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MAGAZINE Summer 2015

ELISA VILLANUEVA BEARD ’98

Teach For America’s co-CEO helps chart path toward equal access to education.

ALSO IN HONOR SCHOLARS THRIVE ON THIS ISSUE NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS

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MUSIC ON THE SQUARE

To celebrate the opening of DePauw’s new musical space on Greencastle’s downtown square, internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed the ceremonial ribbon-cutting on June 8. Part of DePauw’s 21stCentury Musician Initiative (21CM), Music on the Square will serve as a preparatory department and community space for music.

WORLD, HERE WE COME The Class of 2015 greeted the commencement ceremony on May 17. Five hundred and four seniors received diplomas.

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GOT PAINT?

DePauwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art and Art History Department hosted a communitywide latex paint recycling project in April and May. Through the Re:Paint Greencastle project, DePauw art students and faculty cleaned, remixed and repackaged the paint, which was then given away free for reuse. SUMMER 2015 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 5

FESTIVAL OF COLOR

Liberal amounts of brightly colored powders were thrown on East College lawn as part of the fun-filled celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on April 14. The festival featured food, fun, dance and, of course, lots of bright colors. 6 DEPAUW MAGAZINE SUMMER 2015

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THRIVE

THINK

LIVE

Teaching for America: An unexpected CEO took risks

Honor Scholars Thrive on No Right or Wrong Answers

For Students Who Face Obstacles, DePauw is Changing the Odds

DEPARTMENTS

STAFF

10 News 14 Recent Words 36 Connections: Engaging with DePauw 42 Class Notes Cover photo and photos on pages 18-25 by John Powers.

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: Sarah McAdams, Linda Striggo and Christopher L. Wolfe

Kelly A. Graves creative director kgraves@depauw.edu

DePauw Alumni Association Officers

Donna Grooms class notes editor dgrooms@depauw.edu Larry G. Ligget University photographer larryligget@depauw.edu

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Summer 2015 / Vol. 78 / Issue 1 www.depauw.edu/pa/magazine

Donald M. Phelan ’79, president Denise Castillo Dell Isola ’96, vice president Thomas R. Schuck ’72, secretary

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letters THANKS TO DR. WEISS Editor, I was pleased to read in the spring DePauw Magazine that Dr. Robert O. Weiss was recently honored for his lasting contributions as a faculty member and former chair of DePauw’s department of communication and theatre. Please pass on to Dr. Weiss my heartiest congratulations! I was a member of DePauw’s debate team from 1959 through 1962. During that time, I gained so much valuable experience under Dr. Weiss’ leadership and direction. I was initially insecure and lacked confidence as a speaker, and Dr. Weiss helped me overcome these traits through his emphasis on the importance of preparation and instilling of an attitude of “just do it.” As with many of us, I have given countless speeches and presentations over the years, and my debating experience under his very effective leadership has been so valuable to me in this regard. Congratulations again to Dr. Weiss on a recognition so well deserved. David L. Landsittel ’62 Winnetka, Ill.

In the spring 2015 edition of DePauw Magazine, we invited alumni to share their experiences studying abroad. Below are two of the early responses. – Editor

HE SURVIVED CHEMISTRY IN GERMANY Editor, The year was 1951. WWII had ended in 1945. I was the first post-war exchange student from DePauw to Germany. The center of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was still piled high with the rubble of bombed-out buildings when I arrived at Frankfurt’s Goethe University

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for my year of study. When classes began two weeks later, one thing became quite clear: reading and writing German was not the same as speaking and hearing German. However, one month later my understanding of German was much improved. Methodist Bishop Richard C. Raines had arranged room and board for me at the Methodist seminary in the suburb of Ginnheim. Thus, my earliest German friends were seminary students. One of them was Kurt Wagner, a former Nazi SS officer. I had no choice in the matter. He was waiting for me when I arrived and simply announced, “Meine name ist Kurt Wagner, und ich will sein freund sein.” And he became my fast friend, repeatedly at my door, across the hall from his room, asking how he could help me. Goethe University was not a small liberal arts institution. It was large, and every student was working on an advanced degree. Calculus was a lecture subject. I always attended the special weekly session for Dummies. Translated: Those who were unable to demonstrate with a full page of equations why this is only way to solve the problem, and why no other way would work. Answers were essays-made-of-equations. Jump one year forward to September 1952, as I took my German textbooks with me to convince Dr. Donald Cook, DePauw chemistry professor, that I really deserved three hours of credit for organic chemistry. After glancing at my German books, he asked me, “Did you understand the material?” My answer: “Well, sort of, at least a little. It was pretty hard.” His answer: “We’ll give you a C for your three hours; but I don’t see how you could have understood very much. We don’t even teach this organic chemistry

material here at DePauw. But your three hours of credit is for your honesty, not for your mastery of the material.” He added: “Did you realize that all of the chemistry majors at that university are working on their Ph.D. … in organic chemistry?” “No, I didn’t know that. That would explain the fact that none of the chem students were taking any other kinds of courses.” “Yes, it does,” Dr. Cook said. “Congratulations for surviving!” John N. Elliott ’53 Franklin, Ind.

EASTERN EUROPE OPENED HER EYES In mid-September 1970, I left the U.S. with two dozen others to participate in the first DePauw Contemporary European Semester: Eastern Europe, to study in Vienna and Budapest. As a Hoosier born and bred, whose only travels out of the country were to Canada, this was way outside my comfort level, and I was destined for an eye-opener and a lifechanging experience. Our orientation in Vienna lasted until October and included trips to many palaces, castles, churches, museums, monuments, the Iron Curtain border and a Heuriger on the city’s outskirts for the season’s new wine and plenty of gemülichtkeit. We took German language classes in order to get by, especially in Hungary, and then began our studies in East European history, politics, economics, and arts and literature. We explored Vienna and tasted its art, culture, music and food (although restaurants were usually too expensive for our student food allowance). Most horrifying realization: I arrived in Vienna and had never heard of the Hapsburgs!

In December we traveled to Budapest as the first group of American students ever to study in Hungary. When we tried to speak German in restaurants or shops, the Hungarians pretended ignorance of the language, until they found out we were Americans, not Germans; conversations then flowed! We took scheduled trips to the Parliament, a collective farm, an enormous light bulb factory, schools and young artists and actors clubs, and the city of Eger in northeastern Hungary (wine country). We also attended classes and lectures at Karl Marx University with leading educators and statesmen. Most informative meeting: we had an audience and discussion with one of the authors of the New Economic Mechanism, a comprehensive reform of the Hungarian economic system, launched in 1968 and considered more radical than that attempted by Czechoslovakia before Prague Spring [and which led Hungary to be better off economically than other countries when the Iron Curtain fell in 1990]. I learned how privileged we were in the U.S., because life was hard everywhere I went, and potatoes and cabbage were the only fresh vegetables available. I learned that Hungary’s 1,000 years as a nation, compared to ours of just 200, was humbling to this political science major. I learned the difference between the theory of socialism and its practice in 1970s Eastern Europe. I learned how horrified I am by the opulence of both Church and State. I learned the vital difference between people and their governments. I learned that other people love and are proud of their homelands and cultures, regardless of who’s in power, just as fiercely as we do. And I learned to love wine.

FROM THE PRESIDENT Brian W. Casey

As I write to you for this issue, we are just a few weeks removed from this summer’s Alumni Reunion Weekend, when more than 1,000 alumni returned to campus. One thing was obvious from my conversations with these graduates: In an extremely wide variety of careers and endeavors, DePauw alumni are engaged in meaningful and purposeful work, and they are accomplished at doing so. In the last few weeks alone, we’ve seen one alumnus win a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting for The New York Times about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa (Ben Solomon ’10). We’ve seen another (Doug Hallward-Driemeier ’89) argue before the United States Supreme Court in this year’s landmark case regarding same-sex marriage. And in the pages that follow, we’ll hear about the work of Elisa Villanueva Beard ’98, who – as co-CEO of Teach For America – is at the forefront of education reform in the United States. These are, of course, just three examples of the work our alumni do in communities throughout the world. It would be impossible, though, to try to capture all the pathways of our alumni, and to tell the stories of the ways in which they give back to their communities, lead their families and construct their lives. I would like to believe that the success our alumni continue to achieve is far from an accident. At its best, DePauw gives students from all walks of life the education and skills – and also the self-confidence – to lead, to shape their worlds. The entire campus culture exists to shape graduates in this way. It is one of the essential purposes of the institution and the reason we seek, perpetually, to improve the academic life of DePauw, the social milieu in which we operate, and the spaces in which DePauw students, faculty and staff live and work. As you read about the work of Ms. Beard, consider the work of DePauw’s Honor Scholars and learn about the various programs at DePauw designed to support at-risk students, I invite you to reflect on how your DePauw experience equipped you for your own success. It’s certainly clear to me that you – our alumni – have a lot about which you can be proud. Sincerely,

Brian W. Casey President

Katherine L. McQueen ’71 Berlin, Md.

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news “This space is designed to be the launching of a musical communiversity.” MARK MCCOY, dean of the DePauw School of

Music, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Music

on the Square, the University’s new performance/ teaching space located at 21 N. Indiana Street on Greencastle's courthouse square. He said the new space “is an opportunity for the community and

GLOBAL MUSICIANS

Grammy Award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his renowned Silk Road Ensemble selected the DePauw University School of Music, home of the 21st-Century Musician Initiative, to be the host site for the first Global Musician Workshop. Taught by Yo-Yo Ma and members of Silk Road Ensemble, an all-star faculty representing a unique range of musical backgrounds, the workshop was held June 8-12 in the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts.

DePauw teams ranked in the top 25 of their respective sports during the 2014-15 year.

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DePauw’s ranking in the final Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings. The Tigers have finished in the top 50 for 11 consecutive years.

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SUMMER AT DEPAUW

The new Summer at DePauw initiative adds several programs to the summer calendar while bringing existing offerings in line with the DePauw experience campus visitors have during the academic year. This summer, more than 3,000 participants are enjoying new and improved programs, including the new DePauw Academy, which gives rising high school seniors a weeklong glimpse of what it means to be a DePauw student.

the University to come together in some really interesting ways.”

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The number of student-athletes named to the spring 2015 Tiger Pride Honor Roll with a spring semester grade point average of 3.4 or higher.

The number of DePauw’s graduating seniors who received Fulbright awards to spend the 2015-16 academic year teaching English or conducting research abroad. They will be in India, New Zealand and Turkey.

semester 2015, Media Fellows’ internship

“Telling your story assists you on your journey of figuring out who you are. … By proclaiming your story, you are declaring that you exist in this world and that your life matters. Since your life is woven into the lives around you, those lives, in turn, matter as well.”

sites included: Inkfish Production

ASHTON T. JOHNSON addressing 503 fellow members of the Class of 2015 at DePauw’s 176th commencement

WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE MEDIA FELLOWS? Students in DePauw’s Media Fellows Program get hands-on experience during a semester-long internship at some of the top media organizations around the world. During spring

Company, Capetown, South Africa; “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Los Angeles; World Food Programme, Rome, Italy; Georgia Games, Atlanta; Threeview, Munich, Germany; Girl Scouts of America, Indianapolis; and Mercy for Animals, Los Angeles.

on May 17. Johnson is this year’s recipient of the Walker Cup, which is awarded to the senior who has contributed the most to the University community during his or her four years on campus. In the fall, she will serve in the Teach For America corps in New York City.

International scholarships

Three DePauw students were accepted for the U.S. Department of State's Gilman International Scholarship Program. One student is studying in China this summer. The other two will study in Thailand and China during the fall semester.

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The number of trucks needed to collect unwanted items – including furniture, clothing, shoes, food, electronics and kitchen equipment – when students moved out of living units at the end of the academic year. It was the seventh annual project called Move-Out: Supporting Putnam County Families in Need.

100+ Families

How many benefited in the local community when 10 nonprofit organizations coordinated distribution of the students’ discarded items to local families who needed them.

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news “As far as advice? I’m only 25. I don't have any advice.” ANDREW LUCK, quarterback of the NFL’s

Indianapolis Colts, during a Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture on April 24.

100 YEARS AGO

Since 1920, when Major League Baseball created the office of commissioner, there have been 10 commissioners and 17 presidents of the United States. Put another way, it is almost twice as difficult to become Commissioner of Baseball. Ford Frick, who graduated from DePauw in 1915, not only accomplished that, but also was the only commissioner to retire on his own volition until Bud Selig did so earlier this year. At DePauw, Frick was an editor of The DePauw Daily for three years and edited The Mirage during his junior year. Although he tried out for baseball his last three years, he never made the varsity team. After graduation a century ago, Frick headed to Colorado where he began his journalism career. His work soon took him to New York, where he not only covered sports for the Hearst papers, but also became Babe Ruth’s ghost writer and an early pioneer in radio. In 1934 he was named president of the National League, serving for the next 17 years. In that role, he helped to establish the Hall of Fame and oversaw integration of the game in 1947. He was named commissioner in 1951, serving two seven-year teams. During his tenure, baseball changed in many ways, becoming a truly national sport with teams in all parts of the country. The draft used today was first established, and through numerous Congressional hearings, he protected the game’s antitrust exemption. Contrary to popular myth, he never put an asterisk by Roger Maris’ home run record. By any standard, the game changed more during Frick’s tenure than it did under any other commissioner except Selig. Thanks to David A. Bohmer ’69, former director of DePauw’s Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, for providing this historical moment. Bohmer is currently writing a book with a working title of Changing the Game: The Life and Baseball Career of Ford Frick. – Editor.

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EXEMPLARY TEACHERS

Marion K. “Marnie” McInnes, professor of English and women’s, gender and sexuality studies, and Alicia Suarez, associate professor of sociology, are the 2014-15 recipients of the Exemplary Teaching Award. Presented by the General Board of Higher Education of the United Methodist Church through a gift from 1942 DePauw graduates George and Virginia Crane, the award recognizes faculty members who exemplify excellence in teaching; civility and concern for students and colleagues; commitment to value-centered education; and service to students, the institution and the community.

The number of North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports trophies DePauw has won in its four years of competing in the conference.

DePauw student journalists received awards in April. Fifteen staff members of The DePauw student newspaper received a total of 16 awards, including eight first-place citations, from the Indiana Collegiate Press Association. Twelve WGRE radio staff members were recognized with four awards, including one first place, from the Indiana Associated Press Broadcasters Association.

“There will be a strong desire to have the first woman president, just as there was a strong desire to have the first AfricanAmerican president.”

COMMITTED TO STUDENTS Christopher J. Wells

The world of American higher education has changed profoundly during the last 50 years. Certainly, academic fields have evolved (very little has survived of what I studied as “computer science” in my college years, for example), but students have changed, too. College campuses are more diverse, enrolling more first-generation students, more students from other countries and more students from historically under-represented groups. This has enriched campus life by bringing together experiences and worldviews that expand students’ understanding of the complexity of the world and of what it means to be living, learning and working together despite our differences. At DePauw, we have also learned over the years that different students need different kinds of support. In my relatively new role as vice president for student life, I have had the opportunity to join with a talented staff who are deeply committed to our students. In our work, we think carefully about the ways in which we can best support our entire student body to ensure that they graduate and leave us well prepared for the next phase of their lives. The Student Life staff works closely with colleagues across campus to develop initiatives to strengthen the student experience and support student success. For example, this academic year, we are launching DePauw HEALTH, a collaboration with Hendricks Regional Health that will ensure a high level of care for our students and also offer them opportunities for hands-on health sciences experiences. We will also pilot a new program for sophomores, who can sometimes feel a little at sea. In this program, staff from Student Life and Academic Life will serve as guides for cohorts of second-year students, connecting them with opportunities for leadership, providing support when they need it, and highlighting resources available to them for making the most of their second year at DePauw. Our work is well supported by alumni who have given of their time to come back to campus to speak with students, serve as mentors, and offer them internship or career opportunities. I am glad to have this opportunity to thank you for all the ways in which you support DePauw’s students.

DAN QUAYLE ’69, 44th vice president of the

United States, speaking about the 2016 U.S.

presidential race during the 100th Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture on March 31.

Christopher J. Wells Vice President for Student life

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recent words

SAMUEL A. BOYS ’84 An Ancient Sound for the Present Moment

ROBERT G. HARRELL ’91 LIFE OF ZARF: The Trouble with Weasels

(CreateSpace – ISBN: 978-1439234983)

(Dial Books for Young Readers – ISBN: 978-0-803-74103-4

This book explores the effects of sound on the human mind, body and spirit, and how the ancient sound of the didgeridoo can be used to help clear the mind, relax the body and focus our attention in the present moment. It offers ways to live in our high-tech culture of noisy distraction by creating a daily practice that can help people become centered and able to move forward in their lives with clear and focused intention. Included in the book is access to a free audio CD that will help guide listeners through an experience of the many ways sound can affect us. Also included on the CD are guided meditation tracks, samples of didgeridoo playing and instruction about how to play the didgeridoo. The CD complements the unit of instruction in the book – describing how to make and play your own didgeridoo.

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Comic artist Rob Harrell’s first book, part of a new illustrated series for middle graders, breathes life into the fractured fairy tale genre with witty pop culture references and well-timed humor. Middle school is no fairy tale for a troll. Zarf is stuck at the bottom of the school social ladder, and his life sinks to new depths when the king disappears and Zarf’s arch enemy and classmate, Prince Rocquefort, ascends to the throne and has Zarf’s fate in his hands. The only solution, of course, is for Zarf to go on a quest to find the king. Harrell gives the medieval setting delightfully modern touches: the overbooked Zarf and Rocquefort have to schedule a joust on their smartphones; Goldilocks is now a crone known as Old Lady Locks who spoons out porridge as the school’s lunch lady; Hansel and Gretel are in college, but their childhood saga has been turned into the chilling after-school special, Trail of Crumbs. Harrell writes and draws the long-running daily comic strip Adam@ Home, which appears in more than 140 papers worldwide.

AMANDA J. LEVY ’05 Calorie Accounting: The Foolproof Diet-by-Numbers Plan for a Skinnier New You (Skyhorse Publishing – ISBN: 978-1632204721) Calorie Accounting, Mandy Levy’s first book, might be the only funny diet book that’s ever existed. In a nutshell, the book is a colorful and entertaining approach to help lighten up the all-tooheavy world of diet and weight loss. It’s a memoir and art piece as much as it’s a diet book – full of fun and funny photos, illustrations, self-deprecating humor and even an errant limerick or two. Calorie Accounting offers a tried-and-true diet plan, developed, followed and documented by Levy. Her been-there-done-that words and pictures are intended to inspire, mentor and guide readers through their own weightloss success story with step-by-step instructions. As Levy writes in the book’s foreword: “Calorie Accounting, boys and girls, is math. It’s simple arithmetic. Black and white. Right and wrong. No guessing, just knowing. Just fact.” Levy is an Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian.

