MAGAZINE Spring 2016
DREW POWELL ’98 is a rising star in Gotham
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE THINK: Learning From the Past LIVE: Making the Next Great College Town
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COMPOSE AND PERFORM
Grammy Award winner Gabriela Lena Frank (left), composer-in-residence for the DePauw School of Music’s 14th annual Music of the 21st Century Festival, rehearsed with DePauw faculty pianist May Phang for a joint performance of Frank’s 2012 composition for four-hand piano, “Adagio Para el Anochecer” (“Adagio for Dusk”) from Sonata Serrana No. 1. The five-day festival brings some of the world’s most celebrated composers to campus, allowing students and faculty to interact with leading artists of today.
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A RETURN TO CUBA
During DePauw’s first Winter Term trip to Cuba since the thaw in relations between that country and the United States, a group of DePauw students and faculty experienced Cuba’s unique culture and studied its healthcare system during January 2016. The Faculty of Latin American Social Scientists at University of Havana hosted the DePauw students, who attended lectures every day and visited a family doctor, organic farm, biotech institute, maternity home and more.
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PRESIDENT CASEY’S LEGACY As President Brian W. Casey prepares to end his tenure at DePauw, he will be remembered for his boundless energy, joy of engaging with community members and especially students, and for his love of this University. Students will remember their many conversations with President Casey around campus, one of his favorite things to do on a nice day, and his genuine interest in their lives. Casey led DePauw University through an intensive period of planning and growth. While he took office at the outset of the Great Recession in 2008, he set high aspirations for the University in the form of DePauw 2020: The Plan for DePauw and a comprehensive campus master plan to guide development of buildings and grounds to reflect the quality of the institution and nurture its aspirations for the future. Bold initial changes to the campus were completed in 2012 with the opening of an Anderson Street entrance and arrival sequence leading to a new Office of Admission in the Emison Building. The University bookstore, Eli’s Books, and Starbucks Café opened downtown as
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part of a Stellar Communities Initiative in partnership with the City of Greencastle. Investments in Greencastle downtown revitalization continue today through Music on the Square and other improvements. In October 2014, the University launched The Campaign for DePauw, which as of this writing has raised $258 million toward a $300 million goal. In identifying the largest priority of the campaign,
for comprehensive student advising for offcampus study, internships, career planning, and pre-professional and graduate school preparation. President Casey led significant investments in the core of campus and in athletics facilities. Hoover Hall, planned for completion in October 2016, will provide the campus with not only a place for dining, but also a beautiful space for community building and student-faculty engagement. The Welch Fitness Center and Reavis Stadium are among these important – From the 2008 inaugural address of DePauw University’s 19th President, Brian W. Casey. additions to strengthen the University’s President Casey and the Board of Trustees enrollment position and quality of the established The DePauw Trust for increasing student experience. the endowment for need-based financial aid President Casey relished his role in by 80 percent. Other important campaign long-held rituals of the University and outcomes include the 21st-Century in creating new traditions. During the Musician initiative to reimagine how first day on campus, each first-year class musicians are trained through the School of now processes together under the alma Music, as well as the Hubbard Center for mater gates of East College and through Student Engagement, a centralized home the applauding lines of faculty to an opening convocation. To mark the end of their undergraduate years, students now gather with faculty for a powerful Baccalaureate ceremony and communitywide celebration on the East College lawn in “DePauw Under the Stars.” But among all of these traditions, President Casey found no greater joy than in giving “The President’s Charge to the Graduating Class,” which has been read during the Commencement ceremony each year since early in the 20th century. The charge closes, “Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
“Our task … is to give license to wonder; to create possibilities commensurate with our students’ capacity to dream.”
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THRIVE
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If You Can Make It at DePauw, You Can Make It Anywhere
Learning From the Past
Making the Next Great College Town
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8 News 12 Recent Words 32 Connections: Engaging with DePauw 38 Class Notes Cover photo and photos on pages 16-23 by Holly Lynch and FOX Network.
Mariel Wilderson director of University communications marielwilderson@depauw.edu
Steven J. Setchell ’96 associate vice president for alumni engagement ssetchell@depauw.edu
Larry G. Anderson editorial director landersn@depauw.edu
Contributors: Hannah N. Bradley ’16, Sarah McAdams, Linda Striggo and Christopher L. Wolfe
Kelly A. Graves creative director kgraves@depauw.edu Donna Grooms class notes editor dgrooms@depauw.edu Larry G. Ligget University photographer larryligget@depauw.edu
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DePauw Alumni Association Officers Donald M. Phelan ’79, president Denise Castillo Dell Isola, vice president Thomas R. Schuck '86, secretary
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news 4TH IN NATION
DePauw is ranked number four among the nation’s four-year baccalaureate colleges for the number of students studying abroad during the 2013-14 academic year, according to the 2015 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange. DePauw is also third in the number of students participating in short-term study abroad experiences. The report, published annually by the Institute of International Education in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, found that 520 DePauw students studied abroad during the 2013-14 year.
DEPAUW’S 20TH PRESIDENT
As this issue of DePauw Magazine was going to the printer, the University’s Board of Trustees unanimously selected D. Mark McCoy, dean of the DePauw School of Music since August 2011, as president of DePauw, effective July 1. He succeeds Brian W. Casey, who is leaving at the end of the current academic year to become president of Colgate University in New York. An 18-member presidential search committee – led by Kathy Patterson Vrabeck ’85, assisted by Isaacson, Miller, a premier search firm in the higher education and nonprofit industry, and consisting of DePauw alumni, students, faculty and administration – after months of work, came to the conclusion that the top candidate was already on campus. That committee sent the choice of McCoy to the Board of Trustees. DePauw Magazine will have comprehensive coverage of DePauw’s 20th president in the summer issue.
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TOP PROFESSOR
Daniel G. Gurnon (above left), associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was named 2015 Indiana Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. He was formally announced as the award winner at a luncheon on Nov. 19 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. At DePauw, Gurnon focuses his research on visualizing the submicroscopic world. He also serves as director of the Science Research Fellows Program, an honors program for students interested in studying science and getting significant hands-on research experience.
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The number of consecutive regular season conference home wins posted by the DePauw women’s basketball team prior to its 63-54 loss to Denison University in Neal Fieldhouse on Jan. 7. The team’s home conference winning streak began in January 2003.
TOUR OF FRANCE
The 31-member DePauw Chamber Singers presented seven performances while touring France from Jan. 11-20 during Winter Term. Tour highlights included an invited concert in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and performance of a new piece composed by Jonathan David especially for the tour.
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The record number of DePauw studentathletes who were named to the Tiger Pride Honor Roll for achieving at least a 3.4 grade point average during the fall 2015 semester.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES Anne F. Harris
DePauw’s academic program continues to thrive and grow. Fostering curiosity and expertise, the classroom experience offers multiple perspectives on engaging course content. Increasingly, faculty and students are taking academic pursuits beyond the classroom into research projects, often funded by grants. Our faculty members have been very competitive with grants this year – notably Pascal Lafontant, associate professor of biology, who was awarded a $287,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health last fall. Faculty-student research is on the rise at DePauw, and initiatives are in place to expand the possibilities for all. Across the curriculum, faculty members have come together to implement the two new graduation requirements, which were voted in by the faculty in spring 2015. Designing and preparing courses in “Power, Privilege, and Diversity” and “International Experience” has proven to be a very energizing experience. Faculty development has provided the opportunity for Faculty Triads awards as well as Faculty Innovation Grants, and a great many faculty members are involved in reading groups, syllabi revisions and intense planning discussions. The academic program at DePauw is engaged in campus issues and discussions, and it is an exciting time to think about the transformative power of education. New opportunities for students are also emerging. World Literature has become the latest new interdisciplinary program at DePauw, bringing opportunities to study works in translation and to consider a global perspective in literary production, as well as the effects of translation on literary reception. Conversations about Neuroscience and Global Health are very active, and great energy is going into moving these programs forward. A notable development is the reinvigoration and initiation of several Centers at DePauw. The Prindle Institute for Ethics, with director Andy Cullison, has earned a national reputation for its work with both on-site conferences and widely broadcast podcasts. The McDermond Center for Management & Entrepreneurship will welcome a director this spring who will expand programming and opportunities for all students at DePauw. Finally, a generous gift will enable creation of the Tenzer Technology Center, with a mission to provide all students with access to cutting-edge technology so that they produce knowledge in innovative and convincing ways. DePauw students continue to be positioned to explore and succeed. Our commitment to the liberal arts creates intersections with national and international issues that open up new avenues of knowledge, new opportunities for collaboration and unprecedented promise.
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news “We no longer favor long, poetic prose or overly sappy language. Yet, topics of interest for lovers still include devotion, loyalty, physical adoration and connection. And many of the metaphors that we use to describe being in love – like ‘falling in love’ or ‘crazy in love’ – have not changed, either.”
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DEPAUW MEN’S SOCCER TEAM ADVANCED TO THE NCAA DIVISION III ROUND OF 16 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
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North Coast Athletic Conference titles won by DePauw teams following the women’s soccer team’s first NCAC regular season title.
JENNIFER L. ADAMS, DePauw associate professor
of communication and theatre, who has studied
hundreds of love letters. She teaches a course about
letters, memoirs and journals, and she finds there is
still an audience for love letters, even among younger people who have had more exposure to digital media.
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The number of Tiger teams represented at NCAA Championships in the fall.
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AS LOVELY AS A TREE
During Winter Term in January 2016, the University planted 65 trees, including 45 on East College lawn. As a result, there are more trees on East College lawn than in the past few decades. The goal is to plant 100 new trees in the area encompassing East College, Holton Quad, the new Hoover Dining Hall and Memorial Student Union Building – which will also mean more trees in that area than previously. Many old trees on campus are nearing the end of their lives, and numerous ash trees are suffering from the effects of an emerald ash borer infestation, according to Robert A. Harper, assistant director of facilities management for grounds and landscaping. Harper is developing a long-term, tree-planting plan to address campus needs.
“I had indeed given them the warning about the stick shortage, and they said it was no problem as they knew all about this. Imagine my surprise when I was taking photos of them launching their sticks into the stream, to learn that the twigs I was seeing had come all the way with them from Indiana.” SIMON KERR, columnist writing in the East Grinstead Courier (United Kingdom) about his experience
guiding a group of 26 DePauw students and three faculty members on a tour of the world-famous Pooh Bridge
in Hartfield. They were traveling in the UK and France in January as part of a Winter Term course on children’s
literature. Aware that it was difficult to find sticks on site, the DePauw group had prepared by bringing their own “Poohsticks” from campus to drop off the bridge into the stream.
MAJOR NEWS
The top 10 most popular majors among DePauw students this year: » Economics » Biology » Communication » Music » Kinesiology » Psychology » Political science » Biochemistry » Chemistry » Computer science
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DePauw juniors are recipients of the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, to study or intern abroad during the spring 2016 academic term. They are in Argentina, Brazil and Greece.
MEDIA EMPIRE
Juniors in the Media Fellows Program are getting hands-on experience with top organizations around the world during the spring semester. Media Fellows internship sites include: C-SPAN, Washington, D.C.; Tampa Bay Rowdies, Tampa Bay, Fla.; “Empire,” Chicago; “Conan,” Burbank, Calif.; Girl Scouts of Indiana, Indianapolis; ISE Program, Strasbourg, France; and “Weekend TODAY,” New York City.
“A perfect blend of partnership between city and state as well as public and private organizations, Eli’s Bookstore, its adjoining café and the community spaces not only provide an enhanced retail experience for DePauw’s students, the local community and visitors but brings a renewed sense of excitement and purpose to downtown Greencastle.” UNIVERSITY BUSINESS magazine, in an article looking at the partnership between DePauw University, City
of Greencastle and Follett Higher Education Group, which led to the opening of a new bookstore and Starbucks Coffee shop on the city’s courthouse square three years ago.
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DAVID C. BARRETT ’94 and Timothy B. Jones Harnessing the Dynamics of Public Education: Planning for a Return to Greatness (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers) Harnessing the Dynamics of Public Education: Planning for a Return to Greatness is a comprehensive look at the American public education system. Building on the current system, the book takes on the War on Education in an effort to rethink, redesign and develop a new state-of-the-art system of learning that will regain international competiveness and be the “best choice” for parents in a growing system of choice. The authors provide critical analysis of the current system while also offering specific solutions and hope for one of the greatest institutions in America. Barrett is a senior field trainer and analyst for the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as assistant director for the Middle School Matters Institute.
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KRISTIN A. BRINEY ’05 Data Management for Researchers: Organize, maintain and share your data for research success
BRIAN E. DIXON ’01 and John T. Finnell, editors Clinical Informatics Study Guide Text and Review
DAVID H. EVANS ’62 Marine Physiology Down East: The Story of the Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory
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A comprehensive guide to everything scientists need to know about data management, this book is intended to help researchers learn how to organize, document and take care of their own data. Researchers in all disciplines are faced with the challenge of managing growing amounts of digital data that are the foundation of their research. Kristin Briney offers practical advice and clearly explains policies and principles, in an accessible and in-depth text that will allow researchers to understand and achieve the goal of better research data management. Briney has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry and M.A. in library and information studies, and she uniquely approaches data management from the point of view of a research scientist. She works in an academic library, advising researchers on data management planning and best practices for dealing with data.
This book provides clinicians with core knowledge and competencies necessary to be effective informatics leaders in health care organizations. The content is drawn from areas recognized by the American Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) as necessary to prepare physicians to become Board Certified in Clinical Informatics. Clinical informaticians transform health care by analyzing, designing, selecting, implementing, managing, and evaluating information and communication technologies (ICT) that enhance individual and population health outcomes, improve patient care processes and strengthen the clinicianpatient relationship. As the specialty grows, the content in this book covers areas useful to nurses, pharmacists and information science graduate students in clinical/health informatics programs. Brian Dixon is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health.
This volume offers a comprehensive history of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), one of the major marine laboratories in the United States and a leader in using marine organisms to study fundamental physiological concepts. Beginning with its founding as the Harpswell Laboratory of Tufts University in 1898, David Evans follows its evolution from a teaching facility to a research center for distinguished renal and epithelial physiologists. He also describes how it became the site of major advances in cytokinesis, regeneration, cardiac and vascular physiology, hepatic physiology, endocrinology and toxicology, as well as studies of the comparative physiology of marine organisms. Fundamental physiological concepts in the context of the discoveries made at the MDIBL are explained. Evans is a professor emeritus in the Department of Biology at University of Florida. He is editor of five previous books.
A STUDENT’S GUIDE TO
PYTHON FOR PHYSICAL MODELING
JESSE M. KINDER PHILIP NELSON
JESSE M. KINDER ’01 and Philip Nelson A Student’s Guide to Python for Physical Modeling (Princeton University Press) Python is a computer programming language that is rapidly gaining popularity throughout the sciences. A Student’s Guide to Python for Physical Modeling aims to help teach students enough of Python programming language to get started with physical modeling. The book covers how to install an open-source Python programming environment and use it to accomplish many common scientific computing tasks: importing, exporting and visualizing data; numerical analysis; and simulation. This tutorial focuses on fundamentals and introduces a wide range of useful techniques, including: basic Python programming and scripting; numerical arrays; two- and three-dimensional graphics; Monte Carlo simulations; numerical methods, including solving ordinary differential equations; image processing; and animation. Kinder previously taught physics at Case Western Reserve University and is now a consultant.
DR. KIMBERLY LUESSE KINDER ’03 Communication in Medicine: A guide for students and physicians on interacting with patients, colleagues, and everyone else (Create Space Publishing) After graduating from DePauw, Kimberly Luesse Kinder attended medical school at University of Pennsylvania and completed an ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery residency at Case Western Reserve University. In her first book, she provides helpful information about communication within the medical field. Medical students and residents receive a lot of formal training in basic science and hands-on patient care; however, much of what is needed to be an effective physician really boils down to communication skills. This book explores nuances of the doctor-patient relationship, communication among medical professionals and interactions with the world outside of medicine. The book is packed with helpful information for medical students, residents and practicing physicians. The book’s cover features a photo of Kim Kinder and her husband, Jesse M. Kinder ’01, who also wrote a book included in Recent Words.
