DePauw Magazine Fall 2012

Fall 2012

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MARCUS C. ROBINSON ’94 Against the odds, school principal pushes students to succeed PAGE 10

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WHEN’S YOUR FIRST CLASS? Excitement was palpable on campus as DePauw welcomed its 175th entering class in August.

The Class of 2016 is one of the most academically talented in the University’s history.

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YEAR OF THE DRAGON In a vividly colorful cultural celebration, DePauw students welcomed the Year of the Dragon on Feb. 11. Organized by the ASIA Club and Asian Studies Program and held on the last day of the Lunar New Year celebration, the festival featured traditional foods and authentic dragon and lion dances performed by the Indianapolis Chinese Community Center, Inc. in the Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Center.

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THRIVE

THINK

LIVE

College or Die: School principal Marcus C. Robinson ’94 has lofty goals for students

Striking Fear – Debate at DePauw

Going Global: More students opt for an international experience

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29 Recent Words 31 Alumni and Advancement 38 Class Notes Cover photo and photos on pages 10-17

by Wilbur Montgomery.

Christopher J. Wells vice president for communications and strategic initiatives christopherwells@depauw.edu

Jennifer Clarkson Soster ’88 executive director of alumni relations jsoster@depauw.edu

Larry G. Anderson senior editor landersn@depauw.edu

Contributors: Charles A. Tindley School, Sarah McAdams, Linda Striggo, Beth Wilkerson and Chris Wolfe

Kelly A. Graves director of publications kgraves@depauw.edu Donna Grooms class notes editor dgrooms@depauw.edu Larry G. Ligget University photographer larryligget@depauw.edu

DePauw Alumni Association Officers Marcus R. Veatch ’75, president Brent E. St. John ’89, vice president Gilbert D. Stanley ’82, secretary

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letters Summer 2012

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HEATHER HITCHENS ’91

I don’t think I would have been able to step so easily into such a position, nor would I have had the connection to Rachel. I hope that the experiences of alumni like Hitchens continue to inspire those within the DePauw network to support and/or pursue careers in the arts. We have something special, and the future of theatre needs us.

Brandon M. Piper ’09 New York City

Broadway is 3,000 miles long for her and the American Theatre Wing

changes that have occurred since I was last in Greencastle.

I always look forward to hearing about life at DePauw.

Paul O. Germann Jr. ’52 Waynesville, N.C. [EDITOR’S NOTE: The University is developing a new campus map that will indicate the most recent changes to the campus. When the map is completed, we will be able to share it with readers.]

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ON BROADWAY Editor: The article about Heather A. Hitchens ’91, “From the Tony Awards to Arts Advocacy,” [Summer 2012 issue] reiterated the importance of the DePauw community in the arts, as well as the strength of the DePauw alumni network. Having just finished my Master of Fine Arts in Acting, then moving to New York City this summer, many of Hitchens’ insights resonated with me deeply. After a mere three days in the city, I was already interning with DePauw alumna Rachel Routh [’08], and I now work as her executive assistant at the Dramatists Guild Fund, an organization that supports writers and theatres throughout the country.

As Hitchens states, her liberal arts education allowed her to transition from one influential role to the next with ease, and it is that same liberal arts education that has allowed me to so quickly become integrated into that “community of theatres” of which Hitchens speaks.

Without the collaborative spirit and varied experiences gained at DePauw,

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Did you study abroad?

Tell us about your international experience.

LIFE IN JOURNALISM Editor: In reading your latest publication, I particularly enjoyed seeing the continuing success of The DePauw [Summer 2012 issue].

My four years of working on the publication turned out to be a valuable lesson as it led to an extremely enjoyable lifetime career in journalism for me.

One suggestion: the aerial photo of East College (page 60 of the summer issue) was great for those of us who have not been able to return to campus.

I’d like to see a centerfold rendering where I could visually witness all of the

DePauw Magazine wants to print your letters about the impact of the study abroad experience on you and your life.

Send letters to: Editor DePauw Magazine P.O. Box 37 Greencastle, IN 46135-0037.

Or email landersn@depauw.edu.

Live from DePauw, it’s D3TV! For the first time in its history, DePauw’s student television station, D3TV, can broadcast live online from anywhere on campus. With funds provided by the Allocations Board and Rachel A. Pfennig ’09, this fall D3TV purchased a Tricaster, a high-tech remote television production system. As a result, the student TV station is expanding its coverage, including live broadcasts of home football games and a featured Game of the Week from various DePauw sports.

Alumni can view the live TV broadcasts by going to the DePauw website.

“Can I get them to tell us something that will explain who they are, what they believe in?”

CANDY CROWLEY, CNN’s chief political correspondent, during an Ubben Lecture at DePauw on Sept. 25, as she prepared to moderate a debate – just three weeks later – between presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

120,000

The number of items currently included in DePauw’s Digital Library. It features documents and photographs from the University’s Archives; University publications such as The DePauw and DePauw Magazine; Methodist publications; Greencastle Banner-Graphic and Putnam County photographs and newspapers dating back to 1837, the year the University was founded; audio recordings of campus events, science collection, art collection and more. You can access the Digital Library at digital.library.depauw.edu.

FROM THE PRESIDENT President Brian W. Casey

At DePauw, we have a great deal to which we can look forward.

The University recently announced development of a new Center for Student Engagement, which will feature a comprehensive student development approach to help students shape their out-of-the-classroom experiences. From off-campus study, to internships, to pre-professional advising, service work and career planning, the new center will further strengthen DePauw’s legacy of connecting the liberal arts to life’s work.

The Board of Trustees recently approved a master plan for DePauw’s athletics and recreation facilities, and the University has received initial gifts that will help ensure that early phases of this plan are implemented. The plan will provide a roadmap for DePauw’s support of its student-athletes and for the athletic and fitness facilities that are central to the quality of life on campus.

In Greencastle, the Stellar Communities Grant, a program that will bring new energy and development to the city, is taking root on the courthouse square, where DePauw’s new bookstore, Eli’s Books, has opened. The reconstruction of Anderson Street as an entrance to DePauw will also soon be complete.

In short, this is a campus that is active and moving forward. Universities are like that, of course – always in progress. During their years here, our students are always in the process of becoming themselves, and our faculty are continuing to develop themselves as teachers and scholars. New academic disciplines emerge, and existing ones evolve.

So, like our students, DePauw is evolving and always looking to the future, committed to our vision as a leading, residential liberal arts college that combines a powerful academic focus with experiences that prepare our students for lives of purpose and extraordinary accomplishment. It would be easy to become impatient. Certainly, those of us who want the very best for DePauw can be forgiven for wanting it all right now. We might benefit from some of the wisdom of Marcus Robinson ’94, who is featured in this issue’s cover story. He has recognized that the remarkable success of his school, a charter school in Indianapolis, depends on its ability to adapt to the needs of its students. There is no secret to education, he might say, that sets aside the need for continual striving.

Striving in the service of what one loves is a very fine thing. As this University continues its own journey, I want to thank all of you who continue to support DePauw in its ongoing development, sharing with us the joys of what DePauw has been and the hopeful vision of what it can be.

Brian W. Casey President

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The number of bicycles available for use by students and Greencastle community members through a bikesharing program introduced on campus this fall. Developed by students in a Management Fellows Capstone course, the bike program not only is eco-friendly, but it also further connects students with the community.

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NOW YOU CAN HAVE A BOOK AND A LATTE New location. New name. New Starbucks café. New bookstore.

DePauw’s bookstore has moved from the lower level of Memorial Student Union Building to a newly renovated space on the courthouse square in downtown Greencastle. The redesigned 11,000-square-foot bookstore, now called Eli’s Books and located at 6 E. Washington St., will allow DePauw students, faculty members and area shoppers to explore a mezzanine-level Starbucks café, soft-seating areas, community room and expanded product selection.

DePauw and Greencastle welcomed Eli’s Books to the community during a grand opening Sept. 27-29. A ribbon-cutting ceremony featured Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman, DePauw President Brian W. Casey, members of the Greencastle community and dignitaries from Eli Lilly and Company, which was founded by Eli Lilly, the bookstore’s namesake. Lilly attended Indiana Asbury University – which later was renamed DePauw University – and started his first pharmacy on Greencastle’s square.

Check out the products offered by Eli’s Books at www.elisbooks.bkstr.com.

“There are few moments in life when before and after are so clearly visible to each other, separated by one moment. You woke up this morning in a true before. And when you leave this hall … you will begin an amazing after.”

PRESIDENT BRIAN W. CASEY, welcoming the Class of 2016 to DePauw at the opening convocation on

Saturday, Aug. 18 in Kresge Auditorium of the Green Center for the Performing Arts. The entering class included 617 students from 47 states and 34 foreign countries.

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DePauw tied for second among the nation’s small colleges in the number of its graduates who committed to serving in Teach For America’s 2012 teaching corps. Nineteen DePauw alumni joined TFA this fall. Only Wellesley College, with 21 participants, had a greater total among small colleges, and Amherst College matched DePauw’s total of 19 new corps members.

Teach For America recruits top college graduates and professionals who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in the pursuit of educational opportunity for all students.

DePauw is consistently among the nation’s top contributors to TFA.

ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT The First Annual Entrepreneurship Symposium on Sept. 14 allowed students, alumni and staff members to explore their entrepreneurial spirit and share ideas. Sponsored by The Robert C. McDermond Center for Management & Entrepreneurship, the symposium featured sessions and discussion about Executing Ideas into Products and Services, Building Support with Investors and Partners, and Lessons Learned from Entrepreneurship.

MEDIA BEAT: THE WHITE HOUSE AND FIVE FOREIGN COUNTRIES The hands-on experiences of DePauw students in the Media Fellows Program are ranging from the White House to organizations in five foreign countries this fall. Among locations where Media Fellows are experiencing internships are: Office of the First Lady/White House, Washington, D.C.; TeamWorks Media, Chicago; World Food Programme, Rome, Italy; The Olive Press, Málaga, Spain; Hatfield Post Productions, Chicago; The Santiago Times, Santiago, Chile; “Today Show,” New York City; DiGa Vision, New York City; Threeview, Munich, Germany; and Big Sky Productions, Cape Town, South Africa.

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The number of DePauw students who submitted applications this fall for 2013-14 Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships to teach and conduct research abroad. The Chronicle of Higher Education lists DePauw among the Top Producers of Fulbright Awards for U.S. Students.

ART & THE OTHER Theme of ArtsFest 2012, the 11th annual celebration that featured creative and performing arts and talents of DePauw and Greencastle community members as well as visiting artists, from Oct. 28 through Nov. 3.

RECRUITING THE CLASS OF 2017 Dan Meyer, vice president for admission and financial aid

On Opening Day this year, students lined up along Anderson Street and walked across campus to the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, where they were greeted by faculty members and student mentors, and then formally welcomed into the DePauw community. It is rewarding to be there on that day, to see the results of the hard work done by DePauw’s admission staff during the preceding years. This vibrant and gifted class was selected from more than 5,000 applicants.

Their first day, in many ways, marks the end of the admission recruiting cycle that focused on them, though we’ll get to enjoy their company on campus for the next four years and some of them will work with us, giving tours, hosting visiting students and welcoming visitors to campus. Now we turn our attention to next year’s cycle and identifying promising young people who will make up DePauw’s Class of 2017.

We continue to focus on our primary admission and financial aid goals, including: » Strengthening the academic profile of students who enroll at DePauw. The quality of the educational product we offer is affected significantly by the quality of students who learn here, and we continue to work to bring the most talented students to DePauw. » Sustaining the diversity of students we enroll. DePauw continues to be committed to offering the campus a wealth of diversity, in the students we enroll, faculty and staff we employ, and through the wide array of multicultural experiences we provide both on and off campus. » Making the best possible use of financial aid funding to support students we enroll and maintaining our commitment to keeping a DePauw education accessible to students from all walks of life. » Working to expand DePauw’s presence in some regions, those in which we believe we are well positioned to recruit from a position of strength.

The past year saw successes in each of these areas, and also (as always) room for improvement. This year, admission operations are fully moved into new offices in the beautiful Emison building, which provides us the opportunity to make the best possible first impression. We have a number of new staff members joining our more seasoned staff, and all of them are excited to be bringing in the Class of 2017.

As I do each fall, I’d like to thank all the alumni and friends of DePauw who have taken the time to recommend students to us. If you know of a promising high school student you think should be hearing from DePauw, please feel free to let us know (on our website at www.depauw.edu/referstudent or via email at admission@ depauw.edu).

All of us in the Office of Admission will be working hard this year to bring in another class that you can be proud of. Thank you for your continued support.

Daniel D i l L. L Meyer M Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid

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EYES OF THE TIGER When DePauw’s athletic coaches gathered to review and make recommendations about athletic logos as part of the University’s new marketing effort, they agreed that their teams needed a logo with a tiger that has its “chin down but looking forward.” The eyes of the tiger are doing just that in the new athletic logo.

Working with an outside athletic design firm, the DePauw athletics department now has a new Tiger logo as well as a redesigned paw and cameraready art specific to each athletic program. Of course, the official color is still Old Gold.

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The number of films from Spain and Latin America, including an Oscar-nominated animated feature, shown on campus this fall. The Spanish Film Club series is an initiative between Pragda Films and American universities to create new audiences for recent feature-length films from Spanish-speaking countries.

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A TWO-WAY STREET Great things happen at DePauw. World-class education. Important research.

Experiences that shape lives. DePauw students and alumni know the University is a special place, but it might not have been as evident to first-time visitors as they turned down one of the side streets that travel through campus. First impressions matter, and the new Anderson Street entrance is sure to make a good one.

As the only street that leads all the way to East College, a symbol of DePauw since the 1870s, Anderson Street was a leading candidate to become the University’s front door. In fact, students, faculty members, alumni and visitors have driven the street in the shadow of the bell tower for years – but in the wrong direction. Anderson Street ran one way, and that way was away from campus.

Work began in March 2012 to transform a section of the quiet street into a twoway avenue that delivers visitors directly to the heart of DePauw. The Hoover Gates, modeled after the Alumni Arch on East College lawn and named for R. David Hoover and his wife, Suzanne, (both members of the Class of 1967) will mark the official entrance at the intersection with Bloomington Street/U.S. 231.

Matching brick sidewalks and 52 triumph elms will line the rest of the way to East College lawn, creating a sense of arrival to the grounds to match the power of the academic and co-curricular experiences that are central to a DePauw education.

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

DePauw again in top 50 in Directors’ Cup Standings DePauw finished 42nd in the 2011-12 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Division III Final Standings. It is the University’s 11th top-50 finish and eighth consecutive in the 17-year history of the program.

The Directors’ Cup recognizes colleges that maintain a broadbased program and achieve success in both men’s and women’s sports.

.711 WINNING PERCENTAGE DePauw athletic teams finished 2011-12 with a 214-85-6 record for a .711 winning percentage as the Tigers captured the North Coast Athletic Conference AllSports Trophy in their first year of conference competition.

NEXT STOP: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS The men’s soccer, women’s soccer and field hockey teams all won their respective North Coast Athletic Conference tournaments this fall. As a result, all three Tiger teams earned automatic bids to the NCAA Division III Championships.

SOFTBALL Erica Hanrahan, previously an assistant softball coach at Boston College, is just the third head coach in the DePauw softball program’s history since its return to varsity status in 1996.

Hanrahan takes over for Bonnie Skrenta, who resigned in June to become the head coach at Division I Bucknell University. The Tigers posted a 241-61-1 record during the last seven years, including five appearances in the Division III NCAA postseason in the last six seasons.

Professional Division and now with the Chicago Soul of the Major Indoor Soccer League, and former second team all-American selection at DePauw, returned to campus this fall as goalkeeper coach for the Tigers.

WOMEN’S GOLF Juniors Paige Gooch and Kelsey Smith combined to shoot a final-round 157 and finished tied for 29th overall and second among NCAA Division III golfers at the Pure Silk Team Championship.

DePauw, which finished second at the 2012 NCAA Division III Championships, opened the 2012-13 season at the Indiana University Fall Kickoff.

MEN’S SOCCER Nathan Sprenkel ’12, previously goalkeeper for Antigua Barracuda FC in the United Soccer Leagues

WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Matt Ense, formerly assistant swimming and diving coach at Denison University, replaced Mary Bretscher as just the second women’s swimming and diving head coach in DePauw history.

Bretscher announced her retirement from coaching in April.

Ense was recently named the 2012 CollegeSwimming.com Rising Assistant Coach of the Year.

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HISTORY: STUDENTS DIG IT ON CAMPUS

By Christopher Wolfe For Danica R. Andersen ’15 and Kathleen M. Raymond-Judy ’15, June marked both the end of their freshman year and beginning of an international archaeological adventure that began on DePauw’s campus.

Built in 1902, Minshall Lab was home to some of DePauw’s most celebrated alumni. While a research fellow at DePauw, Percy Lavon Julian ’20 and a colleague formulated the total synthesis of physostigmine in Minshall.

Before Dr. Ferid Murad ’58 became a Nobel Laureate in medicine, he learned the principles of his life’s work as a student there.

Many decades of discovery later, Minshall was no longer suited to its purpose of training the best and brightest chemists. In 1973 the

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laboratory was razed and buried in its own basement.

Despite the wealth of memories, photographs and records that exist of Minshall Lab nearly 40 years later, every campus survey from the era disagrees by a few meters about the site of the old laboratory. Working with Pedar W. Foss and Rebecca K. Schindler, both associate professors of classical studies, Andersen and Raymond-Judy set out to find the true location of Minshall’s southern wall.

During Alumni Reunion Weekend prior to the dig, one visitor joked they might want to bring a Geiger counter with them. It soon became clear that they were digging up more than the remains of an old building. They were unearthing memories.

“It was interesting to hear stories from people walking by as we were digging,” Andersen says. “People would walk by and say, ‘Oh! That’s that ugly bathroom tile!’ When you have people there who remember the building, it brings a whole new aspect into the archaeology.”

By the third and final week of the dig, it was clear to the excavators that all three of the earlier surveys were wrong. Their trench grew to the size of a parking space, sloping downward more than three feet where they revealed the true location of Minshall’s southern wall.

Foss and Schindler planned the excavation to celebrate DePauw’s 175th anniversary. With that chapter finished, Andersen and Raymond-Judy left with

FROM LEFT: VISITORS RECEIVE DIG UPDATES FROM DANICA R. ANDERSEN ’15, IN TRENCH, AND KATHLEEN M. RAYMOND-JUDY ’15 DURING A FRIDAY MORNING TRENCH TALK. MINSHALL LAB. AN ANCIENT ROCK-CUT SHIELD RELIEF, SUNDERED BY MODERN QUARRYING, NEAR ECELER MOUND. RAYMOND-JUDY, REBECCA K. SCHINDLER AND ANDERSEN IN THE MINSHALL TRENCH. TEAM MEMBERS PREPARE FOR BALLOON PHOTOGRAPHY OVER ECELER MOUND, SEKI VILLAGE.

