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FEATURES COVER STORY A century of technology ........... . ............ . ... 4 A century of flight ................................ 6 Top 10 marvels of civil engineering ........ . ..... . ...8 The future on the head of a pin ..... . ...... . ...... . .11 Reflections on the computer age ...... . ... . .. . ..... 12 Keeping our cool ..... . ....... . .......... . ........ 15 The genetics revolution .16 Movies for the millennium .18 The 20th century organization ........ . ...... . ...... 19 The 21st century mind. . . .......... . .. . .......20 Race relations: then and now .............. . ..... . .22 Making history Ten who changed the course of history

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DEPARTMENTS

ON THE COVER: A CE NTURYOFTECHN OLOGY Cover model - Future Miner Katherine Frisbee. daughter of Rebecca '90 and Dirk '93 Frisbee_ Cover Design by Cheryl McKay Photo by Bob Phelan/ Photomasrers

Letters ...... . .. . .......3 Campus News ... . ......28-37 Association News ..... . .38·41 Alumni Sections ........42·45 Alumni Noles ...........46·52 Memorials . .. . ..... . ... 53-55

MSM-UMR Alumni Association ASSOCIATIONS R _e_p_r_e_s_e_n_t_i_n_g_o_v_e_r_4_4_,_O_O_O_a_!_u_I1_~_l1_i_l_11_0_r_'_d_w_I_'d_e_ Castleman Hall. 1870 Miner Circle· Roll a, MO 65409-0650 Telephone 1573) 341-4145 Fax: 1978) 926-7986 • E-mail: alumni@umr,edu • http://www,umr,edu/alumni

PRESIDENT ROBERT T. BERRY, '72 Burns & McDonnell 1630 Des Peres Rd" St, louis, MO 63131

PRESIDENT-ELECT JAMES E, BERTElS MEYER, '66 2403 E, 27th Place, Tulsa, OK 74114

VICE PRESIDENTS ALFRED J, BUESCHER, '64 Sverdrup Civil, Inc, 13723 Riverpon Dr., Maryland Heights, MO 63043 LARRY l. HENDREN, '73 Engineering Surveys & Services 1113 Fay St, Columbia, MO 65201

ZEBULUN NASH, '72 Exxon Chemica l Co, 5000 Bayway Dr., Baytown, TX 77522 CALVIN M, OCHS, '49 1304 ~ello Paseo Ct, Jefferson City, MO 65109 KENNETH G, RI LEY, '56 3390 Monterey Rd" San Marino, CA 91108

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DENNIS F. JAGGI, '70 Enogex, Inc, PO, Box 2430q, Oklahoma City, OK 73125

DIRECTORS AT LARGE JOHN F, EASH, 79, 4622 Briargate Dr., St Charles, MO 63304,7359 GENE W, EDWARDS, '53, 159 Hillmont Dr" Paducah, KY 42003-8802 RICHARD W, EIMER, 71, 33 Dellwood Ct, Decatur, Il62521 55B4 K, DANiEl HINKLE, 73, 4019 Felicia Dr.. Sugar land, TX 77479,2817 JORGE A, OCHOA, '85, 6531, Sweetwood Ct, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 RICHARD R, PAUL, '66, 601 Yount Dr., Dayton, OH 45433

AREA DIRECTORS Area 1 SUSAN WATSON, '83, 5 Pond Crest Dr" Danbury, CT 06811 Area 2 GRAHAM G, SUTHERLAND, III. '64, Eichleay Corp" 65B5 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206-4407 Area 3 WILLIAM E, STEINKAMP, '64,126 Westwood, Clinton, TN 37716 Area 4 DANiEll. CARNAHAN, '68,6042 NW 66th Ave .. Parkland, Fl33067-1302 Area 5 STEpHEN L, ROBERTSON, 7460 Pinehurst Drive, Cincinnati, DH 45244-3276 Area 6 GENE RAND, '62, 1100 lovers ln" longview, TX 75604 Area 7 GREGORY JUNGE, '65, 350 N, Pilot Knob Rd, Galena, Il61036 Area 8 HENRY EDWARD MIDDEN, III, '69, Mansfield Electric Co, PO Box 1453, Springfield, Il 62705 Area 9 MYRON H, BIDDLE, '76, 2409 Doubletree Ct .. lexington, KY 40514-1465 Area 10-lB RONALD WILLIAM JAGElS, '86, 8618 Elgin Ave .. St, lou is, MO 63 123 Area 10-18 PHILIP A, JOlWlAK, '66, 1747 Staunton Ct, St louis, MO 63146-3721 Area 10-18 AMY l. NOElKER, 1350 NW Jefferson Ct, Blue Springs, MO 64015,7265 Area 10-IB DARLENE S, RAMSAY, 'B4, B07lariat In .. Rolla, MO 65401 Area 10-IB JOSEPH F. REICHERT, '59, 7312 Charlotte, Kansas City, MO 64131 1645 Area 10-18 RODDY ROGERS, '81,2241 E, Powell Street, Springfield, MO 65804-4692 Area 10-IB SUSAN H, ROTHSCHILD, '74, 6204 Washington Ave .. St l ouis, MO 63130-4846 Area 10-18 KELLY IJOZWIAK) THOMAS, '91, 837 Glendower Dr., Kirkwood, MO 63122 Area 10-18 JON VANINGER, '63, 175BWarmington Coun, Manchester, MO 63021-5873 Area 19 STEPHEN M, THIES, 72, 9302 S, College Dr" #1802, Tulsa, OK 74137 Area 20 WAYNE T, ANDREAS, '58, 1802 White Feather Trail, Crosby, TX 77532-3267 Area 21 MICHAEl R, MCGATH , 70, 13676 Coachella Roa d, Apple Valley, CA 92308,6021 Area 22 NORBERT F. NEUMANN , '52,4552 Zarahemia Drive, Salt l ake City, UT 84124-4000 Area 23 KAMILA CRANE COZORT, '85, 117 Forest Hill Drive, Clayton, CA 94517 Area 24 H, PAT DUVAL, '62, 11100 30th Place SW, Seattle, WA 98146-1720

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES JOE SCHMIDBERGER, Student Council President. 202 University Center-West ELIZABETH WILLIS, Student Union Board, 218 University Center-West

COMMllTEE CHAIRS

w. R, "PAT" BROADDUS, JR" '55, Associated Aggregates Inti Inc, PO Box 2545, Dalton, GA 30722-2545 JILL S, FINKLANG, 'B7, B79 Whitmoor Dr., Saint Charles, MO 63304,0562 JAMES l. FOIL, 74, 207 NE Country I n.. lee's Summit, MO 640B6-3111 WILLIAM H, GAMMON, '49, B167 Nice Way, Sarasota, Fl34238 MORRIS E, HERVEY, '81, lB23 Panridge Berry Drive, Florissant, MO 63031 J, RICHARD HUNT, '50,149 13 Hwy 82, Carbondale, CO 81623-9529 JOHN CURTIS KILLINGER, 73, 14B23 Preston Park Dr.. Houston, TX 77095-2929 ROBERT R, MORRISON, JR" 71, 730 Raintree Dr., Naperville, Il 60540-6330 CRAIG S, O'DEAR, 79, Bryan Cave, PO Box 419914, Kansas City, MO 64141-641 4 RANDALLl. SKAGGS, '89, 3262 Mango Dr.. St Charles, MO 63301-0100 KEVIN SKIBISKI, 75, 330 Texas Drive, Ozark, MO 65721-9807 WILLIS WILSON, 73, 9805 E Bayley Street, Wichita, KS 67207 PAST PRESIDENTS ARTHUR G, BAEBLER, '55, 17 Zinzer Ct, St louis, MO 63123,2045 RICHARD H, BAUER, '51, 12406 Counyard l ake Dr, St louis, MO 63127,1457 ROBERT 0, BAY, '49, 673 Princeton Gate Dr.. Chesterfield, MO 63017-7056 ROBERT M, BRACKBILL, '42, 11 SaraNash Court, Dallas, TX 75225 MATTEO A, COCO, '66, J,S, Alberici Const Co, 2150 Kienlen Ave .. St louis, MO 63121 PAUL T, DOWLING, '40, 10144 Winding Ri dge Rd .. St louis, MO 63124-1158 RAYMOND 0, KASTEN, '43, 901 W 114th Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64114-5220 JAMES B, MCGRATH, '49,12425 Balwyck ln" St louis, MO 63131-3646 MElVIN E, NICKEl, '3B, 10601 S Hamilton Ave" Chicago, Il 60643,3127 J, R, IBOB) PATTERSON, '54, Show-Me Inc" PO Box 573, Sikeston, MO 63801 LAWRENCE A, SPANIER, '50, 246 Eagle Dr" Jupiter, Fl 33477-4061 GERALD l. STEVENSON, '59, P,O, Box 1629, Highland City, Fl 33S46 JOHN B, T ~OMEY, '49, Starr Management Co" 7110 Rainwater PI" lorton, CA 22079

STAFF DONALD G, BRACKHAHN, '93, Executive Vice President, MSM-UMR Alumni Associa tion LINDSAY LOMAX BAGNALL, '76, Assistant Vice President, MSM-UMR Alumni Associa ti on LYNN K, STiCHNOTE, Coordinator of Alumni Sections, MSM,UMR Alumni Associa tion

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I was just at UMR for Homecoming. The planned Millennium Arch at Castleman Hall was very impressive, as was the artwork inside the hal l. I understand that the artwork will be distributed to other campus buildings in a few months.

I'm always pleased when I pass through Rolla and see how the campus has improved It has been gradua l, but the new buildings over the past 15 years have improved the feel of the campus.

I would encourage UMR to make a more concerted effort to beautify the campus further. More projects like the Millennium Arch, but on campus, would improve the quality of the college experience for students.

Just because we are primarily an engineering college doesn't mean we can't have beauty. If you have the opportunity, take a look around Saint Louis University's campus. Twenty years ago, it wasn't nearly as pleasant.

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UN IVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA CHANCELLOR John T. Park MSM-UM R ALUMN I ASSOC IATION PRESID ENT Raben T. Berry.. 72 EXECUTIV E VICE PRES IDENT Donald G. Brackhahn. '93 The MSM· UMR A/IIII11JIfS is wriHen, ediled, phOlographed, and designed by the staff of Ihe UMR Publications Departmenl.

Ihe UMR Publ ic Relalions Departmenl. and the MSM-UMR Alumni Associalion.

Religion and Spirituality I read with some skepticism your spring 1999 issue of the MSM-UMR

Alumnus. The cover title "Religion and Spirituality" showed that like much of

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America, UMR students are also susceptible to the "feel good" religions of the day. While the articles did discuss a few of the traditional religious denominations that are rooted in God's Word in the Bible, much of the emphasis was directed toward relig ion as something an individual can attain. However, as stated in the Bible, only through the Holy Spirit can an individual come to faith and be saved.

In addition, I was greatly disappointed to find no mention of Beta Sigma Psi Fraternity in any of the articles. Beta Sigma Psi is the National Lutheran Fraternity and has had a chapter at MSM-UMR since 1952. Beta Sig has over 500 alumni and even has a handful of those alumni who have, since graduating, received God's ca ll to enter the ministry While the members of Beta Sig could always improve in their actions, many of our members regularly attend worship at Immanuel Lutheran Church and participate in the church's activities. Our members also have weekly Bible study and pray before meals.

While many new "fad" religions are popping up everywhere, Beta Sigma Psi continues to carry on the traditions started by our founders over 50 years ago at MSM-UMR and to fo llow those beliefs defined by Martin Luther some 500 years ago. For many Beta Sigs and Lutherans at MSM-UMR, "Religion and Spirituality" has been part of our lives since birth. Since Beta Sigma Psi has been at MSM-UMR for 50 yea rs LONGER than the Society of All Paths, I hope that next time a focus subject is chosen, a more thorough investigation will be conducted and organizations such as Beta Sig will be included.

ART & PRODUCTION EDITOR Rebecca Frisbee. '90 EDITORS (Alumni) Lindsay Lomax Bagnall, ' 76 (Features & News) Andrew Careaga ASSOCIATE EDITORS Richard Hatfie ld John Kean

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SU PPORT STAFF/CONTRIBUTING WRlTER Mary Helen Swirz. '95

Michael 0 Roth, ME'92 MSM·UMR AlumllllS (US PS 323-500) (lS SN 108-1-69-18) is issued June. SeplCl11bcr. Decemocr) in Ihe inlerc$1 of the gr:ldualcs and former Sludi.'nlS of Iht' ~I i ssouri School of hlines and hlellllurgy and Ihe Uni\'ersity of Mlssouri· Rolla. The MSM·UMR t\!WUI1IIS i~ published by the h I S~ I -U ~IR Alumni ASsoci:llion.

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POsn lASTER. Send :lddre..~s changes 10 MS'\/·UMR '\/IlIUI1IIS, Casllcm:ln l-!:lll, P.O. So>., 249. Roll:l, hl0 65402-0149. fourtill\e$lX'r)'ear(~ I :trch.

We welcome your comments and suggestions for your MSM-UMR Alumnus.

Letters to the editor may be addressed to UMR Publications, 1870 Miner Circle, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65409-1520 by fax at 573-341-6157, or e-mail at alumni@umredu

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IF WE WANT TO MEASURE JUST HOW MUCH TECHNOLOGY PERMEATES LIFE IN AMERICA AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY, WE NEED ONLY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR LIVES WOULD BE LIKE WITHOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS WHICH DEFINE THAT CENTURY OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE.

By H.J. Eisenman (hje@umr.edu)

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A entury of Technolo y Any time w e experience a lengthy electrical outage, we realize how dependent we are on electricity in particular - and on technology in general. A century ago, the loss of electrical power for several ho urs wo uld have affected very few people. Today, we depend greatly on the technology electrici ty provides in our daily lives.

The w idespread use of electri city, and along w i th it electroni cs, i s one of th e bi g technolog ica l stori es o f thi s century. E lecLri ca l technology has given us portable power sources for the home and th e wo rkpl ace. It also has given us a new uni verse o f co mmunica ti on and entertainment devices, and , w i th th e recent advent of co mputers, a new in form ati on age. The ex ploi tati on of electri city, from radi o to home entertainment centers, has tran sform ed and enriched our li ves in way s uni mag ined 100 years ago .

Th en there's th e automobi le. From i t hum bl e ori gins as th e " horseless ca rri age," the automobi le's development as a chi ef means o f transportati on also defin es th is century. T he ca r culture, w hi ch grew out of yea rs of incremental improvements in the automobil e, has gi ven us aff'ordable personal u·ansport. It also transform ed our citi es and towns, reduced rural iso lati on, and reconfi gured th e commercial landscape of A meri ca. Ju st try to envision li fe w ithout a car and yo u w ill recogni ze our dependence on thi s technology of th e 20 th century.

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Syntheti cs de mo nstrated th e impo rtance of anothe r legacy of our century in transforming techn ology : th e industri al researc h laborato ry. Thi s instituti o n is the center of efforts to e ngage in deliberate inventi on and inn ovatio n. The industri al research lab - the "R and D" part of business - has become the source of new products and processes. In addi tion, thi s agent of change refl ects the increasi ng linkage of scie nce and techno logy as partne rs in ad vancin g both fields.

Now here is the impact of a science-based technology more obvio us in thi s century th an in the development of nuc lear power, both fo r peaceful and for military purposes . Th e appearan ce of nucl ear weapons u'an sformed our mjlitary strategy, our foreign poli cy, and o ur attitudes toward technology. Fission and fu sion bo th ho ld promi se as so urces of peaceful uses of nucl ear tec hno logy at a tim e whe n our depe ndence o n no n-re newable reso urces grows greater and greater.

Ju st as the techno logy of thi s century has g iven us the power to destroy the pl anet, so it also has given us many life-saving me thods and dev ices . Medi cin e has changed greatl y in the 20th century. Many di seases th at were fata l a century ago are now treatabl e. Th e hum an life span and qu ality of li fe are increasin g throu gh the use of antibi oti cs and other pharm aceuti cals, new surgica l treatments, bette r medi cal instruments, a nd a grow ing inte rest in preventati ve medi cin e.

Alon g with a hea lthi er, lo nger-li ved populati on, the human conditio n in the indu stri ali zed world has profited from the creati o n of a co nsumer culture. Mass produc ti on techniques, developed earl y in the 20th century by He nry Ford and others, have prov ided an abundance of co nsum er goods th at have allowed man y to enj oy a more comfo rtabl e li fes tyle. Th e process of produ cing stand ardi zed and inte rchangeable parts reached its maturity in o ur time, and now is bein g modified, with cy bern ati on repl acing human labor in many instan ces. The result is an unprecedented era of materi al abunda nce in the world 's developed nati o ns.

Even o ur ho mes have bee n transform ed by do mesti c tec hn o logy. Al o ng with the radi o, th e te le pho ne, te lev isio n, and syste ms fo r re prod ucing mu sic, today 's ho me co ntain s appli ances s uch as re fri gerators, ranges, mi c rowave ovens, di shwashe rs, vac uum clea ners, was hin g mac hin es and dryers th at were absent a century ago . Do mesti c techn o logy has made the co mforts of ho me more co mfo rtabl e.

Developme nts in av iation a nd rocketry e nh anced o ur ability to travel away fro m o ur ho mes - and even from o ur pla net. The widespread use of j et e ng in es over the last 50 years res ha ped co mme rc ial and military aircraft. Rockets launchin g peopl e and in strume nts into space is now co mm o npl ace; 50 years ago it was the drea m of scie nce fi cti on. Thi s kjnd of trave l, and th e rapid co mmuni cati o ns poss ible w ith roc ket-laun ched satellites, created a g lobal perspecti ve and hence a smaller wo rld where few are iso lated or ig nored.

The accele rati o n of techn o logy whi ch e nsued in the in d usu'ial age u'ansformed th e way we live and the way we do thin gs . A ltho ugh we often set o ur sig hts o n the future and th e promi se of even g reater changes in techn ology, we recogni ze th at the 20th century was an era of pro li fic cha nge that makes li fe in the year 2000 very d ifferent from th at in the yea r 1900.

H.J. Eisenman is a professor of history at UMR. He teaches UMR's History of Technology course .

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With Orville Wright at the controls on the morning of Dec. 17, 1903 , the Wright Flyer I made its hi storic first flight at Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, N.C. By the third try at the end of the morning, Orville and Wilbur Wright had made a flight of 852 feet and remained in the air for 59 seconds. Nine months later, Wilbur Wright made the first closedcircuit flight lasting more than five minutes with the Wright Flyer II. In 1905 the Wright Flyer III made a flight of 24 miles, lasting more than 38 minutes.

Wh at had the Wri g ht Brothe rs acco mpli shed ?

Often we look to Orville and Wilbur as the pion ee rs of av iatio n. But as w ith any sc ie ntifi c e ndeavor, advancement is evolutionary. Th e Wri ght Brothers built on the acco mpli shm e nts of earli e r v isionaries - from Leonardo da Vin ci 's sketches of "o rnith opter" fl yin g mac hines to the g lide r builders of th e late J 800s.

Da Vinc i's o rnith opters were never tes ted, nor did they have a cha nce of success, but they certainl y stoked the im ag in ati o n of th ose who fo ll owed. In 1804, S ir Geo rge Ca yley in Eng land fl ew a mode l glid er, whi ch had all th e attributes of the mod ern airplan e . But perh aps the grea test influ ence o n the Wri ght Brothers came fro m a success ion of deve lopments by g lide r enthu s iasts durin g the prev ious decade . Th e German Otto Lilie nth a l made more th an 2,5 00 successful g lide r flig hts up to 1896, and the W ri g ht Brothe rs c lose ly fo ll owed these eve nts. Lilie nthal' s g lid ers were co ntro ll ed by shiftin g the pil ot's we ight , mu ch as in today 's rec rea tional hang g lid ers. A Scotsma n, Percy Pilche r, received glidin g instru cti o n [i'om L ili e nth al in 1895 and began deve lop in g a powered mac hine .

He built a n eng in e and tes ted it in 1899 .

U nfort un ate ly he was kill ed shortl y th e reafter in a glidin g accident du e to stru ctura l fa ilure. (Lili e nth a l also was kill ed in a g lidin g accident. ) In Ame ri ca, Octave Cha nute, a lso g reatly influe nced by Lilienthal, bega n to build ha nd g lid e rs in 1896. He introduced a success fu l biplane g lider whi ch looked

very mu c h lik e th e yet to be developed Wri ght Fl yer, but was still contro ll ed by we ight shift of th e pil ot.

Th e stage was now set fo r powered fli ght.

Samue l Pi e rpo nt Lan g ley made a success ful f li ght w ith a gaso lin e eng in e- powered mode l airc ra ft in Aug ust J 903. He sub seque ntl y made un successful mann ed atte mpts at powe red fli ght, but th e fac t that Lang ley was o n th e ri ght track was co nfirm ed in 19 14 whe n G le nn C urti ss, after a numbe r o f modifi ca ti ons to the sa lvaged Lang ley craft , made a successful fli g ht e ig ht yea rs after L ang ley 's death.

It was thi s pe ri od of techn o logy grow th in to whi c h th e Wri ght Bro th e rs stepped, with excepti o na l mechani ca l skill s and an unde rsta ndin g of w hat it wo uld take to be successfu l. The Wri ghts ap proached th e des ig n of the ir a irpl ane with a tru e sc ienti fic meth od . T hey built and ope rated the ir ow n w ind tunn e l to acquire necessa ry aerod ynami c data and put th e ir di scoveri es to the ultim ate test with a se ri es of three g lid ers. Tn mod ifi cati o ns of th e ir third g lide r they impl eme nted a rudder behind the win gs . Coordi nated w ith th e w in g warpin g , th e rudde r prov ided co mpl ete latera l cont.ro l and made banked turn s poss ibl e. T he co ntrol philoso phy was now virtu all y ide ntical to th at used today.

Th e Wri ght B roth ers' acco mpli shm ent was a quantum leap fro m th e shoulders of th e ir predecessors. By makin g use of th e know ledge and ex perie nce of the tim e, and by addin g th e ir ow n sig niti cant scie nti fic a nd e ng ineerin g co ntributi ons, they built and fl ew th e fir st mann ed , powered airpl ane capable of full y contro ll ed, sustain ed fli g ht.

A seri es of Wri ght F lyers and the 1908 Wri g ht Type A de mo nstrated in E urope set in mo ti on th e c hain o f events whi c h led to av iati on as we kn ow it tod ay.

