Missouri S&T Magazine Fall/Winter 2012

FALL/WINTER 2012 VOL. 86 NO. 3

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{ FALL/WINTER 2012 } CONTENTS

IN YOUR WORDS Ɋ&A and Letters What is the one thing you couldn’t have survived at Rolla without?

AROUND THE PUCK Wetland warrior Donald Hey, CE’63, is restoring wetlands.

An oil against obesity Wild almond tree oil affects insulin resistance.

An app for depression?

Internet usage could signal the blues.

Homecoming overview Miner Road Trip review.

Overview: inductions and commencement

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“The sky is not the limit.”

Supporting what matters most

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A look at the year in giving.

Ɋueen of speed Nikia Chapman races to win … in Elmo socks.

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FEATURES A modern mentor Get to know S&T's 21st leader.

Need for a house hits home for Miners

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Finding a place to call home.

ON THE COVER Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader (atop Centennial Hall) intends to take Missouri S&T to new heights.

BEYOND THE PUCK Section events List of upcoming events.

Class notes Find out what your former classmates are up to.

Memorials We remember our classmates and friends.

Donor Steve Frey, MS Phys’86

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Missouri S&T Magazine is written, edited and designed by the staff of the Missouri S&T Communications Department and the Miner Alumni Association.

Gallons per year of water savings projected from the geothermal energy project.

600 Wells to be drilled on campus as part of the geothermal energy project. Drilling began in the spring.

VICE CHANCELLOR FOR UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT Joan Nesbitt

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CHANCELLOR Cheryl B. Schrader

MINER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT John Eash, AE’79, MS EMgt’90

Percentage of S&T freshmen receiving financial aid or scholarships.

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITORS Andrew Careaga Linda Fulps Mindy Limback Lance Feyh John Kean Luke Rinne

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ASSOCIATE ALUMNI EDITORS Katie Machovsky Nancy Zamazanuk

ASSOCIATE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION EDITORS Brandan Deason Jake Otto

Year the geothermal energy project is expected to be completed.

Percentage of S&T freshmen who are first-generation college students.

Summer camps for kids in first through 12th grades hosted at S&T last summer.

EDITORS Megan Kean-O’Brien, MS TComm’12 (Design & Production) Darlene Ramsay, MetE’84 (Alumni) Mary Helen Stoltz, Engl’95 (News & Features)

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER B.A. Rupert

Missouri S&T Magazine (USPS 323-500) (ISSN 1084-6948) is issued three times per year (March, July, November) in the interest of the graduates and former students of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, the University of Missouri-Rolla and Missouri University of Science and Technology. Missouri S&T Magazine is published by the Miner Alumni Association, Missouri S&T, 1200 N. Pine St., Rolla, MO 65409-0650. Periodicals postage paid at Rolla, Mo., and additional mailing offices.

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{ Mary Helen Stoltz } FROM THE EDITOR

EDITOR’S TOP FIVE

Dear fellow alumni: It is my great pleasure to introduce to you Cheryl B. Schrader, the 21st leader of Missouri S&T. Since arriving in April, she’s wasted no time getting to know the campus and its people, as well as alumni and government leaders. Now it’s time for you to get to know her.

Her story is compelling. A champion of STEM education and women and minorities in education, Schrader has a passion for mentorship and understands how powerful positive role models can be for young adults. On the following pages, you’ll learn about her own role model and about the ways she mentors today’s students. You’ll learn about her research background, meet her family and learn about her vision for the future of Missouri S&T. A large part of that vision involves you, fellow alumni. As we continue to raise funds for the Hasselmann Alumni House, we do so with the dream of having a comfortable place for Miners to gather

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(and share their own stories) when they come back to Rolla. Chancellor Schrader supports that vision and gave the project a boost this fall by earmarking a $500,000 estate gift for the house. The bequest will be used as a challenge grant to attract more contributions. When the challenge is met, we’ll be $1.5 million closer to completion of the project. Read more about the project, including ways that you can contribute, on page 25.

Keeping in touch with Miner alumni — and faculty, staff and students — is one of Chancellor Schrader’s goals. One of the ways she’s doing that is through social media. Follow her on Twitter at @SandTChancellor.

Read on, and enjoy the Fall/Winter issue of Missouri S&T Magazine!

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Did you know Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader was honored by the White House for mentoring women and underrepresented minorities in engineering? Read her story on page 18.

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Karl F. Hasselmann, MinE’25, was one of the first people to successfully drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more about the namesake of the Hasselmann Alumni House — and learn more about giving opportunities — on page 26.

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An S&T grad competed in track and field at the London Olympic Games. Find out how he did on page 40.

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People with symptoms of depression use the Internet differently than others. Read more about the research behind that finding — and plans to create an app to trigger a diagnosis — on page 8.

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2013 marks the 105th Best Ever.

Come back to campus March 16 and help us celebrate.

Mary Helen Stoltz Engl’95 news & features editor

Corrections Thank you to Dave Zimmerman, CE’69, for pointing out that we misidentified one of the cars displayed by Dick Burdick, ME’52, in his classic car garage in Texas. What we labeled a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible in the photo on page 41 of the Summer 2012 issue is actually a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air.

On page 30 in the “On the road” section, we mislabeled two of the photos. Photo No. 2 is actually the Camaro owned by Stephen Rode, ChE’84. Photo No. 3 is the Galaxie owned by Lloyd A. Meffert, ME’88, and his wife, Deanna.

We apologize for these two errors.

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{ Q&A } IN YOUR WORDS { NEWS AROUND THE PUCK & RESEARCH }

Q What is the one thing you couldn’t have survived at Rolla without?

Everybody has one. You know, that one thing that got you though school.

For some it was a laptop, a calculator or a slide rule. For others, it was all about friends and family. Here are a few things Miners say they couldn’t have lived without during their time on campus.

Watch for the next question in your Miner Alumni Association eNewsletter.

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A It would be my HP calculator. I had an HP 28S in Thermodynamics. Without it, I would never have been able to graduate.

I will always live in an RPN universe.

Shame on you, TI and Casio lovers.

And also a beer or two, but that’s a given.

Richard A. Geisler, EE’89 Indian Trail, N.C. Nothing was better on a cold night after hitting the books than loading up a bunch of guys from the gym in one of the old jalopies and heading out to Ramey’s for a cheeseburger, a cold beer and those greasy French fries, listening to that loud juke box.

Dick Boyett, CE’58 Fort Smith, Ark. My wife, Jan. We were married the summer before I started and that gave me a purpose to stay focused. We celebrated our 41st anniversary in July 2012.

Tom Mittler, CE’75 Longview, Texas

To read additional answers, letters and for all of this issues’ tweets, go online to magazine.mst.edu.

A roof-mounted FM dipole antenna. … I vividly recall the day I braved brisk winds and a very steep roof atop the old three-story Sigma Nu “White House.” I was able to secure an inexpensive dipole antenna to the brick chimney, after which I sat on the peak of the roof for what seemed like a long time. My prolonged rest had less to do with a fabulous view than it did with my appreciation for the danger of going down backward over shingles rendered smooth and brittle by decades of sun and rain. The effort, however, paid dividends far in excess of the investment.

For years I listened to (St. Louis radio station) KSHE FM from midnight to whenever I finished my homework. … Who knows? Perhaps I could have survived without the antenna, graduated without KSHE, and learned to embrace music by One Hundred and One Strings or “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Maybe I could have a useful and fulfilling life without the inextricable linkages induced by “Hijack” or “PNS” or the frequencymodulated alchemy of the counterculture expressed as song; but I cannot imagine a better place and time to visit in my music-induced reveries. Oh, please don’t tell my mother about the whole roof thing. Even though the event is more than 40 years in the past, she still worries.

Ron Durbin, EE’75 Shalimar, Fla. My slide rule. Because God did not give me enough fingers and toes.

Terry Wormington, EE’71, MS EE’72 Satellite Beach, Fla.

Email your answers to alumni@mst.edu, or via Facebook or Twitter, by Jan. 1, 2013.

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{ LETTERS } IN YOUR { NEWS & RESEARCH } AROUND WORDS THE PUCK

On Nov. 23, 1965, I took possession of a 1966 Pontiac GTO hardtop in Rolla, Mo. I was a college graduating senior. I had no job. I had, as yet, no firm job offer. Nonetheless, the dealer offered a financing deal: my old 1958 Hillman Minx, no payments for 30 days. The first year’s insurance was included in the purchase price and the first three payments were $25. The deal was closed in less than 30 minutes. The dealer gave me the keys and told me to drive it off of the show room floor, which I did. I bought the car with every intention of keeping it forever. So far so good.

The week of July 4, 2012, the National GTO Convention was held in Loveland, Colo. I entered my Goat in the unrestored (or factory original) category. I received a plaque certifying that I am the original owner. The car (not me) received a Concours Bronze Award (as did about 10 other cars). I missed silver by only 13 points. And, the crowning glory — Best of Show for Factory Original.

I am thrilled to have received these awards.

I just had to share this with you.

I very much enjoyed reading the latest magazine — particularly the article on the two young rally competitors.

Back in the day, there were other alumni who did well in this sport. Mike Muenter, CSci’81, was an accomplished co-driver, winning mid-divisional championships in 1985 and 1986.

After getting prescription glasses, I was Southwest Division driver champion in 1988, 1989, 1992 and 1994. Mike and I shared great times. He changed to the driver’s seat and we had matching paint jobs for a season or two.

Many, many miles and many chocolate chip cookies with beer. Great times. We still get together when I am back in Missouri.

Dave Thomas, ME’81 Waxahachie, Texas Zeno’s Motel and Steakhouse closed down shortly after Homecoming 2011. The establishment was founded in 1957 on what was then U.S. Highway 66 by the Zeno Scheffer family. It featured a firstclass restaurant, cocktail lounge, renowned gift shop, 50 rooms of lodging, banquet rooms, and indoor and outdoor swimming pools. Over the past 54 years, it played a part in the lives of many students and alumni during Homecoming and St. Pat’s celebrations, fraternity party weekends and other functions. Mike and Tracey Scheffer operated the facility through 2011. It was a living tribute to a lifestyle that seems to be sadly fading and will be missed by many old alumni.

Dave Bufalo, CE’66 Denver I am not the only one who smiles when the hard copy of your magazine is delivered to me in my hometown in Shiraz, Iran, by the mailman. The mailman himself, a young man in this case, sees this as a sign that his job is going to stay for the time being, so he delivers the magazines to me with special care and honor.

I really enjoyed the recent Summer 2012 issue of Missouri S&T Magazine. I am also a car enthusiast. This is a photo of my 1932 Ford Roadster. Best regards.

Raymond Lasmanis, GGph’63, Ranier, Wash.

For years, Internet security has been a pet peeve of mine. Specifically, the absurd belief that replacing password characters with black dots somehow makes the whole process secure.

Typing any complex series of characters, often from a very small keyboard, is difficult and fraught with errors. Many Internet users select a simple, easy-to-remember (and type) password to avoid the inconvenience of dealing with a strong password. Worse yet, they use that same password universally. As they type their dog’s name, for example, seeing each character being replaced by a black dot, they mistakenly believe their account on the ‘secure’ website they are entering is, in fact, secure. Laughable, to put it bluntly.

Your research on the FREEDM project might consider my simple and secure technique for real website security. If users on the smart grid are challenged with the black-dot password entry you can be sure that their mother’s middle name will be used as a password then as often as it is today. How secure will the grid be then?

Don Laughlin, Math’64 Colorado Springs, Colo.

Details of Laughlin’s website security technique are available online at magazine.mst.edu.

Ghassem Takmil, ChE’77 Shiraz, Iran

Jim Toutz, ME’54 Dodd City, Texas

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Photo by Rebekah Raleigh

Donald Hey: wetland warrior Crusade: Donald Hey, CE’63, executive director of Wetlands Research Inc. in Wadsworth, Ill., is passionate about proving the effectiveness, sustainability and economic efficiency of using restored wetlands for water quality management and flood control. He believes wetlands are the answer because they’re good for conservation and the economy alike.

The problem: Over the past 200 years, the loss of more than 70 million acres of wetlands in the Mississippi River Basin has caused poor water quality, increased water pollution and flood damage, and reduced wildlife habitat and biodiversity, Hey says. “Water used to sit on the ground between eight and 20 days after it rained or snow melted. Now it is gone in less than 24 hours due to drain tiles,

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agricultural outlet ditches, storm sewers, and canalized streams and rivers.”

The solution: “Wetlands are a natural solution for flood water storage,” Hey says. They will also remove contaminants like nitrogen and pharmaceuticals, and sequester phosphorous and mercury now contaminating our water resources.

“Aquatic plants absorb the contaminants, die and sink below the surface of the water where they become peat,” Hey explains. “As long as we don’t try to use the newly formed peat for animal feed or human consumption, we are safe.”

Next big thing: Hey hopes to create a riverine national park — a 14-million-acre wetland restoration project in the upper Mississippi River floodplains.

His plan: Convince farmers in the basin to give up growing commodity crops like corn and soybeans, and convert their fields to wetlands, creating what he calls a “nutrient farm.” Land owners participating in the riverine national park would keep their land, build trails and lodges, and collect fees for hunting, fishing and camping. At the same time, the owners would produce and sell other ecosystem services: water quality credits, flood water storage and carbon sequestration. These services would generate three to four times the income that the landowners now earn from raising livestock or growing commodity crops, Hey says. “We have a lot of work to do to get our lives in balance with nature but we can do it. That’s what I’m working for.” 

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An oil against obesity By affecting microorganisms in our bellies, an oil made from wild almond tree seeds could help our bodies fight obesity and diabetes, says Daniel Oerther, the John and Susan Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering.

Adding sterculic oil to the diets of obese laboratory mice increased their sensitivity to insulin and improved their glucose tolerance. The oil suppresses the bodily enzyme stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1, which is associated with insulin resistance, a condition that can lead to diabetes and obesity.

Ph.D. candidate Shreya Ghosh studied 28 male mice — 14 of them obese and 14 normal. She separated the mice into four groups and for nine weeks fed a standard diet to one group of obese mice and one group of non-obese mice. Over the same period, she added 0.5 percent of sterculic oil to the diets of one group of obese mice and one group of non-obese mice. Ghosh recorded the weights, food consumption and glucose levels of the mice during the nine-week period.

A DNA analysis of the gut microbiota, conducted at King Abdullah Institute of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, confirmed a correlation between the diet, improved glucose tolerance and groups of microbes. Even though the mice fed a diet with sterculic oil did not experience weight loss, both Ghosh and Oerther believe their findings could lead to new insights into controlling diabetes and weight gain.

Oerther and Ghosh presented their research last June at the 2012 American Society for Microbiology general meeting in San Francisco. 

A rare view of Venus

Peabody Energy gift Peabody Energy recently contributed $250,000 to a rock mechanics laboratory at Missouri S&T. The facility gives students a place to prepare and test rock samples, characterize rock formations, check safety and stability, and model and analyze ground control.

Virtual mining Mining engineering students can now get simulated training in surface mining techniques, heavy machinery and materials handling systems, all without leaving the comfort of McNutt Hall.

