SUMMER 2014
CRUSADER CONNECTION NEWS FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF
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EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART
Jamming with the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Throughout the school year, Edgewood High School has engaged in a crosscurricular study of the Harlem Renaissance. Music students have studied and performed music of the era; American Literature students researched visual artists, writers, musicians and intellectuals, and presented their research by dramatically portraying an artist; Social Studies students learned about the history of the era; and Visual Arts students gathered inspiration from the works of the movement’s painters and sculptors. Social Studies and English students have provided historical context to their peers in music classes and student musicians have played jazz pieces in English classes. Jazz at Lincoln Center musicians Sam Reider (piano) Noah Garabedian (bass), Camille Thurman (saxophone/vocals) ,and Justin Poindexter (guitar) were joined by local jazz performer Rand Moore (drums) performed at an all-school assembly.
Gem of a Fundraiser
Edgewood High School students Benjamin Drummond ’16 on saxophone and Jonathan Ibach ’16 on trumpet joined Jazz at Lincoln Center musicians on stage during a free public concert by JALC and the Edgewood Jazz Ensemble. The year was capped off on April 22 with a one-day residency at the school and a free public concert that evening by Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) with guest local percussionist Rand Moore and the Edgewood Jazz Ensemble. In addition to each group performing a separate repertoire, Edgewood students were invited to play some numbers with the Lincoln Center artists. The Harlem Renaissance project and JALC residency were aimed at involving every student and faculty member, drawing the community together through daily teachable moments about diversity and through bringing increased multi-cultural experiences into the classroom. During its visit to Edgewood, JALC guest musicians worked with music students in their classes
The 28th Annual Auction and Social, “Denim & Diamonds,” was a great success with the introduction of mobile bidding for silent auction items! Our guests enjoyed a night of socializing with friends while bidding using their cell phones or tablets. We even had some guests who could not attend bidding via phone. Congratulations to our Maroon & Gold Raffle winner, Judith Wilson, a parent of alumni, who took home the top prize of $5,000 cash! All the planning, organization, decoration, item solicitation and endless list of small details that went into this evening would not have been possible without the generous donation of time and talent by the Auction Committee members: Lisa Bechtoldt, Althea Burrier, Camilla
and also offered a school-wide assembly. Their performances for the school and the public focused on the innovations and achievements of this era and the importance of the Harlem Renaissance in the development of jazz and the arts and American society in general. The JALC residency and concert were funded by ENCORE, Edgewood High School’s fundraising group dedicated to the promotion of the Fine Arts. As a follow-up to the residency and concert, music teacher Carrie Backman ’99 received a full travel and tuition scholarship to attend the JALC Band Director Academy in New York City in June, a four-day intensive session of hands-on learning in techniques and concepts, led by some of the foremost jazz educators in the nation.
Corcoran, Kim Costa, Rosie Alderson ’79 Daniels, Jo Hoffman, Sue Landgraf, Heidi Lucarelli, Claire O’Dea, Sue Richards, Mary Ruedinger, Laura Sango and Christine Tarrant. Several EHS families and friends hosted Maroon & Gold Parties to collect items, gift cards and monetary donations to offset costs of the event. Our thanks go to the following for hosting a 2013-2014 Maroon & Gold Party: Ave Bie & Terry Grosenheider, Jo & Mark Hoffman, Amy & John Kothe, Sue & Mark Landgraf, Carol & Bill McCoshen, Mike ’85 & Nikki Crapser ’85 Moore and Sue & Bud Richards. Thanks go to all of our volunteers, donors and attendees for supporting Edgewood in our biggest fundraising event of the year. Your generosity in the raffle, auction and open appeal helped us generate $130,000 in tuition assistance. We look forward to next year’s event and additional exciting innovations!
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ACADEMIC HONORS
• 172 students achieved a 3.90 cumulative grade point average through the first semester of the 2013-14 school year to earn recognition with an EHS Academic Excellence Award. • Wooyoun Kim ’14 and Ziyun “Valerie” Cheng ’14 finished in 2nd Place out of more than 20 teams at the Science Olympiad Regional in the Circuits Lab. • All six of EHS’s National Merit Semifinalists were selected as Finalists: Grace Bushong ’14, David-Michael DeGuire ’14, Nathaniel Graham ’14, Martha Longley ’14, Megan Schomaker ’14 and Peter Stein ’14. Their academic excellence plus co-curricular and community service activities put them among the top 15,000 high school seniors in the country. • The Wisconsin Law Alumni Association recognized Richard Heymann, who teaches AP United States History at Edgewood, with its Adjunct Teacher of the Year award. Professor Heymann, who practiced business law for 29 years and teaches courses in negotiations and business transactions, takes law students on a field trip each year to visit Chicago law firms. He also serves as a fellow at the Center for Urban Land Economics at the UW School of Business. • Jack Buettner ’14, Brennan Lauer ’14 and Natalie Guse ’15 presented their findings from last summer’s St. Croix field research experience at the Edgewood College Poster Symposium.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND RECOGNITION • The STAR group made over 100 Valentine craft projects for the UW American Family Children’s Hospital. • Congratulations are in order for EHS students Francis Quinn ’15, David “DC” Morris ’17 and Frederick Richards ’17 who were selected to serve as representatives from EHS on the Madison St. Vincent dePaul Youth Service Council. These three students will be planning and coordinating service projects, attending monthly meetings, interacting with the SVdP District Council and letting EHS know about service opportunities as well. In addition Anh Hoang ’14 will be representing Blessed Sacrament Parish while students Madeleine Corcoran ’15
In May, the Edgewood Orchestra gave a concert performance in the Grand Hall at Capitol Lakes, a retirement center offering a range of housing options from independent living to nursing care. and Grace Seibert ’15 are representing Queen of Peace Parish and St. Maria Goretti Parish respectively. • At the 30th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Recognition Breakfast, 10 EHS students were recognized as Outstanding Young Persons for academic, service and leadership success: Evan Bondoc ’14, Anita Campo ’16, Carnita Lincoln ’17, Maetraclare Maaneb de Macedo ’15, Landry Ndahayo ’15, Daniela PincheiraBerthelon ’16, Alexander Politowicz ’14, Mari Schroeder ’14, Lauren Tatus ’15 and Madison Thompson ’17. • AP Biology students helped to host Family Science Night at Edgewood College, sharing their love of science through activities with all of the youngsters who attended.