B y th e I 920 s, the a irplan e had deve loped to th e point th at co mm e rc ia l applicati ons beca me a dri ver of progress . Fo r success, a passenger or cargo o pe rat ion mu st o perate o n a pred ic tab le sc hed ul e. In the earl y da ys airplane o pe rati o ns were co nstrain ed by weath er conditi o ns and the require ment th at th e pi lot mu st have visua l re fe re nce to the hori zon fo r sa fe fli ght. Earl y airm a il operati o ns were fraug ht with dan ger, and many a irc raft and pil o ts were los t in attempts to ca rryo n in poor weathe r co nditi ons.

Durin g World War 1 the basic in strum e nts compass, air speed indi ca tor, anel a ltim e ter - were aug mented by the t11rn and bank in di ca to r, in ve nted

by E lme r A. Sperry Sr. Thi s instrum ent wo uld te ll th e pilot if he was turn in g, info rm ati o n pe rh a ps surpri sin g ly not re li abl y ava il abl e fro m a mag ne ti c

Top 10 marvels of civil engineering

By Joseph Senne (jhsenne@rollanet .org)

When asked to select the 70 greatest civil engineering accomplishments of this century. I approached the assignment with some trepidation. In creating my list. I considered the scope of the project as related to the technology of its time, and the project's benefit to the public as a whole. In some cases I have considered a system rather than an individual project. Also, my selections are confined to the United States but with the recognition that the 20th century has seen a number of very beneficial achievements in other countries.

THE PANAMA CANAL. Although outside the United States, the Panama Canal was built by this country after taking over from the French. Fifty miles in length, it took 10 years to build. The canal was completed in 1914 at a cost of $350 million. The amount of excavation amounted to 232 million cubic yards of rock and earth, with the locks and dams containing 4.8 million cubic yards of concrete. The canal cut 6,835 miles off the route around Cape Horn, thereby saving much time and fuel. Between 12,000 and 15,000 ships per year go through the cana l.

Ownership will be turned over to Panama at the end of this century.

compass. With ski l l and experi ence, a pilot co uld determin e, using th e turn and bank indi cator and the airspeed indica tor, if he were flyi ng straight and level.

Easier said th an done. Even th e legendary Charles Lindbergh was nearl y los t fl y in g in a snow storm w ith li ttl e prior practice w ith th e new in strum ent. In recounting the ex peri ence, Li ndbergh co ncluded th at he taught himsel f to fl y on instruments on that fri ghtening ni ght. Most pil ots ca ught in that situation wou ld not have lived to profit from it.

By th e micl - 1920s the prob lem of fl y ing in bad weather was inhibiting the grow th of av iation. With fin ancial back ing from the Dani el Guggenheim Fu nd , th e whole issue of fl y ing in " fog" was addressed at the Fu ll F li ght L aboratory establi shed in 1928 at Mitchel Field in New York, under the direction of Jimm y Doolittle, anoth er legend in th e development of av iati on.

It was intended to perfect th e tec hnology for makin g " blind" land ings , an ambitious goa l at th at time, and onl y fu lly reliabl y achi eved today w ith soph isti ca ted automated landing systems makin g use of space-age technology.

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THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING .

Located in New York City, the Empire State Building was one of the nation's first real skyscrapers - completed in 1931 in a record time of less than two years. Standing at 1.250 feet 11,414 feet with the TV tower), it was the tallest building in the world during its time.

Although now surpassed in height by the Sears Tower, the two World Trade Center towers and several structures in other countries, its elegant stepped design still makes the Empire State Building an outstand ing American skyscraper.

THE HOOVER DAM. At 726 feet. it is one of the highest concrete arch dams in the world. It has a crest length of 1,244 feet and contains 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete. Located on the Colorado River near Las Vegas, Nev., construction was begun in 1931 and completed in 1936. Lake Mead, formed by the dam, is one of the largest artificially created bodies of water in the world. The dam provides irrigation for over 1 million acres, as we ll as recreation, flood control and 1,500 megawatts of power all of which helped to develop the southwest.

In 1955 the American Society of Civi l Engineers selected Hoover Dam as one of the nation's seven civi l engineering wonde rs.

With some ideas suggested by D oo little, Elmer A. Sperry Sr. and hi s son El mer 1r. invented the Sperry artificial horizon and the directi onal gyroscope. When integrated in a co mpac t and standard grouping of in strum ents - including th e artificial hori zon, directiona l gyro, airspeed indicator, altimeter, rate of climb indica tor - and supplemented by the turn and bank ind icator, the pi lot has instantly avail abl e to him more information about th e progress of the airpl ane th an ava il ab le by looking out th e w indow, even in perfectly clear wea ther.

On Sept. 24, 1929 , Ji mmy Doolittl e made the fi rst co mpl etely blind fl igh t, maki ng use of the new instrum ents and directi on- findin g eq uipment. Enclosed in a hood over the cockpit, and with a safety pil ot to look for other aircraft and monitor the night but not help, Doolittl e took off, fl ew a 360 degree circuit, and landed , solely w ith the use of in strumen ts. Whi le thi s type of tota ll y bl ind flight, fro m li ftoff to touchdown, is still not w ithin the capa bi lity of the average pi lot, and in fact is not lega l except w ith the most sophisticated equ ipment, the instrum ents and techniques developed by Doolitt le and th e Sperrys are the basis for today's

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THE OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE. Hailed at the time of its opening in 1936 as the world's greatest bridge, it is still considered the longest combination bridge in the world. It crosses the bay from San Francisco to Oakland via Yerba-Buena Island. The bay crossing has two suspension spans with a central man-made island anchorage. These two spans of 2,300 feet each plus two side spans make the west side 9,260 feet in length. On the island there is a tunnel 500 feet long, followed by a series of truss spans east to Oakland.

One of the outstanding features of the bridge is the depth of the west spans' piers, which go to 282 feet.

During the Lama Prieta earthquake of October 1989, one end of a highway section dropped onto the lower section. Other than this, there was no damage to the structure. There is, however, seri ous concern about retrofitting the east spans.

THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. Completed in 1937, this famous bridge links northern California with the peninsula of San Franci sco. Its suspension span of 4,200 feet was the longest in the world at that time. Next to the Verrazano-Narrows suspension bridge of 4,260 feet, built in 1964 in New York, it is the second longest in this country. Currently the six-lane bridge has 42 million vehicle crossings per year. While the initial cost of the bridge in 1937 was $35 million, its present-day revenue exceeds $58 million per year. Tog ether the Golden Gate and Bay bridges have played a vital role in expanding the development of the bay area.

THE CALIFORNIA AOUEDUCT SYSTEM. This project, the most extensive multi-billion dollar aqueduct system in the world, draws water from several sources. One source is the Colorado River at Parker Dam, where water is transported 242 miles over the San Bernardino Mountains to Lake Mathews southwest of Riverside, Calif. This system has a capacity of 1 billion gallons per day.

The second portion of the system, started in 1966 and completed in 1972, begins at the Sacramento River delta near San Francisco, flows south 444 miles, and crosses over the Tehachapi Mountains to the Parris Reservoir near Los Angeles. A third part of the system feeds Los Angeles via the Los Angeles aqueduct, which takes water from the Owens River and Mono lake in the Sierra Nevada region. This aqueduct was begun in 1907 and completed in 1913; the Mono Lake connection was added in 1940. The 338-m ile system has a capacity of 4 billion gallons of water per day.

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Sir George Cayley in the mid- 1800s had everything basically correct for a successful airpl ane co nfi guration, and even flew a model g lider, yet he and othe rs interested in flight had no real chance of achi eving sustained manned flight until suitable power plants became avai labl e. The internal combustion eng in e was developed in the 1860s and 1870s, and the first auto mobil es were on the road in the last two decades of the 1800s. For a successful ai rpl ane engi ne, it remained for the internal combustion e ng ine to evolve in a form with a hi gh power-to-weight ratio. Thi s did not happen until Langley and the W ri g ht Brothers designed and built their own engi nes. For hi s full- scale airplane, Langley built a 52-horsepower eng in e weighing on ly 208 pounds, amazing for the time and not surpassed for about fifteen years. The Wri ght Brothers developed their own e ngine at 12 horsepower and 200 pounds - no match for the Langley achievement, but good enough whe n coupled with th eir scie ntifi ca ll y designed

propeller. The evolution of the intern al combustion aircraft engine continu ed into World War II, whe n 2,200-horsepower engines boosted flight speeds to 500 mil es per hour. Except fo r the lower flight speeds associated with many ge ne ral av iation aircraft, IC e ngin es are no longer in favor. In fact, most general av iati on IC eng ines have advanced little technologically since the 1950s.

The jet e ng in e was not initiall y developed with governm e ntal support fo r mi litary purposes. In fact , in both Great Britain a nd Germany, independent work began at about the same time in th e early 1930s, with little interes t shown by the governments. Frank Whittl e first proposed the idea of j e t propul sion for aircraft app li cations in a thes is in 1928 , and obtained a pate nt in 1930. It was not until 1935 that he obtai ned financial backing, and on April 12, 1937 , the first successful test stand demonstration of a jet e ng in e was made. In Germ any in 1936, Ha ns vo n Ohain, independently of Whittle's work, started work on a n aircraft gas turbine with the financial support of Ernst Heinkel. There was parallel developmen t of the Hein kel He 178 Airplan e for the e ngine, and on Aug. 28, 1939, the first jet-propelled

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Top 10 marvels of civil engineering THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. In 1944, Congress designated the National System of Interstate and Defense Highway, and in 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act, which mandated a national system of highways to connect American cities. Although work on the system began earlier, actual completion did not occur until around 1990 at a cost of more than $100 billion. The size of this system is staggering. It includes 42,500 miles of multilane limited access highway, nearly 500,000 miles of primary rural roads and 640,000 miles of secondary roads. The interstate system has changed forever the way we travel and use our cars. It has also created a society of commuters. One major project of the 21 st century will be the repair and extension of the interstate highway system.

THE TRANS-ALASKAN PIPELINE. Started in 1974, during the height of the oi l crisis, and completed in 1977, this $8 billion project was an important factor in helping reduce our nation's dependence on foreign oil. This pipeline transports crude oil some 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to the ice-free port of Valdez. More than 11 billion barrels of oil have gone through the pipeline over the past two decades. The line runs across mountain ranges at elevations as high as 4,800 feet.

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THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING. Built in the 1960s for the vertica l assembly of the Saturn vehicles used in the Apollo lunar project. and later adapted for space shuttle vehicles, the VAB is one of the largest enclosed clear spaces in the world. It is 525 feet tall and covers a ground area of 8 acres. It was a critica l component of the "space race" between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Significant projects outside the U.S. Although I have listed American achi evements I would be rem iss in not recognizing some of the great international projects of this century. These include: • OWEN FALLS RESERVOIR, Uganda • THE HIGH ASWAN RESERVOIR, Egypt • THE PETRONAS TOWERS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • THE AKASHI KAIKYO BRIDGE, Japan.

• THE STOREBELT BRIDGE, Denmark.

• THE ENGLISH CHANNEl TUNNEL (the "Chunnel").

Interesting projects in progress or in the planning stage for the 21 st century include the Turukhansk Hydro Dam in Russia and the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China. Some proposed tall buildings include a 1,537 -foot tower in Chicago and a structure, known as the India Tower, to be built in Jabalpur, India.

The latter will be pyramid-shaped and will stand at a height of 2,222 feet.

Joseph H. Senne is a professor emeritus of civil engineeri ng at UMR.

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airp lane fl ew. Th is was on ly a few days prior to the start of World War II. Whittle became airborne with the flight version of hi s jet engine only after the British government established an interest fo ll owing hi s successful gro und tes ts. On May 15 , 1941 , th e speciall y designed Gloster E28 aircraft flew with Whitt le's engine producing 860 pounds of thru st. The German government quickly became interes ted after the successfu l Heinkel flight demonstration , and the res ult was the fir st operational military jet fighter, the Messerschmitt Me-262, which caused the A ll ies seriou s co nsternation near the end of the war.

The post-war period saw rapid app li cation of j et propu lsion to military and commerci al aircraft. Both Great Britain and the United States had commercial jet tran sports in the 1950s and j et fi ghters capable of supersonic fli ght entered service. The j et engine in co mmerc ial av iation was more efficient on most routes, was more reliable, and mu ch more co mfortabl e for

passengers. Interior noi se, once dominated by the drone of reciprocating engines, is now reduced at most seating locations to boundary layer noi se, which is the resu lt of going fast. Modem modifi cation s of the basic turbo-jet engin e, resu lting in the turbofan engine, have furt her increased the efficiency of th e origin al concept w ith the additional benefit of red ucing the prob lem of operational noi se around airports. The contributi o ns of Whittle and von Ohain in the 1930s have made o ur cUlTent air tran sportation sys tem possible.

As thi s mi llennium ends and the next one begins, the frontiers of development in aeronautics are efficiency, safety, and co mpatibility with the environment. The developments reviewed in thi s brief hi story are the bas is from which av iation wi ll continue to evolve.

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The future on the head of a pin Ju st as with Doroth y in Th e Wizard of Oz, it was a storm in Kansas th at got Jack Kilby go ing. It wasn ' t a twister in Kilby 's case, but an ice storm. His father had a small power co mp any, and the ice storm required the use of amateur radio to get communications es tablished again, From that point on, the yo un g Kilby was hooked on electronics.

The transistor was invented in 1947 at Bell Labs.

Eleven years later, in his fir st year of employment at Texas Instruments, Kilby had the idea to make not on ly transistors and diodes, but also resistors, capacitors, and other elements - all from a single pi ece of silicon.

And so th e integrated circuit was born. Kilby's invention unleashed the world -changin g potential for reli able, low-power, miniaturized electronics that has since been realized.

By January 1958, the Soviet Union had launched Sputnik. Three weeks later the United States co untered with Explorer. The space race was on , and military press ures drove technology development. Few could predict then that th e IC's invention th at very yeaJ wou ld change the world for the next 40 years and for maybe 40 more .

The fir st applications of the new ICs were for th e Minuteman mj ss ile. Tom HelTick, EE'58 , MS EE'68 , a fa culty member in electri cal and co mputer engineering , recalls that while working on the Navy 's Sidewinder missile in 1959, vacuum tubes were very sensiti ve to vibration. The new rcs were a perfect solution to the vibration problem.

By the mjd-1960s, Kilby remembers thinking th at the IC business was about the sa me size as the dog food business. But it was growing exponenti all y and has not

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slowed down since. An IC that cost $ 1,000 in 1959 was only $ 10 in 1965. Intel pioneer Gordon Moore observed in 1964 that the number of components in an IC was doublin g every 18 months. (His observation became canonized as Moore's Law). Critics said that the more components you put on an IC, the more ]jkely it was to fai l. They also said that if thi s rate of component growth succeeded so mehow, it wo uld put nearly all the circuit designers out of business .

Well, the critics were right, but they didn ' t foresee the improvements in cost and performance and the many new businesses and challenges that wo uld resu lt. rcs made the ir way rapidl y into the booming radio and TV business, but the first dramatic impact in the consumer market was with the calculator. Texas Instruments produced th e first handheld calculator in 1967. It was 6 inches by 4 inches and weighed 45 ounces.

Joe Miner's slide rul e met its Waterloo in 1972 when Hewlett-Packard produced the HP-35 , the first scientifi c calc ulator. It weighed on ly 9 ounces and fit in a shirt pocket. Thousands of math ematics tables became obsolete almost overnight. I remember the HP45 my wife Jane gave me in 1973 (it cost her $400). I was a new facu lty member and I wore it with pride on my belt, especiall y on trips to government labs where I needed to appear state-of-the-art.

Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce (credited as coin ventor of th e IC) founded Intel in 1968, and they introdu ced the 4004 microprocessor in 1970. Two years later came the 8008 , an 8- bit mi croprocesso r.

Industry after industry ex peri enced tid al waves of change as th e perfo rm ance and price of ICs found new

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The future on the head of a pin continued ap plications. The Sw iss may have been excell ent watc hm akers, bu t the ga me changed whe n th e hi ghl y accurate electro ni c watches appeared.

Yo ur a uto mo bil e, any e leva to r you rid e, yo ur TV and a udi o sys te ms, yo ur tele ph o ne, a nd every Y2K proble m in the world all de pe nd on IC s.

Thi s great inventi o n has c rea ted the informat io n age that has revo luti o ni zed th e way we li ve.

Whil e e-co mm e rce growth rates are astou ndin g, th at sector represe nts less th an I pe rcent of th e $9 trillion U.S. eco nomy. It is also estimated th at the in fo rm ati o n technology revo luti on is impactin g o ur natio n's infla ti o n, lowerin g it by I percent thi s year.

Wh e re are we headed? Moo re's law has been o ffi ciall y re placed w ith the Inte rn ational Tech no logy Roadmap fo r Semi co nduc tors, w hi ch pred ic ts mi c roprocessors wi ll co ntain 76 milli o n tra nsistors each in 2002 a nd 200 million api ece by 2005. Dyna mi c RAM me mo ry passed the bi II io n tra nsistor level several years ago.

Ultim ate ly th e re are ph ys ical limits to how closely togethe r circ uits ca n be etc hed w ith li ght o nto th e s urface of a silicon c hip , w ith an e nd to Moore's law by 20 12.

But las t summe r sc ie nti sts ann o unced a brea kthro ugh in resea rc h in mo lec ul ar stru ctures th at seem to be have li ke d ig ital sw itc hes . These resea rc he rs fo resee mo lecul ar-scale e lec tron ics (mo leclro ni cs) and co mpute rs that wo uld be 100 billi o n tim e as fa st as today' s fa stes t PC - a nd 100 o f th e process in g circuits co ul d be pl aced o n the head o f a pin . T hey predi ct smart materi als used fo r new types of coa tin gs , fo r exa mpl e, th at wo uld e nab le a surface to be " painted" w ith co mpute r-like se nso rs. Resea rc he rs at UMR a re already workin g o n app lica tio ns o f these s mart mate ri als th at will chan ge o ur li ves o nce aga in.

Qur c hall e nge as we ente r th e 2 1st century is to in c reas in g ly make o ur des igns and sys te ms peo ple-o ri e nted, so th a t techn o logy does no t ru n o ur li ves, bu t instead in creases o ur produ cti vity and o ur qual it y o f li fe. Tod ay' stu dent s have their wo rk c ut o ut fo r th e m .

Robert Mitchell is dean of the UMR School of Engineering and a professor of electrical and computer engineering.

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BV Aria" R. DeKock (adekock@umr.edu)

Reflections on the computer age

CompUlers revoill tioni~eci calclliation methods at UM R in the late 1960s. Studellls key-pllnch in their prograllls, which are then processed by an IBM 360 centni/ processing unit.

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attached to the m. Even th o ug h the campu s still had o nly o ne co mpute r, now many peo ple spread o ut across ca mpu s co uld be inte racting w ith the mac hin e simu o ur ow n pe rso na l des kto p mach ines that were nearly powerful e no ugh to do so me th in g use fu l. M os t heavy duty co mpute r users pa id very litt le atte nti on to th e PC , however, because it was c lear ly a toy. It o n ly had 32KB (kil oby tes) to 128 KB o f me mory, no hard dri ve, a fl oppy dri ve or two, a nd a bl az in g speed of 4 MHZ (megahert z) to I MH Z. It was a ho me hob by ist's dev ice, no do ub t. T he PC was mere ly fo r those techi es w ho had a lready built a ste reo and a telev is io n and now wo uld s tep up to a new c ha ll e nge. M os t of us d id no t be li eve th e futuri sts who sa id th at one day we wo uld have o n o ur des kto ps a pe rso na l co mputer as powerfu l as th e ma infra mes th at sa t in the co mputer rooms three decades ago.

We were wro ng.

It is now 1999. O n my des k is my ow n pe rso na l 450 MHZ Pe ntium . [n abo ut LO minutes, that co m pute r ca n pe rfo rm th e di ssertati o n a na lys is that required more th a n 300 ho urs in 1967.

The c hanges that have taken place in th e inte rvenin g 32 years a re so dra mati c th at th ey a lm os t de fy th e im ag in ati o n. It is obvio us that today 's co mpute rs are fas te r, sma ll e r and cheape r. And co mpute rs have beco me so tin y th at we ca n' t eve n see that th ey s urro un d us in a lm os t a ll as pects of o ur lives .

But th e real c han ge is th e ro le th at co mpute rs pl ay in o ur lives.

Th ere a re co mpute rs unde r th e hoods of o ur ca rs.

Co mpute rs sca n o ur purchases as we c heck o ut o f th e supe rm a rke t. Instead o f go in g to the co mpute r cente r,

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co mpute rs have co me to us in our offi ces a nd o ur ho mes, and th e Inte rn et brin gs us th e world. If we are to be lieve the futuri sts of 1999, computers w ill beco me ubiquitous - everyw here present. In our appli ances, in the locks of our doors, in the li ghtin g o f o ur homes - everyw here. We w ill ta lk to th em and th ey will Jj ste n a nd ta lk back to us - hopefull y, with res pect.

As an ex perim e nt, and an illustrati o n of our tec hn o log ica l ad vanceme nt , I have written this articl e by ta lkin g into a littl e mi cro ph o ne headset th at looks like the kind of dev ice te le ph o ne o pe rato rs used to wea r. Th e co mputer progra m, Na tura ll ySpeaking , turn s my wo rds into printed tex t o n the sc reen exactl y as if I had typed at th e key board. (We ll , a lmost exactl y.

Whe n I spo ke the preceding sentence, it o ri gin aJl y came out as , "NarurallyS peakin g turn ed my word s in 2 printed tex t ...") A nd if that isn' t remarkable e no ug h, the progra m also atte mpts to learn . The seco nd time I spo ke the preceding sente nce the computer actua ll y produced the co rrec t wo rds.

Tn answer to the ques ti o n, " How has the co mputer c ha nged your lifeT I wo uld answer, " Wh at was first a c umberso me, un wie ldi ly data processo r has beco me an integ ra l and essenti a l part of my life, impactin g nearl y everythin g I do , and in a pos iti ve mann er. I started my assoc iati on w ith computers by go in g to the compute r (cente r); the n via perso na l computers they came to me; and now vi a the Inte rne t th e entire world is be ing bro ught to me."

Arlan R. DeKock is a professor and former cha ir of compute r science at UMR.

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1974 Air conditioners become first appliances labeled with energy consumption information,

1999 Stay Cooll Air Conditioning America exhibit opens at the National Build ing Museum in Washington, D,C,

1995 CFC production in the United States ends Dec. 31; ASHRAE celebrates its centennial.

Photo Source: Clevenger, Martha R, Ed itor. Indescribably Grand: Diaries and LeIters From the 1904 World's Fair, Missouri. 1996.Ryan, William and Guinness, Desmond. The White House: An Architectural HisIOlY. New York, 19BQ, Severns. WlillamH . and Fellows, Julian R. Air Condltionmg and Refrigeration. London, 1958.

