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SUMMER 2011
EDGEWOODHS.ORG • NEWS FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Before the end of school, science teacher Bob Shannon and students broke ground for a “backyard vegetable garden” in cooperation with the Community Action Coalition. The wide range of seeds and plants included tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, carrots, beans and peas. Throughout the summer and into fall, students and adult volunteers will tend the garden to provide produce for the Catholic Multicultural Center food pantry.
It’s a Family Affair! Nine students travelled to France and Spain over Spring Break, led by Spanish teacher Carmen Pitz and French teacher Kathy Kennedy Wall ’77. One of the unique aspects of the trip was the family connections. Sisters Lexi ’13 and Melanie ’11 Chanos travelled together, as did Katie Wall ’13 and her mother, Helen Wall. Anna Wall ’12 accompanied her co-leader mother and the final familial connection was Commons moderator Deb Ross with her children Sam ’12 and Meghan. Rounding out the group were sophomores Sean Bellissimo, B.J. Darien, Maddie Kothe and Alicia Wilson. The trip, which started in Paris and ended in Madrid, included visits to classic tourist sites in those cities as well as Versailles, Chartres, the Loire Valley, Segovia and locations. The travelers also took cooking lessons from French and Spanish chefs. We All Scream for Ice Cream! The students, faculty and staff enjoyed a Friday afternoon treat of Culver’s custard courtesy of the Edgewood Parent Community (formerly the Auxiliary) and Susan Bulgrin, past Edgewood parent and owner of the Culver’s on Todd Drive, Madison. Thank you, Sue, for your continuing kind generosity and support of this fun-filled and tasty tradition!
Edgewood students form their own miniEiffel tower during their vacation in France and Spain over Spring Break.
The Science Department Gets SMART-er! The Science Department faculty and science students are all excited about a new addition. This semester saw the installation of the school’s very first SMART Interactive Whiteboard. Located in Sonderegger Science Center Room 420, the SMART board has added a new dimension to the science classes taught in that room. From Astronomy to Anatomy, to AP Chemistry, Physics and AP Biology, students are learning, right along with their teachers, all about the power of this new technology. The SMART board is part computer interface, part digital white board, and part interactive display. Through the touchsensitive interface, users can control the computer, in much the same way an iPod or iPhone works. The true power of the board, however, lies in its interactivity and digital ink. Class notes can now be saved and distributed electronically to absent students. As faculty learn more about what this tool can do, we will be trying out new and exciting additions to our curricula. We look forward to the day when all the classrooms at Edgewood High School have interactive technology.
Don’t Feel Blue for the Blue Room Judd Schemmel, President
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F YOU WERE to mention the “Blue Room” to just about any EHS student or alum, odds are he or she would immediately think of the boys’ bathroom located in the lower level of the high school. For an ordinary bathroom, the Blue Room seems to hold a special place in the lore and legend that is plentiful at Edgewood. Perhaps it’s the location’s reknown as the place where, back in the day, some boys went to sneak a smoke; or maybe because it’s simply the restroom that for decades beckoned passersby with its doorless entry; or possibly it’s the facility’s dowdy reputation as “that big blue bathroom” long in need of renovation. Whatever the reason that people remember it, the Blue Room’s place in EHS history is secure. Well, to the joy of many, and maybe the consternation of some, this summer the Blue Room is finally undergoing a full renovation. Ok, let’s answer the question that’s probably on your mind right now. The answer is, “Yes, the Blue Room will remain blue.” So why dedicate an article to a boys’ bathroom receiving a muchneeded facelift? The answer is that the renovation of the Blue Room is an illustration of Edgewood’s renewed commitment to the deferred maintenance needs of the high school and this project is consistent with the goals and priorities established in the EHS Facilities Master Plan. As part of Edgewood High School’s mission-based business model, a commitment was made to reinvest $750,000 into the deferred maintenance needs of our
facility. The high school has already completed a wonderful refurbishing and redecoration of the Commons and installed new doors to the building that both enhance appearance and advance security. We have renovated hallways, improved lighting, wired classrooms for advanced technology and yes, redone many of the bathrooms. The improvements brought about by this commitment to meet the needs of our facilities have enhanced the experience of all (students, faculty, staff, parents, friends and visitors) who come to our beautiful campus. This summer, in addition to the Blue Room, full renovations will
Classrooms in the oldest wing of the building will have resurfaced walls, refinished wood trim and new wiring, among other upgrades.
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Beauty may be only skin deep, but the Blue Room is getting a sub-dermal makeover from ceiling to undergroud pipes! take place in six classrooms as well as two additional bathrooms and one office, all located on the second floor of the oldest wing. While a renovation schedule of this nature is very aggressive, this project will mean that the high school will have met its goal of renovating all 23 classrooms located in the 1927 wing. This is truly a great accomplishment that will be enjoyed by students for generations. In addition to those who offered support for this project, special thanks are in order to the EHS alumni of the classes of 1959, 1960 and 1985 who, as part of their reunions, made class gifts that were directed to this major renovation. Your support allows Edgewood to pursue key initiatives in facilities, curriculum development, programming or collaborations, and to plan for how the high school can best meet the changing needs of our students and families today and tomorrow. Please know that you have our thanks and deepest gratitude for your ongoing support of this special place and its dedicated community. Next time you’re on campus, stop in to see one of the newly renovated classrooms. Guys, check out the New Blue Room, or just spend some time at a high school — your high school — that continues to accomplish great things for all Crusaders. Have a great summer!
Campus Notes Fresh Produce Drive Earns Recognition
EHS Students Young Playwrights Festival
Last summer, Sarah Healy ’11, Marie Luebke ’11 and Rebecca Cray ’11 organized the Field to Family food drive project to provide fresh, local foods for struggling families in Madison. Their Field to Family Produce Drive, which gathered vegetables donated by market patrons, provided food pantries with over 2,000 pounds of fresh produce. In May, the program received a $2400 award from the United Way By Youth For Youth Committee (a group of 25 high school student members that included Michael Byrne ’11 and Jennifer Kapinus ’12). The money was given to Second Harvest to continue the effort this summer.
Students from five Madison schools, including those enrolled in Edgewood’s Modern Drama class, participated in the Young Playwrights program sponsored by Children's Theatre of Madison. In Pamela Hanson-Stewart’s class, guest teaching artist and author Bridget Birdsall from Children’s Theatre of Madison also came in to work with the students. As part of the program, students develop and submit original short plays. From all the scripts submitted, a total of 20 (seven from EHS!) were recognized by a panel of writers and directors from across
Urban League Recognizes Minority Students At the Urban League of Greater Madison’s 27th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Youth Recognition Breakfast, 10 EHS students were recognized with the Outstanding Young Person Award, given to high school students who exemplify a commitment to academics, extra-curricular activities and volunteerism. Seniors Camilo Campo, Stephanie Derr and JeongAh Heo, juniors Karen Bauer and Palmer Mathews, sophomores Claire Afable, Seo Kyung Ko, Ukhyun Kwun and Ashley Manuel and freshman Hyunah Sim received the awards.
Students Receive Kohl Awards Rebecca Cray and Katie Kuecker, both in the class of 2011, were named winners of Herb Kohl Foundation Excellence Scholarships. The $1,000 awards were given to 181 graduating high school students statewide this year. Excellence Scholarship recipients demonstrate academic excellence and show a high motivation to achieve, as well as display a wide range of activity and leadership outside of school.
Guest teaching artist Bridget Birdsall (right) works with a student in a class on drama and crafting short play scripts. the country as finalists. The following EHS senior students and their plays were finalists for staged readings: Camilo Campo, Port of Columbia; Kevin Curliss, Gone Fishing; Alexis Cuozzo, The Murder of Michael Harkin; Mark Darwin, Budget Balance; Blake Jorenby, Refrigerator Rumble; Rachel Landgraf, 5th Time’s the Charm; and Brett McDonell, The Struggle. The 20 were further narrowed to eight, selected for performance at the Overture Center for the Arts, including Gone Fishing, Refrigerator Rumble and The Murder of Michael Harkin
Academic Excellence Award Recipients Announced EHS acknowledged the dedication and efforts of the 140 students who achieved a 3.90 cumulative grade point average through the first semester of the 2010-11 school year by recognizing them with an EHS Academic Excellence Award. At left are award recipients, all members of the class of 2011: Bruin Armwald, Natalie Sorden, Kate Goodwin, Dana Shinners and Maia Sotis and Mark Holaday.
Music Students Shine • Kate Stein ’12 was runner-up in the Wisconsin Music Teachers Association Badger State Piano Competition. • Sheridan Hearn ’12 was the first recipient of a Madison Area Music Award (MAMAs) in a new category recognizing a Youth Vocal Solosit. Selection was based on her Exemplary Soloist recognition at the WSMA State Solo/Ensemble Festival as well her portfolio of music participation and accomplishments. • John Merfeld ’13 won Best Piano Solo in the Wisconsin School Music Association Composition Contest. His piano composition, Myriad, was adjudicated with other submissions by Wisconsin composers. He received a plaque and a scholarship to study with a professional composer. • An impressive 160 EHS students performed at the area Solo/Ensemble Festival. Of them, 13 students received a 1* solo rating on the most difficult level of music qualifying them for the State Solo/Ensemble Festival. In addition, the Orchestra, Flute/Oboe Ensemble, Percussion Ensembles and Violin Quartet received top ratings.
Hairspray Honored at Tommy Awards For the second year in a row, Edgewood’s spring musical production took top honors at the Tommy Awards (Tom Wopat Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater). Hairspray, received the award for “Outstanding Musical” on June 5 at the Overture Center. Thirty high schools and one community theater participated in this year’s competition. Edgewood also received awards (multiple recipients are recognized in each category) for “Outstanding:” Director, Katrina Williams Brunner; Lead Performer, Carly Densmore ’12 and Juliana Wolnak ’12; Supporting Performer, Kate Goodwin ’11; Dancer, Bruin Armwald ’11; Student Critic, Bat-Zion Hose ’11; and “Honorable Mention:” Lead Performer, Luke Landgraf ’11 and Patrick Roy ’11; and Supporting Performer, Sheridan Hearn ’12, Natalie Sorden ’11 and Dylan Todd ’14.
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Badger Conference Scholars At the Badger Conference Scholars Banquet the following class of 2011 members receiving top ten honors were recognized: Chris Beglinger, Caroline Christianson, Rebecca Cray, Catherine DeGuire, Hannah Elfman, Lorraine Guerin, Catherine Kuecker, Marie Luebke, Eric Madsen and Claire McLaughlin.