ARTS AWARDS • The 2013 issue of The Wayfarer, Edgewood's student literary and art magazine, received a rank of “SuperiorNominated for Highest Award” from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The NCTE annually reviews student literary magazines for quality, variety, editing and proofreading, and design/artistic aspects. The Wayfarer is one of four Wisconsin high school literary magazines to receive this honor. In the magazine’s 28 year history, NCTE has consistently ranked it “Superior.” The 2012-2013 staff of The Wayfarer was headed by: Matt Molina ’13, editor; Austin Lacey ’13, technical editor; and Katherine Zellmer ’14, assistant editor. • Gwen Miller ’15 won a 2014 National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award in Writing. A total of 796 juniors were nominated by their
schools to participate in the 2014 program with 164 students chosen as outstanding writers. One of Gwen’s essays and a piece of creative writing will be judged for effective and imaginative use of the English language • The 2014 Congressional Art Show chose student Nicholas Shellander’s ’16 photograph to hang in U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan’s Beloit office for one year. • EHS is part of a Wisconsin/Minnesota Commission Consortium that collaborated with Wisconsin composer Rick Kirby who composed the piece Moonrise and Shadow Dance that had its premiere at participating schools in May. The Consortium’s goal is to commission a piece of music annually and will be working with composer Andrew Boysen, Jr. in the coming year. • Of the 136 EHS student musicians who participated in the WSMA District Solo & Ensemble Festival, 52 played the most difficult level of music and advanced to the State Solo & Ensemble Festival at UWPlatteville. At the State level, Isabelle Politowicz ’16 (clarinet), Cosette Smith ’16 (voice), and Thomas Tenzin ’16 (piano) were nominated for an exemplary soloist award. • John Fulton ’17 and Alex Thomas ’17 were accepted to the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO) and Jonathan Ibach ’16 was accepted into the top orchestra in the WYSO program as well as the Wisconsin School Music Association State Honors Orchestra. • Ben Drummond ’16, who was selected as an alternate for the Wisconsin School Music Association State Honors Jazz Band, performed with the UW-Madison High School Honors Jazz Band in Music Hall on the UW-Madison campus.
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A Day in the Life… Homecoming Week comes around each fall with days allocated to spirit-raising, spirituality and the downright silly. On
“Pajama Day” last year, the Edgewood Chorus really got into the spirit of things, sporting their finest sleepwear (including a couple Superman jammies, some baby bonnets and some stuffed bedtime buddies!). If you are in the Madison area during this year’s Homecoming Week, September 29–October 3, consider visiting campus for the Liturgy, the Pep Rally, Edgewood in the Community, the Band Concert or one of the many fall sports events. Visit edgewoodhs.org for a full calendar of events throughout the year. Use the tabs and arrow at the upper right of the calendar to sort by type of listing.
• Edgewood’s spring musical, Crazy for You, received the following Tommy Awards: Outstanding Ensemble; Outstanding Lead Performer (Brennan “B” Lauer ’14); Outstanding Direction & Choreography (Katrina Brunner, Drama Director); Outstanding Musical Direction (Dennis McKinley ’63); Outstanding Overall Design-Scenic Design (Mark Thering); and Outstanding Overall Design for Costumes, Lighting and Sound.
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS • Edgewood tied the record for the most Wisconsin State team athletic titles by an individual school in a single year, earning four over the course of 2013-2014: Girls Golf, Girls Cross Country, Girls Tennis and Boys Swimming. In addition, the Crusaders walked away with eight Conference Championships. • In addition to athletic success, the teams also earned academic recognition. The Girls Cross Country team was awarded both Team and Individual Academic AllState Awards, with an impressive team average g.p.a. of 3.9! The Girls Golf team was honored with a Team Academic AllState award by the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin, earning First Place for combined g.p.a. The Boys Swim team took Second Place Team Academic All-State. • Amy Davis ’15 broke a 32-year old City track meet record in the girls 1,600 with a time of 5:00.41. This new record was the fourth fastest time among girls in the state this season. • Morgan Seaton ’14 and Logan Renfert ’14
were selected by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association as members of the All-America Interscholastic Academic Team. Zack Parkin ’14 was named the State Journal/WisconsinPrepZone.com All-Area Boys Swimmer of the Year as well as D2 Boys Swimmer of the Year by the
Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (WISCA). In addition, the WISCA named Ginger Lingard ’17 the D2 Girls Diver of the Year and Derek Scheer the D2 Boys Coach of the Year. • Chris Zwettler received the District 5 WIAA Athletic Director of the Year award.
