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Researching wireless wonders Spring 2006 Volume 12 Issue 2 Karen Crowley Metzinger MA ’97 editor Nancy Ridgeway associate editor Aimée Roy assistant editor Gayle Erwin McDowell ’77 classnotes editor/contributing writer Michelle Bowers Gray designer/illustrator

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Laptops, cell phones, and other wireless technology have become part of our everyday lives. Bradley electrical and computer engineering professors are conducting research at the frontier of this technology in a new advanced microwave engineering laboratory established on campus through funding from a $265,000 National Science Foundation grant.

Live like an Egyptian

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Dr. Amir Al-Khafaji, professor and department chair of civil engineering and construction, has led his third group of Bradley students on an adventure through Egypt. With the help of many Egyptians and friends at the American University in Cairo, students see and do things most tourists could not.

Duane Zehr university photographer

Ice dream: Olympian Matt Savoie ‘02

Daniel Manson web communications

The dream of competing at the Olympics is now reality for Matt Savoie ’02, who finished seventh in the men’s figure skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.

Student Staff Assistants Allison Camp ’07 Lenora Houseworth ’06 Taija Jenkins ’08 Christy Moss ’06 Administration Dr. David C. Broski president William Engelbrecht vice president for advancement Kathy Fuller assistant vice president for university relations cover: Photo by Elsa/Getty Images

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Deadline news: March 5 . . .Tami Lane ‘96 wins Oscar (see p. 2) . . .

Bradley men claim second place in Missouri Valley Conference tournament at St. Louis (visit bubraves.com)

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Grad had hand in historic preservation

I enjoyed your article on “Preserving Chicago’s Pullman state historic site” in the winter issue of Hilltopics.

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Ralph Johnson ’86 and his family.

Good job, Hilltopics staff!

John Del Barba ’58 Gaithersburg, MD Cherri Lowe Miller ’86 (formerly of Princeton, IL) Lawrenceville, GA factory wings; n building and tory administratio Florence with a 60-room tower; three-s Hotel al landmark ory, 65-room ated as a nation and the four-st n site was design labor and urban annex. The Pullma the area’s contributions to e of in 1969 becaus . planning history

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Factory in 1998, yet reached the ation Agency sh of the industr not ter Preserv has establi c to charac site was the Pullman of Illinois Histori rescue and stac Site. His job Wagenbach says 13-acre site. The n State Histori thing we do is ement of the of the Pullma tion. “The first g—roofs, fenesn in the late and local manag point of restora of the buildin state operations by industrialist George Pullma an area the envelope s structural in bilize. We secure built l protection, addres factory town, of Chicago’s loop to much of re and therma 15 miles south concerns.” tration, moistu t region, home to life safety 1800s, is about d Glenn as the Lake Calume failures, and attend Murtagh ’85 and her husban n’s generally known y. ts of South Pullma and Popenhagen York, residen Jill New industr , 3,000 ’s the that we Detroit the region are among with insisted shops in St. Louis, in Europe and England. 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Remembering the’50s

Bradley basketball with Chick Hearn calling the games. We sat just a few feet from him.

Duryea Hall—had an 8 o’clock every morning.

Job Center—it kept me at Bradley U. Classmates—always friendly.

I really enjoyed Bradley Hilltopics Fall 2005.

We can’t forget to mention the Downyflake Restaurant down on Southwest Adams Street.

Its motto was: “As you ramble through life brother Whatever be your goal Keep your eye upon the doughnut And not upon the hole.”

We also ate quite often at Bishop’s Cafeteria on Main Street.

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I’ve been enjoying reading Hilltopics over the years, and I always look forward to receiving each new issue. It brings back fond memories of my years not only at Bradley, but also in the United States in general. It was the best part of my life. Hilltopics is my only tangible connection to my alma mater, and I keep every single one of them. Though I still visit the United States once or twice a year on business trips, mainly in the Bay area, I’ve never had the chance to go back to Bradley. I hope one day I’ll be able to bring my wife and children back to the place where my adult life really began.

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The Oscar goes to...

Tami Lane ’96 is Bradley’s first Academy Award winner for her work as the lead prosthetic makeup artist on the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. She was responsible for leading a team of 42 makeup and prosthetic experts who often worked on more than 170 creatures each day.

Only two, Lane and Howard Berger, were specifically named for this film. Lane has worked on major films including The Green Mile, Vampire, The Lord of the Rings, and the upcoming Superman Returns. In 2002, Lane was a member of the makeup team who earned an Oscar nomination for work in New Zealand on The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

As an art major with an emphasis in graphic design, Lane did makeup for local theater. A friend told her about Dr. Robert Jacobs, professor of communication, who took students on an annual trip to Los Angeles, including a visit to a makeup effects house. Lane left for Los Angeles with Jacobs’ group of 10 students and was introduced to Howard Berger, part-owner of KNB EFX Group, Inc., a creature shop. When she handed him her business card—a paddle ball with her contact information on it, he suggested she contact him after graduation.

Two weeks after graduating from Bradley, she returned to Berger’s company.

Although he didn’t recall Lane initially, he remembered her creative use of the paddle ball “business cards.” He offered her a job, and she worked for him until branching out on her own in 2000. In 2004, Lane answered another call from Berger, this time for the position of lead prosthetic artist on Narnia.

The day after the Academy Awards presentation, Jacobs praised her for following her dream. “I’m more proud of Tami than I can say.”

Number one in the world

by Allison Camp ‘07

Paul Larson ’05 is the first Bradley student to win the William S. Smith Student Highest Achievement award from the Institute of Internal Auditors by attaining the top score in the world on the Certified Internal Auditor exam. The test, proctored worldwide, is the only internationally accepted certification exam for internal auditors.

Paul Larson ’05 attained the highest score in the world on the Certified Internal Auditor exam. Larson double majored in accounting and music performance at Bradley.

Tami Lane ‘96 learned to work with poly-foam bodies, animal hair, vampire makeup, and worked up to doing the prosthetic makeup for Ginarrbrik, the White Witch’s sleigh driver in The Chronicles of Narnia (shown above).

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“I was thrilled to learn that Paul had received the William S. Smith award,” said Dr. Simon Petravick, associate professor of accounting. “Simply passing his exam on his first attempt would be a significant accomplishment. To come away with the best student score in the world is amazing and indicates the kind of bright student Paul is. For Paul to attain this award, he went well above and beyond the requirements of our internal auditing class.”

The CIA exam is the main designation for internal auditors for public accounting. “You have to pass four individual exams,” Larson said, “which are all a

part of one whole exam.” He took the exams, ranging from business analysis, business management skills, conducting the internal audit engagement, and the internal audit activity’s role in governance, risk and control, in Bloomington. Applicants are allowed three and a half hours on each exam, and over 30,000 people took the CIA exam in 2004.

Master at the keyboard Not content to excel only in his pursuit of an accounting degree, Larson found his passion playing the piano, an instrument he had quit as a child, but returned to at the beginning of high school. Larson auditioned before his freshman year to gain admittance to the music program, but was rejected.

Dr. Ed Kaizer, professor of piano and music history, offered Larson piano lessons to improve his technique. “I was practicing and taking lessons from him for most of the summer,” Larson said. “A year after my first failed audition, I re-auditioned and I was accepted into the music program.”

Under Kaizer’s guidance, Larson practiced six to eight hours each day on vocal and piano training during his freshman year. Over the course of his sophomore, junior, and senior years, Larson gave three memorized solo piano recitals, which he says featured some of the most difficult pieces in piano literature.

With a double major in music performance and accounting, Larson said music demanded a great deal of his time at school. “Pretty much my whole experience has been trying to satisfy all the different demands with piano practice,” Larson said.

Larson said his love of music dominated everything he did at Bradley. The practice room in Constance Hall became home. He has given a benefit concert for the tsunami victims, performed at a dinner for Camp of Champions, a faith-based day camp, and for the American Red Cross 12 hours of giving. He has also played at Northwoods Community Church.

In addition to excelling academically and musically, Larson was active in several campus organizations and was a member of the residential life staff.

After his recent graduation, Larson joined Clifton Gunderson. He works full-time and takes master’s courses in accounting at Bradley while commuting from his hometown of Groveland.

Larson credits Kaizer and Petravick as being influential in his success at Bradley.

“One of the things I think is great about my experience at Bradley is the close association between professor and student,” Larson said. “There’s more of a relationship here. It’s enriched my experience to be able to talk to music professors. The same is true for the business college.”

A Top Ten tumbler

by Nancy Ridgeway

While many Bradley freshmen were adjusting to their new surroundings in Peoria last September, Kaycee Melvin ’09 of Morton was in the Netherlands, competing in the International Age Group Games. Melvin was one of 80 youth nationwide who qualified to represent the U.S. at the world games. She and four other gymnasts who train at Central Illinois Tumbling and Trampoline (CITT) in Pekin were selected for the games after competing in June at the Elite Challenge in Phoenix, Arizona, and in July at the U.S.A.G. Nationals in Houston, Texas.

An accounting major, Melvin says the key to a rigorous training schedule, coupled with a 17-hour course load, is to be organized. That was particularly true during her 10-day trip, September 16-25, to the Netherlands, where she was among 1,000 youth from 40 countries who competed. She began training shortly after arriving in Eindhoven, where the games were held. However, on the third day of training, Melvin sprained her ankle. A potential medal contender, Melvin was determined to compete despite the injury and came away with a 10th-place finish. Performing eight-skill passes that consist of round-offs, flic-flacs, whips, and double somersaults, which involve doubles in the straight position and full twists in the midst of piked double somersaults, are all part of Melvin’s regiment.

Linda Fink Laaker ’80 and Jon Williams ’77, both former Bradley cheerleaders, were chosen by USA Gymnastics to serve as team coaches for the U.S. delegation of tumblers on the gymnastics team. They coach at CITT, where Rick Hutchison, a sergeant for the Bradley Police Department, is majority owner.

Despite her injury, Melvin has no regrets. “The biggest thing I learned was to stick with it, even if I was injured. I decided to just try. I didn’t want to look back on this and wonder how I would have done if I had competed.”

