Hilltopics Summer 2016 by Bradley University

Bradley University Summer 2016

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W O M A N of

S U B S TA N C E

President’s Welcome

A legacy of looking forward It is appropriate that Bradley University celebrates Lydia Moss Bradley’s birthday as a way to bring focus and attention to what makes it the great institution it is and has always been. Although her birthdate is July 31, when the campus is dormant, we will celebrate it most exuberantly at Founder’s Day and Homecoming, Sept. 16–17. Included in the festivities, along with the usual events, will be the dedication of the new Circle of Pride in the quad west of the Hayden-Clark Alumni Center. We will also unveil a new life-sized, full-length portrait of Mrs. Bradley as a dynamic younger woman, a much more appealing image than portrayed in most of the stern photos taken in her later years. I hope that many of you will be able to attend these marvelous events.

THIS IS Lydia Moss Bradley’s 200th birthday year. Our founder was an extraordinary woman who was a century or more ahead of her time. Not only was she the only woman to have single-handedly established a major American university, she displayed incredible business acumen and became one of the wealthiest women in America in the late 1800s. Mrs. Bradley was also a very generous philanthropist and a feminist long before most people knew what that was. As an example, she was far ahead of her time when she required her second husband to sign a prenuptial agreement after her first husband, Tobias Bradley, tragically died when kicked in the head by a horse. In founding Bradley University in 1897, she instilled the values she had lived by and that remain at the heart of its mission: industry, integrity, the pursuit of knowledge and useful skills, generosity and inclusiveness.

On another note, plans for the spectacular new Convergence Center that will house the Caterpillar College of Engineering and the Foster College of Business are proceeding at full speed with the hope of breaking ground next May, and we are vigorously seeking further financial support to help ensure we achieve this goal. This new facility will stand on the site of the current Jobst and Baker halls and will provide these two colleges with game-changing state-of-the-art facilities, enabling Bradley to attract the best and brightest faculty and students. It is probably the most important project Bradley has undertaken in at least a generation and will vault these two colleges that are central to Bradley’s mission and critical to its long-term success to the forefront of the new high-tech world of higher education. Stay tuned as this exciting new chapter in Bradley’s history unfolds.

Summer 2016

Volume 22 Issue 3

Privacy concerns

Are Americans giving away too much of their personal information?

A woman of substance

For her 200th birthday, we celebrate the life of Bradley University’s founder, a courageous woman of perseverance and grit.

Tax man

He started his career working with the biggest names in music and Hollywood, and finished it with the biggest names in business.

Court in the balance

This year’s presidential election has implications and consequences beyond the White House.

Creating sisterhood

Multicultural sorority Sigma Lambda Gamma returns to campus.

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Departments Bradley Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Bradley Avenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Bookplate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Research Scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Spirit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Alumni Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Alumni View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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On the cover An 1873 map of Peoria shows a parcel owned by Lydia Moss Bradley, one of her largest holdings at that time.

Staff

S.L. Guthrie executive editor

Sarah Dukes art director

Bob Grimson ’81 assistant director

Duane Zehr university photographer

Mary Brolley assistant director

Naomi Tornow ’18 student assistant

Nancy Ridgeway contributing writer

Administration Gary R. Roberts ’70 president

Janet Lange M.A. ’93 interim associate vice president for marketing and publications

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JUSTIN RESTAINO ’13 was the lead real-time production artist for CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV coverage of the NCAA’s March Madness. He designed, built and animated most of the TV graphics seen during the tournament. In another star turn, Restaino recently proposed to his girlfriend (and the NFL’s social media content producer) A.J. CURRY ’14 in the dressing room of Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the Tony Award-winning musical, “Hamilton.” Watch a video of the proposal at bradley.edu/go/ht-HamiltonProposal. Miranda, Curry and Restaino backstage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

View Restaino’s portfolio reel at bradley.edu/go/ht-Restaino, and view Curry’s work at twitter.com/nfl.

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“There Will Be Baseball,” a movie about Peoria’s Sunday Morning League, premiered at the Peoria Riverfront Museum March 31. Produced by CHRIS ZOBAC ’06, the film chronicles the history of the nation’s oldest adult amateur baseball league. Many alumni, including former major leaguers MIKE DUNNE ’85 and ZACK MONROE ’58, played in the league. To view the trailer, go to bradley.edu/go/ht-PSMLmovie.

Proudly representing “Generation Listen,” staffers of The Scout attended a live early morning taping of NPR’s “Morning Edition” at I Know You Like a Book in Peoria Heights on April 8. Left to right: CHRIS KWIECINSKI ’16, TESSA ARMICH ’16, TORI MOSES ’17 and MADDIE GEHLING ’18. Listen to the show at bradley.edu/go/ht-NPRinPeoria.

COMPILED BY S.L. Guthrie, Bob Grimson ’81, Mary Brolley. PHOTO CREDITS // Curry/Restaino: A.J. Curry ’14; Baseball: Chris Zobac ’06; NPR: Mary Brolley; Kilimanjaro: Danielle Thornton of Whoa Travel; Field: Duane Zehr; Main Street: Daniel Gebert; Manilow: Weatherman90 / Wikimedia.

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On March 8 — International Women’s Day — ALYSSA ESKER ’10 (circled, top) and JAMIE TURNER ’10 (circled, bottom) reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with 22 other women from around the globe. Esker pronounced the trip, coordinated by WHOA Travel, as “worth every step.”

Bradley students chosen for NBC’s Olympic Games internship program

Kurt Field, a faculty member since 1976 and chair of the Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is the 2015 Chemist of the Year for the Illinois Heartland chapter of the American Chemistry Society. Field retired in May.

“ Bringing the crowd to its feet for not the first time ... ”

Dozens of students swarmed into the intersection of University and Main streets for a stress-busting pillow fight just before spring finals. Enjoy the shenanigans at bradley.edu/go/ht-PillowFight.

MATT SAVOIE ’02 skated into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame April 9. The seventh-place finisher at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, is a coach at the Skating Club of Boston.

The Peoria Journal Star noted that “a red-robed Bradley University Chorale” joined singer Barry Manilow on the Peoria Civic Center Arena stage for his hit “Copacabana.”

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Letters to the editor

Vito Lavacca ’74 Palm Coast, Fla. We like receiving Hilltopics and keeping up to date with what’s going on at Bradley, but the ink you use smells to high heaven. It’s difficult to read an entire issue without my eyes starting to water. I don’t know if you’ve received other comments about this, but I would sure appreciate a less toxic publication. Marie Kolar Bernardy ’73 Bend, Ore. Eds. note: Our printer uses soy-based inks, the industry’s standard for environmentally responsible practices. We’ll keep our nose to it and see if we can’t improve the smell!

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My family received the printed version of the Bradley Hilltopics and the legacy article about my family is fantastic! We all loved how it was laid out on the page giving the feeling of a story pinned to a corkboard; what a cute and great idea. My friends and family commented on how cool, awesome and neat that story was, and that it will be a lifetime memory to cherish. I told them all to look out for the next chapter in a few decades when my daughters have children who hopefully attend Bradley … well I won’t get too far ahead of myself on that one. Eric Schwartz ’88 Buffalo Grove, Ill. I just wanted to let you know that this was the best edition of your magazine that I’ve ever read since my graduation in ’66. What a great job! Keep it goin’! Chuck Schlewitt ’66 Georgetown, Texas I am an alumnus of Bradley’s 2015 nursing class. I was very excited to see that we were recognized for our 100% pass rate in Hilltopics, but was upset to see that the class of 2017’s picture was used for our accomplishment, some of whom may not even graduate in nursing. Dana Markech ’15 Arlington Heights, Ill. Eds. note: We sincerely regret our error.

Bradley Hilltopics welcomes letters from its readers and reserves the right to edit them for length and style. Please submit all correspondence by email to hilltopics@bradley.edu or by postal mail to Hilltopics, 1501 W. Bradley Ave., Peoria, IL 61625.

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I was very happy to see Bradley recognized as a militaryfriendly school in the recent issue of Hilltopics. In 1969, I was a Marine Corps veteran just back from Vietnam. I was interested in construction management, but there were very few schools that offered such a program. I was accepted at Bradley but was very apprehensive, (since) veterans were not very welcome on college campuses at that time. But the department head, Jim Guest, and one of the instructors, Al Parthum, were formerly with the Corps of Engineers, and there was a small Veterans Club that provided some camaraderie. There were a few tense moments on campus, but for the most part, the veterans and our fellow students and staff turned out to be mindful of our diverse backgrounds and respectful of each other’s opinions. In time, we became like a large family, with strongly held different positions, but still family. For this I will always be grateful to Bradley, the Vets’ Club, and the leadership of (then-President) Jerry Abegg ’47 HON ’93 who maintained peace with his calm, but determined, demeanor.

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Alumnus named provost Another Bradley alum has returned to take an influential position on campus. The university named Walter Zakahi ’78 provost and senior vice president of academic affairs in early May. He began his duties July 1. A former member of the Bradley debate team, Zakahi was provost and vice president for academic affairs Zakahi at Keene State College in New Hampshire. Previously, he had served as a dean at Minnesota State University Mankato and held faculty and administrative jobs at New Mexico State, West Virginia and Rutgers universities. Zakahi said it was a rare opportunity to come back — and give back — to a place he believes was crucial to his

personal and professional success. He also called it a chance to make a difference with students. He earned master’s and doctoral degrees in communications studies at Bowling Green University. A member of several professional and civic groups, including the Western States Communication Association and the Twin Rivers Council for the Arts, Zakahi has written or co-authored numerous articles and papers. In announcing his hiring, Bradley President Gary Roberts ’70 called Zakahi a prolific and highly respected scholar. “His performance wherever he has been during his career has been exemplary and unblemished,” Roberts said, noting Zakahi’s “love for, investment in and commitment to Bradley’s success.” “We were told he is smart, savvy, thorough, fair, ethical, trustworthy, collaborative, strategic, good at budgeting and prioritization, a good listener and just delightful to work with,” Roberts added. “I have every reason to believe he will put all of these qualities to work at Bradley to make it the very best it can be.” — B.G.

New major Music entertainment and industry

Laura Bradley Park, Frank: Duane Zehr.

From the movie studios at Warner Bros. Pictures to the classroom at Bradley’s Caterpillar Global Communications Center, Doug Frank HON ’06 has shepherded aspiring Bradley students eager to make their mark in Hollywood. For years, Frank hosted Hollywood Semester students in his office on the Warner Bros. lot, where he discussed how movies and music merge on the big screen. Last semester, the retired president of music operations taught Music in Media. The course is part of the new music and entertainment industry major, designed for students who do not sing or play an instrument, but are interested in a career in the music business.

He used Skype to teach most classes from Los Angeles. However, Frank came to Peoria at the beginning, middle and end of the semester so he and his students could have face time, as well. For the class, Frank distributed a movie script of a film that has not yet been shot. “Students can’t go online to see what music was chosen,” said Frank, noting industry professionals joined him for some classes. “We went step by step through all the motions that go into choosing the music. I’ve done this 500 times with 500 movies. This approach is very realistic.” Students also learned from Frank’s vast experience.

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“I have gotten to know the truly creative filmmakers and composers of our time.” For example, he sat next to legendary Broadway composer/ lyricist Stephen Sondheim, as they worked on the 2007 film version of his hit “Sweeney Todd,” directed by Tim Burton. “It is mind-boggling to work on films like ‘Harry Potter’ that are so iconic

they become part of the fabric of our culture,” said Frank. He added that people might think Bradley is geographically challenged for students who want to pursue a career in the film business since it’s far from Los Angeles and New York, but he doesn’t agree. “The world is a very small place with today’s technology.”

While students appreciated Frank’s expertise, he enjoyed their insights. “I am fascinated with students. They are better representatives of the national demographic than those who live in L.A. and worship the Kardashians. Bradley students are diverse, coming from both Chicago and farm communities. It’s great to bounce things off of them.” — N.R.

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Students were able to donate unwanted items before they left campus this May through Trash to Treasure, an initiative formed by several Bradley organizations. Nearly 200 students and more than 20 staff members implemented the program, placing drop-off bins in residence halls and other nearby locations. The group also held drop-off days for larger items and did at-home pickups for a total of more than 165 donations. Student Affairs Intern Kristin Kreher ’15 said while the first year would start small, the organizers hoped in the future it would increase in scope, including selling donated items at a communitywide yard sale. Donated goods will benefit local nonprofits Habitat for Humanity, Peoria Housing Authority, United Way Backpack Project and East Bluff Community Center. — S.L.G.