LUCINDA TUCKER KIRK ’71 To Be Imperfectly Honest A Memoir of an Honestly Imperfect Life
MICAH E. LING ’03 Flashes of Life
(Lucindakirk.com)
Micah Ling’s fourth collection of poetry, Flashes of Life, consists of prose poetry centered on the concepts of music and memory, and how the brain and senses function and interact. Featuring poems that engage songs by artists ranging from The White Stripes to Bruce Sprinsteen, David Bowie to Otis Redding; lists of albums; daily timestamps as poems; remixes and everything in between, Flashes of Life evokes not just the way we listen to music, but also the ways we interact with music in our life. Designed to highlight its concept-albumlike nature, Flashes of Life is split into four sections, echoing the four sides of a double album, complete with multiple sleeve arts, bonus/“hidden” tracks, and handwritten opening and closing songs, echoing the physicality of placing a needle on vinyl. This collection looks head-on at the music of memories. Ling is an English instructor at Fordham University.
Lucinda Kirk is a third-generation DePauw graduate, following her grandfather, grandmother, father, aunt and brother. Her book offers a series of moments – each weaving its way toward something more – and her story reads like a road trip. Follow her adventures as she owns and manages a record store in Greencastle, Ind., teaches high school in the rural Midwest, encounters psychics and “UFO people,” copes with the Vietnam war during her DePauw years, survives cancer, raises a daughter, and encounters the surprising assortment of people who taught her how to keep moving forward. Her work as a writing teacher and psychotherapist has informed her curiosity about the human condition and importance of remembering. Opening her pages is like sitting with a dear friend who’s funny, honest, courageous and willing to let her guard down in the hopes that you will, too, and remember and share your own stories.
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ROGER B. NELSEN ’64 Cameos for Calculus: Visualization in the First-Year Course (Mathematical Association of America) A thespian or cinematographer might define a cameo as “a brief appearance of a known figure,” while a gemologist or lapidary might define it as “a precious or semiprecious stone.” This book presents 50 short enhancements or supplements (the Cameos) for the first-year calculus course in which a geometric figure briefly appears. Some of the Cameos illustrate mainstream topics, such as the derivative, combinatorial formulas used to compute Riemann sums, or the geometry behind many geometric series. Other Cameos present topics accessible to students at the calculus level but not usually encountered in the course. The 50 Cameos are grouped into five sections: Limits and Differentiation, Integration, Infinite Series, Additional Topics, and Appendix: Some Precalculus Topics. Many of the Cameos include exercises, and solutions follow Part V. This is the 10th book for Roger Nelsen, professor emeritus of mathematics at Lewis & Clark College.
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CHRISTOPHER B. OLER ’95 and AMY HOUSTON OLER ’96 Molly and the Magic Suitcase: Molly Goes to Shanghai (CreateSpace) Molly and her younger brother, Michael, are curious about the world. Inspired by food, family and friends, they use a magic suitcase to explore faraway places in the Molly and the Magic Suitcase book series written by Chris Oler and illustrated by Amy Houston Oler. Molly and Michael travel to Shanghai in their ninth adventure. They meet a new friend, Nan Nan, who shows them modern wonders and ancient secrets of the city. There is much to discover, including new games, foods, beautiful places and language. Learn, along with Molly and Michael, what makes Shanghai and its people unique and wonderful. Whether preparing for a trip or just dreaming of one, kids will better understand people, places, traditions and fun that happens all around the world every day.
LARRY C. SPEARS ’78, Shann Ray Ferch, Mary McFarland, Michael R. Carey, editors Conversations on Servant-Leadership: Insights on Human Courage in Life and Work (State University of New York Press) Against the backdrop of a world in which organizations and leaders face conflicts and complexity at an alarming rate, in this book 14 of the world’s foremost thought leaders consider the role of leadership, love and power in the midst of political and social upheaval. Included are interviews with Corazon Aquino, former president of the Philippines; servant-leaders Margaret Wheatley, Ken Blanchard, George Zimmer and James Autry; and others. They engage significant leadership questions of our time and reveal an uncommon and life-affirming path toward families, organizations and nations imbued with generosity and meaning. Larry Spears is CEO of the Spears Center for ServantLeadership. He has written and edited several books on servant-leadership.
KEVIN M. WALTMAN ’95 Pull (Cinco Puntos Press) Junior year. Derrick Bowen (D-Bow) has put in two good years getting ready for this season. He worked to earn his coach’s trust and a role as starting point guard for Marion East. Marion has never won the Indiana state championship, but this year the team is Derrick’s. And Derrick is good. Major colleges work feverishly to recruit him. Derrick is ready to run teams off the court. If only he could get on the court and stay on it. Old school coach Bolden suspends Derrick for the first game of the season after Derrick’s best friend, Wes, gets busted for carrying a joint while in Derrick’s car. Even after that, Marion High’s team just doesn’t quite click. Dissension and selfishness are threatening to tear the team apart. And then Derrick hears a sickening snap as he lands awkwardly after a thunderous dunk. Can Derrick lead the team to victory from the bench? Pull is the third book in Waltman’s D-Bow High School Hoops series. He teaches at University of Alabama.
A CIVIL WAR TREASURE By Sarah McAdams
A 700-page Civil War diary written by James Riley Weaver was given recently to DePauw Archives and Special Collections. Not only is it a unique piece of history, detailing every day of his life in active service and Confederate prisons, but Weaver also had strong ties to DePauw. The diary begins in June 1863 and continues through Weaver’s capture in October of that year and his release nearly 18 months later. A lieutenant serving in the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry in the U.S. Army, Weaver was one of several soldiers who became separated from the main group and were surrounded by Confederate troops. They spent a few days as prisoners in a Confederate encampment and then were taken to Libby Prison. Weaver eventually was a prisoner of war in more than a half dozen Confederate prison camps. He wrote his first diary entry on June 1, 1863, and the last one on April 1, 1865. He did not miss a day. “It’s turned out to be a treasure,” says Wesley W. Wilson, coordinator of archives and special collections. One of the conditions of the gift was that DePauw would transcribe the diary. Wilson has been working closely with John T. Schlotterbeck, A.W. Crandall Professor of History, and Midori Kawaue ’17 to do that. The arduous task of transcribing each word began with Wilson scanning the pages and posting them to Flickr, a free Web hosting service that supports crowdsourcing. Civil War buff Tony Klingensmith of Ogden, Utah, found it on the Internet, transcribed the entire document and gave it to Archives without any stipulation. However, in return for his work, Wilson asked Klingensmith to collaborate on the entire project. It was the task of intern Kawaue to edit the transcriptions that Klingensmith provided. “He [Klingensmith] was great with names,” Wilson says. “He knew Civil War officers, including spellings and rank, and Weaver wrote names
in almost every entry. It would have taken us a long time to research that.” Schlotterbeck, Wilson and Kawaue have checked the transcriptions, added scholarly annotations and drafted an introductory essay for the diary so that it can be published. “We’re doing some outside research about Riley and his family – filling out the framework we had – and now we know a lot more. That’s unusual,” Wilson says. “There are a lot of things that make the diary attractive – the Cavalry unit, an educated officer, a long narrative that’s complete, prison life and connections with DePauw’s history,” Wilson says. Weaver was from Pennsylvania. He attended Allegheny College and joined the Union army. Following the war, he attended Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston, Ill., where he would have met the president of the institute, Matthew Simpson, who had been DePauw’s first
president, and his daughter, Anna. Weaver and Anna married, left for Europe where he took diplomatic posts, including chargé d’affaires, and traveled to Vienna and Belgium. “Upon their return to the U.S., James was offered a job as head of the Department of Modern Languages and Literature at DePauw, and I’m sure Anna welcomed the opportunity to return to her childhood home of Greencastle,” Wilson says. Prior to his diplomatic career, Weaver had teaching experience at West Virginia University where he founded and ran the military cadet unit. During Weaver’s 30-year tenure at DePauw, he taught German, French, history, political science, economics and sociology. “He published his syllabi, which we have,” Wilson says. “That’s really unusual. They are in-depth, and John [Schlotterbeck] says anyone could pick them up and teach from them now.” Weaver retired in 1910 and died in 1920. SPRING 2016 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 15
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT AT DEPAUW, YOU CAN MAKE IT ANYWHERE By Thomas Chiarella
DePauw’s Hampton and Esther Boswell Distinguished University Professor of Creative Writing and writer-at-large for Esquire magazine
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hen you’re closing down a bar with an old friend, there’s nothing inherently seedy or scandalous about the final darkling hour before last call. So let’s start there: It’s 2:52 a.m., and Drew Powell is standing in a basement bar on the lower end of Manhattan, singing Al Green’s “I’m So Tired of Being Alone” on karaoke. And while he’s killing it – because Drew Powell can really sing – he’s pretty much just another customer when he stands up there. Just a guy, at the end of the work week, nagging out a Friday night with an old friend. Boy, can he sing. Drew Powell can really bring it. A reliable falsetto, a warm rasp in his throat, and he knows how to make people believe, in this case, that he’s tired of being alone. So tied up on his own. Etcetera. Soon customers stop what they’re doing to get a look at him. He is noticeable. Big, gruff, smiling his all-day smile, gripping the microphone like a hammer, rubbing the scruff of his blonde hair, scratching a grizzled halfbeard, Drew Powell has arms like bridge beams. He might reasonably get made as a dock worker, farmer, steel-worker, truck driver. And right here, he might reasonably be assumed to be a tourist, the Hoosier that he is even. But an out-oftowner anyway, happily singing karaoke to a murky half-room. Any man. Everybody deserves a little anonymity at 3 in the morning. Isn’t that the dividend of a day well-lived, a night well-played? Don’t we have the right to recede into our karaoke selves once in a while? The thing is, Drew Powell is getting
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noticed. Two women crouched at a bottlejammed café table point at him. At the bar, three jerseyed men – Devil, Ranger, Jet – argue over who he might be. Two think “actor” out loud. One says former pro football player. “College!” someone says. “He never played in the pros!” They’ve seen him, but they can’t place him. “I got it,” says one woman, proclaiming that Drew Powell is an MMA fighter whose first name, she thinks, maybe is Ron. Last name, unknown. It’s right on the tip of her tongue, she says. He’s from somewhere, she says. Nebraska maybe. She’ll get it. She will know who Drew Powell is. It’s just about to happen.
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he thing is, everybody is about to know Drew Powell, 1998 DePauw grad, who left Greencastle on the mighty wings of an English literature major, a load of college theater and television, a spate of opportunities offered by the Media Fellows Program and some good advice from previous alumni. It was the start of his quest to become an actor in television and film. Thousands of young people make the same commitment every year. Queue the Cautionary Tale theme music. A life of audition calls and shared apartments, part-time jobs and endless bowls of ramen. The parental nightmare for their college graduate. It takes grit to become a working actor, the requisite luck and an unnerving perseverance.
It’s work that began in earnest when he arrived on campus 21 years ago. “Oh man,” he says of the opportunities presented by DePauw. “I jumped right in. I did Miss Julie my freshman year with Professor Gigi Jennewein Fenlon directing. Miss Julie. It scared the hell out of me. Until then, I’d done all these happy-time musicals in high school, and suddenly there I am, in Moore Theatre, spending most of the play on stage with two other actors and a ton of lines, doing Strindberg, the most serious theater as a freshman. DePauw put me straight into the deep end. That was huge for me.” Director Jennewein Fenlon, still a Communication and Theatre Department faculty member, remembers it: “I vividly recall he was stunned at the casting, but also by the complexity of his role: Jean,
the butler. It was apparent that up to that point he’d been doing a high school/ community theatre repertoire of shows like Music Man or Sound of Music. Why did I cast him in Miss Julie? Drew had, and really he still has, great presence on stage and off. I could see he was creative, flexible, humble and respectful.” Powell remains humbled by that first work at DePauw. As recently as five years ago, he appeared on Broadway in a stage presentation of The Pee Wee Herman Show, which he helped originate in Los Angeles one year prior. “Going back to it was kind of a lark. I play a guy in a bear suit. A mute dancing bear!” he laughs. “Strindberg in Moore theatre was much, much more intense.” From his role in Miss Julie onward, “DePauw just set me up with great
expectations for what I could try. I took every opportunity I was presented. I’d ended up in college in Indiana, and I started to think, how can I be on camera in a legitimate way? At first, that was broadcast journalism in various forms. I thought: I’m going to be a sportscaster; I’m going to be an anchorman. So, I did the news. I did a lot of it – week after week. And at the same time, I worked on a student-produced sitcom, as I did throughout my years on campus. I interned at WISH-TV (Indianapolis) for Winter Term, I worked one summer at the Indiana Secretary of State’s office. As a Media Fellow, I interned at C-SPAN for a semester, which was exactly as boring as you can imagine it would be for a guy like me. But I absorbed it. All of it. It was work, and it was learning, and I couldn’t have done it anywhere else. I just started using the tools that DePauw put in front of me.”
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eturn to the karaoke bar, to the now of this thing, that summer night in early August, and his singing of Al Green. Well nigh 20 years since the earliest of these chances back in DePauw’s Performing Arts Center. Consider the song: Is Powell actually Tired of Being Alone? Is he so tied up on his own? Answer 1: He’s not alone at all. He’s married (wife is Veronica) and has a young son, both of whom he loves voraciously. Answer 2: he may be tied up, but it’s more likely it’s a joyous obligation since he’s newly attached to a recurrent role in a hit network television series. Earlier that very week, he returned to New York
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to begin work on season two of Fox television’s “Gotham,” the dark and and brilliantly cast Batman prequel, a noir drama, outlining the nefarious origins of the Gotham City villains during Bruce Wayne’s childhood before Batman. In the show’s first season, Powell originated the role of Butch Gilzean, henchman to a season-one villain played by Jada Pinkett Smith. Many people assumed that when Pinkett-Smith’s character was knocked off at the end of season one, Powell, as Gilzean, might not persist to season two. Instead, fan interest in “Gotham” grew, and the series was beefed up, and – happy day – Drew Powell was promoted from a recurring guest star to a series regular. It is no small distinction in the business. Being a series regular offers the actor a chance to be identified in connection with a character. Powell has moved his wife and five-year-old son to New York, where the show is produced. Earlier that day, he’d gone in for his first publicity work since signing – a photo shoot for the new regulars. Powell notes better perks, yes. “Mostly it’s nice to have a sense that I belong to something bigger than one moment, one appearance,” he says. “It’s part of what I’ve been working for since DePauw.” So: Butch Gilzean, the treacherously loyal henchman with his bridge-beam arms, made an impression during season one. This is why people know Powell in the bar with the karaoke. They’ve seen the show. The henchman is amongst them, only he’s Drew Powell up there, an ebullient, jolly spirit, a guy who can really work a stage. And sure they know him for the career he forged as a working
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actor – a regular or guest on shows such as “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Bones,” “The Mentalist,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “ER,” “Modern Family,” “Ray Donovan” and “Leverage.” He once starred as the younger version of the iconic rancher Hoss Cartwright in a short-lived “Ponderosa” reboot. He’s done theater and showcases in Los Angeles and New York.
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rom the time I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor, but when you grow up in Indiana, you don’t know how to do that. I knew how to become a lawyer. People could tell me that. My parents were ministers, and I think I could have done that,” he says, not hiding his pride in the lives his parents have led. “It was ingrained in me. I grew up in the church, watching my parents do their work, and they’re awfully good at what they do. I grew up in the midst of that work. The church was an extension of home. I spent my childhood falling asleep on the couch in my mother’s office, or having wheelchair races in the sanctuary with my brother ( James Nathaniel Powell ’00) and sister (Elizabeth Powell Young ’05).” But Powell says he knew even then that he wanted to try out acting, to take on the parental nightmare of a life without professional certainty. And lots of dried soup. “There was a theater in Lebanon, Ind., called the Avon, a real old-time place. As a kid, I would sit there, in the dark, week after week, watching movies, and I would have this feeling. It was arresting. The story, the images, the feelings that it produced. It was distinct. And I felt it every time, I left the Avon thinking: I knew that was where I wanted
to go, to Hollywood for lack of a better word. I knew that was the work I wanted to do.” I just needed the tools, Powell says. “And I thought college could give them to me.” This, of course, is where DePauw came in. “I told everyone: Stanford. Or Northwestern. Not because I didn’t want to stay in Indiana. I just wanted to get out, see the world. But then I had a conversation with the Media Fellows Program director in my guidance counselor’s office my senior year. That sealed it. He was showing me opportunities, all over the map. Academics. Theater. Television. The chance to be involved right from the jump. Had I gone to a bigger school, I’m sure I would have found my niche, but I knew my personality type even then. Bigger fish in a smaller pond was good for me. “In a lot of ways, DePauw chose me,” he says. “They gave me support; I earned a scholarship, which was a happy day in our house. But the best opportunities are provided by DePauw. The high expectations were mine. Lots of opportunity, lots of expectation. That was the match.”
