Winter 2012

Winter 2012

MAGAZINE

JAMES O’BRIEN ’91 leading a crusade to beat a killer PAGE 10

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SPIRITED SHARING The spirit of community and the holidays was alive on Dec. 10 when students, faculty and staff members of the DePauw School of Music collaborated to present a new winter tradition for DePauw and the community. The DePauw Chamber Singers, under the direction of Gregory Ristow, was one of several School of Music groups featured as part of the inaugural Holiday Gala – an event that brought together more than 1,000 audience members from the University and community in the spirit of great music and the season of sharing.

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THRIVE

THINK

LIVE

On the cover: Dr. James O’Brien ’91

Professor Gloria Childress Townsend programs success for women students in computer science.

Bonner Scholars put values into action.

is taking on the third leading, but still little-known, disease.

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28 Recent Words 30 Alumni and Advancement 36 Class Notes Cover photo by Matt Sullivan.

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

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

Larry G. Anderson senior editor landersn@depauw.edu

Contributors: Sarah McAdams, Matt Sullivan, Chris Wolfe and Duncan Wolfe ’11

Kelly A. Graves director of publications kgraves@depauw.edu

DePauw Alumni Association Officers

Donna Grooms class notes editor dgrooms@depauw.edu Larry G. Ligget editorial assistant, photographer larryligget@depauw.edu

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

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letters Editor: On Jan. 10, I had the opportunity to attend the kickoff event for DePauw’s 175th anniversary at the Green Center for the Performing Arts on campus, and it was a terrific start to the celebration of this special time in DePauw’s history. I enjoyed the student-produced video celebration of DePauw’s history and performances by DePauw musicians, and I was especially pleased to see numerous members of the Greencastle community in attendance. Sue Murray, mayor of Greencastle, read a proclamation in celebration of the anniversary of the signing of the school’s original charter, and Bishop Michael Coyner reminded the crowd in the Great Hall of the rich history of DePauw’s relationship with the Methodist Church. One hundred seventy-five years is a remarkably long time, and we can be proud that our school has lasted so long and has had such a positive impact, not only in this country but also throughout the world.

The highlight of any event on campus is the opportunity to be in the company of students and feel their energy

and enthusiasm, which was certainly evident with the students who took a break from their studies to join in the celebration. DePauw students today do a great job of carrying on the best

various locations, please consult the University’s website at www.depauw. edu/about/175celebration to see when one of these special events may be planned in or near your home.

“The highlight of any event on campus is the opportunity to be in the company of students and feel their energy and enthusiasm … DePauw students today do a great job of carrying on the best traditions of years past.”

MARCUS R. VEATCH ’75

traditions of years past. Talking with these bright and optimistic students should give us all a remarkable sense of hope about the future of our world. I hope as many of my alumni colleagues as possible can join in this anniversary celebration and meet today’s students.

It’s a sure cure for cynicism.

Because there are numerous 175th anniversary events being held in

Also, we encourage you to make your reservations early for this year’s Alumni Reunion Weekend on campus, where many special 175th events and reunions are planned.

Happy birthday, DePauw!

Marcus R. Veatch ’75 President, DePauw Alumni Association

Editor: I’m writing because I saw the article about the Mentor program in the fall issue of DePauw Magazine, and it brought back great memories of my time in Greencastle. The Mentor program at DePauw has become such an important part of every student’s welcome to campus that it was surprising to be reminded that the Mentors are a relatively new addition to the life of campus. DePauw prides itself on preparing its graduates well for life after college with hands-on opportunities to practice what they’re learning through internships and off-campus study, but there are times when I find that it’s actually my experience as a Mentor that prepared me for life after graduation.

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In politics and in life, the most successful people I’ve encountered know how to share their various talents and work with others in pursuit of a collective goal. The Mentor program is specifically designed to foster this type of meaningful interaction and create relationships that will last a lifetime.

Our school has a knack for bringing young people out of their shells, identifying leaders and putting their skills to work. Whether it takes place in Greek houses or on athletic teams, in student government or campus media, our students develop tangible skills during their time on campus and – not surprisingly – go on to do some pretty impressive things in life.

The Mentor program is students’ introduction to the DePauw community, helping them develop confidence as students, encouraging them to test their limits and identify their values. I know firsthand how important the Mentor program was for a lot of first-year students, and I was very pleased to see the Mentors recognized in the magazine. I hope you’ll continue to feature these kinds of stories about what engages today’s DePauw students.

David R. Dietz ’11 Indianapolis

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FROM THE PRESIDENT President Brian W. Casey

This issue of DePauw Magazine offers three stories about members of the DePauw community who are working to make the world a better place, through medicine, through teaching and through community service. These stories are the tip of the iceberg. It’s not hard to find many more examples of DePauw students and alumni working to improve their worlds. During my years in Greencastle, DePauw has given me many reasons to be proud of our University, but none more than this: we are hopeful. In challenging times, our students still know and believe they can change the world for the better.

Our faculty believe they can help them do it. And when our alumni return to campus, they share this same vital belief that they can make a difference.

Despite the best efforts of the world, we are not jaded, and we return, gamely, to the question, “How can I make things better?”

Of course, hope is only one piece of the puzzle. One also needs the tools to put one’s values into action.

I want to share with you one more story of DePauw graduates making a difference. Three recent DePauw graduates recently pooled their expertise in entrepreneurship, information technology and marketing to create the True Hero Ties project. Having seen a “60 Minutes” piece concerning the large number of homeless United States military veterans, and learning more about the problems faced by veterans with severe injuries, Matt Newill ’09 and Johnny Buchta ’08 wanted to use their knowledge and skills to make

a difference, and they decided they would do it by selling ties. Working with Ryan Tinker ’09 to develop a presence on the Web (at www.trueheroties.com), their project aims to raise money for organizations that support America’s wounded veterans by donating 50 percent of the proceeds of every tie sold. Just launched in 2011, they have already raised thousands of dollars to help wounded veterans, and in the wake of recent national coverage of their efforts, I expect they will raise a lot more.

I share this story with you because it is one more example of what I have said since I first arrived in Greencastle: the world needs DePauw. It needs Dr. James O’Brien, and Professor Gloria Townsend and the Bonner Scholars. It needs Matt Newill and Johnny Buchta, and Ryan Tinker. The world needs the special and unusual combination of idealism and effectiveness that is the hallmark of a DePauw graduate.

As DePauw celebrates its 175th anniversary, we have much to celebrate, and much work yet to do. For all that the readers of this magazine have done and continue to do in support of our students and their wonderful endeavors, and for all that you have done to bring honor to your alma mater out in the wider world, I thank you.

Sincerely,

Brian W. Casey

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news FULBRIGHT HONORS FOR DEPAUW For the fifth time in the last six years, DePauw is recognized as a Top Producer of Fulbright Awards for U.S. Students. The Chronicle of Higher Education lists DePauw among the top bachelor’s degree-granting institutions that received Fulbright Awards for students to pursue graduate study, conduct research or teach abroad during 2011-12. Four DePauw students received Fulbright Awards to live and study abroad during the current academic year. Twenty-one DePauw students have completed applications for 2012-13 Fulbright Awards.

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The approximate number of concerts, recitals and events scheduled by the School of Music during the spring 2012 season.

FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL Thanks to alumni efforts, the carillon bells are once again ringing atop the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts. The 37-bell carillon now plays “A Toast to DePauw” each day at 11:35 a.m., and each quarter-hour they play “Westminster Quarters,” which is chimed by Big Ben in London.

The bells, given by Alpha Chi Omega sorority for the newly built Performing Arts Center in 1976, were struck by lightning in the 1990s and fell silent for more than 15 years.

Mark McCoy, new dean of the DePauw School of Music, teamed with trustee Gary and Sandy Drew, ’61, ’62 to take the lead in bringing back the bells. Sandy Drew, a music education major, was part of Alpha Chi Omega’s original donation of the bells, and she organized her pledge class to raise money to restore the bells, so they can once again echo across campus.

WHAT DO THE COLBERT REPORT, C-SPAN, MUNICH AND ROME HAVE IN COMMON? Those are all places where students in the Media Fellows Program are doing internships this spring.

Media Fellows gain valuable hands-on experience during semester-long internships at top media organizations around the globe – usually during their junior year. During the spring semester, Media Fellows’ internship sites include: newspapers in Aspen and Glenwood Springs, Colo.; C-SPAN, Washington, D.C.; Threeview, Munich, Germany; The Colbert Report, New York City; Haiti Mission Project, Okolona Christian Church, Louisville, Ky.; and United Nations World Food Programme, Rome.

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Lab on a Bubble Richard C. Martoglio, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is a member of a U.S. team of researchers that developed a new class of materials for surfaceenhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).

The hollow, buoyant silica microspheres are coated with gold nanoparticles and allow for an innovative type of molecular assay called Lab on a Bubble (LoB).

Lab on a Bubble is essentially a collection of gold-coated glass bubbles that can act as microscopic “scavengers,” collecting chemicals or a single type of chemical species in a solution – for example, a chemical pollutant or a biomolecule such as a protein. When the coated bubbles are mixed with a solution, they capture the chemical species and rise to the surface as a collection of bubbles, which can be analyzed using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

“What Would Professor Compton Have Done?”

175 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE Marcia Sloan Latta, vice president for advancement

Only a limited number of American institutions of higher learning can boast a history of 175 years or more. Our University is now in that special group.

However, age alone does not make a college or university great; people do that. Generations of people making their way to Indiana Asbury University and then to DePauw, in order to learn, to grow, to succeed, to make a difference – these people make up our heritage. Not a single building from before the Civil War stands on our campus in 2012, but the spirit of early students, professors and benefactors is as alive now as it was in those frontier times.

And so it is that as we celebrate 175 years of the DePauw experience, we celebrate the people who have made DePauw the special place it is. Through a distinguished alumni lecture series, through recognition of

175 exceptional alumni from across all generations, and through events designed to bring people together in community, DePauw is celebrating the human spirit that makes it great.

Intellectual curiosity, a commitment to excellence, a selfless interest in the wider world – all of these are traits DePauw admires and fosters.

At its best, these are the kind of people who have built DePauw. As we celebrate 175 years of history, we look ahead at a bright future where these qualities are valued just as highly.

I invite you to join us in the celebration. Remember the DePauw of the past, and be a part of its future.

Sincerely yours,

Marcia Sloan Latta

TITLE OF THE INAUGURAL JOHNSON-WRIGHT LECTURE IN CONFLICT STUDIES to honor the late Russell J. Compton, professor emeritus of philosophy, which was presented by Karen Koning AbuZayd ’63, former commissionergeneral of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, on Nov. 8. The Conflict Studies program surveys many of the frontiers that beloved Professor Compton explored, including the potential for non-violent social change, the struggle to improve conditions of the marginalized, and an absolute commitment to fighting for the causes of peace and social justice.

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… is where DePauw ranked in a national study of the academic challenges provided by the country’s colleges. The study also indicates that a large number of DePauw seniors report their educational experiences have been enriching, DePauw seniors score significantly higher than those at both peer institutions and all colleges in the category of Active and Collaborative Learning, and DePauw first-year students encounter a higher Level of Academic Challenge than found on other campuses.

O SAY CAN YOU SEE The DePauw University School of Music donated a special recording of The Star-Spangled Banner to schools across Indiana this winter. Designed for playing before sporting events, the recording was played in a lower key in order to help young singers who would like to sing either as soloists or in choirs.

The response from schools has been so enthusiastic that more CDs will be sent soon to schools in neighboring states.

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“Today, more than ever before, we 7 billion human beings find our futures tied together. …

You need to decide what you’d like the world to look like when the next generation of students graduates from DePauw.”

Photo by Ralph Alswang/Clinton Foundation.

TOP 10 PERCENT …

WILLIAM J. CLINTON, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd president of the United States, told a crowd of approximately 5,000 people in Neal Fieldhouse on Nov. 18. Clinton’s speech marked the 25th anniversary of the Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture Series. Clinton was the first U.S. president to deliver an Ubben Lecture.

countries in one semester

DePauw is recognized as one of the nation’s top colleges for providing opportunities for students to gain international experience by studying abroad. During the spring semester, DePauw students will study in these countries: Austria, Australia, Chile, China, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands.

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MORE THAN ONE ACT

Senior J.C. Pankratz was selected a national semifinalist in the 2012 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s one-act play contest after competing in the KCACTF’s Region III Festival. The event, which took place Jan. 3-7 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, included colleges and universities from Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. Pankratz’s play was one of two to advance from the Region III competition out of more than 60 entries.

Senior Jared P. Norman received a special commendation at the festival for his choreography of DePauw Theatre’s fall 2011 production of Urinetown. DePauw’s cast of Urinetown was invited to the festival to perform a scene from the musical.

SWEET AND SAVORY SCIENCE The explosion of interest in food preparation and the science behind it were the focus of a Winter Term course, Sweet and Savory Science, developed by Jeff rey A. Hansen ’86, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry. Hansen taught the course five times solo, but this year he teamed up with assistant professor of philosophy Jeff rey S. Dunn to go one step further – to demonstrate the relationship between the science and philosophy of food and how each affects what comes out of the kitchen.

Students competed in teams each week to apply what they’d learned in making impressive meals.

“It’s one thing to know how to follow a recipe. It’s an entirely different skill to understand the different chemical reactions that are occurring with each addition of ingredients,” sophomore Medjine Nzeyimana said. “Knowing which substitution to perform on a dish can really affect the flavor of the food for better or worse.”

CONFIDENCE U DePauw’s Panhellenic Council is one of 10 at campuses in the nation to receive Confidence U grants from Kappa Delta sorority. The awards of $5,000 per institution will fund confidencebuilding programming in college communities. DePauw will use its grant to organize an accountability workshop and service projects, as well as bring a speaker to campus to discuss selfesteem, alcohol issues and more.

Earlier, DePauw received the National Panhellenic Conference’s Membership Recruitment Award.

STEVIE BAKER-WATSON IS DEPAUW’S NINTH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Stefanie “Stevie” Baker-Watson, former assistant athletic director at North Central (Ill.) College, joined DePauw on Feb. 20 as The Theodore Katula Director of Athletics and Recreational Sports. She will oversee 23 varsity sports that compete in NCAA Division III as well as DePauw’s intramural and club sports programs.

Baker-Watson, who is the ninth DePauw director of athletics in the last 87 years, succeeds Page Cotton, who held the position since 1996.

Cotton now serves as a senior adviser to DePauw President Brian W. Casey.

“Stevie’s years of experience and commitment to the mission of Division

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III athletics and to the excellence of our student athletes will serve DePauw well,” President Casey said. “I again thank Page Cotton for his many years of exemplary service to the University, and I know that in the years ahead Stevie will build upon the strong foundation he has established for DePauw athletics.”

Baker-Watson joined the North Central staff in 2007 and directed the athletic department’s compliance and eligibility activities as well as all aspects of its student-athlete leadership development programming.

She supervised undergraduates and postgraduate interns in areas of athletics administration, academic services, and athletics marketing and promotions, and she served as manager for all of North Central’s indoor and outdoor athletics facilities.

Previously, Baker-Watson spent eight years at Aurora (Ill.) University where she was the head athletic trainer, senior woman administrator and instructor of physical education.

Baker-Watson serves on the NCAA Division III Membership Committee and NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women’s Internship Grant selection committee.

A graduate of Ohio University with a degree in athletic training, she earned a master’s degree in exercise science and cardiac rehabilitation from Northeastern Illinois University.

The number of Nobel laureates who have visited DePauw as speakers in the Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture Series. They include Ferid Murad ’58, Nobel Prize winner in medicine. The most recent Nobel laureate to visit campus was 2011 Nobel Prize winner Leymah Gbowee who spoke on Feb. 16. Gbowee is a Liberian activist recognized by the Nobel committee for her work on behalf of women’s issues and peace in her country.

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Concert tour of China Seven student members of the DePauw Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Professor of Music Amy Lynn Barber, performed a concert tour of China during Winter Term in January. Ensemble members included freshman Connor T. Allen, sophomore Andrew T. Bosomworth, junior Josiah Q. Rushing, sophomore Katharine O. Sherman, junior Patrick M. Speranza, sophomore Carly J. Tebelman and junior Mara E. Wallace. They visited and performed at music schools in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, and also had an opportunity to see some of the outstanding sites in those cities. The ensemble presented a program of music by American composers, including classical, ragtime and jazz. May Phang, associate professor of music, was piano soloist with the ensemble.

“The basis for theatre realism in the Western world starts with Ibsen. If you read the background on Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, they all say modeled after Henrik Ibsen. So, I thought this would be a good chance to do an Ibsen play.”

LARRY G. SUTTON, professor emeritus of communication arts and sciences, who returned to campus in the fall semester to direct students in a production of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. Sutton directed more than 100 productions during 40 years of teaching at DePauw.

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ART MEETS CHEMISTRY

BY CHRISTOPHER WOLFE Arts Fest 2011 captured the campus’s imagination during a week in early November. Its theme – Art & Truth? – asked contributors and attendees to examine the challenging relationship between works of art and objective fact. Art can distort the real world, but can those distortions be more useful than the real thing? In four twisting steel sculptures, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Daniel G. Gurnon provided an extraordinary argument.

Inspired by the work of sculptor Julian Voss-Andreae, a German-educated physicist whose art is taken from the world of science, Gurnon saw an opportunity to bring DePauw’s artists and scientists together.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had used powerful computers to “watch” the birth of a protein called villin, trillionth of a second by trillionth of a second, providing a clear view of the practically invisible. Working with Voss-Andreae, Gurnon used that data to design snapshots of villin’s transformation from a simple kinked line into a crumpled spring.

“To communicate science effectively, you have to think about how to convey information in a way that others can understand and appreciate, and in a way that draws people in for more,” Gurnon says. “As it turns out, you don’t need to know everything about biochemistry to be excited by, or even to understand, what’s happening at a sub-micron level.”

Proteins are the machinery of life, crucial to almost every cellular process. Put simply, you might think of a protein as a string of beads. In reality, each bead is actually one of 20 different building blocks called amino acids, and a single protein string can be made from hundreds of them.

Strung together, the beads quickly begin to interact with each other and their environment, causing the protein to twist and flex. Some beads want to be closer together, some farther apart; some like water, and some don’t; and so on. Scientists refer to this initial restlessness as folding. Almost instantaneously, the protein folds into a shape unique to its particular bead sequence. Some proteins look like compact little knots, while others spiral outward like ribbon on a birthday present.

Under Voss-Andreae’s guidance, Gurnon, Assistant Professor of Art Jacob K. Stanley and 10 DePauw students meticulously cut each protein segment from 3-inch square steel tubes, then welded together and painted them to create representations of a protein structure 500 million times larger than the real thing. It’s a simple, tactile and attractive way of visualizing a protein in which even the colors, chosen to convey changes in energy, serve a purpose.

“These sculptures provide a chance to actually see how complex these tiny proteins can be,” says Benjamin C. Cox, a sophomore Science Research Fellow who helped build the sculptures. “Supercomputers take months to visualize what happens in fractions of a second in our bodies. This art provides a unique insight into the intricacy of life.”

Working in the studio, the group’s conversations often drifted into the science behind their art. One day, Stanley was carefully examining the base of a sculpture. Unsatisfied, he looked at Gurnon and said, “I don’t know, it just doesn’t feel alpha helical.”

“He was right,” Gurnon says. “The villin helix sort of unravels at the end, so we talked about why that happens. Our project led to a lot of conversations about art and science, and how professionals work in both areas.”

Gurnon’s super-sized proteins now hang from the ceiling of the Percy Lavon Julian Science & Mathematics Center atrium, helping to carry that conversation long into the future.

Taking on the third leading, but still little-known, killer disease It may be possible to impact this disease more than any other

by Larry G. Anderson

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Obituaries of three young women are tacked to the office wall of Dr. James M. O’Brien Jr. ’91. Their deaths, which he says were preventable, serve to both haunt and motivate him in his crusade to help stem the third leading, but still little-known, killer disease.

O’BRIEN DIRECTS his talents in medicine, communication and public service toward a disease that claims more lives each year than breast, lung and prostate cancer combined.

And it is the leading cause of death of children globally.

Yet only about one in three people have even heard of it. Therein lies O’Brien’s frustration and challenge.

The disease at which Dr. O’Brien has thrown down the gauntlet is sepsis – also known as blood poisoning or septicemia. Someone in the United States dies from sepsis every two minutes, totaling approximately 258,000 lives annually. Its deadliness is even more dramatic when you consider that about one out of five patients with sepsis will not leave the hospital (a 20 percent mortality rate) compared to only 5 percent mortality among heart-attack patients. The financial toll is equally daunting, costing more than $17 billion to treat sepsis in U.S. hospitals each year.

O’Brien, associate professor and associate director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, has thrown himself wholeheartedly into an effort against sepsis as the primary medical adviser for Sepsis Alliance, a U.S.based global organization dedicated to raising awareness and improving treatment and prevention of the deadly disease.

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“Dr. O’Brien is one of the leading and of simple surgery, scrapes and cuts. Sepsis can most articulate voices on sepsis nationally,” strike anyone, regardless of age, race or degree says Thomas Heymann, board president of of health.