AND IN TURKEY Foss to explore a much older historic site.

In July they traveled to Lycia, an ancient region in southwest Turkey that was once a corridor between the empires of the Mediterranean and Western Asia’s Anatolian plateau, where they spent two weeks combing the hills and plains near the towns of Çaltilar and Seki for remnants of cultures that had lived there. They weren’t digging as they had been earlier in the summer – farmers’ plows have made that unnecessary – but their training with the high- and lowtech tools of archaeology helped the students get the most from their stay.

Each find was painstakingly recorded in a growing database controlled by the Çaltilar Archaeological Project, an international

collaboration headed by the universities of Bristol and Liverpool in the U.K. Using GPS data and specialized Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software, the students created maps to help researchers understand how the peoples of Lycia adapted to the land, exploited it and moved across it.

As in Greencastle, the people of Çaltilar took an interest in the archaeologists’ work. “What was really cool was that both projects had significant components of community outreach,” Foss says. “In the small village of about 400 people where we lived, nearly 100 of them ended up coming by our dig house over the course of three or four days to look at displays we had made, or the pottery we found, or to ask questions about their past.”

The students had already begun making plans for future excursions before they returned to their homes in Minnesota. Next year, Andersen hopes to return to Turkey with Foss to continue the project in Çaltilar.

Raymond-Judy plans a Winter Term 2013 trip to Greece led by Schindler.

“Archaeology is a craft you have to apprentice to really figure it out,” Foss says. “You realize quite quickly whether you love it or it’s not for you – there’s no in-between.”

With three years still ahead of them at DePauw, that’s one archaeological find Andersen and Raymond-Judy have already made.

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COLLEGE OR DIE School principal Marcus C. Robinson ’94 has lofty goal for students

by Christopher Wells

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NOW “College or Die.” When Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School first opened, The Indianapolis Star reported that the school’s principal, Marcus C. Robinson ’94, wanted to paint these words on the wall, but other school employees thought the motto might be too much.

The words are there now, painted right inside the entrance. It’s not hyperbole, Robinson says. The life expectancy of students from innercity schools goes up markedly if they graduate from college. “So from our vantage point, our courage and our moral authority has to push us to get to the levels of rigor that students need,” says Robinson. “We’ll get them to college. If not, we don’t really mean what we’re talking about.”

Tindley School opened in 2004 in The Meadows, a low-income urban Indianapolis neighborhood with one of the city’s worst crime rates. The school was to be housed in an abandoned discount grocery store, renovated for this purpose. Despite the challenging setting, the vision for the school was from the beginning a lofty one: to ensure that 100 percent of its students would gain acceptance to fully accredited four-year colleges or universities.

Successful in its mission, Tindley School has sent every graduate to college – every single one. Its entry is decorated

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with acceptance letters from some of the most prestigious colleges in the country.

And its students enter college with the foundational tools they need to succeed.

Tindley students beat the average on state test scores and attend collegelevel classes in calculus, literature, composition, history, philosophy and the sciences before they graduate. The U.S. Department of Education named it a Blue Ribbon School in 2010.

Tindley has achieved this extraordinary success by relying on the notion of “accelerated education,” in which every student receives the kind of education normally reserved for gifted students. Accelerated schools expect their educators to do what is necessary, including teaching specialized remedial classes, to keep their students on track to achieve at a high level. Robinson and his colleagues pulled this off in an inner-city neighborhood with a history of underachieving schools. So how did they do it?

The accelerated school model is the foundation. Robinson says, “The high

school I went to had five ability tracks, from super-bright down to superremedial, and so in that menu you could choose to get ready for Harvard or get ready for homelessness.” Instead of accepting this spectrum of outcomes, the Tindley School sets one bar for all students, and everyone who works there knows that this is the expectation. But aiming high is not in itself a guarantee of success.

For the Tindley School, success seems to come from adapting to what students need outside of the confines of conventional school hours or even the conventional school year. The standard school day at Tindley is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“We impress upon our families at the very beginning that we’re going to work as hard and as long as your child needs,” Robinson says. “Well, everyone likes that conceptually, but pragmatically when somebody has to wake up at 6 o’clock in the morning to get a kid out here for Saturday school, pragmatically when you’ve arranged to do some things in the evening and your child has to be at

school two or three hours longer, that can get a little hairy. It really requires a different level of commitment, not just from the kid and the teacher, but from the parents and guardians who are supporting that kid.”

Some students do end up leaving school at 3 p.m., and taking the summer off, but students who aren’t making it are required to put in the extra time. Every Friday students get a progress report. If they have 75 percent or above in all their

very seriously,’” Robinson explains.

“Elsewhere, if you don’t do well on ISTEP [a state test], it’s better luck next year. But our kids realize it’s not just a high-stakes test for us as professionals; it’s a high-stakes test for them as a kid.”

Tindley’s success also is a function of its teaching. Class size is limited to 2022 students because, as Robinson puts it, “at 30 or 40 kids in a room you’re not teaching, you’re instructing, and our kids who are behind cannot afford to have an

“We’ll get them to college. If not, we don’t really mean what we’re talking about.” classes, they may leave at 3 p.m. for the next week. Robinson says that 65 to 70 percent of students leave at 3 p.m.

The same logic applies to summer vacations, which are available to students whose state test scores show they are keeping up. “They know, ‘If I want a summer, I’ve got to earn a summer.

That means I have to take this test

instructor. They need someone who is really speaking to their needs.”

Extending the school day or year doesn’t matter if students are spending more time with a weak teacher. “The research shows that one bad teacher costs a kid two years of instruction, and two in a row costs them five years of instruction,” Robinson says.

Tindley has found gifted teachers willing to work in the adaptive structure that ensures all students achieve. “We have some teachers who come out of great schools here in Indiana,” he says.

“We recruit nationally, and so we’ve moved people here from [other states].

We cast a very broad net in terms of the people that we’re bringing to the table, but no matter where we get them from, we still have to train them to be great. There’s probably only one person I would say who’s come here and just been amazing from day one, and that guy went to DePauw. You know, if DePauw keeps turning them out, then I won’t have to work so hard.”

The school offers specialized teacher training each summer in the form of the Tindley Teaching Institute. Most schools of education poorly prepare new teachers for inner-city classrooms, Robinson says. “We do our own Urban Education Institute: This is how you manage the class. This is how you plan for instruction. These are the rules and regulations, the systems and procedures

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that are necessary to help your kids be successful. Here’s how you keep from boring kids to tears.” In the end, teachers in an accelerated school focus not only on what they are putting in front of students but also on what students are taking in.

Robinson refers to Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen’s notion of disruptive innovation: “At some point, if you’re going to be really disruptive in what you’re trying to do and turn things around, you have to figure out not just what you’re selling, but what people are buying when they go to school.” For Robinson, the nature of the work is seeing what students’ specific needs are. “You’ve got to know your audience. Comedians get it; they tell a joke differently depending on who’s sitting in the audience. I think in teaching too frequently we say, ‘If I tell a joke, and it falls flat, it’s the students’ fault.’”

This stance toward student outcomes isn’t easy, he adds. “You can’t say every kid who graduates has to do two semesters of college calculus if you aren’t as educators willing to make sacrifices to make that happen. I can sleep at night because I know when we get a kid through, that kid is not just prepared to go away but to be successful wherever he or she goes.”

THE PAST

After graduating from DePauw, Robinson spent a fifth year in Greencastle as an admission counselor.

He then did similar recruiting work for Hope College, traveling the Midwest and talking to underrepresented populations about choosing a private liberal arts college. He kept meeting students whose credentials said they weren’t ready for college, but whose spirit and aspirations said they were.

“I felt like I was meeting students too late,” he says. “By the time I encountered

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them, they either got one designation or another: admissible or not admissible.

That didn’t stop me from being affected by those kids.”

So he set out to become a teacher, because he thought that by catching students in high school, he could prepare them for places like DePauw.

recruited him back to Indianapolis in 1998 as an English teacher and to help with its diversity program. The private parochial school offered a good experience, he says, but missed the target population he was interested in. He wanted to bring the caliber of education he was seeing in the private realm back

“I can sleep at night because I know when we get a kid through, that kid is not just prepared to go away but to be successful wherever he or she goes.”

– MARCUS C. ROBINSON ’94 He student-taught at Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis and then took a job as an English teacher in an urban middle school in his hometown of St. Louis. Cathedral High School

into the public school context, but he wasn’t sure how to go about it.

“While I’d like to say I had an idea … a dream … a vision … I made it happen, the fact of the matter is that I got roped

into this by some DePauw alums,” he admits. [See related story on page 17 about the involvement of DePauw alumni in launching the Tindley School.] Robinson received a call from Kenya Taray Delemore ’96, who was working in the education policy division of the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Delemore sat on the board of a new charter school and wondered if Robinson would be interested in helping them open it and serving as its principal. Robinson had never run a school before and was interested. As he recalls, he asked Delemore, “What kind of school is it?” Delemore said it was a charter school and Robinson hung up.

Delemore called back, thinking they’d been disconnected.

Robinson: No, I hung up on you.

Delemore: Why would you hang up on me?

Robinson: Charter schools are the worst administrative reality of any private school administrator, having worked in the private school sector, and it’s the worst administrative reality of any public school administrator, and so what you’re looking for is not a principal, but an idiot, and I’m not it.

But as Robinson learned more, his interest grew. The idea that all of a school’s students could be high achievers, if properly supported, was compelling.

He also believed it was true.

Funding for the school was still coming together, and the construction and renovation work had not yet begun. Indianapolis attorney John T. Neighbours ’71, who led the Tindley School’s board at the time, remembers Robinson’s staggering learning curve as a first-time principal: “The principal’s job was an enormous undertaking and, frankly, required Marcus to travel uncharted waters in Indiana. This was 10 years ago when few in Indiana even understood what a charter school was, and none could appreciate the challenges that were ahead.”

Robinson oversaw everything, from hiring to construction to contracts.

From a plan written by Siri A. Loescher ’84 [See related story on page 17], he developed a program for the school.

Then the students came. “We had the sense that if you build it, they will come, and they’ll all do exactly what you want them to do and do it the way you expect them to do it,” Robinson says. “We opened the doors of the school and none of those kids showed up. So we had a decision to make. You’re either going to sit on your hands and wait for the kids you wrote the plan for to show up, or you’re going to change the plan to meet the kids’ needs.”

The adaptations that later fell into place, including the longer school days and school year, “came about because the kids showed up, and they needed us to be here longer,” he says. Robinson’s dream student body – of kids who came to school on time, were grade-level

appropriate, had involved and responsive parents, did all their homework, studied for tests and begged for extra help – didn’t materialize. Neither did the academic results Robinson and the Tindley founders and board hoped for.

“We weren’t doing worse than traditional public schools, but we weren’t doing any better,” Robinson says. “Our kids in the first couple years of the life of this school ranked at just about where African-American students rank on the ISTEP. We were about 99 percent African-American, more than two-thirds poverty. It’s not like we were doing any worse. We just weren’t doing any better.” The school had purposely been located where it was needed most, but the result was, in part, a student body that struggled.

“We opened in 2004 really set to be a high school and encountered kids who were not ready for high school,” Robinson explains, “ – not just our accelerated high

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school, but anybody’s high school. We’re talking about 18-year-olds who were doing ninth grade for the third time. If a child gets to ninth grade and does not absolutely own multiplication facts, for example, the remedy isn’t very different for what you do with a fourth-grader.

Frankly, you just have to memorize the multiplication facts. The problem is, the ninth-grader feels like his or her dignity is infringed upon when you start to go over multiplication facts. It wasn’t that we weren’t willing to work with high school students who were two or three, in some cases five grade levels behind; it’s just that the kids weren’t prepared to stomach what it meant spiritually, which we respect.”

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students away. The school’s leaders had to make a decision. One contingent said the school was expecting too much.

Perhaps there should be “a Tindley and a Tindley lite,” an idea that, according to Robinson, is “antithetical to what accelerated schools believe.”

The school needed another solution that wouldn’t require students who had fallen behind to immediately catch up and begin to excel. Tindley’s leadership researched schools with similar ambitions across the country. They found that the schools sharing both their aspirations and their demographic of high poverty, inner-city, minority students never started any later than sixth grade. So the Tindley School grew younger, adding an eighth grade first, then seventh, and finally, sixth. As students moved through this enlarged

system, and as the school’s program of adapting to student needs fell into place, so did the results they’d been hoping for.

THE FUTURE

Once Tindley became successful, a superintendent asked Robinson what he thought he would be doing in five years. Robinson said he’d probably be looking for a job. The surprised superintendent asked him why, since the school was doing so well. Robinson told him, “Because you’ve got twice as much money as I have. So if you outspend me doing the same work as me, I’m going to be out of business.” Robinson thought that once people understood the Tindley School’s success was a matter of resource allocation and determination, everyone

would do it. It would be a nice way to go out of business, he acknowledges.

He is still in business, however.

The Tindley School has been the only accelerated school in the state and the only early-college public high school that requires actual college courses to earn a high school diploma. To some extent, this uniqueness has driven its expansion, Robinson says: “We tend to have waiting lists that make us uncomfortable. How do you continue to look people in the face and say, ‘I am flattered that you like the work that we’re doing, but we have no more space’?”

In 2010 the Charter for Accelerated Learning became EdPower, which focuses on expanding quality, college-preparatory, educational services for young people.

Robinson is its chief executive officer.

EdPower wants to increase access, “but we didn’t want to take Tindley and make it 5,000 kids,” he says. “What made the most sense was to spread out the work in multiple buildings that were selfcontained. One school, many locations.

Tindley Prep [a new middle school campus for boys] is the first in that

developmental process. The middle school boys left [the Tindley School] and went into their own space around the corner.

Next fall the middle school girls will follow suit. That allows us to serve twice as many middle school kids and feed twice as many into our high school.”

The vision for EdPower’s growth is even broader. One of Robinson’s friends, who runs a charter network on the West Coast, asked Robinson to contemplate what it would mean if his students got to sixth grade without falling behind; in fact, if they were ahead by sixth grade.

Robinson and his colleagues realized that they could prepare their students to be remarkable global citizens if they didn’t have to worry about getting their math and language arts skills to where they needed to be. In fall 2013, EdPower will start its first elementary school. Eventually, Robinson says, four elementary schools will feed into the two middle schools feeding one high school.

This past summer, the Indiana Department of Education named EdPower one of three turnaround school operators for Indiana’s failing

schools. The only nonprofit organization selected, EdPower was awarded a fiveyear contract to work with Indianapolis Public Schools’ struggling Arlington High School.

So is the Tindley School the blueprint for fixing what’s broken in inner-city public education? Robinson is optimistic about the future but not complacent. “There’s never a settled conclusion about what Tindley really is, because the point at which Tindley stops flexing for the actual kids that show up is the point at which we do a nosedive.

“That’s hard for people, because people want the binder, right? When folks come to visit us and say, ‘How are you getting this done?,’ they want an operational manual. Beyond the willingness to adapt, to do what students need, there may not be a secret guidebook.”

Robinson offers one suggestion, though. When others ask him if the trick to the Tindley School’s success is to find people willing to be superhuman for their students, he answers, no. “These kids don’t need you to be superhuman.

They just need you to be human.”

DePauw alumni were part of Tindley School from the start Marcus C. Robinson ’94 has led Tindley School, and now EdPower, to remarkable successes, but – as he is quick to point out – he had a lot of help along the way. Some of the support came from DePauw alumni who shared the vision of what might be possible if Indiana had an accelerated school. This vision really began with the school’s three original founders, one of whom was Siri Ann Loescher ’84, who had already identified her passion for making a difference through education when she was an undergraduate at DePauw. She now serves Tindley School as its dean of Early College.

It was Loescher and other co-founders

who gave the school its name. “We wanted a name for our school that has meaning and embodies something,” Loescher said at the time. Charles A. Tindley was a self-taught, black Methodist Episcopal minister. Born in 1851 and the son of slaves, Tindley has been credited as a co-founder of gospel music. Tindley’s “I’ll Overcome Some Day” was the basis for the American civil rights anthem “We Shall Overcome,” popularized in the 1960s.

In addition to Loescher, a number of other DePauw alumni helped make the vision for Tindley School a reality. At the time the school charter was accepted by the City of Indianapolis, DePauw alumni

comprised more than 25 percent of the Tindley School board. Members of the board then included John T. Neighbours ’71, who served as chair; Alan P. Hill ’81; Kenya Taray Delemore ’96; and Loescher.

Current members include Neighbours and James K. Baker ’53, a former chair of the DePauw Board of Trustees.

DePauw graduates have also been part of the day-to-day life of Tindley.

Patrick J. Terry ’94 was the school’s director of operations, and four alumnae have taught at the school: Rosalie Landrum Pettigrew ’96, Nickola M. Baker ’94, Maggie C. Coyne ’99 and Courtney Lindsey Odom ’05.

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STRIKING FEAR – DEBATE AT DEPAUW

by Sarah McAdams James W. Kirkpatrick ’13, a member of DePauw’s national champion Debate Team and Debate Society president, describes the minutes leading up to the start of a round at a debate tournament.

“It will be a calm, almost fraternal atmosphere between the teams,” he says. “Everyone is really friendly, and then you’ll hear ‘Topics about to be announced,’ and then everybody freaks out. You have 15 minutes. There have been times with five minutes left of prep, and we don’t know what we’re going to do. You think, this is going to be a

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disaster, but it usually works out.

“Those 15 minutes are really intense.

It can try our relationships within the teams. It’s really a scramble in those minutes to put together an argument, to make a case, and then responding to it is equally as difficult. There will be times when Ronnie (Ronnie D. Kennedy Jr. ’14) and I will be prepping, and another team needs help. I don’t have time, but you try to make time. It’s a very high level of intensity. You do the round, then there’s a kind of a release, and then the same thing happens all over again.”

Mohammad Usman ’13, member of both the Bioethics Bowl and Ethics Bowl teams at DePauw, describes the moments leading up to presenting a case. “When you arrive, you’re given a document that outlines whom you’ll be competing against. You immediately get this rush of wanting to understand how the other team performs. What sort of strategies have they used in the past? It’s the first moment of rush.

“Once you have that, then it’s walking into the room,” he says. “There are two desks that seat five people, and they

are facing each other. A third table is perpendicular, which is where the three judges sit, and a moderator next to them.

My main cause of anxiety is that within the next 40-or-so minutes I have to get the judges – who don’t know me – to like our team, to appreciate our arguments and to understand who we are.”

The moderator releases the question, and a coin toss decides which team will present or defer. “We have a miraculously successful record of winning the coin toss, and we always defer,” Usman says. “That way, you get to see how the other team performs.

“The moderator tells you which case you have and gives you the question. We have 15 cases that are released weeks in advance that we’re preparing, but we don’t know what the question is until that moment. So we anticipate to the best of our abilities. You have 60 seconds between that moment and when you start talking.