Jon Williams ‘77, Kaycee Melvin ‘09, and Linda Fink Laaker ‘80 are shown at the International Age Group Games, held last September in the Netherlands.

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Friedan remembered Women’s activist Betty Goldstein Friedan HON ’91 received a standing ovation when presented with an honorary degree during Bradley’s commencement ceremony in May 1991. The Peoria native’s 1963 bestseller, The Feminine Mystique, set the stage for the women’s movement in America.

Friedan co-founded the National Organization of Women and was the first president of NOW in 1966.

She went on to write The Second Stage (1981) and The Fountain of Age (1993). Friedan died on February 4, her 85th birthday. She lived in Washington, D.C. Survivors include three children and nine grandchildren.

Speech teams recognized Participating in competitions since the University was founded in 1897, the Bradley speech team has become the most successful intercollegiate team in history. The team has won 38 national championship titles since beginning national competition in 1978, and every four-year member of the team has known the experience of being a national champion.

Bradley’s 134 individual national titles are more than the other top 25 schools combined. No other school has claimed more than 15.

At the state level, the Bradley speech team has won 32 of the last 36 state tournaments. At those 36 tournaments, Bradley students have won 163 state titles, including at least one in every year of competition. The current speech team competes in the 2006 Nationals in April.

Current and former Bradley speech team members, along with communication faculty, displayed a portion of the trophies the team has earned throughout the years during halftime of a Bradley men’s basketball game on February 14 (above). Visit speechteam. bradley.edu for details about Night Before Nationals, two evening presentations on March 24 and 25, featuring material the team will take to Nationals.

Mastering lifelong learning

by Karen Crowley Metzinger MA ’97 Armed with a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Notre Dame, and many successful years as the founder of Aggregate Construction Equipment and Supply Company, Paul Coogan set out to do something constructive with his life after retirement.

“In my downtime and within my skill level, I needed a challenge,” said Coogan. “Since I always enjoyed school to a degree, I looked through the Bradley catalog and found the Master of Liberal Studies (MLS) program, a broad-based master’s degree. I also looked at the non-credit classes at Bradley’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), but I needed somewhat of a challenge and an incentive to complete the work.

I wanted to take classes for credit.”

Coogan had last been in a classroom setting nearly 15 years ago when he completed half of the requirements for a Bradley MBA before the format was changed and interfered with his business travel. This time around presented another set of obstacles. “My computer skills are minimal, and the course material requires a lot of writing. In 2004, halfway through the first semester of my first class,” said Coogan, “I was somewhat intimidated. I didn’t know if I could keep up, and I thought I was getting overwhelmed, but Dr. Peter Dusenbery, associate professor of English, encouraged me. Everyone at the University has been helpful.” And Coogan said Joanne, his wife of 47 years, continues to support him through the process because he finds it so rewarding.

Now, with eight courses of the required 10 completed, Coogan noted that each professor’s viewpoints and strengths make for lively discussions. Since the program is flexible and well thought-out, Coogan has had the opportunity to interact with a variety of students who bring vast amounts of information to share. This enriching experience has opened his eyes to how differently people think, and, he added, “kind of altered my old notions towards life.” While he’s always glad to hear other people’s opinions about issues and topics, he is happy to contribute his own ideas. He considers it to the advantage of the younger students to have some interaction with older students who have different perspectives. “For example,” said Coogan, “the World War II era isn’t really history; it’s virtually current events for me.”

Coogan said he is “always impressed with the means and methods the younger generation uses these days. The future is in good hands with our young people. I wish my generation wasn’t reluctant to take the first step and consider the MLS program.

And talk about bargains; at $25 an hour [for a

maximum of 6 hours a semester], it’s completely affordable. Seniors are urged to participate in physical exercise on a regular basis. The brain also needs to be exercised. The University is to be lauded for the MLS program and its policy toward senior citizens.”

Nevertheless, Coogan admitted some of the requirements are rather stiff, including final exams. He said his grandchildren wonder why he puts himself through the tension of finals. But, he smiled, “Now, I can relate to what two of my granddaughters are going through!”

Claire Hutchison MA ’96, who is also pursuing an MLS degree, considers herself a “compulsive student.” It may be a genetic trait dating back to her grandparents and parents, who like Hutchison, earned undergraduate degrees from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Hutchison later earned her first master’s degree in counseling at the University of Illinois. In 1996, she completed a master’s in English at Bradley with an emphasis on creative writing, but she began the program with “much trepidation.”

“I did a lot of creative writing. After graduating from Bradley, I left to teach English in China. I wrote a book about my experience. If Bradley had a master’s in English literature, I would take it. If Bradley offered a Ph.D. program, I would be in it. I know it’s a difficult accreditation process, but it would increase Bradley’s reputation as a school of learning.”

Hutchison has led a full life raising seven children and working in a variety of environments including city government, and the legal and educational systems in Illinois. “While I am in class strictly to learn, many students in the MLS program are here to enhance their careers,” said Hutchison. “They are all educated and fun to be with. My 10 grandchildren love that I’m in class, and I haven’t taken a single course I haven’t enjoyed.”

Graduating in the spring of 2007 is Hutchison’s goal. She may stay at Bradley and dabble in additional coursework. She encourages seniors to take advantage of the MLS program that includes a senior citizen discount. Hutchison added, “If Bradley doesn’t offer another master’s I can sink my teeth in, I don’t know what I’ll do. Being a compulsive student, I always ask myself, ‘What can I do next?’”

Call 309-677-3089 for more information on how seniors (62 and older) can apply for the senior discount for undergraduate and graduate programs. For information on the Master of Liberal Studies program, call Max Taylor, coordinator/director of the liberal studies program, at 309-677-3026.

Paul Coogan

Claire Hutchison MA ’96

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Heads up!

Would you like to own a Marcellus Sommerville ‘06 limited-edition bobble head? On September 30, at the “Bids for the Braves” fifth annual auction at the Par-A-Dice Hotel, two bobble heads will go to the highest bidder(s). The first 2,500 fans at the Bradley men’s basketball game on February 14 took the 6foot-7-inch senior’s bobble-head figure home with them.

Visit Chiefs Club at bubraves.com for

more information.

Far right: Steve Gorman MBA ’78 speaks with A.J. Brown ’06 during Gorman’s campus visit in January.

Students and faculty who attended the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization conference in Orlando (shown at right) expressed their appreciation by presenting Gorman with a framed and signed group photo. He established the Gorman Entrepreneurship Education Fund to dovetail with a gift from his classmate, Bob Turner MBA ’78, who endowed the Robert and Carolyn Turner Center for Entrepreneurship.

For more information, visit bradley.edu/fcba.

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Gorman’s Fund grows budding entrepreneurs

by Karen Crowley Metzinger MA ‘97

“When forty of us walked into the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization conference in Orlando wearing red polo shirts, we made quite a splash,” noted Dr. Fred Fry, professor of business management and administration and the voice of entrepreneurship at Bradley. Fry said later a colleague commented to him, “We knew it had to be Bradley.”

And thanks to the Gorman Entrepreneurship Education Fund, the polo shirts were just about the only expense the students incurred during their three-day October stay in Florida.

Three months later, Steve Gorman MBA ’78, president and CEO of Greyhound Lines, Inc. headquartered in Dallas, Texas, while on campus for a Board of Trustees meeting, heard firsthand from many of the entrepreneurship majors how his fund continues to enhance opportunities for promising entrepreneurs.

“The conference was phenomenal, inspiring,” said Michael Tasner ’06. “I was ten feet away from CEOs of major corporations. I learned how to write business plans and much more. Each day I learned something different. I collected 100 business cards.”

Emily Johnson ’07, an accounting major and member of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) chapter on campus, added, “I was personally inspired.

The conference opened my eyes to entrepreneurship.

It gave me many ideas and taught me that anything is possible with the right resources.”

In addition to at least one expense-paid trip to a National Collegiate Entrepreneurship conference, each entrepreneurship major receives a subscription

to Entrepreneurship magazine, Inc. magazine, and The Journal of Small Business, plus a copy of a business plan software.

Gorman has fond memories of being a grad assistant at Bradley. “We were just punk kids who thought we had great ideas,” he recalled. “We had textbook knowledge with no real-world knowledge, but we were in class with folks who were out in the working world, who worked full-time. I’m happy to give to the entrepreneurship program where future business leaders will take their knowledge out to the real world, where graduates take the thought processes and approaches out to the big businesses, as well as lead people towards goals and along a directed path.

I want to continue to recognize how much Bradley has meant to my career. Success doesn’t just fall out of the trees.”

yourBRADLEY is here

by Aimée Roy

Bradley University has introduced yourBRADLEY, a personalized and customizable Web experience for prospective students. Students receive a login, password, and the address to their own Web site.

When students log in for the first time, they are greeted by name by the admissions representative who will work with them throughout their college search.

“Students today expect online services,” says Jim Crone ’02, electronic communications manager at Bradley, “and Bradley is one of the few universities in the nation with a comprehensive portal-like experience for prospective students.” Crone says several thousand students are using yourBRADLEY continually.

The site allows students to use a personalized task list to stay on top of all they need to accomplish, such as sending in a transcript, ACT or SAT score, personal statement, or other materials essential to the admission process. Each task is automatically checked off as it is completed.

Rodney San Jose ’93, director of admissions, says yourBRADLEY is an overwhelming success. “Students are able to access information on their own time, when an admissions rep might not be available.

Students will come to Bradley for a visit day and say, ‘I checked yourBRADLEY yesterday and saw that you needed my personal statement, so here it is,’” says San Jose. “We’ve also found that students are learning about yourBRADLEY through word of mouth.”

A section of yourBRADLEY is devoted to academic and extracurricular activities in which the student has expressed an interest. Students can customize this section by adding or removing topics as their interests change. The site features instant messaging, allowing the student to send messages to a current student or admissions rep in real time. Bradley student bloggers keep personal online journals giving future Bradley students an idea of what to expect once classes begin. Additionally, yourBRADLEY features campus news feeds, an upcoming events calendar, and points of pride about the University.

