DePauw Magazine Fall 2014 by DePauw University

MAGAZINE Fall 2014

BRAD STEVENS ’99 Heading confidently into his second season of coaching in the NBA

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

THINK: THE LEGEND OF ANDREA SUNUNU LIVE: I BELIEVE Extraordinary Dedication to Teaching and Her Students Making the Choice to be Good

DON'T MISS Coverage of kickoff of The Campaign for DePauw

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STAYING FIT

The Welch Fitness Center, dedicated on Oct. 4, is a 16,000-square-foot, twostory fitness center made possible by a gift from M. Scott â&#x20AC;&#x2122;82 and Kimberlee A. Welch. Part of the renovation and expansion of the Lilly Center, the Welch Fitness Center is the primary training facility for DePauwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletics teams and campus community.

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THE CAMPAIGN FOR DEPAUW

Campaign co-chairs R. David “Dave” Hoover ’67, center, and Sarah Reese Wallace ’76, left, join President Brian W. Casey, right, on East College lawn during the kickoff celebration for The Campaign for DePauw. With a focus on five key areas, The Campaign for DePauw seeks to invest in the University’s academic program, strengthen DePauw’s comprehensive approach to advising and career preparation, significantly expand the University’s ability to support student financial aid, enhance the core campus and re-launch the Annual Fund as The Fund for DePauw. See more photos from the campaign kickoff celebration on page 40 and learn more about The Campaign for DePauw at campaign.depauw.edu. FALL 2014 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 3

DVOŘÁK AND AMERICA The School of Music hosted “Dvořák and America,” a project presented by cultural historian and awardwinning author Joseph Horowitz. The DePauw Dvořák Festival, held in October and November, was funded through a National Endowment for the Arts grant.

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CLASH OF THE TITANS

Team captains for the DePauw Tigers and Wabash College Little Giants meet at midfield prior to the 121st Monon Bell Classic. The Little Giants (9-1) bested the Tigers (7-3) to keep The Bell in Crawfordsville. The Tigers, who were 4-6 in 2013, finished the 2014 season in third place in the North Coast Athletic Conference, behind Wabash and Wittenberg University.

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THE ENTERING CLASS OF 2018

Numbers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully define students in an entering class, but they do offer a revealing glimpse into one of the strongest classes to begin studies at DePauw:

540 Number of first-year students 3.86 Average high school GPA 28 Average ACT score 13 Greatest number of Advanced Placement

courses taken by an individual student

Students who were captains of their high school sports teams

50+% Participated in volunteer service

either domestically or abroad

53 Number of new students in the School

of Music

15%

Percentage of first-year students whose parents or grandparents attended DePauw

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THRIVE

THINK

LIVE

The Next Level

The Legend of Andrea Sununu

I Believe Making the Choice to Be Good

DEPARTMENTS

STAFF

10 News 14 Recent Words 38 Connections: Engaging with DePauw 43 Class Notes Cover photo and photos on pages 18-25 by NBA Photos/Boston Celtics/Brian Babineau.

Jonathan C. Coffin ’06 associate vice president for communications jonathancoffin@depauw.edu

Steven J. Setchell ’96 associate vice president for alumni engagement ssetchell@depauw.edu

Larry G. Anderson editorial director landersn@depauw.edu

Contributors: Bob Handelman, Sarah McAdams, Linda Striggo and Christopher L. Wolfe

Kelly A. Graves creative director kgraves@depauw.edu

DePauw Alumni Association Officers

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DePauw Magazine Fall 2014 / Vol. 77 / Issue 2 www.depauw.edu/pa/magazine

Brent E. St. John ’89, president

Donna Grooms Donald M. Phelan ’79, vice class notes editor president Graduating seniors, parents, faculty dgrooms@depauw.edu

Gilbert D.Under Standley ’82, DePauw thesecretary Stars

Larry G. Ligget celebrated University photographer Commencement larryligget@depauw.edu

Weekend.

and staff during

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news “Over the last decade, dozens of colleges have proclaimed that recruiting a more economically diverse student body was a top priority. Many of those colleges have not matched their words with actions. But some have.” THE NEW YORK TIMES in an article on Sept. 9 that identified DePauw as being among the nation’s most

economically diverse colleges.

Students participate in the 2014 Great Lakes Colleges Association Students of Color Leadership Conference, hosted on DePauw's campus Nov. 7-9. Dozens of students from colleges across the Midwest were on campus for the conference, titled "Who am I?: Navigating the Depths of Intersectionality as a Student Leader and Activist."

LEAP

Learning through Experiential Applications Program (LEAP) is a new initiative in the Kathryn Hubbard Center for Student Engagement that is designed to help students acquire the skills, experience and alumni network necessary to pursue internships, apply for graduate schools or jobs in preparation for life after graduation.

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COMPUTING SUCCESS DePauw’s computer science department is uncommonly successful at producing students who go on to receive doctoral degrees, according to a report by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). The report notes, “A number of smaller private colleges produced as many graduates who later completed Ph.D. degrees in computer science as much larger research universities did. For the period 2006-10, DePauw University (2,365 undergraduate enrollment) produced the same number of future Ph.D.s in computer science as Tufts University (4,892 undergraduate enrollment) and Texas Tech University (23,595 undergraduate enrollment)."

The number of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships awarded to DePauw

student-athletes in 2013-14. Only four schools on all NCAA levels had more honorees.

Number of students who interned at nonprofit organizations, government agencies, social entrepreneurships and start-up businesses through the Summer Internship Grant Program, which was in only its second year. Coordinated by the Hubbard Center for Student Engagement, students received a living wage grant for food, housing and transportation costs in order to pursue the unpaid summer internships. Student experiences included work at: a local government in Australia; immigrant rights and services group based in Chicago; art museum in Beijing, China; ESPN radio affiliate in Midland, Mich.; and nonprofit cultural center in Nicaragua.

ENVISIONING ZER0 WASTE

A theme year at DePauw that will be spent envisioning an ideal in which nothing that can be reused, repurposed, recycled or composted will be sent to a landfill or incinerator. DePauw’s Office of Sustainability and Environmental Fellows Program are partnering with other offices on campus in the effort.

Student-athletes earned Capital One Academic All-America® distinction in 2013-14.

EAT LOCAL CHALLENGE

In an inaugural event hosted by DePauw and Bon Appetit on Sept. 23, all food served in the Hub Café – with the exception of salt – came from local farmers within 150 miles or less of campus.

“We’ve changed, I think, from a culture of ‘little me’ to a culture of the selfie to a culture of ‘bigger me’ – a golden figure inside ourselves.” DAVID BROOKS, New York Times columnist and

best-selling author, in a Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture on Oct. 4.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT Brian W. Casey

In the history of America’s great colleges and universities, there are almost always specific moments that stand out. These are the moments when the institution – its alumni, faculty and students – commit themselves to new ends or recommit themselves to their mission in more robust, more dynamic ways. We can point to many such moments at DePauw: when the residents of Greencastle gathered $25,000 to induce the Methodist Church to establish Indiana Asbury University; when Washington C. DePauw invested a considerable sum in the fledging college to move the institution to new heights; when Edward Rector made what he called an “investment in humanity” to launch one of the nation’s very first and most significant endowed scholarships that made a life-changing education available to students, regardless of their means. Today we have our opportunity to create a new moment and to shape DePauw’s history. As you will read in the pages that follow, the University has officially launched The Campaign for DePauw. Through this campaign, we will strengthen the University’s academic life, improve the ways we prepare our students for their lives after graduation, increase our capacity to financially support students and significantly enhance the campus. At its core, this campaign is about deepening the life of the campus and ensuring that this form of education – a DePauw education – is available and accessible to the next generation of promising students. It is an important endeavor in which I invite you to take part. DePauw will be stronger at the end of this campaign. The transformation that occurs on this campus is as real as it is meaningful. One need only read this issue’s stories about alumni like Brad Stevens ’99, or faculty members like Andrea Sununu, or a student such as Andy Morrison ’15 to see that this is as true today as it has ever been. This is a place that gathers and produces incredible people. I urge you to learn about how this campaign will ensure that DePauw remains such a special place. It truly is our time, and I look forward to what we can, together, accomplish for DePauw. Most sincerely,

Brian W. Casey President

The record number of applications for DePauw’s entering Class of 2018.

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HACKFEST

DePauw seniors Tao Qian and Rajat Kumar were part of a team that won the Greylock Hackfest, an annual competition for university students who intern at Silicon Valley companies during the summer. In the 24-hour contest on July 19, approximately 50 teams of four students worked to build innovative software and hardware products. The DePauw students created an iPhone application called CopyCat that allows iPhone users to quickly search for information without interrupting what they were previously doing. The team received a cash prize of $10,000. Previously, the DePauw duo won fourth place at the LinkedIn Hackathon for their software FastER, a queue management system designed to reduce waiting times at hospital emergency rooms.

TOP IN TEACHING

DePauw University and Spelman College are the top small colleges for graduates

participating in Teach For America (TFA) this year. Each college has 20 graduates in TFA’s 2014 corps.

Corps members are top college

graduates and professionals who commit

to teach in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. DePauw is consistently among the nation's top contributors to TFA.

“This campaign represents a specific opportunity for DePauw to take its place among the nation’s great small colleges and universities.” SARAH REESE WALLACE ’76, campaign co-chair, during a kick-off celebration on Oct. 3 for the University’s

$300 million comprehensive fundraising campaign, The Campaign for DePauw.

LETTUCE, TOMATOES AND BEETS …

… are just three of the 22 vegetables grown and harvested on the Campus Farm by students and other volunteers this year. More than 6,000 pounds of vegetables were sold to Bon Appetit for consumption in campus dining halls, and more than 400 pounds were donated to a local food pantry.

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DePauw students performed 31,469 hours of community service through Office of Civic Engagement programs during the 2013-14 academic year.

CAMPAIGN WILL MAKE DEPAUW STRONGER Melanie J. Norton

Dear Alumni and Friends,

TOP ATHLETE Paige W. Gooch ’14, a four-year starter on the women’s golf team, was among

the top 30 honorees for the 2014 NCAA

Woman of the Year and one of just 10 from Division III institutions. She was one of

the North Coast Athletic Conference’s two Woman of the Year nominees after earning the conference’s Pam Smith Award.

Gooch was a two-time Capital One

Academic All-America® selection and DePauw's 22nd NCAA Postgraduate

Scholarship recipient. On the course, she earned all-America honors all four years.

“DePauw is my home, the home of 1,800 of my peers, and now it is your home.” Student body president DAKOTA “CODY” N. WATSON ’15 to entering students in the Class of 2018 during the traditional opening convocation on Aug. 23 in the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, Kresge Auditorium.

It is a truly exciting time to be at DePauw. We have been preparing for several years to launch The Campaign for DePauw, and now, finally, it is here. The campaign is in full swing, and we have a great many loyal alumni and friends to thank for their early support. As many of you may be aware, the University has been engaged in the “silent phase” of this fund-raising effort for a number of years. The comprehensive campaign is a culmination of the combined efforts of literally every office across campus, the likes of which have not been seen at DePauw in a very long time. By its very nature, a campaign calls on the University, its leaders and stakeholders to make strategic decisions about how to best strengthen the institution both now and into the future. Under the oversight of the National Campaign Committee, consisting of alumni and faculty leaders, the University will secure funds to support five primary areas: academic life, student access and financial aid, student engagement and outcomes, the campus and annual giving. I encourage you to browse campaign.depauw.edu, where you will find a great deal of information about the campaign, along with stories of giving, profiles of donors, student quotes, and the latest news and events. Those in our division are often asked what difference a modest donation makes and why DePauw needs gifts. These are fair questions, and the answers are wide-ranging. Put simply, even the smallest donation can and will add up to a substantial gift when combined with thousands of other gifts from our generous alumni and friends. Every gift counts toward this campaign, makes DePauw a stronger institution and increases the value of a DePauw degree for every alumnus. And why are gifts needed? As just one example, tuition covers only half of what it costs to educate a student at DePauw. The generosity of our alumni and friends makes up for that deficit, and it makes the education we provide here possible. Every dollar makes an impact on the campus and student experience, and every donor demonstrates pride in a DePauw education to the outside world. The last campaign was a success by any measure, and we have every reason to believe this one will be as well. You value DePauw, and we know through our travels and interactions that those who know DePauw want to share it with others. Thank you for all you do for this great University and for ensuring the future success of The Campaign for DePauw. Warmest regards,

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ANNIE DERRICKSON BURNSIDE ’92 From Role to Soul: 15 Shifts on the Awakening Journey (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing – ISBN: 978-1939288578) Awakening is a commonly talked about phenomenon today. Yet the deep sense of fulfillment that’s supposed to accompany this experience seems to elude the vast majority of people who claim to have awakened, as it does those who long to awaken and spend years seeking the experience. It turns out that awakening isn’t something difficult to achieve at all. Based on her work with many who have awakened, Burnside says that what it takes for us to finally quit trying to awaken, and simply awaken, is highly individualized. In her own life, she has identified 15 shifts that occurred within her, and she says those shifts are common to the experience of awakening. Burnside’s intent in From Role to Soul is to take the reader into the everyday nitty-gritty of what awakening is – what it looks like, what it feels like and how it comes about. Burnside is also author of Soul to Soul Parenting.

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A. ANDREW DAS ’87 Galatians – Concordia Commentary (Concordia Publishing – ISBN: 978-0758615527) Paul’s fiercely passionate letter to the Galatians offers a rare glimpse into the early history of the emerging Christbelieving movement. Paul is seething with righteous indignation over the events at Galatia even as he conveys his hope that the Galatians might be coaxed back to the true Gospel. The young faith was grappling with issues that would prove to be a watershed. Does baptism incorporate every manner of person without distinction into Christ? Does faith alone suffice for salvation? Across the divide of 2,000 years of time and cultural space, the letter to the Galatians is an authoritative witness to the catholic Gospel of salvation by grace alone, for all people. Andrew Das, the Donald W. and Betty J. Buik Chair at Elmhurst College, is author of five other books. His next book, The Grand Thematic Narratives of Galatians: The Search for the Key to Pauline Theology, is scheduled for publication in 2015.

ARTHUR B. EVANS, DePauw University professor of French Vintage Visions: Essays on Early Science Fiction

DAVID B. FELDMAN ’98 and Lee Daniel Kravetz Supersurvivors: The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success

(Wesleyan University Press – ISBN: 978-0-8195-7438-1)

(HarperCollins – ISBN: 978-0062267856)

Long before Star Wars, future-war fiction was popular in 19th century Great Britain. Long before Blade Runner, a French author had Thomas Edison creating the perfect female android. Long before Terminator, a Czech playwright imagined robots turning against their creators. These works and others are featured in Arthur Evans’ Vintage Visions: Essays on Early Science Fiction, a compilation of the best in recent scholarship on early science fiction. The essays cover the chronological development and international scope of science fiction prior to WWII. The book includes a first-of-its-kind bibliography of criticism on early science fiction and chronological listing of key early works in the genre. Evans is a renowned Jules Verne scholar, managing editor of the journal Science Fiction Studies based at DePauw and general editor of Wesleyan’s Early Classics of Science Fiction series.

More than 4 billion people worldwide will survive a trauma during their lives. Most will eventually recover and return to life as normal. But sometimes, survivors do more than bounce back. Sometimes they bounce forward. They are the supersurvivors – individuals who not only rebuild their lives, but also thrive and grow in ways not previously imagined. The authors interviewed dozens of men and women to look beyond the tenets of traditional psychology for a deeper understanding of the strength of the human spirit. David Feldman is associate professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University. His professional research and writings concern how people maintain a sense of hope, purpose and meaning in the face of trauma, loss and adversity. Lee Daniel Kravetz survived a battle with cancer at age 29. People magazine and Business Insider named their book one of the best reads of the summer.

Patricia A. Crews, Camomillia A. Bright and SUE A. FINSTICK ’76 Earth and Space Science: Your Changing World (SIRIUS Academics – ISBN: 978-1-938418-32-7) In its second edition, this introductory textbook integrates Earth system science in exploring physical geology, oceanography, meteorology and astronomy. The book and accompanying educational materials were developed for SIRIUS Academics, a nonprofit business unit of Florida State College at Jacksonville. SIRIUS Academics courses are complete course materials packages designed to be taught in any delivery mode – online, hybrid/blended or face-to-face. Each course includes original content and all supporting materials, including a syllabus, guidelines for instructors, learning activities and assessments. The pedagogy and content were developed by teams comprised of faculty, instructional designers, multimedia specialists, quality assurance staff and external content reviewers. Sue Finstick is a licensed professional geologist and an adjunct faculty member at several universities, including Florida State College at Jacksonville.