Bradley programs top rankings Several publications have recognized Bradley University and its programs for outstanding quality and results. Among recent high rankings are: VALUE ADD

GAME DESIGN

PHYSICAL THERAPY

Money’s Best Colleges: 88th for colleges and universities that deliver the most value

Animation Career Review: top 10 in the Midwest

U.S. News & World Report: 79th nationally for doctoral program

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance: top 100 best values among private universities INTERNSHIPS The Princeton Review special publication: top 25 best schools for internships

The Princeton Review: top 20 for 2016 FOSTER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Bloomberg BusinessWeek: 42nd overall in the U.S.; 10th nationally among employer evaluations; highest among private universities in Illinois

TWITTER LOVE U.S. News & World Report: A top five school for most positive words per tweet — B.G.

New-look logo

The university introduced a new, flexible logo system in April as part of efforts to boost and unite its branding. Created by school staff with input from administration, faculty, staff and student groups, the updated logo currently appears on electronic resources and is being phased in for print materials and other items to reduce costs. President GARY ROBERTS ’70 ONLINE To called the change “a step forward.” download the new logos and view the identity guide, visit bradley.edu/ identity.

The new look is designed to be a modern reflection of the university’s strong character. Three logo variations provide flexibility for layout design. The previous wordmark dates from the 1990s. While the logo’s “B” shield is similar to the logo for Athletics, the shield in the university logo is smaller to emphasize the Bradley name. The customized font also is distinct from the one used by Athletics. — B.G.

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RECYCLING EFFORT REDUCES WASTE, BENEFITS OTHERS

Anderson portrait: courtesy Erik C. Anderson ’15; diagram: Nature Nanotechnology; CNT background: Michael Ströck / Wikipedia.org; Gargoyle, White: Duane Zehr.

NSF grant awarded Erik C. Anderson ’15

ERIK C. ANDERSON ’15 was one of 2,000 people nationwide to receive a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship for 2016. His doctoral research at Georgia Tech studies carbon nanotube rectenna devices for solar energy conversion. A double major in physics and mechanical engineering at Bradley, Anderson said his academic background was instrumental in getting him into the Georgia school’s research program. “My current adviser chose me specifically because of my dual background,” he said. “He frequently reminds me how eager he is to exercise my ‘physics muscles’ because he knows that innovations in nanotechnology require a deep understanding of the fundamental physics behind the technology.” Anderson credits Bradley’s supportive environment for his success, noting particularly the guidance of physics professor Paul Wang. “My NSF reviewers gave me feedback that explicitly mentioned my physics experience, including my individual role in research.” Since 1952, the awards recognize individuals early in their careers who show demonstrated potential for significant achievements in science and engineering. This year, almost 17,000 people applied for an NSF research award. — B.G.

ABOVE LEFT: Anderson outside the Georgia Tech nanotechnology building. ABOVE: Anderson’s research studies arrays of carbon nanotube rectenna devices sandwiched between layers of metal that convert light into electricity.

Fulbright award winner Sojourner White ’16 received a Fulbright U.S. Student Award to teach English in Madrid and serve as a cultural ambassador in Spain during the 2016–17 school year. In addition, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences honored White as the intern/co-op of the year for her work promoting study abroad through the university’s International Programs Office. A psychology and Spanish major with a women’s studies minor, White spent the spring 2015 semester studying in Granada, Spain. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience I get to have twice,” she said. “I’m familiar with Spanish culture, but the country’s regions are so different that I know I’ll learn a lot.”

She is one of 46 U.S. cultural ambassadors in the Fulbright program, the flagship international educational exchange program which operates in more than 155 countries. Recently, Bradley has been one of the leaders among institutions of its type in producing Fulbright student participants. Ten faculty members also earned Fulbright scholarships during their careers. White created her internship after her initial time in Spain. “It helped me see that a major doesn’t necessarily dictate your career path, but an internship is the best way to test what you’ve learned and discover the career for you,” she said. White also earned the Dr. Domenico Volturno Distinguished Service Award at the annual Student Leader and Organization Recognition reception. — B.G.

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Young speech team impresses AGELESS ART WINS TOP PR PRIZE

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Bradley’s speech team took third overall at the National Forensics Association contest in Muncie, Ind., in April. Standout Jerome Gregory ’17 was first in impromptu speaking, runner-up for overall top speaker, and placed in informative speaking, persuasive speaking and rhetorical criticism. Director of Forensics Ken Young ’05 was also inducted

“Art isn’t defined by gender or by age,” said Mallari to the Peoria Journal Star. “It has no guidelines. That’s what we wanted to get out.” The pilot program focused on the benefits of fine arts on cognitive health through two painting sessions. Rachel Keistler, lifestyle enrichment director at Lutheran Hillside Village, said the residents’ general view of Ageless Art had been positive, and it would likely become a recurring event. — S.L.G.

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into the National Forensic Association Hall of Fame. The third-place finish for the young team — half are sophomores and juniors — bodes well for the future, said Young. “We put a heavy burden on our underclassmen this year, and they stepped up,” he said. Bradley’s team has won more than 40 national championships and members have won more

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than 150 individual titles. According to the Associated Press, the team is not only the most successful collegiate forensics program in the country, but the most successful team in any capacity, including sports. It has won a national championship each decade since 1980. — M.B.

High flyer The international terminal at Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport was named in April for RAY LAHOOD ’71 HON ’11 (left). The dedication event featured top transportation officials, including U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx (right) and Michael Huerta, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. A longtime Republican congressman from central Illinois who spent 35 years in public service, LaHood was transportation secretary for more than four years under President Obama. The $11 million, 22,000-square-foot terminal includes a customs and border protection facility along with two dual-purpose gates for domestic and international travelers. LaHood and current Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx.

— B.G.

Agless Art: Hadley Wahlfeld; Speech team, LaHood: Duane Zehr.

Annaleah Emm, Caroline Maddalozzo, Josephine Bonnie Mallari and Hadley Wahlfeld (above) decided to improve the lives of local seniors with their project, “Ageless Art,” a partnership between Lutheran Hillside Village and local business Fired Up: Paint Your Own Pottery. The public relations seniors earned the spring 2016 Ebeling PR-ize for the top campaign this semester.

Bookplate Recent books by Bradley faculty

HEALING MY WOUNDED INNER CHILD: A JOURNEY TOWARD WHOLENESS Robert D. Reed Publishers This true story highlights lifelong educator Jan Frazier’s ’71 M.A. ’04 struggle to accept and value her Wounded Inner Child. Using incidents from her life, the speech communication instructor helps readers understand there is hope and a means to recovery. Touting the availability of affordable and successful counseling, plus self-help groups and books, she shows ways to heal and nurture the troubled child inside and combat issues like depression, low self-esteem and co-dependency.

READING TRAUMA NARRATIVES: THE CONTEMPORARY NOVEL AND PSYCHOLOGY OF OPPRESSION University of Virginia Press With unique perspectives from various disciplines, English professor Laurie Vickroy enhances the study of trauma in literature using novels by Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison and others. She shows how the authors broaden understanding of the relationship between personal traumas and social forces like injustice and oppression. This challenging work also provides examples of how the narrative style can reveal the effects of various types of trauma on an individual’s personality.

PRACTITIONERS AS TEACHERS: EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES Amazon Digital Services LLC Designed for health science students, this book by Kevin Finson, professor of teacher education and STEM Center co-director, can be used by anyone interested in learning basic educational practices and techniques. A key part of the book involves discovering individual learning styles and how best to instruct and incorporate different styles. To help health workers better serve clients and patients, instruction planning, demonstration and assessment techniques are targeted.

INSPIRED PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP American Association for Physician Leadership Using empirical and theoretical research, Chuck Stoner, professor of management and leadership, and co-author Jason Stoner emphasize tools physicians can use to navigate complex relationships and become better leaders. Focusing on the individual physician’s transition to a leadership role and the ensuing interpersonal challenges, the book offers insights and perspectives gained from a number of physician-leaders at varying stages in their careers. In a series of short chapters, it lays out the case for physician leadership — as well as its challenges. It covers interpersonal issues, teamwork, dealing with conflict, negotiating and motivating others. — B.G.

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Research Scene

Privacy concerns BY MARY BROLLEY

The sky is falling. The horse is out of the barn. The American way of life is under attack. Ed Lamoureux has plenty of ways to describe the state of affairs that prompted him to write “Privacy, Surveillance and the New Media You” (Peter Lang, 2016). The professor in the Department of Communication and the Department of Interactive Media was so concerned about the erosion of privacy and increase in surveillance that he decided to propose some solutions. He’s convinced that a confluence of trends and forces — a widespread reliance on credit cards, government and private-sector data gathering, public acceptance of everyday surveillance by businesses and law enforcement, the proliferation of smart technology like cellphones, GPS systems and more — has significantly eroded Americans’ privacy. As Lamoureux sees it, this is a threat to democracy. And while he fears it may be too late, he makes a case for fighting back, calling for a common-sense approach to maintaining and protecting Americans’ personal data. America has always been a leader in technology development. The government, the military and technology companies — sometimes in collaboration — have produced unparalleled advances that have increased opportunities and raised the standard of living. Yet Lamoureux believes these advances have come at a cost. The loss of privacy is apparent each time we log on to our computers and see ads related to previous searches or purchases. Although targeted marketing may seem innocuous, it signals how easily and quietly interested parties can gather information about nearly every aspect of our lives — financial dealings, health, relationship and lifestyle issues, interests and hobbies. Few people, he noted, realize that the digital trails of their online activities are considered valuable — or that they’re being collected without our noticing.

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In the introduction, Lamoureux describes his four 20-something children and their attitudes toward privacy and surveillance. Although he and his wife, Cheryl, limited the children’s television watching when they were young, each child now uses a smartphone and social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. He draws a comparison between their strong desires for personal privacy (in their living spaces) versus their lackadaisical — but typical — approach to protecting their personal data. While Lamoureux draws hope from surveys that report Americans are concerned about maintaining privacy, he said we contribute to the problem by flocking to social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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“We’re willingly, gleefully giving our information away,” he said. To fix this, Lamoureux recommends a three-pronged approach. Because data marketplace industries tend to be secretive, Lamoureux recommends government oversight. “The Federal Trade Commission should have regulatory authority. We should require information on who their clients are, what they collect and how they use it. “Just as the big three credit reporting agencies must release annual reports to consumers, these (marketing) companies should release reports,” he said. “Maybe knowing they’re at risk for more regulation will encourage them to police themselves.” The government should also enact legislation to protect citizens’ privacy and revive the safeguards in place before “the 9/11 climate of fear,” he said, and law enforcement agencies should limit their use of surveillance techniques. “It’s hard to talk about this without sounding like I’m against law enforcement and intelligence,” he said. “I’m not against them. But they have to follow the law, too. “Our protectors have to decide that, on a day-to-day basis, one of their jobs is to protect our privacy.”

Reining in the new media industry — chief collectors of this information — is the second of Lamoureux’s recommendations. This effort has a special significance for him. In 30 years of teaching, he’s contributed to the training of many technologists. He regrets that he didn’t prepare former students to question or challenge their employers about invading citizens’ privacy and selling information into the data marketplace. Today, he makes sure to introduce these issues in relevant classes. He also recommends that if new media companies collect data from their customers, it should be strictly for the purposes of providing products and services. Companies and businesses should stop selling their customers’ data into the marketplace, and consumers should always be asked for permission — and compensated — for the selling of their data. Individuals, too, have a role to play. Lamoureux believes we can protect our privacy, and encourage commercial and governmental entities to shift the status quo toward privacy protection, by monitoring our interactions with credit and financial services, websites and browsers, social media participation, mobile phones and email. Though he admits that professional new-media developers may always be a step ahead, Lamoureux encourages consumers not to give up. “Educate yourself about privacy and about how new media technologies work,” he said. “The market will only work to correct the privacy environment when consumers act as though they not only care, but care a lot.” Paying with cash instead of credit cards, using a basic cellphone with no texting features and choosing different browsers for different tasks are ways Lamoureux sets a good example. But he admits it’s not an exact science — and that it’s difficult. He is also self-deprecatory about his attempts to stay off the grid. “I’ve set up an encrypted email system, but can’t get anyone to use it with me,” he said ruefully.