ROGER B. NELSEN ’64 and Mike Boardman College Calculus: A One-Term Course for Students with Previous Calculus Experience (Mathematical Association of America – ISBN: 9781939512062) College Calculus is a textbook for students who have successfully experienced an introductory calculus course in high school. It begins with a brief review of some of the content of the high school calculus course and then gives students a thorough grounding in the remaining topics in single variable calculus, including integration techniques, applications of the definite integral, separable and linear differential equations, hyperbolic functions, parametric equations and polar coordinates, L’Hôpital’s rule and improper integrals, continuous probability models and infinite series. Each chapter concludes with several Explorations, extended discovery investigations to supplement the chapter’s material. The text is ideal as the basis of a course focused on the needs of prospective majors in the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Roger Nelsen is professor emeritus of mathematics at Lewis & Clark College.

TIMOTHY L. SCOTT ’66 Ben Hogan: The Myths Everyone Knows, The Man No One Knew

RICHARD W. SMITH ’45 Bishop McIlvaine, Slavery, Britain & the Civil War

(Triumph Books – ISBN: 978-1-62937-096-5)

(XLIBRIS – ISBN: 978-1479702893)

Golf aficionados regard Ben Hogan – with his unique, solid swing – as the game’s greatest striker of the ball. If you believed everything you read, watched or heard about Hogan, you would picture a solitary, unapproachable, surly individual – one devoid of feelings. Told repeatedly, the stories become myth. Tim Scott’s book takes readers into Hogan’s private and deeply personal world, including the tragedies and triumphs that carved him into a secretive, yet meticulously ethical and genuine man: grappling with his father’s absence after his suicide when Hogan was nine; how he balanced lifelong effects of a horrendous automobile accident that occurred during the prime of his career; Hogan’s singular focus on his golf game, precluding friends and relationships; the media myths, perception and personality he is known for. The author was vice president of sales and marketing for the AMF Ben Hogan Company in the 1970s. Working closely with Hogan, Scott met many people who knew him, both in golf and in his personal life.

Charles P. McIlvaine, descended from Revolutionary Era activists, was a leader in the evangelical wing of the Protestant Episcopal Church and served as Bishop of Ohio from 1832-73. In the 1830s, he joined the anti-slavery movement, and four sojourns in Great Britain gave him a leading position among British evangelicals. In 1861 the Lincoln Administration sent him to the U.K. on an informal mission. He was able to argue the Federal cause among many clerics and political leaders – confronting the broad, British desire to break up the U. S. Returning in 1862, he led the move to commit the Episcopal Church to support of Lincoln and emancipation. With black troops performing well, he became a major advocate for black rights. In 1865 he was rebuked by many churchmen for his activism and subsequently spent much time oveseas. McIlvaine was the first person to receive honorary degrees from Oxford and Cambridge. Richard Smith is a retired professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University.

JOANN FORD WATSON ’78 Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: Eighteenth-Century, BritishBaptist, Woman Theologian, Volume 7: Words of Grace

RYAN C. WILLIAMS ’96 with Mike Levine iPad and iPhone for Musicians for Dummies

(Mercer University Press – ISBN: 978-0881464986)

Ryan Williams wrote this book for the budding or established musician looking to use an iPad or iPhone as a portable musical instrument, recording studio or composition tool. iPad and iPhone For Musicians For Dummies explains in plain English how to hook up your preferred instrument to your iPad or iPhone to work on music projects within a variety of recording apps. It also covers how to incorporate both real and MIDI instruments and audio, edit individual tracks, work with effects and chain multiple apps together, and mix and master songs. Through step-by-step instructions, this friendly guide shows you how to use your device to go from recording a basic piece of music to creating and uploading complete songs with full instrumentation and multiple tracks, instruments and effects. Williams is a musician and expert on digital music tools. He is author of Teach Yourself Visually Bass Guitar as well as books on digital music, podcasting and online business.

JoAnn Ford Watson, professor of theology and spiritual formation at Ashland Theological Seminary, has written the seventh and final volume of her series on Anne Dutton, an English woman, theologian and spiritual writer who lived from 1692-1765. The latest volume, Words of Grace, contains Dutton’s letters to clergy and laity in England, Wales, Scotland and the American Colonies in the 18th century. Dutton’s correspondence shows her to be a significant spiritual writer and encourager of revival and the spread of Evangelicalism in that time period. Of particular note, the volume includes 17 letters sent to the Rev. George Whitefield and his friends in 1745 to encourage his work and ministry in England and the American Colonies, especially his orphanage in Bethesda, Ga. Watson’s seven volumes of Anne Dutton’s tracts, letters and larger works are resurrected from archives in England and America.

(Wiley – ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-118-99116-9)

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Developing a Tropical Disease Test By Sarah McAdams In a collaborative effort to develop a rapid diagnostic test for leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease, chemistry and biochemistry professors Sharon M. Crary and Richard C. Martoglio are sharing lab space, research students and their respective expertise. Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease found in parts of the tropics, subtropics and southern Europe. It’s caused by infection with Leishmania parasites, which are spread through the bite of phlebotomine sand flies. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leishmaniasis is classified as a neglected tropical disease because it’s one of a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases that cause substantial illness for more than 1 billion people globally, and kill an estimated 534,000 people every year. The project was inspired by Crary’s former student, Katherine “Katie” M. Logan ’12, who had a strong interest in global health. “Katie was an amazing student,” Crary says. “She did the research and wrote up spreadsheets showing different tropical diseases, where they exist and what tests and treatments exist for them. “We picked one that had treatments but not a test, and existed in Ecuador where we work with Timmy Global Health and in Uganda where I do work,” Crary says. Crary is cofounder and executive director of Social Promise, a nonprofit that partners with Ugandan nonprofits to provide health and educational resources in their local communities. Crary’s knowledge of DNA and interest in neglected tropical diseases combined with Martoglio’s expertise in nanoparticles, along with Logan’s interest in paper diagnostics, made the project possible. Crary and Martoglio agree they couldn’t have developed the test to its current state without each other. “Rich was responsible for getting the nanoparticles, knowing what nanoparticles work, what size, how to make them and how to keep them suspended in solution,” she says. “I picked all the DNA we were going to use, developed them and talked about what conditions they work under. I also shared how to search databases to find DNA that will target leish, but not target humans.” The test they are developing will eventually be contained on a little piece of paper, almost like coffee filter paper, and involves a finger prick. It will be easy to read and administer, so anyone will be able to do it. Currently, their students are mixing everything in a test tube and putting the filter paper in the tube. However, Crary explains that this technique is not as effective in developing countries because it requires test tubes and liquids, and mixing. It’s better if all the agents are embedded in the piece of paper, which is their next goal. They are at a stage now where they’ve gotten a basic proof of principle working. There is a nanoparticle and an attached piece of DNA, which is specific for leish. The idea is that if you have this interact with your blood, it shouldn’t give a positive result. However, if it interacts with someone who has leish, it should, and that’s actually the tricky part, they explain. “Right now, we have it in a test tube,” Crary says. “If we give it DNA that we know is in leish, it does react, but we haven’t tested it in blood.” Crary and Martoglio say it’s been a successful project so far. “It’s pretty straightforward research, so it’s nice for a student project because the experimental methods are actually really short,” Crary says. “You do something, and you see the result in a few hours. Students can do a complete trial. Usually biochemistry research is really slow.” Additionally, Crary likes having projects for students who are interested in global health. “They’re not doing disease work all the time, but they feel it’s meaningful. And it teaches them that they can do meaningful research,” she says.

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Chemistry and biochemistry professors Sharon M. Crary, second from left, and Richard C. Martoglio, far right.

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TEACHING for AMERICA An unexpected CEO took risks By Lynn Gosnell

(Photo courtesy of Don Harder/CC BY-NC 2.0)

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AS A SENIOR AT DEPAUW, ELISA VILLANUEVA BEARD ’98 DREAMED OF JOINING TEACH FOR AMERICA (TFA). TODAY, AS CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, HER IMPASSIONED VOICE FOR EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION REACHES A NATIONAL AUDIENCE. “EVERYONE,” SAYS THE FORMER DEPAUW BASKETBALL PLAYER, “NEEDS TO GET IN THE GAME.”

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ix-year-old Jazmin rested her head on the cool surface of a table in her first-grade classroom. She really needs to be paying attention, thought her young teacher. “Jazmin, sit up,” she called, growing impatient. Eventually, the teacher discovered the source of Jazmin’s headache – her teeth were full of cavities and causing terrible pain. “So, I’m thinking we have to get a curriculum for dental hygiene and a dentist for Jazmin,” recalled Elisa Villanueva Beard ’98, who was then in her first year teaching bilingual education for Teach For America. She joined the national organization just after graduating from DePauw, bringing the youthful energy, newly found skills and idealism for which TFA members are known to her first assignment at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School in Phoenix. As a first-grade teacher in a low-income community, Villanueva Beard witnessed many of the obstacles that undercut learning – lack of health care, crowded living conditions, irregular attendance, homelessness, substance abuse – with heartbreaking regularity. “The power of the systemic challenges facing our kids ran me over like a train pretty early on in my teaching,” she said. Did she ever feel like quitting? “For better or worse, it never entered my mind.” Like many teachers, she became a steadfast presence in her students’ lives, many of whom were the children of immigrants and day laborers. Their education required long hours in and out of the classroom, not to mention a belief in their future that sometimes defied reason. “Everyone knows the statistics about students growing up in low-income communities; less than 10 percent will make it to and through college,” Villanueva Beard said, when we sat down for a conversation in the Houston offices of Teach For America. “But then you meet these young kids, and they have all the

potential in the world. They want to do great and be great. You have to see and believe that.” Today, as co-CEO of Teach For America, Villanueva Beard’s classroom stretches across the nation. Yet the lessons she learned as a TFA corps member have crystallized into a kind of rallying cry for the mother of four. “If only we lived in a country where truly everyone saw other people’s kids as their kids, everything would change.”

student body president, gifted student and star basketball player at James “Nikki” Rowe High School in McAllen, Texas, Villanueva Beard always assumed she’d attend college, most likely one not too far from home. Her father, who worked for the government, and her mother, a florist, had already sent one child away to college before Elisa, their second oldest, graduated in the top 10 percent of her class. (There are four siblings in all, three of whom work in education.) When a local banker and Indiana native named Joe Disque, the husband of a biology teacher at the high school, asked if she’d considered attending DePauw University, the answer was laughter. Going away to a private school in Indiana seemed a stretch, if not an outright fantasy. But Disque, who recruited a number of bright students from the Rio Grande Valley to attend college in his home state after seeing the impact it had on Villanueva Beard, dropped off an application anyway. Soon, Villanueva Beard started hearing from the women’s basketball coach and others at DePauw. She flew up to campus for a visit. “I was intrigued, but there was no way I was going to go to DePauw,” she recalled. But on the day a decision was due, Villanueva Beard decided to make that leap after all. Her mother cried, but her parents ultimately supported the decision. The next fall, she packed three suitcases and flew to

Indiana. When the airport van dropped her at Anderson Hall, Joe Disque was waiting. “He was my parent who moved me in that day.” Far from her roots and one of the few Latino students at DePauw in the mid-1990s, Villanueva Beard observed the new surroundings with humor and an open-minded attitude. But she wasn’t above playing up her Texan identity, either – wrapping herself in a big Dallas Cowboys’ fleece blanket on days that were mild by Indiana standards. Making friends came easily. “She has the most infectious laugh,” said Nikki Olsen Gardner ’98. “You could hear it throughout the whole dining hall.” The two were sociology majors and spent a semester abroad at the School for International Training (SIT) in Melbourne, Australia. “Elisa wrote her research project on the assets and benefits of having a multilingual and multicultural approach to classrooms,” Gardner recalled. In their sociology classes back at DePauw, “she would always write her papers or research on education. I think that’s when I started noticing how passionate she was about the subject.” That year, Villanueva Beard joined new friends “just for the heck of it” who were going through Greek rush and ended up pledging a sorority. She acknowledges that, to this day, some people find this fact to be surprising. But it paid dividends in lifelong friendships and leadership opportunities. “The girls seemed down to earth and fun and grounded,” she said. Kappa Kappa Gamma became her home away from home, and her sisters became her family. “Elisa and I probably would not have been in a sorority anywhere else,” Susan Whittle Duncombe ’98 said, “but at DePauw, your house is just another thing to be a part of. And at least for us at Kappa, we were involved in a lot of things.” Whittle joined Americorps after college and eventually moved to Denver where

she now directs Denver Urban Scholars, a dropout prevention and youth mentoring program. In fact, it was another Kappa who sparked her interest in joining TFA. Carla Gasparra Lane ’95 had returned to campus for homecoming when she told Villanueva Beard all about her work with TFA in Phoenix. “I told her what I was doing, that it was kind of heavy. I wanted to change the world, and I was doing it,” said Lane, adding, “I had no idea I was having an influence.” Villanueva Beard soon set her sights on joining Teach For America. “I remember asking her about it when we were in Australia,” Gardner recalled. “She took me through the application process and how hard it was to get in. It was all she talked about her senior year.” There was another reason that Villanueva Beard found TFA’s mission so compelling, one she mostly hid from DePauw friends. At least in her first couple of years in school, she was treading water, just struggling to keep up. “I was underprepared for the rigors of college, even through I was a top kid in my high school.” She juggled a demanding schedule as a school athlete (she earned a letter her senior year as a shooting guard for the Tigers) while studying countless hours. “On Saturdays, I would be up studying at 4 or 5 a.m. while people were stumbling in from the night,” she said, adding that “It took everything in me to succeed.” Though supported by loving family, friends and mentors, Villanueva Beard has said her struggles to succeed taught her a lot about the nature of systemic educational inequities. In spring 1998, Villanueva Beard interviewed for TFA. “I remember her anxiety leading up to the interview,” Whittle recalled. “Everyone was checking on her. We told her, ‘Elisa, you are going to be great. You’ve got this.’”

“EVERYONE KNOWS THE STATISTICS ABOUT STUDENTS GROWING UP IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES; LESS THAN 10 PERCENT WILL MAKE IT TO AND THROUGH COLLEGE. BUT THEN YOU MEET THESE YOUNG KIDS, AND THEY HAVE ALL THE POTENTIAL IN THE WORLD. THEY WANT TO DO GREAT AND BE GREAT. YOU HAVE TO SEE AND BELIEVE THAT.” – Elisa Villanueva Beard ’98

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“IT WAS A VERY EYEOPENING EXPERIENCE. I WENT TOWARD EDUCATION BECAUSE I FELT I WAS MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON A DAILY BASIS, NOT ONLY FOR MY STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR GENERATIONS.” – Carla Gasparra Lane

each For America founder Wendy Kopp first proposed a national teacher service corps in 1989 while still a student at Princeton University. By the next year, almost 400 recent college graduates fanned out into urban and rural schools serving poor communities in six locations across the country. From this ambitious rollout, the small nonprofit gained a foothold in the imaginations of talented college students looking for meaningful ways to impact the lives of children growing up in poverty. Its highly selective recruitment process and low acceptance rate (around 14 percent) added prestige to the experience. Joining TFA has never been a walk. TFA endured a rocky first decade before gaining its financial and organizational

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footing and starting to grow. In 2000, the nonprofit began to expand its reach, while developing new ways to assess teacher effectiveness and students’ progress. Its “adolescence” was a time of tremendous growth, as the organization sought to double its corps size, increase training and support for teachers and collect better data, among other goals. Last year, more than 5,000 young adults entered classrooms as first-year TFA teachers, spread across 50 regional centers. Its 37,000 alumni include teachers, principals, school administrators, nonprofit executives and professionals in many fields. Villanueva Beard was one of two new TFA recruits working at Bethune Elementary in 1998. At the time, the K-5 school was about 60 percent Latino and 40

TFA experience, she said, “You can’t shake it off.” Carla Gasparra Lane, who earlier had taught at Bethune, said, “It was a very eye-opening experience. I went toward education because I felt I was making a difference on a daily basis, not only for my students, but also for generations.” The experience of getting to know the students, their families and history deepened Villanueva Beard’s commitment to TFA’s mission to provide excellent teachers and advocates for children growing up in poverty. When she looked around at these communities and the resources they had in the classroom, she thought, “This isn’t right.” She had found her purpose at DePauw through struggling and succeeding, she said. “And TFA stamped it.”

B percent African-American, she said. The other newbie was Jessica Peck Donnerstein, who had perfected her Spanish language skills while volunteering and studying abroad. “We were making up some ground right from the start,” said Donnerstein, who recalled that many students didn’t know numbers or colors. The 22-year-old teacher discovered that some of the kindergartners’ parents were her age. Donnerstein taught bilingual kindergarten and then turned her kids over to Villanueva Beard’s first-grade classroom. “We were so excited to be there. Most of the kids were excited to be there,” she said. Today, Donnerstein works in the financial sector, but volunteers in her kids’ school as PTO president and remains “an avid cheerleader for public education.” Of her

y summer 2000, she was helping to train the nonprofit’s newest hires. According to Jerry Hauser, a TFA alumnus who was then its chief operating officer, Villanueva Beard’s “insight and passion” set her apart from the crowd even then. Hauser tried to convince her to apply for a regional executive director job, but she wanted to return to Phoenix and teach for a third year. Besides, she recalled mischievously, “I didn’t ever want to be an executive director.” This was also when Villanueva Beard met her future husband, Jeremy Beard, a TFA alumnus. Jeremy and Elisa married in 2004 and have four young children, all boys, the youngest not yet a year old. Beard, the head of schools for YES Prep Public Schools in Houston, is not only a true partner in the mission of educational access and excellence, but he’s also often taking care of the kids’ schedules during Villanueva Beard’s weekly travels: “I travel probably three days every week, and when I’m home, I’m 100 percent home. My life revolves around when they wake up and go to bed.” She finds the idea of work-life balance kind of laughable. “I get energy

from my professional life, and I get lots of energy from being with [the kids].” In 2001 Villanueva Beard again heard from Hauser. There was a staff opening he thought she would be perfect for – executive director of the Rio Grande Valley region, the southern-most area of Texas that included three counties: Cameron, Starr and Hidalgo. The office also just so happened to be in her hometown of McAllen. Was she interested? Despite having doubts about her ability to perform two of the job’s key tasks – managing people and raising funds – she said yes and moved back to Texas. The youngest TFA regional director in the country, Villanueva Beard thrived in this new environment. She raised TFA’s profile in the community, drawing more corps members (starting from an incoming class of 36 and growing that to about 100) and, crucially, putting the region on sounder financial footing. In just a few short years, the region’s annual fundraising went from $43,000 to more than $1 million. That was critical because about 75 percent of TFA funds are raised in the regions or communities where they work. “I think Elisa’s local roots made a difference,” said Kevin Huffman, a former TFA corps member who served as Tennessee’s commissioner of education from 2011 until earlier this year. “But I always found that the best fundraisers were simply the people who believed most deeply in the work.” Elisa took great pride in being able to have an impact on her own community. If Villanueva Beard has a superpower, it just might be motivating teams to meet big goals. “In the Valley,” Huffman said, “she could explain to people, ‘If we raise X money, we can double our corps. If we double our corps, this is what it will mean for our community.’ She doesn’t set big goals – she sets impossibly big goals, and then rallies people to get them.”

