley vs. Tulsa Register online at www.bradley.edu/homecoming or call the Office of Alumni Relations at (800)952-8258.

Central Illinois Twenty-five alumni and friends gathered at Jimmy’s Bar on July 22.

Shown from left are graduate student Beth Schutte, Abby Viall ’04, Jonathan Metz ’04, Tiff Ziemann ’04, and Sara Ray ‘04

Indianapolis Alumni and friends gathered July 24 for Symphony on the Prairie with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Shown from left to right are Jodi and Josh Friedman, Dick Killmer ’60, Michael Friedman ’94, Jason Preston ’95, Dianne Killmer, Syndie Hoffman Sorenson ’97, Erik Sorensen ’96, Linh Stevens Preston ’96, Jeremiah Ingram ’04, Sara Stamel ’97, and Krissy Sison ’04.

Alumni Events October 12 Chicago Lake County alumni event, Mickey Finn’s Brewery, Libertyville, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

October 20 Chicago DuPage County alumni event, Ruth Lake Country Club, Hinsdale, 6-8 p.m.

October 21

Women’s Basketball Members of Bradley University’s women’s basketball teams between 1994 and 1998 reunited on June 12 at Laura Bradley Park. Shown from left to right, front row, are Tammy VanOppen ’97, Stephanie White ’99, Dana Anderson ’98, Krisha Green ’97, Courtney Spillers ’98, and back row, academic advisor Susan Rapp ’83 MA ’85, Carrie Coffman ’95, Jackie Parker ’98 MA ’00, Jennifer Miller ’00 Kim Jackson ’95, and former coach Donna Frietag. Paula Buscher, the current women’s basketball coach, led a tour of the new women’s facility under construction at Robertson Memorial Field House.

Chicago CABAC suburban happy hour, Alumni Club in Schaumburg, 871 E. Algonquin Road, 6 p.m.

November 1 Chicago basketball tip-off luncheon, Harry Caray’s, 33 W. Kinzie Avenue, 11:30 a.m.

November 4 Chicago south suburban alumni event, Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields, 6-8 p.m.

December 1 DeKalb Northern Illinois University vs. Bradley men’s basketball game, NIU campus, 7 p.m.

December 10

Chicago Alumni gathered on June 23 at the University Club for lunch with Dr. David Broski, president of the University. Shown from left are Bruce Black ’66, Mel Smith ’65, Kay McCurdy ’72, John Matthews, Leo Harmon ’92, Dick Lansing ’68, Heather Swaberg ’84, Edward Pryor ’83, Carl Berkelbach ’62, Debora Needham ’84, Lester Blair ’86, Dr. Broski, Bob Johnson ’53, and Chuck Ebeling ’66.

Detroit Thirty Bradley alumni and friends gathered on May 20 in conjunction with the Formula SAE event held in Detroit.

Among those attending were 11 students who worked on the formula car for their senior engineering project.

Peoria CIBAC holiday party, Robert Michel Student Center ballroom, 6 p.m. cash bar, 7 p.m. dinner; $23 members, $25 non-members

University Events October 22-24 Parents’ Weekend October 23 Legacy family reception, Bradley University Alumni Center, 4-6 p.m.

October 28-31 Homecoming December 18 Commencement, Field House, 10 a.m.

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Westlake Hall Counted Cross Stitch Instructions Designed by Paula Rosengrant SECTION A: 3808 BACKSTITCH 597 OPEN AREA, CROSS STITCH SYMBOLS:

597 (3/4 stitch) 3810 SECTION B: 597 BACKSTITCH 3811 OPEN AREA, CROSS STITCH SYMBOLS:

3811 (3/4 stitch) 598 SECTION C: 597 BACKSTITCH 844 BACKSTITCH 310 (2 strands) [long-stitch] 647 CROSS STITCH (entire area

outside clock face) WHITE CLOCK FACE 310 Center stitch of clock face SYMBOLS:

647 (3/4 stitch) SECTION D: 310 (1 strand) [long-stitch] 535 BACKSTITCH 598 BACKSTITCH 648 CROSS STITCH (entire area outside clock face)

SYMBOLS: 648 (3/4 stitch) 3811 CROSS STITCH 310 Center stitch of clock face Just in time to stitch for a holiday or graduation gift, this cross-stitched design of Westlake Hall will be a cherished heirloom. For a closer view of Paula Rosengrant’s finished project, go to www.bradley.edu/hilltopics

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SECTION E: 844 BACKSTITCH 647 CROSS STITCH (entire area except black x)

SYMBOLS: 535 CROSS STITCH 535 (3/4 stitch) The entire fabric area should be stitched, using 1/4 and 3/4 stitches, when two colors must share one square of the chart.