To make it even more challenging, there is Sepsis Alliance. “He has brought passion, no single sign or symptom of sepsis. In fact, commitment and endless energy to both a survey indicated that 80 percent of doctors Sepsis Alliance and the fight against sepsis.”

Simply defined, sepsis is the body’s oftenfind it difficult to explain sepsis to patients and deadly response to infection or injury. When their families. people die from infections, they die from “We try to find a constant balance between sepsis. making people overly fearful and rushing to “Sepsis is a toxic response to infection,” the doctor every time something is wrong, O’Brien says. “Think versus seeking help about it this way: “This is a disease for which we may when something Your body has an is truly wrong,” have the ability to affect its natural army at its disposal O’Brien says. that is intended history more than any other disease.”

“What I tell people to fight infections, – Dr. James M. O’Brien Jr. ’91 to watch for – and which is fine if that what we hear from army is shooting bullets and is just hitting survivors – is when they talk about a symptom bacteria. The problem with sepsis is that your being ‘the worst it has ever been.’ For example, body suffers friendly fire, and your body’s the worst sore throat or the most short of breath. Other signs of concern are confusion, normal responses to infection go haywire. As being unarousable, and being lightheaded a result, your organs begin to fail, and we don’t when you sit or stand.” understand completely why.”

The fact is, our bodies are overrun by An individual also might exhibit high bacteria. Some of the bacteria play beneficial fever or chills, mottled appearance to the roles in our bodies, and some of them cause skin, blueness around the lips or fingers, or infections that lead to sepsis. As a result, other symptoms. On the other hand, the sepsis can develop from any type of infection, deceptive nature of sepsis means that a person including influenza, urinary tract infections, might have no apparent symptoms prior to pneumonia or meningitis as well as aftereffects being stricken, and doctors may be unable

LEFT: DR. O’BRIEN CONSULTS WITH A COLLEAGUE.

to determine exactly where in the body the infection is located.

SURVIVOR EXPERIENCE DESPITE DIFFERENCES in the age and overall health of patients who are stricken by sepsis, there are similarities among the experiences and long-term effects on survivors. Twenty-something Jen Ludwin, now a volunteer spokesperson for Sepsis Alliance, provides a good example.

After beginning graduate studies at Ohio State University in the fall 2009, Ludwin developed classic flu-like symptoms, which did not initially alarm her. However, her high fever, chills and body aches worsened, and then she began to suffer intense abdominal pain.

She was admitted to OSU Medical Center and sent directly to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU). She was diagnosed as being in renal failure and septic shock.

Ludwin, who spent four months in the hospital, describes the series of events: I have few memories of the days leading up to my admission to the hospital, which may be because I was not receiving sufficient oxygen due to strained breathing, a sign of sepsis. Once in the MICU, my health quickly deteriorated. I was placed on a ventilator as a last resort, was given an experimental drug and had emergency

abdominal surgery. My family was called in numerous times to say good-bye.

I had 15 major surgeries, including abdominal, thoracotomy, throat, bilateral below-knee amputation, amputation of all digits on left hand and partial amputation of all fingers on right hand.

The effects of sepsis linger today. Many people assume that once a person leaves the ICU or hospital, everything is okay, but they are wrong.

Sepsis survivors may have long-term effects. I’ve seen physical changes in my body, emotional/ mental changes and palate changes. For example, my hair went from dark blonde to brown, my skin changed, my sense of smell is better, my shortterm memory is horrible and I suffer from PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It seems as if certain parts of my brain are more active now; I am really good at math and statistics now, yet struggled with them before. [Notably, she has tutored a doctoral-level student in statistics.]

“What I learned from sepsis is that when left untreated or not treated in a timely fashion, it can lead to grave consequences, such as disability or death due to its rapid progression,” says Ludwin, who has been able to return to her graduate studies. “I was a fit, young female, yet it nearly killed me and left me with physical disabilities. Because the signs/symptoms of sepsis may be easily attributed to another cause, I encourage

healthcare professionals to always suspect sepsis and not hesitate in providing treatment.

For the public, I encourage people to be their own advocate and speak up about your concerns.”

O’Brien agrees that many people who survive sepsis are entirely changed. “Because sepsis may affect blood flow, people often wind up with gangrene of their extremities and require amputations,” he says. “People who recover from sepsis may regain their physical function, but they will have psychological and cognitive limitations, and a large percentage develop depression, anxiety or PTSD. I’ve seen other survivors experience such things as an entirely different sense of smell, changes in skin, hair color and how their brains work.

In some patients, previous conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension and diabetes, disappear. It’s all over the place in terms of what happens to people, for the good or bad, and we don’t understand why.”

Ludwin finds it helpful to talk frequently with O’Brien about her long-term health challenges and how to deal with them. O’Brien and his wife, Kristen, have opened their home to her and provided support in many ways.

O’Brien even makes a special effort to send best wishes to Ludwin on the anniversary of her hospital admission She praises O’Brien’s compassion, dedication, optimism and determination.

“If you are sick, Jim is the doctor you want by your side, because he makes your care a priority and will tirelessly advocate for you,” she says. “He does everything he can to save septic patients, educate professionals and the public, and make sepsis an important public health issue in the hospitals.”

IMPROVING TREATMENT THE ALL-TOO-COMMON lack of clear symptoms and the public’s general unawareness of sepsis create a problematic healthcare issue. By the time patients make it

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TOP 10 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SEPSIS (Provided by Dr. James M. O’Brien Jr. ’91) • SEPSIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION THAT ARISES WHEN THE BODY’S RESPONSE TO INFECTION INJURES ITS OWN TISSUES AND ORGANS. • NO ONE IS IMMUNE. SEPSIS CAN STRIKE ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE OR CREED. • DESPITE MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION CASES A YEAR, LESS THAN HALF OF AMERICANS HAVE HEARD OF SEPSIS. • SEPSIS KILLS MORE PEOPLE IN THE U.S. THAN BREAST, LUNG AND PROSTATE CANCER COMBINED. • SEPSIS KILLS MORE CHILDREN IN THE U.S. THAN CANCER. • THERE IS NO SINGLE SIGN OR SYMPTOM OF SEPSIS. WARNING SIGNS CAN INCLUDE DIZZINESS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CONFUSION AND SLEEPINESS. • SEPSIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. MINUTES MATTER. • DELAYS IN ANTIBIOTIC ADMINISTRATION CAN INCREASE RISK OF DEATH FROM SEPSIS. • THERE IS NO FDA-APPROVED THERAPY FOR SEPSIS. HOWEVER, IMMEDIATE TREATMENT WITH ANTIBIOTICS AND FLUIDS COULD CUT THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN HALF. • IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT SEPSIS, TELL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER: “I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SEPSIS.”

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to the hospital, they usually require intensive care, which is O’Brien’s domain. Still, data suggest that only about one-fourth of patients with severe sepsis arrive by ambulance; the majority of victims are eventually brought in by family members or friends.

“We know, for example, that in the most severe form of sepsis – septic shock – for every hour that passes without antibiotics, the patient’s risk of dying goes up by 8 percent,” O’Brien says. “So there is clearly a clock ticking. However, for the most part, people aren’t receiving antibiotics quickly enough.

What I see is an opportunity to save thousands of lives without having to discover anything new; rather just getting the healthcare system to treat the disease as it should.

“This is a disease for which we may have the ability to affect its natural history more than any other disease if we simply treated sepsis as a medical emergency. If the public was more aware of the disease as a medical emergency and we treated it that way, we could prevent perhaps half of the deaths that occur from sepsis.” It doesn’t require shiny new technology or expensive new drugs, O’Brien believes. It does require using more effectively some tools that already exist.

O’Brien is working to reduce the delay in the administration of antibiotics to patients who arrive with possible sepsis. When he and his colleagues first examined the time it took to begin administering antibiotics at their medical center, they found it was five-and-ahalf hours compared to the national average of six hours. They have been able to reduce the time to one hour, but that is still longer than it takes to begin administering anti-clot drugs to a stroke victim, for example, or to begin treatment of a car-accident victim. O’Brien is aware of at least one other hospital that has been able to reduce that time even further.

A major challenge to treatment is separating sepsis symptoms from more commonly understood afflictions, such as cancer, heart attack or even flu while being careful not to administer an antibiotic that could be potentially harmful to the patient. The process of identifying sepsis as the real culprit is made even more difficult when doctors are working with patients as different as an otherwise healthy 23-year-old with H1N1 influenza and a 90-year-old with a urinary tract infection. On the face of it, those aren’t the same diseases –

much in the way someone with acute leukemia isn’t the same as someone with lung cancer – but they can both be connected to a diagnosis of sepsis. So, efforts are underway to develop a better definition of sepsis, O’Brien says.

Improving emergency response for sepsis patients may have more promise. O’Brien says that he is not aware of any state that allows ambulance crews to administer antibiotics to patients who might have sepsis. Currently, ambulance personnel, including those in Ohio, also are not allowed to check patients with a point-of-care lactate meter that determines if their tissues are receiving insufficient oxygen, an indicator of possible sepsis. If paramedics were able to determine the problem earlier, triage patients and begin antibiotics en route to the hospital, O’Brien believes that thousands of lives could be saved. In fact, point-of-care meters are already being used with success in the United Kingdom.

It can take hours for patients to arrive at a hospital, be processed through the emergency room and eventually be sent to the ICU. “The fact is, by the time patients come to me in the ICU, the die is already cast. If you didn’t receive antibiotics by the time you get to me, all I can do is provide supportive care and hope your body will heal,” O’Brien says.

“That’s why we’re trying to move care outside of the ICU, where it traditionally existed, and take it to where the patients are and provide care sooner.”

That may be more important than ever.

The number of hospital stays for sepsis more than doubled from 2000 to 2008, according to data from the National Center for Healthcare Statistics. Moreover, sepsis patients were more seriously ill than other hospitalized patients.

People over the age of 65 are 11 times more likely to be hospitalized with sepsis, compared to younger people.

ICU GETS SICKEST PATIENTS O’BRIEN SAYS he was initially drawn to work in the intensive care unit because he tends to be a control freak. In the ICU, he felt he had more control over patients and their medicines than patients who were treated and went home. He soon discovered that his sense of control was more of an illusion, and now

in his work with the sepsis team in ICU. “We have champions at the bedside who take care of this disease. I have a number of people around here – physicians, nurses, pharmacists and administrators – who are passionate about this disease and in wanting to provide better care.”

His leadership in that effort is evident as he works to counter the stereotype that doctors belong at the top of the medical hierarchy. “I try at “We try to find a constant balance between every step to break that down making people overly fearful and rushing to the with people I work with; they don’t call me Dr. O’Brien. doctor every time something is wrong, versus I don’t introduce myself seeking help when something is truly wrong.” to patients and families as Dr. O’Brien either, because – Dr. James M. O’Brien Jr. ’91 I think that is one of the mistakes we make in putting a wall between terms of their nursing care needs and family ourselves,” he says. support needs. When caring for a patient with “Jim is an excellent clinician and truly septic shock, we have to use a team approach passionate about the work he does in the with all the healthcare professionals working ICU,” Weber says. “He promotes a team caring together to increase the patient’s chance of approach through listening and engaging all survival.” of the many disciplines that provide care in The idea that medicine is as much social the ICU. He recognizes the unique knowledge science as it is a hard, biological science is and contribution of registered nurses in the something O’Brien has seen proven over time he focuses on organizing and motivating a multidisciplinary team that executes an overall treatment plan for each patient.

Michele L. Weber ’92, a clinical nurse specialist in the Department of Critical Care Nursing at OSU Med Center, says, “Patients affected by sepsis have been some of the sickest patients in our ICU. They are challenging in

care of the critically ill patient.”

Weber, who received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from DePauw, still remembers her first patient in septic shock, an oncology patient, because the case challenged all her critical thinking, organizational, teamwork and patient/family support skills. “This patient’s family had many questions and required a lot of support,” she says. “The patient survived her sepsis episode, but there was frustration on all sides because the patient and family were unprepared for the lengthy recovery process.”

SPIKE OUT SEPSIS O’BRIEN DOESN’T clearly remember his first septic patient. However, he does remember the women patients, all less than 35 years old, who appeared in his ICU, oddly, in three consecutive Octobers. The last was only 19 years old, and all three died within 12 hours of arrival.

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and morbidity from sepsis by increasing awareness of the disease and educating the public and healthcare community to treat sepsis as a medical emergency. Sepsis Alliance (sepsisalliance.org) was founded in 2007 by Carl Flatley after his 23-year-old daughter died of sepsis following routine surgery. Flatley had been a dental surgeon for 35 years and had treated many infections, but he had never heard of sepsis until his daughter died of it.

O’Brien is passionate about his advocacy for Sepsis Alliance, which connects his personal and community service interests with his profession since the vast majority of the patients he cares for suffer from sepsis.

O’Brien is a member of the SA board of directors and spends a great deal of time talking about sepsis with the news media. He appeared last year on the Rachael Ray Show, and he has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Associated Press and other news media. He also speaks about sepsis to various groups. As a doctor, he is especially qualified to talk about the disease and its treatment with peers in healthcare professional groups.

He doesn’t just talk. When several of his colleagues, who were already participating in volleyball leagues, asked what they could do, O’Brien jumped into action, and a volunteer organization called Spike Out Sepsis was

fundraiser for sepsis, and she and her brother born. A first volleyball fundraiser was held asked him to speak to their school class. in 2009, and approximately two dozen Ohio SA board president Heymann says, “He teams are expected to participate in this year’s has worked tirelessly to spread the word and event on June 23 in Columbus. Spike Out Sepsis serves to both raise money for SA and help raise money for Sepsis Alliance to raise educate people about the disease. awareness and support education efforts. We have also created a 12-minute education video, “Spike Out Sepsis is not a really competitive athletic event. We make it a fun time and Sepsis: Emergency, which features Dr. O’Brien tweak the rules, so for instance, you can buy and has been very effective in educating people lifelines to make the other team serve Famous people often receive news media coverage with their opposite for their battles with cancer and other diseases. Actor hand, wear mittens and a ski cap, or Michael J. Fox is a prominent advocate for Parkinson’s such to keep it lightdisease. Jerry Lewis made muscular dystrophy a hearted,” O’Brien household name. As a result, the general public explains. “ We added a raffle and silent is much more aware of and educated about other auction, and we also diseases than they are about sepsis, a leading killer. spice it up with some sepsis facts to raise and healthcare professionals about sepsis and awareness at the same time.” the degree to which it is treatable.”

Interest has grown so quickly that O’Brien But O’Brien places the highest value on is investigating the potential for adding personal interaction. “The most rewarding part corporate sponsors and expanding to other of what I do is that nearly every week I’m on regions. Spike Out Sepsis is one of only two the phone with a survivor seeking explanations fundraising events for sepsis; the other is the or someone whose loved one has passed, Erin Kay Flatley B.U.G.S. Classic fishing talking them through it, he says. “Because tournament in Florida. many times, people first realize their loved one O’Brien’s focus has carried over to his had or died from sepsis when they see it on family. His oldest daughter planned her own the death certificate. They wonder why they hadn’t heard about it before. Explaining what occurred seems to help alleviate their grief.”

As a next step, O’Brien and Flatley are organizing a group for sepsis survivors and their loved ones to help them move forward and also raise awareness with the public. Through SA, they also helped to establish Global Sepsis Alliance, a nonprofit organization supporting efforts to better understand and combat sepsis, especially among physicians and healthcare professionals in more than 70 countries.

LEFT: Bacterial rods growing on tissue surface. These rods belong to the group of so-called GRAM-negative rods, which are sepsis-causing bacteria. Because of their sophisticated antibiotic resistance mechanisms, GRAM-negative rods sometimes are very difficult to treat.

(Image: © sebastian kaulitzki / Fotolia.de)

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James M. O’Brien Jr., M.D. ’91 Academics at DePauw • Biology major; philosophy minor • Selected Phi Beta Kappa • Joseph F. Gillespie Medical Fellowship • Albert E. Reynolds Outstanding Senior in Zoology Award Extracurricular activities at DePauw • Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity member • Intramurals • Admission tour guide • Admission counselor • Waited tables at Delta Delta Delta sorority Further degrees • Doctor of Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

• Master of Science, Clinical Sciences Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

CELEBRITY FACTOR GIVEN THAT APPROXIMATELY twothirds of people have either never heard of sepsis or have no idea what it is, there is a huge gap between awareness of the disease and how widespread it is. Mobilizing the public is critical to achieving progress against the disease, O’Brien believes.

Contributing to the awareness gap is the “celebrity factor.” Because of the difficulty in clearly defining sepsis, the deaths of famous people are often attributed to other diseases in the public’s mind. Actors Jeff Conaway, Bernie Mac, Brittany Murphy and Christopher Reeve are not generally known to have died of sepsis. Reeve, for example, is instead widely associated with spinal injury.

Famous people often receive news media coverage for their battles with cancer and other diseases. Actor Michael J. Fox is a prominent advocate for Parkinson’s disease. Jerry Lewis made muscular dystrophy a household name.

As a result, the general public is much more aware of and educated about other diseases than they are about sepsis, a leading killer.

Sepsis Alliance is now working to give “faces” to the disease through sepsis survivors such as Jen Ludwin, who has been interviewed many times about her experience and appeared on the Rachael Ray Show with O’Brien. “Because sepsis has dramatically changed my life, I want others to be aware of what I went through so that it can be prevented,” Ludwin says.

“Obviously, sepsis is very personal to me, and I feel as though I have been granted an amazing opportunity in life. That’s the ironic thing about sepsis; it nearly destroyed my life, yet it has opened so many doors to opportunities.”

In his work, O’Brien sees many faces of sepsis. Among those that have particularly stayed with him are the young women whose obituaries have a special place on his office wall.

“By overcoming the lack of awareness about sepsis, there is a great opportunity to really improve outcomes for thousands of people who develop the disease,” O’Brien says. “I’ve had many other patients, but when things are difficult and I feel like we are not making progress in the effort, I look up [at the obituaries], and I realize that I have people to whom I owe a responsibility to try to do more.”

Postgraduate medical training • Internship and chief medical resident, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center • Fellow, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine Academic/professional positions (current) • Associate professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center • Associate director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, The Ohio State University Medical Center • Investigator, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Medical Center • Associate member, Center for Health Outcomes, Policy and Evaluation Studies, The Ohio State University School of Public Health Personal • He and his wife, Kristen, have three children: daughters Lucy, 8, and Elliot, 18 months; and son Emmett, 6.

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ABOVE: GLORIA TOWNSEND, LEFT, WITH STUDENTS

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IT DOES COMPUTE Professor Gloria Childress Townsend programs success in her field

by Sarah McAdams BECAUSE OF HER OWN CHALLENGING PATH to a distinguished career in a field dominated by men, Gloria Childress Townsend has helped create opportunities for women to succeed in the field of computer science. Townsend is professor of computer science, coordinator of the Women in Science program and Women in Computer Science, and Tenzer Family University Professor in Instructional Technology.

DePauw is ahead of national trends in terms of women graduating with computer science degrees. In 2011, five of the University’s 24 computer science graduates, or nearly 21 percent, were women. The national average is 10 percent.

Although DePauw is ahead of the game, the number of women in the field is declining, a situation Townsend calls “outrageous.” She attributes the falling numbers to a variety of reasons.

“Myths abound that if you’re a computer scientist, you sit in a cubicle, get a monitor tan and wear pocket protectors,” she explains. “You ask younger kids to draw a picture of a computer scientist, and it’s a man with thick glasses wearing a white coat. There just isn’t a clear, accurate picture of how many careers one can have in computer science that involve people and interesting things. It encompasses so much.”

Townsend has always loved mathematics. She attended Indiana University, and although there were no courses in computer science then, experimental work was going on. She attended a lecture and discovered that she understood it. “I thought, ‘This is really interesting.’ So I picked up a book and taught myself how to program – without a computer.”

She was not intimidated by the lack of role models in the field. Until she attended I.U., her only female role model was a public school teacher. No female doctors, dentists, attorneys or veterinarians worked in her community. Even at I.U., the mathematics major had only one class with a female professor.

Twenty years later, when she pursued a computer science degree, the department had no female faculty members nor a single female graduate student teaching or assisting in any of her classes. “I made up my mind that I would do everything in my power to change the atmosphere for women in computing,” Townsend says.

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Departments were desperate for teachers in the early 1980s. Private industry was hiring the few computer science graduates, and mathematicians were retraining to become computer scientists. DePauw offered Townsend a position to teach computer science in the mathematics department and paid the tuition for her retraining. Young college graduates were attracted to industry by high salaries, but that didn’t lure Townsend away from education. “It’s so much more satisfying to work with young people,” she says. “They keep you young and engaged.”

Townsend became the first tenured woman in mathematics at DePauw and has been a faculty member for 32 years.

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hen DePauw’s computer science department was formed in 1992, Townsend was one of its three faculty members. Today, two of the seven faculty members are women, including Khadija J. Stewart, assistant professor of computer science, who joined the department in 2006. “We’re really lucky to have two women in a small school,” Townsend says. “We have a perfect climate for attracting and retaining women in computer science. Each of our male faculty members not only believes in the work that we accomplish, but also actively collaborates in the efforts.