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“YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER? GREAT. PRINCIPAL? GREAT. POLICY MAKER? DOCTOR? ATTORNEY? GREAT. OUR WHOLE HOPE IS THAT TFA CHANGES YOUR LIFE FOREVER, AND YOU DECIDE TO THROW YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ENERGY INTO WORKING FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE.” – Elisa Villanueva Beard ’98

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his kind of success did not go unnoticed, and after four years as executive director of TFA’s Rio Grande Valley region, Kopp called to recruit her to the position of chief operating officer. Now she had a national platform for articulating TFA’s mission in fighting for educational excellence and equity, a mission that was operating in an increasingly complex public policy, economic and media environment. Moving from managing one region to managing dozens of TFA urban and rural regions across the country would be an enormous challenge. She signed on for the job during a time of dramatic growth for TFA. For example, during her tenure, the regional TFA sites grew from 22 to 48 locations. (Today, there are 50 regions.) Villanueva Beard proved herself to be particularly skilled at managing the macro picture while keeping an eye on the micro level. Hauser recalled that when she became COO there was one newer region where the corps members were “very unhappy” about the level of support they were receiving to succeed in the classroom. Villanueva Beard flew to the area and listened to the corps members’ concerns, becoming convinced that “we weren’t upholding our end of the bargain,” Hauser said. “So, she worked alongside the regional director to fix what needed to be fixed. She mobilizes people in a way that brings them along, rather than dividing them.” In many ways, Villanueva Beard’s rise from corps member to the top of TFA leadership exemplifies the success of an organization whose mission is to recruit, train and develop not just teachers, but also leaders and advocates for educational equality. In others, it reflects the DePauw grad’s propensity for taking risks, learning from mistakes and getting “in the game,” to use one of her favorite phrases. In her commencement speech to the DePauw Class of 2013, she said, “From corps

member to executive director of the TFA region in my hometown, to chief operating officer, and now to co-CEO, every move has felt like a real stretch. But if I hadn’t stretched, I never would’ve figured out what my strengths were.” There are still plenty of opportunities for stretching. She has found herself front and center when it comes to experiencing and dealing with the fallout of TFA’s growing pains, the sometimes fraught discourse around education reform, and increasing scrutiny from the media. One persistent criticism has been that TFA’s two-year commitment encourages résumé building and cultural tourism and undermines the idea of teaching as a professional, long-term commitment. While stressing teacher retention – 60 percent of TFA’s corps members stay a third year, according

hen Kopp stepped down as CEO to become board chair in 2013, she had been the public face of TFA for more than 20 years. In her wake, Matt Kramer, the former president of TFA and Villanueva Beard took on co-CEO responsibilities. With Kramer managing administration, program recruitment and such, Villanueva Beard would oversee regional operations and represent the organization publicly. Kopp heads TFA’s national board of directors and leads the worldwide Teach for All organization. “She brings such deep conviction about our work and about the importance of ensuring that all kids who grow up have the opportunity to obtain an excellent education,” Kopp said recently of her protégé. “I don’t know anyone I trust more.” Something else about Villanueva Beard’s brand of leadership: she is a loyal friend who seeks out advice from and supports her Kappa sisters and early TFA friends. “She wouldn’t be the CEO of another forprofit company,” said Whittle, one of her Kappa sisters. “This is her passion, drive, commitment and sacrifice.” New challenges are on the horizon, as TFA negotiates a recent drop in applications that’s drawing renewed scrutiny of the organization’s model. Villanueva Beard is ready to listen and answer. “It’s so important that we forcefully and clearly tell our story and tell it with conviction and clarity.” Villanueva Beard is in the game.

years,” Villanueva Beard said. Almost half of the incoming corps in 2014 came from a low-income background, and about a third were the first in their families to attend college. TFA has also expanded its pool beyond recent graduates to include graduate students and young professionals. Finally, TFA’s data and that of independent researchers confirm that its teachers are as or more effective than traditionally trained teachers. “We have so much evidence of it. Our teachers are effective and doing good work with children, and our alumni are going to have a meaningful impact.” TFA’s supporters can be just as vocal as their critics. “TFA threatens the status quo,” Huffman said. “And the status quo hasn’t worked for poor kids in America, so TFA should be proud to fight against it.”

Photo: Courtesy of Teach For America

to Villanueva Beard – the organization is constantly seeking to improve outcomes and make known its broader goals, which are to create leaders who become fierce advocates for children who grow up in lowincome communities inside and outside of educational settings. “You want to be a teacher? Great. Principal? Great. Policy maker? Doctor? Attorney? Great,” Villanueva Beard said. “Our whole hope is that TFA changes your life forever, and you decide to throw your leadership and energy into working for educational equity and excellence.” When TFA launched, its corps members were mostly drawn from elite colleges with mostly white students. Since then, TFA has greatly increased the diversity of its corps members. “Our biggest increase in diversity has happened in the past two

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HONOR SCHOLARS THRIVE ON

NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS By Larry G. Anderson and Christopher L. Wolfe

You are sitting at a seminar table in Asbury Hall. You are engaged in dialogue with a political science major, creative writing student, violist in the School of Music, biochemistry major and art historian. The violist approaches a novel and challenging topic from a different perspective than the biochemist, who has a different perspective than the creative writer, who has a different perspective than each of the others, etc. There is openminded discussion of peers’ ideas. There are no right or wrong answers. That’s both the challenge and goal of DePauw’s signature Honor Scholar Program. “We want students to step into a classroom with a handful of questions at the beginning of a semester and then leave at the end of the semester with a wheelbarrow full of questions,” says Amy A. Welch, associate director of the Honor

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Scholar Program, now in its 36th year. Founded in 1979, the Honor Scholar Program is the oldest of the University’s Honors and Fellows programs. Welch became the program’s first full-time assistant director in 2000. Kevin E. Moore, the Kenneth S. Wagoner Professor of Psychology, has served as program director for the last six years. There is something in the program that appeals to a broad spectrum of students and their interests. Roughly one-third of Honor Scholars tend to come from the humanities, one-third from social sciences and one-third from natural sciences. Faculty members are drawn from many departments and disciplines. Both students and professors benefit from the experience. “The exciting part is that faculty have to design their courses knowing that a diverse set of students will be at their table,” Welch says. “The Honor Scholar students have a lot of aha

moments as they learn not only from their professors, but also from their fellow students.” As a result, the most common feedback the program receives from graduating Honor Scholars is “I learned to think, and I learned to question.” Colleen B. McArdle ’15 agrees. “Being an Honor Scholar means being inquisitive by nature, seeking to become a lifelong learner and extending your comfort zone to learn about things you never have before. I have heard some describe Honor Scholar seminars as ‘intellectual warfare,’ and while I do not think they’re nearly that extreme, I can honestly say that the Honor Scholar Program made me a better critical thinker and a much better debater.” The program is designed for students who thrive on discovering and exploring connections between different fields, are insatiably curious, eager to engage difficult and unfamiliar topics, and ready to become

intellectual leaders. It plays a pivotal role in DePauw’s commitment to excellence in a liberal arts education. Director Moore notes that Honor Scholars have high curiosity, think in connected ways and possess the intellectual courage to engage with topics that don’t fit neatly into categories. The program looks carefully for these characteristics even before students are on campus. “We recruit Honor Scholars in different ways than other colleges,” Moore says. “At most colleges, acceptance is based on grades and standardized test scores. In the Honor Scholar Program, we look at how a student writes and thinks, and how a student engages with difficult questions. We take students seriously as thinkers and people before they come to the program. “Every student applicant writes an essay, and it is evaluated by two professors – not the Admission Office. Then student applicants participate in an interview, which is set up to resemble a class discussion of the student’s essay with two professors and an upper-level Honor Scholar student. How a student does in the interview and on the essay are the main determinants of whether he or she is selected.” Once in the program, Honor Scholars participate in five seminars, including two first-year seminars, and while they take honors classes, they are also encouraged to explore classes outside their discipline. “Students and professors have a lot of freedom to be interdisciplinary,” Moore says. “Faculty have the opportunity to work and talk with students about things that might not fit neatly into the professor’s discipline. In this way, the Honor Scholar Program is integrated into DePauw as a complement to the academic mission.” The classes aren’t the traditional style

TYLER J. BUSSIAN HOMETOWN: Lena, Ill. MAJOR: Biology HIS THESIS: A 5 Million Years Old Experiment: The Evolutionary Dynamics of a Cavernous Environment WHILE HE WAS HERE: Information Technology Associates Program (ITAP) associate and member of Delta Upsilon HIS PLANS: Attending Mayo Clinic Graduate School for Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology STUDENT AND SCHOLAR: “The Honor Scholar classes feel like graduate-level courses in the fact that your grade is determined by how you engage with the material instead of how well you have memorized a concept. None of the classes have tests, and many times you feel like you’ve learned more about the topic because of this.”

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TAZREE A. KADAM HOMETOWN: Fishers, Ind. MAJOR: Economics HER THESIS: The Effect of Women’s Autonomy in South India: Arranged Marriage and Dowry Culture WHILE SHE WAS HERE: Member of the Management Fellows program, CFO of DePauw’s Timmy Global Health student organization, Prindle Prize recipient for her Honor Scholar thesis, and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors HER PLANS: Financial analyst for Goldman Sachs, Chicago LEARNING FOR LIFE: “It was amazing to me to find how taking a class on European modern art or the theory of consciousness can help you build relationships over shared interests in the real world.”

of honors classes that you find at other institutions, according to Tyler J. Bussian ’15. “The Honor Scholar classes feel like graduate-level courses in the fact that your grade is determined by how you engage with the material instead of how well you have memorized a concept. None of the classes have tests, and many times you feel like you’ve learned more about the topic because of this.” As seniors, Honor Scholars write a thesis (see list of this year’s graduating seniors and their thesis titles that accompanies this story), which is a culminating, interdisciplinary project that involves a student’s independent study, research, academic expertise, community service or other work. “In writing the thesis, I feel like I grew from an undergraduate student into something more,” Katherine R. Tozer ’15 said. “My committee kept encouraging me to publish my thesis, telling me that I was cultivating skills I would use after college – such as teaching myself and setting my own schedule.” An Honor Scholar’s thesis tends to be thorough and long, sometimes nearly book length. In fact, students have literally written a novel. As an indicator of their mindset, when DePauw Magazine asked this year’s graduating Honor Scholars to provide brief answers to six questions on

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Number of students selected for the Honor Scholar Program since 2001-02.

one sheet of paper, some of them requested additional sheets of paper in order to complete their answers. Faculty members guide students through the seminars and then the thesis, on which they work during the entire senior year. Honor Scholars collaborate with three to five faculty members from at least two academic departments on their individual project. Sometimes students and faculty also work with outside experts. For example, one Honor Scholar’s senior project involved gene research with an international scientific organization. Another student worked with scientists at Eli Lilly and Company, and parts of her thesis were redacted because of the commercial and proprietary aspects of the research. “I was surprised by the level of attention I received from my sponsor, my thesis committee and even other faculty as I completed my thesis,” Emily C. Vincent ’15 said. “I also didn’t realize that our thesis projects could continue beyond DePauw. I will present my thesis (“The Feral Cat Conundrum: Assessing the Science and Ethics of Trap-Neuter-Return”) at an environmental studies conference in San Diego this summer, and I hope to publish my work. I also chose a project with practical implications for Greencastle, and I hope that my work can help our local cats and the community as a whole.”

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Students were invited to interview for the Honor Scholar Program for the 2014-15 academic year. Faculty members select students for the program through a rigorous review of submitted essays and discussion with students.

RYAN W. PRANGER HOMETOWN: Fort Wayne, Ind. MAJOR: Conflict studies HIS THESIS: A Historical Analysis of the Marriage Equality Movement in Indiana WHILE HE WAS HERE: Student Government vice president for student life, president of Exalt! Gospel choir, president of DePauw’s Restorative Justice Program and Hubbard Center civic intern HIS PLANS: Financial advisor for Prudential Financial, Indianapolis TRUST YOURSELF: “The most challenging experience was balancing three different faculty opinions about my thesis. While there was a shared vision of the project, each person had hopes and visions about what it would look like. You have to work through the ups and downs while still being original in your creation; what you have learned and what you have lived make you the best Honor Scholar you can be.”

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RACHEL L. ROBIN HOMETOWN: Saint Peters, Mo. MAJOR: Piano performance HER THESIS: Do Institutions have Memories?: A Study of Personal Memories and Institutional History at the DePauw School of Music WHILE SHE WAS HERE: Member of DePauw’s Women in Economics and Business (WEB), Pi Kappa Lambda honorary music society member, and performed at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris in November 2014 HER PLANS: Attending Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business for a M.S. degree in information systems NO STONE UNTURNED: “Being an honor scholar means synthesizing diverse ideas and academic fields. It means having a truly interdisciplinary education.”

In addition to bolstering academic life on campus, the Honor Scholar Program has had a direct impact on the University’s curriculum. DePauw’s first-year seminar program was modeled on the Honor Scholar seminars. The University’s 2-2-2 distribution requirement – in which students must take two classes in the humanities, two in social sciences and two in natural sciences in order to graduate – is patterned after the Honor Scholar Program. Not surprisingly, a significant number of Honor Scholars apply for and receive competitive fellowships and awards, such as Fulbright grants and Critical Language Scholarships to teach abroad. In the last seven years, four presidents and one vice president of DePauw Student Government were Honor Scholars. Six Honor Scholars were among the 18 students recognized in the First Annual Prindle Prize Program this year, in which The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics recognizes students for their dedication to ethics in their academic work and their involvement with the Prindle Institute. One of this year’s graduating Honor Scholars who received a Prindle Prize for her thesis, Tazree A. Kadam, anticipates the interdisciplinary nature of a future after DePauw. “I think what surprised me was how applicable some of my Honor Scholar classes have been to my life outside of DePauw, and even post-graduation,” she said “It was amazing to me to find how taking a class on modern European art or the theory of consciousness can help you build relationships over shared interests in the real world.”

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MAJORS AND THESES TITLES – Honor Scholar Class of 2015 BRANDON T. BEKKERING Computer science, philosophy Christianity and Communicative Technologies: A Focus on Cyber-Catholicism’s Influence on Political Activism in the U.S.

EMILY C. VINCENT

MEAGAN A. COMBS Computer science Musical Stairs: Encouraging Physical Activity through Persuasive Technology

HOMETOWN: Cincinnati

ANNA B. GATDULA Music, literature Mahler the Enigma: Progressive Composer, Traditional Conductor

HER THESIS: The Feral Cat Conundrum: Assessing the Science and Ethics of Trap-Neuter-Return

MEGAN M. HANNEMANN Biochemistry, Spanish The Sub-Saharan Water Crisis: An Analysis of its Impact on Public Health in Urban and Rural Nigeria

WHILE SHE WAS HERE: Writing Center tutor, recipient of the Walker Gilmer Prize for outstanding junior or senior in English literature and the Dr. Irving Serlin Distinguished Honor Scholar Award, graduated Phi Beta Kappa, vice president for programming at Delta Gamma, and member of DePauw Campus Cats Allies

CLAYTON G. KNAPPENBERGER Economics An Economic Analysis of Mars Exploration and Colonization MEREDITH D. LOCKMAN Political science Out of the Garden COLLEEN B. MCARDLE Biology, Spanish Zoo Animals, Livestock, and Pets, Oh MY! An Exploration of the Ethics of Captive Breeding ERIN L. MINNICK Biology Biological Basis of Motherhood and Effect of Stress on Maternal Psychophysiology ALEXANDER S. K. PARKER Political science, economics Food Apocalypse Now: An Epistemological Understanding of the Coming Food Crisis STEFANIE PAVLICK Biology, German Tuberculosis as A Metaphor for Isolation: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Tuberculosis KATHLEEN M. RAYMOND-JUDY English, biology Completeless Show

MAJOR: Biology and English literature

HER PLANS: Attending The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine A LIVING THESIS: “I didn’t realize that our thesis projects could continue beyond DePauw. I am presenting my thesis at an environmental studies conference in San Diego and hope to publish my work in some form. I also chose a project with practical implications for Greencastle, and I hope that my work can help our local cats and the community as a whole.”

KATHERINE R. TOZER English School Smart DAKOTA N. WATSON Computer science, history When Change is Not Enough: A Historic Review of Diversity Initiatives at DePauw University

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For students who face obstacles, DePauw is

CHANGING By Christopher L. Wolfe

Terry A. Noble’s office is one of the first you pass when you walk through the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts lobby. As DePauw’s music library manager, it’s the nicest spot she’s occupied during a 30-year career at her alma mater. Noble is one of many alumni who’ve stuck around or returned after graduation. But if you catch a glimpse of the graduation photos that decorate her bookshelf, something sticks out. Except for a touch more gray in her hair, the Terry sitting at the desk looks nearly the same as the Terry in the cap and gown. Not long after she moved to Greencastle in the early 1980s, an unexpected shake-up in her personal life forced Noble to look for work. She found a job at DePauw and, with a new life ahead of her, seized upon one of the perks of employment in higher

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education: she took her first college course, then her second, then her third. One class per semester for 17 years until, at age 46, she did something her parents never did. She graduated from college. Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, too. Noble never cared much about fitting in at college. Even if she had, any hope of that could have been derailed dozens of times over. There was the application essay, with prompts such as “Describe what you’ll do the summer after you graduate from high school.” On the first day of one psychology class, other students shifted nervously in their seats thinking that she was the professor, conducting some kind of experiment on them. The age divide between her and other students grew so much that by the time she graduated in 2003, she’d been in college longer than the incoming class had been alive. Ultimately, none of that mattered for Noble. She had friends, a full-time job and a place in the

community. As a nontraditional college student, all she had to think about was balancing coursework and work work. But what about a different student, living away from home for the first time and feeling like an outsider? Yesenia Silva ’17 dealt with typical freshman problems during her first semester at DePauw. She was homesick. She missed her mom’s cooking. Laundry was a pain. There were other things, too, spurred by the kind of doubts that can follow students from low-income areas or whose parents never went to college. Or, in Silva’s case, all of the above. In her first-year seminar, she remembered thinking that other students in the class seemed farther ahead and comfortable engaging with the professor. “I felt so lost,” Silva says. “I wouldn’t participate much because I didn’t know what to say. I felt intimidated. These students were well rounded. They came from better schools, private schools. My

THE ODDS high school wasn’t the best; I didn’t get the same education as they did. We may have learned similar things, but not in the same way. I realized, wow, I’m so behind. That kind of scared me.” Traditional higher education statistics didn’t account for the importance of a sense of belonging, and yet, it’s one of the top reasons students report for dropping out, particularly among those who don’t quite fit the stereotypical college profile. Sure, firstsemester struggles are a near-universal part of college life, but what if a student doesn’t know that? What if they see a failed quiz or classroom anxiety as a sign – “I don’t belong here”? On paper, Silva’s chances of earning a college degree weren’t great, or even fair. At the Chicago public school Silva attended, only 20 percent of students meet state education standards. Nearly all of them come from low-income households, and one in 20 classify as homeless. According

to a March 2015 report by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), only 14 percent of students from Silva’s economic and environmental background will attend a four-year institution. And the problem isn’t limited to getting into college. For those who do, nearly half won’t finish. All the statistics suggest that Silva faced incredible odds the second she was born. Instead, those numbers have been flipped on their head. See, Yesenia has a Posse.