SECTION F: 535 BACKSTITCH 648 CROSS STITCH (entire area except black x ) SYMBOLS: 535 CROSS STITCH Again, all areas of fabric should be stitched.

WORDING: WESTLAKE HALL 310 2 STRANDS BRADLEY 347 2 STRANDS (UNDERLINE) 310 1 STRAND UNIVERSITY 347 1 STRAND Hint: The design may be stitched with all cross stitches omitted, for a line-drawing effect, using only the backstitched outline for the entire work.

All backstitch is done with a single strand of floss, except the clock face in Section A, which requires two strands of DMC 310 – Black.

All cross stitches are done with two strands of floss, over two vertical threads of the fabric.

1/4 and 3/4 stitches are used in this chart.

A small color symbol is used to designate the squares of the chart that call for a 3/4 stitch.

Please note that the corresponding 1/4 stitches are left unmarked on the chart, but the partial (1/4) stitch must be completed in the color with which the adjacent Section of cross stitch is filled.

Note: SECTION E should be completed in DMC #844. All of the mortar lines of the brick should be done as “long-stitch,” with each covering four squares of the graph (or less, as needed).

SECTION F should be completed in DMC #535.

All of the mortar lines of the brick should be done as “long-stitch,” with each covering four squares of the graph (or less, as needed).

FLOSS: DMC FABRIC: 28 count ‘Fairy Dust’ Lugana (Zwiegart Fabrics) 11” x 18” FINISHED DESIGN SIZE: 3.75” x 11.25”

White 310 347 535 597 598 647 648 844 3808 3810 3811

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Women’s Brock University (Exhibition) McMaster University (Exhibition) Wilfrid Laurier University (Exhibition) University of Guelph (Exhibition) York University (Exhibition) Red-White Scrimmage (Field House) Quincy (Field House) (Exhibition) Lewis Southeast Missouri State Loyola-Chicago Bowling Green State Northern Illinois DePaul Butler Pepperdine Samford *Creighton *Indiana State *Southwest Missouri State *Drake *Wichita State *Evansville *Southern Illinois *Northern Iowa *Creighton *Indiana State *Southern Illinois *Illinois State *Southwest Missouri State *Wichita State *Evansville Bracketbuster III *Illinois State *Northern Iowa *Drake MVC Tournament, St. Louis, MO

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SIU-Edwardsville (Exhibition) 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Challengers (Exhibition) 2:05 p.m.

SUNY-Stony Brook 1:05 p.m.

Illinois-Chicago 7:05 p.m.

Detroit 12:00 p.m.

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Illinois 7:05 p.m.

Jackson State (Carver Arena) 4:35 p.m.

Saint Louis 2:05 p.m. *Southwest Missouri State 7:05 p.m. *Wichita State 7:05 p.m. *Northern Iowa 12:05 p.m. *Evansville 7:00 p.m. *Southern Illinois 2:05 p.m *Illinois State 7:05 p.m. *Indiana State 2:05 p.m. *Drake 7:05 p.m. *Creighton 3:05 p.m. *Northern Iowa 4:05 p.m. *Evansville 7:05 p.m. *Southern Illinois 2:05 p.m. *Indiana State 6:00 p.m. *Illinois State 2:05 p.m. *Creighton 7:05 p.m. *Drake 4:05 p.m. * Southwest Missouri State 7:05 p.m. *Wichita State TBA MVC Tournament, Normal, IL

Home games listed in red. Men’s home games at Carver Arena unless noted. Women’s home games at Robertson Memorial Field House unless noted.

Check the Bradley University Athletics website at www.bubraves.com for schedule updates and for games that will be televised. *Denotes Missouri Valley Conference regular season games. Times listed at Central Standard Time; subject to change.

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