In those 60 seconds, you have to recall the arguments and written outlines.”

Benefits Aren’t Up for Debate All three organizations at DePauw – Debate team, Bioethics Bowl team and Ethics Bowl team – had successful seasons last year, but each is distinctive from the others. They practice different types of argumentation and prepare for tournaments differently, but the team members all agree, their skills transfer well to academics.

“I’ll be mentally drained after a tournament weekend, and then I have to go study,” Kirkpatrick says. “But it really does help, not only with discussion in the classroom but with writing papers.

When you’re confronted with giving a 10-minute speech in class, and just did that 10 times over the weekend, it’s really not that daunting for debaters.

“For anyone who is a little unsure about speaking up in class, debate is really helpful,” he adds. “My academics have really helped my debate, but at the same time, my debate has really helped

my academics. It’s given me a lot of confidence in making arguments because in a liberal arts education, there’s a lot of arguments to be made.”

Kirkpatrick says he’s also grown close to his teammates. “It’s not like a sports team where you’re seeing them every day, but the experiences that we

in tune to what’s going on. Despite all the responsibilities and work that comes with it, it’s probably the best thing I do.”

Being on the team is relevant to a liberal arts education, Usman agrees.

“We have to apply this array of tools and facts that we’ve accumulated. It makes you think on your feet, be critical and

“We have to apply this array of tools and facts that we’ve accumulated. It makes you think on your feet, be critical and analytic.”

– Mohammad Usman ’13 have, whether it’s mutual frustration or mutual celebration at tournaments, definitely comes back to campus. Some of my closest friends are people whom I debate with.”

Usman says he spends more time on Ethics Bowl than any single class, but practicing for two hours up to six times a week is worth it: “It relates to everything I enjoy doing. It makes me sharper, more conscious, more aware and

analytic. So you take what you learn in school and then apply it in the most onyour-feet, real-time setting. It’s perhaps the most academic exercise one can do.”

Usman credits the teams’ success to their coaches, whose dedication reflects the caliber of the DePauw faculty, he says. Marcia A. McKelligan, Blair Anderson and Martha Caroline Rieth Professor of Applied Ethics and professor of philosophy, has coached

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LEFT: British Debate Team

both Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl since their inception on campus, with assistance from Ethics Bowl co-coach Robert D. Newton, professor emeritus of philosophy, and Bioethics Bowl co-coach Ted R. Bitner, Hampton and Esther Boswell Distinguished University Professor of Psychology.

Success in the Bowl Games DePauw has competed at Ethics Bowl since 1999. It’s a tiered competition, so teams qualify for the national tournament by doing well at the regional level. Since 2004 DePauw has qualified every year except one. “Our record of achievement in Ethics Bowl is extraordinary, because teams have to be in at least the top 20 percent at regionals – typically one of the top three teams – to make it to nationals,” McKelligan says. Last year the DePauw team reached the national semifinals of Ethics Bowl – quite an achievement among 32 teams from across the country, many of them regional bowl winners.

Bioethics Bowl is new to campus.

Under McKelligan’s coaching, the team

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are the most intellectually stimulating activities for me on campus. It’s what I want to spend my time doing.”

Cases are released six to eight weeks prior to competition. For the first few weeks, students meet together 10 hours a week, which increases to 15 to 20 hours. However, that doesn’t include all the work students do on their own preparing cases and doing research.

“It’s a phenomenal amount of time,” McKelligan says. “I admire these students so much for their dedication to it. It’s almost like taking another class.”

For Ethics Bowl, students don’t know the question they’ll be asked in competition and can’t have any notes.

They have to figure out the kinds of issues they are likely to be asked about and memorize a 10-minute presentation flexible enough to accommodate any question.

Students have upped their game, McKelligan says, and over the years have become better prepared and smoother.

“Once you start winning, you don’t want

won the 2012 National Undergraduate Bioethics Competition in March at University of Denver. “It’s remarkable that we won on our first try,” she says.

Undergraduates fully run Bioethics Bowl, and schools can bid to host the competition. McKelligan hopes DePauw will host the national competition in the near future.

The number of students on each team varies based on interest. Last year students formed two teams of five for Ethics Bowl and one team of – Marcia McKelligan five for Bioethics Bowl.

Two students from Ethics Bowl also competed in Bioethics Bowl. to lose, and the students get more fired up.

Because the preparation time overlaps, It’s almost as if every year we work a little McKelligan thought it was not doable, harder because we have this reputation at but the students surprised her. stake now. Other schools fear us. It’s sort One of them is Benjamin C. of funny. They fear DePauw.”

Hoffman ’13. A biopsychology “We fear them, too,” Usman replies. major, Hoffman prepared for both “You have to be conscious of people competitions, which totaled four hours a you’re going against. Otherwise you get day in addition to his classes. “I’ve given arrogant, and that’s dangerous.” up a lot to do these competitions,” he says. “Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl

“I admire these students so much for their dedication to it. It’s almost like taking another class.”

Fifteen Minutes to Prepare: Debate Team Geoff rey D. Klinger ’88, associate professor of communication and theatre, has his former debate coach’s job.

Klinger was a debater himself, coached

by Robert O. Weiss, professor emeritus of communication and theatre. Klinger returned to DePauw to teach in the Department of Communication and Theatre. He is also director of forensics and just started his 10th year as Debate Team coach.

Before returning to his alma mater, Klinger was director of forensics at University of Utah, a larger school with a larger budget. “We ran a full-service program – policy debate, parliamentary debate and speech activities,” he says.

“Here, we focus almost exclusively on parliamentary debate. We’ve been dabbling the last few years in a new style of debate called ‘world style.’ There are world debate tournaments, which we hope to be able to participate in.

“Right now we’re a regionally competitive school. We at most fly to one place a year while still trying to give the students enough experience so they find it useful to their academic lives. One of my hopes is to establish our debate program more as an international presence.”

Klinger travels with the team to tournaments and advises the Debate Society, a student organization dedicated to promoting critical thinking through campus debate and public speaking. The society brings speakers to campus and organizes public debates, and hosting the British national debate team has become an annual event. “That’s one way of internationalizing our program,” Klinger says. “So if we can’t afford to travel there,

we’ll bring the world to DePauw.”

Twelve students are on the Debate Team, and three two-person teams travel to tournaments. An open national championship tournament in the spring wraps up the season. Debate Team members practice two hours a week. “Before tournaments you [also] really have to stay current on the news,” Kirkpatrick says. “Because you can’t bring evidence into rounds, preparing for tournaments is really about reading the newspaper – really diligently – beforehand.”

“Academics is their highest priority,” says Klinger. “The activity supplements it. If it starts getting in the way, I recommend they stay on campus and focus on their academics.”

Klinger proudly notes that the Debate Team graduates many Phi Beta Kappa scholars, and the past two Walker Cup winners (Nicholas Flores ’12 and Christine E. Walker ’11) were Debate Team members.

Some of the classes Klinger teaches dovetail into debate. Last spring, nine

two-person teams from his Public Communication and Controversy class attended the Novice National Debate Tournament at University of Indianapolis. “The whole class went and debated, and we did very well. DePauw got third place overall.”

“It’s cool that Coach Klinger was a debater, too,” Kirkpatrick says. “He’s very passionate about debate, but he’s also really passionate about this being an activity for students. He doesn’t overreact if you run an argument that he doesn’t like, which some coaches do.

He’s very much about encouraging you to explore the activity yourself, and see how you like it.”

Kirkpatrick says his motivation for being a debater is simple. “I really like debating, but at the same time, I like the process of evaluating ideas, evaluating policy and being informed and really questioning the status quo. What can we do to make things better? That discourse within those rounds doesn’t just stay there. It creates a lot of conversations outside, and I really love that.”

RIGHT: Debate at University of Indianapolis

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GOING GLOBAL More students opt for an international experience

by Christopher Wolfe

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WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxillary Sphere World Countries Source: Esri, DeLome Publishing Company, Inc. Map generated by Beth Wilkerson, DePauw GIS Center, September 2012

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DePauw students have many ways to study abroad. For one example, meet junior biochemistry major Ashley M. Conard.

Conard’s first international experience at DePauw came weeks before she was technically a student. During the summer before her freshman year, she traveled with the Servicio en las Américas program to Costa Rica to monitor sea turtles and guard beaches filled with their nests.

“Servicio was the beginning of my whole experience at DePauw,” she says.

“It made me feel like I could go abroad again.”

So, she did. Less than a year later, Conard traveled on a Winter Term in May to Australia to survey the country’s biological and geological diversity.

And last spring, she spent a summer in Belgium studying the protein that controls cell growth and reproduction – work that earned her a nomination for the Forum on Education Abroad’s Undergraduate Research Award (see

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photo above left).

“I’ve really tried to take advantage of these opportunities while I’m here because I know it won’t always be like this,” she says. Although Conard’s fluency in French, Spanish and bioinformatics predicts a bright future, she makes a good point. She’s not the only student who sees things that way, either.

All told, two-thirds of DePauw graduates earn at least one credit from an international experience. In the Open Doors 2011 report, the Institute of International Education (IIE) ranked

DePauw as one of the top small colleges in the country for study abroad. By the time you read this, DePauw will likely have made the list again.

It’s not just DePauw students who are flocking overseas, however. The number of U.S. students participating in study abroad grew from 50,000 in 1985, the IIE’s first year of records, to more than 270,000 last year. As these experiences become more commonplace, the competition among colleges offering international programs grows – as well as the scrutiny of them.

FROM LEFT: ASHLEY M. CONARD ’14, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. SERVICIO EN LAS AMÉRICAS, ECUADOR. KATHERINE E. BROECKER ’13, LIMERICK, IRELAND. RUI GONG ’13, LONDON, ENGLAND. WINTER TERM, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.

In an opinion piece appearing on Bloomberg View, Ohio University economist Richard Vedder wrote a critique of study abroad titled “Study Abroad, Goof Off and Fool Your Future Boss.” In it, he argued that study abroad programs, while popular, can fall short of an institution’s otherwise high standards and many people take for granted that these experiences produce more capable college graduates.

Vedder’s concerns are particularly salient to the people who represent the G in CGPOpps (“see-gee-pops”) – campus vernacular for DePauw’s Office of Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities. Students who talk to one of these advisers about study abroad will probably hear the word “integrative” more than once. The purpose of study abroad isn’t to travel or to see the world, as nice as those things are. The point, students are told, is to use the opportunity to do something uniquely

suited to their own plans at DePauw.

“I think what makes DePauw better than many, many other schools out there running study abroad is that we’re trying to be much more deliberate about individual student outcomes,” says Kate Knaul, director of Global Opportunities

As a student, Tave Reser ’83 had the opportunity to travel abroad during Winter Term and later spent a semester in Athens. Three decades later, he’s executive director of Seminars International, Inc., an organization that advises many DePauw faculty members

“There are many puzzle pieces that make up who a student is, and we help put them together.” and assistant dean of academic life.

“It becomes more of an integrative puzzle,” she says. “There are many puzzle pieces that make up who a student is, and we help put them together.”

Winter Term continues to be the most popular option for students looking to test the international waters.

The yearly intersession is a big part of what makes DePauw stand out among its peers, but it, too, has had to adapt.

about their international Winter Term courses. Reser says that his own Winter Term experience, while rewarding and memorable, wasn’t as tightly connected to curricular goals as the ones now being developed.

“I have observed a conscious effort by the administration and faculty to ensure Winter Term projects are not just ‘trips’ but academic courses,” he says. “Instead of just seeing and doing, the students

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are coming away with specific learned objectives while participating in an offcampus experience that could possibly impact the direction they choose as a student and in their careers.”

For that reason, advisers are encouraging students to think about study abroad opportunities such as Winter Term as soon as they arrive on campus. Done early on in a student’s academic career, a service trip to Costa Rica or a trek through Southeast Asia may be the catalyst for a lifelong pursuit.

Junior Phua Xiong is a first-generation Hmong-American. Fearing reprisal for their role in a CIA-backed guerilla war

against Communist forces, her parents were among tens of thousands of Hmong granted asylum in the United States following the Vietnam War. During Winter Term 2012, Xiong traveled with a group of students to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, where members of her own family told her about the struggles of those who stayed behind.

“Learning of the ethnic discrimination against my people, I felt so helpless and angered,” she remembers.

“All I could say to myself at the time was, ‘This is simply how things are.’”

But Xiong left Laos believing that the future could be different. This fall,

she is studying at Yunnan Nationalities University in China, conducting research on the Hmong people to share with others in the United States. (See photo above, second from left.)

The program she chose was one of more than 100 global partnerships endorsed by DePauw, each an extension of what might be found in a DePauw classroom. Students are helped to find the right program for them. Studying music performance? Vienna may be the place for you. Interested in Arabic culture? DePauw just partnered with a program in Jordan.

Many of the programs, particularly

By the Numbers: Last academic year, DePauw students traveled on

157

semesters abroad

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18

international Winter Terms

40

different countries

FROM LEFT: ANDREW D. MILLER ’14, ISTANBUL, TURKEY. YI LI ’13, RUTH VO ’15, PHUA XIONG ’14 (CENTER) WITH MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY, LAOS. ASHLEY A. R. CASTILLO ’13, BEIJING, CHINA. PHOTO BY VISHAL KHANDELWAL ’13, ROME, ITALY.

those outside of the modern languages curriculum, are English-based, allowing students from any major to participate.

However, if the experience is exactly like what they would find on campus, there’d be little point.

“Part of what makes a strong program

The goal is to provide a very different environment that helps our students to take on and encounter different worldviews and experiences.”

There would be something ironic about a university working hard to recruit new students, only to tell them

“The goal is to provide a very different environment that helps our students to take on and encounter different worldviews and experiences.” is how different it is from what a student can get here,” says Russ Arnold, an associate professor of religious studies who chairs the committee that vets potential semester-abroad partnerships.

“We’ll look at things such as home stays and interaction with the community, or whether the international students are just locked up in their own building.

once they’ve arrived that their best opportunities now wait across an ocean. But when Dean of Experiential Education and Career Planning Raj Bellani talks about international education, there’s no dogmatic adherence to the idea that students must travel abroad. He points out that immigrant communities exist throughout the

United States and are often easy and less expensive to visit. And that DePauw’s international student community is growing as fast as the world is shrinking – a tenfold increase in the last decade alone – ensuring that cultural exchanges happen in every classroom. DePauw students have many ways to learn about the world. Bellani’s priority is to make sure they do.

“The new norm is global education,” he says, “and you can see this change reflected in the competencies that businesses and nonprofits are now looking for. We owe it to our students to give them this kind of education. They’re learning to ask detailed questions, to ask the right questions, and to solve real problems that exist in the world.”

Vishal Khandelwal, a senior art history and economics double major from Kolkata, India, traveled to Rome last fall to study museum practices.

While there, he found that Rome’s

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FROM LEFT: ISABELLE S. CHAPMAN ’13, FLORENCE, ITALY. NATHAN R. LYNCH ’13, ISTANBUL, TURKEY. BRITTNI E. CROFTS ’13, THESSALONIKI, GREECE.

Bangladeshi community inspired comparisons with ones at home in Kolkata. With funding from DePauw’s Frank W. Howes Summer Grant for Independent Study, Khandelwal traveled to India and back to Rome to conduct research for what became his art history senior thesis – a project he’s working on during a semester abroad at the University of Oxford this fall. (See photo, previous page.) He hopes these experiences will help him get into the graduate program of his choice.

No one had to convince Khandelwal of the value of global experience. When he came to DePauw, he’d already bought in to the idea that he might have to go out into the world to get some of the pieces of the education he wanted.

Like Conard and Xiong, he’s putting his puzzle together one study abroad adventure at a time.

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Winter Term trip set direction for his life Companion Community Development Alternatives (CoCoDa) Executive Director Ivan J. Villasboa ’93 (photo at right) spent the last decade nurturing grassroots development projects in El Salvador. The work defines who Villasboa is – compassionate and untiring – but his life might have been very different if not for a DePauw Winter Term trip to a wartorn country.

“When I went to El Salvador in January 1993 on a Winter Term, I wanted to be a banker or a finance minister back in my home country of Argentina,” Villasboa says. “Little did I know that the trip would forever change the course of my life. While on a Winter Term, in the smallest country of Central America, I found myself. I found my calling. I found my purpose in life. And for this, I will always be thankful to DePauw.”

Next summer, Villasboa hopes to share that special experience with other DePauw alumni and their families. He’s planning a special 20th anniversary trip for others who traveled through DePauw’s Winter Term In Service to El Salvador – and those who never had the chance. Read more about the 2013 Alumni Reunion Service Trip to El Salvador on page 43.

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NANCY J. DAVIS Professor emerita of sociology and Robert V. Robinson Claiming Society for God: Religious Movements & Social Welfare (Indiana University Press – ISBN: 978-0253002389) Claiming Society for God focuses on common strategies employed by religiously orthodox, “fundamentalist” movements around the world. Rather than employing terrorism, as much of post-9/11 thinking suggests, the most prominent and successful religiously orthodox movements use a patient, under-the-radar strategy of infiltrating and subtly transforming civil society.

Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson tell the stories of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Shas in Israel, Comunione e Liberazione in Italy and Salvation Army in the United States.

They describe how these orthodox movements are building massive grassroots networks of religiously based social service agencies, hospitals and clinics, rotating credit societies, schools, charitable organizations, worship centers and businesses. The authors argue that this bottom-up, entrepreneurial strategy is aimed at nothing less than making religion the cornerstone of society.

CHARLES PRESTON FLETCHER ’78 Simple Things: An Anthology of Poetry (Inspiring Voices, A Service of Guideposts – ISBN: 978-1-4624-0340-0) In this anthology of poetry, the first book in a series, Charles Preston Fletcher ’78 is on a journey of selfawareness. The sad times, the glad times and those times of life that lie in-between. He writes of what love can do – for him and for anyone.

Most of all, his poetry was written for him, by him and about struggles in his life as a way to reflect, grow and ultimately move ahead. Fletcher’s fervent wish is that his journey of selfdiscovery can be a friendly voice to help others in their struggles, and to begin journeys of their own. In Simple Things, Fletcher shares his view that it is only through The Struggle that the best in life is found.

J. EUGENE GLORIA Associate professor of English

WILLIAM F. HAYES ’47 and Susan Seaforth Hayes

My Favorite Warlord

Trumpet: A Novel of the Regency Era

(Penguin Books – ISBN: 978-0143121404) Eugene Gloria’s third book of poems, My Favorite Warlord, is driven by his ongoing obsession with his origins.

At the heart of this collection is the poet’s sense of belonging and not belonging. Gloria’s poems on place consider home and exile, one’s arrivals and departures, and the complications of identity. From Manila and San Francisco to Kyoto and Detroit, these poems evoke the lyrical landscapes of family stories. Throughout the collection, historical and personal events collide. One poem weaves together meditations about 16thcentury warrior and leader Hideyoshi and the poet’s elderly father. Another poem embraces post-racial America even as the speaker wrestles with his own sense of displacement in the Midwest. In elegy and psalm, as well as ancient forms from Asia such as haibun and pantoum, these elegant and passionate poems enact rage, civility, love, wanderlust and a devotion to art as they explore Gloria’s fears of frailty and erasure.