The blogs, posted within the first two weeks of the fall semester, have received more than 50,000 hits.

“Blogs give the reader the feel, emotion, personality, and sense of place that data alone can’t,” says San Jose. “Students are comfortable with blogs, and

they feel they are reading honest depictions of life at Bradley as opposed to the image created by a crafted marketing piece.”

“The blogs serve as a powerful additional method of communication,” says Crone. “We receive numerous e-mails from prospective students with questions for the Bradley student bloggers, or just to thank the bloggers for their input. The blogs are very effective at opening a dialogue between Bradley and prospective students.”

Send an e-mail to admissions@bradley.edu for more information.

Dr. Gregory Pitts, associate professor of communication, is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar grant that allows him to lecture and research at the University of Montenegro in Podgorica, Serbia, and Montenegro, Yugoslavia.

He arrived in February and will stay until July.

His focus is on media training for students and the job outlook among media professionals.

Pitts is one of approximately 850 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad to some 150 countries during the 2005-06 academic year through the Fulbright Scholar Program. It was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas.

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Norman, a Great Dane and Irish Wolfhound mix, and Cydney, a basset hound, greet students before Dr. Zarvell’s class begins. The dogs were part of an animal abuse presentation given in class by the Peoria Humane Society and the Peoria Animal Welfare Shelter.

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Unleashing empathy

by Aimée Roy

As students file into class and find their seats, they are greeted by a friendly and curious basset hound named Cydney. Several students pet Cydney as he sniffs his way through the room. Finally, Cydney settles in and lies on his side while a few students sit on the floor next to him and rub his belly. Cydney basks in the attention.

The treatment Cydney receives in the classroom is in sharp contrast to the treatment many animals receive each day at the hands of their owners. As Lauren Malmberg of the Peoria Animal Welfare Shelter (PAWS), and Kitty Yanko, director of education for the Peoria Humane Society, begin their presentation, the tone in the classroom abruptly shifts from light and fun to somber and sympathetic.

“An 11-year-old boy strangles a cat, and no one does anything. ‘Boys will be boys,’ they say. Two years later, the same boy strangles a 4-year-old child—now he’s a murderer,” explains Malmberg. “You have to take animal abuse seriously so you can stop the cycle of violence.”

Dr. Ray Zarvell ‘69, executive director of student development and health services, invited the two women to visit his classes and talk about animal abuse as a way to sensitize his students. “Many people who mistreat animals also mistreat humans. I talked to the folks at PAWS to see if they would come out, and it just so happens that they have a program to do just that,” says Zarvell.

The presentation was given in ETE 225­­—human development, a required class for education majors,

and EHS 120—a class that introduces new Bradley students to campus life. The presentation stimulated discussion about discrimination, hate crimes, and other forms of abuse. Later, Zarvell’s EHS 120 class watched an edited version of The Laramie Project, the story of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man who was beaten to death. The class then discussed the death of James Byrd, Jr., a black man in Texas who was brutally dragged behind a truck until he was decapitated.

“I chose animals as the vehicle to introduce the topic of hate crimes because they elicit many different kinds of emotional responses from students without all of the human ‘drama’ that can often cloud the issue of human violence,” says Zarvell. He hopes that his students who become teachers will incorporate empathy education into their classrooms.

Malmberg and Yanko speak regularly to workers throughout the Peoria area whose occupations might require them to enter a home: social workers, postal carriers, meter readers, and police or probation officers. “Animal abuse is often the first indication that there is dysfunction in the family. Our goal is to make you understand the connection between animal abuse and human violence,” says Malmberg, showing graphic photos of animals that have been abused in the Peoria community. Malmberg explains the types of abuse in which animals fall victim: neglect, which involves not giving the animal proper food, shelter, or medical care; and cruelty, or intentional physical abuse. PAWS investigates more than 600 reports of cruelty or neglect each year. The dogs brought into the classroom are part of a group of animals that are taken to nursing homes as visitors and “animal therapists” for seniors. The animals are chosen for their gentleness.

Erin Kleiber ‘07, a music education major from Rock Island, says the experience was eye opening.

“I had never heard of pet hoarding, and as a teacher, I will be more aware of what to look for in students who might live in a home where animal abuse and possibly human violence is a problem,” says Kleiber.

Malmberg says the three main reasons people abuse animals are because they are insensitive and have lost a sense of empathy, because they learn they can get away with it, or because some grow to enjoy abusing animals. “Virtually every mass murderer has a history of abusing animals as a child,” says Malmberg, “so if you see someone abusing an animal, please report it.”

For more information, visit peoriahs.org or call PAWS at 309-494-8911.

Ivy League professor receives honorary degree “Math was just a cup of tea to me,” laughs Dr. William S. Massey ’41, the recent recipient of an Honorary Degree of Humane Letters from Bradley in recognition of his 42 years of teaching math in the Ivy League. He taught 32 years at Yale and 10 years at Brown. After graduating third in his class at Peoria Central High School, Massey attended Bradley for two years on scholarship.

Once he had taken all math classes offered, he left for the University of Chicago to complete his undergraduate studies and his master’s. Massey earned his Ph.D. from Princeton and has had 27 books published from his extensive math research. Adds Massey, “So many people have math anxiety. I was just one of the lucky ones, and Bradley prepared me well for going on to other universities.”

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“7 Habits for Highly Effective Teens” offered Bradley University Continuing Education will offer two one-day workshops this summer on “7 Habits for Highly Effective Teens.” Alumni and friends of the University are encouraged to enroll their high-school age children and grandchildren in one of two programs on Friday, July 14, or Friday, July 28. Workshops take place in the Michel Student Center’s Executive Suite from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The $95 fee includes Sean Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, the Success Guide workbook, refreshments, and lunch.

Leading the workshops are Franklin Covey-certified facilitators Janet Lange MA ’93, executive director of continuing education, and assistant director Jon Neidy MA ‘01. The workshops provide a step-by-step framework for boosting self-image, building friendships, resisting peer pressure, achieving goals, improving communication and relationships Bradley University Continuing Education, with parents, and much more. The habits build upon each other and in cooperation with the Institute of Reading Development, foster behavioral change and improvement from the inside out. will again offer reading classes for children Lange and Neidy will give participants a powerful overview of the and adults during the summer of 2006.

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“J.J.” Anderson coaches the Grizzlies

by David Driver

The Missouri Valley Conference inducted Mitchell “J.J.” Anderson ’82 into the Hall of Fame on March 2 in St. Louis. Anderson was voted one of the 15 greatest players during the first century of Bradley men’s basketball and is one of seven men’s basketball players to have his uniform number (11) retired. He remains one of only four players in the MVC to earn all-conference honors four times.

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Former Bradley hoop star Mitchell “J.J.” Anderson ‘82 was en route from Illinois to Iowa on a scouting trip in December 2004 when he received a call from Mike Fratello, who had just been named the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies.

Anderson remembers the call clearly: he was eating alone at a restaurant late one night in Peoria, the scene of his college glory days for Bradley from 1978 to 1982. Fratello, a veteran coach in the NBA, wanted Anderson to join his staff as an assistant coach.

Anderson, who had been scouting for the Grizzlies, jumped at the chance for his second stint as an assistant coach with Memphis. Anderson played in the NBA with Utah and Philadelphia, and he was an assistant for two full seasons (2000-2002) under former Memphis head coach Sidney Lowe.

One of Anderson’s tasks is working with big men for the Grizzlies, who were 30-23 overall in late February. “I like the individual workouts with the players,” said Anderson, sitting courtside at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., prior to a Memphis road game midway through the 2005-06 season.

“I like taking care of personnel.” Anderson enjoys talking about post players and trying to figure out their tendencies. “Do they like to go left or right?” is one question he likes to ask about NBA big men.

Memphis forward Brian Cardinal, who attended Unity High School in Tolono, has worked under Anderson for the past two seasons. “First off, he is a great guy,” said the 6’8” Cardinal, who played at Purdue University. “He has done a real good job [with big guys]. Back in his day, he was an unbelievable scorer. It has helped us this year, as the team has focused more on inside play in its half-court offense.”

One of Anderson’s pupils is 7-footer Pau Gasol, a native of Spain who has become one of the top big men in the NBA in five seasons with Memphis. Anderson can relate to Gasol and 7’2” Memphis center Jake Tsakalidis, who was born in the Republic of Georgia but moved to Greece when he was 15. As a player, Anderson spent 11 years in Europe after playing in the NBA with Philadelphia and Utah from 1982-85.

He played one season in Spain and Greece, part of a season in Germany, and eight seasons in Italy.

Anderson and Tsakalidis, who played four seasons in a top Greek league, share laughs about how they were supposed to tape their own ankles when they played in Europe. “So I didn’t tape,” Anderson said, with a grin. While playing in Italy, Anderson said Italian teammates told him about a story they read about him in a local paper. The article motivated Anderson to become more of a scorer for his team. “They expect [Americans] to lead the team in scoring [overseas]. If I have to score, I have to score,” Anderson told himself.

While playing for a Spanish team during the 1990s, Anderson once competed in Serbia while that region was the scene of ethnic violence. “We had a military escort to the hotel, and we were not allowed to leave the hotel except for the game,” he said.

The Chicago product, who turns 46 in August, enjoys challenges. As a Bradley student, Anderson took part in school plays and said that some of his basketball teammates came to see him perform on stage.

“They were shocked and surprised that I remembered my lines,” Anderson said.

One of Anderson’s most memorable professors at Bradley was the late George Armstrong, assistant professor of communication, whom he had for English classes as a freshman and sophomore, and for a communications class. “I was always thinking he was unfair, but he was just preparing us for life,” Anderson said.

Does he keep tabs on Bradley hoops? “I try to follow them when I can. I wish [head coach Jim] Les the best,” Anderson said. Perhaps one day Anderson will be a head coach. “I would love to [coach] my own NBA team, or go to the college ranks. Right now I enjoy what I am doing.”

Editor’s note: David Driver, a free-lance writer from Cheverly, Maryland, has covered professional basketball in North America and Europe. This is his third article for Bradley Hilltopics.