Goodbye Seniors, Hello Alums!
Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart said farewell to its 133rd class of senior students in May but also welcomed them as alumni as members of the EHS Alumni Council offered a prayer for them at the annual Graduation Liturgy. The Class of 2014 brings further distinction to the long Edgewood record of sending outstanding graduates into the world. Of the 139 seniors: • 43 maintained a cumulative g.p.a. of 3.90 or better. • 100% took either the ACT or the SAT, with an average composite ACT score of 25.7 • 96.5 % are going on immediately to 4-year colleges. The members of the class received acceptance letters from 100 different post-secondary institutions and narrowed their choices down to 46 schools they will attend in the fall • 96 reported receiving scholarship offers valued at a total of $4.6 million from schools to which they had applied. Of that amount, 44 students chose to attend schools that had proffered $1.7 million in scholarships. • More than 1/3 will attend a branch of the University of Wisconsin System (31, approx. 22% of the class, are attending UW-Madison) and 18 will be continuing their education at Catholic colleges and universities. • 48 will be attending a school on the Forbes “Top 100 Colleges” list, including Carnegie Mellon, Colgate, Middlebury, NYU, University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, University of Texas-Austin, Wake Forest, Washington University-St. Louis and Yale. • One has been appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy, two have enlisted in the Marine Corps, one is taking a year to travel and one signed a junior hockey contract. The Class of 2014 will also be among the most active in terms of volunteerism, with better than half the class, 72 students, having earned at least double the Edgewood High School graduation requirement of 100 service hours. Special recognition goes to 11 of them who devoted 500 or more hours each in service to school, parish and community: Elizabeth Aspinwall, Danielle Burrows, Kevin Daniels, Luis Herrera Hernandez, Anh Hoang, Victoria Kennedy, Margaret Korb, Kaitlyn McNally, Mackenzie Rehm, Lyndsay Schmitt and Madeline Schwartz.
Changes Small and Large Adding Up to a Big Difference, Thanks to You
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Michael Elliott ’77, President
It is hard to believe the summer is half over. We had a good year thanks to everyone and I think next year will be very exciting. The summer months have been busy ones at Edgewood High School as we undertake many summer projects, hire new faculty and staff, and work toward kicking off a series of classroom, facility and resource initiatives for the 2014-2015 school year. Thanks to a generous gift from Tom ’68 and Sue Ripple and sons Jeff ’92 and Matt ’13, phase one of the technology plan is being installed. All of the classrooms are being updated to utilize changing technology advancements and provide opportunities for implementing new teaching methods. This is a really exciting time in Edgewood history. In addition, due to the generosity of parents and friends of Edgewood, we are making further cosmetic changes to the school, re-plastering walls, repainting and installing new lights. Attractive, functional facilities raise the sense of spirit and selfesteem that make students, parents, alumni and employees proud to call Edgewood High School their home away from home. Not all floors are able to be completed —we’re tackling them as time allows— but you will certainly notice where the improvements have been made. We are also upgrading about half of the drinking fountains in the building, and are including water bottle refill stations to reduce waste and enhance health. I promise all your gifts are put to good use and make a significant difference in the daily lives of our students and those who serve them. Thanks go to all of you who were so generous in contributing to the letter that was sent before the end of the fiscal year. I hope we can finalize the commitments to be able to start some of our major initiatives like introducing air conditioning in the Auditorium and possibly further throughout the old portion of the building in the future. Thanks also go to a committed group of parent volunteers who have been working on the grounds, creating additional flower beds, placing urns near entrances and generally helping us to make a good first impression. I hope those of you who can help will contact me during the year so we can continue to make facility improvements that match the quality of the educational experience and the students, faculty, staff and alumni. There are many projects available with some interest expressed in all of them. Let me know if you would like to hear more; I love to talk about making Edgewood a better place! Enjoy the rest of your summer. If you are traveling back to Madison later this summer or in the fall, stop in and say “Hi!” I would love to show you around. When you hear what we have been doing and what we have in mind it will make you even more proud to be an alum or friend. Edgewood is a community for life, it is where special people come together to do special things. Together we can and will make a difference. Thanks for all the support and the honor to serve as your President.
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Back: Kate Ripple ’80, Tom Ripple ’ 68 and Matt Ripple ’13. Front: Mary Ann Ripple, Sue Donahue Ripple, Mike Elliott ’77.