Posse Foundation The Posse Foundation is a leadership-based program that draws nominees from public high schools in New York, Chicago and other urban centers in the United States each year. That many of its students are from diverse backgrounds is reflective of the demographics of public-school attendees rather than how the program recruits. The full-tuition scholarships its members

earn from participating institutions are not based on need or achievement, nor are they rationed by race or ethnicity. Posse’s Dynamic Assessment Process narrows down thousands of high school nominees in cities across the country by putting them together and asking them to talk about tough issues. The ones who stand out move on until only a few hundred remain. In 10-person groups – posses – they matriculate together at leading universities, bridging home and college life, and providing a social support structure from day one. This model accepts as fact that otherwise capable college students needlessly slip through the cracks. “I never would have dropped out of college, if I’d had my posse with me,” a college dropout once told founder Deborah Bial, inspiring the program and its name. In Posse, Silva wasn’t alone. She had (and has) friends to lean on and a campus mentor to vent to. She could see that her

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LEFT: Yesenia Silva ’17

problems were, for better or worse, shared by others. In Posse, Silva’s likelihood of graduation rose from a coin flip to 90 percent, the organization’s national rate. “I still hear other students talking sometimes, and I’ll think, ’Wow, how do you know that?’ But now I’m able to work with that and use it to push myself. I don’t think of it as them being smarter than I am. We were just raised differently. There are times when my classmates have not dealt with issues such as being a student of color. In that sense, I can help them become more informed, too.” The Posse-DePauw relationship is a two-way street. Former DePauw president Robert G. Bottoms began the connection in 1996 with a posse from the organization’s New York chapter. In 2001 the University became the first to host two posses when the University welcomed the new Chicago branch, cofounded by trustee Timothy H. Ubben ’58, to campus. In turn, Posse has provided year after year of bright young minds – students who might not otherwise have gone to DePauw or perhaps any college. Students like Silva, a Civic Fellow and first-year resident assistant, or 2014 Walker Cup recipient Sandy Tran ’14, who spent more than 1,500 hours doing volunteer work.

Different Challenges There are other, smaller programs that also have the potential to improve academic success for every student who falls into the “disadvantaged” rubric. Stanford University psychologist Greg

INCOMES AND OUTCOMES

$37, 565

Median family income for firstgeneration students nationally (Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles)

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21%

10-year rolling average of firstgeneration students at DePauw, roughly the same as legacy students

119

First-generation students in DePauw’s Class of 2019

RIGHT: Terry Noble during commencement 2003.

M. Walton calls them wise interventions: targeted disruptions in psychological cycles that can turn speed bumps into roadblocks. In one study that Walton conducted on social belonging in college, first-year students read stories written by upperclassmen about the challenges they faced and how they overcame them. The first-year students then wrote reflections of their own uncertainty about coming to college. This single, one-hour session produced measurable improvements in retention and GPA that continued to graduation. To date, Walton and his College Transition Consortium have focused their work on students at large universities, but different environments create different challenges. What they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know is, do these differences matter? For instance, if a first-year student at a school the size of DePauw reads about another student coping with a class in a lecture hall with 800 others, will the message still resonate? What is known is this: the same CIC report that outlined Silvaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long odds of graduation also showed that first-generation and low-income students at small private colleges enjoy greater success in nearly every measurable category compared to other types of academic institutions. They interact more with their professors. They participate in more extracurricular and athletic activities. They graduate in higher numbers, and more often than not, with far less (or zero) student debt. While the national effort to close achievement gaps continues, DePauw students from all backgrounds are in the right place to change the odds.

$31,818 Average institutional grant offered to first-year, first-generation students in the Class of 2019

71%

51%

Small private colleges

Public universities

Four-year graduation rate for low-income and first-generation students at small private colleges versus public universities (The Council of Independent Colleges)

$25,574

Annual increase in mid-career earnings for a DePauw graduate over expectations for like institutions (The Brookings Institution)

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connections: engaging with depauw Philanthropy and Excellence Weekend, April 17-18, 2015

DePauw’s multicultural community was celebrated with panel discussions, University update and keynote presentations at the second annual Philanthropy and Excellence Weekend. 1. DePauw alumni attend panel discussion “Diversity and Inclusion: Is it a Buzzword or Core Competency” on campus April 18. From top left clockwise: Carl Merritt ’10, India Lashae Chambers ’09, Aretha Butler ’09, Adrienne Cobb ’09, Janelle Edwards ’07, Amber Lynne Valverde ’09 and Aiesha Jones ’10. 2. Naoimy Guerrero ’12 asks a question during the panel discussion at Philanthropy and Excellence Weekend.

3. Myron El ’76 and his wife, Sheri, speak to the alumni panel in Watson Forum. 4. Michael Akinbola ’09 listens as President Brian W. Casey speaks during Philanthropy and Excellence Weekend.

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Topping Out Ceremony May 7, 2015, East College Lawn

A topping out ceremony was held to celebrate construction and encourage students, faculty, staff and alumni to be a part of DePauwâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history by signing a beam to be placed atop Hoover Hall. 1. The signed beam is lowered into place in construction during the Topping Out Ceremony of Hoover Hall on May 7.

2. Alumni and friends look on as the beam is lifted to add to Hoover Hall. 3. Dave Hoover '67, Suzanne Hoover '67, President Casey, Sarah Wallace '76 and Jim G. Stewart '64 pose with the signed beam before it is placed atop Hoover Hall. 4. Students were given the opportunity to sign the beam to be placed during the Topping Out Ceremony on campus May 7. 5. A construction worker signs the beam during the Topping Out Ceremony. 6. A small representation of Hoover Hall sits atop the signed beam on East College Lawn.

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connections: engaging with depauw Alumni Reunion Weekend June 5-7, 2015 1. Alumni relax on the East College Lawn during Reunion Weekend. 2. Dinner is served under the tent on East College Lawn during Friday evening of Alumni Reunion Weekend. 3. Fred Gass ’65, a 50th Reunion Volunteer, with a friend. 4. President Brian W. Casey, Susan Stirling Little ’69, Sarah Reese Wallace ’76, Anne Korb Shane ‘71 and Alumni Association President Brent St. John ’89 after the awards ceremonies at the All-Alumni Kickoff on Friday evening. 5. Kate Wagner Swanson ’95, right, and Alicia Cannon Alfano ’95 enjoy the band in the tent during Saturday evening’s festivities 6. Alumni gather in historic Meharry Hall for the Meeting of the Alumni Association on Saturday. 7. Students Anna Gawlik ’16 and Shakira Gibson ’16 meet outside of the Washington C. DePauw Society fountain. 8. President Brian W. Casey speaks to the alumni body during the Meeting of the Alumni Association: A Convocation for All Alumni. 9. Reunion attendees gather for “Revisiting the 60s,” an Alumni College presented by John A. Dittmer, professor emeritus of history and accompanied by Mary Ann Brauninger Wynkoop ’65. 10. Mary McCracken Tyndall ’90, Ellen Shideler Wheeler ’90, Betsy Kiel Horner ’90 and Elizabeth Wrobel ’90 outside of the All-Alumni Reception on East College Lawn. 11. The class of 1985 enjoys their class dinner in the Emison Building and Museum. 12. Nilda Bueno ’05 and sister Yarely Bueno sitting and enjoying campus on the boulder.

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connections: engaging with depauw THE CAMPAIGN: HOW ARE WE DOING? Total gifts as of May 31, 2015

Gifts of less than $1,000 totaled

$222,991,660 ACADEMIC LIFE $44,667,354 60% to goal by percentage STUDENT ACCESS AND FINANCIAL AID $57,629,150 58% to goal by percentage STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES $14,849,054 59% to goal by percentage THE CAMPUS $69,835,168 93% to goal by percentage THE FUND FOR DEPAUW $17,279,488 69% to goal by percentage

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$1,891,273

43 21 109 175 195 12,420

GIFT RANGES Number of gifts by size

$1 million and up $500,000-999,999 $100,000-499,999 $25,000-99,999 $10,000-24,999

Less than $10,000

7,677 13,620

total donors

total Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) gifts

10,406 total alumni donors

number of campaign events organized this year

Old Gold Weekend October 9-10, 2015 Register online at depauw.edu/alumni. Attend a Green Guest Artist Concert featuring Sweet Honey in the Rock. Cheer on the Tigers at a men's or women's soccer game and a football game vs. Wittenberg. Celebrate alumni achievement with the dedication of S. Page Cotton Field and Athletics Hall of Fame inductions.

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1943

Penny Parker (Ellen Pengilly) is entering four big ballroom dance competitions this year. She placed first in 17 out of 18 dances in the 81+ years category with silver and gold routines at St. Louis in March.

1945

Richard W. Smith is author of Bishop McIlvaine, Slavery, Britain & the Civil War. He is a professor emeritus of history at Ohio Wesleyan University. (See Recent Words, page 15.)

1951

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.

Norval B. Stephens Jr. received the NorthAmerican Interfraternity Conference Gold Medal, April 19, 2015. The Gold Medal recognizes those who have given outstanding lifetime service to the fraternal movement. Norval is a past president of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and former chairman of the Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation. He is a lifetime trustee of DePauw.

1952

Lee H. Hamilton is among five 2015 inductees into the Capital One Academic All-America® Hall of Fame. Inductees are selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Lee was a basketball standout as an undergraduate at DePauw. He served 34 years with distinction in the United States House of Representatives.

1954

Dr. Richard J. Houck is recipient of the Samaritan Counseling Centers’ Good Samaritan Service Award. The centers serve Indiana communities. Richard is president of the board of International Friendship Gardens as well as president

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ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 - Members of the Class of 1955 and prior John “Jack” C. Wright ’50; Benjamin “Ben” G. Cochran ’55; Phyllis (Walker) Nicholas ’55.

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 1960 Row 1: Kenneth “Ken” R. Todd; Doris “Dorie” (Taylor) Maxwell; Robert “Bob” J. Darnall. Row 2: Gary L. Wegenke. of the medical staff at St. Anthony Hospital, president of the LaPorte (Ind.) County Medical Society, trustee of the Thirteenth District of the Indiana State Medical Association and assistant treasurer of the Indiana State Medical Association. He and his wife, Jean, cofounded Northern Indiana Association for Children with Learning Disabilities.

1955

Sally Brown McKinney has traveled as a journalist in Fiji, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania and 41 other countries. Sally currently volunteers for the Bloomington (Ind.)-based Kilimanjaro Education Outreach. She has given presentations at conferences of the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism in Zambia, Uganda and Thailand. Sally’s email address is goingslowernow@gmail.com. (See photo.)

1956

Dianne Schneider Trees and her husband, John “Jack” S. Trees ’54, have relocated to the Sagewood Retirement home in Phoenix. They discovered several other DePauwites living at Sagewood. (See photo.)

1957

H. E. Barney Burroughs was honored by the National Air Filtration Society (NAFA) as a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was commended for his 50-year career of contributions to the filtration, air cleaning and air quality industry. Barney is a Fellow and past president of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, a technical society, from which he received the Exceptional Service Award. He received the DePauw Community Leader Award at his 50th class reunion.

Residents of Sagewood Retirement home in Phoenix include John S. Trees ’54, Dianne Schneider Trees ’56, Dick and Jean Savage (parents of Michelle Savage Caw ’88), William M. Pendleton ’53, Elly Pendleton, Robert K. Whipple ‘53, Helen Whipple, Rose Levine (worked at WGRE radio and started the first kindergarten in Greencastle), Norm Levine (DePauw professor of history 1965-70), Shirley Craig Karas ’56, George G. Karas ’56 and Stephen R. Crosby ’61 (not pictured).

Members of the 1962 Delta Delta Delta class met in St. George, Utah. Attending were Jo Anne Stickrod Nash ’62, Julie Newton Machen ’62, Sandra Frakes Parsons ’62, Julianne Myers Nelson ’62, Janalee Smith Holmes ’62 and Linda Kissell Browne ’62.

Robert C. Sammons concluded several years as an executive partner for the University of Dayton’s M.B.A. program. He continues to be a student candidate adviser.

1958

Julia Whitney Dawson was honored at a special reception and gala dinner as a Pillar of Vibrancy in Culture by The Community House in Birmingham, Mich. She was selected for using her art and writing skills in the Detroit area for many community, art and garden organizations.

1959

William V. Blake III swam in the United States Masters Swimming Spring National Championship in San Antonio, Texas, April 23-26, 2015. He competed in five freestyle events and four relays, and two of the relay teams, 200-yard men’s medley and 200-yard mixed medley,

finished first. All events were in the 75+ age group. Bill swims with MOST (Masters of South Texas) and has competed in Master’s swimming since 2003. Bill’s email address is 2blakes@ sbcglobal.net.

1961

Don R. Daseke was The Robert C. McDermond Honorary Lecture speaker, May 6, 2015, at DePauw. Don, who is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Daseke Inc, was presented the Robert C. McDermond Medal for Excellence in Entrepreneurship. Don is a founding director of the McDermond Center for Management & Entrepreneurship. He is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees.

1962

In March 2015, six Tri Deltas from the Class of 1962 met in St. George, Utah, to celebrate their 75th birthdays together. (See photo.)

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1964

Rev. Neil D. Cowling retired in November 2013 after 46 years as pastor in the Presbyterian Church. He served churches in Weedsport, N.Y.; Terre Haute, Ind.; Toledo and Clay Center, Ohio; and for the last 28 years as pastor of the Kirk of Our Savior in Westland, Mich. Neil was granted the title of pastor emeritus upon his retirement from the Kirk. He and his wife, Paula, live in Westland, Mich. Neil’s email address is neilcowling@ comcast.com.

Carol Parks Morrison is author of Skittle The Orphan Racehorse and Other Race Horse Tales. Carol’s stories are about her family’s horse experiences. Her short stories, written for youngsters, are about foaling, early training, attending sales and end-of-life situations, all of which contain meaningful life lessons.

1965

David L. Callies ’65 is the Benjamin A. Kudo Professor of Law at University of Hawaii’s William S. Richardson School of Law. He was recognized by the Owners’ Counsel of America, a nationwide network of eminent domain and property rights attorneys, with its Crystal Eagle Award for his lifetime of scholarship about land use, eminent domain, and regulatory takings law both nationally and internationally. At the law school, David teaches property, land use, and state and local government law. He is author or coauthor 20 books and more than 80 articles on topics relating

to real property law, takings law, and land use and development in both the United States and Asia. Sarah McCall Grant is director of external relations for John Muir Health. She is NPC delegate for Alpha Phi International, past chair of NPC, past president of Alpha Phi International and past president of Alpha Phi Foundation. Sally’s email address is sallymgrant@gmail.com.

1966

Jay A. Bardole is professor emeritus of chemistry at Vincennes University. He received

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Larry L. Murdock was appointed the 12th active distinguished professor

in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture. He joined the Purdue faculty in 1977. His work during the past 28 years with the Purdue Improved Crop Storage project has had significant worldwide impact.

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 1965 Row 1: Linda (Morgan) Maini; Brenda (McCutchan) Constantine; Karen (Pearson) Staulcup; Katherine “Kathy” (Hays) Fox; Patricia “Pat” (Boynton) Frey; Joan (Portle) Abrahamsen; Judith “Judy” (Samuel) Meyer; Beth (Kovacs) Gibson; Valerie (Watson) Hamilton; Sharon “Pinkie” (Latham) Beck; Helen (Boardman) Duncan; Carol (Stoner) Raitzer; Marlys (Johnson) Swanson; Sandra “Sandy” (Jones) Anderson. Row 2: Jacqueline “Jackie” Vincent; Virginia “Ginny” (Dirks) Krauss; Jane (Eklund) Anderson; Judith “Judy” (Detrick) Harris; Mary (Ewing) Gosline; Martha “Marty” (Jackson) Fisher; Barbara (Perdue) Osterling; Katherine “Kathy” M. Hart; Marilyn (Rupprecht) Hart; Gail (Childs) Glover; Carolyn (Van Epps) Brookmeyer; Larry R. Morrison; Nancy (Mueller) Morrison. Row 3: Kathryn (McAdam) Montoya; Tim B. Hunter; Curtis “Curt” W. Bush; James “Jim” M. Hess; Richard “Dick” G. Baumgartner; Joan (Kroll) Dunn; James “Jim” G. Dunn; John C. Harbottle; C. Vinton “Vin” Hoey Jr.; Peter “Pete” J. McIntosh; Gerald “Jerry” A. Ostermann; Bronson C. Davis. Row 4: Patricia “Pat” L. Murphy; Margaret “Peggy” (Tucker) Key; Thomas “Tom” R. Bollinger; Bruce M. Voorheis; Richard “Rick” B. Ferrell; Theodore “Ted” K. Payne; William “Bill” T. Evans; Fredrick “Fred” C. Stadler; William “Bill” F. Bennett; Richard C. Williams; Bruce P. Bickner; Frank H. Lennox Jr. Row 5: John V. De Stefano; David E. Kranbuehl; Robert “Bob” B. Holland; Elizabeth “Betsy” (Gross) Holland; Alexander “Alex” L. Rogers; James “Jim” V. Palmer; Ralph T. Jones; Bruce W. Jeffreys; Lloyd E. McHoes; B. Laurence “Larry” Hulbert; Mercedes M. Condy. Row 6: Walter “Wally” L. Naftzger; Fred J. Bartizal Jr.; Susan (Ferry) Bartizal; Jeffrey “Jeff” P. Stack; Lucy (Carter) Stack; Keith A. Gossard; William “Bill” C. Oberlin; T. Doyle Letbetter; David H. Kaeuper; Jeffrey “Jeff” E. Lortz; Glenn “Bob” R. Silcott Jr. Row 7: Gordon B. Finley Jr.; John A. Drees; Robert H. Gardner; Earl R. Liebich; Theodore “Ted” L. Crouch; Betty (Boyd) Pyle; Catherine “Cathi” (Hash) Dillon; Brenda (Montgomery) Tewel; Michael “Mike” E. Fehling; R. Terry Moore; Richard Shusha; Joseph “Joe” R. Sims. Row 8: John V. Barnett Jr.; George A. Gilbert; Bob L. Lee; Anne (Self) Lee; David W. Gilbert; William “Bill” E. Decker; Frederick “Fred” S. Gass ’64; Ronald “Ron” C. Heaton; Thomas “Tom” W. McClain; Schuyler “Sky” W. Huck; Jean (Graham) Eisele; Michael W. Street. Row 9: Donald M. Malinovsky; Donald “Don” E. Jones; Sarah “Sally” (McCall) Grant; Sarah (Roberts) Houghland; Joseph “Joe” C. Nowlin; David L. Callies; Ronald “Ron” L. Bateman; Peter Starn; Bruce J. BonDurant; Dennis F. Siebert; David T. Prosser Jr.; Joseph “Joe” H. Danks; Thomas “Tom” S. Porter. 44 DEPAUW MAGAZINE SUMMER 2015

an honorary doctorate at the University’s commencement ceremony on May 2, 2015. Robert D. Hisrich is associate dean for graduate and international programs at Kent State University’s College of Business Administration. Robert is a prominent global entrepreneurship scholar and serves as the Bridgestone Chair in International Marketing. He has been a visiting or honorary professor at more than eight universities in six different countries. He is author or coauthor of 36 books and has written more than 300 articles on entrepreneurship, international business management and marketing. Timothy L. Scott is author of Ben Hogan: The Myths Everyone Knows, The Man No One Knew. From 1974-82 Scott was assistant to the president of Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company and developed a friendship with Hogan. (See Recent Words, page 15.)