National Merit Scholarship 2012 Program Qualifiers Juniors Carl Beglinger, Patrick Carney, George Carr, Clare Everts, David Mott, Thomas Murphy, Julia Pinckney and Katherine Stein took the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and met the requirements to enter the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Wayfarer Rated “Superior” The 2010 issue of Edgewood’s student literary magazine was one of only two in Wisconsin to receive a “Superior” ranking from the National Council of Teachers of English for the year and was nominated for a “Highest Award.” The 2009-2010 staff included: Claire McLaughlin ’11, editor, and Neil Sekhon ’11 and Steve Underwood ’10, technical editors. Diane Mertens and Teresa West-Lentz are the faculty advisors. View The Wayfarer at edgewoodhs.org.
Crusader Sports Clips WINTER 2010-2011 • Boys’ Basketball: The boys finished 2nd in Conference with a record of 8-4 and an overall record of 15-8. • Girls’ Basketball: The girls finished the season with an overall record of 16-8 and 92 in Conference, good for 2nd Place. • Dance: The Dance Team placed 1st at Midwest Invitational Division AA, competed at Wisconsin Association of Cheer/Pom Coaches Regionals and qualified for State for the 8th year in a row. • Gymnastics: The Edgewood/Verona Team, which competes in the Big 8 Conference, placed 3rd in Conference and 2nd at Sectionals, advancing to State where Mari Schroeder ’14 was the team’s only Individual competitor, placing 4th on the beam. Claire Afable ’13 competed at Team State in the All-Around, helping the girls take 8th Place.
This picture of all the brothers who were playing on this season’s EHS hockey team appeared in the December Wisconsin State Journal. Left to right, front: Alex ’12 and Zach ’13 Brown, Kevin ’11 and Connor ’13 Curliss; and back: Zach ’12 and Mark ’14 Zanoya and Chris ’11 and Carl ’12 Beglinger. • Boys’ Hockey: Congratulations to the boys for finishing 1st Place in the Badger Conference! The team finished with a record of 16-9-1, advancing to the Sectional Semi-final. • Girls’ Hockey: The Middleton Metro Lynx Co-op Team included three Edgewood students. The girls finished with an overall record of 8-16-1 and 2-8 in Conference.
Edgewood Angels! Caryl Bremer (left) has been volunteering at EHS ever since her children began attending in the early 1960s, and Karla Meyer has been both a volunteer and employee since her children attended in the 1980s. They continue to keep our database of alumni, families and friends more than 95% accurate! 4 • CRUSADER CONNECTION, SUMMER 2011
SPRING 2011 • Baseball: The team finished 1st Place in Conference this year and were Regional and Sectional Champs, advancing to State! The team was defeated by Spooner, who advanced to the State final game where they lost to Ripon. • Boys’ Golf: The team had another sensational year, taking 1st Place in the Badger Conference for the sixth straight year and, coming from behind after the first day’s play, placing 2nd at the WIAA State Meet. Steffen Lake ’12 and Tom Murphy ’12 were named Academic All-State. • Girls’ Soccer: The team placed 1st in the Badger South Conference with a record of 6-0-0, and went on to take the State Championship! Congratulations go to the girls and Coach Chris Martinelli ’90 for a tremendous season! • Softball: The girls finished the year with an overall record of 14-8 and a Conference record of 7-5, which was good for 3rd Place. The team won the Regional for only the second time in history, advancing to the Sectional Semi-final.
Art Students Win at Badger Conference Show At the Badger Conference Art Show held in March, Julia Pinckney ’12 earned 1st Place, in photography, followed by Carly Snider ’11 in 2nd Place. Photographs by Lisa Kaudasch ’12 and Monica Luebke ’13 received honorable mention. Catherine DeGuire ’11 took 2nd Place in art metals.
• Wrestling: The Edgewood/Monona Grove team advanced two Edgewood wrestlers to Regionals: Lincoln Durham ’11 and Luke Neumann ’11. Durham finished 1st in his weight class at Regionals while Neumann placed 2nd.
• Ski/Snowboard: The girls’ team placed 4th in Conference, qualifying for State. The boys on skis were led by consistently fast results from co-captains Austin Cook ’13 and Charlie Meier ’13, who was a finalist for the Conference Sportsman of the Year award. In snowboarding, John Hengel ’13 competed at State and was named the Conference Sportsman of the Year.
• Boys’ Tennis: The team finished 1st in the Badger Conference for the fifth straight year and qualified for Team-State for the eighth consecutive year by winning the Sectional Tournament. Individual State qualifiers were singles players Austin Papenthien ’11, Patrick Carney ’12 and Zach Munns ’12, and doubles pairs Tyler Piddington ’12/Ben Winding ’12 and Scott Bauer ’12/ Bruin Armwald ’11. At TeamState, the boys lost to eventual champions University School. • Track: The girls finished 4th Place in Conference. The team had many accomplishments including senior Eileen Gehring breaking the city record in the 400-meter dash. They took 1st at Regionals and 3rd at Sectionals. At State, the girls placed 4th, only 2 points away from the championship. State qualifiers: Eileen Gehring ’11, Kelli McKenna ’12, Erin McKenna ’12, Courtney Link ’14 and Hannah Tweed ’11. The boys placed 6th in Conference with Joe McKenna ’12 qualifying for State in the 1600 and 3200, where he finished 9th and 2nd respectively.
Longtime Athletic Department Employee John Vraga Retires After 42 years of working in the Athletic Department as teacher, coach and administrative assistant, John Vraga retired in May. His service and unfailing wry humor were celebrated by family, friends, former students and colleagues as well as current EHS employees at a reception in the Commons. Former athletic director Joel Maturi even came to town for the special occasion. John with former EHS teacher and About half of all Edgewood’s coach Dorothy Goldsworthy (left) and alumni attended while John was Patty Putnam Chryst ’57, wife of on the staff! former coach George Chryst ’55.
Hitting the Links for the Crusaders The 20th Annual E.J. Wilke Golf Outing benefiting the Edgewood athletic program drew 136 golfers and raised more than $40,000.
Among the Wilke Outing golfers were (above): Bernadette “Bernie” Zwettler, Barbara Zwettler, Laura teDuits and Kate Coleman; and (below): Jim Lins, Bob Winding, Judd Schemmel and Doug Raftery ’72.
Thanks go to all who supported this event, including the major sponsors:
Former players on teams that John coached returned to wish him well. Northwoods Golf Getaway 2011 The Red Crown Resort in Minocqua was again the site for three days of golfing, making new friends and fundraising to benefit EHS. (At right, center) Kevin Mullane holds the “Crusader Cup” amid teammates and friends. Thanks go to the attendees (below right) and the 2011 sponsors: Bob Dunn ’84 and the Hammes Company, Children’s Dental Center of Madison, Park Towne Development and the EHS Endowment Investment Committee. The product sponsors were: Buchholz Planning, Lands’ End, TaylorMade and Seville Gear.
American Family Insurance All Comfort Services Inc. Associated Bank Badger Sporting Goods Joe & Susan Boucher The Edgewater – Scott & Lynn Faulkner Gallagher Tent & Awning – John Gallagher ’68 The Haen Family Hawks Landing Golf Course Ron Krantz ‘65 The Kuypers Family S. Lee Attorneys at Law – Estate Planning
James H. Lins & Patricia McKinney-Lins The Madsen Family Pedro’s – Jim Martine Mike ’75 & Judy Ring The Roost Pub and Grill The Salzwedel Family Suttle-Straus – Mike Elliott ’77 Trek Bicycle – John Burke Wisconsin Distributers – Casey Trudgeon Dave & Sally Wolff Zimbrick, Inc. – Tom Zimbrick Rob, Anne & Mamie Zwettler
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Living theMission AWARDS PRESENTATION, HALL OF FAME INDUCTION AND CRUSADER COURT DONOR RECOGNITION DINNER
Moves to Founder’s Day THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011 Edgewood High School will again combine its recognition for donors and awardees into a single event hosted on campus, giving an opportunity for attendees to appreciate all the different ways in which people connected to the Edgewood community contribute toward “Living the Mission.” This year, the event has been moved from summer to the autumn, to coincide with the 205th anniversary of the birth of the Venerable Fr. Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, the founder of the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, who was born on November 4, 1806. In addition to presenting mementos to those in the higher Crusader Court donor levels, awards will be presented to distingished alumni and friends of Edgewood High School, athletes and artists will be inducted into their respective halls of fame, and the second annual Servant Heart Award will be presented to a member of the Madison community who has selflessly given service and aid to people at the local, regional, or national level. View more complete biographies of previous award winners or submit a nomination for a future winner at the “Living the Mission” link under the “Alumni” menu on Edgewood’s website, www.edgewoodhs.org.
Join us at campus events! Be sure to check the EHS website, edgewoodhs.org, for daily updates on upcoming events. In particular, alumni and parents of alumni may be interested putting the dates for one of these events on the calendar: 2011 EAA Raffle Party for Athletics August 20 Memorial Prayer Service, 7:30 a.m. September 7 Edgewood in the Community September 29 Living the Mission Awards and Donor Recognition Dinner November 3 Memorial Liturgy, 7:00 p.m. November 9 Trivia Night to benefit Music Department November 11 Fall Play, Our Town November 17-20 2012 Memorial Prayer Service, 7:30 a.m. January 11 E-Club Event for Major Athletic Benefactors February 8 Encore Reception for Major Arts Supporters March 25 Memorial Prayer Service, 7:30 a.m. March 28 Annual Auction & Social April 27 Memorial Prayer Service, 7:30 a.m. May 30 Wilke Golf Outing to benefit Crusader Athletics June 8
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DGEWOOD RELIES on the help of our alumni and friends in identifying people who deserve recognition. For additional information on criteria or candidates for each award, visit the “Alumni” link on the EHS homepage, www.edgewoodhs.org. Then complete the form below (or online) to nominate someone who should be considered for an award. A limited number of awards are presented annually and the names of nominees not selected in the year of nomination are retained for future consideration. If you have questions about the awards or nomination process, please contact Director of Alumni Relations Tammy Ehrmann at 608.257.1023 x185 or ehrmtam@edgewood.k12.wi.us.