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The genetics revolution

By Ronald L. Frank (rfrank@umr.edu)

Identifying the 80,000 genes in the human genome,agoal of the sequencing project, will benefit the field of medicine significantly.

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In 1990, th e Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH ) jointl y presented to Congress the goals for the first fi ve years of a U.S. Human Genome Proj ect (HGP). Thi s was th e form al beginning to a IS-year project to determine th e entire sequence of three billi on bases in th e human geneti c materi al - an undertakin g so immense th at it was compared to the lun ar landin g project proposed in the earl y 60s. Like the moonshot project befo re it, th e Human Genome Project was laun ched befo re the technology was ava il abl e to accomplish it, but with th e ex pectation that ad va nces in technology wo uld come along in time to meet the deadl ine. The latest rev ised S-year pl an for the HGP has put th e ex pected comp leti on date to 2003, two years before ori ginall y proposed.

We hear a lot about genomes ill th e news, but what, exactl y, is a genome?

The molecule th at contain s th e inform ati on that is decoded into th e human form is deoxyribonu cleic ac id (DNA). The informati on is contained in th e sequ ence of th e four subunits th at compri se D NA , referred to as nu cleotides, or bases, and designated A, G, T, or C. Human DNA has about three bill ion bases among 24 di ffe rent chromosomes (c hromosomes I through 22 , X and Y ). Short reg ions of the DNA (genes) govern spec ifi c fun ctions th at res ul t in outwa rd traits and charac teri sti cs, such as eye color, bl ood ty pe and height. Humans are estimated to have aroun d 80,000 genes . All of these genes, and the DNA between th em on the chromosomes, constitu te th e hum an genome.

The congressionall y approved and fund ed HGP is th e name given to th e U.S. effort ca rri ed out at th ree nati onal

la boratori es, seven Genome Centers at uni versities , and several smaller genome research labs. Sequ encing of the human genome is not exclusively an Ameri can endeavor, however.

Thousands of researchers in dozens of countries will make significant contributions to th e completion of the sequence. Many of th ese labs coordinate their effort through the Hu man Genome Orga ni zation (HUG O) whi ch was estab li shed before the U.S. effort was laun ched.

Identify ing the 80,000 genes in th e human genome, a goal of the sequ encing project, w ill benefit th e fi eld of medi cine signifi cantl y. Geneti c testin g will allow earli er detecti on of inherited di sease or predi spositi ons to di seases. All di seases, inherited or not, adversely affect the normal fun cti on of parti cular genes . Research follow in g the HGP cou ld reveal these fu nd amental cellul ar effects and improve di agnosis as we ll as treatment of many diseases. Some treatments may even go as far as gene th erapy, the restorat ion or repl acement of a nonfuncti onal gene in the patient.

Gene th erapy has already proven effecti ve in certain immune disorders and is in the research stage for cysti c fi bros is and hemophilia.

More comp lete kn owledge about an indi vidu al's genome will help surgeons ma tch don ors more closely fo r organ transpl ants. Many drugs ' side effects or their ineffecti veness ill some patients res ult from minor geneti c differences am ong individual s.

Know ledge of th ese vari ations will all ow physicians to prescribe drug reg imens th at are customi zed to the patient. Current forensic use of DNA for identifi cati on focuses on several va ri able regions of the human ge nome fo r compari son and relies heav il y on

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Benefit s of the Jmow ledge gained from the HGP go far beyo nd these examples in medicine to fie lds as diverse as micro biology, archaeology, anthropology, agriculture, ri sk assess men t, and bioprocessing.

The projec t's goals are not Limited to sequenc ing the genome and iden tifying genes. Federal fundin g prov ided fo r the establishment of a worki ng group to identify the ethical, legal, and social issues that are li kely to arise fro m this new knowledge.

Additionally this group is ex pected to promote public discussion of these iss ues, he lp deve lop policies to deal with them, and promote education.

Co ncern s over th e appropri ate use of genome info rmat ion are not unfo unded. Who will decide if and when a person should be geneticall y tested fo r a d isease that has a late onset or one that as yet has no treatment? Who should have access to an indi vid ual's genetic info rm ation: insurance co mpani es , emp loyers, courts, the public? How will knowledge of one's ow n geneti c diffe rences affect an individual psychologicall y? A working gro up will deal with these iss ues and others that have yet to surface if we are to maximi ze the benefi ts of this kn owledge and mini mize the negative effects.

For more info rmation on the goals, benefi ts, progress, ethi cs and science of th e HGP go to the Human Genome Project Info rm ati on page (www.ornl .govfTechR esources/ Hu man_Genome/home. html).

Keeping our cool, continued from page 15 Houses and office buildings were des igned to aid natural cooling, and people spent summer days and evenings on porches or fire escapes, near open fire hydrants or at the swimming hole.

Although co mfort cooling was rarely applied to individual homes befo re 1920, it was already a steadil y growi ng indusu-y, servi ng commercial and industrial markets. It made good business sense, too. Where air condi tionin g was used to fac ilitate manu fac turing, workers were not onl y more comfortable but also more productive and less prone to absenteeism.

Comfort air conditi oning soon made its way into motion picture theaters, and by the end of the 1920s hundreds of theaters throughout the co unu'y had employed the relatively new technology.

After World Wau' II, co mfo rt air conditionin g had become affordable to the growing middle class Ameri can famil y. In the eau'ly 1950s, homeowners and house builders had several choi ces of cooling systems. Central air conditioning was available in either a combi nation heating and cooling unit or as a sepau'ate cooling unit. Another opti on was the window unit.

Since then, afford able ai r condi tioning has been responsible, in large pau'!, fo r major shifts in the popu lation centers of the United States. The air conditi oner's tamin g of hot and humid SUllUller conditions has led to the rapid growth of Sun Belt cities such as Atla nta, Dallas, Houston, Miami , Las Yegas and Phoenix.

Beginning with the oil embargo of 1973 , the air-conditioning field co ul d no longer co nduct business as us ual. Older methods of determi nin g the size and perfo rmance of equi pment were replaced by new, scientificall y so und and co mputer-assis ted design, sizing and selecti on procedures. The vau'iable air volume (YAY) rapidly became the most popular type of heating, ventil ating and air-conditi oning (HYAC) system fo r offices, hospitals and some school buildings. Although energy efficient, the YAY systems proved to have their ow n set of problems related to indoor air quality, sick-bui lding syndrome and building-related illness. Solutions to these problems au'e onl y now being reali zed.

A new ex hi bit at the Nati onal Building Museum (www.nbm.org) in Washington, D .C. , called Stay Cool ! Air Condi tionin g America opened May 1, 1999, and will run through Jan. 2, 2000. Stay Cool! acknowledges the work of mechani cal engineers, who, after a century of effort, have succeeded in creating artificial weather environments.

Harry Sauer Jr., ME'56, MS ME'58, is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UMR and a Fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Condit ioning Engineers.

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Movies for the millennium

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Since the initiation of the UMR Film Series in 1975, more than 700 films have been screened in various venues on campus. The series moved from Thursday nights to Tuesdays about 10 years ago, but the criteria for selection has remained const ant: the best films to be had for the money available that have not played Rolla.

I list, in no particular order, some of my favorites with no pretense to objectivity. Isn't wat ching a f ilm an intensely persona l experience? These are f ilms that I have gone back to agai n and again, and that have even w ithstood th e rigors of being taught.

DAYS OF HEAVEN (19781. directed by Terence Malick. with a fine performance by Sam Shepard. Visual poetry of tragic romance and of work on the plains with a voiceover narration at odds with what we are seeing happen.

Karel Reisz' THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN (19811 and Richard Rush's THE STUNTMAN (19801 are two pedagogica lly sound features that teach a lot about filmmaking whi le delighting the viewer with intricate plots of love and loss.

Film Noir: Howard Hawks' THE BIG SLEEP (19461, with Humphrey Bogart; HAROLD AND MAUDE (19711.

TOUCH OF EVIL (19581, directed and directed by Hal Ashby with Ruth Gordon starring Orson Welles; DETOUR (19451, and Bud Cort. If you think you have a death wish, get it cured with this film. the cheapest and best of the bunch; SCARLET STREET (19451, directed by The three best musicals: SINGIN' IN Fritz Lang with Edward G. Robinsonl; THE RAIN (19521, Bob Fosse's ALL DOUBLE INDEMNITY (19441. Almost THAT JAZZ (19791. and Richard all of Ingmar Bergman, especially Lester's HARD DAY'S NIGHT (19641 SEVENTH SEAL (19561. PERSONA (19661. CRIES AND WHISPERS Akira Kurosawa's DREAMS (19901.

(19721. and FANNY AND RAN (19851, IKURU (19521. etc.

ALEXANDER (19821 Almost all of: Buster Keaton, especially Almost al l of Federico Fel lini, especially THE GENERAL (19261; Charlie Chaplin, THE NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (19571, especially MODERN TIMES (19361; FELLINI-SATYRICON (19691, and and Harold Lloyd, especially THE KID THE SHIP SAILS ON (19831.

BROTHER (19271 The documentary films of Les Blank: A WELL SPENT LIFE (19711. about blues singer Mance Lipscomb; BURDEN OF DREAMS (19821. simply the best film ever made about what it takes to make a film; and GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS (19801.

WALKABOUT (19711. directed by Nicholas Roeg, and set in the Australian outback with harrowing cinematography that brings out the clash of societies "primitive" and "modern.

APOCALYPSE NOW (19791.

PLATOON (19861 and CASUALTIES OF WAR (19891 About half of the films of Robert Altman, including IMAGES (19721, MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER (19711.

THE PLAYER (19921. GINGERBREAD MAN (19981 and NASHVILLE (19751 M*A*S*H (19701. with its overlapping dialogue, improvised scenes, realistic violence, and righteous satire signaled a new era in film, as CITIZEN KANE had three decades earl ier. Yes, CITIZEN KANE (19411 REAR WINDOW (195411 saw this Hitchcock film when I was nine and the next day went out and trailed a harmless old man all day waiting for him to commit a murder between a haircut and a beer, so I could report him. Who says films do not aHect behavior in children? In adults?

All of Jacques Tati. Period. JOUR DE FETE (19481, MONSIEUR HULDT"S HOLIDAY (19531, PLAYTIME (19671.

MON ONCLE (19581. TRAFFIC (19711.

PARADE (19731 If you don't think these films are funny, try them again in 10 years.

THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR (19811, one of Francois TruHaut's lesser known knockouts.

Roman Polanski's CHINATOWN (19741.

What L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (19971 tried to be and was not.

Spike Lee's JUNGLE FEVER (19911. DO THE RIGHT THING (19891 and SHE'S GODA HAVE IT (19861 all balance nerve and cinematography.

DEAD MAN (19951, directed by Jim Jarmusch, is the Tibetan Book of the Dead done as an American Western, with Johnny Depp playing notorious gunslinger William Blake.

Woody Allen in general, especially THE Experi mental pieces of James Broughton and Van McElwee.

PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (19851.

Broughton: LOONY TOM THE HAPPY All of the really independent John LOVER (19511. THE BED (19681. THE Sayles films, especially BROTHER GOLDEN POSITIONS (19701. THE FROM ANOTHER PLANET (19841.

PLEASURE GARDEN (19531, THE and his books too, including GARDENER OF EDEN with Joel LDS GUSANOS (19911 Singer (19811. McElwee: SPACE SPLICE (19941. FOLDED FOLLIES Werner Herzog's provocatively weird (19931. RADIO ISLAND (19971, LUXOR films defy dismissal: THE MYSTERY (19981.

OF KASPAR HAUSER, or: EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD And don't forget: BASIC FILM AGAINST ALL (19751 is a good place TERMS: A VISUAL DICTIONARY to start.

(19701. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (19741; Cl int Eastwood's BYE BYE BRAZIL (19801 and BLACK THE UNFORGIVEN (19921; RED ORPHEUS (19591 are two great films RIVER (19481; Chevy Chase's of Brazil.

VACATIO N movies; THE HEIRESS TOM BENTON 'S MISSOURI (19921 (19491; TENDER MERCIES (19841; Directed by Frank Fillo and a UMR SHADOWS OF FORGODEN professor, Benton's drawling ANCESTORS (19641; COLD FEVER commentary and Bob Dyer's Missouri (19941; BLADE RUNNER (19821; DR. ballads are the soundtrack to this poetic STRANGELOVE (19641; THE exploration of the greatest mural of GRADUATE (19671; BOX OF America's foremost muralist, available MOONLIGHT (19961; MIAMI BLUES from the University of Missouri System (19901; COLD COMFORT FARM (19961; (on the Web at SHALL WE DANCE (19951 and www.system.missouri.edu/Benton/ I. counting .

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The 20th Century Organization

By Catherine A. Riordan (criordan@umr.edu)

During this past century in the United States, we have seen organizations take many forms. In fact, most experts would say we have seen probably the most different fo rms during this century, with the most rapid changes among forms, than during any previous time in history.

The century opened in the industrial age, during which bigger and bigger companies were replacing small familybased farms and homes as primary employers. Businesses, government, the military and other organizations continued to grow, leading to the development of the academic discipline of management about mid-century. The first challenges of the discipline were the coordination of large groups of people in increasingly technical workp laces. Toward the end of the century, we see a marked increase in the growth of sma ll businesses, reversing the earlier trend.

Another trend spanning th is century was a changing view of the ideal organization. The view moved away from static, self-contained, we ll-defined structures, toward organizations with boundaries that are increasingly diffuse and highly integrated relationships among firms. In the accompanying table, I've highlighted some of the basic trends in how people viewed the organizations - particu larly the business

Fluctuation in Thinking About Organizations During the 20th Century 19105 SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT. FOCUS: Increases in size of organizations (factories, government, military) called for greater needs for coordination through formal systems. with an emphasis on uniformity and control. (Structure) 19205 CLASSICAL SCHOOL. FOCUS: This approach emphasized structural aspects of the organization and focused on controlling performance through commanding employees. and planning, organizing and coordination. A natural outgrowth was the focus on bureaucracy and the advantages its emphasis on order, rationality. uniformity and consistency had for efficiency and equitable treatment of employees. (Structure) 19405 HUMAN RELATIONS. FOCUS: This movement tried to bring the worker back into focus. emphasizing attitudes, feelings. the impact of relationships on performance, and the value of including workers in decision-making. (People!

1950S LEADERSHIP. FOCUS: The influence. decision-making and effectiveness of managers and other leaders were the hot topics in the ¡50s. Distinctions between task and socio-emotionalleaders and Theory X and Theory Y leaders were drawn at this time. Business moving back into favor in society. (People) 1960S SYSTEMS. FOCUS: Organizations came to be viewed as systems with inputs, outputs. feedback and tendency toward equilibrium, and a need to adapt to the environment in order to avoid entropy. (Systems!

19805 CONTINGENCY THEORIES. FOCUS: Emphasized the relationships among organizations' fea tures and their environments and objectives.

Organic rather than bureaucratic organizationa l structures being recommended for companies in very dynamic environments or involved in process rather than mass production are examples of this thinking. (Systems) 19905 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE. FOCUS: New emphases on structures of organizations to serve objectives of being flexible, responsive, efficient.

Strong emphasis on organizations that can adapt to rapidly changing environment Outsourcing of key functions adopted widely. (Adaptation!

organizations - of their times. Each of these orientations reflects a somewhat different emphasis on structures, the nature of people or the inclusion of a systems perspective.

In addition to the size and assumptions made about organ izations, over the course of this century, there have been marked changes in the types and roles of organizations in our communities. While big bus inesses grew, military, government and health care organizations grew even more rapidly.

In the last part of the century, we have seen the emergence of very large churches. The number of non-profit organizations, which were non-existent early in the century, has also grown rapidly. These organ izations are increasingly called upon to fill in the gaps previous ly covered by informal networks within communities.

Cath erin e A. Riordan is a professor of psycholo gy and director of management system s at UMR , Sh e al so is the co-author of the book Impression Management

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• • When 75 members of MSM's Class of 1949 returned to campus last June to commemorate the 50th ann iversary of thei r r-"-'~~~---. graduation, no ethnic minorities or women were among them. The Class of '49 was made up predominantly of white male veterans of World War II, who were getting their education through the G.I. Bill. At that time, minorities, particularly those of African American heritage, were denied access to MSM and all other public coll eges and l'el,-·aTh-o-m-pson-Aa-gg-·s..Y o universities in Missouri. Missouri laws prohibited racial integration in the classroom. The laws provided for separate - and theoretically equal rTIT"'--:~=-="'-::;::'-==" elementary, secondary and postsecondary educational opportunities for minorities, specifically for African Americans.

As members of the MSM Class of '49 entered the work force, social attitudes toward segregation were beginning to change. President Harry S. Truman 's integration of the Armed Forces in the 1940s changed our nation's view of equality and justice. But progress toward ~.",...~.,-;-,-.,.---,:;-.,..:;:~;o;! integration on other fronts was slow in coming.

In 1951, the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark .---T4:-:-=--r-...... Brown vs. the Topeka (Kan.) Board of Education decision accelerated raci al integration of Missouri's colleges and universities. Only two African American males attended MSM prior to 1955, and both left th e campus without achieving their goal of becoming engineers. Leila Thompson, CE'60, the first femal e African American to study at MSM, broke the color -"~"""'--"'---l' barrier when she became the first African American to graduate from MSM. Leila Thompson's perseverence and success demonstrated to other African Americans that they too could succeed at MSM. However, the hindrances were many. The lack of on-campus housing required minority and internationa l students to rent property from L -_ _ __ -_~~-' community landlords.

Unfortunately, most of the landlords who agreed to provide offcampus approved housing were not willing to rent their properties on a first-come, first-served basis. As a result, minority students were forced to accept substandard housing at premium rates. The situation became so severe that faculty, staff and friends of the international student population pooled resources to lease a residence at 8th and State streets as an "international house."

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Many townspeople were aware of the housing problems and other issues fac ing minorities. But because no one complained, nothing was done to correct these issues. That all began to change in 1963. That year, a white physics major experienced raci al discrimination on hi s way back from a summer job in the southwest. Very tan, thi s man was denied lodging by several Texas hotel clerks who assu med he was Native American. Back in Rolla, he and several professors established a committee on race relations. Thi s group eventually became the Rolla Advisory Committee on Race Rel ations.

By 1964, the number of African American students increased to about 1 percent of the student population. These students, all males, were scattered throughout Rolla and had no representation in student government. To create unity and a voice for the black campus community, 18 of these men fo rmed the Epsilon Psi Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. on April 27, 1965. Fraterni ty members' involvemen t resulted in a policy change at MSM-UMR that improved the off-campus housing situation. The change required all landlords wh o wished to list th eir property with the university to sign an affidavit certifying they would not discri minate aga inst students because of race, color, religi on, creed, or nationa l ori gin.

Changes in the composition of athletic teams helped to educate both coaches and players about the ills of society, and as they strugg led with these issues, change was steadi ly occurring on campus.

The community created other obstacles for African Americans. Barbers and beauticians refused to cut or treat their hair. Restau rants, motels and other businesses were off-li mits.

Today, th ese impediments, vestiges of the old Jim Crow laws, have been removed. The percepti on that minority students, particularly tho se of African American heritage, were unable to compete with the white majority was also dispell ed. And the color barrier that inhibited interracial membership in fraternities dissipated.

The increasing numbers of females created a new set of problems. The few African American females on campus found housing in private dwell ings. When one African American parent sought residence in the dormitory for his daughter, he discovered that MSM-UMR did not provide dormitory accommodations for female students. This bothered him and he asked for the university's help in finding a dwe lling fo r his daughter that was near campus. The fath er was very dark-skinned, and upon his departure, the univers ity officia l who was given the assignment of loca ting appropriate accommodations contacted me fo r assista nce. I identified a potential landlord and wa ited for his call. After cla sses had begun and I had not been contacted, I called to inquire about the young lady's enrollment. The university official told me that she had indeed enrolled and did not encounter any problems wi th housing. I obta ined her

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This young lady made life interesting. She openly dated both black and white students. Whenever her date's skin pigmentation was significantly different from hers, the campus police fe lt compelled to intervene. Thi s caused members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity to petition Chancellor Merl Baker to stop this dispa rate treatment.

Although campus support for African American students was not as strong as desired, the population of blacks increased nearly threefold, from 1.3 percent to 3.6 percent, between 1978 to 1981, while the total minority population remained relative ly constant (between 11.9 percent and 12.2 percent). Even whil e the minority student populations increased, the presence of nativeborn ethnic minorities in staff and faculty positions was almost nonexistent. A 1981 review by the Office of Civil Rights revealed that the campus' report to the U.S. Department of Education was inconsistent with the on-site campus demographic profile. In 1980, there were no African American faculty, and the onl y two African American professionals on staff were employed by the Minority Engineering Program. There has been some progress since then, but again it has been slow, as there were onl y five African American faculty, only one of whom was native-born, and four native-born professional staff members in the workforce

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during the 1997-1998 academic year. Even though these numbers are minuscule, the campus climate has improved significantly.

Many of us remember Ralph Ellison's novel The Invisible Man. This was truly the plight of ethnic minorities in campus life as depicted by Rollamo yearbooks and the MSM-UMR Alumnus.

Sports was the exception. Prior to 1985, minorities were very seldom shown in non-sports-related activities in these publications. But improvements in race relations were very evident among students when Sharon Warren, an African American female, was crowned Homecoming Queen in 1976 as the Alpha Phi Alpha candidate. Another important but subtle change is the gradual eradication of racially offensive behavior by the St. Pat's Board since it has been reconstituted as the St. Pat's Committee. (One of the committee's goals is to make St. Pat's more inclusive.) Ethnic minorities, especially those of African American descent, have not fully bought into this new phenomenon but in' recent years there have been more ethnic minorities present at St. Pat's celebration. Also, two African Americans have been made Honorary Knights of St. Patrick in the 1990s.

Yes, change has occurred, and it is unlikely that those who remember MSM or UMR as it was during their days on campus wou ld recognize the more supportive and inclusive climate that now exists. If you wish to enjoy a positive experience in multicultura lism, please come back to campus and personally observe how supportive we are of one another.

Lawrence C. George is the assistant to the chancellor for Affirmative Action.

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worl Defining the 10 most significant historymakers of the 20th century is a daunting task. One cou ld choose the 100 most influential people of the century and get a wide acceptance of the choices. But to choose only 10 requ ires a strong ego.

Because mine could be stronger, I solicited aid from colleagues in the department of history and political science.