“The atmosphere in our department is unique. We started referring to ourselves, after our external reviewers did, as ‘family.’ Even our students point it out. Without being told

what language to use, they also say that our department feels like a family.”

In 1992 Townsend noted that the department’s only female student, a sophomore, would graduate as the lone woman in her class. “It was that day I decided this is not going to continue to happen,” Townsend recalls. “I said to myself, ‘We’re going to reverse things.’

“For example, we began to make a conscious effort by recruiting women so we could hire equal numbers of male and female tutors in our Computer Science I labs. When a woman sits in on a class that’s essentially all men – the students, teachers, lab coordinator and tutors – that’s not good.”

Townsend worries about a critical shortage nationally of women to staff technological

jobs. “Not only is it an ethical issue, but also a societal one, because you’re cutting off half of your potential work force by eliminating women. Everyone knows that diversity makes better products. We’ve got all men creating products. It’s a completely different feel from having women and minorities,” Townsend says. The government is aware of this, of course, and is pouring millions of dollars into programs.Townsend is proud of her students over the last three decades. The best way to tell her story, she says, is through the students she has mentored.

Sara Owsley Sood ’02 participated in the student organization for women in computing that Townsend founded in 1993. Sood attended graduate school at Northwestern University, where she received a Ph.D. in computer science that allowed her to return to the small liberal arts community by securing a tenure-track position at Pomona College in California. Now Sood recruits and retains women in computing, just as Townsend mentored her a decade ago.

During the last 20 years, more than 100 women have participated in Townsend’s Women in Computing group. The organization later morphed into a student chapter of

the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), computer science’s professional organization. Past ACM chapters involved all students. However, in 2001 ACM created new student associations dedicated to recruiting, retaining and celebrating women in computing; DePauw’s group is an ACM-W chapter.

students, organizes a workshop in which attendees dismantle a computer to learn about its architecture and hosts local high school students for robot workshops. Townsend works with the organization at the local level by sponsoring ACM-W chapters and also serves on ACM-W’s Executive Committee.

“One of the reasons that I was appointed

“We have a perfect climate for attracting and retaining women in computer science. Each of our male faculty members not only believes in the work that we accomplish, but also actively collaborates in the efforts.”

– Khadija J. Stewart, assistant professor of computer science

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he need for Women in Computing groups relates to the dramatic decline of undergraduate degrees awarded to women in the field. Computing stands out as the only major science, mathematics, engineering and technology discipline experiencing persistent, long-term decline in degrees awarded to women. “DePauw overcomes the grim national statistics,” Townsend says.

DePauw’s ACM-W chapter brings in successful female computer scientists as speakers, conducts outreach for K-12

to the committee is because of the success of a project I developed in 2004, Small Regional Celebrations of Women in Computing,” she says. “We launched the initial conference in Indiana and later expanded to conferences in Ohio, Michigan, Chicago and Colorado.”

In February 2012, members held their fifth Indiana Celebration of Women in Computing.

The conferences allow women to gain experience and confidence by giving short technical talks called lightning talks – a format developed by Townsend – and poster presentations. Women attend sessions to learn about careers and acquire interviewing skills, which they can use at the conference’s career fair. The fair attracts representatives of local and national industries to interview students for internships and jobs.

“The conference is a supportive, warm place for women to get started,” Townsend says. “It’s a stepping-stone model. Women present at one of these all-female conferences, and then they move up to a research conference.”

The lightning talks are designed to avoid the stress of speaking for a half hour or more.

Speakers are given five minutes, and the idea

LEFT: KHADIJA J. STEWART, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, LEFT, AND CATIE BAKER ’12.

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is to not over think what they’re going to say.

“It’s to make them see that they can do this,” Townsend says. “Again, it’s the stepping-stone model. You start small and you gain confidence, and then you go on to a larger arena.”

One of the many DePauw women benefiting from the regional conferences is Kiara L. Williams ‘11, who graduated with a computer science major. She attended Chicago and Ohio women’s conferences, where she gave lightning talks and visited with industry representatives.

“I worked closely with Kiara when she served as the student coordinator for the 2010 Indiana conference and chaired our ACM-W chapter,” Townsend says. “She was always very conscientious and professional in carrying out her responsibilities. Kiara’s attendance at several of our conferences provided opportunities for interactions with Microsoft Corporation representatives. She now works for the corporation in New York City. I am so proud of Kiara, because she is living her dream to return to her New York home and to work in the IT sector.”

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n 2009 Townsend approached two national organizations for women in computing about writing a collaborative National Science Foundation (NSF) grant proposal to build a nationwide network of regional conferences for women. The NSF funded the proposal, providing approximately $1.2 million to create 12 new local areas where female computer science students can receive support from regional conferences and ACM-W chapters.

“My vision is to divide the United States into small regions where women who were formerly scattered among isolated schools can network with each other and find role models,” Townsend explains. “For example, a female student from the University of Indianapolis attended the 2010 Indiana Celebration. She was the first and only female to major in computer science at U of I. The underrepresentation of women in computing is just as shocking at some of the larger schools in the Indiana region.

“In our region, Purdue University graduated five women out of 71 total computer science

students in 2007; Indiana University graduated one woman out of 18 total computer science students. DePauw’s Class of 2007 contained five women out of 24 total computer science students – again approximately twice the national average for computer science degrees.

“I also called 20 more department chairs of the top-rated liberal arts colleges. Not surprisingly, women’s colleges, Wellesley and Smith, each had more female graduates (eight each), demonstrating the importance of our regional celebrations’ goals of showcasing female role models and allowing larger numbers of women to interact in an academic setting. The remaining 18 schools, such as Amherst, Swarthmore and Williams, typically graduated zero, one or two females.

“In an interesting twist, I feel that my efforts have come full circle in Sara Sood, because she now serves on the organizing committee for the 12th and last new conference funded by the NSF, representing Pomona College in a new Southern California region that will host its first conference in 2012 – 10 years after she graduated from DePauw.”

“My vision is to divide the United States into small regions where women who were formerly scattered among isolated schools can network with each other and find role models,” – Gloria Townsend

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ot only is Townsend responsible for obtaining the National Science Foundation grant that funds the regional alliance project, but she also serves as principal investigator for another half-million-dollar NSF grant. It supports the Julian Scholars Program, which provides scholarships for talented, first-generation students in south-central Indiana who wish to major in science.

Townsend recruits and provides programming for each cohort of eight Julian Scholars. Meetings include lunches with practical discussion topics and workshop elements, such as résumé preparation and internship exploration. She also arranges mentors and tutors for the students The main feature of the program, Bridge2Science, is a research opportunity with DePauw professors during the summer before the Julian Scholars enter college as first-year students. At the conclusion of the research experience, students participate in a poster session for friends, family and the DePauw summer research community.

Derek J. Davis ’13 participated in Bridge2Science as both a high school sophomore and junior through a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., before he was selected

ABOVE: GLORIA TOWNSEND

for the first Julian Scholar group.

“I’ve watched Derek literally grow up under the supervision of the University,” Townsend says. “I was thrilled when his high school GPA allowed him to secure Julian Scholar funding to make his dream of attending DePauw come true. I would like to think that the years of attending Bridge2Science helped inspire him to do his best in school, hoping to obtain an important scholarship.

“As in Sara Sood’s case, I feel that I’ve also come full circle with Derek. We both were born in Putnam County Hospital, as were many of the Julian Scholars. I watched over

Derek as he conducted summer research in my programs for three summers and then joined my department as a computer science major. It doesn’t get any better than that!”

Townsend’s two projects connect to her background of growing up in the 1950s and early ’60s in Owen County, 25 miles from Greencastle. “As a graduate of Spencer High School, I understand the climate for young students in rural south-central Indiana, and I want to provide opportunities for these students to perform research at DePauw through the Bridge2Science program and to attend our school as Julian Scholars.”

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PUTTING VALUES INTO ACTION

by Christopher Wells

THE BEST LIBERAL ARTS colleges and universities develop leaders by helping students define their values and giving them the tools they need to put those values into action.

Graduates may become physicists, software developers, business leaders, doctors, musicians or lawyers, but whatever their eventual vocation, while they are undergraduates they learn to ask key questions about their work. What is important to me? How do I make a difference?

DePauw offers students many ways to connect their education with their life’s work, through internships and on- and offcampus study programs designed to let them apply what they’re learning in real-world environments. One program aimed squarely at helping students work toward making a better world is the Bonner Scholar Program.

Launched nationally by the Bonner Foundation during the 1990-91 academic year, the program offers students financial aid in exchange for a commitment of 10 hours a week to community service. It also provides training and support to ensure that students learn to be effective in their service placements. The program is designed to transform not only the students but also the campus and community in which they serve and learn, in support of the Bonner mission, which is “to improve the lives of individuals and communities by helping meet the basic needs of nutrition and educational opportunity.” DePauw joined this effort early, in 1992, and for nearly 20 years DePauw Bonner Scholars have had an impact on the Greencastle community. And it has had an impact on them.

Students selected as Bonner Scholars today usually have had service experience in

Hispanic student, he has a strong interest in high school or even middle school, but the bringing together people of different cultural program helps them take their efforts to a backgrounds and helping them to better higher level, with more sophisticated tools appreciate and understand each other. for understanding complex societal problems Every year, a number of multicultural events and potential solutions. For example, students take place on campus, including a popular might have run canned-food drives at their international festival in which students from high schools, but as Bonner Scholars they around the globe contribute performances might engage with community leaders to create a community garden, allowing families and foods from their home countries. But with limited means to grow their own healthy the Greencastle community never had an opportunity to benefit from these events or and affordable foods – which actually occurred at DePauw. Greencastle Mayor Sue Murray credits Bonner Scholar Timothy J. “THEY COME WITH THIS ENERGY AND Martin ’10 for creating the ENTHUSIASM AND A YOUTHFUL BELIEF THAT Greencastle Community Garden: “It would not THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, AND, BY have happened if not for GOLLY, MAYBE THEY CAN.” this student.”

Murray has worked with – GREENCASTLE MAYOR SUE MURRAY the DePauw program since its inception. In 1992 she helped bring Bonner the internationalism of the DePauw campus.

Scholars to the local hospital, where she was Pule decided to change that. As a result of his director of community and social services. efforts, the first annual Cultures Festival will “Their impact has been amazing,” she says. be held in downtown Greencastle in April, “They come with this energy and enthusiasm in a setting where the community can feel and a youthful belief that they can change the welcome. Murray says that these kinds of efforts world, and, by golly, maybe they can.” Since demolish community stereotypes about who becoming mayor, Murray has worked with DePauw students are and what matters to them.

Bonner students find themselves understanding Bonner Scholars as interns at City Hall. She community members better, too. finds that the most successful internships begin with a focus on what students are passionate about.

SOPHOMORE BONNER SCHOLAR Mary E. Her most recent Bonner intern is sophomore Arnold has spent some of her time supporting Jorge A. Pule, who approached Murray about efforts at a local healthcare clinic. Not only an internship focused on enhancing towndoes she feel she’s been able to have impact gown relations. She told him, “Let’s start with there, but also some of her most valuable what’s important to you.” Pule said that as a experiences as a DePauw student have come

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Tenets of the DePauw Bonner Scholar Program • Colleges and universities have a vital role to play in society in developing student leaders dedicated to community service.

• Often, the best way to help people is to give them the opportunity to help themselves.

• The people best able to understand and address a problem are the people most directly affected by it.

• The best community service partnerships are based on mutual respect and common commitments.

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from an expanded sense of community.

“Greencastle folks have supported me in all my efforts as a college student more than I could ever have expected.”

Demar O. Ayee, a first-year Bonner Scholar who grew up in Jamaica, agrees. “A lot of students come to DePauw and don’t get to know anyone in the Greencastle community,” he says. “It’s actually really wonderful to get to know these people; they’re awesome.”

Positive relationships with local community members are a common thread in the Bonner Scholars’ reports. That’s not surprising, given that the Bonner model views effective service as a collaboration with those being served. (See tenets of the DePauw Bonner Scholar Program, left.) This is a new way of thinking about service for some first-year Bonner students.

Junior Katherine A. White explains the distinction. “It means that our service isn’t just largesse. It’s not one person reaching down to help someone. It is a partnership between those who serve and those who are served. My thinking about this has changed profoundly.”

SERVICE IS ABOUT “education and empowerment,” Betty Jin Jin Cao, a senior Bonner Scholar, adds. “It’s meant to prevent problems, not just alleviate them.” The students often find themselves thinking about complex issues from both the top down and bottom up.

On one hand, their work in the community recognizes that sometimes the people best equipped to identify and tackle a problem are the people most directly affected by it. On the other, sometimes solutions require changes to take place outside the local community; policies or laws need to be adjusted. The more one knows about all of the resources available to affect change, the more impact one can have.

Grace L. Kestler is this year’s senior intern responsible for overseeing Bonner events on campus. Connecting larger policy questions with local community issues has been powerful, according to her. “The best part about Bonner is that it gets us really informed about the issues that affect the organizations we work with, and that we’re learning along with those we serve,” she says. “It’s about being

a part of the community you’re in.” While many service programs in high schools and colleges tend to be extracurricular, without a direct connection to work being done in the classroom, the Bonner program encourages students to think of their service as an integral part of their educational experience.

Nicholas Flores, a senior who is student government vice president as well as a Bonner Scholar, sees the service placements as a great help to his education. “Connecting local work with systemic issues makes us much better able to understand complex policy concerns,” he says.

Reading about a social issue in a textbook can differ from experiencing it firsthand. The experience has helped Flores understand social issues and see a gap between what a community identifies as its needs and what outsiders assume it needs. Real-world complexity makes some academic projects feel like a comparative breeze.

The connection flows the other way, too,

as the knowledge and skills students acquire in the classroom often support their service.

Bonner Scholars have used their education courses in helping single mothers obtain their GEDs, shared what they’ve learned in fine arts courses with elementary school children, and

nonprofit organizations or government.

Others find ways to serve their communities while pursuing careers in a wide variety of fields. While they have joined the FBI, started businesses, and pursued medical and legal degrees, their collective experiences as Bonner Scholars motivate them to be civically engaged and part of making their communities a better place.

DePauw’s Bonner Scholars believe that communities will always need the service of those with the desire to improve things. The Bonner program at DePauw and on other campuses is a model for the nation about how higher education might better deliver on its promise to produce leaders with solutions for today’s most pressing problems, Bonner Foundation President Bobby Hackett says.

Or as Jorge Pule puts it, “DePauw does a really good job of developing a culture that believes you can make a change in the world, and Bonner instills that even more.”

FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS DEPAUW BONNER SCHOLARS HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON THE GREENCASTLE COMMUNITY. AND IT HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON THEM. applied lessons in entrepreneurship to help local artisans develop a market for their work.

The Bonner students agree that their service while in school offers many benefits – opportunities to develop skills in leadership, planning, event organization, communication and working with diversity. Some Bonner Scholars go on to careers in civic engagement,

Recent placements for DePauw Bonner Scholars • A-Way Home Shelter • CASA • City of Greencastle • Family Support Services • Greencastle Humane Society • Greencastle Public Schools • Johnson-Nichols Clinic • Putnam County Hospital • Putnam County United Way • Teen Court

LEFT: BONNER SCHOLARS, FROM LEFT: NICHOLAS FLORES, BETTY JIN JIN CAO, DEMAR O. AYEE AND GRACE L. KESTLER.

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JONATHAN B. BAILOR ’05 The Smarter Science of Slim and The Smarter Science of Slim Workbook (Aavia Publishing – ISBN: 978-0-9835208-0-1 and 978-0-9835208-3-2) Jonathan Bailor spent the past decade collaborating with top doctors and researchers to analyze more than 10,000 pages of academic research related to diet, exercise and weight loss. The end result is a straightforward, simple and easy-to-read book and workbook in which he bridges the gap between the academic and everyday worlds to dispel myths and hype about obesity and weight loss. The book covers what the experts have proven about weight loss, health and fitness. In the book’s foreword, Dr. JoAnn E. Manson of Harvard Medical School writes, “The scientific community knows a great deal about how the human body works. In culling the literature and gathering the results of so many clinical studies, Jonathan Bailor presents a weight-loss program that is based on rigorous science.” The workbook features the five-week Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins and UCLA-endorsed program to burn fat permanently.

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ROBERT M. BURLEIGH ’57 and Barry Blitt, illustrator The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn (Atheneum Books for Young Readers – ISBN: 978-0-689-83041-9) Robert Burleigh’s book is a clever play on one of the most well-known American classics. Everyone knows the story of the raft on the Mississippi and that ol’ whitewashed fence, but now it’s time to get right acquainted with the man behind the pen: Mark Twain. An interesting character he was … even if he did sometimes get gussied up in linen suits and even if he did make it rich and live in a house with so many tiers and gazebos that it looked like a weddin’ cake. The book begins with a warning for the reader to “Be advised that the author of this book, Huckleberry Finn, is not a writer. In fact, he almost never went to school,” but no one is more right for the job of telling the story than Huck himself. And, he’ll tell you one thing – that Mr. Twain was a piece a work. Famous for his sense of humor and saying exactly what’s on his mind, a real satirist he was. True to Huck’s voice, this picture-book biography is a riverboat ride into the life of a real American treasure. Burleigh is author of many books for children, including Stealing Home, Clang! Clang! Beep!

Beep!, and By My Brother’s Side.

MARJORIE SCHLATTER HOPKINS ’79 Dying to Meet Him – Wit and Wisdom from a Funeral Director’s Wife (Tate Publishing and Enterprises, LLC – ISBN: 978-1-61346-489-2) As the wife of a funeral director, Marjorie Hopkins got a much closer glimpse of death and, in consequence, life. During this time, and while praying for years about her own fear of death, she overcame her fear and was drawn to the conclusion that humans avoid thinking about and planning for this one, unavoidable event in life. She wrote Dying to Meet Him in order to provide a more eternal and spiritual perspective on everyday life and help people prepare for the inescapable.

In the book’s dedication, Hopkins, who majored in English composition, acknowledges the lifelong impact DePauw had on her: This work is dedicated to DePauw University, my alma mater, to fulfill a promise I made to Louis J. Fontaine ’52, who served DePauw in various capacities during his long career with the University.

While director of admission and financial aid in the late 1970s, he arranged for special financial assistance for me for my senior year and secured my promise that my first book would be dedicated to the University. Thank you, Mr. Fontaine: Here’s to you and to DePauw!

TIMOTHY R. PEARSON ’76 The Old Rules of Marketing Are Dead: 6 New Rules to Reinvent Your Brand and Reignite Your Business (McGraw-Hill Professional – ISBN: 978-0071788229) The world has changed in dramatic ways, and new communication technologies have emerged. In this new world order, the one thing that has not changed is marketing.

Somehow, marketers missed the memo. Today, most companies practice marketing the same way as they did in the 1970s and ’80s.

The Old Rules no longer apply, and New Rules have been written for which CEOs, CDOs, CMOs, business leaders, entrepreneurs, practitioners and students alike are clamoring. In The Old Rules of Marketing Are Dead, Tim Pearson, founder, president and CEO of Pearson Advisors|| Partners, a marketing management consulting firm serving Fortune 1000 and brand-driven clients and adviser to senior management, calls for nothing short of a marketing revolution.

Almost everything must be thrown out – and marketers must embrace technology, a new role in business and real accountability. He delineates the New Rules for succeeding and how to break out of old – and increasingly ineffective – routines in order to reinvent a company or organization.

M. Scott Wilkerson • M. Beth Wilkerson • Stephen Marshak

GEOTOURS WORKBOOK A GUIDE FOR EXPLORING GEOLOGY AND CREATING PROJECTS USING Google Earth™

J. STUART SHOWALTER ’68 The Law of Healthcare Administration, sixth edition (Health Administration Press – ISBN: 978-1-56793-421-2) The updated edition of The Law of Healthcare Administration offers a practical examination of healthcare law from the management perspective. It includes discussions of recent legal developments in high-profile areas, including liability of managed care organizations; challenges to tax-exempt status; and developments related to privacy. The 2010 Affordable Care Act is given extensive coverage, focusing on the implications for corporate integrity programs, fraud enforcement, patients’ access to care and physician/ hospital relations. The book is written in plain language for ease of use, and objectives, summaries and discussion questions highlight important points in each chapter. New features in this edition include a chapter that tracks the history of healthcare and historical foundations of health law, and updated references to The Joint Commission standards. A thorough treatment of healthcare law in the United States, The Law of Healthcare Administration is targeted for use in college-level classrooms or as a reference manual for healthcare administrators.

M. SCOTT WILKERSON, University Professor and professor of geosciences; M. BETH WILKERSON, Faculty Instructional Technology Support Geographic Information Systems specialist; and Stephen Marshak Geotours Workbook, a Guide for Exploring Geology and Creating Projects using Google Earth™ (W.W. Norton – ISBN: 978-0-39391891-5).