S&T’s Virtual Surface Mining Facility was funded through gifts from Caterpillar Global Mining, Luminant Energy, Immersive Technologies and P&H Mining — all members of the Mining Engineering Development Board.

The facility houses two AES 2B base simulators, one dragline conversion kit and one shovel-dump truck conversion kit. In addition to teaching S&T students, the facility will allow for industry training and development.

In print September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far, by John C. McManus, associate professor of history and political science.

Wyatt Aegan, 8, of Vichy, Mo., views the transit of Venus across the sun through the filtered 80-milimeter telescope at Missouri S&T’s observatory near sunset on June 5. Below Aegan is an iPad showing a view of the sun through a telescope in Hawaii. Venus is the black dot silhouetted against the orange solar disc. The observatory was busy for the entire transit time between 5:05 p.m. and sunset with hundreds of area residents lining up to see the rare sight. The next chance to see Venus transit the sun will occur in December 2117. (Photo by Terry Barner/ Missouri S&T)

Design for Six Sigma in Product and Service Development, co-edited by Elizabeth Cudney, PhD EMgt’06, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering.

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An app for

Depression?

College students who show signs of depression tend to use file-sharing services, send email and chat online more than their counterparts, according to Sriram Chellappan, assistant professor of computer science.

Chellappan studied the link between Internet usage and depression, and hopes to use his findings to create software that could track Internet usage and alert users if their patterns indicate symptoms of depression.

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hellappan’s study is believed to be the first that uses actual Internet data, collected unobtrusively and anonymously, to associate Internet usage with signs of depression. Previous studies relied on surveys to collect data. He believes surveys are less accurate because people’s memories fade over time and they tend to answer questions in a way that will be viewed favorably by others — a tendency called social desirability bias.

In the study, Chellappan and Raghavendra Kotikalapudi, MS CSci’11, tested 216 Missouri S&T undergraduates for signs of depression. About 30 percent of the students in the study met the

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minimum criteria for depression based on the Center for Epidemiologic StudiesDepression scale. The researchers then collected a month’s worth of Internet data for those students, assigning pseudonyms to keep their identities hidden. They found that the depressed students used the Internet much differently than the other study participants.

Chellappan and his colleagues found that depressed students tended to use higher “packets per flow” applications, those high-bandwidth applications often associated with online videos and games, than their counterparts.

Students who showed signs of depression also tended to use the Internet

in a more “random” manner — frequently switching among applications, perhaps from chat rooms to games to email.

Chellappan thinks that randomness may indicate trouble concentrating, a characteristic associated with depression.

A paper describing the research, titled “Associating Depressive Symptoms in College Students with Internet Usage Using Real Internet Data,” is scheduled to be published in the December issue of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine.

Kotikalapudi is the paper’s chief author. His co-authors are Chellappan; Frances Montgomery, Curators’ Teaching Professor of psychological science; Donald C. Wunsch, the M.K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor of Computer Engineering; and Karl F. Lutzen, information security officer for Missouri S&T’s IT department. 

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Prehistoric rocks offer clues about climate change For most of the past decade, Wan Yang has spent his summers camping and hiking in the Bogda Mountains in northwest China, collecting rock samples that predate dinosaurs by millions of years. His goal? To better understand the Earth’s climate history and gain clues about future climate change.

“The formation of rocks has everything to do with climate,” says Yang, associate professor of geological sciences and engineering. “Different climate settings have different sediments, soil types and vegetation. The beauty of the geological record is that we can see changes in the past, which gives us some guide to predict future changes.”

Yang spends his summers working in the high desert of northwest China because it’s one of the few places to have a land record from Pangea, the supercontinent that existed between 200 million and 350 million years ago. Land records are hard to preserve because they are exposed to the elements, Yang says, so most research has typically been done using marine records instead. The seawater offers better protection of the rocks below, as Missouri S&T students saw first-hand in June during a field course led by Yang and two other professors from Trinity and Guizhou universities in southern China.

“Most people don't realize that 250 million years ago the greatest, most severe mass extinction in the Earth’s history occurred,” Yang says.

Yang returned to Rolla in early August with more than 300 pounds of volcanic ash (known as tuff). Zircon, a special mineral in the ash, can be used to accurately date the rocks and will help to more precisely determine the pace of the terrestrial mass extinction and climatic change, he says.

“There are so many things we would like to know,” he says. 

High-tech grave hunting Using modern technology, a group of geological science and engineering researchers from S&T helped a Phelps County cemetery locate old grave sites dating back before the Civil War. “Corn Creek Cemetery has graves dating back to the 1830s, and many graves are marked by only a simple natural stone, if that,” says Neil Anderson, professor of geological sciences and engineering.

Using ground-penetrating radar technology, the researchers found six locations where there are likely grave sites with no identifying grave stones.

Evgeniy Torgashov, a graduate student in geological sciences and engineering, used the technology to differentiate potential grave sites from things like buried rocks, roots and other ground disturbances.

The cemetery association plans to mark the six locations found with natural stones out of respect for the buried remains and to help ensure that the final resting places remain undisturbed.

Wan Yang examines rock samples that predate dinosaurs by millions of years in an effort to better understand the history of the Earth’s climate.

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Homecoming Miner Road Trip recap

At the 2012 Homecoming Legends Banquet, the Miner Alumni Association honored a select group of alumni and faculty for their accomplishments and their devotion to the association, the campus and students. Selected from an impressive list of nominees, these awardees represent some of S&T’s most talented and dedicated alumni, faculty and staff. Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader and John Eash, AE’79, MS EMgt’90 (above, center), president of the Miner Alumni Association, are pictured with the recipients (from left).

Congratulations to the following award recipients: Milt Murry, EE’64, MS EE’80, adjunct professor at Jefferson College received the Frank H. Mackaman Alumni Volunteer Service Award Forest Breyfogle III, ME’68, president and CEO of Smarter Solutions received the Alumni Achievement Award Sarah Stanley, assistant professor of business and information technology at Missouri S&T, received the Class of 1942 Excellence in Teaching Award Jason Brinker, ChE’97, Vistamaxx PBE brand manager at ExxonMobil Corp. received the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award Preston Carney, CE’02, MS CE’03, estimator/project manager at Sheehan Pipeline Construction Co. received the Distinguished Young Alumni Award Joel Burken, associate chair and professor, civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, received the Alumni Merit Award Harry Laswell, Phys’78, managing partner at American River Ventures received the Alumni Achievement Award.

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The Miner Alumni Association celebrated Homecoming 2012: Miner Road Trip in style on Oct. 13 with a Cruise-In for alumni and friends to show off their hot rods and vintage cars, and a tailgate party before the football game.

1. Miner spirit was on display at the tailgate party.

More than 400 people came to the event.

2. Joe Miner helped spruce up the cars on display at the Cruise-In. 3. Former S&T softball player Diane Butrus, CSci’85, visits during the Silver & Gold Gathering with Don Kennedy, head softball coach at S&T, and starting catcher Kaylea Smith of Blue Springs, Mo., a senior in civil and architectural engineering.

4. Jacob Careaga, CE’98, and his son, Maksim, enjoy Saturday’s tailgate party.

5. Despite the wind during the Homecoming football game, the Miners beat the William Jewell Cardinals 52-17. The win assured the Miners of their second straight winning season. The Miners sported pink socks in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

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Inductions and Commencement Academy inductions This year, 26 alumni and friends were inducted into Missouri S&T academies. Academy membership recognizes a career of distinction and invites members to share their wisdom, influence and resources with faculty and students.

Academy of Chemical Engineers Richard A. Bausell, ChE’70, of Chesterfield, Mo., retired director of pipeline and power URS Corp.’s David R. Scharf, ChE’78, of Tulsa, Okla., president of natural gas gathering and processing with ONEOK Partners LP

Academy of Civil Engineers Brett Hanke, CE’72, MS EMgt’84, of Wentzville, Mo., president of Hanke Constructors Alan A. Kamp, CE’64, MS CE’66, of Kansas City and Branson, Mo., vice president and senior project manager for Black & Veatch Co.’s oil and gas business line Pat McCown, CE’74, of Kansas City, Mo., CEO of McCownGordon Construction LLC Ranney McDonough, CE’66, of Dunwoody, Ga., president of McDonough Engineering Stephen H. McVeigh, CE’72, of Houston, an independent oil and gas consultant Michael J. Perry, CE’80, of St. Louis, president of HBD Construction Inc. Amy Strauss, CE’90, MS CE’91, of Springfield, Mo., senior engineer in power generation for City Utilities of Springfield Paul Wojciechowski, CE’83, of Wildwood, Mo., senior associate and St. Louis office manager for Alta Planning + Design

Academy of Computer Science Pam Leitterman, AMth’75, of Sunnyvale, Calif., retired from Hewlett-Packard Susan Rothschild, CSci’74, of St. Louis, a CPA with John T. Straub

Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Stephen R. Nelson, EE’77, of Gunter, Texas, vice president of IC Design for REMEC Defense and Space Steven Pflantz, EE’87, of St. Louis, association and I&C/electrical engineer for CRB Consulting Engineers Inc. David C. Wang, EE’77, of Langley, Wash., president of Boeing China Kory G. Mathews, EE’84, of Ballwin, Mo., vice president and program manager for Boeing Defense, Space and Security and vice president and program manager of the Phantom Works division

Academy of Engineering Management Wendell L. “Buddy” Barnes, EMgt’73, of The Woodlands, Texas, client services manager for MWH Americas in the municipal wastewater division in Southeast Texas Bill Daughton of Colorado Springs, Colo., former professor and chair of engineering management and former special assistant to the provost for eLearning at Missouri S&T Dan Hinkle, EMgt’73, of Sugar Land, Texas, owner of a contract-lobbying firm that represents clients before the Texas legislature and regulatory agencies

Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers Edward H. Gerding, ME’84, of St. Charles, Mo., director of engineering for the global services and support division of Boeing Charles P. Ketterer, ME’89, of St. Charles, Mo., vice president of information technology and supply chain for Emerson Hermetic Motors

Barry D. Freiner, EE’85, of St. Louis, president of Rogers-Schmidt Engineering Co.

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Academy of Miner Athletics Robert T. Berry, CE’72, of St. Louis, retired vice president and general manager of Burns & McDonnell’s St. Louis office, football team John Borthwick, PetE’86, of Clinton, Mo., project manager for Shaw Environmental, cross country and track teams Dick Boyett, CE’58, of Fort Smith, Ark., a retired civil engineer in the coal production industry, football team Diane Butrus, CSci’85, of St. Louis, chief operating officer of Diba Imports, softball team Terry Buzbee, EMgt’77, of Marshalltown, Iowa, president of Fisher Controls International, basketball team David Cadoff, ChE’96, Gainesville, Va., director of partner solutions for pureIntegration, swimming team Kenneth Cage, ME’63, MS NucE’66, of Bumpass, Va., an attorney with McDermott, Will and Emory, football team Donald J. Dowling Jr., ChE’51, of Sun City, Ariz., retired product manager for Buckeye Cellulose and retired chemical and production engineer for Proctor and Gamble, football team Gene Edwards, CE’53, of Paducah, Ky., retired CEO of Kit-Mo Rental and Supply, football and track and field teams Cecilia Elmore, EMgt’86, of Rolla, Mo., director of student diversity, outreach and women’s programs at Missouri S&T, basketball and softball teams Curt Elmore, GeoE’86, of Rolla, Mo., professor of geological sciences and engineering at Missouri S&T, cross country and track and field teams Lloyd Flowers, CE’88, of Marietta, Ga., senior project manager with McCarthy Building Companies, football and track and field teams John Frerking, CE’87, of Columbia, Mo., business

development manager at Engineering Surveys and Services, football team John Gibson, EMgt’74, of Tulsa, Okla., chair, president and CEO of ONEOK Partners, basketball team Kevin Griesemer, EMgt’83, of St. Louis, principal of G&W Engineering Corp., football team Morris E. Hervey Jr., MinE’81, of St. Louis, co-founder and president of TSI Engineering Inc., football team Tony Kaczmarek, LSci’87, of Rolla, Mo., a physician at Central Missouri Urology Clinic, football team Jeffrey Kipp, ME’81, of Denver, co-owner and vice president of operations for Conception to Reality Inc., basketball team J. Gary McAlpin, CE’73, of Plantation, Fla., director of coastal zone management for Collier County, Florida, football and wrestling teams Donald McGovern, ME’58, of Lake Saint Louis, Mo., retired vice president and general manager of McDonnell Douglas’ Joint Advanced Strike Technology Program, football team Steve McVeigh, CE’72, of Spring, Texas, a consultant with Celerant Consulting, football team James Murphy, ME’56, of Stamford, Conn., president of Murphy & Murphy Realtors and Moorings Apartments Inc., football team. Mr. Murphy died Aug. 3, 2012 Zebulun Nash, ChE’72, of Houston, retired plant manager of ExxonMobil Chemical Co.’s Baytown Chemical Plant, wrestling team Thomas Owens, CE’68, MS EMgt’71, of Easton, Pa., retired vice president of operations for Crayola Corp., football team Eric Potts, CE’73, of Houston, a retired U.S. Army colonel now working as deputy director of the Houston Airport System, football, baseball, basketball, and track and field teams

Perrin Roller, GeoE’80, of Spring, Texas, a principal at Upstream Forensics, football and wrestling teams Ronald Rosner, AE’89, of Lake Ozark, Mo., director of environment, health and safety for Haas Group International, cross country and track and field teams Paul Stricker, LSci’82, of San Diego, a sports medicine physician with Youth Sports Awareness Enterprise, swimming team Royce Vessell, CerE’76, of St. Louis, president and owner of VMPC Resources, basketball and golf teams Charles “Pete” Weitzel, ME’55, of Ballwin, Mo., president of Weitzel Construction Co., football and track and field teams Newton Wells, ME’59, of College Station, Texas, retired general manager of Dover Corp., football team Billy Key of Rolla, Mo., retired director of athletics, basketball coach and professor emeritus of physical education at Missouri S&T, honorary member Mark Mullin of Rolla, Mo., director of athletics and former swimming coach at Missouri S&T, ex-officio member

Academy of Mines and Metallurgy Charles D. Croessmann, NucE’81, of Edgewood, N.M., senior manager at Sandia National Laboratories Phillip D. Ferguson, NucE’88, MS NucE’93, PhD NucE’95, of Knoxville, Tenn., neutron source group leader and neutronics team leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratories Ricky L. Martin, MetE’82, MS MetE’84, of St. Charles, Mo., enterprise manager of Metallic Material and Process at Boeing Philip D. McPherson, CerE’83, of Yorktown, Ind., senior vice president and general manager at Saint-Gobain 

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S&T awards professional degrees

‘The sky is not the limit,’ Magnus says In her May 2012 commencement speech, former NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus, Phys’86, MS EE’90, told graduates to believe in themselves and use their problem-solving skills.

“Big hairy problems do not overwhelm you nor paralyze you with fear — you have already conquered a bunch,” said Magnus, who flew aboard the final shuttle mission in July 2011.