Faculty and Staff Celebrate Family’s Generous Contribution
In June, Edgewood High School received the extraordinary gift of $1,030,000 by Tom and Sue Ripple, reported in the Winter 2014 Crusader Connection, in honor of Tom’s mother, Mary Anne Ripple. Their generosity is making many substantial changes possible and the transfer of the funds was greeted with applause by a group gathered in the Library. This summer, electricians and information technology staff are working to upgrade or add to the resources in every classroom that will make possible enhancements of the curriculum and the teaching/learning process. The goal is to make our curriculum more flexible to match unique student learning styles and to make the educational experience more collaborative with peers and faculty. Over the summer, each classroom will receive a projector paired with a whiteboard or screen, a computer workstation and audio/visual hookups. Some of the more technologically savvy faculty may receive a SMARTboard, document camera and advanced audio equipment. There will also be some re-wiring, electrical upgrades and an increase to our wifi bandwidth. To make the best use of all this new technology, faculty and staff have also been working hard, training for the switch to a Google platform to communicate and connect better with parents/guardians, students and one another. The Wilke Gym is also receiving further improvements and a number of deferred maintenance projects throughout the school are being addressed. Finally, a portion of the gift is being used to increase the E-Club, ENCORE and Endowment funds. The impact that this gift will make on the education of current and future Edgewood High School students is immeasurable and will make a difference in the lives of students, faculty and staff now and well into the future.
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Memories of Coach Wilke
In response to the photo of Coach Wilke that ran in the winter 2014 edition of Crusader Connection, John Flad III ’67 sent the following: “Most people wouldn’t know that Coach Wilke’s hobby later in his career was photography. My freshman year, in the fall of 1963, Coach Wilke saw me after football practice and said, “John, come into my office. I want to show you a picture.” He shared a photo on his wall of my father, [Joseph Flad ’40] and himself, taken in 1939. The Coach asked me to point to the picture and out came his camera. This photo was taken then, more than 50 years ago. “Three years after taking the photo, Coach Wilke was on the phone to the Wisconsin State Journal after they ran a story about an “All City Family” that talked about a Madison West father and son who had both made the All-City team. He wanted to make sure the Sports Department was giving Edgewood and the Flads equal time! I had the privilege of playing on Coach Wilke’s last football team in fall 1965. The team was led by Timothy Sweeney ’66 and Richard “Dick” Reynolds ’66. “My father and I and Coach Wilke shared a special relationship: he was our coach, our teacher, our mentor, our friend, and truly a “second father” to my dad. They remained very close and Coach was still living on Woodrow Street with his wife, Peg, when he died. We were fortunate to visit him a couple of times at the house the year he died. “Coach Wilke was an iconic coach and mentor to many, including the late George Chryst ’55, who followed him as Edgewood’s head football coach. A generation of young men at EHS were privileged to know and play sports for these true legends.”
Alumni Writing Book on EHS Football History
Research and interviews are underway for a book on the history of the Edgewood football program. The football program started in 1927 with a team of 22 players under the coaching of Willis Jones. The 1929 football season marked the beginning of the Earl Wilke era of 37 years as the head coach of Edgewood football. Many coaches and players followed over the next 87 football seasons. Ninety
years and 800 football games will be celebrated when the book is launched during the 2016 football season. Co-authors Michael Mentzer ’67 and Thomas Martinelli ’67 will relive the many memories of coaches, players, and famous games in the book. Mike and Tom are now in the process of gathering statistics, photos, newspaper clippings, and memories from football alumni. If you have any stories related to your coaches, fellow teammates, memorable games, or football game photos or scrapbooks that you would be willing to share, Mike and Tom would like to hear from you. They are especially in need of a copy of the 1940 Edgewood Yearbook. Contact Tom Martinelli at 608.233.2850 or tmartinelli@tds.net. Left top: Coaches George Chryst and Earl Wilke in 1965; Left bottom: Coach Joel Maturi with 1973 co-captains William “Rocky” Vitale ’74 and Jim Schneider ’74; Below: 2002 team huddle.
Connections Across Time and Distance
In 2013, alumna Annabelle R. Scherer Miller ’39, who now lives in Oklahoma City, “reunited” with distant (literally and genealogically) cousin EHS president Michael G. Elliott ’77 via the U.S. Postal Service. As Annabelle tells it, “I attended Edgewood High School from 1936 to 1939, when I was senior class president. If this old memory doesn’t fail me, tuition at that time was $60 per semester and 99% of the teaching staff were Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters in traditional habits. I recall Sr. Marie Francis, principal; Sr. Pasqual, math; Srs. Louella and Celeste, music; Sr. Alexius, business; and Srs. Albertus Magnus and Jude, chemistry; along with others. “Michael Elliott signed the 2013 financial appeal letter [I received] and, recalling the Elliotts of Madison as a family we visited in the 1920s and ’30s, I discovered from his reply that his grandmother [Florence Scherer Elliott] and her children were people I knew in my teenage years. My father, George H. Scherer, and Florence were cousins. We occasionally visited their home when we lived in Madison.” Edgewood truly is more than a just high school and the expanding sense of Crusader family and community connections are boundless!
Along with her letter, Annabelle sent Mike a photo of his father, Harold “Schim” Elliott ’46, and aunt, Betty Elliott, taken in 1936 in the front yard of a cottage on Lake Mendota.