Men’s basketball results 11/03....... SIU-Edwardsille....................W 11/12....... Minnesota State....................W 11/19....... DePaul...................................W 11/26....... Chicago State.......................W 11/30....... Loyola-Chicago.......................L 12/03....... Bowling Green......................W 12/06....... Butler....................................L 12/14....... Western Kentucky.................W 12/17....... Delaware State.....................W 12/21....... Southern Mississippi................W 12/28....... Northern Iowa*.....................W 12/30....... Wichita State*........................L 1/02......... Creighton*...........................W 1/05......... Drake*...................................L 1/08......... Southern Illinois*....................L 1/11......... Wichita State*......................L 1/14......... Evansville*...........................W 1/18......... Creighton*.............................L 1/21......... Indiana State*......................W 1/25......... Missouri State*.....................W 1/28......... Evansville*.............................W 2/01......... Illinois State*........................W 2/04......... Missouri State*.......................L 2/08......... Indiana State*........................L 2/11......... Illinois State*.........................W 2/14......... Southern Illinois*..................W 2/18......... Tennessee Tech.....................W 2/22......... Northern Iowa*.......................W 2/25......... Drake*.................................W 3/02-3/05.MVC Tournament......................

Senior salute

by Allison Camp ’07

Women’s basketball results

photo by Duane Zehr

Two senior athletes received significant accolades during their final seasons.

Soccer player Chris Dunsheath ‘06 was selected by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the third round of the Major League Soccer draft in January. Dunsheath, coached

by Jim DeRose, will don the Galaxy’s uniform after his December graduation. He was the second keeper and the only Missouri Valley Conference player selected.

During his senior season, Dunsheath became the first Bradley soccer player named first-team All-American. Dunsheath enjoyed a lengthy career as keeper, marking the third-highest number of minutes played by a goalie in NCAA history.

He was named the 2005 MVC Defensive Player of the Year and broke the Bradley record for shutouts in a season. Dunsheath was the first keeper named all-MVC all four seasons. Additionally, he was a four-time NSCAA All-Midwest pick, a threetime MVC scholar-athlete, and set the MVC career record with 27.5 shutouts.

Dunsheath is the fifth Bradley athlete to be invited to the Adidas MLS combine. An accounting major, he informed the MLS that he wanted to defer his invitation to another player in order to complete his academic career at Bradley. “I have accomplished everything I could ever imagine in college,” Dunsheath said.

Volleyball standout Lindsay Stalzer ’06, who was nominated for All-American recognition, started all four years for coach Scott Luster. Named 2005 MVC Player of the Year, she is the only three-time Bradley volleyball player selected as first-team MVC. Stalzer is one of three Bradley players named an MVC first-team scholar athlete for three seasons.

As a senior, Stalzer led the nation in total kills (720) and ranked third in the country in kills per game at 5.85. She set all-time Bradley records for kills in a match (36), a season (720), and career (1,948).

These totals also established all-time MVC season and career kills marks.

After graduation, Stalzer will head to Europe to play volleyball professionally before beginning her career in mechanical engineering.

“It will be a great opportunity to experience a different culture and see another part of the world while getting to continue to play volleyball,” Stalzer said.

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11/06....... Quincy.................................W 71-50 11/12....... SIU-Edwardsille....................W 79-54 11/18....... Illinois-Chicago.....................W 78-73 11/21....... Valparaiso............................W 2 OT 79-71 11/25....... Miami .................................L 61-73 11/26....... Duquesne...............................L 60-70 11/30....... Western Illinois.......................L 54-57 12/02....... Loyola-Chicago.......................W 61-50 12/05....... Illinois . ................................L 64-80 12/15....... St. Mary‘s..............................L 55-60 12/18....... Saint Louis............................W 77-65 12/29....... Drake*.................................L 62-68 12/31....... Creighton*...........................L 68-79 1/05......... Evansville*.............................L 57-71 1/07......... Southern Illinois*....................L 64-66 1/12......... Indiana State*......................L 59-70 1/15......... Illinois State*........................W 71-63 1/21......... Northern Iowa*.......................L 68-82 1/26......... Missouri State*.......................L 45-66 1/28......... Wichita State*........................L 59-61 2/02........ Southern Illinois*..................W 52-43 2/04....... Evansville*...........................L 49-51 2/10..... Indiana State*........................L 52-78 2/12.... Illinois State*.........................L 51-66 2/17.... Northern Iowa*.....................L 64-67 2/24.... Wichita State*......................W 85-79 2/26...... Missouri State*.....................W 70-63 3/02......... Creighton*.............................

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Researching wireless wonders Story by Nancy Ridgeway and photos by Duane Zehr

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When our cell phones ring, as we pull out our laptops at our favorite trendy coffee houses, when we turn on satellite radios or access GPS navigation systems in our cars, or when we check our palm pilots, we rarely pause to consider all that goes into creating circuits that make wireless technology work. Bradley electrical and computer engineering professors and students are conducting research at the frontier of this technology, as they not only design monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), but also test and measure them.

A new advanced microwave engineering laboratory has been established at Bradley with funding from a $265,000 Major Research Instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation. The NSF’s highly competitive grant program drew proposals primarily from major research institutions, and receiving the grant is a significant accomplishment for Bradley. The proposal was one of 43 submitted for funding.

Dr. Prasad Shastry, professor of electrical and computer engineering, says one of the important criteria for the grant is that it not only promotes research, but also provides research training for students and collaboration between universities and industry.

The lab includes a microwave integrated circuit wafer probe station and a microwave network analyzer. The state-of-the-art equipment is used to test and measure MMICs, used in wireless technology. An MMIC chip is approximately one millimeter square in area and one- to twotenths of a millimeter in thickness. While Shastry and his students have designed this kind of technology in the past, the new equipment also allows them to test and measure it. “Very few companies and universities have such sophisticated equipment,” says Shastry.

BU partners with industry As part of the university-industry partnership, Bradley students are working with TLC Precision Wafer Technology, Inc., in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to create a 29 GHz MMIC amplifier that can be used in a broadband wireless system for high-speed data transmission and reception. “In this project, the company sent us the transistors. Students learned to use the wafer probe station, took measurements on the transistors, developed a model for the transistor, and are now designing the amplifier. We use state-of-the-art software tools to design the MMICs.” Shastry explains how an amplifier is used. “Signals, when they travel in air over long distances, diminish in their strength. Amplification means boosting the signal strength. The signals are amplified at the transmitter, before transmitting them into air, and again at the receiver, after receiving them from air. When we measure an amplifier, we are measuring how much of a boost the amplifier is giving to signals at different frequencies. We want to make sure that it functions properly and meets the requirements for which it was designed.”

Balamurugan Sundaram MSEE ‘06, Shastry’s graduate student assistant, says his master’s capstone research project involves integrating an amplifier into a duplexer circuit used in wireless systems.

A duplexer circuit enables the system to transmit and receive signals simultaneously. Sundaram and Shastry have invented a tunable active

duplexer for wireless systems. They are exploring the possibility of a patent for this new idea. They presented a paper on this research project at the European Microwave Conference in Paris, France, in fall 2005. An expanded version of this research paper will be published in the June 2006 special issue of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, the most prestigious journal in this field. (A research paper by Scarlet Daoud ’97 MSEE ’04, now an MMIC design engineer at U.S. Monolithics, Inc. in Chandler, Arizona, and Shastry, also will appear in the same issue. Work reported in this paper was done at Bradley as part of a master’s thesis project supported by a grant from Fujitsu).

Discussing other research projects, Shastry mentioned ongoing discussions with TLC Precision Wafer Technology about jointly writing project proposals to fund further research. In addition, he and his students are working with Northrop Grumman Corp. in Rolling Meadows, with whom Shastry has collaborated since 1991. “At that time, we could design MMICs, but we couldn’t test them.” Shastry is also negotiating a collaborative research contract with Mini-Circuits, Inc., in New York, and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., in Hillsboro, Oregon, to develop a broadband amplifier. Bradley would do the design and testing, TriQuint would manufacture it, and Mini-Circuits, who would fund the project, will sell the product.

Discussing the project, Shastry says currently four students are being trained to use the equipment in the new laboratory. “We want to implement more than one novel idea to meet the company’s specifications for the circuit.” Noting that students are designing the circuits, he explains, “The circuit design process is quite complicated. One must meet the specifications for the circuit. The design is done using stateof-the-art software tools. We check the design through simulations to confirm whether the specifications have been met. Once the design is done, we create a layout for the circuit. The layout is then sent to the manufacturer of the circuit. Once the circuit that we have designed has been manufactured, it comes back here and we do the testing and measuring.” Shastry comments, “We may also have a separate collaborative project with TriQuint that we will explore.”

He adds, “Wireless technology became commercial in the 1990s.

Before that, it was used primarily for defense applications. There has been a boom in the wireless industry due to civilian applications. The Internet also is not new. It was invented in the 1970s. Today, Internet2 (which allows higher speed data transmission and reception than the Internet available commercially) is limited to a consortium of universities and industry. It may be available to everyone in the future.”

Shastry concludes, “I can confidently say Bradley has one of the best microwave and wireless engineering programs in the country, up to the master’s level. We continually update our curriculum, and all our projects are on the cutting edge of technology.” Shastry will offer a new course on MMICs in which the new equipment in the advanced microwave engineering laboratory will be used.

Top left: Dr. Prasad Shastry, professor of electrical and computer engineering, left, and Balamurugan Sundaram MSEE ’06 stand in the new advanced microwave engineering laboratory. Students can now design, test, and measure chips used in wireless devices such as cell phones and Wi-Fi enabled laptop computers. Visit http://cegt201. bradley.edu/rfpage for more information.

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or the past three years in late December, Dr. Amir Al-Khafaji, professor and department chair of civil engineering and construction at Bradley, has led a group of Bradley students on a 21-day adventure through Egypt. The students spend five days a week studying at the American University in Cairo from 8 a.m. to noon. They travel throughout the afternoons and evenings to places most people have only seen in pictures.