Magnus, now executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said she knew she wanted to be an astronaut when she was in college, but she also said that it is never too late to keep asking yourself what you want to be when you grow up.

“The sky is not the limit,” she said. “Trust me.” 

Four Missouri S&T alumni received honorary professional degrees during Spring Commencement. The degrees recognize these graduates for professional achievement: • C. John Brannon, Phys’85, CerE’85, Psyc’86, MS CerE’86, PhD CerE’89, a patent attorney with Brannon, Robinson, Sowers, Hughel and Doss in Indianapolis • John Fairbanks, EE’71, owner of Tosshers Vending in Lincoln, Calif.

Fairbanks is one of S&T’s 28 Alumni of Influence • Fred Byron Parks, ME’69, chief executive officer for NDS Surgical Imaging in Tucson, Ariz.

• Robert M. Saxer, CE’61, MS CE’62, an active alumni association volunteer and a civil engineer who retired from the international chemical engineering firm AMCEC.

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Investing in

the future People who give charitably do so because they are passionate about their cause.

They believe in investing in the future. At Missouri S&T, that generosity — and your passion for S&T — is what keeps the university thriving for our students.

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As the graph below illustrates, charitable giving increased during Missouri S&T’s two comprehensive fundraising campaigns, but also increased during non-campaign years. In addition to the $128.7 million in charitable gifts contributed to the university’s most recent campaign, S&T also received $83.1 million in grants and contracts, for a total of $211.8 million in external support from 2004 to 2010.

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You — our alumni — believe in higher education. You believe in opportunity. You believe in the value of an S&T education.

And you believe in the importance of science, technology, engineering and math to the future of our nation. You know Missouri S&T is a good investment and your generosity is shaping our future.

During fiscal year 2012, you helped raise $10.6 million to your alma mater.

For many years, Missouri S&T has enjoyed a stronger alumni participation rate than the national average. Miners get great jobs, and they appreciate the advantages their education provided.

Our alumni participation rate is a clear illustration of the loyalty and pride of a Rolla Miner. During fiscal year 2011–12, 17.1 percent of our alumni made gifts to Missouri S&T. Last year the national average at public colleges and universities was 9.4 percent.

As alumni, you are critical to our future success, which is why we have some changes planned to strengthen your Rolla connection. We want to make sure all of our donors know how much we appreciate them and that their money is being put to good use, regardless of the size of their gift. Every donor now gets a personalized thank-you note and we created an annual report on giving for our donors that will debut next month. We have also improved and expanded the annual stewardship reports we send to all endowment donors.

The Miner Alumni Association has developed a new strategic plan that focuses on building relationships with our younger alumni. We want to be relevant to Miners of all ages.

We are also working to improve the ways we connect with you in today’s

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mobile society. We are reaching out to you more frequently and in different ways through monthly email updates that provide news and information of interest to you. We want to hear what you think about our alumni and fundraising efforts.

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Call or email Joan Nesbitt, vice chancellor for university advancement, at nesbittj@mst.edu or 573-578-7808, or Darlene Ramsay, executive director of alumni relations and advancement services, at ramsayd@mst.edu or 573-341-4584. 

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Golden Miners return 1. The Miner Alumni Association hosted 43 members of the Class of 1962 for this year’s Golden Alumni Reunion. With their guests, more than 80 people attended the celebration held May 21 and 22. Members and guests strolled around campus, visited the Kummer Student Design Center, toured their departments and heard Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader discuss today’s campus. In a special recognition ceremony, Schrader and past Miner Alumni Association President Darlene Ramsay, MetE’84, presented class members with their 50-year pins and certificates.

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2. During Monday night’s banquet, Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe tribute artists entertained class members. Pictured during the dinner, far left, are D. Eugene Morgan, CE’62, and Karl L. Brown, MetE’62.

3. Also during the event, the Miner Alumni Association presented Gary Havener, Math’62, with the Robert V. Wolf Alumni Service Award, in honor of his bold leadership in transforming the university through his dedication and loyal support.

4. Gary Trippensee, ME’62, and his wife, Concha, are pictured with “Elvis” and “Marilyn.”

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Save the date: OGS Annual Weekend Join your fellow Order of the Golden Shillelagh members April 19–21, 2013, in Rolla. For more information regarding the OGS Annual Weekend, please contact Megan Ace at 573-341-6359 or acem@mst.edu.

Plan now for the 105th Best Ever Alumni and friends are invited to the St. Pat’s pre-parade party from 8:30–11 a.m. Saturday, March 16, in the Leach Theatre lobby of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets. Join us for hot cinnamon rolls and beverages.

Immediately following the St. Pat’s parade, come back to Castleman Hall for pizzas and $1 beer while they last.

Make plans to travel to Rolla for St. Pat’s or attend one of the section events in your area and help make the 105th celebration the Best Ever.

Event information will be available at alumni.mst.edu/events/stpats.html.

STAT celebrates new school year Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow (STAT), the alumni student organization, hosted a barbecue during its first meeting of the year on Aug. 29.

More than 75 students came for free grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, and information about STAT.

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Individual athletes winning conference championships during the 2011–12 season.

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Nikia Chapman:

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Stats: sophomore in geological engineering from Columbia, Mo. Member of: Spelunking Club and Human-Powered Vehicle Team.

Claim to fame: Led the Human-Powered Vehicle team to a first-place win in ASME’s Human-Powered Vehicle Competition in Tooele, Utah, by winning first place in the women’s drag race and riding the four required “female laps” of the endurance race.

Why HPV: “I was asked to join because they were looking for a girl rider and I agreed because it sounded like fun.

I like the competitive aspect of the race. I’ve never been on a sports team so this is the first time I’ve ever been in something this competitive. It’s also a good way to challenge myself on a physical level.”

Battle scars: “In a competition in Pennsylvania, I took a few spills in the endurance race. One happened when another team’s bike ran into me. The crashes resulted in multiple large holes in my jersey and leggings. The EMT had to cut my Under Armour shirt sleeve off because my arm had swelled up so large. I have a fairly large scar. It stopped me from completing the number of laps required by a female rider, but a girl from one of our competitors — Rose-Hulman — completed the laps for me.”

Good luck charm: Chapman competes wearing red Elmo socks.

Female rider Nikia Chapman helped lead the Human-Powered Vehicle Team to victory … in Elmo socks.

(Photo by Bob Phelan)

Goals for the year: “I am team secretary.

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Research interests: • Increasing interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education

• Creating and assessing Cheryl B. Schrader believes in the power of storytelling. And not just because she loves a good tale.

Over the past 10 years, Schrader, an electrical engineer specializing in systems and control, has become more interested in the different learning styles of students. Her research in this area has focused on how women and minorities learn, and she has found that a good story can help these students become more confident in their own abilities. That greater self-confidence in turn could motivate more of them to graduate and move on to successful lives beyond college.

These days, Schrader is especially interested in sharing the untold stories of women and minorities who have become successful in the so-called STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“Everybody knows the story of Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone,” Schrader says. But similar stories about women inventors are less familiar.

“In some academic circles, the impact of women in technological development is becoming clearer,” she says. Beyond the walls of academia, however, “those stories aren’t well-known. They’re not woven into the fabric of our culture.”

Schrader hopes to “bring the contributions of women in engineering and science to light, and to have those contributions become a part of the common knowledge of history.” Ultimately, she would like to create an inspiring firstperson monologue theatrical performance that could be presented at colleges and universities across the country.

Schrader’s own story, from her days as an undergraduate student, might fit well into that monologue.

innovative learning methods to help students of all ages succeed in the STEM areas

• Exploring the power of

storytelling “to bring the contributions of women and underrepresented groups in engineering and science to light”

“Role models, or the lack thereof, can have a big impact.”

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Education: • Bachelor of science,

electrical engineering, Valparaiso University (1984)

• Master of science,

electrical engineering, University of Notre Dame (1987)�

• Ph.D., electrical engineering, emphasis area: systems and control, University of Notre Dame (1991)

Academic career: • Rice University: - adjunct professor (1991)

• University of Texas

at San Antonio: - assistant professor of electrical engineering (1991-96) - associate professor of electrical engineering (1996-2002) - professor of electrical and computer engineering (2002-03) - associate dean for graduate studies and research, College of Sciences and College of Engineering (2000-03)

• Boise State University:

- dean, College of Engineering (2003-11) - associate vice president for strategic research initiatives (2011-12)

• Missouri S&T:

- chancellor (2012-present)

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It begins one day during her junior year at Valparaiso University in Indiana. Schrader had just finished an exam. Leaving the classroom, she and a classmate discussed the test. “Our answers didn’t agree,” she recalls, and their conflicting perspectives concerned her.

“I was not confident in my answers,” she says, “so I assumed I had failed the exam.”

Many college students can relate to that sickening sensation — that knot in the gut that foreshadows impending failure. But the sensation overwhelmed Schrader.

“I was distraught,” she says. “I was sure I had just ruined my opportunities to become an engineer.”

That night, she phoned her mother to discuss the situation and her fear of failure. Her mother suggested she meet with her professor to talk it over.

So she did.

That meeting altered the trajectory of Schrader’s academic career.

The professor, Demosthenes Gelopulos, reassured Schrader that she had passed the test. “It turned out I did very well on the exam,” she says.

When the conversation turned to Schrader’s career plans, “He said that I reminded him of himself when he was younger, and he asked me if I had ever considered becoming a professor. I was shocked,” she says. “I had never thought about that.”

When Schrader was in college, there were no female professors on Valparaiso’s engineering faculty. “I hadn’t seen or met any women in that role,” Schrader says, “so it never occurred to me that I could pursue that career path.”

That discussion not only opened a new path for Schrader, it also “opened my eyes to just how important it is for faculty to express interest in their students’ career development. It’s essential.”

That’s a lesson Schrader has taken to heart. Throughout her academic career, she has tried to be a role model for students who are not well represented in the STEM disciplines, including underrepresented minorities and women.

“Being a role model is very important,” she says. “Role models, or the lack thereof, can have a big impact.”

Some of Schrader’s former students think she has made a great impact on their lives.

So much so, in fact, that they nominated her for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. The former students worked together from far-flung corners of the country to prepare a proposal to recognize Schrader’s influence. In 2005, she attended the awards ceremony at the White House, where President George W. Bush recognized Schrader for her “enduring, strong and personal commitment to underrepresented engineering students and faculty.”

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On the wall outside her Parker Hall office hangs a mural depicting chancellors, deans and directors from 1871 to 1973. The mural was painted by the late John W. “Jack” Koenig, former S&T technical editor, in 1974.

a new stage In April, when Schrader became chancellor of Missouri S&T, she assumed the most visible and significant role model position of her career. As one of only a few female engineers in the nation to lead a university, Schrader is keenly aware that she has stepped onto a new stage.

“When you’re different — such as when you’re a person who is underrepresented in your field — you will be remembered,” she says. “Since I know I will be remembered, I strive to be remembered for positive things.”

There’s no doubt about Schrader’s confidence these days. And she has left a positive impression on those she has worked with in the past.

Robert W. Kustra, president of Boise State University — where Schrader served as dean of engineering and associate vice president for strategic research initiatives prior to joining S&T — calls Schrader “the clear choice to take Missouri University of Science and Technology to the next level.” Her noteworthy accomplishments at Boise State included building “an outstanding team of faculty and staff who are lifting Boise State to national prominence” and “establishing connections and collaborations with community, government and industry partners,” Kustra says.

Awards and honors: • Presidential Award for

Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from the White House (2005)

• IEEE Education Society

Hewlett-Packard/Harriett P. Rigas Award (2008)

• Idaho Women Making History Award (2005)

• WebCT Exemplary Online Course Award (2003)

• Named to Valparaiso

University’s Top 150 Most Influential People (2009)

• Alumni Achievement Award, Valparaiso University (2011)

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Professional service: • Member, American Society for

Engineering Education; Society of Women Engineers; Tau Beta Pi; Alpha Lambda Delta; Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers

• Member, ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission

• Former president, IEEE Control Systems Society, with more than 10,000 members worldwide (2002-04)

• Textbook co-editor, Advances

in Statistical Control, Algebraic Systems Theory, and Dynamic Systems Characteristics (2008)

Don P. Giddens, dean and professor emeritus at Georgia Tech, worked with Schrader when they both served on the American Society for Engineering Education Deans Council. He says Schrader’s work with ASEE has been instrumental in “helping change the conversation nationally about engineering.”

Schrader’s interest in serving as a mentor to underrepresented students began during her 12-year tenure at the University of Texas at San Antonio, which enrolls many Hispanic students. When she joined Boise State University in 2003 as dean of engineering, she continued to reach out to college students as well as high schoolers, younger students and adults. She wants to reach students of all ages — “from K through gray,” as she puts it.

During the past 10 years, the importance of mentoring has become a key component of her research to develop new approaches to teaching STEM students and guiding them toward graduation.

increased expectations, dwindling resources Schrader becomes chancellor of Missouri S&T amidst challenging economic times.

State funding for public higher education has eroded in recent years, but the pressure on colleges and universities to remain affordable is greater than ever. Schrader describes this situation as “the new normal of increased expectations amid dwindling resources.”

Despite these challenges, Schrader is optimistic about S&T’s position in the higher education landscape.

“The global competitiveness, economic vitality and quality of life in this state and nation clearly depend upon institutions like Missouri S&T to step forward as leaders,” she says. “In doing so, S&T not only has a tremendous legacy upon which to build, but it also has the potential and momentum to become truly world class.”

Schrader sees four major challenges facing S&T — and all of public higher education — in this “new normal”: • An increased interest in accessibility from the public, state government, alumni, corporate partners and other groups. “There is a need to keep college affordable and accessible,” she says. Missouri S&T’s return — on investment, in terms of starting salaries for graduates and other measures, helps position the university well in relation to

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other institutions nationally. Schrader likes to share the fact that when it comes to starting salaries for new graduates, Missouri S&T ranks second among all public universities in the nation.

• Globalization and diversity.

“Working across boundaries, cultures and ethnicities is becoming more and more important in today’s global culture,” Schrader says. “Our students need to be prepared to enter this global work force.”

• Economic development and the changing role of the research university.

“A university is no longer just an intellectual silo,” Schrader says. “It’s a social, intellectual and economic development hub.” She expects a university’s role in economic development to grow, especially as companies look to universities like S&T to conduct R&D work that companies once performed in-house.

• The “game-changer” of cyber infrastructure. “The teaching mission of the university is no longer place-bound,” Schrader says. With the advent of online courses, “there’s an expectation that we should increase our reach” beyond the traditional residential campus, and “an expectation to use technology in ways that improve learning.”

Schrader has direct experience with distance education. In 2003, while at the University of Texas at San Antonio, she and colleague Johnny Flores received WebCT’s Exemplary Online Course Award for teaching abstract concepts online.

“play to your strengths” In the midst of these disruptive economic and societal forces buffeting campuses across the nation, how can Missouri S&T reach that world-class potential Schrader envisions? It boils down to focus and differentiation.