Geotours Workbook is divided into three sections. The first is the Google Earth interface. The second includes 19 Geotour worksheets with multiplechoice questions covering different geoscience topics. The third section provides step-by-step instructions about how to develop media-rich content for Google Earth (e.g., learn how to drape geo-referenced maps with transparency that can be adjusted over 3-D terrain, link photographs and videos within spatially referenced placemarks, create self-running, lowaltitude flight paths along prescribed corridors, and use time-sequence imagery to view temporal changes of landforms and/or cultural features.

The workbook may be used with any introductory geoscience textbook to enhance comprehension of geoscience concepts and processes, or it may be used independently as a standalone book for learning how to create feature-rich Google Earth projects.

Tim Pearson’s book (see description page 28) was named to The New York Times Best Seller list and has been #1 on bestseller lists by International Business Times, USA Today, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.

Pearson answers questions about his recent book.

DM: You’ve described the attributes of a brand as being like the characteristics of a personality. How important is it that these attributes be as much a part of an organization’s internal culture as they are about the perception of the product out in the marketplace?

TP: An organization’s internal culture does not have to mirror its product (or service), or vice versa for that matter. It’s the organization’s dealings and interactions with the consumer or customer that must be consistent with its brand promise – ideally where that promise is delivered consistently over time and brought to life through the organization’s products or services. As an example, think of Apple. Last year in Apple’s commercial for the then-new iPhone 4, a new father showed a new grandfather the first pictures of his new baby. That’s the Apple philosophy encapsulated in very personal terms: the customer’s experience with the company and its products – captured by easy-to-use technology and exquisitely designed products – is primary and generationally long lasting.

DM: What are the pitfalls in treating technology as a “silver bullet” for reaching customers?

TP: Ultimately, all pitfalls lead to the same unhappy ending – probable failure – that is particularly true when new technologies are viewed as a panacea. There are not any silver bullets in business or in life. If you live for and by the “silver bullet” – you’re likely to die by one fired by a competitor that you never saw or even knew existed.

DM: What kind of traits and skills are most important for a young person interested in making a career in marketing today?

TP: In addition to the traditional and requisite business-related skills and methodologies that all good graduate schools teach as part of their standard curriculum, what ultimately sets great marketers apart from run-of-the mill practitioners is an almost innate and insatiable curiosity about people and markets, the ability to persuasively communicate ideas and concepts, and the passion and desire to make a real difference in the organizations or enterprises that are their employers. Great leaders and marketers alike also view accountability as a blessing and not a curse.

These leaders have two common traits: a laser-like focus on potential and growth with a concomitant leadership ability to inspire and achieve.

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175TH ANNIVERSARY NEWS Plan to join us for a New York City 175th Anniversary “Toast to DePauw” co-hosted by Vice President Dan Quayle ’69 and Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ’57 June 12, 2012 The Waldorf Astoria 301 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022 For ticket information, please call the Office of Advancement at 800-446-5298.

175TH ANNIVERSARY CALENDAR OF EVENTS March 1, 2012 • 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Regional Alumni 175th Anniversary Celebration Columbia Club

March 7, 2012 • 8 p.m.

175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw Discourse Kyle S. Smitley ’07, founder and owner, Barley & Birch East College, Meharry Hall April 2012 – Tentative 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw Discourse Bret Baier ’92, anchor, Fox News Network

April 18, 2012 • 6-8 p.m.

Dallas Regional Alumni 175th Anniversary Alumni Celebration

May 5, 2012 Celebration of DePauw Athletics and Hall of Fame Reunion The Inn at DePauw, Social Center

May 10, 2012 • 8 p.m.

175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw Discourse Joseph P. Allen IV ’59, former U.S. astronaut East College, Meharry Hall

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June 6-10, 2012 Alumni Reunion Weekend (175th anniversary of Indiana Asbury University opening) Alumni Association Board of Directors Reunion Rector Scholars Reunion Special historical tours Met and Married alumni renewal of vows

Oct. 4-6, 2012 Old Gold Weekend 175th Celebration and Board of Trustees Reunion, Royalty Reunion and Union Board concert (concluding Student Life Festival)

Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2012 ArtsFest

June 10, 2012 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw Discourse Rev. Kevin R. Armstrong ’82, senior pastor, North United Methodist Church, Indianapolis Gobin United Methodist Church

May 4, 2013 Celebrating 175 of DePauw’s most exceptional alumni

June 5-9, 2013 Alumni Reunion Weekend

June 12, 2012 “Toast to DePauw” with co-hosts Vice President Dan Quayle ’69 and Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ’57 New York City

Oct. 1-5, 2012 175th Anniversary Student Life Festival

Oct. 4, 2012 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw Discourse William F. Rasmussen ’54, founder of ESPN

175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong Discourse will feature: John Jakes ’53, best-selling author Ferid Murad ’58, Nobel Prize recipient (March 2013) Angie Hicks Bowman ’95, founder of Angie’s List Joseph R. Flummerfelt ’58, conductor/ artistic director, Westminster Choir College (May 2013)

For more information, visit www.depauw.edu/alumni or email the Office of Alumni Relations at alumnioffice@depauw.edu.

“ONE CAN’T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF THOSE WHO CREATED THIS UNIVERSITY NEARLY TWO CENTURIES AGO, BUT WE SURELY KNOW THEY WERE HOPEFUL. CREATING NEW UNIVERSITIES IS NOTHING, IF NOT A REMARKABLE ACT OF HOPE. AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY – TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HOPE.” – PRESIDENT BRIAN W. CASEY, speaking to the students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members gathered in the Great Hall of the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the University’s 175th anniversary on Jan. 10.

SEEKING 175 EXCEPTIONAL ALUMNI IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY’S 175th ANNIVERSARY, DEPAUW IS LOOKING TO RECOGNIZE 175 OF ITS MOST EXCEPTIONAL ALUMNI. NOMINATE YOUR PEERS, CLASSMATES AND MENTORS TODAY. To nominate a DePauw alumnus or alumna who has provided exceptional leadership or innovation in his or her profession or community, please complete a nomination form online at www.depauw.edu/about/175celebration/exceptionalalumni. Recipients of previous awards from DePauw are eligible for nomination. All nominees must have attended DePauw for at least one semester. Posthumous nominations are encouraged. Nominations will be accepted until June 30, 2012.

Please send completed nomination forms and any additional materials to: 175 Exceptional Alumni Awards DePauw University 300 East Seminary Street P.O. Box 37 Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 Materials may also be emailed to respond@depauw.edu or faxed to 765-658-4172.

Additional materials – such as a biographical sketch, curriculum vitae, newspaper clippings or other supporting documentation – may be included or mailed separately and noted as appropriate. Letters of support are also encouraged.

EIGHT ALUMNI RECEIVED AWARDS DURING OLD GOLD WEEKEND 2011. JUDSON C. GREEN ’74 RECEIVED THE OLD GOLD GOBLET, WHICH RECOGNIZES EMINENCE IN LIFE’S WORK AND SERVICE TO ALMA MATER. ALSO RECEIVING AWARDS, IN PHOTO FROM LEFT, WERE: WILLIAM F. CARROLL ’73, DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ROBERT R. CARPENTER ’78, DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP; MARY LEONARD RAMSHAW ’ 70, DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR MEDIA; ROBERT C. NORDVALL ’62, DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT; DOROTHY SAMS HEALY ’62, DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CITIZENSHIP AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE; LISA HENDERSON BENNETT ’ 93, YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD; PRESIDENT BRIAN W. CASEY; AND KEVIN D. JAMES ’83, DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS.

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WHY WE GIVE To support international study, to reward teacher-scholars, to ensure that the experience of current students is just as good as it was for students past, if not better — those who give to DePauw give for many reasons. Mostly, they give to make a difference.

LEFT: J. WILLIAM “BILL” ASHER ’50 AND HIS WIFE, DOROTHY,

The University appreciates and depends on endowed gifts for academic programs to maintain the excellent quality of a DePauw education.

Such gifts also allow the University to designate more resources for financial aid, helping more students attend DePauw while strengthening the education they receive. Through Professor Asher’s vision and generosity, DePauw’s psychology department and several other departments offer students invaluable experiences and skills that distinguish them in the competition for internships, jobs and graduate school.

Asher funds support student research

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ePauw students and members of the faculty, staff and administration gathered in Roy O. West Library on Oct. 28, 2011, to welcome J. William “Bill” Asher ’50 and his wife, Dorothy, back to campus and to recognize the outstanding academic opportunities made possible by the resources of two endowed funds established by Professor Asher.

A professor emeritus of education and psychological sciences at Purdue

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University, he earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at Purdue. He is co-author of the textbook Educational Research in addition to numerous articles and other books.

In 1996 Professor Asher created the J. William and Katherine C. Asher Endowed Research Fund to support psychological research and scholarly efforts. He established the J. William Asher and Dorothy A. Asher Fund in the Social Sciences in 2010 to support social science research and scholarly efforts in the areas of history, economics and management, and political science.

Ronald and Cynthia Holmberg: touching students’ lives

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very scholarship touches students’ lives. For Holmberg Scholars, their scholarship goes one step further.

Established to aid students with financial need who graduate from a Chicago high school, the Ronald K. and Cynthia Brooks Holmberg Scholarship currently funds a four-year scholarship annually. As with all scholarship funding, the Holmberg Scholarship plays a major role in allowing qualified students

“This was the right need at the right time.”

RONALD K. HOLMBERG ’54

the opportunity to attain a DePauw education. What makes this scholarship unique is the personal interest the donors take in those students who are named Holmberg Scholars.

Ronald K. Holmberg ’54 and Cynthia Brooks Holmberg ’56 met at DePauw, and both came to Greencastle from Chicago. After graduation, they raised a family and, while giving regularly to the Annual Fund, were not particularly involved with their alma mater. “Once our four children were through college, we knew it was time to give back,” Cynthia explains. They toured the campus in the late 1990s and found themselves deeply impressed by the direction DePauw was headed.

Their next step was to establish their scholarship fund in 1997.

The Holmbergs have a deep interest in their scholarship recipients and enjoy staying in touch with them. Every December when students are home for the holidays, the Holmbergs organize a luncheon for their scholars, past and present. When the couple visits campus, they invite their current scholars to dinner. They keep in touch by mail and email, and a couple of years ago, they even attended a Holmberg Scholar’s

ABOVE: RONALD AND CYNTHIA HOLMBERG WITH HOLMBERG SCHOLARS.

wedding. The Holmbergs are very proud of the students they have helped; Cynthia points out that past scholars are now “lawyers, teachers, entrepreneurs, business people, social workers, graduate students … they’ve all done well.”

One decade ago, the Holmbergs helped DePauw students in a very different way. Rector Hall was destroyed by fire, and new housing had to be built soon to replace it. When an officer of the University asked the Holmbergs to assist, they did not hesitate. “It just hit

us,” Ron says. “This was the right need at the right time.” Because of their generosity, Holmberg Hall exists today as a part of Rector Village.

The Holmbergs have made a lasting impression on DePauw University, and they continue to inspire students and alumni alike as they teach philanthropy through action and involvement. One student at a recent Holmberg Scholars luncheon said it best, “I hope you know, without you, none of this would have been possible.”

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PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN DEPAUW ATHLETICS Through the years, DePauw University has earned a reputation for its commitment to academic and athletic excellence. The Tiger Club exists to maintain that level of distinction and encourage alumni, family and friends of the University to invest in the future of DePauw athletics.

A NCAA Division III institution, DePauw proudly offers 23 varsity sports programs, including men’s and women’s lacrosse, which will begin in the spring of 2013. As a member of the North Coast Athletic Conference, DePauw competes alongside some of the strongest liberal arts colleges in the nation and believes high-level athletic programs need not be sacrificed in order to meet rigorous academic standards.

As a Tiger Club member, you can play a vital role in the continuing success of DePauw athletics by providing the financial assistance needed to improve and maintain the quality of our equipment and facilities. We now offer seven giving levels that allow you to make an impact on the lives of more than 500 student-athletes each year. Join us by becoming a part of this distinguished DePauw legacy.

CONTACT US For more information about supporting DePauw Athletics, please contact: Tiger Club DePauw University 300 East Seminary Street P.O. Box 37 Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 tigerclub@depauw.edu 765-658-4086

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DEPAUW ENTERS PHASE ONE OF CAMPUS MASTER PLAN Members of the DePauw community came together at the William Weston Clarke Emison Museum of Art on Oct. 14, 2011, to celebrate the launch of Phase One of the Campus Master Plan, the first milestone in an exciting transformation of DePauw’s physical environment and academic experience.

Phase One comprises three main projects. First, the Admission Office was moved to the Emison Museum of Art to provide a more welcoming “front door” for prospective students and their families. Second, the redesign of Anderson Street defines a natural entrance to the DePauw campus. Third, the replanting of hundreds of trees will renew the University’s canopy, emphasizing the green aspects of campus life and providing a sense of beauty and pride in DePauw’s buildings and facilities.

President Brian W. Casey recognized several alumni, parents and friends who collectively gave $7 million, allowing the University to begin important changes that will make the campus truly inviting and engaging. They include: William J. Butler ’82 and Kim Klinger Butler ’81 R. David Hoover ’67 and Suzanne Anderson Hoover ’67

Myrta Pulliam, Friend Marshall W. Reavis IV ’84 and Amy Zino Reavis, Friend James G. Stewart ’64 and Andrea Stewart, Friend Lee E. Tenzer ’64 and Marilyn E. Tenzer, Parent John H. Wallace ’76 and Sarah Reese Wallace ’76 Richard D. Wood ’48 and Billie Lou Wood, Friend M. Scott Welch ’82 and Kimberlee Ann Welch, Parent President Casey expressed gratitude for the hard work of Tony T. Robertson, project manager, and Richard N. Vance, associate vice president for facilities.

He also introduced Jonathan Hess, the president and secretary of Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects in Indianapolis.

President Casey recognized and thanked Gary P. Drew ’61 and Sandra Aldrich Drew ’62 and Sandy’s sorority sisters for their support in restoring the Alpha Chi Omega Carillon bells. Alpha Chi Omega was founded at DePauw as a sorority to support music and provided the initial funding for the carillon. On Oct. 14, 2011, the bells rang again for the first time in 22 years.

ARW 2012 PREVIEW • Let the celebration begin: Join us for the island-themed Friday night allalumni dinner and entertainment in Bowman Park.

• Reconnect and reminisce: Living unit and affinity group lunches will be held around campus on Saturday.

• Classes of 1987 and 1962: Universitysponsored events will include a 25th reunion class reception at the president’s home, The Elms, on Friday evening and the opening reception for the 50th reunion class on Wednesday, courtesy of President Brian W. Casey.

• Rector Scholars will gather: We will celebrate the Rector Scholar Program; all Rector Scholars are invited to return to campus for the weekend.

There will be a special program and reception on Saturday afternoon.

• Don’t forget future Tigers: A special

children’s program will be available on Saturday.

• Memorial service in honor of Football Coach Tom Mont on Saturday from 2:30-3 p.m.

• Pick up your pencils and return to the classroom: Attend the many Alumni Colleges featuring current faculty members and fellow alumni throughout the weekend.

• Listen for the bagpipes: Respond to the sound as they herald the call to our Alumni Celebration in the Green

Center for the Performing Arts.

• Let the celebration continue: After class dinners, return to Bowman Park and listen to Five Easy Pieces.

• Where it all began: Plan to attend a special Met and Married Vow Renewal on Saturday morning, followed by a brief reception.

For complete information, including a schedule of events and registration details, please visit www.depauw.edu/ alumni or call toll-free 877-658-2586.

ALUMNI EVENTS The DePauw Alumni Association is home to 22 Regional Alumni Chapters that strive to connect Tiger alumni to each other and the University. Every year these chapters organize a wide range of events, including: networking opportunities, cultural and social events, educational opportunities, service projects and ever-popular Monon Bell telecast parties.

To find out more about regional alumni events or how to get involved, go to www.depauw.edu/alumni

ALUMNI IN PORTLAND, ORE., GATHERED TO CHEER ON THE TIGERS DURING THE MONON BELL GAME.

IN AUGUST MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES REGIONAL CHAPTER PARTICIPATED IN “HEAL THE BAY” AND HELPED CLEAN A LOCAL BEACH.

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Charles H. Heaton has moved to an independent living facility. His address is 500 Chapel Harbor Drive #437, Pittsburgh, PA 15238. He occasionally substitutes as organist and choir director for various Pittsburgh churches and plays recitals. Charles’ email address is chas. heaton@comcast.net.

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William “Bill” F. Rasmussen is author of Sports Junkies Rejoice! The Birth of ESPN. Bill was among 39 business leaders interviewed in the book Tough Calls From the Corner Office, as well as one of the 2011 class of The Champions: Pioneers & Innovators in Sports Business.

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CLASS NOTES The class notes section of DePauw Magazine allows DePauw alumni to keep their classmates and the University current on their careers, activities and whereabouts. Class Notes printed in DePauw Magazine will also be included in the online version of the magazine. We will publish as many photos as possible, but due to space limitations and reproduction-quality requirements, we are not able to publish every photo. Photos cannot be returned. To have your photo considered for publication, it must meet these requirements: • Group photos of alumni gatherings, including weddings, will be considered. Please include everyone’s full name (first, maiden, last), year of graduation, and background information on the gathering.

• Digital photos submitted must be high-quality jpegs of at least 300 dpi (or a file size of 1mb or higher).

Class Notes can be sent to DePauw Magazine, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037.

You may also submit via the DePauw Alumni Gateway, by faxing to 765-658-4625 or emailing dgrooms@depauw.edu.

Please direct questions to Larry Ligget, editorial assistant, at 765-658-4627 or larryligget@depauw.edu.

Max W. Dixon is an international keynote speaker and professional communication coach and actor. As an actor, he focuses on Shakespeare.

He appears as a guest artist with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and Auburn University. He contributed a book chapter to Paid to Speak, Best Practices for Building a Successful Speaking Business.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was recipient of the National Public Service Award from the John and Terry Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law at Stanford Law School, Oct. 19, 2011. He is an advisory member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees.

Dr. Maynard D. Poland is author of On Wings of Trust, a true story about Carole Leigh Litten’s struggle to become a Navy and a commercial pilot.

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Daniel E. Lewis Jr. was honored by the Indiana State Bar Association in recognition for practicing 50 years of law. He practices at Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LLP, law firm in La Porte, Ind. Dr. Ferid Murad was inducted to the South Shore Wall of Legends, December 2011, at the South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority.

Inductees are those from Northwest Indiana “who have changed the world and reflect the values of exploration, courage, creativity and innovation.”

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Rev. Thomas L. Brunkow ’61 and son, Ben

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The Delta Delta Delta class of 1960 was hosted, September 2011, by Walter F. and Marilyn (Miller) Schmid in Williamsburg, Va. (See photo.)

1961

Rev. Thomas L. Brunkow, who is in his third season in the 70-and-over division, won three of the four United States Tennis Association (USTA) national championships with his partner. Tom writes, “Each year the USTA sponsors a national championship on each of the four surfaces: indoor courts, hard courts, grass courts and clay courts. In 2011 we won the Indoors held in Houston, Grass Courts in Philadelphia and Clay Courts in Pinehurst, N.C. We did not play the Hard Courts in California.” He and his partner are now the topranked team in the United States.

Tom says a contributing factor to his success has been the support of his wife, Katherine Ault Brunkow ’64. At one match, Tom enjoyed the support of his classmates, Thomas P. Blake, Robert G. Fox and Gerald P. Sakura. Tom was the keynote speaker at the DePauw 20th Anniversary Celebration of the DePauw Alumni Tennis Association (DATA). (See photo.)

1962

Margaret Boe Birns writes, “I would like to take a moment to remember my old sorority sister, Susan Hufford, Class of ’60. Sadly, Susie passed away in 2006; something I only learned recently. My heart goes out to friends and family members for their loss.

I know all those who knew her will feel the same.”

The 1960 TriDelt class met in Williamsburg, Va. Those attending included Lenora Mann Fossum ’60, Meredith Towner Palmer ’60, Jane C. Rininger ’60, Sharon Stallings WatsonWardrum ’60, Nancy Crane Heller ’60, Kay Bales Geiger ’60, Janet McGriff Laudeman ’60, Patricia Zwickel Godwin ’60, Judith McNew Kiely ’60, Carol Schmeichel Tennessen ’60, Ann Phillips Prosser ’60 and Marilyn Miller Schmid ’60.

Five members of the Class of 1962 met recently to renew an ongoing friendship. They met 50 years ago as orientation leaders in the fall of 1960. Those present were David S. Cannom, Roger R. Fross, Robert S. Atcheson, John E. Suster III and Robert C. Nordvall.

David L. Callies is co-author of A Concise Introduction to Property Law and Eminent Domain: A Handbook of Condemnation Law. David is Benjamin A. Kudo Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law.

1963

Karen Koning AbuZayd retired as commissionergeneral of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. She returned to DePauw, Nov. 8, 2011, to deliver the inaugural Johnson-Wright Lecture in Conflict Studies to honor Russell J. Compton, professor of religion and philosophy at DePauw from 1951-74.