Only two members submitted lists to me, the rest apparently believing that my ego was sufficiently strong to go it alone.

10. MAO TSE-TUNG ruled the most populous nation on earth for more than 20 years and added a new dimension to the Cold War. He waged civi l war against Chiang Kai-Shek before establishing communist control of Ch ina in 1949. Much to the surprise of U.S. diplomats, Mao ............"-.-.....~ sided with the Soviet Union during the 1950s, making it appear to many that communism was winning over the world. He continued to exert major influence through the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s before his death in 1976.

9. RACHEl CARSON wrote Silent Spring, which launched the worldwide envi ronmental movement. This little-known researcher expressed the horror about what human beings were doing to their environment.

8. SIGMUND FREUD , the father of modern psychology, revolutionized the way people thought about every aspect of life. There is no telling where the sexual revolution he inaugurated will go next.

7. HENRY FORD changed the way people lived by making the automobile affordable and reliable. Thanks to him, the car became the organizing principle for the growth of cities and

Professors Jack B. Rid ley and Larry D. Gragg agreed with me on six people who shou ld be on the list. For thre e of us to designate the same six names is encouraging. Discussions with my wife, Maxine, colleague Dona ld B. Oster, Marcia J. Ridley, Patricia Oster, Lance Williams and others helped me clarify my selections, but none of these individuals should be criticized for my 10 people. My ego is sufficient to withstand all of the criticism.

nations. The automobile revolution influenced nationa l economies, dating patterns, and every other aspect of life even religion, as Ca lifornia created drive-in churches.

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6. MOHANDAS GHANDI started the overthrow of colonialism. His civil disobedience movement won independence for India, influencing those who opposed colonia li sm acro ss the world. Ghandi directly influenced Ma rtin Luther King Jr and the civil rights movement in the United States.

5. PHYSICIST ALBERT EINSTEIN deserves recogn ition for opening science in new directions. To quote my colleague Larry Gragg, "His general theory of relativity changed the way we understand the universe."

4. As prime minister of Great Brita in, WINSTON CHURCHILL provided the leadership that made it possible for

Photo Source' Churchill, Winston Great Oesllny Sixty Yeats of the Memorable E\1!1lls in /he tJfeo! (he Manal the CenluryRecoonred In I-#s Own Incomparable Wonts Edited by FW Heath New York, 1962 Geldetman. Carol W HentyFord The WiylVoJrdDJpilalist New York. 1981 Gellman, Irwin F SeaetAffalfS FriJllklm Roosevelt. Cordell Hull, andSurrtlef J.1Ielles Maryland. 1995. Jones, Ernest SlflmundFrevd New YOlk, 1961 Krishna Murthy. Nad~ Mahatma GantIIr and Othet 1ofan)1:s of Incha MIS$Ollrl. 1948 Mao Tse-TlIOQ Selected Watts of Mao Tse-Tung New York., 1977 Peyson, lE:WIs The Young EInStein The AD\ten( of RelatMty England. 1985 Radlinskii. Edvard Stalm The First In-deplh Biogra/ilybasedon &plosive New Documents from Russias Secret AirhM!S Translated by H T Willeas. Ooubleday, NewYort:.l996 Von Mallitz. Horst The EKllu/ion ofHlllet's GertTliJt7y New York., 1973

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Elected president for four terms, Roosevelt exerted presidential power in new and exhila rating ways to get the United States through the most devastating depression in its history. He then played a key role in mobil izi ng the forces that withstood the threats of military dictatorship and oppression during World War II. His and others' visions of a better world provided the outline the great democracies have pursued since his death in 1945. A great plus for the world was his extraordinary wife, Eleanor, who contributed mightily to redefining the role of women in the world and to creating a standard for judgi ng human rights. Had I eleven choices, Eleanor wou ld have been one of them.

Except for Roosevelt being the most importa nt, the other numerical ra nkings have no significance.

Lawrence O. Christensen is a Distinguished Teaching Professor of history at UMR.

Ten great novels of the 20th century

By Elizabeth Cummins (cummins@umr.edu) [ realize this list looks clean and authoritative in print, but the pages of notes and printouts [ worked from were messy and jumbled and represented contlicting authorities.

Considerable controversy arose last year, when the Modern Library issued its list of the top [00 Eng[ishlanguage novels of the century. Counter lists appeared quickly in print and on Web sites, accompanied by discussions as to whether or not such lists should have been drawn up in the lirst place.

Aware of this controversy and sensitive to the I~lct that any list evaluating works of literature is inevitably shaped by the list-maker's sociocultura[ environment, [ want to be very clear about the parameters for the list [ offer here.

My goal was a list that balances the contributions of both women and men novelists of the 20th century and the contributions by novelists worldwide. [n other words, [ wanted to show that, to borrow a familiar British saying, "the sun never sets on the novel-writing wor[d."

Thoughts about the readers of this list also inlluenced me. What books, [ asked, are currently in print or available from public and academic libraries'?

What books will function as ways in to a larger number of books that tell stories in different ways, about different areas of the world, and different subjects'? [n a[phabetical order by author, [ offer the following great novels of the 20th century: Chinua Achebe, Thillgs Fall Apart, [958, Nigeria Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, [900, Poland/England Nadine Gordimer, July's People, 1981, South Africa Thomas Mann, The Magic Moulltaill, 1924, Germany Gabrie[ Garcia Marquez, Olle HUlldred Years of Solitude, 1967, Colombia Toni Morrison. Beloved. 1987. United States Bharati Mukherjee. Wife. 1975. India/Canada Marce[ Proust, Remembrallce of Thillgs Past.

1913-27, France Virginia Woolf. To The Lighthouse, 1927. England Yevgeny Zamiatin. We. 1920. Russia Elizabeth Cummins is 8 professor and former chair of English at UMR.

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By Mark Mull in (memull in@umr.edu) Listing the 50 greatest athl etes of thi s century is no easy tasL Ju st think about the number o f spo rts, and the number of athl etes in each who have amazed us w ith their feats and acco mpli shm ents. How do you co mpare athl etes from one sport to another, o r athl etes fro m o ne era to another?

It's difficult to not immediately focus on 50 athl etes fro m those sports that get the most medi a attenti on. To pick the 50 greatest players fro m the NFL, the NBA, and M aj or League Baseball would be a less dauntin g task than including sports w ithout such hi gh profil es. But o utstandin g indi viduals from less visible sports sho uld not be ignored.

What about Mark Spitz? Swimming certainl y does not get a great deal of media attention , yet who ca n do anythin g but marve l at the accomplishments of thi s man? Swimming is an intern ati o nal Ol ympi c sport that has been around fo r a long time. Spitz's perfo rm ance in the 1972 Olympics probabl y w ill never be equ aled . He earned seven go ld medals in seven events, and broke seven world record s in th e process .

Who can forget Nadi a Comeni ci's perfec tion as a gy mnas t, or Bjo rn Borg's or Martina Nav ratil ova's do minan ce in tenni s? Muh amm ad A li is

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1. THEODORE ROOSEVELT CLEANS UP COLLEGE FOOTBALl. Football as we know it today wo uld not exist had the president of the United States not taken action to clean up the game in December 1905.

Roosevelt's call for reforms led to the creation of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States - the forerunner of the NCAA. 2. EIGHT MEN OUT. As the Chicago White Sox prepared to play the Cincinnati Reds in the 1919 World Series. eight White Sox - including star "Shoeless" Joe Jackson - conspired to throw games in the series in exchange for money. The scandal led to the creation of the baseball commissioner's office. In one of his first rul ings. new commissioner Ke nnesaw Mountain Landis banned the eight from the game for life.

3. THE BABE IN NEW YORK. In December 1919, the Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees - and as the Roaring '20s began, baseball exploded. Ruth was the perfect medicine after the White Sox scandal threatened the integrity of the game. The Yankees, meanwhile, started a run of excellence that would not end until the mid-1960s.

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One of the greatest female athletes of all time has to be Jackie Joyner-Kersee. She is known for her world record s in the grueling seven-event heptathalon, but she accomplished more than that. She set an Olympic record in the long jump and held the American record in the 1DO-meter high hurdles . Along with her dominance in the track and fi eld arena, she was a starting basketball player at UCLA. I know I am rambling, but that 's the

Games. This marked the first time politics became a major player in international sports.

The Germans won more medals than any other nation at the '36 Games, but an African American named Jesse Owens stole the show - with fo ur Olympic records and two world records in the process - in track and field.

5, BASEBALL INTEGRATES. Like many outstanding black athletes of his time, Jackie Robinson was being shut out of professional sports.

That changed in 1947, when Robinson was brought up from the minor leagues to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Two yea rs later, he was the National League's most valuable player More importantl y, his success opened the doors for greater integration in sports.

6, CALIFORNIA, HERE WE COME. What happened after the 1957 baseball season should have been a warning for the future: any city's sports franchise was vulnerable. The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants moved to California. The Dodgers' move was perhaps the most disheartening ever Only the National

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I' ve li sted my SO greatest athletes as I see them at thi s moment. Tomorrow, th e SO could surely be different. We have been bl essed in our society to have witnessed some incredib le athleti c performances . There will be man y more to come.

One fi nal observati on: The li st is domin ated by the mal e athlete, as were athletic events throu ghout hi story.

With the inception of Title IX leg islat ion and the foc us on gender equity in recent years, wo men will become more prominent o n future li sts. Hav in g four daughters myself, I'm excited to see the co ntinuing developme nt of wo men's ath letics .

Football League's Cleveland Browns' departure to Baltimore in 1995 rivals that of the Dodgers'.

7. TV GETS INTO THE GAME, The Olympics were televised live for the first time in 1968.

Professional football, which had its first live television broadcast in 1958, exploded onto the scene thanks to the vision of new National Footba ll League Commissioner Pete Rozelle and the advent of the American Football League. With the proliferation of cable, sports can now be seen 24 hours a day.

8, THE CURT FLOOD CASE. Flood challenged baseball's reserve clause after refusing to accept a trade from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1969. The case reached the Supreme Court, which ruled against Flood. Nevertheless, this case sowed the seeds for free agency. In 1975, as the contracts of pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally expired, an arbitrator ruled that they were free to negotiate with any team.

Now, the four major professional leagues have some form of free agency.

9, THE GIRLS CAN PLAY TOO. The Title IX case goes back to 1972. when it became law

Mark Mullin is UMR's director of athletics and a former swimming coach.

that students could not be denied the chance to participate in an educational program or activity on the basis of gender Consequently, women's athletics have exploded in the 1980s.

By 1995, 2.4 million girls were participating in high school athletics nationwide, and more than 100,000 were playing at the Division I level in college. The results of Title IX showed in the 1990s with the success of woman athletes in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the victory by U.S. women's soccer team in the 1999 World Cup, and the development of a women's professional basketball league.

10, SHOW ME THE MONEY. Money has become the major player in all levels of sports.

Nike sponsors a major high school basketball tournament. Television rights to broadcast NCAA sporting events continue to rise . Pro players and coaches (and even some college coaches) earn incredible salaries.

Merchandising is a big money maker for teams at all levels. The commercial ization of the Olympics came under criticism after the Atlanta Games of 1996. In the end, the costs come back to the fans in terms of higher prices for tickets and sports merchandise.

John Kean is UMR's sports information director.

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By Lance Feyh (lfeyh@umr.edul

A popular ques tion to ponder used to be: " Wh at do you think life will be like in the year 2000?" One opinion was that computers mjght take over, as H AL did in the movie 2001 : A Space Odyssey, whi ch was released before most members of th e Class of 2000 were even born.

Now, as the Class of 2000 prepares for co llege graduation, much of the technology envisioned in 2001 has been eclipsed by smaller and smarter machin es. But members of the Class of 2000 don ' t feel like strangers in a strange land. They've known about thi s co mputer revolution everyone's suddenly talking about for mos t of their lives.

We are no longer li ving in the materi al world Madonna sang about in the eighties. We are li ving in an electronic world. Most of the interviews fo r thi s story were conducted by elecu'onic mail. UMR is co nn ec ted by a campus computer network that makes communicating with peers and professo rs a breeze for the Class of 2000.

Every member of the Class of 2000 who parti cipated in our e-mai l survey has a Web site in some stage of production. The same survey revealed th at the Class of 2000 has little time for television. But accordin g to th e smdents, the popularity of "gamjn g" on th e co mputer is at an all-time high. Students who parti cipated in the survey indicated that they spend up to 30 hours per week at their computers, playing games or surfin g th e Internet.

Kerri Bokath, 21, a management systems and economics major from Greendal e, Wi s., says she doesn ' t watch tel evision anymore. But Bokath , who plays on the UMR softball team and bel ongs to Gamma Beta Sigma sorority, does find time between commitments to surf the Net for about five hours per

week. "1 use it mostl y to check the Career Opportunities Center and the home pages of my c lasses," she says .

Ken Campbell , 2 1, a c ivil engineering major from Wa ynesville, Mo. , does n' t even own a TV. He reports that he spends 20-30 hours per week on th e Internet and call s Steve Jobs, the founder of App le and Macintosh co mputer co mpani es, the most influential person of the 20th century. C lass mate J. Cory Pettijohn pi cks Nelso n Mandela as the most important fi gure of the 20th century. The 23-year old from Springfield , Mo. , spend s less time on th e co mputer tha n most members of hi s class in favo r of readin g and plannjng travel-related adventures . A geo logical engineerin g major, he spent las t summer wo rkin g on a research project in South Afri ca and Na mibia.

Wh en asked to cite a trend that is cunentl y ev ident on cam pu s, Pettij ohn replied "conservati sm."

T he Class of 2000 is a relati vely co nserva tive group.

Cam pus research indicates th at, when compared to studi es at oth er uni versities, UMR stud ents are more co nser vati ve with regard to issues like drugs, sex uality and gun control. Nicholas Delcour, 22, an elecu'ical engineerin g majo r from Cuba, Mo. , enjoys alternati ve Illusic and mov ies li ke "Pulp Fi cti on." He mentions body piercing, tattoos and " reall y baggy clothes" as current trends on ca mpu s. Yet he 's a staunch supporter of th e co nservati ve eft"ort to protect citi zens' ri ght to ow n firearm s. Like the majority of the students who were interviewed and who responded to survey qu es ti ons, Delco ur says he didn ' t vote for Bill Clinton in 1996 and will co nsider vo tin g for George W. Bush in 2000 .

Stud ents have usuall y led the way when it co mes to detes tin g poli ticians, protesting wars, hu ggin g U'ees or demand ing eq ual ri ghts. But the ca uses fo r the C lass of (Continued on the next page)

CLASS OF 2000: Clockwise, from top left: Nicholas Delcour, 22, an electrical engineering major; Jeff Jones, 41, a management systems major; Mitzi Stepp, 40, a psychology major; Ken Campbell. 21 , a civil engineering major; Kerri Bokath, 21, a management systems and economics major. Not pictured: J. Cory Pettijohn. Photo by Bob Phelan/Photomasters MSM- UMR ALU MNUS t lVinler 1999

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UMR's freshmen: leaders of the pack How many of today 's UMR freshmen will become tomorrow 's civic and corporate leaders? If the demographics about the 1999 freshman class are any indication , chances are great that many from that class are ready to embrace the campus mission of "educating tomorrow 's leaders." About 41 percent of this year's freshmen were leaders in high school, involved as officers in everything from student government to science clubs, from athletic teams to debate teams. Thi s freshman class was also invol ved in student activities. Onl y 6 percent was not invol ved in any extracurricular activity during high school.

With more than 200 extracUlTicular activities, UMR offers plenty of opportunities for students to hone their leadership skills.

But leadership development at UMR invo lves more than extracurricular involvement.

UMR's Division of Student Affairs' Leadershi p Development Program, modeled after the corporate approach to leadership training, incorporates many of the elements found in those programs, such as mentoring and coaching, skill-based training, and personal development. With this twopronged approach, UMR is helping to prepare students for leadership success.

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2000 aren ' t as readily apparent. This crop of graduates isn' t talkin g about a revolution - unless you count the computer revolution - but that does n' t mean they don' t hold stron g opinions.

"I can ' t stand thi s idea that everyone has to have an opinion worth dying for about everything," says Campbell. Delcour, who is an officer candidate in the Air Force ROTC program on campus, is concerned that Ameri cans are lazy when it comes to taking res ponsibility for their behavior. "People need to suck it up and dri ve on ," he says.

Mitzi Stepp, 40, is one member of the Class of 2000 who knows the value of perseverance. Stepp, a single parent from Roll a, is pursuing a degree in psychology. "I received two scholarships from the psychology department, and for me it meant there are rewards for all th e hard work and that everything I' ve done hasn't gone unnoti ced," she says. After completin g her undergraduate degree at UMR, Stepp plans to pursue a graduate degree in social work.

Stepp and Jeff Jones, 41 , are removed from mu ch of their class, in that most of their classmates were born during the Carter administration or later.

But Jones, a management systems major from Edgar Springs, Mo., counts himself among the conservati ves in the Class of 2000. He is concerned about what he recogni zes to be erodin g va lues amon g Americans. "People just aren ' t very honest anymore," says Jones, who enrolled at UMR aft er retiring from the Arm y and sees the college ex perience as an opportunity that shouldn ' t be taken for granted. "Everyone seems to be out to get what they can at the ex pense of others. The sense of community and country is almost nonex istent."

Bokath, th e 2 1-year-old dual major from Wi sconsin, is also concerned about a general lack of unity and call s for more invol vement on campus. "I am reall y proud that I will be getting my deg rees from Rolla," she says.

"We should all be proud to be associated with UMR." Although it would be easy to bl ame computers for any feelings of ali enation found within the Class of 2000, machines don' t appear to be responsible for the lac k of school spirit some students report. UMR is kn own more fo r its academic reputati on than its social environment, but most students here are invo lved in time-consuming ex tracurri cul ar acti vities .

The perceived detachment may have more to do with the lac k of trust mention ed by Jones than the amount of time students are spending online.

Jones says people are ex posed to an ever-increasing am ount of info rm ation on a dail y bas is, and "as consum ers of all thi s informati on, we sometim es become very cauti ous or cy nical.'¡ There are de finitely co mplex pro blems associated with li ving in an e lectroni c world. And unlike th e characters in 200]: A Space Odyssey, we don' t have a mys teri ous monolith to prompt our intell ec tual awakenin gs.

The job of leading us into thi s brave new world won' t fall to a monolith or a super computer. That task will be left largely to the likes of the Class of 2000.

Wh en asked for her definiti on of creati vity, one member of th e Class of 2000 said , "Creativity is th e ability to solve problems th at have no defi nite answers." If we accept thi s definiti on, then Class of 2000 graduates are go ing to have to be very crea tive when it co mes to meetin g th e challenges o f a new mill ennium.

If the ir coll ecti ve approach to solving the co mpl ex problems assoc iated with earnin g a UMR degree is any indi ca ti on, they ' ll do just fin e.

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Santi and hi s team are workin g with th e Misso uri and Colorado departme nts of transportati on to test the wick method in areas whe re ground movement might affect high way constructi on. It has been tes ted along Inte rstate 70 nea r Boo nville, M o., and on 1-229 near St. Joseph , Mo. " We have used w ic k technology in several location s in Colorado as well , whe re the spring snows saturate the ground."

Santi 's researc h is sponso red by the National Academ y of Sci ences' Transportation Research Board.

In th e pas t the project has received fundin g from th e University of Mi ssouri Research Boa rd a nd the MSM UMR Appleyard Fund.

Landslides can wreak havoc to highways, bridges, houses and other structures, and repairing the damage from a landslide can cos t millions of dollars. UMR 's Paul M. Santi hopes to put a stop to landslides by developing a method to channel excess moi sture from hill s or mountains near popul ated areas .

"Wet soil is not as stron g as dry so il , and the more water yo u have, the more likely the soil is to start moving," says Santi (p ictured above). He leads a team of UMR researchers th at is tes tin g ways to re move water from land scapes before it damages and weakens the soil. The researchers ' process in vo lves loading steel pipes with a mes h-fabric wick mate rial , whic h serves as a filter for rock , sand , mud or other de bri s. The pipes then are pushed hori zontall y into the so il w ith a crane or a bulldozer. "We have pushed about 80 feet of pipe into the ground, but with more stout equipme nt, yo u co uld push up to 150 feet of pipe," Santi say s. " You can go furth er."

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to be held include the annu al stee l bridge- building co mpetiti on (which the UMR tea m wo n last year) and the co ncrete ca noe co ntes t. A ba nqu et w ill be held on Apri l 28 . Alumni are welcome to atte nd all events, but reservati ons for the banque t are req uired. For mo re inform at ion, check o ut the confere nce Web site (www. umr. edu/- regio nalJ) or se nd a n e- mail message to umrasce@ unU'. edu.

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Professor's book is century's Ulast hand-made" James Bogan's new book, Ozark Meandering, was printed the old-fashioned way - handset - and the publishing work took five years to complete. Bogan, a Distinguished Teaching Professor of art history and film, likes to call it the frlast hand-made book of the 20th century."

The collection of poetry and prose which was printed by letter press and hand bound - is now ava il able through Timberline Press of Fu lton , M o. Like the spring-fed streams th at w ind through M isso uri , everythin g abo ut th e creation of Ozark Meandering moved at a deliberate pace.

Bogan started writing the book in 1969 . Hi s experi ences since then , encompass ing 30 years of li fe in and out of the Ozarks , are di stilled into 100 pages or so. The pages of the book aren' t numbered.

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M organ from a block of local walnut. Inside, Clarence Wol fs hohl of Timberli ne Press, uses four colors to enhance the look of th e poems, stori es and graph ics. A map of "Bogan 's O zarks ," created by Phillip Streamer, a grap hics specialist from the Missouri Department of N atural R esources, is also included.

The initi al handset printing of Ozark Meandering is li mited to 400 copies , w hi ch are priced at $ 15 each.

Bogan has also published an earli er book of poetry, Trees in the Same Forest (Cauldro n Press, 1976) . In 1982, he coedi ted a coll ecti o n of writings about William Blake, Sparks of Fire: Blake in a New A ge (North Atlantic Books) . Other works

by Bogan include the films T-Shirt Cantata and Tom Benton 's Missouri, Wllich was co-prod uced w ith Frank F illo of the University of M isso uri System . Bogan currently is at work o n Th e Adventures of rh e Amazon Queen , a poetic documentary about boats in Brazil.

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The agreement will promote what Keyva n calls th e " virtual recruitme nt" of nuc lear e ng ineeri ng

stude nts at UMR and othe r uni versities. Although co ll ege offi cials te nd to thi nk of recruitment as a com petiti ve process, "thi s kind of instructi on all ows for co ll aborati ve recruitment," she says .