“It’s important to determine not only what you’re going to focus on, but also what you’re going to stop doing,” she says. “You have the opportunity to play to your strengths.

“You have to be focused and very strategic in your thinking,” she says. “It’s more important than ever to have a shared strategic plan that is at the center of all you do.”

Family: Married to Jeff Schrader, an attorney and former chief legal counsel for the Idaho State Board of Education. The Schraders have two children: Andrew, who is studying mechanical engineering at Valparaiso University, and Ella, who is in kindergarten.

The Schraders also have a dog named Sydney.

Hobbies: Traveling, hiking, gardening, sports (“I think we’re becoming some of the Miners’ biggest fans,” she says), cultural activities such as theater and musical performances, reading.

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Last June, Schrader and other campus leaders met with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and his top education and economic advisors.

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So Schrader is working across campus, and with UM System officials, to develop that road map for the next five to 10 years. During the first few months as chancellor, her focus has been on “listening, observing and communicating.”

“Every organization has a sense of place,” she says, “and I need to fully understand Missouri S&T to be its best leader, ambassador and advocate. I want to hear what the various stakeholders envision for the future.”

She has wasted no time meeting with S&T students, faculty and staff. She has also met with several alumni groups on campus and on the road. Last April, Schrader met with members of the S&T Board of Trustees, Order of the Golden Shillelagh, Miner Alumni Association and various departmental academies. In May, she met more alumni during a swing through Texas, then met with local governmental and community leaders, as well as military leaders from nearby Fort Leonard Wood. In June, she hosted Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and his top education and economic development advisors to talk about S&T’s value to the state. She also hosted U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, whose 8th congressional district includes Rolla, to discuss national STEM education issues, and traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet the Missouri congressional delegation and other national leaders. This fall, she connected with more alumni during Homecoming and other recent events, including section events in Denver and California’s Bay Area.

“Our graduates have an uncommon loyalty, passion and commitment to this institution,” she says. “It’s because this institution helped our graduates fulfill their dreams. Our graduates and students best exemplify what this institution is.”

Alumni and their success are key players in the continuing story of this university.

It’s a story that Schrader is more than happy to tell.

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t’s called a house. But the vision for the Hasselmann Alumni House is to provide a comfortable place for S&T graduates — more than 52,000 of them — when they come “home” to Rolla.

There won’t be any beds. This isn’t a hotel or a bed and breakfast. But there will be plenty of room for alumni to gather, whether they’re back in Rolla to reconnect with old classmates, celebrate St. Pat’s and Homecoming, or conduct the business of the Miner Alumni Association.

Today’s economic climate makes it more challenging to fund such large projects. Yet Missouri S&T grads have stepped forward to help support an alumni house. Such houses are “commonplace” at universities, says Bill Brune, CSci’73, who serves on the Miner Alumni Association’s Board of Directors.

Construction on the 12,000-square-foot Hasselmann Alumni House will begin when fundraising is complete. At press time, S&T had raised 45 percent of

the estimated $3.85 million construction cost. The project received a recent boost when Missouri S&T Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader designated a $500,000 estate gift from the late Beverly Koeppel, EE’38, to be used as a challenge grant to attract additional funding for the alumni house.

(See the story on page 28 for more about this challenge.)

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The Hasselmann Legacy The seed money for the alumni house was provided by the estate of Karl Hasselmann. You’ve seen his name. But who was this man?

When he came to Rolla as the university’s first Karl F. Hasselmann Chair in 2001, J. David Rogers was curious to find out more about the man responsible for his title. So Rogers, a geological engineering expert, conducted some research on Hasselmann’s life. Some things were easy to uncover. Hasselmann played football and ran track at MSM. He was awarded a professional degree in 1945 and an honorary doctorate in 1966.

He was also a past president of the Miner Alumni Association. But it was information about Hasselmann’s career that Rogers found especially interesting. Here are some of the things Rogers discovered:

• Hasselmann was one of the first people to successfully drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.

• As president of Salt Dome Production Co. in Houston, Hasselmann was noted for his work in the development of a gravitational method for shallow-sea oil exploration.

• Decades ago, Hasselmann created an endowment, which accrued interest for 24 years, until sufficient funds were available to establish the chair in geological engineering that Rogers now holds • In addition to establishing the Karl F. Hasselmann Chair in Geological Engineering at what is now Missouri S&T, Hasselmann and his

wife, Marjor y, established chairs at Rice University and at the Mayo Clinic.

Hasselmann died in 1976, but his legacy lives on. The Hasselmann estate continues to grow, and some of that money — as well as income from mineral rights Hasselmann left to the university — served as a lead donation for the alumni house.

During a discussion about naming opportunities at a director’s meeting of the alumni association, the topic of restrooms and fixtures came up. There were objections because, well, it didn’t seem proper. But Chris Ramsay, MetE’83, MS MetE’85, thought it was a funny idea to dedicate urinals to various people.

“A group of Pikes purchased a urinal in honor of our friends at Tau Kappa Epsilon, and our friends at TKE have committed to purchase one in honor of the Alpha Kappa chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha. Everybody had a big laugh,” Ramsay says. “And this silliness raised an additional $10,000 for the Hasselmann House.”

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p Not too long after Dick Bauer, ChE’51, passed away in 2010, his wife, Shirley, decided to make a gift in her husband’s honor to fund the bar in the Hasselmann Alumni House. During Homecoming celebrations and reunions, Dick always liked to gather at a bar — or sometimes tend it — in order to swap stories with old friends. Now the Bauer Bar will provide that gathering spot in the Hasselmann Alumni House for generations of friends to gather, enjoy a drink and share memories.

Chris Ramsay, MetE’83, MS MetE’85, thinks the Bauer Bar is a great idea.

“I can hear Dick Bauer saying to us all, ‘Let’s go to the bar for a hooter,’ or (former alumni association president) Bob Wolf (ME’51, MS ME’52, who passed away in 1999) saying we should stop by for a ‘short snort,’” Ramsay says. “I miss those guys. So when the Hasselmann House is finished, we will all go there to have one in honor of Dick, and one in honor of Bob.”

(continued from page 25) So far, donors have contributed to personalize rooms, tables, bar stools, outdoor areas, and, for fun, even urinals (see page 26).

John O. Farmer III, PetE’63, made a significant gift to name the lounge in honor of his father, John O. Farmer, MinE’33, who was friends with Karl Hasselmann, MinE’25.

(Read more about Hasselmann on facing page). The elder Farmer started an oil and gas production company based in Russell, Kan., in 1946. His son has been president since 1989. Now, thanks to John O. Farmer III’s gift, the John O. Farmer Alumni Lounge will stand as a testament to his father’s longtime friendship with Hasselmann.

“The alumni house will be a great gathering place. Every significant school has one,” says Farmer III. “I wanted to make a gift in memory of my father and Karl Hasselmann.”

The Hasselmann Alumni House will be located at the corner of Pine and 11th streets in Rolla, on the eastern edge of the campus.

“It will reflect our alumni and their achievements, recognizing our philosophy of giving back to the university,” says Brune.

Brune lives in Houston and comes back to Rolla about twice a year. “The opportunities and accomplishments of our faculty and students are beyond anything we would have imagined 40 years ago,” he says.

Like Brune, Art Giesler, ME’77, comes back to this neck of the woods two or three times a year. Giesler, who is also active with the alumni association, says the location of the alumni house is perfect for those who return for the annual St. Pat’s celebration and the parade, which, of course, is held on Pine Street.

In addition to St. Pat’s activities, the Hasselmann Alumni House will be home to reunions, banquets, lectures and, appropriately, Homecoming events.

Daniel Jackson, ChE’90, who lives in San Diego, is another member of the alumni association’s board of directors.

“This will be a gateway to campus for all returning alumni,” Jackson says. “With the Hasselmann House, anyone on campus will be able to point you to the alumni office.”

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At a glance • Address: 1100 N. Pine St. • Architectural style: Modern traditional • Exterior building materials: brick facade • Onsite parking will accommodate easy access • Close proximity to campus • Location will be the ideal viewing spot for St. Pat’s parades • The Grand Hall will offer a formal setting for banquets, distinguished lectures, reunions and large receptions • The spectacular Paul T. Dowling Hall of Honor will recognize alumni and friends for their generosity • Architectural firm: Cunningham and Associates, Columbia, Mo.

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hanks to a generous gift from the estate of the late Beverly Koeppel, EE’38, alumni donations to the Hasselmann Alumni House can now be even more valuable. Missouri S&T Chancellor Cher yl B. Schrader recently designated the $500,000 unrestricted bequest to be used as a challenge grant to attract additional contributions for the alumni house. The Koeppel Challenge will provide $1 of matching money for every $2 an alum gives to the Hasselmann Alumni House for gifts of $25,000 and above.

This means that donors interested in making gifts to the project may now claim naming opportunities for one-third less money. For example, a gift of $200,000, matched by $100,000 from the Koeppel estate, would fully fund the Hasselmann Alumni House courtyard.

When completed, the Koeppel Challenge will bring the alumni association $1.5 million closer to the goal of completing the Hasselmann Alumni House.

“Missouri S&T and the Miner Alumni Association are partners in ensuring that S&T remains vibrant and relevant well into the future, and the Hasselmann Alumni House will play a pivotal role in that future success,” says Schrader. “This matching fund represents not only the pride we have in our alumni and their legacy but also the importance placed on engaging our alumni in shaping S&T’s future.”

To find out how to take advantage of this matching gift fund, contact Darlene Ramsay, MetE’84, of the Miner Alumni Association at 573-341-4584.

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With thanks to those donors who have already given Alumni Lounge John O. Farmer III l

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Director’s Office Susan and Sandy Rothschild l

11th Street

Garden Fred and June Kummer l

Remaining naming opportunities

Original gift amount

Gift amount with match

1. St. Pat’s Veranda.................................................$500,000.............................$333,333 2. Great Room.........................................................$500,000.............................$333,333

Grand Hall (half) Pete Kinyon l

Hall of Honor Michael W. Bytnar Robert H. Harper l l

(joint gift named in honor of Paul T. Dowling)

3. Grand Hall (half)................................................$375,000.............................$250,000 4. Courtyard............................................................$300,000.............................$200,000 5. Gazebo.................................................................$250,000.............................$167,000 6. Kitchen................................................................$200,000.............................$133,000 7. Head Table in Grand Hall..................................$150,000.............................$100,000 8. Grand Staircase..................................................$150,000.............................$100,000 9. Porte-cochere.....................................................$100,000...............................$66,667 10. Elevator.............................................................$100,000...............................$66,667 11. Exterior Plaza.....................................................$75,000...............................$50,000 12. Staircase, SE.......................................................$50,000...............................$33,333 13. STAT Office........................................................$50,000...............................$33,333 14. Archive Case (3)................................................$50,000...............................$33,333 15. Office (2).............................................................$50,000...............................$33,333 16. Recycling Center................................................$25,000...............................$16,667

Historic Emblems Ron Tappmeyer Art Giesler l l

Office Hub Bayless Family l

Offices Robert Brackbill l

(named in honor of Cay Brackbill) l l

Billy Gerhart William and June Patterson

Parking Space Rich Eimer l

Restroom Facilities Pi Kappa Alpha Tau Kappa Epsilon l l

Welcome Center Berry Family l

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Miner Alumni Association

Mission, Goals and benefits

Representing more than 50,000 alumni wordwide For more information about your representatives, go to alumni.mst.edu/groups/boardofdirectors.

MISSION The association proactively strives to create an environment — embodying communication with and participation by Miner alumni and friends — to foster strong loyalty to the university and growth of the association. The association increases its financial strength and provides aid and support to deserving students, faculty and alumni.

GOALS • I ncrease alumni pride in their association with Missouri S&T and the Miner Alumni Association • Increase alumni involvement, especially that of young alumni • Increase alumni contributions, both in the ­number of alumni making a financial commitment and in the dollars raised to benefit Missouri S&T and the Miner Alumni Association • Strengthen relationships with faculty, staff and students on behalf of the alumni association.

The officers and other members of the association’s board of directors provide leadership and personal participation to achieve these goals and fulfill this mission. For their efforts to be a success, they need YOUR active participation as well, in whatever alumni activities you choose.

Benefits Career Assistance Missouri S&T’s career opportunities and employer relations will help you in your job search. For information, call 573-341-4343.

Services Online Community including searchable directory at mineralumni.com Access to alumni office via email (alumni@mst.edu) Address update service so you don’t miss your Missouri S&T mail Insurance discounts Travel opportunities Miner Merchandise Chairs, lamps, watches, pendants, Joe Miner credit card, license plates for Missouri residents and the official Missouri S&T ring.

PRESIDENT John F. Eash ’79 johneash@miner.mst.edu

PRESIDENT-ELECT Richard W. Eimer Jr. ’71 cocoabean77@comcast.net

• We are happy to announce weddings, births, promotions, and other happy occassions after they have occurred • We will mention a spouse’s name if it is specifically mentioned in the information provided by the alumnus/alumna • We will print addresses if specifically requested to do so by the alumnus/alumna submitting the note • We reserve the right to edit alumni notes to meet space requirements • We will use submitted photos as space permits • Due to the production time required for each issue, submissions may take up to six months to appear.

Your patience is appreciated.