EHS Living the Mission Awards Nomination Form I nominate:
Class of ❑ Dominican Award for Service to Humanity ❑ Mazzuchelli Award for Service to Christian Education ❑ Alumni Appreciation Award
for: (if applicable)
PLEASE PRINT
❑ EHS Fine Arts Hall of Fame ❑ EAA Athletic Hall of Fame
Nominee’s Phone and Email: Nominee’s Address: Reason for nomination, with attached supporting materials:
Nominated by:
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Nominator’s Phone and Email: Nominator’s Address: Return form to: Edgewood High School • Alumni Office • 2219 Monroe Street • Madison, WI 53711 Or go to www.edgewoodhs.org/alumni, select “Living the Mission” in the submenu at the left and then the link to the online nomination form 6 • CRUSADER CONNECTION, SUMMER 2011
A Big Time Under the Big Top The 25th Annual Edgewood Auction and Social, “Under the Big Top,” was a great success! Committee Co-chairs Sue Landgraf and Kathy Maurer worked exceptionally hard to ensure the evening was fun for all. Committee members worked for months organizing, procuring items and working on logistics. In addition, more than 50 parent volunteers helped with the event. Thank you to all in attendance for making the evening “Under the Big Top” a night to remember.
Maroon & Gold Parties: Party for a great cause
Do you love a good party, enjoy the company of Edgewood friends and want to help the school? Mark all of these off of your “to-do” list by hosting a Maroon & Gold Party. Being a Maroon & Gold Party host is fun and easy. Simply invite your EHS friends (other family and friends are welcome, too — it’s your party after all!) to the location of your choice to have a great time together. Your guests in turn bring themed gift items, wine or gift cards to support the EHS Annual Auction and Social. The items collected at the Maroon & Gold party are auctioned off or used as game prizes at the event in April and funds raised support the financial aid program. Maroon & Gold parties have been very successful at helping the school. Past party themes have included kickball parties, wine tastings, chili cook-offs, athletic “team pride” events, craft shows, and luncheons. We look forward to our parents and alumni hosting more great parties in the coming year. Get your party on the calendar today! It’s never too early to collect items for the Auction! How about a “fall colors” party or a “cabin fever” party? While the school doesn’t host parties directly, the EHS Advancement staff is here to support you every step of the way. We can provide assistance with theme ideas and execution, help with invitation design, answer your questions and provide guidance as you plan your party. For more information or to get started planning your Maroon & Gold Party, contact Fundraising Special Events and Volunteer Coordinator Brie Russell at 257.1023 x133 or email russbri@edgewood.k12.wi.us.
Helping Those Affected by Cancer Kirsten M. Norslien ’84, the program director at Gilda’s Club Madison, was profiled in the February 11 “What I Do” column by Jill Carlson of the Wisconsin State Journal. The first Gilda's Club was founded in New York City by actor Gene Wilder in memory of his wife, comedienne Gilda Radner, who died of ovarian cancer. Gilda had realized the importance of emotional and social support and suggested that places of participation, education, hope and friendship be made available to anyone dealing with cancer. The non-profit centers offer free membership to victims of any form of cancer plus their friends and family members. In 2008, after extensive private fundraising, Madison opened the doors on the 23rd Gilda’s Club in the nation, and Kirsten began working there two months prior to the opening. She says, “Working at Gilda's Club is my dream job because this career puts all of the parts of my education
and experience to use.” Following graduation from Edgewood, Kirsten earned an undergraduate degree in recreational resource management at UW-Madison and subsequently obtained a master's degree in counseling at UW-Whitewater. Before taking the directorship, she had work experience in career counseling and experiential education. Perhaps what gives Kirsten the most insight to her position and the needs of Gilda’s Club members is her own intimate experience with cancer. “At age 37, I was diagnosed with cancer and discovered that there was a lack of support opportunities for people in their 30s who have been diagnosed with cancer.”
Gilda’s Club offers programs catering to people of all ages, from children through teens and adults to the elderly. In addition, the Madison Gilda's Club won a competitive grant from Livestrong, the foundation begun in 1997 by bicyclist Lance Armstrong after he had been diagnosed with cancer at age 25. The grant will enable the Club to offer Transitions, a six-week program for survivors who have completed treatment within the past two years. As director, Kirsten is responsible for creating and overseeing support and educational programs, mind/body activities, weekly networking groups and regular social events. She also looks for other community partners who can help provide services or expanded program offerings. “Helping people make connections within the community is very rewarding to me. When people come in our door for the first time overwhelmed and scared because they just got a new diagnosis, I help them know that they are not alone.” CRUSADER CONNECTION, SUMMER 2011 • 7
Named Scholarship Funds General information about named endowed memorial funds appears on page 13 along with information about two examples. Here is partial list of EHS faculty or alumni with named funds (primarily endowment, though some are funded annually), to which others may wish to contribute. For a full list, visit the EHS website and download the Annual Report. Sr. Alphonsine Billion Jordan F. Backus ’91 William H. Bremer ’70 Patty C. Cantwell ’79 Patrick S. Cheney ’94 George H. Chryst ’55 Deceased Show Choir Members EHS Class of 1957 Grant James D. Farley ’44 Walter ’37 & Margaret (O’Connell ’37) Fauerbach Rebecca Rasch Hamaide ’84 Jean Scoon Jensen ’61 Lance J. Johnson ’87 Karen M. Kennedy ’78 David J. Knutson ’84 Catherine “Kay” Markee ’34 Lynda Jo Meier ’72 Mary Kay Esser Miller ’62 Joanna C. Petterle ’94 Marilyn Mueller Ries ’71 William J. Roth ’36 Geri Caravello Royko ’66 James ’32 & Marie (Geier ’33) Shipley Susan Meyer Sullivan ’63 Paul T. Steiger ’85 Raymond P. Sweeney ’36 Nancy Ott Trainor ’52 Earl J. Wilke Theodore Jerome Woelfel ’64 Joseph E. Zaiman, Jr.
Tremendous Effort, Amazing Results from Augsburg College, Minn. archives, May 9, 2011 Katherine “Katie” Edelen ’06 earned BA and BS degrees with majors in environmental science, chemistry and biology. She was also called to the podium to accept the Marina Christensen Justice Award, presented to the graduating senior who best exemplifies Augsburg's motto, "Education for Service," and has demonstrated a dedication to community involvement. An Honors Program graduate, Katie was a Sabo Scholar in civic engagement and a Peace Prize Forum Peace Scholar. Throughout her four years, she challenged herself to find opportunities that would provide her knowledge across disciplines and hands-on learning. She wants to pursue a career that applies science in forming public policy decisions that will improve the lives of people in countries lacking services, equal access to resources, and just policies. Katie decided against a medical career as she discovered how treating disease can ameliorate its symptoms but doesn't remove the underlying structural causes. As an intern in both rural India and Uganda, she saw how lack of access to clean water extenuates the effects of disease and poverty. This led to internships with the White House Task Force on Climate Change and Energy Policy and with local environmental groups to learn how to translate and bring science to community issues, and how to build common interest to create change in public policy. For almost three years as a Sundquist Scholar and with national grants, Katie carried out research in atmospheric chemistry with Professor David Hanson, investigating the oxidation mechanism and atmospheric interactions of isoprene, a volatile, organic compound. She presented the research in the student session at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting and is awaiting a decision on publication. For the next year, Katie will be a Fulbright scholar in Oslo, Norway, continuing research that she began last summer as a Peace Prize Forum Peace Scholar at the Oslo Peace Research Institute. She'll study the relationship between lack of access to water and armed conflict in the world. This spring she received word that she has also been awarded a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for the following year, 2012-13. The scholarship covers all expenses for one year of graduate study. While her first choice is Oxford University, Katie does not yet know at which of the five institutions she selected—in England, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, and Egypt—she will be placed. All five programs offer studies in environmental management and policy, some focusing specifically on water resources.
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A Unique Legacy Mary Anne Thurber ’73 will be retiring in January 2012 after 33 years with the Madison Police Department (MPD). She will be leaving behind a unique legacy beyond her daily work in law enforcement. In a Wisconsin State Journal “Know Your Madisonian” column and television news stories, Mary Anne was recognized for being the driving force behind Madison’s Police Memorial Garden, a space that honors officers killed in the line of duty, those who have retired and those who have died. The informal garden includes a place to sit amidst a selection of native perennial plants around a central pattern of engraved paving stones and crushed granite entry paths. The park, which is open to the public (at the intersection of Thompson Drive and Cottage Grove Road), also notes the contributions of civilian employees. Mary Anne’s grandfather, Ray Thurber, had been a police chief and her father, Jack, was an identification specialist for the FBI. She knew early on that she wanted to go into law enforcement, but when she joined the MPD in 1979 there were very few other women. Those who were on the force weren’t allowed to be full officers, couldn’t carry guns and needed to be accompanied by a male if a gun might be necessary. They didn’t have uniforms tailored for women, but instead had to wear men’s uniforms and boys’ boots. She stuck with it, though, and ended up moving through a variety of positions within the Department (she is currently station officer at downtown Madison’s Central Police District), including public information officer. In that position, she gained 15 minutes of fame for her habit of writing press releases in rhyme. In her interview with Dee J. Hall of the Wisconsin State Journal, Mary Anne explained, “Some days you could die of boredom — nothing’s going on, … Things that I was pretty sure would never go to court I would play with. I’d write some of them in rhyme ... There was an article that was in the local paper. Somebody clipped it and sent it to [David] Letterman. Next thing I knew, I was on my way to New York.” Her creative writing and the garden aren’t the only special touches Mary Anne brought to her time in service at the MPD. She was also the initiator of “We’ve Got You Covered,” a cooperative program with Lands’ End and Door Creek Church that collects blankets for officers to distribute to the poor and homeless they may encounter. She says the program was intended to help “the little kids who sleep on piles of dirty clothes ... people who are choosing between heat and eating. We give them a blanket. It’s just another tool, a nontraditional tool, and it feels good [for officers] to be obviously kind. You look for opportunities to bestow kindness. In the final analysis, it’s the only thing that matters.”
Would an Apple by Any Other Name Taste as Sweet? By Kate Ripple ’80
Congratulations! Christine O’Neill Still ‘66 is the winner of our Email Collection Contest from the Winter 2011 Edition of the Crusader Connection. Christine will receive a $50 gift card to the location of her choice as a prize, and we thank her for her participation. Because of your sharing, we were able to update and add several emails to our database at EHS, making our commitment to using technology for communication more successful.