The $3,200 cost includes tuition for a three-credit-hour course as well as airfare, ground transportation, hotel accommodations (including five-star hotels), breakfasts, tickets to historical sites, a bus trip to Alexandria, riding a sleeping train to Luxor, a New Year’s Eve dinner cruise on the Nile which lasts until 3 a.m., and a farewell dinner. “Many of our civil engineering and construction students received financial support from Williams Brothers and River City Construction to help with the cost of the trip, and for this we are very grateful,” says Al-Khafaji.

This year, students had the option of taking a civil engineering and construction class, taught by F. Eugene Rebholz MBA ‘76, associate professor of civil engineering and construction, or an early history of the Middle East class, taught by Dr. Gregory Guzman, Caterpillar professor of history. When classes were not in session, students toured pyramids, dined on delicious cuisine, and immersed themselves in the Egyptian culture. Many students picked up a few phrases of the Arabic language while in Egypt, and even learned to bargain with the locals over the prices of souvenirs at the Khan al-Khalili Bazaar. Some of the historic locations on the itinerary were the Great Temples of Luxor and Karnak and the Valley of the Kings, the Roman Theatre, ancient Alexandria, the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, and the Great Pyramids of Giza. “It was wonderful to see how our students bonded while being exposed to an awesome history and culture. We stayed at places that even tourists couldn’t afford!” says Al-Khafaji.

“Seeing the pyramids was beyond anything I could describe in words,” says political science major Erin Murphy ’06. “I really enjoyed touching the hieroglyphics that were 4,000 years old, stepping into the same tombs as the ancient Romans, and just feeling like a part of history.”

Al-Khafaji assures parents that every measure is taken to keep the students safe. “When the students arrive in Cairo, they become students of the American University in Cairo, which consists of a very international campus located in Cairo and a hostel on an island in the Nile,” says Al-Khafaji. “When we go out as a group, we are usually accompanied by armed guards. This year, the students, including my son Ali, went shopping and exploring without guards after seeing how safe the area was,” he adds.

Al-Khafaji says that everyone works together to ensure that the trip creates fond memories for the students. Throughout the trip, Rebholz shot and e-mailed photos that were uploaded daily to a Web site so families could see what their loved ones were doing in Egypt. Guzman helped make the tours more memorable by sharing his knowledge of ancient history with the students. And Al-Khafaji typically saves the highly anticipated visit to the Pyramids at Giza for last because he wants it to “be like the Super Bowl.”

“The trip is a life-changing and character-building experience that no course we offer on campus can match. It’s an opportunity for the students to experience a new world of possibilities they could never understand on their own,” adds Al-Khafaji. “Bradley is now recognized in Egypt for the integrity of its program and the quality of its students. I am proud of our students and faculty because they were professional, inquisitive, kind, and truly Bradley Braves.”

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To see photos from this year’s trip, visit bradley.edu/ academics/eng/Civil/Html/index.htm.

“We get into places and do things that others can’t...”

“My parents were concerned,” says Murphy, “but I just kept telling them that this was the safest way to visit Egypt—with a professor who speaks Arabic, knows the culture, and has connections.”

Al-Khafaji admits that orchestrating a trip such as this one requires the help of many Egyptians and friends at the American University in Cairo. “We have created contacts with a number of influential people in Egypt. They open doors for us and provide assistance when needed. We get into places and do things that others can’t,” says Al-Khafaji.

Adds Rebholz, “The Egyptians greeted us with open arms. At many shops, they would offer tea without expecting anything in return.”

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A Bradley spin on the

by Nancy Ridgeway Matt Savoie ’02 of Peoria is a man who knows what it is to be on the cutting edge.

Not only is this summa cum laude graduate a high achiever academically, but he has accomplished what most athletes only dream about—he is an Olympian.

Savoie placed seventh in the men’s figure skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, a personal best at the international level. The only Bradley alumnus to ever compete in the Winter Olympics, Savoie shared his experiences and insights, first in an interview shortly after learning he had qualified for the Olympics, and again via e-mail after competing, while he was still in Italy.

Savoie recalls stepping on the ice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 14. Besides placing in the national competition, Savoie knew this was his opportunity to qualify as a member of the U.S. Olympic team.

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“I told myself that whatever I did out there, I needed to be satisfied. I wanted to pull in for every jump; I wanted to go for the highest level of spins,” says Savoie, whose whole life went into a spin cycle when his third-place finish also landed him on the U.S. Olympic figure skating team.

His once-distant dream of competing in the Olympics was a reality. His life suddenly became a whirlwind of interviews with the media, congratulatory chats and messages with fans and supporters, decisions about costume changes, and more intense practice sessions—not to mention one more competition before the Olympics.

“During an Olympic year, the championships become more intense,” Savoie says, a bit amazed at his sudden stardom. “Even though I’ve placed third before, the attention this year was so much broader.”

Savoie describes his own skating style. “My choreographer has been Tom Dickson since

1997. I don’t know if it’s from working with him or my own taste, but my skating is subtle.

I tend not to be as flamboyant as some. That’s not to say others are over the top in any way.

I think it’s my personality. I don’t feel comfortable being boisterous, even in real life.”

When Savoie steps onto the ice, it’s like stepping onto a stage and portraying a character. “The character is not necessarily a person, but more like an idea. In my short program, in which I skate to Adagio for Strings, there is an aspect of mourning but also an aspect of anticipation—a sort of appreciation for something bigger than oneself.

For my long program, I skate to music from The Mission. There’s a contrast between primal forces and drum beats in the music…sort of soaring and sweeping melodies. There’s more joy in the long program than the short. Each program definitely has a different character.”

Savoie comments, “My programs parallel the way I carry myself off the ice. There’s a

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struggle to define who you are portraying in contrast to who you are off the ice.”

Discussing the balance between athleticism and artistry in figure skating, he adds, “After skating for 16 years, I always try to do more athletically. But where I can make leaps is on the artistic side. It’s where I’ve focused my efforts for the last five or six years. I’ve also learned to enjoy the artistic side more. When I was younger, I just liked to jump and spin.”

When Savoie competes, he not only measures himself against other skaters, but also challenges himself. “I enjoy the satisfaction you get after pushing yourself as far as you can go. It’s knowing I’ve pushed my personal boundaries to the limit.”

Savoie has concentrated solely on his skating since graduating from the University of Illinois with a master’s degree in urban planning in May 2005. He majored in political science with a minor in biology at Bradley, and this fall, he plans to attend Cornell Law

School. Skating practice and training have been an integral part of Savoie’s life throughout his college career. He practices 10 hours on the ice and eight to 10 off the ice in a typical training week. His coach Linda Branan has coached him since he was nine years old, and his practice rink is in Peoria Park District’s Owens Recreational Center.

While many figure skaters move out of state to train, Savoie chose to remain in Peoria.

“I didn’t feel like I was being held back by anything by staying in Peoria. When I started competing at a national level, my coach and I met coaches from out of town. I was able to work with them for brief periods in the summer, and that seemed to satisfy what I needed. I could go to Bradley and still skate.

I felt no strong need to get out and find something better.”

An important factor in Savoie’s ability to have both a skating career and a college career is that tuition costs were not a factor.

His mother Marina Savoie has worked in Bradley’s Cullom-Davis Library since 1975.

Dependents of full-time Bradley employees who meet Bradley’s admissions requirements may receive free tuition. Savoie comments, “Skating is expensive, and to have to handle the expense of higher-level academics along with skating—I don’t know how I could have done that.”

Bradley’s Personnel Advisory Committee sponsored a community-wide fundraising effort to pay expenses for Marina and her daughter Marisa to watch Savoie’s performances live at the Olympics. At press time, more than $12,000 had been raised.

As he anticipated the ultimate athletic event, the Olympics, Savoie’s focus was on keeping the experience in perspective. “In a sense, things will never be the same, but I need to focus on enjoying the event and enjoying skating and not letting the perceived enormity of the event distract me.”

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You have been described as the “Pride of Peoria,” and certainly, you also are the “Pride of Bradley.” Tell what it means to represent your hometown, your alma mater, and your nation at the Olympics.

Savoie: It’s an amazing feeling. I’m just as proud of my school, community, and country as my supporters at home may be of me; so I don’t find it difficult to communicate that pride to an international audience at the Olympics. All I have to do is be myself.

Describe your short program performance.

Savoie: The first two jump elements seemed easy once they were completed. I lost focus going into my third jump element (triple lutz), and I doubled and then stepped out of that jump; but the rest of the program felt fine. Strangely, missing that jump — one of my easiest — didn’t bother me as much as I thought it would. I think the fact that the rest of the program felt even and comfortable made it easier for me to stay confident going into the long program.

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After competing at the Olympics, Savoie responded to the following questions via e-mail from Torino, Italy:

How did competing at the Olympics differ from other competitions you have participated in before?

Savoie: The only difference between competing in the Olympics and other high profile events is the increase in media attention at the Olympics. I didn’t feel any different before the events in Torino or stepping onto the ice here; those sensations were very similar to any other competition. But during my long program, as I rounded the boards going into a jump, I noticed around 20 photographers leaning on the rink barrier, snapping pictures as I skated by. That was the moment I fully appreciated the distinction between the Olympic Games and the World Championships: at the Olympics it feels as if everyone is watching.

As you waited for your turn to step onto the ice for the first time during the men’s figure skating competition, what were your thoughts?

Savoie: I mainly thought that the nerves and anxieties I was feeling seemed normal compared to other competitions. Beyond that, I tried my best to focus my thoughts on each element and on the character I was trying to portray during my program.

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Savoie: I had two practices between the long and short programs. I tried to keep those practices easy, focusing more on refining the performance quality of my skating than on the technical elements. I also worked through my programs off the ice to organize my performance strategy and get deeper into the character of the long program.

What were your thoughts during and after the long program?

Savoie: During the long program, I felt as if I was able to contain my focus to each element as it arrived and to structure my mental performance space in a way that felt similar to my experience at Nationals. I was jarred out of that focus when I noticed all the cameras peering over the barrier, but I quickly got it back before the next element. Toward the end of the program I felt a bit tired, but not so tired that I couldn’t deliver a strong ending.