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Area 6: Art Giesler ’77 art.giesler@att.net Area 7: Bernard Held ’75 bheld@cmtengr.com

VICE PRESIDENTS

Area 8: Tom Feger ’69 tfeger@hanson-inc.com

Ernest K. Banks ’81 ernie.banks@bjc.org

Area 9: Nathan Rues ’02 nrues@hotmail.com

Delores Hinkle ’75 djhinkle@marathonoil.com

Areas 10-18: Michael Busby ’78 mbusby@mcsworldwide.com

Helene Hardy Pierce ’83 hpierce@gaf.com

Areas 10-18: Alan Erickson ’75 alerickson@gmail.com

Ronald W. Jagles ’86 ronjagles@gmail.com

Areas 10-18: Rhonda Galaske ’79 rhondagalaske43@gmail.com

Stephen W. Rector ’72 swr@rimop.com

Areas 10-18: Russell Goldammer ’78 russell_goldammer@ctsinc.biz

Robert J. Scanlon ’73 rjscanlon@comcast.net

Areas 10-18: Polly Hendren ’73 phendren@oceanside-tower.com

TREASURER

Areas 10-18: Jeremiah King ’06 jeremiah.king@askbrinkmann.com

Jerry R. Bayless ’59 jerryb@mst.edu

ASSISTANT TREASURER Richard L. Elgin ’74 elgin@rollanet.org

SECRETARY W. Keith Wedge ’70 keith.wedge@advancia.com

Areas 10-18: Chris Ramsay ’83 cramsay@mst.edu Areas 10-18: Stephen Squibb ’98 steveandamie@gmail.com Areas 10-18: Breck Washam ’90 bwasham@burnsmcd.com Area 19: Daniel Bailey ’03 daniel.jaye.bailey@gmail.com

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Area 20: Gregory Skannal ’85 gskannal@mindspring.com

Chris Ramsay ’83 cramsay@mst.edu

Area 21: Daniel Jackson ’90 djack1003@cox.net

DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE

Area 22: David Bufalo ’66 djbufalo@msn.com

Bill Brune ’75 tallbill@bruneweb.com Preston Carney ’02 pcarney@cox.net Kurt Haslag ’07 khaslag@askbrinkmann.com

Area 23: Dennis Leitterman ’76 dennis_leitterman@yahoo.com Area 24: M. Theresa Williams ’98 theresa.williams@pxd.com

Alumni Engagement Helene Hardy Pierce ’83 hpierce@gaf.com Strengthen Campus Relations Michael McEvilly ’80 michaeljmcevilly@comcast.net Finance Stephen W. Rector ’72 swr@rimop.com Marketing and Communications Jon C. Schneider ’87 jon.c.schneider@boeing.com

past presidents Arthur G. Baebler ’55 ivybaeb@att.net Robert D. Bay ’49 rdbay673@yahoo.com Robert T. Berry ’72 rberrytwin@aol.com James E. Bertelsmeyer ’66 pinnacleinvestmentsllc@gmail.com Robert M. Brackbill ’42 rbrackbill@hotmail.com Matteo A. Coco ’66 cocohm@sbcglobal.net Larry L. Hendren ’73 lhendren@ess-inc.com Zebulun Nash ’72 zebnash@sbcglobal.net James R. Patterson ’54 jrpat@charter.net Darlene (Meloy) Ramsay ’84 ramsayd@mst.edu Perrin R. Roller ’80 roller@miner.mst.edu Susan Hadley Rothschild ’74 srothsch@swbell.net Gerald L. Stevenson ’59 stevenson63@verizon.net John B. Toomey ’49 starrmgmt@aol.com

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

staff

Student Council President: Ryan Beck rdb4hd@mst.edu

Katie Machovsky Manager of External Relations laymank@mst.edu

Graduate Student President: Mohammad Alkazimi cgs@mst.edu

Gillian Masters Administrative Assistant mastersgd@mst.edu

Area 1: Douglas Marquart ’82 dwmarquart@yahoo.com

Student Union Board President: Ian Lee ial7c9@mst.edu

Area 2: Christopher Mayberry ’98 cmmayberry@yahoo.com

committee chairs

Darlene (Meloy) Ramsay ’84 Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Advancement Services ramsayd@mst.edu

Area 3: Brian Tenholder ’97 bten1189@carolina.rr.com

Student Engagement Ernest K. Banks ’81 ernie.banks@bjc.org

Darrin Talley ’88 darrin.l.talley@exxonmobil.com Mike McEvilly ’80 michaeljmcevilly@comcast.net Jon C. Schneider ’87 jon.c.schneider@boeing.com

Policy For submisions

Area 5: Dawn Stufft ’99 dmstufft@marathonpetroleum.com

AREA DIRECTORS

Area 4: John Keating ’73 jmkeating@aol.com

Renee D. Stone Accountant renees@mst.edu Nancy Zamazanuk Manager of Internal Relations nancyz@mst.edu

UPCOMING EVENT: HOUSTON SECTION Every year, nearly 30 alumni in the Houston area come together for the section’s annual holiday party. This year the party will be held on Saturday, Dec. 1, at the home of Phil ’70 and Arni Ilavia. Join your fellow Miners for a night of fellowship, holiday carols and delectable foods. To attend, the cost is a $25 minimum donation, and the proceeds are given to S&T’s petroleum engineering program. Houston grads: Don’t miss out on the opportunity to share in the holiday spirit with alumni in your area.

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UPCOMING SECTION EVENTS Bay Area

Indianapolis

Third Annual Cocktails and Appetizers 4–6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 Arya Global Cuisine 19930 Stevens Creek Blvd.

Cupertino, Calif.

408-996-9606

Holiday Party 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6 Buca di Peppo–Downtown 35 N. Illinois St. Indianapolis 317-632-2822

Houston

Holiday Party Friday, Nov. 30 Time and location TBD

Holiday Party 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 Cost: $25 per person (minimum) donation for the S&T petroleum engineering program The home of Phil ’70 and Arni Ilavia 2301 Maconda Lane Houston 713-552-9322 Happy Hour Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 Time TBD Porch Swing Pub 69 Heights Blvd.

Houston

Mid-South

New Orleans Mardi Gras Event Krewe of Thoth Parade Party 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 Parade begins at noon Meet at the home of Sean O’Donnell ’04 and Leah Bahr ’07 816 A State St. New Orleans

Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Meeting and Exhibit Reception 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 Location TBD

Rocky Mountain Brewery Tour Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 Time TBD Fort Collins Brewery 1020 E. Lincoln Ave. Fort Collins, Colo.

St. Louis Holiday Party Tuesday, Dec. 18 Time TBD Mattingly’s Sports Bar and Grill 8108 N. Lindbergh Florissant, Mo.

St. Pat’s section events Lincolnland

Peoria

5 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2013 Central Market 4001 N. Lamar Blvd.

Austin, Texas 512-206-1000

Sunday, March 17, 2013 Time and location TBD

5 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Kelleher’s Irish Pub and Eatery 619 SW Water St. Peoria, Ill. 309-673-6000

Saturday, March 16, 2013 Time and location TBD

Carolinas Piedmont Saturday, March 16, 2013 Time and location TBD

Dallas-Fort Worth 2–7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013 Willhoites Restaurant 432 S. Main St. Grapevine, Texas 817-481-7511

Driftless Saturday, March 9, 2013 Time and location TBD

Enchanted

Mid-Missouri Friday, March 22, 2013 5 p.m. Happy Hour, 6 p.m. Dinner Munichburg Tavern 418 W. Elm St. Jefferson City, Mo. 573-761-4046

Mid-South Friday, March 22, 2013 Time and location TBD

Motor City Noon–2 p.m. Saturday, March 16, 2013 Location TBD

NE-IA 6 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2013 Lucky Bucket Brewery 11941 Centennial Road, Suite 1 La Vista, Neb. 402-763-8868

5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2013 Chama River Brewery 4939 Pan American Freeway Albuquerque, N.M. 505-342-1800

Dinner following brewery tour: Pizza Gourmet Co. 12040 Southport Parkway Omaha, Neb.

Flint Hills

6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2013 The Irish House 1432 Saint Charles Ave. New Orleans

5 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013 Tailgators 2025 Southwest Urish Road Topeka, Kan. 785-272-1432

Houston 6–9 p.m. Saturday, March 16, 2013 Stag’s Head Pub 2128 Portsmouth St. Houston 713-533-1199

Indianapolis 6–9 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2013 Claddagh Irish Pub–Northside 3835 E. 96th St. Indianapolis 317-569-3663

On Saturday, June 23, the St. Louis Section gathered for its annual Scholarship Golf Tournament. Here, 110 golfers came together, played a round of golf, reminisced with fellow Miner alumni and dined on pork steak. Watch for next year’s announcement and a chance to compete.

First-place winners ($75 gift certificate): A Flight

B Flight

Steve Brunts ’78 Gregg Carlson ’77 Calvin Curdt ’74 Doug Workman ’71

Anthony Mayer ’11 Scott Puzach Michael Scarey ’07 Eric Theiss ’07

Second-place winners ($50 gift certificate):

Austin-San Antonio

Bay Area

SECTION WRAP UP: ST. LOUIS GOLF TOURNAMENT

New Orleans

Oklahoma 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013 Kilkenny’s Irish Pub 1413 E. 15th St. Tulsa, Okla.

Pacific Northwest 6 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013 Redmond’s Bar and Grill 7979 Leary Way NE Redmond, Wash.

425-558-9800

Phoenix 6 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013 Rúla Búla Tempe Irish Pub and Restaurant 401 S. Mill Ave. Tempe, Ariz.

480-929-9500

Portland Friday, March 15, 2013 6 p.m. Happy Hour, 7 p.m. Dinner Hopworks Urban Brewery 3947 N. Williams Ave. Portland, Ore. 503-287-6258

Rocky Mountain Saturday, March 9, 2013 Time TBA White Fence Farm 6263 W. Jewel Ave. Lakewood, Colo.

303-935-5945 Saturday, March 16, 2013 Time TBA Denver St. Pat’s Parade

Springfield Saturday, March 9, 2013 Time and location TBD

St. Louis 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Hotshots Sports Bar and Grill 1636 Country Club Plaza Drive St. Charles, Mo. 636-947-8833 Noon Saturday, March 23, 2013 Bruno’s American Grill 2652 Hampton Ave. St. Louis

A Flight

B Flight

Bob Buechel ’73 Roger Kramer ’73 Randy Lang ’73 Rod LeGrand ’74

Ken Busch ’72 Lee Hahnel ’98 Larry Probst ’71 Jason Welker ’97

Closest to Pin ($50 gift certificate): Joe Feldmann ’83 Steve Kadyk ’99 Jeanne Klein Rod LeGrand ’74 Longest Drive ($50 gift certificate): Women: Denise Hale ’00 Men: Chris Hooley

For photos from this event and other section events visit mineralumni.com/photos

GEt MORE INFORMATION Want to know who else is planning to attend a section event in your area? Need more details about an upcoming event? Just click on the link at mineralumni.com and register online to see a list of other attendees in the online community. The attendee list is also available by clicking on the events tab.

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Veteran helps vets

1941

1949

Marvin E. Nevins Jr.,

David F. Brasel, ChE,

MetE: “Hanna and I are

planned a move to the

still doing pretty well.

Manteno (Ill.) Veterans

Playing golf two or three

Home over the summer.

times a week. Saw former Chancellor Jack Carney, Tom, MinE’50, and Joan Holmes, and others at the Naples St. Pat’s party — fun!”

1947 Glenn H. Fritz, MinE: “At 92-plus I wonder if there are any other than me still standing from the Miner class of 1947. It’s sort of lonely out here.”

State’s school boards have a new leader Gerry Lee, AE’76, is the new president of the Missouri School Boards’ Association. Lee, who worked for 25 years at City Utilities in Springfield, Mo., was previously president of the Springfield school board. He says too much energy is wasted on trying to protect the status quo. He wants to expand early childhood education, integrate more technology and find a way to stabilize state funding for schools.

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County Club Golf Course.”

1953 Paul H. Blackmon, Phys, MS Phys’55: “I recently

1950

returned from a 50-

Gene F. Robinson, ME: “I

to Sydney, Australia.

am enjoying retirement

I enjoyed some of the

from the Heil Co. in

wonders of nature in

Athens, Tenn.”

Brazil, Argentina, the

Eugene F. Stifel, EE: “I

Falkland Islands, Chile,

day cruise from Florida

have been retired from

Easter Island and Tahiti.”

McDonnell Douglas for

William E. Petterson, PetE,

25 years. I enjoy living in

planned to visit S&T in

Cocoa Beach, Fla.”

September after attending

1951 Donald J. Dowling Jr.,

his 63rd high school class reunion in Bolivar.

ChE, is busy attending

1957

grandchildren’s weddings

Donald R. Bowers, ME,

across the country and is

MS EMgt’71, is still

still based in Arizona.

enjoying retirement in

We celebrated 71 years

Gerald N. Keller, GGph:

Washington, Mo.

of marriage on

“Mary Jo and I celebrated

Charles A. “Al” Wentz,

Sept. 11, 2011.”

our 60th wedding

ChE, MS ChE’59, was

anniversary in March.

featured in two stories

We still enjoy playing

in his local newspaper

1948 Robert Lee Aston has degrees in mining engineering and geological engineering from Missouri S&T and a law degree from Aston University in the United Kingdom. He is also a World War II Air Force combat veteran. In June, Aston, Min’50, MS GeoE’92, DE MinE’00, received a special award from the Georgia State Bar for doing pro bono work for heroic veterans. So far, more than 100 medals that were never received have been obtained, thanks to Aston’s work.

golf on Westwood Shores

John “Walter” Wallace, ME: “I am 91 years old and my wife, Betty, is 90.

Phil Jozwiak CE’66 Phil Jozwiak was named 2012 Engineer of the Year by the St. Louis Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers. He is vice president of Geotechnology Inc.

Mark E. Wavering CE’73 Mark E. Wavering was hired as a senior project manager and transportation manager in the Phoenix office of Gannett Fleming, a global infrastructure firm.

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last spring — the first for

I ride motorcycles on day

awarding more than 20

trips and do gym workouts

Wentz Family Scholarships

three days a week.”

to high school students, and the second for leading his church’s efforts to create a community garden to benefit lowincome residents of the area.

Arthur Troell Jr.,

FUTURE MINERS

MS GGph: “As a young geology graduate student from 1958-60, I was fortunate to attend

A–B

MSM and study under professors Spreng,

1958

Matthews and Frizzell.

Royce M. Scott Jr., ChE:

for Ph.D. work at Rice

“We enjoy retirement

University and for careers

with a lot of travel and

in research, petroleum

involvement with our twin

exploration and teaching.

granddaughters’ athletics

As a professor emeritus

(volleyball). Their club

at San Antonio College,

was 11th nationally and

I continue to research,

state class 4 champions

study and publish

in 2011.”

in geology.”

1960

1961

Bruce Bramfitt, MetE,

Michael C. Kearney, EE:

MS MetE’62, PhD MetE’66,

“Kearney & Associates

gave the Association

now has full HVAC and

for Iron and Steel

plumbing service in

Technology’s Adolf

Union, Mo.”

Martens Memorial

Roger T. Martin, ME, is

Steel Lecture at the

enjoying retirement.

They prepared me well

Alferink

Becker

Bilderback

Brooks

Brown

Materials Science and Technology Conference on Oct. 19, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio.

Walter H. Dickens, CE: “Betty and I are retired and still live on Highway MM in Dixon, Mo. Classmates, friends and relatives are always welcome to sit and visit on our porch.

When the weather is uncomfortable, we will move inside.”

1962 Henry “Pat” Duval, Math, still tutors math and physics at South Seattle Community College and judges senior projects at the local high school.

“Visited with Jim Haffner, CerE’63, and his wife, Carol, in Phoenix during a tour of baseball spring training camps in March.

Enjoyed the St. Pat’s

Paul B. Medley II, EE:

gathering in Tucson. Spent

“We remain in Sevier

two weeks in San Diego

County, Tenn., a tourist

with our daughter, Kristin,

destination. Fortunately,

son-in-law, Mike, and

we both have decent

granddaughter Zoey, and

health and enjoy life.

(continued on next page)

Rob Alferink, EE’98, and his wife, Rebbecca, had a boy, Michael Robert, on April 20, 2011.

Matt Becker, EE’01, and his wife, Tiffany, had a girl, Eva Katherine, on July 18, 2011.

She joins sisters Audrey, 5, and Claire, 3.

Chris Bilderback, CSci’02, and Rebecca (Galbreath) Bilderback, CE’02, had twin girls, Rose Mary and Rachel Lynn, on Feb. 22, 2012.

Suzanne (Reeves) Brooks, ME’93, and her husband, Nat, had a boy, Preston Dale, on Dec. 18, 2010. Aunts and uncles include Debbie (Reeves) Kimes, EMgt’84; Steve Kimes, CE’84; Sarah (Reeves) Bock, ChE’87; and Dan Bock, ME’87.