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DGEWOOD ALUMNI as a whole comprise a distinguished group. There is the ambassador to foreign countries, the small business owner providing vital employment to hundreds, the teacher shaping class after class of youth, the sister or priest ministering to throngs of faithful, the builder raising from blueprints the bridges over which we drive and the homes in which we reside, the doctor or nurse giving a lifetime of care to the sick, the performer entertaining millions, or other person making an impact. Yet among the many leaders, community servants and all-around talented and wonderful people who have graduated from Edgewood, who could you say has touched the most lives based on sheer numbers? Professor James J. Luby ’75, is one of the people responsible for Though there is no way to be sure of the the introduction of the Honeycrisp. answer to that question, one of the frontrunners would have to be an EHS alumnus you want to breed. Then you have to cover the who developed something so widely consumed mother so no real bees visit her, to be sure she only that it has been in virtually every home at one receives the pollen you’ve given her.” time or another. And that’s only the beginning. “Once you have I’m talking about James J. Luby ’75 who, with his seedlings, the trees don’t fruit for six to eight years. colleague David Bedford at the University of Then you evaluate the fruit. A good one is then Minnesota, is responsible for the introduction of the cloned by grafting onto the rootstock of another tree. Honeycrisp apple. If you’ve ever had one, I would After that, the tree can be tested for growing in other wager you haven’t forgotten the name, as it is so aptly parts of the country.” descriptive of the delectable taste. Full disclosure is Finally there are focus groups and voting by required here: I admit to being a BIG fan of the colleagues and trademark searches to name the new Honeycrisp. “baby.” All-in-all it can take 20 years from pollination Jim, one of four EHS grads of the Patrick and to arrival in your grocery store. Peg Luby family, is a professor of horticultural science “So,” I ask, “creating a successful hybrid fruit is at the University of Minnesota (where now and then really a life’s work?” he runs into and reminisces with the university’s “I hope I have a few more good ones left in me,” athletic director Joel Maturi, who once held the Luby laughed. same position at EHS). Jim loved his Biology class As a Honeycrisp lover, I had to get personal and at Edgewood and his summers working on his inquire who its parents had been. It turns out the sire uncle’s farm in Ohio. He went on to earn a BS in and dam were a Keepsake, an obscure variety from agronomy–crop science at Purdue and a PhD in the ’70s that never caught on (ironic, given its name), plant breeding and genetics from the University of and a failed variety, never reproduced, which goes Minnesota. And then, voilà!, the Honeycrsip was only by a number. A star apple descended from two magically born? Well, breeding a new apple isn’t quite perceived failures? Glory be! A refutation of the old like that, says Luby. adage that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree— “You begin by ‘being the bee,’ so to speak. You and a message of hope for the world! pollinate the mother tree with pollen from the father
This Luby isn’t the only one having a positive impact on his or her world. Jim’s sister Julie Luby ’76 is vice president of research for Ralcorp and recently developed McDonald’s new oatmeal product. His sister Mary Pat Luby Ward ’79 is a facilities administrator at Principia College in Illinois, and his brother Robert J. Luby ’81 is a medical doctor in Massachusetts. Jim says he still sees several of his Edgewood High classmates every summer, when they get together at a family cabin up in northern Wisconsin. And he credits his EHS Biology teacher, Dorothy Molling, Spanish teacher, Mrs. Sanfillippo and English teachers “for preparing me so well to write and communicate – skills that are really critical to any kind of professional work.”
Visit EHS edgewoodhs.org • Update your contact info • Enroll in the Alumni Association • Request transcripts • Read the latest news • Check the reunion schedule • Make a donation CRUSADER CONNECTION, SUMMER 2011 • 9
New Initiatives for the Association Joe Kemnitz ‘65, EHS Alumni Association Council President
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Y TENURE as President of the Alumni Advisory Council (AAC) is complete, and I am pleased and happy to hand the position over to James Imhoff III ’93. I believe James will continue to work toward the goals of the Council, the leadership body of the Edgewood High School Alumni Association, and his dedication to and belief in EHS will ensure that those goals are foremost for the Council. Growing and enhancing relationships between Edgewood High School Alumni and the greater Edgewood community has always been an important function of the Edgewood High School Alumni Association (EHSAA) and the Alumni Advisory Council, and the past several months have seen an enhanced commitment to that goal. The Mission Statement of the Association includes the following lines: The EHSAA, which consists of all EHS graduates, is committed to … strengthening past, present, and future relationships among alumni and with Edgewood High School and the Edgewood Community. 2011-2012 LEADERSHIP ON THE
ALUMNI ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE
EHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT James R. Imhoff III ’93 VICE PRESIDENT David P. Bauer ’79 SECRETARY Elaine M. Staley ’61 TREASURER Ty M. Shea ’95 PAST PRESIDENT Joseph W. Kemnitz ’65 MEMBERS AT LARGE Susan Schuman Haen ’77 John B. Washbush ’60 Charles K. McGinnis ’79 Michael V. Hanson ’91 Mary Beth Roach Drabik ’73 10 • CRUSADER CONNECTION, SUMMER 2011
With that part of the Mission Statement in mind, the AAC has worked diligently with school representatives on forging new initiatives that we feel will create a more cohesive relationship among those groups. We are excited to share our plans and programs with you! Members of the AAC have been charged with becoming the liaison between the school and the alumni. We plan to attend some of the more than 100 schoolsponsored events and activities and welcome conversations and input from you to share with EHS President Judd Schemmel in an advisory role. The AAC will meet with him twice yearly to exchange ideas and thoughts at a “State of the School” meeting. We hope this fosters an environment of sharing, both of your thoughts and ideas and the school’s plans and dreams. Please feel free to share any ideas and thoughts you may have with the AAC members; we wear nametags to help with recognition, so if you have something you want us to know, we are here to listen! You are also welcome to attend the scheduled “State of the School” meetings: look for dates and times on the EHS website, edgewoodhs.org. Another exciting initiative of the AAC is the creation of a named endowed Alumni Scholarship that will benefit future Edgewood High School students. Our current goal is to reach the $10,000 level, allowing us to name the scholarship in honor of all Edgewood High School Graduates. All funds raised through memberships in the EHSAA will be put toward that scholarship, so your Annual Membership fees and Lifetime Membership purchases have helped future students already! Any funds raised above the goal of $10,000 will allow us to increase the amount of tuition assistance available to future students, and we are working to raise money to add to the amount we currently have in our account. Please consider becoming a dues-paying member of the EHSAA if you are not already, or renewing or upgrading your membership if you have joined in the past. Your contributions will be going toward making the EHS experience more attainable for others!
I will continue to serve the AAC as the Past President, and look forward to many years of service to EHS in that role because I believe strongly that the AAC is an asset to the school and Edgewood community. If you are interested in joining the Council, we are always looking for others to participate. Please contact us via the Edgewood Aumni Office at 608.257.1023, x185 or EHSalumni@edgewood.k12.wi.us. if you have any questions about or want to volunteer for this worthwhile group.
Help Us Meet Our Goal! Alumni Association membership dues are now being applied toward a fund that, once it reaches $10,000, will provide a scholarship named the Edgewood High School Graduates Scholarship to be used toward EHS tuition. 2016-2017 Goal: $30,000
2011-2012 Goal: $10,000 As of June 30, 2011, we already have about $3,500 toward our goal for the year! The more we raise, the larger the scholarship we can provide (up to 1/2 tuition) or the more scholarships we can offer!
Musings Experiencing Christ-like Behavior in Our Daily Lives by Dennis McKinley ’63
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IS NAME was James Hughes and I’m quite sure I’ll never see him again. My wife and I met him on a subway platform…but wait, I’m getting ahead of myself! On our sophomore retreats, the students write some short journals with one of the possible questions being something like, “In whom do you see Jesus in your life?” At faculty retreats we may ask the question, “Who has been Jesus to you; to whom have you been Jesus?” We know through Church teachings that Jesus is present in us, but the question is, do we look for him or try to emulate him? Now back to James. My wife and I were on vacation in Washington D.C. during one of the heat waves the city experienced in summer 2010. After doing the “tourist thing” in the heat for a few days our patience was running thin. We decided to attend Mass on Saturday evening at St. Matthew’s Cathedral. (Older readers will remember St. Matthew’s as the church from which President John F. Kennedy was buried back in 1963.) Getting to the church required taking one subway train, waiting for and transferring to another, and then walking a number of blocks. The church’s air conditioning was doing its best, but not quite succeeding, at keeping up with the heat. There was nothing particularly stirring about the liturgy or homily, and when Mass was over, we left not feeling much of a boost to our mood. We made the return walk to the subway train and got off at the transfer point only to learn the other train was delayed and that it would be at least a 20-minute wait. We were hot, our feet were tired and the benches all seemed full. We found a corner of one bench where Margaret could sit, and I was mumbling under my breath about a teenager who was wrapped up in playing a video game, listening to his music and not paying any attention to older people standing around him while he was parked on the bench. Enter James Hughes! A young African-American man sitting next to Margaret turned to us and said, “Let me slide over so you both can sit down.” He introduced himself and we struck up a friendly conversation. We discovered he had worked all through the day out in the heat sitting under a canvas shelter and would be doing so for another eight hours the next day. He lived out in Virginia and had quite a commute each way. He asked us where we were from, about our jobs and family, and seemed genuinely interested in us. All the while he talked and listened, he never stopped smiling and saying how grateful he was to God for his job and the good life he was leading. In those few short minutes, he raised our spirits by letting the Spirit shine through him.
Suddenly, he said his train was arriving and he would have to leave, wishing us a nice last few days of our vacation. Then this young, cheerful man with such an optimistic outlook on life picked up the two crutches I hadn’t seen, and with the help of them and his paralyzed legs, zipped across the platform to board his train! I was speechless! Truly he had been Jesus to us — both cheering us up and reminding us how petty we had been with our complaints and lack of patience. Early last fall, William M. Heidt ’72 passed away. Bill had been in my band for all four years of high school. Bill struggled in almost every way during his high school years. He never played his clarinet well enough to move beyond 3rd part, but thoroughly enjoyed playing. After graduation, he was hired at the State Capitol to deliver the mail within the building and would proceed to do this job faithfully for 30 years. A few times a year, Bill would stop to visit me at Edgewood and bring me up to date on his life and what was generally going wrong with the world. He did this not in a complaining way, but rather matter-of-factly. He was a regular donor to Edgewood, even though he never made much money. He always had a story to tell that would bring a smile to one’s face. His wake and funeral were attended by several state dignitaries and others who came to know him over the years. I’m quite sure that Bill was a voice of
honesty in a building that isn’t always associated with the whole truth. I suspect that during his daily mail rounds he brought many smiles to the others working in the Capitol. I am equally sure that Bill brought Jesus into the State Capitol! During the sophomore retreats I mentioned earlier, when “the Jesus question” comes up, I like to point out a person at Edgewood who represents Christ’s Gospel message. That person is Richard Hare, who works on the EHS kitchen staff. Richard is a model of true charity for the rest of us. We can recall Christ’s story of the widow’s last coin given in the temple — that is what Richard is to Edgewood. To say he isn’t wealthy is an understatement, and yet he does fundraising for Second Harvest Food Bank. Instead of getting presents for his birthday, he raises money for the poor and less fortunate. When I was beginning my 40th year at Edgewood a few years back, Richard brought me a huge “40” balloon to recognize my milestone. He goes about his business in the Commons, never drawing attention to himself, and yet, living out Jesus’ teaching by making life better for others. He is Jesus to those of us at Edgewood and to the many people he helps through his generosity, giving not from his “disposable” income, but from his heart! So my question to you is, “Who has been Jesus to you lately, and to whom have you been Jesus?”