Afterward, I was proud to have skated well and relieved to be done. I still made some mistakes that I can try to improve on for the World Championships, but it feels good to have those issues to occupy my time once I get home.

Commentators noted that you are a “skater’s skater.” They said you bring sophistication and an introspective approach to figure skating. What role do you see for yourself in the figure skating world, and what advice would you give to an aspiring skater?

How did you stay focused with all the hype of the Olympics surrounding you?

Savoie: Luckily for me, I felt as if I was getting less attention in Italy than I was in the U.S. before I left. Certainly, there were moments when the media scrutiny felt oppressive; but for the most part, I did not feel as much hype leading up to the event while I was in Italy as I did when I was in Peoria. The media liasons employed by U.S. Figure Skating have also been extremely helpful in organizing and coordinating media interactions so that they didn’t become burdensome.

What did you do between your Tuesday and Thursday competitions to mentally prepare yourself?

Matt Savoie ’02 is the sixth alumnus to be an Olympian and the first winter Olympian in Bradley’s history. In addition, the following Bradley alumni have participated in summer Olympics. Track and field star Lambert “Pat” Redd ‘34 placed second in the broad jump in 1932; pitcher Mike Dunne ‘85 qualified for the U.S. baseball team in 1984; Kim Howard MBA ‘86 participated in the 1984 Olympics in women’s handball; Hersey Hawkins ‘88 accepted a bronze medal along with his U.S. basketball teammates in 1988, and Marcel de Souza ’80 played for the Brazilian Olympic basketball team.

Savoie: I certainly don’t consider myself a “skater’s skater.” However, I’m happy that people are finding something about my skating that intrigues them and that helps them to distinguish me from my competitors.

I don’t see a defined role for myself in the skating world, save to be myself and behave in a way that merits respect for myself and for my supporters. The only advice I would give to aspiring skaters would be to work hard, but not so hard that you can’t find time to understand yourself and what makes you happy.

They also talked about the intricacies of the choreography and how you find ways to complete old moves in new ways. Will you comment on that, as well?

Savoie: My choreographer [Tom Dickson] probably deserves the most credit for the intricacies of each program. I like working

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with Tom because he doesn’t seem to want to impose a character on me, but rather, to find characters, music, and movements that accentuate positive aspects of my personality and skating. Varying entries to jumps is one way we’ve learned to do that. Besides, it would be boring for me to have to perform jumps the same way every time.

Tell us what it was like to experience firsthand the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Savoie: The most memorable aspect for me was entering the stadium with the rest of the U.S. Team. There were other highlights, of course, like hearing Pavarotti sing and seeing the First Lady at a reception before the event. It was also interesting to experience the spectacle of the event from the ground floor, which isn’t necessarily the best seat in the house. For instance, most of the athletes could not actually see the Olympic flame ignite or burning until we were walking out of the stadium.

Before leaving for the Olympics, you were looking forward to the camaraderie of being a part of the Olympic team. Tell us about your experience.

Savoie: It’s fun to be around other athletes because we have all worked so hard and given up so much to be here. Sharing those experiences has been one of the most gratifying aspects of this event. Getting to observe the way athletes in other sports train and compete has been enlightening, and it certainly makes me look at our sport differently—not badly, just differently. For instance, many of us are learning that politics and subjectivity affect all sports, not just figure skating.

Have you had many opportunities to watch competitions in other sports?

Savoie: The only other sport I’ve watched is short track speedskating. Some events, the ski events in particular, are far away and difficult to get to.

You are an athlete at probably the most recognized international event in the world. What is that like?

Savoie: I feel a sense of pride in knowing I’ve experienced something very few people get to; but more than anything, that just makes me grateful for the sacrifices that my family has made for me to get here, and for the support I’ve received from my community and federation along the way.

Italian Ice Matt Savoie ‘02 placed seventh in men’s figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He skated a short program on February 14 and a long program on February 16.

What have you done to unwind while at the Olympics?

Savoie: I’ve been doing more e-mailing than ever, reading, and walking around Torino.

I visited Venice for a couple days, as well.

Describe the overall experience of living, practicing, training, and competing as an Olympian.

Savoie: Living, practicing, training, and competing as an Olympian feels remarkably similar to doing all that as a non-Olympian.

At the moment, doing all that in a mediacharged environment with so many other excellent athletes does give the athletic aspects of my daily life more prominence. At the same time, I know that the experiences that got me here—hard work, pain, happiness, fatigue, exhilaration, sacrifice (both mine and others)—are not experiences had exclusively by Olympians, or even athletes, for that matter.

What are your plans as a skater while attending law school at Cornell? Are you considering the 2010 Olympics?

Savoie: My experiences since Nationals have made me curious about competing after this season. Nonetheless, I remain anxious to start law school at Cornell next year. It will be difficult, but law school is something I’ve looked forward to for several years now.

Though I’ll continue skating, I’m going to enjoy being able to focus entirely on academics next year. If this is my last year competing, I will be happy to have ended it on a high note.

Go to bradley.edu/hilltopics for more about Matt Savoie, his tour with Champions on Ice, and his Olympic experience.

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1920s Alice Bonner Luthy ’26, November 5, 2005, Peoria. She studied and danced professionally in New York City. As a past president and charter member of the Junior League of Peoria, she created the acronym JULEP for the local group. Alice had been president of the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club and As You Like It. She served on the boards of the Florence Crittenton Home and the Kickapoo Council of Girl Scouts. Alice died at the age of 100.

She is survived by three children, 12 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.

1930s Mary Baker Moulding ’31, December 16, 2005, Winnetka. Many of the shells she and her late husband collected are on display at the Field Museum of Natural History. In 1984, two species of snail shells were named after the couple. Mary was a pianist who continued lessons throughout her life. She was 98. Survivors include her son, seven grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.

William Merritt ’32, August 6, 2005, Mendota. He and his father established Merritt Funeral Home in 1938. Earlier he was a teacher in East Aurora for several years. He was a 50-year member of the Elks and the Masonic Lodge. Surviving are two children, five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

Felicite Davenport Ward ’32, September 19, 2005, West Peoria. She had been the office manager and bookkeeper for Pepsi-Cola Bottling, retiring in 1960. At Bradley she was a member of Lambda Phi. Her survivors include two children, nine grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.

Leonard Favus ’37, December 25, 2005, Peoria. A graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, he was a physician in family practice from 1942 until 1998. He was one of Peoria’s first doctors to use the ECG and to treat patients with penicillin. He was a volunteer physician at the Carver Community Center for many years and worked with a

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number of county health department programs. His wife Naomi, three children, and six grandchildren survive.

Jane Peters Bourland ’38, December 20, 2005, Peoria. She acted in and directed many plays at Peoria Players and at Corn Stock Theatre, where she was a founding member.

She also was a founding member of the Junior League of Peoria, the local PBS station, and Opera Illinois League. Jane was an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral.

Three children, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren survive.

Charles Cartwright ’38, September 23, 2005, Peoria. He worked in advertising at the Peoria Journal Star and later operated his own ad agency, retiring in 1989. He led Charlie Cartwright & His Orchestra, a well known group that performed at the Inglaterra Ballroom and the Pere Marquette. Charlie was a World War II Navy veteran. He was a past president of the Rotary Club of Peoria. His daughter, four grandchildren, and eight greatgrandchildren survive.

Catherine Buchele Zimmerman ’38, August 13, 2005, Sherman Oaks, California.

She worked in the Los Angeles mayor’s office and in the libraries for 24 years. Surviving are three sons, five grandchildren, and two greatgranddaughters.

Orrin “Brad” Bradshaw ’39, July 29, 2005, Glendale, Arizona. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 1978 and began a career as a volunteer, including work at the Westside Food Bank and serving on the board of Banner Health Foundation. Brad was honored with many community service awards. He was an Army Air Forces veteran of World War II. Mary Gill Finney ’39, October 24, 2005, Flanagan. As a vice president of Illinois Central College in East Peoria, Mary was the first female vice president of a college in the state. She retired in 1979. Survivors include two children, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Raymond Hoffman ’39, October 6, 2005, Vernon Hills. He was vice president of V. Jobst

& Sons Construction in Peoria for more than 30 years. In recognition of four years as a football player, Ray was inducted into the Bradley Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a World War II veteran. His wife Ardena, their daughter, and three grandsons survive.

1940s Wayne Hammer Sr. ’40, September 15, 2005, Des Moines, Iowa. He was employed by American National Insurance for 33 years. A World War II Army veteran, he was an active member of Immanuel United Methodist Church for 50 years. Survivors include his wife Vicki, three children, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Tom Serkowich ’40, October 21, 2005, Peoria. He was retired from the engineering design department of Caterpillar Inc. Tom was a World War II Navy veteran and had served in the Reserves. His wife and daughter survive.

Rebekah Peters Lohmar ’41, October 25, 2005, Peoria. She retired from the county health department in 1987 and since had been a volunteer at the courthouse. Earlier she was society editor of the Peoria Star.

Rebekah was a World War II Navy veteran.

Survivors include three daughters and a granddaughter.

Mildred Miller ’41, December 16, 2005, Galesburg.

Ruth Terry Dye ’42, September 4, 2005, Rio. She had been a substitute teacher in Warren, Knox, and Mercer counties. Ruth was financial adviser at Rio Presbyterian Church and was an avid gardener. Survivors include her husband Warren, three children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

George Monser ’42, September 12, 2005, Peoria. He was a corporate accountant in the Peoria area, retiring in 1979. A World War II Army Air Corps veteran, George retired as a major from the Air Force and the Reserves after 22 years of service. After his plane was shot down over Germany, he evaded the enemy for 58 days before surfacing in Gibraltar.

George received several awards, including the

Distinguished Flying Cross. His two daughters, six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren survive.

June Ruppert Reents ’43, September 28, 2005, Durham, North Carolina. She was an active volunteer in Rockford. June was the accountant and graphic designer at TechniChem Inc., founded by her husband in 1973.

At Bradley she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. Survivors include her three children.