Several alumni from the Class of 1965 met at the 50th reunion of the Arlington High School Class of 1961 in Arlington Heights, Ill. Those attending included Susan Ferry Bartizal, Fred J. Bartizal Jr., Beryl Bobinette Bills, Elizabeth Buck Brandt, Mercedes M. Condy, Robert J. Bolas, Linda Younts Bolas ’66 and Tim B. Hunter.

1964

1966

Jack Steele was recognized for dedication and longtime service to the Southwest Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society (SOWEGA) with an Outstanding Service Award. Jack joined the faculty of Albany State College in 1970 as assistant professor of chemistry and became professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics, retiring in 2005. After retirement, he continued to teach part-time and provide a space where chemists in the south Georgia region could gather to socialize and discuss matters of interest. He was co-founder of the SOWEGA Section 30 years ago. He and his wife live in Albany, Ga.

1965

Bernard W. Bever is author of Unauthorized, a collection of poetry written from 1970 to the present.

Lezlie (Chesbrough) and Larry H. Mayfield ’67 returned to Guam, where they taught during the Vietnam War. Larry and Lezlie looked up old friends.

The Guam paper printed an article about their trip, inspiring reactions from the Guam diaspora and royal treatment by the governor on their arrival. Larry is an adjunct professor teaching insurance at six campuses across South Carolina. Lezlie stays busy with knitting, working out and family. They both enjoy traveling.

Their email address is lmay44@ bellsouth.net. (See photo.)

Robert F. Wells is recipient of the 2011 Helen Gratz Rockefeller Outstanding Volunteerism Award, which was presented by Family Centers, a private, nonprofit organization offering education and human services to children, adults

Larry H. and Lezlie (Chesbrough ’66) Mayfield ’67

and families in Fairfield County, Conn. Bob is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees.

1967

Larry H. and Lezlie (Chesbrough ’66) Mayfield returned to Guam, where they taught during the Vietnam War. Larry and Lezlie looked up old friends. The Guam paper printed an article about their trip, inspiring reactions from the Guam diaspora and royal treatment by the governor on their arrival. Larry is an adjunct professor teaching insurance at six campuses across South Carolina.

Lezlie stays busy with knitting, working out and family. They both enjoy traveling. Their email address is lmay44@bellsouth.net. (See photo.)

1969

John C. Campbell, sports director at KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was inducted into the University of Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium Media Wall of Fame, Sept.

16-17, 2011. In January 2012, John was inducted into the Cedar Rapids Baseball Hall of Fame. He and his wife, Mary, live in Cedar Rapids. They have two children, Kelly and T.J.

1970

J. Patrick Grady is author of a nonfiction book, Out Of The Ruins. The book chronicles life in frontier Phoenix from its founding in 1867 to incorporation in 1881.

Patrick and his wife, Leslie, can be reached at P.O. Box 306, Cave Creek, AZ 85327. He contributes regular monthly columns to the Cave Creek Museum Nuggets newsletter and serves on the museum’s board. His email address is jpatrickgrady@q.com.

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Members of the 1972 Delta Gamma class attending the annual reunion included Linda Bellinger Kinnett ’72, MaryAnn Knapp Smith ’72, Claire Heilbuth Weiser ’72, Sue Bruton McConochie ’72, Anne Troxel Golden ’72 and Sharon Anderson Mellin ’72.

Delta Gammas from the Class of 1977 met in Hilton Head, S.C. Those attending included Tamara Boston Anderson ’77, Katherine Koch Joyce ’77, Katherine Roth Nunn ’77, Patricia Smith Choban ’77, Ann B. Engeli-Behnke ’77, Beth Granger O’Connell ’77 and Pamela R. Clinkenbeard ’77.

1971

W. Wayne Farris and Carol Brewer of Cape Town, South Africa, were married in 2010. Wayne published his sixth book, Japan to 1600: A Social and Economic History, which is widely used as a college textbook. He also is author of Daily Life and Demographics In Ancient Japan. During 2011, he had his first sabbatical in 12 years and spent more than two months in Cape Town with Carol and nine months in Tokyo on a Fulbright scholarship, researching the history of Japanese green tea. Wayne’s email address is wfarris@hawaii.edu.

Scott F. N. Wing is head of school for the Boca Raton, Fla., campus of Pine Crest School.

Now a grandfather of four girls, two of whom attend Pine Crest, he enjoys observing them from a distance as they go about their daily routines of work and play at school.

1972

Members of the 1972 Delta Gamma class held their annual reunion in Selma, Ind., in 2011. (See photo.)

Carol Porter Rhine is principal fundraising consultant for Target Analytics, a Blackbaud Company.

She works with NGOs throughout the world.

Steven P. Schmidt is chief operating officer of Summa Foundation and vice president of clinical research and innovation for Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio.

1973

Allen A. Bell Jr. is a real estate lawyer for the Sitka Tribe of Alaska.

Craig E. Capehart received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for his work representing Texas on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP), an independent federal advisory committee. Craig served three years on TAP, which advises the Internal Revenue Service on customer service and taxpayer satisfaction issues.

WILLIAM F. CARROLL JR. ’73, is vice president of Occidental Chemical Corporation. He was elected chair of the board of directors of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. He is adjunct industrial professor of chemistry at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. He was recipient of the 2011 Harry & Carol Mosher Award presented by the Santa Clara Valley Section of the American Chemical Society to recognize and encourage outstanding work in chemistry. He was recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Science and Technology during Old Gold Weekend.

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James B. Stewart Jr. received the 2011 Elliott V. Bell Award from the New York Financial Writers Association, Oct. 19, 2011. The award recognizes an individual’s lifetime contributions to the field of financial journalism. Jim is a New York Times columnist, financial journalist and author as well as a trustee of DePauw.

1974

Roland T. Rust is recipient of the 2012 American Marketing Association/ Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing Educator Award for distinguished service and outstanding contributions in marketing education.

Roland is Distinguished University Professor and David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing at Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

1975

Lale Cilenti lives in Bullhead City, Ariz. She is physical sciences department chair at Mohave Community College,

where she teaches chemistry and mathematics. Her email address is lcilenti@mohave.edu.

1976

Darlene Montgomery Ryan was elected secretary of the board of directors of the National Business Incubation Association. She is executive director of TECH Fort Worth (Texas), a nonprofit business incubator that helps companies commercialize their technologies. Darlene is a member of DePauw’s Board of Trustees.

Seven Delta Gammas from the DePauw Class of 1977 met in Hilton Head, S.C., for a mini-reunion in September 2011. (See photo.)

1978

Charlotte L. Alexander is executive director of the San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)

Arts Council. She is a member of the board of trustees at Cuesta College. Charlotte is married to Dave Congalton, a former professor of communication at DePauw and now a radio talk show host.

Jami Osborne Kelly is director of the Great Lakes region of Frankenmuth Insurance.

1979

Dr. Mark R. Kelley is editor of DNA Repair in Cancer Therapy: Molecular Targets and Clinical Applications and also contributed two chapters to the book. He is the Betty and Earl Herr Chair in Pediatric Oncology Research at Indiana University School of Medicine. He and his wife,

Susan Wexelberg Kelley ’79, live in Zionsville, Ind. Marjorie Schlatter Hopkins is author of Dying to Meet Him: Wit and Wisdom from a Funeral Director’s Wife.

(See Recent Words, page 28.)

David J. Truelove is a partner with Hill Wallack LLP, where he works in the Bucks County, Pa., and Princeton, N.J., offices. He is a member of the firm’s employment and labor law group.

Darlene Stanich Jensen is executive director of Catamount Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo., whose mission is to heighten the community’s awareness of environmental and sustainability issues in order to inspire ecological stewardship.

1981

Judith Banker Castellini is chair of Hadley School for the Blind in Winnetka, Ill. Judith is a member of DePauw’s Board of Visitors.

Kay E. Pashos is a senior partner with Ice Miller LLP in Indianapolis.

She focuses on energy and utility regulation.

Michael R. Weadick is one of the 2012 inductees into the Athletic Hall of Fame at Oak Hills High School in Cincinnati.

1982

Rev. Kevin R. Armstrong is president of Methodist Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital. Kevin is senior pastor of North United Methodist Church in Indianapolis.

Kenneth A. Prine is a partner at the information law firm of Redgrave LLP.

1983

David W. Hills is a senior vice president of legal affairs at dunnhumbyUSA in Cincinnati.

David A. Morris is a senior vice president at Colliers International in St. Louis. He is president of the commercial division of the St. Louis Association of Realtors.

1984

Susan Cislak Sokolsky is executive assistant for the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. She and her family live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Susan serves on the National Board of Dumbarton House in Washington, D.C., a federal period historic home. Susan’s email address is ssokolsky@nesml.org (See photo.)

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Kenneth L. Fellman is senior vice president and consumer banking manager for Johnson Financial Group. He serves on the Kenosha County (Wis.) Workforce Development board and is president of Kenosha Community Foundation.

David E. Jones was named one of California’s Top 100 Lawyers by the Daily Journal. Dave was selected based on his efforts to protect consumers through new regulations, enforcement actions and civil lawsuits initiated since he became California State Insurance Commissioner in January 2011.

Kathryn Prine Johnson is an analyst with the information law firm of Redgrave LLP. Jason S. Wright is vice president for development at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. He and his family live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Jason leads the music for a contemporary service at Cedar Rapids Westminster Presbyterian Church. Jason’s email address is jwright@ncsml.org (See photo.)

Peter G. Ruppert was The Robert C. McDermond Center Lecture Series speaker, Sept. 22, 2011, at DePauw.

Peter is president and chief executive officer of American Education Group in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Michael D. Stehlik resigned as head women’s soccer coach at Gustavus Adolphus College after 22 years of service.

1987

Dennis E. Bland was listed among Who’s Who in Education in the Indianapolis Business Journal. Dennis is president of the Center for Leadership Development, an Indianapolis notfor-profit dedicated to empowering African-American youth for

Jason S. Wright ’84 and Susan Cislak Sokolsky ’84 at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, where they both work.

academic, college and career success.

Dr. James A. Hill is a full-time partner and educational supervisor at Baldry Gardens Family Practice in London, and is a part-time Suzuki violin instructor.

Terry R. Myers returned to DePauw, Oct. 10, 2011, to discuss his book, Painting. He discussed the state of painting today, and its cyclical death and rebirth over the past 40 years. Terry is associate professor of painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Kent A. Ono is co-editor of Critical Rhetorics of Race. He is a professor of Asian American Studies and media and cinema studies at the University of Illinois.

Jeffrey D. Wood is senior vice president of airlines and fleets at StandardAero.

Harrison College. Shelley was chair of community programs for the 2012 Super Bowl Committee, and she is vice president of the board for College Mentors for Kids and a member of the human services committee at the United Way of Central Indiana.

Douglas A. McElhaney is an instrumental music teacher at Crestview Middle School in Huntington, Ind.

1989

Jeffrey L. Harmening was speaker in the McDermond Center Lecture Series at DePauw, Nov. 10, 2011. Jeff rey is president of Big G Cereal Division for General Mills in Minneapolis.

1992

Michelle Merkel Yoakam and her husband, Greg, announce the birth of their son, Blake Charles Yoakam, Feb. 28, 2011. Blake joins sister Brooke and brother Zac.

Anna Cahill Leonard is president of AxiCom U.S., a global technology communications firm.

Caroline Rall Diwik is a member of the Columbus, Ohio, law firm of Dinsmore & Shohl. She is a member of the litigation department and workers’ compensation practice group.

Shelley M. Hunter is associate provost for student services at

Michele Weber Dye received a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree

1988

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from The Ohio State University in June 2011. She is a clinical nurse specialist in critical care at The Ohio State University Medical Center.

1993

Deborah L. Else and her husband, Cory Engdale, announce the birth of their daughter, Riley Ann Engdale, April 25, 2011.

Riley joins sisters Anna, 3, and Lauren, 11.

1994

Marcus C. Robinson was listed among Who’s Who

in Education in the Indianapolis Business Journal. Marcus is chancellor and chief executive officer of EdPower and principal of Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School.

1995

James C. Giesen is author of Boll Weevil Blues: Cotton, Myth, and Power in the American South.

He was winner of the Jack Temple Kirby Award, which recognizes the best journal article for either southern environmental or agricultural history.

James is director of the Center for

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the History of Agriculture, Science and the Environment in the South as well as executive secretary of the Agricultural History Society. He is an assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University in Starkville, where he lives with his wife, Anne Marshall; son Walter, 4; and daughter Eleanor, 2. His email address is jcgiesen@gmail.com.

John S. MacGregor was speaker in The Robert C. McDermond Center Lecture Series at DePauw, Nov. 15, 2011. Scott is a communications associate with Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis.

Christopher B. and Amy (Houston ’96) Oler founded COLOR Marketing & Design (ww.colormktg. com), a marketing firm featuring copy and design services. They live in Carmel, Ind., with their daughter, Molly.

Jonathan R. Phillips was speaker, Nov. 3, 2011, in The Robert C. McDermond Center Lecture Series at DePauw. Jonathan is managing director of Healthcare Growth Partners, LLC, in Elmhurst, Ill.

1996

Sara S. Desmond is director of design and development at Page 1 Solutions, which provides website design and marketing for attorneys, dentists, ophthalmologists and cosmetic surgeons.

SEAN S. STEELE ’90, GREGORY “CECIL” A. STEARNS ’91 AND MARK J. BRANSFIELD ’90 recorded and released Big Kids, a CD collection of 11 original educational songs for young children and their parents. Sean is a father of two, a teacher and musician and is responsible for the lyrics and basic melodies on Big Kids as well as the CD artwork. Sean, Greg and Mark formed a band while attending DePauw and played on campus. They continue to play together under the name of Grainfed. Sean lives in Heltonville, Ind., and teaches social studies at Orleans Junior/Senior High School. Greg lives in Nashville, Tenn. where he performs. Mark is a vocalist and percussionist and lives in Chicago. Read more about the CD at www.seanandcecil.com.

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Bethann Gisel Meier is director of marketing for The Promotional Edge, a Los Angeles-based marketing and promotions agency. She spearheads strategy development and execution for entertainment industry clients.

She lives in Sun Prairie, Wis., with her husband and two daughters.

Amanda Haslam Matusak is vice president and chief counsel of brand strategy for Deskey.

Amy (Houston) and Christopher B. Oler ’95 founded COLOR Marketing & Design (ww.colormktg.com), a marketing firm featuring copy and design services. They live in Carmel, Ind., with their daughter, Molly.

Kevin M. Mendenhall and his wife,

Lori, announce the birth of their son, Tanner Matthew Mendenhall, Aug. 25, 2011. Tanner joins brothers Noah, 6, and Colin, 3; and sister Sadie, 5, at their home in Hinckley, Ohio.

Rafael F. and Kristina (Rankovic) Toro-Quinones announce the birth of their son, Stefan Luka ToroQuinones, Sept. 20, 2011. Rafael is squadron commander and conductor for the United States Air Force Heartland of America Band. The family’s mailing address is 12101 Barksdale Drive, Bellevue, NE 68123.

1997

Scott W. Rencher and his wife, Kirsten, announce the birth of their son, Matias Ryan Rencher, Sept. 10, 2011. Scott and his family live in Santiago, Chile.

1998

Jonathan W. and Dianne (Mazor) Jochim announce the birth of their twin sons, Bryson Patrick and Barrett James Jochim, June 10, 2011. Bryson and Barrett join brother Brayden at their home in Fort Myers, Fla. Laura S. Johnson and Ryan C. Heape were married Aug. 8, 2011, in Fort Morgan, Ala. Laura is a media supervisor at EchoPoint Media in Indianapolis. The couple live at 222 Buckingham Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46208. (See photo.)

Scott M. Kroeger is co-developer of a smartphone app, RestingSpot (www. restingspot.com), which uses GPS technology to locate and preserve a loved one’s final resting place.

Ericka Parkinson Kilbourne is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Michigan City, Ind. Andrew “Drew” K. Powell appeared in the Dec. 18, 2011, episode of the TNT series “Leverage,” where he reprised his role as Jack Hurley.

Paul M. Roeder is vice president of global communications for Walt Disney Studios. He was listed among “Next Gen 2011: Hollywood’s Fastest-Rising Stars” by Hollywood Reporter. He managed media coverage of global blockbusters, such as the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and the upcoming Muppets reboot.

W. Marshall Sims was speaker in The Robert C. McDermond Center Lecture Series, Oct. 28, 2011, at DePauw. Marshall is brand manager for Gillette Male Shave & Personal Care for Procter and Gamble.

Jennifer E. Vance was among America’s “50 most influential people in sales lead management” in a survey released by Sales Lead Management Association.

LAURA S. JOHNSON ’98 and Ryan C. Heape

SHANNON E. GINSBURG ’00 and Joshua Maker

Alicia Warner Davis is author of the second book in the Every Child is Beautiful Series – Incredible Kid. Proceeds from the book will benefit SMILE on Down Syndrome. The first book in her series was a tool for parents and teachers to introduce the concept of diversity. Her second book is designed as a tool to encourage self-esteem in small children.

2001

Francis “Frank” D. Byrnes and Suzanne Black were married, August 2010, in Denver.

Frank’s email address is francisbyrnes@ yahoo.com. (See photo.)

Brian E. Dixon earned a doctoral degree in health information from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), May 2011.

He is an assistant professor of health informatics at IUPUI School of Informatics. His position includes appointments as a research scientist with the Regenstrief Institute as well as the Roudebush Veteran Medical Center in Indianapolis.

Clint R. Graham and Jacqueline L. Overman ’02 were married Oct. 15, 2011, in Laguna Beach, Calif.

They live in Los Angeles. Clint is an account executive with MTV Networks. Jackie is a consultant with McGraw Hill. (See photo.)

Nicole Kuhn Kersey is managing director of Seyfarth Shaw’s Immigration Compliance Center in Atlanta. She was named Pro Bono Associate of the Year for work she did to assist military families with immigration issues. Her husband, Adam W. Kersey, is a major in the United States Army.

FRANCIS “FRANK” D. BYRNES ’01 and Suzanne Black wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Shaun M. Tuttle ’01, Anne M. DiCola ’01, Chad T. O’Hair ’00 and P. Joy Bjorseth ’01.

Jennifer Snapp Ringleb and her husband, John, announce the birth of their son, Landon Michael Ringleb, Aug. 16, 2011. Landon joins brother Carson, 4, at their home in West Melbourne, Fla. Jennifer is a school psychologist for the School Board of Brevard County. John is a firefighter and paramedic for the City of Palm Bay. Jennifer’s email address is hoosiergirl75@cfl.rr.com.

1999

Melanie Garrett Messer is director of development for the Jacksonville (Fla.) Speech and Hearing Center.

Marcus K. Rausch was listed among Who’s Who in Education in the Indianapolis Business Journal. Marcus is Indianapolis director of Stand for Children. He serves on the governing board of the National Association

of Charter School Authorizers, as a member of the Indiana Charter Schools Board and on the education committee for the United Way of Central Indiana.

2000

Shannon E. Ginsburg and Joshua Maker were married July 25, 2010, in Louisville, Ky. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Tara Ginsburg Schneider ’98, Scott L. Ginsburg ’01, Jessica Donnellon Heizman and Bradley W. Heizman. Shannon and Joshua live in Kansas City, Kan. Shannon’s email address is shannonmaker@hotmail.com. (See photo.)

Cody Jerden Reyes and her husband, Tony, announce the birth of their daughter, Taliana Reyes, June 10, 2011. Taliana joins sister Maddie, 3, at their home in Oak Park, Ill.

PHILIP R. RYKWALDER ’01 explores caves 200-300 days a year, traveling around the United States and world. He has worked for National Geographic Magazine, Weather Channel, History Channel, Discovery Channel and United States Army. He does surveying, mapping and research as well as consulting with television networks for making shows and films. Philip started Cave Now, Inc., which offers trips in Tennessee and Alabama. In 2012, Cave Now will offer National Geographic Adventures in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Philip is author of more than 20 articles on caving as well as a bi-monthly column, “Cave Chronicles,” published in National Speleological Society News. He is currently writing The Search for the Bottom of America, which chronicles his search for the deepest cave in the United States.

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Lawren K. Mills joined the public affairs team at Ice Miller Strategies LLC as of counsel in the Indianapolis office. Lawren’s email address is lawrenmills@gmail.com.

Brendan P. Rodman and his wife, Yvonne, announce the birth of their son, Keegan Patrick Rodman, Aug. 3, 2011.

DePauw alumni received a delivery from Marvin’s at the Chicago Marathon Oct. 9, 2011.

Those attending included Amy Kostrzewa Bracken ’02, Christi Soule Thompson ’02, Sarah Smith Moore ’01 and Meghann Huels Dials ’03.

Madeleine Shephard Sinclair earned a M.B.A. degree from New York University’s Stern School of Business in 2011. She is a director at BlackRock. Madeleine and her husband, Alexis, live in San Francisco. Alexis is a corporate attorney at Bingham McCutchen.

Madeleine’s email address is mcsinclair@gmail.com.

2002

Jens O. Kessler and Meta Illert were married Oct. 1, 2011, in Schesslitz, Germany.

(See photo.)