1967

Jack M. Hogan celebrated with his friends and teammates, the starting five of Coach Elmer McCall’s 1964-65 basketball team, at a party at the Antelope Club, Jan. 2, 2015. They celebrated the 50th anniversary of Jack’s game-winning shot in the final seconds of the Tigers’ 90-89 victory in Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse. Jack was cited by TIME magazine for his basketball prowess. (See photo.)

Sparta, Mich. He and his wife, Teri, with their children, their children’s spouses and grandchildren, travel back and forth between the western Upper Peninsula, Mich., and Marco Island, Fla.

1970

Sue Anne Starnes Gilroy is the 2015 recipient of the Nancy A. Maloley Outstanding Public Servant Award, which annually recognizes a Hoosier Republican woman who has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to serving the public good through appointed governmental and political office. Sue is vice president of development and executive director of the St. Vincent Foundation. David A. Martin, a University of Virginia School of Law professor and leading scholar in immigration, constitutional law and international law, was appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Members of the council advise on homeland security policies, provide policy analysis, make recommendations on security issues and evaluate the impact of existing policies.

Jack M. Hogan ’67, Thomas A. McGurk Jr. ’68, Stanley L. Bahler ’66, C. Morgan Everson ’66 and Daniel L. Schermer ’67, members of the 1964-65 basketball team, celebrate the 50th anniversary of DePauw’s 90-89 win against Butler University.

John G. Meyer III ’69 and Robert C. Wilson ’70 at the Porsche High Performance Driver Education Event at Roebling Road Raceway, Savannah, Ga., Feb 13-15, 2015.

John G. Meyer III bought his first Porsche in 1969. Robert C. Wilson ’70 waited until 1974. John became a Porsche Club of America (PCA) member in 1975, and Robert joined in 1997. John started attending Driver Education schools in 1981 and began instructing at Roebling Road Raceway, west of Savannah, Ga., in 2009. The Porsche High Performance Driver Education event Feb. 13-15 was Robert’s first event, and John was his instructor. At DePauw, John got Robert interested in bicycle racing. They were both on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon 1969 Little 500 Winning Team along with Charles S. Aker ’72 and William A. Baum ’71. It was the last Little 500 run on a cinder track. (See photo.) William W. Reed retired after 44 years as an independent insurance agent in

Photo: KIWI Photography

1969

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 1970 Row 1: Thomas “Tom” C. Dascoli; Susan (Cotts) Kell; Marjorie (Lentz) Porter; Nancy “Nan” (Martin) Podurgiel; Mary (Leonard) Ramshaw; Judith “Judy” A. Edstrom; Sue Anne (Starnes) Gilroy; Pamela (Phelps) Peeler; Elizabeth “Betsy” (Skinner) Cochran; Mary Lou (Keppen) Donkersloot; Christine “Christi” (Hurstel) Gerhardt. Row 2: Stephen “Steve” D. Boyce; Edgar “Ted” K. Collison; Dale (Hanscom) Krone; Sarah “Sally” (Robinson) Lister; Sally (Reid) Dinwiddie; Catherine “Cathy” (Walz) Rundle; Linda J. Shaw; Jamie (McDaniel) Schulte; Catherine “Katie” (Huff) Gottfred. Row 3: Thomas “Tom” F. Jenkins; Dan Nock; James “Cy” H. Young ’71; Perry L. Taylor Jr.; Karen (Beardsley) Taylor; Ann L. Rogers; Lani A. Novak; Roxie J. Stone; Karen (Kaegi) Dean. Row 4: Thomas “Tom” G. Spiece; Robert “Bob” E. Brolin; G. David B. Voges; John B. Norberg; Peter M. Donahower; Patricia “Patti” (Lutz) Goodman; Nancy (Zippel) Gloe; Diane (Hotham) Mark; Michael “Mike” L. Smith; Richard “Dick” C. Kraege. Row 5: Thomas “Tom” E. Lister; David A. Martin; Cynthia “Cyndy” (Lorman) Martin; Robert “Bob” G. Casey; Elsie (Ferguson) Rafferty; Diane S. Kartalia; Constance “Connie” (Mork) Nuss; Robert “Bob” G. Hughes; William “Bill” W. Doyle; Willard “Bill” J. Frederick; Robert “Bob” B. Trowbridge. Row 6: Larry R. Downs; James “Jim” E. Robinson; Noel D. Humphreys; Frank M. Wright; Richard “Rich” E. Kimmel; Kipling “Kip” N. White; Bo Walker; Steven “Steve” A. Holt. SUMMER 2015 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 45

1971

Joseph S. and Marcia Lynne (Utter) Northrop live in Huntington, Ind. Lynne retired from Pike Lumber Company, Inc. as corporate secretary in October 2014, and she continues as an advisory director. Joe continues to practice law in Huntington. He is chairman of the board of directors of Pike Lumber Company, Inc.

1973

Susan P. Stuart was honored by the Tri-Creek Education Foundation’s Lowell (Ind.) High School

Alumni of the Year program. She is a law professor and associate dean at Valparaiso University.

1974

Susan L. Lutter is director of Act For Great Apes, which works on gorilla conservation and community development in Cameroon, and she serves on the board of directors of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance. Susan’s email address is susan@ actforgreatapes.org. (See photo.)

1975

Mary L. Pierson is cochief executive officer of Fairpointe Capital LLC, a registered investment adviser. Mary was one of the founders of the company in 2011. (See photo.) Kathleen Snell Jagger is vice president of academic affairs and dean of the college at Thomas More College. Kathleen is a former professor of microbiology and public health at DePauw.

1976

W. Blaine Early III is a partner in the law firm of Stites & Harbison, PLLC, in the Lexington, Ky., office in the environmental, natural resources and energy service group. He received the Client Choice Award for 2015 for outstanding client service in the environment and climate change practice in Kentucky.

Susan L. Lutter ‘74

Mary L. Pierson ‘75

Kurtis B. Reeg is a partner in Goldberg Segalla’s global insurance services, product liability and toxic torts practice groups in Saint Louis. Kurtis is a trustee

on Missouri Baptist Medical Center’s Board of Trustees and serves as a member of the board’s medical ethics committee.

1977

Frederick N. Ropkey III is chief executive officer of Legacy Travel Club, an Indianapolisbased startup.

1978

JoAnn Ford Watson is a professor of theology and spiritual formation at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio. She published the seventh and final volume, Words of Grace, in her series titled Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: Eighteenth-Century, BritishBaptist, Woman Theologian. (See Recent Words, page 15.) Donald E. Hunter and Lewis Lampiris were married, March 28, 2015, in Chapel Hill. N.C. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Glenda K. Guerri ’76, Anne Driscoll ’77 and John H. Lyle Jr ’78. Don is director of strategic payments consulting for Fiserv. Lewis is a faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. They live at 160 Sweet Pine Circle, Pittsboro, N.C. 27312. Don’s email address is dehunter617@yahoo. com. (See photo, page 55.) Andrew H. Madsen III is president of Panera Bread Company.

1979

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Margaret Kissinger Boynton, an award-winning investigative health reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, will return to DePauw in fall 2015 for a one-year appointment as the University’s Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism.

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 1975 Row 1: Robert “Bob” A. Greising; Laura (Sandberg) Yeo; Elizabeth “Libby” (Schulze) Gilbert; Carolyn (Bednar) Good; Robin (Ismond) Boldt; Elizabeth “Betsy” (Chilton) Schneider; Scott J. Schneider; Jill (Greene) Thompson; Millicent “Millie” (Simonds) McElheny; Teri (Zimmer) Parker. Row 2: Mark A. Filippell; Gary E. Thompson; Pamela “Pam” (Hodges) Haldeman; Mary W. Carver; Mary (Hoffmann) Stuart; James “Jim” S. Stuart; Diane (Herndon) Borgmann; Robert “Bob” A. Borgmann; Suzanne “Suzy” (Schulze) Walker; Douglas A. Schaffer. Row 3: Robert “Bob” L. Bever; William “Bill” H. Wissel; David “Dave” N. Tucker; Martha (Scott) Tucker; Janelle (Rice) Tague; Nancy (Grimmer) Kanatzar; Pamela “Pam” J. Garland; Janet (Crawford) Schwartz; Merrietta (Smith) Fong. Row 4: Denise (Ward) Brewer; Parke M. Brewer; Susan “Sue” S. Stine; Elise (Heumann) Loach; Thomas “Tom” J. Schuldt; Scott P. Granger; Jo (Walsh) Doubet; David C. Carr; Marcus “Marc” R. Veatch. Row 5: Charles “Chuck” E. Strain; Linda (Berkey) Herrick; Taffney (Josif) Smith; Sandra “Sandie” (Watters) Reinicker; Margaret “Maggie” E. Chase; Joyce (Taglauer) Green; Dianne (Korff) Beardsley; Richard “Rick” L. Beardsley; Dana E. Bates. Row 6: Jon R. Keep; Robert “Bob” P. Mesalam II; Paul K. Pogue; Kathleen (Snell) Jagger; Bradley “Brad” K. Kinsey; Paula (Kendall) Pritchard; Anne (Caldwell) Mershad; Sondra (Baughman) Brewster. 46 DEPAUW MAGAZINE SUMMER 2015

David J. Truelove was selected to the 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list. He is a partner in the law firm of Hill Wallack LLP in Yardley, Pa. and is in charge of the firm’s labor and employment practice group.

1980

David P. Minton is chief operating officer of Central Bank in Jefferson City, Mo.

1981

Mark R. Fields is executive director of The Grand Opera House, a multi-disciplinary performing

arts center in Wilmington, Del. Mark served as The Grand’s managing director for eight years prior to this appointment. Mark continues to teach film history as an adjunct professor at Rowan University. He is the film critic for Out & About Magazine in Wilmington. His email address is moviemark1959@verizon.net. Alan P. Hill is dean for professional development at Wabash College. He oversees the Schroeder Center for Career Development and the Center for Innovation, Business and Entrepreneurship, and also serves as director of the Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies. Dayle A. Ohlau completed a 500-mile pilgrimage from the south of France, across northern Spain to the Atlantic coastal town Finisterre on the Camino de Compostela de Santiago. She planned her journey for two years, and it took her 42 days to complete. Dayle has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in advance standing at Sofia University in Palo Alto, Calif., as a global student in the transpersonal psychology program. She is a 15-year yoga practitioner and certified yoga teacher. She continues her volunteer work as a Level III Healing Touch practitioner. Dayle lives in Sun Valley, Idaho, Her email address is dayle.cafe@icloud.com.

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1982

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 1980 Row 1: Stephen “Steve” P. Harris; John C. Mason; Blair “Andy” A. Rieth Jr.; Carolynn (Smart) Fields; Claudia (Shaheen) Morgan; Teresa “Tracey” (Sizer) Pickford; Durfee (Snyder) Betts. Row 2: Samuel “Sam” R. Ardery; Patricia “Patty” (Stevens) Ardery; Jan (Lukens) Fredbeck; Jeannine (Deimel) Dolinski; Brenda (Beck) Seger; Debra “Deb” (Haerr) Victor; Sarah “Sally” (Englehart) Standley. Row 3: John T. Roberts; David P. Minton; Michael “Mike” C. Henn; Christopher “Chris” B. Torie; John W. Faulkner; Richard “Rick” A. Coleman; John D. Fetters. Row 4: Susan (Lewis) Woods; Melinda (Hannah) Simon; Julia “Julie” (McQuiston) Ferneding; Najmeh “Naji” (Sadri) Ropkey; Barbara “Barb” (Martin) Tubekis; Ann (Bauer) Whitlatch; James “Jim” L. Whitlatch; Melissa (Hunter) Long. Row 5: Cathy (Hochriem) Perkowitz; Robin (Richey) Roberts; Kristine (Peterson) Beimford; David C. Kluever; Lisa (Boysen) Kluever; Hilary Vadner.

1983

Ann MacIntosh Baker is a graduate medical education coordinator for Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. Ann and her husband, Robert B. Baker ’81, live in Western Springs, Ill., with their children, Emily and Joe.

1984

Rev. Samuel A. Boys is director of spiritual life at Culver Academies. He is author of An Ancient Sound for the Present Moment, which explores the effects of sound on the human mind, body and spirit. (See Recent Words, page 14.) Sam’s email address is sam.boys@culver.org. (See photo.) Lisa Carter May is executive vice president of human resources for RTI International, an independent, nonprofit institute that provides research, development and technical services to government and commercial clients worldwide.

Samuel A. Boys ’84 Timothy L. Davis is a geological consultant in the New Ventures group with Marathon Oil in Houston. Stuart J. Ferguson was listed among 20 People to Know in insurance in the Louisville (Ky.) Business First. Stu is managing director of The Underwriters Group. J. Chris Herin is a principal hydrogeologist for Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., in Florida.

Robert L. Cohen ’84, William T. Jennings ’86, Jack O’Callahan (member of the Olympic gold hockey team in 1980), Derek A. Wortman ’86 and William L. Montgomery ’90 in Chicago.

1985

Sara Carrier McKeown is an emergency department nurse at Johnson Memorial Medical Center in Stafford Springs, Conn. and at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass. She also serves as a sexual assault nurse examiner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She was featured in the May 2015 issue of Go Local magazine for Massachusetts and Connecticut in recognition of her extraordinary abilities. Sara and her husband, Bob, have two sons and two daughters.

Kathleen Oakey Brightmore and her husband, Dave, are physical therapists. They recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of their company, Brightmore Physical Therapy, LTD. They run out-patient physical therapy clinics in Plainfield, Joliet, Frankfort and New Lenox, Ill. They live in Lockport, Ill., and have four children. Kristin Schurmeier Wallace is executive director of the Rock River Free Clinic in Jefferson County, Wis. She is a

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member of the Fort Atkinson (Wis.) Community Foundation’s board of directors, and she serves on the school board and historical society.

1986

Troy B. Froderman was selected for inclusion in the 2015 Southwest Super Lawyers®. Troy is an attorney in the Polsinelli Attorneys’ Phoenix office in the insurance coverage area.

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Benjamin E. Hodgin is senior vice president of mortgage and consumer lending for Ameriana Bank in New Castle, Ind. He has 25 years of banking experience.

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 1985 Row 1: Ben L. Pauley; Robert “Bob” E. Quast; Calvin “Cal” R. Warner; Darrell R. Johnson; John E. Carter; Richard “Rich” J. Bonaccorsi; Remington “Rem” P. Fairlamb IV; Edmund “Ed” Gomez; Douglas “Doug” A. Katula. Row 2: Nancy (Groves) Chmura; Carolyn (Easthope) Hitchcock; Rebecca “Becky” (Ruehl) Farley; Diane (Sharp) Strader; Wendy (Lund) Warner; Kristin “Kris” (Kagler) Burbank; Julia “Julie” (Anderson) Peters; Lori (Rehn) Bechthold; Lorraine (Phillips) Vavul; Andrew “Andy” C. Ray; John K. Lourie´; Paul D. Winston. Row 3: Stacey (Martin) Huse; Zaida (Lopez) Benassi; Linda (Lukens) Grider; Colette (Engert) Harlow; Laura (Johnson) Beeler; Deborah “Debby” Duke; Nancy (Coons) Pearson; Wendy (Rasmussen) Weitzel; Donna (CeCe) Kesner; Sheryl (Smith) Weaver; Mary Lee (Geoghegan) Stephens. Row 4: Jeffrey “Jeff” A. Ware; Douglas L. Dell; Brad S. Grabow; Stephen “Steve” C. Wilson; David C. Hess; Michael “Mike” S. Prakel; Lisa (Baggott) McCauley; Jennifer (Perkins) Williams; Christine A. Newcombe; Lesley (Heiberger) Sims. Row 5: Douglas “Doug” F. Peters; Brent E. Ehrman; Jack L. Cameron; John R. Hayden Jr.; Mark K. Colip; Alexander “Alex” G. Alexandrou; Jeffrey “Jeff” M. Bay; RaeAnn (Ruder) Overberg; Jennifer (Robinette) Fairlamb; Desiree S. Dimond; Megan (Jones) Gregor.

Rachael Andrew Boezi ‘89

DePauw alumni met with Jack O’Callahan, member of the Olympic gold hockey team in 1980, in Chicago. (See photo, page 47.) Drew W. Lyon is branch manager and senior vice president of Wells Fargo Advisors Austin (Texas) Arboretum office.

1987

Seven close friends from the Class of 1987 reunited in Naples, Fla., to celebrate their halfcentury milestone achievements. David B. Coolidge was host at his home in Autumn Woods. They enjoyed golf, fishing with A&B Charters, cheering the Blackhawks over the Ducks, sporting clays at the OK Corral Gun Club in Okeechobee and the local nightlife. (See photo.) Sarah Goldsmith Grover is chief brand and strategy officer at Barfresh Food Group, Inc., a manufacturer of frozen, ready-to-blend beverages. Amy Newbanks Letke is founder and chief executive officer of Integrity HR Inc. She was listed among the 20 People to Know in human resources in Louisville Business First.

1988

Members of the 1987 class met in Naples, Fla. Those attending included Joseph “J.T.” Charles Jr. ’87, Michael W. Lynch ’87, Richard H. Lohmeyer Jr. ’87, Chad F. Winston ’87, David B. Coolidge ’87, Ranford Richardson ’87 and Michael A. Ehlers ’87. Sharon Rediger Lee ’90 48 DEPAUW MAGAZINE SUMMER 2015

Michael A. Sherman is a member of the board of directors of Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, a global leader in pediatric nutrition. He serves as chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Endocyte Inc., a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in West Lafayette, Ind.

1989

Rachael Andrew Boezi has sung with the Dayton Opera for 20 years. The most recent production was Dead Man Walking. Her email address is rboezi@hotmail.com. (See photo.)

to prison abuse since 2010.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier is a partner in the Washington, D.C., law office of Ropes & Gray. He represented same-sex couples at the Supreme Court, April 2015, urging the court to rule that states must recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Doug has advanced LGBT interests in cases ranging from immigration to health care

Peter C. Young is a musculoskeletal radiologist at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland. He also was named director of medical imaging for the Cleveland Browns.