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Spirit

Queen of h ops

BY BOB GRIMSON ’81 Photography by Duane Zehr

Athletes often say the values and memories attached to belonging to a team are crucial and last a lifetime. Leaning forward, Andrea McAllister Gorski ’92 thought back to her last preseason summer workout at Bradley. She recalled running the hills at Laura Bradley Park then gathering at her apartment with teammates for an impromptu celebration. “Division I basketball isn’t easy,” she said. “But when you do it with people you love, there’s nothing better.” Named Bradley’s ninth women’s head basketball coach at a press conference in early April, Director of Athletics Chris Reynolds described Gorski as “straight out of central casting.” He went on to call the Orsborn Award winner and member of the university’s athletics hall of fame “one of the greatest players in Bradley history.” “My best friends (today) were my teammates at Bradley,” she said, mentioning Cara Riggenbach Gartrell ’92, Liza Reed Arnold ’95, Micah Bingeman ’93, Carolyn Hagerty ’95, Val Wanket VanHyfte ’91 and Heidi Nelson Libby ’91. Though scattered nationwide, they talk regularly and get together at least annually. “You’re not going to remember how many points you scored or how many minutes you played,” Gorski said. “You’re going to remember the bus rides, the hotels. That’s what makes it family. We share that bond. That’s how Bradley is. The intangibles of playing Division I sports are what made me.” She recalled starting basketball at 4 or 5 years old in her backyard with her siblings. Then came neighborhood pickup games, but organized team sports had to wait until fifth grade, according to the former all-Gateway Conference first team selection whose name still peppers the Bradley record books.

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A three-sport athlete in high school (volleyball, softball and basketball), she was also recruited by some Mid-American Conference schools closer to her Michigan home. Her recruiting visit convinced her within hours Bradley was the right choice. “I liked the feel of the campus; it felt comfortable,” she said. Spotty playing time her freshman year and bouts of homesickness took a toll. But she lifted weights and played basketball all summer before her sophomore year and started every game after that for then-head coach Lisa Boyer. “I wanted to be the starting point guard, I wanted to be the leader,” said Gorski. “I was raised that if you want something, you outhustle everyone else to get it.” She recalled her last regular-season Bradley game — a victory over Interstate 74 rival Illinois State University that put the Braves in the conference tournament. “We beat them on their home court. That was special.” So was her last time in a Bradley uniform, a tournament loss to Missouri State (then Southwest Missouri). “I remember taking off the jersey for the last time,” Gorski said. “It hurt.” She tried the business world after graduation, but something was missing. Running marathons came next, but the individual nature of the sport wasn’t for her. “It was the first time since fifth grade I wasn’t on a team. I missed competing.” A stint coaching AAU ball started Gorski’s rise through the ranks from high school to small-college head coach to assistant coach at a bigger school — MVC rival Southern Illinois University — for Cindy Stein, one of her coaches on the Hilltop. Passing on her dedication to the sport and her love of the university to a younger generation is important, Gorski believes. “(My kids) don’t know any different than to have a crazy mom that’s a coach,” Gorski said about her daughter and son.

“You take your experiences as a player … it molds you as a coach,” she added. “Shaping your kids is the best part; you have to lead by example. I take it seriously. We’re educators as coaches.” Gorski dreams of winning the school’s first Missouri Valley Conference title and establishing what Bradley’s women’s basketball stands for. She proudly mentioned an email reporting that some of her players had been at a Peoria business and while there took time to talk and interact with others, including persons with developmental delays. “Giving back, that’s what BU women’s basketball is about,” she said. “We get serious about it; it is serious. But there’s time to laugh. We’re going to be intense, but this is still a game. We’re going to enjoy it.” A large, framed picture of the vaunted Robertson Memorial Field House, a gift from former coach Boyer, has a central spot in Gorski’s office. The structure’s pressure-cooker atmosphere and unique raised floor provided a distinct home-court advantage. But she calls the Renaissance Coliseum “a perfect arena for women’s basketball that our players can be proud of.” She praised the new buildings and green space that sprouted on campus since her graduation, especially noting the parking decks. “That was my least favorite part of Bradley, the number of parking tickets I got.” Gorski realizes her return to the Hilltop provides a unique perspective and she allows that playing Division I sports has permeated her outlook and approach. “When you’re playing and going through it, you don’t see the role it will play the rest of your life,” Gorski explained. “Not everyone had that. I was so fortunate. I want my players to have that experience.”

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Spirit ALL ABOUT THE B AWARDS: SISTER ACT The university’s Charles Orsborn Award was a family affair this year. Twin runners Caitlyn Busch ‘16 and Kristen Busch ‘16 were the first members of the same family to earn the top honor. It was the 10th time the award, recognizing the graduating student-athlete who best combines academic and athletic success with community service, has tapped more than one winner.

Record for career tennis wins Despite battling a painful eye infection, Ariel Dechter ’17 became the winningest player in Bradley women’s tennis history with a default singles victory against Illinois State University in an April match. Earlier in the match, Dechter tied the school record when she teamed with Aimee Manfredo ’18 for a doubles victory. Dechter finished with a season record of 23-13 in singles and 20-15 in doubles, giving her 122 combined career victories. She also was a repeat selection to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Select

Team and a first-team MVC Scholar Athlete. The career record had belonged to Teri Chan Palomaki ’07 with 115 combined singles and doubles victories. “I actually didn’t know if I was going to play (that day),” Dechter said in a Scout article, noting she had to miss classes and practice the previous week due to blepharitis, an inflammation of the eyelids. — B.G.

Other awards presented at the annual athletic awards event were: Orville Nothdurft Lifetime Achievement Award: Mira Panajotovic Vukelich ’54, a pioneering tennis player who represented Bradley before there were organized women’s sports on campus.

Coach Joe Stowell Award: Soccer player Andrew Brown ’16 and softball player Kathryn Spenn ’16. Megan C. Fong Inspiration Award: Senior baseball player Brady Wilkin ’16. Special Recognition Award: Ray Picl ’51, a longtime member of the Braves Club. — B.G.

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Three key for Lemek Three was the prime number for Danielle Lemek ’16, who finished third overall at the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Golf Championship in April and was named conference Golfer of the Year for the third straight year, the only golfer in MVC history to accomplish that. The ninth golfer in MVC history to win all-conference honors all four years, Lemek joined Meaghan LeBlanc ’06 as the only Bradley golfers to do so. Bradley placed third as a team. Lemek was named a first-team MVC ScholarAthlete for the third year. She is the sixth player in team history with that distinction.

The university has had at least one firstteam scholar-athlete for an MVC-record 19 consecutive years. Allison Walsh ’16 and Ally Scaccia ’18 were named honorable mention scholar-athletes. Scaccia finished sixth at the MVC tournament. In men’s golf, Lyle Burns ’16 finished sixth at the MVC tournament and joined Drake Bushong ’19 as an all-conference selection. It was the fourth time in school history, and the first time since 1986, that the university had two all-conference golfers in the same season. Bushong is the first Bradley freshman, and just the second underclassman, to earn all-MVC honors. — B.G.

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Carl Grose Service Award: Softball player Kendall Duffy ’16, who also was a finalist for the Orsborn Award.

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S U B S TA N C E The more I read, the more I discovered what a truly fascinating woman Lydia Moss Bradley was.

From the moment of my arrival in Peoria last October to serve as the new executive editor for this magazine, I heard about the university’s founder, Lydia Moss Bradley. How successful she was, how inspirational she was, how she had persevered through the loss of her husband and six children, etc. To be honest, I didn’t quite get the adulation. Yes, Lydia was clearly an impressive woman who had accomplished a great deal in her long life, but I just couldn’t grasp the reverence in which so many on this campus hold her. Even when I took on this story assignment, I felt a little like I was taking one for the team. Then I started digging …

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ife on the frontier wasn’t easy 200 years ago when Lydia Ann Moss came into the world at Vevay, Ind., July 31, 1816. She was the youngest surviving child of Revolutionary War Capt. Zeally Moss, 61, and his second wife, Jenny Glasscock, 50. Zeally came from money, growing up on an established plantation in Virginia, and the family was one of the nation’s first when his great-great-grandfather landed in Virginia in 1642. Zeally served under General Washington during the war, and his great uncle was the last physician to attend Washington during his presidency. Vevay was pretty primitive at the time of Lydia’s birth, with cartographers having platted the area just three years previously. Even today, the small river town has fewer than 1,700 residents. While it retains much of its 19th century charm, Vevay is the kind of place you have to want to visit since you’re not likely to pass through it on your way to somewhere else. I know this because I spent nearly 10 years in Madison, Ind., which is only 20 miles downriver from Lydia’s birthplace.

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Hard work was one of the defining characteristics of her life. No one would have called Lydia a poor little rich girl. She spent her days rising early, performing the necessary household tasks such as churning butter, frying bacon and learning how to preserve meat. School wasn’t much of a break from chores, either. Lydia sat on a puncheon floor — an unfinished wood floor made from split logs that was often quite rough — in the kitchen of a Mrs. Campbell. She also had to fashion her own pen and mix her own ink. It’s amazing to think that Lydia was able to achieve so much in her life with such a rudimentary education. One of the earliest events that exhibited her visionary ability was when Lydia traded the saddle horse she raised from a colt for a forested parcel of land. The small, teenaged girl then cleared the tract herself (though perhaps with some help from daddy or her brothers) and sold the lumber to a sawmill owned by one Tobias S. Bradley.

OK, whoa, stop. What teenage girl in her right mind decides she’s going to give up the only freedom she has, not to mention access to a social life, for a piece of property where she’ll have to chop down all the trees? It’s not like she had any power tools available. But that’s one of the things that makes Lydia so astonishing — perseverance and looking ahead — two themes we’ll see time and again as we meander through the river of her life. Clearly impressed with her work ethic and ingenuity, Tobias came a-courtin’, and the couple married May 11, 1837. Though his family had come to Indiana with means — Tobias’ father had been a well-to-do judge in Kentucky — their fortunes had since dwindled, and Tobias was on his own. To make ends meet, the young couple lived with her parents for the first two years of their marriage.

Peoria, 1831

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McCarthy said Lydia believed the death of her children was due to a curse wished upon her by her brothers and sisters. Infighting seems unlikely, at least between Lydia and William, a successful businessman. He was the one who convinced the family to move to Peoria where he and Tobias went into business together — very successfully. William also had Lydia do some land speculation in Illinois for him after his move to California in 1849.

Laura Bradley, Tobias Bradley, Jeannette Moss, Lydia Moss Bradley.

After Lydia’s father died in Peoria in 1839 while visiting his son, William, the family — including her widowed mother — moved upriver to Log Lick, Ind. (now Markland), where she opened a boarding house and, not surprisingly, did all the work herself. Two of her boarders later described Lydia as a “small, sprightly woman with black eyes and a shrewd, keen mind.”

Funds from the sale of their holdings in Indiana allowed the Bradleys to purchase a sizeable acreage on Peoria’s west bluff. They built a large home on Moss Avenue, and Tobias dabbled in real estate, adding another 700 acres to the couple’s property.

July 31: Birth of Lydia Ann Moss in Vevay, Ind., the same year the territory becomes the 19th U.S. state.

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Stephanie E. McCarthy, author of “Haunted Peoria,” (Arcadia Publishing, 2009) wrote there was intense acrimony among her siblings when their father named Lydia sole heir to his estate.

Slavery abolished in Great Britain.

More heartbreak followed in 1867 when Tobias died in an accident. Examiners concluded the axle on his carriage broke, dropping him and frightening his horse. In trying to extricate itself, the animal kicked Tobias and the resulting head trauma caused severe brain damage and death. It took 20 years to settle his estate at just under

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Compounding those earlier tragedies was when their last surviving child, daughter Laura, died in 1864 at age 14, less than a month after Lydia’s own mother’s death at age 98. The couple must have wondered why death continued to plague them, especially when Lydia’s siblings each had large families, giving them 36 nieces and nephews and 101 great-nieces and great-nephews.

