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THE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT 2022

THE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT 2022 as told by the alumni of

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INTRO ALUMNI STORIES

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STUDENT LIFE, RICH TRADITIONS & GREEK LIFE CAREER SUCCESS

LOVE STORIES

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FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE GRADS LEGACY ALUMNI

FACULTY & STAFF

LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS

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Dear DePauw family, I am fortunate to spend time with DePauw University alumni from around the world. Often, I open conversations with a simple remark: "Tell me about your DePauw experience." Their faces light up. They launch into their story. That single invitation is enough to keep us talking, sharing, and reminiscing for the length of our conversation. Our partners at PCI beautifully captured your DePauw stories in this volume, Grateful to be Gold — DePauw's Oral History Project 2022. You may be surprised by the similarities of stories from decades before and after your graduation, as well as interested in how drastically experiences have changed. It's likely you won't be surprised, though, to see how many alumni consider their time at DePauw to be transformative and life-changing. Common themes emerged throughout these hundreds of interviews with alumni. We identified these and indicated them with the icons shown to the left. Enjoy this journey with your fellow alumni. Go Tigers! Leslie Williams Smith '03 Executive Director of Alumni Engagement

ALUMNI STORIES

I started working on the Boulder Magazine when I was a freshman, and by the time I was a senior, I became the editor. - Barbara Manning (Groenke) '51

I received a scholarship to run cross country and track at DePauw. I did it for a year and a half. - The Hon. Thomas "Tom" E. Lister '70

Eating at Marvin's, having fun at the Fluttering Duck, keeping up with grades, and achieving a college degree were my favorite times on campus. - Eric Robert Francois '03

STUDENT LIFE

rich traditions & greek life

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THOMAS “TOM” A. BROWN, M.B.A., CGFM

FRANK E. DANAHER

1989

1965

07/28/2021

07/27/2021

I WAS A LOW-INCOME

student; my mother worked for a doctor, and his son went to DePauw. He convinced my mother that I should apply since I had decent grades. I initially came to DePauw on a Rector Scholarship and to play football. I'm originally from Youngstown, Ohio, and at the time I was at DePauw, we had about five or six guys on the football team from Youngstown. The football coach and one of the assistant coaches were from the Youngstown area, so McPherson mayor, 2009-present we had a heavy representation while I was there. There was a professor with whom I had a five-hour course in world history. He taught history, and we went to the music department and the art department for each period of history. Different professors would come in and give us lessons on music, art, and different things of the periods we were studying to broaden our understanding. It opened up the world and set me up with a great liberal arts education. I enjoyed the world history class, and I enjoyed football, and those are fond memories for me.

Hiking in Arizona with my family at the top spot

COMPARED TO OTHER COLLEGES I

considered, DePauw University gave me the best opportunity for a music program. It was a new environment for me being out in the countryside. The curriculum itself was very open with its liberal arts focus. For high schoolers entering that environment, it was eye-opening and gave us many different ways to think about where we wanted to go in our education and life. DePauw enabled me to constructively put together solutions to problems. My DePauw education opened doors to opportunities I never considered.

LAURA A. SICILIANO (TESI) 08/11/2021

I WAS LOOKING FOR A SMALL

liberal arts college in the Midwest area. My sister and I had an older sister who was at Denison University, so I was spending a lot of time there. Several people there said I should check out DePauw, so I did. I love DePauw, and I loved the mission trip opportunities. I studied abroad and those were all very significant things in my life. I took advantage of those opportunities, and I will never regret it. I also made some lifelong friends. I did have some really good and extremely challenging professors. I ended up majoring in Spanish and I had a great professor in the program. I studied abroad in Spain and did a mission trip in El Salvador, so I was able to use my Spanish there as well. It was very impactful. I am in sales now, and I am fortunate enough to be able to travel down to Honduras. DePauw has provided me with a global understanding of the world and the ability to communicate broadly. I've carried with me a love of learning throughout my career and that has been passed on to my children as well.

2021

HANNAH GABRIELA GRADY 08/14/2021

I ATTENDED DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BECAUSE MY

grandmother told me they had a good science program. She told me it would give me good opportunities, and then I learned that they had a science research fellowship. It gave you real-world opportunities to do research before you graduated. Since I wanted to go into research as a field, I decided that was something I wanted to try for. It solidified my decision to go to DePauw. The programs and professors were all very helpful. They really gave me a better idea of where I wanted to go, what I wanted to do, and even how to do it. I've certainly gotten help from professors about where to go for things such as job applications, but so far I haven't had a lot because I just recently graduated. Take whatever opportunities you can. There are a lot of things that you can do at DePauw, and a lot of opportunities that may not be immediately evident, but they are there. Take them; they will be very helpful and give you some skills that you can use later on. DePauw is a place to learn new skills and meet some pretty awesome people.

PATRICIA A. MCCORMICK (KUHNS)

1959

1995

08/10/2021

DEPAUW WAS THE SIZE

of the school that I wanted, and it was affiliated with the Methodist Church. My favorite professor was Clinton Gass in mathematics.

I enjoyed the sorority life and the friends that I made there. It was a wonderful academic school, and I was really glad I went there.

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looking for colleges, I thought I was going to become a minister, so I was looking for colleges with a strong philosophy and religion department. My minister in my hometown in Illinois really urged me to apply to DePauw, and he was also instrumental in getting me the Bishop Roberts Scholarship, which helped pay for the tuition while I was there. I had a wellrounded education, and I decided early on that if I didn't want to become a

minister, I would always be interested in the sciences. I got my degree in botany, and I learned a lot from all the various professors. I benefited from the small size of the campus and was able to get to know the professors and other students. I met my wife there, and it grounded me well when I decided that I wasn't going to go to the schools of theology. I continued in the sciences and got my master's degree at the University of Colorado Boulder.

DR. KELLY A. CICHY

1980

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1970

DR. DALE L. SHANER

07/27/2021

I CAME FROM A

family that did not have a lot of resources, and DePauw offered me a scholarship package. DePauw was one of the schools I really wanted to attend because of its quality and the scholarship made it possible for me to be able to do that. I enjoyed all of my time at DePauw, and one of the best things that came out of it is how much I grew as an individual from the 18 year-old who arrived to the 22 year-old who graduated. DePauw gave

me the opportunity to learn and think about things in different ways and to interact with the great faculty and professors. I also traveled abroad to Greece for one semester, which was a real formative experience for me. That experience triggered a love that I have continued for the rest of my life, over 40 years of traveling as much as possible to experience meeting other people, learning about cultures and seeing places around the world.

08/10/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE MY SISTER WENT

and graduated there in the class of 2014. We also had some similar interests, and I was looking for a small liberal arts school that was close to home, but still far enough away. I felt like a lot of the opportunities that were offered, from what I heard about her experience as an undergraduate, really resonated with me. I wanted to have similar experiences as she did with extracurricular and academic involvement. I was a communication major. I had some interests in videography and photography. Based on my personal interests, I feel like I'm tied closely with the broad umbrella of communication majors. I was able to have a lot of fun and play a big role in the first year mentor program. I was a mentor for a year, then I went on to become a peer mentor my senior year. I was also heavily involved with the radio station, and I did that for three and a half of my four years. I was a presidential ambassador my senior year, participated in Greek life, and helped out in the admissions office. I tried to be relatively involved as best I could. Every so often, I felt a little overwhelmed. Luckily, some things were spread out enough over the course of the year, and it was manageable. The senior year was the most active in certain ways, but I ended up being able to balance that. It was a good dose for me, and I didn't feel too overwhelmed. I left DePauw and did some video internships for different companies, working with their marketing teams. The pandemic hit, and unfortunately I lost my job but was able to pick something up last August. I'm currently working for the corporate headquarters of my college fraternity at DePauw, and I am helping to do marketing and video work for them. Being a smaller school comes with a stronger understanding of how to handle yourself professionally and intellectually. DePauw offered those tools very well.

CONNOR SCOTT MOLIN

2012

2019

DAVID C. JONES, JR.

02/22/2022

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inspired to attend DePauw University because it was a smaller and more intimate school; I didn't think I would do well at a larger state school. I visited DePauw in high school when I started looking for colleges, and I loved it. It felt like the place for me. I met people from all over the country and from different backgrounds, and I became friends with a lot of those people. I also remember the professors and how

intense some of their classes were. It could be a struggle to keep up at times, but the effort was worthwhile. That was what made it all the more meaningful to me. Earning my degree from DePauw was the best thing for me. It was a real accomplishment and was the best thing I'd ever done at that point. I worked very hard for four years, and that degree was a symbol that I had accomplished something. It made me proud.

2015

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1973

JEAN F. KASL (POUNDS) 08/16/2021

CO LLEG E

really wanted to study liberal arts, major in Spanish, study abroad and be in a sorority. Several people I knew had talked about how beautiful DePauw University's campus was. It was beautiful and fell in love with the campus. I spent my entire junior year abroad, so I felt like I had the best of two worlds. Margaret, who graduated with me, and I were very good friends with the family we lived with and stayed in touch with them. I made friends instantaneously at DePauw. My advisor helped me tremendously. I loved the fact that we had small class sizes and had to do all of the extra reading in addition to the classwork. I loved the winter terms starting in my sophomore year. I loved living at the dormitory in my freshman year and also going to Delta Gamma house. DePauw was everything to me. The education I received there was something no one could ever take away from me. It helped me to raise my children and to live a better life. It was just so many great memories. I adored every second I spent at DePauw.

JACK DOUGLAS PECK 08/13/2021

DEPAUW OFFERED A GOOD COMBINATION

of academics, sports, and social life. My grandpa attended DePauw for a short time. I appreciate the opportunities DePauw provided. I had a lot of fun and played on the baseball team. Being a student athlete set boundaries in life that I think were beneficial. I was also a member of Phi Kappa Psi. We always did at least one philanthropic event a semester and partnered with a sorority for one philanthropic endeavor. My education was great. After I graduated, I went to work for a DePauw graduate. The networking with alumni and continued connections have been the most impactful experiences. The DePauw network is really strong and has done more things for me than I could do on my own.

1978 L-R: me, Eric Russell, and Felton White

MY HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR,

Mr. James, said that he had spoken with the folks at DePauw. They told him that if he found someone who could handle DePauw, they would provide financial assistance to attend. Mr. James thought that I could probably handle it, not just academically but culturally as well. DePauw is a school that is steeped in certain traditions and they were working to foster diversity and inclusion, especially with respect to African Americans. The thing that really helped me was the friendships that I made at DePauw. I was involved in the Association of

ULYSSES “DEKE” M. CLAYBORN 08/10/2021

African American Students. The folks there were around to help you be successful. DePauw was a very conservative school in the early 1970s but there were people, perhaps because of the Methodist tradition at DePauw, who wanted to help move things forward. There weren't many Black professors; I remember Willis Davis and Dr. Stan Warren. There wasn't anything that excluded anyone at DePauw, the school was just grappling with how to make sure everyone felt included. I give credit to the upperclassmen at DePauw for their leadership and helping us succeed. At

DePauw, you're not just a number; my professors knew who I was and what I was going through, especially when my mother passed away while I was there. I will always have a soft spot for DePauw because of how I was treated during that time. DePauw was a microcosm of the greatest society - the United States - and it prepared me to deal with the rest of my career. In the words of Frank Sinatra, 'If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere,' and I feel lucky to have attended DePauw. I got an excellent education.

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1966

JOHN B. BEASLEY, JR., PH.D. 08/10/2021

AS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, I VISITED

DePauw three different times. I wanted to see the campus up close, and I had a chance to visit with three different fraternities. For me, Phi Psi seemed ideal. The vibe was right. Guys like Tom Gibson, Ray Stock, Russ Nevins, and Ollie Thomas were serious about their studies and extra-curricular activities, but they knew how to have fun and they were down-to-earth. So, I joined the Phi Psi chapter. Rush hit. It was three or four nights of meeting guys who were, like I had been, trying to find out which living facility would feel most like home. When it was all over, we had a great group. Guys like Dick Putt (putt-putt to me), Dave, Terry, Bruce, Ken, and on and on; 16 of us were now part of Phi Psi lore. We all became pledges. Saturday morning was workday around the house; every few weeks each pledge was responsible for waking up the upper-classmen. At the end of the year, we were a tight-knit group. DePauw University was and is about teaching

and learning. I found the small campus environment conducive to learning. DePauw was characterized by high standards. There was a seriousness about learning and preparing for a career. DePauw woke me up. For example, every freshman started out with Basic Beliefs, a class that forced a young student to think critically. The class would trigger an interest in philosophy, which for me was challenging and exciting. Regardless of one's major, most DePauw students worked hard. For example, most students would rely upon 'the all-nighter' now and then to prepare for an exam. Professors, like Dr. Risjord, Dr. Pierson, and Dr. Wilson pushed students to do well. Dr. Pence forced and guided my ability to express myself. DePauw had named a building after him. I am indebted to DePauw and my friends at Phi Psi. Because of that experience I was given training, support, and ability that prepared me for future challenges.

MARY JANE ORMEROD (STUBBS) 08/05/2021

THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL AND THE ACADEMIC

reputation inspired me to attend DePauw University. I was very familiar with people who had gone there and with the town of Greencastle itself and I had friends who were already there. I joined a sorority, Delta Zeta, and at first, our house was off campus. When the new house was built, we were right in the heart of campus, which was much nicer on cold mornings. I was there during the first real flu epidemic when there was no 7-Up to be had in Greencastle! I feel that I received an excellent education in my four years at DePauw and I value the professors that I had there. I was involved in the theater department and ended up helping with the debate team. Years later, when I was looking for a teaching position in the Fort Wayne area, the superintendent asked me where I had graduated from, and I said, 'DePauw University.' He replied, `That's all I need to know.' After graduation I took a job in Gary, Ind., which at that time was the highest paying teaching job in the state and it was pretty challenging. When I married, we moved to Washington where my husband was stationed at Fort Lewis. I taught night school on the base to officers who had not completed their high school diplomas and that was more challenging! Years later, after three sons, a divorce and remarriage, years of working with students from sixth to twelfth grade, and sponsoring cheerleaders and pep squads, I retired from Fort Wayne Community Schools. It is always a matter of pride to be able to tell somebody that I graduated from DePauw. I feel that my four years on campus prepared me very well for everything that life has thrown at me.

DR. JERRY W. FROST

1962

1960

08/10/2021

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M e t h o d is t, a n d DePauw gave me a good scholarship to attend. My main extracurricular a c tivit y was a television program called GE College Bowl nationwide. I was one of the four people selected to be on that. We flew into New York, and stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. We won five times as champions and brought a lot of good publicity to the college. In order to graduate, we went to the old Speech Hall, and we took an oral test. I had a lot of good teachers. I was a history honors major, so I got to know the faculty very well. I was

very lucky that I had teachers who would take time to meet with me individually. I was evidently considered bright, and therefore they spent a lot of time with me. Professor Blackford in my freshman English class was a marvelous teacher. Professors Jim Findlay and Dwight Ling in the history department were very good. I went to DePauw to be a college professor, and that was what I ended up doing. I was a professor at Vassar College for six years and at Swarthmore College for 30 years. DePauw took a very unsophisticated Indiana boy and really gave me a good education.

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1968 Birthday, living in the St. Louis area in Missouri, 2020

MARTHA “MARDY” H. CASTRO (HOOPER) 08/16/2021

I WAS IN HANOVER, MASS., IN HIGH SCHOOL

and I knew I wanted to get away from my family for college. I was the oldest of five children, and I was ready to fly the nest. I applied at five different colleges with an emphasis in vocal music. My mother and I took a trip to all of the colleges, and DePauw was the third out of the five. I felt comfortable in Greencastle, since I was used to a small town atmosphere. At that time, professor Milton Trusler was the music department chair and I had such a positive experience with the interview and the audition with the music department. I had Italian, German, Latin & American songs prepared and they could have asked me to sing any of them. DePauw faculty made me feel at ease, which the others did not do. I had never had any formal voice lessons and the committee said, 'You mean, this voice is just a natural voice?' I said, 'Yes.' They said, 'Well, we want you.' They said they could mold me into a great singer and give me all the theory and background that

I would need. I had taken piano lessons for six years. I studied as a vocal major with a piano keyboard minor and came to DePauw because they also gave me a hefty scholarship. I had to keep a certain grade point to keep that renewed for the four years. I loved it, and I thrived at DePauw. The music school was great. The teacher to student ratio was one to ten. I made many friends and met my first husband there. I never realized it until I looked back on it, I was so fortunate to do my student teaching close by. Back in those days all of us in music education would be put in local schools. I was assigned to Bainbridge, which was a tiny little town back then. The music teacher I was assigned to shadow was so full of life and so wonderful. She was teaching K-12. I got the best benefit anybody could get, as she allowed me to cover all levels of her classes. The four years at DePauw were the best experience I could have had and prepared me for a long career teaching music.

1959

SUSANNE “SUE” KROEGER (PROUD) 07/27/2021

MY MOTHER GRADUATED

from DePauw in 1923 and taught there for a while. I loved it there and I got a very good education. I graduated from DePauw and then went on to earn a master's degree.

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1969

ALLAN “AL” K. KASTE 08/10/2021

A COUPLE PEOPLE

from my hometown re comme nd e d D e Pau w University. I applied there and at another college. At the time I thought the liberal arts would give me a good background to get into law school. I ended up not going to law school. My first

time away from home living on my own was an experience. It made it easier that there were upperclassmen at DePauw who helped me with my study habits. I keep in touch with a couple people from my DePauw class, one in particular.

1958

KEITH C. SCHROEDER 08/12/2021

A GAL THAT I WENT TO

high school with decided she was going to go to DePauw because her brother was there, and I followed her. I also played football and baseball, so in my freshman year, I had some kind of donation that helped me financially. I played halfback on the football team, and I was a third baseman in baseball. I had a good time doing it. I was a member of Delta Tau Delta, and I ended up being the song

leader there, a pledge trainer, and vice president in my senior year. I enjoyed the social climate there. We had a good time. I enjoyed Greencastle. I thought it was a fun little town. DePauw has the recommendation of many people. It is very well-respected. When you say you've graduated from DePauw, you have already given yourself a pat on the back because I know people think that it is a very good school.

1967

THOMAS “TOM” E. KERR 08/11/2021

THE SON OF THE MINISTER AT OUR

church was a DePauw student. I got to know him and, as a result, I applied to DePauw. My greatest joys as a student were being in a fraternity and having the opportunity to make lifelong friends. Now, at age 75 and age 76, my friend and I still get together every year. I was the president and rush chairman of Alpha Tau Omega. There was an accounting professor named Joseph Percival 'Perk' Allen III who was very influential in my life. I did not major in economics or accounting, but he took an interest in me and a number of other students in my class. He gave only unannounced exams, and we would all complain about it. He said, 'When you go to work, every day is an unannounced exam.' I remember that in particular about him. I was on the radio station, WGRE, and I broadcasted basketball games play by play. I had a nighttime sports program, so I would have a quick dinner at the fraternity house and prepare to go on the air. I did that for two and a half years, and it was some of the most fun I ever had. A lot of us history majors knew a liberal arts education was a good vehicle to get into law school. I did become an attorney. The most influential aspect of my DePauw education were the composition courses. I humbly say I am a really good writer, and I got that skill from DePauw.

2017

JEREMY SCOTT BOYD 08/16/2021

I ENJOYED HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND CONSTANT

interactions with faculty, so when I was looking at different colleges, DePauw stood out because of the connection that the faculty and students seem to have. The Media Program and the Pulliam Center geeked on me as a kid. I finished writing a series of sketches for a scholarship show for our theater in high school, and I loved the chance to potentially bring that to a college experience, which ultimately led me to DePauw. It seemed like a great fit, and I have yet to regret the decision. There were a lot of moments at DePauw that I still look at fondly. I remember conversations in my freshman dorm until 4:00 a.m. with people from completely different backgrounds and sociopolitical identities and breaking down what was happening in the world and what we viewed as important. I loved talking to people about current events, and that came together during my off-campus internship as well. I still have on my keychain the prerecorded Late Night Show that Dave Jorgensen started that I ran when I was an undergrad. I loved working with Jonathon Nichols-Pethick, Larry Abed, Tim Good, Steve Timm, Geoff Klinger and Susan Anthony; some of my favorite professors. Istvan Csicsery-Ronay taught me through almost all of my film courses. The small moments had a big impact on me, which I will never forget, and I am thankful that those moments at DePauw were plentiful. I had this conversation with a lot of different alumni who I graduated with and we seem to be extremely well-suited to adapt to change. Now, I have worked for tech startups the last couple of years and had a good balance of success. I reached director level at 26, which is something that I am thrilled about. DePauw was where I needed to be for change. College is a wonderful time to challenge expectations, to bring on new experiences, and to embrace that stage of transition in life. I graduated as an adult, and that is always built on the basis of consistency and on a lot of fun.

2019

JOSHUA “JOSH” HUNTER BICUDO GRIESI 07/26/2021

G R A N DMOTH E R

KNEW

someone that worked at DePauw University, and she suggested that I take a college visit at the time of my senior year. When I visited the campus, I saw that it was a beautiful campus. I definitely saw myself going there. I was at Delta Upsilon for two and a half years. I joined in my freshman year, and I had the opportunity to serve as president of the fraternity as well as on the executive board. I was on the Interfraternity Council, and I got to help freshmen students transition into DePauw life. I worked as a sports anchor for D3TV. The liberal arts education definitely sets us apart. I think DePauw alumni just have a different way of thinking about things, when it comes to certain situations or problems we have to solve. Having that edge, or just having that different perspective coming from a liberal arts school definitely sets me apart when it comes to my job.

1971

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WILLIAM “STEVE” COLLIER 08/10/2021

MY PARENTS SAW A

presentation by one of the admissions directors, and they were really impressed with him. I looked around at a number of other fairly similar colleges, but when I went to visit DePauw, I liked the place. When I was there, I got connected with a group of people that were interested in firefighting and emergency medical services. A group of students formed a group called the DePauw Fire Company in 1969; we got trained and helped out the local fire department. In the early stages, that function was not supported by the university, but what started to happen is a lot of people that were in pre-med worked on that ambulance service because it provided a lot of field experience.

We got involved in several significant fires on that campus, and one of them was in Longden Hall. That organization went on to form a volunteer ambulance service called Operation Life, which went on to become the primary EMS provider in Putnam County. That experience led me to get involved with emergency medical services, and later on, my career was in emergency management. I worked initially for the city of Indianapolis, and then I moved and took the same job as emergency managing director in Austin, Texas. I retired in 2006, and I moved up here to Arkansas, where my parents have some land, and we cattle ranch here right now.

1995

DR. TAHIRA G. ADELEKAN (GITTENS) 09/08/2021

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DECIDED TO

be a chemistry major when I got to DePauw. The small class size and the attention from the professors really helped, and I felt comfortable in that environment academically. The fact that the science building was named after Percy Julian made me excited. Socially, a great group of students and I formed some lifelong friendships. I got to pledge to a historically Black sorority, one of the Divine Nine, and that just made my experience very rich at DePauw. It really worked out great. I think DePauw provided with me a very strong foundation, not just in the sciences, but holistically, which is the benefit of getting a bachelor of arts degree. I had such open and close relationships with my professors that when I got to medical school, I had no hesitation about reaching out to a professor. I think some of the academic confidence DePauw gave me continued to help me make it through that phase of my education. I ended up becoming a physician, then doing a pediatric residency, and then a fellowship in developmental and behavioral pediatrics. One of the other experiences I had at DePauw was joining the gospel choir. As I was singing those songs, it opened up my heart, and so I really found my faith at DePauw. It helped me nurture the beginnings of my faith. The big difference between that young lady driving through the cornfields and the woman I am today is that my faith has grown so much more.

NANCY HOGSTON (PINCKNEY) 08/10/2021

I ATTENDED THE

DePauw School of Nursing and was one of 11 who graduated in 1976. The nursing instructors were very helpful in preparing us for careers in nursing. I have always been thankful that I graduated with a bachelor's degree; it has been a good advantage throughout my career. The School of Nursing was affiliated with Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. During our junior and senior years, we lived next to Methodist. We would go back to campus on weekends. I pledged Alpha Chi Omega freshman year and lived at the house my sophomore year. That was a lot of fun. One of my sorority sisters was also my roommate during our last two years. I retired April 1, 2021, after 44 years of bedside nursing. I have worked in every large hospital in Indianapolis except St. Vincent. For eight years, I worked for Favorite Nurses Agency and worked in several smaller facilities. The DePauw School of Nursing provided me with a great foundation for my nursing career.

ALEXIS MARIE KLINK

2021

1976

08/09/2021

I RECEIVED THE LILLY

Scholarship, which gave me full-tuition to any place in Indiana. When I was walking around DePauw's campus, I felt that everyone was more friendly. I also traveled a ton during undergrad and thought that DePauw had the most opportunities for that. I had a great experience. I had really awesome advisors. I was in global health and Spanish with a chemistry minor, so I really did the whole liberal arts experience. I had two summer internships abroad, and I did a lot of winter and May terms abroad. I went to Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador,

and Chile. I learned how to be open-minded and understand other people's cultures. I was involved in a lot of things. I was in Greek life, and I was involved with Timmy Global Health for all four years. I was on the executive board for that. I went on a Timmy Global Health trip to Ecuador, and I got to shadow amazing physicians. I am attending medical school now. What made me smile was all the friendships that I had. We still see each other, and we hang out all the time. I knew that they were going to be my friends for life.

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DEANNA RAE WATKINS 08/09/2021

I TOURED SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES BUT OUR BEAUTIFUL

campus, the friendliness of my tour guide and students on campus as well as the size of DePauw, specifically the student-to-faculty ratio, solidified my decision to enroll. I knew DePauw had a great reputation and I wanted to be a part of that. I went to a smaller high school and I wanted to attend a university where I didn't feel lost, was able to recognize people, remember names, and make lasting friendships. I chose to be a part of the Greek system and the women in my house became wonderful friends and offered a support system I needed. The nice thing about DePauw was that, for me, I remained good friends with students who were in other houses or chose not to be a part of the Greek community. I enjoyed being able to take a wide range of courses which provided me with a well-rounded education. I know for a fact that my DePauw degree was a key factor in being hired for my first job after graduation which also reflected DePauw's reputation as an esteemed university. My younger brother attended DePauw as well and played football, so it was a wonderful experience to be on campus with him for two years and continue to cheer him on after I graduated. I still keep in touch with several of my professors and proudly sport my DePauw gear and Indiana DePauw license plate. While living in Kentucky I was fortunate to secure a personalized 'DEPAUW' license plate and was often approached by former graduates and even parents with children attending DePauw. It was always nice to visit with them and hear their stories. The DePauw bond is strong and I am proud to be a part of the DePauw family.

1977

ROBERT “ROB” D. ROMERIL, JR. 08/16/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW

because it was a smaller school where you were not going to be lost in big numbers of students. I lived on campus most of the time. I lived in Longden Hall for four years and was elected hall president for my senior year. I did go through rush, but I did not pledge nor live in a fraternity. I rode on the Little 500 team for two

years and still stay in touch with some of those guys. It was valuable to have a degree when you go out in the world professionally. I would say I gained some lessons in leadership working in the union building and being part of the Union Board as well as participating in other campus-wide organizations.

AMY EILEEN KOESTER 08/09/2021

I KNEW I WANTED TO MAJOR IN ENGLISH

literature and ultimately get a master's degree in library science to become a librarian. I had been informed there are many different pathways to becoming a librarian. A liberal arts education felt like the best way to prepare myself for what I was hoping to do. At DePauw I explored many different disciplines and ways of thinking. One thing that still stands out is the discussion-rich seminar atmosphere. A lot of my friends from middle school and high school went to state universities with large classes. Maybe by the time they were seniors, they had a smaller seminar class. From the very beginning at DePauw, I had discussion-based classes where I got to interact with the professors and get to know other students. I still think about that kind of setting where we sat around the table as equals to discuss something. That taught me the value of bringing my voice to the table and also affirming the contributions every person can make. I was part of the Honor Scholar Program. The honors seminars, social activities, and working on a senior honors thesis all reinforced intellectual curiosity, discussion, and camaraderie. I have worked as a librarian for ten years now, and the interdisciplinary research and creative problem solving I learned and developed at DePauw serve me every day when I approach problems or decisions. It is really meaningful that I am able to apply the curiosity about information, confidence and skills I honed at DePauw in my day to day life. I remember walking around, outside or in between the academic buildings and the library with a feeling of openness and possibility, knowing that I was learning a lot but also that there was much more I could still learn. That was a really gratifying feeling.

DAVID T. PROSSER, JR.

1965

2009

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I GREW UP IN APPLETON, WIS., AND

my family lived two blocks away from Lawrence University. I would often go to Lawrence University's art center and library as I grew up and I liked the idea of a small private college. I thought the University of Wisconsin would be too big to make me feel comfortable, so I started to look for private colleges. I never visited DePauw before I was accepted, but everything I read about DePauw appealed to me. When I was at DePauw, I was part of the student government for four consecutive years. I lived at Bishop Roberts Hall for three years. I was part of the Washington Semester Program at American University in my junior year. I was also head of the College Republicans and the DePauw Republicans worked on a presidential candidate's campaign. I participated in oratory, and I was interested in political science. I worked for the newspaper and on the radio. I wrote columns for the newspaper and for the magazine. I was pretty involved in campus life, and I was very happy there.

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LAURA S. ARTHUR (HUNTE) 08/13/2021

I WAS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT, SO I WAS

looking for a small school that was close to my sister who also attended a university in Indiana. I wanted to experience the change of seasons. We had a family friend who went to DePauw, and it came highly recommended. I'm originally from Barbados, but I grew up in the British Virgin Islands. I had a very wide and varied experience at DePauw. I was an interpersonal communication major and my advisor, Dr. Larry Sutton, was amazing. Dr. Menzel was my professor of communication, and he had a great impact on me. I also took classes with Professor Tom Chiarella, and he had an impact on my writing; I went to law school and won a prize there for legal writing, and I gave my credit to Tom and his tutelage while I was at DePauw. As far as friendships, I met some of my closest and best friends while at DePauw. We get together annually and talk more often. Of course, there is a wider group

of people from DePauw who all still keep in touch on Facebook. DePauw was my first advent into American culture, and I can safely say it shaped the rest of my life. I started at DePauw when I was 15 years old, and back in those days, there were no emails, internet or cellphones. I knew when my parents sent me to another country, it must've been a very harrowing experience for them, but I was delivered very safely to DePauw, and everyone there took me under their wings. I graduated when I was 19, and I was very well-prepared socially and academically to go right to law school at Temple in the fall of 1994. I graduated three years later with my juris doctorate. DePauw was very impactful on my formation as a human being; it was a place where I learned a lot of lessons, some gentle and some not, that was a platform for me to springboard into real life.

2003 First vice president, MidFirst Bank in Colorado

HEATHER MCCOY (WILES) 08/16/2021

I GREW UP IN INDIANA, IN ONE OF THE LOCAL

surrounding counties, and was part of a special program through the university, Horizon Scholars. I also played collegiate athletics for DePauw. There is a bit more of an appreciation for the university now than what I had then. It was like the next rite of passage: go to college, graduate, job, etc., but I also got to play sports, which was kind of a priority at the time. In the middle of that, I was trying to keep my head above water, especially with sports. It was a winter sport that crossed over semesters, so there was a dedication that started in August. I did not necessarily get to take advantage of everything that DePauw had to offer, yet I made lifelong friendships; that's what I had with my teammates and the handful of women that were part of the group while I was there. We spent more time together than we did with our

families and with our other classmates. We spent a lot of time off campus for competitions and other tournaments. I am able to reflect back and, knowing what I know now, it gives me a greater appreciation for what DePauw has to offer there. I find that there is a niche of people who either know or are aware of DePauw as a well-known institution with very high education standards and large expectations. In addition to that, I don't necessarily put all emphasis into playing sports, but in order to be competitive and balance both of those, I had to have some sort of a good ability to manage everything that was going on during school and playing sports. I think that did more for my career than anything. The DePauw network is expansive and should be taken advantage of; it's still true that who you know and how you build connections is important.

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RANDY S. SCHREIBER MY FATHER LOVED DEPAUW. NONE

of the family had gone there, but my father was influenced by a business friend of his. We went down and visited together. He really liked it. I was an art major in college, and he particularly liked Professor Bill Meehan. My father met him and interviewed with him. He thought he was fabulous. I was in Alpha Gamma Delta. I have fond memories of DePauw now. It was a small but good art department. I was happy about that. My degree made me a more well-rounded person. The art department participated in the Great Lakes Colleges Association. That involved that I could spend a semester in New York City training with an artist as an apprentice. I appreciated the opportunity to study in New York, it was wonderful. I got a chance to work with children for a while in the gallery system and directly with the artist herself. That was probably my best experience at DePauw.

AMY R. BYERLE (RADCLIFFE) I LIVED OVERSEAS WHEN

I applied to college, and I looked at applying to nursing schools. My grandmother lived in Michigan, and her next door neighbors were DePauw alumni who had talked to me a lot about DePauw University. It was a nice small community, which is what I wanted. The friendships there really stand out to me. I met some incredible people that I still keep in touch with today. I absolutely loved the Winter Term in Mission program when I was there. I went to the Dominican Republic and El Salvador during my junior and senior years, and it was such a wonderful experience. We went with a medical team, of real doctors and real nurses, and a construction team. There were

a bunch of us in nursing school as well. We would set up clinics in remote places in those countries; we got to see a lot there. I loved the idea of service, so I ended up in the Air Force for six and a half years. My husband was also in the Air Force and retired after 20 years. About four years ago, I took a nurse refresher course at George Mason University and now I work at our local community hospital on a postpartum floor. DePauw helped me kind of transition back into American life; it felt like a place where you knew people and recognized faces, which was important to me since I had not lived in the United States in a long time.

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from Shortridge High School, and DePauw was considered one of the better schools in Indiana. I went there one spring to take some tests, and I stayed at the Tri Delt house. They had a very nice reception there, and I saw everything that I needed to see. I liked it, and I finally decided on DePauw because I lived in Indianapolis. It was not far away, and I wasn't quite ready to go far away being an only child. I was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. The people that I met were friendly, and the girls that I lived with were very fun. Everybody that I knew there was pretty studious. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I went to Europe after I graduated and spent the next couple of months traveling around Europe with DePauw people. I learned a great deal, and I recommended it to my granddaughter. She went abroad, did some traveling and also graduated from DePauw. It carried on to the next generation. After I got back from Europe, I went to work at P.R. Mallory in Indianapolis for a couple of years. I loved being at DePauw. It made me feel like I could do things like take off by myself and go to New York. I had four years of really learning about life, studying, and being successful.

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CASE MICHAEL NAFZIGER, R.N. 08/10/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW FOR

the School of Music and also for the scholarship I received. I studied voice and later was a professional vocalist for four or five years. I worked in theater and opera mostly on the East Coast. DePauw gave

me a well-rounded education and prepared me to do a variety of things. It is a place to grow and be part of a community. I definitely value the music education that I got there.

JANE C. ANDERSEN (CARPENTER)

1956

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I HAD RELATIVES AND FRIENDS THAT HAD GONE

to DePauw, and I lived in Indiana at the time, so it was a good recommendation. I also had a scholarship. My experience at DePauw was excellent. The Dean of Women helped me get an additional scholarship at the University of Chicago for graduate school. I finally married another member of the university alumni several years later, and we had a good life together. DePauw was a small school and had a lot of opportunities to do things together. When I think back on my time at DePauw, I think of life-long friends who kept in touch after graduation and excellent instruction. Everything at DePauw was positive.

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DONALD “DON” POPRAVAK 07/31/2021

I CAME TO DEPAUW BECAUSE

Coach Tom Mont recruited me to play football and baseball. The campus was awesome. It was a rebuilding time in DePauw's football program. By the time we were seniors, we turned the program around to a 7-2-1 season under Jerry Berndt, so we were the first winning team in about ten years at the university. Then a new head coach, Nick Mourouzis, came in and took what we started and built a winning tradition from it. Football was an important part of my experience at DePauw, which led me to my fraternity. We had a strong athletic house and made great friendships across

the campus. It was a good and positive experience. Athletics taught me so much about enduring and overcoming obstacles. The road to victory was not always easy, it taught me valuable life lessons for a successful career after DePauw. I formed close relationships with my coaches, and professors. DePauw's small classes were very important for me. They helped expand my knowledge, understanding and prepared me well for the world. The internship program was extremely important to me as well - the opportunity to go off campus and experience real world situations. I went to Washington D.C. and

worked for a congressman. In my senior year, I worked for the largest advertising agency in the United States. These were all exceptional opportunities. Our alumni continue to be incredible people who are willing to help out undergraduates and give them opportunities. DePauw has a strong network and family amongst its alumni. My lifelong friendships and relationships made at DePauw continue to this day. I continue to give back to DePauw because it gave me so much, it gave me the opportunity to attend a great institution and receive a superior education.

2016

DEANNA CHRISTINE REDER 08/10/2021

WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT

schools, I wanted to go somewhere where I could connect with faculty and immerse myself in a smaller environment. I was on a free reduced lunch growing up, so when I did the common app, I didn't need to pay for college applications. I was really lucky. When I applied to DePauw, the admissions team reached out to me and coordinated for a campus visit. When they flew me out and I visited the campus, I fell in love, and then I was like, 'This is the place for me.' The classroom aspect stood out for me. I sat in Professor Deepa Prakash's international politics course when I was visiting. When I graduated, I still didn't know what I was doing post-undergrad. An opportunity came in advocacy fieldwork, and I started my career as a community advocate. So literally everything that I described my senior year with what I wanted to do for my career came to fruition, and I learned there was a title for it. I worked with families involved with child protective services and helped them find housing, referred to mental health resources, and reunified with their kiddos involved in the system. Now, I work with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault as a legal advocate.

1998

AMANDA R. HUFF (OUSLEY) 08/11/2021

I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO A SUPER

big school because I grew up in a small town. The feel of the campus and Greencastle itself felt more comfortable in that regard because they weren't too big. I didn't have a large group of friends at DePauw, but I had very close friends who have stayed lifelong friends. I'm now related to one by marriage. I liked the smaller classroom sizes where, if you needed assistance, the professors were available. I connected with a couple of professors in the department of psychology who helped me get my things together and plan for a senior year project. Dr. Terri Bonebright was the one I really connected with the most. She was very personable and had a wealth of knowledge. She would share that if you were struggling with something, she would do whatever she could to help you understand. I came to visit her probably within two years of graduating. Of course, there was always the Marvin's Thursday night special! At that point, it was the GCB (garlic cheeseburger), cheese fries and a coke. That always helped! My advice for students today is to get connected. Find a group of friends who are your steady mates. When you have that, they are there to help and support you and find a place to belong. Also, don't be afraid to ask your professors for help!

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PHILLIP “PHIL” H. MINTON 07/27/2021

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

was a small school. I didn't want to go to a major university, so I chose DePauw. My father was a priest at a church, so I think I got a little break on the expense. I had a wonderful experience. DePauw was an opportunity to me that was God-given. I was fortunate enough to get in and be accepted. The Greek system was the sinew of life at DePauw for most of us. I waited

tables for four years at a sorority, and I wouldn't have had that job if it wasn't for the Greek program. There were lots of positives to the Greek system. I have stayed in touch with a friend named Charles. He and I are the best of friends, and we have maintained contact over the decades. My oldest son, David, is also a graduate of DePauw as well as my granddaughter, Abigail.

1971

CALVIN J. LOCKER 08/12/2021

I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP AND THAT HELPED ME GET

into DePauw University. I looked at several different schools. I am from Indiana, so I looked for schools around the area. I liked the idea of DePauw being a smaller school than a big state school. I got scholarships and financial aid and that made a difference. I had the Rector Scholarship. I grew up in a small rural community. It was not a community with a lot of different social or ethnic groups but a conservative area. DePauw exposed me to a lot of different things. I was exposed to a lot of different ideas, and that was the biggest thing I got out of my four years at DePauw.

DR. FRANK C. JACOBS

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criteria for all the things I was looking for and I liked its proximity to my home in Indianapolis. I don't think I was initially a scholarship student, so I must have been pretty convinced it was a good school. I think I got a scholarship later. I started as a music major, and I got a second bachelor's degree in psychology. I met my wife at DePauw, which was definitely a highlight. We were both music majors. I helped found The Men of Note, which was a musical highlight, with Dorn Younger. We sang on campus mostly and did a few other gigs. I think we sang in a local prison, did a couple of events in Indianapolis, and went to Expo 67. That student-run and student-led organization, which lasted for maybe 40 years, was definitely a significant part of my on-campus experience. All in all DePauw was a good experience and was the first rung of the ladder I climbed. I ultimately got a master's degree at Occidental College in California and then a doctorate at the University of Illinois. My wife and I have stayed in contact with other DePauw alumni from our era. We had an alumni get-together concert three years ago with some of the graduates who sang in The Men of Note. We are talking about visiting our friend, who was at our wedding, this fall. Our DePauw experience has been good.

1987

GINA MARIA REDWINE (PAGANO) 08/10/2021

A HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE HAD APPLIED TO DEPAUW

and he raved about it, so my family and I took a trip to Greencastle for a visit. I fell in love with it and I knew as soon as I was on campus that was where I was supposed to be. I loved the size and feel of it. The smaller student body made it easy to meet with professors and advisors - the biggest class I ever had at DePauw was Intro to Psychology with about 60 students. The campus itself was so easy to get around. I was a French major. My freshman year I lived on Lucy 3 in a suite. My suitemate and I got along so well, that over winter term we combined our two rooms into a mini apartment. I was also on the executive board at Alpha Phi for two years. I was social chairman for a year, and I was the liaison between the new sophomores moving in and the rest of the house. I made lifelong friends at DePauw, and I absolutely cherished those memories. I will always remember warm days on Phi Beach, 'studying' by the reflecting pool (that used to be outside the PAC), hanging out by the fountain across from the student union building, and our teeter-totter marathons in the park to raise money for the American Heart Association. Country runs, Marvin's, IGA, bread sticks from Noble Romans, The Hub cheeseburgers, the all-campus parties after Monon Bell games and August weekends at Cataract Falls. Six months after we graduated from college, my husband and I were married. He was a West Point graduate and was commissioned in the Army. Our first assignment was to Bamberg, West Germany, in 1988. We spent a wonderful three and a half years living overseas, though he had a little side trip to Desert Storm. My years at DePauw taught me how to make friends quickly and interview successfully. Critical skills when moving around with the Army every two years for 26 years. I attribute my success as an Army wife, leader and volunteer to the education and experience I gained at DePauw. I'm proud to say that my son is a class of 2020 grad.

1976

MICHAEL “MIKE” P. DUNN 08/04/2021

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DePauw University because of its size and reputation. I lived on campus for the first two years. The second two years, I commuted from Indianapolis. I lived in one of the dorms, and I enjoyed my experience. I felt like I learned a lot. I was grateful to have gone there. I went into a

family-owned plumbing and heating contractor business where I spent my entire career. When I retired in 2007, I became a program manager for a crisis and suicide hotline. I felt like it prepared me, and I liked the liberal arts education. I have a grandson that will be a freshman there in August.

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University for the small community, for the student and teacher connections and being valued as a student not as a number. I was an active member of Alpha Chi Omega, I participated a lot in community service and organizing the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program. I majored in communication and Spanish, and I had the opportunity to go abroad to Spain and China during winter terms. I took a class learning about the culture of soccer in Europe, specifically Spain. I am a soccer player, so it was interesting to see how much they value the sport and how much the Spanish culture revolves around soccer; very similar to football in America. We were able to explore some of the biggest monuments in Spain. Dr. Melanie Finney was

my communication professor and she gave me a lot of foundational skills that I am forever grateful for. She taught me how to be a productive researcher and how to write well. After graduation, I wanted to pursue a marketing degree and when I was ready to go to graduate school I felt that I was more prepared than a lot of my colleagues. I always felt like I had a leg up because of DePauw's rigorous academics so I have always felt very prepared. I don't think that I would be where I'm at without those very important skills that they gave me. I am finishing up my doctorate in communication now. To me, DePauw is a community where faculty, staff and students can come together to not only be great community members but also great leaders.

LAURIE A. SCHLUETER

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institution because they came looking for me. I played viola, and they were looking for viola players. I didn't end up playing viola for the orchestra because I would rather play than practice viola on Friday nights. I visited DePauw on a beautiful day and I liked the smallness of campus and how beautiful it was. I spent the weekend there, and I was able to spend time with a student. I got to experience student life. The many grants and scholarships made it possible for me to attend. I liked the class size and the feeling of being a part of it. I really got to know my classmates and my teachers because I came from a small high school, and going to a big college was great. I was very active in student government. Facebook has been really helpful in keeping in contact with people from DePauw.

1971

A. “RICHARD” KRIEGSMAN 08/10/2021

I HAD TWO CHOICES:

University of Illinois and DePauw University. If I had gone to the University of Illinois, I would never have finished because I would have been distracted by too many

things. At DePauw, I was able to focus more on what I needed to do. Fraternal life stood out for me. I was in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.

1953

BARBARA “BARB” L. BOERGER (SUMPTER) 08/11/2021

I QUALIFIED TO BE A

part of an honor society at DePauw University because of my grades. I was a part of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority back in the 1950s. I stayed in the sorority house, and we had a wonderful house mother. I fell into place at DePauw. It

1954

JOAN F. DORNBUSCH (FALQUET) 07/27/2021

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was at DePauw first and he encouraged me to go because it was such a good school. I was my high school's valedictorian and I got all A's at DePauw as an English major. The academic level was high; it had high standards, but I enjoyed the social life there, too. I was an Alpha Gamma Delta at DePauw. I was encouraged to get a master's degree in

English and I did that. I really wanted my children to have a good liberal arts education because I thought that was very important. They went to Miami University because we lived in Ohio at the time. What makes me smile when I think about DePauw is all the fun times we had; it was a small town, but we enjoyed ourselves very much.

was a great school, and we had wonderful professors. The classes were small enough that we became good friends with our professors. I learned a lot more about my profession at DePauw. I was able to lead organizations, and I did a lot of volunteering after school.

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BERNARD “BERNIE” L. THOMAS, JR. 08/10/2021

I GREW UP IN SOUTH BEND, SO I GREW UP going to all the Notre Dame home football games. My dad and my father-in-law went there. They wanted to make sure I went to the place that was best for me, which was DePauw. It was terrific. It was really easy to get involved in functions at DePauw because of the size of the school. I joined Sigma Chi fraternity, which was terrific for the social aspects. I ended up getting involved in student campus activities. I ran for academic council president as a write-in candidate and won the election. I was able to travel overseas. I went to programs in 1979; one was for three weeks in the Soviet union with Dr. Ralph Raymond, which was just

phenomenal and really eye-opening. As a result of that I signed up for the fall semester program in Vienna and Budapest. Dr. Gary Lemon was in economics; he was a phenomenal professor. I had him in several classes, and he had a real knack for being able to relate to the students well and teach all of the technical topics. He was really great. DePauw gave me a really good foundation as I earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics. My family moved to Texas before I graduated, so I followed them down to the Houston area and got involved in a business that had nothing at all to do with my degree. I had a really long and rewarding career in oil and gas.

1959

DR. R. ELAINE DEGENHART 08/11/2021

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a few people in my high school graduating class that went to DePauw. I looked at other schools and decided I wanted a small one rather than a large state school. My mother talked me into it. The small-town feel of it made an impression on me. I would have been so lost in a big school, and DePauw was small in size where you could get to know people. One of the things I liked was that the women were all in dorms their freshman year. They got to know women

2014

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that eventually went into other sorority houses. The atmosphere was that if you enrolled in DePauw, you were expected to graduate from DePauw and not drop out after two years. Everybody helped towards that goal, and that was really helpful. The biggest thing was that when I applied for graduate school in 1972, they looked at the fact that I had graduated from DePauw. Even though my GPA wasn't what they were looking for, they took me, and I eventually got my doctorate.

I LEARNED ABOUT DEPAUW WHEN I WAS

nominated for the Posse Foundation Scholarship. I ended up attending DePauw on a full tuition scholarship. I was a Posse Scholar and also became a Bonner Scholar. As a student of color, my first impression was that I maybe wouldn't fit in and I didn't belong. When my resident assistant introduced herself, she was very nice, made me feel welcome, and introduced me to my suitemates at Hogate Hall. We instantly became really good friends on the first day. They were all mostly from Indiana, and I was the only one from Chicago, but they still made me feel welcome. I felt comfortable; DePauw University was very welcoming. I will always remember Andrea Sununu, one of my professors in freshman year who demonstrated her dedication and attentiveness. I remember meeting with her about one of my papers. It was midnight or one o'clock in the morning, but she was still in her office working and met with me during that time. She also invited my class to her house so the students could get to know her as a person and not just as our professor. The inclusiveness of DePauw is one of the things I love most about the university. It has a very small, tight knit community; we all knew each other. I majored in sociology and anthropology because it fascinated me and I minored in women's studies. I liked being involved in many different activities at DePauw, including the Committee for Latino Concerns and my sorority. As students we were the ones making all the activities happen; we were the responsible ones. It showed me that we were becoming adults who had to take responsibility for whatever it was that we were doing. DePauw means inclusiveness and friendship. When you all live on campus, you become family. I still keep in contact with the people I met at DePauw because we grew up and blossomed together.

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THEODORE “PARKER” SCHWARTZ II 08/10/2021

THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT INSPIRED ME

to attend DePauw. I had a family friend from high school named Abby who was in the class of 2013. She raved about the campus environment and the atmosphere at DePauw, which was a school I really didn't know because I am from Ohio. Everything Abby said was pretty much confirmed when I got to DePauw. Dr. Dave Bohmer, who directed the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, recruited me to DePauw and is still someone I talk to. I had a double BA in political science and communication. Dr. Geoff Klinger, my advisor for communication, was awesome. I had a lot of great professors at DePauw. I took half of my major with one professor who's still there. Greek life is a pretty big deal at DePauw. I was the president of Sigma Chi. I was also heavily involved in the PCCM activities and organizations. I did broadcasting on WGRE radio for DePauw athletics. I traveled with the football team and men's and women's basketball teams, and then I wrote for The DePauw newspaper. I was involved with D3 television as well. I've done a lot of different things since I graduated. I'm in law school right now. One of the things about DePauw that I really liked were the different classes and experiences I had. I remember taking classes like Iranian Film and also some really interesting and critical political science classes. My classes had only ten to 12 students so I got to know everyone well. As students we had to be accountable for talking during class and being prepared for every class. My DePauw experience made me feel prepared to take on any career or academic pursuit, and that applies to what I'm doing now in law. Being back on campus after the three-hour drive from Columbus through Cloverdale and into Greencastle, seeing East College, being with all my friends at the fraternity house, and seeing professors on campus always made me smile.

2016

RHYS EDMUND WEBER, M.L.I.S. 08/10/2021

MY PARENTS WENT TO A LIBERAL ARTS

school, and I wanted that experience. I wanted to learn a wide variety of things. My advisor and my history professor, Barbara Whitehead, stood out to me. I spent most of my time on campus. I liked the atmosphere, and I liked seeing the same faces. I was part of a DePauw Model UN. I was in an anime club at that time, and Sigma Nu was the fraternity that I was a part of. I was also a part of Mortar Board, which was an honor society there. I was part of the history honor society called Phi Delta. After graduation, my degree gave me a good floor and it allowed me to get into the master's program that I wanted to. It prepared me very well. My social ability and my ability to basically talk to anyone and get information helped me in both the job market and in my personal life. I was an archival assistant at IEPY for a year or two after I graduated. I'm now a document and imaging specialist at a mortgage company in the Northern part of Indianapolis.

2020

REID ALLEN LEBER 08/11/2021

I ENJOYED THE SMALLER CAMPUS OF DEPAUW

compared to the other universities I visited and how personable the staff and faculty were. I met with one of the professors in the history department when I did a tour before committing to DePauw, and I felt him being so friendly aided in my decision to enroll at DePauw. I met multiple professors and staff over the years who helped solidify that experience. There were two professors and courses who stuck out to me. The first one I took was an introductory US government course with professor Darby Morrisroe when I was a freshman. She was a great professor, and I liked learning with her. I took a film studies class with professor Cheira Lewis both semesters of my senior year, and I enjoyed having conversations with her in class. The class discussions were the thing I was looking

for all along, so it was good to have that experience. We related the ideas we talked about in class to the real world, so it was a special experience because I got to have those discussions with students I normally wouldn't have discussions with. A lot of the ideas brought up challenged my worldview, which was cool to see, and those were good growing experiences. I joined Sigma Nu fraternity, and I was the president of Sigma Nu my junior year of college. I was an RA my junior and senior years. I had to adapt to be more organized because there were times where I would want to do things like relax or hang out with friends instead of responding to emails. DePauw helped me in terms of prioritization, how I organized myself, and how I kept track of everything. It helps me even today in my current job.

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1996

BRYCE W. BARTON 07/28/2021

I HAD SOME MENTORS WHO WERE

The Alpha Phi porch swing always welcomed us; awaited our stories, laughter, and bonding moments

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the day and age in which we live, but DePauw shaped me into a global citizen. Prior to college, I had never been outside Indiana in a way that would immerse me in different cultures. I think the farthest my family had gone was Canada. I lived in a pretty safe little bubble in northwest Indiana, and I wasn't really exposed to a lot of diversity and culture. DePauw attracts students from all over who have diverse perspectives. DePauw opened up opportunities for me to live and work as an intern in New York. I built such amazing relationships there. My best friends now are from DePauw. I also still get together with a small group of sorority sisters who live in the area once a month. We try to organize a bigger sorority reunion annually, but COVID-19 messed that up recently. I studied abroad in my first semester at DePauw as well, which forced me out of my comfort zone. I truly feel like my DePauw experience shaped me into a global citizen and made me understand the world from a different perspective. I think the relationships I developed and the person it shaped me to be are really important.

educators who had attended DePauw University. Some peers, who were fellow student athletes, who I had gone to high school with went on to DePauw. I saw them have success there, so it pushed me in that direction. I've built quite a few relationships too that I've been able to maintain over the years. I didn't necessarily have a favorite professor or anything like that. I think what made an impression on me was the small class sizes, the ability to be heard in those classes, and to be able to share my thoughts and experiences instead of being a number. I was able to build relationships with those professors and with the fellow students in my class. I was able to use the critical thinking aspects of a liberal arts education, a well-rounded education, which was perfect for the employment opportunities that I currently have. I've been in the field of education for the last 25 years and I've been able to move into school administration. My education has definitely helped me get to the point that I am in my career.

1964

J. “DENNY” DENNIS MAREK 08/10/2021

I WAS INVITED TO A SUMMER SCIENCE INSTITUTE

called Junior Engineers' and Scientists' Summer Institute, where you lived in the dorm and spent two weeks learning about different forms of engineering. I came home, and I said, 'Mom, Dad, I want to go to DePauw, but I don't want to be an engineer.' They said, 'Honey, we can't afford DePauw.' I said, 'Okay.' I next got invited down for a scholarship weekend. Since all the current students were in the dorms, they put us in fraternity houses, and I ended up in the DU house. On a Friday night, we had a dinner, but on Saturday night, we didn't, so I ended up in a room with a senior DU. He began to tell me how he had just come back from his junior year abroad in Austria. I came home. I said, 'Mom, Dad, I still want to go to DePauw, but I want to do my junior year abroad.' They said, 'That's great, but we still can't afford it.' I came home from my senior prom. I didn't have a date, but I had a friend, and we went together. I got home at 11:00 p.m., and on the table, there was a note, saying, 'Wake us.' I woke them thinking someone had died, and was told instead, 'You just got a Rector Scholarship to DePauw. You can go.' I went to DePauw. I showed up my first day, and I said, 'I want to take all solid subjects my freshman year because I'm going to Europe for my junior year. I don't know where, but somewhere.' I later won a scholarship to go abroad to Durham University in England for my junior year. It was so special for me to go, and it made DePauw an incredible experience for me. I was very pleased to get the opportunity. One of my favorite professors was my freshmen chemistry teacher, professor Harry Golding. He looked at me one day and said, 'What are you doing in my five-hour chemistry class?' I said, 'I need to take science courses for my major.' He said, 'This is premed. Why did you take it?' I said, 'I love chemistry.' This was a bit weird as I was a political science major.

2012

DR. TIAMO KATSONGAPHIRI 07/29/2021

I INITIALLY PINNED THE TAIL ON THE

donkey on about ten schools and then I looked them up in Pearson's Guide. I narrowed it down to three schools, which was based on the size of the school. I knew I wanted to be in a small school. I wanted somewhere that was designated as safe. Somewhere that felt like a campus. I was the first one to come to America for school. My parents went to school in Malawi and Zimbabwe. My mom did her master's in the UK and my oldest sister went to Cambridge University in England as well. My other sister went to Australia. I have no regrets. I loved being at DePauw. I didn't know everyone's name, but I knew people's faces. I grew up a lot academically, learned so much, and learned about life in America. I learned about politics, diversity, anthropology and so many different things. I grew so much as a person.

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foundation. It set very good expectations for my future and also created a very valuable network of other alumni. I feel the Greek system is incredibly important to my DePauw experience and I very much hope it will continue to be an opportunity for DePauw students.

KAREN SKADBERG (HARSHMAN) 08/11/2021

I ALWAYS REMEMBER

that the campus was beautiful. It was a very nice environment to be in because it was so small. What stood out for me were the friendships and camaraderie that I experienced. The responsiveness of the faculty was also very important. I originally was a pre-med major and decided to change my focus. The people that were in the nursing program were just phenomenal women that enabled me to facilitate

a change. When I originally became a nurse, DePauw nurses were highly regarded and always recognizable because of their uniforms. I felt that gave me an extra boost of competence at the time. There is no nursing program there anymore. That made me a little heartsick because it was a great program. I am doing the things that I want to do right now because of the work that I put in back then.

BARBARA “BARB” L. DOZIER (HILL)

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LEIGH ANN O'NEILL (LAUTH), J.D.

08/10/2021

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I

knew a DePauw alumnus and I talked to her a little bit and it just felt right. I came from a small town in Illinois. My high school graduating class had 60 students, so college was a little overwhelming. I did join a sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, and we still stay in touch more than others. Those were lifelong friendships that I have been able to keep. I was in math and computer science. I also did some Japanese and Asian history. My high school had an exchange student from Japan and the year after I left school they had a sister city program in Japan. I was able to go through that program and spend two years over there. That interest started with my exchange student who has become a lifelong friend. It definitely opened my eyes beyond being able to experience a totally different culture and changed my viewpoint to broaden my horizons. I did spend most of my vacation time with my friend's family. I was there as an English assistant teacher and worked in the school district in the middle schools. I was there for two full years from August 1992 to August 1994.

1998

SAMUEL A. TANCREDI III 08/10/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE I LIKED THE

size of the classes and I felt I would get more individual attention from professors. The nice quaint environment of the campus allowed me to have a good time yet stay as academically strong as I could be. Most of my social time revolved around the Phi Kappa Psi house where I had a lot of fun although it was a very academic-oriented fraternity. I knew I wanted to be a doctor of some kind, and DePauw was a good place that would prepare me for that career. My DePauw education taught me efficient time management in getting everything done and doing it the right way, which prepared me well for graduate studies. DePauw University represents a friendship that still lasts today. I take pride in DePauw because its alumni are everywhere and they have been very successful. They continue to help each other and the connections between alumni and recent graduates are especially meaningful.

1958

DR. RUTH REDEL (FALK) 07/27/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW IN 1954. AS I GRADUATED

from high school in South Bend, Ind., I wanted a smaller school. My brother had attended DePauw and graduated in 1951. He spoke highly of it, and the size of the classes were good. I was a biology major and chemistry minor. I had some excellent professors, particularly in the English field and philosophy. I had a broad education, including classes in bacteriology. My English professors of note were Conrad Hilberry and Harold Garriott. I started my graduate work at the University of WisconsinMadison in 1960 and earned my master's degree in 1961. I was granted a research assistantship a couple of months into the doctoral program, which I kept for another four years. I finished my doctorate in 1965 in medieval English literature, teaching at Carthage College and Western Michigan before finally teaching at Elizabethtown Community College, retiring in 1999. After that, I taught homeschooled students for about 16 years. Of note: I had a close friendship with Dr. P. William Davis, leading to my accepting Jesus Christ as my Savior in 1960.

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I WAS LIVING IN MICHIGAN

with my parents. They knew that I was extremely shy and that the bigger schools in Michigan and other places didn't seem like a good fit for me. My mother had gone to a smaller school; my dad had gone to a big school. They thought a smaller school might be better. They learned of DePauw University, so we went down and visited. The dean of students was wonderful. She gave us a tour, and I knew that I needed to be someplace that was a little more

PATRICIA “PATTI” P. PRUIS (PFAHL) 07/26/2021

intimate. When I left during my freshman year for my first break, we all hugged each other goodbye. It was the first time I had ever been in a situation where I hugged a bunch of people, and it changed me. I became much more outgoing. I was a member of a sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, but I also joined the Panhellenic Council. I loved being part of the council. It got me to talk to lots of different people and get lots of different viewpoints. I also loved being in the house, and I loved all my sorority sisters.

I worked at a radio station, TV station, and in advertising. I joined General Electric, and I was there for 20 years doing marketing communications. After that I became a chief HR officer for a nonprofit organization for 14 years; that was all about dealing with people. DePauw prepared me for it by helping me come out of my shell, look at a lot of different viewpoints, and talk to lots of different types of people.

KIARA DRUE GOODWINE

JULISSA M. PALOMO

2014

2019

07/26/2021

07/29/2021

I WAS ACCEPTED INTO BOTH THE HONOR

Scholar program and the Environmental Fellows program. I also received the Malpas Scholarship, which is a scholarship awarded to one to two DePauw University students. That allowed me to graduate without debt, and it is a big deal. I remember visiting the campus in my junior year of high school. I fell in love with the campus and the people. I had a great time at DePauw. I ended up being the first person to graduate from both the Honor Scholar program and the Environmental Fellows Program. I worked at the Prindle Institute for Ethics for three years. It ended up becoming a big part of my experience. I am currently in law school at the University of Michigan Law School. The honors thesis that I completed for the program was a big part of my resume, and I had recommendations from two of my advisors. My professors have continued to root for me and help me. My friends from DePauw have all stayed pretty close. That's been a great support system. I think just pretty much all around that DePauw has really helped me do what I really want to do with my life.

In Costa Rica, I had the opportunity to go ziplining! It was my first time, and I had a blast!

WHEN I WAS LOOKING AROUND AT

colleges, DePauw University stood out because it was nearby. I was part of the choir in high school, and I had the opportunity to visit the campus in the fall. There was something about the homey feel around that time. All the students were welcoming. I had an overnight visit, and the students I stayed with gave me more details about the university and it's programs. I met some really awesome professors before I even started and fell in love with DePauw before I even enrolled. I started to transition better in my sophomore year, and when junior and senior years arrived, my experience was much better. I majored in history and all of my history professors at DePauw were influential to me. I took a women's history class, which was the first time I was exposed to the subject.

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HALEY ANNE ENDRES (BUCHANAN) 07/27/2021

I GOT TO VISIT DEPAUW

one day, and the trees on campus made my final decision. The education and the prestige of the university also inspired me. The atmosphere of the university made me feel like I was coming home. I played softball at DePauw for all four years and that was one of the best life-building experiences, because of that I am who I am today. I met the best of friends and family. I had the best of times and worst of times. When I think of college, I think of DePauw softball. We had a great time, I still hold a home-run record. I was a kinesiology major, and I had fabulous professors who supported me in the classroom and came to all of our games; it was very much a community. Dr. Tom Ball was a challenging professor, but his expectations and his focus on detail set me up for life in the healthcare world. The life lessons I learned in his classroom have transferred to my job and career in the healthcare field. Dr. Ball and professor Pat Babington were huge influences on

my educational career. I was also the radio DJ host on WGRE and that was fun. I grew up a lot in my four years and it made me into a stronger woman. DePauw helped me build the desire for knowledge and growth. I am a Kappa Kappa Gamma and our sorority worked with a couple of different organizations while I was there, one that stands out to me is Dress for Success. The Kappa girls always had more of an artistic flair than I was used to, so the way they supported Dress for Success and that organization was fun, exciting, and exhilarating. We had fashion shows, and I got to be a part of that. The connection I made with that organization is something that I have continued to foster and support after graduation. The connections that I made during my career were because of the friendships that I made at DePauw. The relationships that I formed at DePauw have withstood the test of time. I am still as close to my college friends as I am to family members.

ANGELA “ANJIE” M. BRITTON

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2012

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Rudolph inspired me to at t end DePauw. She gave me a personal tour because she was on a board with my dad. She did a good job of selling t he universit y. 1992 graduate of DePauw was a DePauw University; now resides in Carmel, Ind. great foundation for starting my career, continuing my education, and making long-lasting friends.

2019 Sports anchor of WCTV in Tallahassee

DOMINIC JOSEPH MIRANDA 07/29/2021

I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WOULD PLAY BASEBALL

in college, but my high school coach, who played football under Coach Bill Lynch at Ball State University, suggested that I look at DePauw University. I fell in love with the campus after one visit. It was in winter and it had snowed about 12 inches. Construction on Hoover Hall was just beginning, but it was a beautiful campus with snow everywhere. The football coaching staff made me feel extremely welcome. I knew I had to attend DePauw. It was just a beautiful place that gave me the college 'at home feel' and I loved it. DePauw shaped me as a human being and made me more well-rounded. I developed relationships that I never imagined. I made lifelong friends who I still communicate with

every single day. The DePauw alumni network is unmatchable. DePauw is truly where ambition meets opportunity. I was able to take advantage of that in the fullest sense. I built my resume with WGRE, D3TV, The DePauw and used those experiences at ESPN radio in Indianapolis and CNN Sports in Atlanta. Right out of college, I was able to land jobs as a sports anchor because of connections I made with DePauw alumni. I couldn't have asked for a better college experience. It's also where I met my future wife. I firmly believe I wouldn't be where I am today without DePauw. I'm thankful every day that I made the choice to go there, and I would recommend it to anyone in the country. It's a hidden gem and the best decision I've ever made.

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YESENIA SILVA 08/09/2021

MY JOURNEY TO DEPAUW BEGAN WITH THE

Posse Leadership Scholarship. The scholarship gave me the opportunity to attend DePauw University alongside nine other individuals, my Posse. I was the first one from my family to leave home to attend college. What stood out the most from my experience at DePauw is the community that I was able to build and the people that I met. That community was able to be created because a lot of us came from Chicago or similar cities. Being away from home got us closer together, and it allowed us to bond and create our own little village to support one another. We were from communities that are not usually represented at DePauw, so it was something that I took away. The community

that was there was built by students, so it was huge because a lot of students became leaders. Being in a different environment allowed me to grow a lot as a leader and as a person. I was pretty active on DePauw's campus. I was a resident assistant for three years, part of the executive team for Civic Fellows and Oxfam Club. I still keep in contact with my Posse and DePauw peers. We are still in each other's lives. Even though people are in other cities, or doing other things with their lives, we are still somehow connected. We still bond about things that we did at DePauw. Every time you see anyone from DePauw, it is like you are back there again!

1997

YANINA NEVAREZ 10/16/2021

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE FAIR THAT I

attended, DePauw and other college recruiters were there. I passed DePauw and looked at the name, and the recruiter said, 'It's not DePaul with an L, it's DePauw with the w.' He proceeded to tell me where the location was, and I looked at the price of the tuition and said, 'Oh, no.' He looked at my transcript and said, 'I think we can do something there with financial aid.' I proceeded to apply, and I got accepted. The amount of students in the classrooms was great. I was able to get the particular attention that I needed from the professors, and the professors were great. They were very down-to-earth and they were helpful in every way possible. Even after office hours, they were available to talk. The students were from all different backgrounds. I was able to get to know many international students, sit at the table, and really observe and analyze the political discussions that they were having worldwide, not just in the United States. It was pretty interesting to see and be involved in all of that. I lived on campus all four years. I didn't have to worry about cooking or buying any type of groceries. I could just enjoy it, study, and be an academic student. DePauw has really high expectations, so that helped shape my own high expectations of others. As far as my career is concerned, I am a teacher/assistant principal of a school. The high expectations at DePauw influenced my high expectations for my students, as well as from my staff members. I want to be a principal eventually; I still have quite a few years to go as a teacher before I retire.