Gloria’s previous books, also part of the Penguin Poets series, are Hoodlum Birds and Drivers at the Short-Time Motel.

(Decadent Publishing Company – ISBN: 978-1-61333-257-3) Singer/actor Bill Hayes and his actress wife, Susan Seaforth Hayes, immersed themselves in the history of the Regency Age in London and England as well as traveled to Egypt, Spain and other countries in order to produce their first historical novel, Trumpet.

As professional actors, they are well suited to telling the story of the brilliant and sassy Elizabeth Trumpet, who fantasizes about starring on the London stage in the early 1800s.

Overcoming family tragedy, she scores her first acting job as a fencer – a deadly skill she learned from her brother that will prove helpful later. Blessed with talent and a rare singing voice, she pursues her career, learning from theatrical characters high and low. From the magnificence of Regency palaces and the Theatre Royal Covent Garden to the pyramids of Egypt, she is never far from trouble. Both Bill, who majored in music at DePauw, and Susan starred on the television show “Days of Our Lives,” and they previously wrote a memoir titled Like Sands Through the Hourglass.

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FACULTY NEWS Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., professor of English and author of The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction, will be a featured speaker at the University of California, Riverside’s Eaton Science Fiction Conference, April 11-14, 2013.

KENT B. McDILL ’78 100 Things Bulls Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (Triumph Books – ISBN: 978-1-60078-650-1) Veteran sports journalist Kent McDill provides the premier reference for making Chicago Bulls fandom a lifestyle rather than just a sports preference. McDill, who traveled with the Bulls from 1988-99 and was the only beat writer to cover all six of the Bulls championship teams, packs the book with facts and trivia, including important dates, player nicknames, key jersey numbers through history, and even the best places to eat before or after a game. He shares details about some of the most famous games, players and traditions in Bulls’ history, such as: how the starting lineup introductions originated, Michael Jordan’s spectacular career, the dynasty years of the 1990s and the amazing 72-win season, the incredible playing and broadcasting career of Johnny “Red” Kerr, the old Chicago Stadium and transition to the new United Center. McDill received a bachelor’s degree in communication from DePauw, and his career in sports journalism has spanned more than 30 years, many of them spent at the Daily Herald.

LESLIE BAIRD McDONALD ’72 Musings of a Horse Farm Corgi (Down the Aisle Promotions – ISBN: 9780615638348) An entertaining read for dog and horse lovers of all ages, Leslie McDonald’s fourth book, Musings of a Horse Farm Corgi, is an engaging true life story as told from the unique perspective of Beamer the Corgi. Branded in early puppyhood by a genetic hair flaw that sets him apart from other Corgis, Beamer’s undaunted spirit and perseverance serve him well as he tries to become Corgi in Charge on a working horse farm. His special insights and opinions of the cast of characters in his world are likely to make readers think about their own dogs in a whole new light.

Active professionally in the horse industry for more than 40 years and a dressage trainer, McDonald is also the author of Down the Aisle, Making Magic: Breeding and Birthing a Healthy Foal, and Tic-Tac. She and her husband live on a horse farm in southern Ohio with five Swedish Warmbloods, two Labrador Retrievers, a barn cat, and, of course, Beamer the Corgi.

Hilary J. Eppley, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is one of the senior personnel for a multi-institutional, collaborative project, “IONiC: Transforming Education Through Collaborative Development of Materials at the Frontiers of Inorganic Chemistry,” which received a four-year grant of $437,962 from the National Science Foundation. It is a national project of the Interactive Online Network of Inorganic Chemists (IONiC) that is intended to improve student learning in inorganic chemistry by incorporating cutting-edge research topics into classroom and laboratory activities.

Deborah R. Geis, associate professor of English, was invited to deliver a lecture on Oct. 26 to mark the centennial of the University of Michigan’s Rackham Graduate School.

Daniel G. Gurnon, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Jacob K. Stanley ’05, who served as a part-time assistant professor of art, are featured in a video, Sculpting Proteins, that won a Mid-America Emmy Award in the Informational/Instructional Feature category. The video shows how physicist-turned-artist Julian Voss-Andreae and the two DePauw professors were inspired to create twisted steel sculptures of a protein called villin. The sculptures now hang from the ceiling of the Percy Lavon Julian Science & Mathematics Center atrium.

More than 50 paintings by Robert D. Kingsley, professor emeritus of art and art history, were featured this fall in an exhibition, “Robert Kingsley: A Retrospective 1976-2012,” in the Richard E. Peeler Art Center. During his 36 years at DePauw, Kingsley taught many students in his courses on painting and drawing, served as chair of the Art Department three times, and showed his work nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions. The retrospective exhibition continues on display through Dec. 14.

The collaborative work of Henning Schneider, professor of biology, and his students was featured in two publications. Schneider, seven DePauw students and a student from another university collaborated on an article, “Cloning and expression of a zebrafish 5-HT2C receptor gene,” in Gene, an international journal of functional and evolutionary genomics. Schneider and 12 DePauw students produced a chapter, “Zebrafish and Drug Development: A Behavioral Assay System for Probing Nicotine Function in Larval Zebrafish,” published in a book, Zebrafish Protocols for Neurobehavioral Research.

Thespian, a short play written by Christine White, associate professor of English, is included in an anthology, The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2011, published by Smith and Kraus.

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SUPPORTING DEPAUW A tradition of generous and loyal philanthropic giving from DePauw alumni, parents and friends has persisted for 175 years, ever since 500 local residents raised $25,000 to demonstrate support of the fledgling village of Greencastle as home to a new Methodist college, Indiana Asbury University.

Since 1837 donor support has made it possible for DePauw to thrive and flourish while it strives for continuous improvement. From books to buildings, from scholarships to professorships, our University owes its greatness to the thousands of donors who had the vision and made the sacrifices to nurture it.

The 2011-12 year proved to be not only a celebration of DePauw’s venerable legacy, but also a glimpse into a promising future. As the University continued its steady climb back from a period of economic challenges, donors demonstrated their belief in the DePauw liberal arts mission through a total of nearly $22 million in gifts, including $5.4 million to the Annual Fund. The University has entered year three of a strategic and financial plan based on a viable business model that best manages existing resources while generating funds for future initiatives. For the third consecutive year, DePauw’s operating

results are favorable when compared to its operating budget. The University is tracking favorably against almost every financial metric that was identified three years ago as a key driver toward what can be – in a few years – one of the healthiest periods in DePauw’s financial history.

As of June 30, 2012, the University’s endowment was $483,065,000.

A few gifts in fiscal year 2012 stand out as critical to DePauw’s top priorities. Work on the Anderson Street project began in March 2012 as part of the $19 million Stellar Communities pilot initiative awarded to Greencastle in March 2011 to establish it as “the next great college town in Indiana.”

The University broke ground on the Hoover Gates, funded by the Ball Corporation and named in honor of R. David Hoover ’67 and Suzanne Anderson Hoover ’67. The Hoover Gates will serve as a welcoming point of entry to the University from the new official entrance at the intersection of Bloomington and Anderson streets. New gifts for need-based scholarships – such as the Bergfeld Family Scholarship and the Peggy and Walker Gilmer Scholarship – underscore DePauw’s renewed commitment to supporting the aspirations of talented students from

every walk of life.

The Office of Annual Giving started two new programs, the Tiger Club and the Faculty/Staff Campaign. The Tiger Club allows donors to invest in DePauw athletics, sustaining a long tradition that promotes a well-rounded liberal arts experience for hundreds of studentathletes. Since the Tiger Club’s launch in April 2012, 415 donors have made gifts totaling more than $57,000 to impact DePauw’s 23 varsity sports programs.

The Faculty/Staff Campaign resulted in gifts from more than a third of DePauw faculty and staff, a powerful affirmation of DePauw’s mission from those whose hard work and dedication already impacts students on a daily basis.

Donor support allows DePauw to thrive, grow and dream. Gifts to the University impact each student by increasing access to education, improving academic and cocurricular programs, and strengthening the campus community. In a year celebrating the University’s great history and traditions, loyal and generous giving by so many alumni, parents and friends allows DePauw to look with optimism and excitement at the opportunities that the next 175 years will bring.

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2011-12 Giving at a Glance

8,051 1,210 30% ALUMNI DONORS

THE WASHINGTON C. DEPAUW SOCIETY ANNUAL MEMBERS

ALUMNI PARTICIPATION

(Alumni, Parents and Friends)

ALL GIFTS BY SOURCE TOTAL: $21,982,630

40%

TRUSTEES ($8,769,758)

FAMILY TRUSTS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ($1,619,552)

7%

30%

ALUMNI ($6,505,937)

2% BUSINESS/INDUSTRY ($546,424) FRIENDS ($1,846,270)

8% 11%

FOUNDATIONS ($2,310,598)

2% PARENTS ($384,089)

ALL GIFTS BY PURPOSE TOTAL: $21,982,630

ENDOWMENT/BOARD DESIGNATED ($7,111,555)

32%

DEFERRED GIFTS ($464,890)

29%

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS ($6,438,445)

2% 12% 25%

ANNUAL FUND ($5,386,916)

CURRENT USE - RESTRICTED PURPOSE ($2,580,824)

Gift figures are from July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012.

Support by alumni, friends and parents is crucial in allowing DePauw to remain accessible to deserving students who need increased financial assistance. It also helps the University recruit and retain faculty members who are committed to excellence in teaching and their scholarly or creative activities.

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WHY WE GIVE Kathryn A. Miller ’73 and DePauw’s continuing legacy in organ

Russell Freeland ’51 believes in DePauw

One of the great advantages of a DePauw education is the opportunity to study a wide range of subjects, a hallmark of a liberal arts education.

Kathryn A. Miller ’73 spent her years at DePauw focused on two subjects many would find quite different – mathematics and music. Studying these fields prepared her for both her life’s vocation and avocation.

After earning a master’s degree in math from Indiana University, Miller assumed she would teach the subject. Instead, fate led her into accounting, first at General Electric and then at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, Ind. Miller also continued her interest in music as a member of her church choir and as assistant organist at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne for the past 29 years.

She studied organ at DePauw under Maureen McCormick Carkeek ’48. Miller met Carla Edwards, associate dean of the School of Music, professor of music and University organist, just before Edwards arrived at DePauw in 1988. Through Edwards, Miller has kept up with the organ program at DePauw through the years and takes pride in this ongoing tradition at her alma mater. Although national interest in organ has waned over time, DePauw continues to provide an exceptional program for students of the instrument.

When a new organ was commissioned for Kresge Auditorium a decade ago – the J. Stanford Smith Concert Organ – Miller provided a gift to help fund the project. She points out that while most of her giving to DePauw through the years has been unrestricted, she believed that DePauw truly needed a first-class organ in order for students to receive the finest preparation possible for careers as professional organists.

While reflecting on her own college education that prepared her for the future, Miller also looks ahead to future DePauw students. “My DePauw experience was terrific,” she says, “and that’s why I give. I want other students to have just as good an experience as I had.”

High school basketball coach George “Bud” Bateman ’36 saw something special in Lawrenceburg, Ind., high school student Russell L. Freeland. He persuaded the student to apply to DePauw University.

Freeland was accepted and named a Rector Scholar, becoming the first in his family to attend college.

However, as an African-American, Freeland was not allowed to live on campus. “Families in town would take us in,” he explains, and on the way to and from classes he passed by a certain house that was home to a young Greencastle woman named Joan Miles. “One thing led to another,” Freeland says, and the two were married shortly after his graduation.

Freeland had planned to be an educator after his DePauw career, but a commencement day conversation with Dean Robert Farber changed all that. “He suggested I check out International Harvester in Indianapolis on my way home,” he says, adding that Farber gave him the name of a DePauw graduate there. Freeland made the visit, was interviewed at length, and went on to spend 35 years working in manufacturing and industrial engineering at International Harvester (later Navistar).

A Loyalty Society Life Member, Freeland gives consistently to the Annual Fund. “I believe in DePauw University as being vital not only to the educational process but also to life experience,” he says. “What is learned here can be transferred to whatever you want to do in your life and your career.”

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GOLD Couple Keeps DePauw Close to Heart

Kyle P. McGrath ’ and Danielle Dravet McGrath ’ each experienced all the best that a DePauw education has to offer. Kyle was a kinesiology major, member of the DePauw football team and president of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Danielle was an English literature major and member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, who served as president of Panhellenic Council during her senior year.

In gratitude for their outstanding academic and cocurricular experiences, the McGraths support the University through regular Annual Fund gifts and service. “Reflecting on our DePauw experiences, we understand that who we are today both personally and professionally was shaped by our time

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spent in the classroom, on the athletic field and in leadership roles within the Greek system,” they say. “These experiences make it an easy decision for us to give back to the University, so future generations will have the same opportunities we did. And when you see so many positive changes happening on campus, you want to be a part of it and contribute all you can.”

DePauw has continued to influence Kyle and Danielle as individuals and as a couple since their marriage in October 2009. During the 2012 Alumni Reunion Weekend, they renewed their vows during a special Met and Married ceremony at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church and celebrated with other DePauw couples at a cake

and champagne reception on the East College lawn. Their participation in the special event reflects the strong sense of community among DePauw alumni, even across generations.The McGraths are as active as they were as students.

They served on the Indianapolis Regional Alumni Council from 200811. “It’s incredible how many talented, successful alumni are located in the Indy area,” Kyle says. “By participating in the Alumni Council events, it allows us to meet with old friends and make new connections. It also reinforces the fact that no matter where you are in the world, there is a network of DePauw alumni more than willing to support you any way they can.”

They are especially pleased when their service brings them back to campus. For example, the McGraths joined other volunteers on DePauw’s 2012 Opening Day to help the University welcome first-year students and their parents to the DePauw community. The couple joined the newest members of the DePauw community for lunch, served ice cream, answered questions and directed students to assigned locations throughout campus.

Danielle now serves on the Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Council.

“Young alumni have so much to offer, and it’s important to keep them connected and engaged,” she says.

“Serving on the GOLD Council is a way to foster these relationships with the University and build upon the foundations already in place. Although we have graduated and started down our own paths, DePauw was a part of that journey and one worth revisiting along the way.”

OLD GOLD WEEKEND 2012

ABOVE: At the 2012 Old Gold Weekend, the following alumni were recognized for their outstanding achievements – (from left) Old Gold Goblet: James R. Bartlett ’66, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Media: William F. Rasmussen ’54, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Management and Entrepreneurship: Robert S. Apatoff ’80, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Citizenship and Voluntary Service: Janice Pahl Kern ’71, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Science and Technology: Karl Y. Hostetler ’61, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Creative and Performing Arts: Richard W. Peck ’56, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Professional Achievement: Randall L. Braddom ’64, Young Alumni Award: Aaron J. Lucchetti ’96.

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175TH CELEBRATION Mark your calendars for these upcoming 175th Anniversary celebration events. » Feb. 20, 2013 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw Discourse Scott W. Rasmussen ’86, president, Rasmussen Reports

LIFE AFTER DEPAUW Last spring the inaugural session of Life after DePauw provided recent graduates a new opportunity to make a difference and give back to DePauw. The program is a collaboration among the Alumni Office; Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities Office; and DePauw Student Government vice president of academic affairs.

Life after DePauw is a series of speaker panels throughout the year featuring recent graduates who share their experiences and advice with current students about what they wish they had known before graduating from DePauw. Each session has a different post-graduation focus and offers insights into various facets of the job world or the various graduate school options.

If you are interested in volunteering as a panelist, please contact Holly Enneking ’08 at hollyenneking@depauw.edu.

» March 9, 2013 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw Discourse Ferid Murad ’58, Nobel Prize in Medicine winner » April 8, 2013 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw Discourse Joseph R. Flummerfelt ’58, director of choral music, New York Philharmonic and co-artistic director, Spoleto USA A complete schedule of 175th Anniversary celebration events is available online at www.depauw.edu/ about/175celebration.

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ABOVE: Emily M. Pence ’10, Jacob T. Krouse ’09, Grant D. Wright ’09 and Adrienne N. Cobb ’09 spoke about their graduate school experiences as part of a Life After DePauw panel on Sept. 6. The panel also included the following alumni not pictured: Brian J. O’Neill ’09, Laura R. Suchy ’08 and Michelle Sollman Sharp ’08.

TIMOTHY H. UBBEN ’58 RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS CASE AWARD Timothy H. Ubben ’58 (right, in photo) is the 2012 recipient of the Ernest T. Stewart Award for Alumni Volunteer Involvement. Presented by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the Stewart Award is the highest honor CASE gives to alumni volunteers and recognizes exceptional overall service to their alma maters.

Ubben chaired DePauw’s Board of Trustees from 1998-2001 and continues his service as an advisory trustee. He was a member of the Alumni Association Board from 1983-87 and served as chair from 1985-87. He chaired The Campaign for DePauw: Leadership for a New Century, which raised more than $376 million; was a member of the presidential search committee in 2007-08; and was awarded DePauw’s Old Gold Goblet for “eminence in life’s work and service to alma mater” in 1993.

He and his wife and DePauw classmate, Sharon Williams Ubben ’58, received honorary doctorates at the University’s 173rd commencement in May 2012.

SAVE THE DATE

TIGER CLUB MAKES IMPACT ON DEPAUW ATHLETICS Through the years, DePauw University has earned a notable reputation for its commitment to academic and athletic excellence. The Tiger Club was created to maintain that level of distinction and encourage alumni, families and friends of the University to invest in the future of DePauw athletics.

Between the Tiger Club’s launch in April 2012 and the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 415 donors contributed gifts totaling more than $57,000 to impact DePauw’s 23 varsity athletic programs. The gifts not only provide additional funds to improve and maintain the quality of athletic equipment and facilities, but they also strengthen DePauw’s ability to recruit and retain high-caliber student-athletes.

Some Tiger Club supporters directed their gifts to a gender-specific sports program.

In such cases, 50 percent of each donation goes to the general fund for athletics and 50 percent goes to the sport of the donor’s choice. However, an overwhelming number of contributors chose simply to designate their gifts to the general fund for athletics.