Scott A. Storrer is global president of Strand Life Sciences, a global genomic profiling company.

1990

Magnetic Materials Association as well as vice president of sales and marketing for Thomas & Skinner Inc.

Edwin N. Richardson was one of the experts interviewed for a report that aired on “60 Minutes,” March 22, 2015, discussing “How did China corner the market on a critical resource nearly every electronic device we use depends on?” Ed is president of the United States

Michelle Troksa Croasdaile is a geological adviser with BHP Billiton Petroleum in Houston. She has worked as a geologist in the oil and gas industry for more than 22 years.

1991

Tiffany DiBernardo O’Donnell is the first chief operating officer of Iowa Women Lead Change, the state’s premier leadership organization for women.

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Phillip D. Joseph is chief financial officer of Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

Sharon Rediger Lee is donor relations and events coordinator for St. Francis House, a nonprofit and nonsectarian comprehensive day shelter providing rehabilitative and housing programs for poor and homeless men and women in Boston. (See photo.)

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 1990 Row 1: Stacy (Blome) Jones; Maria (Joven) Harper; Laura (Sherck) Sims; Leslie (Davidson) Jaworski; Mary (McCracken) Tyndall; Elizabeth I. Wrobel; Julie (McKeag) Meyer; Tobi Lynn Pagach; Kersten (Wagschal) Gorski; Ann (Sparenberg) Hand; Kristen (Hague) Anderson; Amy A. Ratcliffe. Row 2: Sergi C. Bosch; Jon R. Bosler; Amy (Haugk) Osborne; Scott E. Osborne; Joyce L. Collins; Polly A. MacIsaac; Angela (Dow) Davis; Sharon (Rediger) Lee; Jamie (Bass) Furr; Amy L. McCutchan; Elyse (Crenshaw) Brasseale; Lisa (Fay) Hennessey. Row 3: Elizabeth “Betsy” (Boxell) Morse; Susan (Constance) Caponi; Tracey (Thieme) Sheppard; Timothy “Tim” A. Sheppard; Timothy “Tim” M. Myers; Pamela “Pam” (Anderson) Smith; Troy T. Smith; Ellen (Shideler) Wheeler; Jeffrey “Jeff” F. Knupp; Daniel “Dan” B. Horner; Elizabeth “Betsy” (Kiel) Horner; Kathleen “Kathy” A. Collins. Row 4: Sarah (Elliott) Biles; Rachelle “Shelly” (Evans) Leonida; Charles D. Mills; Stephen “Steve” B. Rogers; David W. O’Brien; Debra “Debbie” (Good) Spanbauer; Amy G. Youngblood; Shelley (Catharine) Johnson; Breta (Corbin) Cooper; Karen L. Lang; John W. Busey II. Row 5: Robert “Rob” B. Batchelder Jr.; Jay D. Bartelt; Jon D. Lundy; Philip “Phil” J. Hutchison; Gregg T. Eaton; Emily (Steger) Kirk; Katherine “Casey” (Cornelsen) St. John; Clare (Smith) Gorski; Michele “Shelly” (Main) Valenzia. Row 6: Richard “Rich” F. Bulger; Michael “Misha” Rabinowitch; David “Dave” P. Zitlow; Brian M. Getz; Dale S. Tomalin; Ronald “Ron” L. Stier; Douglas “Doug” J. Lowery; Gordon L. Harris; Christopher “Chris” W. Schmidt. Row 7: Bradford “Brad” C. Smith; Linda (Winton) Sear; Michael “Mike” P. Sear; Brad A. Pierce; Jay P. Moran; Samuel “Chad” C. Hollingsworth; James “Jim” A. Harmann; Allaaddin “Al” Mollabashy; Christopher “Kit” K. Robbins; Barbara (Ristow) Hennessy. Row 8: Matthew “Matt” P. Brookman; Gary J. Rasmussen; Richard “Bart” B. Findley Jr.; Gregory “Greg” J. Goetcheus; Bradley “Brad” C. Combs; R. Chris Capoot; Timothy “Tim” H. Wallace; Jeffrey “Jeff” G. Gibson; Francis “Frank” R. Facchini; Creighton B. Wright Jr.; Thomas “Thom” A. Davidson.

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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Susan Hatcher Anderson is director of business development for Adams Kessler PLC, a common interest development law firm in California. John F. Hirschman is president and chief executive officer of Browning Investments Inc. Sudhir Mehta is deputy chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry for 2015-16. He is chairman and managing director of Pinnacle Industries Ltd, India’s largest commercial vehicle seating and interiors company. David L. Singer, a Merrill Lynch

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MATTHEW C. SIMPSON ’97 is vice president of marketing and communications and chief marketing officer for the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) in Chicago. Matt has almost 20 years of experience in marketing and advertising, with a focus on brand development and digital strategy. He oversees marketing advertising, public relations and digital media at the MSI.

Christopher P. Felts is president of the board of directors at the Immigrant Welcome Center in Indianapolis. He joined the board in 2010. Christopher is a partner in Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s corporate department and the governmental services and finance department. He is also a member of the firm’s global services and economic development practice groups. (See photo.)

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 1995 Row 1: Charles “Tyson” T. Cornell; Renee N. Madison; Krista (Mishler) Lavonas; Lori (Houston) Brame; Allison (Batron) Allen; Elta M. Márquez; Kathryn “Katie” (Waterfield) Souders; Karen (Reeves) Reeves-King; Melissa “Missy” (Hayden) Kramer; Marci (Welton) Corbin. Row 2: John G. Harmann; Erik H. Elsea; Peter “Pete” S. MacGregor; Deborah (Schmidt) West; Cherie (LaFollette) DuPuy; Stacey (Scanlan) Heise; Marjorie (Sanford) Crouse; Josh E. Crouse; Catherine (Burkhardt) Kolbeck; Susan (Dinkel) Jensen; Melanie (Clark) Radzikowski. Row 3: Sarah V. Lewis; Kelly (Watling) Stroburg; Krina (Hoppis) Huddlestun; Kaia (Van Dam) Kraus; Rebecca “Beck” (Howard) Logan; Stephanie (Nahra) Johnson; Caroline “Carrie” (Sullivan) Wagstaff; Thomas “Tom” Wagstaff; Nancy R. Blang; Kathleen “Kate” (Wagner) Swanson; Patrick “Pat” B. Roberts. Row 4: W. Bradley “Brad” Beanblossom; Matthew W. Gries; Timothy “Tim” Brieger; Michael “Mike” J. Becker; Anthony D. Alfano; Alicia (Cannon) Alfano; Christopher “Chris” B. Oler; Kerry A. Martin; Jason A. Asbury. Row 5: John T. Cramer; Peter K. Fogarty; Caleb D. Decker; Kimberly “Kim” (Scroggins) Decker; Phillip J. Greiner; Kerry (Replin) Greiner; Kristin (Ingwell) IngwellGoode; Mercedes (Kelley) Tunstall; Kelly S. Shoop. Row 6: Kegan E. Greene; W. Brian Hatton; Gregory “Greg” M. Watson; Christopher “Chris” M. Myers; Scott S. Kemper; Rebecca (Wilhoite) Jacklin; Jennifer (Weflen) Welborn; Shamik Lala; Amanda (Forsleff) Krusoe. Row 7: Timothy “Tim” W. Hall; Matthew “Matt” L. Cavalier; Viju V. Patel; Damon “Chase” Newsom; Allison B. Montgomery; Robin (Barnes) Barr; Emily M. Bubb; Kristen E. Weaver; Kristin B. Rimington; Michelle (Marks) Payne. 50 DEPAUW MAGAZINE SUMMER 2015

private wealth advisor and managing director, was recognized on Barron’s list of America’s Top 1,200 Advisors for the seventh consecutive year. David serves on the boards of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati and Boy Scouts of America, Dan Beard Council. Dennis A. Trinkle is chief executive officer of College Mentors for Kids. The Indianapolis-based nonprofit has 26 chapters at colleges and universities in several states, including Indiana.

1992

Anne Decker Steinberg is executive vice president of events at GRand Solutions, a marketing, events and communications company located in Speedway, Ind. Paula Kaiser VanDam was appointed to Michigan’s Interagency Council on Homelessness. Paula is director of the Bureau of Community Services in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

1993

Erica E. Hayward has practiced law both in-house

Christopher P. Felts ’91

Mark A. Toole ’93

and as outside counsel for 17 years. She is director of recruiting for the legal and regulatory practice of RGP in Los Angeles, where she lives. Mark A. Toole, assistant professor of religion at High Point University, received the Meredith Clark Slane Distinguished Teaching Service Award during the university’s 2015 commencement ceremony. He was recognized for his contributions to the university and excellence in teaching. (See photo.)

1994

Justin C. Dye is chief administrative officer of the recently merged Albertsons and Safeway organization, one of the world’s largest food and drug retailers. Justin is a former member of DePauw’s Board of Visitors. Katherine (Gouthro) and Daniel L. Kiley announce the birth of their daughter, Evelyn Therese Kiley, March 26, 2014. She joins brothers Jude and Rafe and sister Frances.

Technology annual summit in San Jose, Calif., May 31-June 2, 2015.

1997

William J. Barnett III is vice president of Peoples Bank and a member of the board of directors of Missouri’s Crawford County Foundation. Orlando Cela, a flutist, conductor and educator, returned to DePauw to meet with students and play two concerts as part of DePauw’s 21st-Century Musician Initiative, April 8, 2015.

1998

Toby Amir Fox was one of 50 distinguished nonprofit leaders selected to attend the Inaugural American Express Leadership Academy Alumni Summit in New York City, March 2015. A 2012 graduate of the American Express Leadership Academy, she is director of development for Scottsdale Training & Rehabilitation Services. Toby lives in Phoenix with her family.

ALEXANDRA N. PERDEW ’00, national sales manager and ambassador for Salvi harps, serves as secretary for the American Harp Society Foundation where she is director of the Foundation Awards. The American Harp Society Foundation will hold their competition at DePauw in summer 2016. Alexandra is vice president of education and events for the Orange County Chapter of the American Harp Society, and she has created and managed several startups in Silicon Valley. A performer and teacher around the world, Alexandra gives master classes and workshops, judges music competitions and has performed recently with Celtic Woman, Johnny Mathis and Disney Fantasia Live. Upcoming tours are planned in China, India and Europe. Her website is alexandraperdew.com.

Cindy Koelsch Trenerry is vice president of specialty finance group for 1st Source Bank in South Bend, Ind. Cindy is a member of the American Car Rental Association and National Vehicle Leasing Association. She serves the community as a classroom volunteer. C. Stephen Mayberry served as communications director for City of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s successful reelection campaign. Stephen is senior communications manager for the Chicago Transit Authority, the nation’s second largest public transportation system. Gregory D. Binns is an attorney in the Dallas law office of Thompson & Knight LLP. Greg was selected for inclusion in Texas Rising Stars® 2015, published in the April 2015 issue of Texas Monthly. Allison S. Eastland is an associate with the Lexington, Ky., law firm of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood and Boyer. She focuses on long-term care defense and general liability. Erin Flynn Hakansson is an investment banker at Ackrell Capital. She was a presenter at the 2015 Women in

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1996

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 2000 Row 1: Jessica (Donnellon) Heizman; Amy (Ferone) Saxby; Nancy (Clutter) Johnson; Stacey (Norton) Carroll; Christen (Kennedy) Prible; Michelle (Ross) Kelly; Kimberly “Kim” (Juffer) Olson; Megan M. Scherer; Mikelle (Holt) Brady; Dawn (Ahlgren) Chapman. Row 2: Jennifer (Hetzel) Hallman; Lynsay (Clutter) Wilson; Jennifer (Aiken) Knepp; Claire (Bishop) Abely; Kelly (Drane) Coker; Sandra (Sherman) George; Jill Skogheim; Christopher “Chris” A. Busa; Brandy (Fultz) Robinson; Ashley (Alden) Harris. Row 3: Margaret L. Stahr; Laura (Downs) Young; Stephanie (Shafer) Pilcher; Brooke (Knudson) Cox; Kenney W. Marlatt; Tara (Avery) Frate; Ashleih (Griffin) Cheshire; Jennifer C. Lange; Jennifer (Friant) Harris. Row 4: Amy (Centofante) Beauchamp; Stephanie (Lincoln) Davidson; Alison (Rabb) Lazar; Corinne “Corie” (Roudebush) Spialek; Richard “Rich” T. Childs; William “Scott” Priebe; Brian T. Curley; Allison (Lake) Koepke; James “Jim” S. Koepke. Row 5: Katy (Dow) Petrin; Sara L. Dean; Meredith (Greenawald) McMahan; Tonya (Heetland) Fenske; Amber (Franklin) LaRue; James “Jim” D. LaRue.

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2002

Leslie J. Hankins is an account director for the Louisville (Ky.)-based technology startup Red e App. Molly Thompson Costello is chef de cuisine at Otto’s in Cincinnati. She was featured in Cincinnati’s CityBeat as one of the city’s top executive chefs. Abigail L. Tonsing was recognized for her journalism work by the Society of Professional Journalists’ Best of the Best in Indiana Journalism 2014 contest. She received first place for features writing in newspapers with circulation below 40,000.

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2003

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 2005 Row 1: Elisabeth (Sugrue) Button; Jennifer A. Bonesteel; Hillary J. Overholser; Carolyn “Carrie” (Walker) Cole; Dana (Hudson) Stone; Jaclyn “Jaci” (Blackwell) McGrew; Andrew B. Rosner; Charles M. Middleton; Delores N. Colone. Row 2: Ariane (Jaskolka) Daniels; Rachel (Hehner) Steinhofer; Kathryn E. Olivier; Cristin D. Neil; Meghan E. McNulty; Ashley R. Holland; Lauren (Conlon) Rosner; Richard A. Livingston; Nickie L. Rodica; Natalie (Shaffer) Govert; Nilda Bueno. Row 3: Rebecca O. Shasanmi; Kellie (Duke) Arnold; Travis J. Arnold; Abbie (Raderstorf) Bush; James R. Hamlin; Amy (Allen) Oeffling; Michelle (Rhodes) Taylor; Bret M. Govert; Varinia (Salazar) Arceo. Row 4: Nancy “Annie” A. Garrigus; John “Jack” F. Avery III; Sally (Wallace) Heckman; Ian M. Stone; Molly (Monroe) Ratterman; Amy C. Irby-Shasanmi; Danielle (Courier) Prosser; Matthew “Matt” J. Koch; Kevin J. Schultz; Kristopher “Kris” A. Kozlowski; Jason R. Schwerdt; Lya (Kostroski) Hurst. Row 5: Kyle P. McGrath; Anthony “Tony” M. Williams; Jonathan “Jon” D. Salisbury; Kyle T. Clemens; Kristen (Thrine) Clemens; Mark A. Prosser; Joshua “Josh” A. Lorenz; William “Jake” J. Cohn; Robert “Page” P. Cotton; Sunny (Schaeuble) Bell; Melissa A. Llano; Robert L. Bruder; Kelly (Wilson) Porter. Brian P. Hauck has rejoined Jenner & Block LLP as a partner in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., offices, focusing on the government controversies and public policy litigation practice. Brian is a former deputy assistant attorney general for the United States Department of Justice’s Civil Division. Robert A. Kiburz is a partner in the corporate department of the law firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn. Brian S. Lord is a senior vice president and director of sales at Premiere Speakers Bureau.

1999

Stacy Goodwin Lightfoot is vice president of college and career success at Public Education Foundation in Chattanooga, Tenn. She testified before a United States Senate congressional panel, March 6, 2015, in Washington, D.C., about the kind of guidance and support low-income and

first-generation college students need to successfully complete a college degree. Wayne M. Lashua is vice president, senior account executive of client services for Burke Healthcare, Inc. Erin L. Majka is a member of the Michigan law firm of Chalgian & Tripp, concentrating her practice in the areas of estate planning, estate administration and Medicaid. Erin is a member of the board of directors for the Hospital Hospitality House of Southwest Michigan.

2000

Kate K. Donahue and Davis Brewer (Dartmouth) were married Oct. 25, 2014, in Chicago. Kate’s email address is katekdonahue@ yahoo.com. (See photo, page 55.) Ryan P. Lessmann is managing shareholder of the Jackson Lewis P.C. law firm in Denver. Ryan practices primarily in the area of employment litigation.

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Benjamin J. Olszewski is a manager of environmental services at Rose Rock Midstream in Oklahoma City, Okla.

2001

Andrea C. Cooley is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute in Tucson, Ariz. She has a special interest in structural heart disease and adult congenital cardiac surgery. Lawren K. Mills was the guest speaker for The Robert C. McDermond Center Speaker Series at DePauw, March 12, 2015. Lawren is of counsel at Ice Miller LLP in Indianapolis. Matthew C. Rowan is director of development for University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, Ind. Chad M. Schulz is first vice president of employee benefits group at Alliant Insurance Services in Seattle, Wash.

Erin M. Johnson is associate director of the Prescott (Ariz.) Pops Symphony. Erin is director of middle school choirs, guitar instructor for seventh and eighth grades, and general music teacher for grades K through 5. She has served as principal bassoon and guest conductor for the Pops and is principal bassoon for Central Arizona Concert Band and Prescott Chamber Orchestra. Sarah E. Mordan-McCombs is an associate professor of biology, genetics and cancer biology at Franklin College in Franklin, Ind.

2005

Amanda R. Hartman and Jason McLellan were married Sept. 4, 2014, in Las Vegas. Their reception was held in Richmond, Va., the following month. Amanda is head of special collections and digital initiatives for Longwood University’s Greenwood Library. Jason is a Web developer. Amanda’s email address is amanda.h.mclellan@gmail.com. (See photo, page 55.) Abigail K. Poyser and Anatoli Kouznetsov were married Nov. 29, 2014, in Indianapolis. Abby is an audiologist working in product management for Phonak. Anatoli is an IT project manager. They live in Chicago. (See photo, page 55.) Julie Verkamp Clary completed her cardiology fellowship at Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, in June. She joined the faculty as an assistant professor of clinical medicine in July.

She will complete a M.B.A. degree from Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, through its business of medicine program in August 2015. (See photo.)

2006

Helen (Carlson) and Brenton A. Shultz announce the birth of their daughter, Jillian Cate Shultz, Nov. 26, 2014. Helen’s email address is helen.shultz@gmail.com. Brent’s email address is brent.shultz@ gmail.com. Brian J. Culp and Maggie C. Tresslar were married Sept. 20, 2014, in Indianapolis. They live in Chicago. Brian is an associate creative director at Mcgarrybowen, an advertising agency. His email address is brian.culp@gmail. com. (See photo, page 55.)

Julie Verkamp Clary ’05

Audrey E. Gehlhausen guides rafting expeditions on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. She also guides cross-country skiing in the Yellowstone area during winters. Tusha Mittal was among four 2015 recipients of a Foreign Press Association Scholarship Fund, which supports development of the next generation of international reporters. Tusha is a graduate of Columbia University School of Journalism.