1994

MATTHEW “MATT” D. CARPENTER 08/20/2021

CAME

D e Pau w t o p l a y basketball, so it was partly to be able to continue to participate in athletics as well as get my education. One thing that I really enjoyed about DePauw was the level of Greek involvement, the community, and Four seniors: Zach, me, brotherhood I built Kirby, and Patrick with my teammates, fraternities and sororities. The men's basketball team and Sigma Chi brothers are great. We still stay connected even though we are spread out all over the country. DePauw means opportunities. I look back and think about everything I learned there and the opportunities it has provided me throughout the rest of my life. It has truly been a blessing.

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2017

CLAIRE A. HALFFIELD 08/10/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT

I wanted to go into film production, so what really drew me to the university was the Media Fellows Program. I also had the opportunity to be involved in a lot of different programs and opportunities. I was really looking for an opportunity to have my hand in a lot of different buckets and learn a lot of different things. That was an experience that I wasn't able to get at other schools. Enjoying the campus community when I visited really sold me on DePauw. I worked for the television station D3TV, and I had a radio show with WGRE, but my biggest opportunity was having the chance to intern for a full semester doing some media-related internships. I was in Washington D.C. and I ended up working at a sexual assault prevention advocacy group that partnered with the White House to change the state of play on college campuses when it came to sexual assault. I had the opportunity to work there, and it was there that I realized that I love the media. I'm so thankful for the Media Fellows program, because I wouldn't have done anything like that if I had not come to DePauw. There are so many people who are so helpful, but the two who immediately stick out for me are Jonathan Nichols-Pethick and Professor Andrea Sununu. Both of them have been incredibly supportive of me during my time at DePauw. One thing that the school really does is give students opportunities to have that hands-on experience. I was DePauw's student government president, and it gave me an opportunity to work with campus administrators and lots of students to shape the way that we wanted DePauw to be. That experience was one of the highest growth moments that I've had.

1976

R. “BRENT” GAMBILL 07/27/2021

I WAS ATTRACTED

to DePauw because it was a smaller school that had a solid liberal arts education reputation. It just felt more comfortable to me and the faculty-to-student ratio was very impressive. I received an academic scholarship that made it affordable for me to go there. I really liked the fact that DePauw's class sizes were small and I could work one-on-one with professors. I particularly enjoyed the mentorship of the late Professor Paul 'Pat' Thomas at DePauw. Starting my sophomore year, I worked part-time as a probation officer intern at the county courts during the school

year. I also served as a bailiff and law librarian for the court. It was a challenge balancing; my working time and school time. Getting the classes that I needed to work around my work schedule created the discipline that I needed as a student. The opportunity to work in an area that I was very interested in benefited me tremendously. I was able to gain experience and work with the court and local attorneys. The overall opportunity helped me decide that I wanted to become an attorney. DePauw significantly impacted me by helping me to see and develop my potential.

2018

AUSTIN HARDEN CANDOR I

08/10/2021

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pretty small high school, so being able to visit and see the small class sizes resonated with me by being able to connect with the professor. Having more of that intimate connection across the board was a positive benefit that I wanted to explore more at DePauw. Being able to observe how intimate the smaller classes were at DePauw was a difference maker. I was involved with the student newspaper as a media fellow from the start. That helped me build a good network of friends and coworkers on the paper. It also gave me an opportunity to really rise up the ranks and develop as a leader in the area that I was passionate about. Time management was a challenge like any or most college students, but otherwise it was fairly smooth sailing

because DePauw offered so many extracurriculars. You just had to figure out what you were most passionate about and learn how to better manage your time between that and classes. Right now I'm a project manager at my company, and project managers are always supposed to be well rounded. They have to work with a variety of teams to get any given project rolled out and accomplished. Having that kind of liberal arts background where you were naturally encouraged to explore different areas, not only in your studies but around campus, I think that became a natural transition over to my current role within my company. I just got back from a trip to Washington D.C. to see a few of my senior year roommates. Being able to connect with them still makes me smile.

1953

DR. CLYDE H. DORNBUSCH 07/27/2021

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D e Pa u w with a scholarship. My social life made an impression on me; it was as important to me as the studies. I'm an academic, and I enjoyed my courses. My wife and I met in high school, and she came to DePauw the year after I did. That was the beginning of a 68year arrangement! I was a Delta Chi at DePauw, and I've been in contact with a few brothers from my pledge class. DePauw did a good job of training me in certain areas, and as an English major who wanted to go into college teaching, there wasn't a special technicality about it. They had a number of good English professors, and DePauw broadened my perspective of everything

from personal issues to international ones. DePauw taught me some wonderful manners too. I remember the night after pledging Delta Chi, we had a dinner. They taught us table manners, and I was surprised because I got corrected on one or two things. It set a social standard that my wife and I followed all the way through our friendships with others. That was really important because I think I could've ended up being a bookworm, but I didn't want to live that way and I found a way not to. Thinking back, I smile thinking of various people. One of my good friends told me that people are my hobby, and since I learned how to open up on a social level, I think that's true.

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because it was in my hometown. I knew the people, so I did not feel uncomfortable around them. I made a bunch of new friends as a student at DePauw too. I have kept track of a number of people who graduated in the class. I was the manager of the track and

field teams, and I was also the vice president and then the president of the student affiliate of the American Chemical Society. I had a little bit of political experience also. As a career, I taught at an HBCU and made good friends there.

2015

K. J. JOVANOVIC 08/10/2021

MY OLDEST BROTHER

graduated from DePauw in 2000, so I was already aware of its rich history and how beautiful its campus is. DePauw's computer science program is really strong with a lot of alumni connections and world-class professors. I was able to come to DePauw as a two-sport athlete for both the swim team and field hockey team. Although I didn't continue

in both sports, the opportunity to receive top-level education and continue the sports I love made me stay. DePauw gave me a sense of community. I went to the NCAA playoffs for all four years in field hockey. That was an awesome experience with an incredible team and great coaches, too. I am still in contact today with the majority of the team and coaches. I absolutely loved my time at DePauw.

MARY “LYN” L. GRAM

2003

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1964

JACK STEELE, PH.D.

08/11/2021

AS THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT

person for both the philosophy department and the religious studies department, I took one class every semester. It was a lifelong dream of mine to earn a degree, and it was a wonderful opportunity to do so. In the beginning, I was somewhat intimidated by the bright young students who were in my classes, but I realized that life experience was a help to me. I worked full-time at DePauw and raised a child while taking classes. As an English literature major, I received big help with my writing skills from Professor Andrea Sununu. I was 51 when I graduated from DePauw and it was a wonderful day; it was so exciting and fulfilling. Some of the faculty I worked with were in the audience and they were cheering me on as I crossed the stage to receive my diploma.

1951

BARBARA MANNING (GROENKE) 08/24/2021

I WAS INSPIRED TO

go to DePauw because I had two brothers who had went there. The year I started was the year the guys came back after the World War II. DePauw was basically a women's campus during the war. It was interesting because my freshman class included 18-year-old men who had never been in a war along side 28-year-old men who had been in a war. DePauw had to deal with this vast age gap

and they did an amazing job. One of my favorite professors was Raymond Pence. He taught English, and he was very tough, but it was great to have him. I started working on the Boulder Magazine when I was a freshman, and by the time I was a senior, I became the editor. DePauw is a very loving place and it has always been very aware of what's going on in the world and seeing to it that world news made its way back to campus.

1957

SUE ROBERTS (GALBRAITH) 07/28/2021

A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC

alumna inspired me to attend DePauw. One favorite memory was of my mother who thought that, although it was just an extracurricular activity, I was majoring in University Choir. I tried out in my freshman year and made the all women's group. I continued to audition and finally made University Choir, the full ensemble. We sang every week on campus, as well as taking trips around Indiana and to other US venues. In 1956 the choir toured and sang in Europe. It was one of the highlights of my DePauw experience. I'm still a choral singer! The education I received was excellent. By definition, one purpose of a liberal arts school should be to provide a broad education. When I was a freshman, DePauw had a program called Experimental Curriculum. For the first two years, the program offered four credit

courses in various disciplines. For instance, in science, the first year included a semester of physics and astronomy followed by one of chemistry. The next year included botany and zoology. The courses were not geared for people who were going into science, but for those who wanted an understanding of the history of scientific thought. The history courses included professors from other departments, such as art, music, and religion. There were so many more wonderful academic experiences; classes in French, English, my sociology minor, and especially my philosophy and religion major with some unforgettable professors. I could not end without mentioning participation in sorority life and in the Methodist student group, which greatly enhanced my DePauw experience and led to lifelong friendships.

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07/28/2021

ALEXANDER “ALEX” MELIAN GUEST I'M FROM THE LAKE

Bluff area in Illinois and there were a lot of alumni in my town, so honestly it was just one of those small schools I heard about. I just started looking into it and then I heard about other programs, which kind of led to me being drawn to DePauw for that reason. It was honestly really fun. I have made a lot of very close friends that I still keep in touch with like every single day. I felt very safe and comfortable. I was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. In that house, I was very involved, where I ended up being president for a year and a half, and it was a really good position because I worked with a lot of staff on campus, and also developed close relationships with countless friends. I was also a presidential ambassador. I majored in communication with a minor in psychology and Asian studies. I was a media fellow when I first joined campus. I wanted to take a career shift and go into more of

like marketing and writing. Once I started joining those leadership roles, I realized that I really liked interpersonal work and being a part of a team. Communications was the best path. I worked on interpersonal communication, but still do a little bit of media because that was my niche and my own personal hobby. I feel like I learned a plethora of skills that I still use today in terms of my current job. Both the professors and the students had the biggest impact on my experience and helped me learn so much about myself. DePauw means so much to me. It was a great learning experience to immerse myself in understanding people's backgrounds and understanding different issues that might not relate to me. Being on such a small campus, it really immersed me in almost like what the real world is like. I owe a lot to DePauw for opening my eyes and preparing me for the next chapter of my life.

BARBARA E. VAN LUVEN (EHNI) THE SMALLER SIZE

of DePauw University was good for me. I swam on the DePauw swim team for all four years. I also worked on the yearbook. I am most grateful for my

liberal arts education. I majored in math and later enjoyed teaching math in high school. I taught for six years and then got married.

1961

COL. ROBERT L. NESBITT, USAF (RET.) 07/26/2021

IT WAS THE SIZE of the school that drew me to DePauw. There was no particular professor, but I just enjoyed the whole thing. I was graduating, and I also got commissioned in the

Air Force at the same time - I had taken ROTC. After a tour in Europe with the Collegians, I went on to pilot training. When I attended DePauw, it was a good school, and I have good memories.

1979

JOHN D. HIXON 07/26/2021

WHEN I FIRST VISITED THE CAMPUS, I FELT

welcomed and good about the campus. My mom, dad, and I visited a number of campuses, and DePauw was where I felt the most comfortable and where I could see myself doing my best. I lived in the ATO fraternity for four years, and I loved that experience. Being in a house with a bunch of guys was fantastic. I always had friends around that could help me and hang out with me during up and down times. I had several leadership experiences within the house that set me up for later in life, from new member educator to rush chairman to chapter president. I was also very active in a student-led Christian organization which helped me solidify my faith. After graduation, I worked as a volunteer in

mission in Honduras with two other good DePauw friends, a Delt and a FIJI. All these experiences and the DePauw education truly helped me during my life and career by learning how to work with and through people, critical thinking, problem solving, and focusing on what's truly important. After several jobs and an MBA, I ended up with a really good opportunity to work in a pharmaceutical company, Eli Lilly. I retired after 31 years, and now I'm a co-founder of a start-up biopharmaceutical company based in Indy and am doing consulting with other pharmaceutical companies. I'm primarily blessed due to my wife of 33 years and our three wonderful children.

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senior on a football weekend to check out the school and had a great time. It was the type of school that I was looking for. I liked the people I met and the size of the school. I decided to pledge a fraternity, and I lived in the fraternity house for three years. The study skills I developed helped me get through dental school. The lifelong friends I made were probably the biggest thing. One of the best things was I got to study abroad in London in my junior year. We landed in Scotland, and they took us through England over to Wales. We toured all the castles and saw where the Beatles grew up, and then we went to London. Compared to DePauw, the school was easy. It was just like being on vacation and I stayed there for six months. I got to take a theater class and go to many plays. We were just there to experience London, and so they were light on the school work. I also was able to travel the continent during spring break and summer. My advice would be to enjoy the experience and the people that you meet, because they could become lifelong friends; and if there is still a chance to study a semester abroad, I would highly recommend it.

2011

LAUREN ELIZABETH CLARK 08/10/2021

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

was an easy choice. I enjoyed visiting the campus, it was close to home, and the university offered the kind of education that I was looking for. I wanted to stay in Indiana and have a more intimate college experience than I would have had at some larger state schools. I wore a lot of different hats at DePauw, especially in my extracurricular activities. I participated in the university chorus and in a couple of writers groups and DePauw theater. I was also part of The DePauw newspaper. 'If I didn't believe the answer could be found, I wouldn't I joined a sorority at DePauw. I be working on it.' -Dr. studied abroad in London, England Florence Sabin the year before I graduated, and that really motivated me in a different way. By the time I graduated from DePauw, I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I definitely had more confidence I could figure it out because DePauw gave me the tools to do so. I'll always have a soft spot for DePauw because I met so many wonderfully ambitious people there. It is a perfect example of a group of people who are carving their own path in life. Nobody seemed to want to do things the way you are expected to do, but rather in a way where you can tap into your own creativity and just explore.

1968

KATHLEEN ANN HORTON (GROSS) 08/04/2021

WHEN I SAW A STUDENT

from my high school wearing a DePauw T-shirt who just happened to be my father's boss's daughter, I got curious about DePauw and checked it out. I majored in sociology and anthropology. The nice part about a DePauw liberal arts education was, in your first two years, you were introduced to different departments and possible majors. I liked my sociology classes and my anthropology classes, so declaring a major was a very easy decision after that. Professor Edward Dolan's grasp of all the anthropology subjects opened a lot of doors and ideas for me. By studying anthropology, I was introduced to different cultures and different time periods. It was the most fascinating look at the world and broadened my outlook. Professor Dolan was a very nice and very competent man. It was great walking around the DePauw campus. If you wanted some entertainment, you

could walk downtown to one of the two movie theaters or go out to a restaurant. Walking out to Blackstock Stadium on an autumn afternoon for a football game was almost like being on a movie set. I was in a sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, too. My husband, John, and I met at DePauw when I was taking a geology class as a senior, and he was a graduate student in geology. Getting my DePauw degree felt like I accomplished something important. After I graduated, John and I got married, and he joined the Navy. As a result, we moved all over the place, and since I was introduced to a variety of cultures through my anthropology classes, it was easy to move to different communities. Moving from the south to California to Japan to all over, I felt ready and interested to step into something new. Without my DePauw background, I would not have been as happy as I have felt.

1951

SANDI MCDONALDWEST (MACLEAN) 08/25/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW

University because I came from New England and a girls prep school for high school. I wanted to have a good education in something other than New England. I was in the Delta Gamma sorority, and I was involved with WGRE radio. We were the first small university to have an FM radio on campus. I was a speech major, and I was

very involved with the professor who ran the FM radio station at DePauw. My speech pathology work pointed back to all the speech classes I had at DePauw. I started with a lot of science because I wanted to understand what children were going through as far as speech difficulties were concerned, and it helped me too.

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2021

JESSE ALAN FROMME 08/11/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE OF A STUDENT THAT

was two years above me. I went to high school with her, and we were both saxophonists in the band. When I was a senior, I knew that I wanted to go to school for music, and she was one of the best and most inspirational musicians in my high school band. I knew she went to DePauw, and she spoke highly of it. She encouraged me to apply, and I ended up going with DePauw because it was the one that called out to me the most. I felt I would have the best education and overall experience there. As part of my audition, I also got a sample lesson with my future professor, Scotty Stepp. I had a day tour, and there were information desks at the Green Center for Performing Arts where they could answer any questions you had. Because of the smaller nature of the school, they were able to provide a lot more individualized attention to everybody, both when you are a student, and when you are applying, so that

just made me feel a lot more comfortable and accepted. Once I got into the school and was a student for the course of four years, it was really nice because that continued on. They really lived up to the things that I was looking forward to. I knew that most people knew my name, and the professors recognized me. I was able to talk to them after class. That individualized experience helped me learn more and be more prepared for getting a job as a music teacher, a job in the field of education, or performing in any avenue. I felt like I got more experience than the average person that was going to school for a bachelor of music would get at a bigger school. I really liked how open and accepting DePauw is. I appreciate the steps and efforts they have taken to make people feel included. I really enjoyed having a lot of the same classes with the same professors, being able to increase my experience, and build relationships with them.

1970

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KATHERINE “KATIE” ELIZABETH ROSET (BROECKER) 08/10/2021

08/10/2021

I WAS INVITED TO

c o m e t o D e Pa u w University for athletics. I received a scholarship to run cross country and track at DePauw. I did it for a year and a half. One of the best things that DePauw did for me was in the summer of my junior year when I joined a group of other DePauw students who were invited Me and Sally, Kappa DePauw to come to Indianapolis University, 1970; married for by a company to create a over 50 years group that was designed to be a company that consisted of wide-ranging contacts on all college campuses across the United States. We promoted products such as credit cards on their college campuses. I was a zoology major, and Dr. Forst Fuller was the professor I had the most experience with. I also spent time with Dr. Joseph Allen because he was the faculty advisor to our fraternity, Sigma Nu. My class in particular has gotten together several times with a good turnout. All of the Sigma Nu classes of the 1970s are coming to DePauw for a reunion.

Winter term in a service trip to Ecuador, 2011; pursued an MPH degree and a career in public health

AFTER TAKING MY TOUR, I KNEW DEPAUW WAS

where I wanted to be for the next four years. I was busy, but it was good. I played field hockey for my first two years, I studied abroad, I was in a sorority and I was very involved with the kinesiology department doing research and teaching laboratories with Dr. Thomas Ball. I studied abroad at the University of Limerick in Ireland. For winter term, I did one of the medical mission trips to Ecuador with Timmy Global Health, and that spurred me to go to graduate school in public health. It was a great sense of community and they really push you to think about life and everything from all aspects. I really loved that they encouraged everyone to do a winter term off campus and do it abroad if possible. There were so many opportunities to be involved in different clubs and organizations on campus to get exposure to different ways of thinking and being involved in all these activities. It was a great way to broaden your horizons and get a different perspective.

1957

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REV. WAYNE G. REECE 08/09/2021

A TEACHER IN HIGH school who had gone to DePauw inspired me to go there. I got a good education at DePauw. I was also given an opportunity to be a part of the social life. I was the president of the Men's Hall Association for three years. I met a lot of acquaintances

through that position, and we did a lot of things together. I am glad I was a part of DePauw. It really affected my life after graduation since I was a pre-CEO. They kept me in contact with religious events and information, and I can't speak highly enough about them to say how important it was.

1983

JERI HISE (LYDAY) 08/11/2021

MY SISTER IS TWO YEARS OLDER THAN ME, AND SHE

was going to DePauw at the time I was considering it. My brother went to Wabash, so my parents urged me to apply to DePauw. I liked the campus and what they had to offer, so that was why I decided to go there. I lived in the dorm my freshman year and then pledged Kappa Alpha Theta. I lived there my sophomore, junior, and senior years and also studied abroad. During my first semester in my junior year, I went to Athens, and that was phenomenal. I went to Paris and went to all the Greek islands. All the DePauw students lived in apartments. It was a neat experience. The really great thing about DePauw was that every other year, my sorority sisters in my class get together and go on a trip. I made great friends there, and I'm still close to them today, so that was a huge thing. I had well-rounded classes being at a liberal arts college. I learned a lot about how to handle myself in business situations. I work for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield as a project director. I have a certification in project management and I do a lot of migration work.

2013

ANDREW DAVID MILLER 08/10/2021

I AM FROM LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL,

so I was familiar with DePauw University since I was pretty young. I have some family friends that attended, and I always heard good things about DePauw when I was in high school. I ended up applying and receiving a full-tuition scholarship. The Copeland Scholarship was specifically for a graduate of Lebanon who is going to DePauw. I visited campus for the interview, and it was a huge moment for me. I fell in love with the school. I wanted to look into a career in academics and that is what I ended up doing. I currently work in student affairs at the Indiana University School of Dentistry.

08/13/2021

Making our way halfway around the world to support combat operations

I WAS BORN AND

raised in Greencastle. I worked pretty hard in high school, both in academics and in sports, and my grandmother and aunt worked at DePauw. I knew the reputation of DePauw. I was also accepted into the Air Force Academy but DePauw was my number one choice because of the caliber of the school and the reputation it had. I lived on campus, so my freshman year I was at Anderson Street Hall. I joined the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, which obviously was right next door. I stayed at Beta Theta Pi fraternity even through the summer and just managed the house along with my coach to make sure that the house was

maintained and everything was good to go. I was also the treasurer in my junior year and senior year. DePauw was really what helped me develop into who I am and it shaped my leadership style. It really opened me up to understand and how to communicate and work with others. Everything at DePauw established the foundation of who I am and how I've developed as a leader. It truly was an amazing four years. I made lifelong friends who are like family to me. We are still in touch to this day and visit each other. DePauw really was the foundation of who I have become.

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07/26/2021

I ATTENDED DEPAUW ON A POSSE

Scholarship, which among other things brings individuals from urban areas to private schools like DePauw. What I liked about DePauw was that it was very different from New York. During the Posse Scholarship evaluation and selection process it became clear that DePauw wasn't just a great school looking for a way to recruit diverse individuals. It was also an incredibly strong school academically. Dr. Leslie James was the professor that I probably connected with the most and the professor that I still keep in contact with today. We've developed a lifelong friendship. At DePauw, I lived in campus housing for the first semester then joined a fraternity in the second semester of my first year. From my sophomore year on, I lived in the fraternity house. That experience was incredible and formative and where I gained some of my best friends in the world. Those friends would later introduce me to my wife. I served as president of my fraternity for a year, another great experience. I also played on the DePauw baseball team, and being a part of the athletic program was incredible as well.

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2013 Surprising Kat at her engagement party in Chicago with Riley

I HAD FOUR GOLDEN YEARS

at DePauw. What made it so special was the strong friendships, professors, and programs. Some of my favorite memories were made on winter term trips when we were traveling across the world exploring new cultures, foods, and making memories with new friends. I was lucky enough to do two winter term trips abroad. The first trip was to Brussels, Prague, Berlin, and Amsterdam with Maryanne Gallagher, and the second trip was with professor Jeff Kenney. I was also really involved with the College Mentors for Kids Club and was a photographer for The DePauw. The

ASHLEY ANNE ISAAC 08/10/2021

professors who made a lasting impression on me were Dave Worthington in the communication department, Maryanne Gallagher and Brett O'Bannon from the political science department. I've pursued a career in politics since graduating, and despite not majoring in political science, the networks and the relationships I built have helped me in my career. I work in Republican politics, and professor Seaman was very helpful and influential in navigating my career goals. Since graduating, I've realized how special DePauw's tight-knit community and the strength of the DePauw alumni network are. Any city you travel to

you will be able to leverage that network and form great connections. During the pandemic, I participated in a Grand Tour of Italy, an Italian cooking class with professors Michael and Francesca Seaman. It was a 12-week cooking course that included art history lessons. It was extremely educational and something I looked forward to each week. My favorite part about the class was connecting with alumni from all around the US and reminiscing on stories of our time at DePauw over a homemade Italian meal. I am very Grateful to Be Gold.

2010

THOMAS “TOM” BRADFORD DOERMER CALLEN 07/29/2021

I'M ORIGINALLY FROM FORT WAYNE, IND., SO DEPAUW

University was close to home. The quality of the education was also a big factor for me because DePauw offered that smaller, high-touch, personalized experience, which many larger universities can't provide. A lot of my friends told me you are basically a number at a larger university, and I didn't necessarily want that. Another factor was that I was an athlete, and I wanted to play basketball at DePauw. Being in a small environment and living in a fraternity with 60 to 80 guys taught me many skills, from conflict revolution, relationship management, and all those little soft skills that are critical to success on a personal and professional level. I'm getting married in a month and all of my wedding party are guys from my fraternity at DePauw. That speaks to the relationships I developed and maintained at DePauw. When I was a second semester senior, I had no idea what I was going to do. The last professor I took at DePauw was in managerial accounting. It was probably the driest subject you could possibly take as a second semester senior, but his passion, his love of the subject matter, and his ability to impart that onto his students was something I immediately picked up on. That was the reason I got into banking right after college. I learned a lot of different things at DePauw from beginner Chinese to classic Roman history, to more practical things like accounting, business, and economics, but my biggest takeaway from DePauw was the ability to know how to learn. I found that when I started my career, I was much better at being able to pick up new materials quickly. That truly is an invaluable skill, so much so that when my kids are ready for college, I want them to look closely at DePauw. From a career and personal perspective, DePauw truly made a big difference to me.

1986

LAURA CLYMER 07/26/2021

I HAD A REALLY GREAT ADMISSIONS

counselor who convinced me to attend DePauw University. I wanted a liberal arts education, a small college experience with a really good academic reputation, and the opportunity to participate in various activities. I played women's basketball for four years and was on the women's softball team. I worked on the student newspaper for a year, and I was the program editor for the Little 500 program in my senior year. I worked on the yearbook. I was also able to attend some special academic programs through the Great Lakes College Association of which DePauw was a member. Those were some of the things I did. I had personal relationships with professors because of the small class sizes, and I made several really lifelong and deep friendships with a handful of my classmates. I was a double major in history and communication. Overall DePauw taught me how to think, write, and communicate, and understanding those skills helped me in three main occupations I have had since my graduation. The academic preparation and liberal arts emphasis on understanding the many forces that shaped history helped me a lot.

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DePauw University - and their struggles - made a lasting impression on me. I did not go through commencement because I was in a hospital undergoing testing at the time. It was kind of heartbreaking, but I knew I couldn't be in two places at once. My favorite memory was being a four-year member of the academic council. It was a branch of student government that focused on academics and various student-faculty committees where students had voting rights on the committee, just like the faculty members

did. We were influential on things; I was kind of outspoken on campus and an advocate. Social work was in my blood. After two and a half years I switched from computers to psychology. I realized that I liked people a lot more than machines and programming. While at DePauw, I was also interested in clinical psychology. I was accepted into the doctoral program at Northern Illinois University. As a piece of advice for someone to start their academic journey, you should follow your dream. Whatever that is, your heart follows your instinct.

Chicago, and I wanted to stay in the Midwest. Accessibility was important to me, and DePauw was about a three-and-ahalf-hour drive. I was a swimmer in high school, and I wanted to continue my swimming career in college. I was good enough to compete at the Division III level. My older sister's best friend went to DePauw, so I had an opportunity to spend a night or a weekend with her. She showed me around, and I just loved the school. I was able to make a great family and great friends, and I was always impressed with the professors that I had. When I got into some of the more advanced classes, the seminars and discussions that I was able

to have with my peers and professors created a very conducive environment for learning where we could interact and engage in vigorous debate. Professor Gary Lemon, who was in the economics department, was always there for me. There were times when he had to sit me down and give me some tough love. He kept me on track and made sure that I was able to do my primary job there, which was to get an education and to graduate. I will always remember him for being a friend and a mentor. I made a great decision to go to DePauw, to get my education there, to make lifelong friendships, and to build those memories that I would have for the rest of my life.

1963

JOHN F. THROCKMORTON 07/28/2021

I WAS LOOKING FOR A LIBERAL

arts school, and I was dating a girl whose brother went to DePauw, so I applied. I loved college. If I could do it over again, I would! I was the president of Delta Chi at DePauw. In the second semester of my freshman year, I was on my way to take the German final exam. My fraternity brother, who was also taking the same course, came up to me and said, 'Do you mind if I look over your paper during the test? Because if fail it, I will never graduate.' I said, 'Of

course, yes.' Later in the day I saw the professor, and he said, 'You passed the test.' That night, however, we were having some adult beverages, at the drive-in and my fraternity brother drove in and said, 'We got caught.' I said to him, 'What do you mean we got caught?' He said, 'We got caught cheating. You have to see the professor in the German department at 9:00 a.m.' I went to see the professor, and he looked at me and asked, 'Did you let your fraternity brother look at your paper?'

I said, 'I did.' He said, 'Normally we would expel you, but since you are a freshman, and he is your fraternity brother, we are going to give you an exception.' I did not get expelled and I graduated, so I had a great experience at DePauw. I do not think a bigger school would have been that generous to me. I went on and got an MBA and got several good job offers. I had a great career as a consultant, and I enjoyed it. DePauw is a great school.

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I HAD A GRANDFATHER

who went there for a semester during the Great Depression. My mother graduated from there, and my sister who was three years older than me went there. As soon as she decided to attend DePauw, I knew I was going to go. I went up for a little siblings' weekend, I liked the campus and the people. In the end, my older sister, my younger brother, and I all went to DePauw. It was my campus experience when I was still in high school that made me go there. Everyone had their own experience. DePauw was a very good experience for me, and it was what I made it. What I learned the most there

was how to deal with people and maintain different types of relationships. I had a music composition professor named David Ott, who stood out to me. He was quite good. The marriage between academic, social, and Greek life was a very formative experience for me. They helped me make it through my 20s and succeed in life to at least a certain extent. DePauw impacted me in a very positive way and in a very significant way. It was a great place to learn about life and people. I learned about both significantly there, and it helped me for the rest of my adult life.

1991

DANIEL E. KIELY

KAREN L. DETEMPLE 08/10/2021

I WENT TO VISIT AND FELL IN LOVE WITH

the campus - the beauty of the campus and the students, who were so warm and friendly. I felt like I was at home there. It was just an idyllic campus, and it really spoke to me. DePauw helped shape my career through the internships that I received during their January internship program. When I graduated, I had a beautiful resume. It was impressive. I was able to deepen my education through all of the coursework that I took. We were such a tight crew because it was a small school. We knew everybody on campus. The alumni network is really dedicated to the university. If I were talking to someone who was about to start, I would tell them that DePauw has so much to offer in terms of the internship programs, alumni resources and study abroad programs. Take advantage of all aspects of DePauw, really take stock of everything DePauw can offer and the connections that the alumni can create. DePauw is producing our next generation of leadership.

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combination of a strong academic reputation along with small class sizes. It offered me the opportunity to pursue sports. I was involved with the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. My education at DePauw made me a well-rounded professional who can adapt to multiple industries.

1996

MARI G. LEAHY (GARRETT), PHARM.D. 08/20/2021

DEPAUW SEEMED LIKE A REALLY

good fit for me. It was a smaller liberal arts school with a wonderful background and reputation. It had smaller class sizes, which I liked, and the campus was beautiful. The community stood out to me. My friendships from DePauw are still my best friends today, and we all go on trips together. It was just a very friendly campus, and I was good friends with the professors and the deans who went above and beyond for me. The teachers believed in you. They were great from the top to the bottom and the Financial Aid Department was amazing. I couldn't have gone without them. I did exactly what I wanted to do at DePauw. I studied biology and chemistry, and I had a minor in education. I got into every medical school and applied to every law school and to every pharmacy school and that was because of everything DePauw not only taught me academically, but professionally and in leadership.

2005

MICHAEL “MIKE” GABRIEL MEHRINGER 08/16/2021

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY WAS THE RIGHT DISTANCE FROM

home for me. I had aspirations of playing baseball at DePauw but plans changed. I think DePauw is a good school, and it was the right fit for me. I went on and got a master's degree in marketing in Chicago. I have kept in touch with a lot of good friends from DePauw and the fraternity. I still feel fond of it.

2010

STEPHEN CHARLES CLARK 08/10/2021

DEPAUW JUST REALLY

clicked with me in terms of its academic rigor and the social opportunities of fraternity and sorority interactions. As a DePauw student, I competed in track and field and cross country and graduated with eight athletic letters. DePauw definitely prepared me for anything beyond graduation not only in terms of academics but also in

social interactions with various people from varying backgrounds. I enjoyed the experience at DePauw of feeling challenged daily. After DePauw, I have been in three graduate programs at three different universities, and all three were a breeze. DePauw prepared me to do well in those graduate programs.

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DEPAUW WAS MUCH

more generous than the other schools I was applying to. DePauw also had one of their honors programs, which was the Environmental Fellows program, that was really attractive to me. I visited campus to interview for that. I liked the campus, and it just solidified my choice. I got good scholarships and got into a good honors program. One of my friends from high school was also going to DePauw, so we decided to room together. I knew somebody on campus, and it made me more comfortable going out and making friends with them. I made a lot of friends in my freshman year, and it was pretty great. I was friends with a lot of international students,

and I felt like I was interacting with people whom I wouldn't normally interact with. It was an enlightening experience for me. The ultimate highlight of my time at DePauw was just meeting all these different people from different parts of the world. They are some of my best friends that I still talk to and see to this day. I had an excellent educational experience as well. Most of my professors were really supportive, and DePauw prepared me to get a really competitive internship. I'm now in graduate school and doing well there. I liked DePauw Nature Park, and I would spend a lot of time there. It was a great place to go and clear my mind.

PROF. JILL BUROKER (VANCE)

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SAMUEL MARTIN DAUGHENBAUGH

08/10/2021

I KNEW THAT DEPAUW HAD AN

excellent reputation, and I wanted to go to a smaller liberal arts college. My parents and my sister went to Purdue University but I did not want to go there, so I applied to DePauw and was accepted. I pledged Kappa Alpha Theta in my second semester, and I stayed in the sorority house for two years - sophomore and junior years. I enjoyed the people there, and I made good friends at the sorority, but I decided I did not want to participate in Greek activities anymore, so I decided to leave the house. I enjoyed being in the classroom and working with the professors. I had good friends, and I've kept some of those friendships going since then. I was a pre-med major, but in my sophomore to junior year, I changed my major to philosophy, and my professors were very influential to me. I felt at home at DePauw and I was very happy with my education. DePauw prepared me for graduate school. I had a good foundation, especially in the history of philosophy, which is what I ended up studying in graduate school. I credit DePauw with making it possible for me to get a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and to become a professor myself.

08/10/2021

MY HIGH SCHOOL

guidance counselor had heard about DePauw University and told me about it. I was interested in either a language major or music major, but I leaned heavily towards music. My guidance counselor told me I should check out DePauw because it offered a good music department. I applied and had a nice audition. I liked the teacher who was there. I was accepted through an early decision. I was a vocal student Having fun in Hawaii and became a voice major. My overall experience at DePauw was wonderful. Majoring in music was like falling in love. It was easy, and I loved it. I enjoyed all my professors.

RUTHANNE “RUTH” S. LONG (SENGER)

1977

1974

JEAN B. REICHENBACH (BAUMGARDT)

08/11/2021

DEPAUW HAD A

good nursing program at the time, and it was within five hours from St. Louis, which is where my home is. Running between Greencastle and Indianapolis was kind of hard, especially in the winter time because we had a few ice storms. I worked for St. Louis Public Schools, and they require With fiance, David their nurses to have Straight; we got married in bachelor's degrees, August 1977 which I got at DePauw. I worked there for 34 years. My memories of Dr. Fletcher's microbiology class make me smile. We learned so much, and he was very good at presenting it.

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drew me to DePauw was the small class sizes. I liked the idea of really getting to know my classmates and professors. Going out into the nature park, visiting the Prindle Institute, and seeing the beautiful historical campus, it felt like a nice home for four years. It was a fun first year getting to know everyone. I ended up joining Alpha Chi Omega sorority. It was a wonderful experience because it broadened my friend group. I met so many wonderful people through that. They had the most amazing staff at the sorority. Anita was basically a second mom and everyone just loved her, she had been there for decades. It was definitely the community I was looking for. I studied abroad in Scotland and South Korea and I felt like those experiences helped me grow as a person and I learned how to interact with people from different places. I made great friends from those trips. One of the places from DePauw that impacted

me the most was the Prindle Institute. I became one of the interns at the Prindle Institute and the experience I had there has been very helpful for me in fostering my sense of curiosity and questioning ethics in the medical field. It really prepared me to think through tough situations and being able to look at situations from different perspectives to evaluate the ethics of different choices and my medical decision making. I've also made great connections with faculty and other interns to the Prindle Institute. I value that experience when I look back. I have been amazed with how close I remain with some of my friends from DePauw. We've stayed in touch and have at times met up and gone back to DePauw to visit our old favorite places and walk down memory lane. It makes me smile when I think back to the quiet evenings hanging out with my friends watching TV or taking a walk in the DePauw Nature Park; time to bond with one another.

GRACE ELIZABETH PITTNER

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DR. NOELLE M. WITWER

08/10/2021

I AM FROM A

suburb of Chicago on the north side called Glenview. I was looking all across the country for schools. I was between DePauw and Santa Clara University in San Jose, Calif. What drew me to DePauw was the size of the school and the community that DePauw had. I loved that the students and professors had such good relationships. I loved that I could walk around, and always run into someone I knew, but there were constantly people that were yet to be met at campus. DePauw provided so many opportunities to travel abroad. That

was something that I wanted to do in my college experience. I was able to do that multiple times at DePauw. I gained so many different perspectives and the ability to think about things from other perspectives and think critically from my experiences, both on campus and abroad. It shaped me to be a flexible and versatile professional in the workspace. I think DePauw University does a good job at giving you a strong education in whatever area of study you choose. I was able to really take that and expand it so much further than I thought.

2013

DAWN AGRETTA HUGGINS (BALLARD) 09/08/2021

I WAS A POSSE SCHOLAR, SO I WAS A DPU 13 out of New York. I'm from Brooklyn and we had full-ride scholarships. Posse was what got me to DePauw and kept me there. I just loved being at DePauw by my third year there and it was hard getting me back home by junior year. My freshman and sophomore year I flew out mostly to get back home, but I fell in love with Greencastle, and to this day I love Greencastle. My Posse classmates and I are also very close and we talk almost daily. At DePauw, I was on Union Board, so I was a concert chair while I was there. I did quite a bit with the Gavin DeGraw concert, Mike Posner, Fabulous, and David Nail. It was super awesome. It gave me life-long experiences that I use today with event planning, and it gave me an opportunity to work with different levels of people - from executives down to celebrities and school officials. It was pretty interesting how you put everything together and see the finished product and how excited the students were. It was tiring,

but it was rewarding. Today I am a real estate agent in Savannah, Ga., working with Coldwell Banker. I'm a mom of a 5-year-old who takes most of my time. I started looking at schools when I was in the fifth grade and later going on college tours. I always thought I'd be at a historically black college, and I always wanted to be someplace that was very diverse. I believe that all young students should be open-minded; if you have the opportunity to go to DePauw, it's worth it. When my husband got out of the military, he had to pursue getting his undergraduate degree and he couldn't do it online through DePauw, but Purdue was available. It's a really big war in our house regarding where our kids are going to go to college because he just graduated from Purdue University Global in June. DePauw is a great atmosphere, it really pushes you to think and to learn how to communicate. Take the opportunity to get there and enrich yourself by really being involved in the DePauw community.

MY HUSBAND ROBERT ENJOYED HIS

time at DePauw University tremendously, and he was very thankful to be there on a scholarship; that was very important to him. He was active with the Men's Hall Alumni Association and was very proud of that. He also won the Best Looking Legs competition - he still has good-looking legs! It was a very important time in his life. He learned a lot and made some very good friends.

1956

GRETCHEN F. HUFF (FULLER) 08/10/2021

I LIKED THE SIZE OF

DePauw University and its closeness to my hometown in Illinois. Many people from our area also went to DePauw. It was a fine school with a wonderful campus. Everybody was open and friendly, and the professors were great. It was an all-around nice experience for me. I was a Delta Gamma. We had a long walk from the sorority Eighty-seventh birthday house to campus at that time. I went right from DePauw to Tucson to teach elementary school, and that was another wonderful experience.

2009

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YVONNE ANTOINETTE WILLIAMS 08/10/2021

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significant educational trips with DePauw's Winter Term in Service program that set the foundation for the career I have today. My education gave me adaptive leadership skills which I have developed further.

My DePauw experiences played a crucial part in defining who I became as an adult and taught me how to navigate the world. My education was invaluable. I might do some things differently now, but DePauw is part of the fabric of who I am.

LAYNE SHORT (KAUFMAN)

2004

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REV. ROBERT J. LEWIS

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D e Pau w U nive rsit y because I thought it would be a well-rounded school to experience all aspects of college. I liked the education, athletics, and Greek life. I thought it was a really good school. I was really close with my swim team. I swam for the university, and that was a huge part of my school life

there, along with Greek life. I feel like DePauw has helped me with my life after graduation. Life has its ups and downs, but knowing that I always have my friends and people I can still communicate with from the university has been really positive for me. It has taught me to adapt to changes and move forward.

2015

PATRICK CHARLES BREMS 07/26/2021

WHEN I BEGAN MY COLLEGE SEARCH, I WAS

looking for a school where I wouldn't just be a number - I wanted to be seen as an individual. I looked for a school with firstrate academics and opportunities to pursue my extracurricular interests. I found everything I was looking for at DePauw. As a student looking to enter the realm of international business, I studied economics, Spanish, and Chinese. Balancing two majors and a minor proved to be a difficult feat at times. The professors were always demanding, yet you knew they had your best interest at heart. The workload was never light, but there is no doubting that I received a top-notch education at DePauw. Music had always been a passion of mine and the School of Music at DePauw provided me with chance to sing alongside exceptionally talented students majoring in music while receiving training from some of the best voice faculty in the country. I took voice lessons each semester and sang with both the University Chorus and the Chamber Singers. Apart from the regularly scheduled concerts on campus, I also traveled with the Chamber Singers to Houston and Mexico City for a North American tour during Winter Term of my junior year. One of the capstones of my time at DePauw, however, came in December 2014 when we were invited to perform in the East Room of the White House during the Christmas festivities. Some of the best memories of my time at DePauw came from my fraternity, Delta Upsilon. The fraternity was my home away from home. Living side-by-side with 50 others under one roof, I grew very close to all of my brothers during those years. We studied together, partied together, and learned so much from one another. I also held several leadership positions in the house that helped teach me responsibility and about balancing priorities. I feel incredibly blessed that I was able to attend DePauw and have the experience that I did. DePauw truly made me into a wellrounded individual, prepared to go out and face the world.

1961

BARBARA “RABBY” TOOHEY (KINGMAN) 07/27/2021

I WAS INSPIRED

to go to DePauw because my father had gone there and he was from Massachusetts. It was the first time he had ever been out of New England. He felt like DePauw gave him a real opportunity since they provided an entry for him into the ministry, by encouraging the Methodist Seminary. He was an Episcopalian, but he went with a Methodist school, although he became an Episcopal priest after the war. He never pushed

me to go to DePauw. He had always talked about it so fondly and what great opportunities it had provided him that I decided to go there, too. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. I was always impressed that someone took a personal interest in me and that DePauw was a small enough school that you were not lost in the mess of students. I would say, have a positive attitude and get involved with activities and study hard.

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DR. STEPHEN “STEVE” N. POLEZONIS 08/10/2021

I WAS GIVEN A

list of schools to apply to by my uncle, and DePauw checked all the boxes that I was looking for at the time. It offered the major, the extracurricular activities, and the campus environment that I wanted. I made friendships there that have lasted all these years, so campus life DePauw University, 2022, is certainly up there as and DePauw University, 1977; something that stood out to family tradition! me. The things that I really remember are the professors: Dr. Fuller in the biology department, Dr. Miner in the classics department, and Dr. Warren in the education department. The experiences, the overall campus atmosphere, and the collegiality of everybody were good. There are traditions that have lasted more than a century, from football games to other traditions that were great, and that puts a smile on my face. I also have a daughter who is attending there. She's a rising senior. She loved the campus when she saw it, and she made the decision to go there. That also puts a smile on my face.

1965

STEPHANIE ANN GREER (STANLEY) 08/16/2021

RUSSELL J. HUMBERT

was the minister at my church in Youngstown, Ohio. My mother knew him very well, and he became president of DePauw. I was very interested in going there because of him and the reputation that the school had. DePauw has been a

great influence. I've been in nursing for many years, except for about six years that my children were little. DePauw's education gave me a very important way to learn about listening and paying attention to people's needs in the nursing field.

MARSHA A. W. HAWORTH (WISE)

1985

1977

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I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE MY OLDER BROTHER

was going there. The biggest thing for me were the friendships from people that I had meals with, roommates, classmates, and the different individuals that I had various relationships with. That was a big reason to continue. In fact I ended up going to at least six different graduation ceremonies because I had friends graduating in different years. Plus I was in the band, and I played there in different years. It was a lot of fun. I was in concert band, marching band, and jazz band. Depending on which ensemble I might play a different instrument. I started out on tenor sax, but I also played bass clarinet and bari sax at one point in time. The band and doing other activities with different friends like hanging out, eating meals, and doing different things made me smile.

1972 Me, 1972, with Debbie Wickersham Pearce, 1973; now in our 45th year of marriage

JOHN N. PEARCE 08/10/2021

MY COUSIN WAS A DEPAUW GRADUATE IN

1965, and my grandfather also graduated from DePauw back in 1896. He was one of the first in the program, and he was a Latin and Greek major. He went on to become a very successful banker. American and English literature were my majors there. After graduation, I was immediately drafted into the US Army. I was a military journalist as a result of my background in English and my interest in journalism. It led me to a career in advertising agencies and eventually a longer career as a marketing executive with major corporations. DePauw was instrumental in giving me well-rounded skills because of the literal nature of the educational

basis. I took several classes under Dr. Fred Bergmann, who was an outstanding professor. It was a great experience with a wonderful faculty. I also appreciated the chance to grow in leadership opportunities by being an officer in my fraternity, Delta Upsilon, where I had many friendships, which endure to this day. I also took on a leadership role in the Union Building's Senior and Junior Boards, where we coordinated campus wide activities, including concerts. Most notable bookings of the day included the Ike and Tina Review, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Ian and Sylvia. My UB friendships are important to me and we still stay in touch, now 50 years later.

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SARAH ANNE FOYE 08/09/2021

2018

KYLIE BLAINE MORRIS 08/10/2021

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DePauw University field hockey trip to Ireland before the season in 2017

I WASN'T EVEN

supposed to look at DePauw because my high school counselor wanted students to go to schools in Kentucky, but it was on my list. The weekend I visited DePauw, I was supposed to visit another university in Virginia. My mom and I decided to go up to Greencastle and visit DePauw since It was only a three-hour drive from Louisville, Ky. I took a tour and walked around the campus, ended up having lunch with the field hockey team, and immediately it felt like home. It was like a happy accident. While I was there, I

played field hockey as a goalkeeper all four years. In my sophomore year, after the fall semester, I took electronic journalism with Dr. Jeff McCall and we had to read news stories that we wrote. There were also morning and evening broadcasts for the news at WGRE. I ended up becoming a DJ the second semester of my sophomore year. I became involved with Kappa Kappa Gamma. I didn't hold any officer positions, but I still had time to be involved, go to meetings, and be a part of social events.

Member of the DePauw Women's Basketball program & Kappa Alpha Theta sorority & DPU HOSA cofounder

at DePauw, and I went there for their elite basketball program. I would say I liked the encouraging atmosphere and the lifelong friendships that came with attending DePauw. We won the NCAA conference twice and went undefeated in the regular season my junior year. DePauw helped educate me on things that were bigger than just basketball, and Greek life helped me find myself through my college years. I owe a lot to DePauw and its diverse community in helping develop me into the person I am today.

08/19/2021

REBECCA G. STEWART (GILLETT)

1964

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08/17/2021

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Currently with my new golden doodle puppy, Katara!

MY GRANDFATHER WENT THERE, SO I GOT THE

alumnus scholarship. I was only the second generation in my family to go to DePauw. My time there was pretty good. I was in Delta Delta Delta sorority, which I enjoyed; it was a lot of fun. I still keep in contact with some of the people there through Facebook. The professors in the biology department were really good. The January time was super helpful because I was able to do things in order to improve my chances of getting into vet school. I worked with a local veterinarian, the Brookfield Zoo, and I did a research project. It was a nice opportunity to help me be able to attain what I wanted to do. DePauw allowed me to get my education so I could achieve my goal to go to vet school. The alumnus scholarship really helped me be able to do that because it turned out to be my cheapest option for getting a college education. The scholarship was super helpful for me to be able to get my education because I had to do it all on my own.

that I met when I visited DePauw University inspired me to attend there. It just seemed a very welcoming and personalized campus as opposed to the larger universities. Professor Clifton Phillips was my history teacher. He was just brilliant. His course was very demanding as well. I joined a sorority, and we had a lot of activities and social events. I was a Spanish major. We went abroad during

our junior year for a semester, and it was a small group of students. This was just when the European Union was being established. We traveled to all of the countries and had lectures on various places in Europe. It was a really interesting way of experiencing current history. Then we all wound up in Freiburg, Germany, for about six weeks and took some courses. As a result of that, I have a lifelong interest in travel.

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ISABEL WOYTEK (CAMPOS) 10/27/2021

I APPLIED TO DEPAUW BY ACCIDENT. I THOUGHT

it was DePaul. The more I started looking into it, I realized what a blessing in disguise the mistake had been because I didn't want to go to a big school. I realized DePauw was the right size and people would actually know me. Since I planned to become an educator, I wanted to really know my professors. DePauw was a big culture shock. I was from the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, and I didn't realize what it meant to be a minority. I had never been out of my comfort zone in the way I was immediately when I moved to DePauw, but it was great. I learned more about my own culture because a lot of us students from south Texas stuck together. I became really involved with the Committee for Latino Concerns, and that became my family. I remember being really impressed with our freshman seminar and thinking it was pretty cool to already have a cohort of people I could trust and build a new chapter in our lives together. I ended up shadowing

the president and vice president of the CLC, as we called it, and starting my freshman year, I was on the officer's team. We tried to help make other minority folks feel welcome. We had a space to celebrate our own cultures, and we could share that with others who hadn't been exposed to Latin cultures. I was encouraged to become a math major since secondary education candidates were encouraged to major in their content area. I spent most of my time in the math department, but I did enjoy my education experience. The plan was to get my master's through DePauw with an additional year, but then the funding for that process fell through. That didn't end up becoming a problem for me because I had already been involved with Teach for America and had interned with them. I was able to enter the education profession through an alternative route. I knew I wanted to be a teacher and start working with kids as quickly as I could. I'm very proud to say I went to DePauw.

07/26/2021

You knew me at DePauw University at Ibby Crowden

I GREW UP IN MIAMI,

but I am originally from Indiana and wanted to attend a small liberal arts college. Because I had a family member who attended DePauw University and I wanted to see the Midwest again, I chose DePauw. The quality of my education at DePauw was incomparable. Particularly notable was the small size of the classes in the English department when I was a junior and a senior. I discovered anthropology by accident when I needed one more elective as a freshman, and I loved it. I took many courses in archeology and anthropology. This grounding helped inform my career choice of working closely with people.

Coming from Miami, which was socially more advanced, I found attending a small, conservative Midwestern college gave me a culture shock. Compared to the other girls, I was a social misfit. What I learned from this gave me lifelong sensitivity to the need to include people who feel like they are outsiders. I did a great deal of work with diversity and inclusion as a human resources manager. I credit the experience of being an outsider at DePauw with shaping my affinity for this important mission. I had one best friend my freshman year and I still communicate with her today, so it has been a lasting friendship.

SARA J. HADY

1965

1976

ELIZABETH “IBBY” JEAN VORES (CROWDEN)

08/16/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE I

wanted to go to a smaller college. I enjoyed all the people I lived with during my time there. I had been very active in the Girls Athletic Association in high school and was a member of several sports teams at DePauw. I especially enjoyed being the goalie for the field hockey team and playing on the basketball team. The thing I enjoyed the most was showing up at other universities well-dressed when everybody else was casual. We always made an impression when we walked off the bus. I remember there was one DePauw team playing in a college bowl which was aired on TV that won everything in five weeks. After this success, everybody came out in their bathrobe at night when they got back to campus and that was a fun time as well. I lived in Rector Hall on the first floor during my freshman year. There were only 11 of us there and we had a very enjoyable first year together. My freshman roommate and I are still in contact and see each other every few years. My favorite professor was Dr. Clinton Gass. He was my advisor, and in my junior and senior years, he took all of his female advisees out to the reservoir to water ski and have a picnic with his wife and young son. The classes I took helped me to become a good teacher. I was a high school mathematics teacher. DePauw was a special time in my life.

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MADELINE “MADDIE” CLARE SMITH, M.D. 08/10/2021

I FELL IN LOVE WITH DEPAUW ON MY VISIT. I

also wanted to spend time abroad, play soccer, be around some of my best friends whom I knew already, and DePauw would let that happen. Everybody on the soccer team had a routine. We would go from the field to get dinner together, and we would meet to study at the tables. It was a fun experience, and we all stayed really close throughout the whole season. Then I did art and architecture and sports classes in the first year before I went to Italy. I went on the Timmy Global Health Trip in Ecuador for my sophomore year. It was one of my first healthcare experiences that I really loved. Then they hosted the NCAA tournament for men's

soccer at DePauw in fall 2016. I got to call it on the radio with a friend whom I played soccer with. I also studied in Denita, New Zealand, for my junior year. It holds a special place in my heart, and I am already planning trips to go back there with some of my friends, the girls I went abroad with, and the ones I met while I was there. I value the people I met while I was at DePauw. I still talk to my sorority sisters, and I also played soccer with those other groups. DePauw prepared me extremely well. I was able to be involved in many things. I was in Science Research Fellows and Alpha Phi, so I stayed busy, and I had to be organized. Those skills in time management and organization helped me.

07/28/2021

I WENT TO DEPAUW UNIVERSITY AS A

Rector Scholar for my first year there. Dr. Bieber was probably my favorite professor. I don't think there were any classes that I did not enjoy at DePauw. DePauw impacted me probably the most when it took me to grad school at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn. The school led me to work beyond just getting good grades. I studied geology and DePauw led me to be able to continue working in that area for a mining company.

2015

NICOLE NOVARESI 08/10/2021

I HAD HEARD REALLY

good things about not only DePauw itself, but also the idea of a liberal arts education. I was interested in going to medical school after undergrad, but I also have a real appreciation for the humanities so I wanted to go to a school that had an emphasis on both science and humanities. I also really

liked the small class sizes when I visited campus. I met a lot of really good friends, some of which I still keep in close contact with. Also at DePauw, I discovered my interest in biomedical research, which actually led me to apply to graduate programs after I graduated. Now I am in the process of getting my Ph.D. in genetics.

ARTHUR J. BEER, JR., PH.D.

1956

1955

PAUL B. DUMONTELLE

08/02/2021

I HADN'T EVEN

heard of DePauw University until I received notice of the Alpha Tau Omega scholarship, which I applied for and received. When I visited the DePauw campus to see whether it was possible to attend the university on a fairly small scholarship, I was also able to apply for the Rector Scholarship, which I received as well. The whole liberal arts concept of DePauw has informed my life ever since. I've been teaching for 55 years, and With Virginia North in I always tell my students, 'Carmen' at DePauw University 'There is no course that isn't related to everything else that you're going to study. You've got to find out how they relate to each other.' That became particularly clear to me in my junior year when I had an aesthetics course. At the same time, I was taking a music appreciation course in the School of Music and an art appreciation course, and both of those were feeding directly into everything I was doing in English, speech, and theater. I just saw that they all applied to the same thing. I've taught fine arts, as well as theater courses, in order to show the connection between the visual arts, music, literary arts, and so on.

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BRITTANY C. DAVIS

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07/29/2021

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research and study abroad opportunities all were influential in my decision to attend DePauw. I majored in neuroscience and global health. I am currently working in clinical research. It helped me to discover untraditional life pathways in the field that I am in. DePauw really 2020; neuroscience and pushed me to go beyond global health major with what I thought I was minors in Spanish, biology, taking. It also pushed me and chemistry to go outside my comfort zone and grow in ways I would not have thought about before.

farm near Greencastle. We shopped in Greencastle and never thought of any other college for my brother and me but DePauw because our father graduated from DePauw. DePauw was like home for me because Greencastle was like home. I got a superb education there, and a couple of classes were life-changing to me. One was American government, which turned me on to my enduring interest in political affairs and government history. Another one was the American history class, and the other one was the philosophy course taught by Dr. Russell Compton. I went to Europe in my junior year for five months with the very first Semester Abroad program, which was headed by Dr. Fredrick Bergmann of the English department. We traveled through about nine countries. I had a superb European experience at a low cost. We landed in Liverpool and spent several days in London and England. We crossed the canal on a boat, went to Belgium, started traveling south through Germany, where we saw the devastation that was left by World War II. This was 1959. We ended up in Freiburg, Germany, where we met our sociology professor, Klaus Dorneich. We were tutored by other professors for a total of 15 college credits including three in art. We continued by train to Austria and settled in a little town called Zell am See in the middle of the Austrian Alps. Part of our trip included two weeks in Italy, weekends in Munich, a week in Zurich, Switzerland, a cruise on the Rhine River to Vienna, and a flight to Athens, Greece. Then we took a boat to Genoa, Italy, and landed on the French Riviera nearby. Once I took a look at people sunbathing IN FEBRUARY on the French Riviera, I decided not to live the rest of my days in a cold climate. As soon as my husband and I could afford it and get rid of all of our obligations with family, we bought a camper and moved to Florida. We have been here for 21 years.

08/19/2021

I WAS COMING IN AS

a sophomore with other girls who were also going to be nursing students at DePauw. Those girls ended up being in my wedding party. I worked to support myself

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JEAN B. PFAFF (BARROWMAN), R.N.

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to go to college, and I worked as a student in the nursing library. I met lots of people, and I had a great experience. I had a great education at DePauw.

1952

NANCY A. BICKEL (URSCHEL) 07/29/2021

I GREW UP IN NORTH MANCHESTER, IND., AND I HEARD

about DePauw University from a friend of mine who graduated from there. I attended DePauw because I wanted a degree. I joined Alpha Chi Omega sorority and I had lots of good friends in there and that's what made it so good for me at DePauw. Our sorority always tried to help people. My whole life has been dedicated to helping people and making things better for whoever I come in contact with. That is my mission which I am going to do forever.

MY TIME AT DEPAUW WAS

great. I was a Posse Scholar. I loved my classes and the community that I was able to build. Being a Latina woman at DePauw, trying to find myself and a space where I felt safe and comfortable was my biggest challenge. My greatest memory as a DePauw student was graduation weekend. DePauw did a great job honoring students and faculty. It was definitely a memory I will always cherish.

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CAROLYN “CARRIE” A. GROVE, MAT 08/12/2021

SELECTED

DePauw because of its beautiful campus and smaller student body. I lived on campus all four years. After my sophomore year, however, I considered transferring to IU because I was disenchanted with the Greek system; but then I realized that I

Me, 2018, & Stephen McMurtry, 2016, at the downsized wedding reception in Carmel, Ind., Aug. 2020

MY DEPAUW EXPERIENCE WAS INCREDIBLY POSITIVE. I

was on the swim team, in a sorority, I worked on campus and went abroad twice. I even met my husband at DePauw my freshman year; we were both on the swim team. For all of those reasons and more, DePauw University holds a very special place in my heart. For me, it was a place where I was able to do it all, not having to sacrifice one quintessential college experience for any other.

just didn't need to be a part of that. It was the education that was important to me. I deactivated from my sorority, became an ind e p e nd e nt, and then lived in the beautiful new Hogate Hall. My final two years at DePauw were delightful, and I'm so glad that I stayed.

1989

DENISE ALFELD (HART) 08/18/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW UNIVERSITY FOR THE SIZE

of its campus, which was very pretty, as well as for its facilities, friendly people, and availability of the kind of majors I wanted. It was a very good liberal arts college. I really liked my sorority and the social aspect of it. My mother and grandmother had also been involved in the sorority system. I was a legacy in Kappa Alpha Theta, which was the first sorority ever. I was very involved with it, so I had a positive experience and it was a big influence on me. The English department was excellent. Professor David Field was there at the time. He was one of my favorite professors, who helped and encouraged me with my writing. I still keep in touch with him today. I think the internships that were required for winter term and encouraged when I was a student absolutely set me on my career path. DePauw is very connected in different career areas.

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JEANNINE DOLINSKI (DEIMEL) 08/26/2021

THE SCHOOL OF NURSING AT DEPAUW

University was my top choice. The size of the school appealed to me and I liked that I was the only one who came from my high school in Columbus, Ohio. It was a liberal arts education and I got to do some very unique winter terms. I also lived in my sorority house, Delta Gamma, so I got to be exposed to diverse ideas and diverse people much more so than if I would have gone to just the school of nursing associated with a hospital. I made lifelong friendships. As a member of Delta Gamma and as a nursing student, we were in Indianapolis Sunday night through Thursday night during our junior and senior years. We came back on Friday and had a class. The house had rooms for the nursing students and we paid a small amount to live there during the semester. That meant everything to me because it meant that I

could be part of a college campus as well as receive my technical degree. The Delta Gamma house had so much to offer in the way of leadership training and scholarship. It was much more than the social organization that you think of traditionally as fraternities or sororities. There was a lot of structure in place to help us succeed, like study tables, and I think one of the paramount things that has shaped me today is the membership in Delta Gamma. I was the past president of the House Corporation Board of my sorority for the last seven years. I work on the Greek Community Board at DePauw and I'm still very involved with the university. It is very important to me to help create great leaders, especially the women of the house. I also like to support the university to create great leadership programming and good people to send out into the work world.

KRISTEN MILES (PEREGRINE) 08/10/2021

I LIVED IN THE

Chicago area, and I had an aunt who went to DePauw 30 years before I did. I was looking at small liberal arts schools in the area, and I went down to DePauw and stayed overnight and went to some classes. I just fell in love with the campus, the atmosphere, the camaraderie, and the beauty of the campus. As soon as I left there, I knew I was going to go there. DePauw was four years of growing up that I really needed to do. I had so many different experiences living in the

dorm, and then I lived in a sorority house for three years. I did a semester abroad in England. It was the best decision to spend the spring semester of my junior year abroad. I learned and gained so much confidence, and I was able to use that throughout my life. I ended up being in sales and sales management. Because I was a communication and psychology major, it helped for me to move up. I moved up in the ranks, and it set the stage for me to have a successful career.

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1984

08/03/2021

I GREW UP IN KANSAS

City, and I knew I wanted to stay in the Midwest. DePauw was a really close-knit campus, and my experience was really welcoming from everyone. It was just really warm and inviting. I was really attracted to the academics of DePauw but also the athletic experience. I was a swimmer there, and the swimming program, the coach, a lot of the guys on the swim team really brought me in and welcomed me with open arms. Combining that with the academic experience and the proximity to home, it was an easy choice. My swimming experiences were great. We won four conference titles, and I

formed a lot of great friendships with a lot of the people I'm still really close with today. Our coach's name was Adam Cohen. He was a staple in the athletic department at that time. He impacted not only my life but everybody in the program. He had a significant impact on all of our lives. I was also in Beta Theta Pi fraternity. I was also a part of the first-year mentor program. The main thing was just coming out of college as a well-rounded individual from an academic standpoint, a professional standpoint, and a social standpoint. I felt that I was really ready to move on to the next phase in my life.

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WILLOW HILTON FRYREAR 08/10/2021

THE STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM

inspired me to attend DePauw. I also liked the fact that the classes were capped at 30 people. I had one semester where I had six classes and a job on campus. I had five classes with the same professor who was also my boss. I got to know Dr. Khadija Stewart very well. I was in the first Japanese culture major. It was a brand new major that didn't exist when I started. I added it as a second semester major in my senior year. I was a computer science major with a focus in cybersecurity and Japanese culture, which is a double major. I did so many Japanese culture classes that I had to do the senior seminar. I studied abroad and did a whole semester in Japan. That was beautiful and probably the best time of my life. The university I went to for my exchange program was specifically designed for Japanese students who want to go abroad and other students who want to be in Japan. It was designed to blend the culture as much as possible. It was such an international true melting pot experience. It was a real magical experience to go abroad in a program that gave me a lot of time to explore. The biggest takeaway I had was that I learned how to motivate myself and be self-reliant.

PHYLLIS E. AMES (TEMPLIN)

1966

2019

08/16/2021

I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN FRANCE BECAUSE

my dad was in the military. I wanted to be a nurse, and a doctor friend of ours studied pre-med at DePauw and recommended it. I really liked it all. I wish I was able to stay on campus all four years, instead of moving to Indianapolis with the rest of the nurses. I did join a sorority, and I thought the professors were fabulous. They were very demanding in an excellent way. I loved the campus and I participated in activities and sports within the university. The bachelor's degree in nursing from DePauw opened any door I wanted to knock on. I worked in public health, I taught in a school of nursing, and I have also been in administrative positions within medical organizations in hospitals. I eventually got a master's degree and I ended up being the boss.

1979

REV. DR. MARK A. FOWLER 08/05/2021

I CHOSE TO ATTEND DEPAUW BECAUSE BOTH MY

parents went to DePauw and there was a new performing arts center being built. I was deeply involved in Duzer Du, the theater honorary, where I served as president. I spent most of my time at DePauw at the theater. I am currently a pastor of large churches, and I was also a professor at a seminary for 16 years. I think the leadership skills that I learned at DePauw, being a public person and learning to deport myself that way were important. At DePauw, I learned to speak well and with great confidence, which helped with my career. DePauw was a great school and prepared me a lot for all those things in life.

1959

GEORGE T. DODD 08/09/2021

I BECAME INTERESTED IN DEPAUW BECAUSE A

DePauw student was dating my sister, and he said that if I wanted to go to law school, a DePauw graduate could get into just about any law school. I had particularly good history professors like Dr. William Pearson, Dr. Andrew Crandall, Dr. Clifton Phillips, and Dr. John Baughman, who also taught my daughter. Dr. Crandall had many interesting stories to tell because he knew some of the Civil War veterans through his Missouri connections and his particular interest in American Civil War history. I was an honors student and I keep some contact with all of the people from my close group in class. Another excellent thing was the Methodist Student Foundation took us on a 60-day long deputation workstudy travel trip through Europe. I constantly look back on that and it was an excellent part of me being at DePauw. I'm grateful for the fact that DePauw served me quite well; it was a special growing opportunity for me. It enabled me as I entered law school at Northwestern to have my feet pretty well on the ground.

2007

ELIZABETH ELAINE KINDIG 08/11/2021

I'M FROM A REALLY SMALL TOWN IN INDIANA.

DePauw seemed like it would fit better than other schools I considered because I am used to a smaller community. I rode on the Little Five team for Kappa Kappa Gamma. I was also on DePauw 's cycling team and we went to nationals when I was a sophomore. It was a fun year. The team would pack up our bikes and drive to different places around the Midwest to ride. I'm still friends with one of the girls whom I rode with. The other thing that was probably most impactful was my study abroad in my junior year at The Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. It opened up the world to me in a way that still impacts me to this day.

1947

DOROTHY “DOTTI” DYER (GILES) 08/17/2021

I GREW UP IN

Indianapolis and I didn't want to go to school there, and DePauw was far enough away from my parents that it would be hard to come home on weekends. I absolutely loved DePauw! I loved the students, the athletes and being in activities. I was an assistant editor of the Mirage and was the homecoming queen my junior year. My major was botany with a minor in bacteriology. Two weeks after I got out of DePauw, a neighbor was working at the IME Medical School in the biochemistry department and she told me that they needed another lab technician.