America was under the same moral stricture as Victorian England in those days. Lydia would have focused on hearth and home, but I suspect she and Tobias had more of an equal partnership in their marriage than was common for the time. How else would she have developed the business acumen she did if they didn’t at least discuss it at the dinner table?

Siege of the Alamo. Samuel Colt invents the revolver.

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Rebecca Bradley, Lydia and Tobias’ firstborn, died at age 6 in 1845. Sadly, it was not the last time the Bradleys would lose a child; five of the couple’s six children didn’t survive past early childhood.

Lydia marries Tobias S. Bradley.

$500,000, which with inflation would be worth more than $11 million today.

Allen Upton ’48, in his book, “Forgotten Angel: The Story of Lydia Moss Bradley,” theorized the reason for the marriage was that despite her wealth, Lydia faced some prejudice as a single woman, especially when it came to financial matters.

The Bradleys arrive in Peoria, pop. 4,000.

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A 1910s postcard of Laura Bradley Park.

California Gold Rush begins.

Still, she was smart enough to realize that her second marriage might not last. In a move uncommon for its time, she had her fiancé sign a prenuptial agreement to protect her assets. Once again, the decision proved fortuitous when the couple split less than four years later, although they remained friends. Whatever reasons led to a second trip down the aisle, Lydia chose to remain single after her divorce and focus on business instead. As her wealth grew, Lydia followed Tobias’ example and gave generously to the Peoria community. Lydia offered a house she owned, rent free, to the directors of a children’s home. She also invested $15,000 in the Grand Opera House (lost to fire in 1909); paid off the $30,000 mortgage for the Universalist Church; donated property to the then-named Society of St. Francis for a hospital; and gave 130 acres to the city to create a park, along with many additional gifts.

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Upton may have had a point, but I don’t necessarily agree that business was the only reason for the union. Lydia was likely incredibly lonely in the big house on Moss Avenue without her husband and

The Bradley home in 1873.

family. If Clarke appeared amiable at first, Lydia may have seen him as a good companion, even if it wasn’t a love match.

Abraham Lincoln makes an anti-slavery speech in Peoria; Lydia and Tobias likely attend.

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Two-and-a-half years later, Lydia remarried, but her choice was an unusual one. She met Edward E. Clarke, a widower and successful cotton broker from Memphis, Tenn., at the home of her next door neighbor. Edward loved the gracious, laidback lifestyle of the South, while Lydia preferred the industry and pace of the North. He spent $20,000 on expenses annually; she spent $2,000.

Moss, Bradley & Co. profits from alcohol sales during the Civil War were enough for Tobias to acquire 700 acres.

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Yet, few likely know how in 1904, she purchased a trainload of 1,800 Angora goats so they could clear her Illinois properties in Fulton, Mason and Peoria counties with their gorging. W.W. Hammond, Lydia’s business manager, may well have thought he wasn’t getting paid enough when she sent him to round them up for shipment from Peoria to their future owners. By 1877, Lydia had abandoned plans to build an orphanage — the original objective she and Tobias had for memorializing their children — and decided instead to build a school. She and Hammond visited a number of institutions of higher learning for ideas, and Lydia ultimately purchased a controlling interest in Parsons Horological School of La Porte, Ind., in 1892. She moved the students, faculty and equipment to Peoria, housing them in the newly leased Peoria Watch Company. William Rainey Harper, president of the University of Chicago, came into Lydia’s life in 1896. He convinced her not to wait to start her educational project and to add a two-year college to the four-year academy. Harper had other ideas for the new institute, such as segregating the sexes during their first two years, but persuasive as he was, Lydia insisted her school’s policies remain separate from his and maintain only a social relationship.

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Lydia is one of the first women in the U.S. to have a prenuptial agreement, more than 100 years before they become commonplace. Prenuptial Agreement

Demonstrating, yet again, her ability to think ahead, Lydia transferred her estate, approximately $2 million, to the institute in May 1899, nearly two years after its founding. In doing so, she likely spared the school a significant tax burden. “I thought,” said Lydia, “that it would save considerable trouble and expense in settling up my estate if it were done now. I still control all my property and will continue to manage it, but at my death there need be no delay about the school coming into it directly. I am proud of the Polytechnic Institute. It is fully up to my expectations. We have a fine faculty and nearly 400 pupils.” Harper’s ability to persuade Lydia to start the school in her lifetime was, I believe, the single greatest occurrence for her emotional well-being during the second part of her life. After spending decades alone, grieving the loss of her children and husband, at last Lydia would have the chance to have a kind of family. It may well have accounted for, in part, her longevity. Of all the things I learned about Lydia, this is the one that touches me the most. Clarence E. Comstock, one of the original faculty, confirmed this, noting a marked change in Lydia during the school’s first decade. “She seemed to grow young again,” he said. “… The students were her boys and girls. She was intensely interested in what they were doing and was frequently seen about the halls.” It was also inspiring to see the level of trust and depth in her relationships. During her later years, some would criticize her small circle, but Lydia chose her friendships wisely. That may be because

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Tobias Bradley dies in a carriage accident. The lack of a will caused Lydia not to inherit his estate for 20 years.

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Things moved rapidly thereafter. The state of Illinois approved the charter for Bradley Polytechnic Institute Nov. 13, 1896, and building commenced the following January on Bradley

Hall and the Horology Building. The first semester began Oct. 4, 1897, with 105 students and 18 faculty.

The Great Chicago Fire breaks out.

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Farm development was an area where Lydia showed a head for business. Some alumni may know how after draining 5,000 acres of Manito Marsh (Ill.), she added potash and improved the crop yield, turning the initial $10-an-acre investment into a $140-per-acre bounty.

Lydia becomes the first female board director of a national bank in Illinois, possibly the nation.

Lydia with members of Bradley Polytechnic Institute’s first board of trustees, March 7, 1902.

Statue of Liberty dedicated in New York City.

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Though industrious for almost her entire life, Lydia had to curtail her activities — in particular, visits to her tenant farmers — in the fall of 1907. That December, doctors confined Lydia to her home when she suffered from a lung inflammation. During the first weeks of the new year, her condition alternated between improving and declining. At one point she uttered, “Why won’t they let me die?” Lydia breathed her last at 7:15 a.m., Jan. 16, 1908.

Lydia purchases a controlling interest in the Parsons Horological School in La Porte, Ind.

Hammond’s wife, one of Lydia’s best friends, was much gentler in her assessment. She described Lydia as “a very generous woman, kind and considerate to all with whom she came in contact, whose home was handsomely furnished, whose clothes were of the finest materials, who set an excellent table, maintained a house full of flowers, kept an excellent carriage and bestowed costly gifts.”

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Trustee Oliver Bailey summed up Lydia’s life and works perfectly at the fourth annual Founder’s Day. “The world owes much to sudden impulse. It owes vastly more to calm reflection that gives birth to noble and enduring purpose … so careful, so considerate was she that we have not departed radically from her wise planning, her wise purpose.”

Bradley Polytechnic Institute opens with 18 faculty and 105 students.

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“No one who knew Mrs. Bradley well could fail to be impressed with her intellectual abilities,” wrote Charles Wyckoff in “Bradley Polytechnic Institute: The First Decade, 1897–1907.” “Deprived of any but the most elementary school opportunities, she had a mind of extraordinary clearness and strength. What she knew, she knew, and would not be cheated out of it by sophistry or persuasion. What she did not know, she never pretended to know, and was willing to have settled by those who did know.”

Newspapers used sensationalist headlines about Lydia’s mental condition as speculation rose over the validity of her will. Hundreds of heir-wannabes alleged everything from senility, undue influence and seances for her deceased husband and children as a means of getting a piece of Lydia’s estate. Their plans didn’t work; the Peoria probate court upheld the will.

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having had so little formal education herself, she relied on others she deemed smarter than herself to help achieve her goals.

January 16: Death of Lydia Moss Bradley in Peoria, Ill.

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TAX MAN SOMETIME

in the late summer of 1982, Scott Racine ’72 was in a meeting with Quincy Jones in the legendary music producer’s living room. After they had discussed business awhile, Jones couldn’t contain his excitement any longer. He just had to play a few tracks from a new album by Michael Jackson and accompanying video of the recording sessions. “‘Chicago,’ what do you think,” asked Jones, using the affectionate nickname he’d given Racine. “You’ve never seen anything like this; you’ve gotta listen to it.” Although Racine wasn’t a huge fan of the Gloved One’s work, he enjoyed the track. But he never suspected “Thriller” would become the best-selling album in history, a record that still stands. Scenes like that were commonplace, but surprising, for a kid just a few years out of law school. It amazed him that now instead of watching or listening to his favorite stars, they came to him for advice. Jones was just one of hundreds of high-profile clients from the worlds of movies and music on Racine’s roster during the early part of his career. He solved the tax issues of actors Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Ellen DeGeneres, Sharon Stone and others, as well as Academy Award-winning producers, even superheroes (Burt Ward, TV’s first Robin, Batman’s sidekick, and Jack Larson, the original Jimmy Olsen from the first “Superman” series). Among the musicians were Bob Dylan, Sir Elton John, Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder,

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Bruce Springsteen and Frank Zappa, along with bands Journey and Men at Work, the latter known for their 1981 hit, “Down Under.” Ask Racine for a little dish, and he is happy to oblige, but with the caveat that many of the stories would be off the record. It might be the meeting at an Oscar-winning movie producer’s home where the host was cooking crack and the pan caught fire (Racine put it out). Or the actress who greeted him clad only in a towel and bathrobe and had a wardrobe malfunction. Early career success led to greater achievements. Working with the entertainment elite was only a quarter of Racine’s book; the remainder were the more challenging mergers and acquisitions, etc., in the corporate world. The experience led to his becoming head of the Los Angeles tax department for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, one of the largest law firms in the world. While there, Racine spent the remainder of his career working with clients Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Nike, Sony and other business giants. His biggest project was the tax planning and structuring for the $26 billion leveraged buyout of Clear Channel Communications Inc. (“$5 million was a rounding error”), but one of his favorites was writing the first partnership agreement for the California Pizza Kitchen restaurant chain, even if he never got any freebies. “I represented the company and its founders for the next 30 years … I asked them for a line pass so I could go to the front of the line without waiting, and they told me, ‘Even we wait in line when we go there!’”

A knack for cracking the IRS code led this alumnus to a career working with the biggest names in Hollywood, music and industry. BY S.L. GUTHRIE

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Racine grew up in Calumet Heights on the southeast side of Chicago in the 1950s–1960s, in an ethnically and economically diverse neighborhood next to the steel mill district. The sky was always gray with particles spewed out by the factories, and Racine would joke when visiting the suburbs that he got sick from breathing fresh air. His parents were middle class: his dad was a meat broker for the grocery industry; his mom was a bookkeeper. They helped Racine attend Bradley, where he was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, but he spent his summers working in the stockyards to pay for the extras that make college life fun. Armed with a psychology degree, Racine spent the first years after graduation as a social worker helping delinquents and heroin addicts. He only made the move to law because he thought he could make a bigger impact. The plan was to become a juvenile justice attorney, but he discovered a knack for tax law and made the switch. After earning a law degree from Pepperdine University (Calif.), Racine went for a master’s in taxation from New York University, graduating in 1979. A number of large firms in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago tried to recruit him, but Racine chose to clerk for William Drennen, then the chief judge of the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C. A year later, he headed west. Throughout his career, Racine served as an adjunct professor at a number of law schools. “I’d always wanted to be a teacher,” he said. “… To teach students and make some kind of impression,

or have something to do with their future careers or their lives … it was the best. I’d leave my class sometimes; it’d feel like I was high.” Now retired, Racine has applied that same love of service volunteering legal services for the poor. He’s also been a strong advocate for Bradley’s psychology department and other programs, establishing scholarships and providing additional support.

Racine and Chris Jones, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

In October, the university honored Racine as the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Of the many accolades he’s received over the years, it’s one of the ones that means the most. “Bradley was the best four years of my life,” said Racine. “…Theoretically, I guess I could have gone to any of the schools that accepted me, but I chose Bradley. I wouldn’t (have become) who I am or achieved what I did without Bradley. That’s where it all started.”