Betty Jacobs Shea ’44, November 18, 2005, Peoria. She was a sales clerk at Bergner’s for 32 years, retiring in 1998. She also had been an activity therapist at Zeller Mental Health Clinic. Betty was an active volunteer. Survivors include three children, eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

Lois Dunseth Becker ’45, December 22, 2005, Peoria. Loty was an active volunteer and had been a volunteer teacher in South America. She is survived by two sons and three grandchildren.

Priscilla Tjaden McLeod ’45, August 11, 2005, Phoenix, Arizona. She held a master’s degree in library science from the University of Chicago. Her career with the Phoenix City Library ran from 1957 to 1988. It included running the Yucca Branch Library for 12 years and then the children’s department at the Central Library. She was an avid volunteer and photographer.

Frank Kirchner Jr. ’47, December 16, 2004, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. He was a retired Lutheran minister. Frank was a World War II veteran. Four children and four grandchildren survive.

Gene Marshall ’47, November 21, 2005, Pekin. After 37 years with CILCO, he retired in 1983 as a construction superintendent.

Gene was a Korean War Army veteran. He had served as president of the Arthritis Foundation in Peoria. He enjoyed making stained glass. Survivors include nine children, 19 grandchildren, and three great-grandsons.

L.L. “Rudy” Rudiger ’47, October 11, 2005, Mansfield, Texas. He had been a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, serving in

World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He received numerous military decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross. After retiring in 1971, he taught AFJROTC until 1985.

Surviving are his wife Loise, two sons, three stepchildren, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Jim Stowell ’47, November 5, 2005, San Clemente, California. He was a pilot for United Airlines based in Denver, Colorado. Jim served in the Army Air Forces and was a B-24 pilot during World War II. He was an avid golfer. He is survived by his wife Peggy Wulff Stowell ’47, five children, 10 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Edwin Holland ’48, December 12, 2005, Peoria. He was co-owner of Sprinkler Irrigation Corp. in East Peoria. A World War II veteran, he was a lieutenant in the Army Air Forces. He was an avid tennis player. Surviving are his wife Jeannette and two daughters.

Mary Bradbury Tavares ’48, October 8, 2005, Peoria. In 1986 she retired from teaching at Cabrini and Crittenton Schools in Peoria. Survivors include her two children and one granddaughter.

Clarke Chamberlain ’49, November 13, 2005, Peoria. Employed by Caterpillar Inc. for 33 years, he retired as an inspector in 1985. Clarke was a World War II Navy veteran.

He was involved in Masonic work. Survivors include four children, eight grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.

William Howell ’49, September 14, 2005, Solana Beach, California. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Bill served in the Air Force as a pilot and in various staff positions from 1952 to 1974. He later worked in real estate, specializing in land development. Survivors include his wife Gloria.

Warren Sanford ’49, July 29, 2005, Galesburg. He worked in the physics department at Knox College for several years. Warren was the recipient of a Purple Heart for his service in the Army during World War II. Surviving are two children, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

1950s Wesley Barnes Sr. ’50, May 19, 2005, Palos Park. He retired in 2004 as president of Serson Supply Inc. in Chicago. Wes was an active member of his church. He was a World War II Navy veteran. At Bradley he was a member of Rho Delta. Survivors include his wife Dolores, four children, six grandchildren, and three great-grandsons.

Barry Bishop ’50, November 9, 2005, Surprise, Arizona. He retired in 1999 after owning Bishop Engineering in Des Moines for 40 years. Barry was a former president of Land Surveyors of Iowa. At Bradley he was a member of Theta Chi. He was an Army veteran. Survivors include his wife Joanne Hicks Bishop ’51, three sons, three stepchildren, and many grandchildren.

Robert Cassell ’50 MA ’52, June 6, 2005, Severna Park, Maryland. He retired in 1984 as chief of investigations in the office of personnel management in Washington, D.C. A World War II Army veteran, he had received a Bronze Star. His wife Margaret, four sons, and four grandchildren survive.

James Cornwell ’50, October 8, 2005, Mahtomedi, Minnesota. He retired from Security Savings and Loan in Peoria as a vice president and loan officer. He also had managed the Washington branch office. Jim had served as president of the local chapter of the Savings and Loan Institute. He had been an active member of Bethel Lutheran Church in Bartonville. Survivors include four children, 11 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Clayton Seelye ’50 MA ’60, December 22, 2005, Pekin. He was an elementary school art teacher in Pekin for 35 years. He enjoyed leather crafts. He had served on his church council and was a World War II Navy veteran.

His wife Bonnie Dye Seelye ’65, their daughter, and two grandsons survive.

Curtiss Steinway ’50, July 31, 2005, Sun City West, Arizona.

Jay Stocks ’50, October 21, 2005, Bella Vista, Arkansas. He retired in 1978 as a special agent with the U.S. Secret Service. Jay Bradley Hilltopics Spring 2006

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was a World War II Army veteran. He enjoyed square dancing. Surviving are his wife Miriam, three sons, and seven grandchildren.

James Hess Sr. ’51, November 15, 2005, Morton. He had been Morton’s postmaster. A World War II Army veteran, James was active in the Knights of Columbus. His wife D.J., five children, and a grandson survive.

Duane Kuerth ’51, December 30, 2005, Ormond Beach, Florida. An employee of McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft Corp. in St. Louis for 36 years, Duane had been project manager of the F-4 Phantom jet fighter design team.

He was an Army veteran.

Wayne Neese ’51, October 24, 2005, Jacksonville. He was a mechanical engineer with Western Electric and Automatic Electric, and retired from Siemens in 1988. Wayne was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. Survivors include four stepgrandchildren.

Claude Salisbury ’51, May 2005, Rockford. He was a commercial artist for 40 years. Claude enjoyed writing novels and philosophy. Survivors include his wife Joanne, their sons, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

William H. Taylor ’52, August 19, 2005, Shorewood, Wisconsin. He was a Korean War Navy veteran. His wife Irmgard, four children, and three grandchildren survive.

Richard Kahler ’53, March 18, 2005, Belvidere. He was an agent for Prudential Insurance for 20 years, retiring in 1998.

Earlier, he ran his own construction company.

Dick served on the local school board for eight years. Beginning in 2000, he served on the board of the regional office of education.

He was a Marine veteran. Survivors include his wife Maxine, four children, and nine grandchildren.

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Sallie Elson Heller ’54, November 16, 2005, Peoria. She and her late husband owned Kreiling Roofing. Sallie was a preschool teacher until 1965 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, where she was a founding member.

At Bradley she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. Sallie is survived by two children, her mother, and six grandchildren.

MaryLou Wagner Michael ’54, August 30, 2005, Rocklin, California. She is survived by her husband Thomas Michael ’55, three children, and five grandchildren.

William terVeen ’54, October 17, 2005, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was director of research in electronics at NuTone, and also worked at Dosimeter. He is survived by his wife Shirley Keidel terVeen ’52 and their son.

Donald Dinquel ’55, August 10, 2005, Scottsdale, Arizona. He had retired from Honeywell as an aerospace engineer. He was an Army veteran. Survivors include his wife Angie and two sons.

Richard Blankenship ’56, August 29, 2005, Fort Myers, Florida. He was a partner in a 700-unit franchise chain. He was the founder of a chain of 27 restaurants, two shopping centers, an airport subdivision, and the nation’s largest mail-order source for reading glasses. An Air Force veteran, he had won medals in the Florida Senior Olympics. Three daughters and three grandchildren survive.

Charles Kreie ’56, November 1, 2005, Peoria. He was owner and president of Faber Musser Co., retiring in August. He also worked as a Realtor. Chuck held a juris doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. He was an Air Force veteran. Chuck had served on the Boy Scouts Council and had been president of the Jaycees. His wife Barbara, two children, and four grandchildren survive.

Kenneth Prater ’56, July 8, 2005, Marion, Indiana. He was vice president and general manager of Ross Supply for 25 years, retiring in 1998. He was an elder in his church. Survivors include his wife Marilyn, three children, five stepchildren, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

John Babor IV ’57, April 27, 2005, Alameda, California. John was an active member of Christ Episcopal Church. He enjoyed polo. Surviving are five children, his mother, and four grandchildren.

Yvonne Durand Davis ’58, August 9, 2005, Bonita Springs, Florida. She had been a talented diver in high school. At Bradley she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. She is survived by her husband Roger, two children, three stepchildren, and 14 grandchildren.

Joel “Mike” Dunne ’59, September 22, 2005, Normal. He was a civil engineer with the Illinois Department of Transportation for many years and then worked in California in the same capacity. Five children and 11 grandchildren survive.

1960s Richard DeKeyser ’60, December 10, 2005, Edelstein. An engineer at Caterpillar’s plant in Mossville for 35 years, he retired in 1990. He held a patent for a fuel injection system. He was a Korean War veteran and was quarterback of the Air Force football team. Survivors include his wife Marles, five children, 11 grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren.

Robert Emmert ’60, December 16, 2005, Morton. Employed by Caterpillar Inc. for 33 years, he worked extensively with the Siberian Pipeline. He was an Air Force pilot and a founder of the American Air Museum in Britain. A 33rd degree Mason, he was chairman of the Scottish Rite Foundation hall of fame program. Survivors include his wife Joyce and their daughter.

John Huser ’60 MA ’65, September 17, 2005, East Peoria. He was a professor of business administration at Illinois Central College for 27 years, retiring in 1996. Jack also taught at Bradley during the 1970s. He was a Korean War Army veteran. Survivors include his wife Billie Byarly Huser ’70 MA ’74, two children, and four grandchildren.

Marian Kujawa Wall ’61, October 26, 2005, Peru.

Timothy Kelly ‘61, December 4, 2005, Houston, Texas. Tim served in the Navy for more than 20 years. He also held degrees from Northwestern University and the Air Force Institute of Technology. His wife Lynne Stefanak Kelly ‘61, three children, and three grandchildren survive.

Robert E. Edwards ’66, November 2, 2005, Dunlap. He owned and operated MidIllinois Appraisal Services Inc., and had been president of the local chapter of the Appraisal Institute. He was an Army veteran and a hospital volunteer. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. His wife Pamela Bogan Edwards ’67, two daughters, and his mother survive.