Stevie Baker-Watson, The Theodore Katula Director of Athletics and Recreational Sports, oversees the Tiger Club general fund and works with all programs to provide additional support above and beyond the operating budgets. Baker-Watson consulted with the DePauw athletic staff and Cindy Babington, vice president for student life and dean of students, in determining that the general fund would financially support four main areas in 2012: » Extended trips: A number of DePauw’s athletic teams travel for extended periods during the season. To help provide a better experience for our studentathletes, six programs were given additional funds for their trips, which allowed teams to travel to a new location to face first-class competition. » Strengthening the DePauw brand through communication: The athletic staff has worked with the Office of Communications to develop a consistent and cohesive visual image for DePauw athletics. They also are working collaboratively with a number of campus groups to improve the athletics website and webstream selected home sports contests. » Celebrating the student-athlete: The athletics department hosted its first opening ceremony on Aug. 23, 2012, in which all student-athletes and athletic staff members came together to celebrate DePauw’s athletic success. Studentathletes received a free T-shirt with the new athletics logo, had a snack courtesy of Blue Door Cafe and The Flying Cupcake, and enjoyed a laugh with the athletic staff ’s parody of “Call Me Maybe.” » Sustaining/foundational expenses: To help conserve water, a residential-sized, high-efficiency clothes washer was purchased for Blackstock Stadium, and two Power-Flo water coolers will help the athletic training staff support studentathletes during practices.

As a member of the North Coast Athletic Conference, DePauw competes against some of the strongest liberal arts colleges in the nation and demonstrates that high-level athletic programs need not be sacrificed in order to meet rigorous academic standards. The University’s renewed focus on athletics, sustained by the new Tiger Club, will enhance the Division III intercollegiate experience of more than 500 student-athletes. Thank you to all those who helped make a difference this year by supporting DePauw athletics.

Alumni Healthcare and Legal Professions Program: DePauw alumni healthcare and legal professionals, mark your calendars and plan to join us on campus March 8-9, 2013, for the Alumni Healthcare and Legal Professions program.

Women’s Studies Reunion: The Women’s Studies Program is planning a reunion on April 6, 2013.

Make sure you don’t miss out. For more information about this reunion, send email to alumnioffice@depauw. edu or call toll-free 877-658-2586.

A NEW DEPAUW GATEWAY A new DePauw Gateway will be launched soon in order to provide a more robust experience for alumni looking to connect with each other and with current students. Replacing the current Alumni Gateway, the new online community will make it easier to find and contact classmates, maintain your contact information, share your post-graduate experiences and register for regional and oncampus events.

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1941

William H. Pearson is a retired United States Air Force colonel. He celebrated his 93rd birthday, Aug. 14, 2012. He and his wife, Maxine, live in Tucson, Ariz.

1956

Don M. and Sue (Richardson ’57) Owen’s email address is srodmo2@gmail.com.

Gerald L. and Gail (Loomis ’57) Ward renewed their wedding vows at the Met and Married ceremony at the Class of 1957 reunion in June. They have been married for 55 years. Their email address is gailandjerryward@ gmail.com.

1957

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 Alumni Gateway, by faxing to 765-658-4625 or emailing dgrooms@depauw.edu.

Please direct questions to Larry Anderson, senior editor, at 765-658-4628 or landersn@depauw.edu.

J. Patrick Aikman was honored by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association which named one of its annual scholarships the Pat Aikman Character and Leadership Award.

The award is given to outstanding high school graduates recognized for basketball and academic achievements, extra-curricular activities and contributions to the winners’ schools and communities.

Pat presented the awards at the annual Indiana-Kentucky High School All-Star games in Indianapolis. He has directed the Indiana All-Star charity event for The Indianapolis Star for 20 years.

John A. and Joene (Cline) Bruhn live in San Diego. Jodie is a retired principal and master gardener. John is a retired Marine officer. After retirement from the Marine Corps, he was head of San Diego County’s Justice Agency, an instructor in business at University of California and is now writing a book.

Louette Hartmann Ames was honored with the Alpha Theta Achievement Award by the Alpha Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, an organization of key women educators. Louette received the award in recognition of her high level of service and commitment to the Society and to her community.

Gail (Loomis) and Gerald L. Ward ’56 renewed their wedding vows at the Met and Married ceremony at the Class of 1957 reunion in June. They have

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been married for 55 years. Their email address is gailandjerryward@gmail.com.

1961

Margaret Howard Rucker is chair of the division of textiles and clothing at University of California, Davis. She and her husband, Bob, were delighted to welcome their first grandchild in March 2012. Peg’s email address is mhrucker@ucdavis.edu.

David H. and Jean (Rose ’63) Evans ’62, Robert T. and Sherri (Brown ’62) Whetzel ’62, and Allen G. and Nancy (Tollkuehn ’62) South ’62 met on Mt. Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine to celebrate their respective 50th wedding anniversaries. They were joined by Jo Misselhorn Usher. (See photo.)

1962

David H. and Jean (Rose ’63) Evans, Robert T. and Sherri (Brown) Whetzel, and Allen G. and Nancy (Tollkuehn) South met on Mt. Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine to celebrate their respective 50th wedding anniversaries. They were joined by Jo Misselhorn Usher ‘61. (See photo.)

Dr. Lawrence D. Rink is chair of the medical committee of the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire

(International University Sports Federation). Lawrence met with Russian officials to ensure the medical care of the 13,000 studentathletes and support personnel for the Kazan 2012 Summer World University Games. He is medical director of the Indiana University Sports Medicine Program and clinical professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine.

1963

Carol Smith Witherell received the President’s Annual Award from the City Club of Portland (Ore.), June 2012. She received the award in recognition of her work as co-chair of a series of forums titled “Schools Making a Difference: Portraits of Excellence, Engagement, and Equity.” Carol is a professor emerita of education at Lewis & Clark College Graduate School of Education and Counseling.

She was chair of the education department and a member of the faculty for 18 years, retiring in 2005.

Carol’s email address is cswitherell@ comcast.net.

JERRY G. GAFF ’58 is a Fulbright Senior Specialist and spent six weeks in Hong Kong consulting on the historic changes in its universities from a three-year baccalaureate degree program based on the British colonist model to a fouryear degree consistent with American practices. Jerry is an expert in curriculum and faculty development and has published two dozen books on the topics.

Hong Kong is undergoing a systemic change in its entire educational system, from elementary school to university. All eight of its diverse public universities are adding a fourth year to their degree programs and adding a substantial amount of study in general/liberal education. Jerry helped plan and lead an international conference, General Education and University Curriculum Reform, that was cosponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, whose mission is to promote liberal education and from which he retired as vice president. The conference drew more than 400 individuals from 15 countries throughout Asia.

Tri Delts from the pledge class of 1959 (graduating Class of 1963) celebrated their 70th birthdays at Castello di Montalto near Siena,

William V. Blake III ’59, second from right, and three teammates set a world record in the 800-meter freestyle relay at the United States Masters Swimming zone meet in San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 11, 2012.

Tri Delts from the Class of 1963 celebrate their birthdays in Italy. Those attending included Mary Price Swain ’63, Caren Campbell Gardner ’63, Evelyn Stone Dawson ’63, Barbee Moriarty Benbow ’63, Sue Curry Wright ’63, Mary Pitzer Griffith ’63, Jacqueline Faust McDowell ’63, Phyllis Maurer Rumbarger ’63 and Judith DuPree Hontz ’63.

David H. Evans ’62, Jean Rose Evans ’63, Robert T. Whetzel ’62, Sherri Brown Whetzel ’62, Allen G. South ’62, Nancy Tollkeuehn South ’62 and Jo Misselhorn Usher ’61 atop Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park.

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Tuscany, Italy, May 2012. They are looking forward to their 50th reunion in June 2013. (See photo, page 39.)

1964

Susan K. Nelson is an instructor of managerial communication for the College of Business Administration of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

She is an editor of the newsletter for Lincoln Park Village, part of the nationwide “village” movement, and is active in progressive politics.

1965

In September 2012, Robert L. Lee began his third independent effort to raise money and awareness for three important causes: cancer, ALS and hospice care.

It is his third ride across the country in an effort to raise a million dollars.

In 2001 he rode 3,254 miles across the southern border of the United States, and in 2007 he rode 6,500 miles up the east coast and across the northern border. His 2012 ride started in Vancouver, Canada, followed the western coast of the country into Mexico and returned to California to cross the finish line in San Diego. He rode more than 12,000 miles around the perimeter of the United States.

1966

Dr. Thomas P. Cooper was named a member of the board of directors of American Specialty Health Incorporated.

James A. Kerr Jr. is author of Sixty Stanzas for the Sixties: Pavane for a Dead Decade, a poetic commentary based on observations as a member of Sigma Nu at DePauw from 196466. James recently retired as chief adjudicator for Connecticut Human Rights Commission.

Robert A. Vedder is a retired publisher of the Venice Gondolier Sun. He was inducted into Florida Press Association’s Hall of Fame (FPA) .

Bob is past president of the FPA and a member of the FPA Foundation board of trustees.

from the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) during its annual conference in Chicago. The award is given to individuals who have given extraordinary service both to NACUA and to institutions of higher learning.

Ed retired as an attorney and partner from Reed Smith LLP in Pittsburgh, Pa. In 2006, he was granted a NACUA Life Membership for his outstanding service. (See photo.)

1970

Dan L. Hendricks is vice president for university advancement at the University of North Alabama.

1971

Doug Frantz was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana’s Manchester Community School system. Doug is national security editor for the Washington Post.

1972

Sally Draper Zoll was the Robert C. McDermond Center lecture speaker, Sept. 6, 2012, at DePauw. Sally is chief executive officer of United Through Reading.

Constance Ryan Lathrop and her husband, John, especially enjoyed Constance’s 40th reunion, June 2012, because it also was the 5th reunion for their daughter, Lisa D. Lathrop ’07. Constance; her husband John; daughter Lisa; and Lisa’s fiancé, Adam Martin (University of Indianapolis), all celebrated together. (See photo.)

Constance Ryan Lathrop ’72, John Lathrop, Lisa D. Lathrop’07 and Adam Martin.

1977

Dr. Stephen N. Polezonis and Michael A. Daly “got caught up on old times” at a relative’s wedding in Bangor, Maine, July 2012.

(See photo.)

1978

1969

Edward N. Stoner II received the Distinguished Service Award

Jan Millard Saxton is managing director of coaching services for SASH Programs, headquartered in Seatac, Wash. She and her husband,

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Susan M. Ansel ’82

Richard E. Kimmel retired from the St. Johns River Water Management District in Florida. He lives in Grayling, Mich., and is enjoying retirement.

Kent B. McDill is author of 100 Things Bulls Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. (See Recent Words, page 30.)

Hugh Finson is a resident circuit judge of Piatt County (Ill.) appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court.

Edward N. Stoner II ’69

Stephen N. Polezonis ’77 and Michael A. Daly ’77

William, live in Gig Harbor, Wash.

They enjoy visiting their five children and seven grandchildren who live in Virginia, California, Washington and Brazil. Jan’s email address is jan. saxton@hotmail.com.

Mary C. Woolling is a member of the Butler University Alumni Board of Directors and was appointed to the Board of Visitors for Butler’s new College of Communication. She was recently inducted into the National League of American Pen Women.

1979

David W. Martin, a professor of economics at Davidson College, was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Research Fellowship to spend the 2012-13 academic year at the Institute of Economic Growth at Delhi University, India. David will study the “effects of impounding the Gambhir River behind the Panchana Dam, resulting in water flowing to downstream farmers and to the Keoladeo National Park.” He and his wife, Elizabeth, will live in New Delhi from August 2012 through May 2013.

William J. Roess is a planning services leader for Heapy Engineering in Kettering, Ohio.

1980

Timothy G. Collins completed his second term as chair of the Faculty Senate of National Louis University in Chicago and was elected co-chair of the institution’s University Leadership Council, a joint facultystaff-administration body advisory to the university president and senior administrators. Tim serves on the board of directors of TESOL International Association, the premier global professional association for ESL/EFL teachers. His email address is tgcollins@earthlink.net.

Eric L. Schurr is chief marketing officer at Bit9, a company that specializes in advanced threat protection technology to protect against malware attacks.

1981

David J. Carr, a partner in the Indianapolis law firm of Ice Miller LLP in the firm’s labor and employment group, was invited to become a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Election as a Fellow recognizes sustained outstanding performance in the profession, exemplifying integrity, dedication and excellence.

Mary G. Meeker is a member of the board of directors of Lending Club.

She is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Menlo Park, Calif.

Martha Weber Victor is director of marketing for Healthios Capital Markets, LLC. She handles conference management and investor marketing. Martha lives at 282 Mills Court, Lake Forest, Ill. Her email address is marthavictor@sbcglobal.net.

1982

Susan M. Ansel is president and chief executive officer of Gables Residential, a management and development company of multifamily apartment communities in Dallas.

Sue is a member of DePauw’s Board of Visitors. (See photo.)

Judith Noblett Steinberg is principal at Gwynedd Square Elementary School in Lansdale, Pa.

1983

James C. Alling is interim chief executive officer for T-Mobile USA. Laura Demaree Shinall is vice president and a member of the board of directors of Syndicate Sales, a manufacturer of floral supplies. She is a member of the American Floral Endowment Board of Trustees.

1984

Mark A. Buening is strategic planning senior consultant in the Global Supply Chain Operations division at Dell Inc. His daughter, Rebecca J. Buening, is a senior at DePauw. Mark is a member of the board of trustees for the Alpha Tau Omega chapter at University of Texas.

He lives at 13021 Legendary Drive, #421, Austin, TX 78727. Mark’s email address is markbuening@yahoo.com.

Lorraine Dunn Martin is a member of the board of directors for Inroads, a nonprofit organization that provides corporate internships and leadership development to underserved students.

Susanna Meacham Harris retired from active duty with the United

Joseph P. Londrigan ’88 and Gregory J. Alm ’87

ACCOMPLISHMENTS Do you have a recent achievement or accomplishment to share?

Perhaps you were promoted? Or finished graduate school?

Whatever your accomplishment might be, we would love to include it in the magazine. Snap a photo (high-resolution, please) and send it to us with a description.

Send photos to DePauw University, DePauw Magazine, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037. Or email landersn@depauw.edu.

States Air Force, June 2012, after more than 20 years of service. She joins her husband, Andrew, also a Lt. Col. retired from the Air Force, and their children, Dennis, 14, and Anna, 13, at their home in Winchester, Wis. Sue looks forward to life with teenagers as a soccer mom.

Col. James L. Weingartner completed the Joint Military Attaché School and will serve as the senior defense official/defense attaché at the United States Embassy in Doha, Qatar. His wife, Barbara Bradford Weingartner, also completed the training and will serve with him as a diplomat wife.

1985

Kathleen Galliher Locke is a photographer and opened a storefront studio on Merchant Street in Decatur, Ill. Kathy specializes in photos of children and family portraits.

Bradford S. Grabow is vice president and commercial banking officer at Lake City Bank in Indianapolis.

1986

Scott W. Rasmussen is a columnist, author, political analyst, and founder and president of Rasmussen Reports.

Scott’s book, The People’s Money, was a bestseller this year. Scott hosts a nationally syndicated television show, “What America Thinks with Scott Rasmussen,” which launched September 2012 on WCBS in New York and KCBS in Los Angeles.

1987

Gregory J. Alm, crew member of the Realt Na Mara, and skipper Joseph P. Londrigan ’88 won the 2012 Race to Mackinac, the world’s longest freshwater boat race. (See photo.)

Kevin L. Chumlea is assistant general counsel at Scannell Properties in Indianapolis.

Kira Davis McManus is director of business development and channel sales for FORTRUST, a data center services provider and colocation facility in the Rocky Mountain region.

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WHICH IS BETTER, OLYMPICS OR MONON BELL? In his seventh season as head strength and conditioning coach for the Orlando Magic, Joseph P. Rogowski ’00 was selected to serve as strength and conditioning coach for both the NBA East All-Stars and Great Britain’s Olympic basketball team. In the latter role, Rogowski traveled with the team throughout England, Spain and France, and then he had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of working at the London Olympics.

Jodie Green Wingler ’89 and Daniel Stockton

grade teacher’s class project, which involved solving the mysterious disappearance of the class’ mascot.

After the mystery was solved, Darryl and his daughter wrote the book about the experience. (See photo.)

Even better, he was able to attend the Olympics with his girlfriend, Diana Lopez, American bronze medalist in taekwondo, and her family, which includes other Olympians and medalists. With the help of a family pass, he spent two weeks in the Olympic Village meeting, eating with and hanging out with most of the American Olympic athletes–not to mention celebrating with them and their families after medal victories.

After such a thrilling time at the Olympics, what does Rogowski, a former defensive back on the DePauw football team, rank as the greatest athletic experiences of his life?

Right up there at the top, he says, are watching his girlfriend and her brothers win Olympic medals, seeing Jamaica’s Usain Bolt win a gold medal with an Olympic record time in the 100-meter final, and experiencing the spectacle of the London Olympics opening ceremony.

However, Rogowski admits that still dearest to his heart is winning the Monon Bell four years in a row as a DePauw student.

Joseph P. Londrigan, skipper of the Realt Na Mara and crew member Gregory J. Alm ’87, won the 2012 Race to Mackinac, the world’s longest freshwater boat race. (See photo, page 41.)

Dianna Minnick Boyce is senior director of corporate communications at Finish Line.

Darryl B. Bennett ’88 Who Stole Franklin Stripington ?

Vicki Freeman Pugh is vice president for development at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Vicki and her husband, Timothy M. Pugh ’88, live in Ormond Beach, Fla. They have two daughters: Aline, 13, and Grace, 8.

John P. Rhodes published two related articles: “To Be or Not to Be: Who is an Indian Person?,” 73 Montana Law Review 61 (Winter 2012); and “Who Is an Indian,” The Champion, May 2012. John’s email address is John_Rhodes@fd.org.

1988

Kimberly Allee Allen teaches history and literature classes, as well as cursive writing and Latin, at Roseleaf Academy in Farmville, N.C.

Joseph P. Rogowski ’00 is at far right.

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Darryl B. Bennett and his thirdgrade daughter, Lucy, wrote a book titled Who Stole Franklin Stripington?

The book resulted from Lucy’s third-

1989

Jodi Green Wingler and Daniel Stockton (Wabash College) were married July 28, 2012, in Greencastle, Ind. Jodi is manager of youth services of the Danville (Ind.) Public Library. Daniel is plant manager of Morgan Services of Indianapolis. They live in Greencastle.

Jodi’s email address is jstockton@ dplindiana.org. (See photo.)

1991

John F. Hirschman has joined Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in Indianapolis as counsel. (See photo.)

Dr. James M. O’Brien Jr. is medical director of quality and patient safety at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He is continuing his work to fight sepsis, the third leading killer disease (as featured in the winter 2012 issue of DePauw Magazine) as well as his efforts with the organization he founded, Spike Out Sepsis, and the international organization Sepsis Alliance.

John F. Hirschman ’91

Marella McMillon Holmes ’94

Amy Oler Holthouse is president and chief executive officer of the Wayne County (Ind.) Area Chamber of Commerce.

headquartered in San Francisco.

Jon is responsible for leading the engineering team in its continued development of the website, managing and scaling the infrastructure that supports the service, and growing the overall technical team behind Pinterest.

Stacy Wilson McCann has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of trustees for the Overlook Medical Center Foundation in Summit, N.J.

1992

Dr. Todd D. Brandon is a member of the board of Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola, Ind. Todd is a general surgeon and has served at Cameron for 11 years.