SHERIDAN GATES ’80 Losing Sight, Finding Vision: Thriving Throughout Life’s Lasting Losses (Create Space – ISBN: 978-0-692-22616-2) Executive coach Sheridan Gates shares the practical lessons of her personal and professional journey while confronting vision loss and career reinvention. One in five Americans lives with some level of disability. Not only do these individuals encounter physical and emotional challenges, but they also face a dilemma. If they orient solely around coping with their challenge, they risk not living a full life. Those without a physical disability may face this same dilemma, allowing challenges to take precedence over larger life aspirations. Losing Sight, Finding Vision is for those who want to live fully, not just react to loss. Sheridan was diagnosed with a juvenile form of macular degeneration more than 30 years ago. With three career reinventions in the business world, from investment banking to management consulting and then coaching, Sheridan adjusted to continual vision loss while discovering strategies to thrive.

CARL A. HUFFMAN, editor, DePauw University research professor and professor emeritus of classical studies A History of Pythagoreanism (Cambridge University Press – ISBN: 9781107014398) This is a comprehensive, authoritative and innovative account of Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism, one of the most enigmatic and influential philosophies in the West. In 21 chapters covering a timespan from the 6th century B.C. to 17th century A.D., leading scholars construct a number of different images of Pythagoras and his community, assessing current scholarship and offering new answers to central problems. Chapters are devoted to the early Pythagoreans, and the full breadth of Pythagorean thought is explored, including politics, religion, music theory, science, mathematics and magic. Separate chapters consider Pythagoreanism in Plato, Aristotle, the Peripatetics and the later Academic tradition, while others describe Pythagoreanism in the historical tradition, in Rome and in the pseudoPythagorean writings. Editor Carl Huffman writes an introduction to the book and also contributes a chapter.

DAVID L. KOHLER ’63 Killed in Action: The Story of Robert Holly (Tate Publishing – ISBN: 978-1633065222) This book recounts the life of a young soldier, Robert Holly, a tailgunner on a B-24 during World War II, whose life ended tragically when his plane collided with another while on a bombing mission and crashed into the sea near Kiel, Germany. Holly’s body was never found. David Kohler tells Holly’s story through the letters he sent home and many documents that chronicle his short life and the aftermath of his death. Throughout, the author gives examples of countless other individuals killed during the war and lost without a trace. Killed in Action not only tells the story of Robert Holly, but also serves as a memorial to all those, who like him, were killed and disappeared without a trace. Kohler is a retired attorney and former teacher in public schools. He has been a lifelong student of history with a deep interest in World War II, American Civil War and the people who fought in them.

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VANABLE H. MOODY II ’02 The People Factor: How Building Great Relationships and Ending Bad Ones Unlocks Your God-Given Purpose (Thomas Nelson – ISBN: 978-1400205028) Van Moody believes that we need to cultivate what he calls our Relational IQs, understanding not only how to build great relationships but also how to avoid or skillfully exit bad ones. He saw this need every day of his pastoral life, and he also saw a need for a beyond-the-basics study guide for Relational IQ. The People Factor is his solution. Moody encourages people to undertake the important task of evaluating our relationships intelligently. Too often, he says, we get our relationship advice from the most toxic sources we can find. The People Factor principles, based on the Bible, are intended to help people become stronger, happier and healthier in all their relationships. Moody established the Worship Center Christian Church in Birmingham, Ala., and serves as pastor. He also is a board member for Joel Osteen’s Champions Network and an associate trainer in Japan for the EQUIP leadership organization.

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WALLACE J. NICHOLS ’89 Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do (Little, Brown and Company – ISBN: 978-0316252089) Why are we drawn to the ocean each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? In Blue Mind, Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these questions, revealing the remarkable truth about the benefits of being in, on, under or simply near water. Combining cuttingedge neuroscience with compelling personal stories from top athletes, leading scientists, military veterans and gifted artists, he shows how proximity to water can improve performance, increase calm, diminish anxiety and increase professional success. Nichols is a research associate at California Academy of Sciences and cofounder of OceanRevolution.org, an international network of young ocean advocates; SEEtheWILD.org, a conservation travel network; GrupoTortuguero.org, an international sea turtle conservation network; and LiVBLUE.org, a global campaign to reconnect us to our water planet.

RUSSELL M. PELTON JR. ’60 The Dance of the Sharks (Outskirts Press – ISBN: 9781478722472) A man stumbles into Chicago’s Blessed Trinity Hospital with a mild stroke, but medical errors cause damage to Sam Roosevelt’s brain. His distraught wife, Bertha, is given a lawyer’s card: Maximillian Greene. In London, Chester Melrose, an aging partner in a Chicago law firm, meets Gordon Hawke, head of Imperial Insurance, and obtains new lucrative medical malpractice defense work. Five partners at Melrose’s firm – Cal, Pete, Rasheed, Tony and Curly – are all new members of the management committee, but their friendship devolves into a bitter fight for control. Bertha calls Greene, a shyster who gives her modest funds in exchange for everything in her suit against the hospital. And the dance of the sharks begins. The author, Russell Pelton, is a veteran Chicago litigator whose knowledge of the medical profession and insurance industry, as well as experience as a partner in three major international law firms, inspire elements of this novel.

MARK A. ROBERTSON ’72 Alternative Fees for Business Lawyers and Their Clients (American Bar Association – ISBN: 978-1-62722-330-0) The use of alternative fee arrangements by lawyers and the demand for those arrangements by clients is increasing. In this book, Mark Robertson, a lawyer with the firm of Robertson & Williams in Oklahoma City, addresses how large firms, small firms and solo lawyers can implement and evaluate alternative fee arrangements in transactional matters. Robertson notes that for years lawyers have charged for services using established methods, but hourly billing is considered the norm while all other forms are “alternative.” He argues that the time has come to examine how best to fairly charge for legal services. This guide also provides real case studies of business lawyers and firms successfully using alternative fee arrangements to deliver value to both clients and lawyers. Robertson is a past chair of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Division and a fellow and trustee of the College of Law Practice Management.

M A K I N G

Kyle P. Ham ’94 was a 21-year-old student at DePauw when he saw The Activist in Moore Theatre, a play written and directed by Steven R. Timm, professor of communication and theatre. Nearly 20 years later, he and Timm are awaiting the 2015 release of Reparation, a feature-length film and adaptation of The Activist, which Ham directed and co-wrote with Timm. Inspired by a number of cases that Timm worked on as a security police investigator in the military, he wrote The Activist in 1992 and produced it a year later. Ham explains that as a student he was familiar with Timm’s work, but when he saw The Activist, it was different and very ambitious.

“There was so much going on – memories, imaginary characters, mystery and psychological tension. It just felt like a movie to me.” “Kyle called me a year after he graduated,” Timm says. “He was living in Los Angeles and working in Hollywood, and he wondered if I wanted to adapt The Activist into a screenplay.” That’s when their work together began. They sent the screenplay to a number of directors and to the studio system a couple of times. “We kept rewriting and rewriting, and then just decided last summer that we would do it ourselves,” Timm says.

Ham adds, “When the idea came to dust this screenplay off our shelves and give it a go, one of the things I looked forward to most was finally getting to make it exactly how we wanted it done. Between Putnam County, Greencastle and DePauw, we knew we had everything we needed to tell this story.” Returning to and living in Greencastle for three months was a special experience for Ham. “I love Greencastle, and I enjoyed my years at DePauw so much,” he says. “I hope the community – DePauw and Putnam County – are proud of this film when it’s finished.” Because he was also producing the film, Ham says that it was tougher physically, emotionally and mentally than previous projects. “I’m looking forward to the screening in Greencastle this spring and to watching the film unfold through the eyes of the community members who made it a reality,” Ham says. “That will be a really good night. We certainly could not have pulled this off without them.”

Filming of Reparation included scenes on the DePauw campus.

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THE NEXT LEVEL By Dave Denison

On a Wednesday afternoon in late August, Brad Stevens ’99 leads me through a warren of cubicles into a small conference room, as plain as you can imagine, with a rectangular table, a few chairs and a whiteboard on the wall. He’s still about two months away from the opening game of his second season as head coach of the Boston Celtics. Most of the players are still on summer break, but Stevens is at work in the closed-to-the-public facility where the Celtics have their headquarters and practice gym in Waltham, Mass. He handles the interview for DePauw Magazine pretty much the same way he handles all his work: without much noticeable emotion but with seriousness and focus. He talks about his transition last year from Indiana to Boston. And how he felt after the Celtics compiled a 25–57 record in his first season, a reversal of fortune compared to the 166-49 record he had in six seasons as head coach at Butler University. A discussion of how he regards the sometimes harsh media spotlight of the Boston sports world leads to comments about blocking out external pressures and not worrying about things you can’t control. “A lot of people think it’s a coachism to say, ‘It’s one day at a time,’ or ‘focus in on the next task,’” he says. “But that has to be the way you do it.” Celtics coach Brad Stevens with star guard Rajon Rondo. FALL 2014 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 19

Just a few moments later, though, I get a glimpse of something more revealing than any number of “coachisms.” I remind Stevens of a column that ran in the Boston Globe last March. It was by Bob Ryan, the veteran sportswriter and coauthor of Larry Bird’s memoir, Drive. Ryan noted that nobody expected a winning 2013-14 season – the Celtics are rebuilding, and Stevens was in the “honeymoon” phase. The closing line of Ryan’s column read: “Oh, and he has all summer to get out the thank-you notes. But when September comes he had better be ready for a whole new level of scrutiny. The You-Know-What will be over.” “The honeymoon,” I say. Stevens laughs and says, “Yeah.” “That’s OK,” he says about Ryan’s line. And at that moment I catch a familiar look on Stevens’ face. He has lit up a little. It’s that look I remember from my own basketball youth – that look you get from a certain kind of player when you ask him to go one-on-one. It’s a slight smile, not overconfident, not intimidating. It says, “Let’s go.” It conveys a mindset, a love of the challenge and, you suspect, some inner assurance that he’s not going to lose. And then he’s back to business, talking about his respect for Ryan and his acceptance of Boston’s rabid desire for winning sports teams. “I understand that’s part of it,” he says. “I would much rather be in a position where people care about how you’re doing as a team, than people being indifferent to it.” As I watched Stevens over the next few weeks – at workouts with a few players and at the Celtics media day in the Waltham gym – and as I spoke with some of the people who know him best, I came to realize that two traits coexist

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“I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE IN A POSITION WHERE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT HOW YOU’RE DOING AS A TEAM, THAN PEOPLE BEING INDIFFERENT TO IT.” – BRAD STEVENS

in Stevens that you don’t always see together: a rock-solid self-confidence and a genuinely humble attitude. That’s not the secret of his meteoric rise in basketball – coaching a top college team at age 30 and hired in the NBA at 36. His immersion in the game from an early age and his deep understanding of basketball strategy account for that. But the combination of confidence and humility are the essence of his leadership style. Can it play in Boston? Will Stevens survive that “whole new level of scrutiny” Ryan predicted?

UPS AND DOWNS

When the Celtics hired Stevens in July 2013 to replace popular head coach Doc Rivers (who left to coach the Los Angeles Clippers), Stevens was nationally known as a winner, having guided the Butler Bulldogs into the NCAA championship finals in 2010 and 2011. But you can’t have a career in sports without tasting doubt, frustration and failure, too. Stevens had been a standout guard on his high school team in Zionsville, Ind. His teams had winning seasons, but never went to the regionals. He wasn’t recruited by any of the basketball powerhouses. When he decided to attend DePauw in 1995, coaches and players were buzzing. “They were

talking about some hotshot player from Zionsville,” Matt Broughton ’97 recalls, and since Broughton was a guard hoping to get more playing in his junior year with the Tigers, he wondered what that would mean for him. As it turned out, “he came in and took my spot basically,” Broughton says. “I had every reason to be upset with the guy.” Yet Broughton quickly realized he’d gained not just a rival, but also a teammate and kindred spirit. “It was always a friendly competition. We both love to win, and we both get after it, but we were great friends from day one,” he says.

Stevens lived up to expectations, having excellent years as a freshman and sophomore. But the Tigers went 12-13 in Stevens’ junior year, and Coach Bill Fenlon decided he needed to put a younger squad on the floor. Stevens spent more time on the bench in his senior year. His star power had seemed to fade. Broughton had graduated by that time, but he knew his friend was disappointed by the lack of playing time. “He called during the season, frustrated about it,” he says. And then his career as a player was over. Stevens graduated with a degree in economics. Before long he was in

the workaday world, taking a job in Indianapolis with Eli Lilly and Company, where he previously had a summer internship. Stevens moved to an apartment across the street from Broughton. “We were in about every basketball league you could think of in town,” Broughton says. “He knew every open gym that was going on.” Neither Broughton nor Stevens were yet married. “We had nothing to do but work and play ball,” he says. Stevens, though, had left DePauw with more than a degree and a desire to keep playing basketball. A few days before the start of classes in his first year, a friend

from Zionsville introduced him to Tracy J. Wilhelmy, a member of the women’s soccer team. They became friends, and by the end of their sophomore year they started dating. When Stevens went to work for Lilly, Wilhelmy moved with him to Indianapolis.

LEAP OF FAITH

After a couple of years at Lilly, Stevens decided to take a big risk. He missed basketball so much, he took a volunteer assistant coaching position at Butler. Meanwhile, Tracy would go back to her hometown of Cleveland to attend law school at Case Western Reserve University. Before long, Stevens was promoted to a salaried position at Butler. And after two years, Tracy moved back to Indiana, the couple married, and she finished her law degree as a visiting student at Indiana University. She took a job as a labor and employment attorney. Tracy recalls the uncertainty of that time, when Brad took a leap of faith to go into coaching. “When he started, it wasn’t as lucrative a profession as it is now,” she says. “There was always the possibility he could go back to the corporate world,” as Lilly had assured him he’d be welcome to return. But Stevens thrived under the tutelage of Butler’s head coach, Todd Lickliter. Lickliter, a stickler for details, believed it was a coach’s job to process large amounts of information and then give players only the key details they needed. When Lickliter left to coach at Iowa in 2007, Stevens got his big chance. By this time, he had put in so much time studying game tape on the VCR that his direct basketball experience had merged Coach Stevens faces the press in Boston.

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Participation in community service is important to Stevens. with a new sophistication in his analysis of the game. It was then that friends like Broughton began to realize Stevens was meant to coach – which wasn’t so apparent when they played together at DePauw. “The way that I would describe him at that point is, I thought he was a very instinctual basketball player,” Broughton says. “You could see he had played tons and tons of basketball.” It’s a big jump from having that kind of feel for the game to being able to convey it to others – and then to lead a team. Stevens began thinking about leadership at DePauw when he took Stuart C. Lord’s course in servant-leadership. The course opened his mind to a new perspective, yet “there’s nothing I would say I was good at when I left college with regard to leadership,” he says. When he got to Butler, he noticed that one of the core values of The Butler Way was servanthood. “So now I’m thinking there’s really something to this,” he says. He began to practice the art of leading by example – on the theory that, as he puts it, “Those guys who really sacrifice, without care of who gets the glory, are easy to follow.”

ONE ON ONE

Two weeks after my initial meeting with Stevens, I’m back at the Celtics facility in Waltham to watch him work out with a few players at the practice gym. Full Celtics practices are still four weeks away, but optional individual workouts are on the calendar. On this Wednesday morning, Stevens is on the floor with a couple of assistant coaches and a small group of players. 22 DEPAUW MAGAZINE FALL 2014

The Celtics gym is designed to convey as much of the feel of Boston Garden as possible. It replicates the famous parquet floor, and 17 championship banners hang from the rafters. The difference is there are no huge crowds. Stevens, in a green Celtics T-shirt, green shorts and basketball shoes, is working with Kelly Olynyk, a 7-footer going into his second year. Two chairs are set up, and he has Olynyk coming around them, taking a pass and stepping back to shoot at the three-point line. Then he has Olynyk at the free-throw line, waving the ball around and cutting to the basket. During the hour, the drills get faster and more complex. Passing, cutting, screening and rebounding, Stevens looks like just another member of the squad. Toward the

end, he works with two of his potential centers, Olynyk and another 7-footer, Tyler Zeller. They’re making moves in the paint, passing to each other on the cut. Zeller hits Olynyk with an alley-oop, and Olynyk dunks backwards. “You guys are really good passers,” Stevens tells them. Immediately after the comment, Zeller passes to Olynyk cutting to the basket, but leads him too much. The ball bounces out of bounds. Stevens laughs. “I give you too much credit,” he jokes. “Never mind, you’re not that good.”