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o back then, one last time, to the karaoke bar, where the night ends, for the purposes of this story, when the song ends. There will be selfie requests, and an autograph or two. The bartender, who knew him right away, has provided a drink before the bell. How did he come to be here on this night? Who then is the old friend who is closing down the joint? Well, the latter would be me, his
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former DePauw professor and academic adviser. Among other things, I write about entertainment. My path has crossed with Drew’s many times over the years. We’ve always promised ourselves a night for reflection and recollection. We walked lower Manhattan and went to dinner, where we joined Drew’s friend, the actor Timothy Hutton, freshly nominated for an Emmy Award on his current series, “True Crime.” Still, he was decidedly delighted that Drew has been offered the recurrent role on “Gotham.” “That’s network television!” he said. “That is a real viewership!” Hutton said, raising a glass to Powell. “And it’s a good show. There’s no better place for an actor to be.” When dinner finished, Hutton pulled me aside, when Drew stepped out. He spoke quickly. “Drew is a man by himself in our business. He’s never afraid of where he came from. He shows it. He’s proud of it. He’s kind, and he’s humble and he’s strong. He is an actor’s actor.” Then we split the bill.
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n our walk afterwards, I asked Drew what class he’d had with me. I’ve interviewed a lot of actors. So I can tell you, Drew Powell dodged my question. Brilliantly. Intro to Poetry, maybe. Neither of us could say for sure. Drew beamed when he spoke, which may have been acting, but really did convince me of his sincerity. “The thing you did was talk to me. Remember?” he said. “You kept after me. You helped me see the virtue of an English literature major. You pushed me to take certain classes, to really try new things. You helped me to see that
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choosing a major wasn’t choosing a career. I could act, and I could still go home and read Milton, which was something I really wanted, too.” So what classes did he remember? “By the time I got to my senior seminar with Professor [Cynthia] Cornell, I was really hitting my stride. I did my thesis on “Sexism, Racism and Homophobia in the works of Shakespeare and Chaucer,” and I was clicked in on that subject all semester.
DePauw. “It’s been more than 20 years, and he’s still the same kind, generous, enthusiastic professional, still has a great work ethic. I recall when he first moved out to California that he found work as a youth counselor in a church. He was proud of this. This care and concern for others, this ‘grounded-ness’ has always been part of his character. I’ve heard him attribute it to being from Lebanon. Wherever it hails from, I can imagine that it is a breath of
“Drew is a man by himself in our business. He’s never afraid of where he came from. He shows it. He’s proud of it. He’s kind, and he’s humble and he’s strong. He is an actor’s actor.” – TIMOTHY HUTTON, Academy Award-winning actor I wrote that paper and got the best grade I received in college. I was very proud of that, because Professor Cornell was no joke. I earned that. It was a culminating experience, but it was formative, too. It helped me see what hard work could become.” It seemed to me that I once shook his hand at graduation, and next thing I knew he’d made a brief appearance on “Malcom in the Middle.” Yes, a couple of years had passed, but still. When had he decided on that? How? Powell looked at me then, and thought. He wants the real answer. He seems without regret, or longing. He emanates appreciation. Always has. As Gigi Jennewein Fenlon told me, he’s remained steady and sincere since he left
fresh air in his industry.” So, Drew Powell tells me: “Truth is, I had three conversations in my last months at DePauw. First was with the Media Fellows director at the time. I was confiding that I really did want to give this acting thing a shot, so maybe I’d go out there for a summer after my senior year and try it. He looked at me, and he said: “It’s not a thing you try in a summer. You either do it, or you don’t.” He seemed pretty stern. And I needed to hear that, because the have-my-cake-and-eat-it-too part of me can be pretty strong.” Later, Drew was introduced on campus to David Moessinger ’52, producer and writer for “Murder She Wrote,” “In the Heat of the Night,” “Quincy” and other shows. Moessinger sat with Powell in
an office and talked about the perils and pitfalls of acting. “It took awhile; he really vetted me, but finally he looked at me and said: You know, I think you ought to give it a shot. And that put a lot of wind in my sails. There were no promises, and he didn’t get me any work. He just gave me the nod. It felt like he really heard me.” Powell shrugs then, and starts walking. “To me, that’s DePauw. The connection between the alum and the students – it’s very real. Connection and connections.” The final conversation? “I’ll tell you, on my first day on a television set – “Malcolm in the Middle” – I made friends with this nice woman at the services table. She took me to my trailer, and I was a little stunned. She was so nice. She gave me the run down, gave me a copy of the pilot, and I thought, this is it: My first job. I didn’t know anything. I didn’t know who anybody was. That’s when I remembered the advice my Dad gave me when I graduated: Be kind. I was just running that through my head. Be kind. In a real way. Bring that with you. So, I just tried to learn, and to stay true to my dad’s words. It’s what I did in college. And it’s what I do at work. I did 11 episodes. That was a great run for me.” That run was only the start, of course. Long after Drew Powell started his work at DePauw, when no one knew him, and long before this very night, which may be the last moment people didn’t recognize him as a man once again at the start of something new.
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LEARNING FROM THE PAST By Christopher L. Wolfe
The deliberations lasted a month. Wanli, emperor of China, had listened patiently to the advice of the imperial academy as each member made a case for who the next emperor should be. All voices had been heard. The Confucianists, dyed-in-the-wool purists, maintained that choice had already been made: Wanli should follow tradition and select the eldest son. Others in the emperor’s sphere of influence were more flexible in their beliefs. Perhaps the first-born son was the traditional choice, but was he the right one? Only the emperor – not the past – had the power to select an heir.
Opposite: Wanli, emperor of China
The First Grand Secretary, Wanli’s righthand man, welcomed members of the royal academy as they filed before the emperor for what would be the last time. Wanli, her Pi Beta Phi shirt peeking out from a hooded sweatshirt that reached down to knee-high boots, sat nearby in silent indifference. Her expression was unchanged by the importance of what was to follow. Now was the time for decision. Fall semester was nearly over. Associate Professor of Modern Languages Sherry J. Mou teaches many courses about China’s culture, literature and language. This class, however, is very different from most. It’s not just a class, but also a game – a role-playing game. For the first months of the semester, Mou’s course is indistinguishable from the kind found on every college campus. Her students begin by learning about Chinese culture in a structured setting with lectures and readings, but it is all in preparation for the final 10 sessions when the game takes place. After learning how history unfolded, her students relive it.
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They become actors in the drama they have studied, presenting arguments from their characters’ perspectives while navigating the social order and politics of a 17th-century Chinese imperial court. Finally, the emperor chooses a successor. There are no guarantees that history will repeat.
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Role-playing is no longer limited to entertainment for chip-munching adolescents in their parents’ basements. As a tool, it can be very effective. The military relies on role-playing for field exercises, therapists use it in group sessions and corporations rely on it for team building. Sometimes it has been too effective – such was the case in Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment. The college classroom is no stranger to role-playing, either. Students are frequently asked to don the hats of roles they wish to pursue, whether in simulated business games or dry runs for young teachers. Less frequently, however, students are asked to take on entire personas. Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor, the game played by Mou’s class, is but one of many classroom games in the Reacting to the Past series developed by experts in their fields. There are no dragons or wizards to be found in these game books. No, the settings in these games are real, and the conflicts historical: the birth of democracy in Athens, Henry VIII’s divided parliament, the trial of Galileo. Created in the 1990s by Mark Carnes, a professor at Barnard College, Reacting has since grown from a classroom experiment into a national pedagogical movement. Hundreds of colleges and universities now use the games developed and curated by the Reacting to the Past Consortium, a national body representing 43 different institutions, from tiny liberal arts colleges to
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state universities. Adopters such as Mou are firm believers in the system. It’s different, it’s slightly unorthodox, but it gets results from her students. Though a game can be “won” by a player or faction, losing doesn’t mean failure in the course. On the contrary, of a student’s final grade, only a very small portion represents the outcome. “It is more important that a student ends the game understanding the main philosophical issues in history than to succeed at manipulating the outcome of the game,” Mou says. “A student having great influence over the outcome is a good thing. It is rewarding for me as a teacher to see that happen. But learning the culture that engendered the history is the goal.”
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Role-playing does not come easy for many people. Social anxiety can be a barrier, especially when surrounded by peers. And, despite having a long history and many serious applications, role-playing still isn’t exactly fashionable. Some of this natural apprehension was audible as students left their first game session in early November. To paraphrase a few of the mumbles: “What the heck is this?” Mou and the creators of RTTP games understand this reaction. Though students have a sometimes disorienting degree of freedom in their choices, there is a
structure that governs how the game is played. Mou’s students received dossiers with descriptions of their characters’ beliefs, as well as agendas that remain hidden to other players. While a hard-line Confucianist’s preferred outcome in Wanli’s succession would be plainly transparent, the other players might not know that exile or execution – a possibility, should the emperor deem it appropriate – could earn that player bonus points; martyrdom might be the character’s true motivation. Anachronistic choices can also turn into teachable moments. A player who wants to do something ahistorical or not fitting within the scope of the character might approach Mou, the game master, beforehand
to discuss options. Or the student can act unilaterally and force Mou to step in. The game master always has final authority over whether the student can proceed – and, if so, with what consequences. The flipside is also true: some students don’t need added motivation to play their part convincingly. Yufei Han ’17, who portrayed Wanli in Mou’s class, is especially adept in her role as emperor. When unsolicited chatter breaks out between members of the academy, Han leans toward the First Grand Secretary (Adam Bridges ’17) to whisper something in his ear. The offending parties often fall silent even before Bridges issues a reprimand or asks for an explanation. In past Reacting courses Mou has taught, classroom drama has on occasion bled into real-world email negotiations. Mou’s only expectation is that students keep their exchanges civil. “Students sometimes get very passionate,” Mou says, grinning like a proud parent. “I don’t like to say they are too passionate. My job is not to control how they choose to play the game.”
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Han’s imperial academy bows and takes its place before her. First Grand Secretary Bridges rises and cuts to the chase. Changxun, Wanli’s third eldest and son of favored consort Lady Zheng, will be the next emperor. This selection is not the Confucian way. One student asks why Changxun was chosen, careful to express that she is not questioning Han’s decision. The answer comes from Bridges. The emperor believes he is benevolent and fit to rule, he says. Another student expresses disappointment that the emperor has ignored Confucian teaching. His concern is duly noted. The decision is final. And now the consequences. Mou steps in, disrupting the illusion of the moment, to
point out that Wanli’s choice of Changxun breaks from the advice of the imperial court – and history. In actuality, Wanli gave in to his traditionalist advisers and chose his eldest son, Changluo, son of Empress Dowager Xiaojing. The game has a way to deal with the conflict this new Wanli has created: a die roll. Mou reads off the results of each possible roll. Each of the six sides corresponds to a different, increasingly dire outcome for Wanli and China’s future. Only a roll of one is favorable to the emperor. Four and above guarantee Han’s total failure and probable death. For the first time, the real Han breaks through her Wanli persona. She looks powerless. In her last act as emperor, she takes the die into her hand and lets it bounce on the table in front of her. She rolls a one. The class goes nuts. History, even if slightly imperfect, is illuminated.
Off the shelf and into the classroom: Other games in the Reacting to the Past library » Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal and the Rise of Naturalism, 1861-64 » Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, 1945 » Greenwich Village, 1913: Suffrage, Labor, and the New Woman » Henry VIII and the Reformation Parliament » Patriots, Loyalists and Revolution in New York City, 1775-76 » Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 » The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. » The Trial of Anne Hutchinson: Liberty, Law, and Intolerance in Puritan New England » The Trial of Galileo: Aristotelianism, the “New Cosmology,” and the Catholic Church, 1616-33
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MAKING THE NEXT GREAT COLLEGE TOWN By Larry G. Anderson
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A sign in the window of Starbucks on the southeast corner of the Greencastle square reads, “Need a coffee break? Come on in.” When you push through the doors, you not only smell the distinctive aroma of coffee beans, but also see the new vibrancy that is drawing people to downtown Greencastle. It’s a very sensual experience. People sitting in lounge chairs and visiting, others propping up laptop computers in the window with a view of passing cars and the square with its new store façades, students doing class work, some playing cards, and still others browsing the connected DePauw bookstore, Eli’s Books. This is the epicenter of determined efforts to revitalize downtown and make Greencastle the next great college town, according to Brad A. Kelsheimer, DePauw’s vice president for finance and administration. Music on the Square, a new community music space hosted by DePauw’s School of Music, is now
established just to the north of Starbucks and Eli Books. Reworked streets and at least 21 new store façades have already improved the downtown ambiance, and a restaurant row and several new businesses are in development. A pathway that connects the University’s campus to downtown now provides more direct access to what downtown offers. “The move of the bookstore and Starbucks downtown really set the tone for this development, both from a quality of renovation and a willingness to take risk,” Kelsheimer says. “That move and the Stellar Communities grant made the difference in re-imagining Greencastle. As a result, we had a huge advantage over other college towns in that the state built our infrastructure.” (Through joint efforts of city and University leaders, Greencastle was selected in March 2011 as one of two pilot cities for Indiana’s new Stellar Communities program, a multi-agency
partnership aimed at launching multiple community development projects in the state’s smaller communities. Greencastle received $19 million for its projects.) The new businesses are doing well financially; in fact, the Starbucks is the highest sales performer among all the stores operated by contractor Follett, including stores in larger cities. However, measuring success in terms of building community might be even more important, according to Kelsheimer. Significantly, the clientele at Starbucks in Greencastle is about 60 percent community members and 40 percent DePauw students, faculty and staff. “A hundred years ago, downtown Greencastle was the hub of activity for work and socialization, and it’s now coming back,” says Emily Jones Knuth ’99, who served on the Stellar Communities grant committee and is an active community volunteer. A
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member of a seventh-generation Putnam County family, Knuth pursued a career in commercial real estate development in Ohio after graduation before she and her husband, a dentist, moved back to Greencastle in 2009. “My husband and I wanted to find a prospering small town. We identified some in Ohio, but we decided it would be great to return here to raise kids and operate a business,” Knuth said. “There is a lot of pride for our local businesses and events, and things that are home grown. I think Music on the Square is an incredible opportunity. We have an authentic worklive-play model existing.” The opening of Music on the Square in June 2015 was the first targeted cultural expansion downtown. More than 100 community members – ranging from young children to adults – now participate each semester in one-on-one private music lessons on an instrument of their choice. Music on the Square also hosts free concerts by guest artists, including award-winning performers, which bring DePauw students, faculty and community residents together. “Both the bookstore/Starbucks project and Music on the Square have done great things to bring together campus and community,” says Greencastle Mayor Bill Dory, who previously served as executive director for local economic development efforts. “My wife [a Greencastle Middle School music teacher who works with Music on the Square] and I have enjoyed a number of events at Music on the Square, and we are looking forward to many more. These events are also attracting an audience from outside the county. “DePauw’s commitment allowed the city to apply for and be selected as one of the first two Stellar Communities. The financial support of the University allowed
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the city to leverage other federal, state and local funds to benefit both the community and University. There are some exciting things in the works that DePauw alumni returning to Greencastle and to campus will be excited about.” City leaders, economic development officials and DePauw staff are aggressively recruiting businesses and experiences to populate four distinct districts: restaurant district, arts district (cultural expansion), residential district and retail district. Some DePauw alumni have already made substantial investments in downtown business developments. The vision for re-imagining Greencastle includes three main phases: • Create a vibrant downtown. The goal is to make Greencastle a dining, shopping and living destination. • Attract DePauw employees to live in town. Currently, 40 percent of DePauw faculty and staff live
outside of Putnam County. The goal is to bring more DePauw employees and their families back to the Greencastle area. • Continue traditional economic development. Build on downtown changes and improvement in quality of life to encourage business expansion locally. Bruce Clute, who joined the University in October 2015 as director of collaborative community initiatives and auxiliary services, says, “I see a window of opportunity during the next five years to create something special downtown. We have the backing of the University and alumni who have invested downtown, giving us the opportunity to re-imagine the city with great restaurants, specialty retail shops, performance arts and visual arts.” Clute, who previously owned two restaurants in Greencastle, explains, “With the right mix of restaurants, specialty
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Downtown revitalization efforts have steadily gained momentum. In addition to Starbucks/Eli’s Books and Music on the Square, the following have been confirmed or are in process: » Tap House 24, a craft beer/restaurant plans to open on Indiana Street near the courthouse square in the summer. » Crickets, a boutique carrying women’s and children’s clothing, is already open in a renovated retail shop on Vine Street in the neighborhood between DePauw’s campus and the square. » Myers Market, a local butcher shop and deli, has expanded to the downtown district and developed a strong community following that has spread to adjacent counties. » Conspire: Contemporary Craft, a gift shop located on Indiana Street, opened this spring. » Wasser Beer, a microbrewery, plans to open this spring in a renovated auto parts store on Vine Street north of Crickets. » A local ice cream shop is in development. » A local entrepreneur is developing plans for a bakery. » A gallery/wine bar/tasting business with a rooftop venue is being considered for the building next to Music on the Square. » The University’s recent purchase of Ashley Square Cinema, now located north of The Inn at DePauw, provides an opportunity to plan for a potential downtown cinema/performance space.