In 1996, Keyva n started writin g Fundall1 entals oj Nuclea r Technology as a suppl e me ntal Inte rn e t so urce of information fo r he r stude nts. Last sprin g, she used th e fac iliti es at UMR 's Instructional Softwa re Develop me nt Center to produ ce interacti ve CDs of th e boo k.

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still don ' t uti li ze them enough ," Keyvan says. "Throug h inte racti ve CDs, we can adapt to stude nts' learnin g styles. The re is a lot of potential to go beyond typical classroom in stru cti o n."

North Texas is usin g Keyva n's e- boo k to train e mpl oyees of utility co mpa ni es . Mo re informat ion about Keyvan 's inte rac ti ve tex tbook ca n be found at he r Web site: www.umr.ed u/- keyvan.

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Solar team finishes World Solar Car Challenge UMR 's Solar M iner IT completed the World Solar Car Chall enge in Australia Sunday, Oct. 24, fini shing in 22nd place out of 40 vehicles A night on the road. overall and in third place among vehicl es in its category.

The car crossed the finish line in Adelaide, Australia, at II :55 a.m.

Sunday, accordin g to reports from the UMR Solar Car Team.

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Parents, TA of the year Norma and Joseph Gettinger of Ste. Genevieve, Mo. , were honored as the 1999 Parents of the Year by the UMR Parents' A ssociation during UMR Family D ay, Oct. 23. A lso during Family Day, the Parents' Association honored Brian Raines of Rol la with th e 1999 Outstanding Graduate Teaching A ss istant Award.

civil and environmental engineering at the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH), began his new duties as chair of civil engineering at UMR on Aug 23.

Schonberg replaces interim chair Paul Munger, CE'58,'61, who served after Thomas Petry, CE'67, stepped down to return to teach ing and research.

A member of the UAH faculty from 1986 to 1999, Schonberg began his career in the mechanical engineering department. He was named chair of civil and environmental engineering in September 1995.

Schonberg holds a bachelor's degree in civil eng ineering from Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., and master's and Ph.D. degrees in civi l eng ineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, III. Schonberg's research in the areas of shock physics, hypervelocity impact and penetration mechanics have been applied to a variety of engineering problems. They include the development of orb ital debris-protection systems for low-earth orbiting spacecraft, such as the International Space Station.

Switzer named Professor of Discovery Jay Switzer, at right, an expert in the field of "nanoscale" materials science, has been named Professor of Discovery at UMR. The professorship - The Donald L. Castleman/ Foundation for Chemical Research Missouri Endowed Professorship of Discovery in Chemistry - was created to attract a researcher of international stature in the field of chemistry to UMR. Switzer, who has been at UMR since 1990, is known for his work in the area of inorganic materials chemistry. He recently published a paper on the electrodeposition of ceramic single crystals in Science (April 19991 The appointment, which began Sept. 1, allows Switzer to focus on his research into the electrodeposition of single crystals and nanometer-scale architectures. Scientists like Switzer study structures measured in bill ionths of meters because the smallsized materials posses unusual properties that, when understood, lead to advances in laser technology, optica l communications, electronic systems and superconducters.

Rolla businessman , civic leader and philanthropist Donald L. Castleman and FCR established the endowed professorship through a $550,000 gih to UMR. The state of Missouri also provides funds through the Missouri Endowed Cha ir and Professorship Program Combined with state support, the professorship will provide income eq,uivalent to a $1 .1 million endowment.

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Miners, Lady Miners hope to move up MIAA ladder The Miner basketball team has had back-to-back 12-15 seasons, and the Lady Miners have been below .500 for three straight years. The teams hope to get back to their winning ways th is season.

The men's team has six returning lettermen for the upcoming year, including Scott Holly and Kevin Robertson, their two double-figure scorers from last season. Holly, a secondteam AII-MIAA performer last year, averaged 15 points and five rebounds per game. Robertson averaged 10 points per game last year and shot better than 40 percent from behind the three-point line.

UMR's other returners include Doug Call, who scored better than eight points a game in the low post as a freshman; Ben Jordan, an athletic forward who figures to see more playing time as a sophomore; Jeff Yoder, a 6-9 sen ior center who scored close to nine points a game last year; and Jace Turnbu ll, who will also look to gain more floor time this season.

In addition, four newcomers figure to make an immediate impact The top newcomer is Eric Harris, a 6-4 forward who transferred to UMR from Pasco-Hernando Community College in Florida. The Miners also added three guards in this recruiting class: Junior college transfers Ben Wood and Kasim Withers, and freshman Will Partin.

The Lady Miners also return six players from a year ago.

The top returner is sophomore forward Janel McNeal, who was named the MIAA's "Freshman of the Year" in 1998-99 after averaging 15.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. She was the only UMR player to average in double figu res last season.

McNeal is joined this year by sister Dion McNeal, one of four newcomers. A top player in the St Louis area last season, the younger McNea l joins two other St Louis area players, forwards Christy Lane and Sonya Blankenship, and a 6-3 center from Wisconsin, Leah Kessenich. Returning Lady Miners include forward Jackie Kelble, the second-leading scorer last season with nine points a game, and guards Amy Milliken, Sarah Badsky, Eriaka Phillips, Jamie Schroetl in and Amber Vogt, who was redsh irted last winter.

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UMR running back Andy Singleton of Rolla was selected as "College Football Scholar-Athlete" by the Burger King Corp The corporation honors student-athletes for their contributions in athletics, academics and the community With this award, UMR received a $10,000 scholarship in Singleton's name to the university's general scholarship fund. Singleton was recognized during halftime of the Miners' Oct. 23 game against Southwest Baptist University.

Swimmers look for fourth straight Top 10 finish The Miner swimming team heads into the 1999-2000 campaign with hopes to attain a first in the program's historyfour consecutive finishes among the top 10 teams in NCAA Division II. Based on the quality of returning swimmers from last year's team, the chances of reach ing that goal look good. The Miners return 11 of their 13 All-America performers from last season and add three newcomers who could contend for national berths.

Among the top returners are Mark Finley, who won AIIAmerica honors in five events as a freshma n last season; Tom Beccue, who has been an All-America performer over the past three seasons; Steve Caruso, who was among the top national finishers in three individua l events in 1999; and Matt Scott, who finished among the top eight in the 200-yard butterfly and among the next eight in two other events. The Miners also return Bruno Am izic, Dave Bellevil le, VanJa Dezel ic, Jeremy Evans, Josh Jol ly, Kris Leftwich and David Nurre, al l of whom won All-America honors last season. Three other return ing swimmers - Eric Carter, Phil Heller and Jeff Raggett - could reach the nationa l qualifying times. The three newcomers - Mike Lach, Ben Karstens and Sean Garceau - have competed at junior nationals during their swimming careers.

Top academic teams include women's basketball, track teams Three teams from UMR ranked among the nation's best during the 1998-99 academic year for their work in the classroom.

The women's basketball team posted the thi rd-best grade point average in NCAA Division II last yea r. For that 3.58 GPA, the team was honored by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

The men's and women's track teams were honored by the United States Track Coaches Association for their academic 36

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One of the Lady Miners, Jackie Kelble, won an individua l allacademic award from the UTSCA. She finished sixth at the 1999 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in the javelin throw.

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MINER SCHEDULE Winter sports schedules (A ll li mes Central) (For a complete schedule, see www.umr.edu/-sports)

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Janice (Hierholzer) Lewenczuk (EE'83). a member of the first women's cross country team at UMR, Lewenczuk qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships during the 1982 season - the only season in which she competed in the sport. During the year, Lewenczuk won the Washington University Invitational and posted finishes of third at th e MIAA Championships, eighth at the NCAA regional meet and 40th at the national meet. She is a homemaker who also works in computer engineering in Iowa City, Iowa.

Bruce Roney (EMgt'78), a stand out golfer for the Miners in the late 1970s. A four-year letterman on th e Miner golf team, Roney won honorable mention All-America honors in 1977 and 1978. He was also a two-time medalist at the MIAA Golf Championships (1975 and 1978) and earn ed all-league honors in all four years he competed at UMR. Ron ey is currentl y the district sales manager for Premier Refractori es International in Independence, Mo.

1975-76 Men's Basketball Team: Thi s team was the first basketball team at the university to win a confe rence championship in its sport. Th e Miners finished the season with an 18-9 record overall and 10-2 in the MIAA setting records for wins in th e process. Thi s squad al so earned a berth to the NCAA Division II Tournament, where it played in a regional held at Nicholls State Un iversity in Thibdoaux, La.

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Check it out at www.umr.edu/alumni/ nominate_board.html and www.umr.edu/alumni/ nominate award.html.

Or fe el free to e-mai l us at alumni@umr.edu or cal l us at (573) 341-4145 to request a nomination form .

In May, seven engineers fro m th e C lass o f ' 42 enj oyed a week at the Grove Par k Inn Resort located in Ashev ill e, N.C. Thi s was anoth er exotic week of a yearl y ritu al that began in 1988. Show n here on an evening out are (left to ri g ht) Bob and Dori s Po hl , Brac k and Cay Brack bill , Kent M artin and Jun e Mo ult, Hal Krueger and Jewe ll Les ieur, Oscar and Ruth Muskopf, Verno n McGhee, and Cath erine and Bill Busch. (Submitted by O scar Mu skopf ' 42)

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MSM-UMR Alumni Association Mission and Goals MISSION The association will proactively strive to create an environment - embodying communication with and participation by MSM·UMR alumni and friends - to foster strong loyalty to UMR and growth of th e association. The association will increase its financial strength as well as provide aid and support to deserving students, faculty, and alumni friends .

GOALS • Improve communication with and expand the involvement of alumni - especially recent graduates and current students.

• Increase financial resources of the association and the university.

• Strengthen alumni section activity.

• Increase volunteer support to the university and its students.

• Provide a vehicle for coordination with various alumni organiza tions.

The officers and other members of the association's board of direc to rs provide leadership and actual participation to achieve these goals and fulfill th is mission.

For their efforts to be a success, they need YOUR active participation as well, in whatever alumni activities you choose.

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Min ers attendin g included: Perry '59 and Ann Allison, Lu '59 and Sanu ny Bolon, Dick '58 and Jeanne Boyell, Don Dowling '51, Bill '60 and Celia Engelha rdt, Roger '57 and Mari lyn Few'le l; Ed and Jo Mc Phe rson, Va l '57 and Sa lly Gribble, TOII7 '57 and Grell Herrick, Bill '58 and Penney Hi ll, Jim Lemon '63, John McCarrhy '55, Don '57 and Ma ry McGove rn, Ed and Jo Mc Pherson, Roy Sharp '6J, Pau l '58 and Jan Singel; John '62 and Cela Sullivan, Newlon '59 and Marilyn Wells, Hugh '58 and Judy Wi lson, and Jerry and Pal Dorlac.

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Three generations of MSM-UMR women revisit campus!

Sarah Eyerm ann, a new fres hman ph ys ics maj or at UMR thi s year, poses with her mo th er Jeanne Raines (right) who attended UMR in psychology in 1971-72, and her grandmo ther Rometa Mc Dowell Murphy, who attend ed MSM- UMR in chemi cal engineerin g in 1946-47. Sarah's grandfath er Willi am Raines also attended MSM -UMR in mec hanical eng ineering in 1946-47 , and her fa ther studi ed e lectri ca l engineerin g, earnin g hi s B.S. degree in 1972 . Uncl e Thomas Eyerm ann also gradu ated in 1972 w ith a deg ree in geo logy/geophys ics .

Mining engineering scholarship recipients say thank you!

These sc holars hip recipients posed with de partment chairm an Jo hn Wil son, center, at th e annu al minin g engineerin g departm ent barbecue to say " th ank yo u fo r yo ur support." They are, left to ri g ht: Lori Do uglas, who received th e Thor Gje lsteen Scholarship, and Robert D ye Scho lars Larry Leo ne, M ichell e John so n and Co nni e Meyers. Other minin g engineerin g scholarship recipi ents not pi ctured are M atth ew Hinson, a Thor Gj e lsteen Scholar, and Ronald Ed ward s, a Robert D ye Scholar.

Association Members: Financial Services Benefit Available You can obta in money market account services and certifica tes of deposit at a competitive rate and help your alumni association at the same time. If you are interested in these financial services, please contact Lindsay Bagnall at the alumni office (573) 341-6327 for more information .

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MEMBER BENEFITS As alumni of MSM-UMR. you are automatically a member of the Alumni Association and are entitled to:

Travel Tours: Cruises and Tours that span the globe - 8trips currently offered.

See Traveling with the Miners on page 41for more details.

MSM-UMR: chairs, lamps, watches, rings, pendants, Platinum/Gold MasterCard, License plates for Missouri residents only

Career Assistance: UMR's Career Opportunity Center will help you in your job search!

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St. Pat's 2000 is off to a great start already, and will prove to be a spectacle th at you wo n' t want to miss . The impl ementati on of many new and entertaining innovati ons wi ll add to the excitement thi s year.

Thi s year 's parade theme is " Vi va Las Vegas ." After the parade, co me to th e new ly rev ived informal kni ghting ceremony. There you will be ab le to try yo ur lu ck at the carni val ga mes, show your support fo r your favo rite organi zation, or even win free stuff from Y I 07 (J efferso n City), whi ch will be broadcasting li ve.

And don ' t fo rget Gon zo and Games . The additi on of more wi ld and crazy game, live music, and beverages at Gonzo wi ll ri val yo ur time at Follies.

At the Formal Knighting Ceremony you will see St. Pat and his Court dub th e honorary kni ghts that we have all grown to love. Also yo u can see the pres ti gious crow ning of the Queen of Love and Beauty. Af terward s, bask in th e reve lry of th e Coronation Ball , where you can dan ce the ni ght away. There will be li ve music and a cas h bar.

If by chance you are a St. Pat's board or committee alumnu s, make sure to attend the St. Pats Alumni Reuni on held by M ark Bruno, the ow ner of Bruno's Restaurant and Bar. Mark Bruno may be contacted via e-mail at mark @brunos-restauranLcom.

Before yo u co me bac k to Rolla thi s year be sure to order your Offi cia l St. Pat ' Merchandise. Then yo u will be ab le to show up at Roll a in style for St. Par's 2000.

All of the new and exciting events go ing on thi s year will bring out th e Green in anybody. However, if you ca n't make it to Roll a, the onl y green yo u' ll turn is green with envy after hearing of St. Pat's 2000, "THE BEST EVER." For more information and to reg ister onllne go to www.u mr. edu/-s tpats.

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Alumni Association Services: Access to Alumni Office via e-mail lalumni@umr.edul.

Alumni locator service to help you find lost friends.

Address update service so you don't miss your MSM-UMR mail.

To take advantage of these offers, contact the Alumni Office: MSM-UMR Alumni Association Castleman Hall University of Missouri-Rolla 1870 Miner Circle Rolla MO 65409-0650 phone: 15731341-4145 FAX: 19781926-7986 e-mail: alumni@umr.edu www.umr.edu/alumni

Don't forget to stop by the alumni office on Saturday morning between 8 and 10 a.m. on March 18, 2000, for a pre-parade reception! Cash bar with bloody Marys, mimosas and of course, green beer, will be available, as well as sweet rolls and coffee. Local alumni from the Central Ozarks Section will be on hand to greet you. Meet up with your friends and enjoy the parade together!

GET YOUR GREEN ORDER FORM NUMBER SIZE NAME _____________________________

Youth (smalll Youth (mediuml Small Medium Large X-Large XX-Large S"''''Ed,'''' Special Edition (LI Special Edition (XLI Special Edition (XXLI Shirts sized Youth S-M are $15 each, S-XL are $25 each, and XXL shirts are $26.

Special Edition L-XL are $30, XXL are $31 .

Please include $5.50 for shipping and handling.

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Please send this form and your paymen t to: University Book and Supply LLC, 1735 North Bishop Ave, Rolla MO 65401 .

For more information or to place a credit card order call 1-800-617-6750 or (573) 368-5578; or fax this form to (573) 368-5544. You can also contact the bookstore via e-mail at chrisco@fidnetcom.

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Jan. 25,2000 St. Louis Section Campus Speakers Section Meeting Engineers' Club, St. Louis Kris Scholl (314) 776-0463 kcscho ll@msn.com

Feb. 5, 2000 Air Capital Section UMR Basketball game at Emporia State (316) 773 -3149 jegoethe@aoi.com

Feb. 27,2000 Houston Section Hockey Game Houston, Texas Wayne Andreas (281) 324-1485

The MSM-UMR Traveling Miners tour program is expanding this yea r. to give alumn i and friends more options and more fun. In addition to repeat tours to some of the most popular desti nations. the Travel ing Miners will finally have a chance to visit London. Spain and the south of France . One of these tours is sure to have you pulling out you r passport!

Sail Around the Horn NCL's Norwegian Crown wi ll take you to Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, where you will discover the Falkland Islands, cruise the Strait of Magellan, the glacial fjords of Chile, and see Patagonia, the last great wild place, during your cruise around Cape Horn.

Winter 1999/2000, from $2,949.

Passion Play 2000/The Magical Blue Danube Glide past the Danube's storybook scenery whi le you visit Vienna, Hungary, Budapest.

Kaloska, Esztergom, Bratislava, Melk, Grein and Durnstein, with an option to also see the Passion Play 2000, a once-in-a·lifetime chance l June/July 2000, from $2799.

Feb. 29,2000

Cruise the Caribbean

SME Annual Meeting Alumni Reception

The five-star deluxe ms Ryndam from the Holland America Line will be your base for this fabulous tour of the Western Caribbean, including stops at Half Moon Cay, Grand Cayman, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Key West and Fort Lauderdale. January 2000, from $1149.

Doubletree Hotel 255 Southwest Temple Salt Lake City, Utah Alumni Office, (573) 341-4145 alumni@umr.edu

Discover Sunny Spain Visit Madrid, La Costa del Sol, Gibraltar, Toledo and Sevi lle, and discover the beauty of Spain. May 2000, from $1579.

March 4, 2000 Miner Music Alumni Section 2 p.m.

Choir Room, Castleman Hall Tom Rogge (636) 256-7818, rogge@cdmnet.com

March 18 Central Ozarks Alumni Section St. Pat's Recepti on 8-10 a.m.

Castleman Hal l Lobby J. Randy Verkamp, (573) 265·7141

TBO St. Louis Section Ambush Soccer Game Jennifer Suttmoeller (314) 846-6535 suttdjjmss@postnet.com

TBO Central Ozarks Section Champagne Brunch Fort Wood Merrill Stevens (573) 341·6936 stevensm@umr.edu

Scandinavian and Russian Delights Scenic and historic parts of the world will open to you on this tou r of Norway (Oslo, Li llehammer and a cruise through the Fjords). Sweden (Stockholm). Finland (Helsinki), and Russia (St. Petersburg). May 2000, from $2289.

Back by Popular Demand - Alaska Cruise Cruise the exquisite scenery of Alaska aboard Holland America's ms Ryndham, with ports of call at College Fjord, Hubbard Glacier, Juneau, Ketchikan, Seward, Sitka, Valdez, and Vancouver, B.C. June/July 2000, from $1879.

London - a Feast of History and Beauty See for yourself the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, the fabulous Crown Jewels, Parliament and "Big Ben, " and the Tower of London. Enjoy tea at Harrod's, shop on Bond Street. visit pubs . you're bound to fall in love with London.

August 2000, from $1149.

Ahhh, the South of France Charming and picturesque Provence immerses you in a profusion of color and fragrance find out what everyone's been raving about ! The delights of the French Riviera await you in this oasis of color at the edge of the sparkling Mediterranean.

September/ October 2000, from $1179.

For more informati on about th ese tours. ple ase contact lynn Stich note in the Alumn i OHice. by phone at (573) 341-4145. by fax at (978) 926-7986. or bye-mai l at alumni@umr.edu .

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Section News Ark-La- Tex alumni and guests with the the "Ark-La- Tex

A day at the races for Ark-La-Tex Section Jerry Poland, 400 Wain Drive, Longview, TX 75604,903-297-8933 On Saturday, July 24,1999,39 members and guests of the Ark-La-Tex Section congregated at Louisiana Downs Racetrack in Bossier City, La. The Sky Room, which featured unlimited food and refreshment, was a wonderfu l area to view the 10 races.

The second race was named the "Ark-La-Tex MSM-UMR Derby." We presented a trophy in the winner's circle to the winning jockey and owner.

This is the third consecutive year the Section has attended the races. As usual there was good news and bad news. We felt lucky if we just broke even for the day.

This is a great outing for fun and fellowship. "Raceday" will continue to be an annual event.

Between two of the races, President Jerry Poland '82, held a short business meeting . Scholarship Chairperson Beth Cochran introduced the section's scholarship winner, John Cochran (no relation). John is from Rayville, La ., and will enter UMR this fall majoring in ceramic engineering. President Poland announced our next Section activity for Oct. 23, 1999, in Longview, Texas. This gathering will be our 5th annua l Cajun turkey fry. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned, and the group went back to making money the old-fashioned way - "winning in Those attending included : John Livingston '39, Elmond Claridge '39, Clydelle Compton, Loretta Mascari, Gene '62 and Judy Rand, Walt Mulyca '65, Ernie 70 and Gerri Green, Jerry '82 and Tammi Poland, Kenny '83 and Beth Cochran, Joe Swan '86, Keith Brooks '97, Louise Patton, Ken and Mary Bulin, Dennis Watkins, Michael Morriss, Loretta Ann Mascari, Glenna Mascari, Dennis and Peggy Boykin, Pete and Terry Koch, Barry and Eldine Mason, Jeff and Debbie Osborn, Bob and Lauri Kennealy, Lorrain and William Robertson, Dana Kennealy, Ricky Harrington, John Cochran.

Air Capital Section night at the ballpark Section President Christy Hargrove '96 9000 East Lincoln, Apt. 1308, Wichita, KS 67207 On Saturday, August 21, 1999, Wichita's Air Ca pi tal Section met to watch the Wichita Wrangl ers battl e th e San An tonio Missions in Texas League basebal l action. While the home team los t the game, 14 MSM¡ UMR alumni and th eir famili es enjoyed a night of mi nor league baseball, fireworks and great in-game promotion s that on ly minor league baseball can offer. One al um, who sha ll remain anonymous, was spotted running between th ird and home wearing flippers, floaties, goggles and carrying a la rge beach ball over his head while raci ng another fan during the Flipper Foll ies.