We all strive to do some good in our lives, but do you know of a fellow alum who is worthy of being recognized for showing exceptional concern for the welfare of others? Somehow who has made a significant impact on the lives of people in the community, the state or beyond? Nominate her or him for the Dominican Award for Service to Humanity or the Mazzuchelli Award for Service to Christian Education. Use the form on page 6 in this newsletter or go online to edgewoodhs.org/alumni and click on Nomination Form.
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Celebrate the Past, Shape the Future Tammy Ehrmann, Director of Alumni Relations
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scholarship is currently being funded, enabling the AAC to award a future student a portion of his or her tuition. We are working to raise money to add to the amount we currently have in our account. The goal for this year is to reach the $10,000 level, enabling us to create a named scholarship in honor of all Edgewood High School Graduates. Some of you have already helped future students by joining the EHSAA at either the Annual or Lifetime levels in previous years. All money raised through future memberships in the EHSAA will go toward reaching the $10,000 level. As the fund continues to grow, more students will benefit; the possibilities are limitless!
E CELEBRATE our lives in many different ways, with milestones we reach often giving us reason to reflect and rethink the paths we have taken and to share those paths with others. Graduation from high school is one of life’s most significant accomplishments, and when we celebrate reunions we honor one of those times that were most influential and formative. At Edgewood High School we always have a busy reunion schedule as alumni gather and reconnect; some classes meet once every five years, some meet annually, some even celebrate milestone birthdays like 60 and 70! Any reason to reconnect with those who have shared such an important part of growing into adulthood seems to be the norm at EHS. However often your graduating class gets together, the time you enjoy with your fellow alumni allows you to reflect on where you have travelled on your journey. You were allowed the privilege and opportunity to attend EHS, and the values, education and principles you were exposed to shaped who you have become as adults today. Giving that same opportunity to incoming students at EHS is one of the newest initiatives of the Alumni Advisory Council (AAC), the governing body of the Edgewood High School Alumni Association (EHSAA). A new, named endowed
Class gifts are another way to help support EHS. Some classes have chosen to support projects like classroom renovations or designated a group contribution as an unrestricted memorial gift in memory of deceased classmates. Class gifts may now also be designated to go toward the Edgewood High School Graduates Scholarship goal. As you gather this summer to celebrate your shared EHS experiences, please consider supporting this exciting new scholarship or acknowledging the school with a class gift or personal contribution that will make a difference in the life of future generations of Crusaders.
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It All Adds Up to Catholic Education
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Indiana. A year later, Ann Marie met her husband, NN MARIE STEIGER HAU ’83 attended Marvin Hau, who is an automotive engineer. The couple religiously-affiliated schools since she began married in 1996 and moved to Carmel where they live at St. Maria Goretti in Madison through with their two children who are enrolled in a Catholic Marquette University. My mother was familiar with the grade school. Sinsinawa Dominicans and a Catholic education was Ann Marie’s younger brother, Paul ’85, took the same important to our family, so attending Edgewood was a school and career path, with interests in math and music, natural choice.” While at EHS, Ann Marie was class secretary and was and followed her into the engineering field as well. His active in music and theatre. She was Sister Sophia in The life ended abruptly, though, when he died in 1995 at age 28 as the result of a four-car accident caused by a drunk Sound of Music and was stage manager for The Man Who driver. Paul’s death was devastating for the family. They Came to Dinner and worked on other shows as well. She decided that since he, too, had was in the band and choir all four years and also sang in the loved his years at Edgewood Diocesan choir. Ann Marie says, and was talented in math and “I formed a lot of terrific music, that they would set up friendships through my a fund in his name. Beginning participation in activities. Even in 1995, the family and Paul’s today, I occasionally keep in friends, including many of his touch with [music teacher] classmates, contributed to the Dennis McKinley ’63.” Paul T. Steiger ’85 Memorial While she says “The junior Fund in the EHS endowment and senior retreats were until the fund reached tremendous, memorable $10,000. The first scholarship, Ann Marie and her husband, Marvin Hau, with sons awarded annually to a student experiences,” Ann Marie also Eric (left) and Isaac at the golf outing held in memory who shows outstanding ability notes that, “At the time I of her brother, Paul, in whose name the Steiger family and interest in math and attended, there wasn’t a big emphasis at Edgewood on has created an endowed memorial scholarship fund. music, was presented in 2004. service activities or accumulating service hours — I think The Steiger family members take turns organizing that came to be promoted later. While helping others was a golf outing at which sign-up fees and additional always taken for granted, my sense of responsibility for contributions are received that are applied toward the volunteering was fostered a lot by the 4H Club that I named endowed fund. In addition, family members and was a member of while in high school.” classmates make designated memorial gifts to the fund so Math was Ann Marie’s academic forte, however, and that as the principal grows, the size of the scholarship that was the course she chose to pursue. “I remember prize or the number of recipients can eventually be taking Honors Math with ‘The Colonel’ (Francis increased. Ann Marie was the host in 2004. In addition, McGiverin),” who taught a range of math courses. Ann she became a member of the EHS Heritage Society by Marie entered the electrical engineering program at designating the fund as a beneficiary in her will. Marquette, one of the still small number of women at Recently, Ann Marie has turned her attention to that time who went into the field. After her sophomore a career change. She hopes to become a math teacher. year, she participated in a cooperative program with Currently, she is completing her certification work and Delco Electronics, a division of General Motors. That led her student teaching and she hopes to get a permanent to an eventual job with the company’s avionics division teaching position, preferably at (where else?) the local in Milwaukee. However, when that closed, she Catholic high school. transferred in 1993 to a Delphi branch in Kokomo,
Cheney Memorial Golf Outing August 6 The 10th Annual Cheney Memorial Golf Outing to benefit the Patrick Cheney ’94 Scholarship Fund at Edgewood will be held on Saturday, August 6, at University Ridge Golf Course. Tournament day registration runs from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with a Wisconsinstyle tailgate cookout lunch beginning at 11:30 at the University Ridge Clubhouse. Those who do not golf may attend the lunch only. The 18-hole tournament has a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. and includes special hole contests and opportunities to try for a car, golf clubs and travel. Prizes will be awarded at the end of play. For more information, to contribute to the scholarship fund, or to register for golf and/or lunch, contact Mary and Steve Cheney at madcheneys@tds.net.
Two ways to commemorate loved ones or create a legacy for yourself: Memorials and Named Endowment Funds Every year, Edgewood benefits from the generosity of deceased members of our community who specify that gifts in their memory be made to the school. These memorial contributions go to the Annual Fund, unless otherwise specified, helping Edgewood to meet its commitments to provide quality programs and services in the year they are received. Other alumni or their family members choose to establish a named fund within the Sr. Kathleen O’Connell Endowment that will bear benefits in perpetuity. The general Endowment, which is now valued at approximately $5.6 million, includes donor-named funds that are dedicated largely to giving tuition assistance. While disbursements vary depending upon the amount of interest earned in any year, most funds have been able to provide financial assistance ranging from 5% to 10% of the principal annually. To see examples of existing funds to which you may contribute, visit the publications area of the EHS website, edgewoodhs.org, and download a copy of the Annual Report. To establish a new named fund, a principal of $10,000 or greater is required. For more information on how to go about establishing a fund in your name or that of someone you wish to commemorate, please contact Institutional Advancement Director Mary Link at 608.257.1023 x168 or linkmar@edgewood.k12.wi.us. CRUSADER CONNECTION, SUMMER 2011 • 13
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Keep Your EHS Connections Alive by Keeping in Touch Mary Link, Director of Institutional Advancement
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APPY SUMMER to all! It’s my favorite season, especially in Madison, as everything turns green with lushness, the lakes “buzz” with activity, the Farmers’ Market is in full “bloom” and all of us at Edgewood High School take time to reflect on the past school/fiscal year and recharge for the start of the new one. The EHS Institutional Advancement team has much to reflect on and consider as we look back with gratitude and forward with anticipation. We thank our generous donors and benefactors for their annual gifts and acknowledge those who have remembered EHS through a bequest or planned gift. We are impressed with the increased number of alumni, parents of alumni and friends who regularly send us “news” about changes in their lives. Alumnews is reportedly the favorite section of this newsletter and the most read pages as people search for updates on former classmates and family friends.
We were grateful last summer for the opportunity to honor and acknowledge the achievements of alumni and friends at the Living the Mission Awards and Donor Recognition event (see page 6 for information on the 2011 event, which will take place in the autumn). The EHS Alumni Council is growing and invigorated. And, we hope the Memorial Prayer Services continue to demonstrate our effort to comfort and console members of the EHS community. My hope for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year is to remain on track in our efforts to increase the number of alumni, parents of alumni and friends who send us information about what is happening in your lives — births, community service, new employment, new home, etc. I hope you will decide to attend one of the more than 150 annual EHS-sponsored events, including the Annual Spring Auction & Social, Trivia Night, athletic events, theater productions, concerts, Wilke Golf Outing etc. (see the calendar on page 6 for 2011-2012 dates). Visit the website at edgewoodhs.org for updated information about events and to register for many of those who need advance tickets. And, of course, in my role as director of institutional advancement, I encourage you to contribute to Edgewood in whatever amount or way you can. The article by alumni director Tammy Ehrmann on page 12 introduces an exciting new opportunity for our alumni to help ensure that future generations of Crusaders are able to attend Edgewood. I hope to see or hear from you soon!
For Whom Shall We Pray? As we begin November with the celebration of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, and close the month withThanksgiving, the Edgewood community pauses to remember those who remain close to us through the Communion of Saints. If you have deceased loved ones you would like remembered during our November prayers, please let us know with this form or by submitting names online later in the year. Please remember the following deceased people in your liturgy and prayers: ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Submitted by: ________________________________________________________ Please return to Advancement Office, Edgewood High School, 2219 Monroe Street, Madison WI 53711 or EHSAlumni@edgewood.k12.wi.us. 14 • CRUSADER CONNECTION, SUMMER 2011
Whether you choose to send a gift or contribute online, there are three ways you can help support EHS financially. 1. Unrestricted annual gifts ensure that we will be able to provide services and use the funds as needed this year. 2. Restricted gifts let us use those funds to support immediate specific projects. 3. Gifts made through your will, life insurance beneficiary designation or a trust demonstrate your commitment to future generations.