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retail and arts, we will be able to attract a successful blend of community and University members. It is an integral part of combining the University and community into one group. That is what Starbucks has done, and we believe the re-imagining of other destinations will work the same. “If we are able to achieve three-quarters of the vision, Greencastle will be a very vibrant and fun place to visit. You won’t have to travel elsewhere for fine dining and entertainment, or shopping. You’ll have a majority of that right here on the square. It will not only serve to bolster the recruitment of students and faculty at DePauw, but also will benefit the greater community as well.” June Pickens, a longtime Greencastle resident and 20-year member of the Greencastle/Putnam County Economic Development board, echoes that feeling. “We are well on our way to having one of the most attractive downtown squares and surrounding areas of any city our size in
Indiana,” she says. “It has created a new excitement for us to draw entrepreneurs and visitors, and it creates an atmosphere conducive to college students looking to attend DePauw. The community as a whole working with DePauw students to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge they can share with us is a win-win situation for everyone.” City and DePauw leaders are convinced the opportunity for downtown revitalization is now, and economic development data indicates that success will depend heavily upon attracting visitors to DePauw and residents from neighboring counties to experience Greencastle’s culinary, cultural and recreational offerings, Kelsheimer says. Fortunately, Greencastle is well positioned to implement the strategy. More than 2 million people live within 50 miles of Greencastle, and there is a projected annual unmet demand for full-service
restaurants of $19 million within 20 miles of the city’s courthouse square. Indiana’s fastest-growing and fourth-wealthiest county (Hendricks County) is located directly east of Putnam County, and tens of thousands of vehicles pass through or near Greencastle each day. June Pickens recalls a specific moment when she became convinced that the new vision for the Greencastle community is achievable. “I attended a Chamber of Commerce luncheon a couple years ago when the revitalization was just beginning.” she says. “The speaker, a DePauw graduate whose daughter had just started as a first-year student at the University, recalled his daughter’s first call home when she excitedly shared the news with her parents that she had a courthouse on her campus. I thought, at that moment, we have a chance to make our town their town while they attend college. If we are lucky, even after graduation.”
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connections: engaging with depauw Annual Giving at DePauw: A Living Endowment for Today’s Students The foundation of every DePauw story begins with exceptional peers and a remarkable faculty of scholars who motivate, challenge and support students. For generations of alumni, DePauw has provided extraordinary opportunities leading to rewarding lives of accomplishment, prosperity and community involvement. DePauw creates an unrivaled educational experience through brilliant faculty, small class sizes, off-campus and Extended Studies programs, and experiential learning. It’s a noble endeavor – and an expensive one. Student tuition covers less than half the cost of providing this experience to each student. Our personal DePauw stories compel many of us to give to The Fund for DePauw, the University’s unrestricted annual giving program. Gifts to The Fund for DePauw ensure the University can provide extraordinary opportunities for today’s students.
Annual gifts with endowment power We are grateful for alumni and friends who are able to make major gifts to endow scholarships or support construction of campus facilities. These gifts are critical to the University’s evolution and growth. However, gifts of all sizes to The Fund for DePauw are equally vital to achieving the University’s mission and ensuring student success. DePauw would need an additional $128 million in endowment funds to provide the same resources as annual gifts to the University, most of which range from $50 to $5,000. With this in mind, we can
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consider our annual gifts as the University’s living endowment. Participation and consistency are the keys to this living endowment’s power. Unrestricted gifts to The Fund for DePauw combined with other restricted annual gifts totaled $6.4 million in the 2015 fiscal year. The Fund for DePauw invites you to » contribute to the best of your ability, » have an immediate impact on current students’ educational experiences, » honor the peers, faculty and transformative experiences of your DePauw years, » become part of DePauw’s legacy of philanthropy, » renew your support annually, and » increase your annual gift as your resources allow.
Encouraging friends and classmates The staff of DePauw’s Development and Alumni Engagement Division can reach only a fraction of the University’s alumni, parents and friends in person, so peer-topeer conversations and encouragement are crucial to the success of The Fund for DePauw. Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) demonstrate how fruitful this peer outreach can be. The 2015 GOLD Challenge positioned young alumni as ambassadors reaching out to classmates through social media during a 24-hour period to garner 1,032 donors and more than $192,084 in gifts and matching gifts for The Fund for DePauw.
DePauw families and reunion classes Reunion class giving is another way classmates challenge and inspire each other to give. The 2015 reunion classes motivated their classmates to raise $1.3 million for The Fund for DePauw. Parents and families of current DePauw students have perhaps the most compelling reasons to give to The Fund for DePauw, strengthening the DePauw experience for their children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. In 2015 DePauw parents contributed nearly $1.2 million to The Fund for DePauw. When we give to The Fund for DePauw, we directly and immediately enhance the endeavors of the University’s current students. The Fund for DePauw supports all areas of campus life, including providing stipends for student internships, financial aid for study abroad and Winter Term in Service, as well as the flexibility to capitalize on emerging opportunities and react to unforeseen challenges during the year.
Every gift matters Gifts to The Fund for DePauw are key to the comprehensive Campaign for DePauw. Thank you to the many alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends of DePauw who have already contributed to address the University’s most pressing needs and support the DePauw story for our current students. As we near the end of the fiscal year, we continue to encourage alumni support of The Fund for DePauw, the University’s premier annual giving program. A high level of participation demonstrates to
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potential grantors that alumni value their education and are invested in providing the DePauw experience for current students. Please consider making a gift to support The Fund for DePauw. No matter the size ‌ YOUR gift matters. Call 800-446-5298 or visit depauw.edu/giving.
It would take
$128 million in endowed funds to have the same impact on an annual basis.
Warmest Regards,
28%
First-time Fund for DePauw donors
Percentage of total alumni who gave in 2014-15
3,849
Lifetime members of the Loyalty Society
Gifts of $250 or less to The Fund for DePauw totaled more than $525,000.
Blair A. Rieth ’80 National Annual Giving Chair
6,871
Total donors to The Fund for DePauw
The most recent GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Challenge resulted in
1,032
donors in 24 hours.
Melanie J. Norton Vice President for Development and Alumni Engagement
83%
of donors designated their Fund for DePauw gifts as unrestricted
812 Washington C. DePauw Society Annual Member households
All figures are representative of the 2015 fiscal year, unless otherwise noted.
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A.W. Crandall
Clifton Phillips
History Department to receive two new endowed professorships DePauw’s Department of History has long been a renowned part of the University’s liberal arts vision. In addition to a litany of revered faculty members and successful alumni, the department gave rise to what would eventually become the Universitywide Honor Scholar Program. This important department has recently
Albert E. and Louise (Woods ’50) Crandall ’56
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been the recipient of two major estate commitments that will add two more named faculty positions, a major boost for history at DePauw. In 2015, an anonymous history graduate offered a $1.5 million matching estate gift if other alumni would join him in raising the same amount, thus creating two new endowed professorships. In addition to numerous smaller gifts by alumni in honor of the History Department, Albert E. and Louise Crandall (Classes of 1956 and 1950, respectively) have made a major estate commitment to fund the Albert E. Crandall Endowed Professorship in History. Albert’s father, A.W. Crandall, taught in the department, and the only other existing endowed professorship is named in his honor. The anonymous donor has pledged to endow the Clifton Phillips Endowed Professorship in History, named after the esteemed professor of history who taught
at DePauw from 1953 to 1983. Endowed professorships are one of the most important ways alumni and other donors can support the University’s academic program in perpetuity. They strengthen an academic department’s prestige, improve the student classroom experience, and offer a way to honor the University’s most meritorious faculty members. In addition to their support of the History Department, the Crandalls have reserved funds for a leadership gift to the DePauw Trust for student scholarships and additional faculty support. Vice President for Development and Alumni Engagement Melanie Norton explained, “The Crandalls have a lifelong history of giving to DePauw, and their most recent gifts will have a profound effect upon the future of our University. Coupled with the generosity of our anonymous donor, we are witnessing a remarkable moment for the liberal arts on this campus.”
Alumni Reunion Weekend June 8-12, 2016
Register online at depauw.edu/alumni. Return to campus for class reunion celebrations honoring the classes ending in 1 and 6, faculty-led Alumni College discussions, and presentation of the Young Alumni Award. All alumni are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Young Alumni Award recipient Nadia T. Mitchem ’98
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Alumni College: The Liberal Arts as Preparation for Global Citizenship An Alumni College was presented in Marco Island, Fla., on Jan. 29, 2016. 1. Angela N. Castaneda '98, Edward Myers Dolan Professor of Anthropology, spoke about “Health and Healing in Contemporary Cuba: Lessons from a Winter Term In Service.” 2. David P. Alvarez, associate professor of English, presented “Coffee: Islam, Democracy, Globalization.” 3. Jeffrey T. Kenney, Walter E. Bundy Professor of Religious Studies and faculty development coordinator, gave a presentation titled “Global Jihad or Global Capitalism: The Real Radical Transformation Underway in Places Like Egypt.”
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4. David C. Kingsley ’64 presented former DePauw President Robert G. Bottoms with the DePauw Alumni Tennis Association’s President’s Cup during a dinner at The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics on Feb. 13, 2016. 5. DePauw President Brian W. Casey, center, and political science professor Brett R. O’Bannon, right, welcomed former Congressman Lee H. Hamilton ’52 to campus on March 3, 2016, for a forum on the Syrian refugee crisis. 6. On March 11, 2016, the McDermond Center Industry Insight Series: Real Estate Panel featured (from left to right) Scott K. Shelbourne ’03, senior director of Cushman and Wakefield; John A. Kite ’87, CEO of Kite Realty Group Trust; and Chuck Hall, father of Chase ’13 and Sarah ’18, CEO and chairman of Sterling Hall, LLC and CEO and owner of Charles Hall Construction, LLC.
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7. Danetha N. Doe ’08, CEO of Danetha Doe Consulting, discussed diversity and inclusion in the business sector with Management Fellows as part of the Robert C. McDermond Center Speaker Series on March 1, 2016. 8. Dr. Thomas P. Cooper ’66 spoke with students about his career in healthcare entrepreneurship for the Robert C. McDermond Center Speaker Series on Feb. 9, 2016. 9. Jason A. Asbury ’95, Kevin D. James ’83, Professor Eric Edberg, Ellen J. Mangan ’12, Rachel S. Dauenbaugh ’14 and Jordan C. Bantista ’15 attended a performance by cellist Edberg and pianist Taka Kigawa at Spectrum in New York City on Jan. 19, 2016.
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1960
Cheng L. Chua was a research associate at Tsuvu University in Yamanashi, Japan, in fall 2015. Jane Garber Collins retired as a professor from South Carolina Technical College. She received the 1999-2000 South College Technical College Educator of the Year award.
1961
Don R. Daseke was named one of the Dallas 500, the most influential business leaders in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area. He is chief executive officer of Daseke, Inc., a family of trucking companies. He is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees.
CLASS NOTES
The class notes section of DePauw Magazine allows DePauw alumni to keep their classmates and the University current on their careers, activities and whereabouts. Class notes printed in DePauw Magazine will also be included in the online version of the magazine. We will publish as many photos as possible, but due to space limitations and reproduction-quality requirements, we are not able to publish every photo. Photos cannot be returned. To have your photo considered for publication, it must meet these requirements: • Group photos of alumni gatherings, including weddings, will be considered. Please include everyone’s full name (first, maiden, last), year of graduation and background information on the gathering. • Digital photos submitted must be high-quality jpegs of at least 300 dpi (or a file size of 1mb or higher). Class notes can be sent to DePauw Magazine, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037. You may also submit via the DePauw Gateway, by faxing to 765-658-4625 or emailing dgrooms@depauw.edu. Please direct questions to Larry Anderson, editorial director, at 765-658-4628 or landersn@depauw.edu.
1963
Karen Koning AbuZayd was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as special adviser for the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants, to be held in the General Assembly in September 2016. Karen has extensive United Nations experience in humanitarian and human rights work in numerous countries. Sarah Marks Richards is recipient of the Hawaii Arts Alliance’s Alfred Preis Honor for her lifetime support of arts and arts education in Hawaii. Sarah led Hawaii’s State Foundation on Culture and Arts from 1980-89. She later served as president of the Hawaii Theatre Center, was dean at Chaminade University in Honolulu, and founder and president of Hawaii’s Opera Theater.
1966
J. David Cook and a fellow law school classmate, both retired from their law practices, reunited to make a trek on the Carmino de Santiago, or The Way of St. James, in 2012. A pilgrim’s route for more than 1,000 years, the 500-mile Carmino is a spiritual adventure, usually from a starting point in France to northwestern Spain to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela and shrine of the apostle St. James the Great. David and a fellow Indianapolis pilgrim founded the nonprofit Hoosiers on the Carmino as one of 30 local chapters of American Pilgrims on The Carmino. He is president of, Farm Heritage Trail, the nonprofit 10-mile recreational trail from Lebanon (Ind.) to Thorntown (Ind.), and has completed the OneAmerica 38 DEPAUW MAGAZINE SPRING 2016
Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini Marathon 37 times. Dr. Thomas P. Cooper was speaker for the McDermond Speaker Series, Feb. 9, 2016, at DePauw. A healthcare entrepreneur, he spoke on “Healthcare Services: Successes, Failures and Opportunities.”
1967
Patricia Nicewander Krieg and her husband, Richard, retired as owners of Dick Krieg Chevrolet-Buick-GMC in Delphi, Ind.
1968
Thomas C. Lower retired from Lakeland College in Mentor, Ohio, where he taught public speaking classes since 1969.
solo trombone piece, “Manipulations”, was played in a graduate student recital at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The Alabama Symphony gave a reading of his “Trifles. The faculty brass quintet at University of Nebraska preformed his song “Encounter”. Richard H. Moore is a senior fellow of the National Council for Science and the Environment. Mark A. Robertson, a partner in the law firm of Robertson & Williams in Oklahoma City, was recipient of the 2015 American Bar Association’s (ABA) Samuel S. Smith Award, the highest honor given by the ABA Law Practice Division. He serves as a delegate from
1970
Thomas D. Hanlon received the Sagamore of The Wabash award in recognition of his 44 years of service to the State of Indiana. (See photo.)
1972
David A. Engle retired after working 41 years in social services. His last 27 years were as director of Washington County, Maryland Department of Social Services. Allen W. Molineux had his percussion trio piece, “Prestamente!”, and his trombone quartet, “While The Weary Blues Echoed Through”, preformed in March 2015 at Henderson State University in Arkansas. The faculty brass quintet at University of Arkansas performed his song “Encounter”, and his
Mark D. Ulmschneider ’75, John B. Kniesly ’73 and John F. Easton ’73 meet in Vail, Colo.
Indiana Governor Mike Pence, Thomas D. Hanlon ’70 and wife, Judith Talbert Hanlon ’71
the Law Practice Division to the ABA House of Delegates, and he is a fellow and trustee of the College of Law Practice Management. Mark is a lecturer on small and mid-sized law firm marketing and management issues. He wrote several books for the ABA, including Alternative Fees for Business Lawyers and Their Clients. His email address is mark@robertsonwilliams.com.
1973
Sigma Chi brothers Mark D. Ulmschneider ’75, John B. Kniesly ’73 and John F. Easton ’73 meet each February for a week of skiing in Vail, Colo. (See photo.) Susan Schaefer Neville’s book, Sailing the Inland Sea: On Writing, Literature and Land, is one of 13 selections included in the Next Indiana Bookshelf.