She encouraged me to apply even though I had never had a class in biochemistry. I applied and landed the position. Even though I never had a biochemistry class, I had taken bacteriology and I think that the professor who hired me thought that I was teachable when he heard I was a Phi Beta Kappa. I worked there for ten years until I got married, and I really enjoyed it. I had a wonderful time right after I graduated with that job. I enjoyed every minute of my DePauw experience, from the time I entered until the time I graduated; I didn't really want to graduate.

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I WAS LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL

where I could play field hockey, but also be a part of a community by getting involved in Greek life. I also loved the class size and the comfortable feel the school offered. Professor Mary Bretscher was my freshman seminar teacher. She was there as my mentor to help me along the way, even with my senior thesis. She helped encourage me and make sure that everything that I was doing was coordinated for my study. Her guidance and listening ear helped me to

JACQUELINE “JACKIE” GOODRICH (SMITH) 08/10/2021

challenge myself and be successful. I played field hockey for three years. I was in the Pi Beta Phi sorority and Kinesiology Club. I always knew going to DePauw that I wanted to do something in the exercise science or health care world after college. Getting my bachelor's degree from DePauw helped set me up for the next step in my career which was going to an accelerated nursing program. I had a lot of the classes done from DePauw and such a great foundation of education that helped me get through

nursing school. I now have two bachelor's degrees. One thing that is so special about DePauw is that you not only meet a lot of very friendly people from the staff to the other students, but the DePauw connection has allowed me to continue to connect with people beyond campus. I value my time at DePauw and cherish the opportunities my experience provided for me. It has continued to positively impact me as an alumna throughout my life.

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AMY J. WALSE (MELEVAGE) WHEN I VISITED DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, I JUST FELT

like it was right. I liked the variety of experiences. I was a Spanish major, and I was part of the mission trips that they did. I went to El Salvador during my sophomore year where we did a lot of outreach to the community and helped in wellness. We helped them understand things like good eating habits and healthy behaviors. There was the ability of people who came from a liberal arts background to assimilate and communicate. I feel like that is part of my abilities that I've carried throughout my career. I am able to talk to people easily. I can become friendly and get people on my side.

2011

ROSALYN ALECE WARE MARTIN, M.P.H. 08/10/2021

I FELT THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR ME.

I liked the small class sizes. It was a culture shock for me going from a big city to Greencastle. Once I got there I felt included. It was one of the best decisions that I made. I lived on campus and joined a few organizations. I joined the Pi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., which I'm still a member. I was part of the gospel choir. I joined the track and field team, and I was in the Kinesiology Club. It was easy for me to stay to myself, but DePauw offered me many opportunities to engage with students as well as the professors. DePauw was more than a educational experience but fostered friendships and relationships that I still value to this day.

REV. KRIS A. HAYDEN THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAJOR IN

religion and to play football inspired me to attend DePauw University. The most meaningful part of my extracurricular experience was working with Dr. Fred Lamar, a new chaplain at the university who arrived in the same year I did. We had the chance to do some work in Indianapolis and involve other students in that work. My little brother followed me to DePauw, and he took a winter term trip to Guatemala with Dr. Lamar to do service work there. The winter term program allowed me to explore the profession I would pursue later in life. DePauw's small classes and opportunities to get involved in different things on a smaller scale with fewer people helped develop my leadership skills and confidence. The camaraderie and sense of involvement with others are my favorite football memories. I was a Sigma Nu. DePauw also gave me an opportunity to work with my father and brother, who were pastors. In my senior year in college, I was the student pastor at Putnamville United Methodist Church, which was ten miles from the campus, and that was a significant role for me. DePauw was a beautiful place with an excellent faculty. My education was a stepping-stone to an excellent graduate school. My favorite professor was a doctor who was educated at Yale. That inspired me to apply there, and I was accepted. I felt very privileged to attend DePauw, and I am very interested that the opportunity for others to go there continues to broaden. I am really glad and grateful the university is reaching out to a much more diverse community that better reflects our country.

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SUSAN SELBY (CORDES) DURING MY COLLEGE SEARCH, I KNEW I WANTED

to attend a small liberal arts college, and given DePauw's outstanding reputation, it was a great contender from the beginning. The more I learned about DePauw, the more intrigued I became. It offered so many opportunities - programs, activities, internships, research opportunities, winter term, and more. On a tour, I was impressed by how beautiful the campus is, and I started to imagine myself as a student there. DePauw had everything I was looking for in a college so that it why I chose to attend. I have so many wonderful memories of my time there, just as I'm sure everyone else has that attended DePauw. As a freshman, I really enjoyed living with some wonderful friends in Longden Hall. I'll never forget how happy I was to open an envelope on Bid Night that said Alpha Phi. I loved living in the big white house, with many truly amazing friends, for the rest of my time at DePauw. Sophomore year, I was able to go on a service trip to El Salvador during winter term. Even though it was years ago now, my memories from that trip are still very strong. I recently had one of the kids we spent time with in El Salvador reach out to me on social media, and it has been so special to reconnect with them again. During winter term my junior year, I had an internship that ultimately led to my career. I feel so fortunate to be in a profession that makes me happy everyday, and it's because of that winter term internship. I'm so grateful that I was able to have these amazing opportunities and experiences, and so many more, because of DePauw.

DR. KATHLEEN CONWAY MY

SISTER

graduated from DePauw four years before I did. Once she got in, I went over to visit her. The campus was a very homey, beautiful campus, and the people were nice. The reputation of the school was really good. It became a place I wanted to go to college. I just enjoyed myself. I went to all the football games. I was one of the few female students who would go to basketball games and actually cheer. The basketball team knew me because I was the only girl in the stands who would yell out at the officials. In Indiana, basketball was very important. I enjoyed the classes. I have a double major in history and philosophy. The whole experience was

fun. I was a member of a sorority. We walked the town and the streets of Greencastle on nonfootball weekends. It was probably a good fivemile route out into the county, which included a couple of covered bridges. It was a beautiful area, beautiful time, and great atmosphere. It was instrumental in preparing me to further my studies. I ended up with five college degrees. If it is possible to do so now, I would still be in college because I enjoy learning. One of the things I learned at DePauw was how I learned and how to make it work for me. I used that at other schools and other fields. Even today, I can't get enough learning. I am taking online courses to try to expand my brain.

07/30/2021

EVERY TIME I

would visit DePauw University with my parents, everybody was very nice, caring, and willing to help. We knew some people at DePauw, so I learned a lot about it before I even decided to go there. Sometimes I talked to friends at other schools who were not having

the experiences I was having, and that verified again that I had made the right choice. I had so many friends at DePauw. Everybody was very helpful and nobody looked down at you. The professors were terrific and made their classes come alive. I still love DePauw.

1955

VIRGINIA “GAIL” WILLIAMS (BARLOW) 07/29/2021

MY GRANDFATHER WAS PAYING THE FREIGHT,

which I was very grateful for, and he picked the circle of schools that he could drive me to. DePauw was in the circle and I had a very good experience. I was a member of a sorority, but I resigned in the sixties. I had a philosophy teacher where I took the last three full classes because of him. I really enjoyed him. I also enjoyed most of my classes. The experience in general was across the board, and I think it broadened my horizons tremendously.

SARAH “SALLY” GRAY (GRASER)

1973

1957

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I HAD A GUIDANCE

counselor in high school who told my mother that DePauw was a great school. I grew up in the Chicago area and while I was at DePauw I lived on campus all four years. I had terrific professors, I made good friends, and it was a very positive experience. I was always interested in history and English, so I majored in history. There were remarkable professors in the history and English departments. They were so interested in their subject

matter and very enthusiastic about it and they were able to convey that enthusiasm to students. I think just the fact that the liberal arts education was so thorough in terms of learning to think critically, write, and speak well was the most important thing about DePauw. It was enough of a positive experience that I encouraged my children to look at DePauw, which they did and they liked what they saw, and they both went to DePauw and graduated.

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I WAS LOOKING FOR A

place that was going to be far enough from home that I could be myself but also close enough that I could go home for breaks and different family gatherings. DePauw was 45 minutes away from my hometown of Greenwood, Ind., so it was perfect for me distance-wise. I was super interested in getting involved at 91.5 WGRE, which was the campus radio station. When I took a tour of the campus, I was told that when I got there, I could get involved right away. That was one of the biggest reasons I wanted to go to that particular university because I knew that at DePauw, unlike some of the bigger universities, you could get experience right away. Keith Stanford from the Office of Admissions called me several times. He knew when I was a senior who was very interested in DePauw, and he showed a very high level of interest in me and really made me feel like a Tiger even before I became a Tiger. It was a combination of a lot of perfect things lining up, the stars definitely aligning. I knew

that when I made the choice to go to DePauw, I was making the right decision. I really loved joining the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and I made lifelong friendships. The first thing that I remember about the social experience is once you became friends with people on campus, you were connected to them for all four years. There was always that level of respect that you had for your classmates. Even though we had a larger class that graduated from DePauw than my senior class in high school, it was still a small enough class that I felt like everybody relatively knew everybody. DePauw helped me understand how people who were different from me lived, and I was able to understand their perspectives and backgrounds. I was able to learn a lot about different religions and socioeconomic settings that people grew up in. I felt like DePauw really helped me become a very well-rounded person. My campus experience with WGRE helped me become the confident broadcaster that I am today.

1974

JENNY S. FERNSLER (ASHBAUGH) 08/20/2021

I TR ANSFERRED TO DEPAUW

University after my sophomore year from Ball State University, where I was in the nursing program. My husband and I were living in Indianapolis, and the nursing program at DePauw offered the best transfer credits. It was a practical choice when compared to other nursing programs in Indianapolis at the time. I was the only married student in the class and we also did not have any males in our class. The other students all lived in a dorm, Weill Hall, near Methodist Hospital. I was a commuter student. Even though the other students had been taking classes together for two years and I was a new student, they were really welcoming. All of the nursing professors were really good. They prioritized critical thinking and leadership, so that no matter what setting we might find ourselves after graduation, we could learn and adapt. We were exposed to different kinds of departments in the hospital.

08/10/2021

MARVIN WHITMORE WAS A CHURCH MEMBER IN

my hometown of Michigan City and the executive at Bethlehem Steel where my father worked for 30 years. Even though he was in management and dad was in labor, they were pretty good friends in the church. Marvin was also on the board of directors of DePauw at the time. He suggested, knowing that I was a pretty good student, that I might take a look at it. I was a state officer with a youth organization through the Masons, and we had our annual conclave at DePauw, so I was very familiar with the campus. I applied and got accepted. I also came to find out how many people I knew who went there when I let them know that I was going there. The more I knew about it, the more I liked it. I had two main activities at DePauw. I was in choir for all four years and had a great time there. I was also a sports guy, and I was the sports director for two years. Then I was a sportscaster and DJ for all four years at WGRE and was a member of the first DePauw news team on Channel 19. We had a weekly news magazine called Evening Edition. When I found out that DePauw had WGRE, that was a major motivation for me. I really wanted to be involved with the radio station, which I did. I had so many great memories going out to football, basketball, and baseball games. When I got out of college, I was fortunate enough to win a couple of awards. I got a bit of a dose of reality and got sidetracked from doing that for a while. After ten years, the opportunity came, and I was able to get back into broadcasting for the past 20 years. I've been doing it for high school, mostly football, but I've also done baseball. I got to call state championships for baseball, girls softball, and a lot of football championships. That all goes back to DePauw. If I hadn't been given the opportunity at DePauw and allowed to make mistakes and grow, I would never have been able to do those things.

SARA A. TAYLOR (JONES)

1979

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RHETT N. COCHRAN

08/16/2021

I WAS LOOKING AT THREE

different schools when I was ready to go to college. I visited the DePauw campus and really liked it. It seemed a whole lot more comfortable than any of the bigger schools. DePauw accepted my application and my audition to the School of Music, so I decided I wanted to go there. In my freshman year, the university built the new Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts to replace the old four-story building that got torn down. It was a great experience being in that old building. We were so pleased that the school was able to build the new center for us. I had a lot of good times in that building.

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I HAD A FRIEND THAT I RESPECTED

a great deal that was going to DePauw. I did not even apply to any place else, so I don't know what I would have done if DePauw hadn't accepted me. My four years at DePauw were a huge maturing process for me. I learned a great deal socially and academically. Upon graduation, I was hired by my school district to teach on a temporary permit. I went to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich., to do student teaching which then enabled me to get a teaching certificate in Indiana. After marriage to Ron Busby and several months of European travel, I took time off to raise our four children. When our youngest was beginning high school, I decided to be a substitute teacher which I thoroughly enjoyed for 15 years even though being available at a moment's notice was somewhat difficult. For most of my adult life, I have had a job playing piano and organ at churches which remains my passion at age 81. I am very proud to have graduated from DePauw.

ONE OF THE DECIDING FACTORS FOR ME WAS THAT

DePauw had a program where students could attend American University in Washington D.C. for a semester. Dr. Clifton Phillips was brilliant and pretty liberal compared to the campus, which was pretty conservative. I was a member of the Young Democrat's organization on campus. There were only six of us in the club and one of the other five members was Vernon Jordan, who was a senior when I was a freshman. DePauw helped me gain a lot of confidence and I know it helped me get a job. After I got out of the service, I applied for a job in international personnel work. My boss eventually hired me, and the reason he hired me as I was the only one with an application or a resume that indicated an interest in international activities. I had been secretary of the international relations club at DePauw, and it was a highlight of my time on campus too. My second job was in human resources and I also served in the US Army Intelligence. DePauw certainly helped me to grow up. It helped me mature, so it consequently was helpful in my future successes. Obviously the education was good. In fact, Professor Raymond Pence was our English composition instructor and he was instrumental in my success, so I could express myself in writing anyway.

1955

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students go to colleges that are wellpresented to the senior class. There must have been four or five of us from our high school who did go to DePauw as freshmen. I also had a family friend, who had a very good friend who went to DePauw. She was five years older than me, but I remember meeting with her before deciding where to go. She regaled me with stories about the campus, which influenced me. She was already out by the time I enrolled at DePauw. I grew up as an only child, so it

was an exciting thing living in a big dorm. I lived in Rector Hall, and it was great having all these new friends. I pledged and joined a sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, and I am still in touch with three girls from my class. I joined a swimming ballet group called Naiad. I also did some other sports, like field hockey and volleyball. We had a volleyball tournament every year, where the sororities played against one another in a round robin, which was a lot of fun. I also had the opportunity to live in five different places during my four years. I lived in Rector

Hall as a freshman. My sophomore year I lived in the old Alpha Chi house and the annex. Junior year saw us living first in the old SAE house, the SAE's had purchased the old AX house, and then we moved into our brand new AXO house after Thanksgiving vacation. Senior year of course was spent in the new house! I had a very good liberal arts education at DePauw. I majored in psychology and minored in sociology. After I graduated, I came back to the area where I had grown up, Chicagoland, and found my first job there.

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NORMAN L. MORFORD A MAN NAMED TOM

Sargent, who was ahead of me in high school, inspired me to go to DePauw. He was a bright guy who was a member of Phi Delta Theta and I stayed there during my campus visit. My experience at DePauw was unique and can't be repeated because I lived in an old sorority house that had gone bankrupt during the Depression. The university had bought it and turned it into a residence hall, which they named Locust Manor. It was smaller than the other dorms. The main floor had a large living room plus eight rooms with two men assigned to each room. The second floor rooms weren't large enough for beds, so we made the third floor the dormitory with all the beds. In my senior year, men could no longer live there, so we moved to the larger men's dorm, Longden Hall, and I shared a room with two other men. Our room was large, so it became a place where everyone

came to talk. I was on good terms with DePauw's president at that time, and was invited to work at his home and serve meals on the wait staff. I was also head waiter at one of the girls' dorms my junior and senior years. I liked the good quality of instruction at DePauw and thought we had a lot of fun. At DePauw, a lot of social life was centered around fraternities and sororities, but I was not a member of a fraternity but belonged to the Men's Hall Association. Much of their activities were based at Longden Hall, and we would have dances and other fun events. My wife, whom I met at DePauw, and I were most attracted to the concerts at DePauw. For years, the university hosted nationally famous classical musicians who would spend a week at DePauw working with the students. Then the visiting musicians would perform in concert at the end of their stay. What wonderful memories of my time at DePauw.

DAMIEN A. BENDER I WENT TO A

small high school, and I liked the idea of going to a college with a smaller community. I still maintain close friendships with most people I met at DePauw. The alumni network is so strong that I can go to various events and always see somebody from DePauw. I've been to Europe, visiting and traveling, and I would see somebody

from DePauw, feel a connection, and want to talk to them. As a student, I took advantage of going off campus internationally for a semester. I was able to earn credits for my double major by studying English literature and psychology while I was in England. I'm in Indianapolis now working for a large hospital organization.

1970

RANDY W. HILDEBRANDT 08/10/2021

2004

ASHLEE MARIE WALSH (NISLEY) 08/10/2021

I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CAMPUS WHEN

Celebrating our sixth anniversary in Naples, Fla. in February 2021

I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH, AND THE QUALITY

of the education at DePauw University was really important to me. They were able to give me a Rector Scholarship that helped pay for my tuition while I was there. I also really wanted to go to a smaller school instead of a large state school. Those were the three primary reasons I chose to attend DePauw. What stood out to me was the quality of the professors, and the seriousness of the students who attended in getting a good education. It was a good educational environment. I changed my major in my sophomore year from physics to economics. I did well and enjoyed that major.

I came to shadow as a senior in high school and definitely had that 'I just knew' feeling. I had narrowed my college choices down to three, but DePauw was the only one at which I had auditioned for the school of music. I was thrilled to be able to study voice and music while still being able to benefit from liberal arts classes I loved. Literature and psychology were some of my favorites. As far as what made DePauw memorable, I think often about how special it was to live with my best friends. Life on campus was exciting and comfortable all at the same time, and there's never been another time in my life quite like it. It was my home for four wonderful years. I have memories of dance team, memories of the basketball and football games, late nights at Marvin's, Sunday shopping trips to Walmart, lots of studying, Senior dinners, formals and semi-formals, winter term trips, and so much more. I still keep in very close contact with my best friends from DePauw, and we see each other about once a year. None of us live anywhere near each other, but we still make an effort to get together, and I think that is very special.

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GRAYSON J. HONNEN 08/13/2021

I HAD A FAMILY FRIEND WHO WENT TO

DePauw. I lived with my mother while I was in college. They said that it was a great school, and they had great alumni. It was kind of a gem of the Midwest. I went to a college fair where I met the amazing college admissions advisor. He was fantastic, and I really liked him. I gave him my credentials, and he felt that it was a good fit. DePauw offered to fly me out and have the whole visit for the Honor Scholar weekend, so that was enticing. I would be open to taking an opportunity like that, so I flew out and met some really good people. I applied, and DePauw was very generous with the merit scholarship they gave me. I got into a couple academic programs too. Fraternities in general were more of an academic brotherhood. It was great to make some great bonds with outstanding individuals, make some connections and have some fun along the way. That was a big pillar of college life, especially because it was a small school. It was important to surround yourself with good individuals. I graduated during COVID-19 last year, and so I moved back home. I got employed last August, and I work in software sales here in San Diego.

1952

DR. JOSEPH “JOE” H. MANHART 08/18/2021

MY FATHER WAS A PROFESSOR AT

DePauw, and I did not have to pay tuition, so that was a pretty easy decision. I tried football my freshman year, although I did not have experience in football, and that was interesting. I was also on the freshman basketball team, and I enjoyed intramural sports. My chemistry professors were very good. I was also a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and it was interesting to work with the brothers. After one year in graduate school, the draft board decided that they needed me. I was in the Army for two years, and then I came back to DePauw. I worked on a doctorate at Ohio State, and since my family was in Greencastle, I visited there frequently. I found a young lady there, and we got married. We were married for 60 years. DePauw was an introduction to the world and to other people. I attended a lot of alumni weekends at DePauw over quite a few years. It was very good to come back to Phi Kappa Psi every year, and it was interesting to meet some of the older members.

1977 Waiting out the pandemic

I CHOSE DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

because it was preferable over a large campus. Having been raised in Indiana, I was aware of DePauw's reputation and some of the notable people who had attended in the past. In particular, Margaret Mead, who was only at DePauw for one year but went on to become a world famous anthropologist. I'm sure it was that first year at DePauw that set her on her course. I was in the Delta Tau Delta house for a year and a half, and then I lived off-campus. Looking back it was a mix of fun and much

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angst, which I guess is not uncommon to young people on their own for the first time. Many of the people I met during my first year at DePauw were so bright and well-read. I think I was a bit intimidated, and I just knew I was the only one who felt this way. I've always been grateful that the professors during my time at DePauw were top-notch. Professor Ralph Raymond in political science comes to mind. In fact, many of the professors were impressive, just as they are today. Other names from that era that come to mind are Professor Byron

Daynes in political science, Professor Keith Opdahl in English, and Professor James Cooper in history. I am still in touch with a few of the people I met at DePauw. Some of the guys claim we invented Frisbee Golf, and I don't doubt them. We also may have set an Indiana collegiate record for longest uninterrupted game of three-man Euchre. Every once in awhile, I'll be walking and I'll think about those times and I smile. The DePauw years loom large in my memory; it was an important time in my life.

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I CHOSE DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BECAUSE THEY HAD

a music school. I lived on campus, and I was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi. My time at DePauw was wonderful, especially meeting new friends and living in a different part of the country. It was a very pleasant college experience. I enjoyed everyone at the music school and I sang in some of the choral groups. I enjoyed my science and history professors. My favorite memory is the people I met and learned with. I was an elementary school teacher for 32 years. My bachelor's degree in elementary education was what I used as a baseline. I have a master's degree in education, and I almost had my doctoral degree. I participated in a lot of workshops and taught a lot of people. I was just a typical teacher.

1964

ALAN R. BRILL 07/26/2021

I WAS GOING TO BE AN ENGINEER, AND THEN I

decided maybe I'd rather be a liberal arts person. I thought maybe Wabash should be the place, so I spent the weekend up in Wabash. When I was driving from Evansville, I drove through Greencastle and saw that it had girls, so I said, 'Maybe I'd come to DePauw.' One of my professors there was Perk Allen, and he was an incredible accounting professor. He recommended that I go to Harvard business school. I was on the cross-country and track teams. Joining Delta Chi was a fantastic experience. DePauw was isolated within Greencastle because it was the only thing there. The living units were all sub worlds of DePauw, and it was just a great development.

1959

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DR. ROBERT L. SIEBEN 07/28/2021

MY OLDER BROTHER, RICHARD,

went to DePauw University and was an exchange student to Holland. I was three years behind him and I basically entered DePauw as a sophomore, because I earned credits in my high school in Evanston, Ill., which was one of the top undergrad high schools. I spent half of my junior year in Heidelberg, Germany and the other half of the year learning at the Free University of Berlin, which was an incredible experience.

KATHY J. HOFFMAN (ROMACK)

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1972

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I HAD A COUPLE OF HIGH SCHOOL

friends who were also considering going to DePauw University. They visited and liked the feel of the campus. I agreed it was such a beautiful campus, which also felt comfortable. I liked DePauw's academic focus. I decided on DePauw when I was awarded scholarships that would allow me to attend. I am glad that I did. DePauw was a good experience because I was a reserved person but I became more comfortable socially there. I interacted with different people. I enjoyed the professors I had, the friends I made, and the hobbies I still do.

1965 August 2021

I'M FROM SOUTH BEND, IND.,

and I had a friend who later left Massachusetts, where I now live, to become assistant superintendent of schools in South Bend. She once asked me where I went to college, and when I said DePauw, she said, 'Oh, you MUST have been smart!' It happened that in my first year four other valedictorians from South Bend besides me were also enrolled at DePauw - because that's what you did if you were a smart kid in South Bend, you went to DePauw! I started DePauw as a chemistry major, because after Sputnik, smart kids were supposed to become scientists so we could beat the Russians. I was terrible at chemistry;

DR. SARA JANE LENNOX (KING) 08/10/2021

I destroyed all my clothes with the chemicals in the lab. I was also enrolled in German courses because scientists were supposed to learn German, and it turned out I was good at German. I also discovered that if I became a German major, I could spend my junior year abroad. I went to Germany my junior year, and the rest is history: after eventually receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, I taught German at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for 38 years. One of my fondest memories of DePauw dates from 2006, when I came back to DePauw to give a talk, and three of my favorite professors, Dr. Baughman in history, Dr. Gustavsson in philosophy,

and Dr. Welliver in German, all longretired, came to the talk and sat in the first row. I was so touched that now I could be lecturing to them. I was also very honored that in 2012, the year I retired from UMass, DePauw gave me an honorary doctorate at graduation, and again it seemed to me at that point that my life had amazingly come full circle. It also happened that I met my husband to be, Frank Lennox, at DePauw, and, though we didn't stay married, he was a very important part of my life and the father of our wonderful son Jonathan, and that's something else for which I'll always be grateful to DePauw.

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ALEX SCOTT LOPATKA, PH.D. 08/10/2021

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY WAS THE

best financial choice for my family and I at the time. I really liked the School of Music, and I appreciated that I could get my bachelor of arts while at the same time playing saxophone in the University Band and Jazz Ensemble. I loved the nature park and visited it regularly, for hiking, studying, and events that were held there. I had a lot of fun and met a lot of people at DePauw. I learned a lot and was involved with various organizations. The degree I got through the geoscience department helped me get into the University of Maryland. Studying science helped me get to the job I have now as a science magazine editor.

2003

ERIC ROBERT FRANCOIS 07/27/2021

BEING MORE INTROVERTED IN THE SENSE THAT I

didn't want to attend a big school and was apprehensive about moving away, I thought DePauw was a good fit. I visited the campus twice before committing to the university. DePauw's financial aid ended up being better than that from some of the bigger schools in the state, so I'm happy I chose DePauw. My time as a DePauw student was very enjoyable. I liked the small campus atmosphere and a car wasn't a necessity. I'm from a small town, so DePauw just felt like home. Eating at Marvin's, having fun at the Fluttering Duck, keeping up with grades, and achieving a college degree were my favorite times on campus. I hardly knew anyone in my freshman year but I met and got to know people quickly. DePauw has a small, friendly atmosphere that is not overwhelming in size. Everyone seemed well picked and vetted for admission. I was part of a pretty strong student body. I liked Douglas Harms, my computer science professor, and Professor Richard Smock, my mathematics major mentor. I work for Cummins now where I started in IT then moved to the Engineering Business Group. I have applied my college degree in my career, and I'm happy for that.

DePauw helped to provide me with a firm foundation of rich and diverse experiences to excel in two different careers and in life. - Anne C. Thomas '95

I got a good foundation in voice production from May Agnes Strong at DePauw. - Barbara Joan Gustern (Maier) '56

I played several times at the Kennedy Center in Washington and the Montclair Women's Big Band traveled to Los Angeles for the Grammys in 2012. - Christy L. Dana, DM '74

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RICHARD “DICK” G. WHITTINGTON WHEN I HEARD ABOUT DEPAUW, I LOOKED

to see where it ranked and based my decision on that. I changed my major from pre-med to economics a year after I had enrolled. In my social life, I pretty much stuck to my fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and the people in it. I was an only child so fraternity life was quite an experience. After graduation, I was accepted into the Navy Supply Corps. I spent 22 years in the Navy and reached the rank of captain. That was a wonderful experience during which I made some nice friendships. After the Navy, I went into logistics, eventually becoming president of a small logistics company. I became the material officer for an elite women's hospital in Washington D.C. I moved around a bit and spent two years in Burma. I spent another two years in Japan where I was supply officer of a nuclear cruiser ship. I do not regret going to DePauw. I do not feel that my career was spectacular compared to that of others, but I enjoyed it. Now I am old and retired.

ERIN M. RECORDS (HINKLE) I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE THEY HAD A

Cooperative Nursing Program with Franklin College. The nursing program was in Indianapolis, and I transferred into the program, so I was not on DePauw's campus much. When I transferred to DePauw, I was focused on nursing. I had some excellent nursing professors and felt like I had an excellent nursing education there as I continued in nursing. I became involved with nursing education at a hospital that I still work at and helped to orient and train new employees. I feel like I was well prepared, and I also feel like the other DePauw grads were very well prepared and had such a good nursing background. I felt like I had good class training and didactic training, but I also had good clinical training. The liberal arts background and the nursing training that I had at DePauw helped me see the bigger picture and think more broadly in regards to patient care and what's going on with the patient.

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STEPHEN W. BRIDGE 07/26/2021

I REALLY LIKED THE FACT THAT WHEN WE GOT

out of DePauw a lot of us thought we knew what we were going to do and then changed our mind. We started coming back to reunions as someone different from what we were in high school and college. We figured out more about what the world was. I was glad to see that the education we got at DePauw allowed us to go beyond parochial. One thing that was really good was I scored high on the graduate record exam. DePauw really forced us to take courses in everything. You got to know the different professors and you got exposed to a lot of different patterns. That really helped me do well on the graduate record exam. The varied education that DePauw offered was something that certainly made a lot of difference in my life. I was a speech major at DePauw, and I became a librarian. I realized when I was at DePauw, I was the one who always went with my friends to show

them how to use the library. As I got more into it, I realized that my brain was organized the way the library was organized. As a speech major I didn't have any trouble talking to people. I actually became a children's librarian. I had one other personal career that came from all the things I learned at DePauw as well. I took four years off from being a librarian and moved out to Arizona. I was the president of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, which was a nonprofit group that did research into cryonics. It was freezing people for the future. That was something that I learned at DePauw - that you want to know as much as you can, so that you have options. I also was prepared to do things differently when my wife and I adopted two daughters from Vietnam. The world seems like a big place, but my DePauw education helped me make it smaller.

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visiting DePauw University and thinking it had such a lovely campus. As a singer, I was interested in the School of Music. I also wanted to be a doctor and knew DePauw had a really good science program. Everybody at DePauw was friendly. I fell in love with President Russell Humbert when I first met him on my visit to DePauw. He was just so welcoming, personable and enthusiastic about the university. I lived on campus as a student and was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. I also participated in the psychology club and many of the musical events. I made a lot of

wonderful friends. May Agnes Strong, my voice teacher at DePauw, was always very encouraging. I am an only child and the only one in my family to get a college education. After DePauw, I came to New York and went to Columbia University. I received a master's degree in psychology and was in the Ph.D. program for counseling psychology. I finished all my coursework then started singing while I worked as an assistant placement director at Hunter College. I continued my singing career and became very well known as a voice teacher. I got a good foundation in voice production from May Agnes Strong at DePauw.

MARY GRACE LYMAN (SPENCER)

1961

1956

BARBARA JOAN GUSTERN (MAIER)

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MY FATHER WAS

a Methodist minister, so we looked for Methodistrelated schools. Then two boys out of my group thought it was a good school. I came for a spring visit, and I liked it, so I decided to apply. I was the vice president of the Student Government. I was also involved in WGRE, where I did news, supervision, and a weekly talk show. I interviewed campus leaders, and I got the bulletins of all the local churches every week. I developed lots of leadership skills which served me well. I

became a public school teacher, and I taught mathematics for four years. Then I took some time out for my children before I went back to work. I administered adult education for the United Methodist Women across the United States for more than 20 years. There were 20,000 people who took the courses during the year. I did everything from choosing topics, developing studies, and hiring people in various conferences around the country. It was a wonderful job.

2000

ELIZABETH HOPE RICHARDS (GROVER) 08/09/2021

I AM ORIGINALLY

from Minnesota. I wanted to go somewhere else for college so I looked at small liberal arts colleges in other states. The first time I set foot on the DePauw campus was great, and along the way, all the faculty and staff there were fabulous. Their mentoring and supportive relationships continued throughout my time

at DePauw. My liberal arts education made me learn how to learn and be inquisitive. It was a great foundational skill set to move forward in life. I work in human resources now. My degree in psychology and business taught me to focus not just on one factor, but on multiple ones. I smile when I think of the relationships I had with people at DePauw.

1978

BARRY A. DUNNE, JR. 08/10/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW

because it has a good academic reputation in Chicago. I got a Rector Scholarship and a full scholarship to play football as a defensive halfback. My dad was in Delta in Michigan, so it was one of the reasons why I was also in Delta Tau Delta. I was one of two guys from my pledge class to live in the house for four years. There were lots of different personalities and activities, so I had to be adaptive and flexible. I also got the discipline of going to Roy O. West Library every day to study. I really liked Professor Ralph Raymond in the political science department. He challenged me and pushed

me outside the box. Professor Marcia McKelligan was also very good; she opened my eyes to religion. Professor Rod Clifford was fantastic in history because he talked about things I had not thought of. DePauw was a very fine school, and I had a good experience. It helped me not to be afraid of the challenges in life, stick with them, and work hard. My first job out of college was with Procter & Gamble Company, and I lived in Japan for three years. My time at DePauw set me off on a very good career path, and I would not have had that experience without DePauw.

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played all the intermural sports and worked in the radio station. I went there and had no problems telling prospective students about what they wanted to know. My brother also came and played football, so I

had a grand experience. I eventually ended up at the University of Nebraska and got a master's degree in anthropology. I was a staff archeologist there and taught classes in anthropology.

SUSAN R. BECK (RISK)

1960

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a smaller school, which wasn't very far from West Lafayette where I was born. I became president of the Alpha Gamma Delta chapter my senior year; it was quite a lot of fun. I graduated with a teaching career and

went on to teach, so that was a very fine experience. It has been a very good experience to get a teaching degree. DePauw was a grand place to meet very good people and to get an excellent education.

JULIE CONNLEY (SIEGLER) I WAS INSPIRED TO

attend DePauw because it was a small, private school, and I was very fortunate that my parents were able to afford to send me. It was only about two and a half hours from home, and it had a great reputation for its nursing program. The professors and the way they

taught us made an impression on me. The whole experience was especially good for me. They helped me to be able to succeed in a lifelong dream of mine to become a registered nurse and a director of nursing someday at a long-term care facility.

1966

BETH DALTON (HUNTER) 08/13/2021

IT WAS MY FATHER'S wisdom that I get my bachelor's degree in nursing. I was interviewed by DePauw University's dean and got an early acceptance. My close friendships from DePauw stand out to me. I have stayed very close to Freddie. I really appreciated that once I started practice as a nurse, my DePauw education opened

doors for me. I began working at Emory University Hospital, where people who had a college degree earned a great deal of respect. I learned things at DePauw and had opportunities that I don't think I would have had from a three-year program. My overall DePauw experience was amazing and projected me forward.

1971

KATHY A. CLARK 1964 (THORNBURGH) JAMES Y. MCCULLOUGH, M.D. 08/13/2021

I CAME FROM A large high school in Indianapolis, and I wanted a little more intimate college experience. I wanted to be a nurse, and at that time, DePauw fit the bill. I lived in a dorm my freshman year called Rector Hall. I was in the School of Nursing, and I was a member of a sorority. I will always be grateful for and will never forget the time between my junior and senior years. My father died. He owned a business and was paying my tuition, so I came to a sudden stop. He died in June of 1969. I called the dean of women and left a message. I said I was no longer going to be

able to return for my senior year because I didn't have the financial means to do it. In less than 24 hours, I got a phone call from DePauw saying it was unacceptable and they were not going to allow that. They gave me scholarships to return. I was never financially indebted, and everything they gave me for that senior year was forgiven when I graduated. I tell everybody to this day what a wonderful university DePauw is, and how they saved my life. I became a bedside nurse and then a nurse manager. I went back and got my master's degree in healthcare administration and became a hospital CEO.

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MY FATHER WAS A

physician, and he had a partner that went to DePauw. He talked me into applying there. Greencastle was a small, friendly community which I enjoyed. One of my best experiences at DePauw was in a biology course taught by Dr. James Gammon. A group of us went down to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee on a trip over spring vacation. It was very enjoyable. I enjoyed attending all the campus events, athletics in particular, and participated in intramural athletics. After I graduated from DePauw, I took some postgraduate courses at the University of Arizona, then spent time in the Army Reserve. I attended the University of Louisville Medical School, and completed my surgical residency in Arizona at Maricopa County Hospital. I practiced general surgery in New Albany, Ind., for 32 years. I look back at my time at DePauw fondly.

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to DePauw, and I talked to her. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority and she encouraged me to visit. I visited and I was hosted by a member of the Delta Zeta sorority who helped to have a positive influence on my visit to campus. Everyone was so friendly on campus. The faculty I met and all the people I interacted with were really welcoming. I researched the academic components as well, but the deciding factor was the welcoming environment on campus. I had the opportunity to be involved in leadership roles with my sorority, the student newspaper, the campus radio station and winter term because it was a smaller university. It had a positive influence on liberal arts education. My degree is English writing and I have served in various communications roles throughout my career. I am currently a director of brand communications and I am also a magazine editor for a nonprofit.

1970

JOHN F. LIECHTY 08/10/2021

AT THE TIME I ATTENDED

DePauw, it was a Methodist affiliated university. My parents were religious folks, and so my father inspired me to go. I also played baseball at DePauw. The coach of the baseball team had written to me when I was in high school. They invited me to come, and it made me feel like I was really welcome. It was a small school

and not too far from Evanston, Ill., where my parents lived. It made my dad happy by going to a Methodistaffiliated school. I went on and got an MBA at the University of Michigan. I majored in economics at DePauw, and it gave me a really good foundation. A lot of the things I learned back then, I still apply in my daily life today.

MICHAEL “MIKE” C. HENN

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JEAN LLOYD (GILENO)

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I WANTED TO PLAY SPORTS

and football, but I could not do it at a bigger institution. I wanted to go somewhere unique and different. DePauw gave a small stipend for playing sports, and obviously a quality education made me decide to go there. I ended up only playing football for a year and then became the play-by-play guy for DePauw. I was a communication major. I was in football, basketball, and broadcasting at DePauw. I also worked with WGRE radio, and joined Phi Gamma Delta. I love DePauw with all my heart. I am a big fan, and love that place dearly, fortunately the rivalry for Wabash never goes away. I have been in the sports industry for 40 years now. I was with the Indiana Pacers of the NBA for 27 years, and did hockey for a couple of years. I am now working with Indy Eleven, which is the professional soccer team in Indianapolis. I'm one of two employees that are still there from the start of the franchise.

1960

MARILYN M. DILORETO (MEYER) 07/29/2021

I'M ORIGINALLY FROM

Michigan, I wanted a mid-sized school, and I had heard wonderful things about DePauw, so it seemed to be a good fit for me. As a student, I enjoyed being a member of Alpha Chi Omega, working with both the Presbyterian church and another church in Greencastle, and participating in DePauw theater. My English and history classes were wonderful. I liked using the library tremendously. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago with two other DePauw graduates where we had a wonderful entry into careers in education. DePauw has been an entryway into many jobs I've had since then. After about four years in Chicago, I went back to Michigan to get my master's degree. I taught in Michigan for several years. Then I got married and moved to

Virginia where I've been ever since. I worked at the Pentagon before returning to teaching. This time, I had a whole theater for myself to teach kids. I became a guidance counselor and thoroughly enjoyed that. I transferred to another school division to become a director of guidance. For about 20 years I enjoyed helping high school kids choose their college. Some of these were exchange students, so I met kids from all over the United States and also Europe. After I retired as a director of guidance, I enjoyed 30 years of working at the Kennedy Center. What I learned at DePauw allowed me to make these various career changes. My DePauw experiences stayed with me all my life. I appreciate the people I met there.

1984

JENNIFER L. NORMAN (WALTER) 08/10/2021

Alpha Gamma Delta sisters celebrated my marriage to David Norman in Sept. 2021; treasured friends!

I WENT TO DEPAUW FOR A CHOIR

contest, and it was just so beautiful. It looked like what I thought of when I thought of college. I just really liked the beauty of the campus, and it also had a good reputation. I researched it and decided I would like to go there. I liked the personal attention and the small class size. It was very valuable, and I also had more access to the labs and the resources at the science building. DePauw had a great impact on my career. I've been working as a chemist my whole life. I went to work at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company two weeks after I graduated, and I worked my entire career at Goodyear. I am happy to say that I recently retired with 37 years of service. One of the best experiences I had at DePauw was my sorority. I was at Alpha Gamma Delta and we had quite an amazing group of girls my year. We have stayed in touch and have gotten together on our own several times for our own little reunions. It has just been a marvelous experience.

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in the Midwest, and when we came to visit DePauw, I liked it. I was an education major, and DePauw had a good education department. I was an Alpha Gamma Delta sorority member, and I still keep in contact with sorority sisters that I met then. I graduated with a BA in elementary education and went on to be an elementary school teacher for 35 years. I earned my master's degree and became a reading specialist. I retired in 2018.

1965

B. “MIKE” MICHAEL PISANI 08/18/2021

I TRANSFERRED TO DEPAUW FROM LAFAYETTE

College, and I had a pretty good experience there. I did well academically when I moved, and I got to know some of the professors. I also got interested in Russian literature, but I did other literature too. I had very high math scores on my SATs, but I ended up as a literature major, and that worked out well. My future wife was there, and we were married at the end of my stint at DePauw. We had four wonderful children. I was a member of Sigma Alpha. I might not have been able to do what I ended up doing if I hadn't gone to college. I ended up in finance on Wall Street, and I was quite successful. I ended up having a very small firm in Wall Street after a couple of years and was doing quite well. I am doing some volunteering and enjoying singing in a couple of choirs.

CHRISTY L. DANA, D.M.

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Music Camp in Interlochen, Mich. I auditioned for a scholarship there for DePauw University. I was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, and they had the most independent women who knew their own minds. We were there to go to college and not just to be in a sorority. DePauw gave me an adequate grounding in music to continue in graduate school. I played in the Napa Valley Symphony and other regional orchestras, in the Montclair Women's Big Band and I had my own group, the Christy Dana Quintet, which put out a CD. I was also in The Women's Philharmonic, which was a Bay Area orchestra that was active from mid 1980s to early 2000. I played several times at the Kennedy Center in Washington and the Montclair Women's Big Band traveled to Los Angeles for the Grammys in 2012. It wasn't the televised Grammys, but it was a Grammy event a few days before that. DePauw was a steppingstone to a successful career in music.

1975

MARIANNA WRIGHT (SOAPER) 08/10/2021

DEPAUW, BEING A

small well-rounded college, was not too far from home, and I knew several other students who had attended and loved it. I liked the association it had with fraternities and sororities. At the time, about 80% of the student body seemed to pledge, and I welcomed that type of atmosphere. I had always loved math, and Dr. Gass was my first math instructor there, and one of my favorites, which led to my majoring in math. Computers also interested me which back then were not like the computers today! The old Fortran computer programs were run with index cards - my how things have changed! I pledged Kappa Alpha Theta my freshman year and enjoyed the sorority life until graduation. Many of my sisters are now lifelong friends. First semester my junior year was spent studying abroad in Athens,

Greece. It was a great opportunity and a wonderful learning experience. Upon graduation, Old National Bank in Evansville, Ind., hired me and I became the first woman in management training there. Following a year of indoctrination, I chose residential mortgage lending as my expertise. My education at DePauw definitely prepared me for future achievements. By setting goals, working hard, and doing my best; I felt success would follow. With confidence, knowledge and a positive attitude realized, I embarked into our tri-state community volunteering in many organizations in which I continue today. I've had the opportunity to meet and work with so many interesting people in all walks of life and attribute that to my education at DePauw University; it was a great overall experience.

1968

CHERYL S. KINSINGER 08/10/2021

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DePauw University because I liked what I saw when I visited the campus. DePauw had a good history department, which wa s my m ajo r. Af ter graduation my supervisor at the company where I was working hired

me. He was very impressed I graduated from DePauw and commented that it was a good school. My DePauw education helped me get my last job. I always smile when I remember I graduated from DePauw.

1956

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reputation as a university with a good chemistry department and also because I qualified for the Edward Rector Scholarship. Math professors made mathematics enjoyable for me. After DePauw I went on to graduate school and got a Ph.D. in biochemistry.

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I WENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE, IND.

When we started high school, we were labeled as college prep. DePauw University had a program for pre-med. I went there because they had a very high success rate to be admitted to medical school back then. It was tough to get into a wonderful medical school, and I needed to have a good program. All the pre-med courses were good. I had a counselor to go and talk to, and he was my favorite person. My favorite professor was the director of our band. I spent four years in the marching and concert band in percussion. The band director was great. I also liked the orchestra director, but the band director was the best.

It wasn't an interview. I remember it snowed a lot on the way back. I met my first wife there. My interest was science. I went there as a pre-med and left as a chemistry major. Dr. Howard Burkett in the chemistry department helped me figure out what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted to be a chemist. I studied chemistry and had a 40-hour chemistry major, and that served me very well because I went on from DePauw to get a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Illinois. I went to Baylor to be a postdoctoral fellow, and I got hired within a year. I subsequently came to Houston, where I was on the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine for over 40 years. I rose to the rank of full professor. The GRE was certainly important to get into grad school in science anywhere. It was helpful to have that as far as launching my career. I also studied organ and music at DePauw, which I enjoyed greatly while being a chemistry major. All of these things would not have been possible without such a strong background in science and chemistry. I did a fair amount of work in curriculum design and got involved in technology, both in fellow and resident education as well as undergraduate medical education. I retired about two years ago, and I'm now running my own consulting company. I felt that DePauw ranked with the best small liberal arts schools anywhere in any state. People that took a rigorous curriculum at DePauw ended up being as well educated as anybody I've ever seen.

1995

ANNE C. THOMAS 08/02/2021

CHARLES RICHARDSON RECRUITED ME AND A

lot of other African Americans in my class, which I believe was one of the largest African American recruiting classes at the time. I visited DePauw University in the spring of 1991 and felt like it was a community where I could be a part of it and grow. I wanted something small where I wouldn't just be a number and where I would know my professors and they would know me. I certainly got that during my time at DePauw. Professors Jeff McCall and Robert Dawson made indelible impressions on me. Professor Larry Sutton was my advisor, and I remember him encouraging me when I was struggling with the decision to withdraw from a class. Part of the reason why I chose DePauw was because I could go to professors and say, 'Hey, this is a challenge for me, could

I get help with this?' I was initiated into the Pi Lambda chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated in the fall of 1992. I made lifelong friendships with women that are my sorors. We are still connected, which is really nice. I studied abroad in Bogota, Colombia, in the spring of 1994 and that was a life-changing experience that opened up the world to me in a different way. After graduation in 1995, I worked in corporate communications for 15 years in Chicago and Memphis before transitioning to my current field of counseling. I earned a master's in counseling in 2013 and am a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed professional counselor in the state of Tennessee. DePauw helped to provide me with a firm foundation of rich and diverse experiences to excel in two different careers and in life.

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that was featured at my high school, so I looked it over. I had friends who were going to Purdue, and I didn't want that big university. I liked the looks of DePauw, and it was the right size school for me. I had a good experience. I was in the freshmen hall the first year and then pledged Delta Zeta and moved into the house my sophomore year. I made some really good friends there. I majored in English. Most of my friends were in the education courses; they knew what they wanted to do. I took English and emphasized English composition because I enjoyed writing. I took part in the experimental curriculum that was going on at the time where I had a smattering of small courses in all sorts of things. I was active in WGRE, and I ran the children's program for some time. It was only a five watt station, so I didn't think anybody was listening and didn't have a lot of shyness about speaking on a microphone. When I finished college, I looked for a job with that kind of an idea in mind on radio or TV. I got a job at a radio-TV station in Terre Haute, Ind. It was a glorified secretarial job, and I was glad that I took some typing and shorthand in my last year of college. After I was married and had two children, we moved to Georgia, and I got a job as an elementary school secretary. I did that because I wanted to have the same hours and holidays as my kids, but I found that it was a multifaceted job. I had to be the registrar, the purchasing agent, the insurance guru, the principal's secretary, the bookkeeper, and the school nurse. It helped that I was good in English because I often had to correct the teachers' spelling if they were sending out notices. Even though I was only the secretary, I had a good position in school. I worked there for 22 years before I retired. It was good to have the background of a graduate of DePauw. I still have this feeling that it was a great and excellent academic experience.

ROBERT “BOB” W. JOHNSON I WAS INTERESTED

in colleges in DePauw's area. I didn't have any personal friends who went to DePauw at the time, but its reputation and my interest in a liberal arts education were deciding factors. I had evaluated everything I was interested in and made my choice after visiting the campus. I was a member of Sigma Nu, which had a great bunch of people in the house. Most of the fraternity brothers I've kept in contact with were successful in their professions. When I started my freshman year, I was on the football team and also played baseball that year. All those things contributed to a great experience, as did the people on campus, my

instructors, professors, and classmates. I was interested in a liberal arts education and got an excellent one at DePauw. Af ter graduation, I entered the officer training program in the US Marine Corps wherein I became a captain and a Vietnam War veteran. After my career in the Marine Corps, I went to law school. After graduating from law school, I became a prosecutor and was a judge for 24 years. After retirement, I continued working as an emergency judge. The education, camaraderie and experiences I had at DePauw University became the foundation of much of what I have done in my life.

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gone to DePauw and I liked the pre-engineering program a lot. I went to DePauw three years, and then spent two years at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. After five years, I graduated from DePauw, and Case, with a BA and a BSEE. I was a GDI, so I pretty much studied my

entire college stay. My coursework during DePauw helped me later on at Case. I got a job with Bell Labs, who sent me to and paid for my master's degree at Purdue. They would only pay for one year, so I got my master's in one year! My education was six years total. So, I tell people I was on the six-year plan, but got three degrees!

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attended another university that did not meet the academic standards I was looking for. I was also looking to play or continue my athletic experience in college. DePauw was one of the schools that fit the better academic challenge I was looking for so that drew me in. The ability to play soccer on top of that was sort of icing on the cake for me. My friends I met at DePauw are people that I'm going to be talking to

for the rest of my life. Some of them are attending my future wedding. I got a job because of a friend I met at DePauw, and she and I went to a couple of classes together. She offered up the fact that her company was hiring and introduced me to her recruiter. Right now I am in the tech consulting industry. I see myself staying in that for the time being, but also maybe marketing or another consulting job down the line.

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I CAME TO DEPAUW BECAUSE I WANTED TO

serve in a helping profession. What makes DePauw special are the relationships faculty and alumni had with me. I am grateful for them and the Greencastle community. They were caring and inspiring, and motivated me to discovering career choices and personal growth. Patty Green and Lucy Rowland, receptionist, mothered us freshmen with kindness, and we are still friends. Professor Eunice Wilcox, who taught music, was my friend and mentor. She took me to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church for weekday and Sunday services, and I sang in the church choir. Microbiology Professor Robert Fletcher and his wife had me over for home-cooked meals and encouraged me to pursue whatever I wanted to do. Professor John Eigenbrodt and Father Harlan at St. Andrews encouraged me to attend seminary for the master of divinity. Dr. B. L. Garrett and Dr. Kenneth Wagoner inspired me to enjoy psychology and research. DePauw alumni Mrs. Hazel Day Longden and her son Grafton were my Greencastle family

who took care of me during semester breaks. My sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi, provided me with a community to help me adjust to college life. I will always remember the special relationships and fun times with my sisters, especially at the AOPi annual blood donation program held at the house. Our housemothers, housekeepers, and cooks who made home cooked meals were wonderful. When I was a hospital chaplain, the nursing training at DePauw was immensely helpful. Finally, I became an Indiana Department of Corrections chaplain and retired after many years. I recalled Professor Russell Compton who took us on a class field trip to a correctional facility to visit with inmates. Little did I know then that I would end up being a career correctional chaplain. The liberal arts education at DePauw prepared me for life, with a love for art, music, science, and an inquiring mind. I obtained a doctoral degree for the fun of it, just prior to retirement, and am a lifelong learner.

1963

REV. TERRY W. PFEIFFER 09/03/2021

DR. RUSSELL HUMBERT

was the president of DePauw University at the time. I met a carpenter at our church, and he was a graduate of DePauw. Our family attorney and a church member introduced me to him. I hadn't considered going to DePauw. I was always a good student and carpenter. He told Dr. Humbert, 'He and his family have limited financial resources, but he's an excellent student.' Dr. Humbert said, 'You apply, and we'll see what we can do.' I got the Rector Scholarship for all four years, which enabled me to go. It was wonderful there. I came back for the reunion of the Rector Scholars. I majored in philosophy and religion and went on to Yale Divinity School. I just can't say enough about it; it really prepared me for graduate study. DePauw started broadening my horizons, my thinking, and my values, which has continued ever since. I'm very, very grateful for that. I loved Earth studies and the

professors. One of them set up an interview for me with ExxonMobil, and the guy wanted me to go on and get a doctoral degree, which they would pay for. I didn't take that offer. My social life at DePauw was good. It was a very enriching time to broaden my horizons. I came from a very conservative town. It changed my attitude toward people of different colors, cultures, and sexualities. I'm very grateful it's helped me in my ministry. The art center and the science buildings were amazing. What I value the most from DePauw is the education, the process of critical thinking, formulating my own views, and the professors. I just loved it and I learned so much from the professors. DePauw and Yale Divinity School prepared me to be a more effective, compassionate, and caring pastor over the 57 years that I served churches. That immensely enhanced my whole life and my ministry.

1951

ELIZABETH “BETTY” H. WRIGHT (HENRY) 08/09/2021

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DePauw because of the music school, and I was in music education. My husband also graduated from DePauw and I taught music after we were married, and Jack was in graduate school. From 1966 to 1968, Jack was on leave from DePauw, and we lived in Afghanistan. I taught at the American International School in Cabo. I taught music, and I started the first American band in Afghanistan

while we were there. I also directed the church choir since they are an interdenominational church group. There were several professors, and everyone in the music department was just very good. My advice while at DePauw is to be open to all kinds of new, interesting and different things that you would not have had the opportunity to experience in high school and meet good people.

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WHEN I DID A CAMPUS TOUR IN HIGH SCHOOL, I

liked the campus. It offered a wide variety of degrees that I could choose from. At that time I was thinking I was going to be pre-law, and DePauw had a very high acceptance rate into law school. That greatly influenced my decision to go there as well. I was a freshman, and I lived in Bishop Roberts Hall. I made some great friends from all over the United States, which was really fun and a lot of those friendships have remained. I got to meet other people who eventually joined other fraternities and sororities. That also helped integrate friendships into other houses. Then I spent the next three years living at the Alpha Chi Omega house. I just have really great memories of my classes and my professors. I enjoyed my opportunity to study abroad. In my junior year I went to the University of Freiburg with about 22 other students from DePauw. That was also an amazing experience to live and study abroad through that program. While I was an English writing major, I did an internship at a radio station back here in Central Illinois. I really enjoyed being on air, and it gave me the opportunity to spend a little time in the sales department behind the radio. I got to report the news. I had to go out, do some interviews, and write some news stories. Because of the opportunity I had to intern in radio and because I also worked at WGRE on campus, I found a job right out of college. I was working at a radio station in Bloomington, Ill. Ultimately I took my degree in composition and became a high school English teacher. I have done graduate work and became a high school librarian. As a student I worked at Roy O. West. DePauw was just the quintessential four year college experience. DePauw means an outstanding high quality education with a very friendly, warm atmosphere and approach. I still feel like the quality of the education is exemplary. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything in the world.

1963

ELIZABETH “BETTY” A. DRUCKER (BALDRIDGE) 08/10/2021

DEPAUW WAS A POPULAR UNIVERSITY

that others in earlier high school classes were attending. They spoke well of it, so I definitely wanted to consider it. I visited on campus, had a good experience, and decided that it was the one for me. I really appreciated the people that I knew in the dormitory, in my sorority, and on campus. I worked hard, learned a lot, and enjoyed it. My junior year, I was fortunate to go to the University of Edinburgh and was exposed to many different ideas and cultures. Overall, DePauw did a good job of preparing me academically for life after college. It was the start of my mature life. I went to graduate school at the University of Illinois, which I'm very glad that I did. I got a master's degree in English and taught everything from preschool to junior college. I later became a technical editor at the American Nuclear Society for 13 years. As a retirement career, I went into real estate.

2006

KYE T. HAWKINS 08/11/2021

I GREW UP IN INDIANA

and went to high school in Indiana. I was searching for smaller liberal arts colleges and was actually looking to get out of Indiana, but I ended up visiting DePauw because my AP English teacher recommended it. He was a DePauw grad. I went to look at it and ended up really loving it. After I visited and applied to the Media Fellows Program, I felt like there were lots of things that were aligned with what I wanted to do in college. I got a great financial aid package which helped, because I was not from a wealthy family by any means. My advisor was Professor Kent Menzel and I fondly remember sociology classes with Professor David Newman. My professors took a lot of time to review papers and to assist and help me in any way they could. Small classes were extremely important to my experience. It allowed us to not feel like we were just in a sit-and-get-information type of environment. We were having active conversations,

we were engaged, and we were participating. All of my classes were so good, and all of my professors pushed me in different ways. I learned to write, communicate, participate in group projects, and present. I'm still using those skills today! The most impactful things were the friends that I met, the people I interacted with, and getting to be super involved in so many different organizations and clubs. I was president of my sorority. I had lots of different volunteer opportunities and was a Speaking and Listening Center tutor. I was very busy, but that involvement with lots of different people, was the most impactful part of my DePauw time. It has continued to serve me to this day through job and networking type opportunities. I'm in my role now through a friend from DePauw, and have been a leadership consultant for seven years. We are a small company in Indianapolis with 27 people, and four of us are DePauw grads. DePauw impacted my career in a huge way.

2016

ALEXIS NICOLE WILTERMOOD 07/26/2021

I WANTED TO GO TO A SCHOOL THAT

was well-known for its academics and a place where I could really grow. That ended up being DePauw. I liked that with DePauw, you could come in and take a wealth of different classes, so that really attracted me to the school. I found good friends who I knew would stay for the rest of our lives. What I liked best at DePauw was the education that it gave me, and then it helped me to find my career path. I fell in love with philosophy, and it really set me up for the success that I have gotten today. I brag about DePauw and liberal arts all the time. It was like a turning point for me in my life, and it represented growth for me. I was really happy that I made the decision to go to DePauw. It worked out really well for me. I would definitely encourage anyone that I come into contact with to go to DePauw as well. It is a great school.

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was the best place for me to go. I had very little knowledge about DePauw when I went there. I was from a small town, and going to a smaller institution for college was probably a very good choice for me. I think my parents were very smart; they knew much more than I did at the time. Going to DePauw changed my life. It was like the horizon opened up to the world. In fact, I made wonderful friends there, whom I still have. I married a person from there who was from Turkey. He majored in physics and was two years ahead of me. We went off to Cornell where he did graduate work. From there we went to Australia and lived there for a year. All that time I was teaching elementary school or subbing depending on where we were in Australia. I came back to work at NASA in Greenbelt. My husband worked at Goddard, so we lived in Lanham, Md. Then we moved to Turkey and lived there for seven years in Ankara. I taught English as a second language at Middle East Technical University, and that changed my whole career. I came to Texas to do graduate work with my two boys and got a Ph.D. in applied linguistics. I had a wonderful period of 16 years of working and studying abroad before I retired in 2002. It literally opened up my life to the world.

TONYA R. DEXTER

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to attend DePauw University. I liked the small university size because it was a very friendly campus. I loved it. As an education major, I loved observing in classrooms from my freshman year, which was fantastic. I felt very fortunate to have been educated at DePauw. I majored in elementary education as well as in Spanish and I have been a teacher for 28 years. I was very well prepared by DePauw.

1968

DR. RODNEY “ROD” P. MUSSELMAN 08/10/2021

I WAS INSPIRED BY THIS INCREDIBLE INSTITUTION,

DePauw University. I also had a scholarship since I came from a lowincome family. It was in Indiana, which was not too far from where I grew up. My favorite memory is going to the study abroad program in Freiburg, Germany. That was the first time I ever traveled and the first time I got on an airplane. I think about it all the time. It was wonderful. It really opened my eyes to so much. I majored in biological sciences. I went on to the school of public health at the University of Illinois. I earned a master's degree there and also got a doctor of public health. I worked for 33 years at a United States Gypsum Corporation. I am the co-founder of a nonprofit called the Lead Abatement Resource Center. We remediate lead-contaminated soil in poor areas of Chicago where they have high levels of lead poisoning.

1972

ANNE T. GOLDEN (TROXEL) 09/27/2021

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to my high school and gave a presentation, and it looked like the size and shape would fit me. I went for a visit and stayed with a friend of my parents, who had a daughter who was at DePauw. I loved it. I applied there and ended up at DePauw because it was my first choice. I just got back from a reunion with some Delta Gamma sisters. We do that every year, so the sorority system made an impression on me. Before the campus life and the friends that I made, I did notice that there was a lot of competition for academics at DePauw. I came from a great high school, but I knew I had to try extra hard at DePauw to excel. I worked at that. I enjoyed all my classes and went into elementary education. I came out and taught for five and a half years, then I stayed home for ten years with my children. I went back and

worked for 18 years for the local community colleges and as the director of a parent-teacher resource center. I founded a children's museum in our town that is 25 years old this coming Friday. All those things started at DePauw. I have a lot of friends - the girls meet and share our stories every year. My son attended DePauw for a short time, although he went into art, so he moved on to a different school. It was a good school with a lot of good people. It was a great place to be, and I loved it. I grew in experiences and education. I've given to DePauw for many years because I want to share that with the students that are there now so that they can have an experience that will push them out into the real world. It's always been a good part of my history. I value the education, and I'm proud of it.

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academics were very strong, and I wanted to go to a small private school in the Midwest, so I attended DePauw University. I grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and my parents had recently moved to Chicago, so I could go there easily. I enjoyed the academics very much. I also got into the theater there when I was a freshman, and I had a senior project where I directed the main stage production. I went on to graduate school in theater, even though I majored in philosophy. I enjoyed my philosophy teacher, and he was great. I also enjoyed my wonderful writing teacher in the English department and the professor in the speech department. I did a lot of theater through him, too. I was involved with A Midsummer Night's Dream when I was a freshman and in a weird Russian play called He Who Gets Slapped. I also directed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof when I was a senior. I had a fun part in She Stoops to Conquer, which was another classic comedy. We had a

winter term where we would do shorter plays, and that was interesting, too. I enjoyed the winter term because I also took a civil work course, and I have been interested in civil work all my life. That helped me focus on some things. I've written a History Channel documentary about the last month of the Civil War. I recently published a book about the day where Lee surrendered to Grant. That pushed me along in that direction. I went to graduate school at Indiana University in the theater department and got a master's degree in theater directing. I was on track to get a Ph.D., but I moved to Los Angeles and wound up getting involved in writing for television, mostly television comedy and primetime network shows. I was on the writing staff for 14 different series, like The Wonder Years. I did a great show called Frank's Place, and we won the Emmy for best writing. I got into teaching with my wife, and I taught writing at UCLA for ten years.

1976

JON A. DUNCAN 08/10/2021

I HAD A GREAT TIME AND LEARNED A

lot about life and about myself during my four years at DePauw. I spent a very intensive summer of 1975 at the University of Western Ontario to quickly earn a lot of Canadian credits to transfer back to DePauw. My DePauw years were always very busy but a very happy time. I particularly enjoyed my four winter terms, three of which were off-campus study - one January at the Indiana General Assembly, another at WKCM Radio in Hawesville, Ky., and another in New York City. I also participated in a lot of campus activities, particularly the DePauw Band and WGRE, where I was the news director. I still keep in touch with many lifelong DePauw friends. After graduating in 1976, I went to the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, and I did very well in law school. I am currently the general counsel of the Housing Authority of Cook County.

1983

DR. PATTI VAN EYS (PARKISON) 08/10/2021

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liberal arts education, and at the time, it was what I was seeking. I also wanted to attend a smaller school, and one affiliated with the Methodist church. During that time, children who had a family that were United Methodist clergy people were able to get half tuition, so my father basically told me to go to any Methodist school, since he was a clergyman. I also got an academic scholarship. My older sister, Terry, was two year ahead of me and had gone to DePauw. I visited her, and I liked the school. I joined the Pi Beta Phi sorority. I was an English composition major, and I took an intro to psychology class with Dr. Candace Schulenburg, and she turned me around, so I majored in psychology. My advisor was Dr. Donald Ryujin who is fabulous and a very good mentor. I got really interested in more of the academic side of psychology, as

well as the clinical side and worked under his mentorship on research. We did a senior research project, and I really enjoyed doing that and writing it up. I had a partner, David, and we won the Kenneth S. Wagner Research Award, for a project that we did together. I'm a clinical psychologist now, and I just changed jobs, but I had 17 years as a professor at Vanderbilt University down here in Nashville, Tenn., teaching psychology and psychiatry residents. I also ran a specialty clinic for children with very complex mental health issues. Then I worked for a big foster agency as their chief clinical officer for a number of years overseeing therapeutic services. One thing that makes me smile was my semester abroad in Strasbourg, France. I lived with a French family along with another DePauw student. That was amazing and it changed my life in so many good ways.

1984

DR. TIMOTHY “TIM” L. DAVIS 08/12/2021

I WAS FAMILIAR

with DePauw because my brother went there and graduated in 1974. My father was a professor at a liberal arts school, so liberal arts were very big in our household. I had the opportunity to play football as well as go to school. I had a great experience, and I met great friends there. I was in the infamous Sigma Nu fraternity, which was mostly football players at the time, and I had a great group of guys that I lived with there. The geology department was very nice. We had a close crew of friends, and folks in that department were very close in terms of studying and doing all our work together. I met my wife there when I was a junior, and she was a

nursing student. We met on a blind date, and we have been married for 37 years. After I graduated, I went to Bowling Green State University and got a master's degree in geology. Then I went to the University of Tennessee, where I got my Ph.D.. From there I worked for the North Carolina Geological Survey for about five years, and then I worked for Exxon for about eight years in their research lab. I am now with Marathon Oil. I still have a pretty tight group of people that I met at DePauw and we regularly communicate. Even though we do not see each other all the time, we still maintain a good relationship and seem to pick up right where things left off.

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MARY E. MCCAIG (PEEBLES) 08/12/2021

MY PARENTS BOTH

went to DePauw. My grandmother, as well. I had gone to alumni weekends with my parents and my grandmother for years. It was kind of a foregone conclusion that I would attend DePauw. When I started, I was a history major. By the next year I had taken enough writing classes, I knew I wanted to do something with English composition, and I switched my major. I decided as a senior that I wanted to be an advertising copywriter. Tough to do when you have no portfolio. So I made a deal with an ad agency and became

their receptionist, with the understanding they would teach me to write ads. A couple years later, I went to a different agency as a copywriter. After that I switched over to newspaper, working on special sections. Parts of my career were spent in journalism, marketing, and advertising. Today I coown a marketing agency. A lot of what we do is very in-depth writing on the journalistic side, publishing in trade journals for our clients. Everything I have achieved in my career has led to this point. I really think that DePauw helped set me up to be able to do all that.

1959

DAVID E. REBERG 07/28/2021

I HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO WERE AT DEPAUW.

I was looking for a smaller school, and they offered me a scholarship and that helped. That was the best reason in the world. While I was there I got a job in the girls' dorm. I had a unique job. I was one of the few people in the university that had a key to the women's dorm, because I had to go in there early in the morning, get ready for breakfast, and wash breakfast dishes. There was one kitchen, and that supplied all three girls' dorms. I met some really nice guys and had a lot of fun. I got a master's degree from New York University. Later on, I went to Purdue as a General Electric Fellow in economics. I also taught econ and social studies; that fit in really nicely. I enjoyed that a lot and learned a lot. I got drafted like everybody else and went into the military. I had most of my coursework for my doctorate. I went to take some graduate courses. I was taking graduate courses in the summer at night. I went to work and that was the end of any higher education goals, but I had fun, and I got a lot of my coursework for the doctorate done. I also had a United States Office of Education Scholarship to study in New Delhi, India. I went over there and really enjoyed it. I had some fantastic experiences, and we got to travel all over India. We had a lot of fun and came back. I did enjoy riding on an elephant through this high jungle grass and seeing tigers. It was a good experience, and I enjoyed it. It made me a better teacher. I taught most of my life and enjoyed it very much. I ended up at LaPorte, and I was at LaPorte until I retired about 20 years ago.