Clarenda M. Phillips is interim associate vice president for academic affairs at Morehead State University.

She is chair of the department of sociology, social work and criminology at Morehead State.

Amy Kossack Sorrells acquired a contract to publish two full-length novels with David C. Cook publishers of Colorado Springs, Colo. The first novel is slated to be published in early 2014. Amy lives with her husband and three sons in Zionsville, Ind. She can be reached through her website at http://amysorrells.wordpress.com or at aksorrells@gmail.com.

Rev. Marella McMillon Holmes is an associate regional pastor for youth ministry for the American Baptist Churches of New Jersey. (See photo.)

Elizabeth L. Martin ‘99 and Timothy Yates wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Amber L. Ewing ‘99, Nicole B. Johnson ’99, Catherine Lux Fry ’99, Patricia Guagliardo Mohl ’99, Jeffrey D. Mohl ’99, Damien A. Bender ’98, Lynn M. Miller ’99, John H. Bankhurst ’99, Kimberly Paradise Ridder ’99, W. Kenney Marlatt ’00 and Kenton B. Smith ’99.

YOU CAN VOLUNTEER AGAIN! Alumni reunion service trip to El Salvador planned in 2013 A group of DePauw students first made a connection with the community of Consolacion, El Salvador in 1993. They helped build a school while learning from the local community through the Winter Term in Service (WTIS) program.

In 2012, DePauw maintains this partnership with the same community – now Las Delicias – through WTIS and Companion Community Development Alternatives (CoCoDA), an Indianapolisbased nonprofit organization. To commemorate 20 years of partnership and a commitment to service, WTIS, CoCoDA and DePauw Alumni Relations Office will host an alumni reunion service trip to El Salvador during the summer of 2013.

Stanford K. McCoy, a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, received distinguished service honors in the Coulter Cup for his service to the chapter. The Coulter Cup is one of 12 distinguished service awards that Phi Gamma Delta presents annually.

1993

Hugh M. Seyfarth and his wife, Stacey, announce the birth of their daughter, Ella Grace Seyfarth, April 17, 2012. Ella joins sister Madison Kathryn, 2. Hugh is head men’s soccer coach at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. His email address is hseyfarth@flsouthern.edu.

1994

Julie Barney Bieszczat is president of Barney Enterprises, based in Crown Point, Ind. Julie is responsible for various businesses Barney Enterprises owns.

By inviting alumni to participate in the service trip, DePauw and CoCoDA intend to offer a reunion experience for those who have participated during the 20 years, reach out to family of alumni to connect with the DePauw tradition of service, and provide an opportunity to those that were unable to participate during their years at DePauw.

Susan Dinkel Jensen received an Emmy Award for Special Achievement: Station Excellence at the 48th Annual Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Awards. She is

Tentative dates and price: July 21-31, 2013, and $1,300 per person (plus airfare). Interested alumni should check the website for further details and contact information: www.depauw.edu/alumni/events/ alumni-service-trip.

Angelina Andrews Torain is an assistant commissioner for institutional services and championship administrator for The Summit League in Elmhurst, Ill. Angie and her husband, Kyle, have three daughters: Kaylyn, 15, Amari, 10, and Addison, 5.

Jonathan A. Jenkins is head of engineering for Pinterest,

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news director and 5 p.m. anchor for WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Ind. Peter K. Fogarty lives in Columbus, Wis., with his wife and three daughters. He is director of sales for Vintage Parts. Mark is a member of the Columbus school board as well as the chief visionary and co-producer for a new digital serial novel project called NLV. Pete’s email address is peteforgarty@petefogarty.com.

Kristina D. Uland is vice president of development at WFYI Public Media, Indiana’s flagship PBS and NPR member stations.

Shannon Whitt Smith is illustrator of a children’s book titled Shakespeare’s Seasons.

1997

Mark J. Hiemenz is women’s soccer coach at Hastings College in Nebraska.

Raphaella Palmer Prange is dean of students at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill. Raphaella has served in several positions at Millikin since 1999.

1998

Dr. Jeffrey L. Hartzell practices orthopaedic surgery at Jonesboro (Ark.) Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine clinic. He is a team physician for Arkansas State University athletics and St. Bernards Sports Medicine.

Scott M. Kroeger is director of sales and operations, as well as a shareholder, at Lutz Software Solutions, an affiliate of Lutz & Company.

Andrew K. Powell is a cast member of the CBS series, “The Mentalist,” in a recurring role as an FBI agent. Drew has appeared in several television series, including “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Necessary Roughness,” “Leverage” and “Malcolm in the Middle” as well as an episode of “Bones.”

Danica Rodemich Mathes is of counsel for the Dallas law firm of Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP. She concentrates her practice on entertainment law, motion pictures and television, and music. Danica was selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013.

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Brian T. Hicks ’00

Jeffrey T. Hudson ’00

Wandini Dixon-Fyle Riggins ’01

Cassidy Ruschell Rosenthal is a member of the law firm of Stites & Harbison, PLLC in their Lexington, Ky., office. She is a member of the construction service group, where her practice focuses on construction litigation, contract drafting and negotiations and general business litigation. She is president of the Fayette (Ky.) County Bar Association, a member of the Fayette County Bar Association’s board of directors, executive committee and pro bono board of directors.

Elizabeth L. Martin and Timothy Yates were married April 14, 2012, in Indianapolis. (See photo, page 43.)

their son, Caden Ray Wong, March 26, 2012. Caden joins sister Mia, 3, at their home in Foothill Ranch, Calif.

Catherine is a second-grade teacher in Irvine, Calif.

1999

Adam M. and Anne (Ewald) Dill announce the birth of their daughter, Penelope Jane Dill, April 16, 2012. Penelope joins brothers Charlie, 6, and Joshua, 3, at their home in Champaign, Ill. Adam is an associate with Erwin, Martinkus & Cole, LTD. Anne is a vice president at Busey Bank, managing the private client program.

Elizabeth English Eckert lives at 3274 Whispering Pines Lane, Carmel, IN 46032. Her email address is englishliz@hotmail.com.

Hilary Guenther Buttrick is an assistant professor of business law in Butler University’s College of Business. Hilary’s email address is hbuttric@butler.edu.

Daniel J. Higgins made the front page of the Bangor News (Maine) for brokering a deal between Chevron Oil, Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the town of Hampden.

Dan is owner and manager of a marine business in Maine. His website is www.hamlinsmarina.com.

Jeffrey D. and Patricia (Guagliardo) Mohl announce the birth of their son, Jason David Mohl, Aug. 1, 2012.

They live in Niles, Ill. Megan Patterson Zalokar and her husband, Michael, announce the birth of their son, Jonathan Michael Zalokar, Feb. 8, 2012. They live in Winfield, Ill. Megan is orchestra director for 5th-8th grades in Indian Prairie School District 204 in Naperville and Aurora, Ill. Her email address is megan.zalokar@gmail.com.

2000

Jamie Aussieker Boyer is a partner in the law firm of Stinson Morrison Hecker. She was elected president of the Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis, and she is a member of the board of directors of Voices for Children, a nonprofit group that advocates for abused and neglected children.

David T. Christman is chief information officer of Oak Street Funding, LLC, in Carmel, Ind. He is responsible for all aspects of the company’s IT infrastructure.

Robert J. Davis was named one of the Top 20 Under 40 by the Evansville Business Journal. Bob opened a State Farm Insurance branch in 2009 in Evansville, where he and his wife, A. “Nikki” Warner Davis, live.

Catherine Hall Wong and her husband, Ray, announce the birth of

Brian T. Hicks is director of corporate development for Vectren Corporation. (See photo.)

Jeffrey T. Hudson is owner and senior DJ at Spacecraft Entertainment based in Austin, Texas. He DJ’s for weddings, corporate events and clubs. Jeff ’s email address is jeff@spacecraftentertainment. com. (See photo.)

Jessica M. McCuan has joined the staff of North Carolina’s Asheville Citizen-Times, where she is editor of the Scene section.

Jonna McGinley Reilly and her husband, Daniel, announce the birth of their son, Eagan John Reilly, and daughter, Alexandra “Alexie” Leigh Reilly, Feb. 12, 2012. They live in Chicago.

2001

Wandini Dixon-Fyle Riggins is an insurance attorney for Lewis Wagner LLP and focuses her practice in insurance coverage defense, bad faith disputes and immigration. She is a member of the Immigrant Welcome Center Board of Directors and a member of DePauw’s Alumni Board of Directors. (See photo.)

Jennifer (Geary) and Jess D. Riefe announce the birth of their daughter, Laine Evelyn Riefe, Jan. 23, 2012.

Laine joins sister Paige, 2, at their home in Chicago.

John N. Rooks Jr. and Bridget E. Fallen were married Oct. 8, 2011, in Chicago. John is an attorney with Fisher Kanaris, P.C. Bridget is a project manager with Benjamin West.

They live in Chicago. John’s email address is johnrooks@gmail.com.

(See photo.)

2002

Nicole N. Long earned a doctorate degree in college student personnel administration, May 2012, from the University of Maryland, College Park, and completed a graduate certificate in measurement, statistics and evaluation. She is a management analyst for the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education. Her email address is long. nicole@gmail.com.

2003

Jeremy T. Engle earned a doctoral degree in computer science, August 2012, from Indiana University. He and his wife, Sara, live in San Jose, Calif.

Joshua M. Husmann and his wife, Lisa, announce the birth of their daughter, Jenna Grace Husmann, July 9, 2012. They live in Carmel, Ind. Josh is lead pastor of Mercy Road Church in the northern Indianapolis area. His email address is Josh@mercyroad.cc.

Allison K. Van Dam and Pehr Hovey were married July 14, 2012, in Los Angeles, where they live and work.

Ali is a registered nurse case manager for VITAS Hospice. Pehr is technical staff for Walt Disney Imagineering Research and Development. Ali’s email address is allisonvandam@ gmail.com. (See photo.)

2004

Amy Baumgartner Hutton is director of admissions for the music department at Virginia Commonwealth University. She oversees both undergraduate and graduate admissions for the department. Amy’s email address is achutton@vcu.edu.

Abigail A. Huffer and Benjamin A. Diener were married Oct. 8, 2011, in Monticello, Ind. Abby is an attorney at Obear, Overholser, Huffer & Rider in Delphi, Ind. Ben is an attorney in private practice in Monticello, Ind. DePauw alumni attending

the wedding included Sara Decker Huffer ’01, Stefanie Chambers Turchyn (matron of honor), Kelli Smith Davis (bridesmaid), Casey L. Brackney, Corey L. Brackney, Patricia Cooksey Riveire, Laura D. Clark, McKenna Roberts Goslee, Rose Shingledecker, Margaret Held Christensen, Sara K. King ’03, Lauren M. McLean ‘06, Ashley G. Piper ’07, Andrea M. Johnson ’06, David M. Trogden, Daniel B. Matuszewski and David E. Hickman ’73. (See photo.)

Sara S. Mummey is executive director of the Lafayette (Ind.) Symphony Orchestra. Sara is the youngest director in the LSO’s 61-year history.

Elizabeth M. Ross ’04 and Michael Werner

Abigail A. Huffer ’04 and Benjamin A. Diener

Dr. Elizabeth M. Ross and Michael Werner were married April 3, 2012, in Tulum, Mexico. Liz is finishing her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Nita Shaw Douglas and Cory J. Whaley ’06. (See photo.)

Derek K. and Loren (Faulkner) Smith announce the birth of their daughter, Arabel Wendy Smith, Aug. 17, 2012.

They live in Nashville, Tenn. Loren’s email address is faulknle@gmail.com.

Union M. Williams and Rebekah L. Gebhard ’06 were married July 30, 2011, in Indianapolis, where they live and work. Union’s email address is Unionw@gmail.com. Rebekah’s email address is Rebekah.gebhard@gmail. com. (See photo, page 47.)

John N. Rooks ’01 and Bridget E. Fallen wedding. John and his Phi Kappa Psi fraternity brothers singing “The Sweetheart Song” to the bride. Those included Benjamin G. Elrod ’98, Felix P. Yau ’01, Derek M. Taylor ’00, Xavier L. Pokorzynski ’00, David P. Simon ’01, Matthew J. Nartker ’01, John N. Rooks Jr. ’01 (groom), Matthew J. Pritchard ’01, James R. Monaghan ’01, Frederick M. Crampton ’01, Joshua M. Bolin ’01, Phillip L. Smith ’01, Jonathan S. Williams ’00, Thomas N. Rooks ’04, Bradley J. Kreutz ’00, Benjamin J. Griswold ’01, Andrew E. Deffenbaugh ’01, Bradley R. Foss ’00, Stephen A. Silca ’02 and Ryan S. Winkler ’01. Attending but not pictured were Andrew K. LaDow ’01, Katherine M. McCleary ’01, Christopher R. Fleck ’01, Matthew R. Farrell ’01, Melissa Reinke Simon ’02, Joy M. Duginske ’01, Alicia Bury Bolin ’01, Mason N. Floyd ’01, Megan Hinton Pritchard ’03, Lucas W. Woodard ’01, Nicholas B. Bowles ’01, Katherine Fuson Winkler ’01 and John N. Rooks Sr. ’70 (father of the groom.)

2005

Aaron M. Gress completed his Peace Corps service in Ecuador, May 2012. He worked at two site

Aaron M. Gress ’05

Allison K. Van Dam ’03 and Pehr Hovey wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Emily E. Parsons ’04, Abigail A. Parsons ’04 and Emily C. Hallford ’03. Attending but not pictured were Pamela A. Collins ’75, Zachary G. Stockton ’09 and Sarah R. Chamberlain ’12.

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placements, sharing small business management skills to a rural community cheese factory and a quinoa granola manufacturer. He is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. (See photo, page 45.)

Tyler S. Hollett and Karen A. Babbs ’07 were married May 5, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. Ty is pursuing a doctoral degree in education at Vanderbilt University. Karen is a staff member for Teach for America. Ty’s email address is Tyler.Hollett@gmail. com. Karen’s email address is Karen.

Babbs@gmail.com. (See photo.)

Amy Irby-Shasanmi is a 2012-13 American Sociological Association Minority Fellow. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in sociology at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Charles M. Middleton and Connie S. Shim ’08 were married May 26, 2012, in Fort Wayne. (See photo, page 48.)

Matthew S. Mooney and Christine Kluber were married Oct. 22, 2011, in Oak Brook, Ill. (See photo.)

William C. Riley and Sarah E. Summers ’08 were married June 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. They live in State College, Pa. (See photo.)

Michelle L. Rhodes is a member of the board of directors of CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Indiana.

Michelle is director of the Cathedral Fund at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis.

Elisabeth Sugrue Button and her husband, Jonathan, announce the birth of their son, Luke Thomas Button, May 19, 2012. They live in College Station, Texas.

Laura Valler Halt and her husband, Eric, announce the birth of their daughter, Adyson Grace Halt, Aug. 12, 2012. They live in Fishers, Ind. Laura’s email address is lmhalt@ gmail.com.

2006

Martha L. Allee is an associate in the Cleveland

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Martha L. Allee ’06

law firm of Weston Hurd LLP. She focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters. (See photo.)

Matthew S. Mooney ’05 and Christine Kluber wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Ian M. Stone ’05 (groomsman), Evan M. Moore ’05 (groomsman), Adam C. Runyan ’05 (groomsman), Daniel B. Matuszewski ’04, Patrick J. McGrew ’04, Andrew P. Isch ’03, Robert L. Bruder ’05, David M. Trogden ’04, Jaclyn Blackwell McGrew ’05, Dana Hudson Stone ’05, Kelly M. Timmons ’05 (maid of honor), Craig A. Lehmann ’03 (groomsman), Jason C. Pease ’05 (groomsman), and Casey L. Brackney ’04. Attending but not pictured was Lindsay Stewart Runyan ’05.

Daniel P. Antle and Natasha Squadere were married July 14, 2012, in Chicago. (See photo.)

Clayton A. Clark earned a Master’s of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Ohio State University, June 2012. He lives in St. Louis, and is a copy editor and proofreader at Osborn Barr, an advertising agency specializing in the agricultural industry. Clayton continues to pursue his poetry, playwriting and screenwriting projects. Clayton’s email address is claytonadamclark@ gmail.com.

Rebekah L. Gebhard and Union M. Williams ’04 were married July 30, 2011, in Indianapolis, where they live and work. Rebekah’s email address is Rebekah_gebhard@gmail.com.

Union’s email address is Unionw@ gmail.com. (See photo.)

William C. Riley ’05 and Sarah E. Summers ’08 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Kyle J. Danforth ’05, Evan D. Hunter ’10, Patrick J. Mitchell ’06, Matthew M. Ferrell ’05, Clayton A. Clark ’06, Kate R. Nickols ’05, Janelle J. Blasdel ’08, Raija M. G. Bushnell ’09, Sarah L. Hughes ’08, Kimberly Hamer Schrank ’08, Jessica A. Milano Limeberry ’06, Siobhan M. Lau ’09, Elizabeth Tassell Roth ’08 and Jeffrey M. Roth ’06.

2007

Karen A. Babbs and Tyler S. Hollett ’05 were married May 5, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn. Karen is a staff member for Teach for America. Ty is pursuing a doctoral degree in education at Vanderbilt University. Karen’s email address is Karen.Babbs@gmail.com.

Ty’s email address is Tyler.Hollett@ gmail.com. (See photo.)

Chinonye O. Chukwu’s feature film, AlaskaLand, debuted at the Chicago International Film Festival, October 2012. The film will be shown at several film festivals throughout the year.

Daniel P. Antle ’06 and Natasha Squadere wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Peter W. Kostroski ’07, William A. Fama Jr. ’06, Tyler C. Mallory ’07, Anthony J. Gemma ’07, Natalie Beardsley Kostroski ’07, Ashley E. Hedges ’03, Jennifer Jessen Bostrom ’07, John C. Stephens ’06, Whitney Long Stephens ’06, Jonathan C. Bostrom ’06, Laura M. Solotorovsky ’09, John R. Fenley ’08, Scott C. Southard ’04 and James Redd IV ’08.

Amanda Rosenbaum and Jeffrey P. Zanchelli were married June 25, 2011, in Arlington Heights, Ill. (See photo.)

2008

Natalie L. Erickson is a client service representative for SYM Financial Advisors in Midland, Mich.

Rebekah L. Gebhard ’06 and Union M. Williams ’04 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Kye T. Hawkins ’06, Lisa Chambers Wallace ’06, Tara Bevington Fleck ’03, Kari L. Glazier ’06, Elisabeth Goldman ’06, Nicole R. Pence ’06, Andrea Speller Kleymeyer ’06, Kodie K. Bonebrake ’04, Jesse W. Williams ’07, Elizabeth H. Brack ’07, Jennifer Williams Rhine ’05, Wesley T. Thornhill ’04, Megan Bevington Thornhill ’03, John A. Wallace ’04, Ryan M. Heffernan ’06, Matthew J. Kleymeyer ’04, Jonathan R. Taylor ’04, John S. Gergely ’04, Aaron L. Drake ’04, Arthur D. Fisher Jr. ’04, Bradford T. Wochomurka ’04, John B. Stephens ’03, Antony D. Rhine ’06, Jesse V. Dame ’04, Darren E. Eblovi ’04, Claire G. Cunningham ’04 and Ross B. Fleck ’04. Attending but not pictured were Patrick D. Brunette ’04, Bryce A. Skeeters ’04 and Michelle L. Rhodes ’05.