FREEDOM TO PLAY

The workout session is a pretty good example of how Stevens runs things, according to the players and coaches I

speak with later at the Celtics Sept. 29 media day, in which radio, television and print reporters are invited to the practice gym. He brings a relentless attention to the details of each player’s game and tells them what they need to work on. “Brad is very efficient,” assistant coach Walter McCarty, a former Celtics player, tells me. “He’s really about getting the work done and keeping guys engaged and excited about the work. It’s not about being in the gym all day; it’s about getting the work done, getting better and having fun while we’re doing it.” I ask McCarty, who has seen a lot of coaching styles in his years around the NBA, how a young coach like Stevens earns respect from the players. Stevens’ work ethic is a part of it, McCarty says, but so is his willingness to listen. “He doesn’t just come out and start giving commands, saying ‘This is what we’re going to do.’ He enjoys feedback from the staff and players. Everyone has an involvement.” Olynyk concurs. “He’s a real student of the game,” Olynyk says. “If you’re a basketball mind, he wants to pick it. He never stops learning. He’ll go in every day, breaking down film, breaking down plays, reports, analytics. And he just keeps striving to get better and better every single day.” When Stevens sits down at a table in the corner of the gym to take questions from the media that day, he gets a lot of questions about the news that his star guard, Rajon Rondo, had fallen in his home, breaking his hand, and could miss the opening of the season. Stevens seems unfazed, addressing reporters by name and talking basketball strategy as if they were as deeply versed in the intricacies of the game as he is. He gives a clue to one of his main goals for the

coming season: he wants players to have a set of options in mind but also to find that ability to play more instinctually. “This is a game that’s played fast,” he said. “You can’t have everything scripted.” Later, I ask assistant coach Micah Shrewsbury about that challenge. Shrewsbury coached with Stevens at Butler and left a coaching job at Purdue when Stevens asked him to join the Celtics. “Brad isn’t one to harp on different things that

record would not be positive. Yet at the end of last season, Ainge told the Boston media, “I have no worries about Brad. Brad is maybe the only thing in our whole organization that I’m not concerned about.” So when I spot Ainge at media day, I ask him how he came to feel such confidence in Stevens. “When I go out and watch players, I often watch coaches, too,” Ainge begins. “Watching him coach, watching his interactions with players, watching his team execute, watching his interactions with officials, watching his post-game press conferences. … I had done this well in advance of last summer, and I’ve just always been impressed.” When Doc Rivers decided to move on to L.A., Ainge knew he had to act. He called Stevens, and they discussed the job in a series of phone calls over the next week. Finally, Ainge and Celtics owners flew to Indiana to offer a contract. The press reported that Stevens signed a six-year deal worth $22 million. Stevens says he felt that only “a perfect storm” would have made him ultimately choose to leave Butler. “Other opportunities had presented themselves in the past, but Butler was a hard place for us to leave, and Indiana was a hard place for us to leave,” he says. The perfect storm, though, had blown in. Brad and Tracy had recently sold their house in Carmel and moved in with Brad’s mother. They were actively looking for a new neighborhood close to Butler – by now they had two small children. “We had been watching the NBA and talking about the potential of a move to the NBA for a little bit of time,” Tracy says. “It was something we had been thinking

NOTHING ABOUT HIM GIVES YOU THE FEELING HE EXPECTS TO FAIL. some coaches go crazy about,” Shrewsbury says. “He’s not a yeller and screamer. He can let things go. I think players like that. They don’t like to look over their shoulder and wonder what’s going on with the coach. You’ve got to be able to play with a free, clear mind. He gives them that freedom to just play and be themselves.”

A PERFECT STORM

There is one other nagging question in my mind as I watch Stevens move from interview to interview with television and radio reporters. How did the Celtics organization come to put so much faith in this young coach who had no NBA experience, either as a player or assistant coach? The man with the answer is Danny Ainge, a former Celtics player who is now the team’s president of basketball operations. Ainge himself tried coaching after his playing days, guiding the Phoenix Suns for three seasons, and saw firsthand how hard it is. Ainge knew Stevens would have a steep learning curve in his first season as coach, and he knew the Celtics’

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about.” When the Celtics job came up, they realized it would be easier for the children to adjust to a new city sooner rather than later. Their son would be going into second grade, and their daughter would be five and not yet in school. “They made a fantastic offer,” says Tracy, whose experience as a lawyer came

day business.” He speaks of core principles for his players – being as team-oriented as possible and having “an accountable locker room,” where things are openly discussed. Stevens himself looks to books on leadership and psychology and says Carol Dweck’s Mindset is his current favorite. Dweck writes about the misguided idea that talent level or intelligence can’t be improved beyond its natural level. People with such a “fixed mindset” take failure too hard – they are quick to assume it means they aren’t good enough. The book, Stevens says, is “about the process not of pursuing a trophy, but the process of growth. And not being afraid of failure. When failure hits, you get even more curious about how to solve the puzzle.” That’s the moment Stevens is in now. As he moves into his second season, and then his third, he will increasingly be judged by two simple numbers: wins against losses. No amount of hard work and coaching savvy on his part can guarantee an 18th championship banner for the Celtics, when so much in the NBA depends on the right combination of superstar talent and more than a few good breaks. If the Celtics struggle through this season and next, and that “whole new level of scrutiny” predicted by sportswriter Ryan comes along, what then? Brad “absolutely hates losing, but he doesn’t attach his self worth to it,” Tracy says. Brad says it’s a matter of perspective. “This is what I do,” he says. “It’s not necessarily who you are. It’s part of who you are, but it’s not the only thing you’re about.” At the same time, nothing about him gives you the feeling he expects to fail.

“ONE OF THE BIGGEST KEYS TO LEADERSHIP IS AUTHENTICITY. YOU HAVE TO BE YOU.” – BRAD STEVENS

into play as she reviewed the contract, as she did for Brad’s previous agreements at Butler. The six-year commitment made it attractive, she says, as did one other clause they negotiated. Some NBA organizations do not allow family members to travel with the team. The Celtics agreed to allow Tracy and the children on the team plane for occasional family trips during the long NBA season. “That was a huge selling point for us,” Tracy says.

AUTHENTICITY

In my initial conversation with Stevens in that drab conference room, I told him I was a fan of the Chicago Bulls when they had their championship run in the 1990s. I was especially fascinated with the way Bulls coach Phil Jackson brought a range of ideas to his locker room, and even went so far as to supply books on philosophy and spirituality to his players. Stevens doesn’t take that approach with his players. “One of the biggest keys to leadership is authenticity,” he says. “You have to be you. You’re hired to do the job, and so however you best operate is the way that you’ve got to go about your day-to24 DEPAUW MAGAZINE FALL 2014

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Andrea Sununu discusses a paper with a student in her office.

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THE LEGEND OF ANDREA SUNUNU Extraordinary Dedication to Teaching and Her Students By Christopher L. Wolfe

I first met Professor of English Andrea Sununu in 2011, a few years into my time at DePauw. By then, I had formed a strong impression of who she was. Her name was always mentioned in a particular tone that drew knowing smiles from people who had been at the University longer than me. She was something different. My only experiences with her to that point could best be described as sightings. She always appeared to be late to something, moving briskly across campus with her eyes scanning a stack of papers. One of her advisees, Stephen K. Worden ’11, provided the occasion for our meeting. Worden had received a highly competitive scholarship to continue his studies at Cambridge, and I was to write about it for the DePauw homepage. The story I found was as much about the scholarly relationship that led to the award, as it was about the award itself. Under Sununu’s guidance, Worden had written and rewritten drafts of his personal statement many times over, more than once meeting with her past midnight to go over the latest revision. Her commitment to him was remarkable. Since then, I’ve met many more Wordens – students past and present who, without prompting, marvel at their time with Professor Sununu. Each one planted in my mind an argument to share her story. However, I also knew that writing about Sununu would be a challenge. One of the things that stuck with me about our FALL 2014 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 27

first meeting was later captured in a photo of her sitting with Worden, professor with student, in her book-lined office. She was reluctant as a subject, both in the picture and in the article. When I mentioned the possibility of a Sununu story at a meeting this summer, I also expressed doubts that she would agree to one. A coworker tried to encourage me by sharing that Sununu had been cooperative in the past – an admission video shot in 1993, to be precise. But this time we were going to be talking about her rather than with her. That he had to go back to the first Clinton term for an example was not reassuring, either. I reached out to Sununu in an email that I now regret. In it, I told her I wanted to talk about a story involving her, though I left out exactly how much it involved her. This tactic was unfair and, in retrospect, probably unnecessary, but I thought it would at least give me a chance to make my case in person. It did. A week later, I was in her office sharing family news – she and my wife attend a Jane Austen-themed book club, the Janeites – when I finally revealed my intentions. “Oh, dear,” she said, followed by silence. Having anticipated this reaction, I asked her to think of all the students she’d taught at DePauw. How nice would it be for them, spread far and wide, to be able to connect with their beloved professor again? Sununu politely shot down my approach as soon as the words left my mouth. She and her former students correspond regularly, she said. She thought they already heard quite enough from her. I felt sheepish. In a gesture I understood as sympathy, she promised she would think about it and get back to me. I’ve heard that

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leaving a pitch without an answer is as good as hearing “no,” but she deserved the space, and I felt rotten for surprising her. Two days later, she surprised me just as much by agreeing to do the story.

FILLING MARGINS WITH NOTES

There are actually two parts to the Sununu legend. The first part can be quantified, which has helped to make it the most familiar to those who hear about, but never meet her. Barring those who have donated organs, there can be no more than a handful of other professors in the United States who have given as much of themselves to their

students as Sununu has. During the school year, her light in Asbury Hall often shines over Holton Quad into the early morning. She is not a night owl by nature, but keeping late office hours is the only way she can fulfill her promise of an hour-long, one-on-one conference to return each paper a student writes. Sununu is almost always reading these papers – in her office, at a soccer game, on her walk home – preparing for the conferences by filling their margins with notes. “I feel the papers are my security blanket,” Sununu said. “What do they protect you from?” I asked. “Wasting time,” she replied. We need to do some math to truly appreciate the significance of her response.

During the school year, her light in Asbury Hall often shines over Holton Quad into the early morning. She is not a night owl by nature, but keeping late office hours is the only way she can fulfill her promise of an hour-long, one-on-one conference to return each paper a student writes.

Sununu is teaching three classes during the fall semester: she assigned seven papers to 13 students in the first, six papers to 11 students in the second and three papers to 15 students in the third. She requires a rewrite for each paper. If every student completes every assignment, Sununu will repeat her grading cycle at least 404 times. Some teachers have strategies for maximizing their students’ abilities. Sununu’s is brute force. Long ago, she decided to combine all the habits of her favorite professors, not caring that, collectively, these methods would require total dedication. No, she enjoys it. Sununu has taught English 120, College Writing I, every fall since the mid-1990s. It is the course with the most papers, and therefore,

the most rewrites and student conferences. It is also the course in which she sees students improve the most – proof that what she does works. I asked her longtime friend and colleague, Martha Rainbolt, professor emerita of English, whether Sununu’s work ethic had inspired others in the English department to do the same. “There’s a sense in which you can’t do it,” Rainbolt said. “She sets a standard that nobody can reach. And in some sense, we don’t want to. She goes beyond what most college professors would be willing to give to their profession.” The word “unfair” came up often when talking with people about Sununu. It was unfair to compare other professors to her.

TRANSFORMATION IN THE CLASSROOM

Part two of the Sununu legend takes place in the classroom. The Sununu I met in her office was a quiet person, happier to listen than to speak. The act of teaching, I was told, transformed her. This transformation plays a necessary role in the story of her hiring 24 years ago. Her initial interview at the annual Modern Language Association meeting went about as well as it could have for a person who dislikes talking about herself,

but the overwhelming positivity of her student evaluations excited members of the hiring committee. Their decision to interview her as finalist for the position was as fortunate for DePauw as it was welltimed; an hour after agreeing to interview a second time, she received an offer of a teaching position at St. John’s University in Minnesota. Sununu arrived on campus on the last day of Winter Term, and, with most students gone, the sample class a finalist would typically teach was instead attended by faculty members. It was there that this small, shy woman captivated an audience of her peers with a lesson on Renaissance sonnets. Hoping to witness this other Sununu for myself, I attended a session of her Honor Scholar first-year seminar. The class began with a discussion of poetry, which immediately put me at unease. But as we worked our way through poems by George Herbert and Gerard Manley Hopkins, I became a student again. Each poem was a puzzle to be solved. Sununu guided us from one verse to the next as we uncovered clever details hidden in plain English. As a young girl, Sununu’s family moved to Beirut for her father’s business. Then, Beirut was not a city pockmarked by civil and regional wars, but the Paris of the Middle East. She grew up speaking English

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at home and both French and Arabic in school, returning to the United States for college with an unusual accent and a love of language. The classroom reveals and affirms her fascination. It was not just Sununu who came to life as we read poetry together, but also, through her, the words on the pages. I returned to being an observer when the discussion moved to a book she had assigned as summer reading. The book, Body of Work, is a doctor’s memoir about learning anatomy with cadavers – dark reading for vacation months, yes, but only one-third the size of Anna Karenina, which it replaced in her syllabus. Whenever a student commented on a passage, Sununu would write his or her name next to it in her copy. I couldn’t help but think of all the well-worn books that fill her office, and in them the names of all her students.

LIFELONG IMPACT

Although Sununu has taught for four decades – she spent time at Mount Holyoke College, Swarthmore College, Oberlin College and University of New Hampshire before coming to DePauw – each new class terrifies her. “I always wonder if this semester will be a disaster,” she told me. Only once has her fear been close to coming true. The first class she taught at DePauw, an Introduction to Poetry course in fall 1990, started out very poorly. Sununu returned to the East Coast that Thanksgiving wondering how she was going to survive the year. There are different theories for why this near-mutiny took place, depending on who tells the story. One theory – my own – is that Andrea Sununu was not yet Andrea Sununu. (Case in point: a student in her first-year seminar

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this semester told me she first heard about Sununu’s reputation from someone in the Registrar’s Office, long before arriving on campus.) Thankfully, Sununu was able to clear the bad air and salvage the class. In recalling the experience, Sununu mentioned a student who protested his grade during their first conference together. Later in the semester, he returned to tell her that she had been right, and a few years later, he provided her introduction in the admission video my coworker had mentioned. The student had taken only one class with her, and she hadn’t spoken with him since his graduation. Back at my desk, I watched the video again. Sure enough, there he was, Stanford “Stan” K. McCoy, Class of 1993. Out of curiosity, I reached out to McCoy, now senior vice president and regional policy director for the Motion Picture Association in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He returned my call while waiting for a cab ride home from the train station in Brussels. When I asked about the video, he told me that his comments weren’t scripted. The interviewer had pressed him for reasons why a DePauw education was unique, so he talked about Andrea Sununu. Sununu doesn’t just correspond with her former students. She visits with them while on vacation. She does readings at their weddings. One couple who met in her class named their child after her. And yet, my chat with McCoy struck me as important. Not yet returned from a long day of work and travel, he was happy to talk about a professor he hadn’t seen in two decades. I told Sununu about the conversation and gave her McCoy’s email address. That weekend, she sent him a note.

WHO IS YOUR ANDREA SUNUNU? When DePauw alumni talk about their student experience, they often recall a professor who made DePauw a special place or had a profound impact on them. Spread their legend by sending a letter about “your Andrea Sununu” to DePauw Magazine. We will print your letters in the next issue. Please limit letters to 200 words. – Editor Send letters to: Editor, DePauw Magazine, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 Or send email to: landersn@depauw.edu.

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Andrew “Andy” Morrison ’15, co-captain.

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I BELIEVE

Making the Choice to Be Good By Jonathan C. Coffin ’06

t’s the fall of 2010, and men’s soccer was on a tear. The team, now in the North Coast Athletic Conference, was in its final season in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Tigers’ first five games? All shutouts. 3-0. 2-0. 3-0. 1-0. 1-0. Out of 18 games, they held their opponents scoreless in 12. Goals allowed all year? Eight. Their losses? Just two. The first was an overtime loss to perennial Division III soccer powerhouse Ohio Wesleyan University, a team that would go on to reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament that year. The second was a 2-1 heartbreaker to Trinity University (Texas), then ranked number one in the country and poised to make its own run in the tournament.