WILLIAM “BILL” F. HAYES SR. ’47 began work on “Days of Our Lives” in February 1970. He celebrated his 46th anniversary of playing Doug Williams on the show this year, having played him in 2,053 episodes. “Days of Our Lives” is one of television’s longest-running daytime dramas and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Bill won the Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding actor of a daytime drama series in 1975 and 1976 as well as a Soapy Award as outstanding actor in 1965. He began his career as a musician. In 1955, during the Davy Crockett craze, his recorded version of “Ballad of Davy Crockett” was most popular and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks. Bill starred on Broadway in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Me and Juliet.”
LEE H. HAMILTON ’52, veteran statesman, is among 17 individuals named by President Barack Obama as 2015 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian award, presented to individuals who have made exceptional meritorious contributions to the security or national interest of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The awards were presented at the White House on Nov. 24, 2015. Other honorees included Itzhak Perlman, Willie Mays, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, James Taylor and Yogi Berra (who received the award posthumously.) SPRING 2016 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 39
DAVID A. MARTIN ’70, University of Virginia School of Law professor and WarnerBooker Distinguished Professor of International Law, was honored, Oct. 28, 2015, with the Excellence in International Migration Scholarship Award by the Center for Migration Studies of New York City. While serving the law school for 35 years, he has helped shape immigration and refugee policy as an academic and by serving in several key United States government posts. David was principal deputy general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security from January 2009 - December 2010. He served as acting general counsel for four months and was general counsel of Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1995-98. He served in posts at the Justice and State Departments, and he was appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council, April 2015. He is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles.
Pancreatic cancer kills in a swift, insidious way. Finding an effective weapon against pancreatic cancer, plus other forms of cancer and age-related macular degeneration, is MARK R. KELLEY’S ’79 life mission. Mark’s ground-breaking work has helped ApeX Therapeutics, a company he founded in 2005, to develop a protein signaling inhibitor that has shown dramatic efficacy against pre-clinical models of pancreatic cancer. In recognition of his achievements, Mark received the 2015 Innovation to Enterprise Research Commercialization Award, Nov. 4, 2015, at the IUPUI Innovation to Enterprise Forum & Showcase in Indianapolis. Marks is associate director for both the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research and for Basic Science Research at Indiana Universitie’s Simon Cancer Center. He holds numerous patents related to using DNA repair targets for cancer. He is also former chair of the Cancer Etiology Study Section at the National Institutes for Health.
DePauw alumni touring the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during a press conference for the Philanthropic Educational Organization included Patricia Haynes Gainey ’76, Susan A. Rising ’76 and Nancy Stooker Hill ’76. The selections include fiction, nonfiction, essays and poetry, and have a strong, connection to Indiana. Susan is a professor of English at Butler University.
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Dr. Stephen W. Perkins is the 142nd president of the Indianapolis Medical Society. Sarah Strauss Krouse was named 2015 Citizen of the Year, Jan. 21, 2016, at the 72nd Annual North Manchester (Ind.) Chamber of Commerce Dinner. She is vice president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce board. Sarah served on DePauw’s Board of Visitors and is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees.
1975
Charles R. Tilden is a partner with Makarios Consulting, LLC and a member of the board of directors of Andesa Services. Charles is also a member of the faculty at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is co-author of Leading on Purpose: Sage Advice and Practical Tools for Becoming the Complete Leader.
1976
Dr. John B. Anderson is chief medical officer at Duke University Health System, Primary Care. He and Ann Burke were married April 19, 2015. John’s email address is john.anderson@duke.edu. John R. Hammond III is a partner with the Indianapolis law firm of Ice Miller
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LLP. He serves as a member of the Republican National Committee as the national committeeman for Indiana. DePauw alumni attended the national conference of Philanthropic Educational Organization in Indianapolis Oct. 2015, and toured the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (See photo.) Rex E. Nichols was honored with the 2016 Men’s Center Circle Officials Award by the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame for his contribution as a high school basketball official, March 23, 2016.
1977
Charles E. Barbieri, an attorney and shareholder in the law firm of Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC, he was recipient of the 2015 Leo A. Farhat award by the Ingham (Mich.) County Bar Association. The award recognizes an attorney who shows exceptional legal skill and gives back to the community. Charles practices in the areas of environmental law and First Amendment and media law matters. He is a frequent author on environmental and First Amendment issues. Richard L. Hellmich II, an assistant professor of entomology at Iowa State University, was inducted into the Greensburg (Ind.), Indiana Community High School Hall of Fame, Dec. 18, 2015.
1978
Christine Boeke has opened a bed and breakfast two hours north New York City in Hudson, N.Y. Westcott House B&B is 1866 brick town house. The website for Westcott House B&B is westcotthousebandb.com. Dr. Rockne L. Brubaker is an otolaryngologist at Mississippi’s Greenwood Leflore Hospital. He was an assistant professor of otolaryngology at Loyola University School of Medicine and was in private practice in the Chicago area. Donald S. Smith is an attorney with Riley Bennett & Egloff in Indianapolis. He was chosen treasurer of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana at its annual conference.
1979
Charles D. Brooks is vice president for government relations and marketing for Sutherland Global Services. He has been selected as an adviser to the Technology Partner Network of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Kyle E. Lanham is vice president of community engagement and chief advancement officer at Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana. Kenneth P. Schweer retired in January 2016 after 36 years with GE Foundation as a chief financial officer in various businesses.
1980
Winfield D. Ong is a criminal prosecution chief for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana. He was appointed by President Obama to a seat on the U.S. District Court for Southern Indiana.
1981
David A. Borbely is the offensive line coach at University Maryland. Dave has 35 years of college coaching experience. Gail Liesendahl Courtney is executive director of The First Tee of Orange County (Calif.), a nonprofit youth development organization, which has a mission to impact the lives of young people through the game of golf.
1982
Susan M. Ansel was named one of the Dallas 500, the
most influential business leaders in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area. She is president and chief executive officer of Gables Residential. Susan is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees. Rev. Kevin R. Armstrong is president of Methodist Health Foundation. He is the chief mission and values officer for Indiana University Health. Gregory P. Braun is president of the Rotary Club of Louisville, Ky., which is the 9th largest Rotary club in the world and the largest civic organization in Kentucky. He is president and chief executive officer of Maid in Louisville, Inc., and PaperChem, Inc. Greg’s email address is greg@maidinlouisville.com. Thomas M. Jackson is a member of the board of trustees of New Jersey’s Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. Thom is owner, president and chief executive officer of EdisonLearing, Inc., an educational service provider.
1983
James C. Alling is chief executive officer of TOMS, an independent charity for children in need in the United States and globally. His company received the Save the Children’s Visionary Award.
1985
Brian K. Gran was invited to serve on the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS), a joint committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Bar Association. Brian’s email address is brian.gran@case.edu. Angela Greiner McNelis was appointed by the governor of Indiana to serve on the statewide Mental Health and Addiction Services Development Program Board. She is a professor at Indiana University and was recently inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. (See photo.) Gary R. Life is manager of service excellence at Tidelands Health in South Carolina. Gary performed in the Strand (Georgetown) Theater’s fall production of Forever Plaid. John T. Locke and Kerry Mackay Locke ’86 live in Avon, Ind., with their three children. John is employed by St.
Vincent Sports Performance, works at Marian University as head athletic trainer and coordinates USA Diving events and medical coverage. He is currently coordinating the 2016 Olympic Trials. John was named Indiana Sport Corporation’s Volunteer of the Year in 2012, received the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Athletic Training Service Award in 2013, was named Indiana Athletic Trainers’ Association (IATA) Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2014 and was inducted into the IATA Hall of Fame in 2015. John A. Perry is chief development officer at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, an independent, nonprofit institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
1986
Dr. John J. Bomalaski is a robotic-trained gynecologic oncologist in Melbourne, Fla. He is one of 750 such specialists in the United States.
Members of the 1983 Delta Tau Delta class met in Vail, Colo., for a golf outing. (See photo.) Scott L. Moon is stage manager for the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
1984
Andrew B. Buroker joined Faegre Baker Daniels’ national real estate practice as a partner in the firm’s Indianapolis north side office.
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James N. Stephens ’86
Daisaku Fujikawa continues to compose music in addition to his investment banking work. Dr. Keith Kenter is chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the Homer Stryker School of Medicine at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich. He and his wife, Patricia Lilly Kenter ’85, live in Kalamazoo. Carrie L. Torres works at Covance in Greenfield, Ind. Carrie’s email address is torrescarrie@yahoo.com.
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Robert M. Kelly is executive director of facilities operations at Michigan’s Oakland Community College. James N. Stephens was elected in November 2015 to the school board for Littleton Public Schools in suburban Denver. He and his wife, Tammy, have been married for 25 years and have three children. Jim’s email address is jamesnstephens@mindspring.com. (See photo.) Jeffery A. Watson, a pianist, has appeared as soloist with the Honduran National Symphony, Pan American Symphony, Rosario (Argentina) Chamber Orchestra, Alexandria Symphony and Kennedy Center
Opera House Orchestra. He is a faculty member of the Washington Conservatory of Music in Washington, D.C., and teaches at George Washington University.
1987
David G. Farquhar is orchestra director at Villa Park School District 45 in Villa Park, Ill. He and his wife, Nicole, moved to Lombard, Ill., to be closer to their jobs. Dave’s email address is daveFarquhar@ comcast.net.
1988
Douglas O. Rist was honored with a 2015 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award, Nov. 22, 2015. He was among 102 St. Louisarea teachers to receive the award,
acknowledging educators for their achievements and dedication to the field of education.
1989
Dana C. Riess has been appointed to serve as a member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants Board of Regents. She is controller for the mature business organization and acute care at AbbVie, a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company. Dana has more than 20 years of financial experience in the pharmaceutical industry, and she has held a wide variety of financial management positions, including nine years living abroad in Puerto Rico, Switzerland and Eastern Europe, where she led finance and information technology for numerous foreign manufacturing and commercial subsidiaries.
1990
Robert S. Johnson news anchor at Chicago CBS affiliate WBBM-TV, is author of Head in the Game, a book for young people that combines his love for hockey with a serious message about concussion injuries.
1991
Ashley Wheatley Higgins ’99, Lee H. Hamilton ’52 and Steven S. Hoar ’94 at the Indiana State Bar Association’s annual meeting.
JANE E. DURKEE ’88 is chief operating officer of Tremendous! Entertainment in Minneapolis. From food to travel, paranormal to docu series, Jane and Tremendous! Entertainment create series that inspire, entertain and make a difference for a wide range of networks. Tremendous! Entertainment launched five new series in 2014, including the Daytime EmmyAward and Parents’ Choice Programming Award-winning travel series “Rock the Park.” In 2015, it launched two new series, includeding “Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations.” 42 DEPAUW MAGAZINE SPRING 2016
Thomas L. Cooley, a lyric tenor, served as artist-inresidence for Music of the Baroque’s 45th anniversary concert season in Chicago. Andrew T. Ranck is executive director of Putnam County Comprehensive Services in Greencastle, Ind.
1992
Robert J. Boras is offensive coordinator for the National Football League’s St. Louis Cardinals.
1993
David W. Fitzgerald is the chief pilot of CommutAir.
Melanie Harshbarger Bella is senior vice president of policy and strategy for Alignment Healthcare. John G. James was The Robert C. McDermond Center speaker, Nov. 16, 2015. He is head of communications, Americas, for Spotify. James A. Rechtin is president of HealthCare Partners’ California market as well as senior vice president of
strategy at DaVita HealthCare Partners.
1994
Noel Gilchrist Rooks is a cardiac intensive care unit nurse in Aurora, Ill. Reparation, a film directed by Kyle P. Ham and adapted from a play written by DePauw Professor of Communication and Theatre Steve Timm, won the Best Film Award at the December 2015 Santa Fe Film Festival in New Mexico. Reparation was filmed entirely in Putnam County (Ind.) during the summer 2014. The film has collected nine awards at eight film festivals this year. Lee H. Hamilton ’52, former United States Congressman, was keynote speaker at the Indiana State Bar Association’s annual meeting, October 2015. DePauw alumni attending included Steven S. Hoar ’94, attorney with Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP. Steven was elected president of the Evansville (Ind.) Bar Association. (See photo.) Nicholas J. Kaster joined the business law firm of Moss & Barnett in the firm’s wealth preservation and estate planning and business law teams. C. Stephen Mayberry appeared on NBC’s “Chicago Fire”, Dec. 1, 2015. He played the impound manager at a Chicago car lot in a scene with series regulars. He will appear in 2016’s Dog Eat Dog, a feature film based on author Edward Bunker’s novel of the same name. (See photo.) Jeffrey S. Smith is president and owner of City Wide Maintenance of Indianapolis. Under his direction, the company was honored with a Best of Indianapolis Award for Janitorial Services.
1995
Gregory L. Schwipps is author of What This River Keeps as well as associate professor and chair of English at DePauw. His book is one of 13 selections included in the Next Indiana Bookshelf, which features fiction, nonfiction, essays and poetry that have a strong connection to Indiana.
1996
James J. Bell has joined the Paganelli Law Group in Indianapolis, practicing in areas of
C. Stephen Mayberry ’94
Matthew R. and Connie (Ostler ’96) Brown ’96
criminal defense and attorney discipline defense.
Jeremy W. Zoladz is vice president of relationship management for Dynasty Financial Partners in the Chicago office.
Matthew R. and Connie (Ostler) Brown are owners of the Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor in Forest Park, Ill. The Brown Cow is an old-fashioned soda fountain, which was featured on The Food Network’s Cooking Channel, Nov. 13, 2015. Matt and Connie live in Forest Park, Ill., with their three children. Matt is also a senior solutions consultant for AT&T in Chicago. (See photo.)
1999
Dana (Bowen) and Paul A. Cummings ’02 live near Spencer, Ind., with their three children: PJ, 8; Owen, 5; and Susan, 3. Dana is executive director of development and alumni relations at Indiana University School of Optometry. Paul is a senior project developer at Hoosier Energy REC, Inc.
Amy Houston Oler is the illustrator of Molly and the Magic Suitcase: Molly Goes to Shanghai. Molly and the Magic Suitcase adventures introduce children to cultures around the world. (See Recent Words, page 14.)
Charles R. Keene II is artistic director and conductor of the Williamsburg, Va., Women’s Chorus. Rob sings with the Virginia Chorale and is an instructor at Christopher Newport University’s Lifelong Learning Society.
1997
Dr. Nichole Nicholson Wilson is executive director of sports medicine, physical therapy and rehabilitation at Community Health Network. She was among the Nov. 5, 2015 Indianapolis Business Journal’s Women of Influence. Jonathan R. Secrest was named a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer for general litigation. He is an attorney for Dickinson Wright PLLC in the Columbus, Ohio, office.
James A. Hamman is a partner at William Blair, a global investment banking and asset management firm. Ryan E. Sabga is cofounder of Canyon Drive Technologies, developing and implementing security and anticounterfeiting technologies for various luxury goods around the world. Ryan lives in Denver with his two sons. He enjoys riding his bike and running 5K and 10K races.
1998
Danica Rodemich Mathes practices entertainment law with Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP. Dallas, area. Danica was one of 10 Bell Nunnally attorneys selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016.
Push Down & Turn members are getting together again for a reunion show at the Vogue Theater in Indianapolis on Saturday, April 30, 2016. The band was formed at DePauw in 1991 by JASON BARTH ’93, keyboards; TAY BOURQUEIN ’93, bass; JASON BROWN ’95, vocals; MATT DEVORE ’94, drums; and SAM KING ’94, guitar. Their nearly 12-year run included extensive performances on the Midwest college and club circuit, tours on the East Coast and performances with some of the best-known acts of the 1990s. While they were widely known for their energetic live performances, it was their three albums and four-song EP that kept the band in the forefront of the music scene throughout their career. Since PD&T’s final show in 2002, the five members have continued to be best friends and have remained active as performers. For more information, visit Push Down & Turn on Facebook or contact Jason Barth at pdtkeys@aol.com.
Push Down & Turn members, from left, Jason Barth ’93, Sam King ’94, Jason Brown ’95, Tay Bourquein ’93 and Matt DeVore ’94. The band was highly popular on campus.