Those attendi ng incl uded : Tony '98 and Laura '99 (Bandy) McLaughlin, Paul Woodruff 77 and family, Melissa '96 (Schahuber) and David Herberger, Jennifer'97 (Graham) and Joseph Rateliff and family, Kirk Peterson '95, Jayson Morand '95, Maria Moore '94, Sean Daly '96, Jarrod Grant '98, Paul '87 and Susan '88 Shearrer, Derek Hillstrom '97, Matthe w Houser '97 and John Goethe '92

Deadlines for upcoming issues of the MSM-UMR Alumnus are:

Spring 2000 deadline: Jan. 1, 2000 Summer 2000 deadline: April 2, 2000 Fall 2000 deadline: Aug . 1, 2000

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The Chicago Alumni Section hosted a picnic for prospective students, new freshman to UMR and local alumni on Saturday, July 31, 1999, at the Oswego, IlL, home of Bob Wilson '62. Although turnout was small. the interaction with the four prospective students who attended was very positive - four more hot prospects for the FS2000 freshman class at UMR! Those attending included: Olisa Ojeh, Nels Paulson, Steve Nachowicz and Geoff Reedy, Oeirk '85 and Maria '85 Feiner and Bob Wilson '62 as well as family members of the prospective students.

Houston Section / Petroleum Engineering (SPE) career fairs During January 1999, the UMR petroleum engineering department joined with the Houston Alumni Section to participate in five high school "Career Night" programs, sponsored by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). Daopu Numbere, chairman of UMR's petroleum engineering department, discussed the excellent opportunities for undergraduate and graduate petroleum studies, as well as developmental experiences such as summer jobs, internships, and research projects, with prospective petroleum engineers and their parents. Houston UMR alumni, from various operating and service/supplier companies, provided a career viewpoint to the prospective students, passed out information on UMR and the petroleum industry, and discussed specific programs for academic study and professional career choices.

Alums attending included: Rex Alford '40, Mark Dieckmann '82, '88, Curt Killinger 73, '80, Gerritt Leeftink '98, Ed May '83, '95, Paul Majors '96, Jim Paul '43, Kevin Renfro '85, and Curtis Smith '97 (Submitted by J. Curtis Killinger 73, '80)

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Dallas/Fort Worth Section summer "splash" Warren Unk 1507 Hayfield Drive Plano, TX 75025 972-881·9319 Warren Unk's home in Plano, Texas, was the location for the Dallas/ Ft. Worth Section annual summer event. Fourteen adults and five children enjoyed sun and water. Activities included swimming, water volleyball, barbecuing, and beer drinking, of course. Harold Straub, who graduated in 1949, was the "senior" alumnus present.

Those sharing the summer fun were: Robert '96 and Laura McKee, Joel Brand '86, Glenn '84 and Mindy '84 Brand, Jim '67 and Diane Scanlan, James Munsey '94, Harold '49 and Rosemary Straub, Betty (Ellsworth) '80 and Steve Ungerman, Warren Unk '91 and Julie Peterson.

Middle Tennessee alumni and solar car team with Solar Miner II.

Solar Car Team visits newest alumn i section, Middle Tennessee MSM-UMR alumni from the Nashville and Middle Tennessee area met on Aug . 1 at Long Hunter State Park in Nashville for a picnic supper to kick off the new Middle Tennessee Alumni Section. Don and Nancy Brackhahn brought news from Rolla and the alumni association, as well as fun door prizes.

Our special treat was a visit by UMR Solar Car Team members Paul Hirtz, Or. Rob Stone, and John Tyler. The Sunrayce 99 winning car, Solar Miner II, was there for all to admire.

Those attending included : Dean and Lieve (Cocquyt) Schanno '85 '87, Eddie Doss '80, Gale Link, Mike Baysinger '96, Kerry '91 '93 and Lorna (Heavin) Martin '98, Kevin '97 and Sherry Connors, Matthew Connors, Jeff Reinkemeyer '90, Mark 71 and Celia Goldstein, Christina (Duker) Cook '95, Blake '81 and Laura (Plyler) Silkwood '82

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.Section News

St. Louis Section night at the ballpark

St. Louis Section annual golf tournament Section President Kelly Thomas '91 , 837 Glendower Drive, Kirkwood, MO 63122 The St. Louis Section held their annual golf tournament Saturday, July 24, 1999, at New Melle Lakes golf course. A total of 76 golfers participated in this event organized by Chairman Phil Jozwiak '66. Despite hot weather, a good time was had by all, and over $400 was raised for the St. Louis Section Endowed Scholarship fund .

Winners included: "A" Flight: 1st place team of Bob Breen, Mike Tempe, Skip Stone and Jim Mitan with a 13 under par, net 58; in second place with a 12 under par, net 59, was Mike Hurst. Mike Castro, Mike Uhrig and John Stork. .

In the " 8 " Flight, 1st place went to Barb Shaw, Brett Felton, Milt Murray and Nell Smith who sho t a 4 under par, net 67; Bryan Cassity, Jack Cassity, Ray Green and Mike Hutchison garnered 2nd place honors with a 4 under par, net 67.

Sharpshooters winning "closest to the pin " were Mike Castro, Kregg Kraus, Doug Worley, Neil Smith and Brett Felton. Skins winners were Phil Jozwiak, Keith Jozwiak, Marc Thoma s, Chris Lotz, Bob Breen, Mike Tempe, Skip Stone, Jim Mitan, Bill Vo ndera, Jim Engelhard, Tim Schmidt and Doug Worley.

Thos e attending included : Phil Jozwiak '66, Randy Dreiling '81, Jim Van Buren '63, John Lodderhose '79 '92, Marc Thomas '92, Tom Ellis '7S, Ron Jagels '89, Milt Murry '64 '80, Gene Faenger '6S, Andy Tayson '80, Paul Conant '79, Bill Clarke '74 '79, Len Kirberg '66, Bill Vondera '88, Jim Engelhard '89, Scott Roddy '8S, Christina Sfreddo '94, Julie (Montefusco) Boley '94, Laura (Riegel) Rickman '94, Joel Rickman '9S, Mike Hurst '92, Mike Castro '92, Mike Uhrig '92, John Stork '9S, Bryan Cassity '86, Ray Tauser 'S6, Tom Herrmann 'SO, Chris Lotz '7S, Mike Bogard '86, Scott Nail '86, 0017 Rainbolt '91, Ty Van Buren '87, Barb Shaw '82, Brett Felton '94, Jon Vaninger '63, Bill Natsch '93, Chuck Grbcich '88, Larry Krull '88, Tom Schneider '7S, Ed Kendall '43, Eric Ploch '88, Brian Kelly '88, Bob Breen '82, John Eash '79, Rich Roser '81, Paul Fellin '77. Gene Hanss 'S7, Keith Jozwiak, Bob Wesolich. Ted Rose, Jim Phillips, Jerry Slavik, Todd Baucom, Bill Kacerovskis, Todd Van Buren, Kim Van Buren, Neil Smith. John Vaninger, Jim Holdener, De Bernard, Kregg Kraus, Steve Morris, Dave Lisinski, Joan Clarke, Mary Kirberg, Tim Schmidt, Doug Worley, Bill Lee, Mike Tempe, Skip Stone, Jim Mitan, Dave Bartley, Jack Cassity, Ray Green, Mike Hutchison, Joe Mueller, Bob Wesolich.

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Kelly Thomas, 837 Glendower Drive, Kirkwood , MO 63122, 314-966-7505 The St. Louis Section attended a St. Louis Cardinal baseball game on Friday, June 11, 1999. Fifty people enjoyed the Bullpen Room seating at Busch Stadium . This game room setting allowed everyone to socialize with fellow alumni and friends and provided an excellent view of the action on the field . A great time was had by all, and we look forward to seeing more of our St. Louis area alumni at next year's event.

Alumni and friends attending the festivities included : Phil '66, Barbara and Erin Jozwiak.

John McCracken, Angie '94 and Mike '92 Castro, Christy Land '9S and Dale Witte, Melissa Moore '93, Heather Pohl '96, Sean Antle '94, and guests, Randy Dreiling '81, Kelley '91 and Marc '92 Thomas, Christina Sfreddo '94 and guests, Bill Dean '9S and guest, Gene Manning '77, Karen Squires '89, Stephen Cheering for the Welmeyer '93, Cardinals is Steve Veh(qe thirsty work says '94, Jim Peterson (above, left) '91 and guest, Erika '9S Jeff and Erika '97 and Jeff '98 Kokal, (Nelson) Kokal, Brett Felton '94, Heather and (above) Jim '93 and John '9S Stork, Peterson, and Ronald Halbach '65, Tim Angie Korban.

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BAY AREA Kamila Cozort '85 117 Forest Hill Drive Clayton, CA 94517

Bob Groner, center, listens as Dar/een Westcott, left, tells new UMR freshman Curt Eggen how great life will be at UMR.

Mid-Missouri Section welcomes new freshmen to UMR family Section President Darleen Westcott '92, 211 Wagonwheel Drive, Jefferson City. MO 65109-0292 On Aug. 6, 1999, the Mid-Missouri Section hosted a picnic fo r alumni and new UMR freshmen from MidMissouri. Around 35 alumni, five incoming UMR freshmen and assorted guests had a great time at the "send-off" at Niekamp Park in St. Martins, Mo. Burgers, brats and hotdogs were provided and each family brought a side dish and beverages.

Recruitment for new officers fo r the Mid-Missouri Section is ongoing and Darleen Westcott encourages anyone interested in an office or committee chairmanship for year 2000 to contact her at (5731761-7572. Bob Sfreddo will serve as section president beginning Jan. 1, 2000.

Those enjoying the picnic included Chris Kump '95, Darleen Westcott '92, Ben Groner '92; Steve Durham '9/; Tom '89 and Leanne '84 Chojnacki; Bob '48 and Gwen Gevecker, Bob '58 and Norma Sfreddo, Jim Robert '53; Jessica Thomas '97; John '9/ and Susan Conrad, John Wenzlick '77, '97; Troy '97 and Shannon '96 Pinkerton; Aaron Schmidt '92; Jacob '98 and Anika Careaga '98; and 20 additional guests.

Miner Crossword Puzzle is on page 56. See how well you know your alma mater!

BOEING - ST. LOUIS M. Shannon Lambert '90 153 East Rose Hill Ave. Kirkwood, MO 63122·6225 CENTRAL OZARKS J. Randy Verkamp '72 18112 Highway 8 St. James, MO 65559 CHICAGO Jim Clifford '77 1640, Furman Drive Naperville, IL 60565 CINCINNATI/DAYTON Suzanne Metzner '91 34 15 Shaw Avenue #4 Cincinnatti, OH 45208 DALLAS/FORT WORTH Warren Unk '91 1507 Hayfield Drive Plano, TX 75023 GEORGIA David R. Ziegler '85 1531 Huntington Drive Manetta, GA 30066·5907 HEARTLAND Don Fuller '66 100 Bentwood Drive Paducah, KY 42003·0998 HOUSTON Dan Wright '89 14106 Champion Village Houston TX 77069 KANSASCITV Joseph F. Reichert '59 73 12 Charlotte Kansas City, MO 64131 LINCOLN LAND Richard T Berning '69 10 Beachview Lane.

Springfield, IL 62707·9513

MARYLAND/VIRGINIA/D.C. Robert J. Scanlon '73 2408 Honeystone Way Brookeville, MD 20833

NORTHEAST OHIO Hugh C. Kind '76 1021 Morewood Parkway Rocky River, OH 44 116 N ORTHERN ALABAMA John P Dunbar '84 622 Patterson Lane Meridianville, AL 35759·1028 OKLAHOMA Jeanne Barkley 1512 W. Keywest Street Broken Arrow, OK 740 11 PACIFIC NORTHWEST Keith Wilham '69 17229 NE 40th St., #0 Redmond, WA 98052 ROCKY MOUNTAIN Clarence A. Ellebracht, Jr. '64 7336 S. Glencoe Court Littleton, CO 80122·2527 SAINT LOUIS Kelley Thomas '91 837 Glendower Drive Kirkwood, MO 63122

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Kenneth G. Riley '56 3390 Monterey Road San Manno, CA 91108·1830 SPRINGFIELD, MO Roddy J. Rogers '81 City Utilities, PO. Box 551 Springfield, MO 65801 TUCSON W illiam M . Hallett '55 PO. Box 64216 Tucson, AZ 85728-4216 WEST FLORIDA John Van Nort '50 4908 W Country Club Drive Sarasota, FL 34243 WEST TEXAS J. Michael Party '78 6209 Driftwood M idland, TX 69707·1603

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A' Alumni Notes E.l. McReynolds, Class of '34, wa nts to know if anyone has a 1934 yearbook they would be wi ll ing to let him have.

Contact him at Apt 6, 5202 Everhard Rd. NW, Canton, OH 4471 8-2353.

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1956 J ames A. Shildmyer, ME: " Retired and enj oy in g golf."

Robert L. E lg in , C E, received emeritu s life membershi p in the Missouri Assoc iatio n of Registered Land S urveyors.

Frank G reene, C hE, and hi s wife, Doroth y, recentl y celebrated th e ir 50 th wedd ing anni versary. Frank retired fro m Annco Steel in 1982. He is a Navy veteran of Wo rld War II. • Donald C. G riffin , CerE: "Enjoyin g retirement from Electronic Products Inc., which I he lped start in 1960. Still consult o nce in a while.'" Harold E . Tibbs, MGeo: " Retired in 1990. Have since enj oyed trips to Indi a, Burma , New Zealand , Au stra li a , Mex ico , Afri ca and Egy pt with my w ife of 5 1 years, Flo rence. Retirement is great when yo u are still enjoy ing good health ."

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John D. Berwick, Jr., MetE: " Still enjoy ing life but at a slower pace."

1940s 1943 H. Wi lliam Flood , ChE: " Still bu sy w ith Board o f Reg istrati o n, Ac to n Hi sto ri cal Society and Methodi st c hurch. Was in SI. Lo uis to celebrate the 60th No rmand y Hig h School re un io n."

Donald J. Dowling, Jr. , ChE: " Wife of 45 yea rs, Kath leen, d ied in October of 1998.

Seven children and their spo uses, plu s 24 grandchildren, are now the big part of my life. Will stay in Ari zona through 2000."

1953 J o hn R. Ford, CerE: " I c urrentl y res ide at 93 Ou terview Drive, Xeni a, OH , 45385; pho ne 937 -372-664 1; fa x 937-372-7038. I reti red fro m Vernay Labo rato ries Inc . in April 1994. At that time I was vice president and ge nera l manager of th e co mpany 's subsidi ary, Vernay Products Inc. Fo r 25 yea rs at Vernay. I was invo lved with the des ig n and manu fac ture of 'wet' ex hau st syste ms for inboa rd marine e ng in es (bo th gaso lin e and d iese l) rang in g

UMR grad honored as one of nation's best teachers Robert Lopez, MS AMth'66, a professor of mathema tics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology of Terre Haute, Ind., has been honored as one of the best math ematics teachers in th e U.S. He is the firs t recipient of the Ameri can Society for Engi neering Educa ti on (AS EEl Mathematics Di visi on Disti ngui shed Educator and Service Award.

Lopez, who has been the facu lty at Rose-Hulman si nce 1985, was ci ted by AS EE fo r improving education through contribution to text books, research and presentations that have a lasting impact on eng ineering and mathema tics teaching.

Lopez was the recipient of a Rose-Hu lman Dean's Outstandi ng Teacher Award in 1989. He also received a Rose-H ul man Board of a Trustees Outstanding Scholar Awa rd.

1957 Fred J. Dietrich , EE: " Retired from Ford Aerospace/Loral o n Ap ril 16, two days after 1 turned 62 , after 30 years empl oyment. It feels good . M y dear wife Pat and I went o n a ' retirement celebrati on' crui se fro m Athens, Greece, to Rhodes , Santo rin i, Kusadas i, and o n to Istanbul , Turkey, in May. O n Jul y 4 we had o ur fo ur g irl s, the ir husbands, and all nine g randc hildre n to o ur hou se fo r a bi g celebrati o n. I plan to do more traveling with Pat, more consulting, pho tography, may be some ham radi o work and who knows what e lse in my retirement years. Pat may have to ha ve a knee replaced, but o therwise we are bl essed w ith good hea lth. P. S . I reall y enjoyed yo ur feature o n spiri tua lity in the spring issue. I' m glad that people can see the perso nal dimens io n in student s in add itio n to the ir professional and techni cal o nes . Keep up the g reat work !"

1959 J oseph P. Mengwasser, ME: " I am pl eased to anno unce my retirement in January after 40 years of service in the Po rtland cement indu stry. I retired fro m the Le hi gh Po rt land Cement Co. , where I held the positi o n of man ager of engineering. My wife Camill a and r ra ised fo ur wo nderful. s uccess ful child re n and have seven g randchildre n. We plan to reside in o ur present ho me in the A ll entown, Pa. , area. We are taking up golf and look fo rward to many years of travel and re laxa ti o n. I wo uld like to ta ke thi s opportun ity to say he llo to all myoid fri ends fro m Phi Kappa Theta. Come see us so me time,"

1960s 1961 Farouk E.S. E I-Baz. M S G G ph . PhD GGph '64: "The G eo logica l Soc iety of Ameri ca has establi shed the Farouk EI-B az Award for Desert Research. Th e award is intended to encourage the study o f' the o rig in and evol utio n o f desert land fo rms and to reward excell ence in arid land research."

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A family success story Gene Edwards, CE'53, founder and chief executive officer of Kit-Mo Rental and Supply Co. of Paducah, Ky., is leading his family into a successful business venture.

The company rents everything from truck barriers to portable toilets.

Edwards is getting a lot of family help with his company, which earns $2 million in sa les annually. His three sons, Kirk, Robert, and Mark, have joined their father to help make the business expand. Edwards started the company 36 years ago after moving to Paducah from St. Louis, where he had started a barricade rental company. But as his family started to grow, he realized that it wou ld be portable toilets, of al l things, that would make his business successful. With the advent of lighter and cleaner toilets, Kit-Mo has become a leader in the local rental industry.

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Boyd M iller, NDD : " 1 ha ve re tired and moved to the mo unta in s." • Robert L .

Sch aefer, CE, has assumed the posi tio n of c ha irman a nd chi ef execut ive officer of L.A. Schaefe r Co nstruc ti o n Co. , Inc. He began his 37 years of service w ith the compa ny in 1962 as a project e ng ineer. In 1968 he was pro moted to vice pres ident of operatio ns a nd was named pres ide nt in 1984 . Fo unded in 1929 , L. A . S c haefer Con stru c ti o n has di sting ui shed itself as a marke t leade r in in stitut ional a nd muni c ipa l co nstructio n.

M ilton F. Bradley , GGp h, MS G G ph ' 7 1, re ti red o n D ec. 3 1, 1998, a nd started a geological consulting firm in Sale m , Mo . • J a m es M . Lysaght, C h E, MS C hE ' 67 , is a progra m ma nage r fo r the POri A utho ri ty of New Yo rk a nd New Jersey light ra il tra in syste m constru c ti o n to JF K A irpo rt.

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1963 Douglas J. Hughes , EE: " We e nj o yed hosting the Sola r Mine r]] S unrayce car team , a c redit to UMR, o n June 18-20" • Howard E. Myers , C h E: " [' m still a supe rv isor in a vocatio na l sc hool and I' m comple ting my doclOra te in educati o n." • Nare ndra M, Naikn imba lkar, M S G Gph: " I am do ing wo rk as a n e nv iro nme nta l consulta nt for Bechte l. Visited Indi a a nd Eng la nd last spring. M y w ife, Magda le na, is fi ni shing a nothe r degree, thi s time a B SN fro m Regents Co ll ege, A lbany, N. Y." • David W. Spencer, C E, MS CE'70, has joined Hom er & S hi frin Inc. as a senior structura l project engi neer.

1964 John Hudelson , EE: " I have been tra ns fe rre d to Sa n A nton io to ass ist in co nstruc ti on a nd start-up of a combined cycle-co mbusti on gas turb ine power plant a nd ex pect to be here thro ugh spring 2000.

Befo re this assig nme nt I wo rked in Black & Vea tc h 's regio na l o ffice in Ra le igh, N.C. M y new add ress is 1406 1st S treet. Flo resv ille, T X 78 114." • W illi am R. Mochel, CE, re tired fro m public se rv ice afte r 35-plus yea rs in state a nd count y e ng ineerin g positions.

1966 M ich ael David Moran , C h E, M S EM gt' 78 : " I retired fro m my sa les j ob last D ecember a nd have been wo rkin g o n projects a ro und the ho use. I re ma rried in February thi s year, and we spent Oll r A ugust ' honeymoon' f1 yfi shing and ca mp ing in Idaho. Li fe is sweet ! Spent the summer workin g at my retire me nt job riding a mower on a nearby go lf cou rse!" • James E. West , M E, rvlS M E ' 68: "Now ma nag ing a ware ho use of ac ti va ted carb o n in Pea rlin g to n , Mi ss .

Reall y e nj oy in g the g ulf."

1968 Forrest W. Breyfogle, III , ME: " I a m worki ng as a fu ll -time consul ta nt , coac h, a nd tra ine r of S ix Si gma me thodo logies. With these sta ti sti ca l based tec hni q ues, organ izations can s ign ifica ntly impro ve the ir bo tto m-line . My second boo k, Implementing

Six Sigma: Smarrer Solll iions IIs illg S{(uislical Melhads, was recently pub li shed .

The book has fo rewords fro m the preside nt o f M otorola U ni ve rsity, a princ ipa l at IBM co nsultin g , a nd the sta ti sti ca l me th o d s man age r a t SE M ATEC H ."

David Com s tock , CE, was ho no red by the Ka nsas Socie ty of Pro fessio na l Eng ineers w ith its second S pec ia l Recog niti o n Awa rd fo r leade rshi p in the profess ion a nd society. He se rved as preside nt of the Ka nsas Soc ie ty o f P rofessiona l Eng ineers durin g 1997-98 a nd served in a ll the officer c hai rs be fo re thaI.

T h omas Voss , EE, has bee n e lected seni or vice p res ide nt fo r c usto me r ser vices a t A meren U E , A me rc nC I PS a nd A me re n Services by the board o f A me re n Corp . Voss has served UE in va ri o us positi o ns since 1969, w he n he joi ne d the compa ny as a stude nt e ng ineer.

1970s 1970 Steven M. Gardner, M E, is the preside nt a nd ow ne r o f Accent Ful fi llm e nt a nd Di stributi o n . He a nd hi s w ife, K at hy. c urre ntl y live in Ball w in , Mo . • F. Greg S lack, E Mgt, is o ne o f six new additi ons to the board of direc tors at South S ide Na ti o na l Ba nk in SI. Lo ui s .