Matthew J. Frye earned a master’s degree in English literature, May 2012, from Washington State University. He is pursuing a doctoral degree in rhetoric and composition at Washington State.

Alicia M. Keck and Robert L. Wilson III were married Sept. 17, 2011, in Fort Wayne. (See photo, page 48.)

Connie S. Shim and Charles M. Middleton ’05 were married May 26, 2012, in Fort Wayne. Connie’s email address is cshim22@gmail.com. (See photo, page 48.)

W. Andrew Steinhoff is among those named to the 30 Under 30 Class of 2012 by St. Louis Business Journal.

Karen A. Babbs ’07 and Tyler S. Hollett ’05 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Elizabeth R. Polleys ’07, Kristen Uminger Eisterhold ’07, Courtney A. Pierce ’07, Ashley R. Clark ’09, Michael S. Mioduski ’05, Allison E. Fisher ’07, Ian M. Prunty ’05, Amanda Rosenbaum Zanchelli ’07, Blake C. Royer ’05, Elin Raun Royer ’04, Daniel E. Sheehan ’05, Kyle E. Johnson ’05, Brian G. Millis ’06, David I. McMillin ’06, Emily Steele Duckworth ’06 and J. Ryan Duckworth ’06.

Amanda Rosenbaum ’07 and Jeffrey P. Zanchelli ’07 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending included Paul W. Cartwright ’10, Mary J. Adams ’07, Mary Beth Robinson Riley ’07, Karen Babbs Hollett ’07, Patrick J. Cisler ’08, Courtney A. Pierce ’07, Elyse Fisher Cisler ’08, Morris Rosenbaum ’71, Sarah K. Pasyk ’07, Kristen Uminger Eisterhold ’07, E. Webb Bassick V ’07, Megan Lewis Haddox ’79, Rachel Grimmer Bassick ’07, Katherine Backes Farrell ’07, Bryan W. Heck ’09, William C. Gates ’10, Sherise L. E. Denny ’07, Tyler S. Hollett ’05, Mark C. Gentry ’07, Nicholas E. Davis ’07, Michael J. Qualley ’92, Scott C. Swanson ’09, Allison E. Fisher ’07, Ryan J. Golden ’08, Evan B. Webeler ’07, Jane Collison Rosenbaum ’73, Jarrette A. Marley ’05, Laurel Danner Marley ’04, Andrea Timmons Morrow ’71 and Abigail Trainor Obszanski ’07. Attending but not pictured were Kortney J. Keith ’08, Joan Johnson Warner ’74 and J. Richard Warner ’73.

Drew is the senior total rewards analyst at Express Scripts Inc. Sarah E. Summers and William C. Riley ’05 were married June 30, 2012, in Indianapolis. They live in State College, Pa. (See photo.)

2009

Alison A. Colvin earned a Master of Science degree in nursing from Rush University in Chicago, March 2012.

Alison’s email address is alison. colvin@gmail.com.

Dana J. Genet and Johnathon E. Schmidt ’10 were married June 16, 2012, in Cincinnati. Dana’s email address is danajschmidt@gmail. com. Johnathon’s email address is jeschmidt21@gmail.com. (See photo, page 48.)

Amy E. Koester will serve as a member of the 2014 John Newbery Award committee, which is charged annually with selecting the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Amy is children’s librarian at the Corporate Parkway Branch of the St. Charles

Seth C. Elder was hired by Indiana Landmarks to direct its southeast field office and Veraestau, a historic site in Aurora. Seth oversees the nonprofit organization’s work to save historic places and revitalize communities in four southeastern Indiana counties. Seth is pursuing a master’s degree in historic preservation from Ball State University. He has completed internships with Historic Madison, Inc. and Ol’ House Experts, a specialty window restoration firm. He has also worked in his family’s restaurant and inn located in a 19th century row house on the Ohio River in Rising Sun.

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Alicia M. Keck ’08 and Robert L. Wilson III ’08 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Anne Cannon Traxler ’81, Susan Sampson Riefe ’85, Chad M. Byers ’08, William Z. King ’08, Deborah Riefe Wilson ’76, R. Lee Wilson ’76, Sarah Wilson Cooper ’73, Dion K. Matthews ’07, Philip W. Shaffer ’08, Elyse Fisher Cisler ’08, Patrick J. Cisler ’08, Peggy Brown Dwyer ’76, Charles D. Traxler ’81, David D. Riefe ’85, Amy Cannon Austin ’82, Stephanie Beneker Dobrik ’08, Jeffrey J. Dobrik ’07, Michelle Sollman Sharp ’08, Andrew D. Kehr ’09, Krista Hinton Weirich ’09, Phillip H. Weirich ’08, Jacqueline Betsch Kehr ’08, Bruce E. Cannon ’78, Robert A. Cooper ’71, Spencer H. B. Kunath ’07, Daniel T. Streitz Jr. ’08, J. Gerald Wallace ’08, David P. Della Chiesa ‘08 and Kortney J. Keith ’08.

Abigail K. Wilson ’11 and BJ Sullivan wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Brigid M. Costello ’11, Meghan L. Jenkins ’11, Warren F. Cangany ’11, Sarah E. Barker ’11, Kathleen E. Tangri ’11, Elizabeth F. Palmer ’11, Stephanie L. Sabol ’11, Jillian Harbin Eyl ’11, Caroline E. Wilson ’14, Emily R. Jones ’13, Myka J. Maxwell ’11 and Cathy Stryker Giometti ’11.

City-County (Mo.) Library District.

2011

Colin R. Doran is a graduate assistant football coach at Concord University in Athens, W. Va. Michael E. Engle is a wide receivers coach for Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I.

Connie S. Shim ’08 and Charles M. Middleton ’05 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Susan S. Shim ’07, Elizabeth R. Polleys ’07, Meghan Rowland Boyls ’07, Casey L. Brackney ’04, Andrew T. Middleton ’10, Corey L. Brackney ’04, Robert L. Bruder ’05, Kyle Jump ’05, Stefanie Baldauf Miller ’08, Drago Petrusic ’08, Brittney K. Nondorf ’08, Daniel B. Matuszewski ’04, Evan M. Moore ’05, David M. Trogden ’04, Brian S. Williams ’06, Brian E. Power ’03, Matthew S. Mooney ’05, Michelle M. Canak ’05, Craig P. S. Snyder ’04, Colin P. O’Flaherty ’04, Ryan J. Miller ’07, Deborah Bushouse Thenen ’04, Kelly M. Timmons ’05, Katherine Doogan Petrusic ’08, Laura Link Zimmerman ’08, Joseph S. Szynal ’07, Kelly M. Coyle ’08 and Marshall J. Baumgartner ’02

Matthew L. Welch is a coordinator of IFC Services with the NorthAmerican Interfraternity Conference.

Abigail K. Wilson and BJ Sullivan were married May 18, 2012, in Indianapolis. They live in Carmel, Ind. Abbey works in marketing at DyKnow Software. BJ works in sales at ExactTarget. Abbey’s email address is abigailksullivan@gmail.com. (See photo.)

2012

Dana J. Genet ’09 and Johnathon E. Schmidt ’10 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Bryan P. Mulligan ’10, Hilary H. Gerwin ’09, Christina M. Giordano ’09 (bridesmaid), Alison A. Colvin ’09 (bridesmaid), Catherine E. Brooks ’10, Ashley E. Fehr ’10, Eliza B. Dowell ’11, Richard A. Hajjar ’10 (groomsman), Sarah J. Harbison ’12, Elizabeth Q. Ratchford ’11, Thomas I. Nickols ’10, Jaclyn K. Ponder ’09, Kaitlin E. Wanta ’09, Lindsay N. Lund ’09 (bridesmaid), Abigail M. Gerwin ’09, Ashley R. Clark ’09, Ashley M. Chin ’09, Ryan G. Gizewski ’10, Scott T. O’Neil ‘10 (groomsman), Peter J. Haller ‘10, Gerry R. Dick ‘10 (groomsman), Anthony L. Holton ’10, Bradley J. Paus ’10, Andrew G. Dober ’10, Reed G. Seward ’10 (groomsman), John C. McIlwraith ’10, Anil N. Patel ’10, John C. Bahl II ’10, Greg J. Vaughn ’10, Alex P. Bailey ’11, Alexander E. Fitch ’10 (groomsman) and Nicholas M. Rohrer ’10 (groomsman).

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Jonathan D. Cripe is recipient of a Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst German Academic Exchange Service scholarship for the 2012-13 academic year. He is researching and studying gravitational physics at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, which is also known as the Albert Einstein Institute, in Hanover, Germany.

Allison M. Mousel’s essay, “Perceptions of Service: A Case Study of Post-Earthquake Haiti,” was published in the Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences. Alli is a student at Wake

Forest University, pursuing a master’s degree and certification for secondary mathematics instruction.

Anthony E. Navarrete is a member of the Peace Corps in Ethiopia. He teaches English, trains teachers and provides basic HIV/AIDS education.

Mitchell A. S. Strobl is a specialist of business development and communications for Kalkomey Enterprises, a provider of recreational safety education products.

J. Alexander Thompson has written his first short film, Irene & Marie, which will have its Hollywood premiere in May 2013. The story is based on conversations he listened to between his Greek-American grandmother and her best friend.

DePauw Magazine marks the passing of alumni, faculty 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 461350037. You may also fax us the information at 765-658-4172 or email stuggle@depauw.edu.

IN MEMORIAM

1936

George B. Davis Jr. ’36, July 16, 2012, of Greenfield, Ind., at the age of 97. He was an attorney. He was preceded in death by a sister, Virginia Davis Hyatt ’39. Survivors include his wife; sons, Stephen E. Davis ’64 and James E. Davis ’71; daughter-in-law, Sarah Ryrie Davis ’72; and niece, Joyce Hyatt Strickland ’72.

V. Eugene Ritz ’36, June 24, 2012, of Indianapolis, at the age of 97. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, a Rector Scholar, former owner of Ritz Insurance Agency in Tipton, Ind., and former manager of Tipton’s city utilities. He was preceded in death by his wife, Muriel Peterson Ritz ’36; sisters, Esther Ritz Collyer ’28 and Faith Ritz Hippensteel ’30; and brother-in-law, H. Robert Rusie ’39.

Survivors include his son, Peter E. Ritz ’76, and sister, Ruth Ritz Rusie ’40.

1937

Marian Albaugh Short ’37, June 16, 2012, of Maple Valley, Wash., at the age of 96. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and an insurance broker and realtor.

She was preceded in death by her husband.

Lyn Antrobus Yeager ’37, Sept. 10, 2012, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., at the age of 97. She taught piano, organ and voice, served as minister of music in several churches, taught high school English and published three books.

Eleanor Hostetter Herr ’37, June 13, 2012, of Clemson, S.C., at the age of 97. She was a member of Delta Zeta, a high school teacher

and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include her daughter, Diana Herr Bennett Collins ’61, and grandson, Jeffrey T. Bennett ’86.

1938

Elizabeth Allen Robbins ’38, Feb. 28, 2010, in St. Petersburg, Fla., at the age of 94.

She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and a homemaker.

Emily Wolcott Russell ’38, Sept.

4, 2012, of Rolling Prairie, Ind., at the age of 95. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta and taught music at Rolling Prairie Elementary School for 23 years. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1940

1941

Betty Boyle Cooper ’41, Dec. 28, 2011, of Redding, Conn., at the age of 91. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, John W. Cooper Jr. ’38. Survivors include a son, Robert A. Cooper ’71; and daughter-in-law, Sarah Wilson Cooper ’73.

Elizabeth Smith Taylor ’41, Aug. 30, 2012, of Cranberry Township, Pa., at the age of 92. She was a homemaker and a nursery school teacher and administrator. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1942

Betty Bartuska Adamson ’42, May 26, 2012, of Fort Wright, Ky., at the age of 92. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Richard E. Bigelow Sr. ’42, Jan. 17, 2011, of Roswell, Ga., at the age of 90. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and a retired sales manager.

His wife, Athalie Davis Bigelow ’42, followed him in death. His Survivors include a brother, Thomas F. Bigelow ’42, and a sister-in-law, True Davis Evans ’42.

Robert L. Craft ’40, Sept.

23, 2012, in Indianapolis, at the age of 94. He was a former executive officer of several Indiana trade associations. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Pomeroy Craft ’38.

A. Josephine Bullington Schindler ’42, July 1, 2012, of Chesterfield, Mo., at the age of 91. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Survivors include a sister, Mary Bullington Beatty ’52.

Ethel Scheu Gentes ’40, Aug. 13, 2012, of Scottsdale, Ariz., at the age of 93. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta and a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband.

Rev. Robert B. Crocker ’42, June 25, 2012, of Arlington Heights, Ill., at the age of 93. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association and a United Methodist minister. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Shirley Shields Messerlie Reser ’40, Aug. 17, 2012, in Ludington, Mich., at the age of 93. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her first husband; father, Ewing Shields Jr. ’17; mother, Rachel Williams Shields ’16; and brothers, John W. Shields ’46 and Ewing Shields III ’43. Survivors include her husband.

Athalie Davis Bigelow ’42, April 19, 2011, of Roswell, Ga., at the age of 90. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard E. Bigelow Sr. ’42. Survivors include a sister, True Davis Evans ’42, and brother-in-law, Thomas F. Bigelow ’42.

Betty Wells Kline ’42, Aug. 29, 2012, in Atlanta, at the age of 91. She was a high school speech and drama

teacher and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Claude A. Winkelhake ’42, July 21, 2012, of Madison, Wis., at the age of 92. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, Rector Scholar and professor of architecture, urban and community planning at University of IllinoisChampaign for 30 years. Survivors include his wife.

1944

Ruth Baker Glen ’44, June 26, 2012, of Rochelle, Ill., at the age of 90. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Sheridan A. Glen ’43.

Jeanne Collier Denham ’44, July 27, 2012, of South Bend, Ind., at the age of 89. She was a physical therapist and homemaker.

Marjorie Southworth Wann ’44, June 17, 2012, of Tucson, Ariz., at the age of 89. She was a member of Alpha Phi and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, David L. Wann Sr. ’43. Survivors include a daughter, Susan Wann Benton ’68, and son, David L. Wann Jr. ’71.

1945

Ruth Hammerman Berman ’45, Jan. 4, 2011, of Saint Louis, at the age of 86. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband and brother, Elmer L. Hammerman ’43.

W. Dean McNaughton ’45, June 3, 2012, of Davis, Calif., at the age of 89. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and publisher and owner of newspapers, including The Davis Enterprise in California. He was preceded in death by a brother, John T. McNaughton ’42, and sister-in-law, Sarah Fulkman McNaughton ’42.

Joanna Motsinger Hollis ’45, July 8, 2012, of Whitestown, Ind., at the age of 88. She was a member of Alpha Phi and a homemaker. Survivors include a daughter, Shelley Hollis Leinicke ’71, and son-in-law, Steven Y. Leinicke ’71.

Mary Torrence Layman ’45, Aug. 15, 2012, of Wynnewood, Pa., at the age of 88, of pulmonary fibrosis. She was a member of Alpha Phi, homemaker and volunteer typist for braille

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textbooks. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1947

John E. Logue ’47, May 28, 2012, in Reston, Va., at the age of 87. He was a member of Delta Upsilon, Rector Scholar and attorney. He was preceded in death by his father, Hollis L. Logue ’18, and mother, Esther Bierhaus Logue ’19. Survivors include his wife.

Robert D. Looft ’47, Aug. 13, 2012, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of 87. He was a member of Delta Upsilon and retired president of Iowa Western Community College. He was preceded in death by his wife.

J. Brinton Thomas ’47, May 29, 2012, of Richardson, Texas, at the age of 87. He was a Rector Scholar, realtor, insurance broker and substitute teacher. He was preceded in death by his first and second wives.

1948

V. Robin Adams Dickenson ’48, June 6, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the age of 85. She was an elementary school teacher for 32 years. Survivors include her husband.

Frederick A. Grohsmeyer Jr. ’48, July 21, 2012, of Richmond, Ind., at the age of 89. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association and a retired professor emeritus of psychology at Indiana University East. Survivors include his wife, Sarah Dudley Grohsmeyer ’49.

Betty Howard Brown ’48, Sept. 2, 2012, of Lake Wales, Fla., at the age of 86. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta and a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband.

Margaret Judson Woodruff ’48, Sept.

5, 2012, in Prescott, Ariz., at the age of 85. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, an elementary school teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Survivors include her daughter, Ellen Woodruff Benson ’77.

Caralyn Keller Buston ’48, June 14, 2012, of Saint Petersburg, Fla., at the age of 85. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta and an

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executive secretary. Survivors include her husband and brother, James D. Keller ’52.

Elbridge L. Price ’48, Jan. 4, 2012, of Cedar, Mich., at the age of 87. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and worked in sales. Survivors include his wife.

Lyda Steffen Personett ’48, June 1, 2012, of Westmont, Ill., at the age of 82. She was a social worker, teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Glen B. Personett ’48. Survivors include a sister, Margaret Steffen Sant’Ambrogio ’57.

1949

Betty Cheney Thalman ’49, May 7, 2012, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 84. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and a retired professor of Romance Languages from University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada.

Survivors include her brother, Richard G. Cheney ’49, and sister-inlaw, Gene Hahn Cheney ’50.

Nancy Elliott McFarland ’49, May 31, 2012, of Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 85. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, piano teacher, organist and homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, John W. McFarland ’49; daughters, Kathryn McFarland Witham ’70 and N. Angela McFarland Green ’78; son, Philip E. McFarland ’77; grandson, Brandon D. Witham ’00; granddaughter, Megan McFarland King ’10; and son-in-law, Gary D. Whitham ’78.

Wilson H. Parker ’49, Sept. 18, 2012, in Muncie, Ind., at the age of 90. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Rector Scholar and retired vice president of Industrial Trust and Savings Bank.

Survivors include his wife.

Roger L. Ragan ’49, May 5, 2012, in Azusa, Calif., at the age of 85. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and retired assistant executive director of the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations. He was preceded in death by his brother, Keith W. Ragan ’48. Survivors include his wife and brother, Rex B. Ragan ’51.

Janet Spence Teetor ’49, Aug. 3, 2012, of Algonac, Mich., at the age of 85. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta and a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband.

1950

Dolores Anderson Morning ’50, Sept. 6, 2012, of Carlsbad, Calif., at the age of 83. She was a member of Delta Zeta and a library technician.