Lee H. Hamilton ’52, former United States Congressman, was keynote speaker at the Indiana State Bar Association’s annual meeting, October 2015. DePauw alumni attending included Ashley Wheatley Higgins ’99, director of meetings and events for the Indiana State Bar Association. (See photo, page 42.) DePauw families at Lake Tahoe included Loren P. King Sr. ’97, Eric M. Williams ’97, Elizabeth Rockaway Williams ’97, Michael A. Harrison ’97 and Jessica Combs Harrison ’00. SPRING 2016 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 43
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Jane H. Bankhurst ’02 and Glenn R. McMullen wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Sally Rush Peter ’02 (matron of honor), Douglas E. Milliken ’01, Shannon Greybar Milliken ’01, John H. Bankhurst ’99 (groomsman), Anastasia S. Argoe ’03, Jennifer Nielsen Kane ’02 and Kari Koeper Stoddard ’02. Attending but not pictured was Kimberly Paradise Ridder ’99.
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Blair K. Rudert ’07 and Nicholas J. York wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jenna Dahman Downey ’06, Kate C. Manecke ’06, Alexia Beally Wissel ’06, Kathryn G. Denton ’08, Sarah M. Tomasic ’08, Emily C. Wurth ’08 (bridesmaid), Katherine E. Dalin ’08 (bridesmaid), Marissa A. Tomasic ’07 (bridesmaid) and Dustin R. White ’08.
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Geoffrey E. Zabinski ’07 and Catalina LaVerne wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jill Anderson Tweedie ’06, Anne Stephens Spilbeler ’08, Leslie Meyers Reid ’75, Sara Hedrick Brandstatter ’06, Mollyanne Thomas Motch ’07, Meghan E. Murphy ’07, Jason A. Spilbeler ’07, Michael D. Claus ’07, Michael T. Motch ’07, Andrew E. Brandstatter ’07, Brian A. Tweedie ’07, Spencer H. B. Kunath ’07, Patrick M. Doumas ’07 and Scott C. Moen ’07. Attending but not pictured was Colin T. Lakin ’07.
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Laura J. Anderson ’08 and Aaron Baker wedding. DePauw alumni attending included Annemarie C. Alonso ’09, Sara A. Doody ’08, Lindsay A. Bartlett ’07, Christine D. Dougan ’08, David M. Worthington ’08, Natalie Hollies Leniski ’08, Matthew A. Demaree ’08, Laura A. Johnson ’08, Rachel K. Routh ’08, Haley A. O’Brian ’08 and Cathryn G. Richter ’08.
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Hannah K. Cheesman ’09 and Terence Ryan wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jeffrey C. Bird ’81, Susan Sedgwick Hosking ’80, Gary R. Hosking ’81, Allison M. Winkle ’12, J. Samuel Cheesman ’11, Erin E. Cunningham ’09, Katherine E. Colvin ’10, Sherise L. Deardorff ’07, Alison Colvin Metelmann ’09, Sentari M. Minor ’07, Elizabeth A. Seegers ’09, Loren C. Sloan ’09, Troy A. Montigney ’09 and Alexandra L. Neff ’09.
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Paige E. Penrod ’10 and Steven Persch wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Taylor Penrod Weavil ’08 and Ashley A. Louise ’10.
Mackenzie R. Travers ’10 and Keith A. Teepen ’08 wedding party. DePauw alumni and friends attending the wedding included C. Diane Ream Hendershot ’10, Catherine E. Lerum ’10, Nicole Stein Engelberth ’10, Erin Ketchem McAdams ’10, Adam M. Bodony ’08, Austin M. Johnson ’08, Lyle Terhar, Craig Teepen, Kyle Wiesner and Sean Teepen. Sally E. Tabler ’11 and Barry S. Bricker ’11 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jacob T. Todd ’12, Catherine Kline Cunning ’10, Jeffrey S. Cunning ’09, Andrew G. Strautman ’11, Steven A. Holt Jr. ’11, Abigail S. Kosling ’16, Lillian M. Elliott ’12, Wesley P. Cleveland ’11, Grant E. Schmidt ’11, Emily A. Boyle ’12, Sarah A. Hampel ’11, Grace M. Tober ’11. Rachel A. Hilgendorf ’11, Alexander C. Grip ’12, Scott C. Mason ’12, Michael C. Letten ’12, Benjamin J. McCormick ’11, Zachary W. Sheppard ’11, Camille C. B. Ellis ’12, Callie B. Boehme ’11, Duncan L. Wolfe ’11, Elyse E. Petruzzi ’11, Lucy M. Grimm ’11, Molly E. Harbison ’11, Laura E. Krucks ’11, Ewing Shields V ’11, W. Maxwell Hudson ’11, Arianna E. Staes ’12, Kristina M. Lubinski ’10, Thomas J. Wrona ’11 and Christopher J. White ’11.
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Kelsey S. Moore ’12 and Adam W. Cecil ’14 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Katherine E. Richmond ’12, Clare K. Mail ’12, Stuart M. Newstat ’14, Dillon J. Raidt ’14, Ian D. Mills ’13, Matthew W. Cecil ’12, Michael D. Rardon ’12, Ellen C. Mail ’10, Anne V. Mail ’10, Lisa C. Becharas ’12, Arielle E. Brosman ’12, Amanda C. Metternich ’13, Laura E. Arvin ’13, Jonathan D. Cripe ’12, Samantha T. March ’12, Nathan R. Kober ’12, Amy E. Clark ’14, John D. Hoover ’14, J. Cameron Wiethoff ’14, William A. Calderwood ’14, Kacy R. Rauschenberger ’15, Orlando Ramirez ’13, Philip D. Gray ’13, Noah D. Droddy ’13, Siri L. Retrum ’14, Lindsey M. Bauman ’12, Kyle S. Barrett ’10, David A. Bohmer ’69 and Lynn Reuss Bohmer ’69.
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Josiah Q. Rushing ’13 and Alison M. Sherrick ’15. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Brian J. Caldwell ’81, Susan Studley Caldwell ’81, Bridget C. Parker ’11, Orlando Ramirez ’13, Patrick M. Speranza ’13, Michael T. Bennett ’14, Maggie S. Eppelheimer ’14, Mariah E. Hersom ’14, Carly J. Tebelman ’14, David W. Acton ’15, Matthew D. Acton ’15, Brooke E. Addison ’15, Alexander C. Hankins ’15, Megan E. Kessler ’15, Elizabeth C. King ’15, Kathryn L. King ’15, Sarah A. Kirkman ’15, Jacob E. Peterman ’15, Anna C. Urso ’15, Taylor M. Zartman ’15, Rebecca E. Beyers ’16, Melissa Guerrero ’16, Patrick R. Rutledge ’16, Matthew C. Skiba ’16 and Hayden I. DeBruler ’17. (Photo by Julie Marchese, Mar-k-z Photography.)
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
James J. McKinney is chief financial officer of Blanc of California, Inc.
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Roy “R.J.” Talyor is vice president of product at Geofeedia. R.J. was included among the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty Under 40.
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Rev. Ryan J. Gackenheimer is executive director of the Silver Lake Conference Center in Sharon, Conn. The camp offers youth church camps and a retreat ministry for adults and youths. Michael E. and Lee (Wright) Roberts announce the birth of their son, Griffin Lee Roberts, Jan. 21, 2015. Michael’s email address is michaelroberts@ depauw.edu. Broc A. Leslie ’03
Alicia “Nikki” Warner Davis was among the Southwest Indiana Chamber’s finalists for the 25th ATHENA Award, which is given to women who demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession. Nikki has volunteered at the United Caring Shelter, St. Vincent Center for Children & Families, YWCA and Children’s Museum of Evansville (Ind.).
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Lawren K. Mills is a partner in the Indianapolis law firm of Ice Miller LLP. She concentrates on public affairs management. Elizabeth E. Crouch ’04
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Jane H. Bankhurst and Glenn R. McMullen were married May 9, 2015, in Aurora, Ohio. Jane is employed by Westfield Group as the Blair Conference Center Leader. Glenn is a program manager for Accenture. They live in Macedonia, Ohio. Jane’s email address is jane.bankhurst@ gmail.com. (See photo, page 44.) Paul A. and Dana (Bowen ’99) Cummings live near Spencer, Ind., with their three children: PJ, 8; Owen, 5; and Susan, 3. Paul is a senior project developer at Hoosier Energy REC, Inc. Dana is executive director of development and alumni relations at Indiana University School of Optometry.
Dr. Matthew T. Campbell completed his medical oncology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and a Master of Science degree in biomedical science. He is a faculty member at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His wife, Steffanie, is a physician practicing internal medicine. They have two daughters: Adele, 6, and Molly, 4. Matt’s email address is mcampbell3@mdanderson.org. Broc A. Leslie is principal at Ernie Pyle Elementary School in Clinton, Ind. (See photo.)
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Elizabeth E. Crouch is a neonatology fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. She graduated with a medical degree from Columbia University in 2014. She completed her doctoral degree in 2012 studying the role of blood vessel cells on adult brain stem cells. (See photo.) Robert C. Frederick is director of legislative affairs and public policy for National Grain and Feed Association. He received the 2015 Friend of Ag Award, which honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the Illinois agricultural industry. Tristan D. Glover is senior vice president of Zeller Realty Group. He was included among the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty Under 40. Todd R. Hambidge is a partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP in the litigation and dispute resolution department.
jmcquist@kent.edu. Matthew J. Ogle is executive vice president at JLL in the firm’s retail brokerage practice in New York. JaMarcus L. Shephard is the inside receivers coach at Washington State University. Brad M. Ward is director of community philanthropy with the Council on Foundations, a nonprofit leadership association of grant-making foundations and corporations.
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Matthew J. Ehinger is a partner in the Indianapolis law firm of Ice Miller LLP. He focuses his practice on state and local tax planning, compliance and controversy. Bradley T. Giordano is a partner with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in the Chicago office. He represents debtors, creditors, equity sponsors and strategic investors in all aspects of distressed restructuring. Michael B. Knight is assistant general counsel supporting material damage and recovery with Nationwide Insurance. Mike lives in Columbus, Ohio. His email address is mbknight@gmail.com. John A. Michels is a recent graduate of the M.B.A. program at Butler University. After graduation, John started an online social network for parents so they can share information with other parents regarding potential dangers facing their children in today’s world. The site, carefulparents.com, has been featured on a number of television news stations in both Indianapolis and Milwaukee. John, his two sons and wife, Tara, live in Fishers, Ind. (See photo.) Zachary S. Pfister is a senior policy adviser at the firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in Washington, D.C.
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Kristin Emerson Kelley is of counsel in Ice Miller LLP’s immigration practice.
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Blair K. Rudert and Nicholas J. York were married Oct. 10, 2015, in Saint Louis. (See photo, page 44.)
James M. McQuiston and his wife, Danica, announce the birth of their daughter, Olivia Marie McQuiston, Oct. 29, 2015. James’ email address is
Kyle S. Smitley was featured on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” for her founding of the Detroit Achievement Academy.
2015, from the University of Louisville with a Dean’s Citation award. Jessica lives in the Boston area and is working at the Boston VA Healthcare System in Brockton, Mass., in a postdoctoral role while doing research in geriatric neuropsychology.
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Paige E. Penrod and Steven Persch were married Oct. 9, 2015, in Milwaukee. Paige’s email address is ppenrod@mcw.edu. (See photo, page 44.) Chad M. Byers ’08
Jason A. Spilbeler is a vice president and global investment specialist for J.P. Morgan. Jason is president of the associate council and member of the institutional advancement committee for the Indianapolis Zoo, serves on the DePauw Alumni Association board and the board of Indy Reads. He also chairs the organizational and development committee of the Young Leaders Board of Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana. Jason was included among the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty Under 40. Abigail Trainor Obszanski and her husband, Paul, announce the birth of their daughter, Olivia Katherine Obszanski, May 13, 2015. Abbe’s email address is abbe.obszanski@gmail.com. Geoffrey E. Zabinski and Catalina LaVerne were married May 16, 2015, in Hinsdale, Ill. (See photo, page 44.)
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Laura J. Anderson and Aaron Baker were married Nov. 7, 2015, in Evansville, Ind. Laura’s email address is laura.janet.anderson@ gmail.com. (See photo, page 44.) Chad M. Byers completed his doctoral degree in computer science engineering at Michigan State University. (See photo.) James R. Caldwell Jr. joined the Bismarck, N.D., branch of Diversified Wealth Management as a financial adviser. Tara Langvardt Linkner is senior principal of licensing and intellectual property for Scientific Games. She and
Jaime A. Diaz ’13 Ethan Linkner were married Nov. 15, 2014. Their daughter, Annie Linkner, was born Sept. 17, 2015. Tara’s email address is tara.linkner@gmail.com. Nicholas K. Parkinson is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in art history and criticism at Stony Brook University. Keith A. Teepen and Mackenzie R. Travers ’10 were married June 12, 2015, in Chicago. (See photo, page 44.) Rachel E. Walsh is senior director of meetings and education for Chicagobased Sentergroup. She is among the Association Forum of Chicagoland’s Forty Under 40.
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Hannah K. Cheesman and Terence Ryan (Bates College) were married Sept. 6, 2015, in Muncie, Ind. Hannah is a senior publicist at Yelp in San Francisco. Terence is a director at Unum in San Francisco. Hannah’s email address is hkcheesman@gmail.com. (See photo, page 44.) Alex T. Krouse has joined Parkview Health Corporate Counsel Department as legal counsel. Carolyn E. Mueller is author of two books, Dizzy Dean and the Gashouse Gang and St. Louis Boo. Her books are available at her website, www. carolynelizabethmueller.com. Lukas T. Schooler is executive director of No Exit, an experimental performance company. Jessica V. Strong received a Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology, December
Mackenzie R. Travers and Keith A. Teepen ’08 were married June 12, 2015, in Chicago. (See photo, page 45.)
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Sally E. Tabler and Barry S. Bricker were married July 11, 2015, in Baltimore. (See photo, page 44.)
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Daniel J. Barth has joined Robertson Stephens, a global wealth advisory and investment management firm, as operations manager.
Josiah Q. Rushing and Alison M. Sherrick ’15 were married July 11, 2015, in Kokomo, Ind. Josiah’s email address is josiahrushing@gmail.com. Alison’s email address is alisonrushing711@gmail.com. (See photo, page 45.)
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Adam W. Cecil and Kelsey S. Moore ’12 were married June 20, 2015, in Boulder, Colo. (See photo, page 45.) Ashley M. Conard is pursuing a doctoral degree in computational biology at Brown University. She is a student member of the board of directors of the Anita Borg Institute, a nonprofit organization thatworks to recruit, retain and advance women in technology.
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Alison M. Sherrick and Josiah Q. Rushing ’13 were married July 11, 2015, in Kokomo, Ind. Alison’s email address is alisonrushing711@gmail.com. Josiah’s email address is josiahrushing@gmail. com. (See photo, page 45.)
Austin T. B. Malayer is an associate attorney at the law office of Jeffrey A. Boggess in Greencastle, Ind. Kelsey S. Moore and Adam W. Cecil ’14 were married June 20, 2015, in Boulder, Colo. (See photo, page 45.) Jeremy M. Wong, a baritone, conductor and soloist, was a featured soloist at the Dec. 19, 2015, performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Maui Chamber Orchestra and Maui Masterworks Chorale, in Wailuku, Hawaii.
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Jaime A. Diaz lives in Boston, where he works in administration at the Berklee College of Music and is completing his master’s degree in fine arts. He spent two years freelancing as a composer for theatre and dance companies in New York City, Oregon, Colorado and Indiana. He says his next step is a doctoral degree in the UK. (See photo.) Noah D. Droddy’s time in the Rock ’n’ Roll Arizona half marathon qualified him for the United States Olympic Trials in the marathon, which took place Feb. 13, 2016, in Los Angeles.
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IN MEMORIAM
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Thomas N. Ewing Jr., Aug. 18, 2105, in Urbana, Ill., at the age of 101. He was a member of Delta Upsilon, Rector Scholar, member of the DePauw Athletics Hall of Fame and professor emeritus of the University of Illinois. He was preceded in death by his wife; father, Thomas N. Ewing, Class of 1897; stepmother, Lola Paxton Heaton Ewing, Class of 1896; brother, Wilkin M. Ewing ’31; sister, Alice Ewing Pickard ’39; and great-aunt, Mary F. Ewing, Class of 1897. Survivors include a daughter, Mary Ewing Gosline ’65.