1965

GAIL C. GLOVER (CHILDS) 07/27/2021

MY PARENTS WERE GRADUATES

of DePauw, and they were truly excited when one of their kids decided to apply to their alma mater. That was where it all started because they met at DePauw and loved their experience there. I went to a very large high school, so it was wonderful to attend a small university and be part of a smaller student body. I had the opportunity to major in zoology and double minor in botany and secondary education. The real challenge was competing with guys who were planning to be doctors and studying in the pre-med program, but it was

a wonderful challenge. My major offered me a variety of things I could do in my career through the years. My education taught me to be my own person and branch out and do what I wanted to do. I first taught high school biology for a couple of years and then did some graduate studies. I went into various branches of the medical field over the years, working first in Illinois. I moved out to Colorado in 1970 and worked at the National Jewish Hospital in Pulmonary Physiology for 12 years. Then I moved on to a private practice of allergy asthma specialists and ran a specialized

lab for them. My family and I moved away for a while, and when we came back to Colorado, I got a job close to home as a referral coordinator with a family practice. I got to use a combination of my zoology degree and all my coursework with those different aspects of my career. The time and the opportunity to attend college when we could, getting to meet people from all over the country, maintaining friendships through the years with a lot of them, and molding me as a better woman all make me smile.

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TERESA “TERRY” A. THIXTON (PETERS) 08/09/2021

I WAS INVITED TO VISIT DEPAUW OVERNIGHT

when I was a junior in high school. I felt right at home, but didn't think I could afford to go. Back then, they had a freedom of choice scholarship, which allowed people to go to a private college for around the same cost as it would be for a public college. I took advantage of that, and I had so many great experiences during my time at DePauw. For my final year and a half, I was a resident assistant. In my junior year, I spent a semester in Philadelphia. I embraced city life and worked in a preschool for people with disabilities at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. I found I loved working with preschoolers and got a graduate degree at the University of Illinois right after I graduated from DePauw. DePauw prepared me well for graduate school. I was hired as a totally different kind of RA, a research assistant at U of I, and I helped with training teachers to use the scientific method of

problem solving. While at DePauw, I spent spring break down in New Orleans. After grad school, I landed a job down in Louisiana teaching preschoolers with disabilities for a year. For the next three and a half years, I worked on a multidisciplinary team with older kids down there. Oh, the memories! In all, I spent 36 years in education, the first eight in special education in the city. After earning my second master's in counseling, I spent my final 26 years as a school counselor in towns and rural areas of Indiana. I retired from education in 2015 and that same year got trained as a CASA volunteer, which I am still involved with today. That feels like an extension of my work in public education as an advocate for kids. As a result of attending DePauw, I am a lifelong learner and have been fortunate to have a meaningful career doing what I am meant to do.

2006

CLAIRE SUMMERS DEVLIN (SORENSON) 08/10/2021

AS I WAS DECIDING

what college to attend, I looked for a small liberal arts school with a strong study abroad program, which DePauw University has. DePauw was so much more than I thought it was going to be. The caliber of the education, the professors, the extracurriculars and the off-campus experiences were more than I anticipated. The lifelong friendships I made along the way have added even more value to my college experience. I am also thankful to have met my husband at DePauw. Professor Mueller, an economics professor, was the best professor I had at

DePauw and the reason I became an economics major. DePauw provided so many opportunities outside of the classroom that allowed me to see the world; including winter term trips, alternative fall break trips and my study abroad experience. Through DePauw's study abroad program, I had an internship in London with Merrill Lynch in my junior year at DePauw. Through that internship, I found my first job after college with Merrill Lynch in Chicago. After working almost a decade in the banking industry, I now use my accounting skillset within the non-profit sector.

1967

RALPH E. SPELBRING 08/16/2021

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

was close. I always stayed on campus, and I played intramural softball. Having a chemistry major prepared me well for living in

today's society. Dr. John Ricketts was my favorite professor. I was a chemist in the industry for two decades. My chemistry degree prepared me for a good career.

1959

COL. ROBERT “BOB” C. DUTTON, USAF (RET.) 08/23/2021

I am third from the right; arrived in Thailand in June '66; awarded the Distinguished Flying Crosses

I'M NOW A PARTNER IN A MERGERS and acquisition company, and I'm enjoying it greatly. I'm thankful for the breadth of education I received at DePauw. It is a place I would like to get back down to visit and is on my bucket list to see the campus again. I understand that there are some really great changes there! It was a great school, and I appreciated what they did for me. I look forward to seeing it again.

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2002

JESSICA S. ANDERSON (THOMPSON) 08/11/2021

I WAS ORIGINALLY SET ON GOING TO SCHOOL

out of Indiana. I didn't know where, but I wanted to go to school on the East Coast. I started doing my search, and as I got closer and closer, I chose between two institutions in the Midwest, DePauw being one. I ended up getting into DePauw's Management Fellows Program and received a scholarship for the program. That sealed my decision. Although I did not graduate in the Management Fellows Program, I was still able to keep the scholarship. I really loved the university and the people that I got to meet. The camaraderie on campus and the small class sizes were important to me. I was able to participate in two different winter term service trips: one to the Philippines and one to Nicaragua. That was my first time traveling outside of North America. Service

was always something that was important to me, so I loved being able to participate in that. I am currently the director of strategic giving for Dell Technologies on our corporate social responsibility team, and I manage our global strategic giving programs. If you look at the corporate strategy and mission that we want to give back to our communities globally, my team is responsible for managing those grants and relationships. At a young age, I was doing community work and, once I got to DePauw, I was able to do more community work, I knew that was something I wanted to do throughout my career. I was a communication major, so being able to take courses in interpersonal communications and small group dynamics has helped me throughout my career.

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Greenwood, Ind., and I was graduating from a rather large high school. When I was searching for colleges, I really wanted something that felt more intimate and more at home. I visited DePauw, and I got to meet with several advisors in the field. I was interested, and I already knew I was home after one day, so I was sold. I was a geology major, and I had a professor named Jim Mills who recently retired from DePauw. He made a significant impact on my young adult life and my professional career today. We still keep in contact, and he was always there as a mentor no matter what time of day it was. He pushed me to get out of my comfort zone and take classes that were really challenging and also relaxed, which was definitely a needed balance in a student's life. In addition to academics, I was the president of my sorority at Delta Gamma,

and I created a lot of lifelong friendships there that I wouldn't have had otherwise if I hadn't gone to DePauw. I'm now an archeologist, and I went to grad school for archeology. I got a lot of positive feedback and verification from my professors at DePauw to continue that career trajectory. I still reach out and talk to most of my professors from those fields, so it's just been really positive. I wouldn't have known about archeology or geology otherwise had I not gone to school there, so I'm really thankful for my experience there. It led me to where I'm at today and gave me knowledge of my field to help me quickly move up because I felt like I had such a good foundation in my academics. I was able to surpass a lot of the introductory levels in my career and get a step ahead, which was really great.

I WENT TO DREW

University, and my advisor there was a DePauw graduate. He was close friends with another De Pauw graduate, Professor Al Reynolds, who was chairman of the zoology department. I wanted to go to DePauw so my advisor called Professor Reynolds, and I was told that there was no money that they could give me but they would hire me to teach labs in the department. I came out knowing I was going to teach intro biology labs at DePauw. I had so many wonderful memories. When I was at the University of Vermont, they put me on a teaching fellowship. I taught labs there and since I already had experience teaching labs it was easy. I finished up in October 1968. I

went to the University of Minnesota for my postdoctoral work for a year in biochemistry. Then I went to Hope College and taught biology for two years. Then I went on to Boston University School of Medicine for three years more of postdoctoral work. I got my position at the University of Indiana Northwest teaching biology, becoming the first preprofessional advisor for medical school in the dental school. I taught there for 25 years. I enjoyed every place I went. I kept building on my previous experience. Almost everything that I've done I think about my time at DePauw; the people I met, the classes that I took, and the professors I got to know.

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Methodist church and it's closeness to home led me to DePauw. I was young and not worldly in those days, so it was classy. I went through the Rush process of sorority, and then in my sophomore, junior and senior years, I lived at the Delta Delta Delta house, which is no longer on campus. Tri Delta sorority is gone. I haven't been back to the campus in a couple of years, but I think somebody bought the house. We were actually pretty far from campus, so it was always a good walk to get to classes. I had to hustle some days. I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do when I was in school and in college, so I followed the things that were of interest to me. I took sociology classes as my major, and I continued every semester to take French classes (lit, history, and grammar), because I had learned French in grade school and high school. I enjoyed it, so I continued. I took all the required classes too. I was better at it than others, but I realized when I graduated, I said, 'Oh my gosh, what am I going to do?' I went to IUPI, and I got my master's degree in social work, so that was a learning experience. It was something that I learned the hard way. It started a lifetime of learning, so I never stopped. I was even 60 years old when I got my green belt in the Lean Six Sigma because I was a quality assurance director. I had gone to a college prep high school too, so it set the discipline for learning and having a mind that is open to inquiry and critical thinking. Those kinds of things are valuable, and I am not so sure if those disciplines are still valued highly by some people, but that was what I learned. What I learned was that everything you do is a building block for the things that you may not even be aware are going to come your way.

KIRSTYN MARIE WENTZEL

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KATHERINE L. BENEDICT

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OF THE THREE COLLEGES WHERE I

applied, DePauw University was the one that felt the most like home when I visited. The people stood out to me; everybody was really helpful and nice. I actually just visited my former DePauw roommate a couple of months ago. She was a student in the School of Music. After DePauw I attended another university for a degree completion program in paralegal studies. Currently I'm an investigator with the public defender's office. DePauw definitely taught me to be more open-minded and open-hearted. I came from a pretty traditional and conservative Republican background, and my liberal arts education at DePauw taught me critical thinking skills. I learned how to weigh the good of one person against the good of the larger general population. My education taught me to see others who are different from me first as people.

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Greencastle. My stepfather was a professor of zoology at DePauw. My brother was ahead of me at DePauw, and I also had two stepsisters who attended DePauw. Dr. Forst Fuller was not only my stepfather but also a good influence and the reason I went on to medical school. I earned my MD from the Indiana University School of Medicine. Then I served in the Navy as a flight surgeon, and we deployed aboard the John F. Kennedy. That was kind of an interesting chapter in my life. I spent 30 years in family practice before moving into occupational medicine and urgent care. I did that because I was invited to do so. I started a clinic for the hospital and gradually tapered my hours until I finally retired this past year.

1973

PHILLIP W. BROWN 08/10/2021

MY MOTHER HAD A FRIEND, AND

her sons were older than I am, but both of them went to DePauw. She convinced my mother that is where I should go. I thought I was a botany major because I liked plants and farmed. When I graduated I got my master's up at Purdue, and my mother and grandmother were happy. I went back home to work on the farm with my father. Now my sons are farming with me.

I HAD AN UNCLE WHO USED TO COACH BASKETBALL

at DePauw in the early 1950s so I heard about the university as I was growing up. My family always had a lot of respect for DePauw, and my experience there couldn't have been better. It was absolutely wonderful. It prepared me splendidly for the career that I had as a mathematician. Back then the math department had a terrific cadre of faculty. The friends and associations I made at DePauw have also served me well my entire life.

2019

SHAY C. BARRY 08/10/2021

I HAD SOME OTHER

family members and friends that had attended DePauw. That made me want to, and also the scholarship that was available. I was able to qualify for the scholarship the whole time that I was there. Meeting a lot of different people from different places and learning about different experiences stood out for me. I was able to connect with other people that are totally different from me. I'm still friends with the

people that I was there with. I'd say that was the biggest part for me. It was a positive experience. I really enjoyed the classes. I'm using my degree not necessarily in psychology, but all the classes in my current position. I'm a manager at the company that I work for. Taking everything that I've learned from school has helped me to be where I am. If I didn't have that, I wouldn't be at the level that I am now.

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VAL PRICE, JR. 08/02/2021

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and I chose it because of what people had told me about it. There were a number of people from where I lived in Western Springs, Ill., who were attending at that time or had attended. We went to DePauw and were quite impressed with it, so I signed up in 1946. I was thinking I might go into medicine initially, but I changed to business administration. I was in Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and I was with a lot of veterans. I chose to go into the Platoon Leaders Class program offered by the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va. I went to Virginia during the summers between my sophomore and junior years and between my junior and senior years. Upon graduating from DePauw, I received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps almost immediately. North Korea invaded South Korea within days and I had the opportunity to serve in a war. I then subsequently was called into active duty. I went to North Korea, and I was there for a little less than a year on duty as a Company Commander. When I was overseas, I was promoted and became First Lieutenant and I became a Captain when I was in the Reserves after the war. I had a summer job part of the time at Western Electric, which was part of Bell System. I received employment with Illinois Bell Telephone Company and worked there as well as with assignments at AT&T in New York. I kept that employment until I retired at the end of February of 1990. While I was at Illinois Bell, I decided I would like to have further education and I enrolled in the University of Chicago program that offered an MBA degree with classes at night at the downtown center. My son attended DePauw, and he was very active there and a stand-out athlete. I know he was delighted with his experiences and the associations he made with his friends there. I was proud that he was so inclined to attend DePauw and it worked out successfully for him as well.

1966

JOYCE WILSONSANFORD (DIXON) 08/10/2021

MY BROTHER

had been to DePauw. I therefore accepted it without a campus visit. What really stood out for me was I grew into my leadership talent. I headed up a lot of organizations, and it let my curiosity and intellectual interests grow. I was president of my sorority, and I was a member of the student council and all kinds of different boards. I felt very comfortable in assuming leadership roles throughout my career. I ended up as a global executive. It also

gave me the social skills to interact at any level. I learned how to learn and write well. I've published three books and have two rough drafts going. Being able to write easily and quickly was very important in my career. I had great professors in general, and I had a great time. For me, it was nothing but good. It's one of those times I look back on and say, 'Wow, if only life could be this fun. Friendship, learning, and skills training, what more would you want?'

2005

MARSHALL FRANKLIN KURESMAN 07/30/2021

IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS

being recruited to play tennis in college, so I was looking at colleges based on both their tennis and academic programs. A friend of mine from high school who was playing tennis for Denison University, one of the schools I considered, told me, 'You should look at DePauw. I wish I had gone there.' I had received a letter from the tennis coach at one point, but I ignored it. Eventually I found the letter and responded to the coach's inquiry, and that was the beginning. I met a couple of good local recruiters who showed me that DePauw really wanted me. As a student, I played tennis and took advantage of the full DePauw experience. I was a four-year varsity tennis player, joined a fraternity, and spent a semester abroad in Australia. I only missed one class for an excused reason. I took advantage as much as possible of

the opportunities presented. My career has been very personal. I've always served as a point person for my company with clients as an account manager and project manager in different variations on managing projects for them. My DePauw classes that dealt with interpersonal communication, mass media, and understanding how media works have influenced a major part of my life in digital advertising. Learning the basic tenets of different types of interpersonal mass communications definitely helped me understand the media landscape later in life. My DePauw education made me a better thinker, which is critical for my job because I make solutionoriented decisions. I always have to look at issues from all angles, so my communications background allowed me to develop my brain in that way.

1966

JANET J. ROSSELLEKEESLING 08/03/2021

ALTHOUGH

grew up further east, I chose DePauw, partially, because of the family interest in the school's academic record. My former minister was also president of the university. Fortunately, as one of the top 100 applicants, I was invited out early to visit the campus. I went to DePauw for three years and I took a year and went to France. DePauw did not have a year abroad program and I was a French major so I had to withdrew for a year to study in France then come back and earn credits. I already had leadership tendencies, and I went

on and applied those tendencies. While working on a master's program, I taught at the University of Virginia and thereafter at Baltimore Community College, for t wo years. Then I took an internship with the federal government in the Washington D.C. area. I progressed in the Bay Area to fairly high civil service managerial positions for women at that time. My experience with the Alpha chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta at DePauw has been a lifetime experience. I have participated both on the East Coast and the West Coast.

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University and quite a few other schools. A representative from the economics department, professor Harry Maloney, came out to my school. After talking with him, he had me sold on DePauw. Several people from my hometown, Pontiac, Ill., attended there. I was a Delta Chi. After a year in the fraternity house, I lived in an apartment and really enjoyed it. The best experience I had was starting the bowling team. I was captain of the bowling team at DePauw. I won the tryouts, and we beat some good schools like Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame. I majored in economics and was a writer for The DePauw newspaper, and I covered the economics department. Raymond Pence in the English department was one of the great professors. I also had professor Meyer, who taught Greek mythology. They were all a great help to me. I had good professors and they were instrumental in my going

to the University of Chicago later for graduate school. I went into the Navy after graduation where I served as a Lieutenant, I was commissioned as an officer after a short length of training known as a '90-day wonder.' It was starting to really heat up in Vietnam and they sent me to helicopter school in Texas, and I was the first one who got the helicopter off the ground in my class. The government pulled me away from there, and I wound up in the Pentagon. They sent me to some classes in Athens, Ga., and back to the Pentagon. I was in purchasing in the Pentagon, so I discovered some of the projects going on in the government, and I was quite proud of what I did there. After I came out of the service, I started my own business, where we wrote the pension plan for Chileans. Whatever problem I ever had, I could think back to a professor at DePauw who trained me in some aspect, so I was able to draw on my DePauw experience all my life.

1965

MICHAEL “MIKE” W. STREET 08/24/2021

MY HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR

helped me get a scholarship, and I visited DePauw in April before I enrolled. When I visited, I stayed at Sigma Chi, and they recruited me for a spring pledge. The professors were very good, especially one certain professor. I had world history at eight o'clock in the morning, and he put on a good show. He was very good at waking up students. I majored in biology and minored in chemistry. I got a very good education and went on to graduate school to get my master's degree. I was able to have a career that I wanted since I was six years old. I am a retired marine biologist. As a senior, I was able to do field research on my own, and I did field research on fish during two spring breaks when we visited the Smoky Mountains on department sponsored trips. DePauw prepared me for the future. I made a lot of friends, and I kept up with most of my classmates from Sigma Chi.

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DR. GRACE CHRISTINE HENDRICKSON 07/26/2021

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT weighed into my decision, but what I liked with DePauw was that it was relatively close to home. I was from Indianapolis, and so it was not too far to drive. It was an excellent academic institution. I knew that I would be well-prepared for whatever I chose to do. Now that I have graduated, gone on to medical school and become a physician, I really believe that the critical thinking skills and the problem solving skills that I gained from being a DePauw student benefited me so much. I played varsity softball four years at DePauw, and that was the cherry on top of my college experience. My older sister and my first cousin were DePauw graduates. I was in Alpha Chi Omega, and I served as the finance chair for a year and a half. In my sophomore and junior year, I was part of the radio station for a couple of years. I really did feel like my professors knew me and wanted me to do well since the class sizes were small. I felt that they really cared that I showed up to class every day and put in the work to do well. It was really difficult balancing my sport and my major. I was a biochemistry major and psych minor. It was a challenge every day to prioritize what I needed to in order to succeed both academically and athletically, but at the end of the day, I had big ambitions for my academic career, and so I always had to put that first -- mission accomplished. I was very well-prepared for medical school. I had to work hard and learn how to study and time manage and do all those things that I mentioned as a DePauw student in order to do well. The skills I learned transitioned over into my study habits as a medical student, and now being a resident those skills are absolutely invaluable.

1969

ANDY W. ARNOLD 08/13/2021

SINCE MY DAD WAS A 1937 DEPAUW

graduate, I never looked at any other schools and didn't see much sense in going anywhere else. I remember Elsie Miller who ran the university food service. She fed us students in such a way that we ate well and the university still turned an annual profit. She was a good business woman. I was in Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. During the first semester of my junior year, I took a computer class, and I got the bug. I nearly flunked out because I was having such a good time working with computers. The computer we used was the size of a desk, but I thoroughly enjoyed that class. I was pretty immature when I started, and DePauw helped me grow up. I had a good time but learned more than I ever could have imagined. During my senior year, I received notification to appear in Indianapolis for a physical exam from the draft board to see if I was healthy enough to make 1-A on the day I received my university diploma. I knew I did not want to go to the Army or Marines, so after DePauw I started talking to recruiters in the Air Force. It seemed like they would give me an okay deal even though I was not pilot qualified. I wore glasses, so there was no way I would be a pilot, but I still enlisted in the Air Force. I took the test, which I passed with a really good score. They sent me straight to a duty station. I was able to develop my computer skills on the job, so I had a fine time in North Texas. That experience grounded me in computer programming, the field where I have spent my entire career. I got the bug at DePauw and have enjoyed working in computers all these years.

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ALBERT “AL” J. SCHMIDT, PH.D. 08/14/2021

I GREW UP DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.

DePauw's Rector Scholarship was a critical factor in shaping my future. When I graduated from high school in 1943, I knew that I would go into the service. I had already enlisted in the Army Air Force, and it was not pre-ordained that I would come to DePauw by any stretch. I arrived in Greencastle expecting only to complete the summer session before entering the service, but soon learned that I would remain through the fall semester. So I started at DePauw and really loved it. The most important event during my college years was meeting my future wife, Kathy, who was in the class of 1950. We married in 1951. In August 2021, we celebrated our 70th wedding anniversary. Two DePauw history professors had an especially important impact on my life. One was Andrew Wallace Crandall, and the other was George Manhart.

Both professors were University of Pennsylvania Ph.D.s, and that was a factor in my choosing Penn for my doctorate. I went to Penn in 1949 and received my Ph.D. in 1953. Because I had a Rector Scholarship and the GI Bill, this poor little Depression boy sailed right through to the doctorate without having to teach for a few years in the interim. After receiving my doctorate, I taught at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from 1951 to 1965, and then at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut from 1965 to 1990. At UB, I also served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and academic vice president of the university. I retired in 1990 and moved with my wife to Washington D.C., where I became a faculty affiliate at George Washington University. I maintained the affiliation with GW from 1990 until the present time. My professional website can be found at albert-schmidt.com.

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JULIE GRACE BAUMANN (DOAN) 08/10/2021

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grandmother graduated from DePauw University as a vocal performance major. My uncle also graduated from DePauw. I had no intentions of going there because it was a little out of our price range, but my grandmother insisted when she found out I was interested in swimming at a smaller school. I really liked the campus, and my high school math teacher was also a DePauw graduate. She took us on a college visit and I loved the classroom environment. My grandma just made it happen. I was very fortunate. My grandparents basically footed the bill for me to go to college. That, and my family history at DePauw, were the biggest reasons why I chose to go to DePauw. I had two really valuable experiences at DePauw. The first was when they started conversations on diversity and included people from every area of campus security officers, professors, people from Greek houses and independents all came together

and had conversations about race and diversity. That was very enriching for me, especially in the light of where we are today. My favorite and most treasured memories are from being in gospel choir. I loved my time in gospel choir. I was able to pursue opportunities that I don't think I would have had on a bigger campus. I came in as a freshman in the pilot class for the Civic Fellows program, which was a community service focused fellows program. I graduated with an elementary education degree and from the second I stepped on campus, I was working in some capacity towards my future career. I was able to get an internship in an Indianapolis private school where I began working with theater students. I am currently the director of education and outreach for our civic theater in Lafayette. I knew exactly what I wanted to do and I feel that DePauw gave me the opportunity to pursue that goal and led me to where I am now.

1967

SUSAN “SUZY” E. MARQUEZ (STEELE) 08/09/2021

DEPAUW HAD A JUNIOR-YEAR

Study Abroad Program before most other state schools and private schools had one. They also had Spanish and Russian. I was interested in both of those languages. I enjoyed everything at DePauw. We had folk dancing which was fun. I was in Delta Zeta sorority. After graduation, I was a Spanish and Russian teacher, and my classes I took at DePauw came in very handy. I have taught English, math, PE, music, and I also taught square dancing and English in South Korea. The Methodist minister from South Korea said, 'Where did you learn that?' It all went back to DePauw. The pre-med program was very good and lot of people who took that program ended up making lots of money. One of my daughters also went to DePauw. If you have a chance to go to DePauw, take it. We don't know what the future holds and DePauw teaches you to think about a variety of things. A strong liberal arts education teaches you to think outside of the box. Also, do not miss your 50th reunion, it's like being treated like royalty.

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campus inspired me to attend. It was nice to be able to meet a lot of people who were interested in exploring ideas and figuring out who we were going to be as adults. I had a lot of good conversations with people. I was in the Honor Scholar Program. We focused on big ideas I hadn't covered in high school. That's exactly what I needed at that point in my life. One of my favorite classes was my number theory class with professor Woody Dudley, he was fun and interesting and he made math fun. Another favorite class was on labor economics with professor Tony Catanese. Professor Richard Smock was also one of my favorite professors. They all took an interest in their students. They also made extra efforts to ensure success in my academic and professional careers. DePauw gave me an excellent foundation in mathematics and writing, but most importantly a realization that I could figure things out. DePauw really stressed that I needed to understand more than math and my experiences gave me the confidence to interact with people. Both are a big part of my current job, so that has been very helpful.

DR. JOHN E. BROWN

A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, WHOSE DAUGHTER HAD attended DePauw, thought that would be a great place for me to go to college. I looked into it, and I was accepted. I was accepted into the fraternity, Delta Kappa, and lived in the house during my years at DePauw. I grew up in the Presbyterian church, and my pastor was a great guide to me. In my time at DePauw, I had an experience in the chapel that made me decide to go into the ministry. I have fond memories of very nice people. It was a maturing experience. I felt that I learned not only academically but also social graces which I proudly carried through my life. I did get a call to the ministry. I got a degree in theological education, and then I became interested in the culture of the ancient Near East. After graduation I went to San Francisco Theological Seminary. I became a scholar as well as a pastor. From there I went to Johns Hopkins University and studied under distinguished professors. Years later I had the occasion after my teaching to go back to Ball State in Muncie and earn a Ph.D. in American history.

1970

ROBERT 1963 “BOB” E. JACQUELINE WALL, D.D.S. “JACKIE” MCDOWELL (FAUST) 08/18/2021

WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH

school, I was hesitant to make a decision about college. My mother suggested DePauw. We visited the campus on Honors Day and I really liked it. DePauw was the best four years of my life. It was the same size as my high school. I liked the people and enjoyed being in a fraternity. I made great friends at DePauw who are still close to me. The academics were challenging, but I loved it. I had gone to a big high school and did really well. I was in the top 10% of my class, so I thought I would be okay at college. Then I found out that everybody else was in the top 10% of their class. I went to dental school at the height of the Vietnam War, but the dental school was exempt. I was wait-listed at the University of Kentucky but then was accepted by Indiana University, which required an oral interview. I will never forget Cleona Harvey, the assistant to the dean. It is said that you don't even think about applying to dental school unless you have a 3.7 or 3.8 GPA. I had 3.2 and 3.3. In my talk with Cleona, I started to justify my 3.3 and 3.4 to her. She was just listening then she leaned back in her chair and said, 'You went to DePauw, didn't you? Well, we add an automatic point if you go to DePauw. Go home, we'll see you this fall.' Instead of a 3.3 GPA, I was credited with a 4.3. DePauw taught me how to study. It made dental school relatively easier for me than it was for classmates who went to other schools.

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Township High School in Skokie, Ill., and there had been students at the school who went to DePauw University before me. It was known as a very strong liberal arts school. I spent my junior semester abroad, in Aix-en-Provence, France, and hoped I'd be able to teach French after graduation. I married shortly thereafter, and we decided to live in Ann Arbor, Mich., because my husband was going to law school

there. I was looking for a middle or high school teaching assignment, and I was one of the few really lucky people to find a teaching job in a university town like Ann Arbor. I attribute that to DePauw's fine reputation, my junior year abroad, and my double English/French major. I taught both subjects there for three years, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. DePauw was very good for me.

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JUDITH “JUDY” CAROLE MOORE LEFFERDINK (COLLINGBOURNE) (HAWKINSON) 07/27/2021

MY TEACHER'S BROTHER

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I GRADUATED FROM

a large high school in a suburb of Chicago and I wanted a small school that was fairly close to home. I visited DePauw before I applied and liked the campus; it seemed small, simple, comfortable, warm and friendly. I had a great relationship with the botany department and Dr. Preston Adams. After I graduated, I was looking for employment and Dr. Howard Youse, a botany professor, was going on sabbatical and the school hired me to teach botany during his sabbatical year. I feel DePauw and the supportive teachers allowed me to grow and have the confidence to teach right after finishing my senior year! It was challenging and fun! I have since worked in financial aid at several universities that included Northwestern University, Florida Atlantic University, Nova Southeastern University, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I retired in 2020 with over 35 years in financial aid realizing the importance of educating and helping families help fund education. I have enjoyed helping many students and still keep in contact with some of them. I now enjoy taking care of my two grandchildren, Dylan who is five and Piper who is two.

at the Elgin Academy where I went to high school was a DePauw graduate. It was a growing-up experience, and I was 16 when I entered. I was a little too young to appreciate and to work at it, but I did enjoy the experience. My favorite professor was Clarke Arnold, and he was a good man. I was a President's Scholar, and I did get an award for that. I had twin sisters that entered two or three years later, so we all enjoyed DePauw. It was a good school. I had taken some business courses

when I graduated, and I went into paralegal as a job. I later married and had four children. I joined Compassionate Friends, and I edited their national newsletter. I was very active volunteering for them. The one that made an impact on me was when I was a member of the first radio club. I learned how to set up the studio, plug everything in, and broadcast a Sunday morning program that aired out in Indianapolis. That was a big help to me because when I did get out of school, I was very adept at doing all things.

SUSAN H. KOSINSKI

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AFTER I GRADUATED from DePauw, I worked in the foreign service overseas for about 23 years. I have kind of lived all over the place. I came back and worked

in external and government relations for DePaul University in Chicago until I finally retired from everything in 2012. I had two different careers and retired twice.

2014

DANA MARIE FERGUSON 08/16/2021

I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT DEPAUW THROUGH A

mailing and then started researching the school. I learned that DePauw had a lot of things that I was looking for in a school. It has a really strong media program and a strong sense of Greek life on campus. All the photos of DePauw that I saw were beautiful, and so it was an easy decision to go and take a tour. I loved it while I was on campus. I remember it was a lovely spring day and the flowers were all in bloom, and all the students I met were extremely nice and eager to get to know me, which I found very comforting and exciting as a senior in high school. It was a fairly easy decision to apply to DePauw. I definitely do not regret it, and I loved every minute of being there. There was a lot to choose from, but I would say some of my favorite memories were living in the dorms as a freshmen and making some of my best friends in our Hogate suite at the time. I loved being a member of Pi Phi and making more great friends there and spending a lot of time with the women who were also members. Something else that I really enjoyed was being an editor and reporter for The DePauw throughout my time on campus. That was a real formative experience for me getting to work in a newsroom. It afforded me a lot of really important opportunities through internships that helped me progress in my career. That was really exciting and got me very eager to get into a career in journalism, which I have now. Happy memories all around. DePauw has really helped me get to where I am in my professional career as a reporter. I would not have been able to get to where I am today, without the experience of being a reporter and then an editor at The DePauw and learning how to put a paper together every day.

2014

MADELINE ELIZABETH ZACHA 08/10/2021

MY TWIN SISTER

and I both wanted to go to a liberal arts college, although in our heads we were taking separate paths. DePauw seemed great and was one of the top contenders in our college search. On the same day we got back from touring DePauw, we ran into a girl we hung out with when we were younger. She was shopping with her whole family at the grocery store. We found out she went to DePauw. Her parents were so excited about it, saying DePauw was the best thing that ever happened to her. My sister and I chose DePauw on kind of a whim because our friend was so happy there, but it ended up being the best decision ever. DePauw graduates work at some of the top companies like LinkedIn and Google. The DePauw grads I've met are the most open and easy to talk to people with awesome connections. They want you to do well as they have. It has been awesome in terms of my career, but the friendships I made are the most important thing I have kept from DePauw.

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I GREW UP IN THE BOSTON AREA. MY

father was a Methodist minister, as was his father. When I was looking for colleges, he suggested I try a Methodist school because I would probably get a little bit of a break in terms of the expenses. I really wanted to get away from the Boston area and see a different part of the country. I heard about DePauw and went out to the introduction long weekend for students who were looking at DePauw. When I flew up there it was my first time ever flying. It looked like a good school. I thought, 'Well, I can do this.' This is where I applied and was accepted. I grew up in New England in a minister's home. We weren't very wealthy, but certainly well connected. It seemed that most of the DePauw students were way above what my family had. That was a bit of struggle because I didn't have the same clothing and approach to life. I was much more serious about studying because I knew that was my way forward in the world. That was one of the challenges, but DePauw was great in terms of helping me financially and finding myself a job the first two years while I was on campus. The nursing program was phenomenal. The opportunities for me were amazing. I couldn't have gone to a better nursing program anywhere. I learned more in different ways. From 1965 through 1969, most of the nursing programs in our country were still three-year hospitalbased programs. It was a big thing to graduate from a university that had a school for nursing. It was awesome. I always had a job. I always had the pick of the crop. I did a lot of things with my education, thanks to DePauw.

1977

CHRISTINE “CHRIS” KAY FEICHTER (WATSON) 08/13/2021

SINCE MY MOTHER HAD ATTENDED DEPAUW

and I was looking for a smaller liberal arts college, I considered DePauw as one of my top choices when I was in high school. I got an early acceptance. My bachelor of arts degree gave me a broad spectrum of different subjects for pursuing a career in education. I still received ratings in preparation to become a teacher through the Department of Education. Dr. Judy Raybern, one of my favorite professors, was very influential in shaping my philosophy as a teacher. I also remember Coach Ted Katula who was very influential in my work with the union for the student government. I got my master's degree from Indiana University then continued graduate studies, doing all of the course work leading up to a doctorate. I went into teaching and worked during the summers on my master's and later on post-graduate work as well. I taught kindergarten and was a teacher for 11 years in Kendallville at East Noble School Corporation. I came back to Fort Wayne and held a position in Antwerp, Ohio as an elementary principal for 12 years. I went from there to a central office position as a curriculum director for 17 years. I am retired now. DePauw provided me leadership opportunities through my sorority and student union, so that gave me a lot of my skills to become a leader in education. It was not just the education part of my DePauw experience that made an impact, but also my involvement in campus activities. I developed as a well-rounded person with a broad perspective and leadership skills that helped me later.

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JON “BRICKER” A. BRICTSON I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE

of its reputation and the fact that the WGRE radio station was student operated. I always wanted to go into broadcasting, but I figured that majoring in economics would be a good fall-back in case broadcasting did not suit me, so I majored in economics. In my sophomore, junior, and senior years, I did play-by-play analysis for football and basketball, and then in my junior and senior years, I did a 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. radio show from Monday through Friday. The preparation at DePauw was very useful, and I was an outstanding senior in my senior year. After I graduated, I wrote several letters to the stations in Syracuse because I wanted to enroll in the master's program at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and I was looking for a part-time job

at the school. A station called me on a Friday morning, and I talked to the general station manager. He saw what I did at DePauw, so he asked me to go there on Monday. I told my dad, and I got the ball rolling. After I got a master's at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, which was a one-year program, I worked at a radio and TV station for one year. Then I got a job at WCPOTV in Cincinnati, Ohio, and spent four years there. I got a job at KPHO-TV in Phoenix as a weekend news anchor and reporter for three years, and then I was the sports director and sports anchor for more than 15 years. I appreciate the friendships I made during my four years at DePauw. The experience at the radio station was valuable and unbelievable. DePauw is a great place to get a great education.

RUTH A. SWANK I GREW UP IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA,

and there were many people in my family's church who were at DePauw. I always loved music and I was somewhat involved in the School of Music as a member of the Madrigals. I really liked my friendships, the brightness of so many people, and the friendly atmosphere at DePauw. Later, these experiences had a positive impact on my employment and my interactions with workmates. After graduation, I taught for one year and then I traveled. I was a programmer, then a systems analyst, working in management in that area. I did quite well in those positions, and my experiences at DePauw helped. The friends I met at DePauw make me smile because we were crazy. Once, a friend had some really old clothing that she brought or we found in the basement of the sorority house. I got dressed up in those clothes and we went around campus with my cohort. I looked really funny and strange. As we met people she knew, my friend would stop and say, 'I'd like to introduce you to my mother.' They didn't know quite what to do with that.

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CAROLYN “CARE” A. HITCHCOCK (EASTHOPE) 08/10/2021

ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS DOWN THE

street from where I lived attended DePauw University, and my mom was talking to his mom. I think DePauw was the only place that I applied, and I got in. I made some friends in my freshman dorm and on my floor, and we all wound up pledging the same sorority. I'm still friends with them to this day. I had some good professors. I really liked the winter term; I thought that was pretty cool. My degree was in psychology. I wound up working at a residential facility for developmentally disabled adults. It was probably the only place that I really used my psychology degree officially. I worked there for a while, and I loved it. My neighbor called me up and said there was a computer software training company in Chicago that was in need of a receptionist. That sounded exciting and the salary sounded good, so I interviewed and got the job. I was always interested in computers and took some computer classes at DePauw but I didn't really like programming. I really enjoyed the receptionist thing, but it was a small office. We had three classrooms, and the computers were IBM PS/2s with 20 megabyte hard drives. I followed my boss around and learned everything I could. When he opened up another office, I took over his responsibilities, which was setting up all the classrooms for each day. Computer and network support became my career.

JOHN K. BURKE, PH.D.

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DEPAUW HAS A PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC reputation. I went to the University of Oklahoma for a semester before transferring to DePauw. When I was finishing high school, those were my two choices, but I needed to get a higher grade point average than I had in high school to get more scholarship aid. At DePauw, I was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and the football and wrestling teams. I had the opportunity to be a student coach for the football team my senior year. I was a history and physical education double major. After DePauw, I went to the University of Arizona and earned a master's degree in physical education. My first teaching job was in Cheyenne Wells, Colo., where I taught social studies. I worked there for a year then went to Shawnee Heights, Kan., where I was an assistant football coach and head wrestling coach. I went to graduate school at the University of Kansas to work on a certification to become a building principal and a district superintendent. I served as a principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. I went on to earn my Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Kansas State University in 1991. I was superintendent of schools in Haysville, Kan., for 18 years. During my time at Haysville Unified School District #261, the district's schools were recognized for numerous honors. Three of the schools were recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools and two recognized as Title I National Distinguished Schools. The district adopted the Capturing Kids' Hearts program and received recognition as a National Showcase District in 2018, 2019, and 2021. I was superintendent for a total of 36 years in Kansas. In addition, I have served as a part-time professor at Newman University since 2013. I continue to serve in this role now in my retirement. I attribute much of my professional success to the leadership lessons learned during my time at DePauw.

1975

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DePauw sports because I played baseball, and I enjoyed doing that. I'm a retired teacher now, so I have a lot of time to play cards. I remember learning how to play bridge at DePauw and I continue to play bridge to this day. My DePauw experience made me goalfocused and taught me things were within reach

if that's what you really wanted to do. I wanted to go into teaching and teaching became my job for more than 40 years. DePauw taught me that through hard work, study, and working with others, you can be successful. I teach at Central Methodist University, and my career has all been a result of my DePauw background.

1987

DAVID WILLIAM HASENBALG 08/11/2021

I VISITED DEPAUW

University and liked the size of the student population and the campus. I have made some long-lasting friends that I've kept in contact with and still see every year. I enjoyed all the intramural sports and joined a fraternity. I enjoyed the Greek life experience and felt it was unique compared to a lot of universities. Learning to live with 65 males ages 18-22 for four years with all different backgrounds was a great lesson in life. I participated in DePauw on-campus interviews and received multiple job

offers as a result. I credit DePauw with getting my first job with E. & J. Gallo Winery who came on campus, and they flew me out to California where I live today. They offered me a job, and I spent nine years with the organization in California and then abroad in England, Germany, and Belgium. My second job was with GE Capital with the help and support of two fraternity buddies, and that opportunity lasted 20 years. Only fond memories and great longlasting friends made from my DePauw experience.

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DR. MATTHEW “MATT” J. FULLER 08/13/2021

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remember my first trip to DePauw very well. I was looking at other universities, but when I got there, it seemed very obvious. I was able to meet the band director in the School of Music on my very first trip, which was not scheduled. It just had the right feeling, and that was what inspired me to go there. When I think back to all the professors that I had, Orcenith Smith is the professor I spent the most time with. He definitely had the biggest impact. He was my tuba professor, my orchestra conductor, and my conducting professor. He is an amazing person. He taught not just about music, but about life. He was someone that I would go to if I had issues, or if I wanted to just talk about something, he would be someone that I could always count on for that. I earned a Bachelor of Music degree from DePauw, and I had every intent in the world to become a band director and music teacher in a public school, and served in that capacity in the first part of my career. I discovered very quickly that I enjoyed the leadership aspect of my music teaching, and I ended up getting my master's in educational leadership. I stepped out of the music role and became a Director of Technology for a school district. Technology was also something that I did on the side while I was at DePauw. My first workstudy program was doing publicity for the School of Music. I learned desktop publishing, started working with Mac computers, and learned digital art. When I became a band director in a school, I found that computers were something that were necessary for teaching and learning, and that my interest and skill in that area was not something that everyone had. That led me to my education leadership position. I recently got my Doctorate in Educational Leadership, and I am now an Assistant Superintendent for Technology and Innovation in the Barrington 220 School District.

1977

DANIEL “DAN” L. NORDSIECK 08/04/2021

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I LIKED THE CLASS SIZE AND THE

reputation of DePauw University as an academic center of excellence. I was a member of the Men of Note, which is a men's choir group, and I was active in my fraternity Alpha Tau Omega during my time at DePauw. I participated in the student government for a while. DePauw gave me a springboard into being hired by Procter & Gamble. The university gave me a very solid base for what I needed to learn to be successful in my career. I would like to thank Dr. Stan Caine in the history department for investing some one-on-one time with me. His mentoring was instrumental in helping me transition from successful academic life to practical business skills. I recall fondly how he challenged me to read an article and then, summarize the content in no more than three minutes. That sort of instruction was exactly what I needed at the time!

1992

JOEL D. HAND 08/10/2021

WHAT INSPIRED ME TO ATTEND DEPAUW WAS THE FIRST

campus visit I had there and the tour of the buildings and facilities. It struck me as being a gorgeous campus with extremely friendly students and welcoming staff and faculty. I still maintain relationships with a couple of my professors who are alive to this day, and I cherish the relationships I had with my professors throughout my life. As far as lifelong friends, I maintained quite a number of friends from my DePauw days and truly some of the closest, longest-lasting friendships in my life. I was a part of the debate team while I was there and achieved a good deal of success - two national titles in junior and senior years and numerous other tournament wins and trophies along the way. I was very active in student government as a member of the student congress for three years and a number of other organizations as well. DePauw impacted my career tremendously. When I headed off to college, my intention was to become a teacher. While I did attain a teacher's license as a result of my four years at DePauw, my work on the debate team and my classes in political science and history drove me towards considering a career in law. That was where I ended up, as an attorney. I have been so blessed to have a background in speech and debate. The training I received there at DePauw far exceeds what I could have received at any other institution, not only in terms of pure speaking ability but also in relatability. Being able to relate to other people and explain things in a way that other people understand them has been invaluable.

1953

ROBERT “BOB” P. TRAUTMAN 08/12/2021

WHEN I WAS A

high school senior, my father, who was the chief financial officer at Albion College, took me on visits to several college campuses. I visited three or four schools. I just selected DePauw because it appealed to me and I liked it. As a student I was very involved with both the DePauw marching band and the orchestra. I remember we went on several tours to high schools around Indiana. That was an interesting e x p e r i e n c e. M y speech class led to my involvement with WGRE radio. After I graduated there was

a little thing going on called the Korean War. I volunteered for the draft because back then people could ask you questions about it when you were trying to get a job. I spent two years in the Army and by then I was married and had one child. I served in a medical unit in the Army, which got me interested in hospital administration. Later I attended the University of Michigan and e arne d my master's degree in hospital administration in 1960. My liberal arts background really prepared me to do something like that.

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by the minister of the Methodist church that I attended; his daughter was attending DePauw University. He said, 'I'd like to have you go to DePauw University.' He wrote a nice letter, and I asked for and received a Rector Scholarship. DePauw was a challenging school and even though I graduated with a high class rank and was an athlete in high school, I felt like the other students at DePauw were better prepared than I was. I Track and cross country champions, studied political science, and 440-yard dash, anchor mile the political science department relay team seemed to cater to my needs; they worked with me to get my grade point average up. I accepted a position in the plastics industry when Dow Chemical interviewed students graduating on the DePauw campus. I hit it off with the recruiter and went through a long list of interviews in Detroit and Midland, Mich., at Dow Chemical. Over the years I became interested in the plastics industry, and then I moved throughout the United States as jobs came up in various states. I stayed in that industry virtually all of my career.

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LUCY BENNETT COHEN 07/27/2021

SEEING THE CAMPUS, ATTENDING A

political science class, and just seeing how interactive it was is what inspired me to go to DePauw. All the students were invested in discussing and challenging each other. I was part of the environmental club and I played softball. Softball was great. Those people are lifelong friends and are truly important in my life. Bruce Stinebrickner and Deepa Prakash are both really important and influential professors to me. Chris Huffman and Erica Hanrahan were wonderful humans and great coaches. I was overly prepared for the master's programs that I completed. The level of work and the ability to critically read and understand things set me apart from other people who are in similar roles. That allowed me to move up in my career very quickly. I work as a customer success manager for a technology company that services schools with an AI platform.

1963 My 28-year-old granddaughter, Sarah, and me

PETER C. KIRKMAN 08/03/2021

A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS A COUPLE OF

years ahead of me in high school graduated from DePauw. He highly recommended it and so did one of my teachers. I went out and looked at it, along with a number of other colleges, and decided DePauw was the one I wanted. The dean of admissions was absolutely wonderful. My first two years were spent in the Sigma Nu house. I enjoyed the camaraderie of all of my brothers. I got married after my sophomore year to another DePauw student and we spent the next two years married. When I graduated, I had an Air Force ROTC with my graduation so I graduated with a uniform on and went directly into pilot training from DePauw. Everything worked very nicely. I graduated in 1963; I got out of the Air Force in 1968; I went to work for Connecticut General

in Seattle for a year and a half. I went to work for Smith Barney in Seattle for five years, and then I became a part-owner and partner at a firm in Portland, Ore., for the next ten years. I started a venture capital fund with a partner, and I ended up managing one of the businesses we bought for the next 30 years and retired at age 70. The business started out as a mobile catering company, but over time, we converted into a food manufacturing company and manufactured breakfast sandwiches for Costco, Starbucks, and a number of other major retailers. We sold the company in 2010. I have been married to my third wife for 25 years. We have 5 children ages 44 to 59 and ten grandchildren ages 4 to 29. All are healthy contributing members of society or will be. We feel very fortunate. I feel DePauw got me off to a great start.

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MY PARENTS, WHO

lived in Illinois, very much wanted my sisters and me to go to a Methodist-founded school, and DePauw was one of the closest and best universities they thought would fit that requirement. I didn't meet the love of my life at DePauw, but I think the fact that I graduated

from DePauw might have steered me in the direction where I met him. I think the thing that stands out in my mind the most about DePauw was that when I went to look for a job right after I graduated, it seemed to me that DePauw had an influence.

RONALD “RON” G. STEVENS

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recommended to me by my high school geometry teacher. I looked into it along with other liberal arts colleges. With the location and its faculty, DePauw was a match for me. Dr. Paul Kissinger was my professor in physics, and he was an amazing person. He was able to make difficult concepts learnable, and I appreciate his work. I'm still in contact with one of my former roommates who lives in Rhode Island, and we talk about every month. One thing that stood out to me about my DePauw experience was that it gave me a basis for analyzing things and how to go forward on projects. I had two jobs. One was for the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center, where I ran the radiation safety program there and for the University of Rhode Island. The second one was for the General Dynamics Electric Boat, and we did the radiation shielding designs.

choices as a Posse Scholar nominee. DePauw made the most sense to me because of its academic rigor. I decided I wanted to go out of state for college, which was certainly a change of pace for me, but something I needed at that point in my life. I very quickly realized that I'd made the right decision when I arrived at DePauw. It wasn't only because I had the Posse Foundation as a support, but because DePauw's selective culture was evident. I made some very quick and ultimately close relationships. I decided to pursue anthropology as a major after taking Alicia Suarez's intro course, where I learned about theories that essentially represented the experience I was living. Up to that point, I had no idea how to describe the systems in place that ultimately created my life experiences. When I started to understand the theory, how it plays into anthropology, and what anthropology means, I was immediately drawn to this study of cultures and people. Those discoveries really sent me down the route I wanted to pursue. I was also fortunate to join Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. I had a great time socially and held the positions of recruitment chairman and vice-president. The social and brotherhood aspects of the fraternity culture coupled with my academic experience were incredible. The Posse Foundation's presence on campus was an added layer. The program was pretty well known at the time, and I think its reputation is even stronger now. The ability to combine my Posse Foundation network with my growing DePauw network was just magical. Eight years into my career, I still attribute a lot of my success to my DePauw experience.

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for soccer camp before I applied. I basically looked at DePauw and one other school, and I really liked the smaller atmosphere of DePauw. It was a pretty simple decision for me. I was the very first in the family to attend DePauw. My entire family had pretty much all gone to IU (Indiana University) and I decided to be the one that bucked that trend. The reputation that DePauw had was pretty good. My parents knew several DePauw alumni who were pretty prominent in the community, and they also knew the quality of the education there, so they were very supportive of me going to DePauw. The professors, the community, the size of classes and the accessibility to the faculty made an impression on me. I didn't want a large school where I would be one of 300 students in a class. Being in a class of 20 or 25, I was able to have relationships with my professors and access them both during class and after hours. It just felt more like an actual community than just a massive place where there happened to be 30-40,000 people all doing the same thing. I had a double major in economics and Spanish. While my career initially took me into banking and finance and now into real estate, I've been able to be a pretty wellrounded person, from my perspective anyway, because of the breadth of my education. That helped a lot and enabled me to adapt and think through things, rather than solely be focused on one specific educational discipline. As our family has grown, it has been a little bit more challenging, but we try to get back to DePauw every couple of years. The nice thing about DePauw University is that students can go in with an open mind and have various experiences. They can start developing what it is that they think they want to do, and find something they care about and are passionate about. That will help them find success in the future.

DAVID J. DALENBERG

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me to attend DePauw wa s re a l l y t h e relationship that I had with the professors and the personal attention that they provided. It enabled me to learn a lot more and DePauw offered a lot of very impressive firsthand experiences with travel as well. I did a number of mission trips and I grew a lot from those experiences. I think those were definitely the keys. I had the opportunity to really not only get a first-class education, but build a lot of obviously lasting relationships and had great experiences with Greek life. I was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity, and I got very involved in the mission trips as well, which had a huge impact and was a great experience for me. DePauw has given me a good foundation in a number of areas. I was in church leadership for a while and was also involved with the Walt Disney Company in recruiting for them. After some relocations I now work for the Metro Nashville government in recruiting and human resources; that has really been the career path that was launched by DePauw. It really stressed the experiential side of learning. The classroom was definitely very important, but they stressed getting out into the world and using and adapting those skills in order to succeed.

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WHEN I WAS IN

high school, I wanted to find a way to get into the healthcare industry. I did not want to be a doctor, but I wanted to explore majoring in business. What I liked about DePauw University was their Management Fellows Program. It gives students the opportunity to intern for a semester during undergrad. It led the My key to success is providing guidance and helping others be students to get into different successful industries. I had a great opportunity to connect with other alumni. I worked at Eli Lilly and Company for six years, and there were a lot of DePauw alumni that worked there for many years before I started. It was great to have that network.

DR. KRISTIN SPELLMEYER WERNE

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LESLIE RENEE EVERHART (FUQUA)

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I WAS ATTRACTED TO DEPAUW BECAUSE

of the small class sizes and the opportunities that I felt would better prepare me for medical school. I really enjoyed the Greek system, but some of the other things that I really enjoyed about DePauw were winter term and the study abroad program, both of which really enhanced my undergraduate experience. The opportunities that I had to study abroad and travel during winter term allowed me to become fluent in Spanish, which is really nice to be able to offer to my patients in my medical career. I was also able to do summer research through contacts that were made possible by DePauw's honors science program. I was able to do research in Boston at Harvard for a summer. For the two winter terms, I spent a month in Bolivia and a semester in southern Spain. DePauw will always be a place that I fondly remember as a time in my life when I was able to establish really lasting friendships and become more of a citizen of the world. It also prepared me to be able to excel in my career. Dr. Linda Elman from the Spanish department attended my wedding a couple of weeks after I graduated, which was so kind. Dr. Maria Luque-Eckrich really made an impact on me as well. Her personal story of emigrating from Columbia was very memorable and very inspiring.

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know what I wanted when I entered DePauw University. Music and theater had been a part of my high school. The Music School accepted me, so I became a voice major Five years ago and is and a theater minor. on my driver's license, During my summers at passport, and is my DePauw, I spent time 'publicity' shot! at the Little Theater in Sullivan, Ill., which is a professional summer stock company. Then after graduation, I taught music and theater in the Flint, Michigan, public schools for eight years. Since then, I have been active in these fields, on and off as life permitted, and, despite the current times, I am still actively singing, acting, and directing.

DR. MARVIN R. JEWELL, JR.

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1962

MARY CLARE “CLARE” SWANSON (JOHNSON)

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MY RECTOR SCHOLARSHIP WAS THE MAIN

reason behind my decision to attend DePauw University. Another big influence was the university's record of getting every DePauw graduate after World War II who had a pre-med major accepted into the medical school of his or her choice. I turned my back on seven other institutions. I am so happy that I chose DePauw because I ended up in leadership roles at many organizations in the United States. There is no better preparation to live an educated life than a liberal arts education.

1990

JOHN D. WALLER 08/11/2021

MY PARENTS WENT TO

DePauw and I also visited and liked the size and the kids. I really liked Dr. Clifford who was my history professor, and I also loved Professor Walker Gilmer who was my English literature professor. He was fantastic. There were 11 of us that were Alpha Tau Omega fraternity brothers and every year we get together the weekend before Labor Day. It was enjoyable and a good fit for me. I am a lawyer, so the education prepared me for law school and to be a lawyer. The

greatest social impact on me was the people that I interacted with and how they helped me grow and mature. I was a kid from a small town in Southern Indiana so I rubbed elbows with a lot of smart and impressive kids from larger areas. It was opening and educational, and I think it just helped make me more well-rounded and worldly. I smile when I think about the friends I made and the kids that I was with. They were good people, from good families - they were smart and we had a lot of laughs.

1964

ARLEEN A. PECK (HERTEL) 08/04/2021

SOMEONE A YEAR AHEAD OF ME FROM NORTH

Park Academy in Chicago had gone to DePauw and really liked it, so I applied and was accepted. Because of my love of reading, I majored in American literature with minors in sociology and Spanish. Most of the professors were great, especially Dr. Pacala, who taught a course called Basic Beliefs of Modern Man. In addition to offering a solid academic education, DePauw also offered other avenues for growth. I pledged a sorority and became social chairman. I was also a cheerleader for three years. One aspect of DePauw that I really appreciated was during my senior year, different school administrators from nearby cities came to campus and conducted interviews for prospective teaching positions. I secured my first teaching position that way. DePauw gave me an excellent education, enhanced other life skills, and afforded me a pathway to being able to say that I have had a life well lived.

1963

DR. CURTIS “CURT” J. CORCORAN 08/16/2021

WHEN I WAS A SENIOR in high school, I had an English teacher who was a graduate of DePauw and she took some of the people in the class over to the university for the weekend to visit. I liked DePauw and joined Lambda Chi Alpha. The academic quality was the highlight of my time as a student at DePauw.

The academics at DePauw were strong because of the quality of the instructors and I was so well-prepared for dental school because of the courses I took at DePauw. After dental school I spent two years as a captain in the Air Force as a dentist, and then I went back to Springfield to start my practice of 38 years.

1991

SUSAN N. GREY (SHEPHERD) 08/12/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE OF THE

classroom size. I majored in sociology because I was interested in the study of society and people. The student camaraderie made an impression on me. The fraternity and sorority system was pretty heavy when I was there, and I think a lot of people were challenged with that. It divided us to some extent. I have always been pretty motivated to improve myself, have the college experience, expand my knowledge, expose myself to things, and some diversity. I work for a National Auto Auction Association chain at their corporate office out of Carmel. I am in operations, and it is still a male-dominated industry, so I enjoy the challenge of being a female in that industry. We still have a ways to go, but we are making some headway. DePauw is a well-known school, so that definitely helped me career wise. My interpersonal and social skills were developed there as well, which has helped me after college. The memories I created with my friends, who I still keep in contact with, and reminiscing about our experiences at DePauw makes me smile.

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to go into math. I got a degree in math, and that was helpful for me career wise. I ended up in the computer business, starting as a programmer, then doing a lot of pre and post-sales support and ending up as a manager.

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Marilyn, was three years ahead of me and went to DePauw. She liked it and was a Delta Gamma. Academically, I loved the philosophy and religion department. All of the professors were very influential, especially Russell Compton, William Petrek, and Bob Newton. I think that department

was a major influence in my becoming a teacher. I went from DePauw to the University of Chicago Divinity School and got a Ph.D. I became a teacher of religious studies for a while. Then I became a sociologist, and I was a sociologist for most of my career. Two of my boys went to Yale and one went to Northwestern.

1960

JANE HALLINGER (STURGIS) 08/24/2021

BOTH MY PARENTS WENT TO DEPAUW AND

met there. They could think of nothing better than having their child go to DePauw too. My father really enjoyed his DePauw education and thought it was very important. At DePauw, I saw certain students over and over again and developed friendships and relationships. My DePauw roommate became my best friend for the rest of my life. We still saw each other when I lived in California and she was living in New York. I appreciate the whole idea of a solid friendship. Friendships are one of the most important things about a college experience and had a lot to do with my time outside of the learning process. DePauw is a small college, so the relationships with students are extremely important there. Later as a college teacher, I have spent a good portion of my life traveling the world teaching and taking people to other countries. I became president of Sister Cities in China, which represented one of the first relationships China had with an American city. Everywhere I worked, I showed that people are at the root of everything. Most of us want to be accepted, we want to love, and we want to be a part of a world community. In that regard, we're not so distinct from each other. I was able to learn that at DePauw because it wasn't a large school. As students, we formed small groups of relationships either through classes or through sorority or fraternity systems. DePauw taught me you just have to open up, look at the world, and see there's so much to explore.

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DR. RANDALL L. BRADDOM 08/16/2021

I WENT TO WILBUR WRIGHT HIGH SCHOOL IN

Dayton, Ohio, and I was really searching to try to find out how to get to college. I didn't really have the money to go. I was called one day by a guy named Dean Dooley. He was a teacher at my high school and was also the basketball coach. He called me into his home room one morning and said, 'I'm an alumnus of DePauw University. The guy who is the director of admissions was a fraternity brother of mine. He wanted me to pick out a student who I think would be a good fit for DePauw.' He picked me. I looked at it, and I loved it. I signed up and got a Rector Scholarship. I ended up getting almost a full ride. I also was able to get a job there in the residence halls, first as a waiter and then as a dishwasher. Between the money I got from DePauw, my

parents helped me a little bit. I also painted houses during the summer, and I made money doing that. I went all the way through the university with no student debt, which was quite remarkable. DePauw really changed my life. It was a wonderful institution, and I learned a whole lot. I was able to get into medical school, which was my first choice. I was a chemistry major, and I was going to get my Ph.D. in chemistry. I was also the sports announcer for WGRE at that time. I was able to get into pretty much every medical school I applied to. I went to the least expensive one, which was Ohio State University. I was there for eight years, both for medical school and residency. DePauw was just life-changing for me because without it, it would have been a totally different life for me. My first son went there as well.

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There was a local small college, a little bit smaller than DePauw in enrollment, but I liked the kind of school it was compared to the larger universities. I was influenced that way, and I also knew several people from my high school who had gone on to DePauw. I went to high school at Wheaton Community High School. What stands out to me is that I met my first wife at DePauw. I was a waiter at Alpha Gamma Delta house, and she was one of the girls. I didn't really meet her until we were sophomores. She was in the same class. We were married for 53 years. I was interested in the social sciences, and I decided to do political science because it would give me some flexibility of getting into law school if I was so inclined for graduate school. I liked the people who were teaching in that department at that time, which was another factor. Professor Harry Voltmer was the department head. I also had Professor Wallace Graves and Professor Andrew Crandall in the history department. I took a couple of courses from each of those folks. I got interested in teaching, so I went into the education field, and I was there for over 30 years. I taught social studies. I stayed in the Chicago area, but then the US Army sent me to California, and I liked it. After teaching for years in La Grange, Ill., I decided that I would move to California where I had been in the Army. I got a place, and fortunately I was able to get hired in the Palo Alto Schools. That was where I spent the rest of my career. I had a very good time, and I got a good education at DePauw. I have developed some lifelong friendships.

MARILYN J. WOLFE, D.V.M.

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high school teacher who was a graduate of Wabash College and knew of the reputation of DePauw University. I went to DePauw with the knowledge that I really couldn't afford it. Once I got there, I was able to afford one semester, then I went home, got a job, earned some money, and came back to DePauw. I worked in the zoology department with Dr. Cleveland Hickman. I also had a job as a lab instructor and worked in the dormitory; I was able to earn money for my room and board and my tuition that way. I majored in zoology and always had an interest in science and animals. After graduating from DePauw and working for about five years, I decided I wanted to be a veterinarian. I already had most of the courses from DePauw that I needed to apply to veterinary school. I made up a few courses that I was lacking, then I applied to veterinary school at Ohio State University. I was 33 years old when I got into veterinary school.

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LAURA J. AKRE (MCLARNEY) 08/16/2021

A FRIEND OF MINE FROM HIGH

school, a year ahead of me, had a book about liberal arts schools in the Midwest. I was flipping through the book and read the description about DePauw University. I thought it sounded right up my alley, so I applied! In the spring of my junior year of high school, we did a tour of colleges. I took one step on DePauw's campus and I said to my parents, 'This is awesome. I want to go here.' I stayed as a prospective student with a gal at Kappa Alpha Theta, and she was wonderful. I think it was the vice president of admissions who called to let me know I had been accepted. DePauw

was the last school I found out I had been accepted to, and it was the only one I wanted to attend. I loved all four years at DePauw. My most memorable experiences really were with my sorority sisters at Alpha Phi. We had a wonderful pledge class, and I am still friends with many of them today. One of them was Emelee, who is our daughter's godmother. We keep in contact and try to do vacations every now and then together. From the favorite professor perspective, I would have to say that it was Professor Eric Silverman in anthropology. He was spectacular. Silverman worked with me and helped me get over some of

my academic hurdles. I learned a ton from him. I think what I learned at DePauw, as a liberal arts education, gave me the soft skills that are so hard to learn in a job. It taught me to be open, communicative, and engage well with people. I became a project manager and then moved into relationship management while working at Russell Investments for 15 years. I am a project management consultant today in the Midwest. Project management has been a wonderful career for me, and all of the skills that I learned at DePauw have made me successful in the roles that I have held over the years.

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1978 My DePauw experience, career in education, and family and Christian life have been most fulfilling!

I WAS BLESSED TO BE THE FIRST

person in my family to attend and complete college. It was my aspiration to seek a higher education, and early in my life I knew I wanted to get into teaching as a career. I chose DePauw since it was an outstanding school with its unwavering reputation and numerous opportunities available to its students. While there, I pledged and was a member of Alpha Phi sorority and was extremely busy on campus with the junior/senior boards for the sporting activities on campus. It was most humbling to be the first lady chairperson of the Little 500 Week. Being the lead

SHANNA K. BRADFORD (UNDERWOOD) 08/10/2021

setter and most valuable player my senior year on the volleyball team for four years was exhilarating. During one of the winter terms while there, a staff member's wife would pick me up and drive me down to Cloverdale. I would teach kindergarten through eighth grade. I also taught special education children their physical education and dance. I was extremely honored to be the top senior educator of the year in 1978. Due to changes in Indiana pension programs, I left teaching earlier than expected. Otherwise, I would have been a 40 year educator in the Lafayette School Corporation. I ended my teaching career

having a wonderful 36 years whereby I taught a variety of 13 different subjects to elementary kids from kindergarten through sixth grade. I kept my principal's license active throughout those years but decided that teaching was my forte. I give all the credit for my lifetime achievements to the dedicated physical education teachers, elementary education professors, and other connected DePauw leaders who took a personal interest in me and my success in college. Truly a liberal arts education trains you to be a thinker, a leader and a doer!

1965

LANA J. WERTZ (HENRICHS) 08/09/2021

I WENT TO DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BECAUSE MY

boyfriend was there. He really wanted me to come out there even though he was two years ahead of me, and I was absolutely bent on going to a good college. I got into other colleges, but I went there because he was there. It was a Methodist college at the time. He became a Methodist minister. I was there for three years and my best teacher was my German teacher. I was taking German because I was majoring in chemistry. At that time, you had to learn German. I needed to get through faster, and she helped me to go to the best school in Middlebury, Vt. They have a summer school for people who are learning various languages. I was there for seven weeks. I only had two years of German, and she had to back me for that. She called the school in Middlebury to tell them that I would make it. I did a course, and I learned to speak German. I was very pleased with the teachers at DePauw. I got along with the other colleagues who were there, and the campus itself was lovely. I have been back once because I brought a group from the corporation I was working with at the time. I went on and got my master's degree at Duke University, and that too was wonderful. I was quite ready to go on. I went into a corporation after teaching in high school and then in college while I was raising my family. I got very involved in the feminist movement at that time. I got a job at a logical operation at night. I created an executive leadership organization as a part of a much larger educational program. I now have my own website and my own survey called 'Exec Traits.'

1958

BARBARA “BARB” SUE APPLEGATEJONES (SMALHEER) 08/11/2021

MY BROTHER WENT TO DEPAUW

University. I visited the college when he was a sophomore and started at DePauw when he was a senior. During my campus visit, I thought the campus was so beautiful and fell in love with it. A DePauw professor also inspired me to choose DePauw. He had visited our high school to recruit. I was very impressed by him and thought he was the nicest and kindest man who was also charming and put everyone at ease. At DePauw I joined Kappa Alpha Theta. I met people in my classes who invited me to have dinner with them. One of my roommates was the president's daughter. I lived in Cleveland and I could not ever go home for any of the short vacations. Carolyn would invite me to stay with her at the president's lovely home. Her parents were darling and so sweet to me. After graduating from DePauw I taught for 25 years and put my husband through medical school. My husband went to The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, so I taught in Baltimore at the time. I also taught kindergarten to sixth grade level in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, Boston, and Indianapolis. In Indianapolis I did a lot of training with Butler University students, which was a lot of fun. DePauw has always meant a lot to me.

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I CHOSE DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BASED ON MY

perception and understanding that the classes would be small and therefore I would receive more personal attention from the professors. I had no idea what I was doing back then; I just knew what I thought I wanted to do, and it worked out. My favorite professors were Larry Sutton, a theatre instructor; J. P. Allen, an accounting instructor; and James Elrod, a speech and theatre instructor. I probably didn't work as hard at being a student as I should have, but I met a lot of really great people and DePauw was a great place. In addition to my education, my DePauw experience taught me what I needed to know socially. Other than the social graces I learned in the process of growing up, DePauw probably didn't have a large effect on my life after graduation. I was working on a speech major, and as I got close to graduation I thought to myself, 'What on earth are you going to do with a speech major?' I switched to an economics major, but I've never worked as an economist. After graduating from DePauw I went to law school at Indiana University and became an attorney. I don't think there was anything at DePauw that inspired me to be an attorney. It was just one of those situations where I didn't know what I was going to do after I graduated, so I actually went to law school out of intellectual curiosity. I primarily do estate planning now. When I first graduated from law school I was a high-powered attorney with the federal government in Washington D.C. When I look back at my time at DePauw, I can't point to just one experience that makes me smile - it was the whole experience.