JACQUELINE L. OVERMAN ’02 and CLINT R. GRAHAM ’01 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Derron M. Harris ’01 (best man), Ramon L. Castillo ’01 (best man), Rebecca E. Tenzer ’02 (maid of honor), Anna Dinwoodie Dolan ’02 (bridesmaid), Sarah Kreutz Markway ’02, M. Holly Horton Overman ’72, Nicholas B. Bowles ’01, Matthew J. Nartker ’01, Brady C. Toliver II ’00, Steven S. Overman ’72 and Matthew H. Overman ’02.

Marvin’s restaurant delivered to DePauw alumni at the Chicago Marathon Oct. 9, 2011. (See photo.)

Jacqueline L. Overman and Clint R. Graham ’01 were married Oct. 15, 2011, in Laguna Beach, Calif.

They live in Los Angeles. Jackie is a consultant with McGraw Hill. Clint is an account executive with MTV Networks. (See photo.)

Aaron R. Quesada and his wife, Adrienne, announce the birth of their son, Jacob Aaron Quesada, Oct. 19, 2010. Aaron’s email address is aaron. quesada80.gmail.com.

JENS O. KESSLER ’02 and Meta Illert wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Devon K. Everhart ’98, Damien A. Bender ’98, Patrick M. Kessler ’98 and Susan Fall Kessler ’70.

PAUL R. MUSSON ’04 and Michele A. Faroh wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jonathan D. Lau ’04 (groomsman), Claire Sorenson Devlin ’06, Adam J. Devlin ’05, Andrew J. Gustin ’04, Robert J. Grabiel ’04, Ryan D. Venturi ’02, James “Rob” R. Miller III ’04, Jonathan L. Jenkins ’04, Matthew W. DeMoss ’04, Adam M. Werne ’04, Ian C. Runyon ’04, Lucas E. Scheidler ’04, Matthew J. Smith ’04, Thomas “Tad” R. Alford ’09 and Laura McMahan Reinking ’94. Attending but not pictured were Meredith Hass Werne ’04 and Daniel L. Toboja ’04.

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2003

Aarti A. Bajaj earned a doctoral degree in education leadership and policy studies from the University of Kansas in 2011. She is a research associate at the University of Missouri-Kansas City with the Kansas City Area Education Research Consortium.

Her research focuses on the student transition from K-12 to postsecondary education. Aarti would enjoy hearing from DePauw classmates. Her email address is bajaja@umkc.edu.

Robert O. Farber is branch manager of Access America Transport at the company’s Dublin, Ohio, location.

Access America Transport is a leading third-party logistics company.

Micah E. Ling is recipient of the 2011 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award for Emerging Author.

The award is presented to a writer who has been established as a literary force within the state and across the nation. Micah has published two poetry collections, Three Islands and Sweetgrass. She is an English professor at Franklin (Ind.) College.

Mary Murrill Smith is senior manager of event services at SmithBucklin, the world’s largest association management company.

2004

Katie (Beehler) and Maximilian M. Maile announce the birth of their son, Benjamin Ryan Maile, Aug. 22, 2011.

They live in Warsaw, Ind. Mary C. Evans and John M. McMurtery were married Aug,. 20, 2011, in Lancaster, Ohio. Mary is an arts administrator and yoga teacher.

John is a professional flutist. They live in New York City. (See photo.)

Kassey J. McQuinn and her husband, Nick Stewart, announce the birth of their daughter, Monroe McQuinn Stewart, Oct. 10, 2011. Monroe joins brother Oliver, 2. Kassey practices dentistry in Tipton, Ind. Her email address is kassey.mcquinn@gmail.com.

Paul R. Musson and Michele A. Faroh were married Aug. 13, 2011, in Fort Wayne, Ind. They live in Fort Wayne. Paul is a software developer.

Michele works in pharmaceutical sales for Lilly. (See photo.)

Ryan E. and Victoria (Klaubo) Patrick announce the birth of their daughter, Harper Micheel Patrick, Nov. 15, 2011. Ryan’s email address is ryan_ patrick32@yahoo.com. Tory’s email address is tory.klaubo@gmail.com.

R. Brian Thornton and Marilia Vinson were married Aug. 27, 2011, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brian’s email address is rthornton001@yahoo.com. (See photo.)

John A. Wallace and Lisa H. Chambers ’06 were married July 16, 2011, in Greencastle, Ind. (See photo.)

2005

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Jonathan B. Bailor is author of The Smarter Science of Slim: What the Actual Experts Have Proven About Weight Loss, Dieting, & Exercise. (See Recent Words, page 28.)

Amy E. Hayes is co-founder and executive director of Intimate Opera of Indianapolis. Intimate Opera was founded to reach the community by presenting operatic and staged works to those unfamiliar and familiar with classical music and opera.

Seth J. Kinnett is a senior analyst at Goldman Sachs in Chicago. He contributed a chapter to the sixth edition of Information Security Management Handbook.

Lya Kostrokski Hurst was special events manager for Taste of the NFL for the Super Bowl.

Kathryn E. Olivier is an associate with Baker & Daniels LLP in Indianapolis. She focuses on business litigation. (See photo.)

Kathryn E. Olivier ’05 Christin E. Serenbetz and Adam Weberman were married July 30, 2011, in New York City. Christin’s email address is christinserenbetz@ mac.com. (See photo.)

John F. Younger is senior director of business development for Roush Fenway Racing. He was among the 10 NEXT, a new award presented by SportsPro magazine and Ivy Sports Symposium to “recognize 10 stars of the sports business industry under the age of 30 that have achieved a level of success that is truly rare at such a young age.”

2006

Jessica A. Beeson is an associate vice president of public affairs for Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications.

Lisa H. Chambers and John A. Wallace ’04 were married July 16, 2011, in Greencastle, Ind. Lisa is communications manager of conventions and meetings with the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association (See photo.)

Matthew G. Hodge and Sabrina

MARY C. EVANS ’04 and John M. McMurtery wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Julia Johnston Goldberg ’04 (guest book and gift attendant) and Mary C. Moroney ’04 (mezzo-soprano soloist).

R. BRIAN THORNTON ’04 and Marilia Vinson wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jonathan L. Jenkins ’04, Benjamin G. Marston ’04, Cory R. Johnson ’04 and Jane Schaadt Johnson ’04.

J. Henry ’08 were married Aug. 28, 2010. (See photo.)

Eric T. Mattingly is baseball coach and English teacher at Indiana’s Brownsburg High School.

Ryan J. Randolph and Kathryn R. Knight ’07 were married Oct. 30, 2010, in Evansville, Ind. Ryan is an assistant vice president of commercial banking for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Kathryn is managing editor at Fastweb.com. They live in Chicago. Ryan’s email address is ryanjrandolph@gmail.com. Kathryn’s email address is kathryn.r.randolph@ gmail.com. (See photo on next page.)

CHRISTIN E. SERENBETZ ’05 and Adam Weberman wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jennifer Pluth Collander ’05, Laura Roller Chen ’05, Jennifer L. McDermott ’03, Rebecca J. Gaines ’07, Ashley Patton Emison ’05, Lindsay Tato Cuculich ’05, Allison Baccich Penning ’07, Emily Schull Carmichael ’05, Jane Davis Long ’05, Andrew R. Bagley ’04, Kristin Rosenberger Bagley ’05, Anthony M. Williams ’05, Alexander B. Penning ’06, David W. Emison ’03, Matthew T. Nehrenz ’06, Reed P. Carmichael ’05, Margot Voges Vishion ’05 and Bryan D. Cuculich ’05.

Ashley E. Sewell ’06 and Dustin Odham were married June 24, 2011, in St. Louis. Ashley’s email address is ashleyeodham@gmail.com. (See photo on next page.)

2007

Elizabeth H. Brack and Jesse W. Williams were married Oct. 1, 2011, at McCormick’s Creek (Ind.) State Park. Elizabeth is a dentist in Paris, Ill. Jesse is working toward a doctoral degree in molecular pathology at the University of Chicago. (See photo on next page.)

Michelle Edvenson Weaver lives in Juneau, Alaska. She is the administrator and director of Puddle Jumpers Developmental

LISA H. CHAMBERS ’06 and JOHN A. WALLACE ’04 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Wesley J. Molyneaux ’04, Ashley Boling Molyneaux ’04, Sarah K. Gates ’07, Bryce A. Skeeters ’04, Emily Johnson Skeeters ’06, Christopher M. Olson ’04, N. Evan Shook ’05, Jessica D. Schneider ’04, Christopher K. Kessler ’03, Laura V. Benjamin ’06, Lauren I. Brummett ’06, Andrew E. Breeden ’05, Brian S. Gooch ’06, Timothy S. Rausch ’04, Lauren M. Peoples ’04, Kelli A. Corney ’06, Heidi Gonso Carey ’06, Lauren Archerd Donaldson ’06, Nadya S. Schmitter ’06, Elisabeth Goldman ’06, Rebekah Gebhard Williams ’06, Union M. Williams ’04, Kelly Velazquez Fegley ’06, Janis E. Steck ’06, Erin Dodd Coulter ’06, Tanner J. Coulter ’05, Matthew J. Kleymeyer ’04, Andrew W. Breck ’06, David R. Thompson ’04, Thomas J. Powers ’04, Kenneth M. Cochran ’03, Jonathan C. Bostrom ’06, Jennifer Jessen Bostrom ’07, Joseph S. Wallace ’05 and Katherine M. Nicolson ’04.

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ASHLEY E. SEWELL ’06 and Dustin Odham wedding. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Jacqueline K. Pence ’08, Kye T. Hawkins ’06, Amanda C. Royalty ’06, Nicole R. Pence ’06, Lauren I. Brummett ’06, Harry S. Nayar ’05, Lindsay A. Goldwasser ’09, Tory Pavlovich ’06, Sarah L. Plymate ’06, Andrea Speller Kleymeyer ’06, Cody J. Shoemaker ’08, John J. Costello ’08, Andrew E. Brandstatter ’07, Sara Hedrick Brandstatter ’06, Matthew J. Kleymeyer ’04 and Ryan M. Heffernan ’06. Attending but not pictured were Whitney D. Sewell ’08 and Tyler C. Mallory ’07.

ELIZABETH H. BRACK ’07 and JESSE W. WILLIAMS ’07 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Elizabeth A. Ginther ’09, Bryce S. Lynn ’07, Jessica M. Krueger ’07, Brandt M. Buell ’09, Ruth Ritz Rusie ’40, Gwendolyn A. Brack ’10 (maid of honor and sister of the bride), Reid W. Sakel ’07, Colin R. Batko ’07, Christopher C.D. Sprehe ’07, Christopher P. Newman ’07, Andrew B. Long ’07, Jennifer Williams Rhine ’05 (sister of the groom), Antony D. Rhine ’06, Rebekah Gebhard Williams ’06 and Union M. Williams ’04 (brother of the groom).

KATHRYN R. KNIGHT ’07 and RYAN J. RANDOLPH ’06 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Lesley Rasp Raskin ’06, Paul T. Raskin ’06, Lauren B. Mandelbaum ’06, Robert R. Kiepura ’06, Amy Eshelman Adams ’06, Patrick O. Sabo ’07, Mary Stroh Sabo ’07, Justin L. Remmelts ’06, Kara Warner Yaraschefski ’07, Kristen Uminger Eisterhold ’07, Megan Weinheimer McGriff ’07, Caitlin McGonigal Alerding ’07, Sherise L.E. Denny ’07, Zackary W. Adams ’06, Andrew A. Millis ’06, Clayton A. Clark ’06, Aimee R. Menne ’07, Jerilyn M. Kremer ’07, Brandon W. Dawson ’06, E. Webb “Brad” Bassick V ’07, Margaret R. Knight ’11, Mark J. Loomis ’06, Rachel Grimmer Bassick ’07, Jessica W.Y. Au ’11, Megan Duffee Loomis ’07, Katie Foote Martin ’06, Lee A. Brant ’06, Elizabeth R. Polleys ’07, David C. Simons ’06, Abigail Trainor Obszanski ’07 and Annabelle R. Butler ’06.

KELLY L. LOWERY ’07 and Doug Temeyer wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Melissa A. McAdam ’08, Ryan D. Orr ’07, Ashley G. Piper ’07, Dustin R. White ’08, Kathryn G. Denton ’08, Audrey L. Walker ’07, Elizabeth A. Farrelly ’07, Andrea M. Johnson ’06, Emily E. Fox ’07, Evan B. Webeler ’07, Megan M. Kunz ’09, Sarah E. Ostrowski ’07, Bryan A. Smith ’07 and Donald L. Person Jr.

Learning Center in Juneau. Michelle is pursuing a master’s degree in education in early childhood at the University of Alaska Southeast.

with highest honors, May 2011, from Indiana University School of Medicine. He accepted a residency in orthopedic surgery at DartmouthHitchcock Hospital in Hanover, N.H.

Courtney S. Figg earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Indiana University School of Law, May 2011.

She has passed the Indiana State Bar examination. Courtney works as a budget analyst for the Indiana State Budget Agency. Courtney’s email address is csfigg@gmail.com.

Christopher “Topher” Jones has signed with Ultra Records and released his first single, “Lost it All.” Kathryn R. Knight and Ryan J. Randolph ’06 were married Oct. 30, 2010, in Evansville, Ind. Kathryn is managing editor at Fastweb.com.

Ryan is an assistant vice president of commercial banking for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. They live in Chicago. Kathryn’s email address is

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kathryn.r.randolph@gmail.com. Ryan’s email address is ryanjrandolph@gmail. com. (See photo.)

Kelly L. Lowery and Doug Temeyer were married Sept. 10, 2011, in Milwaukee, Wis. Kelly earned a law degree from Marquette University Law School, May 2010. She is an associate attorney at Cross Law Firm, S.C. Doug is a manufacturing engineer at Master Lock Company, LLC. Kelly and Doug live in Wauwatosa, Wis. Kelly’s email address is kellypockets@gmail.com.

(See photo.)

Kimberly Martin del Campo is director of continuing education for the Texas A&M International University. She oversees the planning of conferences, certifications, certificate programs, testing prep courses and summer camps. She is a member of Leadership Laredo (Texas).

Dr. Ross A. McEntarfer graduated

Morgan C. Murphy is a member of the Moser & Marsalek P.C. law firm in St. Louis. She practices in the firm’s medical and healthcare litigation group. (See photo.)

Morgan C. Murphy ’07 Reid W. Sakel and Bianca R. Haverstock were married June 11, 2011, in Louisville, Ky. Reid’s email address is reid.sakel@gmail.com.

(See photo.)

Mary E. Stroh is a member of the Columbus, Ind., law firm of Sharpnack Bigley Stroh & Washburn. She practices in civil litigation focusing on business and family law. Mary works pro bono for Legal Aid. (See photo.)

2008

John M. Buchta, Matthew D. Newill ’09 and Ryan D. Tinker ’09 have founded True Hero Ties (trueheroties.com), a nonprofit organization that gives half of its proceeds to veterans’ organizations.

Matthew says, “[The ties] were inspired by the stories of men and women returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

Sabrina J. Henry and Matthew G. Hodge ’06 were married Aug. 28, 2010. (See photo.)

Laura C. Link and Kyle B. Zimmerman were married July 30, 2011, in Traverse City, Mich. (See photo.)

Catheryne E. Shuman competed in the 2011 Kentucky District Round of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Nov. 19 at the University of Kentucky. Catheryne

LINNEA V. ZIELINSKI ’09 completed her Peace Corps service in Drohobych, Ukraine. She worked at two site placements, teaching English to students ranging in age from 5-18 at one and 10th and 11th grades at the second. She co-organized the anti-smoking campaign of the volunteers’ Health Lifestyles Working Group, creating and distributing anti-smoking materials in English, Ukrainian and Russian to volunteers throughout Ukraine.

is pursuing a professional diploma at Roosevelt University.

and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Indianapolis.

Christopher L. Tucker is an associate in the corporate department of the Barnes & Thornburg LLP law firm in Indianapolis.

Lindsay M. Merwin is news coanchor for Local 7 WTVW in Evansville, Ind. She hosts “My Hometown,” a program about history, hot spots and people that make the Evansville community special.

Jennifer L. Zoller and Dimitrios Lalos were married Oct. 8, 2011, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Jennifer’s email address is jennifer.lalos@gmail.com.

(See photo on next page.)

2009

Sarah E. Merkel is an athletic trainer for California’s Justin-Siena High School and a health teacher for freshmen.

Matthew D. Newill, along with Ryan D. Tinker and John M. Buchta ’08, have founded True Hero Ties (trueheroties.com), a nonprofit organization that gives half of its proceeds to veterans’ organizations.

Matthew says, “[The ties] were inspired by the stories of men and women returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

2010

James C. Duncan Jr. is the 2011 recipient of the Lawrence M. Borst Fellowship award, which is designed to encourage and develop young leaders in the Indiana legislative process.

James is pursuing a master’s degree in public affairs at the School of Public

Kathleen F. Mittendorf is pursuing a doctoral degree in the Department of Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She is co-author of research published in the journal Biochemistry.

Annie S. Tierney and Benjamin A. Eckler were married Aug. 6, 2011, in Wilmette, Ill. Annie’s email address is anniestierney@gmail.com. (See photo on next page.)

REID W. SAKEL ’07 and Bianca R. Haverstock wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Andrew B. Long ’07. Daniel C. Gifford ’07, Matthew D. McDonald ’07, Adam C. Dunn ’07 (best man), Todd J. Capes ’07, Joseph R. Hanger ’05 and Christopher C. D. Sprehe ’07. Attending but not pictured were Stephen S. Schott ’08, Laura Mitchell Schott ’08, Trevor E. Stone ’08, Ryan P. Werntz ’08, Brian M. Oilar ’08, Marcus M. Burgher IV ’93, Sarah Bartlett Burgher ’96, Mark R. Peterson ’07, Brandon J. Horn ’07, Colin R. Batko ’07, Jesse W. Williams ’07, Elizabeth Brack Williams ’07 and Christopher P. Newman ’07.

SABRINA J. HENRY ’08 and MATTHEW G. HODGE ’06 wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Ashley R. Carter ’09, Julie B. Southworth ’10, Phillip B. Mann Jr. ’06, Meredith L. Coats ’08, Benjamin E. Scherer ’06, Joshua J. Robinson ’07, Greggory A. Notestine ’83, Brittany M. Brand ’10, Leah L. Seigel ’09, Mark D. Webb ’06, Daniel B. Notestine ’08, Jeffrey C. Conner ’09, Sarah E. MacGregor ’09, Matthew S. Cable ’06, Sarah J. Drew ’08, Brett A. Claxton ’08, Elizabeth D. Elliott ’10, Abraham J. Winkle ’08, Brandon R. Hood ’08, Bailey S. Diveley ’08, Anna K. Hodge ’09, Catherine L. Pruzin ’09, Jeffrey L. Hodge ’80, Theodore E. Mioduski Jr. ’80, Emily J. Watts ’10, Matthew S. Kelley ’08, David M. Araiza ’07, Elizabeth S. Ackermann ’08, Paul D. McDougal ’80, Andrew J. Hodge ’06, Travis J. Behrens ’07, Katelyn D. Hodge ’13, Benjamin T. Clement ’07, Kelly E. Workinger ’05, Angela Metz Claxton ’08, Deanna C. Shaw ’08, Anne E. Ross ’08, Patrick J. Bergerson ’08, Gwen M. Haehl ’08, Stewart M. Burns ’13, Ashlee L. Karp ’11, Gretchen J. Haehl ’08, Ellen C. Mail ’10 and Natalie J. Kennedy ’08. Also attending was Larry J. Abed, DePauw’s director of television operations and instructor in communication and theatre.

2011

Nathan K. Evans is the rebuilding day coordinator for Rebuilding Together through Americorps in Tacoma, Wash.

Martin J. Hughes was a national finalist for the greater Chicago area 2011 SING! competition.

Christine E. Walker and Avery M. Archer were married Aug. 13, 2011, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Christine’s email address is cwalke45@slu.edu. (See photo on next page.)

LAURA C. LINK ’08 and Kyle B. Zimmerman wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Drago Petrusic ’08, Katherine Doogan Petrusic ’08, Kelly M. Niezer ’08, Alexandra A. Keihner ’08 (bridesmaid), Connie S. Shim ’08 (bridesmaid), Jason O. Link ’06 (groomsman), Sandra Aldrich Drew ’62, Andrew M. Bever ’08 and Charles M. Middleton ’05.

Attending but not pictured was Gary P. Drew ’61.

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DePauw Magazine marks the passing of alumni, faculty and friends of DePauw University. Obituaries in DePauw Magazine do not include memorial gifts.

When reporting deaths, please provide as much information as possible: name of the deceased, class year, fraternity/sorority/ living unit, occupation and DePauw-related activities and relatives.

Newspaper obituaries are very helpful.

Information should be sent to Alumni Records, DePauw University, Charter House, P.O. Box 37, Greencastle, IN 461350037. You may also fax us the information at 765-658-4172 or email dmcdermit@depauw.edu.