To recap, the DePauw team is 14-2-2, with an absurdly low goals against average (.43), and its only losses came against two of the strongest teams in the nation. The Tigers had tournament bid written all over them. At least in theory. Anyone who followed that team knows how this ends, and it doesn’t end well. The biggest surprise of that season, without question, was that DePauw’s bid never arrived. Despite its record and many convincing wins, DePauw didn’t have wins against “regionally ranked teams.” What does that mean? Basically, the team’s schedule against other top teams in the Midwest wasn’t strong enough, so the NCAA selection committee passed on DePauw – a bubble team that had expected to be a sure thing. So, shocked and in disbelief, DePauw

soccer sat in Greencastle, left out of the action.

hankfully, this isn’t where the story ends. And here’s where we pick up with the latest signature player to take the field for the Tigers: current senior co-captain Andy Morrison. As team members gathered to hear their fate for the tournament five years ago, Andy and fellow recruit Jacob “Jake” Pezzuto just happened to be making a campus visit. They were standing there as the team got the news. “The guys were crestfallen,” said Pezzuto, who is now the other co-captain and starting goalkeeper for the Tigers. “They couldn’t believe they were robbed. They deserved more.” And, so began the battle back. FALL 2014 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 33

ou can’t miss Andy. His bright red hair makes him easy to spot. He first landed on the radar of Coach Brad Hauter ’87 at DePauw’s soccer camp during the summer before Morrison’s senior year of high school, the summer before the Tigers’ 14-2-2 season. “If we could have taken him before his senior year, we would have,” Hauter said. “He could have started for us as a senior in high school. He was that good. He blew the top off that camp.” Morrison was a smart kid and the oldest of four children from a hard-working family in Bristol, Ind., a smallish town near South Bend. Perhaps not surprisingly, he grew up playing sports. Basketball. Golf. Soccer. Basketball was his favorite, just like it was for his dad, who was known to play pick-up games at the local YMCA until he was at least 45. When it came to picking a sports path, though, soccer was it. Morrison was having success, lots of it. Summer leagues. Club soccer. Other teams tried to poach him, including one more than an hour away in Kalamazoo, Mich. In today’s soccer culture, most of the nation’s top talent comes through the United States Development Academy. It is, quite literally, the feeder system for the men’s national team. It’s designed to find and then develop the future Clint Dempseys, Michael Bradleys and Jozy Altidores. But if you live in Indiana, there’s only one club affiliated with the academy, and it’s on the north side of Indianapolis, almost three hours south of Morrison’s hometown. The next best option for an upstart kid with loads of talent? A team that was then

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known as the Fort Wayne Fever. Affiliated with the USL Pro league, a tier below the better-known Major League Soccer clubs, the Fort Wayne Fever put a lot of young talent on the field. “I was playing with, basically, all Division I players,” Morrison said. “Kids that are playing in the MLS that were top 10 picks in the draft. It was the highest competition.” And the Fever were definitely good. In the summer before his senior year, Morrison and the Fever – which then played in the Super Y League – qualified for the North American Finals, which meant that after his senior high school season was over, Morrison would still be playing soccer. This time, it would be in Tampa, Fla., with some of the best players in the country. While his soon-to-be college team was sitting out the postseason, Morrison still had some business to tend to. Named to the all-tournament team, he scored four goals in five games. The team ultimately lost on penalty kicks in the finals. If that summer camp wasn’t enough to make Morrison a marked man coming in as a freshman at DePauw, then his play in Tampa made sure of it.

ast-forward eight months to fall 2011, the season after DePauw’s heartbreak. Morrison is starting his freshman year. And coming into the next season, the Tigers were ready to play. “[It] was the only thing you could possibly think of, making the NCAA tournament,” said Brandon Johnson ’14, then a sophomore defender. “We were so

close, and we knew we could play at that level.” The team was stacked with talent. To name just a few, there was Division I transfer and soon-to-be all-American Sam Meyer, a forward. There was Andrew Dasmarais, a four-year starter. There was the keeper, Nathan Sprenkel, who’s now on the roster for the Indy Eleven, the start-up professional club in Indianapolis. And then there was Andy, the freshman. Everyone knew he was going to play, and he did. “He had the walk of a starting 11 player,” Pezzuto said. “He had the talent of

Head men’s soccer coach Brad Hauter ’87, who was a four-year starter at DePauw, talks to his team during a match with Thomas More College.

a starting 11 player. He carried himself off the field as a competing player.” Morrison scored twice in his first game, on his way to eight goals in his first nine games. He landed NCAC Player of the Week honors and finished his freshman year with 10 goals and seven assists. And the team? It did OK, too. The Tigers avenged the earlier loss to Ohio Wesleyan, beating them on Morrison’s birthday, on OWU’s home turf, to win the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament and get that elusive bid to the NCAA postseason. But talking about the success makes it

seem like chance, like it wasn’t the product of hard work and smart decisions by players such as Morrison.

he homepage of the DePauw men’s soccer website used to boast that the team hadn’t posted a losing season in more than 30 years. “Every time I saw it on the website, it would make me sick,” Hauter said. For the record, he wasn’t putting down teams of years past. After all, he played on four of them. His point was that his teams,

the teams that have taken the field for the Tigers since at least 2010, made a choice for something different. If you spend a little bit of time around the men’s soccer program today, that becomes clear. This is a group that made a choice to be good. They made a choice to get better. They made a choice to work hard. “When you get like-minded, focused individuals together, great things can happen.” So says Coach Hauter. It’s kind of cliché to write that. It’s kind of cliché to say it in the first place. It’s almost boring. But that doesn’t make it any less true. That’s the program that Andy Morrison joined. That’s why it was a good fit for a kid who – per Hauter – is “our hardest worker in training.” A kid that “doesn’t take a moment of practice off.” The work has paid off. In each of his first three years on the team, he was named to the all-North Coast Athletic Conference team. As a junior, he was named an all-American after scoring 14 goals and notching seven assists. In total, he scored 36 goals in three seasons, putting him within striking distance of the DePauw record of 48 career goals. In addition to on-the-field honors, Morrison more than holds his own in the classroom. With a GPA north of 3.7 as an economics major, he also nabbed Capital One Academic All-American™ honors. FALL 2014 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 35

ndy is among the best players to ever put on a DePauw soccer uniform, but he’s not the only great one – today or in history. Part of what makes him so good is that he’s smart and humble enough to know that. He’s not a huge talker. He’s intense in a confident, friendly way. He looks you in the eye when you talk to him. And his friends joke that he doesn’t know how to rest. You quite clearly get the sense that this is a kid who takes things as they come, and then works like hell to make the best of whatever situation in which he might find himself. “There are kids that you meet, and they’re not sure who they are yet,” Hauter said. “They’re this way around their friends,

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and this way around their coaches, and this way around their parents. Andy is Andy, and it doesn’t matter who is in the room with him; he’s going to be a polite, honest, hard-working good guy.” If you get him to talk about his freshman year, he’ll say things like this: “I got off to a hot start, but a lot of it was because Sam Meyer – just an amazing player – was really able to open things up for me because he was being defended so much.” Or this: “It’s great to score goals, but it’s just as rewarding when you’re possessing the ball and controlling the game.” As a reminder, this is the same kid who started the year a mere 12 goals shy of DePauw’s all-time scoring record. He could be forgiven for taking wild shots, for trying

to force things so that he gets to do what he does best: finish. Yet, when you talk to those around him, they give him accolades for other things. Seeing plays develop before they do. Knowing where the ball needs to go without having to look or think. Playing a through ball to a teammate in position to make a run into the box. And doing it all unconsciously. (Maybe that’s why he’s also sneaking up on the all-time assist record as well.) As for what Morrison himself says about that pesky scoring record? “I’ve never heard him talk about it. I’ve never heard him mention it once,” Pezzuto said. Well, he doesn’t have to. The rest of us will.

ow in his senior year, Morrison has battled for the conference championship, winning two (in 2011 and 2012). He’s played in the NCAA tournament (2011 and 2012). He’s been left out of the NCAA tournament (2013). And this year he’s playing for one last shot at the ultimate goal: winning a national championship. Things haven’t gone exactly according to plan. This year the Tigers scheduled their strongest out-of-conference play yet. Early matches against John Carroll University and powerhouse Ohio Northern University guaranteed that they’d get credit for matching up against some of the best teams in the Midwest. Game one? “We were thoroughly out-played. Played pathetic. But we got away with the win,” said Morrison, in his very straightforward, honest fashion. Game two? The Tigers came out against Ohio Northern and played “the best half of soccer … I’ve ever been a part of,” Morrison said. They’re up 2-0 at halftime. They say that a 2-0 lead is the most dangerous in soccer. And it proved to be. The Tigers gave up two goals in the second half and a third in overtime. The first half of the season would bring other ups and downs, including wins

against then-regionally ranked teams such as Hiram College and Thomas More College, but also a fluke loss at Franklin College and heartbreaker at Ohio Wesleyan. Amidst all of this, Morrison was sidelined for a game, and part of a few others, with a hamstring injury. As the season came to a close, a loss against Allegheny College and a tie against Wabash College threatened to officially put dreams of postseason play on ice. This wasn’t how it was supposed to go for a kid, and a team, that had done it all the right way. At press time, the Tigers were celebrating a win against Denison University in their last regular season match

of the year, a win that landed them the final spot in the conference tournament where they’ll face the top seed: Ohio Wesleyan. Yet, the ever-studious and composed Morrison is (or seems to be) unfazed. “Our first and only goal right now is to make the conference tournament,” he said as the season wound down. “Once we get there, we’ll reevaluate.” Of course he will. He’ll think about it carefully. He’ll take things as they come. And he’ll make his next move with that in mind. Classic Andy Morrison. Classic DePauw soccer.

LEFT: With construction complete in August, Reavis Stadium (located just south of Blackstock Stadium) is the new home of DePauw field hockey, lacrosse and soccer. RIGHT: The starting lineup takes the field before the national anthem during a game against Thomas More College.

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The DePauw University Annual Fund is now known as The Fund for DePauw. At the end of the day, the Annual Fund was never about us. It was about you, and about your love for DePauw. The new name is our way of ensuring that we make it clear that the fund is about what your gifts accomplish. It’s about what the fund does, not simply what it is.

The Fund for DePauw gives you choices. DePauw means a lot to all of us. Your funds can support the parts of DePauw that mean the most to you. You can help underwrite DePauw’s highest priorities, including student scholarships, faculty and programming initiatives, the School of Music, student experiences or athletics.

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Just like at your local NPR station, you can become a sustaining “member” of The Fund for DePauw. OK, so it’s not exactly the same thing, and we can’t say that you’ll get a cool tote bag. But you can still set up an auto-pay gift to make an even bigger impact at DePauw throughout the year. Simply visit depauw.edu/ give.

The median gift last fiscal year was $100. Spread out over 12 months, this is around $8 a month – or less than 30 cents a day. Giving to The Fund for DePauw isn’t only about large gifts – not that we don’t appreciate those – it’s also about showing your pride in a place that helped shape who you are today.

Small gifts and participation matter … seriously. More than three-quarters of DePauw’s donors give less than $250 each year. But the impact of those gifts? It’s exponentially greater. After all, it was a total of thousands of gifts that raised more than $5 million last year. What else matters? The percentage of alumni who give back to DePauw. It makes a significant difference in rankings and in securing other forms of support.

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“Help a few young people get an education. Those who preceded us at DePauw helped us. Not one of us pays the full freight of his or her college education, so we should each give something back.”

7 10 6 8 9 NORVAL D. REECE ’56 in response to the question, “How would you encourage

others to donate?”

Our leadership-level giving society is called Washington C. DePauw Annual Society. Since we took his name in 1884, we've always thought that Washington C. DePauw was a pretty neat guy. And today, we recognize our most loyal and generous supporters with an invitation to join a recognition society in his honor. A gift of $2,000 earns your membership into this special society, plus invitations to special events.

The Fund for DePauw is the living endowment for the University. The University's endowment can be a confusing beast. Fundamentally, the income from endowment investments support the University's day-to-day operations. Typically, this amounts to about 5 percent of the total endowment each year. So how, then, is The Fund for DePauw a "living" endowment? Well, in real terms, it would take an endowment of $100 million to produce the funds ($5 million) raised by the Annual Fund last year.

DePauw’s Student Phonathon generated 10 percent of the Annual Fund last year. We love our students, and it seems alumni love our students, too. Next time you get a call from one of our eager students, feel free to ask them about their DePauw experience. Get your update on campus life today. And, of course, they won't mind if you decide to make your annual gift when they reach out to you.

A gift to The Fund for DePauw is a gift to The Campaign for DePauw. You’ve heard about The Campaign for DePauw. And if you haven’t, you’ve certainly seen quite a bit written about it here. Any and every gift made to the University this fiscal year and in the next few years – including gifts to The Fund for DePauw – are officially part of The Campaign for DePauw. One gift supports both initiatives … a double benefit.

More than 10,000 alumni, friends, parents, staff, faculty and students gave last fiscal year. You raised more than $5 million last fiscal year to support DePauw's annual giving efforts. Students earned scholarships because of your gifts. They went abroad because of you. They had an opportunity to do research because of you. The bottom line? You made a DePauw experience possible for more than 2,200 students who call DePauw home.

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The University kicked off The Campaign for DePauw on Oct. 3, 2014. 1. Richard D. Wood ’48 and Timothy H. Ubben ’58 raise a toast to Old DePauw. 2. Parent Carson Evans and Janet Crawford Schwartz ’75 3. Hiram L. Jome Professor of Economics and Management Michele T. Villinski, Robert L. Krouse ’77 and Sally Strauss Krouse ’74 4. Bill Beuck and Bayard “Bud” H. Walters ’63 5. John W. Hare ’62 talks with Courtney Cosby ’15 and other DePauw students. 6. Carrie Melind Coquillette ’82 and Ken W. Coquillette ’82

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1. Robert L. Krouse ’77, Sally Strauss Krouse ’74, two guests for Aura May Durham, Mark E. English ’64, Janet Crawford Schwartz ’75, Joseph H. Rohs ’84, Casey Cornelsen St. John ’90, Michael B. McCracken ’79 and Kristina Cornelsen Boctor 2. Dr. John H. Wallace, Anna E. Paumier ’17 and Sarah Reese Wallace ’76 3. Rhiley J. McIntire ’17, Joyce Taglauer Green ’75 and Judson C. Green ’74 4. Melody S. Key ’82 and Benjamin J.D. Kusber ’18 5. Bayard “Bud” H. Walters ’63, Shelley A. Simon ’17 and Rosemary Lab Walters 6. Marcus J. Lobo ’18, James A. Fisher ’68, Elizabeth Y. Fisher and Lauren K. Towne ’17 7. Susan M. Ansel ’82 and Shirley Tandy ’18 8. Kyle E. Lanham ’79, Melinda R. Ervin ’17 and Sally E. Lanham, parent 9. George Velazquez ’15, Sandra L. Bertin ’15, Alex A. Melendez ’18, Suzanne A. Hoover ’67 and R. David Hoover ’67

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Welch Fitness Center and Reavis Stadium were dedicated during Old Gold Weekend 2014. 1. Amy Zino Reavis, Marshall W. Reavis III, Jill Reavis, Marshall W. Reavis IV ’84, Emily M. Reavis ’12, George Reavis and Mitchell A. Reavis ’16 proudly stand in front of the newly dedicated Reavis Stadium. 2. President Brian W. Casey addresses the crowd gathered for dedication of the new Welch Fitness Center. 3. President Casey, M. Scott Welch ’82, Kimberlee A. Welch and Theodore M. Katula Director of Athletics and Recreational Sports Stevie Baker-Watson at dedication of the Welch Fitness Center. 4. Marshall Reavis addresses the crowd at dedication of Reavis Stadium.

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Robert T. Murphy is author of A Long Farewell, documenting his wife’s, Peggy Horr Murphy ’43, slow slip into Alzheimer’s disease and her eventual death in 2012.

1949

Nancy Rockhill Walters Smith serves on the foundation board of Grinnell Regional Medical Center and as a docent for Sullivan Bank in Grinnell, Iowa. When living in Mesa, Ariz., she served as a member of the development board for Mesa Community College, Hero of Education for 2014 and ambassador for Banner Heart Hospital. She serves as a volunteer in police service, volunteer for Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix and as a teacher for Arizona Living Well Institute.

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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.

Kenrad E. Nelson spoke at DePauw Oct. 1, 2014, on the topic of global public health. Kenrad is professor of epidemiology, international health and medicine at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has focused his research in the areas of HIV/AIDS, tropical medicine, leprosy, nosocomial infections, hepatitis, infections in drug users and tuberculosis. William “Bill” F. Rasmussen was highlighted in Sports Illustrated’s 60th anniversary issue. Bill founded ESPN in 1979.

1955

Dr. Nicholas H. Kalvin is a retired ophthalmologist and former Navy flight surgeon. Nick has written a fiction novel titled Sexual Jihad.

1957

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. received the 2014 Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Award, June 2014, at University of Minnesota. The award is given by Humphrey School of Public Affairs and honors individuals who have made critical contributions to the common good through leadership and service. Vernon is former president of National Urban League and advisory member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees. Gretchen Kiger Cryer directed the production of The Bike Shop for Theater for the New City, one of New York City’s leading off-off Broadway theaters. The musical was a one-woman show at Cino Theater from June 20-July 6, 2014.