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Court in the balance BY CRAIG CURTIS, associate professor of political science

The rights of public-sector unions to collect “fair share” dues from nonmembers. Challenges to the Affordable Care Act’s coverage of contraception. Access to abortion care. The future of “one person, one vote.” These and other crucial issues were under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court this session. Looming over all is the 2016 presidential race, whose winner will almost certainly have an outsize effect on the makeup of the highest court in the land.

The sudden death in February of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia left the court evenly split, with four Republicans and four Democrats. Six key cases were pending before the court. Because they involve issues that divide the country — access to abortion, public-sector trade unions, and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, for example — public interest in the court’s decisions is high. In March, President Obama appointed Merrick Garland, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to the vacancy. Senate Republicans vowed to refuse to consider the nomination. Unless they change their minds, this means Scalia’s seat will remain vacant at least until the spring of 2017. Within days of his death, all the major candidates for president had made statements about the vacancy, including descriptions of the type of person they believed should replace Scalia. Much was at stake in the court’s docket. The very executive power of the presidency was on the line in a case involving Obama’s immigration

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policy. Access to abortion was in question in a case arising out of Texas. The ability of public-sector unions to collect millions of dollars in “fair share” dues was under consideration in a case from California. A single lawsuit contained several cases from around the country challenging the Affordable Care Act’s provisions regarding access to contraception. Another case out of Texas challenged affirmative action goals in higher education admissions policies. Finally, a case involving a challenge to the way legislative districts are formed is before the court, with

implications for a wide range of voting procedure policies enacted by Republicans in a number of states. When a Supreme Court ruling is tied, the lower court’s ruling stands and no precedent is set. In March, the court admitted it is deadlocked on the union case, which means the lower court’s decision stands. Since the union won in the U.S. Court of Appeals, fair share dues remain the law in many states, including Illinois. In the contraception access cases, the Supreme Court has declined to make a decision, sending all cases back to their respective courts of appeals to give the parties a chance to reach an accommodation.

For the first time since 1968, a presidential election is overtly about the Supreme Court. That year, Richard Nixon was running as much against Chief Justice Earl Warren as against Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace. He vowed to appoint justices who would overturn the “Due Process Revolution” created by the Warren Court. He was successful, appointing four justices and reshaping the court far more to his liking. Presidents Reagan and both Bushes continued this trend, so from 1982 until Scalia’s death, Republicans dominated the Supreme Court. This election is significant because whoever wins will have the chance to appoint the tie-breaking justice and potentially break a longstanding pattern of conservative dominance of the court. If a Democrat wins, there will almost certainly be five Democrats on the court and four Republicans. If a Republican wins, there will once again be a majority of Republicans on the court. Even before Scalia’s death, this election was considered pivotal for the Court’s future. Three other justices are elderly, with at least one likely to retire before 2021. Senior justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer are Democrats, so a Republican winning the presidency could potentially leave office with the court containing as many as seven members of his own party. Justice Anthony Kennedy is not as conservative as many in his party, but if he retires before 2021, a Democrat winning the presidency this year could leave office with a court containing six members of his or her party. Whoever wins, Scalia’s death has caused this year’s presidential election to become far more significant, since the winner will determine which party has a majority on the Supreme Court — influencing the outcomes of key policy debates for years to come. Craig Curtis is an associate professor of political science and co-author of “The Fourth Amendment in Flux: The Roberts Court, Crime Control, and Digital Privacy.”

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Creating sisterhood BY MARY BROLLEY Photography by Duane Zehr

Clockwise from top left: Tiara Rice ’19, Jhoanna Vega-Rocha ’17, Jacqueline Ortiz ’17, Daniela Miranda ’16 and Olivia De La Rosa ’18.

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As she neared graduation from Bradley, Marneka Hayes ’06 was happy and relieved. But her positive feelings were tinged with sadness. She’d worked hard to complete her double major in political science and criminal justice, but her social life had revolved around Sigma Lambda Gamma, the multicultural sorority she’d joined her sophomore year. Through the organization, she’d met lifelong friends and participated in activities that defined her college experience. She had found a sense of belonging and a cause: the empowerment of women from all backgrounds and cultures. But during Hayes’ senior year, Sigma Lambda Gamma was in trouble. The Latina-founded sorority had never been large, but now she was one of only two members. She tried to recruit others, but it was difficult. The year after Hayes graduated, the sorority, whose motto is “Hermanas por vida” (sisters for life), died out on the Hilltop. “I was crestfallen,” she said. Fast-forward eight years.

They decided to form a group that would explore bringing a multicultural sorority to the Hilltop. Miranda, then a sophomore actuarial science major from Wheeling, Ill., and Vega-Rocha, then a freshman sociology and criminal justice major from Round Lake, Ill., began meeting weekly with about 20 young women they’d met at the Bradley Activities fair and elsewhere. First, the students researched multicultural sororities. Using a self-designed matrix, they narrowed the search to three. They considered the sorority’s core values, Bradley’s proximity to headquarters, and the response rate — that is, whether and how the sorority responded to their inquiry. Sigma Lambda Gamma was the favorite, and somewhere along the way the young women discovered the fate of Bradley’s former chapter. They began to work to bring the sorority back to campus. After the students submitted an application to become a Sigma Lambda Gamma interest group, they waited for an answer from the headquarters in Iowa. To their surprise and disappointment, the request was rejected. The problem? Headquarters said that, though the application was thorough and complete, there was no local Sigma Lambda Gamma alumna to sponsor and guide the group.

Miranda

Vega-Rocha

Daniela Miranda ’16 and Jhoanna Vega-Rocha ’17 wanted more from their student experience at Bradley. Though challenged in their studies and active socially, something was missing. Each wanted to connect with other young women, but hadn’t felt drawn to any social sororities on campus.

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About that time, Hayes, living and working in nearby Galesburg, Ill., received an email from the sorority’s headquarters, explaining the Bradley group’s need for a sponsor. She volunteered immediately, and asked sorority sister Imelda Guzman ’07 to help. The two made plans to visit campus. “The first time I met them, I was floored,” Hayes said. “They were so eager. When I found out they’d been trying for a year and hadn’t succeeded because no one was available to sponsor them, I couldn’t get over it.”

(Multiculturalism is) not only diversity of membership, but a concrete commitment to acknowledging and celebrating all cultures equally through programming, public service outreach efforts and community education. Statement by the National Multicultural Greek Council, 2007

The sorority’s colors are shocking pink and majestic purple.

“Marneka told us, ‘You were what I was waiting for (back in 2006),’ ” Vega-Rocha said.

De La Rosa

With sponsors on board, the group continued weekly meetings. They instituted study hours and planned social and fundraising events.

Though small in relation to other sororities, Bradley’s Sigma Lambda Gammas have connected with their sisters at Illinois State and Western Illinois universities and the University of IllinoisChicago. “They came to support us on (the sorority’s) Founder’s Day this spring,” VegaRocha said. “We’ve gotten close with them.”

And, ever aware that they needed to keep the sorority growing, they began to recruit their friends and classmates.

Vega-Rocha, who now serves as president of the sorority, said her role in its revival has changed her life. “We are the face of Sigma Lambda Gamma. We think carefully about what we put out there. I’ve learned so much about listening to others, keeping an open mind.”

Accounting major Olivia De La Rosa ’18 learned about the sorority at an interest table set up in the lobby of Heitz Hall. “I didn’t know a lot about Greek life,” she said. “This seemed like something very different.”

Group photo: courtesy Sigma Lambda Gamma.

on campus, we feel more pressure to put ourselves out there.”

Unlike the whirlwind pace of formal sorority recruitment at Bradley in the fall, the path to joining Sigma Lambda Gamma would be more of a courtship — a semester-long process of learning about the sorority before she’d be introduced as a potential member. Two years later, De La Rosa serves as the vice president of finance and marketing for the sorority and will represent Bradley’s group at a convention in Dallas this summer. She’s honored to have been part of the rebirth of Sigma Lambda Gamma. “It’s helped me grow as a person. It’s been like forming a new family. Because we are so new

“I found a group I really clicked with,” said former president Miranda, who graduated in May and will begin a job with The PrivateBank in downtown Chicago this fall. Noting that Sigma Lambda Gamma is the fastestgrowing multicultural sorority in the country, she added, “We all joined (the sorority) for different reasons, but we share common goals.” “(The sorority is) about cultural awareness, not just ethnicity,” said Vega-Rocha. Hayes and Guzman are grateful for the chance to mentor these young women, including four new members announced in May. The group has been accepted as a Sigma Lambda Gamma “colony” and will soon apply for chapter status. “We look for women who are well-rounded, active,” Hayes said. “We want them to be leaders in the community and in life. We challenge each other to dig deeper, to be ambitious.”

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Legacy Family

Elevator pitch From left: Kelly, Lisa, Julie and Tracy Muskat with their parents at Julie’s May graduation.

IN THE LATE 1970s, a housing crunch led the university to put transfer students at Peoria’s downtown YMCA. There, a chance meeting in an elevator between Nancy Brandlein Muskat ’79 and David Muskat ’80 led to a legacy.

Kelly, a member of the Bradley Ambassadors student-alumni relations association while on campus, also worked at New Connections after graduation. Like her father, she now works at Triangle Package Machinery.

“The Y was a sorority/fraternity of its own,” said Nancy Muskat. “David lived on the seventh floor, known as ‘seventh heaven,’ and I was on the third, the only floor for girls. The Y provided us with our own cafeteria, gyms and racquetball courts. A shuttle service took students to classes and campus events.”

Noting the overlap between Kelly and Julie at Bradley, Nancy said the family had two tuition payments for awhile, but credited Leigh Ann Smith in the controller’s office as an unbelievable help in keeping things organized.

Daughters Lisa ’08, Kelly ’13 and Julie ’16 followed their parents’ footsteps to the Hilltop. The trio were active Sigma Kappa members and participated in a variety of Bradley activities. Another daughter, Tracy, graduated from St. Ambrose University. “Kelly and Julie spent many sibling weekends with Lisa,” said Nancy, noting several of these were impromptu visits and not the regularly scheduled university events. “They fell in love with the Bradley home.” Lisa works at New Connections Academy in Palatine, Ill. She earned a master’s degree at Northeastern Illinois University and was a 2010 finalist for the prestigious Golden Apple Teaching Awards.

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“As a family, we visited a multitude of college campuses,” Nancy said. “There was just a sense of belonging at Bradley. The smaller class sizes helped develop lifelong relationships with classmates and professors. That was an essential part of the Bradley education.” She also praised Deborah Fischer of the Center for Learning Assistance as a huge part of the girls’ success at Bradley. “She was always available and kept them on the right track.” Calling Julie’s graduation “bittersweet” because it wraps up the family’s two generations on campus, Nancy considers it time well spent. “Bradley has been a constant since 2003 — that is 13 consecutive years of tuition,” she said. “It has given each of us a wonderful education we are using to better the world.” — B.G.

Muskat family: Matt Hawkins.

Nancy earned a degree in medical technology and has been at Alexian Brothers Medical Center for 34 years. With his degree in manufacturing engineering, David has been at Triangle Package Machinery for 37 years. Married in 1982, the couple lives in Elk Grove Village, Ill., where their four daughters grew up.

May graduate Julie is an industrial engineering major and part of the Society for Women in Engineering.

Class Notes 1960s

Walt Calhoon ’64 published “Demystifying the Gregorian Calendar.” After earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona, he worked 40 years for the Department of Defense and NASA. Walt has three children and lives with his wife in southern California.

Lance: Duane Zehr; Pielak: Lars Sahl.

RTI Surgical Inc. has named Curtis Selquist ’67 its chairman. A board member since 2013, he is an operating partner with Water Street Healthcare Partners and previously held executive positions at Johnson & Johnson.

Jerry Kehe ’68, board chair at KeHE Distributors, received the Herbert Hoover

Centurion was chairman and CEO of Harris Corporation and an executive adviser and company chairman in the Blackstone Group.

Humanitarian Service Award from the Food Marketing Institute. A 2005 Centurion, Jerry is in the Specialty Food Hall of Fame and received the McGladrey Lifetime Achievement Award. He and his wife, Jan, have two daughters and five grandchildren. Phil Brown ’69 received several North American sales awards for Mitchell 1, which provides software services to the automotive and truck aftermarket. He is president of Philip E. Brown and Associates Ltd. Phil and his wife, Luisa, have one daughter and live in Mokena, Ill.