Plan Today and Put Away Regrets Rare is the person who regrets having been truly generous or thoughtful. Yet how can you give away property, securities or real estate now if you do not know whether you or your family will need those assets later? One solution is by means of a bequest—a gift in your will or living trust. Here are some of the advantages of bequests: • Easy. A few sentences in your will or living trust complete the gift. • Revocable. Until your will or trust goes into effect, you are free to alter your estate plans. • Versatile. You can bequeath a specific item, an amount of money, a percentage of your estate or a gift contingent upon certain events. • Tax-wise. Your estate is entitled to an unlimited estate tax charitable deduction. If you would like to learn more about giving through a bequest, contact Mary Link at linkmar@edgewood.k12.wi.us or 608.257.1023 x168.
The Kids Won’t Mind Researchers* asked the 31 percent of Americans aged 30+ who expect to or have already received an inheritance: “Suppose someone other than your spouse were to leave you an inheritance. If that person had decided that a nonprofit organization would also get a percentage, would you wish 100 percent had gone to individuals or do you think a gift to an organization is a reasonable choice?" • 72%: A gift to an organization is a reasonable choice. • 17%: Not sure. • 11%: Wish 100% went to individuals If all Edgewood alumni left an estate bequest of just 1% to the school, it would total more than $1 million every decade! * 2009 Stelter Donor Insight Report
Two Years as Board Chair, A Permanent Impact: Patrick Sweeney ’73
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HE SWEENEY FAMILY has a long and extensive connection to Edgewood High School, going back three generations to the 1930s. As Patrick Sweeney, who has just completed his twoyear tenure as chair of the Board of Trustees likes to say, “My dad and his brothers started the connection and after they graduated, continued to help Coach Wilke and Sr. Kathleen and by the time my generation came along we didn’t know any other way. It’s just ‘what we do.’ We get a tremendous amount of enjoyment, community and a strong sense of commitment from our connection to Edgewood. It has the atmosphere of a family, and who thinks of leaving family?” Of course, Edgewood is also literally family; besides a large contingent of immediate family members who are alumni, many of the Sweeneys are linked to other “legacy” families like the Arnolds, the Lynaughs, the Vosses and the Fitzpatricks. Start adding close friends and employees, and the connections form a tree with innumerable branches like embracing arms. Patrick, who is an attorney with Sweeney & Sweeney in Madison, realized that it was “his time” to serve Edgewood, and so when his older brother, Tim ’66, approached him about being a member of the Finance Committee, he agreed, and then also joined the Board of Trustees where he became a member of the Executive Committee. Working on the committees and Board opened Patrick’s eyes to seeing the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters in a new light. “I met the Sisters not as teachers or disciplinarians, but as colleagues. I got to see them as individual people and to appreciate their unique perspectives on many aspects of life. They often approached situations from a different angle than those of us who come from a corporate setting.” It also was interesting to him to see the specificity that had developed surrouding the values the Sisters promoted in their schools. “The Sinsinawa Dominican values had always been there [when I was a student] but they were just a part of the experience. This community of women held a common belief system and purpose. It wasn’t until their numbers began to decline that it became a more formalized philosophical statement shared with others, meant to ensure that their legacy and tradition of preaching and teaching would continue through the laity.” Patrick’s service was revelation behind the scenes of the school’s fiscal position and operations. “When I first joined the Board, we were in a ‘stop the bleeding’ mode. As the Sisters, who had essentially worked for room and board, were declining in numbers, lay faculty and staff salaries consumed a greater and greater share of the school’s financial resources. We assessed what needed to be done just to
stabilize the school while we planned for its long-term viability. As a result, in that first year, we raised tuition, slashed costs and made a concerted push to increase findraising. In year two, we developed a 5-year plan, thoroughly analyzing the budget and all aspects of the school’s programs and operations. Once again, it was the Sisters who had a tremendous impact on the ‘way’ we did the evaluation, however. The Sisters were insistent that the plan not only be a business model, but one that was mission-based. That meant that some items that might have been jettisoned on a purely fiscal level were viewed in a new light and seen as important to sustaining the unique qualities that an Edgewood education has always offered.” By the third year, Edgewood was back on track, setting aside money for long-deferred maintenance projects, boasting increased enrollment and showing consistently responsible fiscal stewardship. Patrick speaks gladly of the accomplishments made while he has been on the Board and under his recent chairmanship, “We have a completely changed physical plant: the oldest classrooms are renovated, the Commons is remodeled and technology and security upgrades exist throughout the building. Edgewood has new (and enviable!) athletic facility arrangements, including the Otto Breitenbach Stadium, which the school shares with Middleton, for football. In addition, arrangements are being developed for access to a spectacular ice rink for hockey. Other big changes are on the horizon as well, with a shift in the campus governance structure being negotiated and a possible capital campaign to make some additional major improvements. All of this is evidence, Patrick says, that “things can happen at Edgewood that can’t happen anywhere else. As good as we are, we’re only going to get better. The Board and administration, driven by Judd Schemmel, have ensured that Edgewood will never be on the ropes again.” He also emphasizes the quality of Edgewood’s Board. “It’s a real brain trust, one I would put up against any other in Dane County. It’s really amazing to see this diverse group of people who know how to make an organization thrive all working toward a common goal ... just a remarkable process and priceless!” In his professional career, Patrick continues to deal with people he originally met through Edgewood. “To this day I have clients with whom I graduated, or who have graduated from EHS since I was there. Often, you sit down at a table, and someone mentions their Edgewood connection, and suddenly the whole tenor of the meeting changes. There’s an instant additional sense of comfort and ease that is added by our shared heritage.” What Patrick says he has learned most from his time in service is that as you proceed through life, “You should try to leave the world a different and better place for your having been here. Make every room you go into a better place. Work one-on-one, over and over.” That he says, is the source of feeling fulfilled. He advises others, “Get involved! Your participation is important and what you learn is enlightening, humbling and rewarding. The experience is tremendous.”
“Get involved! Your participation is important and what you learn is enlightening, humbling and rewarding.”
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1947 Robert M. Finley, who served in the U.S. Air Force in Korea, 1952-1953 and then went on to earn his law degree, retired in 1989 after many years with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. He and his wife, Arlene, live in Middleton, Wisconsin, and have two adult children, Michael and Casey.
1948 Thomas C. Hunt, PhD, and Professor Jim Carper of the University of South Carolina were among a select group of individuals invited to contribute an article in response to the recent book of the late Warren Nord of the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) that was entitled Does God Make a Difference? Taking Religion Seriously in Schools and Universities. Carper and Hunt's article, “Taking Religion Seriously – Another Approach” appeared in the March issue of Religion and Education, vol. 38. Tom and Professor Carper also presented on their upcoming (in 2012) book, the two-volume Praeger Handbook of Faith-Based Schools in the United States, K-12 at a session of the Associates for Research on Private Education at the recent conference of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.
1950 Catherine M. Minter Effinger volunteers with Audio & Braille Literacy Enhancement (ABLE), a nonprofit organization that provides digital and braille transcriptions of a broad range of printed materials, including textbooks, adult and children's books, magazines, tax forms, medical materials, restaurant menus and other commercial and personal items. She also helps distribute clothing to the poor through Fr. Gene’s Help Center, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A widow for the past eight years, Catherine enjoys time with her seven children, 12 grandchilren and eight great-grandchildren. Fr. Donald J. Murray is celebrating his Golden Jubilee as a priest this year. He retired in 2001. Among his appointments during his long service to churches in Wisconsin were pastor at St. Olaf in DeForest, Our Lady of the Assumption in Beloit, St. Barnabas in Mazomanie and St. Maria Goretti and St. Thomas Aquinas in Madison. Fr. Murray also served on the Priest Senate/Presbyteral Council, the Diocesan Council, the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration, as chaplain for the Serra Club and on the committee for Clergy Spiritual Life.
1954 Elizabeth A. Frost Bajork and her husband, Len, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a family reunion in Austin, Texas, where they live. In attendance were all the Frost siblings (Mary ’55 Kroncke, Nick ’59, Tom ’60, Jeff and Mike) and their families and the Bajork families. Liz is active 16 • CRUSADER CONNECTION, SUMMER 2011
with the sewing ministry and prayer blanket committee at their parish and Len, who is a labor arbitrator, is active on the parish’s pro-life committee. JoJean Kehl Janus was interviewed for an article in the Spring 2011 Your Family magazine that featured the Kehl family’s five-generation tradition of dance and choreography, dating back to Frederick Kehl, grandfather of JoJean, JoAnn Kehl McDermott ’54 and Virginia L. Kehl Mackesey ’50. JoJean was the fourth director of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, which is now run by her daughter. James L. Keepers is a retired high school teacher and coach as well as having been a hockey referee at the high school, college and professional levels. A volunteer with the Knights of Columbus in East Troy, Wisconsin, where he lives with his wife, Rita, Jim is also a member of the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame in Eagle River. His son, Tim, was a member of the U.S. World Wake Board Team, which won a team gold medal in Seville, Spain.
1957 Lois J. Traver Lehmann has retired from teaching and now works part-time in a care facility. She also does volunteer work helping children learn how to garden and tutoring elementary-school-age children in reading. John R. Osipowicz has retired after 40 years of teaching English and now writes mystery novels. “Edgewood helped me know what I was all about and stimulated my creativity.” He taught at EHS for six years and then the remainder of his career as a teacher and baseball coach was at Lower Merion High School in the Philadelphia suburbs. John’s detective books are available through Amazon.com and can be purchased for use on a variety of e-readers. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in Coatsville, Pennsylvania.
1958 Sarah A. Ledwidge Groth is a retired addictions counselor and a proud grandmother of 10, one of whom currently attends EHS and another who is at Edgewood Campus School.
1960 Sr. Judy C. Schomisch, DC, celebrated her 50th Jubilee as a member of the Daughters of Charity [of St. Vincent de Paul] on June 4, 2011. She has a master’s degree in family counseling and works with the poor in San Francisco, California. Charleen A. Ackerman Clementi will be inducted into the Madison Women’s Bowling Hall of Fame on August 16, 2011 at the Bowling Jamboree & Awards Ceremony Banquet held at Bowl-A-Vard Lanes. She lives in Fitchburg, Wisconsin.