1971 David W, Bondura nt, E E , is now vice pres ide nt o f m a rke tin g fo r Enh a nced M e mo ry Sy ste ms, a hi g h pe rfo rma nce DR A M m e m o ry co mpan y . • D avid A, Visi ntai n er, CE, M S C E ' 75 , was selecte d by the Eng ineers C lub o f SI. Loui s to receive the 1999 Awa rd of Me rit in recognition of hi s o ut standin g perfo rma nce a nd contributi o ns.

1972 D e nnis R. N e t hin gto n , BA Hi st, BS G G ph ' 82, MS GGp h '85: " S till worki ng a t A rc h Coa l as a n acco unta nt. Na ncy (Elfra nk ), BS GG ph '85 , stays ho me w ith A ma nda, age 2. A my, E mil y, and Eva n a re now 12 , 9 a nd 8, res pecti vely." • Mark A. Sicki n g , AE: " Now in c harge o f netwo rk infor matio n syste ms . Rea ll y pUllin g that aeros pace engi neeri ng to good use!"

1973 Ly nd ell Brown . EE: " I was pro mo ted last yea r fro m sc ie nti st/e ngineer to sen io r princ ipal e ngi neer. I was g ive n responsibil ity fo r pay load tes t p la nnin g. It is a ve ry unpred ic tab le but rewardin g bus in ess." • Gerald G , Spink , C hE , is a senio r proj ect e ng ineer at S mith Klin e Beec ha m . S pink li ves in S I. Lo ui s w ith hi s w ife a nd three da ughte rs .

1974 J. K e nsey Russe ll , Geo E. has been e lected pres id e nt o f th e Mi sso uri Society of Professio nal Eng ineers (MSPE).

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Laura L. (Schweikhardt) Compton, CSci'90, JANDL2@concentric.net

Steven L. Sievert, EMgt'91, ssievert@neosoft.com

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David Walker, EE'86, davidmimiw@paonline.com

Linda Hill-Horgan, Psyc'84, hillhorgan@aol.com

Wesley L. Wexell, CSci'97, wwexell@solutechinc.com

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1977 C lark W. Craig, C hem: "1 have fin a ll y fo un d a ho me . It is in Marble Fall s, Texas, where 1 co ntinue to practi ce fa mil y medi cine and obstetrics ."

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Our dau ghte rs are now 7 and 10 and look ju like the ir mother. (Thank goodness !)" • Do L. McIn tos h , EE: "After be in pres ide nt /CEO of CIM ware s ince 198" I have dec ided to chan ge the na me t Chicago Eworks. We are a lso re locatin to 250 S. Wacker Dri ve, C hi cago , II 60606 , and grow in g dramati ca ll (www.chi cagoewor ks.com)...

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Looking for a Job? UMR has online resume referral service (one-year registration for $30) and includes a year's subscription to JOBTRAK. To register call 573-341 -4229.

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J acqueli ne A. Alexande r, Engl: "1 recei my master's in Engli sh literatu re from University of So uthem Mi ssiss ippi in 1\ 1996. I' m teaching Spani sh and speech t Salem High School in Salem, Mo. I' m a teac hin g Eng li sh co mpos iti on classes t Columbi a Co ll ege's Fort Wood and Re sites . T am a sin gle parent of two teen: sons." · Charles K. Cothern, CE : "J ar projec t manager in charge o f 12 developm ent projects. J have two sons (8 ~ II ) . lots of baseball , basketball , Cub SCot etc '" • Jon M. Holdman , C hem , Phys ' 8 1: " I've ju mped ship from the bu siness to computers. I' m now working StorageT ek in Colorado ." • Rod d y R oger s, CE, MS CE' 83 , MS EMgt'90, " recentl y reappoint ed to the Mi ssouri D: and Rese rvo ir Safety Cou nc il and beginnin g hi s eigh th year on the cou ncil a his third year as chair. Last spring, Roge received a second American Water War, Associati on Kra mer award. Th e awa recogni zes excell ence and professionalism well as the presen tation of useful and time knowledg e regarding drinking waler.

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Many parents bear the brunt of the burden for funding a college education, at least where traditional college students are concerned.

"Fam ilies should start to save for upcoming educational expenses as early as possible, " says Robert W. Whites, associate director of admission and student financial assistance at UMR. "A little planning goes a long way to curb those pocketbook woes. We know what parents are going th roug h financially to send their son or daughter to school, so we have tried to make it less painful by providing the following helpful suggestion s. " Conservative lifestyle. Encourage your son or daughter to maintain a conservative lifestyle while in school. "By being a little more thrifty in their spendi ng habits, studen ts have actually kept thei r costs down wh ile attend ing UMR," Whites says.

Convenient walking distance. Perhaps one of the largest personal financial burdens on your son or daughter will be owning and maintaining an automobile. Most students don't need the added expen se of a vehicle and paying for insurance, especially when attending smaller universities like UMR. "Our campus and surrounding community are convenient enough that just about everything is within walking distance,"Whites says.

Working part time. Your son or daughter will have a number of opportunities to work part time while attending school. "Part-time jobs are plentiful on campus during the school year," Whites says."Most departments need student helpers every semester. An d some part -time jobs while in high school can al so help with college expenses."

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It costs about $10,200 for the 1999-2000 academic year to send a Missouri student to UMR, and $17,500 annually for an out-of-state student. (These figures do not include personal costs.) But the UMR price tag is not excessive, according to Whites. "Our cost of education is comparable to other high quality universities across the United States."

The expense of higher education makes financial assistance necessary for many students. At UMR, more and more students are receiving financial assistance. "During the 1998-1999 academic year, about 80 percent of our students received some financial assistance," Whites says. "During that time we made available $42 million in financial assistance to UMR students."

Educational fees. Contrary to what many may believe, educational fees have not increased as much as it might seem. For the past four years, UMR fees have only increased as the amount outlined by the higher education price index.

The higher education price index is used to calculate the national average educational fee increase and is based on the current inAation rate.

Scholarships. Scholarships, which help hold down the cost of higher education, are also becoming more available to students. "At UMR, more and more students are receiving scholarships," Whites says.

Approximately a third of the funds generated through UMR's Full Circle Campaign have been earmarked to provide additional scholarships to students at the sophomore level and above.

Federal assistance . Whites encourages all families of prospective UMR students to apply for as much financial assistance as possible. "Each year we encourage all students to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)," he says. " The FAFSA will determine their eligibility for various grants, loans, or work programs associated with the campus. " UMR's priority deadline for the completion and submission of the FAFSA is March 1 of each year.

Whites' office is responsible for overseeing all financial aid on the UMR campus. Financial aid includes loans, grants, scholarships and work programs.

"And the number of students seeking financial aid is growing every year," he says.

Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. While the cost of higher education is indeed high enough to make most parents grit their teeth in

anguish, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. One of these bright lights is that most UMR graduates receive excellent job offers. As a result, UMR's loan default rate is very low. UMR tied for 16th among national universities for having the least debt load for graduates according to Us. News & World Report's 1999 America's Best Colleges Guide.

In addition to receiving financial assistance from UMR, many private firms also offer assistance to students for a fee.

But Whites warns that parents should look long and hard before making that move."UMR does not encourage any family to pay a fee to obtain financial assistance," he says.

UMR's student financial assistance office has over 90 years of combined financial experience to help families. "Our staff is happy to help families determine what type of financial assistance is available,"Whites says. Parents of prospective UMR students are strongly encouraged to contact our office at any time.

"I am a strong believer in customer service and providing the financial assistance our students need so they can focus on their education, "Whites says, "not on how they're going to pay for it. "

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Okay, so a few of them are a lilli e far-fetched, but I do n' t have a do ubt in th e wo rld abo ut my car croa kin g a mi le o ut 01' wa rrant y (and let it be true abo ut the Di et Coke and S nickers. oh please o h please oh pl ease) . Bes ides, I' ve learn ed never to argue with a C rys ta l-Ba ll (those puppies are guaranteed by ACM E, yo u know). And . hey. if it's no t ri g ht.

I can a lways bl ame it o n the Y2 K probl em. But while we wait to see what happens. have a Happy New Year. and may a ll yo ur bugs be Millennium Bugs.

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personal dedication Kimberly Daniels of Newburg, Missouri, a freshman in education, has worked part time for the past three years to save money to attend UMR. "I have worked since I was 16," she says. She al so applied for as many scholarships as she could.

"I received four scholarsh ips and those very scholarships gave me the opportunity to be able to attend UMR," she says.

Daniels drives her own car to campus from Newburg, which is just a few miles west of Rolla.

"Newburg is my home town. Living at home saves me money, " she says.

"I try to save as much money as I can and the scholarships are very helpful. They are the reason that I am here."

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Okay. so a few of them a rc a littl e far-fetched, but I don't have a doubt in the wo rld about my car croaking a mile ou t of warranty (anell et it be true about the Diet Coke and Snickers. o h please o h please o h please), Besides, I' ve learned never to a rg ue wi th a Crysta l-Ball (those puppies are guaranteed by ACME. you know). A nd , hey. if it's not ri ght, I can always blame it on the Y2K problem, But w hile we wait to see w hat happens, hmc a Happy ew Year. and may all yo ur bugs be Millennium Bugs.

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One tho usa nd yea rs. Te n centuries . Twelve- tho usa nd mo nth s. Fo ur milli o n three hun dred eig ht y- three tho usand days: 378,69 1,200.000 seco nds. A ny way yo u look a t it . a mille nnium is a rea ll y, reall y lo ng time. A nd even tho ug h the nex t mille nnium doesn' t ac tuall y sta rt u ntil January 1. 200 I (despite a n awful lot o f popular be lief and the views of every newsmagazine o n te lev isio n these days), I wo ul d like to o lTe r the soothsay ing s kills o f my own pe rsona l C rys ta l-Ball-o-Soothsay ing (appro priate, e h?) for the nex t 1000 yea rs. (A nd if the fo ll ow ing aren't proo f e no ugh. [ think ye o ld c rystal ball mi ght be lo ng due fo r a n overha ul).

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and ge nera l m anager of

WACO C lassic Ai rc raft Co. I rea ll y e nj oy reading these notes and encourage more

people to te ll us w ha t yo u're up to" '· Steven C. Meyer , AE: " M y w ife. Lo ra , a nd

In the next 1000 years: Eng ineers fina ll y beco me h ip as the inspi ration be hind the latest da nce c raze: the E lectri c S li de Rule.

Ho me improve me nt stores grow so la rge that they co ll apse upo n the mselves. c reating a black hole fro m w hic h no custo mer ca n ever escape - at least w ith what he we nt in the re fo r in the first place.

Chimpa nzees re place arc hitects and tal k show hosts.

NAS A di scovers a way to transpo rt all upper manageme nt to M a rs.

Researc he rs fi nd a wa y to gi ve legitimate nu tri tional va lue to Di et Coke a nd Sni c kers bars .

Cars: not o nl y w ill they fl y, but Cadi ll acs will come w ith a n optio n to mess o n the birds peri odi call y as they go.

Medicine fin all y develops a means for re mov in g cell pho nes fro m the ears of com m uters.

Bill G ates pe rishes in a freak stained-glass w indow acc ide nt.

daughter, A lli son, and I have relocated to

Carme l, Ind ., after I acce pted a new positi on w it h Lo rd M echanica l Produ c ts as an accou nt manager for the Ivli clwest aerospace fi xed w ing ma rke t. So I' m bac k into ae rospace." • Douglas L. Victor, Pe tE, has gr ad ua ted fro m the U.S. Army Co mmand a nd G e ne ral Staff Office r Course (CGSOC)

at Fort Leavenv·,fonh , Kan.

A n a utopsy pe rformed o n a certain governor of Minn esota afte r hi s death find s nothing but a pink feather boa in hi s skull cavit y.

Presidential elec ti o ns become a two-ste p process : a n [Q test and a steel cage-o-dearh matc h o f all candidates. The be ne fit s are e no rmo us: l. we k now the inte llige nce o f the leade r o f the free world up fro nt; 2 . by making the candidates pay a flat fee to get into the cage. we reform campai g n finan ces a nd prov ide a free D iet Co ke to all aud ie nce me mbe rs: a nd. 3. o n ly the tru ly moti vated need appl y.

The squirre l-proo f bird feede r is inve nted.

1985 Geo rge As pi azu . MS EM gt, re po rts th at hi s daug hte r. M o ni ca As pi azu Rodri g uez. g radua ted seco nd in he r c lass fro m U ni ve rsity Cato li ca de G uayaqui l in bus iness adm ini s tra ti o n.

Na n cy (E lfrank ) Nethington . GGp h, sta ys a t ho me w ith

One mill io n Y2 K survivalists drop dead of shock w he n the world doesn't e nd o n Ja nu a ry I . 2000. Conven ie ntly. thi s al so helps w ith the po pu lati o n-g ro wt h proble m .

Was hing mac hines spit o ut the red sock yo u j ust put in with al l yo ur w hites befo re the d a mage is do ne.

So meo ne inve nts a bette r mousetrap.

Amanda, age 2. A my, Em ily, and Evan are

now 12 . 9 a nd 8. res pecti vely. Denn is , Hi st' 72 , GGp h'S2 . MS GGp h'85. is still workin g as an accountant at A rch Coal. •

A nne M. (Oettin g) S pe n ce, AE: " We were thrill ed to host fo ur me mbe rs o f the UM R So la r Ca r Team w he n they came thro ugh. [t was a te rrific race!" • James E. S tud er.

G eoE, MS GeoE' 85: " Recent ly, I' ve had the good fo rt une to spend time w ith Jeff Sacre, GeoE'85, MS G eoE'S6. Dan Bl aes , GeoE' S4, a nd Ralph N ich o ls, GeoE' SS. [' m bu sy comme rciali z ing innovati ve DNA PL charac teri za ti on

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Chil d-p roof caps a re re pl aced by o nes th at ca n be o pe ned by people over 12.

Hosp ita l gow ns a re o utl awed as in decent exposure.

Po ke mo n is a rres ted fo r co ntri butin g to the de linq ue ncy o f minors.

The e ng ine a nd all o the r majo r syste m s of m y new car w ill pass o n to the g reat Me rc ury deal e r in the sky just as the odo me te r ro ll s 36.00 I miles.

Li ght bu lbs a nd to ilet paper roll s w ill be ta ught to c ha nge the mse lves.

Pez becomes the o ffi cial snac k-food of the uni verse.

The No be l Prize goes to a n inventi o n tha t all ows yo u to synchro ni ze every c loc k in yo ur ho use.

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O kay, so a few of the m are a littl e fa r-fe tc hed. but [ do n ' t have a do ubt in the wo rld abo ut my car c roaking a mi le out o f wa mlllty (and let it be tru e abou t th e Di e t Coke a nd S nickers, o h pl ease o h please oh please) . Bes ides . I' ve learned never to arg ue with a C rys tal- Ba ll (those puppi es a re g ua ranteed by AC M E, yo u know). A nd, hey, if it 's not rig ht , I can always bla me it o n the Y2 K pro ble m. But whil e we wa it to see w hat happe ns, ha\e a Happy New Year. a nd may a ll yo ur bu gs be Mi ll e nnium Bugs.

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He jo in s big sister Ell en, age 4. Don Ca pone, ME ' 58, and Gi nny Capone are the proud

Vicki L. (Koester) Cason, CE'97 , and her husband had a daughter. Tyler Alexa nder. on Jul y II. 1999.

gra ndparents .

M icha el S. Compton, ME ' 92 . and hi s wife, Li sa. had a girl.

Jorda n Nico le. o n Jun e 2 1, 1999.

David M. Lewis, EMgt' 9 1. and hi s wife. Jan A. (G rotenhuis). EMgt '92, had a girl , Morgan Ann . on May 20.

1999.

Douglas T. Cordier, EE '9 1, MS EE '94, and his wife. Lei gh (Clark). GeoE'92, had a girl , Lindsay Caroline. on Ju ly 14, 1999 (her daddy 's birthday). The picture taken at the hosp ital can be viewed a t(http ://www.sai ntfra nc is.co m/ nursery/ s howbaby.asp?id=5 977).

Louis P. Decker , ChE' 84, and his wife .

Sha ri a, welco med tripl ets Kell y, Kayla and Ryan - on Jan. 27 . 1999.

T imothy J. Dickinso n. AE·90. and his wife, Lann a, had a gi rl. Tessa Anne.

Steven E. Ed erl e, ChE ' 88 .

Ma ureen M. (F lick). ChE'89. had a gi rl. Melissa C laire. on Jan. 3. 1999.

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MS CSci·96. and his wife had a girl.

Rachel Lee. on Aug. 11 , 1999 .

J e nnif e r ( Bi sc h el ) Ri c h ess on , CSci'94, and her hu sba nd, Sco tt , had a boy.

And rew. (right) July.

Schonda (Briggs) Rodriguez . AE ' 90. and her hu sband , Ronni e, had a girl.

Rebekah. on Jan. 10, 1999.

Rich a rd A. Sch uth . ChE '8 7, and J a nice J . (Sopp). CE '89. had a girl. Courtn ey Nico le. on March 16. 1999.

Ra nd y Skaggs. ME ' 89 .

Debra (Hunk e) , and EMgt'90. had boy.

Mitchell Lee. on Aug. 18.

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C hri s Yarnell. CE'84. and Debra (Ma nley), Eco n' 84. had a gi rl. Grace Elizabeth . on Jun e 14, 1999.

Leon a rd L. Hopkins n, CE·95. and hi s wife, Tamm y, had a so n. Ca le b Alexander. on Ju ne 8. 1999.

Hyou have a birth announcement or a photo of your new liUle Miner, send it to us and we'll publish it in an upcoming issue of the magazine,

Duke Engineeri ng and Services. coaching Matt hew's soccer team. a nd staying o ut of

Anita's way (sort of) as she remodels our Albuqu erque, .M. , ho me"

1986 David L. Co rnell . CSci: " I received a very success fu l kidney transplant on April 2.

1999. I returned to work four weeks later. I should be back ri ding ro ll er coasters by Jun e.'" J a mes K. Pazdera. EE: " 1 switched jobs in June and am now employed by Citgo as a control network admini strator. Evelyn (Bruno). PetE·86. E 19t'87. is pursuin g her mas te r's in ma th ."

Richard A. Sch uth . ChE. gradu ated from law schoo l in 1ay 1999 and passed the bar exam in the fa ll of 1999. Schuth is now working as a patent anorney in St. Loui s. He has been married fo r 10 years to Janice (Sopp), CE·89. Th ey have a da ughter.

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Hi s wife. Jennifer. is also a market research man ager at John so n & Jo hn so n. Mark.

Jenn ifer and their two daughters. Syd ney and Natali e. live in Bridgewa ter. N.J . • J erry Haynes , EMgt: " I recent ly graduated fro m Franklin Pi erce Law Center with my J.D . spec ializing in in tellectual pro perty.

A ft er c lerk ing with the Conn ec ti cut Superio r Co urt fo r a year, I'm cUlTent ly practi cing Imv as a patent att orney with Kenyo n & Kenyo n in New Yo rk." , Ri cha rd K. M ilner , AE: "Sta ti o ned at Kirtl and AFB. N. M. Michell e. my wife. is anending med ica l schoo l at the uni versit y of New Mex ico. Da vid ( 12) and Alcc ia (5) are doing great. Ph one: (5 05 ) 255-3292."

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Brad Hornburg, CE'69, the co-founder of Landmark of St. Louis, has found a oneof-a-kind niche in St. Louis' construction sector. Hornburg's company is not only a construction contract management company, but also a peacemaker of sorts. It is the only construction dispute-resolutions firm in St. Louis.

Hornburg founded the company in 1993 with Lynn Whitt as a subsidiary of Ellerbe Becker of Minneapolis. Hornburg then acquired the company in 1993.

Landmark has managed projects ranging from casinos to schools. The company takes part in the early stages of a project, working with the owner to discuss the options that wi ll affect costs. It also deals in the planning, design, construction and move-in and start-up functions of firms. The company has managed about $1 bi llion worth of construction projects in the United States.

Hornburg's company also has reso lved more than $800 million worth of disputes, representing either owners or contractors.

Timothy J. Dickinson, A E: "La nn a a nd I celebrated fi ve year s of marri age thi s pas t

summe r a nd the birth o f our tirst c hild , Tessa A nne . We move to Sa n A nto ni o , Texas . in sprin g 200 0."· Stuart Gardner, CE : " Re main in Gra nd Jun c ti on, Co lo. , but have left consulting to be the Reg io n 3 hydra uli cs e ngin eer for COOT Also serve as regiona l representa ti ve fo r the Co lo rado Associati o n of Stormwate r and Floodplain Ma nage rs.

Susan (Evanson), CE ' 90 , is still e nj oy ing bein g a t ho me," • Schonda ( Briggs) Rodriguez, AE: " Le ft job at NASA to care for baby, Re be kah" • Amy Horst Ruggeri , CE, MS CE '9 1, was named the 1999 Yo ung Engineer o f the Year by the Mi ssouri Socie ty of Professional Engineers. She is a senior e ng ineer fo r City Utiliti es o f Sprin g fi e ld.

1991

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Todd Parks. MinE: " Workin g for Smith Inte rn a ti o nal in Tu cso n, A ri z. Nancy , EMgt ' 89 , is a stay-at-ho me mo m now with son, Cody, w ho is almost 2 yea rs o ld." • Mark Sautman. N ucE: "1 received the 1999 John W. Craw fo rd Jr. Award fo r Sta ff E xce ll e nce fro m th e De fe nse N uc lea r Faciliti es Safe ty Board." • Steven L. Sievert , EMgt: "After seven yea rs o f co mpute r

Bryan Bross, Geo E, has become qu ali fi ed as a li censed pro fess io nal engin eer by the D e pa rtm e nt of E con o mi c Mi sso uri Deve lo pme nt , Di v is io n o f Profess io nal Registrati o n .• Kare n S. Frederich , CE, has j o ined the staff o f Ho rne r & Shih'in Inc . as an ass istan t environmental proj ect engin eer.

• Janet M . (Alfennann) Scheier, ChE: " Was marri ed to E ri c Sc he ie r o n M ay 22 , 1999. We now

network engineerin g, I decided it was tim e for a new career.