Jaki Samuelson ’75 marked 35 years with Whitfield and Eddy in Des Moines, Iowa. A graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law, she is past co-chair of the firm’s labor and employment practice group.

1970s

Bill Barre ’71 serves as assistant professor of advertising at Central Michigan University. He published the textbook “Behind the Manipulation: The art of advertising copywriting.” Previously, he taught at Kent State University and the University of Wisconsin after spending 30 years as a copywriter and creative director for top advertising agencies. Bill earned a master’s degree at the University of Illinois. He and his wife, Viv, have two sons and live in Hinsdale, Ill.

Gary Pielak ’77 won the Carl Brändén Award for education and service from the Protein Society. Gary earned his doctorate at Washington State University and serves as Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Bruce Dopke ’77 joined Stahl Cowen Crowley Addis, LLC in Chicago. He earned his juris doctorate at John Marshall Law School and a certificate in bankruptcy mediation from DePaul University.

MacDonald, Detwiller and Associates Ltd., a leading aerospace communications and information company based in Canada, has appointed Howard Lance ’77 HON ’14 president and CEO. Previously, the 2007

The city of New York has appointed Gerard Bryant ’78 to its Board of Corrections. A psychologist and consultant, he had served as associate and acting warden for the Department of Justice in Brooklyn. He also worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons and as an adjunct professor at several colleges. Gerard earned a master’s degree from Brooklyn College and his doctorate from New York University.

The Violet L. Schumacher School of Nursing at the Bridgeview Campus of Northwestern College has named Violet Grogan Wilkes M.A.’78 dean of the school. She previously served as associate professor in the graduate nursing program at American Sentinel University and worked at National American University and ITT Technical Institute. Violet also worked in numerous hospitals and educational institutions. She earned a master’s degree from Rush University and a doctorate in higher education leadership from Nova Southeastern University.

Ivy Marketing Group named Wendy Stockland Foster ’79 vice president; she previously served the firm as a writer and account executive. Wendy and her husband, Mike ’76, have three children, including Kimberly M. ’11. They live in Downers Grove, Ill.

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Class Notes 1980s

Eric J. Hansen ’86 is vice president of Crawford, Murphy & Tilly. Previously, he served as manager of the consulting firm’s Peoria office. Active in community groups, Eric is an affiliate instructor in the Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology.

The Peoria Police Department named Lisa Merkel Snow ’89 M.A. ’96 assistant chief. A member of the department since 1990, she most recently served as a captain.

1990s

Steven Migala ’93 became an equity partner in Lavelle Law in Palatine, Ill. He has worked for several Chicago law firms and received his juris doctorate from the University of Illinois College of Law. He also is a planning and zoning commissioner in Streamwood, Ill., where he lives. Shawn Goetz ’94 was elected a vice president at Hanson Professional Services Inc. A project manager with the company, he works in the Twin Cities office in Minnesota.

Sheila Schreckenberg Quirk-Bailey ’85 became the fifth — and first female — president of Illinois Central College. Previously, she served as chief of staff and vice president at William Rainey Harper College. Sheila earned a master’s degree at Northern Illinois University and a doctorate from the University of Maryland University College.

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Robert Nogaj ’87 MBA ’91 is chief operating officer of Martin Engineering. Previously, he served as the company’s vice president of operations. Denise Strode Knoblauch ’88 is executive director of the American Board of Occupational Health Nurses. She co-authored “What Color is Your Brain? When Caring for Patients: An Easy Approach for Understanding Your Personality Type and Your Patient’s Perspective.” Denise lives in Lowpoint, Ill.

Dianne Logan Brucker ’91 is vice president of campaign management at Comcast Spotlight. Her most recent leadership role was as senior director of operations. In addition, the Chicago chapter of Women in Cable Telecommunications named Dianne Visionary Leader of the Year. She and her husband, Mike, have three children and live in Lakewood, Ill.

Chris Keppner ’98 is now a principal at Eriksson Engineering Associates, Ltd. He joined the firm in 2013 as Chicago operations manager. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

The Illinois High School Association named Jamie Murray ’95 Baseball Coach of the Year. He is a special education teacher and coach at Jacobs High School in Algonquin, Ill. The Illinois Principals Association named Aimee Lattig Kasper ’96 the 2016–17 elementary school principal of the year. She serves as principal at Kishwaukee Elementary School in Rockford, Ill. Jennifer Caligiuri Groves ’97 is principal at Prairie Point Elementary School in Oswego, Ill. Previously, she was principal at Cathedral of St. Raymond School in Joliet, Ill., and a special education supervisor and teacher. She earned master’s and doctoral degrees at Loyola University in Chicago.

Robert Reid ’99 joined Howard and Howard Attorneys PLLC in its Las Vegas office. He had served as director of intellectual property for a pair of gaming companies and worked as an electrical engineer for Intel. Robert earned his juris doctorate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Nogaj: courtesy Martin Engineering.

Mark Wojcik ’83 is vice president of Scribes, the American Society of Legal Writers. He earned his juris doctorate at John Marshall Law School and is a professor at the school. He and his husband, David Austin, live in Chicago.

Central Life Sciences’ Agricultural Products Division named Nathan Sprenger ’97 brand manager for farm and ranch products. A certified public accountant, he had served the company as senior financial analyst. He previously worked for Winston Brands Inc. and Corporate Express.

History on a T-shirt

It’s hard to say how many Bradley students grabbed a couple of beers at Sully’s Pub or found their way to the north side of Peoria to dance at Stage 2. On Sundays, when the cafeteria was closed, many headed down Farmington Road to Hunt’s Drive-In for a shake or tenderloin. Thompson Food Basket was the go-to grocery store in Campustown, and Famous-Barr was popular among shoppers.

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Today, nostalgic alumni can find the logos of these once-popular Peoria businesses, plus other favorite haunts in Chicago, St. Louis, Madison, Wis., and Rockford, Ill., on T-shirts sold by Bygone Brand, owned by KEITH ’94 and AMY TABACHNICK WATSON ’94. “Amy loves history, and I love logos,” said Keith Watson, co-owner of Ginestra Watson, a Rockford advertising agency. Moving quickly, the couple was able to sell their merchandise at a local street fair just six months after coming up with the idea. “We knew from our first show that this was something that’s happening,” he said. “People would say, ‘I remember that place.’ Everyone had a story to tell.” The Watsons soon began advertising, established Facebook and Twitter company pages and reached out to local Facebook groups interested in nostalgia. According to Amy Watson, who recently retired from teaching, as the couple expanded into other cities, they chose restaurants, theatres, roller rinks, essentially “entertainment places where people grew up having fun.” Of course, having a cool logo was a must, as was securing a copyright attorney. Each T-shirt comes with a history of the business.

LEFT: The Watsons met at Bradley when Keith was a house boy at Amy’s sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. RIGHT: Love for their alma mater and a Peoria night spot.

“We like to educate our customers a little bit,” she said. “We include when the company was in business and what it did.” The T-shirts are sold online, at local retailers and at a few shows. There are close to 100 styles, and the Watsons have their eyes on Milwaukee for their next set of T-shirts. For more information, visit bygonebrand.com. — Nancy Ridgeway

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From classic sports cars to airplanes to aviation-based dioramas, Terry Powell ’57 keeps busy recreating pieces of the past. A construction major with a business administration minor, Powell later earned a master’s degree in industrial education from Western Illinois University. He taught electronics for 28 years after getting training in that field during military service. “I even did racing cars,” Powell said, adding he restored 118 classic cars from the mid-1960s to the 1990s. “I didn’t know what I was going to do with them but they were fun to play with.” The Theta Chi member worked multiple jobs to get through school but made time to follow the basketball team’s exploits during his time on campus. “We (his fraternity) followed everybody, we’d jump in a car and go wherever the game was,” he said, recalling trips to New York, Boston and Kansas City. “It was a busy time.”

When health issues curtailed his auto restorations, his lifetime interest in aviation took off. Powell’s father was a chief engineer for Vultee Aircraft Corporation during World War II, working specifically with the B-24 bomber, so the family followed his work around the country. The younger Powell built a lot of models during those early days. Focusing on combat aircraft from the world wars, his models are customized, requiring an average two months to finish with accurate paint schemes and details. After building several planes, he united his interests in flying and history to start constructing historical dioramas. He is now on his fourth, a depiction of a World War II German airfield under attack by the Royal Air Force. Two of his earlier scenic displays are in Chicago museums, with the third in Dixon, Ill. Each diorama takes four to six months with intensive planning followed by handcrafted, historically accurate construction. “I’m the most curious guy in the world,” said Powell. “When I taught, I put curiosity before intelligence.” — B.G.

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Restoring the past

Fort Worth Business named Kathy Loverude Weaver ’99 to its 40 Under 40 list of business leaders. She is senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Ryan, a global tax services firm. Kathy also earned an executive MBA at the University of Texas at Arlington.

2000s

Nadir Yilmaz MSME ’01 received the 2016 Excellence in Engineering Education Award from SAE International. Additionally, the National Society of Professional Engineers named him to its 2016 class of fellows. A professor of mechanical engineering and associate department chair at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Nadir earned his doctorate at New Mexico State University. Matthew Stump ’01 and Aleeza Granote ’02 welcomed Ariella Rose May 2, 2015. Matthew is a registered intensive care unit nurse. Aleeza is a pediatric oncology social worker at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and founded Card Care Connection. The family lives in St. Louis.

Porte Brown LLC named Derek Adamczyk ’02 partner. He is part of the firm’s accounting and consulting services team in McHenry, Ill. A member of the state CPA Society, Derek lives in Gilberts, Ill. The Grundy County (Ill.) Board appointed Chris Balkema MBA ’02 to its ranks in March to fill a vacancy. A former member of the board, he will be the Republican candidate in a November special election to fill the remaining two years of the term. Mark ‘03 and Melissa Saldivar Bowden ‘03 welcomed Micah Nov. 21, 2015. Melissa is a daycare provider and Mark is transportation manager at South Side Mission. They live in Peoria. Jason Vicich M.A. ’03 had his dissertation approved and completed the doctoral degree program in education at the University of Arkansas. He also holds a doctorate from Eastern Illinois University. Jason lives in Decatur, Ill.

and social responsibility for Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. She served as global diversity and inclusion manager for International Paper and worked for Talbots, the American Cancer Society and the American Red Cross. She completed certification in strategic diversity and inclusion management at Georgetown University.

Shelli Walker Hall ’04 and her husband, Rob, welcomed Murphy Isaac Nov. 27, 2015. Shelli is an administrative coordinator for the Boone County Commission and earned an MSW at the University of Missouri. The family lives in Columbia, Mo. Jonathan Dell ’05 is working on his master’s degree in mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins University. He also is a senior engineer at UTC Aerospace Systems. Jonathan lives in Carpentersville, Ill. Nathan Dieckow ’05 is the owner of Precision Family Eyecare in Galesburg, Ill. A graduate of the St. Louis College of Optometry, he has been an optometrist for six years, most recently working in Missouri.

Alan June 3, 2015. Liberty Mutual Insurance promoted David to lead sales representative. The family lives in Aurora, Ill.

Mathew Hanley ’05 MBA ’13 is chief financial officer at OSF Saint Anthony’s Health Center in Alton, Ill. He also was director of strategic affiliations for OSF HealthCare and an associate at KPMG.

Lisa Eakman Moon ’05 was named president and chief executive officer of Global FoodBanking Network, an international organization supporting food banks worldwide. Previously, she was vice president of global agriculture and food at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Lisa also worked for the Department of Defense and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She earned a master’s degree in security policy studies at George Washington University. Daniel Scoby ’05 had the lead role of Father Flynn in the production of “Doubt, A Parable” at the Village Theatre Guild in Glen Ellyn, Ill. He works in enrollment services for Blue Cross, Blue Shield.

Ericka Pack DeBruce ’04 is vice president of engagement, inclusion

David Thommes ’05 and his wife, Tricia, welcomed Mitchell

John Selburg ’06 serves as Visual and Performing Art Department chair/coordinator, gallery curator and professor of visual art at Broward College. Previously, he was assistant professor of art at Glenville State College in West Virginia. He earned an MFA at the University of Missouri. Earlier this year, John married Ashlee Führ. Sarah Peterson Muir ’07 and her husband, Jason, welcomed Nolan Albert Nov. 18, 2015. Sarah is a surgical registered nurse at Maple Grove Hospital in Maple Grove, Minn. The family lives in Andover, Minn.