1962 Sr. M. Stella (Irmgard) Storch, OP, was featured on the ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, WISN Channel 12, in a February 4 story titled “Wisconsin Nuns Send Challenge to Packers.” As a person who participated in a campaign aimed at addressing the increase in human trafficking that occurs around the times of large sporting events like the Super Bowl, Sr. Stella was instrumental in sending an anti-trafficking awareness letter to the Green Bay players and staff, enlisting their support. When asked why she chose to contact the Packers organization, Sr. Stella said, “People can easily dismiss me…[but] when [Aaron Rodgers] says it, they sit up and listen.”
1965 Terrill A. “Terry” LaGree, who recalls EHS as a place where he found “great friends and a great education,” lives in Lecanto, Florida, and works as a landscape architect. He and his wife, Marie, volunteer for their church and at a children’s home. Thomas F. Bunbury and his daughters were featured in the Business section of the Wisconsin State Journal for their real estate firm’s efforts to cater to the increasingly tech-savvy consumer.
1966 Douglas A. Scheuerell was profiled in the May 12, 2011 Sun Prairie Star in an article promoting “Bands and Composers,” an exhibit at the Sun Prairie Historical Museum. Doug is a professional tabla player and instructor at University of Oregon. In addition to being featured on albums by other performers, he released a collborative CD entitled Communion in 2008. This photo from the Sun Prairie Star shows Doug (far right) with the other members of his first band.
1970 Gordon L. Meicher, managing partner of Meicher and Associates, a full service public accounting firm based in Middleton, Wisconsin, has been honored by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as one of the recipients of the 2010 Outstanding Discussion Leader Award. This year, out of 240 instructors, 14 were honored with this award.
Previously, Bucky has headed U.S. Music Corp. and Manchester Companies (where he received the Turnaround of the Year award for his role at the medical device manufacturer) and most recently was president of Vallon, LLC, a Minneapolis-based executive placement firm.
1992 Michael T. Darda is chief economist and strategist with MKM Partners in Stamford, Connecticut, and lives with his wife, Megan, in Norwalk.
1971 Maureen E. Bruns Palmer has her own occupational therapy business, Focus Point Therapy, LLC. She volunteers her time as a fieldwork supervisor/ educator for students pursuing master’s degrees in occupational therapy and also accepts interns from colleges and universities. Currently, Maureen is working on a study in collaboration with Wayne State University to measure the effectiveness of the “Interactive Metronome” advanced brain-training program in improving fine motor function skills like handwriting. She lives in Livonia, Michigan.
1973 Jeffrey J. Collins works as an AODA counselor at the Rebos-Chris Farley House in Madison. Jeff ’s first spouse died, but he has since remarried and lives in Madison with his wife, Laura Kopp. He appreciates “the opportunity Edgewood gave students to learn through their own mistakes, provided they didn't harm others.” In addition to working with substance abusers as his career, Jeff spends his spare time helping alcoholics stay sober.
1975 Casey C. Meuer retired from the U.S. Navy at the rank of Lieutenant Commander after serving for 22 years. He then worked for a year at Air Cargo in Milwaukee. Since 2009 he has been flying reconnaissance missions in Iraq. He visited his family in midFebruary for several weeks before returning to Iraq, where his assignment will continue for an indefinite amount of time. He lives in Oregon, Wisconsin.
1976 Bridget A. Berigan will be graduating magna cum laude from Ashford University this August with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, specializing in infant and toddler care. She works as an infant teacher/unit leader at The Learning Gardens Child Development Center in Madison. She notes that, “Being an Edgewood grad is something that I am very proud of. Both of my children graduated from EHS: Nicole ’96 and Bradley ’11. My parents are also EHS grads: Leroy “Skip” Berigan and Jeanne Tierney Berigan are 1951 graduates. We all enjoyed our time at this wonderful institution. Thanks, Edgewood. It’s been fun!”
1978 P. Buckley “Bucky” Brinkman has recently been named executive director and CEO of the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a non-profit consulting organization that provides services to help small and midsize manufacturers grow and succeed.
1990 Sean M. Dooley has been hired to teach full-time at UW-River Falls, where he previously had a temporary position filling in for a professor on sabbatical in 2007-2008. In addition to teaching duties, Sean will be responsible for promoting the school’s drama program and hopes to spend time meeting with high school teachers throughout Wisconsin.
1993 David A. Hackworthy ’80 and his children were photographed for UW Health magazine after organizing Walk for Courage, a benefit in honor of Amie Hackworthy, who had breast cancer. The Walk contributed $50,000 for breast cancer research. Pictured above are (front) David and Amie, and their daughters Emily ’10 and Tess ’15. In the back are Courtney Burke ’12, David R. Hackworthy ’08, Charlie Hackworthy ’12, Tania Worgull and John Burke.
1980 George P. “Geep” Chryst will be taking over the position of quarterbacks coach for the San Francisco Forty-Niners in the 2011-2012 season. The Chrysts will be living in Palo Alto, California.
1984 Michael J. Shea returned in January to M&I Bank’s Hilldale Office in Madison as vice president in the mortgage department, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage loan industry.
1987 Erin M. Cummings Reichert lives in Downers Grove, Illinois, and is director of sales, worldwide accounts for Waldorf Astoria & Conrad Hotels and Resorts with Hilton Worldwide. She and her husband, Michael, have two children.
1989 Gretchen M. Wiese Phillips, MD was featured on the Dr. Oz show that aired on April 5, 2011. To see the four-part episode, visit http://www.doctoroz.com/ videos/5-wrong-turns-lead-cancer-pt-1. Gretchen specializes in preventive medicine; for three years she hosted a Minneapolis radio show on the CBS affiliate and since 2008 has been working with Fox and NBC affiliates doing television segments about medicine in the news. She lives in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. Jennifer L. Thompson, DVM has her practice at the Madison Equine Clinic, a division of Lodi Veterinary Hospital in Lodi, Wisconsin.
Catherine A. Zinkel Krussel earned an MS in education from Arizona State University in December 2010. She is now head of financial aid at the Chamberlain School of Nursing. Catherine and her husband, Jeff, live in Peoria, Arizona.
1996 Daniel A. Hickey is manager of strategy and operations for Deloitte Consulting, LLP in Chicago, Illinois. Since finishing business school at Notre Dame with an MBA in 2004, he has been in management consulting. He credits Pam Hanson Stewart (“PH”) for his ability to address audiences.. “Public speaking is a big part of who I am and what I do.… My uncle passed recently and I was asked to emcee the service and to deliver a eulogy. Several people came up to me and commented on how good a job they thought I did and one person in particular asked how I came to learn that skill, become so good at it, and how I seemed to enjoy it so much.” His letter to PH continued, “I realized that I can almost 100% trace my joy in speaking and presenting, as well as any proficiency I have attained in doing so, back to your class and to your play that I was in. …Like many Edgewood graduates, I have been given more in life than most can even hope for. While I am grateful for all of it, I don’t often enough thank the people who have given me so much.”
1997 Summer E. Hanson received a PhD from UWMadison in biomedical engineering in May 2011. She had already earned an MD in 2005 and an MS in mechanical engineering in 2010, both from UWMadison. Daniel J. Sarbacker, who earned his BA in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis in 2001, received an MBA from UW-Madison in May 2011.
Ah, Edgefest! Pictured are thenfreshmen Daniel J. Sarbacker ’97 and Marre J. Glenn ’97 working to keep the grounds clean during the 1993 Edgefest. CRUSADER CONNECTION, SUMMER 2011 • 17
1998 Trisha N. Smith Huset married her husband, Tim, in 2008. They live in Verona, Wisconsin, with their 18-month-old son, Tanner.
1999 Maureen Martin Ericson lives in Madison with her husband, Michael. She serves as a regent for the Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA), Court Madison #1164. The CDA is the women’s branch of the Knights of Columbus, founded in 1903. Members perform charitable service and share their faith through local programs and national projects.
2001 William J. Siitari is an accountant for the Big Ten Conference, a position he has had since June 2010. He began working for the non-profit organization in May 2009 as a volunteer paint-a-room manager until April 2010 and then served on the Finance Committee beginning in May 2010. His office is located in Park Ridge, Illinois, and he and his wife, Briggs, live in Bensonville. William has also been a volunteer with the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota.
2002 Dominic J. Lombardo, who earned his law degree at William Mitchell College of Law, is a practicing attorney in St. Paul, Minnesota. He volunteers with Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers and the National Sports and Entertainment Law Society.
2003 John P. Niebauer, who currently lives in Middleton, Wisconsin, earned his degree in healthcare management and is now employed as director of the Fountains of Washington House, a skilled nursing care facility. This fall, John will begin working on an advanced degree in healthcare policy at George Mason University.
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Kyle M. Fetters who graduated in 2010 with a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Mississippi, noted that “Edgewood gave me the skills I needed to be successful in a college environment and to help me balance work and play.” He has returned to Madison where he is working at Zimbrick-MINI as a motoring advisor. Kevin L. Hampton graduated from the University of St. Thomas in St, Paul, Minnesota and is now the new volunteer coordinator at the Catholic Multicultural Center (formerly known as St. Martin House) in Madison, which has been serving families and individuals in need through free community meals, career counseling, education classes and computer training, children’s programs, health services and religious enrichment. The Catholic Multicultural Center began as a lay movement in 1946 through the leadership of Father Jerome L. Hastrich, with a mission of serving as a center for those working toward racial and social justice. Matthew W. Knutson graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in May 2010. He was selected as a Draper Fellow and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in astronautical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
Devin Turner has continued his passion for flying and is currently interning with the shuttle program at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The experience has offered many opportunities to go behind the scenes with engineers to watch pre-launch and post-launch operations for the space shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour. He notes, “As the program will be ending soon, this is the opportunity of a lifetime and I would like to thank you [aviation instructor Diane Endres Ballweg ’71] personally for helping and encouraging me in aerospace and aviation. … I will always remember my flying experiences in high school and I am working to build on them as I take my passion for aviation to the next level. … We all remember people who have mentored and advised us along the way and your patience and encouragement have made a difference in my path as a pilot and a person.”
2007 Katherine R. Ballweg earned a BS in biology and Spanish from Denver University in 2011. Katie will enter Seton Hall University in New Jersey in the fall where she will study to become a physical therapist for sports medicine. Matthew D. Mohr received his BS in business/ finance from St. Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin, in May 2011. Emily M. Schreiber earned a BS in exercise science from St. Louis University in Missouri and is pursuing a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree.