JOEL A. DART ’07 has worked in the language of computers since middle school, but now he is using it in a completely new way. He links computer code and poetry through the concept of prototypal inheritance in JavaScript (JS), a language used by Web browsers to control actions that happen without reloading the page. Joel is the first to use JS and the language’s functionality as a foundation in the lyrical arts. He has completed seven poems and is making waves in the JavaScript community. In 2013 he traveled to Berlin to present his poetry at a European JS conference. His wife, KATHRYN BARNES DART ’06 is a visual artist, and they worked together using his code poems and her encaustic art to create an installation show, “poetry.js: Code as Art,” which opened at The Harrison Center for the Arts in Indianapolis in February 2015. Kathryn used cubes as the main motif “because code is like building blocks.” She used more than 190 pounds of beeswax to create more than 4,000 cubes for five framed works and one massive installation piece.

Laura B. Sahm ’09

Matthew D. Stone is a software engineer for the Louisville (Ky.)-based technology startup Red e App.

2007

2008

Elizabeth S. Ackermann and Patrick K. Hogan were married Sept. 6, 2014, in Cincinnati. Elizabeth’s email address is esahogan@ gmail.com. (See photo, page 55.) Lauren Auld Capozza joined the dental practice of Nannette R. Sherman in West Chester, Ohio. She is on the attending staff at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where she supervises and teaches residents.

Photo: KIWI Photography

Jill D. Turner is director of Ripple River Strings, a community orchestra in central Minnesota. Jill is a first-grade music teacher at Riverside Elementary School in Brainerd, Minn., and teaches private lessons in violin, viola, cello and bass.

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND 2015 – Members of the Class of 2010 Row 1: Maria I. Schwartzman; Adam M. Gilbert; John C. Cook; Andrew “B.K.” Smith; Joseph “Joe” C. Evans; Benjamin “Ben” A. Eckler; Annie S. Tierney; Maureen “Mo” S. Taylor. Row 2: Jason H. Seitz; Grace B. Atwater; Andrea M. Stathopoulos; Kristen L. Kane; Carolyn M. Tubekis; Greer C. Mackie; Lauren A. Pucci; Alexandra (Daniels) Durham; Courtney R. Knies; Laura A. Pearce. Row 3: Eric R. Jenkins; Stefan D. Freed; Stephanie (Bradburn) Freed; Caroline E. Tell; Elizabeth B. Guess; Kaitlyn M. Johnson; Rebecca “Becky” A. Rasor; Elizabeth M. Potter; Caroline E. Baker; Katherine “Kate” (Carrico) Broshears; Dayna E. Brownfield. Row 4: Brendan “Kyle” Kerrigan; Charles “Charlie” F. Boehme; John R. Herrick; Brian K. Lawless; Rebecca “Becky” L. Trowbridge; Hallie Anne Fischer; Lauren E. Wesley; Melissa J. Yahne; Morgan E. Grant; Danielle R. Jaegers.

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Elizabeth K. Drewes is a geology teacher at the Swiss Semester school in Zermatt, Switzerland. Brian M. Oilar is head men’s basketball coach at Otterbein University. Brian served as an assistant coach for the DePauw’s men’s basketball team for six seasons. Catheryne E. Shuman was named a 2015 Chautauqua Opera Studio Artist. Catheryne also was a winner in the 2015 Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

2009

Natalie L. Ciambrone is marketing communications manager at Dow AgroSciences. Janet Cox Harritt and her husband, Bill, announce the birth of their son, William Lowell Harritt IV, May 13, 2015. William joins sister Janet, 2, at their home in Durham, N.C. Laura B. Sahm has joined the healthcare-focused law firm of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman in Indianapolis. She focuses her practice in the area of supply chain procurement, operations and management. (See photo, page 53.)

2010

John R. Herrick is sports director of Chisholm Trail Broadcasting in Enid, Okla. John was named Non-Metro Radio Personality of the Year by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Benjamin C. Solomon, a video journalist for The New York Times, was a member of a team of Times staffers who received a Pulitzer Prize for international journalism. Ben and his team were among winners of the 2014 George Polk Awards in Journalism, presented annually by Long Island University in New York. They won

the health reporting award for risking “their own health and safety to provide American readers with their earliest and most reliable coverage” of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Megan D. Soultz is an officer with the Carmel, Ind., police department. Andrea M. Stathopoulos was a guest speaker for the DePauw Psychology Speaker Series, March 11, 2015. Andrea is pursuing a doctoral degree at Florida State University. John J. Wellik is field and lab coordinator for the Earth Observatory of Singapore.

2011

Christine E. DiGangi is a Chicago-based journalist covering personal finance for Credit. com’s news site. Ryan D. Myrehn is sports director at ESPN radio affiliate WZAM in Marquette, Mich. Ryan is host of a daily sports talk show, “The Sports Pen,” as well as play-by-play voice for Westwood High School. Nicole M. Wilmet was a member of the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law team who won first- and second-place in the 30th annual William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition, February 2015. She and her teammate also won the tournament’s second-best brief award.

2012

Chloe A. Lawson is a project geologist with Prism Science & Technology, LLC, an environmental ecological consulting firm in St. Joe, Mich. Joan C. “ J.C.” Pankratz is among the finalists of the 2015 National Playwrights Conference of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Connecticut.

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She was honored for her play, Redeemer Mine. J.C.’s work has been seen at staged readings at Seattle Theatre Works, Pocket Theatre, Seattle Playwrights Circle and Gadfly Theatre Productions of Minneapolis. Melissa L. Penfold is a geologist with Apache Corporation in Odessa/ Midland, Texas. Jennifer A. Wilson is a resident artist at Central Florida Lyric Opera Company. She graduated from New England Conservatory with a M.M. degree in vocal performance. Jeremy M. Wong, a baritone, won a spot with the Junge Stuttgarter Bach Ensemble in March 2015. He was one of 34 singers selected through an open global audition for the International Bach Academy’s annual workshop and concert series. He is interim choral director of the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, one of the largest sacred choral music organizations in the state, and serves on the lecture faculty of both University of Hawaii Manoa and Kapi’olani Community College, where he teaches courses in voice and choir. Jeremy is also music director for one of the state’s longest-performing community choruses, the Honolulu Chorale.

2013

Sumeru Chatterjee, after working in corporate for almost two years, took a trip to the Middle East, China and India to do some soul searching. He then decided to move West to join Addepar, a hypergrowth financial technology company located in Silicon Valley. Mark N. Ditkof and Khannah E. Davis were married Sept. 27, 2014. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Alexander S. L. Chen ’15 and Trista D. Wyman. Mark is a high school math teacher. Khannah is an environmental

health specialist. Mark’s email address is markditkof@gmail.com. Khannah’s email address is khannahdavis@gmail. com. (See photo.) Bryant P. Kosanovich is a geological technician with ChemEOR, an oilfield enhancement company in Denver. Lindsay K. Thomas and Kyle R. Gough were married May 30, 2015, on Sanibel Island, Fla. Lindsay’s email address is lindsaygough15@gmail.com. Kyle’s email address is kylegough1@gmail.com. (See photo.)

2014

Paige E. Drake is a middleware developer and consultant for Red Hat, Inc., in Mountain View, Calif.

2015

Kandyce D. Anderson received a Fulbright United States Student Fellowship to conduct research in New Zealand. Kandyce plans to work in a community center and take classes at the University of Waikato. Savon M. Jackson is recipient of an English Teaching Assistantship from the Fulbright United States Student Program. He will spend the 2015-16 academic year in India teaching English. Savon spent the spring 2014 semester studying in New Dehli, India. Natalie M. Weilandt is recipient of an English Teaching Assistantship from the Fulbright United States Student Program. She will spend the 2015-16 academic year teaching English in Turkey. She has traveled to Thailand to study education and spent summer 2013 teaching English in Istanbul.

DEPAUW WEDDINGS

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Donald E. Hunter ’78 and Lewis Lampiris wedding.

Kate K. Donahue ’00 and Davis Brewer wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Brian R. Garrison ’00, Courtney McIntire Reeves ’00, Kendall Noyes Hayes ’00, Amy Patterson Slenk ’00, Christine J. Meade ’00, Elizabeth Hellmann Varga ’00, I. Roland Varga ’00, Jennifer A. Campbell ’00, Candace “Christi” Frates Garrison ’00, Kristen Magnes Kaiser ’00, Jonna McGinley Reilly ’00, Christy A. Agness ’01, James A. Carrick ’98, Heather Helmling Carrick ’00, Elizabeth Grover Richards ’00, Elizabeth Donahue Jones ’03, Leila Holscher Eads ’00, Matthew B. Eads ’99 and Jeffrey A. Jones ’03.

Amanda R. Hartman ’05 and Jason McLellan

Abigail K. Poyser ’05 and Anatoli Kouznetsov wedding. DePauw alumni attending included Ninos Gewargis ’05 (usher), Brad S. Grabow ’85, Christopher B. Williams ’03, Kathryn Olivier Runge ’05 (matron of honor), Michael J. Runge ’03 and James V. Cerone II ’86 (wedding entertainment director).

Brian J. Culp ’06 and Maggie C. Tresslar ’06 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Abigail Troutman Rom ’06, Gary R. Rom ’06, Jessica L. Oesch ’06, Ashley Hadler Herschberger ’06, Sheena Arink Beierman ’06, Shantelle Ransdell Salvitti ’05, Troy A. Montigney ’09, Brendan P. Berigan ’07, W. Garrett O’Reilly ’06, William S. Slama ’05, Thomas S. Corbett ’07, Elizabeth Brick Corbett ’08, R. Andrew Whitelaw ’07, R. Gregory Sylvester ’07, Ross C. Wiethoff ’06, Ryan M. Heffernan ’06, Kye T. Hawkins ’06, Kenneth M. Cochran ’03, Kyle W. Burns ’07 and Elisabeth Goldman ’06.

Elizabeth S. Ackermann ’08 and Patrick K. Hogan wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Mark D. Webb ’06, Meredith L. Coats ’08 (bridesmaid), Sabrina Henry Hodge ’08, Matthew G. Hodge ’06, Anne E. Ross ’08, Katelyn P. Conrad ’08, Margaux DeMoss Reilly ’08 (bridesmaid), Shawn M. Evans ’06, Stephanie L. Hollander ’08 and Stuart K. Anness ’08. Attending but not pictured were Elizabeth Tassell Roth ’08, Jeffrey M. Roth ’06 and Joel T. King ’06.

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Mark N. Ditkof and Khannah E. Davis ’13 ’13

Lindsay K. Thomas ’13 and Kyle R. Gough ’13 wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Kari E. Nelson ’13 (bridesmaid), Michael B. Gough ’05 (groomsman), Jonathan T. Schacher ’13 (groomsman) and Scott A. Silver ’13 (groomsman). SUMMER 2015 DEPAUW MAGAZINE 55

DePauw Magazine marks the passing of alumni, faculty, staff and friends of DePauw University. Obituaries in DePauw Magazine do not include memorial gifts. When reporting deaths, please provide as much information as possible: name of the deceased, class year, fraternity/sorority/living unit, occupation and DePauw-related activities and relatives. Newspaper obituaries are very helpful. Information should be sent to Alumni Records, DePauw University, Charter House, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037. You may also fax us the information at 765658-4172 or email dmcdermit@depauw.edu.

IN MEMORIAM

1934

Jane Payne Burns Stacy, Dec. 28, 2014, of Western Springs, Ill., at the age of 101. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, community volunteer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Fred R. Burns ’34, and her second husband.

1937

Alwin M. Cramer, March 31, 2015, of High Springs Village, Ark., at the age of 99. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta, Rector Scholar, retired as commander from the United States Navy Reserve and was an accountant at Walgreen’s corporate headquarters, retiring as manager of the retirement trust. He was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Webster Cramer ’42. Survivors include a son, James L. Cramer ’70. Beryl Zimmerman Burton, March 29, 2015, of Covington, Ky., at the age of 99. She was a member of Delta Zeta, retired elementary teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1939

Victoria Shelley Heintzberger, April 28, 2015, in Monterey, Calif., at the age of 98. She was a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry J. Heintzberger ’38.

1942

James M. Briggs, April 30, 2015, of Carlsbad, Calif., at the age of 94. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and a real estate investor. He was preceded in death by his father, Walter M. Briggs ’15, and wife, Betty Thornburg Briggs ’43. Survivors include a son, Charles L. Briggs ’67. Martha Conner Bauer, Feb. 10, 2015,

in Waupaca, Wis., at the age of 95. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, laboratory technician and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband; stepmother, Clara Seibel Conner ’23; aunt, Margaret A. Conner, Class of 1912; and brother-in-law, Richard A. Pruitt ’53. Survivors include sisters Betty Conner Pruitt ’53 and Dorice Conner Roberts ’40. Dorothy Donlen Shepard, March 10, 2015, in Fort Myers, Fla., at the age of 93. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, businesswoman and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard S. Shepard ’42. William M. Horne Jr. April 21, 2015, in Indianapolis, at the age of 94. He was a member of Sigma Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, a Rector Scholar, lawyer, business executive, university lecturer and child advocate. He received an Alumni Citation from DePauw in 1975. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Hobart Horne ’45. Survivors include a sister, Nancy Horne Matthei ’45; nieces, Nancy Matthei Garrigus ’72 and Patricia Matthei O’Neil ’80; and greatniece, N. Anne Garrigus ’05. Jeanette Norman Grube, Feb. 4, 2015, of El Paso, Ill., at the age of 94. She was a homemaker and music teacher. Elizabeth Russell Stullken, Feb. 15, 2015, of Augusta, Ga., at the age of 94. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald E. Stullken ’41. Survivors include her son, Russell E. Stullken ’67. Elizabeth Surbeck Hitchner, Feb. 15, 2015, in Newtown Square, Pa., at the age of 94. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta, English and French high school teacher, and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband,

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Lewis C. Hitchner ’40. Survivors include a son, Kenneth N. Hitchner ’76.

1943

Elizabeth J. Fellows, Sept. 14, 2013, of Portland, Ore., at the age of 91. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and professor of physical therapy. Survivors include a sister, Virginia Fellows Dial ’42. Robert Kercher, Feb. 8, 2015, of Cincinnati, at the age of 93. He was a member of Delta Chi, Rector Scholar, accountant and retired as president of Bonded Oil Company. He was preceded in death by his wife. Patricia Ryan Billo, June 27, 2013, of Chula Vista, Calif., at the age of 92. She was a member of Alpha Phi, a homemaker and a community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband. Rose Vierling Slutz, Feb. 26, 2015, in Vero Beach, Fla., at the age of 94. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert F. Slutz Jr. ’43.

1944

Mary E. Anders, March 27, 2015, in Valparaiso, Ind., at the age of 93. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta and former associate professor of music. Margery Clark LaBrec, April 2, 2015, of Columbus, Ind., at the age of 93. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, retired English teacher, freelance writer and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her greatgrandfather, Joseph H. Clark, Class of 1858; grandfather, John W. Clark, Class of 1885; grandmother, Sarah Levings Clark, Class of 1887; father, George L. Clark, Class of 1914; mother, Margaret Harvey Clark, Class of 1914; and sister, Sarah Clark Breck ’50. Survivors include a brother, Joseph H. Clark ’49; grandson, Clinton D. Schroer ’05; niece, Maryanne B. Clark ’82; nephew, John W. Breck ’75; great-nieces, Jennifer L. Breck ‘01and Abigail J. Breck ’03; great-nephew, Andrew W. Breck ’06; brother-in-law, William Breck ’51; and sister-in-law, Barbara Brewer Clark ’52. Patricia Clearwaters Marsh, Feb. 11, 2015, in Jupiter, Fla., at the age of

92. She was a member of Delta Zeta, researcher, teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ruth Miller Clearwaters, Class sof 1919; and husband. JoAnne Cooper Fields, May 20, 2015, of Mooresville, Ind., at the age of 93. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, business co-owner and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Marjorie Ford Wells, April 25, 2015, of Portland, Ore., at the age of 92. She was a member of Alpha Phi and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Sara Moran Mahoney, Feb. 16, 2015, in Kissimmee, Fla., at the age of 92. She was a retired psychiatric social worker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1945

Marjorie Sheldon Pond, April 24, 2015, in Worcester, Mass., at the age of 91. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta, homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1946

Robert N. Bills, Nov. 13, 2014, of La Canada Flintridge, Calif., at the age of 89. He was a member of Sigma Chi and retired from Pfaffinger Foundation/Times Mirror. He was preceded in death by his great-grandfather, James O. Bills, Class of 1894; father, Mark W. Bills ’23; mother, Jeannetta McWethy Bills Bartlett ’22; aunts, Annabelle McWethy McCoy ’27 and Mary Bills Smith ’27; and cousin, Richard B. Smith ’57. Survivors include his wife and sister, Mary Bills Trapp ’50. Elsbeth Roeder Anctil, Feb. 18, 2015, of Littleton, Colo., at the age of 89. She was director of the Nevada Art Museum, a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband. Elizabeth Smock Wickman, March 18, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 89. She was a member of Delta Zeta and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Vernon P. Soukup, April 15, 2015, in Elmhurst, Ill., at the age of 89. He was former owner of Soukup’s Hardware in Wheaton, Ill. He was preceded in death by his wife. C. William Stricker Jr., May 27, 2015, of Hendersonville, N.C., at the age of 90. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and retired marketing vice president. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Green Stricker ’47, and father-in-law, Philip T. Green ’23.

1947

Beverly Haskins Hailey, Feb. 8, 2015, of Lynchburg, Va., at the age of 90. She was a social worker, kindergarten teacher, homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Hailey ’47. Joanne McCarty Messinger, March 10, 2015, of Naples, Fla., at the age of 90. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Richard F. Seehausen, Jan. 27, 2012, of Tucson, Ariz., at the age of 86, of lung cancer. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, architect and owner of Richard F. Seehausen Architect, Inc. He was followed in death by his granddaughter, Megan M. Racz ’04. Survivors include his wife; daughter, Lyn Seehausen Racz ’75; son-in-law, Stacy S. Racz ’74; and granddaughter, Cameron Racz Evans ’06.

1948

Priscilla Griest Shoemaker, March 29, 2015, of St. Petersburg, Fla. She was a high school career counselor and worked with youths in the juvenile detention system. Survivors include her husband. Charles E. Henley, March 22, 2015, of Lansing, Mich., at the age of 90. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and professor emeritus of Michigan State University. Survivors include his wife. Shirley Hooper Greene, Feb. 17, 2015, in Hampton, Va., at the age of 88. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. Rosemarie Hosbach Faber, Feb. 11, 2015, of Erie, Pa., at the age of 87, from

cancer. She was a member of Delta Zeta, public school teacher, gave private piano lessons, homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include a daughter, Sue A. Faber ’78.

Mary Lee Jordan, Jan. 1, 2015, of Homosassa, Fla., at the age of 86. She was a member of Alpha Phi, tax specialist, marine navigator and homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Arthur C. Jordan ’50.