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DR. ROBERT W. SCHRIER ’57, professor emeritus at University of Colorado School of Medicine, has added a memoir to his many publications and books. His family encouraged him to write Life’s Lessons Learned: My Memoir. (ISBN: 978-1499157284) Bob has received numerous awards and honorary degrees. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

DOROTHY SAMS PITNER HEALY ’62 received the Excellence in Care Award at Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter’s annual Care Affair. The award recognizes a clinician/ executive who promotes, in an outstanding way, quality end-of-life care on a regional or national level. Dorothy served as president and chief executive officer of Midwest CareCenter from 1990-2006. Under her leadership, the organization earned the prestigious Circle of Life Award. She is one of the founding members of National Hospice Work Group and served as vice chair. She also served on numerous local, state and national committees to secure greater access to care for patients and families facing serious illness, and the end of life. BAYARD “BUD” H. WALTERS ’63 received the National Radio Award, Sept. 12, 2014, at the Radio Show Luncheon in Indianapolis. The award honors an individual for outstanding leadership in the radio industry. Bud is founder and president of The Cromwell Group, Inc., which he founded in 1972. He serves as chairman of the Radio Advertising Bureau and on the Radio Music Licensing Committee. He is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees. He has been honored with Broadcaster of the Year awards in Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee, and the Broadcasters Foundation of America Pioneer Award.

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1958 Delta Gamma Reunion at Laurie Hooton Hamilton’s home in Pinehurst, N.C. Those attending included Kerry Winn Burstein, Julia Whitney Dawson, Laurie Hooton Hamilton and Barbara Hartong Belt.

1958

Vincent S. Frohne, composer and organist at St. Paul Church, Macomb, Ill., since 1984, is completing his book, Aesthetics and Creativity in the 20th Century. He has nearly completed his String Quartet Nr. 2 dedicated to the famed Juilliard String Quartet. The 1958 Delta Gamma class held a reunion at the home of Laurie Hooton Hamilton in Pinehurst, N.C. (See photo.)

1960

Russell M. Pelton Jr. is author of The Dance of the Sharks. He is a veteran Chicago litigator. (See Recent Words, page 16.)

1961

Don R. Daseke, president and chief executive officer of Daseke Inc., in Addison, Texas, was a recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the southwest region. The award celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses. Don is a member of the DePauw Board of Trustees. R. Gordon Kelly retired, June 30, 2014, from University of Maryland, College Park, after 36 years in the Department of American Studies. He previously taught at Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Ill., University of Pennsylvania and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Judy Hoyt Taylor ’62 and husband, Ron.

1962

Judy Hoyt Taylor and her husband, Ron, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, July 26, 2014. She and Ron have a son, daughter and three grandchildren. Judy taught music in Indiana public schools for two years, and when she and Ron married, they moved to Birmingham, Ala. Judy began her 41-year career of teaching private piano lessons and Ron his career with the Alabama Gas Corporation as an engineer. Judy also accompanied voice lessons and was an accompanist for the Children’s Dance Foundation. For four years, Judy worked with the FJH Music Company Inc., editing and revising books in the Piano Adventures course. (See photo.) Joseph C. Nicholson, recipient of DePauw University’s 2014 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Creative and Performing Arts, spoke at DePauw Sept. 18, 2014. Joe is a principal of Nicholson Design as well as professor of architecture at NewSchool of Architecture and Design. He has received awards for his public art project, LightBridge, in Long Beach, Calif., and for environmental graphics design at the Escondido Civic Center in Escondido, Calif. In 2007 Joe’s design was selected as the signature artwork for the main entryway to Indianapolis International Airport.

1963

Benjamin F. Garmer III was recognized as a leading lawyer in his field in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Benjamin is partner at Foley & Lardner LLP’s Milwaukee office. He

specializes in corporate and business law. Benjamin lives in Fox Point, Wis. David L. Kohler is author of Killed in Action. (See Recent Words, page 15.)

1965

Joseph R. Sims, certified public accountant, has joined Kennedy and Coe’s community banking practice in the Kansas City area. (See photo.) Richard C. Williams is chair of the board of directors of Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Richard is founder and president of Conner-Thoele Limited, a consulting and financial advisory firm specializing in the health care industry and pharmaceutical segment.

1966

Gregory D. Pearson sold Local News, LLC near Richmond, Va., and retired. The company publishes the Chesterfield Observer, Virginia’s largest weekly circulation newspaper, as well as two news and lifestyle magazines. Greg’s email address is gregorydpearson@ gmail.com. (See photo.)

1967

Jane E. Buikstra received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Durham University (United Kingdom) July 2014. Jane is an anthropologist and bioarchaeologist. She is director of Center for Bioarchaeological Research at Arizona State University as well as president of Center for American Archaeology.

1968

The Phi Psi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon held a multi-year class reunion, June 10-11, 2014, in Greencastle, with dinners and storytelling at The Fluttering Duck. Organized by Reynar Meadowcroft Jr. ’66, the brothers and their spouses toured campus and also managed a visit to the former Deke house on Anderson Street. (See photo.)

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John V. Gambaiani joined S&T Bank as vice president.

Jesse R. Brand is president of Brands Inc. He is a member of the board of trustees of Ivy Tech Community College. The board is comprised of 14 members appointed by the governor of Indiana.

Dr. Robert E. Brolin received the 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award presented by American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the ASMBS Foundation, Nov. 3, 2014, in Boston. Robert is a leading bariatric surgeon in the United States as well as co-director of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. He served 20 years as a full-time faculty member at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where he was professor of surgery. He was appointed adjunct professor of surgery at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

SIDNEY H. SHOWALTER II ’64 has written his first book, The Single Man’s Housecleaning Playbook. It relates the experiences, good and bad, that he had and what he learned when he decided to clean his home after his cleaning lady broke her arm. There is a playbook patterned after a football playbook. It includes a game plan of what to do, how to do it and when to do it. The book has tips for effectiveness and efficiency along with illustrations and cleaning trivia. The book is available through bookstores and websites.

Richard A. Dean was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2015. Richard is an attorney at Tucker Ellis LLP. He practices in the area of mass tort litigation in the firm’s Cleveland office. (See photo.)

1971

Sally Hallan Laukitis was reappointed to the Michigan Travel Commission. Sally is executive director of Holland Area Visitors Bureau. Katherine L. McQueen’s partner, Diane Wayman, died of glioblastoma, Nov. 27, 2013. Kate and Diane were together for 21 years and married for three weeks. Kate’s email address is klmcqu@gmail.com.

Joseph R. Sims ’65

Gregory D. Pearson ’66

1972

Mark A. Robertson is author of Alternative Fees for Business Lawyers and Their Clients published by American Bar Association. Mark is partner in the law firm Robertson & Williams in Oklahoma City. (See Recent Words, page 16.) Thomas R. Schuck was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015. He is an attorney with Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. Thomas practices in the areas of commercial litigation, real estate and securities.

1975

Mark A. Emkes is an independent member of the board of directors of Corrections Corporation of America, America’s largest owner of partnership correctional and detention facilities.

Multi-year reunion of Delta Kappa Epsilon members of 1964-69 classes in Greencastle. Those attending included William K. Massie Jr. ’68, John M. Field ’66, Donald C. Richter ’64, Robert T. Thoms ’66, Philip A. Scheidt ’69, Melvin G. Grover Jr. ’65, Jerrold M. Barton ’68, W. Christian Petersen ’65, Thomas W. Walsh ’68, Reynar Meadowcroft Jr. ’66, Roger S. Hunt ’65, George H. Belhobek ’65, Steven A. Jerrett ’67, Dennis H. Krutz ’65, Robert M. Skallerup Jr. ’68, John T. Casey ’67 and John B. Wright ’68.

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Four families of DePauw have been getting together three to four times a year in Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Detroit since the class’ 10th reunion in 1987. The meeting on Aug. 31, 2014, marked the 80th reunion of the group. (See photo.)

1978

Richard A. Dean ’70

Melinda S. Haag ’81

Members of DePauw Classes of 1976 and 1977 had their 80th reunion, Aug. 31, 2014. Their DePauw Gang includes Steven L. Reff ’77, Jan Joselane Clavey ’76, Nancy Alexander Ritter ’77, G. Steven Ritter ’77, Patricia Smith Reff ’77, Lu Anne Michel Dayment ’77 and Richard P. Dayment ’77.

1976

Barry R. Cesafsky is president and chief executive officer of CES Partners, a national health care executive search firm, which Barry founded in 2001. He was elected secretary of Union League Club of Chicago, a civic, cultural and philanthropic organization. Sue A. Finstick is author of Earth and Space Science: Your Changing World. (See Recent Words, page 15). Linda H. Heuring’s short story, “Snow Globe,” was published in the June 2014 edition of Dos Passos Review.

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Evelyn A. Karozos has self-published a collection of student experiences from her more than 20 years in the classroom titled There’s a Spider in Your Hair (and other classroom vignettes).

1977

Barbara Kingsolver received the 2014 Library of Virginia’s Literary Lifetime Achievement Award, Oct. 18. Susan Johanningsmeier Olesik is Dow Professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at The Ohio State University. She is recipient of a 2014 American Chemical Society National Award for Chromatography.

Laura K. Bailey and Jenise M. Barnhouse (Butler University) were married June 20, 2014, at Mytoi Garden on Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., after 23 years together. Rev. Nancy J. White ’77 officiated. Laura and Jenise’s email address is lbjb216@whsi. tv. (See photo, page 50.)

The designation honors exceptional and outstanding members of the system’s professoriate who have achieved excellence in teaching, research and publication, and community service, while demonstrating an unwavering dedication to their students, university and community. Ian has appeared as soloist and chamber musician on five continents and is a founding member of Wild Basin Winds, an Austin-based national woodwind quintet that has performed in such locations as The Kennedy Center and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. He has commissioned, recorded and premiered numerous new works.

James L. Powers Jr. is managing partner of Crowe Horwath LLP’s Indianapolis office, one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the United States. Jim will become chief executive officer April 1, 2015. He serves on the board of directors of St. Vincent Health as well as treasurer of Indianapolis Zoo. Jim is a member of the board of directors of Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

Sheridan Gates is author of Losing Sight, Finding Vision. (See Recent Words, page 15.)

1979

Winfield D. Ong is supervisor of the criminal division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the southern district of Indiana.

Margaret “Meg” Kissinger Boynton received the 2014 Woman of Faith Award, Sept. 18, 2014. The award was given by Sisters of the Divine Savior and honors Meg for her compassionate coverage of issues surrounding mental illness, a focus of her investigative reporting for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for more than 25 years. Leslie Koehlinger Ellett is a member of the board of directors of Recovery Health Services, which provides senior housing services for aging adults. She has been executive-level adviser and strategist for both nonprofit and forprofit entities for nearly 15 years. David J. Truelove was selected to the 2014 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list. He is an attorney with Hill Wallack LLP in the Yardley, Pa., office. He is partner and member of the firm’s employment and labor law practice group.

1980

Ian B. Davidson is professor of music at Texas State University, and he was named a Regents’ Professor by The Texas State University System Board of Regents.

Gregory L. Holzhauer was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015. He is an attorney for law firm Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman, P.A., in downtown Orlando and Winter Park, Fla. Gregory specializes in real estate law.

1981

David A. Borbely is Colorado State University-Pueblo’s offensive line coach. Cheryl Costa Halm was presented the 2014 Outstanding Teacher Award by Peoria (Ill.) Federation of Teachers and Kiwanis Club. She was selected as the 2014 Outstanding Teacher of Science by Illinois Science Teachers Association and Exxon Mobil Corporation. Cheryl teaches science to students K-12 with behavioral and emotional disorders at Peoria District 150 Trewyn Day Treatment School. She received her master’s degree in special education in 2012. Melinda S. Haag is director at Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the United States. (See photo.) Bradley J. Tandy is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Biomet, Inc., a global provider of

orthopedic and musculoskeletal medical products headquartered in Warsaw, Ind. Brad serves as councilman for Kosciusko County and is completing his 20th year of service in this capacity. His wife, Jennifer, serves as president of Warsaw Community School Board. They live in Winona Lake, Ind., with their two children: DePauw student Eric N. Tandy ’15, and daughter Emily, Hanover College, Class of 2017. Martha Weber Victor lives at 4645 Park Commons Drive, #313, Minneapolis, MN 55416.

1982

Mark T. Muraida is director of technical production at Telemundo Media, a division of NBCUniversal. Mark, his wife Christi and son Tyler live in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Members of Alpha Tau Omega from the 1979-82 classes met for a reunion at Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver, Ind. (See photo.)

1983

Christopher “CJ” L. Johnston has joined DePauw’s Development and Alumni Engagement Office as a major gifts officer. Diane L. Daegele is vice president of business management for the unmanned systems division of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s aerospace systems sector. Greggory A. Notestine was the McDermond Center and Management Fellows Program’s speaker at DePauw, Sept. 16, 2014. Gregg is president and chief executive officer of Tru-Flex, LLC.

1985

Jeffrey J. Bowe is interim director of Catawba College’s School of Evening and Graduate Studies in Salisbury, N.C.

1987

A. Andrew Das is author of Galatians – Concordia Commentary. (See Recent Words, page 14.) John A. Kite is chief executive officer of Kite Realty Group Trust in Indianapolis. John is a member of DePauw’s Board of Visitors.

1988

Granville “Reggie” R. Fairchild is president of Flashpoint Charleston, LLC. He is

also a member of the board of directors of PharmRight Corporation, a health care technology start-up, based in Charleston, S.C.

1989

W. Timothy Miller was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015. He is an attorney with Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, and he practices in the areas of bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/ insolvency and reorganization law. Wallace “J” Nichols is author of Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make you Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do. J is a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences. (See Recent Words, page 16.)

JOHN C. FELD ’84 is vice president of programming and production for Scripps Networks Interactive properties HGTV and DIY Network headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn. He has managed development and production of “Living Alaska,” “Building Alaska” and “West End Salvage.” His most recent programming project, “Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall,” premiered on DIY Network in July. John has worked in a variety of television genres. He served as CMT’s director of program development and production, creating and supervising programs such as “CMT Insider,” “Top 20 Countdown,” “Comedy Stage” and “Spring Break Concert Series.” Previously, he won an Emmy Award as director of field production for “Martha Stewart Living.”

M. Kay Shelton is national president of The Lincoln Highway Association. The highway opened in 1913 and was the nation’s first transcontinental highway, running from Times Square in New York City to San Francisco. Kay teaches anthropology at Kishwaukee College and is program administrative assistant for library administration at Northern Illinois University’s Founders Memorial Library. Scott A. Storrer is president of Strand Life Sciences in North America. He will oversee strategy, expansion and operation of a subsidiary, Strand Genomics Inc.

1990

Stuart E. Galbreath and his wife, Rebecca, announce the birth of their sons, Brody and Jake, July 11, 2014.

1992

Anne Derrickson Burnside is author of From Role to Soul: 15 Shifts on the Awakening Journey. (See Recent Words, page 14.) John C. Morrow is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Apptio, a leading provider of cloudbased technology business management software.

1993

Rev. William J. Murphy is president of St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland. He will leave this position at the end of 2014 to pursue further religious study as a Jesuit.

Members of Alpha Tau Omega from the 1979-82 classes met for a reunion. Those attending included John D. Hixon ’79, Byron W. Daugherty ’79, Robert C. Davis ’79, Paul A. Wright ’79, Robert T. Ives ’79, David D. Husain ’80, James E. Foster Jr. ’80, Richard H. Elliott ’80, Robert L. Perry ’80, L. Patrick Hayes ’81, Bradley J. Tandy ’81, John M. Goeke ’81, Mark A. Boyd ’81, Eric A. Henning ’81, Robert M. Schweighauser ’81, Thomas W. Walsh ’68, James E. Funk ’81, Michael P. Shea ’82, Timothy S. Shelly ’82, Michael J. Woodruff ’82, Philip M. Acker ’82, Michael G. Neill ’82, Jeffrey E. Price ’82, Matt H. Scott ’82 and Thomas M. Schneider ’82.

1994

Daniel L. Kiley is vice president of project management for Cresa, an international commercial real estate firm, in the Cincinnati office.

1995

W. Brian Hatton and Stephanie M. Benjamin (Indiana University) were married Dec. 14, 2013, in Bloomington, Ind. They live in London, UK. DePauw alumni and students attending the wedding included Claire A. Hatton ’16, Joshua W. Burch

’99, Ronald J. Lafferty ’92, Jill Amman Lafferty ’94, Todd E. Williams ’95 and Sarah K. King ’94. (See photo, page 50.) Renee N. Madison, attorney and former associate director of enforcement for the National Collegiate Athletics Association, now serves on DePauw University’s Cabinet as senior adviser to the president for diversity and compliance. (See photo, page 48.)

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1996

Craig N. Owens was named Drake University’s 2014 Madelyn M. Levitt Teacher of the Year, the university’s highest recognition of teaching excellence. Craig is associate professor in the English department. He teaches writing, drama and critical theory as well as directs Drake’s Center for the Humanities. Ron L. Stiver is president of system clinical services for Indiana University Health. David C. Wolf, managing principal and chief investment officer of BSW Wealth Partners, was selected by Financial Times as one of the top 300 financial advisers in the United States.