Josh Brown, ArchE’06, and Holly (Dameron) Brown, Math’06, had a girl, Brooklyn Grace, on March 20, 2012.

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bought used golf clubs on craigslist for use there.”

1966 George H. Cooper, EE:

FUTURE MINERS C–L

1963

“Retired in 2001 from

Mahesh S. Patel, MetE: “My

and love retirement.

association with MSM has

Jo Ann and I have been

helped me a lot. I have an

married 45 years and have

excellent career due to the

two children. I’m now

university. I am the owner

grandfather to five girls. I

of 17 U.S. patents. Not bad.”

love to volunteer with our

1964

Chamberlain ’01

Robert L. Johnson, MetE: “We celebrated the birth

graduate school and my

of our first grandson,

wife, Carole, is retiring.

Theodore, in August 2011.

Whoopee!”

His parents are our son,

science and engineering department at Rutgers University after 34 years

Adam Chamberlain, CerE’02, PhD CerE’06, and Evelyn (Barnes) Chamberlain, ChE’02, MS EnvE’05, PhD CE’08, had a boy, Ian Henry, on Sept.

1, 2011. He joins brother Owen Lee, 2.

Brian Chamberlain, CSci’01, and Erin (Gifford) Chamberlain, GeoE’01, had a girl, Ada Sue, on April 26.

Jason Fanning, Hist’01, and Jessica (Brill) Fanning, LSci’98, had a girl, Bailey Catherine, on Oct. 4, 2011. She joins brother Cooper Dean.

Matthew Flint, CE’07, and his wife, Lindsay, had their second son, Colton Emmett, on May 4, 2012.

Charles Hayes Jr., ECE’04, and Amber (Robinson) Hayes, GGph’06, had a boy, Malcolm, on Oct. 24, 2011.

James Klotz, EE’99, MS EMgt’02, and Kate (Carter) Klotz, Psyc’02, had a boy, Jackson Walter, on Oct. 28, 2011. He joins brothers Carter, Mason and Tanner.

Relatives include aunt Rachel Carter, BSci’03, MS AEBio’05; grandparents John, GeoE’77, and Wendy (Scott) Carter, Hist’75; and great-grandfather the late James J. Scott, MinE’50.

Jeff Lueddecke, AE’95, MS SysE’08, and his wife, Lisa, had a boy, Braeden Joseph, on July 6, 2011. He joins brothers Alex, 9, and Jared, 6. Grandfather is Donald Lueddecke, ChE’70, MS CE’81. (continued on page 37)

Clayton, and his wife, Kristi. Enjoying retirement and staying active in Lions Club.”

of teaching. He is now

1967

writing the third edition

James W. Cumper Jr., CE,

of Corrosion of Ceramics.

MS EMgt’74, retired in May

1965 Charles H. Atkinson, CE:

after 44 combined years with the U.S. Army and the Corps of Engineers.

“Thanks in large part to

Lawrence J. Mikelionis,

my education in Rolla,

ChE: “Proceeding quickly

my wife, Jan, and I are

toward full retirement in

enjoying family and golf in

October. Cannot wait to

the desert and mountains

begin living ‘the golden

of Arizona.”

years’ that I’ve heard so

Alfred J. Thiede, CE,

much about.”

MS CE’72, MS EMgt’72:

Robert E. Turner Sr.,

“Planning trips to Chicago

MetE: “We’ve been retired

for my 60th high school

three years, enjoying a

reunion and the 55th

little travel, our seven

anniversary of earning my

grandchildren and our

bachelor’s in chemistry

first great-grandchild.

from DePaul University.

Our email is bobnickt@

Also plan a two-week

embarqmail.com.”

trip to Copenhagen with a Baltic cruise and to Edinburgh to visit family.

Spent four-and-a-half months in Southern California last spring.

Good luck. Stay tuned.”

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where and when I can.”

“My last child has finished

retired from the materials

Klotz

church and help others

Sheldon L. Bierman, ME:

Ronald A. McCauley, CerE,

Fanning

Caterpillar in Peoria, Ill.,

1969 Wilson L. Haynes, EE, MS CE’74: “Sharron, my wife, was diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s

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two years ago. I have seen some improvement since

1970

treatment started. She

Tom Nebel, EE, was

can still drive and attend

featured in his local paper

women’s group activities.

for his second career as

Our granddaughter is a

a realtor with Coldwell

senior civil engineering

Banker in Clarksville,

major at Washington State

Tenn. He retired from

in Seattle. Our grandson

Hewlett-Packard/Agilent

is in his plebe year at the

Technologies six years ago.

U.S. Naval Academy and plans to major in applied mathematics. My two degrees have served me well in understanding the electrical power industry and environmental regulations.”

of Miners, they became (EAA)2.”

P. Roger Ellis, CE, was named dean of the School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. “For those who remember the busloads of ladies coming

1971

from the women’s colleges

Lee Austin, CE, and his

Lindenwood is no longer

wife, Marti, celebrated the

a small women’s college.

marriage of their son, Eric,

We are now a co-ed

to Emily, daughter of the

university with more than

late Ron Choura, EE’71,

17,000 students.”

and his wife Nancy, in

Robert L. Ward, CE, MS

September 2011.

“Appropriately, for kids

Elmore leads new S&T department

for a party weekend,

CE’74, civil engineering (continued on next page)

John Clawson ME’86 John Clawson was promoted to vice president and general manager of the thrust reverser division at NORDAM.

Cecilia (Gutierrez) Elmore, EMgt’86, was named director of student diversity, outreach and women’s programs. The new department was created by combining the student diversity and pre-college programs office.

Leaders promote leadership Matt H. McQuality GeoE’93, MS CE’96 Matt H. McQuality was promoted to branch manager of Geotechnology Inc.’s Overland Park, Kan., office.

Prominent African American business leaders recently launched the Consortium for Leadership Development at an event in St. Louis. Among the key participants were David Price, CE’68, CEO and founder of Birdet Price LLC, and David Steward, founder and chair of World Wide Technology. Price received a professional degree in 1999. Steward is on the UM System Board of Curators.

Peaslee to lead AIST Joel Weinhold GeoE’98 Joel Weinhold joined Geotechnology Inc. as senior project manager for its geotechnical group in the company’s St. Louis office.

Kent Peaslee, PhD MetE’94, the F. Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology and Curators’ Teaching Professor of metallurgical engineering at Missouri S&T, was appointed president of the Association for Iron and Steelmaking Technology (AIST) for 2012–13.

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1974

family and fun. Family

2011 Tau Beta Pi National

Jerry Maurseth, CE,

(married 41 years), our

Outstanding Advisor

MS CE’76, and Vicky

three married daughters

award. He and his wife,

(Dickerson) Maurseth,

and eight grandchildren.”

Karen, celebrated 40 years

CSci, MS EMgt’76, are the

of marriage on June 6.

proud grandparents of five

They have four children

granddaughters and one

and six grandchildren.

grandson. “God has truly

professor at Ohio Northern University, received the

Ramsay named top advisor

blessed us.”

1972

Wyrick takes position in Morocco David Wyrick, EMgt’89, recently became dean of the School of Science and Engineering at Al Akhawayn University, an English-language university in Morocco.

Previously Wyrick was the Bagley Regents Chair of Engineering at Texas Tech University. He has also served as chair of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

In addition to his current duties in Morocco, Wyrick is president of the American Society for Engineering Management.

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1976 William Bray, Math, MS Math’80, PhD Math’81, was appointed chair of

1975

the mathematics

MS EMgt: “After 30 years in

Michael D. Hillhouse,

State University.

the U.S. Army and eight in

CSci: “My son, David,

the St. John’s River Water

graduated on May 25 from

Management District

Midwestern University

(Fla.), I am fully retired.

in Downers Grove, Ill.,

Still active in various

as a medical doctor.

volunteer activities.”

His residency will be at

Charles T. Myers III,

Chris Ramsay, MetE’83, MS MetE’85, was named Advisor of the Year by Pi Kappa Alpha in 2011. Ramsay has been the chapter advisor to the fraternity at Missouri S&T since 1994. A former professor at S&T, he still teaches classes. He also founded Ramsay Scientific Inc., but he still finds time to be heavily involved with the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter. In addition to providing support to the fraternity members on campus, he attends international conferences and leadership summits. Ramsay is married to Darlene (Meloy) Ramsay, MetE’84, executive director of alumni relations and advancement services at S&T.

includes my wife, Jan

Indiana University Health

1973 John R. Schilling, CE, MS CE’85: “I’ve been with Black & Veatch for 39 years in May.”

Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.”

Tom Mittler, CE: “I am excited to report I retired from Eastman Chemical

department at Missouri

1977 Larry L. McNary, MinE: “Madeliene and I are having fun running the family farm in Illinois and look forward to hearing from friends.”

John V. Stutsman, EE, see “Future Miners,” page 38.

Co., in Longview, Texas,

John R. Walker, Econ,

after 37 years of service.

retired in May from

I have made my ‘bucket

Shell Global Solutions

list,’ which includes faith,

in Houston. His career included earning his

Eric J. Neuner GeoE’99, MS GeoE’01 Eric J. Neuner was promoted to senior project manager in Geotechnology Inc.’s St. Louis office.

Stephanie Kline GeoE’09 Stephanie Kline joined Geotechnology Inc., as an engineer-in-training assigned to the environmental group in the company’s St. Louis office.

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master’s degree in

to the Bay Area in

economics from the

28 years.”

University of Texas, stints in construction management, contract management for M.D.

Michael L. Pratt, CSci, retired in September 2011.

Anderson Cancer Center,

1979

and 20 years teaching

Barbara (Bening) Busby,

evening college classes.

MinE: see note under

“It’s time to relax and

Michael Busby, 1978.

enjoy life. My wife of 26 years, Jennifer, a retired nurse at M.D. Anderson, our son, John, and I are moving to our second home in Russellville, Ark. When not remodeling, we look forward to working on antique cars and travel.

FUTURE MINERS M–R

Salvatore “John” Moran

Calise, CE, MS CE’81: “My daughter, Meghan, graduated college to teach special education and my son, Andrew, is home from the Navy attending college to become a nurse.”

We also hope to attend

Michael W. Gronek, MinE,

some alumni events

retired from the Tennessee

in Rolla.”

Valley Authority on July 15, 2011, after 31 years

1978

of service. “Yet there is no

Michael J. Busby, CE:

that must be completed.”

“Our son, Andrew, plans to complete his degree in mechanical engineering at S&T this fall. The tradition continues!” Also see “Miner Unions,” page 41.

Jim Donahoe III, GGph, and Rona (Whittall) Donahoe, GGph, took their family to Peru last

end in sight for the work Pennington

Rathore

Rettig

Robert

Gregory L. Wayne, EE: “Kathie and I are doing well, living in lovely Bucyrus, Kan. (southern Kansas City). Our daughter is a licensed architect working in Boston. Our son is graduating from the University of Kansas with a mathematics degree.”

Christmas. “It was a great trip until the last three days when cancelled

1980

flights forced us to miss

Bradley Brown, EE, Phys:

our flight over the Nazca

“Still living with the family

Lines and our return trip.

in Hermann, Mo., and

It appeared we could be

doing energy engineering

stuck in Lima, but we

work. Currently setting

managed to return home

up energy awareness

two days later. We also

programs at Army

took a short Caribbean

facilities.”

cruise in March and attended the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.

It was Jim’s first trip back

Eric G. Politte, ME: “We sold our compliance engineering and crisis response firm in 2006 and

Matthew Moran, ME’05, and his wife, Alyssa, had a girl, Ava Danielle, on Jan. 11, 2012.

John Rettig, AE’09, and Alyse (Dannenberg) Rettig, AE’09, had a girl, Anya Marie, on Jan. 16, 2012.

Elliott Pennington, EE’00, and Wendy (Scheihing) Pennington, GeoE’01, MS GeoE’03, had a girl, Ruby Louise, on Aug. 5, 2011.

Tim Robert, ChE’04, and Jessica (McCord) Robert, ChE’04, had a boy, Benjamin Chad, on July 18, 2011. Uncles are Danny Robert, EE’06, and Brandon McCord, a senior in mechanical engineering. Great-uncle is Barry Wealand, ME’79, MS ME’81.

Abhinay Rathore, MS CSci’07, and his wife, Pragati, had a boy, Aryaman, on March 20, 2011.

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I retired as its president in 2011. We continue to run

FUTURE MINERS S–Z Stage

several other ventures,

Mark A. Cook, CE: “Jacobs

but spend a lot of time

promoted me to deputy

with our son (an engineer

construction director for

for BP in Cairo), youngest

engineering services in the

daughter (an engineer for

southeastern U.S. (Florida

Oxy) and oldest daughter

and Georgia). My two kids

(now a domestic engineer

are in college now at

with two up-and-coming

the University of North

engineering hopefuls).

Florida and Florida

The grandkids are the Best

Southern College.”

Ever! Look us up if you’re

Joe Feldmann, CE, is now

in Houston.”

Matthew Stage, ChE’06, and Christina (Shaw) Stage, EMgt’08, had a girl, Madelyn, on March 3, 2012. The family lives in Washington, Mo. John V. Stutsman, EE’77, and his wife, Kathy, became grandparents to Luke Benjamin Stutsman on Jan. 9, 2012. His parents are Brian and Kimberly Stutsman.

Brendon Weidner, MinE’07, and Gail (Gerstenecker) Weidner, Bus’05, had a boy, Elijah Benjamin, on March 7, 2012.

Brett Wissel, MinE’03, and Megan (Marler) Wissel, MinE’03, have two girls, Mira, born October 2007, and Maci, born August 2009. 

Weidner

1981 Warren Harrison, MS CSci, is chair of the computer science department at Portland State University, where he has been a faculty member since 1988. From 2003–06, he

engineer for Franklin County in Missouri.

Paul A. Lang, MS MinE, was elected executive vice president and chief operating officer for Arch Coal Inc. in St. Louis.

1984

IEEE Software Magazine,

Tim McAuliffe, ME,

and from 1996–2002,

received the 2011 William

he was co-editor-in-

R. Moseley Award at the

chief of the Kluwer

2012 National Defense

Academic Publishers

Industrial Association

journal Empirical Software

Munitions Executive

Engineering.

Summit held in Phoenix in

Mullen, Engl: “Attending classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the Boone County Retired Teachers

March. He is vice president and general manager of medium caliber operations for General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems.

organization plus the

Clay E. Melugin, EE: “Life

Upcoming Technical Conferences

American Association of

is good as the wireless

University Women. We’re

industry continues to

also enjoying some travel

expand. My company was

2012 Conferences

2013 Conferences

in our RV.”

purchased by Intel. I’m

Complex Adaptive Systems

Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

1982

Asphalt Conference

Innovations in Mining Engineering

Nov. 14−16 | Washington, D.C. Dec. 4−5 | Rolla, Mo.

AD

April 29−May 4 | Chicago Sept. 9−12 | Rolla, Mo.