Chris Winter ’07 is the strength and conditioning coach at Saginaw Valley State University. Previously, he served at Illinois State, Western Illinois and North Dakota State universities. A certified strength and conditioning specialist, he earned a master’s degree in exercise science at Western Illinois.

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Class Notes

Her first job at PCC was as a manager in accounting and merchandising, which uniquely combined her interests. “It was a perfect match,” she said. Eight years later, she oversees all departments and more than 700 mostly part-time employees handling over 600 events a year, ranging from Bradley men’s basketball games to Monster Truck events, from symphony concerts to trade shows.

When Anne Clayton ’05 walked across the stage at the Peoria Civic Center for her Bradley Commencement more than a decade ago, little did she realize the venue would become such a big part of her life. “At my graduation, if someone told me that I would one day be the center’s general manager …,” said Clayton, trailing off and laughing. She was named to the job in November after serving as interim GM and working in the finance department. Clayton worked in retail for several years before deciding to study accounting at Bradley as a nontraditional student with two children. “I received a very good education at Bradley,” she said.

Jordan Ticaric ’08 M.A. ’10 and Christopher Paul married Sept. 12, 2015. Jordan is an operations administrator for Adreima. They live in Naples, Fla.

“A lot of times it’s like putting a puzzle together daily. Every day is different. You may have a plan for the day, but it will change,” Clayton said, adding there are three buildings — arena, theater and convention center — making up the PCC. Bradley men’s basketball is a longtime tenant of the PCC, along with other university functions such as conferences, luncheons and graduations. This gives Clayton a chance to maintain relationships with university representatives, particularly Senior Vice President for Business Affairs Gary Anna ’75 and Chris Reynolds, director of athletics.

2010s

Jessica Ehredt Leuschke ’10 and Matthew Leuschke ’10 married Oct. 10, 2015. Jessica is a marketing consultant for HALO Branded Solutions and Matthew is an electrical engineer for Exelon. They live in Davenport, Iowa. Justin Peters ’10 married Melissa Cross Oct. 24, 2015. He is a senior engineer at Caterpillar Inc. The couple lives in Peoria.

Erin Crowley Pressley ’09 and her husband, Ran, welcomed Charles Gregory April 10, 2015. Erin earned a master’s degree in health science physician assistant studies at South College and is a physician assistant at Summit Medical Group. The family lives in Villa Park, Ill.

Nadia LaBostrie ’11 is graphic manager for the children’s charity Variety. Previously, she worked at Major Brands and for the Peoria Chiefs. Chris Adolphson ’14 and Hayley Bass ’14 married Sept. 19, 2015. Chris is a research engineer at Caterpillar Inc., while Hayley is a human resource associate for the company. They live in Peoria.

“They continue to set the bar high,” she said, noting positive developments in the basketball partnership between the school and PCC. “New life is being brought into the program. There is a lot of momentum.” — B.G.

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Pressley: Jill Geisler; Leuschke: Rachael Osborn Photography; Robotics event: Duane Zehr; Robotics group: courtesy Roboteers.

An eventful career

Chris Faczek ’08 won an Emmy award for visual effects for his work on an episode of “American Horror Story.” He is a staff member at FuseFX and has worked on numerous other programs and movies, including “The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Glee” and “Criminal Minds.”

‘The hardest fun you’ll ever have’ Tim Koch ’79 worked 40 years as an engineer at worldrenowned Caterpillar Inc. After retiring, he switched to a different group of world-class engineers and now mentors a group that in late April topped the competition at the FIRST Robotics Competition in St. Louis. Koch, along with his son, Stephen ’14, Will Barnickel ’05 MSME ’08 and Matt Draear ’13, are among 19 mentors for Roboteers Team 2481 at Tremont High School in Illinois. It was part of a four-team alliance that took first place at the four-day annual competition. More than 20,000 students from 42 countries competed in the event. FIRST — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology — devises new challenges and accompanying rules annually. Teams have several weeks to design, build, program and compete with their robots. This year’s challenge was a medieval tower defense complete with obstacles. Student teams competed in qualification matches, then the top eight squads formed alliances for a best-of-three playoff bracket. “Being on the sidelines coaching for the playoff run in St. Louis allowed me to be a part of a lot of special moments,” said Barnickel, also a Caterpillar engineer. “Celebrating the victory will always be incredibly special.

It was a simultaneous rush of joy, pride, relief and disbelief at what we collectively accomplished.” Stephen Koch and Draear were members of the Tremont team when they were in high school and helped with FIRST competitions at Bradley. Draear is especially active with the program, starting while in school and continuing after graduation. “My education from Bradley is constantly in use as I mentor,” Stephen Koch said. Tim Koch has been a mentor since the team began. He noted Bradley’s Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology has helped with FIRST competitions on campus. “The competitions are as exciting as any sporting event,” he said. “Competing in FIRST is probably the hardest fun you’ll ever have.” Mentors guide students through the design, construction, strategy and scouting processes. In the finals, the alliance including Tremont and schools from Ohio, California and Virginia beat opponents from Canada and Israel, both of which are historically competitive at the event. “In my eight years as a mentor, I’ve witnessed quite a few students have their eyes opened to possible future careers in engineering,” Barnickel said. “This is very much the students’ robot, we just do what we can to help them along the way.”

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— B.G.

ABOVE: Members of the worldchampion Roboteers Team 2481 from Tremont High School. RIGHT: Driver Andrew Hellrigel (left), a Roboteers team member, works with Draear.

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Class Notes In Memory 1930s Mildred Hulsebus Houghton ’37, Dec. 20, Scarborough, Me.

1940s Mary Birkett Huber ’41, March 7, Peoria Lois Beier McCarthy ’41, Dec. 12, Plant City, Fla. Bernard Muldoon ’42, Jan. 5, Hendersonville, N.C. Marion Stein Sprenger ’42, Feb. 23, Peoria Maryanna Richardson Zehr ’43, May 1, Eden Prairie, Minn. Caroline Lipps Kidd ’44, Feb. 1, Toulon, Ill. Ray Long ’44 M.S. ’49, April 28, Peoria Lois Parr Wright ’44, May 4, Farmington, Ill. George J. Bennett ’45, March 4, Bradenton, Fla. Emily Singley Beebe ’46, Feb. 10, Chillicothe, Ill. John Bozsoki ’48, Jan. 28, Farmington, Ill. Harold Jenn ’48, April 18, Peoria John “Jay” Pilon ’48, Feb. 27, Honolulu William C. Rodgers ’48, April 8, Washington, Ill. Ralph Bentley ’49, Feb. 4, Bloomington, Ill. William “Whitey” Dresbach ’49, Jan. 9, LaSalle, Ill. William Endean ’49, Feb. 13, Albuquerque, N.M. Paul Goldstein ’49, Jan. 29, Effingham, Ill. Robert Reider ’49, April 24, Peoria Phoebe Van Alstyne Sommer ’49, March 31, Peoria John W. Wombacher ’49, April 2, Englewood, Fla.

1950s Virginia West Crouch ’50, April 11, East Peoria, Ill. Elmer Erber M.S. ’50 Ed.D. ’54, Feb. 3, Greenville, N.C. Francis Hayes ’50, Jan. 24, Washington, Ill. Harry E. Marshall M.S. ’50, Feb. 28, Chattanooga, Tenn. Robert McGillen ’50, March 9, Melbourne, Fla. Duane Paulsen M.S. ’50, Feb. 5, Westminster, Colo. Marilyn Smith Unruh ’50, Feb. 17, West Dundee, Ill. Roy D. Anderson ’51, March 8, Ballwin, Mo. Harry Blythe ’51, Dec. 19, Portland, Ore. Marilee Macy Frandsen ’51, April 23, Lebanon, Ind. Richard H. Greene ’51, April 19, Germantown Hills, Ill. Jimmie Griner ’51, Jan. 27, Mission Viejo, Calif. James Ketchel ’51, Jan. 20, Shoreline, Wash. Eugene “Will” Lohnes ’51, Feb. 15, Chicago Lois Hooper Morris ’51, March 6, Wee-Ma-Tuk, Ill. Jack J. O’Shaughnessy ’51, Jan. 10, Pekin, Ill. Aaron Preece ’51, March 7, Peoria John Reeder ’51 M.S. ’52, March 1, Sacramento, Calif. Reno Romei ’51, March 24, Lake Zurich, Ill. Howard Troupa ’51, March 29, Mesa, Ariz. Robert B. Forbes ’52, Jan. 19, Lombard, Ill.

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William F. Hill ’52, March 20, Peoria M. Keith Nye ’52, March 30, Tiskilwa, Ill. Bruce Blackman ’53, March 26, Newport Beach, Calif. Byron Paddock ’53, Feb. 23, Bloomington, Ill. Paul Spainhower ’53, April 29, Laguna Woods, Calif. Hazel Crippen Carlton ’54, Feb. 1, Ada, Mich. Frank Kluge ’54, March 16, Hendersonville, N.C. Barbara Scott Stamerjohn ’54, Jan. 12, Princeton, Ill. Jean Folk Nelson Walden ’54, Jan. 12, Gulf Shores, Ala. Gerald Burk ’55, April 22, Peoria Elaine Schmitt Carlson ’55, April 1, Rockford, Ill. Ronald S. Harrelson ’55, Jan. 19, Cary, N.C. Kenneth Reid ’55, Jan. 28, Davenport, Iowa William “Gale” Bolliger ’56, May 2, Tremont, Ill. Duane Heward ’56, Feb. 22, Peoria John Stortz ’56, Feb. 2, Ottawa, Ill. Ellen Cox Bolger ’57, Jan. 27, Allen, Texas James Reiman ’57, Jan. 18, Peoria Edward Wickert ’57, Aug. 16, Peoria Roger Hagel ’58, Feb. 1, Washington, Ill. Walter Keene ’58, Feb. 12, Fort Myers, Fla. James T. Morton ’58, Jan. 21, Indianapolis Delbert Turner ’58, Feb. 10, Streator, Ill. Robert E. Wall ’58, April 20, Lacon, Ill. William Dikeman ’59 M.A. ’66, April 11, Naperville, Ill. Dennis Gainey ’59 M.S. ’61, Jan. 7, Dunlap, Ill. Charles Kellstadt ’59, April 1, Brimfield, Ill. Robert Wede ’59, March 4, Fulton, Ill.

1960s Stanley Adams ’60, Feb. 14, Peoria Jerald Leander ’60, Feb. 21, Canton, Ill. Herbert Mauser ’60, March 13, Metamora, Ill. Henry Medina ’60, Jan. 17, Orange, Calif. Glen Wilkerson ’60, Feb. 25, Arlington, Texas Charles Granby ’61, March 1, New York City Edward List Sr. ’61, Jan. 25, Washington, Ill. James Manns ’61, April 4, Germantown Hills, Ill. Robert Shellgren ’61, March 6, Chagrin Falls, Ohio Richard Thompson ’61 M.A. ’66 M.A. ’73, Feb. 14, Peoria Kenneth Williams ’61, April 15, Atlanta Eileen Graff Beutel ’62, Jan. 23, Morton, Ill. Donald Eckhoff ’63, April 18, Farmington, Ill. Jim Holden ’63, Jan. 9, Canandaigua, N.Y. Michael Mirande ’63, Jan. 19, Bartonville, Ill. Caryl McIntosh Pepin ’63, Feb. 13, Black Mountain, N.C. Bradford Ator ’64, April 26, Farmington, Utah Robert E. Lewis ’64 M.A. ’68, March 20, Peoria Patricia Brown Ramsey ’64, Jan. 14, East Peoria, Ill. John Arneson ’65, April 14, Taylorville, Ill.