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As Dennis McKinley “Retires,” Alumnus’ Letter Pays Tribute
Dennis R. McKinley ’63 has been at Edgewood long enough to have taught successive generations of students in the same family. This fall, he will be stepping away from his role as a music teacher and working only with the President’s Office and with the Campus Ministry program. As he begins to wind down a career that has influenced literally thousands of students, we received permission from Richard J. Giarusso ’80 to reprint a letter he sent to Dennis in February 2013. Dear Mr. McKinley, Some s back, remembers, and gives thanks. There are times in life when one look er form n do just that. I’m not sure how ofte recent work I am doing caused me to ’ve you act imp you how much of a positive students take the time to write and tell than act imp that are many more who realize had in their lives, but I’m sure there write to let you know. fond nt to my development as a person. I’m My time at Edgewood was so importa to t wen I then and kid going nowhere fast, of telling people I was an 8th grade dings, but tution and it has fine grounds and buil insti fine a Edgewood. Edgewood is ily.” “fam od ewo Edg the e pris le who com what really makes it special are the peop ple. ing exam And you, Dennis McKinley, are a shin t do over the years is remembering to “jus One core value that has served me well the had I od ewo Edg At e. than don the right thing,” oftentimes easier said I was trial and error. As a high school kid, ugh thro e, valu that n lear opportunity to nate fortu was the line, and experimenting. I fond of mischievous behavior, finding I that Not gs. where I could do those thin to have in Edgewood an environment sed, there was a line that was not to be cros knew didn’t get in trouble, I did, but I n ratio inist adm the t poin I knew that at some and there were consequences if I did. in d eede succ he that nts pare does a kid tell his could just tell me not to return. How send to lly ncia fina d ifice sacr nts od? My pare getting himself kicked out of Edgewo to down. My thoughts and eyes turned them let to t abou not me there and I was . you g. Quietly, you were there. Thank better examples of doing the right thin positive my Edgewood experience is to stay Another value I came away with from perating ting. I don’t have to tell you how exas even in the face of the totally exaspera don’t them of can get, especially when some a choral or band room full of students their find them work with students, helping want to be there. But I’ve watched you t adul ut Sco Boy my deep inside. I know from creative spark, even if it was buried truly the but fun t the talented kids is grea leader experiences that working with ’t ing average kids to do things they didn gett from e com rewarding opportunities not and , tive posi stay e, ther in I had to stay think themselves capable of. To do that yI inle perated. Once again, the Dennis McK let myself become discouraged or exas know was a great role model for me. to be shy many of the others at Edgewood, not And finally, I learned from you, and done ks good works are truly his good wor about giving thanks to our God, as our through us. blessings family well. I cannot count the many I hope this letter finds you and your ne to Mai to hike the Appalachian trail from I have in my life. I took four months y man ered gath all 2,187 miles of it, and I Georgia. It was a fantastic experience, es Stat ted Uni the at is d of my son, Ryan, who stories along the way. I am most prou od, ewo Edg to go to son . I really wanted my Military Academy in West Point, N.Y rtheless selves out for the best and Ryan neve them king wor but things have a way of t. Poin t Wes of rs rigo the for prepared him found his high school experience fully ily, of for Edgewood and the Edgewood fam Once again, thank you for all you do which I’m proud to be a member. Sincerely
Cheney Memorial Golf Outing on August 2
The 14th Annual Cheney Memorial Golf Outing to benefit the Patrick J. Cheney ’94 Scholarship Fund at Edgewood will be held on Saturday, August 2, at University Ridge Golf Course. Door prizes and special hole contests will add to the fun of the event. A tailgate lunch will precede the golf tournament’s 1:00 p.m. shotgun start. Prizes will be awarded.
This annual event benefits a 4-year award to an incoming freshman. For more information or to contribute to the scholarship fund, contact Patrick’s parents, Mary and Steve Cheney at madcheneys@tds.net.
In addition the Cheney family is in the process of completing a memorial garden setting on the Edgewood campus. In 2002 friends from Texas contributed a young oak tree in Patrick’s memory. Now that the tree has a sufficient root system and is thriving, the remainder of the garden will be installed. The family hopes to have the project completed in time for members of the Class of 1994 to visit it during their reunion, September 14.
From the Past Edgewood has a longstanding tradition of fostering personal spirituality, building and strengthening community, and helping others through volunteer service. Were you one of the people who went on senior retreat in the 1987-88 school year with the pyramid of classmates above? Do you have a favorite story of an experience related to retreats or service and the way they influenced your life today? Contact us by mail or send an email to
EHSAlumni@edgewoodhs.org.