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Elmer Billman, Jan. 22, 2016, in High Point, N.C., at the age of 98. He was a member of Sigma Nu, Rector Scholar, university math teacher and retired a vice president at Pilot Life Insurance. He was preceded in death by his wife. Elbert L. Groves, Oct. 6, 2015, in Goshen, Ind., at the age of 98. He was a Rector Scholar and retired from Ford Motor Company. He was preceded in death by his wife.
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F. Evert Bartholomew, Dec. 21, 2015, of Charlotte, N.C., at the age of 96. He was a member of Sigma Nu, Rector Scholar and social worker for Montclair Public Schools in Medford, N.J. He was preceded in death by his wife and mother, Evangeline Coffin Bartholomew, Class of 1917. Survivors include a brother, John E. Bartholomew ’43. Dorothy Caldwell Walcher, Nov. 19, 2014, of Springfield, Ill., at the age of 95. She was a member of Delta Zeta and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.
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Jane Chapman Dunkle, Nov. 13, 2015, in Gurnee, Ill., at the age of 96. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, secretary to the provost at University of Notre Dame and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Dunkle ’40. Elizabeth Howe Simon, Dec. 1, 2015, in Faywood, N.M., at the age of 95. She was a newspaper features writer, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.
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Rev. Robert R. Sanks, Nov. 17, 2015, in Madison, Wis., at the age of 95. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association and United Methodist minister. He was preceded in death by his wife.
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Elizabeth Fabian Barnes, July 15, 2015, in Jackson, Wyo., at the age of 93. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Earl T. Fleming, Jan. 29, 2016, of Rio Rancho, N.M., at the age of 94. He was a member of Sigma Nu and worked in management for Swift & Company. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Swearingen Fleming ’45. William E. Specht, Nov. 23, 2015, of Austin, Texas, at the age of 93. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association, The Washington C. DePauw Society and retired from Exxon Corporation. Survivors include his wife, Janet Schneider Specht ’44. Richard A. Stark, Oct. 6, 2015, of Vero Beach, Fla., at the age of 94. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and attorney. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Barbara Jones Stark ’44. Survivors include his second wife.
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Norman J. Knights, Jan. 27, 2016, in Southport, N.C., at the age of 93. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Beta Kappa, and a Rector Scholar. He served as director of public relations and development at DePauw and later as executive vice president. He was president of Greencastle (Ind.) Federal Savings and Loan, and a member of the DePauw Board of Trustees. He was preceded in death by his wife, Merilyn Smythe Knights ’46. Aileen Perkins Bockstahler, Aug 12, 2015, of Indianapolis, at the age of 93. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.
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William H. Fletcher, Oct. 13, 2015, of Austin, Texas, at the age of 92. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association and Phi Beta Kappa, and a certified public accountant, lawyer and college professor. He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert I. Fletcher ’44. Survivors include his wife; daughter, Jean Fletcher Maijala ’72; and grandson, Steven G. Maijala ’08. Willard C. Shrode, Dec. 4, 2015, of Evansville, Ind., at the age of 91. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Rector Scholar and attorney. Survivors include his wife. Lois Woodruff Speckman, June 20, 2015, of Encinitas, Calif., at the age of 91. She was a homemaker.
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Norman O. Fortress, Dec. 1, 2015, in Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of 91. He was a member of Delta Chi and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and a pharmacist. He was preceded in death by his wife. Lenore Johnson Coon, Sept. 4, 2015, of Sun City West, Ariz., at the age of 91. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, teacher, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Dr. Harold E. Nelson, Jan. 26, 2016, of Muncie, Ind., at the age of 91. He was a member of Delta Upsilon,
Rector Scholar and physician. He was preceded in death by his mother, Alta Pitts Nelson, Class of 1917. Survivors include his wife; sister, Marjorie Nelson Wiseman ’41; and daughter, Laurel J. Nelson ’98. Kathryn Weesner Miller, Jan. 13, 2016, of Indianapolis, at the age of 92. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, homemaker, community volunteer, teacher, and retired as supervisor of library and media services for the Indianapolis Public School System. She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include daughters, Kathryn Miller Paternoster ’70 and Melinda Miller Clark ’72.
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Margaret Bachelder Moorhead, Oct. 22, 2015, of Indianapolis, at the age of 90. She was a community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, Harold K. Bachelder, Class of 1909; husband; and brother, James M. Bachelder ’49. Betty Hailey Sandman, April 1, 2015, of Saluda, Va., at the age of 88. She was an elementary school teacher, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband; brother, Robert C. Hailey ’47; and sisterin-law, Beverly Haskins Hailey ’47. Frances Mason Penwell, Dec. 1, 2015, of Raleigh, N.C., at the age of 90. She was a member of Alpha Phi, teacher, community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. Marian Osborn Shirley Porter, Jan. 2, 2016, in Springfield, Ill., at the age of 90. She was a member of Alpha Phi and Phi Beta Kappa, an elementary teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first husband and second husband, Edward D. Porter III ’48, and sister, Jane Osborn Hoffmann ’48. Survivors include a son, Frank A. Shirley ’73; daughter, Alice J. Shirley ’75; niece, Mary Hoffmann Stuart ’75; and nephew-in-law, James S. Stuart ’75. Dorothy Ruggles Stevenson, Sept. 23, 2015, of Wayne, Neb., at the age of 91. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, secretary, assistant librarian, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.
Leonard M. Saylor, March 10, 2014, of North Augusta, S.C., at the age of 92. He was a retired high school mathematics teacher and volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. He was preceded in death by his wife.
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Yvonne Evans Matson, Dec. 2, 2015, of Cumming, Ga., at the age of 89. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta, homemaker, community volunteer and successful stockbroker. She was preceded in death by a brother, Wallace M. Evans Jr. ’51. Survivors include a brother, Thomas E. Evans ’61; son, Murray M. Matson ’79; sister-in-law, Nancy Fraser Evans ’50; and daughter-in-law, Sally Michod Matson ’79. Edwin P. Hawes, Sept. 25, 2015, of Columbus, Ind., at the age of 90. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and retired president of Hawes Insurance Inc. He was preceded in death by his wife. Ruth Henley Adams, Jan. 3, 2016, of Dublin, Ohio, at the age of 88. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, retired from the National Opinion Research Center and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles W. Adams ’48. Survivors include a son, John W. Adams ’73; daughter-in-law, Janis Alling Adams ’74; and granddaughter, Elizabeth Adams Bahe ’98. Richard B. Pelles, Jan. 7, 2016, of Minocqua, Wis., at the age of 90, He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and he had a career in printing and, later, in real estate. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sally Conley Pelles ’51.
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Carol Crook Colvin, Nov. 15, 2015, of La Jolla, Calif., at the age of 88. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her mother, Gladys Amerine Crook ’21, and brother, Kenneth A. Crook ’49. Barbara Daniels Laundergan, June 30, 2014, of Palm Coast, Fla., at the age of 87. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, homemaker and financial counselor. Mary Klinefelter Worthington, Nov.
27, 2015, of Cloverdale, Ind., at the age of 87. She was a registered nurse and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Elizabeth McKenzie O’Donnell, Jan. 6, 2016, of St. Augustine, Fla., at the age of 88. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband and sister, Jeanne McKenzie Dickinson ’57. Survivors include a niece, Jennifer Dickinson Dykens ’94, and nephew-inlaw, Joel W. Dykens ’94. Elizabeth Mills Park, Jan. 7, 2016, of Richmond, Ind., at the age of 88. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Byron J. Park ’46; son, William M. Park ’74; and daughter, Carolyn Park Alexander ’83. Barbara Noaker Clark, Oct. 6, 2015, of Johns Creek, Ga., at the age of 88. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and The Washington C. DePauw Society, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband and sister, Nancy Noaker Bivenour ’52. Charles D. Phillips, Nov. 8, 2015, of Boise, Idaho, at the age of 91. He was a university professor. Marian Sams Parker, Jan. 29, 2016, in Morristown, N.J., at the age of 89. She was a member of The Washington C. DePauw Society, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Helen Schmidt Steiner, Sept. 11, 2015, of Woodruff, Wis. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, teacher, office manager and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Glenn C. Steiner ’48; daughter, Amy Steiner Flavin ’79; son, Karl F. Steiner ’80; and daughterin-law, Paula Glass Steiner ’80.
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Merle C. Bassett, Feb. 6, 2016, of East Alton, Ill., at the age of 87. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and an attorney. He was preceded in death by his son, Gerald W. Bassett ’74. Survivors include his wife.
Jack D. Bennett, Dec. 15, 2015, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, at the age of 86, from lung and brain cancer. He was a member of Sigma Chi and retired from Sportin’ Life, a sporting goods store. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Swaim Bennett ’49. Survivors include his son, Peter S. Bennett ’75. Dr. Robert B. Chevalier, Jan. 1, 2016, of Nashville, Ind., at the age of 88. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, Rector Scholar, received a DePauw Alumni Citation in 1975 and was president of Electrocardiography Inc. Survivors include his wife; son, Timothy S. Chevalier ’78; and sister, Martha Chevalier Thurston ’48. Carol Firchau Prince, March 21, 2015, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 86. She was a member of Delta Gamma, retired math teacher, reading specialist and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce C. Prince ’50. Marion Greenleaf Smith, Aug. 21, 2015, of Aurora, Colo., at the age of 87. She was a member of Alpha Phi and Phi Beta Kappa; a music, English and reading teacher; and homemaker. She was preceded in death by sisters, Edith Greenleaf Aanderud ’44 and Elizabeth A. Greenleaf ’41; and niece, Nancy Hodshire Dixon ’80. Survivors include her husband, Paul D Smith ’50; sister, Mildred Greenleaf Hodshire ’50; and niece, Judith Hodshire Hauck ’81. Kenneth L. Ingram, Nov. 7, 2015, of LaGrange, Ga., at the age of 87. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta, businessman in the music industry and later retired as president of the Southern Ambulance Company. He was preceded in death by his wife. John J. Simon, Dec. 8, 2015, of Westport, Conn., at the age of 86. He was president of the Ace Paper Company, a community volunteer and founding member of the Westport Arts Awards Advisory Committee. Survivors include his wife. Joan Van Dervoort Snider, Nov. 23, 2015, in Lansing, Mich., at the age of 87. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, high school counselor and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, Edward Van Dervoort ’24,
and mother, B. Elizabeth Spedding Van Dervoort ’27. Robert M. Wolf, Nov.18, 2015, in Olympia, Wash., at the age of 87. He was a public school teacher and drama supervisor, worked in the family business and served as a Washington State fair commissioner. He was preceded in death by his wife. Jane Wright Norris, Jan. 12, 2016, of Colorado Springs, Colo., at the age of 88. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega and The Washington C. DePauw Society, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her sister-in-law, Dorothy Gray Norris ’51. Survivors include her husband. John “Jack” C. Wright, Feb. 15, 2016, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 89. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association, Phi Beta Kappa and The Washington C. DePauw Society, a Rector Scholar and retired after 30 years with the Testing and Research Bureau at DePauw. From 1966-68 he and his family lived in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he worked for the Columbia Teacher’s College Team to set up a testing and research bureau for incoming Afghan students to the University of Kabul. In 1973 he returned to DePauw as director of studies for 32 DePauw students during a semester of study in Vienna and Budapest. He was active in the Greencastle community and sang in the DePauw Festival and Gobin United Methodist Church choirs for 40 years. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Robert R. Wright ’39 and William E. Wright ’42. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Henry Wright ’51, and son, Richard H. Wright ’78.
1951
Nancy Cessna Hawthorne, Jan. 9, 2016, in Longmont, Colo., at the age of 86. She was a member of Delta Gamma and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. Marian J. Morrison, Nov. 25, 2015, in West Lafayette, Ind., at the age of 87. She was a member of Delta Zeta, secretary for the U.S. Foreign Service and, later, a bank employee. Beverly Pierce Walker, Sept. 30, 2015, in Rockville, Md. She was a member SPRING 2016 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 49
of Delta Zeta and The Washington C. DePauw Society, a music teacher and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, John C. Walker ’51.
1952
Rev. Robert W. Bidlack, Dec. 14, 2015, of Whiteland, Ind., at the age of 85. He was a member of Delta Chi and retired pastor at Bible Doctrine Church in Indianapolis. Survivors include his wife. Nancy Filkey Anderson, Nov. 20, 2015, of Naples, Fla., at the age of 84. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, John T. Anderson ’52; daughter, Kirsten Anderson Teevens ’80; and brother, Regner W. Filkey Jr. ’56. Glenn C. Hannah, Jan. 20, 2016, of Valparaiso, Ind., at the age of 85. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and The Washington C. DePauw Society, community volunteer, and founder and owner of Hannah’s Home Center. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Asher Hannah ’5l, and brother, James E. Hannah ’58. Survivors include a brother, Thomas J. Hannah ’56; daughter-in-law, Janice Chrustowski Hannah ’83; and sister-in-law, Carol Combs Hannah ’59. Jefferson E. Morris, Aug. 28, 2015, of Dublin, Ohio, at the age of 87. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, professional opera singer, and voice and opera workshop professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Survivors include his wife and brother, Christian P. Morris ’52.
1953
Melvin L. Allen, Oct. 9, 2015, of Charlotte, N.C., at the age of 84. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and The Washington C. DePauw Society, Rector Scholar and retired as manager of the surety bond department at The Travelers Insurance Company. He was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Paul C. F. Vietzke ’26; mother-in-law, Alice Maunder Vietzke ’28; and brother-in-law, Paul C. Vietzke ’51. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Vietzke Allen ’53; daughter, Pamela Allen Diliberto ’77; brother-in-law, Wesley M. Vietzke ’59; sister-in-law, Kathleen Vietzke Evans ’61; and niece, Emily Evans Russell ’98.
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Robert R. Branson, Nov. 2, 2015, of Somers, N.Y., at the age of 85. He was a member of The Washington C. DePauw Society and retired as an associate director for the International Marketing Administration of Reader’s Digest. Elizabeth Davis Dean, Jan. 18, 2016, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 87. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, substitute teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband; father, Orville L. Davis ’22; and mother, Anna Overstreet Davis ’25. Survivors include a nephew, Dirk A. Brines ’76. Helen Ford Trask, Sept. 5, 2015, in Springfield, Ill., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include a sister, Louise Ford Leander ’52, and brother-in-law, Henry A. Leander ’52. Perry C. Grier, Jan. 10, 2016, of Venice, Fla., at the age of 84. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and an insurance agent. Survivors include his wife and sister, Clare Grier Noyes ’49. Kenneth L. Hebson, Nov. 27, 2015, of Gainesville, Fla., at the age of 85. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and retired vice president of the First National Bank of Chicago. Survivors include his wife, Alice Milsted Hebson ’54. Joan Hockersmith Piercefield, Sept. 27, 2015, of Auburndale, Fla., at the age of 84. She was a member of Delta Gamma, teacher and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. Donna Lee Edwards, Nov. 15, 2015, in Indianapolis, at the age of 84. She was a member of Delta Zeta, community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. Eleanor Thee Barkley, Nov. 20, 2015, of Bloomfield, Ind., at the age of 84, of Alzheimer’s. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, teacher, owner and manager of Land Lady Apartments, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley M. Barkley ’52.
1954
Robert G. Johnson, July 23, 2014, of Lombard, Ill, at the age of 82. He was a member of Men’s
Hall Association and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and retired accountant for Inland Steel Company. Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Davis Johnson ’54. Gertrude Macomber Kivett, Jan. 16, 2016, of Tewksbury Township, N.J., at the age of 83. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include her husband and son, Thomas M. Kivett ’85. Patrice Moore Jones, Dec. 20, 2015, of Boynton Beach, Fla., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, and a self-employed model and commercial actress. She was preceded in death by her husband. Patricia Van Riper Rice, March 4, 2015, in Lakeland, Fla., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, an elementary music teacher, nutritionist, community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include her husband.
1955
Patricia Eller Johnson, Nov. 16, 2015, in Fitchburg, Wis., at the age of 82. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, homemaker and worked for General Electric. Survivors include her partner. Jerry L. Helvey, Jan. 24, 2016, in Hilton Head Island, S.C., at the age of 82. He was a member of Delta Chi, community volunteer, and founder and owner of Helvey & Associates in Warsaw, Ind. He was preceded in death by his brother, Don A. Helvey ’59. Survivors include his wife, Della Phillips Helvey ’57, and daughter, Lynn Helvey Bryant ’78. Marvin G. Williams, Dec. 19, 2015, of Columbus, Ind., at the age of 82. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and served with the Bartholomew County (Ind.) Sheriff ’s Department. He was preceded in death by his wife.