EDWARD “ED” F. TAYLOR

1974

1969

08/02/2021

I WENT TO DEPAUW TO PLAY

football and to get into the engineering program. I eventually switched to psychology and sociology. Professor John Reiling and Professor Saad Ibrahim in the sociology department would have been my two favorite instructors. I spent four years at the Delta Upsilon fraternity and had quite a few friends. I maintained contact with several for years, but as time has gone on I have lost contact with them. It was a great college experience. From there, I went to get a master's degree in clinical and social psychology. I then moved to New York and worked as a psychologist and treatment team leader for most of my career. I retired about ten years ago. I continue to work as an adjunct instructor at several local colleges.

08/14/2021

MY DECISION TO

attend DePauw University was largely based on an overnight weekend visit to the campus which was organized by the university’s multicultural director at the time. The multicultural director visited my high school and extended an opportunity for myself, as well as other interested students, to spend an overnight weekend on campus. During the campus visit, I was able to meet professors, build relationships with other Latoya Doucette, Esq. students that were also visiting the campus, and participate in various campus events in order to get a sense of the university’s culture. I thought it was commendable that the university was committed to increasing the diversity of the campus. Many of the students, including myself, were persuaded to attend the university based on that visit. While attending DePauw, I became a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. I participated in a winter term experience building houses for families in need in the Sea Islands of South Carolina, and majored in both sociology and English composition. Upon graduating from DePauw, I obtained a law degree from Emory University School of Law, and subsequently became licensed to practice law in the state of Georgia. I recently celebrated 20 years of working in public service as a government attorney.

DR. DAVID A. UHRICK

1959

1996

LATOYA DOUCETTE (GRAHAM)

08/12/2021

I HAD APPLIED TO A COUPLE OF

colleges. DePauw University awarded me a full Rector Scholarship, which was a main consideration besides the reputation of the school. I thought DePauw had a great campus with friendly people. I was happy in the Men's Hall Association at Longden Hall for four years and met some great people there. I was really thrilled to be accepted into the university choir in my junior year and that became my big extracurricular activity. I enjoyed it so much. I had been in the junior choir for my first two years at DePauw. The director was looking for a very low bass and I won that audition. DePauw gave me access to a doctoral program at Ohio University. Fortunately the National Defense Education Act fellowships became available in May of my senior year. DePauw granted five of those fellowships. I received one and benefitted from it for three years. Several years later I finally earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry. After a few years of working in labs at Phillips Petroleum, I got a job at Chemical Abstracts Service in Columbus, Ohio, where I worked for 31 years. I am now retired and still enjoying a good pension. DePauw was a very strong Methodist-affiliate school.

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DR. GEORGE “MUGGS” C. THORNTON III 08/03/2021

I WANTED A LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION. AT

DePauw, I got to explore a variety of options. I was able to combine an interest in a business profession and a psychology career at the same time. There were good professors in both of those areas. Professor Felix Goodson in psychology was a real inspiration. I pursued graduate work in industrial psychology, which was a combination of both of those subject matter areas. I was on the swimming team, so that was very important to me. I was a research assistant in the psychology department, so I got a lot of opportunities to do hands-on research activities, which stimulated my interest to pursue psychology as a career. The fraternity life was big at that time. I was active in the fraternity. All of those extracurricular activities were really important in shaping my career interests and developing my maturity as a leader. The Rector

Scholarship Program was essential for my college education. As a research assistant for an experimental psychology class, I got to do independent study, and one of the instructors was experienced in industrial psychology. I worked with him, and he suggested I should go to graduate school. I went to Purdue University and earned a Ph.D. in industrial psychology. I had many options in business and in academia because I had enjoyed laboratory instruction; I wanted to pursue a university career. After graduating from Purdue, I had options in organizations, but I chose an academic career. I became a full professor at Colorado State University. All those little experiences in psychology, the faculty there, and the laboratory that I worked in really showed me what I liked to do. I have enjoyed the scholarly work; all emanating back to the fine education that I got at DePauw.

08/31/2021

JOSEPH “JOE” M. BEALS, M.D.

1957

1970

JEFFREY “JEFF” G. RAMSEY

07/29/2021

I WAS A POOR

One of many trips to Cincinnati, Ohio via the mighty Ohio River on my boat

I REALLY LIKED DEPAUW WHEN I VISITED CAMPUS

during my senior year of high school along with a fellow classmate. We were invited to campus and to see the Delt house by friends from our high school who were members. They offered to spring pledge us, and we both accepted their offer. The academics were excellent, and I really enjoyed the social life on campus and in my fraternity, the Delt house. I always enjoyed our faculty Christmas party, where we had the faculty in for a nice dinner, we sang carols and enjoyed the evening. After graduation, I eventually ended up in the insurance business with an independent agency. DePauw had a lot of impact in my professional life. I branched into tax preparation later on. I bought a tax firm and modernized it. They were still doing taxes with a pad of paper and a calculator, so I upgraded that with my first venture into computing for a living.

kid that got a Rector S c ho l arship. I remember Dr. Hans Grueninger who taught German. I went to Europe one summer with Grueninger Travels. I went to medical Daughter, Elizabeth school at Indiana University and did an internship at Marion County General Hospital in Indianapolis. I went into the Air Force as a flight medical officer for two years as a captain. I was stationed at McChord Air Force Base. After that I went to Henry Ford Hospital for an internal medicine residency for three years and then stayed another year for a nephrology fellowship. I went out into private practice in 1968, and I retired in May of 2021. I have a son, Michael, who is an attorney and a daughter who works in the business world. My wife is a retired nurse.

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SAMANTHA “SAM” ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY 08/02/2021

A BIG PART OF ME WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO

pursue my interests. At that time, I was interested in biology and business. I really couldn't find anywhere where I could do both those things within a reasonable cost, except DePauw. That's probably the main reason I went to DePauw. I was able to pursue all my academic interests. There were tons of off-campus things I could pursue before COVID like off-campus study, and it was awesome. There were lots of internship opportunities that were great. I loved being able to challenge myself academically in the classroom, but then also having all of these outside outlets. I could grow outside of the classroom. One of the biggest things DePauw means to me is a huge place of change, which is good. There was a lot of personal growth for me and in the best way possible, and I just felt more comfortable with myself and comfortable with the things I like to achieve. I thought it was pretty amazing to look back on those four years.

LOUISE L. MCCOY (GRAY)

1963

2021

08/13/2021

MY BROTHER

went to DePauw, and he was three years ahead of me. He liked it. I went to Alliance Town High School, and a lot of the kids there were going to DePauw. That was one of the places to go. I went up there to visit my brother and I liked the music school. I was in a sorority, but it was mainly music that interested me because it took a lot of time. I took it seriously,

and I played the piano. My major was piano but also music education because I always intended to teach. I spent a lot of time in the old music building. It was just an old, three-story beautiful home. I made straight A's, and after graduating, I was offered my first job at Brookfield in Alliance, Ill. My first job was at the elementary school, and I taught in two different schools.

1965

KATHRYN ANN MONTOYA (MCADAM) 08/11/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

because it was one of the few schools at the time offering an opportunity to study abroad. With a reputation for excellence, DePauw provided challenging professors in language and history, my two eventual majors. It also provided a broad classical education, exposing students to great music and art of the world. I spent a year abroad in Aix-en-Provence, traveling throughout Europe to experience all 'in situ.' After graduation, I hoped to employ my language ability in the business world, but international business at the time was not well developed and offered few positions requiring languages. I continued studying

languages, German and Spanish, and taught. Years later, I ended up in Miami working for the Summit of the Americas, then developed an international business in soccer tournaments and tours, where my language ability was a plus. Soccer ultimately has become popular in the US, but we were definitely 25 years ahead of our time! I made a career switch to casino marketing at Norwegian Cruise Line, then Medimix International, a medical research firm providing Real World Data to pharma companies for their research and marketing. Two more merger acquisitions ensued, proof that the business world today requires someone who can reinvent

themselves. Currently at Therma Fisher Scientific I still am connected to the world of medicine, working by choice and necessity. I would be bored without the intellectual stimulus! Married to a Peruvian, we have visited frequently the many archaeology sites there and continue to travel abroad as much as possible. DePauw gave me the best preparation, teaching me to be curious, flexible, persistent, and to pivot with changing markets and new opportunities. Like my physician father, whose thirst for knowledge led him to read articles daily from Encyclopedia Britannica, I hope I have passed on the same desire for continued learning to my children!

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DEPAUW HAD A SMALL, HIGH TOUCH, LIBERAL ARTS

environment that allowed me to get a balanced exposure to a number of different fields, because I didn't necessarily know exactly what I wanted to do at the time. I was also accepted into the ITAP work-study program which was definitely a nudge towards DePauw over some of the other options. I also ended up walking onto the swim team and that largely defined my DePauw experience more than anything. It had a greater impact on the trajectory of my life in a very positive way. I had good mentorship opportunities. During my participation in the DePauw men's swimming and diving program, I met Coach Adam Cohen. He was both a mentor, a friend, and probably one of the top three humans that I know on the planet. He allowed me to walk onto the team and swim for those four years. I reinvented myself going through that journey. It was probably the hardest thing I ever decided to do but unquestionably that set the tone for my employment opportunities and network after graduating and still to this day. There are positive and healthy habits that were developed during my time at DePauw, particularly being a student athlete that really set the tone for who I am. I majored in economics and minored in computer science. The ITAP work-study program unquestionably helped give me a taste for how I could apply some of the skills I was learning in my economics and computer science courses in a business environment. I ended up in digital marketing, more specifically e-commerce, which is this interesting blend of data science with the economics background and statistical exposure I had gotten at DePauw compounded with all of the fun computer science stuff I got to do. It was a very unique hybrid. I would not have been able to articulate that when I was on campus, but that academic framework unquestionably set me up for success. I apply the same fundamentals on a daily basis, leading the team and working in digital marketing at large.

2008

MATTHEW “MATT” TUCKER KLEINE 08/13/2021

CHOSE

DePauw primarily to play baseball and get a solid education before ultimately pursuing a law degree. I attended D e Pa u w o n a n academic scholarship. A favorite memory for me was my off-campus internship in the fall of 2007. As part of the Management Fellows Program, I completed an internship with the Houston Astros that semester. It was a highlight of my DePauw experience and very helpful to my ultimate career path. Dr. Geoff

Klinger was one of my favorite professors. He genuinely cared about the students and was not afraid to be himself. I always found him to have a unique personality, which I enjoyed. I always say prioritize your goals and set a routine to achieve those goals. I am the vice president of baseball operations for the Milwaukee Brewers. DePauw gave me the opportunity to take steps in the direction I wanted to go.

08/11/2021

I WAS A PIANO PERFORMANCE MAJOR, AND

the piano teacher I had through my whole childhood taught at DePauw part-time. She highly recommended DePauw. In high school, I had a few lessons with Dr. Lorna Greffitt. She was teaching at DePauw and she was such an amazing teacher. That was the reason I came to DePauw. I was impressed by the people, the professors, and the friendships that were formed there. The professors cared about the students. We saw them outside of class, and they had end-of-semester parties for the students. They had open office doors anytime we needed help. It was like almost a family environment, and the students were nice. It was easy to make friends, and I still have one in particular that lives in another state. We still see each other multiple times a year. After I graduated from DePauw, I went to New England Conservatory in Boston and got a master's degree in piano performance. That was partly due to the teachers that I had at DePauw that helped lead me there. I stayed there and got a master's degree in music theory. Then I moved to Cincinnati because there was a DePauw friend that lived there and needed a roommate. I needed someplace to move and figure out what my next steps in life were. I moved to Cincinnati in 1991, and I roomed with her for a year. I set up my private piano studio, and that was how I earned my income ever since. I went to the University of Cincinnati, The College Conservatory of Music, to work on my doctorate and music theory. While I was working on that, I met my husband and got married. A few years later, I was hired by Xavier University to teach piano as an adjunct professor. I did that for 15 years. I have a daughter who's eight years old, and I have cut back some on the work so I can have more time for her.

SHARON RUTAN (TARPLEE)

1963

1987

TAMI L. MORRIS

08/18/2021

WAS

between DePauw and Hanover, and I got accepted at DePauw. I knew DePauw would give me a great liberal arts education. The professors for sure were a big part of my stay there. I was interested in drama as a sideline. Dr. James Elrod took me under his wing. I was very shy, and he helped me be more assured of myself and got me into plays and different activities. When I was in elementary education,

my professors were all great. My advisor in education gave me such confidence in the field I was going to be in. Knowing this just made me know that I had chosen the right career. I taught second grade in Speedway, Ind., for 33 years and it was a wonderful experience. I received the Golden Apple, an award that was given by Indiana Power and Light to teachers throughout the middle of Indiana. I retired the year after that.

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08/18/2021

I KNEW SINCE I WAS A CHILD THAT I WOULD ATTEND

DePauw. My father went to DePauw and so did my best friend's father. My best friend was going to go to DePauw, so that was all I intended to do. When I was a freshman, women weren't allowed to go into any public buildings with slacks. We had to wear skirts everywhere. By sophomore year, the university ended that rule, and women had the freedom to wear slacks wherever they wanted. After graduating from DePauw, I moved to New York City and got a job with Bankers Trust, which was the biggest bank in the country at the time. They trained me to do all kinds of banking jobs. After marriage, I moved around the country, worked in a number of banks, and ultimately started my own business with a partner. We published information about the use of microcomputer technologies in banking. My company, which I ran for 22 years, exported our information to 79 countries. We did a conference and trade show each year where IBM, Microsoft, Novell, NCR, and a lot of smaller companies put on exhibitions. We would have 30 to 35 speakers and 300 to 500 bankers attending each year. I got my first banking job because the bank was looking for men and women for the first time who had bachelor's degrees in liberal arts. The bank didn't want someone who had a specialized degree. It wanted someone who had a general education and could write, speak, and figure out things, so I have benefited a great deal from DePauw in that way. One professor who affected my life was Richard Peeler. He inspired me to be a student of art throughout my whole life. Today I am a full-time artist and painter. I exhibit my work all along the East Coast and have won awards. I really believe in a liberal arts education and consider it a gift.

BARBARA M. MEEKER (MILLER)

1952

1969

07/26/2021

MY MOTHER

went to DePauw Universit y. I was a Kappa Kappa Gamma. I did a lot of walking because I lived in the Kappa house on campus and spent a good bit of my four years out there. I've kept in touch with several of my campus sisters and other people that went to DePauw. Professor Reid Winsey, who was in the art department, made an impression on me. I credit him for his excellent teaching. He was not only a wonderful teacher, but he was also a character at that time. My desire from

the time I was a child was to go into the arts. I taught in Hammond Public Schools for about seven years. Then I taught at Purdue University Calumet for 22 years. I worked my way up to be a retired professor. I taught classes that had never existed. I had to create drawing classes for the School of A rc hit e c t ural Technology. I am an artist and I have studied with artists all over the country. I've exhibited all over the country as well, and have had many accolades and honors with my work and my teaching.

DR. RICHARD W. FULMER 07/28/2021

MY FATHER WAS A

professor of chemistry at DePauw. As a result, tuition remission was available to me, and I also received an honorary Rector Scholarship. Dr. Howard Burkett's lessons were easy to follow. He taught a difficult class connected to the major with an emphasis in chemistry. Dr. Burkett had worked in the industry for a while before he became a professor at DePauw. Thus he was aware of some of the things I might encounter if I worked in the industry after I graduated. As a student, I worked as a substitute at the post office. I was allowed to take some of my final exams during Christmas time when the post office let me work overtime. I was the valedictorian of the class of 1952. My DePauw education was good preparation for my Ph.D. degree. I received a University of Illinois scholarship for my first year in graduate school without any student teaching requirements. In the last two years, I was awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship, which helped with the finances of finishing graduate school. I achieved my Ph.D. in three years. Afterwards I accepted a position with General Mills in Minneapolis, working in the chemistry field as a research chemist.

JEAN S. DUDLEY (STEPHENS)

1969

1952

08/11/2021

WE HAD A YOUTH GROUP LEADER

from our church whose son attended DePauw. My best friend in high school was planning to go there, so I applied and was accepted. I started out as a math major, but I changed my major to English and I never regretted it. I was in the first group of students hired as resident assistants in the freshmen dorms. My senior year I was in Rector Hall on the fourth floor; I got lots of exercise. It was a really interesting experience to be able to mentor the girls on my floor. I had been working for the public health service in the summertime and after I graduated I kept taking science classes, including the nursing organic chemistry course, because the public health service needed me to take science classes to be able to work there. I worked full-time for the Air Pollution Control Administration. I had met my husband a couple of summers before I graduated. He was my boss and a commissioned Corps officer in the public health service. We were married in 1969. We moved to Idaho in 1970 and went to graduate school; that was where I picked up my teaching endorsement for library science. I had a secondary English endorsement from DePauw, so that was helpful to get me into the classroom into an education field.

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KATHRYN “KATE” RUTH WHALLEY 08/11/2021

WAS

REALLY

excited to go to DePauw University to experience a small liberal arts college. I was also really excited about the small student body and getting to know everybody. I transferred to DePauw after the first semester. I was deciding between DePauw and another school, but I realized that I wanted to go to DePauw. The university worked out well. I had a lot of great professors: Nicole Lobdell in the communication department, professor Peter Graham in film studies, and Sarah Rowley in the history department. I made a lot of good friends. I was in Pi Beta Phi sorority, and I've kept in touch with a lot of my friends from there. I was deeply involved with the

radio station. I served as a station manager at WGRE during my senior year. I really enjoyed everything about radio. It was 24-7 programming, so it really became a large part of my college career. I spent a lot of time in the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media. I am now working in the television industry. It really helped propel my career and gave me a lot of experience. I went off campus to study. I did the New York Arts Program through DePauw twice. DePauw is my alma mater, and it was just such a formative place during such a pivotal time in my life of growth. The experience and friendships I had at DePauw are lifelong. It was a meaningful place in space, and I really had a real connection with it.

1969

DUNCAN E. JONES 07/26/2021

I WAS INTERESTED IN BOTH BOTANY AND MUSIC,

and I needed a college where I could make up my mind since the two fields are so mutually exclusive. I entered DePauw University as a music student and after a year, I decided to stick with it. My father was known as Stompy Jones. He played boogie-woogie piano in the 1930s and 1940s and would come home from his office job and sit down at the piano. After he played for a while, he would teach me the basics of boogie-woogie piano playing. My interest in music was well established by the time I came to college. At DePauw I lived in the dorm for one year then lived in an apartment for three years. The School of Music was, as it is today, one of the finest in the country. I had a career as a public school music teacher for 39 years and played jazz piano on the side, which I still do. I grew up at DePauw. I graduated high school thinking I knew everything then I found out I knew nothing, but the world is ready for you to learn and grow. DePauw is one of those places that still understands the importance of a liberal arts education. Many people don't value it as much anymore, but DePauw continues to be a leader in thinking outside the box. It continues to do things that are surprising and can make certain decisions that larger universities probably can't make because they are so huge.

1962 Circa 1998

DANIEL R. HARDT, J.D. 07/27/2021

DEPAUW OPENED A LOT OF DOORS THAT

would probably slam shut without that connection. I was on the radio station staff and did a program called Music of the Masters every Monday night. However, I was not as familiar with some of the music as I probably should have been. At Christmas time, we did the 'Hallelujah Chorus,' and I didn't know the piece well enough. There was a break at the end and then the final hallelujah, and the audience is still, 60 years later, waiting for that last hallelujah. I also took a deputation down to Atlanta my freshman year. We were studying race relations, and that was interesting. I studied chemistry because my high school chemistry teacher thought that would be a good fit for me, but organic chem and I just didn't get along very well. As a result, in the middle of my junior year, I switched majors with the focus of going to law school. For the last three semesters, I put in all the hours for sociology and was able to complete my degree on time. Then, because of my senior

seminar and the paper I did for that seminar, I was offered a teaching position at DePauw prior to graduation with the idea in the contract that I would go to grad school in the field and come back and teach. Because I wanted to go to law school, I turned that down. I went to IUPUI, which was a night school at that time, and I worked full-time for the Welfare Department of Marion County. After I graduated, I became the first staff attorney for the Welfare Department. Then shortly after that, I went into private practice, joining a law firm in Beach Grove, Ind., and then from there opened my own office in Speedway. I did that along with being a deputy prosecutor for a few years. I practiced for about 15 years, and then I became a numerologist. It is a metaphysical science similar to astrology, and for the last 30 years, I have been a full-time professional, teaching, writing, and counseling in the field. I really found my passion with it.

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LINDA J. CHITTICK (SUNKEL) 07/28/2021

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already at DePauw University. The teacher that I was fond of was an alumna, and she encouraged me to look into it. It was not too far from where I lived, and my parents liked the idea that it was smaller and more personal. I ended up in a five-hour chemistry class, and I would not have survived that class if I had not been seated next to a student who could do the complicated math that we were using. I could take excellent notes because I had a shorthand class in high school. We would meet every other class and go over what the lesson was about. He helped me with anything I was struggling with, and I shared my notes. We had our 50th class reunion, and this man came up to me and said, 'Oh, Linda, I owe you a big thank you. You saved my life in five-hour chemistry.' I was in a sorority and really formed friendships. We had a fantastic housemother, and she was very knowledgeable. She was kind and just a real asset. She would take people

under her wing if they needed it. After I graduated, I taught junior high and high school. Then I taught preschool for five or six years. I later picked up and finished a master's degree at Indiana State University in library science. My main emphasis was early childhood. After the preschool teaching, there was an opportunity to do some substitute teaching in junior high. An opportunity came up to work with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as a child abuse and neglect investigator. I ended up working with courts on that, too. I retired from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services after 23 years. Then Eastern Illinois University had taken up a program where they furnished workshops to childcare providers who needed workshops or credentialing. I gave workshops throughout our area and became quite active in the Association for the Education of Young Children. I taught child development at Lakeland Junior College for a few years. Then I totally retired.

2010

GRACE BURHYTE ATWATER 07/26/2021

I WAS ORIGINALLY FROM BUFFALO,

N.Y., and we came to Indiana to look at Notre Dame. Back then we looked at books to pick colleges, and I thought I might want to play field hockey (which I only ended up doing for a year), and then we came to see DePauw and loved it. The professor that stood out to me was Dr. Robert Dewey. I had him all through school and in my senior year as my seminar professor. He was a smart and nice guy. In terms of my friends, I met my best girlfriend in the world at DePauw. We were in the same orientation group and we have stayed best friends this whole time. We have been through a lot of stuff, and she also lived on my floor and we just clicked right away. I was a Kappa Kappa Gamma and that experience was special to me. It was a huge part of my college experience. Jason and I are getting married in December. We have been together since our senior year. I went to law school and so did he. Then we moved to Indianapolis. I am working as a criminal defense attorney now. DePauw means so much in different ways because it helped me be prepared for law school and it taught me how to think critically.

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I met my future husband in the marching band at DePauw; we were married during my senior year and during his junior year. - Loraine Cox (Loomis) '54

My second wife, who also went to DePauw, and I met in 1990 at our 40th alumni reunion. - James "Jim" R. Keene '50

I met my husband at DePauw in the fall of 1966 in English class when we were freshmen. - Phyllis Spitler (Childers) '70

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MARGARET “MARG” A. MUSE (MCGLEISH) 08/12/2021

I HAD COUSINS WHO PRECEDED ME

at DePauw, and that was how I knew about the university. They had very good things to say about DePauw, so that was really what resulted in my applying. The best experience that I had at DePauw was living for a semester with a group of freshmen. I was a dorm advisor at Locust Manor for freshmen women who were living there for their first semester. My experience living with and helping them was one of the best experiences I had during my four years; I really enjoyed doing that. My husband and I met at DePauw as seniors. We've been married for 52 years now. I think we met through the Methodist Student Foundation. We were both members, and at one point Ken was the president. Because of the counseling experience I had living in Locust Manor for a semester and working with freshmen, I always knew that I wanted to do something in that area. I started teaching high school and continued teaching in two-year colleges for years.

1963

ELIZABETH “BETSY” BELDEN (GRAHAM) 07/26/2021

I WAS LOOKING FOR A

small liberal arts school in the Midwest. DePauw was beautiful. A tour of the campus made me realize this was where I would love to be. What stood out was the organizations and the sorority friendships that I made, some of which I still have. Every year we get together with a really good friend who was my roommate and has been a friend continually through these 57 years. My husband and I met on a blind date at DePauw; it was probably the biggest

takeaway: 57 years of marriage, three children, and nine grandchildren later. I was a member of Alpha Phi and an officer in that sorority. I was president of the Mortar Board; it was both an academic and an activities honorary. DePauw celebrated a major anniversary in 1962 and sent the university choir, of which I was a member, to Europe. It was amazing. We went to six countries and sang everywhere, including Stratford in Shakespeare's church.

1959

ROSANNE WATSON (NELSON) 08/09/2021

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DePauw for me. I wanted to attend a bigger school, but he said, 'Nope, you're going to go to a smaller school.' I ended up liking the size of DePauw. I loved my classes and the idea that

I had to take all kinds of courses. My experience in my sorority was wonderful. I also met my husband at DePauw. He loved DePauw, too, and both of our children went to DePauw as well.

08/03/2021

MY MOTHER AND MY OLDEST SISTER

attended DePauw, and I was interested in a small school. My grandparents lived in Greencastle. I lived on campus. DePauw was the right size school, and it was the right distance from my home that if I had to get home for anything, I could. I was a Kappa Kappa Gamma. I appreciated the things that they taught us besides having a good time with the other girls, but that we learned correct manners. We had formal eating in the dining room on Sundays and then evenings, we had rules about sundown. I knew someone was in charge of closing the curtains and turning the lights on. I met my husband there; he was a Sigma Nu. We were on campus together for one year. He got his military duty over with, and that was my senior year. Then we got married. I taught at school for two years, and then we started our family. I worked in our bank for ten years, and I worked at Macy's.

WAYNE C. KYHOS

1966

1959

JUDITH “JUDY” D. WICKEMEYER (DYKHUIZEN)

07/27/2021

I WANTED TO CONTINUE PLAYING

football in college. It just so happened that at the time the head football coach at DePauw University, a gentleman by the name of Tommy Mont, had been the head coach at the University of Maryland prior to DePauw. I contacted DePauw for that reason. That was the initial attraction, but then one thing led to another, and I decided that DePauw would be a nice place to be. I had already committed to DePauw before I had even gone to the campus. I was introduced to DePauw's academics via a television show that had been on for a number of years back in the old days. It was called the College Bowl, and one of DePauw's segments made me think, 'Well, gee, that sounds like a pretty good place to be.' When we visited there one day after my classes, I really enjoyed the place. It seemed like I made a good decision. It had every fraternity and sorority, and I was very much a part of the educational and social system. I met my wife there, too. One of my fraternity brothers, who was also a football player, told me he met a couple of girls, and he said, 'I met this girl that you should meet.' That was in the fall of 1963 in my sophomore year. She was a freshman. He gave me her number, and I called her. We went to the movies in September of that year, but then I got busy with football. I asked her out again to go with me to the full-on house dance in late November, and she did. We never stopped dating after that. That was one of the highlights of my time there. She was a wonderful young lady from Canton, Ohio. We married a few months after she graduated, and we were married until the time of her passing.

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DAVID R. SHEAFFER SUSAN “SUE” E. TUHEY (WILLARD) 08/16/2021

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was a turning point in my life. I made a lot of good friends and I am still in touch with several of them including Jim Searl, who is living now in North Carolina, Pete Hill and Dave Sublette. All three of them graduated a year after me. Vernon Jordan was also at DePauw at that time. He was on the same floor with me in Longden Hall. He died recently but Vern had been a strong figure in the democratic party. In fact, he was Clinton's attorney and advisor. I was strongly influenced by him. Dottie Thomas, Art Wolff, and Marge Benson were all music friends in my earlier years at DePauw. They have all passed away. They graduated two years before me, but we had a lot of good times. I arrived at DePauw to study oboe with Franklin Inglis. Playing and teaching became my career. I played oboe in several symphonies throughout my career in the Midwest. My high school band director, Gene Pennington in LaPorte, Ind., inspired me to attend college. He was the one who started me on oboe. Mr. Pennington was from Greencastle, and he made all the connections for me. My family had very little of anything and very little money and Mr. Pennington led me to DePauw, which was a very expensive school. I received a president's scholarship, and I worked in the cafeteria and in music cataloging department in the orchestra. That got me through, but it was that high school teacher who started my career. Without his influence, I might still be in my hometown working in a pharmacy or working in a bank, my high school jobs. I taught music theory and oboe and played in the faculty woodwind quintet at Illinois State University. My wife is also listed as an alumna at DePauw but she never graduated. At the end of my senior year we were married. We have two children and celebrated 63 years of marriage on August 23, 2021.

08/10/2021

I WENT TO DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BECAUSE

I had friends who were there. At DePauw, I majored in French and was part of a sorority. Later I taught French and earned a degree in business French at the University of Illinois in Chicago. I took 30 kids to Paris and 30 French kids came to our town of Western Springs near Chicago. That exchange was a result of my DePauw education. The most important thing about my DePauw experience was meeting my husband there. He was a DePauw graduate, as were his family members for several generations. I love DePauw and had a wonderful time there.

CHRISTOPHER WAYNE BROLSMA 08/02/2021

I WAS A STUDENT ATHLETE, AND I WANTED TO GO

somewhere that had a good combination of athletics and academic rigor. DePauw's history as a selective university with a strong educational environment and an opportunity to continue in athletics influenced my decision. I played football for four years as a Tiger. I got a couple of runs as a freshman and even scored a touchdown that year. I was so happy we won during my senior year. I remember a particular professor who really helped me develop my writing capabilities. I was not an excellent writer by any means, but my eventual ability to express myself clearly in writing was greatly impacted by that professor. I still see that skill being a big advantage, especially with the computer science type work I do right now. As a student I also got involved a little in ceramics and created some videos and drawings, even though I never intended any of those activities to be my major. A liberal arts education says, 'Hey, you've got to hit some of these different categories so you will be well-rounded.' I got into computer science and that resonated with me. My career now is more on the computer science side than the artistic side, but I still have options to pursue something more creative as I explore my career. I met my wife through a couple of common friends at DePauw. I was in a fraternity and she was joining a sorority at the time. She went to a party with some of her friends, we ran into each other, and got to know each other a bit. She ended up at one of my first dances at DePauw. I got to know her a bit more, and we started going to dances together. We enjoyed each other, and she was also a computer science major. When we graduated, we each found our way into the same company. We both joined IBM and worked as consultants for a few years together. It was very interesting how that path worked out for us. Our shared DePauw background has help keep us together.

CAROLE STRONG BARTOL (COX)

1956

2005

08/05/2021

A GIRLFRIEND OF MINE WENT TO

DePauw, and I came down to visit. I liked it very much, so that was where I went. I met my future husband there in my sophomore year, so I was with him a lot. I had a very good experience, and I've had very good friends that I still see. I went to our 60th reunion and enjoyed every minute of it. I lived in the Tri Delta house, and they were a great group of girls. I majored in elementary education and went overseas very shortly after I got married. We landed in Germany, and I substituted a lot. I taught nursery for 16 years, and I'm still going to vacation Bible school and working with them because I love little kids. I have 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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RUTH L. TALBOTT (LIGHTER) 08/11/2021

WENT

DePauw University on a tour because my mother had a friend who wanted her daughter to go to DePauw. The daughter didn't want to go alone on the college tour, so I went with her, even though I did not know her. I got there and was very impressed and loved it. It was a really good experience for me and that girl. I didn't ever believe that I would go to DePauw, but I did. I enjoyed my time there very much. I made a lot of good friends and had some outstanding professors. I was glad that I went there. I met my spouse at DePauw, which was probably

the most important thing. We got to know each other going back home for Thanksgiving vacation on the Monon. We happened to end up sitting near each other and got to talk. We realized that we were both going back for vacation. We started talking, and then we got together over the holiday and later on over Christmas and New Year. When we got married, Dick was in graduate school at the University of Illinois, and I worked at the university library. We had a family, and after that I became a volunteer in a variety of things over the years as I raised my family.

PHYLLIS SPITLER (CHILDERS)

1970

1958

08/12/2021

HEARD

A BO U T

DePauw University from a school counselor and an administrator who had attended there and graduated. She encouraged me to apply for a scholarship, so I applied and received the Malpas Scholarship. I always felt that going to a small school was helpful. I felt more personal feelings for the university, the campus, and the people I met there. I met my husband at DePauw in the fall of 1966 in Me and Mann Spitler III at Mason English class when we were Hall in 1966 freshmen. We celebrated our 50th anniversary this past Saturday. DePauw prepared me very well for my professional career as a teacher as well as my personal life. I'm truly grateful for that.

2011

DAVID R. DIETZ 08/10/2021

THE STRENGTH OF THE LIBERAL

arts experience and the close-knit nature of the community of students and alumni were huge factors in my choosing to attend DePauw. The unique cocurricular professional development opportunities made it clear to me that DePauw was a place where I would get a first-class education, make lifelong friends, and have an opportunity to get out into the world and do things that would help me shape my long-term professional path. I got very involved on campus and was the student organizer with the Obama campaign on campus. I was also president of the college

democrats. I got the opportunity within my first year to do an internship on the Obama campaign where I met a DePauw alumnus who became my real mentor. That internship was transformative to me. Not only did I make a lifelong lasting mentor and have a transformative professional experience, but I was also able to step into a leadership role. Those skills and experiences I draw upon in my career all these years later. I was also very involved and helped co-found a student organization on campus called Building Tomorrow, which was an effort to educate DePauw students about educational inequities in Sub-Saharan Africa and to

raise funds to construct a schoolhouse in a rural community in Uganda. We were able to raise over $30,000 to complete a new schoolhouse for our community over the course of my last two and a half years. The older I get, the more I appreciate how unique my experience at DePauw was compared to my friends and family members who went to larger or different institutions. I feel a strong connection with DePauw because of the lifelong relationships I made. I felt very lucky and grateful to meet the love of my life at DePauw, who is now my wife.

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of DePauw, too; she graduated in 1976. My mother had wanted to go to DePauw, but had me instead. I grew up in Texas, and I wanted to spend some time with my grandparents who were getting up in age, so I chose to go to school in Indiana and I chose DePauw. My father had friends that went there as well, so it was just always mentioned as a good school. I was not a member of a Greek unit, but that never stopped me from feeling like part of the campus. I was involved in different organizations. I met a boy on campus, and I ended up marrying him. There was a party at his fraternity which was located across the street from my dorm, so a couple of my friends and I went over to say hi and see who was there and what was going on. Then a man came over and started talking to us. He invited me to some dances. As we got closer and closer, we decided that we wanted to be in the same city after graduation to

see where things went. I moved to St. Louis, and then we got married a year after we graduated. I was an econ major, and we had a lot of very interesting professors in the economics department. One of my favorite professors was Dr. Wilson in the history department; he could tell stories, and we would just be sitting there listening to him. You always learned, and he just really kept you involved and made you feel like you were there. Careerwise, I took an entry-level job after DePauw in computer programming, which I had studied there. After that, I went to work for IBM working on a help desk for Boeing, and I really enjoyed my time there being able to use all the computer skills that I had begun to learn while at DePauw. I'm thankful for the chance to get my degree, and for the people that I met there, especially the one that I married. We sent one of our daughters to DePauw, and she just graduated in May 2021. I really enjoyed my time at DePauw.

08/02/2021

MY DAD WENT

to Centre College another small liberal arts school in my native Kentucky, in the 1980s. When I was looking at colleges, he recounted how he had a swim meet at DePauw once, which at the time had a brand new pool, so he told me to check it out. I checked it out, and it was the same pool that was brand new in the 1980s, so it was older in 2010, but that was how I came to DePauw. I was on the swim team for three years, and it was enjoyable working with the team and the coach. I also enjoyed the liberal arts aspect, and I was able to take classes with a lot of different things. Showing up was very important, putting in the work, and being accountable to my teammates, friends, and family members. I just liked thinking about the campus and all the good memories I have there. I also met my wife there, and that is where all of my best friends are from.

JEFFREY “TODD” POOLE

1986

2016

STEPHEN TODD MCMURTRY

07/26/2021

WHAT INSPIRED ME TO ATTEND DEPAUW WAS

education, history with past alumni, and football. Without DePauw, I would not have married my wife, who was a DePauw graduate in 1987. That is the biggest credit that I have to give to DePauw. The other great part of DePauw was football. I was recently on campus for Coach Nick's tribute. There were 170 people at the tribute dinner and that was a credit both to the university and Coach Nick. Monon Bell week was always memorable; all four years. DePauw was a small school and you could meet so many people. I probably know more people from DePauw, more alumni, than my kids know from the large universities they attended. I was in the transportation logistics industry for 34 years. I had different management positions in both sales and operations. Everything you learn at a liberal arts school helps in your career and helps make you well-rounded: budgeting time, leading a team and managing priorities. My advice to anyone who is thinking of going to DePauw is to go to the campus, it sells itself. Once you are there, you will be hooked!

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1967 Me, 1967, and Lezlie, 1966, at the ancient Roman Hippodrome in Istanbul

WHEN I WAS CHOOSING A

college, I had friends who went to DePauw University. On my campus visit, I met a bucket load of lovely coeds and said, 'Oh boy, I really want to go here.' I eventually married one of the coeds, Lezlie Chesbrough 1966. It turned out to be an awfully good call. For the 50th reunion of my Sigma Chi fraternity, the five of us 1967 brothers were together. All of us married DePauw women whom we met on campus during our four years of undergrad and we are all still together fifty years later with our DePauw spouses. My wife, Lezlie, spent her junior year studying in Spain. Out of four years with different majors, she and I

LAFAYETTE “LARRY” H. MAYFIELD III 07/27/2021

took only one class together - which was in her senior year and my junior - but that was all I needed to meet my life mate. One thing that stood out about DePauw was the access to professors. I could always get a hold of them and schedule an appointment. I remember when Dr. Jerome Hixson would give Shakespeare lectures and there would be added walk-ins to our class who would say, 'I never understood Macbeth.' I took an Asian literature class with Dr. Robert Johnson. He and I managed to get back in touch years later when he was teaching in Boston and it was great to reconnect with him. I also corresponded with Dr. Hixson after I graduated. A DePauw education

brought my wife and me together, and it served us both well. My wife has been successful in her career in education and administration. DePauw gave us an educational background which she used as a teacher and supervisor and I used as a base to a different profession developing agents and managers in insurance. Going to a small college with small class experiences, we both learned how to engage with new things and developed the ability to tackle stuff we hadn't learned in college. Today, I am happily back in touch with some of my old fraternity brothers and others. It is good to be able to maintain contact after all these years away from East College.

1958 Albert A. Watts Jr. and me, class of 1958; sweethearts and married for 61 years

BELINDA “KAY” WATTS (NICKEL) 08/09/2021

I GREW UP IN A VERY SMALL TOWN IN CENTRAL

Illinois. I knew DePauw University was a Christian school, which meant a lot to me. After high school, I headed off to DePauw, just as my mother, class of 1920, had done. I earned my bachelor of arts degree in microbiology in 1958. I especially enjoyed my Greek and Latin Medical Terminology class and that information is still very useful today. Albert A. Watts Jr., also from the class of 1958 with a bachelor of arts degree in economics, and I became engaged our senior year. After graduation, Albert was drafted by the Army, and I taught science and health for a year. In June 1959, we were married and travelled to Heidelberg, Germany where Al served our country for two years. In 1961, we moved back to Gary, Ind. Al worked in production planning for US Steel

for 35 years. I busied myself developing Community Welcome, Inc., and together we developed A & K Advertising Specialties. Al and I also raised three children: Belinda J. Watts, MD, Susan A. Watts-Collins, and Albert A. Watts III. The generational tradition of Albert's has continued in our family with Albert A. Watts, IV and now Albert A. Watts, V. In 1970, we moved to Valparaiso, Ind. After 61 years of marriage, Al Jr. went to be with the Lord in November 2020. To all the future DePauw Tigers, enjoy your time at the university, study hard, and remember to always seek God's guidance and plan for your life's journey. A Bible verse of great comfort to me is Psalm 121:1-2. 'I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.'

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friends had planned to go to DePauw, so I thought I would go where they went. I had applied to William and Mary, but they did not have any room, so DePauw was Enjoying the gift my next choice. It turned of life! out that the man I married had planned to go to William and Mary and his sister already went to DePauw, so he changed to DePauw. It was interesting that we both met the first week we were there. He was with Sigma Chi and we got to talking. He liked to play pingpong, so we went down and played. We got married three months later. I was very active in modern dance. I was able to get a job playing the piano for the modern dance classes. After graduating, I started a modern dance program at our high school in Sumter, S.C. It made me feel very good. I was also a cheerleading coach. That gave me an opportunity to look at a broad spectrum of things, to be willing to step out and do something on my own. I was elected South Carolina Technical Educator of the Year for all teachers in 18 technical schools in South Carolina, and I credit a lot of that to the fact that I got the opportunity to be fairly independent and did so many things. I thought it gave me that chance to be available for experiences and gave me a wonderful husband of 42 years.

1958

MIRIAM E. BOLING (QUERY) 07/30/2021

DEPAUW UNIVERSITY WAS IN MY HOME

state. My father was also a Methodist minister, and I got a nice little discount for being a minister's child. I met my future husband early on at a Mason Hall mixer. He helped me through with meeting people. It was a four-year courtship because he decided to go to medical school at Indiana University, and we waited until he was part way through that. He was in his internship when we got married. We were married for 57 years before he passed away. I majored in elementary education, and I student taught there at one of the Greencastle schools. I ended up teaching kindergarten and then raising our five children. My degree gave me a well-rounded approach to things and helped me know a little bit about psychology when working with children. The friends I made at DePauw put a smile on my face. I was in a round-robin letter group from Mason Hall, and that lasted for 50 years or so. It was a wonderful experience to keep in touch with all these ladies all that time.

MARILYN YAHNKE (RIST)

1961

1960

JANE G. COLLINS (GARBER)

08/10/2021

MANY OF MY FAMILY,

my parents, some aunts, and uncles had brought me up as a DePauw person. I knew it was a fine school, therefore I was very happy to go there. I was in a sorority and made friends in the dorm when I

was there. I knew my future husband from second grade. We grew up in the same hometown, but we did not date until we were juniors in college. We got married after we graduated.

08/10/2021

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY I

consider my time at DePauw in a favorable, 'golden,' light, but there is one aspect of my experience that stands out as particularly illuminating. That is the fact that DePauw had strong off-campus programs in Europe. As a science major, I had to get the dean's permission to be off-campus in the first semester of my senior year. That permission was rapidly granted. In August 1961, I headed to the Institute of American Universities in Aix-en-Provence, France. The ship I took was the Queen Mary and that's where I met Katherine Odell. She was a French and political science double major, headed to the University of Geneva for the full academic year. We managed some time together during the autumn of 1961, established great rapport, and were married on December 29, 1963. In 2021, that means a DePauw connection has led to a wonderful 58 years together. Those events certainly qualify as 'golden,' but the key issue here is the impact of DePauw. Looking back 60 years, I am grateful for the education that I received in my coursework in Greencastle, and for my involvement with the strong geology department, but the true 'gold' was that semester in Aix-en-Provence. I finished my degree requirements, which were valuable, and connected with my wife-to-be, which was invaluable. The greatest educational and personal impact was being in an amazing culture, traveling around Provence for my art history course, and spending time in Spain and Italy during vacation times. The immersion was literally and liberally educating in itself. It greatly broadened my view of life, culture, history, and the world. It set the stage for Kay, our son Rob, and me to spend two six-month sabbaticals in Paris, researching the history of geology at the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Whenever a college allows, even fosters, that kind of expansion, it is opening doors to a person's future. That was a 'golden' opportunity of life-changing magnitude.

CHARLES “MYTRON” LISBY

1972

1962

DR. KENNARD “KEN” B. BORK

08/16/2021

I WAS RAISED IN PUTNAM

County, and from about middle school on, I was going to DePauw for music lessons. I felt like a music major in the last two years of high school because I was at DePauw five nights a week. As a student I played in the orchestra and also took lessons. I was a tuba and string bass double major. I lived on campus the first three years in Longden Hall and then Bishop Roberts Hall. Then, my wife and I got married between our junior and senior years, so we lived out in town. After graduating I went into teaching school and became a band director. After earning some advanced degrees, I went into school administration and served as a high school principal for 23 years.

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things that interested me. First, it was a small liberal arts school. Second, it was close enough to Louisville that I could go home for the holidays. Third, since I went to an all-male high school, I was very interested in going to a college with many women students. I got married in my senior year at DePauw. My first wife and I graduated together and lived together for a number of years. When I was at DePauw, my fraternity had some annexes. In our sophomore year we did not live in university housing, but rather in a rented space elsewhere in the community. My wife was in a similar situation and we kind of lived across the street from each other. We started out as friends and grew more committed as time went on. My second wife, who also went to DePauw, and I met in 1990 at our 40th alumni reunion. We got to know each other through long conversations. I asked her for a date and the rest followed.

1963

DAVID E. GREER 08/16/2021

I WON A NATIONAL

Merit Scholarship, and DePauw was one of the institutions that sent literature to me. That was one of the places I applied to, and it turned out I was an alternate for the General Motors Scholarship because the first person did not take it. That was why I ended up at DePauw. I did meet my wife at DePauw, and it was the best thing to happen to me at the university. I was a

pretty studious person there; I went in my little bubble, and I kept my nose to the grindstone, except for meeting my wife in my junior year and then dating her afterward. My time at DePauw prepared me for graduate school in chemistry at Indiana University. Then it got me to apply to Ford Motor Company, and they accepted me in their coatings development lab. I ended up in the Detroit area.

ELIZABETH “BETSY” MORSE (BOXELL)

1990

1950

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size school. It offered what I was looking to do, which was to become a teacher. It was great. I loved all four years. I did not want to go abroad, and so I stayed there. I loved the classes, the friends that I met, my sorority and the campus. I was part of Pi Beta Phi, and I am still in contact with them. I liked my professors, especially my senior seminar professor and a lot of the English literature professors. I met my husband there. We got married and moved to Nashville, Tenn., and have been married for over 30 years.

1952 Me, Madelyn, and Lucky in Springfield

JIM L. BOGUE 07/27/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE MY DAD HAD

attended there. During my sophomore year, I was a member of the scouting honor, and we were supposed to help freshmen women move into the dorms. I was helping a pair of twins, one was Madelyn, and I met their parents after we had them moved into the dorm. A friend of hers called me to get a date for the house dance on Friday. I went across the hall, and I asked a friend of mine. He didn't say yes or no, and it was on Saturday night. During Sunday night, I figured, 'Well, Friday is coming soon.' I went back, I asked him, and he said, 'Yes.' His name was Dick, and he and Madelyn eventually got pinned and got married. In 2002, I had a great time at my 50th reunion. I went back in 2003 for the 51st, and while walking across campus, I met Madelyn. The first thing she said was she wanted to thank

me for setting her up for such a wonderful marriage. A couple of evenings later at a sing along event in Longden, I sensed she was ready to go out; so I tapped her on the shoulder, and we went out and commiserated on the loss of our spouses. I invited her to Crete, where I lived, and she said she wasn't in the social scene. In September, I came down to Springfield for the state senior Olympics. We saw each other quite a bit that weekend. I had a hotel for two nights, but I told her, 'I wanted to worship with you on Sunday morning, but I don't have a place to stay.' She said, 'Well, you can stay at my house. I have lots of room.' I stayed that night, and we went to worship and dinner on Sunday. The next Tuesday, I called her up and said, 'I left something there.' She said, 'I don't see anything out of order.' I said, 'I left my heart there.' We got married the following June.

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DIANE STRADER (SHARP) 07/30/2021

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loved it. The junior and senior year DePauw nursing spent offcampus, and DePauw had housing for us up in Indianapolis where we could do our clinical work. It was a unique experience in the sense that I wasn't on campus full-time. I still had a very close network of friends that I wanted to see, and I did travel back most weekends to be on campus. Besides my education, the thing that I loved about DePauw was Winter Term in Mission. Those months in January helped me figure out which direction I wanted to go for my future, so they were instrumental in that. I went to Africa for a winter term in my senior year, and it was transformative. I loved that about DePauw because if I hadn't had those experiences, I wouldn't be the person I am today. I played field hockey, so I had those relationships there. I developed some really solid friendships, and being up in Indianapolis was great for my education. When I had some free time, I wanted to see people so I went back to campus. They had a nursing room for us, and we had a room designated for us when we came back, and it felt very inviting as well. We felt wanted and encouraged to come back, so we did. My favorite memory was our trip to Kenya in 1985, my January trip. I met my husband Todd on that trip, so it was obviously significant as well. He was two years behind me, but his brother Tom was in my year and was the leader of the trip. I was a nursing student off-campus, and Todd was a sophomore. We spent a month together, and when we came back, we decided to date. We dated and it worked out, so here we are 33 years later.

1954

LORAINE COX (LOOMIS) 08/10/2021

AT T E N D E D

DePauw because I was going to a small high school in Illinois and the principal of that small school had gone to DePauw. She talked to my parents. They seemed to think that it was all right so that is where I went. I studied elementary education and psychology. I played in the band and I was blessed to be selected for Phi Beta Kappa my senior year. I met my future husband in the marching

band at DePauw; we were married during my senior year and during his junior year. We moved to Indianapolis, and he was immediately drafted. I taught at an elementary school in Indianapolis for several years. He ended up playing in the second armored division band in Germany for two years. DePauw means a lot to me because my daughter also graduated from there in 1984.

2007 Visited campus ten years later; once lab partners, now life partners: me and Luke Miller

DR. ELIZABETH “BETSY” MILLER (FEIGHNER) 08/11/2021

I COME FROM A FAMILY OF DEPAUW ALUMNI;

my great-great grandfather's portrait hangs in East College. I never thought I would actually go to DePauw myself because I had always intended to attend college far away from home. That was until I visited DePauw on a beautiful day in May 2003. The flowers were blooming and everyone I saw just seemed to be having the best time. I decided that day that I, too, would go to DePauw. In my first week on campus for pre-season soccer practice, I met friends who remain my best friends to this day. I played soccer at DePauw all four years, and all my fondest memories are shared with my teammates on and off the field. Even our parents became friends cheering us on the sidelines and they too remain lifelong

friends. Only at DePauw could I have played a varsity sport, completed all my pre-veterinary prerequisite classes, been an active member of Pi Beta Phi and studied abroad for a semester in Copenhagen. DePauw was also where I met my future husband; we were lab partners my senior year and stayed in touch for a decade as we both pursued medical careers. DePauw was our common thread, reconnecting us at a Monon Bell viewing party in Denver in 2016. We were married in 2019 and now have a son, Jack. To me, DePauw is so much more than the place I received a quality education; DePauw laid the foundation for me to build the life and family I have today, and I am forever grateful for my fateful visit that spring day in 2003.

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I have maintained friendships I made at DePauw. We've celebrated and supported each other through a lot of life's changes. - Jessica Holler (Shisler) '82

I was in a sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, and I'm still very close with all my sorority sisters. - Sarah Eder (Finney), AAMS '03

I have best friends that I still talk to in daily life after 20 years. - Lisa Malikow (Goecke) '01

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MORRIS “MO” ROSENBAUM 07/26/2021

I WAS INSPIRED TO

attend DePauw University because of its reputation, and I wanted to play football. When I went there, I had never met so many personable yet fun peers that were soon to become my classmates. Our head coach at that time was my father's best friend, whom he had not seen since the midfifties. Immediately they re-engaged and an old friendship was renewed. Although I would be 500 miles from home, my parents knew that Coach Tommy Mont would have my back. Both football and my fraternity gave me a sound base to form friends across campus for life. Many of my teammates from 1967 through 1971 still meet at least once a year in Greencastle for a home football game. We often meet for dinner the night before in Indianapolis and then Fall 1968, sophomore year as at the game the next day. I found a DePauw University Tiger that DePauw friends were friends for life. Because every state was well represented with students during my years at DePauw, I could find friends everywhere I traveled after graduation. Early in my career I lived in seven major metropolitan cities where my DePauw friends gave me the base to establish myself. DePauw has always been known for its excellence in education. As a result, it has and still continues to produce industry leaders in government and private business.

2015

SARAH MEADORS (CRANDALL) 07/26/2021

MY OLDER SISTER WAS TWO YEARS AHEAD

of me at DePauw University, and I had the opportunity to visit her. We also had really good family friends who were alumni of the school and that's how I learned more about DePauw. I lived on campus for all four years. Coming from a very small town and going to a private liberal arts college, getting out of my comfort zone was probably the most prominent impact. DePauw definitely taught me how to keep an open mind and have that diverse approach to learning. All of our courses were so collaborative, so I had the time to soak in other people's perspectives. It was an awesome experience as a whole and something I will never forget. DePauw helped me think of the bigger picture; it is not about the now but about the future. It challenged me to be the best possible version of myself every day and realize everyone has a different perspective on life. DePauw gave me the drive to continue to learn and grow as a person and that same mindset has transformed in my career. The most impactful thing was my group of friends. We are still good friends today, and I think that is pretty special. We are still connected, and they have really helped shape who I have become today. The people in my life who are outside of the DePauw 'bubble,' don't understand it, but are always in awe of how tight our community is.

1952

MARY J. CHESTERSON I

07/26/2021

FROM

Crawfordsville. DePauw was close, and I didn't want to go far away. I am 91 now, and I still have friends from DePauw. I had wonderful friends from there, and most of them were sorority sisters. The friendships I made there make me smile.

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DR. CHARLES “CHUCK” F. MEYER 08/11/2021

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1983

SHAWNETTE BEARD 08/10/2021

Greencastle High School, and I lived two blocks away from the university. I didn't see a point in going away, but then my dad got transferred my senior year in high school. I went away to school in my hometown, which is kind of strange. I wanted to do pre-

med. My counselor in high school said there is no better place, so I went there. I was a Lambda Chi. One of my favorite friends in high school was also my fraternity brother at DePauw. We stayed lifelong friends. I had several friends at high school and DePauw.

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MARJORIE LAWYER-SMITH 07/26/2021

I LIKED THE SMALL FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AND THE

small class sizes. I also liked the one-on-one relationships with the professors and the campus-wide commitment to community service. The quality of the education helped me get into law school. I am still good friends with many of the people with whom I went to DePauw. The close-knit atmosphere of the campus fosters lifelong relationships. DePauw University changed the trajectory of my life, and it enabled me to explore leadership opportunities and experiences that I never would have had anywhere else. Those experiences and classes led me to fields and areas that I never would have considered before.

I WAS OFFERED A

chance to go on a threeweek band tour in high school and each person needed a sponsor to make it happen. The band directors in Indianapolis got together and found a sponsor for me who was Fred Tucker of the F. C. Tucker real estate firm. At that time, he was on the board of directors at DePauw. He agreed to be my sponsor provided that I applied to DePauw. I was accepted, and that's how I ended up going to DePauw. I made a lot of friendships, especially in my freshman year, and I've stayed in touch with a lot of my really good friends. I enjoyed being a part of the band, even though that wasn't my major. Mr.

Hanna, the director, let me audition, and I was at the end of the band in the third section. I had a lot of good times with some of the girls and I'm still in touch with them and I just love them, like family. I think my college years taught me to take care of myself, to grow up, and to be more responsible. It was the first time I had lived away from home. I had the opportunity to spend a year in Strasbourg, France as well. I learned to have good order in my life, set priorities, be on time, and to always do my best. I think that was just part of my growing up, and an extension of everything I'd learned up until that point. I think it really helped a lot.

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MICHAEL “MICK” DESTEWART MCCLURE 08/12/2021

1958

ANN C. TURPIN (CLARKSON) 07/28/2021

I WAS INTERESTED IN THE FIELD OF

L-R: Sigma Chi Brother Brent Bundy, President Brian Casey, and me at the 1964 50th reunion

ONE OF MY BEST

friends went to DePauw, and I was interested in playing football. My fraternity brothers stood out to me. Six or seven of us have been together for the last 30 years. We get together for a weekend every year. We found ourselves in Sigma Chi, and we have been

very loyal and faithful to it. I was involved in the newspaper business after graduation. I was involved in corporate public relations and was involved in television and ultimately my career was primarily spent in professional sports and athletics.

church music, and DePauw was one of the few schools that offered that. I did not want to go to a music conservatory to spend four years with just musicians, so DePauw was perfect because it had a music school and a liberal arts college on the same campus. Both my freshman and junior year, I was the president of my dorm. I was very happy through the whole four years, and I made lifelong friendships. I'm in a retirement community now, and one of my classmate friends from DePauw is also here. We have a very close connection. My primary professor was Arthur Carkeek, who was my organ teacher. The last time I was on campus, I had dinner at Professor Carkeek's house, along with my classmate, Joe Flummerfelt, who was also a very, very close friend. I play organ, piano, and viola. My primary work was choral conducting, so I had to sing to be able to fulfill that job. We organ students went around the state visiting organs and playing with other organs. I was also a member of the DePauw orchestra and during spring break, we would tour high schools around the state. I went to graduate school at Union Theological Seminary School of Sacred Music for a master's degree. For the next 60 years, I was an organist, choir director, and I also directed community choruses.

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JOANNE “JO” THORNBURG (CANARY) 07/29/2021

I LIVED IN GREENCASTLE,

and my mother and father really wanted me to go to DePauw. They made up my mind, and I have not regretted it in one way. I walked to school every day. My sister, who was ten years older, went to DePauw for two years and then went into nurse training. I had some very good friends in the Alpha Gamma Delta house, and we used to meet every year there for a while after graduation. I also had friends from Greencastle. My friend Mary and I have been in contact since the third grade. Dr. Herold Ross was the head of the speech department at DePauw. He helped me get through many hurdles. I enjoyed being president of Duzer Du my senior year. I am very thankful for Dr. Ross and other professors who were very helpful to me. I went into

education and graduated in 1951, and then I had an offer in Michigan City, Ind. I went there and taught for three and a half years at Isaac C. Elston High School. I had the most wonderful experience of my life then. I still have friendships with many of my students from the past. After I left Elston I came to LaPorte, Ind., and taught. The superintendent of schools in Greencastle and his family were very supportive of DePauw. He graduated from there as well as his sister, and then he told me that he would try to get me into anything I wanted. That's how I got up here into this area was through him. I taught for over 36 years. I got my master's degree at DePauw because I was given a fellowship in 1963. DePauw has provided a lot for myself and my family.

AMY REBECCA HERRIN

1988

1951

08/09/2021

grandfather, my mother, and my aunt all attended DePauw. I was interested in nursing school but did not end up studying nursing at DePauw. Instead I earned my degree in English literature. Afterward, I got a nursing degree and a master's degree in nursing. At DePauw, I was in the Kappa Kappa Gamma house. I have connected with a lot of friends from Kappa during

COVID-19 over Zoom meetings. We have stayed in touch all these years. I went in a different direction after I graduated from DePauw. It has been inspiring to see how everybody else's careers have turned out. All those people who were my classmates are doing such great t hin gs. W h a t makes me smile is thinking of all the friends I made at DePauw.

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JACQUELINE “JACQUIE” COSTELLO (PENCE), M.P.H. 08/12/2021

I AM FROM INDIANA, AND I WOULD SAY BACK

in early 2000, DePauw was revered as one of the best private schools in Indiana and the Midwest. I felt that it would enable a focused education with like-minded individuals. In the end, the most impactful element about my experience at DePauw was the relationships forged with incredibly kind and intelligent peers and mentors. I think I really grew in confidence which prepared me for a strong professional career. Meeting my husband and great friends, which has led to my life now in St. Louis, has probably been the most significant change that certainly started at DePauw. I was a biology major and really valued my scientific classes, but also valued all of my communication classes as well. The two professors I felt closest to really took a liking to me. Dee Seketa, as her class was very challenging, and it was one of the harder classes I took, but learning how to battle that with her was very significant. Professor Geoff Klinger in the communication department

was another significant personality who taught intro to college writing as a freshman. He took a really unique approach and taught us how to think creatively when it came to expressing personality through writing. I took a number of his classes later and really valued his very casual demeanor but clear intelligence. After graduation, I went through several rounds of interviews and was hired at Eli Lilly. As far as getting started on the right foot, DePauw very much set that up for me. Connections to corporations like Eli Lilly and Company, where I took my first job, are incredibly important, and I hope that they've continued to keep those over the years. When I was in my late 20s, I went to get my master of Public Health and I received a lot of very positive feedback on my communication style and articulate capabilities. DePauw was probably the most significant stepping-stone in my life to prepare me for adulthood, both professionally and personally.

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University was a smaller college than a Big Ten school, and it wasn't in my hometown, so I lived on campus. The number of dorm rooms was limited, so it was more of a Greek environment. I made a lot of really good and long-lasting friends in the Greek system and my fraternity, and I made a number of close friends by being a waiter in a sorority house. I had small classes and professors who were deliberate a b o u t t e a c hin g without an emphasis on research. I was required to spend a lot of time writing. It was painful, but it

was good for me. I was required to spend a lot of time in oral discussion on academic topics, which wasn't my forte, but it was good for me. I went on, and I got an MBA, and I developed more skills. In the business world, writing was a r e q u i r e m e n t, especially early in your career, so I entered the workforce prepared to write, and I was less intimidated. DePauw is pure to its liberal arts values. It is a liberal arts school, so it teaches a young person about some of the core academic skills you need to move on to the next step.

SOMMER MADISON LAATZ (BRAUN)

2012

1977

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CHARLES “CHARLIE” W. SHOOK

07/30/2021

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WA S

brought to my attention by good friends who were attending Wabash. I went down, did a tour of the campus, immediately fell in love with the campus and the programs, and was really excited to attend in the fall of 2008. I have lifelong friends. Some of those people stood up at my wedding and others were attendees. I have very close friends now living in Chicago who were students that I didn't know on campus at the time, but I have met and

developed great relationships with post-college through our alumni network. I appreciate the accessibility. I loved my sorority and had a really great experience with it. We still connect and chat often. It was a great experience. Having moved to a big city, I don't think I would have been as open had I not attended DePauw, made that network, and gained the confidence that I could do that and be successful knowing that we have a great network postcollege as well.

08/10/2021

I WAS A PROSPECTIVE GOLFER AS

well as student. When I visited the campus, I had a chance to stay in a fraternity house and meet some people, which made me decide it was the place for me. I did a study abroad semester in Vienna, Austria, and part of the side trips were trips to Eastern Europe, like Poland, Russia, and Hungary. That left a lasting impression on me because it developed my love of travel, and I learned a lot about those different countries, which were hard to access in the 1970s. I loved Vienna, but the week-long trip to Moscow was very interesting because it was more closed off to the West than it is today. It was a place where we talked to other students and saw some pretty interesting sites. I was in a fraternity house, and I developed lifelong friends from there. I also developed lifelong friends from playing four years on the golf team. DePauw and the liberal arts education gave me a good well-rounded background to pursue my career as I went to work for a family business.

ALEXANDER “ALEX” MICHAEL MOSS

2016

1974

RANDY SPRING

08/10/2021

I HAD A SHORT-LIVED STINT AS A MEDIA

fellow, but I also had a short stint on the baseball team. Those were the two things that inspired me to go to DePauw University. Once I got on campus, all those other things took my interest, and it was a part of the DePauw mission. It was interesting because I went for two pretty specific reasons and came up with very different ones. My dad went to DePauw for a semester or two, but he got out because of the Vietnam War. I recently went to a bachelor party where one of my DePauw friends was getting married. Nine of us were from DePauw, and we have been best friends since we met in my freshman year. We were in a fraternity together and became close friends that extended out to the professors and alumni I met over time. My biggest takeaway was my friends for life and the education I received. A few of my professors' classes stick with me forever, and the conversations I have with them still ring true. Meeting people and experiencing things that I would never forget changed my life in general and how I look at the world. The liberal arts education exposed me to so many different subjects, so I took physics and society classes, even though I was in film studies. I am a filmmaker and went through Second City Film School in Chicago. I would not have been able to do those things if I did not get a well-rounded education. I absolutely attribute everything to DePauw, which is very exciting.

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KATRINA L. NUMMELA (LONGENECKER) 09/23/2021

MY FATHER WENT TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY, AND MY

mother went to Indiana University. I wanted to stay neutral, so I decided to attend DePauw. I liked the historic aspect of DePauw. I was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, the first women's fraternity ever founded. I was a speech and English major. I was in Duzer Du and worked at WGRE during its early stages. The friends I made at DePauw are still my friends - lifelong friendships. The speech and English training I received was remarkable. It gave me good training to be able to write things. I taught senior English in high school for a few years. I've been in a few plays. The thing that I like the best that I ever did was that I wrote out a 45-minute play of the history of the life of Fanny Crosby. I committed her story to memory and did a solo performance. That was fun to know that I could do that. I felt the training that I had received at DePauw enabled me to do that. DePauw gave me an excellent start to the rest of my life.

PRISCILLA ROSE (HADER)

1981

1960

07/27/2021

I LOOKED AT

three colleges, and DePauw University was a good fit. I was a B student and could have gotten more out of the academic experience, but the alumni connections that I still have today have become very significant in my life. I attended my 40th reunion in June 2021, and it was a wonderful opportunity to renew old friendships and to make new connections as well. My post-college connections have probably been more significant than my college connections. The fact that DePauw held Alumni Weekend every year to encourage alumni to come back was the main factor in being able to stay connected to classmates and to meet new alumni. I was an English literature major. My liberal arts education prepared me for a multitude of things. I ended up serving in local government as an elected official, and my DePauw experience provided me with the skillset to write and read well and to be a critical thinker and problem solver. This is the priceless value of a liberal art education!

1993

MICHELLE L. HAWKINS (ADAMS) 08/12/2021

I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THEIR NURSING PROGRAM

because I was a native of Indianapolis. A portion of the program was in Indianapolis, so that was very appealing to me. I met the most incredible people who are the best friends that I have currently. They're the best people I know and the closest people to my heart right now. DePauw was a special place because I met the greatest people. I went on to get another bachelor's and master's degree. It was the foundation that I needed, and I needed to meet those people. God led me to DePauw for that specific reason. I was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. during the fall of 1991 as a junior. It was an awe-inspiring experience. I have been a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. for 30 years. Those women are the absolute closest people to me and the best friends that I have. The top five friendships that I have to this day are all people that I met at DePauw. After we graduated, we're considered graduate members, and we joined the graduate chapters. We do so much in the community. The outreach, the fellowship with one another, and the friendships are amazing. We're there for each other. They're a constant source of support and spiritual guidance for my family. My husband is also in a fraternity. His fraternity outreach is also significant, so they're a big part of our lives. Career-wise, I worked in sales for a little bit. I had my own business for a little bit, and then I found out that my niche was still back in nursing. I went back to nursing school after my daughter was born and did very well in an accelerated BSN program. I graduated Magna Cum Laude, and then ten years later I got my master's degree at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville. Now I'm a board certified adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner. DePauw is one of the best schools in the Midwest. It definitely was a foundation for my life in more ways than one.

1961

MICHAEL “MIKE” M. WEBB 08/09/2021

A CHUM FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND

I were looking at a number of colleges. My dad was a Methodist minister, and a member of his congregation insisted my friend and I visit DePauw during our senior year. We had a good impression of the school during our visit. All the men went through rush before classes even started. I went through that whole process and moved into the ATO house before classes began. I have lifelong friends from my time at DePauw. A number of us stayed in contact with the university and sent contributions. I am retired from the Air Force. Some of the people who came from both DePauw and the Air Force have been like a brotherhood. My DePauw experience was important because of the connections I made. Having the credentials from DePauw in addition to positive references from friends and faculty opened the door for me in my career and a number of other ways. It makes me smile to remember I learned and lived a life at DePauw for four years. Everybody walking around the DePauw campus acknowledged each other.