1997

Heidi Farid Sprowls won the title of Ms. Ohio and will compete in the Ms. United States pageant in Washington, D.C. She is a dentist in Centerville, Ohio. Heidi volunteers with Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Good Neighbor House, which provides dental and medical care to individuals who cannot afford treatment. Rev. Courtney Michel Randall is pastor at New Hope United Methodist Church in Massachusetts.

1998

David B. Feldman is author of Supersurvivors: The Surprising Link Between Suffering and Success. (See Recent Words, page 14.)

Lori A. Hagest and her husband, Dan Carney, announce the birth of their daughter, Samantha Sueann, March 3, 2014. They live in Louisville, Ky. Lori’s email address is lorihagest@gmail.com. Danica Rodemich Mathes was included for the ninth consecutive year in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2015. Danica is of counsel for Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP. She practices in the area of entertainment law. (See photo.)

1999

Jason J. Chan and his wife, Margaret L. Stahr ’00, announce the birth of their son, Paul, July 14, 2013. Paul joins sister, Elizabeth, 3. Catharine “Katy” Sprinkel Morreau and her husband, Laine, announce the birth of their daughter, Marion Lynn Cooper, Aug. 15, 2014. Katy is a freelance book editor, author and graphic designer based in Tennessee. Her email address is katy.sprinkel@yahoo.com.

2000

Kevin P. Hurley is a producer of television’s “Steve Harvey Show.” He is winner of a 2014 Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding informative talk show.

Renee N. Madison ’95

Danica Rodemich Mathes ’98

Col. JAMES L. WEINGARTNER ’84 is senior defense official and defense attaché, United States Embassy, Doha, Qatar. He recently completed a one-year joint tour as director, Joint Counterintelligence Unit-Iraq, in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn. He is a multilingual speaker in Arabic and Spanish. James met several world leaders while serving in Qatar. These include Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during the signing of the Defense Cooperation Agreement with the Qatar Minister of Defense, and Prince Charles. 48 DEPAUW MAGAZINE FALL 2014

Joseph P. Rogowski and Diana Lopez were married Aug. 10, 2014, in Chicago. They live in Houston. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Mark R. Peterson ’07, Jeremiah W. Marks ’08, Ann E. Hall ’00, Frank M. Losurdo ’02, Brady C. Toliver II ’00, Christopher M. Eskew ’00, Sean J. Sreniawski ’00, Katherine Sermersheim Sreniawski ’02, Manuel Amezcua ’00 and Rex A. Call (DePauw director of sports medicine). (See photo, page 50.) Jill M. Skogheim is co-owner of the company that opened 5-8 Grill & Tap restaurant in Mendota Heights, Minn. Jill was an intern at the company while a student at DePauw, and upon graduation, she was hired full-time. She has been expanding the business ever since. The tradition of hiring an undergraduate intern from DePauw has continued since Jill’s internship 15 years ago. Margaret L. Stahr and her husband, Jason J. Chan ’99, announce the birth of their son, Paul, July 14, 2013. Paul joins

sister Elizabeth, 3. Margaret is associate professor of English and director of the Writing Center and Writing Program at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C. She was recently granted tenure. She and her family live in Salisbury.

2001

Michael J. Breon and his wife, Allyson, announce the birth of their daughter, Brooklyn, July 16, 2014. Both Michael and Allyson work as directors for Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Mich. Michael’s email address is michael.breon@ spectrumhealth.org. Sara Chamness Dungan has been appointed magistrate of Indiana’s Morgan County Circuit and Superior Courts. Sara worked as a deputy prosecutor in circuit court for six years. Andrew M. Cullison is director of The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw as well as secretary-treasurer of American Philosophical Association’s Eastern Division. Andrew develops video games in his spare time. Formerly, he was associate professor of philosophy at State University of New York at Fredonia. He was one of the recipients of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in 2013-14. Mason N. Floyd is a principal in the law firm of Martin, Brown, Sullivan, Roadman & Hartnett, Ltd., in Chicago. He practices in the areas of white collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. Mason’s email address is floyd@mbsrhlaw.com. Wayne H. Hsiung is cofounding organizer of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) and coordinator for Animal Liberationists of Color. He was lead organizer of international Earthlings March, served as a law professor at Northwestern and has organized for social justice issues since 1999. Wayne spoke at DePauw Sept. 10, 2014. Jesse M. and Kimberly (Luesse ’03) Kinder celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary in June 2014. They live in New Mexico. Jesse is a physics researcher. Kim is an ear, nose and throat surgeon.

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Class of 2001 met June 2014 at Rodman River Ranch in Park County, Colo. The reunion was held in honor of Jonathan W. Kling ’01. (See photo.) Zachary A. Szilagyi and Michele R. Goodman were married July 26, 2014, in Bloomington, Ind. Floral arrangements were provided by Sweet Pea Floral Design, Indianapolis (Kaeley Lynch Ritterskamp ’01). Zach is a trial attorney in the United States Army. Michele is an associate at Jones Day practicing health care law. They live in Atlanta. Zach’s email address is zachszilagyi@ gmail.com. (See photo, page 50.)

2002

Michael W. Howland is director of basketball operations at Missouri State University. Mike earned IBCA District 4 Coach of the Year honors in each of his past three seasons at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Ill. Elisha Modisett Kemp and her husband, Reed, announce the birth of their son, Alex Nathaniel, Dec. 6, 2013. They live in Indianapolis. Elisha is government affairs manager at Dow AgroSciences. Her email address is emkemp@live.com. Vanable H. Moody II is author of The People Factor. (See Recent Words, page 16.)

2004

Jesse V. Dame is vice president at Centier Bank in northern Indiana. During his 10 years of banking in Indiana and Las Vegas, he has served as a commercial loan officer and credit officer. Dr. Blake L. Erdel has joined Franciscan Physician Network Diabetes and Endocrinology Specialists. Blake recently completed a fellowship in endocrinology and diabetes at Indiana University School of Medicine. Jonathan R. Taylor and Michelle L. Rhodes ’05 were married March 8, 2014, in Greensburg, Ind. Jon is a financial adviser with Brunette & Associates. Michelle is director of Lifelong Connections at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. They live in Indianapolis. Jon’s email address is jon.t@brunetteandassociates.com. Michelle’s email address is mtaylor@ gocathedral.com. (See photo, page 50.) John A. and Lisa (Chambers ’06) Wallace announce the birth of their daughter, Lucy Anne, April 3, 2014.

2005

Blake M. and Sarah (Myers ’06) Bryan announce the birth of their daughter, Zoey Lee, July 5, 2014. They live in Avon, Ind. Blake’s email address is blake@blakebryan.com. Sarah’s email address is sarah.r.bryan@gmail.com.

2003

Kimberly (Luesse) and Jesse M. Kinder ’01 celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary in June 2014. They live in New Mexico. Kim is an ear, nose and throat surgeon. Jesse is a physics researcher.

Mark J. Farmer is partner in the law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs in Louisville, Ky. He was selected as a member of Leadership Louisville Class of 2015, a signature program for established community leaders.

Sarah E. Mordan-McCombs received the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award during 2014 commencement ceremonies at Franklin College. The award is given to a faculty member who exhibits excellence in mastery of subject and works well with students. Sarah is a professor of biology.

Tina Flispart Ahlgren is a math teacher at Shortridge Magnet High School for Law and Public Policy in Indianapolis. She is one of 10 finalists for an Indiana Teacher of the Year award presented by the Indiana Department of Education. Tina recently received the Hubbard Life-Changing Teacher Award and was honored as Indianapolis Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year.

Mary Murrill Smith is director of event services at SmithBucklin in Chicago, the world’s largest association management company. Mary is a member of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), International Carwash Association and Forum 400 teams.

Dr. Peter G. Hogg has joined Franciscan Physician Network Orthopedic Specialists in Indianapolis. Peter recently completed a five-year orthopedic surgery residency at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Do you have a recent achievement or accomplishment to share? Perhaps you were promoted? Or finished graduate school? Whatever your accomplishment might be, we would love to include it in the magazine. Snap a photo (high-resolution, please) and send it to us with a description. Send photos to DePauw University, DePauw Magazine, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037. Or email landersn@depauw.edu. ANDREW “DREW” K. POWELL ’98 is among the cast members of the new Fox television show, “Gotham,” which premiered Sept. 22, 2014. His recurring character, Butch Gilzean, is described as “the deceptively clever and ambitious second-in-command to sadistic gangster boss.” Drew’s career includes a role in the remake of the movie Straw Dogs. He has appeared in television shows, including “The Mentalist,” “NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Modern Family,” “Castle,” “Necessary Roughness,” “Bones,” “Leverage,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “True Blood,” “CSI,” “Ponderosa,” “The Office,” “1408 House,” “Psych,” “Memphis Beat” and “ER.”

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Class of 2001 reunion. Those attending included Brendan P. Rodman, Ryan C. McGuffey, Timothy H. Spruce, Cory P. Williams, Forrest R. Johnson ’07 (Alpha Tau Omega), Chad T. O’Hair ’00 (Phi Delta Theta) and Tysen R. Huxel ’99.

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DEPAUW WEDDINGS

6 Laura K. Bailey ’78 and Jenise M. Barnhouse wedding.

W. Brian Hatton ’95 and Stephanie M. Benjamin wedding.

Zachary A. Szilagyi ’01 and Michele R. Goodman wedding. DePauw alumni attending included Garrett J. Smith ’01 (best man), Sarah Brinlee Fink ’04, Douglas J. Fink Jr. ’01, Mary Murrill Smith ’03, Bradley T. Camden ’01, Sean E. Hall ’01, Brent “Bert” M. Scott ’03, Adam B. Galloway ’01, Shane M. Ledford ’01, Elizabeth Ephraim Davis ’02, Beau T. Davis ’03, Daniel C. Mack ’02, Michael C. Field ’02, Kimberly Rymer Wood ’00, Daniel S. Garrison ’01, Andrew J. Nielsen ’01, Matthew M. Enenbach ’01, Kaeley Lynch Ritterskamp ’01 and Corey J. Yost ’01.

Alexandra M. Wyatt ’05 and Brian D. Hurley ’05 wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jennifer R. Janssen ’05, Sara B. Kiesler ’05, Andrew B. Raker ’04, Pamela Munch Bettis ’05, Michael J. S. Zabelin ’05, Dana B. Fortunato ’05, Nathan D. Nichols ’05 and Jason P. Nerad ’05.

Rachel A. Pfennig ’09 and Matt Hales wedding. DePauw alumni and staff attending the wedding included James D. Miller ’09, Alexandra L. Neff ’09, Lee Loving Neff ’78, R. Matthew Neff ’77, Theodore A. Tutson ’07, Jillian M. Pfennig ’11, Lukas T. Schooler ’09, Larry J. Abed (DePauw director of television operations), Andrew D. Schneider ’10, Megan Rebuck Schneider ’09, Jillian M. Irvin ’09, Ashley Clark Fitch ’09, Alexander E. Fitch ’10, Katherine E. Rappaport ’09, Adam B. Kennedy ’07, Erin E. Cunningham ’09, Elyse C. Fenneman ’09, Zachary J. Koch ’09, Katherine A. Veatch ’09 and P. Marie Fletcher ’09.

Michelle L. Rhodes ’05 and Jonathan R. Taylor ’04 wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included P. Bradford Joseph P. Rogowski Smith ’06, Union M. Williams ’04, Patrick D. Brunette ’04, Matthew A. King ’04, Justin R. Knepp ’03, J. Bradley Stewart ’00 and Diana Lopez ’00, Danielle Dravet McGrath ’07, Melissa Harrison Hills ’04, Katharine Leavell Hoben ’04, Lisa Chambers Wallace ’06, wedding. Andrea Speller Kleymeyer ’06, Rebekah Gebhard Williams ’06, Kye T. Hawkins ’06, Shea M. Uebelhor ’04, Margaret Kissling Greising ’76, Victoria R. Greising ’07, Aaron L. Drake ’04, Katherine M. Nicolson ’04, Emily Schull Carmichael ’05, Kristin Rosenberger Bagley ’05, Kyle P. McGrath ’05, Andrew R. Bagley ’04, Renee L. Meyrose ’04, Tobias J. Butler ’04, John A. Wallace ’04, Daniel J. Kress ’05, Stephanie Bewley Kress ’05, Tara Bevington Fleck ’03, Megan Bevington Thornhill ’03, Wesley T. Thornhill ’04, Ross B. Fleck ’04, Bradford T. Wochomurka ’04, Beth Bishop Johnson ’05, Robert A. Greising ’75, Jennifer Ryan Silverstein ’05, Austin A. Arceo-Negrich ’06, Varinia Salazar Arceo ’05, Grant K. Rhodes ’11, Kendal A. Querry ’13, Reed P. Carmichael ’05, Jane Davis Long ’05, John B. Stephens ’03, Mark C. Rinehart ’03, Jesse V. Dame ’04, Arthur D. Fisher Jr. ’04, Matthew J. Kleymeyer ’04, John S. Gergely ’04, Bryan D. Cuculich ’05, Lindsay Tato Cuculich ’05, Margot Voges Vishion ’05, Ryan M. Heffernan ’06, Bryce A. Skeeters ’04 and Emily Johnson Skeeters ’06. DePauw alumni attending but not pictured included Nicole Pence Becker ’06, Jason E. Becker ’04, David W. Emison ’03, Ashley Patton Emison ’05, Jennifer Miller Triplett ’05 and Michael P. Triplett ’06.

Brian S. Gooch ’06 and Melissa Taylor wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included John “Jay” A. Burkhardt III ’06, C. Landis Cullen ’06, John C. Stephens ’06, Graham A. Lukens ’06, Chase L. Jonason ’06, Laura Solotorovsky Redd ’09, Jason E. Becker ’04, Andrew W. Breck ’06, Chad A. Call ’06, Paige W. Gooch ’14, James “Jay” Redd IV ’08, Patrick J. Mitchell ’06 and Christopher H. Thiele ’06.

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Mary-Therese Schmidt ’09 and David “Wicks” S. Barkhausen ’10 wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included John J. Costello ’08, Kyle D. Kenney ’10, Catherine Kline Cunning ’10, Alex P. Borggren ’10, Maggie C. Pajakowski ’13, Frederick J. Wildt ’08, Benjamin W. Baenen ’08, Jonathan P. Newman ’10, Lesley A. Server ’09, Kristen Ellis Hoeppner ’09, Heidi E. Goltermann ’09, Brynne E. Peters ’09, Jacqueline Smith Goodrich ’09, Adam R. Ford ’08, Christopher A. McCormack ’10, Laurie Entz Brown ’78, Susan Suckow Barkhausen ’78, Raymond A. Marra ’10, Jean Rudolph Scott ’79, Barbara Martin Tubekis ’80, Jayne Knobbe Schultz ’78, Robert D. Abbott ’10, Sally Henning Carpenter ’79, Robert R. Carpenter ’78, Katherine E. Rappaport ’09, Andrew D. Schneider ’10, Megan B. Rebuck ’09, Kimberly A. Trainor ’12, Emily A. Boyle ’12, Grant E. Schmidt ’11, Megan M. McNally ’10, Claire E. Apatoff ’11, Sarah Mitchell Moore ’09, Jesse L. Groh ’08, Jill E. Schneider ’08, Alison Rose Ackford ’08, Leah S. Burkhardt ’08, Laura Ferguson Flynn ’09, Keith W. Chapman ’10, Eric W. Dahman ’10, Anna S. Whitelaw ’09, Geoffrey E. Jacob ’09, Kolin F. Atkin ’11, Eric M. Freshour ’10, Christopher R. Day ’10, Aaron B. Acton ’09, Christopher M. Moore ’09, Marc D. Hoeppner ’09, Joseph G. Baker ’08, John H. Tschantz ’08, Michael A. Burke ’09, John M. Buchta ’08, Evan P. Williams ’10, Katie Gobel Buchler ’08, Lucas T. Buchler ’09, Aaron W. Meyers ’08, Timothy G. Kirkpatrick ’08, Elizabeth Gray Goltermann ’80, David S. Goltermann ’78, Edwin “Ted” P. Jacobi ’10, Samantha B. Levy ’10, John R. Gavin ’09, Matthew D. Newill ’09, Emily M. Reavis ’12, Christopher J. White ’11 and J. Adam Hawkins ’11.

Laura A. Wiscomb ’09 and Daniel L. Stetson ’09 wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Emily M. Wiscomb ’06 (maid of honor), Abigail E. Rocap ’09 (bridesmaid), Randall E. Heyde ’09 (bridesmaid), Joseph A. Piatek ’09 (groomsman), Brenton A. Clough ’09 (groomsman), Timothy J. Piatek ’07 (usher), Meagan L. Brady ’09, Elizabeth A. Seegers ’09, Meredith C. Ellis ’09, Jessica L. Curry ’09, Elizabeth C. Thompson ’09, Rebecca S. Elliott ’09, Allison C. Rusie ’09, John R. Fenley ’08, Christopher F. Medeiros ’08, John G. Wallace ’08, David B. Heyde ’81, Alison Mason Heyde ’81, Michael C. Handlon ’74, Charlann Sandberg Handlon ’77, Leslie Lindquist Neil ’77 and Laurie Entz Brown ’78.