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the highway department

was editor-in-chief of

Bonnie Jean (Anderson)

Distance Education

1983

Darrell R. Case, ME, reports that AEdifica Case Engineering has moved to 796 Merus Court in Fenton, Mo., and now has 18 employees.

wondering, are there are any other Miners at Intel?”

Todd A. Welz, CE: “Recently had my 20th anniversary with Jacobs. I am director of operations for the transportation group in St. Louis.”

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1985

recently as a quality

Robin Findley, CSci, wrote

director, I was appointed

an article titled, “FPGA-

Aaron Miller, MinE, was

to operations director in

based vacation light

promoted to vice president

April. I am enjoying this

controller,” which was

and chief operating officer

latest challenge in my

published on the EE Times

at The Doe Run Co.

Microsoft career.”

website. He is founder of Findley Consulting.

1986

1993

Kathie Rupert-Wayne,

Suzanne (Reeves) Brooks,

1999

GGph, see note under

ME, see “Future Miners,”

James Klotz, EE,

Gregory Wayne, 1979.

page 33. “After maternity

MS EMgt’02, see “Future

leave, I returned to work

Miners,” page 34.

1988 John Clark, ME, was appointed vice president of sales for North America

by Altus Positioning Systems, based in Torrance, Calif.

part time. I have been with Procter & Gamble for 19 years and am currently in the North American external manufacturing planning and logistics organization. Nat and I continue to enjoy

Jon Michael Schmidt, GeoE, MS GeoE’00, was promoted to geo steering manager and team leader for the Williston Basin Asset Group at EOG Resources Inc.’s Denver division.

1989

Cincinnati, and especially

Randall K. Stagner, Hist:

love visiting and hearing

2000

“I was elected to serve as

from friends and wish you

Elliott Pennington, EE,

the District A Councilor

the best.”

see “Future Miners,”

for the city of Raleigh, N.C. I represent the 80,000 citizens of the district.

Raleigh is the state capitol with a population of 403,000 and growing.”

being new parents. We

1994 Edward Thomas Hunn,

2001

Psyc: “I started Hunn

Matt Becker, EE,

Security Solutions LLC,

see “Future Miners,”

a security management

page 33.

1990

firm. When not working,

Kenneth B. Rigsby, MinE:

daughters Sam, Abby

“Still general manager

and Kate.”

at a 5 million tons-peryear underground coal operation in southwestern Indiana. Kids are growing up. My son should have made Eagle Scout by the time this is printed. Lexi

page 37.

I enjoy time with my

1995 Jeff Lueddecke, AE, MS SysE’08, see “Future Miners,” page 34.

Brian Chamberlain, CSci, and Erin (Gifford) Chamberlain, GeoE, see “Future Miners,” page 34.

Jason Fanning, Hist, page 34.

Wendy (Scheihing)

1998

Pennington, GeoE,

in height.”

Rob Alferink, EE,

Miners,” page 37.

MS GeoE’03, see “Future

see “Future Miners,” page 33.

Vick Agarwal, EE, MS

Jessica (Brill) Fanning,

EMgt’92: “After five years

LSci, see “Future Miners,”

in Microsoft’s corporate

page 34.

A hardy group of Sigma Nu alumni from classes 1947–55 met this summer for the 14th time since 1995 in Springfield, Mo. The four-day gathering included visits to the annual “Watercolor USA 2012” art exhibit at the Springfield Museum. A day trip to Rolla to view the new buildings and state-of-the-art labs proved educational because many hadn’t been there in years.

Thanks to hosts, Bob, CE’53, and Joan Vienhage, for all of their planning and special arrangements.

Attendees included Dick, MinE’51, MS MinE’55, DE MinE’75, and Jan Bullock; Jim Chaney, MinE’48, MS MinE’49; Joe, GGph’54, and Edie Gray; Jack, CE’50, and Denise Guth; Bill Hallett, MetE’55, and Dorothy Walters; Don Johnson, ME’50; Dick Moeller, ME’50, and Maggie Bauer; Joe, MinE’49, and Charlotte Quinn; Joe, ME’49, and Jan Reiss; Lorraine Spackler; Ron, ME’47, and Sondra Tappmeyer; Bruce, MinE’51, and Anita Tarantola; Ed, ChE’50, and Joyce Thielker; Jim, ME’54, and Pat Toutz; Bob, CE’53, and Joan Vienhage; Bob Farris, CerE’55, MS CerE’61; and Herb Lincoln, CE’54.

Run, Rieker, Run A swimmer in college, Jeff Rieker, CE’99, felt like he was starting to get out of shape. So he started running. Two years later, two pairs of running shoes used, and 20 pounds lighter, Rieker finished his quest to cover every neighborhood street in his Nevada community. When he was done, earlier this year, he had covered approximately 550 miles.

see “Future Miners,”

has surpassed her mom

1992

Sigma Nus gather in Springfield, Mo.

(continued on page 41)

Ultimate fighter James Head, PetE’06, likes to challenge his mind and his body. A petroleum engineer by day, Head is also an ultimate fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He started training while attending Missouri S&T and now holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In April, he won his UFC welterweight debut in Stockholm, Sweden, defeating Papy Abedi.

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Smith leaps across the pond Tyrone Smith, Hist’07, finished 12th in the long jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

At Missouri S&T, Smith won Great Lakes Valley Conference championships in the indoor and outdoor long jump in 2006.

In 2007, he was the league’s indoor triple jump champion.

Smith also competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He is the national record holder in Bermuda in the long jump.

(Photo by Harry How / Getty Images)

On the road Kerrie Blazek, GGph’93, doesn’t want to do what society expects. So she recently spent a year on the road.

A native of Belleville, Ill., Blazek held teaching jobs in St. Louis and then Las Vegas.

But she wanted adventure. So she sold her condo and sold or donated most of her belongings. She removed the back seat of her 2007 Honda Element and installed a sleeping platform with storage bins underneath.

In addition to cities from coast-to-coast, Blazek has been to Niagara Falls, Mount Rushmore and Devils Tower National Monument. She even stopped at the SPAM Museum in Minnesota.

In recent months, Blazek has been developing a new life-coaching business.

Her dog, Roubidoux, is named after sandstone formations in the Ozarks.

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2002

Gail (Gerstenecker)

Chris Bilderback, CSci,

Miners,” page 38.

Weidner, Bus, see “Future

and Rebecca (Galbreath) Bilderback, CE, see “Future Miners,” page 33.

Adam Chamberlain, CerE, PhD CerE’06, and Evelyn (Barnes) Chamberlain, ChE,

2006 Josh Brown, ArchE, and Holly (Dameron) Brown, Math, see “Future Miners,”

MINER UNIONS

page 33.

MS EnvE’05, PhD CE’08:

Amber (Robinson) Hayes,

“We live contentedly

GGph, see “Future Miners,”

outside of Indianapolis on

page 34.

a small farm. The boys are

Matthew Stage, ChE,

enjoying our current

see “Future Miners,”

adventure, sheep, with

page 38.

Bodeman - Behrle

typical boyhood aplomb.”

Also see “Future Miners,” page 34.

Kate (Carter) Klotz, Psyc, see “Future Miners,” page 34.

2007 Raymond Buehler, IST, was ordained to the transitional diaconate in May at the Cathedral

2003

Basilica of St. Louis.

Brett Wissel, MinE, and

are seminarians in their

Megan (Marler) Wissel,

last year of preparation

MinE, see “Future Miners,”

for ordination to

page 38.

the priesthood.

2004

Transitional deacons

Matthew Flint, CE, see “Future Miners,” page 34.

Charles Hayes Jr., ECE,

Abhinay Rathore,

see “Future Miners,”

MS CSci, see “Future

page 34.

Miners,” page 37.

Gary Halligan, EE’04, MS

Brendon Weidner, MinE,

EE’09, see “Miner Unions,”

see “Future Miners,”

right.

page 38.

Tim Robert, ChE, and Jessica (McCord) Robert,

2008

ChE, both work for Nooter/

Jeff Busby, EMgt,

Eriksen and recently

see “Miner Unions,” right.

accepted three-year positions at the Milan, Italy, office. Also see “Future Miners,” page 37.

Christina (Shaw) Stage, EMgt, see “Future Miners,” page 38. (continued on next page)

2005 Matthew Moran, ME,

Giles - Mueller

Colin Bodeman, MinE’11, married Lauren Behrle on Aug. 6, 2011, in St. Louis. Behrle is a junior in engineering management at S&T. Jeff Busby, EMgt’08, and Kelsey Hall, EMgt’11, were married on May 29, 2011.

Jeff’s parents are Michael, CE’78, and Barbara, MinE’79, Busby.

Elliott Giles, MinE’09, and Mandi Mueller, CE’09, were married on Oct. 1, 2011, at the Grand Basin in Forest Park in St. Louis. The couple lives in Dallas.

Halligan - Decker

Gary Halligan, EE’04, MS EE’09, married Katie Decker in November 2011. The couple lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Michael Janaske, NucE’10, and Allison Miller, MetE’10, were married on Oct. 1, 2011.

Jeremy Morris, CerE’10, and Abby LaPreze, ME’10, were married on May 21, 2011. (continued on page 42)

S&T grad holds important job at the fort As deputy to the commanding general at Fort Lenard Wood, Rebecca Johnson, CerE’83, PhD EMgt’99, is the post’s highest-ranking civilian. Born in Morocco, Johnson got her early education mostly overseas — until her father retired from the Navy. In addition to her degrees from Missouri S&T, she earned a master’s degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.

see “Future Miners,” page 37.

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MINER UNIONS

2009

2011

Elliott Giles, MinE,and

Colin Bodeman, MinE,

Amanda “Mandi”

see page “Miner Unions,”

(Mueller) Giles, CE, see

page 41.

“Miner Unions,” page 41.

was named loss control

“Miner Unions,” left.

specialist for United

John Rettig, AE, and Alyse (Dannenberg) Rettig, AE, live in Ridgecrest, Calif.,

Niehoff - Fritts

Matt Dukeman, ME,

Mitchell Niehoff, ChE, see

Services Disaster Restoration’s central Missouri office.

and work for the U.S.

Katie (Fritts) Niehoff, ME,

Navy Naval Air Systems

see “Miner Unions,” left.

Command. Also see “Future Miners,” page 37 and “Miner Unions,” left.

Kelsey Hall, EMgt, see page “Miner Unions,” page 41.

2010

Ashley (Smith) Taylor,

Brett J. Gaumond, ME,

left.

Bus, see “Miner Unions,”

graduated with honors from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

Rettig - Dannenberg

Taylor - Smith

Michael Janaske, NucE, and Allison Miller, MetE, both work for Timpken

Mitchell Niehoff, ChE’09, and Katie Fritts, ME’11, were married on Sept. 24, 2011.

John Rettig, AE’09, and Alyse Dannenberg, AE’09, were married on June 6, 2010.

Drew Taylor, MinE’10, and Ashley Smith, Bus’11, were married on Dec. 31, 2011.

The couple lives in Pembroke, Va. 

Co., in Ohio. Also see “Miner Unions,” page 41.

2012 Kyle Barteau, MinE, joined The Doe Roe Co. in its Southeast Missouri mining and milling division as a technology services engineer at Buick Mine and Mill. 

Jeremy Morris, CerE, and Abby LaPreze-Morris, ME, both work for General

Rocket man Steven Griffin, AE’07, recently told more than 1,000 kids all about rockets during the 2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. Griffin is a propulsion engineer with the Weapons and Energetics Department at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif. “I love talking about rockets with kids,” he says. “What my mom thought was a dangerous hobby turned out to be what I really enjoy doing for a living.”

Other festival participants included Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of the Discovery Channel’s MythBusters television series, Bill Nye the Science Guy, PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, and Mayim Bialik of The Big Bang Theory.

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Motors in Defiance, Ohio — Jeremy as a process engineer and Abby as a manufacturing engineer. “We recently purchased our first home and are enjoying laying down roots in Ohio.” Also see “Miner Unions,” page 41.

Drew Taylor, MinE, see “ Miner Unions,” left.

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Miners Remembered Missouri S&T Magazine will announce deaths when information is submitted by an immediate family member or published in a newspaper obituary. Notification of deaths that have occurred more than two years before the date of publication will not be published unless a special request is made by a family member. Yearbook photos, if available, will be included for alumni when families submit obituary information.

Obituary information on alumni spouses will be printed only if the alumnus/alumna specifically requests that we print it.

Rex Alford PetE’40

1940

1948

Ruble E. “Bob” Burns, EE

Eugene Moniak, ME

Rex Alford served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II and worked in the oil business until his retirement from Conoco Inc. in 1986. He played tennis into his 70s and volunteered at the hospital well into his 80s. (May 5, 2012)

(April 10, 2012)

(Feb. 26, 2012)

1941

1949

Frank Kenneth Kyle, CE

Fred M. Cody, PetE

(Feb. 10, 2012)

(Feb. 22, 2012)

1942

Robert W. Ege, EE

H. Warren Buckner, ME

Robert A. Isringhaus, ChE

(March 30, 2012)

(Oct. 28, 2011)

Raymond L. Thias EE’42 Raymond L. Thias served in World War II as a signal officer in the U.S. Air Force. He spent most of his career with Sverdrup Corp. and was an avid tennis player.