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Edgefest—A Tradition Come and Gone
Dennis R. McKinley ’63 September 2013 marked the 40th anniversary of the very first Edgefest, so I couldn’t let the opportunity to remember this annual end-of-summer event that lasted through September of 1999 escape without recognizing its significance to Edgewood and to thank the thousands of parents, students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends who made it all possible. I will purposely avoid specific names because to mention even one individual would mean the need to mention all, and that just isn’t possible. In the early 1970s Edgewood was experiencing some serious financial challenges. Three women came up with the idea of Edgewood hosting an all-city fair that would draw in funds from the greater Madison area. On the weekend after Labor Day in 1973, the first Edgefest appeared on the entire front campus, and in the
Commons and Wilke Gymnasium. While it was well organized, no one had been through this type of event previously, so a lot of it was “fly by the seat of your pants” in solving issues that came up, but by Sunday evening, the event proved a big success as both a fundraiser and a friendraiser. Although the Dominican Sister who was assistant principal at that time was heard to utter “There will never be another Edgefest!!!” the tradition was to continue for 27 years. For the majority of the years, the outside events stretched from Woodrow Street to the tree line on the east end of the front campus. Carnival rides were located near Woodrow Street. Food venues, children’s game tents and an arts and crafts tent filled the area that is now the Commons parking lot. Entertainment groups from the Madison area were featured on the front plaza area at the circle (moving into the auditorium if it rained), and from the circle drive to the tree line was Madison’s biggest flea market. Dinners were served in the Commons on Friday and Saturday evenings, and on Sunday at noon. The Wilke Gym was turned into a saloon/cabaret that featured a music and comedy revue called the “Edgefest Follies” that gave a minimum of six
performances (and some years seven with a dress rehearsal on Wednesday evening). The “official” kick-off event was a ladies’ bridge luncheon and fashion show with EHS parents and students as the models held in the “cabaret.” The cabaret venue also hosted Mass on Sunday morning followed by the presentation of the Alumni Awards. What is now the Admissions/Advancement Office area became “nerve central” and the Library a stockroom. For a few years, a teen dance was held on Saturday evening in the Edgewood College Gym. As you can imagine from the above description, planning became a year-round project: rehearsals for the Follies went on most of the summer, flea market item collection was a year-long job, and actual setup of all the venues and equipment required
8 • Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart at least a week ahead of time. Amazingly, most of the aftermath was cleaned up and put away within a day or two. To make all of this happen took literally thousands of volunteer hours each year by people who served as chairpersons of the entire event, as chairpersons of each individual event, and on the committees and as workers who ran each venue. Of course, the Edgewood students, faculty and staff were all involved, too. There is no possible way to adequately express the gratitude we still owe these people, for without their efforts, Edgewood High School may not exist today. I asked faculty members who were here during the Edgefest days to give me a quote or two from their perspective. Some of the responses were: “Edgefest to me was family, fun and a crazy beginning to the school year…I made funnel cakes, served at the Follies, modeled clothes in a fashion show and my biggest memory was sitting in a dunk tank in 50 degree weather!” “I thought that this event brought the city together in a positive way for three days. The feeling of accomplishment that we had pulled it off was great. The setup and the take-down were united efforts and the kids were rewarded by getting out at noon on Monday if the work was done.” “When I attended Edgewood College I always walked over to the Edgefest activities. I loved watching the kids go on the rides. I bought my first mixing bowl at the flea market. People were always friendly. I really loved the feeling and experience of community… something I took with me as a student at the college and later as a teacher at EHS.” “The Art Department was very involved with Edgefest! Each year we would begin Basic Art I classes with painting large spice barrels donated by Oscar Mayer and Basic Art II started with painting signs, some as large as 4 x 8 feet! The signs were used at all the game tent events, the food stands and Beer Tent. Some
The cake walk was a favorite game at Edgefest and the aroma of grilled chicken wafted throughout the Monroe Street neighborhood as lunch and dinner were served up by teams of volunteer grillmasters. The high hats were an audience favorite at the Follies and in addition to the city’s largest flea market, a craft boutique in the old gymnasium space offered a range of decorative items.
provided basic information and there were many others with a variety of purposes.” “In those days, we took our classes out to help with organizing the flea market. Of course the students were very interested in some of the items. They had great fun trying on hats, shoes and other clothes to be silly—when they really should have been working.” “Edgefest was a chance to see people who we hadn’t seen for a while, a chance to meet and be around people new to Edgewood, and a chance to help build community at the start of the new school year.” “Edgefest cemented more enduring friendships than any other event that I can recall because of the number of people involved and their total commitment to making each Edgefest a gigantic success.” In fund raising, all events have a certain “lifetime” and the difficult decision is knowing when to quit. By 1999, there was only 1/3 of the outside area available because of the reconfigured campus, creating what the Madison Fire and Police Departments called a “dangerous situation” should a tragic event occur that would require quick evacuation. Personal lifestyle changes reduced the number of volunteers available to help, and the net profit had regressed to the point where all the time and effort put in were not in proportion to the net funds raised. Edgewood still gets an occasional phone call asking, “When will Edgefest will be held this year?” Although the last Edgefest closed on the Sunday after Labor Day in 1999, the memories and friendships formed over the Edgefest years remain. To all those people who made all the Edgefests possible, to those who came to enjoy the festival, and especially to those who believed in Catholic secondary school education at Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart strongly enough to commit time, talent and treasure to those undertakings, thank you and may God bless you!!!
Double the Impact
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James Imhoff III ’93, EHSAA Advisory Council President
On behalf of the Alumni Advisory Council and the EHS Alumni Association, THANK YOU! You have been so generous, whether through EHSAA Memberships or with gifts to the scholarship fund, allowing us to further our mission to give scholarships to the children and grandchildren of alumni. Last year we were able to give our first $1,000 scholarship to Julia Flynn ’17, daughter of David and Mary Leigh (Krill) Flynn, both class of 1988. This year we are excited to give $1,000 scholarships to TWO incoming freshmen. The applications were amazing and it was very difficult to choose just one recipient…so we chose two! If the freshman class is any indication, our students are a great bunch of kids—good grades, lots of volunteer work, parish and school involvement, and an ability to communicate and explain what it means to be an Edgewood student and how they live the Dominican values. While we won’t always give more than one scholarship in any given year, your generosity gives us the option to give more than one when we feel it is warranted. So please, continue to support the EHSAA and current Edgewood students. As always, memberships in the Association are the mainstay in our fundraising. We also appreciate class gifts earmarked for the scholarship fund, as well as individual gifts from alumni. Every dollar we collect is another dollar we can give out in scholarship funds. So again, thank you for your generosity, your commitment to making an Edgewood education affordable to current students and your support of Catholic education in the Madison community.