1956
William A. Whitehead, Jan. 22, 2016, in Kokomo, Ind., at the age of 89. He was a member of Sigma Nu and retired as an elementary school principal. He was preceded in death by his wife.
1957
Barbara Leske Roob, Oct, 29, 2105, of Northbrook, Ill., at the age of 79. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, junior high school teacher, community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Edward M. Roob ’56; daughter, Katherine Roob Fleschler ’88; son, E. Mitchell Roob Jr. ’83; granddaughter, Margaux A. Fleschler ’15; son-in-law, Robert J. Fleschler ’87; daughter-in-law, Sandy Matthys Roob ’83; and brother-in-law, Howard M. Roob ’62. Richard F. Maroney, Dec. 1, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio, at the age of 80. He was a member of Sigma Chi and retired from New York Life Insurance Company. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Ragland Maroney ’58. Carl H. Poppe, July 7, 2015, of Pleasanton, Calif., at the age of 78, from mantle cell lymphoma. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa, Rector Scholar and nuclear physicist. Survivors include his wife, Susan Miller Poppe ’58; brothers, Herman W. Poppe ’62, Robert H. Poppe ’67 and Herbert R. Poppe ’65; sister, Louise Poppe Reschke ’57; and cousin-in-law, Jean Wallin Roberts ’57. Max L. Stackhouse, Jan. 30, 2016, in West Stockbridge, Mass., at the age of 80. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Rector Scholar and internationally recognized theologian in the field of Christian social ethics. He taught at Andover Newton Theological Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary, and he was author of 25 books. He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from DePauw in 1994. He returned to DePauw after retirement from Princeton Theological Seminary to teach as the Robert and Carolyn Frederick Distinguished Visiting Professor of Ethics. He was preceded in death by his father, Dale C. Stackhouse ’31, and aunt, Bernice Graham Burton Grile ’24. Survivors include his wife, Jean Hostetler Stackhouse ’57; son, Dale E. Stackhouse ’84; sister, Judith Stackhouse Harris ’61; and daughter-inlaw, Robin Olds Stackhouse ’84.
1958
Shirley Barnett Toscano, Dec. 1, 2015, of Winter Park, Fla., at the age of 80. She was a flight
attendant, worked in real estate and Bible studies, and was a homemaker. Sharon Moore Robinson, Nov. 17, 2105, of Indianapolis, at the age of 79. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, early childhood educator, university faculty member and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Larry R. Robinson ’57, and grandson, Charles E. Behr ’19. Donald E. Parker, Jan. 17, 2016, of Seattle, at the age of 79. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and university professor. He was preceded in death by his first wife. Survivors include his wife, Sharon Havlik Parker ’59. Gretchen Soldwedel Gill, Nov. 9, 2015, of Kansas City, Mo., at the age of 79. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Beta Kappa, community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include her sister, Martha Soldwedel Claudon ’51, and nephew, Timothy J. Claudon ’91.
1959
Virginia Bolin Willey, May 28, 2015, in Williamsburg, Va., at the age of 78, from leukemia. She was a member of The Washington C. DePauw Society, English and journalism high school teacher, copy editor and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. Charles R. Clark, Jan. 6, 2016, of Muncie, Ind., at the age of 81. He was an attorney. Survivors include his wife. Katharyn Fell Demaree, Oct. 26, 2015, of Kokomo, Ind., at the age of 77. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by brother, Bert H. Fell ’54. Survivors include her husband; son, Delmar E. Demaree III ’82; and daughter, Laura Demaree Shinall ’83. James R. Hartzer, Oct. 22, 2015, of Wallingford, Conn., at the age of 77. He was a member of Sigma Chi and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and founder and president of the Corporate Communications Group, Inc. Survivors include his wife. David V. Koch, Dec. 31, 2015, of Carbondale, Ill., at the age of 78. He was
a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, Rector Scholar and retired as associate dean of the Special Collections Research Center of Morris Library at Southern Illinois University. Survivors include his wife. Billy D. McMains, Nov. 26, 2013, of Tulsa, Okla., at the age of 76. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and real estate manager.
1962
Mary A. Goetcheus, Jan. 2, 2016, of Dayton, Ohio, at the age of 76, from breast cancer. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta and high school teacher. She was preceded in death by her mother, Elizabeth Gibson Goetcheus ’34, and brother, John S. Goetcheus ’60. Survivors include a nephew, Gregory J. Goetcheus ’90, and niece, Amy Goetcheus Kamb ’89.
1964
Wilma Neuman Whitaker, Oct. 20, 2015, of Naples, Fla., at the age of 78. She was a member of Delta Zeta, high school and college math teacher, and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first and second husbands.
Michael L. Dougherty, Jan. 1, 2016, of Ballwin, Mo., at the age of 74. He was a computer programmer and retired from both Boeing and Monsanto. Survivors include his wife.
1961
James G. Stewart, March 5, 2016, in Bryn Mawr, Pa., at the age of 73. He was a trustee of DePauw. He was a member of Delta Upsilon, The Washington C. DePauw Society and Phi Beta Kappa, a Rector Scholar, Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and retired as chief financial officer of Cigna Corporation. After retirement, he devoted considerable energies to DePauw and to the Franklin Institute. He served on the boards and executive committees of both institutions as well as the audit, finance and investment committees. Survivors include his wife.
Betty Garner Carroll, Feb. 8, 2016, in Englewood, Fla., at the age of 76. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa, teacher, activist and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. James W. Gladden Jr., Nov. 3, 2015, of Evanston, Ill., at the age of 75, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and an attorney. Survivors include his wife; sister, Margaret Gladden Hermann ’60; son, James M. Gladden ’88; and daughter-in-law, Sheri Adams Gladden ’89. Joan Jackson Lucky, Oct. 20, 2015, of Fair Haven, N.J., at the age of 76. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, elementary school teacher, community volunteer and homemaker, and she wrote for the local newspaper. She was preceded in death by her mother, Miriam Monger Jackson ’28, and grandfather, Albert E. Monger, Class of 1904. Survivors include her husband and daughter, Karen Lucky Katich ’91. Barrett S. Smith, Oct. 31, 2015, of Thornton, Colo., at the age of 77. He was a member of Delta Upsilon, musician, entrepreneur, historian and educator. Survivors include his wife and aunt, Florence Burch Caldwell ’49. Thomas R. Smith, Nov. 23, 2015, of Danville, Ill., at the age of 76. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and an attorney. Survivors include his wife.
1966
Marilyn Bosh Vojta, Nov. 6, 2015, of Stamford, Conn., at the age of 71. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega and The Washington C. DePauw Society, teacher, and owner of a recruiting and career counseling business. Survivors include her husband and sister, Carol Bosh Goddard ’63. Thomas E. Hosier, Oct. 28, 2015, of Rochester, Minn., at the age of 73. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and university head football coach. Survivors include his wife, Janet Hellberg Hosier ’66. Rev. Michael D. Prewitt, July 12, 2014, in Philadelphia, at the age of 70. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, businessman and minister. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph S. Prewitt ’42, and mother, Charlotte Feaman Prewitt ’42. Survivors include his wife and brother, Robert F. Prewitt ’70. Carol Wilson Wing, Jan. 23, 2016, of Springfield, Vt., at the age of 71. She was a member of Delta Zeta and
taught mathematics and music in the Springfield school system for 30 years.
1967
John L. Harris, Jan. 13, 2016, of Cheshire, Conn., at the age of 70. He managed Wine & Whiskey, a local business. Survivors include his wife.
1968
Jean P. Johnson, Nov. 22, 2015, of Plainfield, Ind., at the age of 69. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Spanish teacher for more than 25 years at several levels, including university.
1970
Melinda Siebert Tharp, Nov. 28, 2015, of Boulder, Colo., at the age of 67, of cancer. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Richard A. Tharp ’70, and brother, Dennis F. Siebert ’65.
1971
William P. Horst, Nov. 1, 2015, in Stockett, Mont., at the age of 66. He was a member of Sigma Chi and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and urologist. He was preceded in death by his father, William N. Horst ’36. Survivors include his wife. Stephen L. Speicher, Dec. 5, 2015, of Lincoln, Neb., at the age of 65. He was a Rector Scholar and attorney. He was preceded in death by his brother, David R. Speicher ’68. Survivors include his wife; brother, John A. Speicher ’76; and sister, Susan Speicher Lee ’77. M. Jane Winham, Oct. 29, 2015, of O’Fallon, Mo., at the age of 65. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi and a certified public accountant.
1972
Dr. Philip R. Humber, June 15, 2015, of Encinitas, Calif., at the age of 65. He was a plastic surgeon. Survivors include his wife, Kaye Burwinkle Humber ’73.
1973
Marilynn Brown Crum, Nov. 19, 2015, of Milton, Ga., at the age of 64. She was employed by Harry’s Farmers Market and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, James R. Crum ’72. Carl A. Gordon, Nov. 15, 2015, of Phoenix, at the age of 65. He was SPRING 2016 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 51
a member of Sigma Chi and civil engineer. Survivors include his partner.
1976
Robert L. Murray, April 29, 2015, in Indianapolis, at the age of 61. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and attorney. Survivors include his wife. Laura Nash Silverwood, Oct. 22, 2015, in Chambersburg, Pa., at the age of 60, from nonsmoking lung cancer. She was a medical assistant and surgical scheduler before her retirement. Survivors include her husband; brother, Charles R. Nash Jr. ’71; and sister-inlaw, Leesa Barker Nash ’71. Virginia Simmons Taylor, Jan. 13, 2016, in Waterford, Mich., at the age of 84. She was a kindergarten teacher, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.
1977
Carl R. Zehner, Jan. 15, 2016, of San Marcos, Calif., at the age of 60. He was a member of Sigma Nu and business manager.
1980
Mary Meadows Rassel, Dec. 13, 2015, of Terre Haute, Ind., at the age of 80. She was an elementary school teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.
1984
Garrett J. Elam, Jan. 16, 2016, of O’Fallon, Mo., at the age of 53. He was a member of Sigma Chi and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and banker. His father, Lawrence Elam, worked at DePauw as a vice president for finance and controller for more than 18 years starting in 1974. Survivors include his sister, Donna M. Elam ’88.
1988
Michael J. Phelan, Nov. 12, 2015, of Wilmette, Ill., at the age of 49. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and attorney with Kearney & Phelan, Ltd. Survivors include his wife and brother, Matthew R. Phelan ’91.
1989
Donald E. McKinney, Dec. 11, 2015, of Saint Joseph, Ill., at the age of 48. He was a group leader of infrastructure for AMDOCS. Survivors include his wife, Susan Conger McKinney ’87. 52 DEPAUW MAGAZINE SPRING 2016
2002
David G. Lamm, Nov. 17, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C., at the age of 35. He was a world traveler, and he taught English in France and yoga in Taiwan. Survivors include his sister, Tabitha Lamm Harris ’05.
2003
Daniel Eslava, Jan. 1, 2016, of Mexico City, at the age of 35. He was a member of Delta Chi.
2006
Rachel V. Smith, Sept. 18, 2015, of Oconomowoc, Wis., at the age of 31. She was employed at ORBIS Corporation. Survivors include her brother, Nicolas W. Smith ’11.
Faculty
Catherine E. Fruhan, Nov. 20, 2015, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 67. She was a professor of art and art history at DePauw since 1984. She taught Italian Renaissance, European Baroque and Late-Nineteenth-Century French art as well as a class on documentary film and classes on the history of Western art. She chaired the art department from 1994-97 and 2004-05. In 2004 she received the Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Tucker Jr. Distinguished Career Award. In 2010 she was recipient of the Exemplary Teacher Award given jointly by DePauw and the General Board of Higher Education of the United Methodist Church. James A. Madison, Dec. 15, 2015, of Sylva, N.C., at the age of 87, of cancer. He served as head of the Department of Geology and Earth Sciences at DePauw. He chaired several administrative committees, and he retired from DePauw after 35 years of teaching. Survivors include his wife and daughter, Mary Madison Campbell ’84. Charles E. Mays, Nov. 14, 2015, in Dunnellon, Fla., at the age of 76. He was an emeritus professor of biological sciences and member of the DePauw faculty for 36 years. He joined DePauw in 1968 and chaired the zoology department. He was instrumental in helping DePauw to establish the Science Research Fellows Program and served as director several times. He received the University’s Distinguished Professor Award in 1978 and 2000, and he was the 2003 recipient of the Mr. and Mrs.
Fred C. Tucker Distinguished Career Award. Survivors include his wife and son, Steven C. Mays ’97. Edward H. Meyer Jr. ’62, Dec. 30, 2015, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 75. He was a member of Sigma Nu, The Washington C. DePauw Society and DePauw Athletics Hall of Fame. Head baseball coach at DePauw for 35 years, he retired as professor emeritus of kinesiology. He began his career at DePauw in 1964 as associate professor of health, physical education and recreation as well as head baseball coach and assistant football coach. He logged a Tiger-record 522 career wins and earned Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1990, 1994 and 1997. He received the Spirit of the Monon Bell award in November 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ann Armer Meyer ’61, and father-in-law, Vaughn E. Armer ’30. Survivors include his sons, Michael E. Meyer ’87 and Patrick E. Meyer ’89; brother, Timothy E. Meyer ’82; daughter-in-law, Julie McKeag Meyer ’90; sister-in-law, Melissa Phillips Meyer ’81; nieces, Lauren M. Meyer ’10 and Claire P. Meyer ’16; nephew, Matthew E. Meyer ’13; granddaughter, Molly A. Meyer ’19; and brother-in-law, Vaugh E. Armer Jr. ’67. Glenn E. Welliver, Nov. 8, 2015, in Berryville, Va., at the age of 82. He was a member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. He taught German at DePauw for 38 years, joining the faculty as an instructor of German and becoming an assistant professor in 1964, associate professor in 1968 and professor in 1976. He chaired his department from 1983 until his retirement in 1999. His survivors include his wife; brother, Kenneth B. Welliver ’51; and nephew, Timothy K. Welliver ’77. John “Jack” C. Wright, Feb. 15, 2016, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 89. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association, Phi Beta Kappa and The Washington C. DePauw Society, a Rector Scholar and retired after 30 years with the Testing and Research Bureau at DePauw. From 1966-68 he and his family lived in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he worked for the Columbia Teacher’s College Team to set up a testing and research bureau for incoming Afghan students to the
University of Kabul. In 1973 he returned to DePauw as director of studies for 32 DePauw students during a semester of study in Vienna and Budapest. He was active in the Greencastle community and sang in the DePauw Festival and Gobin United Methodist Church choirs for 40 years. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Robert R. Wright ’39 and William E. Wright ’42. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Henry Wright ’51, and son, Richard H. Wright ’78.
Friends
Barbara A. Bridges, Oct. 4, 2015, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 77. She was employed at the DePauw Union Building and was housemother at Delta Tau Delta.
Correction
Mary Curry Shakespeare’s ’54 second husband was listed as a survivor in her obituary in the summer 2015 issue. He is deceased. The staff regrets the error.
creating a legacy
Luis Davila ’81 and Deborah White Davila ’82 make an estate commitment for DePauw, their family’s ‘anchor’ “DePauw, for our family, has been an ‘anchor,’” LUIS DAVILA ’81 explains, “something that provides strength, support and a key part of our identity.” For the Davila family, DePauw has been a constant in a lifetime of change. Both Luis and Deborah were born internationally and lived in various countries before coming to DePauw. Their careers meant that their own children – Deborah Davila Neves ’05 and Luis F. Davila ’07 –also lived internationally until both of them attended DePauw like their parents. For the Davilas, answering the question “Where are you from?” isn’t necessarily easy. “But,” Luis points out, “we are all from DePauw!” The Davilas believe strongly in giving back to the University that has meant so much to their family. This has led them to make a generous bequest provision in their estate plan for DePauw. “Combining our belief in education as the key to opportunity with what DePauw has meant for us,” the couple conclude, “we can’t think of a better way to give back than through the gift of a DePauw education.”
We would be happy to assist you in building a legacy at DePauw. For more information, contact: DEPAUW UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF LEGACY AND ESTATE PLANNING
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