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GRETEL SMITH (HEINZERLING) I

08/02/2021

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FAMILY

background at DePauw, so it had given me some familiarity at the time. My father went there for a short time, and I had a friend there who was a year ahead of me. I majored in zoology. I joined Delta Gamma and did a couple of community oriented charitable things that go along with the sorority life. While at DePauw I participated more or less in the usual events on campus. I met my husband at Wabash on a blind date. We got married and he went into the Air Force. While he was doing his military training I stayed and got my master's degree. It was a comfortable place to stay while I waited on him. I liked the campus and my professors, so it was a

nice interim choice for me. My husband got stationed in Phoenix so when we moved I worked in a hospital for a doctor doing his transcriptions. Then we lived in Columbus, Ind., and I worked at Cummins Engine Company as a file clerk. Some of my favorite memories are the times I spent sitting in the balcony of Meharry Hall watching whatever programs were going on. I really enjoyed that. One of the greatest parts of DePauw was being exposed to other people and other things that I wouldn't have had if I did not attend DePauw. I made life-long friends that I still stay in contact with. I started a newsletter with my sorority sisters and that is still going. We've had many reunions over the years.

2003

JOHN WILLIAM FRIES III 08/12/2021

I ATTENDED DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

for its sense of community and the people at the university. I lived on campus and made so many long-term friendships. I loved my fraternity, which has played a big part in my life and continues to help me. Every one of my friends and others I know from DePauw have been extremely successful in their careers. It is great to maintain these wonderful relationships.

MICHAEL J. BEAUCHAMP 08/09/2021

Class of 1976

mean a lot to me too.

CYNTHIA “CINDY” PLATE (MEYERS)

1989

1976

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BROTHER

attended DePauw. I also had a number of people in my community who were a great influence on me that had attended over the previous decades. I lived at Bishop Roberts Hall for all four years. The thing that I take away from my experience with fondest memories are the friends that I made. I still have friends to this day that I stay in contact with and see. Those friendships mean a lot to me. I was an economics major, and the professors and the people who carried me along in that major

With husband, David

I GREW UP HALF AN HOUR AWAY FROM

Greencastle and would visit DePauw. It has a beautiful campus and I thought it was really pretty when I was growing up. I applied early, was accepted before Christmas and never applied anywhere else. I was part of the Management Fellows Program, so I picked economics as my major before I got there. I loved the campus and my professors. I was in Alpha Phi sorority and had a wonderful time with all my sorority sisters - so many fun memories! I have four really good girlfriends from DePauw and we get together every year. My best friends are from DePauw. Even though I only worked for about six years before stopping to have my son, it was very important to me to get a college degree. It broadened my mind and horizons. To me, DePauw means good friendships and wonderful memories of good times.

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NANCY THOMASON (LEWIS)

TARA LINKNER (LANGVARDT) I GREW UP IN

Me and husband, Bill, in Bulgaria in September 2019

I WENT TO DEPAUW

University because it had an excellent scholastic reputation. I was familiar with campus life from visiting my older brother, Dan, who attended DePauw. My greatest benefit was the lifelong friendships I formed with my sorority sisters in Delta Gamma, especially those in my class year. The friendships have continued throughout my life. My class sisters still gather together every couple of years in places such as Cincinnati, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Tulsa, Okla. My favorite professor was Jim Elrod and I did a speech choir with him. I sang and danced in the chorus for the

musical Carousel. I really enjoyed that. DePauw also prepared me well to teach elementary school. My first job was teaching third grade in Prince George's County, Md. I felt really confident to teach. Professor Holland oversaw the elementary education majors at DePauw. She was excellent and gave us really practical suggestions and advice. Because I took her suggestions and advice I was considered a great teacher in Maryland; I taught there for three years. Three of my sorority sisters also found jobs in the same school system and one at my school, Tayac Elementary.

Bloomington, Indiana, and DePauw University was a campus that my family and I would drive through on our way out to Nebraska to visit family. My parents were always interested in DePauw and encouraged me to apply. I ended up getting a Lilly Scholarship which gave me a full ride to any school in Indiana which sealed the deal for me. I originally planned to major in biology and classical studies but then I took a chemistry

class with professor Bryan Hanson, and that was one of my absolute favorite classes. That got me to change my mind about what I was going to major in, and I ended up majoring in biochemistry. I absolutely loved every one of the professors I had. I worked really hard on my studies but I also had a vibrant social life. I met people at DePauw who are still some of my best friends in the world, and we still travel to see each other.

08/09/2021

I WAS LOOKING

for a small, Midwestern, liberal arts college. My mother went to DePauw, and my next door neighbor attended there as well. I appreciated the academic life, and I appreciated the professors that I had. My liberal arts education gave me an outlook that put me in good stead throughout

my life. I have lifelong friendships from there. My sorority sisters and I are still in touch with each other, and once a month, we do Zoom. I talk to one of my roommates at least once a week, and she is in North Carolina while I am in Evanston, Ill. I love DePauw, and I feel that they invested in me.

1962

MARGARET “MARGE” BRADFORD (VERHULST)

WALTER “WALLY” R. FOLTZ 07/27/2021

MY FATHER INSPIRED

me to go to DePauw. He thought it was a good school that was small and he did not think I would fit in at a larger school. I wanted to play sports, so I thought I would have a better chance at DePauw and also get a great education, which I did. My favorite professor was Dr. Robert Loring in the

geology department. He was very dedicated to the university, to his students, and was a great guy. As far as friendships are concerned, I was a FIJI and my class of 1962 gets together periodically. My friendships have lasted many, many years, which I am very thankful for.

DR. PETER “PETE” M. DAYTON

1977

1960

08/10/2021

I FOUND DEPAUW UNIVERSITY THROUGH MY

brother's friend Charlie Fenestra, an alumnus who invited me to visit for a weekend. As soon as I was on campus, I knew it was the place for me. I have had lifelong friendships with my fraternity brothers, and we still talk every week. We learned how to study hard, play hard and find the balance. My fraternity brothers became successful professors, scientists and lawyers. My professors were great mentors, and I fondly remember the experiences that they provided for my education. My advisors Dr. Howard Burkett and Dr. Chuck Mays were my mentors and I still appreciate their patience and encouragement throughout my education. DePauw gave me a rounded liberal arts education which has sustained me throughout my entire professional life. I have always been a curious person and DePauw has given me the tools to satisfy that curiosity and a lifelong journey of learning in medicine, science, and education.

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DEPAUW MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS VALUED

as a potential new student. There were a lot more options as well as the prestige of the school. I went right in the middle of finals, which was the worst time to be someone who was just trying to visit to see if they wanted to go. I still ended up having a really great connection with the campus. I felt like it was the right fit for me. I couldn't imagine going anywhere else. I had a very interesting time. I had a lot of incredible opportunities with DePauw. They helped me land some internships which ultimately led to me getting my first full-time job out of school. I had one with Wiley publishing where I was an editorial assistant working on the 'Books for Dummies' series. I then transitioned into more of a public relations role with the Boy Scouts of America Crossroads Council. I did a lot of really cool things with them. There was a huge moral debate while I was there. It was so interesting to see from a public relations perspective. It influenced my senior thesis on communications. DePauw allowed me to think outside the box and really question the systems that were already in place with some of the positions that I've held. It elevated the way that I've been able to be a leader in my organization and see where I can make the most impact. I was also a part of a sorority. I have lifelong friends that I've made from both the sorority and people who weren't in Delta Gamma. I felt like it was an incredible opportunity and an incredible experience to meet a lot of new people from different backgrounds and different cities. Life at Delta Gamma was an interesting thing. We were going through a transition period during the time that I was there. We were making very great friends. Outside of DePauw and as an alumni, I had an entire group of women that I already knew I had a connection with. Those relationships last years, and those bonds are really strong.

LINDA C. KEMP (STONE)

1965

2014

L I F E L O N G

MEREDITH SUSANNE REED

08/09/2021

MY FOUR YEARS AT

DePauw were wonderful. My Dad recommended DePauw to me calling it the 'Harvard of the Midwest.' I grew up in Connecticut and wanted to go to a small coed college. I applied at DePauw. It was my All of the best to DePauw first choice. My sorority Alpha University and Phi was instrumental in building the classmates new friendships. DePauw of 1965! gave me the opportunity to become a leader and have life long friends across the country. When my husband, Bill, and I were transferred from Connecticut to Illinois and then to beautiful Mission Viejo, Calif., we were always able to find DePauw fellow alumni who helped us connect and settle in each new location. Our children were raised in Southern California. Christy, our oldest child, graduated from DePauw in 1998 and loved her experience there. She has many life long friends from DePauw as well. As a sociology and psychology major, DePauw taught me the skills to become a major fundraiser for the Assistant League of Saddleback Valley. Thirty-three years later through 2021, I have been able to attain my fundraising goals every year. Finally DePauw strongly reinforced my Christian beliefs and ethics which have always set the path for me throughout my life.

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2019

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07/27/2021

LISA MALIKOW VICTORIA ANNE (GOECKE) MPISTOLARIDES THERE WERE A

couple of reasons I was interested in DePauw, but my parents loved it. I had an opportunity to go to an excellent school and I played field hockey at DePauw. I had a scholarship, and it all kind of started checking all these boxes. When I went to visit, the campus had a great feel to it. I went to a small high school, so transitioning to DePauw was not difficult from a size standpoint. It felt like a great community and I was lucky enough to be a student athlete, so those were the experiences I had at DePauw. I have best

friends that I still talk to in daily life after 20 years. I learned a lot, but also gained such valuable friendships. I believe in a liberal arts education and the education I received at DePauw gave me the foundation to succeed in almost any career path. Because DePauw is such a small school, I didn't expect to meet so many people who are DePauw alumni or who know someone who went to DePauw, but it happens regularly. I guess it shouldn't be surprising, though, because leaders go to DePauw, people who make an impact go to DePauw.

MY OLDER BROTHER

and future sister-in-law were studying at DePauw University while I was in high school. When I was touring colleges, DePauw was one of the places I wanted to visit because I had gone to watch my brother play baseball. The environment seemed great, and everyone seemed like a family there. I loved that type of environment. I was inspired to continue my education because of the classes I took, the people I met, and the professors at DePauw. I still keep in touch with the majority of my professors, especially David Worthington and Greg Schwipps. They helped me get into law school, and I'm now in my third year of law school. I talk to them

all the time about how I wouldn't be where I am today without them. We are friends on social media and stay in contact regularly. I'm engaged to the waiter at my sorority whom I started dating my freshman year of college at DePauw. We now live together and have a dog named Marvin. Two of my sorority sisters are my maids of honor, and I live within a mile of them. I still regularly see the people I met at DePauw. Everyone I met at DePauw, including my fiance, makes me smile the most. I enjoy being in close proximity with people who have really shown me what true friendship is, made me change the way I think about things in the world, and challenge me every day.

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AT THAT TIME THERE

were a lot of students from Valparaiso, Ind., who were all talking to me very enthusiastically about DePauw University. I went down for a campus visit for what was known as scholarship weekend, and I liked the people I met. I liked the possibility that in a small university, I could have a writing major. I studied English composition.

I liked the faculty and other people I dealt with. It was just a really good experience. I was friends with the Heckman family because their daughter, Jean, was a roommate of mine early in our freshman year. I made lifelong friends, and I still keep in touch with some of them. DePauw was a good university to attend.

DANIEL “DAN” C. BLANEY

1967

L I F E L O N G

MARY E. HENRICHS (MCCALLUM)

07/26/2021

THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL AND THE QUALITY

of education that I would receive inspired me to attend DePauw. It was a great opportunity, and it helped me to mature to ultimately go to law school and practice law. I've been out of school for almost 55 years, and there are 14 of us that are going to meet at the end of October. They are my connections through my fraternity, which is Alpha Tau Omega, and I still remain in pretty close contact with them. My law partner of 35 years graduated from DePauw at the same time I did. DePauw taught me to think outside the box. It was a great experience, and it provided an excellent foundation for my career as a lawyer and as a person.

2003

SARAH EDER (FINNEY), A.A.M.S. 08/10/2021

LIKED

THAT

DePauw was a smaller school, so I could build close-knit relationships with professors and peers. I also appreciated the fact that it was a ver y well-respected liberal arts school with a lot to offer. I loved the study abroad programs and partnerships with overseas universities. I studied abroad for one full semester at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and I also got to go on a trip to Italy during the winter term of my

sophomore year. What was most amazing were the connections that I made at DePauw. Staying connected with my fellow DePauw alumni helped tremendously in the business world, and it was nice to have that common ground with fellow alumni. The best thing about being at DePauw was the culture - that Tiger pride. We just had so many memories. I was in a sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, and I'm still very close with all my sorority sisters.

HELEN M. SULLIVAN (DONAHOE) 07/27/2021

I WAS INFLUENCED

by a neighbor's daughter to attend DePauw University. It sounded so good and just what I wanted. I had wonderful experiences living in Mason Hall and joined Alpha Chi Omega, making life-long friends in both places. DePauw

prepared me to be a good elementary teacher. It also prepared me for something I never expected - traveling the world with my husband to meet people in business from other countries, hosting them in our home and in their own countries, making lifelong friends.

JOSHUA “JOSH” LAWRENCE JONES

2014

1951

08/10/2021

I HAD NEVER HEARD OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

before. I made my first contact with DePauw through a football coach in my high school who attended there. My head coach at my high school was at some type of event where the coaches at DePauw got ahold of my film. I was at a church league basketball practice one day. After practice I got a message on my phone from the football coach, Tanner Jackson. He was asking if we could touch base about scheduling a visit. I came on campus and had a visit, and everybody was so nice. I stayed with one of the football players overnight in one of the fraternity houses, and it was a very warm welcome. At that point I visited maybe one or two other schools that I was seriously considering, but DePauw definitely took the cake with the warmth that I felt immediately upon arriving on campus. Being on the football team definitely gave me a breadth in terms of getting to know people all over campus. It was a great time. There were experiences that I would not trade for the world. I met some of the best people that I know and am still friends with to this day. I have friends from all over the country and all walks of life. We've gotten to connect and grow through each other.

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ROBERT “BOB” E. BLESSING 07/27/2021

I WANTED A SMALLER

school. My father was on the school board. He mentioned DePauw. Congressman Lee Hamilton, who represented our district, went to DePauw. I decided that maybe that was where I wanted to go. My dad and I came over for a visit. I liked the school and the smaller setting, so I chose DePauw. I enjoyed the smaller type of life there. You could get to know everybody. I ran track and cross country for a couple of years, and I pledged a fraternity. I got to know all my fraternity brothers real well. It was a nice little group. I enjoyed the faculty that seemed to be very helpful and seemed to care a lot about us. One of my professors, Dr. Hoffman, was a DePauw graduate. I liked being able to walk around campus. It was a nice little setting. It seemed to be conducive to education and making friends. DePauw gave me a

good basic background in general knowledge. After I graduated, I went into the service and served two years in the Army. I was in Vietnam. When I got back and started working, I noticed that I could relate to some DePauw people in Columbus. There were a number of people who had graduated from DePauw, and it reinforced everything. These were people that had the same impression and the same inputs that I did. I continued the DePauw experience to a certain extent over the years. My daughter's pediatrician was a classmate. The person that did my laser eye surgery went to DePauw. The lady that took care of my dad in the nursing home went to DePauw. I was constantly reminded of the DePauw experience all the way through life here in Columbus. Another thing with all my pledge brothers, we've kept real close ties with each other.

1952

PATRICIA “PAT” C. DIXON (CRAYS) 07/27/2021

I SPENT MY FIRST

two years of college at Miami University, and I then decided to take my primary music major hours in a liberal arts school, so I transferred to DePauw. I was aware of the music department and had actually studied under DePauw professors during my high school years. As far as professors were concerned, I really liked Dr. White in the

music department; I enjoyed his classes a lot. I also enjoyed my sorority life as a member of Pi Beta Phi. I was only there for two years, but made wonderful lifelong friends that I have kept over the years. I always felt like I had a first-class education at DePauw, but it was particularly the friendships that I formed that have meant a lot to me over the years.

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JARED PETER NORMAN 08/19/2021

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED DEPAUW UNIVERSITY.

When I was a prospective student, anytime that I was on campus visiting I always knew that it felt like home and felt like the right place for me. When I arrived at DePauw as an actual student, it definitely was home. It was excellent from day one until the day I graduated. I made some amazing friends, memories, and connections to last a lifetime. The School of Music was a big draw for me. I liked the fact that I could be a music education major and study with the same professors who were teaching voice performance majors. Everyone I interacted with seemed to be my type of person, and they were going 100% all of the time. The campus was really alive and filled with energy. Ten years later, I'm still a choir director at Center Grove High School. DePauw definitely prepared me to take on that job. I am using the degree I received from the university, and I still interact with a lot of friends I had at DePauw, such as classmates, fraternity brothers, professors, and staff members. I'm still really close to all of them; I talk with them, hang out with them, and interact with them whenever I can.

1999

BRADLEY “BRAD” S. HALLMAN 07/27/2021

I REALLY CLICKED

with the recruiter of DePauw University who came to my high school and I enjoyed hearing the description of the school. When I went for a visit, it was the school with the best campus and environment. Looking around at the campus, it was very attractive to me all around. I made some great friends whom I have continued to be close to throughout the last few decades. I had lots of fun and pursued lots of different courses that I really found interesting. I took Russian

after testing out of Spanish, and that led me to eventually become a Russian studies major. I wound up traveling to Russia a few times, coming to Washington D.C. and working in nonprofits, which really paved the way for the rest of my career. Going to DePauw was a great opportunity. Everywhere I go it seems there is a DePauw connection, which is both amazing and strange considering how small the school is. It is an amazing school full of amazing people who have gone there.

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FRED T. STINSON 07/27/2021

MY HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE

counselor told me that DePauw University would never accept me. Even if they did, I wasn't smart enough to do the work. That was why I went to DePauw; to prove him wrong. The counselor may have been partly correct, because I did have to struggle to make grades. I spent most of my time studying and was not great at socializing. On a positive note, I made a lot of good friends and a couple of lifelong friends with whom I am still in contact up to this day. My course was history, but I never used that in my work. I entered the Navy and spent 11 years there. For me, that was the true learning and maturing experience in my life.

JESSICA HOLLER (SHISLER)

1982

1968

08/10/2021

I HAD VISITED A FRIEND

on campus when I was a junior in high school, and DePauw University seemed just right for me. I never even applied to another school. I have maintained friendships I made at DePauw. We've celebrated and supported each other through a lot of life's changes. While at DePauw one opportunity I was able to take advantage of was to study abroad for a term, in Greece. I still think of that as the best extended period of my growing-up years, or maybe a turning point between child and adult. I realized some long-held childhood dreams, and started gaining self-confidence and selfreliance. On the surface, a lot of the things that I learned at DePauw would not seem to have anything to do with what I do right now, but at the same time it had everything to do with it because I learned how to think critically.

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I was the first generation to graduate from college, and Dr. Felix Goodson in the psychology department was a great mentor to me. - Janelle Tague (Rice) '75

Being a first-generation student in my family, I was looking to explore the possibilities and my opportunities to take on post high school education. - Elizabeth Astudillo '19

A Rector Scholarship clinched my decision to go to DePauw University. I was in the first generation in my family to attend college. - Donald W. Garlinger '56

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I WAS LIVING IN

Illinois at the time, and I was looking at small liberal arts schools. After visiting DePauw and a couple of other schools and looking at the scholastic record, DePauw was the best fit. It was a perfect fit for me. The size was great. It was fairly diverse. I was the first person in my family to go to college, so the feeling of spreading my wings in a situation that was small enough and not be overwhelmed with too much else going on was my favorite memory. It was a pretty intimate situation. They were always expanding the horizons for every student. The atmosphere was friendly and challenging. There was a lot of good interaction in classes. It was so long ago, but socially it was one where you felt comfortable. I was in a sorority, and that was

a fairly interactive situation. I had good friends at the time. As far as professors, they seemed to be helpful. I was a psychology major, and one of my professors helped me get a scholarship for a master's at Florida State. They were a very supportive part of that next step. I got my master's in psychology, and I did work in a variety of fields from working in a teen clinic to school testing to eventually a middle school health center. Then I ended up doing mediation and conflict resolution until a few years ago. It really launched me into a variety of fields but all based on my background in psychology and working with youth. Whenever I am asked where I have gone to college, I have always been proud to say, 'DePauw.'

JUDY MASSA (HOTZ)

1963

1964

JUDITH D. CHANDLER (DIEHL)

08/10/2021

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE

Panama Canal Zone, so coming to the United States for school was a real adventure. I've had relatives in the Midwest, and I've always been that kind of a person who likes to do my own things when I want to do it. I applied to several different schools; I don't even remember what all they were, but I liked the name and the idea of Greencastle. I'm a nature person, so I thought the name of Greencastle was interesting and appealing. I knew nobody who had gone there, but I'm glad I did; it opened up a whole world for me. I met my best friend, Karen, and we have kept our friendship through all these years. Every year we would get together and travel to places just to spend a couple of days together without husbands and kids. I thought I would be a school teacher, but I didn't want to be, because my father was in that profession. I ended up working 37 and a half years at the Voice of America as the music director. I hosted two live programs on the air to the whole world with an audience of more than a hundred million listeners. For 19 years, I hosted a country music program. For me, DePauw University meant opening that door to a wonderful career and finding the best buddy I could ever find in my lifetime. I made lots of friends, liked my professors, and I thought the education was good.

08/17/2021

THE REPUTATION

of DePauw University inspired me to attend there, and I received a scholarship. DePauw had a beautiful campus, and I went into journalism. It had a very strong background of journalistic excellence, so I thought that would be a good thing. I was the first generation to graduate from college, and Dr. Felix I enjoy Chicago whenever Goodson in the psychology possible! department was a great mentor to me. Dr. Preston Adams was my botany professor, and he instilled in me a lifelong love of nature. Those two professors were very instrumental in my growth. I was in a sorority, and that helped me in my business and in talking to people. It turned out to be a really good thing for me, and I am still friends with some of my sorority sisters. I became a high school English teacher, and I met my husband teaching. After teaching and having children, I decided to stay home and raise them for 14 years. I started my own business, and I have been doing that for 30 years. The flexibility of my mind was a big thing I learned at DePauw.

JOHN “JACK” R. VISSING

1970

1975

JANELLE TAGUE (RICE)

07/26/2021

NONE

parents had ever gone to a university, and I was trying to find a university in the area that was good, small, and not far away. I decided that I was going to go to DePauw, so I took a look at it, and I liked it. Congressman Lee Hamilton also steered me there, because he was a graduate of DePauw. I was one of his volunteers at the time, and he was a friend of my dad, so I regarded his opinion with great weight. DePauw was

a family-type experience. Most of us were involved with Greek life, and I was an ATO. It was a nice school, and I liked the people I was with and the teachers I had. I taught US history in a public school for six years after I graduated. I then went to the University of Louisville at night and three summers, and I graduated as an attorney. I was proud of DePauw. I was proud of where I went, and I am proud of what I've done.

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I HAD AN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE AT DEPAUW

University. I was a first-generation college student, so I was the first in my family to go to a four-year university. I majored in economics and religious studies. While I was at DePauw, I went abroad three times. I had such a great time. I did a study abroad in India as an internship, where I worked for Cummins. That was my first role right after graduation, so it helped me get my first job. After that I pivoted over to Salesforce. When I was making that switch, I called one of my advisors from DePauw. I was able to use some of my other connections from DePauw who were at Salesforce in order to make that change. I currently still work at Salesforce in our Tableau part of the organization and certainly leverage that DePauw network. We have our own internal group of DePauw alumni, and we recruit out of DePauw. I'm sure that DePauw will continue to follow me everywhere. I just pivoted into a new role internally, and I called one of my professors and told him, 'You are one of those people who know me the best in the world, and you would be able to give me advice.' DePauw really changed my life in such a way that two out of my four younger siblings also decided to go there. One of my brothers just graduated this year, and my youngest brother will be an incoming freshman this year. We definitely have a DePauw legacy in our household, and we hold the university near and dear to our hearts. I really believe that it is a special place in the Midwest. I'm still very close with my professors from DePauw, and that really made that education so unique. I'm still thinking about going back to graduate school, so I call them quarterly. You are getting this great education, developing as a person, and forming these relationships that make an impact that lasts a lifetime. I definitely very much value my DePauw experience, and I'm so happy to share it.

JOHN F. EASTON

1973

2018

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WAS

THE

first generation to at tend De Pauw U n i v e r s i t y. It was actually recommended by a friend of our family whose son also attended the university. I picked it because of the small size and intimate education opportunit y that DePauw offered. I pledged Sigma Chi and spent my four years in the Sigma Chi house. Between my DePauw experience and my fraternal experience, it helped me mature into a fairly productive adult. I majored in zoology. I certainly enjoyed

my biology labs, my chemistry labs, and lectures, which contributed to my education. I made lifelong friends and I have managed to maintain those close friendships through the years. My education served me well in my career, from my first job out of college with IBM to my long career in healthcare. I had success selling diagnostic medical equipment, MRIs, CT scanners, and diagnostic ultrasound machines. I have a lot of positive things to say about DePauw and the education and the experience I had there.

1990 One of the first parties I attended in my freshman year at DePauw University; I'm in the sunglasses

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excellence in everything. The mantra was, 'Study hard, party hard,' and I liked that. I liked the idea that you were always giving 100%. If you were having fun, you were having fun. If you were studying, you were studying. I was in ATO, and I liked becoming friends with guys from different states and countries. Some guys were super smart. Some were super creative. They were people I had a lot of respect for. I paid attention to them, learned from them, and enjoyed being around them. That mix of guys was my favorite part of ATO. I lived in

DR. CHRISTOPHER “CHRIS” W. SCHMIDT 08/11/2021

the dorm my freshman year; I loved living in Mason because that was my first real exposure to living away from home. The overall sense of freedom was amazing. I had a rather sheltered life before that, and it was great to set my own schedule. I thought I came in as a good student but realized I had a lot to learn and a lot to change. DePauw brought that better student out in me. DePauw helped me realize what it meant to be an active learner, a critical thinker, and a lifelong learner. The bachelor's degree I earned from DePauw was the first ever in my linear family. Today

I'm a professor of anthropology at the University of Indianapolis, and DePauw played a huge role in my career choice and path. Not only did DePauw help to open my mind, it also, quite literally, opened doors. When I applied to graduate school at Purdue University, my undergraduate GPA was not the highest, but a faculty member there said, in essence, 'A GPA like yours from DePauw is like a higher GPA from somewhere else.' I got in, and a few years later, I earned a Ph.D..

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C. “JOHN” DUKRO 08/12/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW AFTER SOME

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freshmen from my hometown visited and said I should go there. I was the first in my family to attend college. I was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. I still stay in touch with my brothers and two of the guys who are in Africa right now. My geology and English professors at DePauw were really good. One of the things that I really liked about DePauw was the fact that you could walk around campus and talk about classes. School was always really easy for me. I worked to make money to put myself through college. After I graduated, I started teaching geology and mathematics. Then I started working for companies that needed people who knew how to fix machinery. They sent me all around the world. The companies would assign me a machine repairman, and I would supervise them through the repair. It was a great career.

2003

KINISHA N. MCKEEL ROBINS 08/25/2021

I FELT LIKE DEPAUW

University picked me. I didn't know anything about the school. I went on a random trip with one of my girlfriends in high school who was looking at colleges and had a soccer scholarship. I was the first in my family to attend college and graduate. Although I was accepted into other universities, I felt there was a sense of place at DePauw. I met a staff member who really wanted me to be there. He said the university had a lot of programs for minorities and inner city kids that helped them develop, flourish, and build a sense of community. That was really important to me. I joined Alpha Phi, which was such an awesome sorority. I did work-study as a football Class of 2003; Alpha Phi sorority; a trainer. I was very grateful that I had certified sommelier speech coaches who were great mentors in my life and made sure my intellect was taken advantage of through higher education. I'm extremely fortunate that I went to DePauw and had people in my life at a young age to push me.

2017

ERIKA BERTHALY GUERRERO 08/10/2021

I WAS RAISED IN NEW

York City, and I was lucky enough to attend a college preparatory program in nonprofits. Their main goal was to get the inner city kids out of the city for college, and so in my junior year of high school, we took a trip throughout the Midwest. If it was not for that program, I would not have gotten the exposure to DePauw. It had everything that I wanted far away from the city. It was the complete opposite of city life, and the personalized education that I was looking for and the one that I was used to. I have always gone to a small school, and so the fact that DePauw was so small and every professor knew my name and cared about me was very important. That was how

I ended up at DePauw. The second I stepped on campus, I knew that was where I wanted to be, and luckily my dream came true. I lucked out a lot because my freshman year roommate ended up being my best friend until today, and her parents were professors in the department that I ended up majoring in, so I had the support system I was looking for. I am the first generation here in the states, and so having a degree means everything to my family. It has been life changing, and because of my bachelor's at DePauw, I have been able to teach English in South Korea, and currently I am working at a great cybersecurity startup while continuing my studies pursing an MBA.

1956

DONALD W. GARLINGER 08/11/2021

RECTOR

Scholarship clinched my decision to go to DePauw University. I was in the first generation in my family to attend college. In high school I was always interested in every history class I took. There was a professor at DePauw who sustained my love of history and I got my DePauw degree in history. I was also a foreign exchange student at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in my junior year. After that I bought a motorcycle and traveled through Europe for ten weeks. I thoroughly enjoyed that experience

as really significant in my life. My wife and I met at DePauw during my senior year and got married. DePauw was just a wonderful experience for both of us. We had one daughter and one son who went to DePauw as well. A year after my wife and I graduated I was drafted into the Army during the Korean War. The war was over by the time I finished basic training, so I didn't have to go overseas. I spent my entire Army career of two years in Maryland. Later I became a trial attorney. I enjoyed that work and was very successful at it.

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HAMPTON “SCOTT” TONK

I VISITED SEVERAL COLLEGES

in the process of choosing a college, and I liked the sense of hospitality at DePauw University. It had an excellent reputation, and I liked where it was situated - not too far from Chicago, my hometown. I liked the people and the atmosphere of DePauw. I lived first in Longden Hall and then in Bishop Roberts Hall. My professors were fabulous. I learned a great deal about not just how to be a student all of one's life but also leadership and how to succeed. One year, after finding out what my parents were paying for my tuition and being horrified, I got a job as a waiter in the residence

08/10/2021

halls. At first, I served in Bishop Roberts Hall and then in a coed dormitory called Rector Hall, which later burned down. There I was assigned to two tables of six young women each, and we got to know one another. One night in the autumn of my junior year, I was at loose ends, and I grabbed my guitar to serenade them. After my graduation from DePauw, I attended a theological school. Subsequently, I spent 40 years in the business world and eventually was promoted to CEO. After retirement, I became a serial entrepreneur and started 18 enterprises - not all of which succeeded. Subsequently, I became a writer and

published author, publishing my first book in 2016 entitled 'God's Opportunity.' It was revised and expanded and re-published in December of 2020. I have several other books in the pipeline. One is entitled 'YES, LORD! A Conversion Story,' and another is entitled 'How I Became Successful in Business and in Life - and Why My Failures, Mistakes, and Experiences of Being Fired Were the Best Things that Ever Happened to Me.' The most amazing thing that ever happened to me was making 'Who's Who in America.'

2019

ELIZABETH ASTUDILLO 08/11/2021

BEING A FIRST-GENERATION STUDENT IN MY

family, I was looking to explore the possibilities and my opportunities to take on post high school education. I was also attempting to be exposed to different perspectives and people around the world, to get away from home, and to grow in that sphere. I'm glad I chose DePauw University, it was one of the best times I have had so far. What made an impression on me definitely had to do with my lifelong friendships. I didn't really know anyone showing up there on the first day. Meeting people based on shared interests, opening up, and getting comfortable around people from various backgrounds were amazing. The bond that was formulated was like a family, and I felt at home. It was really a nurturing environment. I had never experienced it to that extent, especially being away from home. There were a lot of possibilities being in fine arts as far as being exposed. I double-majored in sociology and Spanish. I felt prepared. I was coached to go out, explore, and find where I wanted to settle for a little while. I think DePauw means a lot as an accomplishment as a first-generation student because I'm able to speak on that to my family and help my other younger family members in whatever they may need. Everyone's experience is very different at DePauw, but everyone has a way of exploring their interests there. I keep up with DePauw in social media, and it is great to see that they are moving forward and trying to bring out as many narratives and voices as possible. I love to see the student body shining in their accomplishments. DePauw supports its alumni, so it is a gateway to opportunity.

2009

DR. BETH ANN-MARIE TOWLE 08/04/2021

I KNEW I WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN

creative writing and find a really good English department. On my first visit, I had the opportunity to sit in on a class, and I just absolutely loved it. DePauw's great English department appealed to me and had a lot to do with my decision to attend DePauw. I truly felt I belonged, even though I came from a really small town. I was the first person in my family to go to college, so I was really worried I would feel like an outsider there. I never did. I was able to make friends so easily. A lot of my friends were actually in the School of Music. I think very much of DePauw in terms of friendships I built and DePauw's sense of community. When I started there as a student, I thought I wanted to specialize in fiction. I was writing short stories and wanted to write a novel. During my first year when I started writing poetry, I realized, 'Oh no, I think this is what I want to do.' Dr. Joe Heithaus was a huge influence on my development as a poet and after DePauw, I earned an MFA in creative writing. I eventually switched fields, receiving my Ph.D. in writing and rhetoric, but my work is still based on my undergraduate training that made me a really strong reader and writer. DePauw gave me a wonderful, well-rounded education.

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DELORIS “DEE DEE” R. CROWE (DAHL) 07/29/2021

I LIVED IN INDIANA AND MY PARENTS LET ME

select the campus that I liked best. One motivating factor in my college decision was that our family was Methodist and DePauw was a Methodist university. All of my family members were college graduates, but I was the first in my family to attend DePauw. I lived first at Rector Hall and then in Mason Hall. I majored in philosophy. Dr. C. D. W. Hildebrand was one of the professors, and he would have a small group of students over to his home. I enjoyed those gatherings; they were personal and it felt like a family. After graduation and a summer in Europe with fellow classmates, I attended Hartford Seminary Foundation for

a master's degree in religious education and became Director of Religious Education at an Ann Arbor, Mich., Methodist church. Gradually I came to realize that gods are man-made. As a result of this insight I joined the Freedom From Religion Foundation and American Atheists. Changing careers, I obtained a master's degree in public education, so I could teach in public schools. I taught middle school English and Social Studies for 24 years. After my husband died in 2000, I traveled to all seven continents. These days I continue to enjoy golf, swimming, and walking, although I no longer run, play tennis, or water ski. I feel very fortunate and grateful to be doing well at age 85.

2002

JENNIFER KAY PLICHTA (STANLEY), M.D. 08/10/2021

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SCHOOL

biology teacher thought DePauw would be a good fit for me. I was the first one in my family to apply for college, and I took my teacher's advice and applied. I have always been good at math and science, and I like to do things I am good at, so I stuck with science, and my minor was math. I had two favorite professors, at DePauw. Dr. Chet Fornari, my biology professor, was very positive and encouraging, and he was very interested in the same things I was. He was a great mentor for me. My other favorite professor was one of my math professors, Dr. Nachimuthu Manickam. He was also very encouraging and positive, and he made math easy and interesting. He was a great

teacher. Based on an internship I had at DePauw, I took a job at Eli Lilly in Indianapolis. When I was there I thought that being in medicine might be a better fit, so I took my MCAT and went to a medical school in Indiana. I did general surgery training at Loyola in Chicago, and then I did a breast surgery fellowship in Boston. I am now a breast surgeon at Duke. My time at DePauw was a good time for me to grow personally, learn more about myself, and turn that into the foundation of finding the right career for me. It was a good place where I could explore different things in a safe environment, where I had a lot of support, resources, and encouraging role models and mentors.

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1973 Grandparents with the next generation

MICHAEL S. HUMPHRIES 08/12/2021

A BIG FACTOR OF MY COMING TO DEPAUW

was it being described as the Harvard of the Midwest and that enticed me, but they also offered some pretty good sports programs at the time. They have much better programs now and the facilities are an envy of small colleges, so I went there to participate in sports and just get a good education. So, I had Harvard of the Midwest, the DePauw sports program, and I was part of the varsity soccer squad. It was a good social environment and a centralized campus with a lot of living units scattered outside the main campus. You could walk everywhere needed, and we had some pretty sharp professors for our small college. One thing I really appreciate now is DePauw's effort in bringing people back together with alumni

events. My most supportive academic professor was Bob Eccles who guiding me on my thesis in philosophy and religion. My most supportive life coaches were Charlie Erdmann and Page Cotton. Without their support, I might not have been as active in sports or living a healthy life. My initial five working years I was a teacher of physical education and high school soccer coach. After this time, I was in all phases of the computer industry for 22 years. I actually ended my work career as a financial advisor for the last 18 years. I feel DePauw has taught me many good life lessons as well as the ability to juggle many courses toward earning my degree. I still bicycle race for fun and I actively referee college and high school soccer games. I'm a proud DePauw Tiger!

1977 In my USDA-ARS office located at Iowa State University

DR. RICHARD “RICK” LEO HELLMICH II 09/08/2021

THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE REPUTATION FOR

academics at DePauw University are what attracted me to attend DePauw. I had a few scholarships, which paid for most of my DePauw education. I was motivated to become an entomologist by an entomology course I took in the fall of 1976 with Dr. Mike Johnson. I just fell in love with bees in that course. I earned a Ph.D. at Ohio State studying honey bees. After graduating, I did research with Africanized honey bees in South America. I switched to corn insects, and now I'm studying monarch butterflies. It's just been a fantastic career. Recently I became a fellow of the Entomological Society of America, which is the most prestigious honor for this society. I've been able to travel all around the world. I've given talks in more than 20 countries. I have about 150 publications, and the whole experience started with that class at DePauw. I lived on campus, and I made a lot of friends that I've been able to keep in touch with for many years. Another exceptional

experience I had was a semester in Freiburg, Germany. I've actually been closer to some of the people from that trip than I have from some people I lived with at DePauw. I like Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy. I've really enjoyed visiting those countries. I've been to China, Korea, and South America. I've been all over the place. My best friend Rich and I talk at least once a year. He and I roomed together during part of the Freiburg semester. I was the first in my family to go to DePauw, and then my brother Tom went - and then Dave, Phil, and Steve. There have been five of us that have gone to DePauw. Today I'm a research entomologist with the USDA, and I'm an affiliate professor with Iowa State. DePauw is a small enough campus that you get to know your professors very well. The intimacy of the relationship with the professors, and the quality of the education and classes all add up to a first-rate education.

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08/19/2021

I STUDIED EDUCATION AT DEPAUW

University. I was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and several different organizations. After graduation, I taught for about five years and then tutored math in junior high school on and off for probably three years. Then I had a job with a swimming pool company. After that, I worked for Jockey International for about 16 years and retired from there.

1980

NANCY WILLIAMS (BRATER) 08/10/2021

WHAT INSPIRED ME TO GO TO DEPAUW

was the size of the school, and the children of my father's business partner had attended. I lived on campus. I did not have any lousy professors, and there wasn't anybody that wasn't good to deal with. When I went to get my master's degree, it was apparent to me that the quality of the education I had gotten as an undergrad, not only in comparing myself to others, but in the ease with which I could really perform at a master's level.

1958

JERRY G. GAFF, PH.D. 07/26/2021

I SPENT MY CAREER IN

academic life so I know a lot about recruitment, admissions, and other university administrative kinds of things. I was a senior at North Side High School in Fort Wayne, Ind., when DePauw's director of admissions, Dr. John Wittich, visited my school. At the time, I was in a math class doing quite well in a group of other talented young men. I was the first person in my family to attend college, which I did with the assistance of a fullride Rector Scholarship. Later in my career, I became a dean at Hamline University and, for a year, interim president. Hamline did all sorts of things to try to recruit a larger number of freshmen students and better students. I was in Sigma Alpha Epsilon and was a house manager. DePauw impacted me in a very meaningful way. I became interested in a broad range of ideas that changed my whole life.

1964

SHARON K. BEAVER (YOUNG) 08/02/2021

THE REALIZATION OF MY DEPAUW JOURNEY IS

storybook. By fall 1959, I had resigned my practical self to attend a much cheaper state university because I would be the first child in my family to attend college and within two years, there would be three children in college at the same time. In late March 1960, my mother 'forced' me to admit I wasn't as excited as my peers about college because I loved DePauw but knew that my family simply could not afford it, and it was very late to be applying. Nevertheless, Mom encouraged me to apply; I did and was accepted quickly. In May 1960, Mom and I visited campus to investigate possible financial help only to be told that all monies had been distributed. I was told I hadn't returned the necessary forms. I replied I had never received said forms. Then the administrator went to the file cabinet to review my file and saw I was a 'Y.' My forms had never been mailed but instead had fallen to the back and bottom of the cabinet. The administrator told me I could apply for a United Methodist Scholarship, which I did and received $500, the amount needed for my first semester's tuition. In December 1960, my father entered a weekly newspaper crossword puzzle contest as he had done for years. He won the exact amount needed to pay for my second semester. In the spring of 1961, I was awarded enough scholarship aid to cover my sophomore year's tuition and I received scholarships each year thereafter to cover the ever-increasing tuition cost. In fall 1961, I was selected to be an assistant to an independent dorm counselor, which covered my board costs for the rest of my time at DPU. Without all these blessings, I would never have been able to afford DePauw. I remain forever grateful for the opportunity to receive such an exceptionally broad and deep education. A heartfelt thanks to all those who made - and continue to make - journeys like mine so very rewarding and valuable!

1987

PAUL A. MELKUS 08/11/2021

Family holiday

I WAS LOOKING FOR A SMALLER

school, and I wanted to play football. I visited some schools, and DePauw University felt like home. Coach Nick Mourouzis and the people in the football group inspired me to join them. I had this feeling around me that I could see my future in there. Every interaction I had with financial aid, academics, and athletics was very welcoming. People were there to give me a hand. I lived in the dorms with another football player from the western suburbs of Chicago. We both joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and it was a great experience for us. I was the first in our family to go to college and my mom and stepdad didn't know how things would work out. DePauw figured the rest of it out. They extended themselves for me and made things possible; it has been instrumental in my whole life. The foundation I had with the liberal arts degree helped me learn how to approach and solve problems. I had a psychology minor, and it was great in the business world to figure out organizational structures. I learned about religions, communications, science, and all the different pieces that were important to make my life enjoyable.

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I ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOR

my first two years of college. When I decided to go into religious education and learned I could take religion courses at DePauw University, I transferred there in my junior year. I'm the first in my family to attend college. One of my favorite professors taught in my major and my other favorite was an astronomy professor. In my first year, I lived in one of the smaller dorms. Then I became a Pi Phi, so I moved into the Pi Beta Phi house. I remember my good friends at DePauw and my professors who were good teachers. Most of my college friends are gone now. I got a good education at DePauw. I went on to study at Union Theological Seminary then earned an MA in religious education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

DAVID GERARD PRABHU I WAS THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO ATTEND

DePauw University, and I know alumni from my community who went there. I read about DePauw when I was in high school, and I liked everything I read about it. I learned about the community. I wanted to go into business, and I thought that DePauw had a really good liberal arts school, being able to produce wellrounded people. I did not know much about liberal arts schools because the high school I went to was mostly focused on state schools and bigger private schools. I took a leap and reached out to DePauw. It turned out that I wanted a small school and to have more of a tight community. I wanted to explore different areas and topics of study, get exposed to different people, study abroad, and do things like that. I had the chance to be wellrounded at DePauw, and I felt that a small school was a better fit. I went to different alumni events in the Chicago area, and a lot of the alumni opened their doors and houses for me and my family. That meant a lot. I have a personality where I like to talk to a lot of people and get to know a lot of different people, not just the students and the teachers, but also people that work for DePauw and people in the community. I liked being able to walk around, and it was cool to feel connected to a lot of different people. I was from a diverse background, where my dad was Indian, and my mom was born here. I liked the diversity and things like that. I have good memories because of my friends and the people there, especially a lot of really impactful teachers. Angela Flury was one of my English professors, and she helped me improve and be a better writer. I wasn't an English major, but taking that class gave me the opportunity to improve in that way.

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My uncle was the head of the speech department at DePauw University. My father, my brother, and some cousins attended DePauw as well. - Stephen M. Ross '63

I was the fourth generation in my family to attend DePauw. - Wynne Milner (Niles) '63

Both of my parents attended and graduated from DePauw and I was an early admission student my junior year of high school. - Lynn B. Cooper (Bresnahan) '67

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1971 My husband, Dr. Peter Johnson, and me; North Carolina, June 2021

MARILYN JOHNSON (HEATH) 07/30/2021

MY LIFE HAS BEEN GREATLY INFLUENCED BY

my parents who were both DePauw graduates. They met at DePauw in my father's freshman year and married after graduation during World War II. DePauw became a part of my childhood because our home was close to Greencastle and my parents were active alumni. I enjoyed visiting DePauw and my parents always hoped that one of their children would attend. When I was admitted they were thrilled because it kept tradition alive since I am the only one of the three of us who did go there. I immediately felt at home on campus and I even pledged my mother's sorority. It was very much a family affair as I went through college. I had only three years at DePauw because I took my junior year abroad to study my major, English Literature, at Exeter University in England. I lived in DePauw's Lucy Rowland Hall my freshmen year, made lots of friends, and went on to live in and enjoy the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house for my sophomore and senior years. I had

some excellent instructors at DePauw. I enjoyed my French teacher Professor Andrade and Professor Fred Bergmann, who was the head of the English department. Professor Gerald Warren, who was the head of the economics department, was an old friend of my parents. Having a class with him was like having a relative on the faculty. DePauw, especially my year of independent study in England, prepared me for many life challenges such as traveling as a market researcher with Procter & Gamble after graduation and then switching into the medical field first as a respiratory therapist in Boston. I then obtained my master's degree in physical therapy at the University of Southern California. I met my husband, Dr. Peter A. Johnson, in Los Angeles, and we lived, trained, and practiced our specialties in Omaha, Charlottesville, Birmingham, and now for the last 30 years in Winchester, Va. We have raised two sons, been active in our church and community, and just recently retired from the medical field.

1969

1971

07/29/2021

08/09/2021

LINDA J. YOUNG (WHITAKER) MY FATHER ATTENDED

DePauw University during the war years. When I attended DePauw, I enjoyed the educational opportunity and the friendships. I pledged Delta Gamma and enjoyed living in the house and getting to know those women, some of whom I'm still in touch with today. I formed great friendships and even went back as

an alumni volunteer with that chapter. The liberal arts education gave me the opportunity to adapt to different types of jobs during a difficult job market. I was able to adapt to jobs that kept me at home so that I could watch over my children. What makes me smile the most was the whole idea of campus life.

1963

STEPHEN M. ROSS 08/11/2021

MY UNCLE WAS THE HEAD OF THE SPEECH DEPARTMENT

at DePauw University. My father, my brother, and some cousins attended DePauw as well. It was a very good experience. I was in a fraternity, but I had a difficult time there. I moved out during my junior year, and I had a very good two years after that. Professor Paul Thomas was my advisor, and he was very helpful. He had a good interest in me. He encouraged me to go on to graduate school, and he helped me get financial assistance. I got a scholarship because of him. I went on to graduate school, and then into my life vocation. I learned to be patient at DePauw. It challenged me to get out of my comfort zone and invest in the lives of others.

GREGORY L. MANIFOLD I HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY OF

DePauw attendance. My father, his youngest brother, and my brother went there, so it was the only school for me. I was a philosophy and religion major, and I was highly impressed with all the professors in that department. It was an exceedingly satisfying educational experience for me. I think a secondary thing that was really important in my education was that I studied overseas in the inaugural Greek semester in the fall of 1970, and that was an eye-opening experience and an expansive experience that added to the high quality of education that I got. It made me feel that my education had been very well-rounded and had prepared me for the world. It has certainly opened doors for me, especially since I've been in Fort Wayne, Ind., because of the number of DePauw alums that I have met. Being a fellow DePauw graduate can smooth the social wheels as well as the professional wheels. I always appreciated that it was a bonding that I didn't have with other people who had gone somewhere else, and it really did help to smooth my way as I worked here in town.

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JESSICA ROSE SCHILLING

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08/10/2021

WHEN I WAS DECIDING ON A

college, I knew I wanted to stay close to home so I wanted to apply only to places near my hometown. My father and grandfather both went to DePauw. It had everything I needed except I would need to move away. I thought, 'You know what? My dad and grandfather went there. Might as well apply.' DePauw was not what I initially thought it would be, but I'm very happy I chose it. My friendships are one of my favorite things from DePauw. After college, I ended up working with one of my friends from my first year seminar. He eventually moved to a different company, but we are still friends. As a student, I enjoyed walking around the DePauw campus. I am nostalgic for those walks through the grounds past the buildings and the trees in the fall when it was slightly chilly. I remember a lot of my professors and classes. I majored in computer science and took a lot of fun computer classes. I minored in Japanese, and I remember all of the experiences I got to participate in because of that. The Japanese classes were a lot of fun and I also went to Japan for a winter term. Since then I have visited Japan four more times. If I hadn't traveled as part of my DePauw winter term class, I wouldn't have summoned the courage to go again and again. I'm incredibly grateful for that.

2003

EMILY ANDERSEN (WEST) 08/11/2021

Visited DePauw University with my mom and grandpa, circa 1983

I WAS FAMILIAR WITH DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BECAUSE

my mom is an alumna. She was excited when she heard that I chose DePauw. DePauw was attractive to me because I was able to continue playing in the orchestra, even though I was not a music major. I took violin lessons with the violin professor, and I played in the orchestra for four years. I spent sophomore winter term with the orchestra in France and Spain. I lived in a duplex with friends during my senior year. Some of my best memories are of my time at DePauw.

08/16/2021

I WAS IN THE FOURTH GENERATION

of my family to attend DePauw. My greatgrandfather was a president there, Hillary Asbury Gobin, and the university church is named after him. My grandmother, Florine Gobin Birdsall 1925, my mother, Virginia Burns Boynton 1940 and sister, Patricia Boynton Frey 1965 all attended DePauw and were Thetas. At the time Kappa Alpha Theta did not match with me, so I changed to a different sorority and was perfectly happy there. I didn't pledge Alpha Gamma Delta until my sophomore year, so I lived in Lucy Rowland my freshman year. I moved to the new Hogate Hall in my sophomore year and did not move into the Alpha Gamma Delta house until my junior year. I majored in Elementary Education and planned to teach. In the first semester of my senior year, I actually did teach at one of the elementary schools in Greencastle. I received my bachelor of arts degree and later taught for seven years in New York and Virginia. I retired in 2009 due to having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1994. I am now bed bound but a motorized wheelchair allows me to go to necessary appointments along with a caregiver. DePauw is very close to my family. There was a love seat that was in the family for quite a long time, but my sister and brother-in-law returned it to DePauw seven years ago. I have a picture of them sitting in the love seat right under the picture of the president who was my great-grandfather.

1969

REBECCA “BECKY” TUCKER (MORRIS) 08/09/2021

MY FATHER, COUSIN,

aunt and uncle went to DePauw, so it was really a family school. I got an extra push to go there from my family. I became a history major, and I made my very best friends at DePauw. After more than 50 years they are

still my friends, and we travel and get together as often as we can. At DePauw we had the best bands and danced every Friday. We would all meet in the student union area for a get-together every Friday. I have a lot of good memories from DePauw.

REV. DR. VICTORIA A. PARRISH (WOOD)

1972

1971

BARBARA B. CONNOR (BOYNTON)

07/26/2021

MY GRANDFATHER GRADUATED FROM

DePauw University. As a transfer student, I felt like I was welcomed as if I had been there from day one. I got a wonderful education in music. Every professor I had was great. My classes were great. It was a wonderful experience. I went to Princeton to get my two degrees in theology and was ordained. I worked as a clergyperson. I was a United Methodist minister for 40 years. I directed musicals in the church. I recommend DePauw's music school.

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SUSAN “SUSIE” JANE FITCH (BRADLEY) 07/28/2021

BOTH OF MY PARENTS WENT TO

DePauw, so it is a family legacy. So much at DePauw made an impression on me. I love the campus itself and have a couple of favorite professors. I made a lot of friends, especially in my sorority and was in a bunch of activities. The ability to make friends throughout the DePauw community and to go to a small school that was highly thought of, and still is, was very important to me. I made so many friends in swimming too. My family were swimmers from the time I was little, so I decided to try synchronized swimming because it was more about performance than competition. It was a good physical exercise, and I am still a lap swimmer now at my age. After graduation, I moved to Lakewood, Colo., and lived with a friend. I ended up moving to Colorado Springs with my husband and getting my master's degree in special education.

1960

DR. HELEN GILBERT (DELONG) 08/10/2021

I PRIMARILY WENT TO DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BECAUSE

my grandfather, my mother, and my older brother had all gone there. I knew a lot about it. We were all Phi Beta Kappa as well. I was on the student senate, which I enjoyed very much. I was secretary for a couple of years. The best part about it was I went to the National Student Association meetings in the summer representing DePauw. I had a wonderful time there. I was in Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, and I made good friends there. I was selected for the Mortar Board for a wide variety of activities. It was an honorary for academic and social leadership. I went to a lot of dances, and it was just fun. After I graduated, I married a man who was working in the admissions office at DePauw. I also have maintained a number of friendships, some of which I still have. I exchanged emails with them during the COVID-19 year. Several of them were at my wedding. Having a bachelor's degree from DePauw got me jobs, and I went into teaching. It just contributed to a successful life. I got a master's degree at Indiana University. I then got a Ph.D. in psychology from the Fielding Institute. I got psychoanalytic training at an institute, and I just have done a lot of things. DePauw still has a place in my heart.

07/29/2021

MY SISTER

studied at DePauw University, and I heard a lot about the school through her. I also had several friends who visited DePauw, and they talked to me about the school. They told me a lot about it, and I felt it was a place for me. I liked the size of it. I have 23 members in my family that went to DePauw including my two sons. What stood out to me were the traditions. I was in a sorority that I loved, and it was a great experience for me. I still have friendships that

have lasted all these years through my sorority. I got involved on the campus and I was a cheerleader. In my senior year at the university, a friend of mine and I had a radio show. I ended up working at Carson Pirie Scott & Company as an assistant buyer in the Fashion Department, and I had a couple of sorority sisters that took positions up there. I have a lot of ties to the university and I never regretted going. I'm always proud to say that I went to DePauw.

1989

LAURIE A. EICHELMAN (BOOTHBY) 08/03/2021

MY MOM WENT TO DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, SO IT

was a legacy in our family. I loved the idea of a close-knit community, small classrooms, getting to know my classmates and professors, and thriving in a smaller environment. DePauw always had various activities on campus during the week that I could participate in. The fun things I did on campus during my four years put a smile on my face. Then one of the best things about my experience was the lifelong friendships that I was able to build. I am still in contact 30 years later with my classmates and sorority sisters whom I made friends with when I was just starting and 18 years old.

JANE KARNER (GIBSON)

1989

1962

VIRGINIA “GINNY” N. COMBS (NELSON)

08/13/2021

I COME FROM MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF DEPAUW

University graduates. My relatives who attended DePauw include my sister, my father, an uncle, and great uncle. I was offered the opportunity to be an instrumental part of the DePauw women's golf team, which I thought would broaden my collegiate experience. Our team's best memories were our appearances in the national championships in three out of the four years that I played, one of which involved flying through a tornadic storm. Our coach at the time was Ted Katula, who was a former paratrooper. We were all very much relieved when we landed. I have great memories of my time at DePauw. My dad is 93 years old, and he still returns to campus for his reunions every year. DePauw holds a special place in my heart and I'm grateful to have personal and family histories there.

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CHARLES 1959 “CHARLIE” DAVID SHARON M. ROBERTS HENDERSON (MORRIS) I HAD A LONG-STANDING TRADITION OF FAMILY

members who went to DePauw starting with my great uncle, who was the first one on my dad's side of the family. His brother, who was my grandpa, went there and met my grandma. My father and my mom went there as well. I knew of DePauw because of the family connection and people who had a great experience there. When choosing where to go to further my education, I was immediately drawn to it because the people who were so close to me have had such a big impact on my life. They became the people that they are because of DePauw, and I thought it was a good place for me to do the same. That was how I was introduced to it. The first thing that pops to mind is just creating really strong lifelong relationships with people on campus. Though I'm only five years out, I've built relationships with people that will last my entire life. They have had a big influence on the person I am now and will continue to have a big influence on the person that I will be throughout my lifetime. Those are people that I can lean on. That's one of the things I'm most appreciative of; it's the lifelong relationships that it gave me. The second thing would be sparking curiosity within myself. As each year went on, I really began to enjoy going to class, those discussions, and the different challenges that professors would put in front of me.

07/29/2021

PA R E N T S

were DePauw University alumni, so I had a choice of any school I wanted to go to as long as it was DePauw. I was in Mason Hall when I was there. Dr. Pence was my favorite professor and I still quote him today. I enjoyed the small classes, and the quality of the

faculty was outstanding. When I mention DePauw, ever ybody nods in approval because of its reputation. I did a master's degree in library science at Indiana University. Then I became a teacher, school librarian, and media specialist. I taught for 37 years and retired in 1996.

F. HOWARD CALLAHAN

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for me. My sisters went there earlier and we lived not too far away from DePauw. My dad also knew the university president at the time since they were both Methodist clergymen. DePauw was a great combination of the academic and the social atmosphere. It was a good balance for an undergraduate school.

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I WAS EXCITED ABOUT

the small campus. When I arrived on campus for my admissions interview, I just loved the energy of DePauw. I felt like folks were genuinely committed to one another, and I noticed that most students seemed to be walking in groups as opposed to alone, which was the kind of college experience I wanted. My husband and I met at DePauw at a tailgate, which was a pretty critical item. He introduced himself to me at a tailgate following my remarks at a scholarship brunch, so we certainly credit the benefactors of DePauw's scholarship for our initial meeting. My Greek life was really important to me. I was president of my sorority, Alpha Phi, and that was where I met my very best friends. All of them are bridesmaids at my wedding and for whom I have

been a bridesmaid. It was a really special thing to share the DePauw experience with my mom, who is an alumni, my two younger sisters, and also Alpha Phi sisters. It was really amazing to share that unique experience with the folks who are closest to me in my life. I am a sales professional, and it has been an amazing career for me. DePauw taught me the critical roles around communication, both written and verbal. Navigating all of my activities outside the classroom, particularly my leadership in Greek life, and the experience when I was in college made me quite adept at being in a sales role. I learned active listening and having a deep empathy for my fellow men. It improved me as a human being and made me really good at my job.

ALICE M. STICKLER (PLASTERER)

1948

2013

ELLEN MARGARET HOOLEY (FUNKE)

08/10/2021

MY DAD WAS A

DePauw grad so I never had any other choice. I didn't even get the chance to visit the campus. I enjoyed my four years there though. The setup was fun in my freshman year when the Navy was on campus. We even had Saturday morning classes. One In retirement, I gave soap of the things I most bubbles programs, my enjoyed was meeting dad's legacy to me, Eiffel some of the teachers Plasterer, class of 1924 that my dad had. At that point, they were ready to retire. I loved my Greek class and professor. He was my dad's favorite teacher. I ended up with full scholarships in my junior and senior year through the Methodist church, so I was very fortunate. I enjoyed some interesting experiences as a freshman. I worked at the library in the basement. I enjoyed doing something special by mending books. I've worked on books often since then. A girl friend I met at DePauw still talk back and forth.

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like the 12th person in my family to go to DePauw and my brother graduated in 2020. My sister is a junior there currently. At first, I didn't want to go to DePauw at all. The more that I was looking at schools and coming to visit the campus, I really felt at home. I decided that it was the right place for me. I've grown up with DePauw, and it was the right fit for the right reason. I think it was really interesting how no matter the generation or as much as you try to buck the trend, it was amazing how it provided a sense of home for every one that went there throughout the generations. That was really why I chose it because I felt comfortable. I felt like it was an environment that I was going to be able to learn, but I also get those social experiences that I may not get at other schools in a big city or something like that. From an academic perspective, one of the two professors that really helped shape where I am today was Professor Jeff McCall, who's still there. The other one was Professor Geoff Klinger, who just passed away. The two of them completely changed my thought process on communications and rhetoric. They really instilled that passion for learning inside of me by how much they challenged us and made us think differently in their classes. From a more personal aspect, what really stuck with me is the common sense of belonging. No matter the walk of life you came from or where you came from in the country or even internationally, the small, tight-knit community that was DePauw fostered an environment that was very collaborative and very easy to assimilate into. I think that the common sense and respect for each other's background and thoughts really stick with me still to this day, and it's still present in the relationships I have today.

SOME OF MY

family had gone to DePauw University. It had a very wholesome atmosphere. It was clean- cut and wholesome, compared with the college campuses of

today. I was the eighth member of my family to graduate from DePauw. I transferred in and I had very pleasant experiences while I was there. I still have happy memories of my time there.

CHRISTINE WRIGHT

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ELIZABETH CHRISTINE ST. JOHN

PATRICIA SALOME MUSCH (TANNER)

1957

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BOTH OF MY PARENTS WENT TO

DePauw University, and they both graduated from there. When I was a student, those were rocky days at DePauw. It was during the Vietnam War when Kent State happened and the ROTC building was burned on campus. However, I made some very good friends at DePauw and I participated as an off-campus student with the Philadelphia Center. After graduation, I ended up working for the GLC program at the Philadelphia Center for 20 years as the placement coordinator.

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CHRISTIAN “CHRIS” WILLIAM GOODRICH 02/22/2022

ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE OF

the family, there were four prior generations of family members that had attended DePauw, including my mom, her parents, and my mom's brother, so needless to say I was familiar with the university. I was excited to carry on that legacy with the family. The biggest thing DePauw gave me was the opportunity to grow and challenge myself, to do it as an individual and as an adult for the first time ever, being out of the house and having to figure things out for myself. I think DePauw does a nice job of providing resources when students need them, but not forcing them to become something they're not or that they don't want to be. The ability to explore, make mistakes, learn, grow and do it in a safe environment was a very beneficial part of my growth and maturation while there. I changed my major to history as a junior, which was probably a large leap of faith. My advisor was in the

history department and I give her a lot of credit, as she was very patient with me when I made the change from a science major to a history major which was probably not the typical path for most students she was advising. Another individual on the science side who made a big impact and definitely helped me make the decision to do what was best for me was professor Tim Cope in the geological and environmental sciences department. He was my advisor and really influenced me in great ways. I realized that I was not going to make it through advanced chemistry and he helped me find a path through that. My wife and I were fortunate enough to be friends; we knew one another but never really considered it anything more than that until we did. It was a testament to the wonderful community that DePauw has; to be able to be friends with someone like that and have it turn into something more.

1953

CAROLYN C. COOK (COMPTON) 08/10/2021

MY SISTER, MY

t wo uncles, and my mother went to DePauw, so it was a family tradition. The friendliness and the availability for getting involved in activities were the highlights while I was there. The contacts that I made when I was a freshman continued throughout my college experience.

I was a Kappa Kappa Gamma, and I lived at the house full-time. I was a fairly good student, so I did not have that much trouble with grades. I had a good background for the jobs that I took when I got out of college. I appreciate the reputation that the school had, and I am proud that I went there.

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I TALKED WITH SOME of my relatives who attended DePauw University and that probably pushed me to go there. One of my DePauw professors made a really good impression on me. I have a background

in science. One of my major memories from DePauw was the University Choir tour in the summer of 1962 when we went to six countries in Europe. That was fun.

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MARGUERITE “MEG” DALY MCCARTHY 08/10/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR SMALLER

classes and more intimate settings. Liberal arts education appealed to me. My mother attended DePauw and loved it. She thought it would be good for me, so we visited the campus. Liberal arts was very freeing for me because I was able to select what I wanted to study and no longer continue the things that I was not so great at. That was important and it made me enjoy school for the first time. I thought my liberal arts education did everything that it was intended to do. It set me up for a good future. It prepared me in every way that college should prepare you for the world.

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KATHLEEN “KATHY” V. EVANS (VIETZKE) 08/27/2021

DEPAUW IS A PART OF MY FAMILY.

Both my parents and my older brothers and sister have attended DePauw. I also have a niece who attended there, as well as one of my daughters. There were two things that I considered as the most important experiences I had at DePauw. One of them was my membership in the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. We were a delightful bunch of girls and we're still in touch today after 60 years. The other thing I loved was the professors I had in the history department and the overall academics of DePauw. I went on to get my law degree, and I was a practicing attorney for 40 years. I got a wonderful education at DePauw. The professors' knowledge and their interest in their subject was enthusiastic. They were excellent teachers who got us all excited about learning too. The education I got there, and the contacts I made have been with me forever. My family taught me to be concerned about the welfare of all people in our country and that value was reinforced at DePauw. As a public defender, I cared about the whole society, tried to bring everybody along and made sure everybody got the best representation they could.

1967

LYNN B. COOPER (BRESNAHAN) 07/28/2021

BOTH OF MY PARENTS ATTENDED AND

graduated from DePauw and I was an early admission student my junior year of high school. DePauw's young nursing program with a bachelor's degree in nursing was just what I wanted. There were very few schools in the country offering a bachelor's degree in nursing at that time. I was only on campus physically for two years because nursing students were based in Indianapolis for the other two years. It was interesting that some of my professors had also been professors of my parents. Dr. James Reynolds in physiology and Dr. Robert Fletcher in biology, whom I knew a lot more than others because they remembered my mother. I was invited to dinner at Dr. Fletcher's home behind Lucy Rowland Hall a couple of times. The thing that stands out in my memory the most was that once we were based in Indianapolis, I went back to campus every weekend to participate in the sorority activities. I had a strong connection to the campus and always felt a part of its activities and friendships. I was an Alpha Phi legacy. My younger sister and I both joined Alpha Phi. I had the opportunity to meet many of my parents' classmates at reunions and special events on the campus. My DePauw years prepared me for my career, as well as shaped me as an individual. The nursing program taught and expected us to become leaders. That was what I did with my career. After graduation I served in the Navy Nurse Corps and met my husband, a career Marine. Later, I joined the VA healthcare system where I started out as a staff nurse and rose up through the ranks. I got my master's degree in nursing and became an associate hospital director by the time I retired.

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WYNNE MILNER (NILES) I WAS THE FOURTH GENERATION IN MY FAMILY

to attend DePauw. My sister, several aunts, my father, my grandfather and my great-grandfather went to DePauw. I had a niece who graduated a few years ago, so she was the fifth. I went to college when I was 17. I really enjoyed my time at DePauw. I loved it there, and I made lifelong friendships. My favorite professor was Fred Nelson who taught a Shakespeare class my sophomore year. I joined Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and loved our Theta pledge class. We do a newsletter every year. It has always been a very good school, but there were fewer than 3,000 people when I was there. I loved my friends and all the activities. I went to the University of Pennsylvania after DePauw. I got my teaching degree and taught for over 40 years. When I taught in Philadelphia and several other places, I had exposure to different cultures, races, and people. If you look at DePauw now, it is amazing to me how diverse the population is compared to when I was in school and I love that.

DAVID W. CAMPBELL BOTH OF MY PARENTS

graduated from DePauw, and that is why I decided to go there. I got a wonderful education. My best friend of fifty years lives in Cincinnati,

and I met him right in front of the Phi Psi house. I was in criminal law and have been retired for 19 years. DePauw has meant everything to my education.

1957

DONNA RUTH PEEBLES (HOSTETTER) 08/09/2021

MY MOTHER AND

aunt both went to DePauw, and I had visited it several times with my mother going to alumni reunions and so forth. I just became very fond of DePauw, so I decided that was where I wanted to go. I made a lot of new friends, and I had some great experiences with very good professors. I

think it was just an outstanding experience. I really, really enjoyed my experience at DePauw and have been to many reunions since. It gave me a lot of independence, and it was nice. I made a lot of good friends that I still correspond with, so it's been very important in my life.