JENNIFER L. ZOLLER ’08 and Dimitrios Lalos wedding party. DePauw alumni attending the wedding included Aaron M. Gotway ’05, Staci L. Hollar ’08 (bridesmaid), Bethany Eshleman Bates ’08, Erin M. Gatley ’08 (bridesmaid), Kellie E. Weller ’08, Seth C. Elder ’08, Danielle Zink Etter ’08, Ryan D. Etter ’05, Jacob R. Schuler ’07, LaDonna J. Hayden ’06, David T. Furman Jr. ’07, Morgan M. Bates ’06, Nicholas Q. Vetz ’08 (groomsman), Caleb J. Beasley ’06, Thomas D. Fontana ’08 and Brian W. Furman ’08 (groomsman) and Jeremy P. Brok ’07. Attending but not pictured were Katy Losure Brammer ’08 and Mark W. Holwager ’08.

IN MEMORIAM

1931

Anne Hayden Van Riper ’31, May 20, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 101.

She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward L. Van Riper ’30. Her survivors include a son, Edward L. Van Riper Jr. ’62, and daughter, Anne Van Riper Evans ’64.

1932

ANNIE S. TIERNEY ’10 and BENJAMIN A. ECKLER ’10 wedding.

Walter K. Kent ’32, Oct. 19, 2011, in Wabash, Ind., at the age of 98. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association and a Rector Scholar. He was a teacher and school superintendent in Indiana schools.

He created the Upper Wabash Vocational School, now Heartland Career Center. He was preceded in death by his first and second wives.

Elwood Miller ’32, Sept. 25, 2011, of Roanoke, Va., at the age of 99.

She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was a high school teacher for the Vincennes (Ind.) school system for 30 years. She was preceded in death by a sister, Virginia Miller Schricker ’29.

CHRISTINE E. WALKER ’11 and AVERY M. ARCHER ’11 wedding party. DePauw alumni and friends included Kelsey L. Quigley ’12; Allison A. Rhodes ’11, Leanne M. Schaub ’11, Mallory J. McQuinn ’11, Jessica W. Y. Au ’11, Katherine M. Carrico ’10, C. O’Neil Broshears IV ’09, Lindsay E. Riggs ’10, Patricia L. Saunders ’11, Jessica L. Hawkins ’11, Alexander K. Billingsley ’11, Nancy M. Tobik ’11 (attendant), J. Daniel Workman ’12, Elizabeth L. Whitlatch ’11, Nathanael E. Gentry ’10, Cecily K. Hogan ’11, Lacey M. Berkshire ’11, Katherine R. Pudwill ’11, Kate G. Merkel ’11 (bridesmaid), Katharine M. Sowar ’11 (bridesmaid), Kathleen I. Shipley ’11 (bridesmaid), Matthew P. Maloof ’12, Katherine L. Walker ’11, Noe B. Flores ’11 (best man), Aaron B. Dicker ’10 (groomsman), Kevin D. Milne ’11 (groomsman), Bryan A. Edwards ’12 (usher), Matthew H. Howes ’11 (usher), Martin J. Hughes ’11 (usher), Jared P. Norman ’12 (usher), Andrew C. Muth ’12 (usher), Kyle R. Gough ’13, Orlando Ramirez ’13, Alexander N. Curry ’12, Kyle R. Sherer ’11, Sara M. Ketterer ’11, Ashlee L. Karp ’11, Chelsea M. Hall ’11, Elizabeth A. Conner ’11, Emily Kemple Kaster ’11, Jillian M. Pfennig ’11, Margaret R. Knight ’11, Molly T. Borter ’11, Geoffrey D. Klinger ’88 (DePauw associate professor of communication and theatre), Eric A. Wolfe ’04 (DePauw Greek life coordinator) and Kelsey Kauffman (DePauw part-time assistant professor of University studies).

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Vivian Parnell Hanes ’32, Oct. 5, 2011, of Bradenton, Fla., at the age of 100. She was a public school teacher in Indiana for 25 years. She was preceded in death by her husband and sister, Evelyn Parnell Bryan ’28.

1933

Robert Q. Bruce ’33, Oct. 21, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 101. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a home builder. He was preceded in death by his wife.

1934

Marjorie Finch Bassett ’34, Nov. 24, 2011, in Kokomo, Ind., at the age of 99. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Weston H. Bassett ’33.

Gwendolyn Thompson Crawley ’34, Sept. 9, 2011, in Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 99. She was a musician and served as staff organist for area funeral homes. She was an organist and choir director for First Christian Church in Greencastle, Ind., as well as a piano and organ teacher. She was preceded in death by her husband, Evan A. Crawley ’34; sisters, Patience Thompson Berg ’40 and Cynthia Thompson Bartley ’47; brothers Van D. Thompson Jr. ’45 and Winston Thompson ’52; and brother-in-law, Herman C. Berg ’36. Her survivors include son, Evan A. Crawley Jr. ’57; brother, Lynnwood W. Thompson ’54; and sister-in-law, Carolyn Bieber Thompson ’53.

1935

M. Elizabeth Dye Walker ’35, Dec. 19, 2011, in Elkhart, Ind., at the age of 97. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. She was a retired high school teacher and homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Max K. Walker ’35. Her survivors include two daughters, Mary Walker Esteves ’64 and Mona Walker Biddlecome ’72; and a granddaughter, Elizabeth Esteves Snyder ’94.

Mary Vehslage Hall ’35, Oct. 14, 2011, in Seymour, Ind., at the age of

97. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a retired librarian. She was preceded in death by her husband; son, R. Michael Hall ’63; and sister, Dorothy Vehslage Medaris ’33. Her survivors include a sister, Margaret Vehslage Schneider ’48, and two granddaughters, M. Catherine Hall ’90 and Ellen E. Hall ’91.

1936

Eula Enochs Shorey ’36, Nov. 15, 2011, of Bridgton, Maine, at the age of 97. She was a journalist for more than 75 years.

She had been the managing editor of the Bridgton, Maine, newspaper for 30 years. After her retirement, she served as vice president and secretary of the Bridgton News Corporation.

She edited The Bridgton History, 1768-1968. She was active in the development, environment and preservation of Bridgton and in the state of Maine. She was honored as one of the Great Women of Maine

by MaineToday Media, Inc. She was preceded in death by her husband and sister, Mary Jo Enochs Simons ’33.

1937

Alberta Czapski Urbas ’37, May 10, 2011, of Westville, Ill., at the age of 95. She was a civic and community volunteer and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Robert W. Fisher ’37, March 6, 2011, in Anderson, Ind., at the age of 95. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He retired as an executive vice president from Doremus & Company in New York City. He was preceded in death by his wife. His survivors include a daughter, Sallie Fisher Papenfuse ’65.

Dema Maddox Morrison ’37, Oct. 6, 2011, in Bountiful, Utah, at the age of 96. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by husband, Cohn L. Morrison ’31, and sister, Juel Maddox Rosencranz ’42. Her survivors include a niece, Diane Rosencranz Meyer ’66, and nephew, Ryan D. Meyer ’95.

Mary Neal O’Neill ’37, Feb. 16, 2011, in Vienna, Va., at the age of 94.

She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was an editor for the University of Michigan’s

Business Administration School and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1938

Gwendolyn Bowman Gracie ’38, Nov. 18, 2011, in LaPorte, Ind., at the age of 95. She was a member of Delta Zeta sorority.

She was a teacher at Mill Creek and Rolling Prairie schools, and later, taught remedial reading at Crichfield Elementary in LaPorte. She was preceded in death by her husband.

V. Marie Dewire Rockey ’38, Dec. 2, 2011, in Northwest, Ohio, at the age of 94. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was a music teacher and choir director at First Methodist Church of Wauseon, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband and brother-in-law, Arthur J. Fear ’35. Her survivors include a sister, Myra Dewire Fear ’35.

Dorothy Ell Strong ’38, Oct. 29, 2011, in West Yarmouth, Mass., at the age of 96. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She retired as a lieutenant commander from the United States Navy. She was preceded in death by her father, Carl S. Ell ’09, and her husband.

1939

Marjorie Coolsen Homan ’39, Aug. 4, 2011, of Arlington Heights, Ill., at the age of 93. She was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry P. Homan ’37. Her survivors include a daughter, Carol Homan Jones ’57.

Charles P. Harbottle ’39, Dec. 1, 2011, in Naperville, Ill., at the age of 94.

He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar.

He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

He was president of Ohio’s MiamiJacobs Junior College of Business, and later, chairman of the board, retiring in 1991. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Campbell Harbottle ’40. Survivors include his sons, David C. Harbottle ’68 and John C. Harbottle ’65.

Edmond Phillips ’39, Oct.25, 2005, in Webster Groves, Mo., at the age of 87. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was a Rector

Scholar. He worked for the Veterans Administration, and later, he was professor of social science research at the University of Trondheim, Norway. After retirement, he was a leader in Polish-American cultural affairs in the St. Louis metropolitan area. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Donald F. Wright ’39, Oct. 12, 2011, in Lima, Ohio, at the age of 94. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He was the retired president of Wright’s Markets Inc. He was preceded in death by his wife and brother, W. James Wright ’43. His survivors include a brother, Paul Wright ’50; sister-in-law, Ellen Schlabach Wright ’44; and nephew, Scott D. Wright ’74.

1941

Philip Dupont ’41, Aug. 20, 2011, in Charlottesville, Va., at the age of 91. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was president of Direct Mail Service Company and Advertising Inc., until his retirement in 1984. His survivors include his wife.

Marybeth Sears Wheeler ’41, Dec. 11, 2011, of Ashlar Village, Conn.

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

June Waughop Ward McComb Knapp Bryan ’41, Oct. 8, 2011, of Phoenix, at the age of 92. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Greig S. Ward ’40; daughter, Sandra McComb Walker ’65; and three previous husbands.

1942

Mildred Hawk Rafert ’42, Jan. 11, 2011, of Plainfield, Ind., at the age of 91.

She was a homemaker, and later, an artist, illustrator and writer. She was preceded in death by her husband and brother, John A. Hawk ’37.

Bobbie Owens Flood ’42, Aug. 26, 2010, of Brevard, N.C., at the age of 90. She was a homemaker.

Her survivors include her husband, Bernard J. Flood ’43.

Oct. 12, 2011, of Anderson, Ind., at the age of 91. She was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband; father, Montgomery S. Winning ’13; brother, Darrell E. Winning ’50; and nephew-in-law, David B. Drummond ’71. Her survivors include brother, James M. Winning ’43; sister-in-law, Mary Baker Winning ’45; nephew, James M. Winning Jr. ’68; niece, Barbara Winning Drummond ’71; niece, Rebecca Winning Gill ’74; and nephew, Stephen M. Winning ’68.

1943

Betty A. Duval ’43, Oct. 15, 2011, in Bronxville, N.Y., at the age of 90, from Parkinson’s disease. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She received an alumni citation from DePauw in 1988. She was a former member of DePauw’s Board of Visitors. She was a retired senior vice president of Dow Jones Company Inc. Mary Fenstermaker Stuart ’43, July 13, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 90. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was a retired social worker in the Indianapolis public schools. She was preceded in death by her husband and brother, James C. Fenstermaker ’44.

E. Annette Gill Bell Raynor ’43, Dec. 17, 2011, in South Bend, Ind., at the age of 90. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was one of the owners and secretary for LaSalle Liquor Corporation, retiring after 22 years of service. She was preceded in death by her first and second husbands.

Jane Hannigan Lesch ’43, Aug. 8, 2011, in Columbia, Md., at the age of 90. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, James E. Lesch ’43.

1944

Helen Benton Griffiths ’44, Sept. 29, 2011, of Minneapolis. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband.

Patricia Winning Dodson ’42,

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Mary Graham Osmers ’44, Nov. 29, 2011, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., at the age of 89. She was a third-grade teacher for more than 25 years. She was a homemaker. Her survivors include her husband.

Barbara Jones Stark ’44, Sept. 12, 2011, in Vero Beach, Fla. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was a homemaker.

Her survivors include her husband, Richard A. Stark ’43.

Anita P. Smith ’44, Oct. 15, 2011, of Port Charlotte, Fla., at the age of 89. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was an educational administrator and psychology instructor at colleges in Illinois and Iowa. She spent 25 years in the Minneapolis area as a counselor, educator and grants administrator for Kenny Rehabilitation Institute and the Metropolitan Council of the Minneapolis-St. Paul seven-county area, retiring in 1983. Her survivors include a sister, Marian Smith Carter ’49, and brother-in-law, Thomas E. Carter ’50.

Winifred Thompson McCandlish ’44, July 15, 2010, in Vero Beach, Fla., at the age of 88. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1945

Winsor B. Coman ’45, April 28, 2011, in Petoskey, Mich., at the age of 91. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity.

He worked for LaSalle Messenger Paper Company until retirement.

Survivors include his wife.

Marjorie McMahon Miller ’45, Dec. 20, 2011, of Roseville, Calif., at the age of 88. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Nancy Myer Weingartner ’45, June 21, 2011, in Chesterfield, Mo., at the age of 87. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. Phillip Weingartner ’44.

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Evelyn Pictor Taylor ’45, Oct. 27, 2011, in Orange City, Fla., at the age of 98. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She worked as a secretary to the academic dean at DePauw, and later, as an English teacher at Greencastle (Ind.) Junior High, retiring in 1978. She was preceded in death by her husband, W. Ralph Taylor ’34. Her survivors include her son, Lawrence P. Taylor ’69.

Winifred Ruedemann Meyer ’45, Nov. 10, 2011, of Missoula, Mont., at the age of 89. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband and son, Frederick P. Meyer ’73.

1946

Mary Kemmerling Skelton O’Dell ’46, Nov. 16, 2010, in New Harmony, Ind., at the age of 86. She was a member of Delta Zeta sorority. She had taught high school, and later, worked as a legal secretary. She was preceded in death by her mother, Bertha Phebus Kemmerling ’20; her first and second husband; and a sister, Doris Kemmerling Whitmore ’47.

Robert J. Myers ’46, Sept. 18, 2011, in Palo Alto, Calif., at the age of 87, from complications from a stroke.

He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was publisher of New Republic. He was retired president of the Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs in New York City. He was author and editor of books on international relations as well as fiction and political satire. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Robert M. Pierson ’46, May 28, 2011, in Santa Fe, N.M., at the age of 84.

He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was a Rector Scholar.

He retired as an associate director of libraries from the University of Maryland. He was preceded in death by his father, Coen G. Pierson ’22; mother, Viva Bolin Pierson ’16; and brother, John Pierson ’46. Survivors include his wife.

Marilyn Sonderman Bydalek ’46, June 4, 2011, of Two Rivers, Wis., at the age of 86. She was a member of Alpha

Gamma Delta sorority. She was a unit secretary for 24 years at Memorial Hospital in Manitowoc, Wis., as well as a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Phyllis Whitcomb Green ’46, Oct. 1, 2011, of Noblesville, Ind., at the age of 87. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She was a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband, James L. Green ’49.

Her survivors include a sister, Martha Whitcomb Floyd ’53, and brother-inlaw, Owen E. Floyd Jr. ’53.

1947

Patricia Anton Farris ’47, Feb. 5, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 86. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her sister, Helen Anton Valanos ’47. Survivors include her husband and sister, Evelyn Anton Heisler ’45.

Joan E. Lozier ’47, Aug. 30, 2011, in Sierra Vista, Ariz., at the age of 86. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a psychiatric social worker.

Marlin M. Miller ’47, April 10, 2011, of Tyler, Texas, at the age of 85. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He retired from Dow Jones & Company as national director of communications. Later, he was a proprietor of a printing company in Phoenix, and financial administrator for the Children’s Advocacy of Smith (Texas) County. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Joseph A. Rein Jr. ’47, July 14, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz., at the age of 88, following complications from surgery. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He was product quality manager at International Harvester from 1948-78. He was preceded in death by his wife, Harriet Mendenhall Rein ’48, and sister, Stellamarie Rein Hopkins ’43.

Harriett Shonkwiler Scarpelli ’47, Dec. 14, 2011, in Summit, N.J., at the age of 86. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.

She was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. She

retired as store manager for Colby’s Home Furnishings in Chicago. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband. Her survivors include a daughter, April Scarpelli Mosser ’78.

1948

Barbara Bradshaw Meinerding Sillesen ’48, Aug. 19, 2011, of Irvine, Calif., at the age of 85. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was a retired high school counselor. She was preceded in death by her first husband, William L. Meinerding ’48.

E. Louise Flanders Hansen ’48, Dec. 27, 2011, of Hanover, Mass. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was an elementary classroom teacher, special needs resource room teacher, coordinator of special needs and principal of an elementary school.

Her survivors include her husband, James R. Hansen ’49.

Charles W. E. Knickrehm ’48, Nov. 8, 2010, of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., at the age of 88. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was a faculty member at Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha, Wis., where he served as head of the English department and as an expert on Shakespeare. Survivors include his wife.

Mary Mullender Walker ’48, Dec. 30, 2011, of Homewood, Ill., at the age of 85. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, James W. Walker ’47.

James W. Proffitt ’48, Nov. 6, 2011, in Dalles, Ore., at the age of 86. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He began his career as a licensed funeral director and owner of Proffitt and Sons Funeral Home.

Later, he worked for R. R. Donnelly & Sons in the field of industrial engineering. Survivors include his wife, Betty Owens Proffitt ’48, and brother, Fred L. Proffitt ’49.

Robert W. Smith ’48, Oct. 29, 2011, in Hanover, Ind., at the age of 87. He worked in sales and as a realtor for F. C. Tucker Company in Carmel, Ind.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Sidney Smith ’50.

homemaker. Her survivors include her husband, Jerry F. Weaver ’49.

Margaret Vehslage Hamilton ’48, Nov. 28, 2011, of Seymour, Ind., at the age of 86. She had worked as an administrative assistant for Lear Siegler/Seymour Housewares.

She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by sister, M. Catherine Vehslage Hall ’35; sister, Dorothy Vehslage Medaris ’33; and brother-in-law, John S. Medaris ’32 .

Survivors include her husband.

Marjorie Sherry Anderson ’49, May 29, 2011, in Indianapolis, at the age of 84. She was a homemaker, music teacher and market researcher for Sandia Market Research. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Franklin P. Whitman ’48, Nov. 27, 2011, of Petoskey, Mich., at the age of 90. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta. He was an attorney, retiring in 1988. He was preceded in death by his first wife. His survivors include his wife.

1949

Martha Hartley Finch ’49, April 12, 2011, of Springfield, Ohio., at the age of 83.

She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She was a homemaker.

Robert C. Kendall ’49, Aug. 27, 2011, of Beekman, N.Y., at the age of 86. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He had a 27-year career with IBM specializing in management of computer programming productivity. He was an adjunct professor in computer management at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. His survivors include his wife.

Phyllis Pavey Dewey Neville ’49, Sept. 27, 2011, in Van Nuys, Calif., at the age of 85. She worked at Bemis Company and Indiana Bell. She was a homemaker. Her survivors include her husband.

JoAnn Ridge Meehan ’49, Dec. 29, 2011, of South Bend, Ind., at the age of 84. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She was a homemaker and community volunteer.

She served on DePauw’s Board of Visitors. She received an alumni citation from DePauw in 1989. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Ruth Scudder Weaver ’49, Nov. 2, 2011, of San Diego, at the age of 84. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a

William E. Wallace ’49, Dec. 28, 2011, of Citrus Heights, Calif., at the age of 91. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was a special education teacher for 27 years as well as a writer and painter. His survivors include his wife.

1950

James H. Billingsley ’50, Nov. 30, 2011, of Massillon, Ohio, at the age of 88.

He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was an awardwinning marching band director in Oberlin, Ohio, and later, in Massillon.

His survivors include his wife.

John G. Cain ’50, Oct. 15, 2011, in Baraboo, Wis., at the age of 82.

He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was a teacher at Oak Park (Ill.) River Forest High School, and later, a public relations executive in Chicago. He was preceded in death by his wife.

Sarah Clark Breck ’50, Nov. 29, 2011, of Greenwood, Ind., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her father, George L. Clark ’14, and mother, M. Margaret Harvey Clark ’14. Survivors include her husband, William Breck ’51; brother, Joseph H. Clark ’49; sister, Margery Clark LaBrec ’44; two granddaughters, Jennifer L. Breck ’01 and Abigail J. Breck ’03; and sisterin-law, Barbara Brewer Clark ’52.

Dr. Bill D. Clem ’50, Nov. 30, 2011, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, at the age of 83. He was a member of Delta Chi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar.

He was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. He was a pediatrician in the Cleveland area from 1965 until retirement in 1999.

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Rev. John E. Hoadley ’50, Oct. 5, 2011, in Franklin, Ind., at the age of 83. He was a member of Delta Chi fraternity. He was a retired United Methodist pastor. He was preceded in death by his mother, Helen English Hoadley ’25. His survivors include his wife.

of 83. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He retired as chief executive officer and president of Kirsch Company in Sturgis, Mich. Survivors include his wife; daughter, Amy Kirsch Hamlin ’83; son, Charles D. Kirsch ’90; and sister, Judith Kirsch Maze ’55.