In Tribute Dale Burklund HON ’09

In Tribute Nicholas Scoppetta ’58

Dale Burklund HON ’09, a businessman and philanthropist who donated $1 million to the Campaign for a Bradley Renaissance and for whom the Burklund Family Heritage Hall at Renaissance Coliseum is named, died May 3 in Peoria Heights, Ill. Burklund and his late wife, Shirley, were named honorary alumni in 2009 for outstanding and distinctive contributions to the university. Lifelong Peorians, they were longtime fans of Bradley basketball, first watching games at the Peoria Armory in the 1940s. They actively supported the Braves Scholarship Society by sponsoring several men’s basketball players. He was owner, chairman and CEO of Burklund Distributors and a founder, president and chairman of Par-A-Dice Gaming Corp. Burklund supported a range of charities and civic organizations. Surviving are four children, including Joyce Burklund Perino ’71, eight grandchildren, including Jennifer Perino ’97, Frank Perino II ’98 and Corey Burklund ’13; and 13 great-grandchildren. — B.G.

Peter Galietta ’65, Feb. 19, South Pasadena, Fla. Otto Geist ’65 M.S. ’69, March 8, Peoria William J. Peterson ’65, Jan. 14, Addison, Ill. Gerald Schaidle ’65, Jan. 21, Metamora, Ill. Isabel Kosutic Unakis ’65, Jan. 31, Kewanee, Ill. Helen Cox Ferguson ’66, March 22, Peoria J. Michael Morris ’66 MME ’71, March 28, Metamora, Ill. Richard Schmidt ’66, Feb. 10, Naples, Fla. Eugene Zajac ’66, April 27, Norfolk, Va. Harvey Gorden ’67, Dec. 9, Oak Brook, Ill. Ward Bivens MSEE ’68, April 16, Lacon, Ill. Gerald Gerber ’68, March 27, Peoria Robert Goff ’68, Feb. 16, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Stephen B. Stevens ’68, March 31, Port Washington, Wis. John Buch ’69, Oct. 6, Quincy, Ill. Frank Kircher ’69, March 14, Loami, Ill. Seth Taylor ’69, April 15, Mesa, Ariz.

1970s James Duewel ’70, March 27, Amelia Island, Fla. Rosemary Smith Wipert M.A. ’70, March 9, Chillicothe, Ill.

Nicholas Scoppetta ’58, a top official in New York City government for many years and a 2002 Centurion, died March 24 in New York. Named fire commissioner in early 2002 after the Sept. 11 attacks, he served until 2009 and rebuilt a department that lost more than 340 firefighters in the tragedy. During his tenure, the city experienced the fewest fire deaths on record. He also served as deputy mayor and investigation commissioner. Scoppetta, who was placed in foster care as a child, was named the first chief of the city’s Administration for Children’s Services in 1996. The city’s emergency intake center for children entering foster care was named in his honor in 2013. The graduate of Brooklyn Law School was an experienced lawyer and prosecutor, serving as an assistant U.S. attorney, deputy counsel in the Watergate investigation and a state prosecutor. He was counsel to the famed Commission to Investigate Police Corruption in New York, popularly known as the Knapp Commission, in the early 1970s. He was a member of the state’s Waterfront Commission and later chairman of the city’s Commission to Combat Police Corruption in the 1990s. He founded a law firm, Scoppetta, Seiff Kretz & Abercrombie, and taught at New York University’s law school. Survivors include his wife, Susan, two children and three grandchildren. — B.G.

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Class Notes In Memory Queen Morris Brown ’71, March 3, Batavia, Ill. Lilian Lambert Burnett ’71, Jan. 9, Hanna City, Ill. Sharon Zierler Corin ’71, March 31, Atlanta Gloria Cassel Fitzgerald ’71 M.A. ’78, Jan. 20, Peoria Linda Tiarks MacDonald ’71, Feb. 20, Peoria Clarence Oliver M.A. ’71, Feb. 22, Peoria Wayne Webb ’71, March 26, Charlotte, N.C. Margaret Hermansen Harten M.A. ’72, April 17, Safety Harbor, Fla. Georges Lafontant MBA ’73, Dec. 18, Burbank, Calif. Sandra Deardorff ’74, Feb. 12, Decatur, Ill. Robert “Randy” Kieffe ’75, April 6, Tehachapi, Calif. Richard Bourlet ’76 M.A. ’78, Feb. 28, Peoria Joann Lansbarkis ’77, Feb. 27, Bloomington, Ill. Mary See ’77, Jan. 28, Peoria

1980s

Faculty Thomas Cummings, professor emeritus of chemistry who taught at Bradley from 1955–1997, died April 20 at his home in Merritt Island, Fla. The 1990 Putnam Award winner, Cummings was active in Faculty Senate and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from Case Institute of Technology. A Navy veteran, he was an avid sailor and traveler. Surviving are four children, including Harris Cummings ’81; 10 grandchildren, including Aaron Cummings ’09; and four great-grandchildren.

George Harrison, professor emeritus of education who was a faculty member at Bradley from 1954–87, died March 6 in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Roger D. Anderson ’80 M.A. ’82, April 2, Chicago Raymond Picl Jr. ’80, Feb. 2, Peoria Robert Boehm ’81, Feb. 17, Pauma Valley, Calif. Suzanne DeCremer Miller ’81, Feb. 13, Peoria Peter Campbell ’83, March 5, Fort Pierce, Fla. Gary Laughlin ’86, Feb. 1, Broken Arrow, Okla. Richard Glackin ’88, March 17, Peoria

He won the Putnam Award for excellence in teaching in 1960 and served as head of the department of elementary education. Harrison also was active in professional organizations such as Phi Delta Kappa and Pi Lambda Theta and was honored by those groups.

1990s

Harrison was instrumental in developing Bradley’s Junior Great Books program, where classic works of literature were loaned to area grade school students who then read and discussed them. He helped establish a summer lab school for gifted elementary school students and student teachers, the precursor to Bradley University’s Institute for Gifted and Talented Youth.

Catherine Church Park ’90, March 28, Glen Ellyn, Ill. Theresa Passini Leinberry ’92, Jan. 7, Marblehead, Mass. William Galindo ’95, Jan. 25, Chillicothe, Ill. Ann Montgomery Ribando M.A. ’98, April 28, Peoria Nadine Allen ’99, Feb. 1, Waukegan, Ill.

2000s Melissa Williams ’00, Jan. 24, Chicago Matthew Williams ’09, April 13, Peoria Heights, Ill.

2010s Ashley Borja ’17, May 5, Plainfield, Ill.

He earned undergraduate and master’s degrees at Kansas State Teachers College and received his doctorate from Columbia University. Joan L. Sattler, interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, remembered Harrison fondly. “He was interim dean of Bradley’s College of Education when I was hired as an assistant professor. He was a mentor to me and many others in assisting us as faculty members, educators, and administrators. He also introduced me to professional associations such as the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the National Council of Accreditation for Teacher Education in which he served in leadership roles. His impact upon educators was extraordinary.” His late wife, Jessie May Harrison, also taught at Bradley. Surviving are two daughters and one son.

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Robin Linstromberg, professor emeritus of economics, died March 13 at his home in Oregon.

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A World War II veteran, he taught at Bradley for 20 years, retiring in 1978. The Linstromberg Award was created by the economics department in his honor. He earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Pacific University and his doctorate from the University of Oregon.

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James Ludwig, associate professor emeritus of theatre and associate dean emeritus of the Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts, died March 18 in Peoria.

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Gloria Shaw Schafer, associate registrar emeritus, died March 4 in Peoria. She retired in 1989 after 30 years at the university and was a member of the American and Illinois associations of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers. Survivors include two sons, five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, one brother and a sister.

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Alumni Connections Alumni Events July 24 // Chicago BUBAA Senior Send-off Picnic; noon–6 p.m., food served at 2 p.m., Maywood Grove Shelter; $5 per person in advance, $10 at the door. August 5 // Peoria CIBAC Bratfest; 5–7 p.m., Jimmy’s Bar; $10 per person. August 20 // Peoria Legacy Welcome Reception; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Peplow Pavilion at the Hayden-Clark Alumni Center. August 25 // Kansas City Happy Hour; Granfalloon Bar and Grill. August 27 // St. Louis Alumni Day at Busch Stadium, Cardinals vs. Athletics game; 4:15 p.m. party suite opens, 6:15 p.m. first pitch; $97 per person. August 27 // Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Cubs game; 10:30 a.m. pregame brunch at Mohawk Bend; 1:05 p.m. first pitch; $50 per person. September 11–18 // Peoria Homecoming Visit bualum.org/events for details and registration, or contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (309) 677-3565 or (800) 952-8258.

Director’s Corner Tory McCord Jennetten ’96 Allow me to join the chorus of those expressing joy and pride as we mark the 200th birthday of our university’s beloved founder, Lydia Moss Bradley, during Homecoming 2016. Please consider making a trip to the Hilltop to join the celebration. Wherever life has taken you, we’d love to have you return to reconnect with former classmates and faculty and see the wonderful things happening on campus. Events begin Monday, Sept. 11 with the Lighting of the B and continue all week. This year, we’re combining Founder’s Day and Family Weekend events with traditional — and brand-new — Homecoming activities. Some highlights are the Bradley Bowl Thursday, Sept. 14; the Hilltop Trot/Gary R. Tippett 5K race Saturday, Sept. 17; and of course the

tailgate and pep rally before the soccer game against Evansville that night. And don’t forget to look for Bradley events in your region throughout the year. If you live near Peoria, make plans to attend the CIBAC Bratfest Aug. 5. We’re working hard to make sure we have something for everyone. Please check bualum.org/ events for up-to-the-minute additions. Your continued generosity and commitment to your alma mater make it an honor to work in alumni relations. Hail, Red and White,

Tory McCord Jennetten ’96 Executive Director, Alumni Relations

1 1 Peoria Nearly 50 Phi Gamma Delta brothers returned April 16 to the Hilltop for the annual Frank Norris Pig Dinner. Association’s flickr page at flickr.com/BradleyAlumni to view more photos.

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2 Peoria The Bradley Association of International and Latino Alumni (BAILA) hosted its 2016 Student Networking Luncheon Feb. 20 that brought together alumni and students to build relationships and learn about leadership. 3 Peoria More than 150 alumni and friends attended the annual CIBAC Wine Tasting April 8 and raised more than $2,700 for student scholarships. Among those enjoying the event were (front) Pat Kellogg ’67 M.A. ’68, Jeri Maher ’59, Allysen Banks, and (back) Trish Redman, Perry Redman M.S. ’94, Sherneka Cagle, Samantha Peterburs ’13, Adam Klaege ’10, Joan Wojcikewych M.A. ’91, Ray Wojcikewych and Beth O’Brien. 4 Peoria More than 250 alumni came Back Where It All Began for the Bradley University Black Alumni Alliance (BUBAA) 2016 Reunion celebrating the alliance’s 10-year anniversary. BUBAA raised over $30,000 for its scholarships to current students. Shown celebrating are (front, from left) Robert Woods ’95, Kaita Kerr Haynes ’96, Sherry Grimmage Dority ’93, Andre Armstrong, Teresa Davis ’96, Tricia Teague ’95, Nakita Roberson-Burrell ’95, Michelle Robinson ’93 and Mia Carter ’93; (back, from left) Dave Bozeman ’91 and Kwame Mandisodza ’95. 5 Chicago Alumni joined members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the Morton Arboretum April 28 for a private tour of the gardens and lunch with Dr. James Ballowe, professor emeritus of English, and Craig Johnson, the arboretum’s former director of education. 6 Peoria More than 30 Theta Xi alumni and current members gathered the weekend of April 29 for reunion festivities on campus. 7 Peoria More than 40 alumni and spouses gathered in May to celebrate three professors. Seated, from left, are Henry Helenek, associate professor emeritus of geology, Donald Gorman, professor emeritus of geology, and Merrill Foster, professor of geology. Joining them are, second row, Jack Pashin ’82, Don Sidlowski ’79 and Linda Sindelar Tollefson ’72; third row, Lucien Klejbuk ’77, Bruce Fouke ’82 and Larry Peterson ’77.

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Alumni View Three twilights A photo montage of downtown Peoria taken at different times during the same day this spring from the eastern side of the Illinois River by Craig Stocks ’81. He blended the images to show the effects of three different types of twilight — civil, nautical and astronomical — which indicate degree variations from the horizon. A former newspaper and studio photographer, Stocks rekindled his interest after retiring from Caterpillar Inc. Active in central Illinois arts groups, he previously served as artist-in-residence and volunteer photographer with the National Park Service.

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