James A. Baham ’50, July 12, 2012, in Sunset Beach, N.C., at the age of 84. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association and a business administrator. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Shirley Beistle Climo ’50, Aug. 25, 2012, of Los Altos, Calif., at the age of 83. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta and an author of children’s books. Survivors include her husband.

Robert W. Biddinger ’50, March 10, 2011, of Anderson Township, Ohio, at the age of 85. He was a member of Delta Chi and president of a mortgage and lending company. He was preceded in death by his brother, Clyde M. Biddinger ’50. Survivors include his wife.

Joan Isenbarger Murray ’50, May 12, 2012, in Muncie, Ind., at the age of 83.

She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, former member of DePauw’s Board of Visitors and a merchandise buyer. She was preceded in death by her father, Paul M. Isenbarger ’20; mother, Mazie Palm Isenbarger ’20; husband; and sister-in-law, Jean Phillips Isenbarger ’45. Survivors include her brother, John P. Isenbarger ’45.

1951

Richard A. Anderson ’51, July 11, 2012, in Genoa City, Wis., at the age of 83. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and a plant manager at J.L. Clark Manufacturing Co. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Harris Anderson ’52; daughter, Pamela Anderson Smith ’90; son-in-law, Troy T. Smith ’90; sister-in-law, Kathrine Harris Hauck ’64; and brother-in-law, Philip C. Hauck ’64.

Richard E. Clift ’51, July 16, 2012, of Chesterfield, Mo., at the age of 82.

He was a member of Sigma Chi and owner and chief executive officer of Bowersox Insurance Agency. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Miriam Reed Clift ’51. Survivors include his wife; son, Douglas S. Clift ’80; daughters Sharon Clift Drbul ’84 and Susan Clift Gislason ’82; sister, Caroljane Clift Lux ’53; granddaughter, Rachel M. Crump ’12; and son-in-law, Dave Gislason ’82.

Ursula Glaeser Purbrick ’51, May 10, 2012, in Salem, Ore., at the age of 90.

She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Maurice S. Rarick ’51, June 24, 2012, of Clarinda, Iowa, at the age of 86. He was a micro-bacteriologist, a consultant for various meat and food companies, and retired as safety director from I.B.P., Inc. Survivors include his wife, Roberta Purcell Rarick ’53.

1952

Joan Lytle Ray ’50, Aug. 22, 2012, of Springfield, Ohio, at the age of 84. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega and an elementary school teacher and librarian. Survivors include her husband.

Charles W. Hillman ’52, July 15, 2012, of South Bend, Ind., at the age of 83. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta, a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society, and retired chairman and chief executive officer of Mossberg & Company. Survivors include his wife, Anne Mossberg Hillman ’51, and son, Thomas C. Hillman ’80.

John W. Rippetoe ’50, June 29, 2012, of Nashville, Tenn., at the age of 84.

He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and president of Standard Motor Parts Co. He was preceded in death by his wife; father, Olin L. Rippetoe ’17; and mother, Charlotte Wells Rippetoe ’16.

Nancy Nelson Hamilton ’52, Aug. 11, 2012, in Bloomington, Ind., at the age of 82, as a result of an automobile accident. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta, homemaker, artist, animal advocate and hospital volunteer. Survivors include her husband, Lee H. Hamilton ’52.

Robert E. Rohm ’52, March 11, 2010, of Dallas, at the age of 80. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and a retired stockbroker. Survivors include his wife, Jane Watson Rohm ’53; brothers, James R. Rohm ’52 and Richard H. Rohm ’57; sister-inlaw, Salli Stoodt Rohm ’57; nieces Gretchen L. Rohm ’83, Kristen C. Rohm ’85 and Karen Rohm Williams ’87; and nephew-in-law, David S. Ensing ’83.

1953

George B. Douglas Jr. ’53, Nov. 5, 2011, of Palmersville, Tenn., at the age of 70. He was a member of Sigma Chi and a personnel manager. Survivors include his wife.

Richard A. Pruitt ’53, Aug. 27, 2012, of New Albany, Ind., at the age of 81. He was a member of Delta Chi, Rector Scholar and part-owner of Galvan Manufacturing. Survivors include his wife, Betty Conner Pruitt ’53.

stockbroker and investor. Survivors include his wife.

Nu, a Rector Scholar and orthopedic surgeon. Survivors include his wife.

Dr. Donald T. Quick ’55, July 27, 2012, in Greensboro, N.C., at the age of 80, of cancer. He was a member of Sigma Chi, a Rector Scholar and physician.

Harriet Rinehart Attig ’58, June 12, 2012, of Eugene, Ore., at the age of 76. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, an elementary school teacher, teacher’s aide and dental assistant. She was preceded in death by her father, George R. Rinehart ’30; mother, Cora Ewan Rinehart ’30; and aunt, Wildred Ewan Michael ’26.

Survivors include her husband, John C. Attig ’58.

Joanne Sorgel Benge ’55, June 11, 2012, of Evanston, Ill., at the age of 78. She was a member of Alpha Phi and a graphic services manager for Package Company of America.

1956

Sidney O. Coats ’56, Aug. 28, 2012, in Pawley’s Island, S.C., at the age of 77. He was a member of Delta Chi and co-owner of a computer sales and consulting company. He was preceded in death by his wife, Adrianne Nail Coats ’56; brother, Max E. Coats ’53; and sisterin-law, Nancy McGrew Coats ’53.

William A. Shumaker ’53, June 5, 2012, of Lafayette Hill, Pa., at the age of 80. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and retired as human resources director from Turner Construction Company. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Shoptaugh Shumaker ’55.

M. Ann Messersmith Fletcher ’56, June 1, 2012, of Dallas, at the age of 76. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and a retired college faculty counselor. She was preceded in death by her father, Lloyd L. Messersmith ’28; mother, Fae Houston Messersmith ’30; and uncle, Murl L. Messersmith ’36. Survivors include her husband.

1954

1957

Sara Denton Ong ’54, May 26, 2012, in Santa Monica, Calif., at the age of 79.

She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Beta Kappa, a former member of the DePauw Alumni Board of Directors, a teacher and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, Winfield K. Denton ’19, and husband, David N. Ong ’54. Survivors include her son, Winfield D. Ong ’80; sister, Beth Denton Bamberger ’50; and brotherin-law, James E. Bamberger ’49.

Gary L. Rutledge ’54, May 30, 2012, of Pleasant Plain, Iowa, at the age of 79. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and retired from the United States Marine Corps. Survivors include his wife.

1955

Robert A. Feuer ’55, April 26, 2012, in Conroe, Texas, at the age of 77. He was a member of Delta Chi and a retired

Gregory A. Shackel ’57, Feb. 18, 2011, of Alsip, Ill., at the age of 75. He was a member of Delta Chi and a retired major in the United States Air Force.

Mary Stolz Sell ’57, Sept. 6, 2012, of Greenfield, Ind., at the age of 77.

She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, a homemaker and co-owner of Supplemental Educational Services in Indianapolis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Sell ’56.

1958

Carolyn Duncan Young ’58, July 17, 2012, of Dayton, Ohio, at the age of 75. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and retired director of human resources for Places, Inc. Survivors include her son, Russell D. Young ’89.

Morton F. Longnecker ’58, Sept. 8, 2012, in Gulfport, Miss., at the age of 75. He was a member of Sigma

Robert A. Watts ’58, June 25, 2012, of Champaign, Ill., at the age of 75.

He was a member of Sigma Chi, a lawyer and publisher. Survivors include his wife.

1960

Robert W. Gibson ’60, July 14, 2012, of Covington, Ky., at the age of 74. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society, former member and president of the DePauw Alumni Board of Directors, former member of DePauw’s Board of Visitors, and chief executive officer and founder of Scanner Applications. Survivors include his wife; sons, Greg C. Gibson ’82, Thomas M. Gibson ’84, John W. Gibson ’85 and Jeffrey G. Gibson ’90; brothers, Thomas R. Gibson ’64 and John A. Gibson ’68; sister, Nancy Gibson Prowitt ’76; granddaughter, Nicole G. Gibson ’13; niece Katherine Gibson Wallace ’95; nephews, Michael G. Gibson ’04 and Matthew B. Gibson ’93; daughters-in-law, Margaret Mullen Gibson ’82 and Ann Senger Gibson ’84; brother-in-law, Peter D. Prowitt ’77; nieces-in-law, Mary-Kay Tyrrell Gibson ’93 and Kristyn Tekulve Gibson ’04; and nephew-in-law, Michael S. Wallace ’95.

Barbara L. Littiken ’60, June 11, 2012, of Arlington Heights, Ill., at the age of 74. She was a member of Alpha Phi and a business owner.

William D. Naftzger ’60, Aug. 16, 2012, of Sarasota, Fla., at the age of 73. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, a banker and vice president of Northern Trust. He was preceded in death by his father, William L. Naftzger ’31. Survivors include his

wife; daughter, Susan Naftzger Leinbach ’86; son, David C. Naftzger ’94; sister, Barbara Naftzger Tapley ’71; brother, Walter L. Naftzger ’65; and sister-in-law, Colleen Riley Naftzger ’65.

1961

Peter G. Barclay ’61, Sept.

14, 2011, of Goodyear, Ariz., at the age of 72. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and retired director of human resources for Lutheran Healthcare Network.

Survivors include his wife.

Cynthia Ferguson Schuneman ’61, Aug. 17, 2012, in Boston, at the age of 72, of cancer. She was part owner, rental librarian and sales consultant for ECS Publishing Corporation for 26 years. Survivors include her husband and sister, Nancy Ferguson Archer ’58.

1962

Jerry D. Andrews ’62, March 18, 2011, of Frisco, Texas, at the age of 70. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and a retired senior master sergeant in the United States Air Force.

James A. Catlin ’62, Sept. 2, 2010, of Hendersonville, N.C., at the age of 70. He was a member of Delta Upsilon and a businessman. He was preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Nancy Mills Catlin ’63. Survivors include his wife, Susan Whaley Catlin ’63, and brother, William W. Catlin ’64.

John F. McKay ’62, Aug. 25, 2012, in Laramie, Wyo., at the age of 72.

He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, a Rector Scholar and senior research chemist. Survivors include his niece, Carter E. McKay ’13, and his companion.

1964

Arthur P. Doederlein ’64, Aug. 24, 2012, of DeKalb, Ill., at the age of 70. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and the undergraduate studies director in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University for more than 30 years. Survivors include his wife, Sue Warrick Doederlein ’64.

Frank L. Green ’64, July 15, 2012, of Oakland, Calif., at the age of 70. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta,

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a computer consultant and owner of A/E Information Services. Survivors include his wife.

Lee R. James ’64, Aug. 24, 2011, of Portland, Ore., at the age of 68. He was a member of Delta Upsilon, worked in corporate marketing and was a partner in AVenture Partners.

Survivors include his wife.

1965

65. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, a Rector Scholar and retired marketing manager for Corning Inc. Survivors include his wife.

Evans, Colo., at the age of 54. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and president of Entrepreneurial Design, Inc. Survivors include his wife.

1970

Roseann Zielinski ’79, May 30, 2012, of Danville, Ind., at the age of 73. She was an elementary school teacher.

Survivors include her husband.

David A. Hunt ’70, July 30, 2011, in Winter Springs, Fla., at the age of 63. He was a computer consultant. Survivors include his wife.

1971

Nicholas J. Bach ’65, May 28, 2012, of Cedarville, Ill., at the age of 70. He retired as senior research chemist from Eli Lilly in Indianapolis after 30 years of service.

Eugene Dottery III ’71, Aug. 7, 2012, of Indianapolis, at the age of 77. He was a data processing manager. He was preceded in death by his first wife.

Survivors include his second wife.

1966

1972

Barbara Murray Hett ’66, July 27, 2012, of Marietta, Ga., at the age of 68. She was a member of Alpha Phi, a small business owner and homemaker.

Survivors include her husband; son, Christopher M. Hett ’94; and brothers, Stephen M. Murray ’69 and Scott M. Murray III ’74.

Rev. Glenn V. Woike ’66, Aug. 18, 2012, of Tonawanda, N.Y., at the age of 67, of lung cancer. He was a member of Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa, a Rector Scholar and head librarian at Daemen College.

Survivors include his wife, Kay Reinhart Woike ’65.

1967

John P. Holton Jr. ’67, Sept. 2, 2012, of Indianapolis, at the age of 67. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and worked in marketing, retiring as account vice president from UBS Warburg. He was preceded in death by his father, John P. Holton ’36; uncle, Philip F. Holton ’29; and aunt, Ruth Clark Holton ’29. Survivors include his wife; son, Anthony L. Holton ’10; and brother, William L. Holton ’69.

1968

Frederick K. Donaldson ’72, June 17, 2012, of Decatur, Ga., at the age of 62. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and a consultant for the YMCA of the USA. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Fred R. Donaldson ’16; grandmother, Esther Coombs Donaldson ’15; and father, Frank C. Donaldson Sr. ’44. Survivors include his wife; son, Gregory H. Donaldson ’04; brother, Frank C. Donaldson Jr. ’73; sister-in-law, Alison Van Nada Donaldson ’73; uncles, George D. Donaldson ’50 and John W. Donaldson ’51; cousin, William R. Donaldson ’78; and cousin, Bruce D. Donaldson ’81.

Judy Smith Divine ’72, Sept. 1, 2012, of Evansville, Ind., at the age of 66. She was an elementary school teacher, a teacher at the University of Southern Indiana and homemaker.

Survivors include her husband.

1977

Jamie Mulka Freberg ’77, Nov. 18, 2011, of Homewood, Ill., at the age of 56.

She was a member of Delta Zeta, a third-grade teacher and homemaker.

Survivors include her husband; sister, Elizabeth Mulka Parker ’74; and cousin, Miriam Cole Breese ’57.

Kenneth E. Fletcher ’68, Sept. 3, 2012, of Worcester, Mass., at the age of 65.

He was a Rector Scholar and an associate professor of psychiatry and nursing at University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Survivors include his wife.

Gwynn A. Wilkins ’78, July 23, 2012, of Mooresville, Ind., at the age of 61, from cancer. She was an elementary school teacher. Survivors include her husband.

Robert F. Flickinger ’68, Sept. 5, 2012, of Penn Yan, N.Y., at the age of

1979

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1978

Thomas Y. Gorman Jr. ’79, March 6, 2012, in

1981

Dennis L. Ellis ’81, Aug. 7, 2012, in Paoli, Ind., at the age of 53. He was sports editor of the Paoli News and Springs Valley Herald.

Edwin R. Silbaugh ’81, June 22, 2012, of Bainbridge, Ind., at the age of 57.

He was a teacher for Danville (Ind.) Community Schools for more than 36 years. Survivors include his wife.

1982

Peter G. Melberg ’82, July 11, 2012, of Elgin, Ill., at the age of 51. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and worked in international development. Survivors include a sister, Susan Melberg Davis ’79; brother-in-law, Glenn E. Davis ’79; nieces, Kathryn J. Davis ’08 and Jane Davis Long ’05; and nephew, Stephen F. Davis ’12.

1987

David M. Galle ’87, Aug. 28, 2012, in Indianapolis, at the age of 47. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, a 2006 DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, former manager and vice president for Arvin Industries, and executive director of the Community Education Coalition in Columbus, Ind. Survivors include his wife.

1989

Dr. Benjamin S. Gilmore ’89, July 30, 2012, in Columbus, Ind., at the age of 45. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Phi Beta Kappa, and a physician at Columbus Pediatrics. Survivors include his wife.

1999

Krista Lutterman Hurt ’99, Sept. 4, 2012, of Newburgh, Ind., at the age of 35.

She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, a pharmaceutical sales representative and homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

Faculty Leo F. Goeke, Sept. 18, 2012, in

Pittsfield, Mass., at the age of 75, from complications following several strokes.

He was a lyric tenor and performed at the New York Metropolitan Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, Stuttgart Theater and La Scala. He was a professor in the DePauw School of Music from 1992-2004.

Friends Elsa B. Mazanec, June 8, 2012, in Houston, at the age of 74. She was a homemaker and a partner and lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. Survivors include her husband, George L. Mazanec ’58; son, John C. Mazanec ’90; and granddaughter, Rachel E. Mazanec ’14.

Elizabeth L. Piety July 18, 2011, in Indianapolis, at the age of 98.

She was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society, a legal secretary, homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her first and second husbands. Survivors include her daughters, Margaret E. Piety ’73 and Rita Luther Erickson ’59; and son-in-law, Robert L. Erickson ’58.

Annis M. Robinson, July 19, 2012, of Fillmore, Ind., at the age of 90. She was a cook in Rector Hall at DePauw.

She was preceded in death by her husband.

Glenn M. Swisher, July 20, 2012, of Indianapolis, at the age of 96.

He was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. He was former president, chair and chief executive officer of Syndicate Glass, and later, president of the Swisher Foundation. He was preceded in death by his first and second wives.

CORRECTION Jean Anderson Weliver ’57 was incorrectly listed as a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority in the summer issue of DePauw Magazine.

She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. The staff regrets the error.

What are you waiting for?

“I will be the first in my family to graduate with a college degree. I have younger twin siblings: Michael is a freshman at DePauw, and Madelyn is a freshman at Indiana University (although I wish she had chosen to come here). With all three of us in college, every award and scholarship matters to our family. I originally had my eyes set on an out-of-state school, but when I received the generous scholarship package from DePauw University I couldn’t pass it up.

The great thing about DePauw is that I’m not just a student; I can be a part of much more. I enjoy being a managing editor of The DePauw newspaper, I look forward to my afternoons spent tutoring Greencastle youth, and it thrills me to put on philanthropic events for Alpha Phi sorority and the University. I look forward to what I can do in the next two and a half years.

The friendships, connections, opportunities and overall experiences are unlike any others. I want to take this moment to thank the Whites for the Donald and Joann White Endowed Scholarship that continues to be a gift as long as I’m at DePauw.”

– Elizabeth G. Hineman ’14 Major: Art history

JOANN WINE WHITE ’52 established the Donald and Joann White Endowed Scholarship – named also for her late husband, Donald A. White ’52 – in order to help students like Elizabeth with demonstrated financial need. The cost of a college education is a subject she knows well, having served as director of undergraduate financial aid at University of Pennsylvania until her retirement. “I believe that every student, regardless of his or her financial circumstances, should have the opportunity to go to the college of their choice,” White says.

The scholarship she established, funded by monetary gifts over the years and a recent gift of real estate, will help DePauw students for years to come. White notes that by making a planned gift now, she can both help DePauw fulfill a need and benefit personally. Now is the best time for her. What are you waiting for?

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF GIFT PLANNING Lisa Maxwell-Frieden, J.D., director of gift planning 300 E. Seminary St., P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 Phone: 765-658-4216 • Toll-free 800-446-5298 lisafrieden@depauw.edu depauw.plannedgifts.org

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