(Jan. 21, 2012)

William H. Dragoset Sr. ChE’44, MetE’47 William H. Dragoset Sr. served as an ensign in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He worked for Chemstrand/Monsanto in Pensacola, Fla., and in Decatur, Ala., for a total of 30 years. (March 21, 2012)

(Feb. 24, 2012)

Charles M. Hillery, MinE (Feb. 9, 2012)

1950

1943

Robert L. Bloome, CerE

Norbert W. Battermann,

Adelbert K. “Del” Eldridge,

ME (Feb. 5, 2012)

ME (Oct. 2, 2011)

1944

Ernie V. Mason, EE

(July 4, 2011)

(Feb. 20, 2012)

Henry S. Adamick, MinE (May 11, 2012)

Jack A. Ring, EE (May 26, 2011)

Peter E. DesJardins, GGph (Feb. 16, 2012)

Donald C. Sewall, MinE (June 15, 2012)

James A. Liley Jr., EE (Sept. 13, 2011)

1951

John W. “Jack” Sjoberg,

Donald I. Meyer Phys’46

William H. “Bill” Elwood,

ChE, MS ChE’48

CE (Feb. 25, 2012)

Donald I. Meyer was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He served at the Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II and completed his Ph.D. in nuclear physics in 1953. He taught at the University of Michigan until his retirement in 1997. His passions included skiing, gardening, woodworking and his grandchildren. (April 13, 2012)

1945

(Feb. 21, 2012)

Ernest P. Longerich, EE, MS EE’52 (Dec. 22, 2011)

George W. Allen, NDD (Feb. 20, 2012)

Donald K. Belcher, ME (April 5, 2012)

1947 George E. Henry, CE (Feb. 10, 2012)

1952 Michael S. Rodolakis, GGph (March 31, 2012) (continued on page 44)

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1955

1962

Garland C. “Bud”

Charles C. Mathieu, MS

Friederich, CE

Tch Phys (May 10, 2011)

(March 22, 2012) John B. Heil, EE (April 19, 2012)

1956 Richard L. Meyer, EE (Jan. 8, 2012)

Dean C. Nichols, MS Tch Math (Dec. 29, 2011)

Arthur R. Kessler, EE, MS EMgt’71 (Oct. 15, 2011)

1964

(Aug. 27, 2011)

James H. Boeger, ME (April 21, 2012)

Robert G. “Bob” Fuller,

1968

Phys (April 9, 2012)

Leroy “Lee” Halterman,

Marshall L. Severson,

GGph (April 6, 2012)

MS Chem (May 13, 2012)

1969

1958

Guy V. Givan, CerE,

Marion C. Skouby, CE

MS CerE’70 (April 14, 2012)

(May 30, 2012) Robert E. Young, MS Phys

1970

(Oct. 25, 2011)

Chin-Ming Lee, MS Math

1959 (April 19, 2012)

(Jan. 26, 2012) Jerry M. Pickett, EMgt (June 1, 2012)

Joe F. Brock, ME

William O. Player, MS CE

(March 18, 2012)

(March 30, 2012)

Virgil R. Friebel, MS MetE

Robert E. “Bob” Schwab,

(May 26, 2012)

ChE, MS ChE’70,

ME (Feb. 17, 2012)

1961

Daniel J. Spellman, CE (Nov. 9, 2011)

Jack C. Gates, MetE (Nov. 14, 2011)

David O. Bryan, EE

(Feb. 10, 2012)

Virgil W. Hogland EE’49 Virgil W. Hogland worked in the power industry and was the former president of Kansas City Power & Light Co. (March 4, 2012)

Fred M. Springer ME’49 Fred M. Springer was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity and the football team. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and retired as vice president of Mobil Oil Corp.’s diversified business division in 1985. His passion was trains, from miniature sets to a full-size railroad car he bought and later donated to a museum. (April 18, 2012)

PhD ChE’75 (May 21, 2012)

1971

A. Dale Mears, ME

Ralph Banks served in the U.S. Air Corps during World War II, completing 35 missions as a bombardier and navigator and receiving a Certificate of Valor and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He worked for Inland Steel Coal Co. for 40 years and was a leader in his community and church. (Feb. 22, 2012)

Theodore W. “Ted” Naylor, MinE

Robert “Gene” Hanquist,

Ralph Banks MinE’48

(Dec. 20, 2011)

Donald P. Wilson, EE

1960

J. Walter Liddell was on the Miner track team and retired from Wang Laboratories Inc. He was an accomplished nature photographer and enjoyed traveling the world with his wife. (Oct. 19, 2011)

1963

Neil F. Wolf, EE

1957

J. Walter Liddell CE’47

(May 8, 2012)

Frank A. DeLurgio EE’51 Frank A. DeLurgio served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He retired from Emerson Electric Co. in St. Louis.

He was a beloved and active member of a large Italian family and mentored many, including nephew Steve DeLurgio, ME’67. (May 2, 2012)

Daniel J. Llewellyn, CE (April 14, 2012) (continued on page 47)

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Don V. Roloff CerE’51 Don V. Roloff was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and St. Patrick’s court. He served as a volunteer firefighter while a student and in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. His most recent position was as executive president of International Carbon and Materials Inc. in Clayton, Mo. (Feb. 6, 2012)

Rodney E. “Rod” Gilbreath EE’53 Rodney E. “Rod” Gilbreath retired from Westinghouse in 1993 and spent most of his 38-year career designing computer programs for industrial processes. He was dedicated to his family, his church and to being a good neighbor. (Sept. 13, 2011)

David Joe Davis CE’55

JOHN J. MULLIGAN John J. Mulligan, GGph’49, died on Feb. 14, 2012.

Mr. Mulligan enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1942 and was placed in charge of a weather station in Greenland until the end of the war.

He attended MSM on the GI Bill. In 1949, he was hired by the U.S. Bureau of Mines and worked there until he retired in 1985. He spent half a year in Antarctica, where he discovered a coal deposit on a mountain that is now named Mulligan Peak in his honor. In 1970, he became chief of field operations for the Bureau in Alaska.

David Joe Davis was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and served in the Korean War. He was city engineer for O’Fallon, Ill., until his retirement in 1993.

(April 11, 2012)

Chester L. Hager CE’58 Chester L. Hager worked for the Illinois Department of Transportation his entire career, retiring in 1991.

(May 14, 2012)

Robert K. “Bob” Garrett MetE’59 Robert K. “Bob” Garrett was a member of Theta Xi fraternity and began his career with Bethlehem Steel. He was plant manager at Merit Steel, a wire manufacturing plant in Indiana, followed by vice president of sales for a wire heat treating facility in Michigan. He and his wife retired 10 years ago to Williamsburg, Va. (Oct. 8, 2010)

William F. Oberbeck Sr. William F. Oberbeck Sr., MetE’39 (left), died on May 8, 2012. Mr. Oberbeck served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1941–45. He remained in the reserves after the war and retired as a lieutenant colonel. In 1960, Mr. Oberbeck started his own business.

He is pictured with his son Bill Oberbeck Jr., MetE’72, MS EMgt’76, MS NucE’76 (right), and his grandson, William F. Oberbeck III, ChE’12 (center).

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Gene C. Rizer CE’60 Gene C. Rizer earned an electrical engineering degree and a master’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University. He received medals for two tours in Vietnam and retired as a colonel in the U.S. Army after 27 years. He taught high school math for 10 years. He loved to travel, was active in his church, and volunteered in homeless shelters and several organizations. (March 4, 2012)

Dr. George Edwin Lorey Dr. George Edwin Lorey, dean emeritus of continuing education and public service and professor emeritus of ceramic engineering at Missouri S&T, died on Feb. 8, 2012. Dr. Lorey joined the ceramic engineering faculty in 1956 and retired in 1988. He was active in the university’s Retirees’ Association. Dr. Lorey was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942 and he served in the Signal Corps, where he fought in the Pacific theater and helped liberate the Philippines. After the war, he was briefly stationed at Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters in Tokyo.

He was discharged in 1946 with numerous medals.

Carmen Stites-Tuttle Carmen Stites-Tuttle died on April 25, 2012.

Ms. Stites-Tuttle was an administrative assistant in the Army ROTC department at Missouri S&T until 2008, when she retired. She was heavily involved in the Rolla community.

Richard McNulty III Richard McNulty III, NDD, died May 13, 2012, in Bowri Tana, Afghanistan, when the vehicle he was driving hit an improvised explosive device. Pfc. McNulty went to Rolla High School and participated in ROTC at Missouri S&T. He joined the Army in 2010.

Peter H.F. Malsch CE’62 Peter H.F. Malsch was a member of Theta Xi fraternity and served in the U.S. Army as an engineer. He retired from Weyerhaueser Co. after 34 years. He served on the Miner Alumni Association board and was active in his section. He was a frequent volunteer, most recently as district coordinator and instructor for the AARP Senior Driver Safety Program. (Jan. 29, 2012)

Timothy C. Judkins Chem’64 Timothy C. Judkins was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and earned his master’s degree in 1971 in library and information science from the University of MissouriColumbia. He worked as a health sciences librarian for 33 years. (April 2, 2012)

Dennis R. Brauer MetE’65 Dennis R. Brauer was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He worked for Olin Brass until 1979 when he became metallurgical manager of The Miller Co. He rejoined Olin Brass as technical director in 1985 and was promoted to vice president of technology. He helped develop a new alloy for the Golden Dollar coin.

He retired in 2002. (March 22, 2012)

Frank E. Rosenberger ME’66 Frank E. Rosenberger was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was an environmental and results supervisor for Illinois Power Co. at the Havana Power Station, retiring in 2006 after 40 years. He served 25 years on the Havana Rural Fire Department. (May 9, 2012)

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Floyd A. Kopp Chem’70

1972

1983

Kenneth A. Berkbigler, ME

Steven W. Clifford, NDD

Floyd A. Kopp worked in the foundry industry for more than 40 years. His most recent position was with Denison Industries in Texas. He received numerous awards for pioneering procedures and methods for reducing smokestack emissions and waste in manufacturing facilities. He was an avid outdoorsman and a devoted family man and was active in his church. (Nov. 3, 2011)

(June 23, 2011)

(March 13, 2012)

Donald G. Brandenburg,

Sally L. Hisey Gaebler,

MetE (Feb. 12, 2012)

NDD (June 4, 2012)

Wilbert “Bob” Rogger,

1984

MS EMgt (Feb. 20, 2012)

Jeffrey A. Wheeler, EE

1973

Gary L Reynolds ME’73

(May 7, 2012)

John C. Jedlicka, MetE

Gary L Reynolds was a project engineer for Mustang Engineering and spent his career in design and development for firms like Caterpillar, Johnson Controls and Armour Pharmaceutical. He was an avid sports and car enthusiast who cherished his original coded 1969 1/2 Dodge Super Bee 440 Six Pack. (Dec. 17, 2011)

(May 22, 2012)

1988 Carol Lynn Weatherwax,

1974

NDD (June 12, 2012)

Bruce A. Enloe, ME

1993

(April 24, 2012)

Dennis M. Meyer, EE

1977

(Jan. 31, 2012)

Martin R. Mattlage AE’74

John S. Bown, MS GGph

Martin R. Mattlage worked for Nestle Purina PetCare Co. for more than 30 years. (May 15, 2012)

1982

(Feb. 23, 2012)

2000 Paul E. “Teddy” Bushey II, BioS (March 26, 2012)

Edward N. Schmidt, CSci, MS EMgt’88 (March 20, 2012)

2005 Matthew John Pooker, CE (May 7, 2012) 

FRIENDS Evelyn “Pat” Ballantyne, wife of Edwin J. Ballantyne Jr., MinE’60, MS MinE’61, PhD EMgt’89 (May 16, 2012) Sybil K. (Cannon) Bloome, wife of the late Robert L. Bloome, CerE’50 (May 14, 2011) JoAnne Curtis Bruskotter, wife of John F. Bruskotter, PetE’52 (March 31, 2012) Dr. James D. Butts, a physician practicing in Rolla from 1950-96 (Feb. 2, 2012) Lloyd Byrd (Feb. 16, 2012) Willie E. Cochran, retired S&T staff (April 19, 2012)

Marie Crowell, wife of Gilbert L. Crowell, CE’51 (Nov. 26, 2011) Elizabeth True Davidson, wife of the late Charles C. Davidson, EE’49 (May 18, 2011) Linda M. Denney (Sept. 20, 2011) Marian F. Dwyer, wife of the late James Dwyer (Jan. 31, 2012) Corbett Evans (March 12, 2012) Grace E. Falkenrath, wife of the late Pete Falkenrath (April 2, 2012) Bette Jo Feagan, wife of Wilbur Feagan, MS EMgt’76 (June 26, 2012)

Eldon B. “Cork” Finley (March 13, 2012) Michael W. Freeman, husband of Sara E. Freeman, CSci’73 (March 5, 2012) Dolores M. Fuqua, wife of the late John H. Fuqua, MetE’49 (Oct. 20, 2011)

Betty McDaniels, wife of John L. McDaniels, Phys’60 (March 6, 2011) Wanda L. McInerney, wife of the late Bernard McInerney, MS CE’71 (March 3, 2012)

Edward W. Savage, retired S&T staff (Feb. 19, 2012) Dorothy D. Scrivner, wife of the late Jack Scrivner, Phys’57, MS Phys’61 (Feb. 22, 2012) Mabel L. Slocum, wife of the late George G. Slocum, CE’50 (Aug. 28, 2011)

Jane R. Jackson (Aug. 8, 2011)

Ann (McGee) Mitchell, wife of the late John W. Mitchell, MetE’49, and mother of John W. “Bill” Mitchell Jr., MetE’66, and Stephen Mitchell, MetE’82. (Feb. 2, 2012)

Grace Johnson (March 2, 2012)

Beth Mosbach (Feb. 19, 2012)

Phyllis A. Umlauf, retired S&T employee (April 14, 2012)

Edna J. Picker (May 29, 2012)

Ruth M. Wehmeier, wife of Ray Wehmeier (March 22, 2012)

David Gruver (Jan. 31, 2012)

Kevin Kordes (April 26, 2012) Benjamin Joseph Mazzei, former mechanical engineering student (June 8, 2012)

Glenna Tucker (May 4, 2012)

Opal V. Pruett (Feb. 14, 2012)

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DONOR { STEVEN FREY }

STEVEN FREY:

locked A true champion of S&T, Steven Frey, MS Phys’86, is director of applied research for Lockheed Martin Corp. in Orlando, Fla. He has been with the company since he finished graduate school.

Über advocate: Frey took it upon himself to recruit S&T students to Lockheed Martin on his own dime, using vacation time. “I feel strongly about recruiting from S&T — I know the school’s value and the caliber of its students. Lockheed Martin needs the engineers S&T produces. I come to campus a couple of times a year to give talks at the career center and do informal recruiting. I get the resumes of really qualified students into the hands of the right people. And our intern program is a win-win for us — not only do the students gain skills that will give them a head start on their careers, their fresh ideas help us gain innovative perspectives that could help us penetrate additional markets.”

He’s also started several research projects with S&T professors to “mine some great technology they are working on to get it out of the lab and into industry.”

Something extra: “My master’s degree really differentiated me from others looking for jobs when I graduated. And I was only able to afford grad school because of a teaching assistant position, which I assume was paid for by a donor. I figured I ought to be willing to do the same for someone else.” Frey is a member of Order of the Golden Shillelagh donor recognition society and has given to the physics development fund.

The next generation: Frey and his wife, Michelle, have two children. Lydia, 20, a junior at S&T studying chemical engineering, and Grant, 16, who recently attended S&T’s Jackling Summer Camp. Grant likes to stay with his sister on campus while his parents attend OGS events.

iN on S&T

Yes, S&T is cool: Frey and his son recently encountered members of the Formula SAE car team from the University of Florida. “I mentioned that Lydia goes to S&T and they said they have the greatest car there, the design is unbelievable, it’s got a really cool green and gold paint job.

One guy just went on and on about it. It was pretty gratifying to hear, especially considering the millions that some of the big universities spend on their cars. Grant and I both felt some pride in that.”

Steven Frey, second from left, stands with S&T interns (from left) Scott Replogle, a senior in aerospace engineering, Laura Sisken, Phys’12, and Brennt Courtney, a senior in mechanical engineering.

(Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

“LOCKHEED MARTIN NEEDS THE ENGINEERS S&T PRODUCES.” — Steven Frey, MS Phys’86

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HARD HATS AREN'T REQUIRED – JUST YOUR PRESENCE. Join us as we break ground on Bertelsmeyer Hall, the 68,500-square-foot chemical and biochemical engineering building, at 1:15 p.m. April 18, 2013, on the northwest corner of State and 11th streets.

The Missouri S&T family extends our deepest gratitude to Jim Bertelsmeyer, ChE’66, Bipin Doshi, ChE’62, and more than 50 other alumni whose generosity turned the dream of a new chemical and biochemical engineering building into a reality.

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