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BARRY ALAN JONES I WAS A THIRD GENERATION DEPAUW

student, so that was the main reason I went because of the legacy alumni situation. My brother was there and graduated in 1979, so he was there as a senior when I was a freshman. I was involved in the work study program and worked in the cafeterias that served the quad. The head of food service also hired my dad when he was there in the 1950s. I had a professor that had my mother in a class. My parents met and graduated from DePauw. I got in at a good time because the basic grant program was going on. I also had a large amount of my fees paid through the alumni scholarship program plus work study. I went in as an English major and I changed about halfway through my freshman year, and became an earth sciences and geography major. I was the only one at the time on the geography side. I think probably working in the cafeteria for almost the entire time until halfway through the senior year made me smile. It was really good. I have a lifelong friend that I met there, so we still keep in touch. I was in the dorms and off campus. I liked going to classes. The whole thing was an interesting experience. I think DePauw prepared me for my career. I ended up being in the federal government, working in the national parks and fish and wildlife places. I had a good diverse college course load.

ALEXANDRA “ALEX” LEE NEFF I'M FROM A LONG LINE

of family members who attended DePauw University. I considered DePauw because both of my parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents went there. At the time, DePauw was still providing scholarships for legacy students and I received one. I went on a campus tour with a friend and her mom who also went to DePauw. I had a great experience and felt really at home there. I applied for an early decision at DePauw after that visit. The connections with other students in my class really made the biggest impression on me. I was a part of Greek life and lived in the Pi Phi house. I liked DePauw because it was a small

liberal arts campus where I could really get to know people on a one-on-one basis and have more direct connections. I loved the fact that my DePauw education was based on small class experiences. Once I integrated into campus life and joined a sorority, I made lasting friendships. After I left DePauw, I reconnected with other DePauw alumni throughout my adult life. Even DePauw alumni I didn't even really know that well while we were students became some of my closest friends and chosen family. The connections with other students is really what made the DePauw experience so unique and memorable for me.

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PATRICIA “PATTY” L. REED (HILLIS) 08/09/2021

MY MOTHER'S BROTHER THAT I NEVER MET

graduated from DePauw and was a Delta Chi. She shared what a wonderful experience he had as a DePauw student. My uncle passed away when he was just 26 years old. Just knowing the life that he had led and what he had done after he graduated from DePauw, I felt a connection to him. I had never seen the DePauw campus before but I felt in my bones that it was where I was meant to go. I attended DePauw on a great scholarship. The theater department was my home away from home. I loved the staff and the other students who also frequented the theater area. I made some lifelong friends at DePauw, and it was an overall great experience for me. As the mortar board president I was invited to serve on the search committee for the new president of the university. It was not only a great honor, but also a great experience learning about the search process. My favorite

professor, Larry Sutton in the theater department, was so dynamic, passionate, encouraging, challenging, inspiring, and everything a teacher should be. I also loved Professors Ralph and Sally Gray in the economics department. I was very fortunate to have great professors in every class. After DePauw, I worked in public safety and served as a police officer for seven years. I was an interpreter for the speech and hearing impaired. I taught different classes in communication with the city of Colorado Springs. I worked for some wonderful nonprofits there, including the Colorado Festival of World Theaters. Communicating with people from different cultures from all over the world was absolutely essential to our success, and DePauw prepared me for that. DePauw has a piece of my heart and always will. I had lots of new and exciting experiences as a student, some highs and lows, but through all of that, I am a much better and richer human being.

08/11/2021

LIKE MOST, I HAVE WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF

DePauw University. My parents and brother all attended. I have no claim to fame, but both of my parents received the Old Gold Goblet as individuals. My mother was on the Board of Trustees; a fact that almost kept me from attending until my brother convinced me that students had no idea who was on the board. When the board voted to tear down East College because of the cost of restoration, she asked them to defer the decision for six months and give her the opportunity to raise the money. East College still stands, thanks to her and those who responded to her plea. My major advisor was Felix Goodson, professor of psychology. He was fun, challenging and a survivor of the WWII Bataan Death March. He wrote an unpublished book about his experience which he shared with some of us. Ermina Millis was an amazing professor in the English department. Her class of Russian literature was a testament to her incredible memory. In addition to class assignments, we were to read four novels from a list of around 50 to 75 books by Russian authors. When we finished a novel, we would go to her office, she would tear a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 paper in half, give it to you and ask you to answer one question about the novel. The question would usually be how some minor character or event had affected a particular aspect of the novel. Students weren't allowed to have cars on campus until their senior year - no parking problems, and everyone stayed on campus for the weekend. Quite fun! Ringing of the East College bell for any reason other than time and classes was under the control of the Sigma Chis. The challenge was for other students to invade East College, get to the tower, ring the bell and escape without being caught by the Sigma Chis. The penalty - having a cross shaved in your hair!

MARIETTA CAROLE WILLMAN (MAY)

1968

1959

GAY BURKHART

07/29/2021

MY PARENTS HAD BOTH LIVED

near New Albany, Ind., and had both graduated from DePauw. We stopped by DePauw on a whim and I loved the school! My mother was in AOPi and it was the one house I identified with, so I joined. I played field hockey all four years through college and ended up with a double major in fine arts and history. I really enjoyed all of my painting and ceramic classes. I taught junior high art for 20 years then high school painting, ceramics and sculpture and loved every minute of it! Now I do a lot of painting and traveling!

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MICHAEL “MIKE” J. MULLER I AM FROM INDIANA, AND DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

is a great little school. I applied to several different schools, and I wanted to play football if I could. The campus environment at DePauw had a lot of social things going on and opportunities to work in the community. All those things came together, which was great. DePauw also offered me a little scholarship. I played football for three years and went overseas with Dr. Ralph Raymond from the political science department. I spent a semester in Yugoslavia and did a summer in Washington D.C. My grandfather graduated in the early 1930s, my dad graduated in 1955, and my mom graduated in 1957. I was the third generation to go to DePauw. My daughter also went there, so she was the fourth generation. My wife and I met in the library, and we agreed to go on a date in the summer. We have been married since 1990. I worked on campus during the spring breaks, and I was a political science major. I also took math, Russian, and Chinese during my first semester. I was in the fraternity house and got to know lots of people and their families. I earned my master's of science in foreign service, and I ended up practicing law in Baltimore for a few years. I did mergers and acquisition work and got hired by Eli Lilly and Company. I was overseas in Hong Kong for about six years, and I recently retired three years ago.

CAYDEN E. BONACCORSI I DECIDED TO ATTEND

DePauw, because I had gone to a smaller high school, and I was just drawn to the smaller population of students at schools. I liked to feel connected to wherever I was, and I wanted to have good relationships with other students. I had two uncles and three aunts who went to DePauw, so it was also in the family. I knew that it was a great school for my family members, so I wanted to see for myself. I So grateful to have graduated from this beautiful university have loved it since the first time I visited campus. I majored in psychology, because I knew that even if I didn't want to go to grad school, it was still a general enough major that I could do whatever I wanted with it. I would also be able to learn things that I am passionate about and really interested in. I absolutely loved being a student there. I felt like I met the best people at DePauw. The university's staff and my professors made everything so comfortable. I had a great community of people around me. I felt very supported, and I was very successful because of that support. I always say that DePauw people are my favorite people. Out of all my friends, I am the one who is super open and passionate about my love and appreciation for the university and all it did for me.

1971

MARCIA L. FIDLER (LIGHT) 07/27/2021

BOTH OF MY PARENTS GRADUATED FROM

DePauw. When I was born, Mom decided I would go to DePauw and be a Tri-Delta. Mom was the president of the Tri-Delta house from 1947 to 1948, and she was a key figure in building the new house. I remember being taken to see the construction when I was 9 years old. I joined as a freshman and loved it. My extracurricular activity was setting type for The DePauw Newspaper. No one who graduated after 1970 would even remember this sort of job, but It was through this job that I met many of my best friends. After my sophomore year, I went on a six-week study trip to Yugoslavia. My senior year, I was in the Vienna program, which included a month in Budapest. We were the first American study group to go to Hungary since before World War II. Budapest still showed damage from the war and the uprising in 1956. Our opportunity to study in Hungary was considered such a 'ground-breaker' that we even met with the vice president of Hungary in his home. Five of us decided to go to Moscow in 1970 over Christmas break, and that was an extraordinarily different experience that was, at times, scary. At DePauw, I learned to be open to new ideas, and DePauw helped me to develop into whom I became as an adult. A history major, I taught middle school history, social studies, and language arts for 45 years at The Orchard School, an independent, progressive school in Indianapolis. In my classes, I used various techniques and activities to encourage the kids to consider multiple perspectives. All tests contained an essay question that required the same. This legacy I got from DePauw. I'd like to give a last thanks to all of you who played bridge with me. There were many times when I should have been working on a term paper but was playing bridge at The Hub or SAE house. Bridge is my husband's and my passion, and we are highly ranked national players. I had a blast at DePauw!

1985

MARY LYNNE HALFMANNLAMPE 07/28/2021

MY PARENTS BOTH GRADUATED FROM

DePauw. My aunt graduated from DePauw. My sister was a student; she's two years older than I am. I am the middle child, and I had been one to try to do things differently. Everyone was just so friendly at DePauw. I was from Northern Virginia, and I was 11 hours away. I felt the immediate connection, the warmth of the student body and the campus itself. I ended up applying nowhere else. I did the early decision, and it was one of the best decisions I have made. I did some of the things with my sister and her sorority. It led me in the right direction. I tried a little bit of this and that and I started crossing things off the list when I did so well. I tried my best in everything I did. I ended up majoring in English, and that is where I found myself. DePauw helped me with my decisions as well. It gave me the experience to pursue and try things. I was able to do some student teaching, and it gave me experiences beyond just the regular semester of student teaching. That was a big part of my experience there.

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WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT

universities, DePauw was on my list for many reasons. Both of my parents were alumni of DePauw. My older sister, Betsy, was also going to DePauw. It was a small school that you could get to know your professors and learn from them. It was also a Division 3 school, so I thought I could play football and swim there as well. I decided on DePauw and have never regretted that decision. My freshman year I joined Sigma Chi fraternity. The fraternity experience was a very positive one for me. I learned a lot about friendship, leadership, team work, and more. Our fraternity did a lot of work in the community volunteering. There was

WILLIAM “BILL” B. KOENIG 08/10/2021

always something that could be done, and I was able to take advantage of it. That experience started a life long passion for volunteer work. I did play football my freshman year but it ended with injuries. The end of my football career led me to another fun time of being the DePauw Tiger mascot at football games. I was on the DePauw swim team for all 4 years. The last two years, I also helped coach the team. That experience of coaching and running a college swim team was very valuable. My educational experience was much more than just the classroom. I made many friends and always felt I could reach out to anyone for help with school

work. Often those meetings happened during a late night 'bakery run' for a snack. Being able to know your professors was a real plus. They took a real interest in you and your progress. I remember the many debates I had with professors and how they encouraged us to always speak up. I got a degree in economics, but I learned much more than that in my years at DePauw. I think the people I met and lessons learned at DePauw prepared me well for my future career after school. When I visit the campus now, I have fond memories of the school, many of my professors, my fraternity, my team mates, my classmates and more.

08/11/2021

I AM A LEGACY OF

several generations at DePauw. I spent the first 16 years of my life being raised in Europe, so when my dad strongly recommended DePauw in the wilds of Indiana - I was initially ambivalent. My experience at DePauw was however welcoming and I found myself settling in marvelously, and actually becoming infatuated with small academic town life. I found the professors at DePauw to be weirdly interested in how students thought, resulting in four years learning how to think for myself. I was in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity where I made lifelong friends. I left DePauw with a major in literature, and a desire to be a stage actor. HA! Man

plans, God laughs. I started my professional life selling encyclopedias door to door and eventually found my way to the germ state of competitive telecommunications. The landmark FCC decision of 1984 launched me into a successful career making up stories about what businesses technology could enable; a testament to those DePauw professors who encouraged my frequently outrageous but usually well-crafted flights of fancy. I'm an old retired dude now, with much time to read and indulge my passions for the theatre, music, travel, and eating. I love that I still have fond feelings for DePauw and that you reached out to let me remember why.

CONNOR DEAN WALLACE

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J. “CHRIS” CHRISTOPHER RUDY

08/10/2021

BOTH

parents were alumni, and my initial campus visit was great. I also had some friends who went there who I was able to visit prior to attending. I had heard phenomenal things about the biochemistry program, so it was a no-brainer for me to pursue that degree. One professor who really comes to mind was Dr. Jeff Hansen. He was always incredibly supportive, even making himself available outside of class for any sort of help. Due to my Italian heritage, I also chose to pursue a second major in Italian. While at DePauw I was able to spend an entire summer in Grado, the home town of my professor Francesca Seamen. I shared many experiences with classmates overseas that I will remember for the rest of my life. My original plan was pre-med, however I had a slight change of plans and am now working for a genetic sequencing and artificial intelligence company on the sales team and am based out of Nashville, Tenn.

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generation to attend DePauw. My family's been there for eight generations now. The people and my friends make me smile when I think back about DePauw.

1985 DePauw Alumni Magazine Winter 1985 cover from our Baja winter term adventure & accompanying story

GARY R. LIFE 07/26/2021

AFTER VISITING SEVERAL CAMPUSES THAT I

was considering and getting accepted into three of the four, I decided on DePauw because I was a legacy. They also offered the coursework that I wanted and offered the ability to travel abroad my junior year as well as the winter term opportunities. My mother, father, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather attended, and I was like the 18th to attend; it went back to the 1800s. My sister also went to DePauw, and my nephew graduated two years ago. It is like a family thing that we love. In my freshman year for winter term, I went to Key West and learned how to scuba dive. That story came full circle in my senior year, where I spent a month scuba diving in the Sea of Cortez studying reef ecology on the only hard coral reef on the West Coast of North America. In my sophomore year we did one of the very first nonprofessional productions ever of Sweeney Todd in 1982. I'm still

in touch with a lot of that cast. It was a really cool opportunity to do something new. My major was French and I spent my junior year in Strasbourg, France. In fact, I'm still in touch with the grandson of my host family. After I left DePauw, I was a French translator for a company in Indianapolis. I went on to manage a French speaking resort in South Florida and then became a multilingual cast member at The Walt Disney Company officially approved to speak with our French and Spanish speaking guests. I was fortunate to work with Disney as a singer/actor/performer in Orlando and then as a trainer/facilitator in New York City. Following Disney, I spent several years in the healthcare industry and currently work in the banking industry. I live in the coastal Low Country of South Carolina in the third oldest city, Georgetown, full of history and only 50 miles from historic Charleston. To me DePauw means pride, friendships and cherished times.

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I credit Dave Berque for giving me opportunities in the summertime that shaped my experience and gave me the ability to get a job once I left DePauw. - LeAnn M. Scacco (Gaerte) '96

The two semesters I spent studying logic under Professor Chandler really helped form the foundation for my software engineering career. - Welcome "Ezra" E. Hale '92

Howard Burkett, who had received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, was my mentor in organic chemistry. - Dr. Kenneth "Ken" L. Kirk '59

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EMILY SANDBERG (BRELAGE) 08/10/2021

I WAS LOOKING FOR A SMALLER, MORE INTIMATE,

and very rigorous academic experience. I'm from Indiana, so I looked at several Big Ten universities in the Midwest and felt like I could get lost in the shuffle. I appreciate the intimacy of the DePauw experience, it was what initially attracted me. DePauw's reputation as a premier liberal arts university and as a media fellow at DePauw, I was also attracted to the legacy around journalism and the Pulliam Center. I enjoyed my experience in that program. The thing that made an impression on me was even though I was a good student in high school, DePauw was the place where I blossomed in a lot of ways academically. It was because of the professors and the interesting coursework in classes. I was able to take a diversity of classes that prioritized discussion and writing. Dr. Dave Bohmer, who led the Media Fellows Program, was a great leader, and his credentials were very impressive. I did an internship in the Media Program at C-SPAN in Washington D.C., which Dr. Bohmer helped me to secure. It was one of the most formative experiences that I had at DePauw. It directly correlated to what I'm doing today in my career. Dr. Bohmer made a huge impact on my life and my career today. I did an amazing winter term in Morocco. I studied dance and music in Morocco with my professor. She was a stars and galaxies professor, but she was a belly dancer in her spare time, which I thought was neat. She taught the class to belly dance, and we went on a tour of Morocco. I was involved in the newspaper, the radio station, and the TV, all three at one point, which wasn't sustainable. I ended up gravitating more toward the newspaper, and I was the opinion editor for The DePauw. I work in public relations for an agency now, and I do a lot of ghostwriting for clients. A lot of the venues are like speeches, so that experience with DePauw is very directly and tangibly connected to my career.

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GERALD “JERRY” H. GRUBER 08/03/2021

I WAS ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS IN

high school who signed up to go to DePauw for a Rector Scholarship weekend. I stayed overnight in a fraternity house, Lambda Chi Alpha, and it was a wonderful introduction to DePauw and school away from home. I also passed the exam successfully; it was a game-changing experience. As a DePauw student, I enjoyed intramural sports, including some new ones, such as speedball. I particularly enjoyed history and economics classes, obtaining a major in each. I completely enjoyed campus life at DePauw during my four years. I have to admit too, that having to take liberal arts courses in some subjects I would not otherwise have chosen resulted in a better fouryear education. The best professor in the classroom for me was a third-generation graduate from DePauw, Perk Allen. He also earned a Harvard MBA and CPA certificate in Indiana. After putting two sons through DePauw, he came back to DePauw as an adjunct professor; I was in my third year then and took his business law and accounting classes. I signed up for everything he offered and followed in his footsteps, except my MBA was from the University of Chicago and CPA certificate was in Illinois.

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WILLIAM “BILL” W. MONTGOMERY 07/29/2021

I WAS LOOKING FOR AN EXCELLENT, SMALLER

college where I could play baseball. I ended up playing for four years at DePauw. Although members on both sides of my family had graduated from DePauw, initially, I didn't want to do what my parents did. Once I began visiting colleges during my junior year in high school, DePauw became more and more attractive based on its small class sizes, academic reputation, and the opportunity to play baseball. I attended DePauw from 1968 to 1972. Eddie Meyer was the head baseball coach. In those days, DePauw played in the old Indiana Collegiate Conference. At the time, DePauw was a Division II baseball school. We played Purdue, IU, Miami of Ohio, and Illinois, and on our southern trip we played teams like Georgia Tech. We were pretty competitive for a small school. We didn't always win, but very rarely got blown out. There were several professors who I really liked, starting with

my freshman year. Raymond Mizer, English professor, was really good to me. I remember the first week of class when he mentioned the campus newspaper, The DePauw. Since the university didn't offer a journalism major, he suggested that students might want to consider working for the paper. I got involved right away with The DePauw. Bob Steele, an upperclassman, was my mentor at the newspaper. Bob was sports editor, and he gave me assignments. I got some by-lines that first year, but more important he pointed me in the right direction. I decided not to pursue a journalism career, but like Bob, I became sports editor and enjoyed working for the paper. As a result of that work and playing baseball, I became good friends with Patrick Aikman, DePauw's Sports Information Director. Pat's friendship and guidance helped me even after college.

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EVA “RENEE” BARNETT 08/17/2021

DEPAUW'S ACADEMIC REPUTATION INSPIRED

me to attend. I was a Malpas Trust Fund Scholarship recipient and I majored in physics with a minor in religion. I grew up in a fairly conservative Christian family, and I wanted to learn about other world religions and different perspectives. Some of my most memorable professors at DePauw were my physics professors. I really enjoyed their command of the subject. They brought a lot of humor to what otherwise might not seem a very light or amusing study. I found them to be so genuine, supportive, and empathetic. I personally enjoyed Dr. Kissinger, Dr. DeCarlo, and Dr. Brooks in physics classes. I had Dr. Kissinger in first year physics - he made learning physics fun. He was funny and had such interesting insights on life. It was largely because of him that I chose my major to be physics. I remember Dr. DeCarlo had the physics club over to his home with his family. They were so open

and welcoming to us. My first job after graduating from DePauw was because the DePauw Office of Career Services reached out to students who didn't have a career placement yet. They told me that Eli Lilly was hiring folks of all different backgrounds. It led to what became a 13-year span of time that I was with Eli Lilly. I moved up very quickly in management ranks including taking a two year break to go to Harvard Business School to get my MBA. Lilly became an important foundation for my career. The second piece about my time at DePauw that made a huge difference in my life afterwards was the opportunity I had to be president of my sorority. My time as president of Pi Beta Phi was an amazing development phase in becoming a leader, much of which helped prepare me for leadership and management early on in my career. I am grateful for my time at DePauw, my professors, and my experiences in Pi Phi.

MATTHEW L. BEHRENSMEYER 07/26/2021

DEPAUW WAS THE LEAST

expensive college option for me, and that was how I ended up there. I joined the cross-country and track teams and ran all four years. When you run every day for miles and live with the same people, you get super close to them. I just got back from Colorado with my teammates from DePauw this past weekend. Running crosscountry and track gave me my friend group and it really shaped me into who I became as an adult, in terms of my personality. It also gave me the confidence to do what I wanted to do. Crosscountry and track were a big part of that, and many opportunities have opened up. I got to travel all over the country. We ran at nationals and it opened my eyes to what was there athletically in the world, and that helped me into my coaching career. I went into DePauw with the plan of

studying pre-law with a business minor. My professors in the classics department like Professor David Guinee, Professor Pedar Foss, Professor Rebecca Schindler and Professor Carl Huffman shaped me and got me in the direction of teaching, and the big part of that was I loved their classes. The moment that really solidified it was when I went on a winter term trip with Professor Foss and Professor Schindler. I got to teach a lesson on the ancient Olympics at the ancient Olympic track in Olympia, Greece, and I said, 'I am going to teach the rest of my life.' The Classics Department professors were brilliant. I cannot think of any aspect in my life that has not been influenced by DePauw. I would have to say it means everything to me. It was definitely a blessing in disguise, and it really shaped who I became completely.

TYLER ROSEN

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IN GOING ON A PERSONAL VISIT,

everyone was so welcoming and nice. I could spread out through academics and get a little taste of everything. I truly figured out what interests me and saw what path I wanted to go down. Meeting lifelong friends and getting to know different people made a great impression. The professors treated us like adults and were very willing to hear our opinions. They wanted everyone to feel heard, and they were making that contribution in class and outside of class. The school taught me a lot about being personable, how to be successful, being able to talk to people and listen to the things they have to say. My professors taught me not to be afraid to do things like that and to reach out, ask for help. It's ok if I'm not the smartest person in the room, but I should ask the questions that are going to help me get to that point.

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REBECCA “BECKY” LEE COLLINS 08/17/2021

I WAS A MUSIC MAJOR, AND I WANTED TO PLAY

my oboe, get as much experience playing repertoire as possible, and go to a larger music school on the East Coast, where I was from and still am. I went to DePauw University and stepped right into the orchestra and the School of Music. I also had a great opportunity to play in a chamber orchestra, woodwind quintet, full orchestra, and I had a great experience playing a full repertoire. I was an oboist, and the head of the Music School, Professor Cassel Grubb, was really inspiring. He knew every single music student in that music school, including me, and he took everybody under his wing. Professor Arthur Carkeek was my music theory professor who was one of the first professors I had. He was the organ professor and was such an inspiring, brilliant musician, wonderful teacher, and a nice man. The greatest influence on me was Professor Orcenith Smith, the conductor of the orchestra. He was a great educator, musician, and a very talented person. My education provided me with the people who inspired and showed me that with hard work and determination, anything was possible and finding my passion and place in life. DePauw taught me that sticking my nose to something and working hard towards a goal was the most wonderful and gratifying feeling in the world. I am now a writer and a farmer. I still have my very best friends that I am still in touch with. The way DePauw handled the adults around me was magnificent, and I aspire to be like those people who were so very good to me. I am grateful for the education I received at DePauw. I had an outstanding education, and I was very proud of my degree from DePauw. After graduation, that summer I went back to DePauw to work for all of the camps that came there. Holding my diploma in my hand was wonderful, but it was really sad because it was the end of something really special for me.

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KATIE ELIZABETH BURPO 08/11/2021

I FELT LIKE DEPAUW

had a good reputation for academics, which was important to me. When I visited, I had a great tour and thought the campus was beautiful. I liked the idea of attending a small school, and I also received a full-tuition scholarship, so I was able to go affordably. I ended up majoring in creative writing, so I worked closely with professor Greg Schwipps. He was also my advisor and was extremely supportive. He was kind to me and available during office hours. We spent a lot of time talking about writing and life. He helped shape me into the person that I ended up becoming. Professors Beth Benedix, Anne Harris, and Harry Brown were also incredible influences. I ended up becoming a professor myself, so I absorbed all of the great teaching techniques that I experienced as a student and now use them in my own career. I would say that without my time at DePauw, I would not be the kind of human being and citizen that I am today. It is my time there that has taught me to be empathetic and caring of others. The education greatly expanded my perspective because I am from a small town in Indiana, so, through my experience, I learned to value and embrace those who are different from me, and the insight I gained was the greatest gift.

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JANE E. RAUSCH (MEYER) 08/10/2021

I HAD A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE AT DEPAUW.

The first week was hard because I had never been away from home, and I remember writing to my parents and saying, 'Please, I want to come home.' My dad did not let me, but he wrote me this wonderful note. He said, 'Don't let one little weed spoil the garden.' That really helped because once classes started, I was okay. The classes were fantastic. I had really good professors. I majored in Spanish and history and focused on Spanish in the end. I was a musician, and I played the flute. The music school then became my home away from home. Even though I was not a music major, they more or less accepted me. I played in the orchestra, the ensembles, and the band, and all my friends

were musicians. It was a wonderful experience to be able to do that. I took lessons from Mr. Floyd Peterson, who was wonderful. He was a clarinet player originally. One of the experiences I remember was when he took an ensemble to Terre Haute, Ind. He was a very tall man. He had this Volkswagen, and we were all crammed into the Volkswagen bug for the trip. It was so funny because he was so tall in this little car. I'll never forget that trip. It was really quite an experience. I feel very fortunate that I went to DePauw, for I would have been lost at a larger school. I taught high school for a year, and then I was able to get a fellowship to go to the University of Wisconsin. I also was able to play in the Wisconsin orchestra.

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MY HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE COUNSELOR WAS

good friends with DePauw's director of admissions at the time and thought it would be a good fit. I visited during my senior year, and I liked how warm and welcoming everybody was. Every student seemed happy and the professors seemed glad to be there. I was lucky enough to be a part of the field hockey program with Judy George as my coach. She was a big influence in my life. She showed me that you could be a professor and a coach and raise a family. She put a lot of time and energy into the team and to the women on the team, making sure that it was running smoothly during the season. She also put a lot of time and energy into recruiting good athletes so that the program would not just survive but thrive. The women on the field hockey team were also a great support network. We started out below 500 for our record my freshman year but by senior year, we were contending for a spot at the national championship. In my senior year, I was captain of the field hockey team. The relationships that I built with the women on the team were influential to me then, and they are still my friends today. I actually came back and coached field hockey from 2000 to 2007 after Judy retired. As a result of being a part of field hockey, I was able to try out for the Over-40 Masters Team for Team USA. In 2018, I was selected to the Over-40 team and got to go compete in the Masters World Cup in Barcelona. My favorite professor was Professor Sununu. She made sure that we were really good writers by the time we left her classroom. My econ professor during my freshman year encouraged me to study economics, and that ended up being my major. I did community service and traveled on the mission trip to the Dominican Republic and Argentina. Those were great programs, and I very much appreciated being a part of it. It opened my eyes to the greater world and that I could have an impact on helping others. After graduating, I joined Teach For America as a result.

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07/29/2021

I HAD A GOOD

friend of mine from high school whose parents had looked into various colleges. They contacted a current student at DePauw University at the time, and he sold us on the university. We went over there during some summer months to take a look at the school. I felt like a square peg in a round hole because of all the fraternity people, and many

of them are from the larger cities. I was from a little railroad town in Missouri, so I did not have much in common with them. The friendliness of the instructors and my guidance counselor stood out to me. Professor Herold T. Ross was the head of the speech department at the time, and I liked him very much. He reminded me so much of my father.

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NATALIE KATHLEEN GRUSZKA 08/31/2021

I DECIDED TO ATTEND DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BECAUSE I

was looking for a smaller school in the Midwest where I could have personal connections with my professors and run cross country and track. DePauw was close enough to home, and I felt like I was at home on campus. When I visited DePauw, I instantly clicked from the teammates to the coaches and professors. I belonged and got welcomed there, so it would be a great place to attend college. I ran all four years at DePauw and made it to the top ten list a few times. The coaches gave every athlete personal attention and a real connection, and I really credited my success to my teammates and my coaches. My senior class was really close, and we got together for graduation, so I was very fortunate to have such a close-knit group of people in my class. I majored in kinesiology, and professor Thomas Ball in the kinesiology department was my teacher, mentor, and friend. Having a connection with him made it much easier to stay engaged with my coursework and school in general. Professor David Harvey in the chemistry department was one of the best professors, and he made every class in the lab very fascinating and worthwhile. My cross country coach, Kori Stoffregen, was an amazing coach who cared for me. I went to Ireland at the University of Limerick to take some kinesiology classes and run a club there. I also went on a winter term trip to the Galapagos Islands and Greece, so I really took advantage of the DePauw opportunities. Spending time with my cross country team was a memory that I will never forget because we were all in it together. They were the best friends I made at DePauw, and growing closer together was an enjoyable time. Those experiences shaped me as a person and made me a better person. I attended a Physician Assistant program at Midwestern University in Chicago. I will be graduating in 2023, and I hope to work either in Chicago or the Indy area as a physician assistant.

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the summer of 1988, and I liked the location, campus, and isolated environment. I was only 18, but I knew I wanted to have a different experience and focus on my studies. I was also looking forward to studying abroad, and I had the ability to go abroad in my junior year. I went to the London School of Economics for a year, and it changed my life. It was during the Gulf War, so it was a very interesting time to be in Europe. I made a lot of friends whom I have kept in touch with since then. It was a fantastic experience. Marthe Chandler was a professor in the logic and philosophy department, professor Marcia McKelligan was my philosophy advisor, and Dr. Bob Calvert was my political science advisor. They were my favorite professors, and I liked them a lot. I enjoyed my time at DePauw. When I left, I became a software engineer. The two semesters I spent studying logic under Professor Chandler really helped form the foundation for my software engineering career. I'm now a director of software engineering for Silicon Labs, so I have grown an amazing career off of the kind of foundation I built at DePauw.

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CYNTHIA L. GAMBLE (BATES) 08/10/2021

I LIKED THE CAMPUS LIFE

when I visited, and I loved my time there. My time at DePauw was transformative, and I continued with another school for my master's degree. My piano professor was an extraordinary human being, and she had a huge influence on me. I still send her Christmas cards all these years later. The most profound thing for me with

her is that she brought me to Christ. DePauw gave me a path toward teaching, which I have done now for 43 years. When I started teaching, about one-third of my students were adults. In the last two or three years, I've had three adults along with the kids that I teach, and that has been a total pleasure for me.

DR. BRADLEY “BRAD” L. THOMPSON

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08/11/2021

MY FATHER IS AN EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF

civil engineering at the University of Illinois and he wanted me to go to a small school. He motivated me to look at a small liberal arts school. That was the impetus. I was looking for a place where I could do something business-related at that time. DePauw University is a small school with a small class size format. I was involved with the Management Fellows Program, and Professor John McConnell, who started that center. It was a big deal.

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I GREW UP ON A FARM IN

Reelsville, Ind., which was about ten miles from Greencastle. There were 17 students in my graduating high school class, and I was a valedictorian. DePauw held an outreach program at the Greencastle gym where they invited local schools. I met Professor Donald Cook there, an old chemistry professor, and we chatted for a while. He encouraged me to take home the Rutgers Scholarship exam, which I passed. My grandparents lived across the alley from Rector Hall. They had a little spare room where I was able to stay for free. I worked

DR. KENNETH “KEN” L. KIRK 08/10/2021

in the Rector Hall as a waiter for three and a half years for my board. I started out a physics major and switched to chemistry in my junior year. Greencastle seemed like a big city and for me being around people my age was thrilling because I had grown up on a farm isolated from people. I belonged to the Men's Hall Association. Howard Burkett, who had received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, was my mentor in organic chemistry. I was accepted for graduate school at Cornell. It was incredible there. I earned my Ph.D. in four years and got to know a group a

people from Germany. They encouraged me to apply for a Truman Fellowship. I did a postdoc in Germany for a year. One of my colleagues in Wisconsin was working at the National Institutes of Health and suggested I contact his boss. He offered me a job. I worked at Cornell for over 42 years; my last position was a lab chief. I credit the outreach program at DePauw for reaching out to local prospective students to attend DePauw. It all worked out better than I could have imagined.

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TWO THINGS THAT

inspired me to attend DePauw University were its closeness to home and the fact that my sister was already a student there. I started at DePauw planning to major in science and in zoology, and not necessarily with the intention of teaching. After I took a course in the art department, I switched my focus to art. A lot of that had to do with the influence of my mother, who was quite an accomplished artist. She always dreamed of going to college but wasn't able to after high school. I think she ended up getting a degree from DePauw. Dr. Reid Winsey was an inspiration to me, as was

Professor Richard Peeler, who taught art for a long time. Professor Peeler was probably the one who inspired me to pursue teaching as he was a high school educator before he became a professor. I got my degree in fine art and history. I taught for 18 years in Indiana public schools. I still dabble in art, but I'm more into woodworking now. I have made probably hundreds of birdhouses and bird feeders, which I try to fashion after actual buildings, churches, gristmills, country stores, and other things. Luckily they have been very popular, and I have been able to sell them along with my paintings.

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DR. PAUL KISSINGER INSPIRED ME TO

attend DePauw University. He could really communicate his knowledge and interest in physics, which also interested me. The overall atmosphere at DePauw made the best impression on me. My degree at DePauw gave me a broad background, so I was comfortable taking on whatever opportunity I got next. In my career, I switched from physics to computers. The friends and the professors I knew at DePauw make me smile.

MILTON D. COX, PH.D.

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D E P A U W

University was suggested by our advisor in high school as an excellent place and it was a liberal arts college that provided excellent professors who guided me to get a great education. I was able to get a Rector Scholarship. Dr. Clinton Gass in the mathematics department was an excellent teacher who helped me through the selection process of my major. I was really

stuck on trying to find the right one, and he came up with a really great explanation that helped me choose mathematics. That was really a key important step at DePauw. I had great professors in mathematics, and they helped me to select a good graduate school. They wrote good letters to get me into graduate school, and I was able to earn my doctoral degree in mathematics.

URIAH PIKE BROWN 08/10/2021

THROUGH THE POSSE SCHOLARSHIP,

I had the opportunity to connect with professors prior even to my arrival on the DePauw campus. As a student in the Media Fellows program, I was able to expand my horizons as they relate to media and the arts. In general, I would say my decision to choose DePauw was inspired by the connection with professors and their willingness to help me find my passion for what I wanted to do. One of them was Professor Tim Good, who pushed me to find my passion for acting. My Posse mentors, Angela and Yetta, were also supportive of me even after graduation. I worked in the DePauw Alumni Engagement Office for two years after I graduated, so I had the chance to stay connected with professors and also serve as a mentor to DePauw students who needed support. My work with DePauw undergraduates as well as alumni was an important experience. Now I work for The Posse Foundation, but I still receive guidance from a lot of professors and mentors at DePauw. Some of them reach out to take part in many of the activities and projects that we do at our foundation.

DR. EMILY A. BACKER

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2018

08/14/2021

I WAS HOPING TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL,

and I heard from some other people who attended DePauw that they had a very good acceptance rate to medical school. I had a lot of really great professors in the science department. Prof. Wade Hazel was the one I remember particularly well; he taught genetics. Dr. Clinton Gass from calculus was amazing. I also had a lot of good friendships that I still keep in touch with fairly regularly. A lot of them were my friends from freshman year at DePauw. I was able to get into medical school and had several classmates with me there. One of the things that I loved about going to DePauw was the Winter Term. I had a lot of really good experiences over the Winter Terms. I studied abroad in London for about four months, the whole semester of my junior year, so those were highlights, too. I'm a physician now, so that has certainly helped. I think that going to DePauw helped considerably with my application to get into medical school; it was a well-respected school academically in Indiana. It was a really good liberal arts education. I think that it is important for students to get a broad based education because sometimes what they go into college for and think their career is going to be could end up being totally different as rapidly as things change in our world. To me it represents a very good liberal arts education, which I think is really important these days.

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sizes at DePauw. I did a work study program my last couple of years at the university for Dr. Thomas, and I sincerely loved working with him. I have been back to visit the campus a couple of times over the years.

2011

ADRIENNE ADELE JOHNSON 07/30/2021

MY BROTHER WENT TO DEPAUW UNIVERSITY.

Since we are both musicians, it made sense to check out DePauw. I play the cello and had known Professor Orcenith Smith since seventh grade, when I participated in an orchestra camp where he was the conductor. My brother had known him longer than that. Professor Smith was always someone I thought was a straight shooter, super knowledgeable and intelligent. I respected him very much. Coming to DePauw, having known him was really useful to me. My former professor Eric Edberg was also one of my favorites. I had a lot of other great professors in the School of Music such as Leonard Foy and Carlos Carrillo. They were super impactful on me because they are such educated professors, people of

color, and great musicians. Professor Carlos Carrillo is a highly intelligent composer and musician. When people learn I went to DePauw, they have heightened expectations as far as who I am and what I can do. DePauw created that reputation for me. The job I have now came through the DePauw network. My DePauw background starts me off on the right foot with people. What was so beautiful about the DePauw environment was all the people excelling in different areas. I had friends in science and friends in music. I wasn't hanging out only with students from the School of Music. I know DePauw graduates who are excelling in almost any area you can think of, and that says a lot about the DePauw experience. It is a great university in so many areas.

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I KNEW DEPAUW WAS

a solid choice, and I received a great scholarship, so I took advantage of that. In my first year, I had a difficult time adjusting, and I took the first semester of my second year off. When I returned I was able to find a community that I finally really identified with. It was a really nurturing and great experience for me to be at DePauw and find that community and find real strength in that community. Once I had committed and found my place in the environment and on campus, I really had a great time and was able to thrive there. It was a very welcoming community. One of my professors was instrumental in getting me on a professional path that I never really thought was open to me. I was an English lit major, which can go any number of ways. I thought I was going to be a journalist at one point, and then I thought about studying languages at another point, but I ended up really diving into the theater community. There was no theater major at DePauw

when I was there, but when I graduated I had a theater minor. My DePauw theater professor gave me a call and he said, 'Hey listen, Indiana Repertory Theatre is holding auditions. They're just generals, and they are just looking for people. I thought you might be interested,' so I ended up auditioning. I didn't get the role that I was auditioning for, but they asked me to be an office intern. I ended up auditioning for their Youth Program and being on their main stage that season. Acting was the path that I always really wanted to take; I just didn't have the courage to do it. I have a lot of gratitude for my theater professor for just keeping an eye out for me. DePauw was really trying to continue to diversify, not just its population, not just the demographic, but its way of looking at the world. DePauw encouraged students, regardless of their background, to really acknowledge the differences in the world and broaden their perspectives, not just academically but experientially.

DR. TAMMER A. FARID

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1991

MARIA “TESS” TERESITA MURPHY (LINA)

08/18/2021

I WAS ACCEPTED INTO DEPAUW

University's Science Research Fellows program, which in combination with a generous scholarship shaped my decision to attend DePauw. I was involved with cross country and track. Both my experience with the team and Coach Kori Stoffregen formed the basis of a lifelong interest in running as a hobby and sport. A lot of my closest friendships have come from those teams. On the academic side, so many of the professors in all disciplines that I was exposed to were just so enthusiastic about their work and their topics. Dr. Scott Wilkerson in the geology department was a really strong influence. Another professor in art history triggered in me a huge love of art. I didn't make my career in either of those fields, but I did maintain and continue to maintain a really strong interest in those areas after getting initially exposed to the coursework. I did a good job of taking advantage of all the opportunities that DePauw offers.

2013

MICHAEL GABRIEL “MIKEY” RAMOS PADILLA 08/10/2021

I WANTED A LIBERAL

arts education. I was stuck between being premed and being very interested in music at the time of applying. I wanted to make sure that I had strong extracurricular music. I wanted someplace that had a strong music background and strong liberal arts. I also ended up applying to the interdisciplinary liberal arts special program and the Honors Scholar Program, which ended up being formative. DePauw was the perfect place for me. I was the first in my family to attend undergrad in the US because my parents did most of their college in the Philippines. I had Professor Rebecca Upton for one semester who ended up being incredibly influential. It was an honor scholar seminar, 'Tattoo: Torture and Adornment.' I was

pretty conservative, but that course opened up my eyes to the broad range of human experiences. It was a cool course, and it ended up being influential in more ways on how to think about people. I also met my best friend at DePauw. We were both in the School of Music together, and he was a year behind me. I am still on good terms with my fraternity as well. Although I have not reached out to them in a while since I finished medical school. I am a physician right now, and I am hoping to get back into supporting my fraternity and being more supportive of DePauw. It is a special place, and I am hopeful to be able to send my children to DePauw. There is something great about my education there.

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MY FIRST EXPERIENCE

at DePauw was during a spring weekend as a prospective student. When I got to campus, I was really amazed at how beautiful it was. I spent time with some Black STEM students, and they were really informative about what was going on in terms of the campus culture. They were very helpful with ways to adjust to the campus and how to get around. I met so many nice people during that weekend at the Hub, in classes, and just randomly on campus. It was somewhere I felt like I could be home for the next four years and feel okay and comfortable. As a student, I was involved in so many organizations on campus. I had so many good courses with phenomenal professors. I was a biology major and enjoyed a lot of research projects I got to do with professor Vanessa Fox and professor Wade Hazel. He retired a couple of years after I graduated. Those two professors were so quirky and funny. They weren't just always about

academics. They were really focused on making sure we felt good outside of the classroom and we were supported on campus. Even when there was campus tension regarding racial inequality, they were very supportive, and they made that known in their classrooms. It was nice to know that as a student of color, especially in biology, where we were not the majority at all, people were looking out for us and making sure that our mental and emotional wellbeing was taken care of. It was reflected in the classroom and outside of the classroom. I know a lot of my friends didn't have that same experience with some of their professors, but I know that I can say for sure that I have had a group of professors who were there for me in the biology department. After I graduated, I ended up getting my master's in public health, and now I'm employed with the State of Iowa Public Health Department.

1981

JOSEPH “JOE” F. MARTIN 08/10/2021

I CAME FROM A SMALL HIGH SCHOOL

in the Midwest, and I wanted to continue with my college education with a small student-teacher ratio environment and with a place where I wasn't just going to be a number. I liked the campus, the general atmosphere, and the vibe of the campus itself. I lived on campus in one of the fraternity houses. The closeness I had with the professors and administration made an impression on me. I wasn't just somebody sitting in row six, seat eight; the professor knew my name. I had easy and convenient access to them during non-class hours, and they were willing to assist, tutor, and give additional time to me. The student body was fun and engaging. It was a caring atmosphere. The general breadth of the education that I got from art history to sociology and psychology courses were all fascinating and were very well taught. It was an environment where you were taught to think and not just regurgitate information. I always had it, and I always knew it. It could bring insights to conversations. There was some thought behind it and some ability to apply it in real-world situations. The name DePauw University carried a certain degree of penetration and respect among people. It was a well-known school. When I moved 30 years ago to California, the education I got there showed through.

1943

DR. WALTON 1982 “WALT” W. STEVEN M. DAVIES SHREEVE 08/20/2021

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A COUPLE OF REASONS THAT I

chose DePauw University was that some of my close family members lived near DePauw, and I also got a Rector Scholarship. One of my professors who made a big impact on me was Dr. Martin. He was my biology professor and really steered me toward my career in medicine. I also liked my German professor, Guenther Grueninger, he was a funny guy and interesting guy.

2003

GAGEBY “HILLIE” HILL GAITHER

I'M FROM MIDDLETOWN,

Ohio, and a high school classmate, who was one year ahead of me, had chosen DePauw University. At the very end of my high school year, my first choice for college did not pan out so I found myself having to make a quick decision on a college. We visited DePauw because I knew my friend Karen went there. I looked at it and fell in love with it. I said, 'I will go here for a year, and then I will transfer to Wake Forest.' That didn't happen because I loved DePauw so much. I was a pretty spoiled little kid heading into college, so I had some awakenings academically but I put myself to good use. The professors were incredible. I was a communication major. Some

of my favorite professors were, Jim Elrod in the communication department, Candace Schulenburg in the psychology department, and Martha Rainbolt in the English department. They had great personalities and made me think I mattered. They brought it out of me and made me want to work for it. I am still very close to and in touch with a number of friends from DePauw. They matter greatly to me, and I follow their lives. We don't see each other often, so it is good that we keep in touch, and Facebook helps immensely. Those people impacted me dramatically on the person I became and how I chose to contribute to society. We had fun and also worked hard.

08/10/2021

EVERY STUDENT I MET AT DEPAUW WAS

on their own path, but the university community supported them in their journey. At DePauw, you have an opportunity to create your own path with the support of others. When I was 18 I didn't know what I wanted in life, but DePauw gave me an opportunity to figure that out safely and creatively. During this process, I had the support of the administration and advisors so I was never really at risk of not graduating. This is a great thing about DePauw.

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JENNIFER ANN ROBERT “BOBBY” DIMOS LANE COBURN II I REALLY LIKED THE

size of DePauw because I had gone to a smaller high school. I felt like it was a good step, but not too big. I was interested in the school to play soccer so that is what I ultimately ended up doing. The major kinesiology sounded like something I would be interested in, and then it ended up being a good fit. We won the conference, and then we made it to the NCAA in my junior year. We were pretty competitive for the other three seasons too. I have always lived on campus. I was in a dorm my freshman year. I was in Alpha Phi my sophomore year. I really enjoyed my time on campus. When

I came in, there was a soccer coach there named John Carter. He was a big part of getting me to DePauw. In my sophomore year, the head coach was Megan McCormick. She was really big as far as making a good impact and helping me enjoy DePauw. My advisor Dr. Tom Ball played a crucial role in me enjoying kinesiology and continuing on with that. I look back and really appreciate my time there. I think it was the perfect balance of strong academics, strong athletics, and a really fun social culture. It was a close and tight knit community. I am really glad that I chose to go there.

I PLAYED FOOTBALL SO THAT WAS A BIG REASON

why DePauw was on my radar and it was closer to home than where I was. When I got there, I felt an immediate connection not just to the folks in admissions but also to the classes that I toured and the people I met on campus. I met a few football players that just embodied a lot of what I loved about the Midwest growing up here. They were people that cared a lot about school, their career and their future, and also they were people that were friendly, humble and good. It felt like home right away. I transferred to DePauw as a sophomore. I would tie a lot of my specific memories to the guys that I lived with and played on the football team with. In our sophomore year in 2011, we had the best season in school history. There was a lot of great success there. I do not know if there was one specific memory, but it felt like every day you were surrounded by really great people. I think a lot about the professors I had the pleasure of working with. Dr. David Alvarez was one that I really loved working with. He was the professor I connected with the most. He was very personable. He really invested a lot in getting to know who we were as people. He was a great instructor and a brilliant man. The first class I had with him might have been one of my favorite memories. As someone who is in education now, I think Professor Alvarez did everything right in terms of giving us challenging content, but connecting with us as people and making the work fun. I did Teach For America after college like many DePauw students, and so I was placed in Milwaukee. I taught English for three years and I am going into my ninth year. I was the principal of a middle school within the same network that I joined in 2013. I opened this middle school in 2018, and we had great success.

07/31/2021

Family: my husband, Steve; Jack, DPU 2020; Ashley, DPU 2024; me; my son, Trevor U of Illinois 2021

DEPAUW HAD A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS,

and I loved the personal attention that I received when I went to visit. I felt like they really were excited to see me, and I felt very welcomed. It made me feel good as a student. I enjoyed my three years at Hogate Hall, and I made some lifelong friends. I enjoyed my time at the School of Music as well. I loved our tours in Europe when I did a semester abroad in Vienna. The wife of our advisor was so wonderful in planning events for all the students. They took us on little trips that inspired us to have get-togethers and learn more about food, wine, and culture. Dan Rizner was my violin teacher, who was also very inspirational for me during my time there. Professor Orcenith Smith was the conductor of the orchestra and a phenomenal musician. He has a real insight on how to direct the orchestra and how the students would get the most out of it. DePauw had such a nurturing environment that really helped me launch into the next chapter of my life. I still keep in touch with our advisors. I see them every time I go back to DePauw. I have a son who graduated in 2020 and a daughter who attends now.

RICHARD A. STEELE

1974

1985

KAREN L. HALLIER (RIFE)

07/27/2021

MY DAD WENT TO

DePauw University. With the way he talked about it, it sounded like a good choice for me. I started in the fall of 1968, and I graduated six years later. I dropped out spring of 1970 because of the events at Kent State, so my head was in the wrong place. I withdrew the week before finals, and I worked in the steel mill in East Chicago for ten months. I then went to Madison, Wis., and I worked in retail for a while. Dean Farber was the men's dean. I got a letter from Dean Farber towards the end of 1971 after a year and a half, and he asked if I had any interest in coming back. I said, 'Yes!' I was a Rector Scholar, so I asked if I could get my scholarships back and live out in town instead of a dorm. He consented to it, so I came back in January 1972 to make up for my last semester. I lived with a doctor and his family who I had known out in the town, so I commuted from there. I finished my studies in philosophy and religion, and I did some independent study under Russell Compton. I had a great fondness for Russell Compton and Robert Farber. They were kind and understanding. I tended bar at the Elks Lodge three nights a week, and I worked summers at the IBM plant, so I was as much a townie as I was a student. I got my education from DePauw.

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MARY DAY MUSGRAVE (KILBORN) 08/12/2021

MY AUNT AND

u n c l e, M a r y b e l l e Bramhall and John Jewett, were class of 1945 and 1944, and they never let me know there was any other college than DePauw. I was proud to go to DePauw and it was perfect for me. Harry Hawkins in the psychology department stood out as a favorite professor, and Muriel Holland in the education department was a special friend and came to Decatur, Ill., for my wedding. DePauw had a tradition in the late 1950s and 1960s that

a girl was not an official DePauw coed until she was kissed at the Boulder by an upperclassman at night. I graduated in education from DePauw, and I taught for the first two years after I got married then we started a family. I stay close with my Kappa Alpha Theta sisters because we have an annual newsletter to our class, and we have followed each other's lives these 57 years. In the last 20 years, we get together every other year in different locations. DePauw is a part of who I am.

1966

DR. CHARLES “TOD” A. EBERLE III 07/28/2021

I HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH DEPAUW, AND I'LL

give you a quick synopsis. I went to DePauw because I lived in St. Louis, and a neighbor convinced me to come and look at the school. I played football for four years while I was in a fraternity. I had small classes in physical education and we had mentors there who were really good to you. They helped you get into your profession. I graduated in 1966 and stayed there for three years after I graduated as a graduate assistant in the athletics department. I was the freshmen football and baseball coach. During that time, I got a master of arts in education from DePauw in my first year, and for the next two years I commuted to Indiana University where I got my doctorate in physical education. Two of my three kids came to DePauw and graduated as well. I worked in college athletics in Pennsylvania and after I retired from there, I went back to work at DePauw - despite having left for 30 years - from 1999 to 2011 in the admissions office. I also have a brother and sister who went to DePauw, so we've got five family members who are DePauw grads. I've been pretty close with DePauw over the years. I retired from DePauw, and came back to Pennsylvania. It has been a long journey. I owe my career to DePauw. I'm sitting right now in my DePauw room where I've got everything on my shelves from all the years there. I am a very loyal alumnus.

1963

THOMAS “TOM” A. MCELHANEY 08/12/2021

I WANTED A MUSIC

education degree because I wanted to be a band director. I auditioned at DePauw, and they offered me some financial help, which was necessary if I was to attend DePauw. I was impressed with the faculty, which I met during my audition. The faculty, and the financial help, along with the offer of a part-time job in the music library, helped my decision to attend DePauw. The director of bands was Professor Dan Hanna and he became my mentor. He had been a high school band director, and he was very influential on my ideas about how to teach. I have always felt that my education from the DePauw School of Music was a great help with my teaching. I was a band director for 32 years. My son Douglas McElhaney also attended DePauw, and he became a band director in the public schools of Indiana. I have always been proud that I went to DePauw.

1959

RICHARD “DICK” H. WHITED, J.D. 08/10/2021

SEVERAL FRIENDS FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL WERE

attending DePauw University, and I had a distant cousin who went to DePauw. I chose it because it was a nice small school with good academics and a Greek system that was still extremely strong at the time. It was a pleasant time to go to college because there was not a lot of protest about one thing or another. I enjoyed the small classes. I was a political science major and a history minor. The history department had all excellent professors who made history come alive. My history professor, Dr. John Baughman, was my favorite professor. I remember Dr. Baughman gave an assignment where the students had to teach a class for one 45-minute session about European history. He liked my session so much, he ended up offering me a master's degree scholarship at Princeton. I chose not to take it because I decided to go to law school. I hated Spanish class at DePauw, but my professor was nice. I ended up working in the law department of Motorola for 30 years. The company had offices all over the world. I traveled for my job to many different places in Asia, Europe, and South America. My history courses at DePauw helped me apply a breadth of knowledge about the various cultures when I was in those places. My education gave me some background of who the people were, their history, and what surrounds them. DePauw was one of the best memories of my life.

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ELIZABETH BLUE GUESS D E P A U W

University was the first college that I visited and I compared every other college that I visited to DePauw. It set the bar. The Honors Programs was a big draw for me, as well as the size of the campus. I lived in a dorm my freshman year and joined a sorority at the beginning of the second Ten years after graduating semester. Sophomore from DePauw, I still find through senior years, I opportunities to reunite with Dr. Andrea Sununu lived in my sorority house and that was definitely a huge part of my experience. I was in Kappa Kappa Gamma and there's a pretty good group of us who still keep in regular touch. Just last weekend I had a reunion with ten girls; we got together in Michigan and a couple of them brought their kids. We picked up right where we left off. I loved all of my classes at DePauw! Professor Andrea Sununu, who was legendary on DePauw's campus, stood out to me. We've kept up a friendship since I graduated; I was actually emailing her yesterday. Now, I work in book publishing sales. DePauw put a heavy emphasis on writing and speaking skills, no matter what your major was and that definitely helped prepare me for the professional world.

LINDSAY A. LLEWELLYN I WANTED TO ATTEND A

smaller school relatively close to home, with the most important part being the teacher to student ratio. The most rewarding part of DePauw was the academic portion and the relationships forged with the professors, especially with my English major. My favorite professor, who I am still in contact with today, is Dr. Andrea Sununu, who definitely made my DePauw experience a positive one that I will never forget. She took an interest in every student to the point where they felt very welcome, valued, and heard. She always went the extra step to make sure that our education was everything we wanted it to be.

2013

JORDAN JOSEPH NIESPODZIANY 08/17/2021

I WAS DECIDING BETWEEN

a couple of colleges, and I visited DePauw pretty late in the process. DePauw offered more opportunities for me to find something that interested me and it had a better campus life than other places I looked at. The overall opportunities at DePauw and reputation of the university ultimately drew me toward it. I was on the baseball team for four years and that was one of the main reasons I enjoyed my time at DePauw as much as I did. I remember a few times when academics were very difficult, but I was able to lean back on baseball and its team aspect for support. I never had Dr. Dave Berque as a professor, but I traveled to Japan with him in my senior year for Winter Term. We had a good friendship in the last half of my time at DePauw. He definitely had an impact on my

experience. I also traveled to London and Italy in my junior year, which I could not have done anywhere else. Those experiences stand out to me and I still reference those opportunities when I talk to family, friends, or people looking at colleges. I work for my coach I had in college, Jake Martin. My freshman year was his first year as the head baseball coach. I am currently his assistant, so DePauw definitely set me up with that connection. I stay in contact with a lot of the people I knew through baseball at DePauw. Even when I was not looking for a particular job in athletics, Dr. Berque was a big help to me in trying to get interviews during my job search. There were a lot of different aspects that DePauw helped me with, and it is definitely still a big part of my professional life.

1970

JUDITH “JUDY” K. HAMONTRE 08/14/2021

I WAS FAMILIAR WITH DEPAUW

because I went to high school in Plainfield, Ind. My brother and sister-in-law lived in Greencastle for a time and were involved with community theater that utilized the old speech hall. I knew professors, Jim Elrod, Larry Sutton, and Lou Fontaine. I was so anxious to get an education there, but we couldn't afford it. Lou Fontaine let me know about a scholarship for which I qualified because I was born in Indiana and graduated from an Indiana high school. It was a wonderful opportunity to go to DePauw. It was a dream come true. Professor Sutton was my mentor in many ways; he and the people at the speech and theater department were valuable to me. Larry continued as my mentor even when I became a teacher. He continued to help us throughout our lives. I was surrounded with such strong student examples and support that enabled me to go out and become a leader myself. My Alpha Chi sisterhood still keeps in touch. I became a good teacher, a leader of faculty and a founder and leader of the Illinois High School Theatre Festival. It gave me the confidence to develop those skills and know I could do things and reach out. It even gave me the guts to move here to Colorado and start a whole new life. DePauw was responsible for that.

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08/12/2021

I TOOK A SUMMER OPTIONS PROGRAM WHERE

I got to try out college as a high school student. I was focused on DePauw because of the Music School, but I took an economics class with Professor Gary Lemon who encouraged me to apply for the Management Fellows Program. I was really excited about that. I loved that I was able to double major in economics and Spanish. I got to study abroad in Spain, do an internship in Chicago at a commercial bank, and to intern on Wall Street with Janet Prindle, a prominent alumna. At the time, what really appealed to me was that DePauw graduates had the highest percentage of C-suite executives of any liberal arts college in the late 1990s. That was really appealing to me as I decided to pursue the Management Fellows Program. I still talk to Gary Lemon 25 years later, and he recommended me for a very interesting board position this month. I loved all of the different experiences and internships that I had. Coming from DePauw to Wall Street was like a herculean endeavor, and there were a number of wonderful alumni who really helped in that venture. Nancy Geiss, Tom Walsh, Tony deNicola, and Janet Prindle were really supportive and opened up their networks. They gave me a lot of sound advice to get me onto Wall Street. I reached out on my own, and they were receptive to my outreach. DePauw teaches students how to learn, and I think that is the most valuable skill. It is attributable to a liberal arts education but particularly to DePauw. The EQ is as important as the IQ for long-term career success, and DePauw does a phenomenal job developing both.

CAROLINE “CAL” M. CAPOOT (MUSICK)

1963

1998

JAMIE L. MITCHELL (LEWIS)

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DEPAUW'S REPUTATION FOR

academic excellence motivated me to attend. My favorite professor was Dr. Wes Wilson, who was a history professor, and Dwight Ling was also a history professor I liked. The history class with Dr. Wilson was extremely good. I had to have a college degree because I became a teacher. I was challenged academically at DePauw, and I did the same, challenging the kids that I taught.

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KELLY DEE KILLPACK I WANTED SOMEWHERE SMALL WHERE

I knew everyone on campus and the people that I was seeing when I was walking to class and had that comfort of knowing everyone, and I really found it in DePauw. I loved knowing everyone's names and the Greek affiliation they had and having that tight-knit community. One of the most impactful things to me was the winter term. In my freshman year, I stayed on campus and I took a class that was called Happiness and my professor was Doug Smith. That was absolutely the most life-changing thing that happened to me at DePauw. I considered myself a happy person, but the stories we shared and the lessons we learned are still with me today. They really set me up with great success throughout the rest of my four years at DePauw and my life post graduation. I kept in touch with that professor. He has taught me to live my life with purpose. I was in a sorority and I am still best friends with my sisters from that sorority. The benefit of going to a liberal arts school and having our small class sizes was not just about the lectures and the papers, but also the discussions and the interpersonal connections you made with your classmates and your professors. I was a communication major, and so I felt like the things I learned in class were very applicable to the real world.

JOHN R. BUNNELL, M.A. I HAD BEEN A REALLY

good high school basketball player, and the incoming DePauw basketball coach named Cal Luther, who had been a coach at the University of Illinois, recruited me to come to DePauw to play basketball. That was how I ended up there. I was the second leading

scorer in school history when I graduated and I think I am still in the top 25 of all-time at DePauw. When I started as a freshman, I had no clue how demanding the academics were going to be and I struggled, but Coach Luther was a good mentor for me.

1989

JOHN T. SIEFERT 09/18/2021

A FAMILY FRIEND WHO WAS HAVING AN AMAZING

experience inspired me to attend DePauw University. I visited DePauw and loved the environment. My favorite professor was Dr. Bruce Stinebrickner in the political science department. He was the most interesting and impactful faculty member in my political science major. My DePauw education essentially taught me how to think critically and objectively, how to write, and how to develop my thoughts into a compelling argument, and how to put it all down on paper so I had something that was deliverable. Dr. Stinebrickner had a genuine interest in international politics, which to this day I still love as a hobby. As a result of my winter term internship, I discovered a field that is now my career. Without that internship, I don't know if I would be doing what I do today. My whole DePauw experience - the friendships created and what I learned - helped me form a different perspective on the world.

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I CONNECTED WITH DR. STAN WARREN, WHO

was basically a really good friend of the family and just had nothing but kind, wonderful and really uplifting words to say about the diversity program that DePauw was beginning to establish in 1990 and 1991 with the introduction of the new president, Dr. Robert Bottoms. It just sounded like a wonderful opportunity. I was part of the African American Association of Students, and it had a wonderful small house that was located on campus. It was a place that we could go and study. We had full access to it during the week. Back then, Apartheid was still very much a part of the regime of South Africa. We found out the university had investments in some companies with a hand in apartheid. We spoke out. They did hear the students, said they would follow up, and they did. It was inspiring just to know our words were being heard and there was a strength in going out there and saying the words. I always felt that I was taken very seriously. I went to DePauw on a scholarship. I had been involved in the Distributive Education Clubs of America in high school, and had participated in the Center for Leadership Development. I did all these things leading up to more of a business background. When I applied to DePauw, I was accepted and awarded a business scholarship, but I went into education. Dorothy Brown was there and she was kind of like a house mother to us all. She encouraged you to find yourself, get in this environment, and really find your niche. I am a school librarian today, and I spent about ten years in a classroom and 17 years now as a librarian. I have felt like I've been able to inspire others, anywhere from prekindergarten all the way up to adult learners. I have been able to impact the world in this way. I've not always had the answers, but I've been able to teach students a pathway for finding information and to be bold and daring enough to go out there and look for it.

VIRGINIA “GINNY” J. MARSH (STEIN)

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1991

NATASHA DOTSON

07/26/2021

YEARS

DePauw were formative at every level. The most amazing part was that I was assigned as an advisee to the man who became my major advisor and professor, the noted artist and potter Richard Peeler. He was a tough teacher, but after he challenged me constantly for the first year, he went out of his way to mentor me and introduced me to his family, who became very special lifelong friends. He created and fostered a sense of community among students, both those who graduated before and after me. It was not until I had two experiences teaching at schools of liberal arts that I comprehended how my own experience had informed everything I did and wanted to share as a teacher of ceramic art. Ceramics is one of the quintessential liberal arts studies because it requires more than practice as it pulls together many disciplines such as art history, social culture, physics, and chemistry. I have been privileged to have had those four years at DePauw as a foundation from which to continue a considered life.

JOHN A. KELLOGG 03/24/2022

I FIRST REMEMBER

seeing General Shoup's portrait while a graduate student at DePauw in the late 1960s. Shortly after I took a job in the Admissions Office in 1970, the portrait was moved from its prominent location in the Student Union Building to the Air Force ROTC. I understood the decision, after all the upheaval started on college campuses, I think the university was worried people would deface it because it was in such a public place. But I was worried about the move because ROTC buildings were often the targets of vandalism during the Vietnam War, and DePauw's AFROTC had recently survived an arson attempt of its own. I had more reason to care about the painting than perhaps any other person on campus. I served on active duty in the Marine Corps from 1962 to 1966. What's more, General

Shoup had signed my officer's commission. That's kind of a big deal for a Marine. So, I had an emotional connection to the painting. I just didn't want anything to happen to it. In 1973, when I started hearing chatter about the AFROTC leaving campus, I immediately thought of General Shoup's portrait. I called the officer in charge, who told me that no decision had been made about where to move the painting. A few months later, I called to ask again. He was kind of chuckling, so I could tell that the plans for the painting were ambiguous. I just said, 'Tell you what, I'm going to come get it.' I walked across campus, removed the painting from the wall, and carried it under my arm back to the Studebaker Administration Building to hang in my office. I figured if somebody was interested in where Shoup went, they could come find him.

MARY B. HOELTZEL (BALL)

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Me and Lola

I GREW UP ON THE EAST COAST AND

wanted to attend a coed school in another part of the country. I wanted to study music, so my mother and I drove out to look at several colleges, including Miami University of Ohio, Denison University and Bucknell University. My mother said, 'We have one more day. Why don't we press on to Indiana? I hear that DePauw has a wonderful music school.' The friendliness of the people at DePauw made an impression on me. I didn't pledge a sorority until the first of the year. My voice teacher stood out to me as did Professor Fredrick Bergmann in history. As a member of the DePauw University Orchestra, Professor Martha Cornick was very important to me. In the School of Music, Professor Henry Binning was a good friend of mine.

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DONNA MARIE HARTLEY (WORTHAM) 08/12/2021

I WAS THE YOUNGEST STUDENT EVER ACCEPTED

to the Eastman School of Music. I was only 16 years old when I went to college. I had been playing the piano since I was four years old. My daddy wouldn't let me go to Juilliard because they didn't have dormitories so I applied to the Eastman School of Music and was accepted. At the end of my freshman year, I won the George Eastman Scholarship award for the class of 1954-55. The award was in recognition for outstanding achievement in all regular subjects of study and was signed by the director, Howard Hanson. There was a girl who graduated from DePauw and was getting her master's degree in music at Eastman. She said, 'Oh, there's a wonderful piano teacher at DePauw I think you'll really like.' In my junior year, I transferred from Eastman to DePauw to

study. As a DePauw student (1956-1958), I had a piano teacher who used to yell at me, 'You gotta count louder! You gotta count louder!' It was funny and helped me so much. I spend most of my practice day counting out loud and remembering how he used to yell at me. I am thankful for him and DePauw. I am 83 years old and still practicing piano on a daily basis because I am the pianist and organist at church, a volunteer pianist at Mayo Hospital in Phoenix, and I have a website, www.prayersfrom.me, where I perform weekly. This website was set up by my youngest son. I was playing in a Methodist church when I was only eight years old. I played for Sunday school when I was only six. I've been playing for the church for 75 years.

1972

KATHY JEAN LISBY (RAMBADT) 08/10/2021

I ATTENDED DEPAUW UNIVERSITY BECAUSE OF THE

School of Music, the reputation that it had, and the professors there. I was a music major, so I spent most of my time in music school. We had some awesome professors who spent a lot of time with each of us. They were always there for us. We could even go to their homes and spend time with them. It was like a family, and that whole experience was wonderful. After graduation, I became a music teacher for four years. I taught kindergarten through high school. It was a wonderful experience, and I enjoyed it very much. I only did it for four years. Then I quit teaching and taught private voice and piano lessons for a while.

2004

JOHN ANDREW WALLACE 08/11/2021

I AM ORIGINALLY FROM FORT WAYNE, IND. AS A

kicker on my high school football team, I learned about DePauw by attending Coach Nick Mourouzis's summer kicking camp. I knew DePauw was a college with strong academics that also gave me an opportunity to play sports. Keith Stanford, a long-time recruiter, was an awesome person to meet. I was a kinesiology major and enjoyed the kinesiology department. There were 12 kinesiology majors in my graduating class, so we got to know each other very well. After graduation I became a high school biology teacher. Now I sell medical devices. My knowledge and appreciation for biology, anatomy and physiology have given me the confidence to succeed in the different roles I have taken on since college.