Paige R. Dukeman ’10 and Calvin Page wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Elizabeth A. Cozzi ’10, Susan J. Diewald ’10, Kelsey E. Flanagan ’10, Alisha J. Clawson ’10, Madeline A. Gray ’10, Meagan C. Hayes ’10 and Nicole C. Craker ’10. Attending but not pictured were Jacob M. Ernst ’09 and Regan S. Tolley ’09.

Nicole M. Kernan ’06 and Matthew Shirk wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Lindsay Houin Rogers ’06 (bridesmaid), Christina A. Leavy ’06 (bridesmaid), Ashley L. Baker ’06, Anthony J. Borgmann ’06, Katie Goforth Gentry ’07, Brier Bruner Irk ’04, Sarah A. Storti ’07, Laura A. Phillips ’07, Lindsay E. Eckert ’07 and Stacey Johnson DeVrou ’07 (bridesmaid).

Julie B. Southworth ’10 and Brandon R. Hood ’08 wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Ashlee L. Karp ’11, Sabrina Henry Hodge ’08, Matthew G. Hodge ’06, Elizabeth B. Guess ’10, Kristopher D. Schmelzer ’12, Nicole O’Neill Sonn ’08, R. Clay Taylor ’08, Sarah Bowers Taylor ’08, Chelsea Israel Thompson ’09, Marina R. Nicholson ’10, Brittany M. Brand ’10, Emily J. Watts ’10, Leah L. Seigel ’09, Amanda Hendricks Eades ’09, Alex M. Eades ’08, Theodore C. Tubekis ’08, Melissa J. Buckley ’10, Brian M. Oilar ’08, William S. Alward ’08, Kyle J. Thompson ’08, Phillip M. Whitley ’08, Katharine Carrico Broshears ’10, Elizabeth Whitlatch Gentry ’11, Elizabeth R. Gentry ’13, Ann Baur Whitlatch ’80, James L. Whitlatch ’80, Michael J. Gentry ’09, Lauren E. Reich ’10, Nathanael E. Gentry ’10, Jonathan C. Coffin ’06, Robert M. Harper ’08, Mark E. Gentry ’82, R. Carol Harvey Gentry ’82, C. O’Neil Broshears IV ’09, W. Andrew Steinhoff ’08 and Anna R. Scheibel ’08. FALL 2014 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 51

Daniel R. Kelley was the Management Fellows speaker, Sept. 9, 2014, at DePauw. Daniel is a business litigation associate at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in Indianapolis. Michelle L. Rhodes and Jonathan R. Taylor ’04 were married March 8, 2014, in Greensburg, Ind. Michelle is director of Lifelong Connections at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. She previously served as associate director of DePauw’s Annual Fund and GOLD program coordinator. Jon is a financial adviser with Brunette & Associates. Jon and Michelle live in Indianapolis. Michelle’s email address is mtaylor@ gocathedral.com. Jon’s email address is jon.t@brunetteandassociates.com. (See photo, page 50.) Alexandra M. Wyatt and Brian D. Hurley were married June 21, 2014, in Chicago. They live in Washington, D.C. Andie is an environmental attorney in private practice. Brian is an attorney at the Federal Communications Commission. (See photo, page 50.)

2006

Lisa (Chambers) and John A. Wallace ’04 announce the birth of their daughter, Lucy Anne, April 3, 2014. Heidi Gonso Carey leads talent acquisition for The Chartis Group, a boutique health care management consulting firm based in downtown Chicago. Heidi’s email address is hcarey@chartis.com. Brian S. Gooch and Melissa Taylor (Texas A&M) were married Jan. 4, 2014, in Charlottesville, Va. Brian and Melissa met in Charlottesville while Brian was pursuing a M.B.A. degree at University of Virginia. They live in Fort Washington, Pa. Brian’s email address is gooch.brian@gmail.com. (See photo, page 50.) Nicole M. Kernan and Matthew Shirk were married June 14, 2014, in Indianapolis. Nicole is a physician assistant at Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis. The couple live in Indianapolis. Nicole’s email address is nicolekernan@gmail.com. (See photo, page 51.)

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KARI KIEPER SERAK ’08, an English teacher at Brownsburg (Ind.) West Middle School, is one of 15 inaugural Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Fellows in Education Leadership. Each Fellow receives a $50,000 stipend and agrees, upon completion of the program at University of Indianapolis, to serve in a leadership role in an Indiana school or district for at least three years.

David I. McMillin, a singer and songwriter, placed fourth in the Telluride Troubadour Competition. He is working on a new solo album as well as a collection of recordings with his band, Fort Frances. Sarah (Myers) and Blake M. Bryan ’05 announce the birth of their daughter, Zoey Lee, July 5, 2014. They live in Avon, Ind. Sarah’s email address is sarah.r.bryan@gmail.com. Blake’s email address is blake@blakebryan.com. Zachary S. Pfister has joined the government relations department of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as policy adviser in the Washington, D.C., office.

2007

Danielle Dravet McGrath ’07 has been appointed by Indiana Governor Mike Pence to serve as his deputy chief of staff for legislative affairs. She previously served as executive director of external affairs and chief liaison for legislative issues for Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. In her new position, Danielle helps coordinate and successfully pass the governor’s legislative agenda, and manages appointments of boards and commissions. She earned a master’s degree in journalism from Indiana University. Derick E. Lawrence is head cross country and assistant track and field coach at Albion College.

2008

Brandon R. Hood and Julie B. Southworth ’10 were married June 1, 2013, in East College at DePauw. Brandon’s email address is bhood.dpu@gmail.com. Julie’s email address is juliehood1010@gmail.com. (See photo, page 51.)

2009

Anjali M. Desai has joined Susan G. Komen® Greater Fort Worth (Texas) as the affiliate’s mission manager. She will oversee grant making, community outreach, education programs and public policy initiatives. Juliana P. Keller graduated from University of Kansas in May 2014 with a Master of Science degree in early childhood unified education. She is birth-to-three early childhood

special education teacher with Westside Community Schools in Omaha, Neb. Rachel A. Pfennig and Matt Hales were married May 24, 2014, in Naperville, Ill. Rachel’s email address is rachelpfennig@ gmail.com. (See photo, page 50.) Mary-Therese Schmidt and David “Wicks” S. Barkhausen ’10 were married Sept. 7, 2013, in Peoria, Ill. Mary-Therese received a Certificate in Publishing from New York University. She is account supervisor at McGarryBowen. Wicks is earning a Master’s of Business Administration degree from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is senior relationship manager at Northern Trust Corporation. They live in Chicago. (See photo, page 51.) Laura A. Wiscomb and Daniel L. Stetson were married Oct. 13, 2013, in Libertyville, Ill. Laura’s email address is lwiscomb@gmail.com. (See photo, page 51.)

2010

Gerry “Spud” R. Dick was named a Rising Star by leading commercial real estate services provider Cassidy Turley. Ryan G. Dodd is head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Austin College. Ryan earned a master’s degree in sport administration from Bowling Green State University in 2013. Paige R. Dukeman and Calvin Page were married May 31, 2014, at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club. (See photo, page 51.)

Julie B. Southworth and Brandon R. Hood ’08 were married June 1, 2013, in East College at DePauw. Julie’s email address is juliehood1010@gmail.com. Brandon’s email address is bhood.dpu@ gmail.com. (See photo, page 51.) Annie S. Tierney and Benjamin A. Eckler announce the birth of their son, Beau, July 2014. Annie is management analyst for Village of Hoffman Estates. Ben is project manager for Intelligent Medical Objects.

2011

Gavin G. Graham is small business specialist at Wells Fargo Bank in Midtown, Alaska. He has three years of financial services experience in Alaska.

2012

Lala Tanmoy Das spoke at DePauw, Sept. 11, 2014, about intersections between culture and health. He is a student at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences in New York working toward a master’s degree in health informatics and policy. Tanmoy is a mentor for New York Academy of Sciences, teaching nutrition and genetics to middle school students. He is also co-chair of the Music and Medicine Program at Weill Cornell Medical College.

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IN MEMORIAM

1928

Thelma Vaughn Cummings Sloan, June 6, 2014, in Jasonville, Ind., at the age of 100. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society, homemaker and house mother at Lambda Chi Alpha for three years. She was preceded in death by her first and second husbands.

1932

Jane Rhue Somers, July 28, 2014, in Angola, Ind., at the age of 103. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and The Washington C. DePauw Society, high school teacher, house mother for several sororities at Michigan State University and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband and sister, Mary Rhue Rogers ’30. Survivors include her son, John E. Somers ’65, and granddaughter, Stephanie Somers ’86.

1937

Ellen Beebee Diehl Shelby, Aug. 1, 2014, of Louisville, Ky., at the age of 98. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, music teacher, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first and second husbands. Survivors include her son, Robert B. Diehl ’69. Elizabeth Maxwell Bunn, July 12, 2014, in Morrisville, N.Y., at the age of 98. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, homemaker and real estate agent. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul A. Bunn ’36.

1938

Marjorie Harter Lisby, Sept. 23, 2014, of Winter Haven, Fla., at the age of 99. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include her son, Charles M. Lisby ’72, and daughterin-law, Kathy Rambadt Lisby ’72.

John S. Lynn, Aug. 23, 2014, of Indianapolis, at the age of 97. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and retired secretary and general manager of Lilly Endowment, Inc. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jane Shideler Lynn ’38. Survivors include his granddaughter, Abigail L. Lynn ’04. Helen Miller Mummery, May 30, 2014, of Colorado Springs, Colo., at the age of 97. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Paul P. Van Riper, July 11, 2014, in Loveland, Colo., at the age of 97. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa, Rector Scholar, professor of political science, administrator and community activist. He received an alumni citation from DePauw in 1966. He was preceded in death by his wife.

1940

Jane Preston Watson, May 30, 2014, in Sarasota, Fla., at the age of 94. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stuart D. Watson ’38, former trustee of DePauw. Survivors include her daughter, Beth Watson Noujaim ’65.

1942

Barbara Carson McGrath, May 14, 2014, in Dodgeville, Wis., at the age of 94. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Lois Dahlstrom Usinger, July 24, 2014, of Milwaukee, at the age of 93. She was a member of Alpha Phi, homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband. Harold J. Hilliger, July 17, 2014, in

Manteno, Ill., at the age of 94. He was a member of Delta Chi and self-employed building contractor. He was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Webber Hilliger ’41. Survivors include his daughter, Nancy Hilliger Coan ’69, and grandson, Jonathan T. Coan ’98. Robert I. Landis, Aug. 11, 2014, in Point Loma, Calif., at the age of 93, of prostate cancer. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Rector Scholar, playwright, performer and retired newspaper executive. He was preceded in death by first wife, Virginia Bridge Landis ’44. Survivors include his wife. Jean Mayne Welter, April 20, 2014, in Morganton, N.C., at the age of 94. She was a member of Alpha Phi, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband and sister, Barbara Mayne Gasser ’47. Martha Stanford McCoy Wright, Jan. 7, 2012, of Alpharetta, Ga., at the age of 90. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Kenneth B. McCoy ’42, and second husband. Survivors include her son, Kenneth B. McCoy Jr. ’64; daughter, Loryne McCoy Coffin ’70; son-in-law, Donald A. Coffin ’69; and grandson, Stanford K. McCoy ’93.

Tau Omega, attorney and retired judge from Superior Court in Merced County (Calif.). Survivors include his companion. Ralph W. Fritz, July 7, 2014, of Indianapolis, at the age of 91. He was a farmer and regional sales manager for Farm Bureau Insurance. He was preceded in death by his wife.

1945

Harold F. Closz Jr., May 11, 2014, of Muskegon, Mich., at the age of 90. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and manager and sales representative for Roadway Express Inc. He was preceded in death by his brother, William H. Closz ’52. Survivors include his wife. Shirley Kennedy Thorne, June 8, 2014, of Austin, Texas, at the age of 90. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta, retired dietitian and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband and sister, Ruth Kennedy Langgood ’48. George A. Schneider Jr., July 15, 2014, in Huntsville, Ala., at the age of 91. He was employed at Lone Star Industries in Greencastle, Ind., for 41 years. Survivors include his wife.

1946

Phyllis Heather Martin, Aug. 22, 2014, of Conneaut Lake, Pa., at the age of 94. She was a hospital director of occupational therapy and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Virginia Bundy Neier, May 31, 2014, in Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 89. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband; father, Walter E. Bundy, Class of 1912; and aunt, Esther Bundy Kramer ’25. Survivors include her daughter, Heather E. Neier ’72.

Roberta MacLean Heiden, May 26, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at the age of 92. She was a member of Alpha Phi, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Carolyn Jones Welch Cole, May 31, 2014, of Lakeland, Fla., at the age of 89. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Beta Kappa, and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first and second husbands.

Wanda Stewart Wheeler, May 22, 2014, of Indianapolis, at the age of 92. She was a vocal music supervisor and teacher in Indianapolis public schools, and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Wheeler ’48.

Lee A. Wood Jr., June 20, 2012, of Coarsegold, Calif., at the age of 87. He was a member of The Washington C. DePauw Society, public school teacher, electronics instructor and worked for the Internal Revenue Service. Survivors include his wife.

1943

1944

Donald R. Fretz, July 31, 2014, of Napa, Calif., at the age of 92. He was a member of Alpha

1947

Leo R. Henry, June 6, 2014, of Indianapolis, at the age

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of 93. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and actuary for College Life Insurance Company of America for 42 years. Survivors include his wife, Mary Hinton Henry ’48.

Robert W. Brumitt, June 7, 2014, in Wilmette, Ill., at the age of 90. He was a member of Sigma Nu and manufacturer’s representative. Survivors include his wife.

Phillip G. Powell, June 14, 2014, in Terre Haute, Ind., at the age of 94. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association, farmer, music teacher and choir director. Survivors include his wife.

Edward J. Gruener, June 2, 2014, of Avon, Ind., at the age of 87. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and manufacturer’s representative. Survivors include his wife.

Margaret Ward Daniel, June 29, 2014, in Fort Myers, Fla., at the age of 89. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, speech and theatre instructor, and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Joyce Josephsen Brewer, June 17, 2014, of Findlay, Ohio, at the age of 86. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1948

Betty Sageser Kennedy, Sept. 4, 2014, of Normal, Ill., at the age of 87. She retired as administrative secretary from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1992. Alice Sheridan Deputy, Aug. 4, 2014, in Naples, Fla., at the age of 87. She was a member of Alpha Phi and retired public school teacher and librarian. She was preceded in death by her husband; father, Lauren E. Sheridan, Class of 1919; mother, Florence Swank Sheridan, Class of 1919; great-uncles, Edgar S. Sheridan, Class of 1885, and Wilbur F. Sheridan, Class of 1885; and great-grandfather, Andrew Sheridan, Class of 1846. Survivors include her brother, Charles H. Sheridan ’43; sister-in-law, Marjorie Hamblin Sheridan ’44; and niece, Cynthia Sheridan O’Connor ’73. Jean Soltow Freshwater, June 27, 2014, in Pasadena, Calif., at the age of 87. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, teacher, counselor and principal in Pasadena City Schools, property manager and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Mary Walton Bichler, June 24, 2014, of Cedar Park, Texas, at the age of 88. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, George C. Bichler ’45.

1949

S. Benjamin Beeson, July 22, 2014, of Downers Grove, Ill. He was a member of Sigma Nu and investigator for Cook County (Ill.) State’s Attorney’s office. Survivors include his wife. 54 DEPAUW MAGAZINE FALL 2014

Patricia Scudder Merritt, Aug. 23, 2014, of South Hadley, Mass., at the age of 87. She was a member of The Washington C. DePauw Society and retired elementary vocal teacher at Holyoke Public Schools. Survivors include her husband.

1950

C. Kenneth Bjork, Aug. 1, 2014, of Phoenix, at the age of 88. He retired from Dow Chemical Company as manager of the international patent section. He was preceded in death by his wife. Mary Miller Bickel, March 4, 2014, of Louisville, Ky., at the age of 85. She was a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband and mother, Virginia Ferguson Miller ’29. Survivors include her daughter, Nancy Bickel Tafel ’79. Donald D. Young, June 4, 2014, of Granville, Ohio, at the age of 85. He was former owner of Granville Times Book Cellar. He was preceded in death by his wife.