Former Faculty/Staff The Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa hold a Chapter meeting every five years to set direction for the congregation and to elect leadership for the next five-year term. An explanation of Chapter elections was provided by Sr. Laura Goedken, OP, in a guest column that appeared in Sinsinawa Dominican Vision. Sr. Laura was assistant principal and dean of students at EHS, 1978–1986. The election results produced the names of several other women connected to the EHS community as well. Sr. Mary L. Rathert ’61 was elected to the General Council as was Sr. Kathleen M. Phelan, who taught social
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studies, 1968-1974 and then returned to serve as principal, 1984-1989. Sr. Mary Ellen Green, who is director of development at The Mound, is the daughter of Mary G. Wandrey Green ’34. Sr. Laura was one of the 21 Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters who celebrated their golden jubilees in July 2011. She is currently the director of development for the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa. Sr. Ann Marie Palmisano, OP, is another of the golden jubilee celebrants. She served in a variety of capacities at EHS, 1971-78, and is now ministering as a family caregiver in Milwaukee. Shirley E. Sennett, who taught English at EHS, 1977-1984, died on December 9, 2010. Her husband is Francis J. Sennett, ’43 and her children are John ’68, Diane Hinke ’73, Thomas ’75 and Jane DeWees ’79. Robyn Smail Chase, who was instrumental music director, 2001-05 and her husband, Ben, were married shortly before she left Edgewood. They now have a daughter named Rachel Sophia, who was born on April 12, 2011. Robyn finished an MBA and says, “Life is really good and we’re very blessed.” Patricia A. SanFillippo, who taught Spanish at EHS, 1963-1974, died on February 10, 2011. Sr. Bernita (Mary Giovanni) Hessling, OP, who taught religious studies at EHS, 1974-77, died on February 22, 2011. Heidi Chew Osborne, who taught religious studies at EHS 1999-2006, now lives in Marblehead, Ohio, with her husband, Mark, and their two children: William Ryan, born March 11, 2009, and infant daughter, Susannah Marie, born on May 13, 2011.
Sherry L. (Grantham ’84) Block and her husband, Wally, are now the parents of three sons. Charles Rocca Block joined brothers Ben and Jay on January 7, 2011. The family lives in Madison. Charley is the 12th grandchild for Ruthann (Rocca ’54) and Tom Grantham. Robert J. ’03 and Katherine M. (Hoffman ’03) Copley ’03 are happy parents of their first child, a daughter named Maci, born June 13, 2001. The Copleys, who live in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, have been married since July 2008. Brian J. Golden ’96 and his wife, Tiffany, have a new son, Alexander James. The Goldens live in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Kari R. (Meyer ’89) Noot and her husband, Doug, are parents of their first child, Karoline Rose, born on January 8, 2011. They live in Madison. Grandparents include former EHS employee and current volunteer Karla Meyer and her husband, George. David A. Rancourt ’87 and his wife, Carrie, welcomed their second child, William Warren, born November 3, 2010. William’s big brother is John. The family lives in Middleton, Wisconsin. Stephen Z. Royko ’90 and his wife, Jessica, have a second daughter, Lara Nell, born on January 5, 2011. The Royko family, which includes six-year old Anja and four-year-old Anton, lives in Evansville, Wisconsin.
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Bradley R. Blum ’98 and Lauren J. Warshauer Blum ’99 were married on May 1, 2010, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison. They live in Milwaukee, where Brad is a civil engineer for a consulting firm. Christopher B. Knutson ’02 married Kristen Allmann on June 26, 2010, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Madison. They live in Cross Plains, Wisconsin.
Edgewood lists names of deceased alumni as we become aware of their deaths, usually when a family member or friend shares the news. Please contact the Alumni Office so we can let others know and remove the deceased from our mailing list. Thank you! 1934 Mary Jane Erbe McKale 11/20/10 1936 John P. McDermott, MD 06/22/11 1936 Veronica M. Bier Raddenbach 12/06/10 1937 E. Barbara Odehnal Butler 07/29/09
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Mary Magdalene Kreul 01/26/11 Martha Ann Perrin Jones 04/19/08 Francis H. “Bud” Reindl 04/10/10 Msgr. Wilfred J. Schuster 03/12/11 Geraldine C. Paltz Cramer 07/09/11 Mary Jane Dick King 11/26/10 Viola S. Ripp Thornburg 03/07/11 Helen L. Dirienzo Coleman 04/05/11 Joan M. Pyre 05/06/11 Bernice K. Niesen Saeman 06/29/11 Robert E. Armfield 11/17/10 Jeanette C. Kalscheur Gest McGaren 05/28/11 Ruth C. Meisekothen Zamzow 04/04/11 James L. Brown 05/17/11 Georgia A. Rasmussen Kolf 11/13/10 Francis C. Ohnstad 06/19/11 Guy J. Scott 06/03/11 M. Joan Erickson Flanagan 07/07/11 Sarah P. “Sally” Coyle Kalscheur 01/18/11 Doris A. M. Laufenberg Schuetz 02/22/11 Patricia A. Mulrooney Bennett Brader 01/30/11 Margaret B. Moehrle Krusel Hoyt 04/28/11 William R. Johnson 03/16/11 Darlene A. Frazier Richardson 02/04/11 Joanne F. Hand Herr 01/15/11 Floyd J, “Rusty” Moran 12/23/10 LaVonne A. Ruhmer Young 03/06/08 Janet A. Burger Meehan 04/28/11 Patricia A. Noltner Bourgeois 04/14/11 Daniel J. Donohoo 01/09/11 Richard M. Miller 03/25/10 Keith R. Mueller 03/11/11 Joseph P. Burke 02/09/11 Carol J. Drunasky Feiler 07/03/11 Carol A. Tobin McFadden 02/07/10 Marian L. Vitense Long 06/14/11 M. Michelle “Shelly” Heinrichs 01/30/11 Leo C. McDermott 05/19/11 Naomi J. “Nikki” Baumblatt 05/01/11 Maria R. Zeier 06/20/11
2011-2012 EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES Note: This listing represents the status of the Board in July; new appointments will be made in August. Information on Board members is available at the EHS website, edgewoodhs.org Londa J. Dewey, Incoming Chair The QTI Group President Parent of Alumni Ave M. Bie Quarles & Brady, LLP Managing Partner Current Parent Michael A. “Mick” Casey Frank Liquor Company Chief Financial Officer Parent of Alumni
Paul M. Cuta '83 Engberg Anderson, Inc. Partner/Architect Current Parent Joseph A. Daniels ’68 Joe Daniels Construction Co., Inc. President Parent of Alumni
Maggie Hopkins, OP Edgewood College Assistant to the President for Mission Mark E. Lefebvre UW Foundation VP – Health & Life Sciences
Coleen M. Brady Flad ’68 Parent of Alumni
Paula A. McKenzie St. Mary’s Hospital Director of Pastoral Care Sinsinawa Dominican Associate
Rev. Dr. Alex Gee, Jr. The Nehemiah Community Development Corp.
Katherine Michalski Rist, ’98 Foley & Lardner, LLP Associate
David A. Hackworthy '80 Baird HGMR Investment Management Managing Director/Portfolio Manager Current Parent & Parent of Alumni
Judd T. Schemmel Edgewood High School President Current Parent
David L. Stein Associated Bank Director, Retail Banking Current Parent Thomas A. Walker ’75 Mid-West Family Broadcasting President Current Parent & Parent of Alumni Counsel to the Board Timothy C. Sweeney ’66 Sweeney & Sweeney, S.C. Parent of Alumni
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Class of 1944
Class of 1966
Class of 1981
Thursday, August 18 11:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Avenue Bar, E. Washington Ave. Contact: Ed Kolb
Saturday, July 23 6:00–9:00 p.m. Cherokee Country Club Contact: Julie Hansen Magers, 920.907.0390, jrmagers5@yahoo.com or go to Facebook
Friday, September 16 Knights of Columbus Hall, Verona Rd. Contacts: Patricia Heibel Fass, fasskey@hotmail.com, 608.238.8218 Susan Bump Zach, suez1938@yahoo.com
Friday–Sunday, July 15–17 Fri., July 15: 5:00 p.m. EHS Tour 6:30 p.m. Drinks, Eats, Chat The Laurel Tavern, 2505 Monroe St. Sat., July 16: Golf (TBA) 5:30 p.m. Cocktails 6:30 p.m. Hors D'oeuvres & Program The Esquire Club, 1025 N. Sherman Ave. $35/person Sun., July 17: 7:30 a.m. Mass Blessed Sacrament Church Contacts: Dick Reynolds, richard.reynolds@uwmf.wisc.edu, 608.203.5046 Tom Luther, luther44@charter.net 608.274.2221
Class of 1961
Class of 1971
Friday–Sunday, July 22–24 Fri., July 22: 6:00 p.m. Pre-Reunion Party Gathering, Coliseum Bar, Olin Ave. Sat., July 23: Buffet Dinner & Party, Elks Club, Jenifer St. $45/person includes the dinner and Class Booklet; please send a check made out to Gary Poole at 3920 S. Meadow Dr., Middleton, WI 53562 Sun., July 24: 10:00 a.m. Mass at EHS, Fr. Jay Poster celebrant Contacts: Elaine Staley, emstaley@facstaff.wisc.edu, 608.257.6930 John Luther, jfluther@charter.net, 608.873.5204
Friday & Saturday, July 29 & 30 Fri., July 29: 7:00 p.m. Casual Gathering Nitty Gritty, Gammon Rd., Middleton Sat., July 30: 6:00 p.m. Cocktails 7:00 p.m. Buffet Dinner Jimmy's American Tavern McKee Rd., Fitchburg Contacts: Julie Shackleton Jonas, jjonas@werner.com Peggy Leary Walters, stmargaretw@gmail.com, 608.274.2059 Diane Endres Ballweg, dkball701@aol.com, 608.235.8379
Saturday, August 27 7:00 p.m., Brickhouse Barbeque, 408 W. Gorham St. $20/person, $30/couple includes complimentary drink; order tickets online: https://www.wepay.com/tickets/view/192170 8:00 p.m. Light appetizers will be served Contact: Anthony L. Brown II, 608.358.4155, anthonylamarr@gmail.com or go to Facebook
Class of 1976
Class of 2006
Waiting for 40th Reunion Year, but informal gatherings encouraged!
The Alumni Office has not been informed of any organized event.
Class of 1946 The Alumni Office has not been informed of any organized event.
Class of 1951 Held on Saturday, July 9
Class of 1956
Class of 1986 Friday–Sunday, August 5-7 Contact: Pete Mitropoulos, ptmitro@yahoo.com or go to Facebook
Class of 1991 Saturday, October 15 The Brink Lounge, 701 E. Washington Ave. Time and cost TBD. Contacts: Ryan Dohm, ryandohm@live.com Carrie Boucher Saeger, bdgrfancarrie@netscape.net
Class of 1996 The Alumni Office has not been informed of any organized event.
Class of 2001