1996

LEANN M. SCACCO (GAERTE) 08/16/2021

I KNEW THAT I

would not thrive at a large university, and I liked the small class sizes and more intimate campus of DePauw University. I also had a friend, who was a couple of years older, who attended DePauw and that inspired my choice. The campus is beautiful, and it has garlic cheeseburgers! The professors were certainly one of the best parts of my experience at DePauw. The computer science department had three wonderful professors: Carl Singer, who was my advisor, Gloria Childress Townsend, who was a champion

for women in computer science and still is, and Dave Berque, who was a joy to be in class with. I credit Dave Berque for giving me opportunities in the summertime that shaped my experience and gave me the ability to get a job once I left DePauw. I think few people who still, after all of these years, have a job in the area that they got their degree, but I have worked at two previous employers for nine or ten years each and still work in computer science. I am currently employed by Zimmer Biomet in their IT Department.

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Christmas 2019, Florence, Italy; L-R: Mei Mei, Jin Jin, George, me, and David!

I DECIDED TO MAJOR IN MATH SO THAT I

could explore other academic areas. Math gave me a good framework for problem solving and decision making. I lived in the Delta Zeta house, which isn't around any longer, and I spent the second semester of my junior year in Freiburg, Germany. I highly recommend anyone in college to go off campus and experience a different place and culture or experience something different even if it isn't overseas. I had a career in accounting and that was thanks to Dr. Joe Allen, who was the accounting professor at the time. Dr. Gass and Dr. Morrill were two of my favorite math professors. I also did some economics courses with Dr. Pankratz, Dr. Gray and Dr. Warren. They all helped me to make the decision to attend Indiana University where I graduated with an MBA with a concentration in accounting. I worked in public accounting, a property and casualty insurance company, long-term care pharmacy and had a consulting business. I now work in a promotional products business which my husband and I started when we adopted our two children. DePauw University along with IU gave me a good background to navigate all the changes in my career and life.

FROM

Oklahoma and just came up for a visit in the fall of my senior year. I really loved the sight of the campus, and then I had a good scholarship opportunity in terms of a financial standpoint to be able to attend. I was a biology major and my biology professors were all wonderful. I formed a longstanding association with one par ticular professor, Dr. Kathy Jagger, who was a DePauw alumnus as well. She is no longer at the university, but I certainly have kept lifelong contact with her. I got to go on a winter term mission trip with her; that was probably the biggest thing I enjoyed out of my time. My sophomore year we went down to the Virgin Islands doing Hurricane Hugo relief work; that was the trip with Dr. Jagger. I got to do three mission trips the four years I was there. My senior year, actually, I was the chief of health for the entire winter term mission program. I ran all the health programs for all the trips that were going in and I ended up getting to go on the trip to Honduras. My time at DePauw started down the medical pathway and I got some good experience under my feet.

HEATHER FISHLEDER (BRYCE) 08/10/2021

BEING AT A CENTER

point that attracts students from all over the country, the professorto-student ratio, the winter term program and the ability to play varsity soccer all inspired me to attend DePauw University. The first year was a real culture shock. I came from Oregon, and I experienced a change in climate and separation from home, but I felt a real warm sense with the professors there. We even had some to our home for

dinner. I really learned a lot from Dr. Andrea Sununu - I thought I knew how to write until I took her class. DePauw challenged me to think differently in the real world. There are a lot of companies that could benefit from a DePauw graduate who is able to apply the foundation to many different industries in a real world approach. DePauw prepares students extremely well for how to navigate various industries and communicate with others.

DR. DAWN CHAPMAN (AHLGREN)

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BOTH OF MY

parents are alumni and met at DePauw. When I was looking at colleges, I was really interested in the Science Research Fellows program at DePauw. For my favorite assignment in my first year, the students in the class got one of those three-inch floppy or hard case disks. It was full of census data. The assignment was to cut into the census data and look for patterns, and that was the best thing ever. Dr. Bryan Hanson had an impact on me; he was fabulous. I did research with him all through college. His research and te aching re ally influenced where I ended up in

my interests. Dr. Richard Smock in the department of mathematics was wonderful as well. He was a really good teacher and a really nice person. I loved Dr. Nancy Davis and the department of sociology as well. It was such a rich learning environment at DePauw. My career now is at the intersection of what all three of those professors helped foster. I am a sensory scientist. My Ph.D. is in food science, so I study human flavor perception and different preferences across dif ferent groups of people. I also try to help create products that are healthy and good for the environment.

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ANN M. MCNAULMILLER (MUNN) 08/10/2021

IN 1967, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF NURSING

accredited DePauw’s School of Nursing as equally ranked with UCLA’s Nursing School, among the nation’s best. What a privilege to have been a DePauw junior student nurse at that time. Several nursing professors impacted my life, and to them, I remain eternally grateful. They encouraged me to be my best, recognized my potential, instilled self-confidence, and challenged us all to be creative problem solvers. They taught caring for the whole person with love and compassion, along with a collaborative leadership style. In both my personal and professional journeys, I’ve striven and often failed to follow their good examples. In particular, my public health professor, Virginia Kremer, exemplified outstanding excellence in ‘walking her talk.’ Her words still ring in my ears: 'I seek to LIVE my faith, not just talk about it!' With many geographical moves, including two years in Australia where I studied at a theology school, I was blessed to have worked in many areas of

nursing. However, I confess that public health pediatrics and case management were favorites. As much as I loved nursing, I need to say the greatest joy and most satisfying role has been being a mom to my beautiful daughter, Christy, and ‘Grandmommy’ to her two precious children. In my early 50s, I experienced a divorce, precipitating life-changing transformations. I entered a time of inner healing with a new intensity of God’s love and presence. This awakened a desire to assist others seeking such healing and led me to a Benedictine Monastery’s School for Spiritual Directors in New Mexico. What was to have been a short stint in New Mexico extended into a six-year association, where I became a Benedictine Oblate, sought community membership, and began a new calling in life as a spiritual director. While there, I also met a wonderful man who I married and now share a 2.5-acre plot on a Colorado mountainside. God is good and has been with me through every moment.

1976 Graduation day; at home after the commencement exercises

I MADE A TRIP TO VISIT DEPAUW

and met Dr. John Ricketts in my senior year of high school. At the time, the chemistry department was still located in Minshall Hall, but the Percy Lavon Julian Science Center was coming online the following year; a big factor in my decision to attend DePauw. While I initially planned to major in chemistry, I switched to psychology after taking some philosophy courses. I was a student of Drs. Garrett, Goodson, Silver, Kelly and others, but was perhaps most influenced by Dr. Garrett who taught, among other courses, introduction to psychology and physiological psychology. I also worked in his biofeedback lab for several semesters. My thinking was also

DR. RICHARD “RICK” L. BOWLES, PSY.D., A.B.N. 08/13/2021

influenced by Drs. Burkett and Eccles of the philosophy department and many others. After graduation, I earned an M.S. in clinical psychology and later the Psy.D. in 1987 at Indiana State University. I worked as an associate psychologist for the Southeastern Illinois Mental Health Center from 1978 to 1982, and from 1985 to 1990 I worked as a clinical psychologist at the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center. I completed postdoctoral study in clinical neuropsychology at Henry Ford in Detroit from 1990 to 1992. I held positions as a neuropsychologist at the Detroit Medical Center, Immanuel Rehabilitation Center in Omaha, Neb., and the VA Medical Center in Danville,

Ill. While at the Detroit Medical Center, I held the academic rank of clinical assistant professor from 1995 to 2000, and I have also had other teaching positions including at the VA. I have been married 47 years to my wife Sharon who is a retired nurse and is pursuing a master's certification in hand weaving. We have two sons. I was a Boy Scout leader for 11 years in Omaha and in Dearborn. I am retired now and enjoy gardening, reading, science, science fiction and fantasy-related movies, computer simulation games, and military history. I am also serving as secretary of the NAMI affiliate in Champaign/Urbana, Ill.

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SUSAN “SUE” SMITH (LEET) 08/03/2021

I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE OF THE

size of the campus and the opportunity to be involved in a smaller setting, as opposed to a big school. I lived on campus and made lifelong friends. I was a sociology major, and the head of the department became a very important person in my life. After I graduated and was working, he would drop in to see me at my place of employment. He was very supportive and encouraging. My degree was in sociology, and I worked in our rehabilitation center that helped people become more equipped to enter the workforce. I had clients from deaf and blind schools, so it was vocational rehabilitation. Organizational skills, the ability to see the big picture, and having a good perspective were what I learned at DePauw. I also met my husband there. If I had not gone to DePauw, I would not have met him.

1964

JAY H. TRESSLER 07/29/2021

I HEARD ABOUT DEPAUW

University from my high school. I loved going to DePauw and got a good quality education there. My favorite professor was Dr. Robert Sullivan in the political science department. I was a political science major and got some good advice from him. My English professor made me the writer I am now. I played football at

DePauw, which was an experience I will never forget. DePauw gave me the credentials that other universities could not have given. After I did poorly on my law school admission test, Dr. Sullivan told me to take it again. I retook the test and later went on to a legal education at the University of Illinois.

REV. WAYNE A. SAYRE

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I HAD AN OLDER BROTHER WHO WENT TO DEPAUW. He graduated in 1971. I knew I was going to go into ministry, and DePauw had a very good religion department. It prepared me well. After I graduated from DePauw, I went to Duke and seminary there. Everything went well. Dr. Robert Eccles was my advisor and was very helpful. The other thing that helped me was that I've worked with youth at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. It helped me keep a foot in the practical as well as the academic. I was in SAE. It was a good place to make good friends there that we've kept up throughout the years. Several of us from DePauw went to Duke for seminary. When we got there, we were very well-prepared. The idea of being welleducated in a liberal arts education helped me to be in leadership positions, and in community and civic organizations. I learned things at DePauw by being in a social atmosphere, fraternity atmosphere, and academic atmosphere. DePauw was a positive influence.

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DEPAUW WAS THE ONLY SCHOOL I APPLIED

to for early admission, and I got in. My political science professor opened my eyes to critical thinking. It was the first time any professor played devil's advocate and took an opposite point of view to the majority of the people in the class. He got me thinking. I took every political science course I could from him, and I got the political science bug. He was instrumental in my education and who I am today. The second most important thing was that I studied in Eastern Europe the first semester of my senior year. This was the first DePauw program in Vienna and Budapest, Hungary, and that changed my worldview. I was also at DePauw for the entirety of the Vietnam War, and I became an anti-war activist there. I think there were only about ten of us activists on campus, but we scheduled teach-ins and demonstrations. That was the beginning of my life of activism and advocacy afterward.

JENNIFER “JENNY” A. BAUER

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cousins attended DePauw before me, so I visited campus quite a bit when I was young. When it was my turn to attend DePauw, I majored in history. The history department had rockstar professors in the 1980s. Two of my favorites were Dr. John Baughman and Dr. John Dittmer. Athletics was also a big part of my DePauw experience. I played on the women's basketball team all four years, played softball for two years, and ran track for two years. I really enjoyed being a student-athlete at DePauw and thrived in the small college atmosphere. DePauw prepared me well for law school and my career as an attorney. DePauw is a special place and I am proud to be part of its history. Go Tigers!

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I GREW UP IN

Michigan. I went to DePauw University because it had small class sizes and a lot of majors to choose from. I ended up majoring in biology and I have been working in biological research for five years now. My advisor, Dr. Dana Dudle, was amazing, and I still keep in touch with her. Outside of my major, I took two classes with Dr. Mona Bhan in anthropology. She inspired me to take more anthropology classes and learn more beyond my major. Overall, I value the strong connections I made Enjoying the shores of Lake with professors. I still keep Superior, where I work and play in touch with them, even with those who moved away from DePauw and taught elsewhere. They are all part of my good network in the scientific community.

1980

THOMAS “TOM” N. TUNNICLIFF 08/13/2021

I WAS INSPIRED TO ATTEND DEPAUW BECAUSE

I had a partial athletic scholarship. I was a sprinter on the track team. Professor Gary Lemon in the economics department had the biggest influence on me. He was just helping me and guiding me in a mentorship. I also made lifelong friends there. I ended up as a commercial real estate broker, and I still do it part-time. During my time at DePauw, I appreciated learning how to become an adult.

1991

RANDY DIPPELL 08/16/2021

I FIRST ATTENDED A

summer football passing camp when I was in eighth grade with coach Nick Mourouzis, so that introduced me to DePauw. It just felt like home. Professor Ralph Gray taught accounting, and he had an impact on my decision to move forward with an economics degree. He was tough, but he made me tough too, which was great. Professor Steele was a classical studies professor who inspired me and nudged me to continue

my passion and desire to keep learning about classical history and civilization. He also ultimately inspired me to make a trip to Greece and Rome; I was thankful for both of those recommendations. It opened the door for me to continue my studies, which led me to get my first job out of school, moving to Chicago, and, 30 years down the road, here I am now, enjoying the fruits of my labor.

1973 I received my J.D. from the University of Minnesota and practiced law for 40 years

A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER

encouraged me to attend DePauw University. I also had a close friend who intended to attend DePauw. My mother was an alumna, so I probably visited at some point because she wanted to revisit her alma mater. I received a Malpas Scholarship, which essentially made it 'an offer I couldn't refuse.' I lived in the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house for two years until it burned; then I lived off campus. I studied abroad at various times in my last two years. Dr. Ralph Gray and Sally Gray were in the economics department. Dr. Gray was my advisor. I was close to them. The ability to have a close relationship with such intellectual mentors was priceless. Dr. Gray

THOMAS “TOM” K. THORNBURG 07/27/2021

wasn't just an economics theorist; at one point he served as economic consultant for the governor of Arkansas and was sought out by people and groups to apply his economic expertise to real-life problems. A local advocacy group formed in the rural area around Greencastle to save Big Walnut Creek from a federal dam project. They needed the help of an economist to study the costs and benefits of the project; and Dr. Gray recruited me to prepare a cost-benefit analysis. The group used my analysis in its successful argument in Congress; and the plans were shelved for building a reservoir and dam that would have had a permanent, devastating impact. I got to see my work acknowledged in

the Federal Register and learned a lot about applying theory to practice. This gave me a taste for using my academic talents and tools to advocate for particular public policy. That was very formative because from there I went to law school and became an advocate for the public interest throughout my legal career. I live in Michigan, but I know from growing up in Indiana that Hoosiers are generally interested in progress and growth. We all need institutional leaders. DePauw is such a valuable institution, encouraging positive progress in the environment and culture of Indiana and beyond.

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JACLYN “JACIE” RAE DOTY (SEHRT) 08/02/2021

MY PARENTS HAD SPENT MONEY SENDING

me to Interlochen music camp and, since they had spent all this money, I told them I would go to DePauw University and become a music major. I had wanted to go to another university, and I would have been an education major in history at that school. I was lucky that I went to DePauw because when I got out of school and for a couple of years later, there were so many education majors. I would have had trouble getting a job. I knew a lot of my music professors at DePauw because I had gone to Interlochen and the music department was very good. I had Professor Tom Fitzpatrick as a voice teacher and having him really impacted my experience. He was a great voice teacher for me and a great person. I am grateful for having him as a professor. I was glad I got my major in music because it's been my vocation. I was a private piano teacher. DePauw means a lot more to me today than it did when I was there because of the friends that I made. I haven't kept up with many of them, but going back to my 50th class reunion was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be.

2000

KATIE PETERSON (QUIRE), D.D.S. 08/03/2021

I WANTED A SMALLER

school, and I liked the campus. It felt good there, and I liked the sense of community. What made an impression on me was living on my own, dorm life and getting to meet people. I remember Jeff Hansen, my organic chemistry professor, because he was fun and a very difficult, but really good, teacher. I spent a lot of time in the science and math building! I went to dental school straight from DePauw and, since I was very challenged at DePauw, I felt prepared for graduate school. I knew how to study and how to manage my time. It was great.

1967 Little 5, 1967: me, Sally, Fred, Mike, and Kieth

COL. JOSEPH “JOE” M. GARDEWIN, USAF (RET.) 07/30/2021

DEPAUW OFFERED ME A SCHOLARSHIP. I HAD

wonderful professors. Took Basic Beliefs of Modern Man as a freshman; philosophy the first semester, the second semester religion. One of the books that we had to read in the philosophy semester was 'Science and the Modern World' by Alfred North Whitehead. I might have understood 10% of that book. My best teacher in Basic Beliefs was Dr. William Petrek. We were in awe of him. His lectures were so well put together, and they were thought provoking. They didn't tell you what to think, but they made you think. Then as you went along, you learned how to approach things and how to be objective. Dr. Bob Weiss was also a wonderful instructor. I took Persuasion from him and was on the debate team. I was far from first string, but Dr. Weiss was a very nurturing guy. You might think you did terribly, but he would essentially say something positive and impress that on you. Junior year I met another outstanding professor, Walker Gilmer. Walker

became a lifelong friend. Walker taught American Literature. He was a very caring man who made me appreciate great literature and opened my eyes to great writing. Walker encouraged 'out of the box' thinking. Friendships made at DePauw were and are lifelong. Sadly some friends have passed, but those friendships last and they transcend generations. While at DePauw I rode in the Little 500 sophomore, junior, and senior year, and in 1967, we won the Little 500. The day before graduation, I was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Air Force and ended up serving for 27 years. The Air Force tuition assistance program gave me a chance to get a master's in Asian Studies. After I retired, I had the GI Bill, that allowed me to get the education classes I needed to get certified as a teacher. Then I taught high school for ten years, the last eight years at a girls Catholic high school, Sacred Hearts Academy, in Hawaii. As the years have passed I have made more friends from DePauw. We keep in touch.

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JANET CAMPBELL (STEVENTON)

JENNIFER “JEN” L. BARTH

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I VISITED DEPAUW AS A

student when I was in junior high and then early high school in the music department. It was the place I wanted to go to get a degree to teach music to students. The thing that probably stood out the most was one professor who was the head of the band music department. He stayed many years after I graduated, and I stayed in touch with him because he was the best man at my wedding. There were only 15 people there, but he was the important one. He put my husband and me together, which turned into a marriage. I moved to Crawfordsville because I had a brand

new job in Boone County, which was only 15 miles away and I've stayed in Crawfordsville 61 years. I taught music in that corporation for three years then I had a child and took some time off. I went to my hometown of Rockville, Ind. and taught choral music there. I did a lot of substitute teaching for five years. I took another job that had nothing to do with music, but I became a probation officer and retired after 24 years. I only have positive words about DePauw and I actually received a second degree from DePauw - a master's degree in music performance on the trombone. The experience was so good for me.

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University with my twin brother. We had visited a number of schools of different size ranges but DePauw had the right field for us. Both of us wanted a general liberal arts degree, but we did not have any particular vocations or career paths in mind at the time. We looked at some huge state universities and some other liberal arts colleges. The size of the campus, and the friendliness of the students inspired me to attend DePauw. We had the college experience that we wanted in a rural area combined with a first-class education. I decided to be a political science major because I felt that the professors were the smartest in the university. Out of all my political science professors, Dr. Bob Calvert stood out to me. He was supportive of my efforts. He helped me not doubt myself and my own ability to succeed in class. We spent a lot of one-on-one time together.

1999

KRISTEN “KRISTY” A. NEAL (WHIKEHART), M.A. 08/09/2021

MY TIME AT DEPAUW UNIVERSITY WAS FILLED

with wonderful memories and experiences. I am grateful for the excellent education I received and the amazing people I met along the way. After I took a couple of psychology classes at DePauw, I realized that field of study was a good fit for me. There were many outstanding psychology teachers during my time there. Terri Bonebright was definitely one of the teachers that really inspired me to declare my major. She had such a passion for what she did and for the field. I graduated with a bachelor of arts in psychology from DePauw and continued on to receive a master of arts in counseling psychology from John F. Kennedy University. Although my career path led me to entrepreneurship as the owner of Nealscape Landscape Design, I am thankful for my background in psychology. It provided me with the tools to understand the dynamics of creating a brand identity, networking,

and business relationships. I was also a member of the DePauw women's swim team and the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Mary Bretscher was the head coach of the women's swim team during my time at DePauw. She really motivated us not only to be great swimmers but also to be notable students and people as well. It does take a good deal of discipline to balance classwork, athletics, and social activities in college, but I always felt Mary was there to encourage us. My involvement with Alpha Chi Omega also provided me with a supportive community and lasting friendships. Both these organizations only enhanced my experience at DePauw. I believe my time at DePauw helped shape me into the person I am today and am appreciative for the opportunity to share my story. I wish continued success for all the DePauw community past, present, and future!

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08/18/2021

I FELT I WOULD GET MORE PERSONAL attention from a smaller university like DePauw, and I did. I had excellent professors and mentors. The campus had more of a close-knit family feeling, especially in the School of Music where I spent most of my time. The campus was beautiful. I had a lot of musical performance opportunities at DePauw that I would not have had in a larger setting. I was in the university orchestra, university band, and small ensembles like woodwind quintet. We even got off-campus opportunities to perform. A friend of mine named Becky played harp at the time, and I played the clarinet. We visited the Butler University campus to play for a Christian Science group as entertainment during their meal. That was a unique situation. I met most of my close friends at DePauw. I kept in touch with my clarinet professor named John Sox. He influenced my career as a private music instructor. It was funny that my first private teacher here in Muncie was a student of John's as well, but not at DePauw. I studied with John, and he was a student of Rolf Legbandt who taught at Ball State University. It was Rolf Legbandt, John Sox, Linda Lewis at the time, and myself. We were four generations of teachers who were influenced by each other. My major was music education. I've been a band director for 34 years at two high schools. I was at Argos High School in Argos, Ind., and spent 28 years at Cowan Community School here in Muncie.

LEE ARMLOVICH (WOODS)

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PAMELA J. COLLINS (HUBER)

08/13/2021

ONE OF MY UNCLES ATTENDED DEPAUW

and loved it. When I was a senior in high school, he sent my name in to participate in a program that occurred two or three times a year, where they placed high school kids in living units and let them experience campus life for the weekend. I went to that, and it was hosted by the AOPi house. I had a great time and decided that was where I wanted to go. The girls seemed to enjoy each other so much and had a closeness that I really liked. The friendships definitely made an impression on me. There are several that I'm still in touch with over 40 years later. I really enjoyed Ms. Mary Murphy, who was the swim teacher and coach; she became Mrs. Mary Bretscher after I graduated. She was young and had a lot of fun. I enjoyed swimming and liked her a lot. I didn't do a whole lot of extracurricular things other than I was in Delta Gamma, and I participated in the intramural sorority sports. We played touch football, basketball, and softball. I was a double major in French and Spanish, so most of my classes at that time in foreign language were all held in East College. I was there twice a day, sometimes more, and I loved that building. My favorite foreign language teacher taught French. I enjoyed him so much because he brought such a love of the country and the language. It was very evident in everything he said and did in the classroom. It wasn't just teaching us the mechanics; it was all inclusive. My takeaway would be that I was capable of doing whatever and being adaptable. I knew how to learn, and I was confident that I could adapt to changing situations.

2019

HEATHER MARIE HARRIS 07/26/2021

1969

DERRICK L. WARNER 07/26/2021

IN MY COLLEGE

Estefany, Bailey, Kelsi, and I have been inseparable since our first day at DePauw in 2015

I CHOSE DEPAUW BECAUSE IT'S SMALL AND

has a very beautiful campus. I had a lot of really fun classes and good relationships with my professors in and out of the classroom, especially with professors Rebecca Bordt, Amity Reading, Susan Hahn, and Matthew Oware. They made everything so much fun. They were very down-to-earth and cared about their students. They understood when students were having issues and needed some extra help. Those professors and I had some very reflective conversations about what my post-college plans were. I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do after college. I went to career counseling and therapy to try and sort out what I could do with a sociology and English literature degree. For a while, I felt like I had boxed myself into a research-based job search, but my professors helped me see that my options were a lot more broad than I had originally imagined. Talking to my professors helped me a lot because they had all experienced the same struggles when starting out on their career paths. After college, I worked as a family case manager for the Department of Child Services, and now I've settled into an administrative role as an operations manager for Day Early Learning.

search I visited small Midwestern liberal arts colleges, and DePauw was the prettiest college. A lot of people there made an impression on me. The professors were fairly fantastic. Dr. Russell Compton, who On the rear step of 1939 La taught philosophy and Salle fire truck next to Bishop Roberts Hall, 1968 religion, was my favorite professor. He was not only a professor, but also a nice guy. I stayed in Greencastle during the summers and got to know a lot of the professors personally because I visited and worked for them. I majored in political science then worked almost my entire life at different levels of government. My favorite of course has been the local government. I got very involved in the local government in Greencastle. I was not as interested in making a lot of money as I was in doing something worthwhile. I have returned for all my DePauw reunions. I developed a student volunteer fire department which evolved into Operation Life, the ambulance service for Putnam County for 43 years. I enjoyed my time at DePauw and in the Greencastle and Putnam County communities. It was a extraordinary few years in my life.

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1972

PEGGY HALL (CARLSON)

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08/11/2021

I HAD AN OLDER SISTER who went to DePauw, and I also applied to IU, but I could not picture myself at a large university. I only applied to DePauw and IU, so I figured I would end up at DePauw. The small size made an impression on me. I was a really good student in high school, but DePauw surprised me. I didn't have to study that much in high school and got all As, but I had to study at DePauw. I learned that my freshman year when I got a C minus on a midterm, and I had never gotten that low of a grade before, so I put my nose to the grindstone after that.

I was a sociology major, and there were only about 12 or 15 students in the program. I was named outstanding senior in the department of sociology, so I was surprised and pleased about that. Professor Robert Thomas also helped me get my first job out of school after graduation, which was in Indianapolis as a juvenile probation officer. I had a job before I even graduated, so I didn't have to worry about it. It was a good school; I have never regretted going there. I think I got a very good education, and I liked not having humongous class sizes.

1985

GREGG D. ANDERSON 08/13/2021

THE

SMALL

school environment, intimate class size and strong liberal ar t s e du c a tional background inspired me to attend DePauw. I always thought that a broad education would be good for my goals and objectives in life. The solid base of education shaped the way that I think. My analytical processes gave me a platform to take to graduate school. I enjoyed my experience, a lot of good friends that

rounded and helped me grow up. Professor Ralph Gray helped me with accounting and some of my rudimentary finance. Professor Alan Pankratz was a statistics professor that I gained a great deal from. I still have a lot of camaraderie with people that I worked with who went to DePauw. It was my formative education, and so it was the era that broadened me and shaped my growth to move on to the next level.

LINDSEY DRU SUTHERLIN 08/12/2021

MY MOM, AUNTS, AND

great aunts all went to DePauw, so choosing it was a fairly easy decision. The financial package of my Lilly Scholarship was a really great offer. As a Romance languages major, I had the chance to study abroad, particularly during winter term when I could spend extra time abroad. It made a big difference in my life. I ended up getting my master's degree in Spain and then I lived and worked in Madrid for a year afterwards. At DePauw, I took a Portuguese class with Professor Jim Rambo in his office on the very top attic floor of East College. It was a tiny room, and there were only four of us in the class. I remember climbing the stairs, looking down over East College, and seeing the library. It was always a very

special view. I studied with Professor Aaron Dziubinskyj for seven out of eight semesters during my time at DePauw. We still keep in contact to this day. I had many professors who instilled a love of research in me, especially Professor Art Evans and Professor Coulont-Henderson. At DePauw we had a lot of diverse professors with diverse backgrounds, and that was really inspiring. I thought a lot about that and ended up going right into the master's program. The education I got at DePauw gave me the confidence to complete a master's program in a foreign language in a foreign country. That program brought me to Spain. I also lived a year and a half in the Netherlands before returning to Spain.

ROBERT “ROB” J. FLESCHLER

1987

2009

08/10/2021

I KNEW SOME

alumni that attended DePauw Universit y and they inspired me to go there as well. There were some great professors at DePauw including Thomas Wilson in the history department, Fred Silander who was the vice president for academic affairs and taught some classes, and Vincent Serpa who was in the language department; they all stood out to me. I also took piano from Maureen Carkeek, and she was also one of the outstanding professors. The fraternity that I was in has helped me to keep in touch with some of my classmates. I was in the international business program through which I went to Japan for an overseas program and I'm still doing business in Japan today. Our oldest daughter is a graduate of DePauw as well and, for me, it is a very solid liberal arts education.

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2000

1969

08/16/2021

07/29/2021

DR. MARGARET WILLIAM “BILL” “MARGY” L. STAHR J. WIELAND I WENT OFF TO

I WAS IN A SORORITY,

and I'm still in touch with many of the women I was in the sorority with. They continue to be some of my greatest friends and biggest supporters. I majored in English literature, and had fantastic professors who inspired me in lots of ways. Dr. Susan Hahn who directed the writing center at the time, remains my greatest mentor and friend from the faculty. I went on to be a writing center director myself, and we collaborated on a number of research projects after

I graduated. Working as a tutor in the writing center was a highlight of my time at DePauw. Dr. Hahn wrote letters of recommendation for me for graduate school and for my first job. I think the connections I formed with faculty mentors were incredibly important. Of course, my husband, Jason, and I met at DePauw! We were married in 2006, and I love that we share an undergraduate institution and all of the memories that go along with it.

college in 1965, and I was 17 years old. In my sophomore year, I decided to major in physics, and my faculty advisor was Dr. Hugh Ford Henry, who belonged to the John Birch Society. In my junior year, I had one class from Dr. Robert Thomas, who had the only computer programming class. Dr. Thomas decided to expand it to a year, so there was a second semester with that, and I was able to get a job that summer to write computer programs for the Board of Education in Cleveland,

Ohio, which was where I grew up. I went back to school and finished my degree in physics, and I taught computer lab and a physics lab. I graduated with a degree in physics in 1969 when they landed Neil Armstrong on the moon. When I left DePauw, the Board of Education hired me as a computer programmer, and I spent the next 45 years in the computer field. I called Dr. Thomas when I was on campus for my 50th reunion a couple of years ago and thanked him for that one class that wound up being a career.

2008

LARA PAULETTE POWERS 08/09/2021

I WAS PLANNING TO ATTEND

the University of Chicago, but my parents' neighbor, who is a DePauw University alumnus, had nothing but good things to say about it. So I went to Greencastle with him for a campus visit and loved the university. It had the right kind of feel. DePauw gave me some merit financial aid, which really helped. I have no regrets whatsoever about going to DePauw. One thing I really loved about DePauw was that all the staff were extremely supportive of the students beyond the classroom. I

started a magazine called The Cauldron. I formed a group of people who wanted to have an independent platform. I met with the president at the time, and he gave us money for an office, computers and printing. We were able to get The Cauldron off the ground. I was also able to secure credit in journalism for the other students who worked on the magazine. The university was entirely supportive of this project. I learned so much about how to build a program, something I've carried into my professional career. DePauw has a really amazing

environment and community that is very empowering to students. In my experience if there were students who had an initiative that they cared about, the university would give them full backing in implementing that initiative. The empowering nature that DePauw provides allowed me to understand what systematic change looks like. It heavily influenced my career in a very positive way. DePauw is a positive place to grow as an individual. It makes me smile when I think about how much I grew in those four years.

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1962

JOHN C. SODERSTROM

& staff 310

WENT

private Chicago high school, and I didn't want to go to any big state university; that was unthinkable at that time. I looked around for private schools, and my aunt had gone to DePauw University for two years. I enrolled as it boiled down to a private university and not a big campus. Oliver Robinson

was an English professor at DePauw. We talked, and I submitted a couple of things. I had a somewhat cordial relationship with my advisor, Dr. Jerome Hixson. I did student teaching in Crawfordsville, and I got well acquainted with Clem Williams, who was a professor at DePauw.

CAMILLE W. GAUGHAN (WICKETT)

1988

F A C U L T Y

07/28/2021

08/09/2021

I WAS INSPIRED FIRST BY THE MUSIC

Department because I used to participate in piano competitions at DePauw as a high schooler, but I actually ended up majoring in Spanish. I found my passion there. I realized that I loved languages and learning about the cultures of our world. I wanted to have the tools to be able to travel the world, so I majored in Spanish. I took a year of French, and I have used both all throughout my life. I took a phonics and Spanish course from a professor there, and he was superb.

2020

PENG “OLIVER” CHENG 07/28/2021

I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO A LIBERAL ARTS

school and back then I was interested in journalism. I noticed that the communication department at DePauw was very strong, so that was one of the reasons I applied. I also heard some anecdotes about students who attended DePauw and had a great time there, not only in social life but also having the opportunity to really connect with the faculty members. I thought having that life guidance, assistance with career paths after graduation, and learning general life lessons was very important. I have always held that very dear to my heart. I was an anthropology major, and what got me to really enjoy it was Professor Mona Bhan. Back then she was in the anthropology department, and one of her classes was called Culture and Climate. It was a class that really got me into anthropology and how that discipline was taught at DePauw. Their methods of teaching were really impressive, both in terms of communicating knowledge and information to the students, but also having that lived example, especially when we were talking about different cultures. A lot of the professors had research experience in different countries and societies as well. It was a very holistic education not only in a discipline, but also when I was taking other classes in other departments. Having conversations with professors outside of the classroom was very informative. They were very personable, and that was one thing that really stood out to me.

1969

DIANA H. SHANER (HALTOM) 08/16/2021

I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP

at DePauw University, and it was very close to my home. My favorite professors were Don White and Cassel Grubb in the music department. I had my best experiences in that department. They were excellent teachers that really cared about their students. I saw Professor Grubb shortly before he passed away in Greencastle, and he remembered me. He was the greatest. We did not travel a lot back then, but we played a lot of concerts. I met my husband because he was a waiter in my dorm at Mason Hall. We started dating in his freshman year. I am a year ahead of him, but he married me anyway. I liked the old music building that we had back when I was a student. It was an enchanted place. The acoustics were amazing Love living in Colorado! in those practice rooms. We played with the windows open most of the time. It was a homey experience.

2000

GEORGE “SCOTT” SPEARS 08/10/2021

I GREW UP IN

Cincinnati, Ohio, and I was interested in a liberal arts school because I wanted to get exposure to subjects outside of the field of physics, which was what ended up being my major. My parents had encouraged me to look at different liberal arts schools. I did the inperson visit to DePauw and fell in love with the campus. I was looking for a smaller liberal arts institution, and DePauw had a fantastic physics program. I got a chance to meet some of the faculty there, and it turned out to be the right fit for me. I lived on campus and met really nice people there. I had a great roommate and my friends became a social circle for me. As

I progressed through the four years, I ended up meeting a group of people from the School of Music. Dr. Howard Brooks was the chair of the department of physics at that time, Dr. Victor DeCarlo was my adviser, and they were awesome. Dr. Mary Kertzman was one of the physics professors and I did some research with her while I was there. Dr. Scott Wilkerson in the geology department stood out to me, too. I ended up being the geology computer lab administrator for a couple of years and doing a research project with him. After DePauw, I received a second bachelor's in mechanical engineering and an M.S. in mechanical engineering design at Washington University.

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1987

CHARLINE B. MCMURRAY (MARSH)

F A C U L T Y & staff 312

08/12/2021

WHEN I WAS ATTENDING THE CENTER FOR

Leadership Development in Indianapolis, the gentleman who was running it at the time was a DePauw University alumnus. I learned DePauw was close to home, but far enough away that I could stay in the dorms, which really attracted me. I also liked that it was a small school. I never really saw myself as a leader. One day my guidance counselor called and said: 'You know, we're sending you to the Center for Leadership Development.' I looked at him and said, 'You've got the wrong girl,' because I never felt like much of a leader. I never saw anybody following me. In the program, they talked about leadership and job interviews. That is how I got connected to DePauw. It was the first time that I had freedom and found my independence. At DePauw I became a DJ and was involved with the Association of African American Students. There was a staff member named Bobby Edwards who ran AAAS and was not too far out from college himself when he came to DePauw. He took the AAAS members out. We did car washes, participated in Circle City Classic and hosted fashion shows. We weren't just another student organization on campus. Under his leadership, we discussed what we did for the week and how we went about our lives. He was pretty influential to all of us. While I was at DePauw, my winter term internships revolved around what I hoped to do in the entertainment industry. I worked for NBC and The Cosby Show while I was a DePauw student. I left Indiana after graduation and moved to California where I started working in the entertainment industry. It was all because of the 414 program.

1963

LEE ANN AREND (LIVINGSTON) 07/27/2021

HAD

SOM E

friends who had older sisters, who were students at DePauw. I heard quite a bit about DePauw, and that was really the beginning of my interest in DePauw. I wanted to become a teacher, and that was a possibility at DePauw. My mom had been a teacher, and she wanted me to go to college so that I would be able to support myself. I ended up being an American history major at DePauw. My English professor, Jerome Hixson, made an impression on me and I ended

up teaching English. Pro f e s s o r Win o n a Welch was also very impressive. She was a botany professor and an international specialist on a certain kind of moss. She was so enthusiastic and knowledgeable about her field. My French teacher would tell jokes in French and he knew who was paying attention because they laughed. George Manhart was a memorable American history professor. He wrote a two-volume book on history and I have a signed copy of it.

1976 Thank you DePauw for a wonderful and lasting college experience!

WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT

college, I was looking for a university that was small, having come from a very large high school. I did not want to repeat that feeling of being lost in a number. I had some local friends that had previously attended DePauw and spoke so highly of the capabilities of the professors and programs and that a young person would get a phenomenal education from your studies there. I looked at a lot of the small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest and this one felt the most comfortable while being

CAROLYN “CARRIE” S. WILSON (SCHNADT) 08/10/2021

academically challenging. I was not used to anyone paying attention to my progress. I did it on my own because that was what you did when you went to a large school. I was blown away by the class size and attention that the professors gave to their students and by the camaraderie of the class members. There was a lot of support and a lot of push to be incredibly successful. I liked that because I thought I had not been challenged in my learning up until the time I entered college. I chose the education field, and all of the education professors

were great. My advisor was amazing; she was involved in the success of all of her students; for all four years. I was also drawn to the sciences, so I appreciated my botany professor. Everyone loved him. One of the things that was so special about DePauw was that it strengthened student development by demanding a strong value system, and there was a clear support of understanding that everybody was different. Everybody had unique talents, and I thought that was what drew me to the whole educational field.

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Adelekan (Gittens), Tahira G. BA ‘95

Akre (McLarney), Laura J. BA ‘96

Alfeld (Hart), Denise BA ‘89

Ames (Templin), Phyllis E. BSN ‘66

Andersen (Carpenter), Jane C. BA ‘56

I N D E X

Andersen (West), Emily BA ‘03

Anderson, Diane E. BA ‘67

Anderson, Gregg D. BA ‘85

Anderson (Thompson), Jessica S. BA ‘02

Andrews (Pasyk), Sarah BA ‘07

Applegate (Day), Alice BA ‘60, MA ‘70

Applegate-Jones (Smalheer), Barbara Sue BA ‘58

Arend (Livingston), Lee Ann BA ‘63

Armlovich (Woods), Lee BA ‘79

Arnold, Andy W. BA ‘69

Arthur (Hunte), Laura S. BA ‘94

314

Astudillo, Elizabeth BA ‘19

Attig, John C.

158

Beaver (Young), Sharon K.

233

Atwater, Grace Burhyte

174

Beck (Risk), Susan R.

106

BA ‘58

16 159 79 82 23 240 156 306 128 34 76

BA ‘10

Backer, Emily A. BA ‘90

Barnett, Eva BA ‘01

Barry, Shay C. BA ‘19

Bartel (John), Paula J. BA ‘84

Barth, Jennifer L. BA ‘93

Bartol (Cox), Carole Strong BA ‘56

Barton, Bryce W. BA ‘96

Barton, Terrence R. BA ‘60

Bauer, Jennifer A. BA ‘88

161 312 304 135 20 227

Baumann (Doan), Julie Grace BA ‘01

Bazur, Kevin L. BA ‘77

Beals, Joseph M. BA ‘57

Beard, Shawnette BA ‘83

Beasley, John B. BA ‘66

Beauchamp, Michael J. BA ‘76

BA ‘64 BA ‘60

Beer, Arthur J. BA ‘56

273 264 131 110 302 181 34 106 297 137 95 165 198 10 207

Behrensmeyer, Matthew L.

265

Belden (Graham), Elizabeth

178

BA ‘05 BA ‘63

Bender, Damien A. BA ‘98

Benedict, Katherine L. BA ‘71

92 130

Bickel (Urschel), Nancy A.

Bicudo Griesi, Joshua Hunter

Binion, Kelsey Elizabeth

BA ‘52 BA ‘18 BA ‘14

Blaney, Daniel C.

212

Blessing, Robert E.

214

BA ‘67 BA ‘67

Boerger (Sumpter), Barbara L. BSN ‘53

Bogue, Jim L.

191

Boling (Query), Miriam E.

188

Bonaccorsi, Cayden E.

254

Bork, Kennard B.

189

Bowles, Richard L.

295

BA ‘52

BA ‘58 BA ‘21 BA ‘62

BA ‘76

Boyd, Jeremy Scott BA ‘17

Buroker (Vance), Jill BA ‘67

Braddom, Randall L.

157

Burpo, Katie Elizabeth

Bradford (Underwood), Shanna K.

160

Busby (Jenney), Judy N.

Bradford (Verhulst), Margaret

209

Bush, Shawn Neal

BA ‘64

BA ‘78 BA ‘60

Brems, Patrick Charles BA ‘15

Brictson, Jon A.

143

Bridge, Stephen W.

103

BA ‘69

BA ‘70

Brill, Alan R.

Britton, Angela M.

BA ‘64

BA ‘92

Brolsma, Christopher Wayne

181

Brown, John E.

138

Brown, Phillip W.

131

BA ‘05 BA ‘54

BA ‘73

Brown, Thomas A.

Brown, Uriah Pike

273

Bunnell, John R.

287

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BA ‘58

Burek Huntington (Burek), Kathy A. BA ‘84

Burke, John K.

144

Burkhart, Gay

253

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BA ‘59

BA ‘08 BA ‘62

BA ‘04

Byerle (Radcliffe), Amy R. BSN ‘94

Callahan, F. Howard BA ‘47

Callen, Thomas Bradford Doermer BA ‘10

Campbell, David W. BA ‘68

Campbell (Steventon), Janet BA ‘60, MMus ‘61

Candor, Austin Harden BA ‘18

Capoot (Musick), Caroline M. BA ‘63

Carpenter, Matthew D. BA ‘94

Casey-Allen (Allen), Janet S. BA ‘77

Castro (Hooper), Martha H. BME ‘68

Cercone, Frank J. BA ‘69

Chambers, David Lloyd BA ‘73

Chandler (Diehl), Judith D. BA ‘64

62 266 90 152 22

Chapman (Ahlgren), Dawn

293

Cheng, Peng

310

Chesterson, Mary J.

197

Chittick (Sunkel), Linda J.

174

BA ‘00 BA ‘20 BA ‘52 BA ‘59

Cichy, Kelly A. BA ‘80

Clark, Lauren Elizabeth

Clark, Stephen Charles

BA ‘11

244 57 250 302 45 286 43 116 12 50 122 220

BA ‘10

Clark (Thornburgh), Kathy A. BSN ‘71

Clayborn, Ulysses M. BA ‘78

Clymer, Laura BA ‘86

Coburn, Robert Lane BA ‘13

Cochran, Rhett N. BA ‘92

Cohen, Lucy Bennett BA ‘13

Collier, William BA ‘71

107 9 57 280 89 148 16

Collins (Garber), Jane G.

188

Collins (Huber), Pamela J.

304

Collins, Rebecca Lee

266

Combs (Nelson), Virginia N.

243

BA ‘60

BA ‘78 BA ‘86 BA ‘62

315

Connley (Siegler), Julie

106

Daughenbaugh, Samuel Martin

Connor (Boynton), Barbara B.

241

Davies, Steven M.

279

Davis, Brittany C.

247

Davis, Timothy L.

Dayton, Peter M.

BSN ‘80 BA ‘71

Conway, Kathleen BA ‘66

Cook (Compton), Carolyn C. BA ‘53

Cook, John Colter BA ‘10

BA ‘20 BS ‘84

BA ‘77

Dornbusch, Clyde H.

Dornbusch (Falquet), Joan F.

BA ‘53

BA ‘54

Dotson, Natasha

288

123

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300

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Doucette (Graham), Latoya

163 166

BA ‘91

BM ‘67 BA ‘96

249

Degenhart, R. Elaine

Dougherty, Samantha Elizabeth

Corcoran, Curtis J.

155

Del Rosario, Lenny

Dozier (Hill), Barbara L.

Corwin, Jonathon Marc

168

DeTemple, Karen L.

Drucker (Baldridge), Elizabeth A.

118

Costello (Pence), Jacqueline

201

Devlin (Sorenson), Claire Summers

127

Dudley (Stephens), Jean S.

171

Cox (Loomis), Loraine

192

Dexter, Tonya R.

120

Dukro, C.

224

Cox, Milton D.

272

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183

DuMontelle, Paul B.

Crowe (Dahl), Deloris R.

228

DiLoreto (Meyer), Marilyn M.

109

Duncan, Jon A.

122

Dimos, Jennifer Ann

280

Dunne, Barry A.

105

Dippell, Randy

298

Dunn, Michael P.

Dixon (Crays), Patricia C.

214

Dutton, Robert C.

127

BA ‘63 BA ‘10

BA ‘08 BA ‘54 BA ‘61

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Dafoe, Miranda Elizabeth BA ‘18

Dalenberg, David J. BA ‘91

Dalton (Hunter), Beth BSN ‘66

Dana, Christy L. BA ‘74

316

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Cooper (Bresnahan), Lynn B. BSN ‘67

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Danaher, Frank E. BM ‘89

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BA ‘07 BA ‘91

BA ‘06 BA ‘93 BA ‘11

BA ‘60 BA ‘17

222 152 106 110 4

BA ‘91 BA ‘52

BA ‘21

BA ‘91 BA ‘63 BA ‘69

BA ‘56 BA ‘55 BA ‘76

BA ‘78 BA ‘76

BA ‘59

Dodd, George T.

Dyer (Giles), Dorothy

Dolinski (Deimel), Jeannine

BA ‘59

BSN ‘80

Donaldson, Tyler Rose BA ‘16

129

BA ‘47

Easton, John F. BA ‘73

222

Eberle, Charles A.

282

Fosnot (Hershberger), Janet Lou

Eder (Finney), Sarah

212

Fowler, Mark A.

Eichelman (Boothby), Laurie A.

243

Fox, Robert G.

Endres (Buchanan), Haley Anne

Foye, Sarah Anne

Evans (Vietzke), Kathleen V.

248

Francis, Joseph P.

Everhart (Fuqua), Leslie Renee

153

BA ‘66

BA ‘03 BA ‘89 BA ‘12 BA ‘61

BA ‘14

Fairchild (Reynolds), Nancy BA ‘69

Farid, Tammer A. BA ‘02

Feichter (Watson), Christine Kay BA ‘77

Ferguson, Dana Marie BA ‘14

Fernsler (Ashbaugh), Jenny S. BSN ‘74

Feth, Frederick C. BA ‘60

Fidler (Light), Marcia L. BA ‘71

Fishleder (Bryce), Heather BA ‘95

Fitch (Bradley), Susan Jane BA ‘62

Fleschler, Robert J. BA ‘87

Foltz, Walter R. BA ‘62

150

Gardewin, Joseph M.

301

Garlinger, Donald W.

225

Gaughan (Wickett), Camille W.

310

Gilbert (DeLong), Helen

242

138

Glover (Childs), Gail C.

125

Francois, Eric Robert

Golden (Troxel), Anne T.

121

Fries, John William

206

Goodrich, Christian William

247

Frieze, Todd W.

292

Goodrich (Smith), Jacqueline

84 39

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BA ‘03 BA ‘03

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BA ‘56

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Fromme, Jesse Alan

Goodwine, Kiara Drue

Frost, Jerry W.

Grady, Hannah Gabriela

Fryrear, Willow Hilton

Gram, Mary L.

46 87

BME ‘21 BA ‘62 BA ‘19

BA ‘19

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Fuller, Matthew J.

146

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Fulmer, Richard W.

171

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BM ‘93 BA ‘52

Gaff, Jerry G. BA ‘58

Gaither, Gageby Hill BA ‘03

Gambill, R. BA ‘76

Gamble (Bates), Cynthia L. BM ‘76

BA ‘73 BA ‘63

Greer (Stanley), Stephanie Ann BSN ‘65

232 279 44 270

Grey (Shepherd), Susan N. BA ‘91

190 68 155

Gries, Matthew William

Grove, Carolyn A.

Gruber, Gerald H.

262

BA ‘95

BA ‘70 BA ‘59

317

Gruszka, Natalie Kathleen

269

Hansen, Gary Dane

162

Herrin, Amy Rebecca

Guerrero, Erika Berthaly

225

Hardt, Daniel R.

173

Hildebrandt, Randy W.

Guess, Elizabeth Blue

284

Harris, Heather Marie

305

Hise (Lyday), Jeri

BA ‘20 BA ‘17

BA ‘10

Guest, Alexander Melian BA ‘20

Gustern (Maier), Barbara Joan BA ‘56

I N D E X

Hady, Sara J. BA ‘65

Haines, David W. BA ‘64

Hale, Welcome E. BA ‘92

Halffield, Claire A. BA ‘17

Halfmann-Lampe, Mary Lynne BA ‘85

Hall (Carlson), Peggy BA ‘72

Hallier (Rife), Karen L. BA ‘85

Hallinger (Sturgis), Jane BA ‘60

Hallman, Bradley S. BA ‘99

Hamontre, Judith K. BA ‘70

Hand, Joel D. BA ‘92

318

Hansen (Davis), Marcia A. BA ‘65

48 104

BA ‘69 BA ‘62 BA ‘19

Harris, Mary Lynn BA ‘57

131 270 44 255 306 281 156 215 285 147 232

BA ‘70 BA ‘83

Hitchcock (Easthope), Carolyn A. BA ‘85

200

144

Hartley (Wortham), Donna Marie

290

Hixon, John D.

Hasenbalg, David William

145

Hoagland, Peter D.

111

Hawkins (Adams), Michelle L.

205

Hoeltzel (Ball), Mary B.

289

Hawkins, Kye T.

119

Hoffman (Romack), Kathy J.

Haworth (Wise), Marsha A. W.

Hogston (Pinckney), Nancy

Hayden, Kris A.

Holler (Shisler), Jessica

BA ‘58

BA ‘87

BA ‘88

BA ‘93

BA ‘06 BA ‘85

BA ‘78

BA ‘79 BA ‘56 BA ‘57

BA ‘78

BSN ‘76 BA ‘82

216

Heipler (Gooch), Janice

292

Honnen, Grayson J.

Hellmich, Richard Leo

231

Hooley (Funke), Ellen Margaret

Henderson (Morris), Sharon M.

244

Horton (Gross), Kathleen Ann

Hendrickson, Grace Christine

135

Huff (Fuller), Gretchen F.

Henn, Michael C.

108

Huff (Ousley), Amanda R.

Henrichs (McCallum), Mary E.

212

Huggins (Ballard), Dawn Agretta

Herbst, John Peter

115

Humphries, Michael S.

BA ‘75

BA ‘77 BA ‘59 BA ‘16

BA ‘80 BA ‘58 BA ‘21

Herrick, John Richards BA ‘10

BA ‘20 BA ‘13

BA ‘68

BA ‘56

BA ‘98 BA ‘13

BA ‘73

94 245

230

Isaac, Ashley Anne BA ‘13

Jarboe, Mark E.

145

Jewell, Marvin R. BA ‘54

Johnson, Adrienne Adele BA ‘11

Johnson (Heath), Marilyn BA ‘71

Johnson, Robert W. BA ‘63

Jones, Barry Alan BA ‘82

Jones, David C. BA ‘19

Jones, Duncan E. BM ‘69

Jones, Joshua Lawrence BA ‘14

Jovanovic, K. J. BA ‘15

Karner (Gibson), Jane BA ‘89

Kasl (Pounds), Jean F. BA ‘73

Kroeger (Proud), Susanne

Katsonga-Phiri, Tiamo

Kuresman, Marshall Franklin

133 179

BA ‘12

154 275 238 114 251 7 172 213 46

Kyhos, Wayne C.

Kellogg, John A.

289

Kemp (Stone), Linda C.

210

BA ‘62

BA ‘65

Kerr, Thomas E.

Kiely, Daniel E.

BA ‘67

BM ‘92

Killpack, Kelly Dee BA ‘14

287

Kindig, Elizabeth Elaine

Kinsinger, Cheryl S.

111

Kirk, Kenneth L.

271

Kirkman, Peter C.

149

Kleine, Matthew Tucker

168

BA ‘07 BA ‘68

BA ‘59 BA ‘63

BA ‘08

Klink, Alexis Marie

Koenig, William B.

256

BA ‘21

Koester, Amy Eileen BA ‘09

BA ‘05

190

BA ‘77

243

BA ‘59

Keene, James R. BA ‘50

BS ‘75

BA ‘69

Jacobs, Frank C. BA ‘66

Kaste, Allan K.

Kosinski, Susan H. BA ‘68

Kriegsman, A. BA ‘71

19 140 29

BA ‘66

Laatz (Braun), Sommer Madison BA ‘12

LaCour, Brittanie Fay BA ‘17

202 77

LaMore (Watson), Timi

184

Lane (Gasbarra), Carla M.

268

Lawyer-Smith (Lawyer), Marjorie

198

BA ‘88 BA ‘95

BA ‘92

Leahy (Garrett), Mari G.

Leber, Reid Allen

Leckie, James R.

134

Lefferdink (Hawkinson), Judith

140

BA ‘96

BA ‘20 BA ‘62

BA ‘71

Lennox (King), Sara Jane

Lewis, Robert J.

Liechty, John F.

108

Life, Gary R.

259

Linkner (Langvardt), Tara

208

BA ‘65

BA ‘53

BA ‘70 BA ‘85

BA ‘08

319

Lisby, Charles

189

Martin, Joseph F.

Lisby (Rambadt), Kathy Jean

291

Martin, Rosalyn Alece Ware

BA ‘72 BA ‘72

Lister, Thomas E. BA ‘70

McMurtry, Stephen Todd

185

McNaul-Miller (Munn), Ann M.

294

BA ‘16

BSN ‘68

Massa (Hotz), Judy

220

McQueen, Katherine L.

297

BA ‘63

BA ‘71

284

Mayfield, Lafayette H.

186

McQuiddy (White), Ivalu W.

120

Lloyd (Gileno), Jean

108

McCaig (Peebles), Mary E.

124

Meadors (Crandall), Sarah

196

Locker, Calvin J.

McCarthy, Marguerite Daly

248

Meeker (Miller), Barbara M.

170

Long (Senger), Ruthanne S.

McClure, Michael DeStewart

199

Mehringer, Michael Gabriel

Lopatka, Alex Scott

McCormick (Kuhns), Patricia A.

BA ‘94

BA ‘71

BSN ‘77 BA ‘12

Lyman (Spencer), Mary Grace BA ‘61

Malikow (Goecke), Lisa BA ‘01

Malsbary (Keith), Ann BA ‘55

Manhart, Joseph H. BA ‘52

Manifold, Gregory L. BA ‘71

Manning (Groenke), Barbara BA ‘51

Marek, J. Dennis BA ‘64

Marquez (Steele), Susan E. BA ‘67

320

BA ‘11

278

Llewellyn, Lindsay A. BA ‘11

I N D E X

BA ‘81

Marsh (Stein), Virginia J. BA ‘67

104

BA ‘67

BA ‘86

BA ‘98 BA ‘64 BA ‘59

McCoy (Gray), Louise L.

166

McCoy (Wiles), Heather

BA ‘63

BA ‘03

211 114 94 239 47 35 137 288

McCullough, James Y. BA ‘64

McDonald-West (MacLean), Sandi BA ‘51

107 51

BA ‘62 BA ‘15

BA ‘52

BA ‘05

Melkus, Paul A.

233

Meyer, Charles F.

198

BA ‘87 BA ‘55

Miles (Peregrine), Kristen

Miller, Andrew David

BA ‘84 BA ‘13

Miller (Feighner), Elizabeth BA ‘07

McDowell (Faust), Jacqueline

139

Miller, James Allen

McElhaney, Thomas A.

283

Milner (Niles), Wynne

McIntyre, Alex Patrick

BA ‘63 BA ‘63

BA ‘08

BA ‘87 BA ‘63

193 58 250

Minton, Phillip H.

26 41

BA ‘51

McKeel Robins, Kinisha N.

224

Miranda, Dominic Joseph

McMurray (Marsh), Charline B.

312

Mitchell (Lewis), Jamie L.

286

Mock, Thomas W.

268

BA ‘03 BA ‘87

McMurtry (Johns), Elise BA ‘18

BA ‘19

BA ‘98 BA ‘58

Molin, Connor Scott BA ‘12

Montgomery, William W. BA ‘72

Montoya (McAdam), Kathryn Ann BA ‘65

Moore (Collingbourne), Carole BA ‘46

Morford, Norman L. BA ‘56

Morris, Kylie Blaine BA ‘18

Morris, Tami L. BM ‘87

Morse (Boxell), Elizabeth BA ‘90

Moss, Alexander Michael BA ‘16

Mpistolarides, Victoria Anne BA ‘19

Muller, Michael J. BA ‘88

Murphy (Lina), Maria Teresita BA ‘91

Musch (Tanner), Patricia Salome BA ‘57

Muse, Kenneth R. BA ‘66

Muse (McGleish), Margaret A. BA ‘66

Musgrave (Kilborn), Mary Day BA ‘63

Musselman, Rodney P. BA ‘68

7 263 167 140 92 70 169 190 203 211 254 276 246 156 178 282 120

Nafziger, Case Michael BM ‘12

Padilla, Michael Gabriel Ramos BM ‘13

Neal (Whikehart), Kristen A.

303

Palomo, Julissa M.

Neff, Alexandra Lee

251

Parrish (Wood), Victoria A.

BA ‘99 BA ‘09

BA ‘14 BA ‘72

Nesbitt, Robert L.

Pearce, John N.

Nevarez, Yanina

Peck (Hertel), Arleen A.

BM ‘61

BA ‘97

BA ‘72 BA ‘64

277 39 241 69 155

Nicewander, Robert Kurt

112

Peck, Jack Douglas

Niespodziany, Jordan Joseph

285

Peebles (Hostetter), Donna Ruth

250

Nordsieck, Daniel L.

146

Pell (Campbell), Barbara L.

274

Norman, Jared Peter

215

Pennington (Lane), Susan M.

118

Norman (Walter), Jennifer L.

109

Peterson (Quire), Katie

300

BA ‘63 BA ‘13

BA ‘77

BME ‘12 BA ‘84

Novaresi, Nicole BA ‘15

BA ‘15

BA ‘57

BA ‘75

BA ‘93

BA ‘00

Pfaff (Barrowman), Jean B. BSN ‘76

Nummela (Longenecker), Katrina L. 204

Pfeiffer, Terry W.

117

Pisani, B. Michael

110

BA ‘60

O’Neill (Lauth), Leigh Ann BA ‘03

Ormerod (Stubbs), Mary Jane BA ‘60

BA ‘63

BA ‘65

36 11

Pittner, Grace Elizabeth

Plate (Meyers), Cynthia

207

Plichta (Stanley), Jennifer Kay

229

BA ‘17

BA ‘89

BA ‘02

Polezonis, Stephen N. BA ‘77

321

Poole, Todd BA ‘86

Popravak, Donald BA ‘81

252

Sayre, Wayne A.

296

Reed, Meredith Susanne

210

Scacco (Gaerte), LeAnn M.

291

Schilling, Jessica Rose

240

BA ‘76 BA ‘14

BA ‘78 BA ‘96

309

Reichenbach (Baumgardt), Jean B.

Prabhu, David Gerard

234

Richards (Grover), Elizabeth Hope

105

Schlueter, Laurie A.

Price, Val

132

Roberts (Case), Derreth

142

Schmidt, Albert J.

136

Prosser, David T.

Roberts, Charles David

244

Schmidt, Christopher W.

223

Pruis (Pfahl), Patricia P.

Roberts (Galbraith), Sue

Schreiber, Randy S.

Romeril, Robert D.

Schroeder, Keith C.

BA ‘18

BA ‘50 BA ‘65 BA ‘76

Ramage, Hannah N. BA ‘11

Ramirez, Edson BA ‘13

Ramsey, Jeffrey G. BA ‘70

Rausch (Meyer), Jane E. BA ‘62

Reberg, David E. BA ‘59

Records (Hinkle), Erin M. BSN ‘87

Redel (Falk), Ruth BA ‘58

Reder, Deanna Christine BA ‘16

Redwine (Pagano), Gina Maria BA ‘87

322

Reed (Hillis), Patricia L.

Powers, Lara Paulette BA ‘08

I N D E X

185

Reece, Wayne G. BA ‘57

BA ‘74

BA ‘00

BSN ‘69 BA ‘16

BA ‘57

BA ‘77

298 151 165 267 124 102 37 25 27 54

BA ‘15

BA ‘90 BA ‘49

BA ‘90 BA ‘73 BA ‘58

Rose (Hader), Priscilla

204

Schwartz, Theodore

Rosenbaum, Morris

196

Selby (Cordes), Susan

Rosen, Tyler

265

Shaner, Dale L.

BA ‘81

BA ‘71

BA ‘20

BA ‘15

BA ‘07

BA ‘70

Roset (Broecker), Katherine Elizabeth 53

Shaner (Haltom), Diana H.

311

Rosselle-Keesling (Rosselle), Janet J. 133

Sheaffer, David R.

180

Ross, Stephen M.

239

Shook, Charles W.

202

Rudy, J. Christopher

257

Short (Kaufman), Layne

Rutan (Tarplee), Sharon

169

Shreeve, Walton W.

BA ‘13

BA ‘66 BA ‘63

BA ‘81 BA ‘63

Sandberg (Brelage), Emily BA ‘13

BA ‘69

BM ‘58 BA ‘77 BA ‘04 BA ‘43

Siciliano (Tesi), Laura A. BA ‘95

262

Sieben, Robert L. BA ‘59

66 279 5 96

Siefert, John T. BA ‘89

287

Steele, Jack BA ‘64

Taylor, Edward F. BA ‘74

162

Siemers, Elizabeth P.

Steele, Richard A.

281

Taylor (Jones), Sara A.

Silva, Yesenia

Stevens, Clifford A.

115

Thixton (Peters), Teresa A.

126

Skadberg (Harshman), Karen

Stevens, Ronald G.

151

Thomas, Anne C.

113

Smith (Brooks), Iesha Symone

278

Stewart (Gillett), Rebecca G.

Smith (Heinzerling), Gretel

206

Stickler (Plasterer), Alice M.

245

Thomason (Lewis), Nancy

208

Stinson, Fred T.

216

Thompson, Bradley L.

270

St. John, Elizabeth Christine

246

Thornburg (Canary), Joanne

200

Strader (Sharp), Diane

192

Thornburg, Thomas K.

299 164

BA ‘72 BA ‘17

BSN ‘90 BA ‘16

BA ‘54, MA ‘55

Smith (James), Donna J. BA ‘53

Smith (Leet), Susan BA ‘71

Smith, Madeline Clare BA ‘18

23 296 74

BA ‘74

BA ‘81 BA ‘68

BA ‘64 BA ‘48

BA ‘68 BA ‘17

BSN ‘85

BA ‘79

BA ‘77 BA ‘95

Thomas, Bernard L. BA ‘81 BA ‘63

BA ‘86 BA ‘51

BA ‘73

Soderstrom, John C.

310

Street, Michael W.

134

Thornton, George C.

Spears, George

311

Sullivan (Donahoe), Helen M.

213

Throckmorton, John F.

Spelbring, Ralph E.

127

Sutherlin, Lindsey Dru

307

Tonk, Hampton

Spitler (Childers), Phyllis

182

Swank, Ruth A.

143

Toohey (Kingman), Barbara

Spring, Randy

203

Swanson (Johnson), Mary Clare

154

Tookey, Ralph H.

Stabler, Timothy A.

129

BA ‘62

BA ‘00 BA ‘67

BA ‘70 BA ‘74

MS ‘64, BS ‘62

Stafford (Whitten), Jean W. BA ‘55

Stahr, Margaret L. BA ‘00

Starr, Eric Neil BA ‘00

91 308 55

BA ‘65 BA ‘51

BA ‘09 BA ‘66 BA ‘62

Tague (Rice), Janelle BA ‘75

Talbott (Lighter), Ruth L. BA ‘58

Tancredi, Samuel A. BA ‘98

BA ‘62

BA ‘63

BA ‘65 BA ‘61

BA ‘74

Torres, Perla BA ‘14

221 182 37

59 226 67 272 31

Towle, Beth Ann-Marie

227

Trautman, Robert P.

147

Tressler, Jay H.

296

BA ‘09 BA ‘53 BA ‘64

323

Tucker (Morris), Rebecca

241

Waller, John D.

154

Wickemeyer (Dykhuizen), Judith D. 179

Tuhey (Willard), Susan E.

180

Wall, Robert E.

139

Wieland, William J.

Tunnicliff, Thomas N.

298

Walse (Melevage), Amy J.

Williams (Barlow), Virginia

Turpin (Clarkson), Ann C.

199

Walsh (Nisley), Ashlee Marie

Williams (Brater), Nancy

BA ‘69

BA ‘56

BA ‘80 BA ‘58

Uhrick, David A. BA ‘59

I N D E X

BA ‘70 BA ‘96

BA ‘04

BA ‘69

BA ‘55

BA ‘80

308 87 232

Walton, Jay R.

131

Williams, Yvonne Antoinette

Warner, Derrick L.

305

Willman (May), Marietta Carole

253

Wilson-Sanford (Dixon), Joyce

132

BA ‘68

163

BA ‘59

BA ‘69

Watkins, Deanna Rae BA ‘94

BA ‘09 BA ‘68

BA ‘66

Watson (Nelson), Rosanne

178

Wilson (Schnadt), Carolyn S.

313 119

BA ‘59

BA ‘76

Van Buren, Mary Lou

234

Watts (Nickel), Belinda

187

Wiltermood, Alexis Nicole

van Eys (Parkison), Patti

123

Webb, Michael M.

205

Witwer, Noelle M.

Wolfe, Marilyn J.

158

BA ‘51

BA ‘83

BA ‘58 BA ‘61

Weber, Rhys Edmund

BA ‘16 BA ‘16

Van Luven (Ehni), Barbara E.

Vashaw (Spangler), Kathleen

248

Wentzel, Kirstyn Marie

130

Woytek (Campos), Isabel

Vissing, John R.

221

Werne, Kristin Spellmeyer

153

Wright, Christine

246

Wertz (Henrichs), Lana J.

161

Wright (Henry), Elizabeth H.

117

Whalley, Kathryn Ruth

172

Wright (Soaper), Marianna

111

Whitaker, David B.

272

Whited, Richard H.

283

Whittington, Richard G.

102

BA ‘62

BA ‘63

BA ‘70

Vores (Crowden), Elizabeth Jean BA ‘76

BA ‘16

BA ‘04 BA ‘02 BA ‘65 BA ‘18

Walker, Alison M.

258

BA ‘61

Wallace, Connor Dean

257

BA ‘59

Wallace, John Andrew

291

BA ‘60

BA ‘77 BA ‘20

324

BA ‘90

BA ‘04

BA ‘63

BA ‘07

BA ‘72 BA ‘51

BA ‘75

Yahnke (Rist), Marilyn

188

Yeoman, Lynn C.

112

BA ‘61

BA ‘65

Young (Whitaker), Linda J. BA ‘69

Zacha, Madeline Elizabeth BA ‘14

239

141

325