1951

Edward J. Casassa, June 24, 2014, of Monticello, Ind., at the age of 87. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta, The Washington C. DePauw Society, band and choral director at Delphi (Ind.) High School, and retired from ExxonMobil Foundation. Survivors include his wife. James “Dick” R. Everard, July 13, 2014, in Freeburg, Ill., at the age of 85. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and worked in management positions at General

Motors Corporation for 32 years. He was preceded in death by his wife. Survivors include his daughter, Pamela Everard Kniepkamp ’78. Joan Foster Brabec, July 17, 2013, in Indianapolis. She was a member of Delta Gamma, retail merchandiser and retired executive director of Community Associations Institute in Indianapolis. Mark W. Stephens, May 12, 2014, in Evansville, Ind. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Beta Kappa, Rector Scholar, lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society, professor of psychology at Purdue University, and therapist and administrator. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Walton M. Wheeler, Class of 1887; his grandmother, Minnie Haskell Wheeler, Class of 1889; his mother, Charlotte Wheeler Stephens, Class of 1915; and great-aunt, Etta Haskell Harper, Class of 1889. Survivors include his wife. Ruth Strickland Outland, May 21, 2014, of Grosse Pointe, Mich., at the age of 84. She was a retired educator, community volunteer and homemaker. Helen Stovall Coulter, May 30, 2014, of Dallas, at the age of 86. She was a member of Delta Zeta and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Allan T. Coulter ’52.

1952

Don B. Ansel, Aug. 10, 2014, of Zionsville, Ind., at the age of 86. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Beta Kappa, lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society and retired corporate comptroller of Shakeproof Division of Illinois Tool Works. Survivors include his wife, Irene Koebke Ansel ’52, and daughter, Susan M. Ansel ’82. Susanna Bowers Ellinwood, Aug. 23, 2014, in Kewadin, Mich., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Phi and elementary school teacher for gifted and talented children. Survivors include her husband, Charles R. Ellinwood ’51, and son, Steven P. Ellinwood ’81. Betty Call Purvis, Sept. 17, 2014, of Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of 84. She was a member of Delta Zeta and homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her first husband. Survivors include her husband. Marilyn Grosvenor LeMaster, July 7, 2014, of Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Phi and Phi Beta Kappa, homemaker, self-employed interior designer and associate professor of interior design. She was preceded in death by her brother, Homer M. Grosvenor III ’58. Survivors include her husband, Charles R. LeMaster ’52; daughter, Cynthia D. LeMaster ’82; sister, Thelma Grosvenor Trudgen ’55; brother-in-law, Spencer F. Trudgen ’55; nephew, David S. Trudgen ’91; and nieces, Anne Trudgen Dillon ’81 and Valerie Trudgen Hooton ’86. Helen Hoagland Graham, Aug. 25, 2014, of St. Louis, at the age of 84. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society, composer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Hoagland Devaney ’49. Survivors include her husband and son, Robert C. Graham III ’77. Joyce Moore Gouwens, June 13, 2014, in St. Joseph, Mich., at the age of 82. She was a homemaker, community volunteer, played viola with Fort Wayne Philharmonic for 25 years, and later, played with Southwest Michigan Symphony for 10 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert V. Gouwens ’51. Carol Rylander Reitan, May 12, 2014, in Normal, Ill., at the age of 83. She was a member of Delta Gamma and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. Sarah “Sally” Symon Stevens, July 4, 2014, of Lexington, Ky., at the age of 84. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, David B. Stevens ’51; daughter, Patricia Stevens Ardery ’80; and granddaughters, Mary E. Ardery ’15, Grace K. Ardery ’12 and Rachel S. Ardery ’10.

1953

Carolyn Burckhalter McGahey, June 30, 2014, in Terre Haute, Ind., at the age of 82. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, home economics teacher, homemaker

and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her father, Harley E. Burckhalter ’29. Survivors include her husband and daughter, Marcia McGahey Schmidlin ’84. Joan Davis Vargo, April 21, 2014, of Louisville, Ky., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband; father, Royal E. Davis ’21; mother, Mildred Spindler Davis ’27; aunt, Flora Spindler ’31; and uncle, Charles H. Spindler ’34. Survivors include her sister, Nancy Davis Morton ’51, and cousins, Joan Spindler ’61 and James R. Spindler ’59. Marydee Stiefenhoefer Chamberlin, Sept. 16, 2014, of Rolling Meadows, Ill., at the age of 82. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, real estate agent and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, W. Craig Chamberlin ’51.

1954

Mary Erwin Pitcher, Sept. 1, 2014, of Corrales, N.M., at the age of 82. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. Loren Pitcher ’54. Survivors include her partner. Rev. Robert F. Henry Jr., Aug. 29, 2014, of Jackson, Tenn., at the age of 81, of lung cancer. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association, Presbyterian minister and former president of Tennessee State Employees Association. Survivors include his wife. William E. Thompson, July 23, 2014, of Phoenix, at the age of 82. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and creator, producer and co-star of the “Wallace and Ladmo Show,” a children’s program with offbeat humor that ran for 35 years. Survivors include his wife.

1955

Robert R. Bartol, Aug. 14, 2014, of Fort Myers, Fla., at the age of 81. He was a member of Sigma Nu and general manager for New York Life Insurance for 30 years in Indianapolis. Survivors include his wife, Carole Strong Bartol ’56, and sister, Nancy Bartol Darnell ’51. Janyce Givens Guckenberger, May 16, 2014, in Wakarusa, Ind., at the age of

80. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. Carol Hershberger Showers, May 6, 2014, of West Chester, Ohio, at the age of 81. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi and Phi Beta Kappa, retired teacher, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include her sister, Janet Hershberger Fosnot ’60. James W. Hess, July 12, 2014, in Muncie, Ind., at the age of 81. He retired as vice president and senior trust officer from First Merchants National Bank and Trust Company in Indianapolis. He was preceded in death by his father, Lowell R. Hess ’26, and mother, Mildred Johnson Hess ’28. Survivors include his wife, Janet Wilson Hess ’56; son, David R. Hess ’78; daughter, Joan Hess Hamilton ’80; and son-in-law, Lance L. Hamilton ’77. William E. Schmidt, Aug. 16, 2014, of Osprey, Fla., at the age of 80. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, commercial real estate developer and musician. He was preceded in death by his sister, Anna Schmidt Hamilton ’50. Survivors include his wife and brotherin-law, Richard E. Hamilton ’49.

1956

Paul E. Driscol Jr., June 28, 2014, of Lorain, Ohio, at the age of 80. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and president of Driscol Music Company. He was preceded in death by his father, Paul E. Driscol ’27; mother, Elizabeth Engle Driscol ’28; and sister, Carol Driscol Brandt ’54. Survivors include his wife, Kay Farr Driscol ’56; sister, Nancy Driscol Gardner ’52; and brothers, Thomas E. Driscol ’53 and Theodore D. Driscol ’58. Mickey M. Miller, Aug. 14, 2014, of Lima, Ohio, at the age of 79. He retired as deputy auditor of Allen County, Ohio. Survivors include his wife. Barbara Reed Kostoff, Aug. 7, 2014, in Port Huron, Mich., at the age of 79. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1957

Alyce Hawkins Child, June 18, 2014, of Port Clinton,

Ohio, at the age of 79. She was house director at Delta Upsilon at DePauw and homemaker. Survivors include her son, Michael B. Child ’97.

age of 76. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega and homemaker. Survivors include her husband and sister, Patti Mix Flanagan ’66.

1958

1961

J. Robert Coffin, Sept. 7, 2014, of Fishers, Ind., at the age of 77. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and insurance executive with American States Insurance. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph J. Coffin ’33, and mother, Marjorie Holcomb Coffin ’33. Survivors include his wife and sister, Joan Coffin Close ’62. Barbara Coppes McNett, Aug. 4, 2014, of Albuquerque, N.M., at the age of 78. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, teacher, registered nurse and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Albertus T. Briggs, Class of 1890; grandmother, Lenore Alleman Briggs, Class of 1891; mother, Ruth Briggs Coppes ’26; aunts, Margaret Briggs Gardner, Class of 1918 and Genevieve Briggs Rice, Class of 1916; and brother-in-law, William G. Blanchard ’30. Survivors include her brother, John B. Coppes ’64, and sister, Mary Briggs Blanchard ’30. Alexander H. McConnell II, Aug. 19, 2014, of West Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 79. He was a member of Delta Upsilon, businessman, and president and owner of Glen Abbey Golf Club in DeBary, Fla. Survivors include his wife. Ronald B. Turner, Sept. 17, 2014, of West Chester, Ohio, at the age of 78. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta, Rector Scholar, and sales executive in the automotive and technology industries. Survivors include his wife and daughter, Jennifer Turner Stanek ’88.

1959

LeRoy A. Myers, July 21, 2014, of Fayette, Mo., at the age of 77. He was a member of Sigma Nu, Rector Scholar and retired colonel from the United States Air Force. Survivors include his wife. Joanne Woolsey Shults, March 5, 2013, of Norton, Kan., at the age of 75. She was a retired retail manager and buyer as well as homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, John N. Shults ’59.

1960

Joyce Mix Meister, Aug. 12, 2014, of Nokomis, Fla., at the

Judith Clark Borchardt, June 20, 2013, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., at the age of 73. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, retired clergy of the Presbyterian church and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. John M. Hayes, March 2013, of New York City, at the age of 73. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and retired sales and interior design representative for Avery Bordman Ltd.

1962

Ruth McCracken Cheatham, Aug. 28, 2014, of Louisville, Ky., at the age of 73. She was a member of Delta Zeta, preschool teacher and homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

1964

James L. Hunt, Aug. 20, 2014, of San Francisco, at the age of 71, from cancer. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa, Rector Scholar and attorney. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Shake Hunt ’65.

1966

Mary Frazier Doheny, Sept. 1, 2014, of Louisville, Ky., at the age of 70. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, first-grade teacher, homemaker, community volunteer and educational administrator. Survivors include her husband and sister, Suzanne Frazier Longino ’60. Pamela A. McCord, July 1, 2014, of Barrington, Ill., at the age of 69. She was a member of Alpha Phi, former member of the DePauw Alumni Board of Directors, former employee of Stephen Smith Designs Ltd., community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include daughters, Ann Stephenson Holsonback ’88 and Jennifer Stephenson Keller ’99, and son-in-law, Darren P. Keller ’97. Virginia Metcalf Kriedel, May 28, 2014, of Niantic, Conn., at the age of 69. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, business woman and homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

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1968

Jill Bowman, Aug. 3, 2014, in Indianapolis, at the age of 68, after complications from surgery and lifelong health issues. She was a retired teacher from Indianapolis public schools.

1970

Anne Beekman Kraege, Aug. 8, 2014, of Indianapolis, at the age of 66, from cancer. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, The Washington C. DePauw Society, former senior development officer and director of Indianapolis programs for DePauw, former member of the DePauw Alumni Association Board of Directors, community volunteer and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Richard C. Kraege ’70. Beverly Hummel Phillips, Dec. 8, 2013, of West Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 65. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta, librarian and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her mother, Edna Hogle Hummel ’38, and father, Russel M. Hummel ’37. Survivors include her husband. Burton J. Sears, Aug. 4, 2014, of Savannah, Ga., at the age of 66. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta, film editor and professor at Savannah College of Art and Design. He helped found Boulder Valley Institute in Colorado. He was sound editor for the Academy Award-winning Amadeus, and picture editor for films, including The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Jacob’s Ladder and Henry and June.

1971

Charles E. Labig, June 3, 2014, in Tulsa, Okla., at the age of 65. He was a licensed psychologist and worked in both clinical and administrative positions, as well as in private practice.

1973

Linda Cleveland Koenig, Aug. 26, 2013, of Brandon, Fla., at the age of 66. She was an elementary school teacher and homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

1974

Sally Dutton Anderson, July 28, 2013, of Westerville, Ohio, at the age of 61. She was a preschool teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her sister, Anne Dutton Wharton ’70. Survivors include her husband, William D. Anderson ’73. 56 DEPAUW MAGAZINE FALL 2014

1978

Eli W. Gould, Aug. 2, 2014, of San Francisco, at the age of 57. He was an attorney specializing in corporate law. Barry L. Klipsch ’78, July 3, 2014, of Vestal, N.Y., at the age of 61. He was a statistician at HealthNow New York Insurance Corporation. Survivors include his wife.

1979

Russell E. Swift, Aug. 20, 2014, of Shelbyville, Ind., at the age of 61. He was a high school teacher and coach. Survivors include his wife.

1980

Webb K. Kane, June 23, 2014, near Leland, Mich., at the age of 56. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and chief executive officer of Midvale Industries. Survivors include his wife; daughter, Kristen L. Kane ’10; and sister, Helen Kane O’Connor ’75.

2007

Emily Waterman Teska, June 27, 2014, of Chicago, at the age of 28. She was a college counselor at North Park University and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Sean M. Teska ’08.

Faculty

Joseph W. Corbett, Aug. 16, 2014, in Champaign, Ill., at the age of 80. He was assistant professor of mathematics at DePauw from 1968-80. He was instrumental in establishing the astronomy program at DePauw. Margaret S. Hamilton, Aug. 16, 2014, in Hollywood, Fla., at the age of 70. She taught nursing at DePauw, Purdue University and Florida International University. Virginia B. Kremer, Dec. 3, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 90. She was professor emeritus of DePauw School of Nursing. Eleanor E. Ragon, Aug. 3, 2014, of West Lafayette, Ind., at the age of 92. She taught clinical dietetics at DePauw, The University of Hawaii, North Texas State University and Michigan State University. Later, she became head dietitian at Veterans’ Home in West Lafayette, Ind.

Robert S. Sullivant, Sept. 25, 2014, in Toledo, Ohio, at the age of 89, of cancer. He taught political science at DePauw from 1959-65. He also taught at University of Missouri-St. Louis, The University of Chicago, Georgetown University and University of South Dakota. He retired as executive vice president from The University of Toledo in 1973 and retired from that institution in 1990 as professor emeritus of political science. Survivors include his wife.

Friends

Ralph E. Anderson, June 15, 2014, of Poland, Ind., at the age of 70. He was a house dad at Delta Chi fraternity at DePauw. Survivors include his wife and son, Wesley M. Anderson ’06. Norma J. Bruner, Aug. 27, 2014, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 81. She worked at Delta Gamma sorority for 21 years, and later, at Sigma Chi fraternity for 13 years as housekeeper. She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include her granddaughter, Brier Bruner Irk ’04. Elmer J. Duncan, Sept. 7, 2014, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 66. He retired from DePauw. Survivors include his wife. Rev. Robert W. Gingery, Oct. 12, 2012, of Sun City Center, Fla., at the age of 93. He served as minister of Gobin Memorial United Methodist, the campus church at DePauw. Later, he served as senior minister of United Community Church in Sun City Center, Fla. He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from DePauw in 1963. Survivors include his wife. Vivian M. Holliday, Aug. 30, 2014, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 98. She was a house mother at Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Juanita C. Owen, July 12, 2014, of Reelsville, Ind., at the age of 70. She retired from Pi Beta Phi sorority at DePauw. Survivors include her husband. Ellen B. Renihan, Aug. 30, 2014, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 72. She retired from DePauw where she worked in the Memorial Student Union for

more than 20 years. She was preceded in death by her husband. Grover A. Vaughan, May 21, 2013, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 91. He served as chief of campus security at DePauw, retiring after 31 years of service. He was preceded in death by his wife.

CORRECTION Mary Beth Pieters Desmond’s ’55 name was incorrectly listed in her obituary in the summer 2014 issue of DePauw Magazine. The staff regrets the error.

creating a legacy THOMAS R. MOTE ’74 PLANS GIFT PROMOTING GLOBAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH A little more than a decade ago, physician TOM MOTE ’74 had an epiphany while trying to save the leg of a smoker who was also diabetic. He realized more clearly than before the importance of promoting good health habits and treating common health problems at an early stage. Mote went on to augment his M.D. by earning a Master in Public Health degree. He also joined a DePauw Winter Term in Service project assisting with public health issues in Ghana. There, he says, “I realized how much difference could be made and how public and global health integrate many of the components of a liberal arts 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

Stephen S. Thomas, J.D. Executive Director of Legacy and Estate Planning 300 E. Seminary St., P.O. Box 37 Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 Phone: 765-658-4216 Toll-free: 800-446-5298 stevethomas@depauw.edu depauw.plannedgifts.org

These experiences, among others, led Mote to include DePauw in his estate plans for the purpose of promoting public and global health awareness at DePauw. His bequest will also support initiatives in these areas so that students can study and act upon such important facets of health care for the 21st century. DePauw holds a special place in Mote’s heart. His daughter, parents and grandmother all attended the University. He credits several faculty members for shaping his academic and vocational life, and as he points out, “My classmates are still my best friends.” Through the estate gift and other important gifts during his lifetime, Mote is strengthening the campus that has always meant so much to him.

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