New Statue of Mary Donated in Memory of Alumna and Blessed in Sacred Heart Chapel
Lowell and Karen Nass and their children, Karl ’89, Heidi ”91 and Erek ’94 commissioned Portuguese sculptor Augusto Ferreira to create a new statue of the Virgin Mary to grace one of the niches in EHS’s Sacred Heart Chapel in memory of Lisa M. Nass ’87, who died in April 2012. In May, the family, including grandchildren, gathered along with Dennis McKinley ’63, Mike Elliott ’77 and Msgr. Kenneth Fiedler for a formal dedication and blessing of the statue. The ceremony also included hymns, a scripture reading and the presentation of flowers. The statue is carved from wood and arrived last fall, with its delicate hands packed separately. Once out of the crate, the hands were attached seamlessly to the rest of the statue. The face on the statue is one that the family intentionally requested, based on a photograph they saw of a woman who they thought embodied the soft grace, humility and spirituality Christ’s mother, Mary, would have possessed.
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Did You Receive Your Copy of the New Crusader Community Newsletter in Your Email Inbox?
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Tammy Ehrmann, Alumni Director By the time you get this edition of the Crusader Connection delivered to your mailbox, many of you will also have received your first edition of our new E Newsletter, Crusader Community. This newest form of communication will be emailed several times throughout the year and will include many of the stories, announcements, photos and student life features that happen every day at Edgewood. Each issue will contain different content from the hard copy Crusader Connection you receive bi-annually, and because of the frequency it will be more timely and offer features like links to other news sources and Edgewood’s own website. Of course, you will continue to receive your summer and winter Crusader Connection in the regular mail, and we strive to continue to improve and refine this publication. If we have your email address in our database, you are already on our subscriber list. If you would like to be added, click on the newsletter chevron on the EHS homepage, edgewoodhs.org, or provide your name, class year and an email address (other info optional) by clicking on the “Update Your Address/News” link on the left of the Alumni page, or send an email with subject “Subscribe” and your name to EHSAlumni@edgewoodhs.org. If our newsletter was forwarded to you from another source, you can subscribe via the link
at the bottom of the newsletter you received. Conversely, if you would like to unsubscribe, you can click on the link at the bottom of the newsletter that arrives and we will remove you from the list for future mailings. We hope the format and content of Crusader Community is enjoyable and pertinent and a good complement to the news items in the Crusader Connection. We continue to work toward a greener, more environmentally responsible method of communicating with our many constituents, and hope you approve. If you enjoyed reading our newest publication, please share it with others by forwarding to your friends and family so we can increase our readership and share our news with the entire Edgewood community in a timely and environmentally sound manner.
The Let’s Eat Too! cookbook makes a great gift! This updated classic, with the best of the original Let’s Eat and lots of newly tested recipes by EHS cooks is still available!
Books are $20 plus $5 shipping.
Contact carol.anzelmo@edgewoodhs.org or 608.257.1023.
Nominate Someone for the Living the Mission Awards
Edgewood 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 in the coming years. A limited number of awards are presented annually (the 2014 recipients have already been chosen) and the names of nominees not selected in the year of nomination are retained for future consideration. While we have received numerous nominations for the other awards, we have a special need for additional Mazzuchelli Award nominees. If you have questions about the awards or nomination process, please contact Director of Alumni Relations Tammy Ehrmann at 608.257.1023 x185 or tamara.ehrmann@edgewoodhs.org.
EHS Living the Mission Awards Nomination Form I nominate:
Class of q Dominican Award for Service to Humanity q Mazzuchelli Award for Service to Christian Education q Alumni Appreciation Award (given to non-alumni)
for: (if applicable)
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q EHS Fine Arts Hall of Fame q EAA Athletic Hall of Fame
Nominee’s Phone and Email: Nominee’s Address: Reason for nomination, with attached supporting materials:
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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
Contact Alumni Director Tammy Ehrmann at ehrmtam@edgewood.k12.wi.us or Reunion Updates 608.257.1023 x185 if you are interested in helping to plan a gathering for your class.
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Let us know your plans so we can post them on the EHS website!
1948 (Annual) September 11
Eunice Schoepp Schmitz 608.243.7811 This year, join us for a noon luncheon at Rex’s Innkeeper in Waunakee, no notices sent out, no RSVP needed—just come as you are! Order off the menu and pay for your own lunch.
Date TBA
1949
Patricia Parkinson Frederickson
1952 (Bi-Annual)
Spring and Fall Luncheon
Patty Doyle Sullivan
608.836.7929 patty.sullivan@yahoo.com A group of six classmates will alternate planning and hosting the luncheons at restaurants of their choice each spring and fall. Those on our e-mail list will automatically receive notices. Any classmate is welcome to contact Patty for information on the next planned luncheon.
1953 (Annual) August 2
Betty Schuchardt 608.256.4122; ejschuchardt@aol.com 5:00 p.m. at Babe’s on Schroeder Road. Please call or email Betty for reservations.
August 15-16, 2014
1954
Joanne Jackson Thuesen
608.238.3200 joanne.th@sbcglobal.net Join a casual gathering with a cash bar and catered appetizers on Friday at 5 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Fitchburg. A similar gathering with a cash bar and limited menu will take place on Saturday at 5 p.m. at Babe’s on Schroeder Road in Madison.