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1992 Scott. J. Dahlgren, GGph: " See geo logy and geoph ys ics web page," · Michael R. Hartwig , C E , a nd Jason M . Boles , EMg t' 96. a tte nded anothe r Promi se Keepe rs event (Choose thi s Day) Sept. 24 -25 in Kansas City. " We rea ll y go t plugged in to Promise Keepe rs in St. Lo ui s during the summe r o f 1997 . Our trip to Was hing to n, D.C. , fo r 'Stand in the Ga p' in the fa ll o f 1997 was inte nse." · George W. Karr, LSci: " I retired in Ro ll a in 1996 . My second re tire me nt was in A ustrali a in 199 8. I canno t

stand it so I'm workin g again ill Vi chy, Mo. Some call me a ' fa ng ferri er,' oth ers a ' mo lar

mechani c ' ." • Peter R. Laudon, M S GGph , Pe tE' 9S: "All is well in B a rtl esv ill e a nd hi to everyon e!" • A lex Martinez, GGph , was th e recipi e nt o f the 1999 U ni versity o f Ka nsas G eol og ical Researche r o f the Year awa rd.

master's degree in proj ec t management. Ca n

reside in Ol ath e, Kan ." •

Heather R. Stork , GeoE, left. a geo logical engin eer with Wellingto n Environme ntal, has become a li censed professio nal

yo u believe it has been fi ve years since we graduat ed ?" • Thomas C. Nield , BA Hi st: "Whe re do r stan ? First off, here is my we bsi te : (h o me.s pri ntm ai I.co m/- tc ni e ld/). r sta rted a job with the Mi sso uri Secre tary of State in Nove mber he re in Jeffe rso n C ity as a n e lec troni cs a rc hi v is t. M y prev io us positi on

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engin eer in rvli ssollri.

Scott Shock ley , ME: "A fte r a brief stint with B& M Rac in g in Ca liforni a, r ha ve take n a

1994

posili on w ith G eneral M otors Po\vertrain. 1 w ill be do in g autom ati c transmi ss ion development, and try in g to unpack at my

S, Dale Johnson , M E: " Everyth ing 's go in g g reat. Fini shed my M BA at Was hingto n U ni ve rs ity and sta rted j o b w ith Pri cewa terhouseCoopers as a co nsultant in

Strateg ic C ha nge."

Kimberly C. (Schumer) Murphree, C E: " I marri ed Je rry Dale Murphree o n Ju ly 16, 1999 . We were marri ed at the Rothac ke r Ho use inl-la nnibal, Mo . 1 a m now the proud ste pm o m o f three wo nde rful yo un g me n - Aaro n ( 12), Seth (14) a nd Na th a n ( 17). Je rry a nd I will be li vin g at 906 Red Tree La ne, S t. Pe te rs, MO, 63376. I wo uld love to hear fro m yo u. I can also be reached at (KayCeeKay@ ao l. com). r a m still wo rkin g at th e We ldo n Spring S ite Re med ial Ac ti o n Project in S t. C ha rl es, Mo .

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Canto n, Mi c h., reside nce."

1995 Scott W, Ashwell, ME : " We 're bac k in S t.

Lo ui s a nd g lad to be ho me'" James P. C rowe, CE: " I will spe nd most of 1999 de ployed to the Re pu bli c of Palau as the offi ce r in charge of C i vic ACli on Tea m

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Construc ti o n Battali o n 133'" Michael A. Hud son . AE . m a rri ed Jami e (Myers).

E E ' 96 . o n A pril 4 . 1998 . Mike wo rks fo r Boeing a nd Ja mi e wo rk s for Sou th weste rn

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1996 Jason M . Boles. EMgt, a nd Mich ael R. Ha rt wig, CE ' 92 . attended a no th e r Prom ise Keepers event (C hoose thi s Day) Se pt. 24-25 in Ka nsas City. "We reall y got plugged in to Pro mi se Keepers in St. Lou is d uring the summe r o f 1997.

Ou r trip to Washin gto n, D. C. , fo r 'S ta nd in the Gap· in the fa ll o f 1997 was inte nse." • J amie (Myer s) H u d son .

EE' 96, marri ed Mich ael A. H udso n , A E'95 , o n A pril 4 , 1998. M ike works fo r Boe ing a nd J a mi e wo rk s for South weste rn Bell in St. Lo ui s .

1997 Br ian Ca ll , ME: " I have j ust completed my master 's i n engineerin g mechani cs a nd I·m wo rkin g fo r Ca terpill a r in Peo,;a, 111.'· · Benjam in E. Peterson , Gp h: ·'1 was recentl y married, a nd we just moved to Ho uston , Tex as . M y wife , El isa (A rm stro ng). a lso a tte nded UMR. O ur address is 6505 Westhe ime r, No .

363, Ho usto n. T X. 77057.'" Daphne L. (Proffi tt) McEliroy, BA Psyc: " M y husba nd , Jo na tha n. is a n e ns ig n in the Navy. He is a n avia to r. He g raduated fro m Pe nn State with a BS in computer sc ie nce. We a re c urre ntl y statio ned in Kin gsv ille. Texas . We' ll be restati o ned a rou nd the New Year. C urre ntly, I a m not

wo rking: however, 1 am a ful l-time grad uate s tudelll in publi c ad mini strat io n at Texas A& M . My GPA Ro b ert W. Specr. AE: " 1 a m is 4.0.'" fini shin g gradu ate schoo l and teaching part time: '

1998 Da r rell W. Car r . CE, has g radua ted frolll the Ranger trai nin g course at the U.S. A rm y Ra nger Sc hoo l, Fo n Be nnin g. Co lum bus, Ga.

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Alumna r eceives scholarship for medical school studies Deana Scheman , EE'98, recently received a $3.500 Mary Love Collins Scholarsh ip from the Chi Omega Foundation of Memphis. Tenn. She is one of six reci pients to receive the award for graduate study. Scheman. who is pursuing a Ph.D . in medicine at the University of Kan sas. was a member of Chi Omega while a student at UMR and is currently a full-time Chi Omega graduate student at KU.

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Here are the requirements: • Student must be enrolled as a full-time student • Parent must be a holder of an earned degree from MSM-UMR • Student must have an ACT score of at least 24 and be in the top 25 percent of his/her high school graduating class • Transfer students must have a 3.2 grade point average (on 4.0 scale) and must have completed 30 hours toward a degree • Student must apply prior to June 15 of the year student plans to enroll • Renewal of the grant, which is limited to four years per recipient, is available to any student receiving the grant who holds a grade point average of 2.75 or above For an application or for more information on this grant program, please contact the UMR admissions office at 1-800-522-0938 or through e-mail at UMRolla@umr.edu.

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1930

Earl M. Kane, ME, was re tired fro m Phillips Pe trol e um Co. W hile attending MS M-U MR , he

1940 Benjami n A. Dennis Jr..

MinE, served in No rth Afri ca with the Arm y Corps

Matthew C ichows ki , NDD , t Dec. 23, 1998.

1931 Richard P. Murry, NOD: deat h reported to UMR on Jul y 29, 1999.

1934 Harold R. A bs her , CE, was retired fro m Washin gton Co unty. [II. . where he served as superinte nde nt of hi ghways for 30 years.

Whil e atte ndin g MSM-UMR , he was a me mber of Lambda Chi Alpha and Blue Key. Absher and Ruth. hi s wife of 53 years, were li vin g in Nashvill e, III. tA ug. 16, 1999

during Wo rld War Il . He was re tired from Dupont Che mi ca l Co. aft er 35 years of service. Whil e attending MSM -UMR. he was a member of band , SA ME, AIME, Engin eers Clu b, and was a second lieutenan t in the Co rps Engin eers Reserve. Denni s and hi s wife of S9 years, M ildred, were li ving in North Fort Myers, Fl a. t May 24, 1999

Edwin A. Hein , ME, was retired fr om DuPont.

W hil e attendin g MSMUMR , he was a member of Signla Pi and Tau Bela Pi . tA pril 8, 1999

George E. Fort , MinE, Prof PetE ' 67 , was retired fro m Fort and M il ler.

W hil e attendin g MSM UMR , he was a mem ber of Lambda Chi A lpha , intramural sports, M Club, Independents, trac k and wrestling. t Jul y 20, 1999

1936 J ac k R. C lanton , CE, who earned the ni ckname "Cactus Jack" from hi s Uni versity

1941 Joseph L. Lessman Jr., ChE , was a membe r of AIChE, Kappa Sigma, and A meri ca n Soc ie ty for Meta ls whil e attendin g MSM -U MR. Less man 's death was reported to UM R on Jul y 30, 1999.

of W ashington engineerin g stud ent s because

of hi s Missouri dra wl, had a pass ion fo r precision. The former pro fessor brought a keen ha nd a nd eye not on ly to the blackboard, but also to hi s structural design s for the second Tacoma Narrows Brid ge and Seattle's Alaskan Way Viad uct. Clant; n was proudest of hi s redesign fo r the Rainbow Bridge over the Swi nomi sh Chann el. He was a sociab le man who loved to tell stori es and teach kids to whi stl e. He played the vio lin and trumpet and took up go lf after he retired.

Whi le atte ndin g MSM-UM R, he was a me mber o f the band. Pi Kappa A lph a, Officers Clu b. and was an ROTC capta in .

Clanton was preceded in death by hi s wife of 62 years, Patty t Jul y 11. 1999

1938

Richard T. Weaver, ME, was active in civic affRirs all his life. He was one of the first me mbers of the city co un c il a nd th e first recipi ent of the Outstandin g Service Awa rd 111 Th e Co lo ny, Tex as .

Whi le attending MSM-UM R, he was a member of S igma Pi , intra mural sports and SI. Pat's

Julius P. Faris Jr. , Mi nE, was a member of the Officers Cl ub, SAME, the Rifl e Team and the Photographi c Club while atte ndi ng MSM-UM R. He was also an ROTC cadet first sergeant and cadet ca ptain . t Feb. 2 1, 1999.

1942

Harry L. Gerwin , ME, was a me mber of ASME, Rad io Club, Th eta Tau and was an ROTC cadet whi le attending MSM-UM R. t June27 , 1999.

1943

Wa r re n D. White, EE. was re tired from Eaton Airborne Instrum e nt Labo ra to ry.

Whi le att e ndin g MSMUMR, he was a me mber of Radi o Club, AIEE, Kappa Alph a, and received first honors. tNov. 6. 1998

was a member of E ngineers C lub, \vreslling.

of Engineers as a captain

Board. Wea ver and hi s \vife, U rb a, were

li ving in The Colony, Texas . t May 2 1, 1999

Gene Gottschalk, ME. was retired from Uni on Carbide. Gottschalk and hi s wife, Nelva, were li vin g in Paducah, Ky. t Jul y 10, 1999

Earl W. Kleefisch , NOD , tA prii 12, 1999 .

1944 Jack Buening, NOD , t May 25 . 1999.

intramural sports and M C lub. Kane and hi s wife, Ruth A nn , were li vin g in Bartl esville, O kl a. tA ug. 13, 1998 Kenneth N. Wyga nt, EE, served in World War U in the Paci fic theater. He was retired from AT&T after 35 yea rs of service . Whil e attendin g MSM-UM R. he was a me mber of Radio C lub , Shamrock C lub , MSM Forum, Alpha Phi Omega, Theta Tau. AlEE, and Engineers Club. He was al so an ROTC cadet sergeant. Wygant and hi s wife , Eli zabeth , were li ving in Beverl y Hill s, Fla . t May 14, 1999

1949 ""ayne F. Dyer, ME , was reti red from No rth Ameri ca n Rockwe ll. He was a member of ASME whil e atte ndin g MSMUM R. t June 29, 1999

Roger F. Grotefendt , CerE , was retired fro m National Steel Co. While attending MSM-UMR , he wa s a member of ACS, Keramo s, and was on the

honor li st. Grote fendt and hi s wife, Frances. were li vin g in Granite City, III. t May 17, 1999 Ju lius L. Sarzin , EE. was retired from Sperry Co rp .

Whi le atte ndin g MSMUM R, he was a member of Al EE and Tau Beta Pi. He was a lso on the honor li st and received first honors. t May 12, 1999 Jack F. Stadelh ofer, EE, was ret ired from CA Com pression Products In c.

Wh il e atte nd in g MSMUM R, he was a me mber of th e Shamroc k Club , En gineers C lub , A l EE, ROTC Band, Lambda Chi Alph a and student co un cil. t June 30, 1999

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1950 Walte r W. Campbell , Ch E, was a d ivis io n c hi e f f'o r U.S. S teel-USX Co rp.

W hi le a tt e nd in g M S MUM R, he was a me mber of A IC hE. A lph a C hi Sig ma. a nd was o n the ho no r li st.

He also was a slUd ent assista nt in the c he mi stry de partme nt. t Jul y 5. 1999 Robert L. Choate, EE, MS Ph ys ' S I, was a re tired teac her. W hil e a tte nd in g M S M -U MR , he was a me mbe r o f Al EE, A IM E, Sig ma X i. and was on the ho nor list. He was a lso a s tu de nt ass ista nt for th e library. C hoate a nd h is wife, Di x ie, were li ving in Sa nta Ma ria, Ca lif. t Jan . 3 1, 1999

Max D. Kime , EE, was reti red fro m No rth A me ri ca n Phill ips. Whil e atte ndin g M S MUMR , he was o n the ho no r li st. t June 17, 1999 Victor E. Ma llric h , M E, was ret ired fro m G e ne ral E lectric . Whil e a tte nd in g MSM -U MR , he was a me mber of Tau Beta Pi . Ph i Ka ppa Phi , a nd was on the ho no r li st. He was also the recip ie nt of a Si lve r Key Awa rd and Book Plate Awa rd. Mallri c h a nd hi s w ife, Lo is, we re livi ng in Lo uisv ille, Ky. t M ay 30. 1999 C harles F. Romine, ME, was a me mbe r o f the Eng in eers C lub , Ka ppa Sig ma, and was on the ho no r list w hil e a tte nd ing MSM-UMR. t Ja n. 3 , 1999

Jack H. Cox. NDD : deat h re po rted to UM R o n A ug. 23 . 1999 .

Gcorge Dillendcr Jr. , C hE, M S C hE ' 52, was a me mbe r o f A IC h E a nd A lpha C hi S ig m a w h ile a tte ndin g Dill e nde r 's M S M -U MR dea th was re ported to UMR o n Ju ly 30. 1999.

J ames O. E lliott , CEo was ret ired fro m Burlin g to n No rth e rn / Fri sco Rail way.

He served in Wo rld War II w ith the 733rd Engi neer's Depo t Co mpan y. Whi le a ttend ing 1SM-U MR , he was a membe r of ASCE .

A me ri can Road Builde rs Assoc ia ti o n, a nd was on the honor li st. He was a lso a stude nt ass ista nt for civil engineering. Elli ott and hi s w ife, M a ry. we re li ving in Sprin g fi eld , Mo. t June 4. 1999 James L. Evans Jr .. EE. \:vas reli red f ro m Mc Do nn e ll-Do ug las . Ja mes was o n the ho no r li s t w h ile a tte nd in g MSMUMR. t Jun e 24 .1 999

Paul A . Huber. M E. re tired in 1988 fro m Mi ss iss ipp i Li me Co. a n e r 38 years of' ser vice. He "vas a I icell sed profess io nal engi neer.

W hil e a tte nd in g MSMUM R. he was a me mbe r o f ASME a nd wa s o n th e ho no r li st. Hube r a nd his wife, Mary. were li vin g in S te. Genev ieve. Mo. Hu ber' s dea th was re po rted to UM R o n Ju ly 6. 1999.

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1951 E lb ert T. Bond , III , MGeo. was a me mbe r o f Alpha Phi Omega, A IM E. Sig ma Gamma Epsilo n and the c. L. Dake Geo log ical Soc ie ty w h ile a tte ndin g MSM -U MR. ,[ A ug. 6, 1999 Robert H. Schwaig, C h E, was a re tired consultin g e ng inee r a nd busin ess own er.

He was an an auth or: in ventor. a nd was lis ted in " M a rqui s ' Wh o's Wh o" a nd in " Engi neers o f Dist inct io n ." Whi le a tte nding M S M- UM R, he was a me mbe r o f MS P E. Tech C lub.

A IC h E, Alpha C hi S ig ma , S tude nt Council , S t. Pat' s Boa rd. Inde pe nde nt s, a nd was o n the ho no r li st. Schwa ig a nd hi s wife of 48 yea rs. Genn y. we re living in S t. Lo ui s Hills, Mo. t Jul y 8, 1999

1954 W illiam E. Sipe, M E, was re tired Fro m DuPo nt. Whil e a tte nd ing M S M -U 1R he wa s a me m be r o f C lub.

InEng ineers de pe nde nt s, AS M E. Blue Key, a nd was o n th e ho nor li s t. S ipe a nd hi s w ife, Berni ce. we re livi ng in A ike n, S.c. t Dec. 8.

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1962 Patrick D. C uln a n Jr. , C hE, was pres ide nt of Process Deve lo pm e nt Corp. fo r more th an 30 yea rs. While a tt e nd in g MSM- UM R he was a me mbe r of A IC h E, Alpha C hi Sig ma.

De lta S ig ma Phi a nd Blue Key. Pat ri c k was also a student assista nt in the che mi stry de pa rtme nt. t A ug. 13, 1999 C h arles E. Wagner, EE.

was in strum ental in th e develo pment of th e G e m in i s pace p rogra m a nd fo ll owed th a t acco mp li shm e nt wi th many years as an astute bu s in ess ma n in the mi c rog ra phi cs fi e ld .

W hile a t M S M-UM R, he was a me mbe r o f Ka ppa S ig ma a nd was e lected into the cha pte r Hall of Fame in 1994. t June I, 1999

1964 James D. Hayes, M S Phys: death repo rted to UM R o n A ug ust 20. 1999.

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1976 Donald R. Dudley, ME. was the owne r of Diamo nd Mecha ni ca l Inc. , a comme rcia l heat ing and cooling firm in Va ll ey Park. M o.

He also ow ned Hydrosource Co. w hi c h sold a nd insta ll ed geothe rm al heatin g a nd coo ling equ ipme nt. Dud ley was preside nt of the Vall ey Pa rk Business Associa ti o n, a me mber o f the Eure ka Co mmunit y Choi r a nd a c ho ir me mbe r a t the United Me thodi st C hurc h in Eureka . Mo. W hil e atte nding MSM- UMR , he was a me mber o f c hoi r a nd o rc hestra . He was a lso a foo tba ll a thl e te. t June 17. 1999

1978 Donald R. McKean , EMch: death re ported to UMR o n Ju ly 30, 1999.

1997 A llen K. E d ge, M E, was ki ll ed in a scuba d iving acc ide nt. t Ju ne 19. 1999

1998 Paul E . A lbertso n . PhD GeoE'98 , a resea rc h geo logist fo r the Corps of Eng ineers fo r mo re tha n 2 1 yea rs . was kill ed in a traffi c accide nt. He was a lso a n adj unc t professor of geo logy a t UIvIR a nd was serv in g a te m po ra ry ass ig nm e nt w ith the U.S. Geolog ical S urvey in Ro ll a. Pau l and his w ife. S ue, were li vi ng in Ro ll a. t Ju ly 26.

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Ute Lambur, wife of Charl es H. Lambur, Min E'33, t Feb. 19, 1999.

W.D. Larson, husba nd of Debi Larson; death repon ed to UM R on August 17. 1999.

Karen Morse, wife of B. Eri c Morse. was a retired Methodi st minister and was a UM R campus mini ster with the Wesley Gro up . t Jul y 18, 1999 Hallie B. North . wife of Oli ver S. No rth , GGph' SO, t Jul y 4, 1997.

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Football's "Papa Bear" George Phobos orbits it Original UMR school name: Abbr They plan the UMR fun Not quite erect Butter substitute Pub quaff On the briny The UMR place to meet MSM-UMR mascot Turkish capital Ballerina Shearer New Orleans university "Seinfeld" network "_ pig's eye!"

Doctrine Oldest UMR campus landmark Students' advocate at UMR Brain wave Escort's offering Vincent Lopez's theme song Airline to Tel Aviv City of Tuscany facto What powered UMR's recent first-place finisher Socially challenged person "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" author Ken Some tides Many John Wayne films

61 65 69 70 75 76 79 80 81 82 84 86 87 89 93 95 96 97 101 103 108 110 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119

What most folks think UMR is all about City on the Rio Grande "Stormy Weather" composer Harold Krupp Works city X-ray vision stopper UMR frat reps Zi llions Like '70s fashion, now The Marching Miners, e.g.

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Lyricist Gershwin Hotel employee _-craftsy Sometimes nickname of UMR Ambulance crew member, for short Sothern of old TV Former French coin Like the animals in a petting zoo Long baskets, in basketball lingo Doo-wop selections UMR leader One thing found at UMR Dick and Jane's pooch Outback hopper Wine bottle datum Chosen few US./ Canada's _ Canals Tummy muscles Italy's Villa d'_ Boca _, Fla.

Answers to the crossword puzzle are on page 14 S6

MSM-UMR ALUMNUS I Winter 1999

Down 1 Laugh-track syllables 2 Like of bricks 3 Tasteof a lollipop 4 -Seltzer 5 Breastbones 6 Swabbie's need 7 What you are 8 Pistol's kickback 9 "Would you be _ 7" ("Please?")

10 "The Naked _" (Goya oil) 11 _-mo replay 12 Swimming competitions 13 Jib or spanker 14 Middies' sch.

15 "_ there, done that" 20 "Chances _" (Mathis tune) 22 Start of a Flintstone yell 24 Autumn flowers 27 April forecast 30 Preserving, as meat or fish 32 Eskimo's home: Var 33 Game played on a world map 34 Garfield's foil 35 Vintner's dregs 36 Sprinter's assignment 37 Kennedy Center architect 38 Refusals 40 Jamboree shelter 41 "_ 's Gold" (Fonda flick) 42 "It Must Be Him" singer Vikki 43 Cutlass or 98 47 "Author unknown," for short 50 Salts' affirmatives 52 Yemeni capital 53 "The Magic Flute," eg 58 Bear's advice 60 Antiqu ing agent 62 Film _ (movie genre) 63 Lubricate more thoroughly 64 Emcees' lines 65 Exile island for Napoleon 66 "All in the Family" producer Norman 67 Respire, dog-style 68 Tacks on 71 Teamster's rig 72 One of the "South Park" kids 73 Toledo's lake 74 Signals at Sotheby's 77 Suffix with bean, slug or gab 78 FDR's tree-planting agcy.

83 Start of a whaler's cry 85 "_ and his money ... " 88 Pup's cry of pain 90 Jack of hearts feature 91 Cameo stones 92 One who thinks things through carefully 94 Stiller's partner 97 CD spinners 98 Klutz's cry 99 Tail end of a sneeze 100 Absorbed by 101 Refs' stoppages 102 "Beat it!"

104 Boxing's Oscar _ Hoya 105 Monogram unit: Abbr 106 Outer: Prefix 107 Laid eyes on 109 Stick up 111 Before, to bards

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