Robert D. Jackson ’50, Nov. 8, 2011, in Indianapolis, at the age of 84. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He operated his own businesses in the insurance industry, auto leasing, short-term car rental and as a consultant to the City of Indianapolis. He was preceded in death by a brother, Ernest O. Jackson Jr. ’49. His survivors include his wife, Jill Foddrill Jackson ’51; son, Jacob R. Jackson ’81; and daughter-in-law, Karen Robinson Jackson ’82.

Elam L. Sewart Jr. ’50, Oct. 19, 2011, in Jacksonville, Fla., at the age of 83. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He had a career in oil and gas exploration and production. He was preceded in death by his wife, Katharine Sherman Stewart ’50.

Robert D. Kinder ’50, Sept. 14, 2011, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., at the age of 86. He worked in sales and advertising for Hamilton Cosco and Clopay companies. Later, he was self-employed. His survivors include his wife.

Charles E. Kirsch ’50, Sept. 15, 2011, of Harbor Springs, Mich., at the age

Gene H. Woodworth ’50, Dec. 9, 2011, in Calumet, Mich., at the age of 85. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He worked in personnel for Sundstrand Corporation in Rockford, Ill., and later, as personnel manager at Warner Electric Brake. In 1964 he developed his own business with the Amway Corporation of Michigan. Survivors include his wife.

1951

Rev. Elliott L. Sorge ’51, Dec. 6, 2011, in Denver, at the age of 82. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

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He received an alumni citation from DePauw in 1982. He was a retired bishop in the Episcopal Church. Survivors include his wife; son, Bryan D. Sorge ’87; daughter, Marianne Sorge Ell ’85; and brother, Monroe B. Sorge ’48.

Thomas C. Walker ’51, Nov. 23, 2011, of Fishers, Ind., at the age of 82, from a heart attack. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He worked for Bell Telephone System companies and Ameritech for more than 40 years, retiring as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Indiana Bell in 1990. He was a community volunteer and leader.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Henson Walker ’52; daughters Karen Walker Holiday ’77 and Linda Walker Thrapp ’84; son, David F. Walker ’75; brother, Frank D. Walker ’57; granddaughter, Katherine M. Thrapp ’13; son-in-law, Richard J. Thrapp ’80 and daughter-in-law, Gwendolyn Butler Walker ’76.

1952

Kathleen Keller Smith ’52, Oct. 19, 2011, of Perrysburg, Ohio, at the age of 80.

She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. She was a former high school teacher and homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband. Her survivors include a daughter, Clare Smith Gorski ’90.

C. James Layden Jr. ’52, Dec. 23, 2011, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., at the age of 81. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He retired as commercial vice president of Tuscaloosa Steel in 1995. His survivors include his wife, Helen Locke Layden ’54.

Peter MacIntyre Jr. ’52, Dec. 10, 2011, of Manor, Texas, at the age of 82. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Survivors include his wife.

Carol Nelson Johnson ’52, Nov. 17, 2011, of Wheaton, Ill., at the age of 81. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. She was a member of the DePauw Alumni Board of Directors from 1995-98. She received

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an alumni citation from DePauw in 2002. She was a businesswoman and worked at Marshall Field and Company, and later, as vice president of personnel services at Continental Bank in Chicago. She was preceded in death by her husband. Her survivors include a sister, Barbara Nelson Forrest 54.

David G. Tibma ’52, Aug. 17, 2009, of Santa Barbara, Calif., at the age of 78. He worked in the family bakery business, and later, build condominium projects and developed land in Tampa, Fla. Survivors include his wife.

1953

Nancy Dodge Smith ’53, Dec. 22, 2011, of Denver, at the age of 80. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was a homemaker and community volunteer.

She worked as a consultant to the philanthropic community. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Constance Hathaway Humphrey ’53, Feb. 10, 2011, in Tempe, Ariz., at the age of 79. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She was director of intergovernmental affairs for the Association Group in Springfield, Ill. Marilyn Lundborg Garber ’53, Oct. 30, 2011, of Grand Rapids, Mich., at the age of 80. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She worked as a chemist for Parke Davis, and later, as a travel agent. She was a homemaker. Her survivors include a daughter, Nancy Garber Hejna ’81.

Joseph B. Messing ’53, Sept. 24, 2011, of Sarasota, Fla., at the age of 80. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He was an artist.

He was advertising and marketing director for Michael Saunders & Company, and later, for The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. He was preceded in death by a brother-inlaw, Kenneth R. Kleinschmidt ’50, and nephew, James Kleinschmidt ’76.

His survivors include a sister, Jane Messing Kleinschmidt ’50.

1954

Mary Landis Beard ’54, Aug. 2, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 79. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1955

H. Keith Cox ’55, Oct. 12, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 78, from cancer. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association.

He was a Rector Scholar. He was a district manager for Indiana Bell for 32 years. Later, he was a consultant and teacher at ITT. Survivors include his wife, Loraine Loomis Cox ’54, and daughter, Rosemary Cox Mayes ’84.

Patricia Hardy Swonk ’55, Aug. 28, 2011, of Dunnsville, Va. She was an elementary school teacher and homemaker. Survivors include her husband.

Dr. Robert M. Kelsey ’55, Oct. 15, 2011, of LaPorte, Ind., at the age of 83. He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was a physician in private practice in LaPorte, Ind., for more than 40 years. Survivors include his wife; daughter, Marcia Kelsey Cesafsky ’76; and son-in-law, Barry R. Cesafsky ’76.

Dr. George M. Nickas ’55, Nov. 22, 2011, in Phoenix, at the age of 78.

He was a member of Men’s Hall Association. He was a Rector Scholar.

He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

He was a nephrology physician. His survivors include his wife.

William P. Wooden ’55, Feb. 19, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 77. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He was a past member of the DePauw Alumni Board of Directors.

He was an attorney and co-founder of Wooden & McLaughlin law firm in Indianapolis. He was preceded in death by his father, Paul Wooden ’27. Survivors include his wife, Susan Scoins Wooden ’54; daughter, Deborah Wooden Knoth ’79; and sister, Mary Wooden Gonneau ’52.

1956

Maurice C. Hack ’56, June 18, 2010, of Henderson, Nev., at the age of 75, from lung cancer. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was a dentist. His survivors include his wife.

Norman M. Johnson ’56, Aug. 25, 2011, of Northfield, Ill., at the age of 76. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was a lifetime partner of The Washington C. DePauw

Society. He served on the DePauw Alumni Board of Directors. He retired as executive vice president from Stein Roe & Farnham in Chicago. He was preceded in death by his father, Norman H. Johnson ’27 and mother, Mary Miller Johnson ’29. Survivors include his wife.

Lois “Mickey” McDonnell Rasmussen ’56, June 22, 2011, in Seattle, at the age of 77. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was a retired high school teacher and homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, William F. Rasmussen ’54; son, Scott W. Rasmussen ’86; and daughter-inlaw, Laura Haines Rasmussen ’86.

1957

Ann Bowen Yonan ’57, May 16, 2011, of Chicago, at the age of 75. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, James R. Bowen ’27; mother, Marcella Lineback Bowen ’27; and husband, Duane R. Yonan ’57.

Shirley Fouch Muller ’57, Sept.

9, 2011, in Carmel, Ind., at the age of 76, from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. She was a member of Delta Gamma sorority.

She was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, Herschel L. Fouch ’30. Survivors include her husband, Robert L. Muller ’55; son, Michael J. Muller ’88; and daughterin-law, Heidi Weas Muller ’89.

Sue Galbraith Roberts ’57, Dec. 25, 2010, of Richmond, Ind., at the age of 83. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a decorator for Sears in Pennsylvania and Washington. She was a homemaker.

Norine Goode Johnson ’57, Nov. 19, 2011, in Roslindale, Mass., at the age of 75. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She received an honorary degree from DePauw in 2002. She was a psychologist. She created and directed the psychology department of Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Brighton, Mass. She served as president of Massachusetts Psychological Association and

as president of the American Psychological Association. Her survivors include her husband.

1959

Dorothea Bevilacqua Cohen ’59, Nov. 29, 2010, of Broomall, Pa., at the age of 72. She was a medical editor for 22 years at the Council for Tobacco Research, U.S.A., Inc. Jean Miller Duffies ’59, Sept. 20.

2011, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, at the age of 73. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was an elementary school teacher in Fort Wayne, Ind., and homemaker. Her survivors include her husband.

Charles G. Pierson ’59, Dec. 19, 2011, in Newark, Ohio, at the age of 74. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar.

He retired as chief executive officer of Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark, Ohio.

Sue Saeman Wheeler ’59, Nov. 22, 2011, of Bloomington, Ind., at the age of 74. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She worked for the City of Bloomington as director of human resources. Later, she was dietitian for the Monroe County (Ind.) Correctional Center. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1960

Dr. John S. Goetcheus ’60, Nov. 19, 2011, in Boca Grande, Fla., at the age of 73, of pancreatic cancer. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar.

He was a lifetime member of The Washington C. DePauw Society. He was a former member of DePauw’s Board of Visitors. He was a retired orthopaedic surgeon. He was preceded in death by his mother, Elizabeth Gibson Goetcheus ’34.

Survivors include his wife; son, Gregory J. Goetcheus ’90; daughter, Amy Goetcheus Kamb ’89; and sister, Mary A. Goetcheus ’62.

Carol Holmes Bigley ’60, Sept. 23, 2011, of Columbus, Ind., at the age of 72. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She created and developed the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives and served as president. She was an active member of

community organizations and served three terms on the Columbus City Council. Survivors include her husband and brother, Douglas A. Holmes ’58.

Thomas M. Robertson ’60, Sept. 10, 2011, of Carrollton, Ga., at the age of 73. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He was a chemist and worked for Nalco Chemical Company, and later, for Southwire Company, retiring in 1999. He was preceded in death by his father, Graham T. Robertson ’30. Survivors include his wife and daughter, Miriam Robertson Threadgill ’92.

Forest M. Toates ’60, July 20, 2011, of West Caldwell, N.J., at the age of 72, from cancer. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was a volunteer for the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program in Greenwich, Conn., for 25 years. His survivors include his wife.

1961

Phyllis Bloss Warren ’61, Dec. 13, 2011, of Espanola, N.M., at the age of 73, from cancer.

She was a homemaker as well as director of the first Montessori school in Los Alamos, N.M. Her survivors include her husband.

Dianne Harrison Thorlton ’61, June 4, 2011, of Bonita Springs, Fla., at the age of 72. She was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. McRae “Mac” Thorlton ’61. Survivors include her daughter, Kristine Thorlton Batross ’88, and sister-inlaw, Carole Thorlton Gorsich ’67.

Hakki B. Ogelman ’61, Sept. 4, 2011, in Austin, Texas, at the age of 71, from cancer. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He was a Rector Scholar. He was an astrophysicist and professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, a postdoctoral fellow in Australia at the University of Sydney and the dean of basic sciences at Cukorova University in Adana, Turkey.

Virginia Spanagel Crawford ’61, Dec. 30, 2011, in Houston, at the age of 72.

She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. She was an interior decorator as well as a homemaker and community volunteer. She was preceded in death by her husband.

1962

Nancy Waddell Christensen ’62, March 2, 2011, of Columbus, Ohio, at the age of 70. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was a homemaker.

1963

William E. Green ’63, Oct. 5, 2011, in Bloomington, Ind., at the age of 70.

He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He was a pilot for Northwest Airlines for 28 years. His survivors include his wife.

1964

Charles W. Fetter Jr. ’64, Sept. 10, 2011, in Sayner, Wis., at the age of 69, after a brief battle with cancer. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity.

He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

He was a Rector Scholar. He was a professor of geology at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh from 1971-96.

He was an internationally recognized expert and consultant in hydrogeology.

He was author of Applied Hydrogeology, the standard textbook for university courses on the subject, as well as author of Contaminant Hydrogeology. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Blessing Fetter ’66, and son, William L. Fetter ’90.

1965

Sallie Hovland Munn ’65, July 9, 2010, in Onalaska, Wis., at the age of 68, from pancreatic cancer. She was a member of Delta Zeta sorority. She was a public health nurse. Survivors include her husband.

Thomas L. Orlow ’65, July 21, 2011, in Petoskey, Mich., at the age of 68, following a stroke. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

He taught social studies at Talawanda High School in Oxford, Ohio, for 30 years. His survivors include his wife.

1966

James M. Gray ’66, Sept.

11, 2011, of Dallas, at the age of 67. He was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. He worked in computer engineering. His survivors include his wife.

1969

Gayle Chadwick Hutchens ’69, Aug. 13, 2011, of Indianapolis, at the age of 63. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She held teaching, clinical and administrative positions at Clarian Health, Indiana University Medical Center and Indiana University School of Nursing. She was an international consultant and presenter in Brazil and Kenya. She was creator of the nonprofit Paws & Think, Inc. Survivors include her husband and daughter, Sandra Lawrence Martin ’95.

William M. Scaife ’69, Sept. 8, 2011, of Oklahoma City, Okla., at the age of 64. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the United States Air Force.

After retirement, he was a civilian contractor in Saudi Arabia for two years. Survivors include his wife; brothers Thomas M. Scaife ’71 and Robert R. Scaife Jr. ’64; and niece, Courtney L. Scaife ’90.

1970

Tommy L. Collins ’70, Sept. 4, 2011, in Cleveland, at the age of 62. He was a member of Delta Chi fraternity. He was a teacher, principal and coach at Mount Vernon (Ind.) High School.

Later, he was director of information technology for the Mount Vernon school district, worked for Plato Learning and was a sales manager with Apex Learning. His survivors include his wife.

1974

Joe M. Poland ’74, March 25, 2010, of Indianapolis, at the age of 58. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was a dentist. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, John S. McNaughton ’12.

1977

James L. Stephens ’77, Nov. 11, 2011, of Noblesville, Ind., at the age of 56, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. He was owner of Fas-Weld Distributors International. His survivors include his wife.

1981

James W. Hart ’81, Nov. 5, 2011, of Scottsdale, Ariz., at the age of 52. He was a

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member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was director of field marketing for Zimmer, Inc., in Warsaw, Ind., and later, president and chief operating officer of Orthodpaedic Biosystems in Scottsdale, Ariz. He ended his business career as founder, president and chief executive officer of Cayenne Medical. He was preceded in death by his father, Samuel W. Hart ’54, and mother, Joan Parker Hart ’56.

Survivors include his wife, Susan East Hart ’82; uncle, Russell H. Hart Jr. ’50; aunt, Mary Gehres Hart ’51; and cousins, Holiday Hart McKiernan ’80 and Robert R. Hart ’82.

1983

A. Marie Schoffmann Unangst ’83, Dec. 7, 2011, in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., at the age of 51, from pancreatic cancer. She was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was an engineer and entrepreneur and was self-employed for several years. She formed Advanced Material Technologies in San Diego, and later, she and her husband started Tri-State Technologies in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Survivors include her husband.

1987

Rebecca J. Brothers ’87, Dec. 1, 2011, of Roachdale, Ind., at the age of 55. She was a teacher, coach and guidance counselor at South Putnam (Ind.) High School for 30 years. Survivors include her brother, William A. Brothers ’85; sister-in-law, Jana Porter Brothers ’80; brother, James A. Brothers ’85; sister-in-law, Tamara K. Brothers ’86; and brother, Ronald D. Brothers ’87.

Tracy L. Hulin ’87, Aug. 28, 2011, of Lansing, Mich., at the age of 46. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She was program director and meeting planner for Association Management Companies. Her survivors include her husband.

1989

Mary Card Harbaugh ’89, Oct. 25, 2011, in Terre Haute, Ind., at the age of 44, from breast cancer. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She was a surgical nurse. Her survivors include her husband.

1996

Curt A. Paison ’96, April 5, 2011, of Glenview, Ill.,

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at the age of 37. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the DePauw football team, in addition to being among the leaders of DePauw Community Service. He became a partner at the Chicago law firm, K & L Gates. Survivors include his wife, Courtney Turner Paison ’96, and three daughters, Reese, 5, Tessa, 3, and Paige, 1.

2005

Robert P. Hobson ’05, Sept. 12, 2011, of Whiting, Ind., at the age of 30, from an automobile accident. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

FACULTY Edward L. Galligan, March 28, 2011, of Kalamazoo, Mich., at the age of 85. He taught at DePauw early in his career. He retired as an English professor at Western Michigan University after 30 years of service.

His survivors include his wife.

Cassel Grubb, Jan. 1, 2012, in Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 88.

He was professor emeritus of music at DePauw and former director of the DePauw University School of Music. He was a professor of violoncello and theory at DePauw from 1949 until his retirement 40 years later. In 1978 he was appointed director of the DePauw School of Music and held that position until retirement in 1989. Before joining the DePauw faculty, he was a member of the Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra and professor of cello at Del Mar College. He was a member of the cello faculty and director of the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Mich., as well as director of the camp’s string ensemble program for 15 years and co-directed its adult chamber music conference for 10 years. He was the inaugural recipient of the Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Tucker Jr. Distinguished Career Award in1988. In 1999 the Grubb University Professorship was established. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from DePauw in May 2011. Survivors include his wife.

Thomas A. Mont Jr., Jan 1, 2012, in Sun City West, Ariz., at the age of 89, from heart failure. He served as

DePauw’s head football coach from 1959-76 as well as athletic director from 1972 until his retirement in 1987. Before coming to DePauw, he played professionally for the NFL’s Washington Redskins and, later, was an assistant football coach at the University of Chattanooga.

From 1956-58, he was University of Maryland’s head football coach. He was national chairman of the NCAA Division III Football Committee in 1986. He was a member of the DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame as well as the University of Maryland and state of Maryland athletic halls of fame and the Indiana Football Hall of Fame. In 1983 DePauw alumni named him an Alumni Faculty Fellow in recognition of his promotional work with the University’s graduates across the nation. Survivors include his sons, Jeffrey B. Mont ’71 and Daniel G. Mont ’72.

Larry L. Philpott, Oct. 1, 2011, in Indianapolis, at the age of 74. He was a distinguished musician and former member of the DePauw School of Music faculty. Survivors include his wife.

Eunice A. Wilcox. Nov. 8, 2011, in Lafayette, Ind., at the age of 85.

She was professor emerita of music education and a member of the DePauw School of Music faculty for 17 years. After her retirement from DePauw in 1987, she taught voice, music education and music appreciation at Martin University in Indianapolis. She was a mezzo-soprano and sang with American Savoyards, a professional Gilbert and Sullivan company. She served on the board of directors of Putnam County Playhouse and as choir director at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Greencastle, Ind.

FRIENDS Daisy L. Buttery, Dec. 12, 2011, in Russellville, Ind., at the age of 92.

She worked at DePauw. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Otis J. Calvert, Nov. 12, 2011, in Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 74.

He worked at DePauw. His survivors include his wife.

Charlotte Estes, Nov. 24, 2011, in Crawfordsville, Ind., at the age of 72. She retired from the DePauw accounting department. Her survivors include her husband.

James L. Giddings, Nov. 27, 2011, in Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 91. He had been an electrician in the physical plant at DePauw for 16 years. His survivors include his wife.

Wilma M. Holt, May 20, 2011, in Brazil, Ind., at the age of 81. She was a sorority house mother at DePauw.

She was preceded in death by her husband.

Jane E. Jones, Nov. 2, 2011, of Roachdale, Ind., at the age of 76. She was a cook at DePauw for 15 years.

Her survivors include her husband.

Christine L. Lowry, Oct. 16, 2011, in Indianapolis, at the age of 81. She was a former housemother for Delta Chi fraternity at DePauw. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Betty J. Marcum, Nov. 14, 2011, in Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 77.

She was a housemother and cook at Delta Upsilon fraternity for 25 years. She was preceded in death by her husband. Her survivors include a grandson, Jacob J. Coy ’03.

Roland Naylor, Oct. 5, 2011, in Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 84.

He was a supervisor at the physical plant at DePauw, retiring in 1988 after 23 years of service. His survivors include his wife.

JoAnne Schlegel, Dec. 6, 2011, in Greencastle, Ind., at the age of 73.

She worked for several sororities at DePauw. Her survivors include her husband.

Marvin C. Swanson, Nov. 19, 2011, of St. Peters, Mo., at the age of 76.

He was chaplain, associate dean and director of international relations at DePauw from 1968-80.

Alice Sparger Via, Nov. 7, 2011, in Lafayette, Ind., at the age of 87.

She was a secretary for Indiana Vocational Technical College, and later, housemother at Beta Pi at DePauw.

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eeting philanthropic goals through a planned gift to DePauw is

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how many alumni, parents and friends choose to make a more

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meaningful gift than could be possible during life. Perhaps you

• The minimum gift requirement is $10,000.

were a Rector Scholar and want to continue DePauw’s fine tradition of providing scholarship funds to deserving students. Maybe a class or experience at the School of Music gave you the inspiration to pursue your passion in life. When you see the amazing things that our students achieve during a semester abroad or Winter Term, are you reminded of your own experience? The opportunities to support DePauw, its students

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market fluctuates with uncertainty, one of the appeals of these life-

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income gifts is found in the guaranteed income they ensure.

its principal, which is valued annually, to you or income beneficiaries you name.

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