Robert Pokarney ’68, December 29, 2005, East Peoria. He worked in the logistics department at Caterpillar Inc. for more than 38 years. He was involved with the East Peoria Girls Softball Association for 18 years as a coach and board member. He was an Army veteran. Survivors include his daughter.

Adrian Swanier MS ’68, July 30, 2005, DeLisle, Mississippi. He was an industrial arts teacher and principal in the Pass Christian school district, retiring in 1993. He had served in the Army and was an active member of his church. Seven children, 18 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren survive.

1970s Ruth Short Nall ’70, October 12, 2005, Pekin. Before retiring in 1975 she taught in Pekin public schools and elsewhere. Ruth had been a docent at the Dirksen Center and had been involved in prison ministries. Survivors include her son, two grandsons, and two great-grandsons.

Charles Bonner ’72, October 17, 2005, West Peoria. He taught in the Peoria public schools, directed bands at Illinois Central College, and taught percussion students.

Chuck played professionally with numerous bands and the Peoria Symphony Orchestra.

He served on the board of directors of the musician’s union. He was active in Masonic work. Chuck’s survivors include his wife Peggy Fornoff Bonner ’79 MLS ’97.

Robert Lane ’72, November 1, 2005, Springfield. He retired from the State of Illinois Commerce Commission as a legislative liaison. He also was an assistant director for the Office of Governmental Affairs. He is survived by his wife Jamie, three children, and two grandchildren.

1980s DeLoris Spears ’81 MA ’83, December 19, 2005, Burnsville, Minnesota. She was an instructor at Illinois Central College and at Bradley University. She retired from the Illinois Department of Public Aid. Survivors include her three children.

Brenda Bloom ’81, December 22, 2005, Grove City, Ohio. She was a sales representative for a college textbook company and had also been a pharmaceutical sales representative. Survivors include her father, sister, and brother.

Mark Madden ’88, October 11, 2005, Olivette, Missouri. He was an attorney with Moser & Marsalek in St. Louis. Mark held a juris doctor degree from Saint Louis University Law School. He is survived by his parents and four brothers.

Jeffrey Essex ’89, November 14, 2005, Farmington. He was an International Air Freight agent for UPS. An avid fisherman and hunter, he sang in the choir at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife Mary, two sons, and his mother.

1990s Angela Wittekiend Kirk ’90, October 24, 2005, Metamora. She had worked for River City Construction, managing projects such as the Par-a-Dice Hotel and Willow Knolls theatres. She most recently was employed by PIPCO and Williams Brothers Construction.

Angela was pursuing a master’s degree in counseling at Bradley. Survivors include her parents and her sister.

2000s Joseph W. Spears HON ’00, November 28, 2005, Peoria. He was a sales rep for American Standard for 30 years, and had been day manager at Jimmy’s Bar since 1982. Joe was very active in the Knights of Columbus. He was a World War II Army veteran and the recipient of two Bronze Stars. Survivors include his wife Theresa, seven sons, and 19 grandchildren.

Faculty & Staff Doris Kolb, adjunct professor of chemistry, died on December 20, 2005. She lived in Peoria.

She began teaching chemistry at Bradley in 1986. Last fall she taught a course on humorous poetry for the Institute for Learning in Retirement. She and her husband, Dr. Kenneth Kolb, were presented with an outstanding service award from the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. in September. She was co-author of Chemistry for Changing Times, in its 11th printing, as well as another book. She had also written more than 60 papers.

Dr. Kolb was a founding faculty member of Corning Community College in New York in 1958 and of Illinois Central College in 1968. She was the first recipient of ICC’s outstanding teacher award.

An active member of the community, she had served as the first executive director of Planned Parenthood from 1965 to 1968. Dr. Kolb held a master’s and a doctoral degree from the Ohio State University. Survivors include her husband, three sons, seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

“In Memory” Guidelines: To submit an obituary, please mail a newspaper clipping or memory card from the funeral home to: Bradley Hilltopics, 1501 W. Bradley Ave., Peoria, IL 61625.

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people & events

Alumni Events April 6 Chicago 12th annual Kane County alumni networking event, Trattoria Roma, 1535 N. Wells, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

April 7 Peoria CIBAC wine tasting party, WTVP Studios, 101 State St., 5:30-8 p.m.; $25 CIBAC members; $28 non-members; $32 at the door April 20 St. Louis reception with Dr. Robert Fuller, Caterpillar professor of philosophy and religious studies and director of Bradley’s Honors Program, Eliot Room at The Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust St., 6:30 p.m.

Des Moines On January 5, over 40 Bradley alumni and friends attended the Bradley vs. Drake men’s basketball game at Drake. A pre-game gathering was held at the 25th Street Café.

April 26 Chicago theater event featuring Monty Python’s Spamalot at the Cadillac Palace Theater, show 7:30; reception at Sopraffina Market Café, 5:30 p.m.

April 28 Peoria Bradley Night at O’Brien Field, Bradley baseball vs. Missouri State, 6 p.m.

May 4 Denver alumni event with Dr. Alan Galsky, associate provost for student affairs, Bennet’s Bar-B-Que, 10025 Meadows Drive, 6 p.m.

May 10 Chicago 11th annual Lincoln Park alumni networking event, Trattoria Roma, 1525 N. Wells, Chicago, 5:30-7:30 p.m., hors d’oeuvres and cash bar; $15 May 24 Chicago 1980-89 alumni event, Prairie Rock Brewery Co., Schaumburg, 6-8 p.m.

June 15 St. Louis happy hour, Fitz’s Bottling Company, 6605 Delmar Boulevard, 4:30 p.m.

June 25 Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros baseball game and pre-game party, U.S. Cellular Field, 11:30 a.m. party, 1:05 p.m. game; $65 adults, $30.50 children and seniors

University Events May 13 Commencement, Peoria Civic Center, 10 a.m.

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St. Louis About 40 Bradley alumni and friends gathered on January 18 at Ozzie’s Restaurant & Bar for a big screen TV party featuring the Bradley men’s basketball team playing Creighton.

Submit nominations for alumni awards The Bradley University Alumni Association (BUAA) annually presents three awards to alumni and friends of the University who have distinguished themselves in their professions or civic activities or have demonstrated outstanding service to Bradley University. The Distinguished Alumnus/a Award (DAA) recognizes graduates whose professional or civic activities bring the highest distinction to themselves, their community, and to Bradley. Recipients of the DAA are automatically inducted into Bradley University’s Centurion Society. The Outstanding Young Graduate Award recognizes graduates 40 years of age or younger for early and exceptional professional or civic achievement. The Lydia Moss Bradley Award is presented to the alumnus/a or friend who has provided outstanding service to the University.

For more information about criteria or to receive a nomination form, visit bradley.edu/alumni/awards.html or call 800-952-8258 or 309-677-2240.

Mail nominations and supporting materials by April 15 to Alumni Awards, Bradley University, 1501 W. Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625; fax them to 309-677-3595; or fill out the online nomination form at the Web address above.

Los Angeles The Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts Hollywood Gala Reception was January 12 at Le Meridien Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Over 100 Bradley University alumni, students, and friends attended the event.

Minneapolis About 20 Bradley alumni and friends watched a Bradley men’s basketball game versus Southern Illinois at a TV party on January 8 at the Rolling Green Country Club in Medina.

Homecoming reunions planned Groups and organizations listed below will host reunions during Homecoming 2006, October 27-29. For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 309-677-2240, 800-952-8258, or alumnirelations@alum.bradley.edu.

Peoria Over 200 Bradley fans gathered January 14 for the Alumni Weekend pre-game party at the Peoria Civic Center.

Activities Council at Bradley University (ACBU) Black Alumni Bradley Fellows Class of 1956

CHECK OUT Bradley’s live Web cam at explore. bradley.edu/bucam/.

It updates every minute from the top floor of the Hartmann Center for the Performing Arts and focuses on Bradley Hall and the Founder’s Circle.

To contact your local alumni chapter, visit bradley.edu/alumni.

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Bradley Hall Rededication Ceremony Friday, April 7 12:30 p.m.

Tours of the building immediately following the ceremony

Parents’ Weekend Tours Saturday, April 8, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Visit bradley.edu/ccd/parentsweekend for more information.

Above from left: Kim Green ’88, facilities planning supervisor; Marnie Grove, planning technician; Ron Doerzaph, director of facilities management; Pat Campbell, administrative assistant; LeRoy Neilson, utilities supervisor; and Dr. Claire Etaugh, interim provost/vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Bryant Brace ’94, MS ’96

Thanks to the efforts of those pictured above and many others, the renovation of Bradley Hall was completed eight months ahead of schedule. In addition to other responsibilities, Etaugh and Campbell were instrumental in the layout phase of the proposed facility, working with faculty and staff to identify priorities. Neilson reviewed design documents, specifically for the electrical, mechanical, and plumbing sections. Grove coordinated and supervised the departmental moves and developed a furniture package.

Green and Doerzaph were responsible for coordinating the consultants’ design efforts and ensuring program requirements were covered in the drawings and specifications.

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Bradley for Bradley surpasses goals

The 2005 Bradley for Bradley faculty/staff campaign has surpassed both the participation rate and dollar total goals. The Bradley participation rate is nearly double the national average of 35 percent for employee participation at other private institutions.

Employees demonstrated their support by contributing a total of $234,722 in gifts and pledges during the campaign conducted in October. A total of 662 faculty and staff members, some of whom gathered for this photo, participated in the campaign — a 69 percent participation rate.

The goal of the campaign was $230,000 in gifts and pledges with a 63 percent participation rate.

“When our outside constituents see the strong support by Bradley employees, they are more eager to join in and support the University themselves,” said Tom Hammerton, executive director Bradley Hilltopics Spring 2006 33 of development.

“In Bloom,” a colored pencil and acrylic piece by Erika Ernst ‘08 of Gurnee, was featured in the Bradley Undergraduate Juried Art Exhibition in 2005.

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