Marjorie Yoder Bowden, Feb. 13, 2015, in Kendallville, Ind., at the age of 88. She was an elementary and high school English teacher for 30 years, homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by a brother, Marion H. Yoder ’33, and sister, Margaret Yoder Keys ’37. Survivors include a sister, Mary Yoder Jackson ’64; grandson, Benjamin C. Cable ’98; and granddaughter-in-law, Helene Owen Cable ’01.

1951

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Mary Cromer Hunt, Feb. 18, 2015, of Montgomery, Ohio, at the age of 87. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Alfred J. May, April 22, 2015, of Grinnell, Iowa, at the age of 95. He was a member of Delta Chi and director of marketing for General Telephone Midwest. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Hoffman May ’46. Charles E. Slaughter, Feb. 13, 2015, of Lebanon, Ind., at the age of 89. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, salesman and retired as advertising manager of The Lebanon Reporter. Survivors include his wife, Mary Hubbell Slaughter ’48. Tavia Thorwaldson Bodenstedt, March 13, 2015, in Houston, at the age of 87. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, teacher, assistant principal and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband and brother, Jon S. Thorwaldson ’51. Joyce Walters Laughlin, Feb. 11, 2015, of Grand Rapids, Mich., at the age of 88. She was a member of Alpha Phi and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alva C. Laughlin ’47.

1950

Elizabeth Cook Wirt, April 7, 2015, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. She was a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frederick M. Wirt ’48.

John W. Donaldson, April 26, 2015, of Indianapolis, at the age of 88, from cancer. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, an attorney and state representative. He was preceded in death by his father, Fred R. Donaldson, Class of 1916; mother, Esther Coombs Donaldson, Class of 1915; brother, Frank C. Donaldson Sr. ’44; and nephew, Frederick K. Donaldson ’72. Survivors include his wife; brother, George D. Donaldson ’50; nephews, Frank C. Donaldson ’73, William R. Donaldson ’78 and Bruce D. Donaldson ’81; and great-nephew, Gregory H. Donaldson ’04. Russell L. Freeland, April 2, 2015, of Naperville, Ill., at the age of 85. He was a Rector Scholar. He had a career with International Harvester, retiring as corporate director of technical administration for Navistar International. He was elected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Silver Anniversary All Star Tem in 1976 and to the State of Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. Survivors include his wife and son, Mark R. Freeland ’78. Verna M. Meyer, May 18, 2015, of Cincinnati, at the age of 86. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and retired as corporate treasurer from Taft Broadcasting Company. Rex B. Ragan, March 11, 2015, in Phoenix, at the age of 85. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and retired director of Foster Home Services for the County of Los Angeles. He was preceded in death by his wife and brothers, Keith W. Ragan ’48 and Roger L. Ragan ’49. Deborah Trees Wells, April 30, 2015, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., at the age of 85, of cancer. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and The Washington C. DePauw Society, biology teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert

C. Trees ’22. Survivors include her husband, John S. Wells Jr. ’47; daughter, Elizabeth Loupee Lippert ’78; son, Robert E. Loupee ’76; brother, Peter E. Trees ’56; granddaughter, Nicole E. Lippert ’03; and son-in-law, Gregory R. Lippert ’77. Martha Whitmer Bark, May 1, 2015, of Medford, N.J., at the age of 86. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, a New Jersey state senator and a homemaker.

1952

Nancy Bartl Maddy, March 12, 2015, of Anderson, Ind., at the age of 85. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, retired teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Martha Clark Rice, April 11, 2015, of Chapel Hill, N.C., at the age of 85. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Reed P. Rice ’52. Virginia A. Downs, May 29, 2013, of Pana, Ill., at the age of 82. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and a retired elementary and middle school teacher. Survivors include her sisters, Mary Downs Thompson ’43 and Joyce Downs Menk ’48. Donald W. VanMeter, May 3, 2015, of Woodstock, Ga., at the age of 86. He worked for IBM for 35 years. Survivors include his wife and brother-in-law, J. Dean Gifford ’62.

1953

Truman D. Fox, April 3, 2015, of Highland Ranch, Colo., at the age of 85. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and taught art, art history and photography in public and private schools. Survivors include his wife. Janyce Kishman Wieland, March 24, 2015, of Bradenton, Fla., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Phi, homemaker and manager of social research at the University of Michigan. She was preceded in death by brother-inlaw, Robert A. Wieland Jr. ’50. Survivors include her husband, Kenneth A. Wieland ’53; son, Kenneth A. Wieland Jr. ’82; daughter, Nancy Wieland Greger ’84; and nieces, Jane Wieland Turner

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’79, Jill Wieland Tobias ’73 and Robin Wieland Daniel ’87; and sister-in-law, JoAnn Beelman Wieland ’50. Dr. Carlisle K. Parker, April 5, 2015, of Vero Beach, Fla., at the age of 84. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, Rector Scholar and otolaryngologist. Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Anderson Parker ’56. Barbara L. Sennett, March 5, 2015, of La Porte, Ind., at the age of 84. She was a secretary at the Los Angeles Medical Center, Beatty Memorial Hospital and retired from the Department of Corrections in Westville, Ind. She was preceded in death by her father, Cecil M. Sennett, Class of 1912. Survivors include her brother, James L. Sennett ’51. Margaret Smith Hardman, March 17, 2015, of Black Mountain, N.C., at the age of 83. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, registered nurse, professor of nursing and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, G. Herbert Smith Jr. ’27; uncle, Howell H. Brooks ’29; and cousin, Howell H. Brooks III ’57. Her husband followed her in death. Harry E. Stewart. March 3, 2015, in Greenville, S.C., at the age of 83. He was a member of Sigma Nu, Rector Scholar, author and professor emeritus of Clemson University. Survivors include his wife. Robert S. Swaim Jr., April 28, 2015, of Indianapolis, at the age of 84. He was a pension actuary. Survivors include his wife.

1954

Rosemary Beatson IrvingLyman, May 12, 2015, in Lakeland, Mich., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, speech pathologist and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first and second husbands. Mary Curry Shakespeare, April 17, 2015, of Napa, Calif., at the age of 82. She was a member of Delta Gamma, airline stewardess, reading consultant, teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first husband. Survivors include her husband.

Bernard E. Hoogenboom, Jan. 30, 2015, of Brookville, Ind., at the age of 82. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, Rector Scholar and professor of chemistry at Gustavus Adolphus College. Survivors include his wife, Louise Brown Hoogenboom ’56. Mary Morris Hickman, Feb. 14, 2015, of Romeoville, Ill., at the age of 83. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include a sister, Jane Morris Enzor ’61. Lewis E. Peters, March 4, 2015, in Marquette, Mich., at the age of 82. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association, Rector Scholar and professor of biology at Northern Michigan University. He was preceded in death by his first wife and brother, Edward T. Peters ’57. Survivors include his wife. Charles R. Platt, May 20, 2015, in Indianapolis, at the age of 83. He was a member of Delta Chi and retired as director of finance and development for Millers Merry Manor. Survivors include his wife.

1955

Rev. Russell G. Claussen, Dec. 1, 2014, of Chicago, at the age of 80. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Rector Scholar and minister of the United Church of Christ. Caroline Jones Lang, May 5, 2015, in Geneva, Ill., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, retired owner of an antiques shop and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, William G. Jones ’30, and mother, Elise Colby Jones ’29. Survivors include her husband and son, Samuel J. Lang III ’81. Rev. Ronald W. Liechty, March 11, 2015, of Plymouth, Ind., at the age of 82. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and United Methodist Church minister. Survivors include his wife and son, Brian W. Liechty ’80. Patricia Orr Burnham, April 15, 2015, of Hanover, N.H., at the age of 81. She was a member of Delta Gamma and Phi Beta Kappa, and a consultant and writer for The Transitions Group, Inc. She was preceded in death by her husband.

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Survivors include her sister, Kay Orr Taylor ’58, and brother-in-law, Clark E. Taylor ’56. Raymond E. Wachter Jr., March 30, 2015, of Greensboro, N.C., at the age of 81. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and consumer affairs bank examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Survivors include his wife.

1956

Dr. David L. Alvis, Feb. 21, 2015, of Indianapolis, at the age of 80. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa, Rector Scholar and ophthalmologist. He was preceded in death by his sister, Margaret Alvis Smiley ’57. Survivors include his wife. Jack R. Davis, March 3, 2015, of Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of 80. He was a member of Delta Chi and retired as vice president of Lincoln Financial Management Company. Survivors include his wife and daughter, Loraine Davis Datena ’83. J. Robert Fink, May 15, 2015, of Beaver, Ohio, at the age of 84. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta, the DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame, a coach and athletic director. He was preceded in death by his wife. William B. Leist, May 16, 2015, of Rochester, N.Y., at the age of 80. He was a member of Sigma Nu and an insurance agent. He was preceded in death by his mother, Elizabeth Hieb Leist ’22. Survivors include his wife, Mary Kendall Leist ’58, and son, Jeffrey K. Leist ’84. Margaret L. Taylor, Dec. 17, 2014, of Irvine, Calif., at the age of 80. She was a member of Delta Gamma, Phi Beta Kappa and The Washington C. DePauw Society, and a retired professor of speech at Orange Coast College.

1957

Margaret Dailey Kuehrmann, of New Bern, N.C., at the age of 79. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta and Phi Beta Kappa, a computer programmer and analyst, and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her sister, Dorothy Dailey Bates ’59. Survivors include her husband.

Mary Jordan Berkebile, March 12, 2015, in Rapid City, S.D., at the age of 79. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, homemaker and community volunteer. Survivors include her husband, Dale E. Berkebile ’57. Glenn J. Slanec, April 19, 2015, of Evergreen, Colo., at the age of 79. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and a business owner. He was preceded in death by his brother, Bernard F. Slanec ’54. Survivors include his wife, Alice Jones Slanec ’58.

1958

Anne Fulton Smith, April 2, 2015, of Minnetonka, Minn., at the age of 78. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, homemaker and worked in rehabilitation services. She was preceded in death by her aunt, Bethel Williams Wadsworth ’32. Jeddie McEvoy Driscol, April 13, 2015, in Lorain, Ohio, at the age of 77. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, actress, dancer, singer and choreographer. She was regional director for the Girl Scouts of America and a high school vocal music director. She was preceded in death by her father, Paul B. McEvoy ’27.

1959

Dorothy Dailey Anderson Bates, Nov. 28, 2014, in Oceanside, Calif., at the age of 77. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and registered nurse. Survivors include her sister, Margaret Dailey Kuehrmann ’57. Lynn D. Gaylord, March 19, 2012, of Prattville, Ala., at the age of 74, of pancreatic cancer. He was a member of Delta Upsilon and a regional sales manager. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ella Henderson Gaylord ’30. Survivors include his wife; son, George C. Gaylord ’87; and daughter-in-law, Julia Vaughn Gaylord ’87. Dr. James E. Johanson, Nov. 18, 2014, of Excelsior, Minn., at the age of 77. He was a member of Sigma Nu and an orthopedic surgeon. Survivors include his wife. Donna Leverenz Lea, April 8, 2015, in Elgin, Ill., at the age of 78. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, a teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1960

John S. Gibson, May 1, 2015, of Orleans, Mass., at the age of 77, from leukemia. He retired as president of the Lexington Insurance Company in Boston. He was preceded in death by his father, Edwin H. Gibson, Class of 1904. Survivors include his wife.

1961

Joseph E. Friend, August 2013, of La Jolla, Calif., at the age of 74. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and geologist. He was preceded in death by his mother, Esther Whitaker Friend ‘31. Survivors include his wife, H. Suzanne Jaques Friend ’61. Peter Price, July 27, 2014, of London, England, at the age of 74. He was a member of Delta Chi, an English teacher, advisory teacher and lecturer. Survivors include his wife. Arthur E. Schneider Jr., Jan. 24, 2015, in Frankfort, Mich., at the age of 75. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association, Rector Scholar and taught English at Palm Beach Junior College for 30 years. Survivors include a sister, Marjorie Schneider Walsh ’54; nephew, Tyler J. Spear ’13; and longtime friend, Martha Preston ’61.

1962

David B. Sailors, Jan. 28, 2014, of San Diego, at the age of 73. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association, retired physicist for the Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center and an author. Survivors include his wife.

1965

Norman L. Craig, June 9, 2013, of Chesterbrook, Pa., at the age of 71. He was a patent attorney. Survivors include his wife. William F. Penz, June 4, 2013, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., at the age of 69. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and retired vice president and treasurer of the Ludington News Company, Inc. Survivors include his wife.

1969

Ginger Knudsen Socolofsky, Nov. 9, 2014, of Boynton Beach, Fla., at the age of 66. She was a member of Delta Gamma, worked for Northern Trust Corporation and was a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Brian E. Socolofsky ’02.

1971

William G. Gardner, March 26, 2015, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 69, following a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He was a high school math teacher for 35 years. Survivors include his wife.

1972

Judith Robertson Pugh, Feb. 22, 2015, of Brownsburg, Ind., at the age of 69. She was an elementary school teacher and homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

1973

Barrett L. Boehm, May 15, 2015, of Saint Louis, at the age of 63. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and retired from IBM Business Consulting Service. He was a former member of The Washington C. DePauw Society Executive Committee, DePauw Alumni Board and DePauw Board of Visitors. Survivors include his wife; son, Barrett L. Boehm ’08; and daughter, Carter W. Boehm ’09. Clifford E. Simon III, March 14, 2015, of Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of 63, of heart disease. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and owner of several telecommunications companies. He was preceded in death by his father, Clifford E. Simon ’47, and mother, Janis Hatz Simon ’48. Survivors include his wife.

1974

Larry J. Hayes, Feb. 20, 2015, of Knightstown, Ind., at the age of 63. He was employed by Hayes Landfill and Buster’s Concrete Products before retirement. Survivors include his wife, Mary Eichelberger Hayes ’75. Dr. Charlene A. Sennett, March 23, 2015, in Chicago, at the age of 62. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, associate professor of radiology and clinical specialist in breast imaging. Survivors include her husband.

1976

S. Jane Gooch, April 28, 2015, of Evansville, Ind., at the age of 60. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Beta Kappa, and taught English as a second language. Survivors include her brother, Joseph A. Gooch ’75.

1977

Agnes King Rud, May 7, 2015, of Columbus, Ind., at the age of 70. She was a high school teacher and coach, staff writer for the

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Greencastle (Ind.) Banner Graphic, homemaker and cofounder of the Greencastle Poplar Street Gallery and Wellness Center. She was preceded in death by her father, John W. King ’27. Survivors include her husband, Jerome L. Rud ’82.

Megan S. Hammerle, Feb. 13, 2015, of Lebanon, Ind., at the age of 18. She was a freshman at DePauw and a member of the Science Research Fellows Program. She was also a member of the DePauw University Band and Trombone Ensemble.

1979

James H. Barrett, March 31, 2015, of Frontenac, Mo., at the age of 58, of complications from a bone marrow transplant. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, senior vice president and chief lending officer of Anheuser-Busch Employees’ Credit Union, and former member of the DePauw Alumni Association Board. He was preceded in death by his greatgrandfather, Charles F. Zeis, Class of 1891; grandfather, James B. Zeis ’25; and father, William H. Barrett ’50. Survivors include his wife, Beth Stewart Barrett ’81; son, Kyle S. Barrett ’10; daughter, Andrea Z. Barrett ’13; mother-in-law, Fauneil Brattain Stewart ’52; brother-in-law, G. Douglas Stewart ’83 and nephew, David C. Barrett ’94.

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1980

Jeannine R. Fredrick, March 6, 2015, of Greencastle, Ind., at the ae of 85. She retired after 30 years of service at DePauw. Survivors include her daughters, Gail Fredrick Moriarity ’80 and Amy Fredrick ’89.

Bruce P. Anshutz, March 16, 2015, in Terre Haute, Ind., at the age of 56. He was a member of Sigma Nu and a dentist. Survivors include his wife; sisters, Susan J. Anshutz ’77, Jennifer Anshutz Thomas ’73, and Claire Anshutz Marchese ’75; brother, Scott B. Anshutz ’84; brotherin-law, Neil L. Marchese ’74; sister-inlaw, Samantha Hulbert Anshutz ’84; and niece, Grace E. Anshutz ’17.

Byron W. Daynes, June 7, 2015, of Provo, Utah, at the age of 77. He taught political science at DePauw for 18 years, followed by 24 years at Brigham Young University. He wrote 16 books. In 2006 he was named a William J. Clinton Distinguished Fellow at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Mickelsen Daynes ’73. Robert G. Grocock, March 12, 2015, in Cincinnati. He was a professor of music at DePauw. He was preceded in death by his wife.

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Clayton R. Homler, March 15, 2015, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 71. He worked at DePauw in the Lilly Center and at Walden Inn. Survivors include his wife.

1982

Lisa B. Cornwell, April 24, 2015, of Northbrook, Ill., at the age of 54. She was a member of Delta Zeta and homemaker. Survivors include her husband. Sara Schacht Dugdale, Feb. 26, 2015, in Indianapolis, at the age of 56. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, registered nurse and homemaker. Survivors include her husband; son, Paul W. Dugdale ’13; and daughter, Jessica M. Dugdale ’11.

Maria Mecum, Jan. 30, 2015, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 84. She was a nurse, taught medical Spanish to nursing students at DePauw, and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

1993

Jason R. Surber, March 27, 2015, in Glenview, Ill., at the age of 44. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, attorney and president of ATF., Inc. Survivors include his wife and mother, Nancy Stewart Surber ’67.

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EYES ON THE PRIZE

Competition was fierce again this year in the Little 5 Alumni Race.

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creating a legacy RETIRED TEACHERS CHARLES AND MARTHA VICKERS, BOTH â&#x20AC;&#x2122;55, SUPPORT DEPAUW THROUGH CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES CHARLIE and MARTHA VICKERS first met on the steps of the Union Building during registration for their first semester at DePauw. Later, Charlie would ask Martha to accompany him to Chapel services. They would marry in August 1955 and enjoy 58 years together, until Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death in April 2014. Both Charlie and Martha entered careers in education, spending years teaching elementary and junior high students in an Illinois public school district. Even from the start, Martha points out, the liberal arts background they received at DePauw prepared them for the challenges of teaching.

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

Randy Rogers Associate Vice President for Development 300 E. Seminary St., P.O. Box 37 Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 Phone: 765-658-4218 Toll-free: 800-446-5298 randyrogers@depauw.edu depauw.plannedgifts.org

In retirement, the Vickers wanted to help other DePauw students who deserve an excellent education and demonstrate financial need. In addition to their loyal annual support, the couple established the Charles and Martha Vickers Endowed Scholarship Fund. This endowment will be funded by both an estate gift and several charitable gift annuities established by the Vickers. Gift annuities allow donors to make significant contributions to a charity while also receiving the benefit of lifetime income. The generosity and forethought of these two public school teachers will assist future DePauw students in perpetuity. What a testament to a couple whose careers were dedicated to education.

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