Held May 30-June 1, 2014
1969
1973 (Annual)
1st Saturday of August
The Laurel Tavern, 2505 Monroe Street, Madison For more information, contact: Kim Littel kimlittel@gmail.com Mary Pat Crowley Hank manicete2000@yahoo.com Nancy Sorge Shimeall nancyshimeall@charter.net
August 9, 2014
1974
Ruthann Rauch Weber
weberra@firstweber.com 608.220.0212 Peter Sweeney seaweeney@aol.com Amanda Meier meier5@aol.com To be hosted in Madison, poolside, at the home of Peter and Orla Sweeney. Formal invitations will be sent. Ruthann Rauch Weber 220-0212
July 12, 2014
1979
Kathleen Quinn quinnk482@gmail.com Meet classmates at The Coopers Tavern, 20 West Mifflin Street. For more info, visit www.classcreator.com/madison-wiedgewood-1979.
July 26, 2014 (Annual)
1983
Join your classmates at the Big 10 Pub starting at 3:00 p.m.. for an informal, pay as you go gathering, no RSVP required. Our “First Annual” last year drew about 35 people, and we’d love to see even more this year. About half of our class is connected through our Facebook Group and we’d like to grow that number. Contact Dan Birrenkott (mimi_danb@yahoo.com) if you’d like to join the Facebook Group.
August 9-10, 2014
1964
1984
Jane Mulrooney jane.mulrooney@nau.edu Friday: The Great Dane Pub, 123 E Doty St Saturday night: The Alumni Lounge at the Pyle Center/Wisconsin Alumni Association, 702 Langdon St Sunday: Mass in the EHS Chapel by Father Frank O’Meara ’53, followed by a tour of the school. Note: the tour involves stairs and walking. Parking at Edgewood is either in the Circle off of Monroe Street or in the East Lot off of Edgewood and Jefferson where the Convent used to be. The East Lot is a barrier free entrance to the Chapel. Additional information will be forthcoming. In the meantime, (1) save the dates; (2) spread the word to classmates; (3) send email addresses to Betty Lou Johnson Hamilton, hamiltonbl@hotmail.com; and (4) if you would like to help us with the planning, contact Jane Mulrooney.
Chris O’Brien Boys cboys@twoscompany.com Tom Ryan thryan1@yahoo.com John Sweeney sweeney@bravenewworkshop.com Brian Kurth bkurth7@gmail.com Megan Scheckler O’Leary meganmezzo1@gmail.com A casual evening of food and fun will take place at Christy’s Landing on Lake Waubesa on Saturday evening beginning at 6:00 p.m. On Sunday, gather the family for a an on-campus Mass at 10 a.m., a continental breakfast, and tours of EHS. The cost is $50 per adult for the weekend. If you did not receive a postcard invitation in the mail, please contact one of the following committee members listed above. We are looking forward to a weekend of great fun, fabulous conversation and reconnecting! https://www.facebook.com/edgewood1984
October 3-5, 2014
August 23, 2014
1989
Abbie Ela Wallhaus aela@chicagobooth.edu Patti Heilman Brown heilsbrown@gmail.com Kate Burgess Erica Johnson Gallagher Join us at Brocach Irish Pub on the Captiol Square from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. RSVP quickly to heilsbrown@gmail.com and let us know if you are bringing a guest.
September 13, 2014
1994
Chris Conohan 608.669.4084; conohan@uwalumni.com Margaret Reisch-Kieler margaret_kieler@hotmail.com Saturday evening reception at Brocach from 5 p.m.-?. A Facebook page will be launched with more info.
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1999
Amy Washburn Hilgendorf amy.hilgendorf@gmail.com Begin the celebration with a family picnic at Marshall Park (2101 Allen Blvd.), 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Beer and other beverages supplied, but feel free to bring your own as well. Food will be potluck, so bring a dish to share (for approximately 15-20 people). $5 per adult/donation. Then it’s bar time! 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Echo Tap and Grill (554 W. Main St.). We have the patio reserved, and food and drinks on your own. No kids please, so let us know if you would like help finding a babysitter. Money wlll be collected at both events for a class donation to EHS. More information can be found in the “EHS 1999” Facebook group or by emailing Amy Hilgendorf.
We currently have no information on reunions for these classes: 1959,
2004, 2009.
1956
The women from the class of 1956 meet once a month for lunch. On July 1, 2013, they met for a potluck gathering at Oakwood in Madison, where Patricia Faber Orvis is a resident. Pictured are (sitting, l-r): Judy Jackson Brown, Betty Lou Botham, Mary Ryan Busch, Pat Faber Orvis, Liz Mulrooney Watson and Sally Lathers; (standing, l-r): Sue Bump Zach, Mary Gentilli Schuman, Toni Geier Minter, Pat Kelly Hackworthy, Donna Phippen Shakstad, Mary Ann Joyce Kloppedal, Nora Ferm, Betsy Knight and Claudia Standorf.
Alumnews
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Alumnews includes information received as of July 1, 2014
1949
Paul R. Way was featured in the Arizona newspaper, the Chandler Republic, in a story from February 2014 by John S. Wolfe about Paul’s trademark resin paperweights that encase scorpions and tarantulas. He has been making the slightly creepy souvenirs since 1991 and after 23 years has decided to retire from the craft. At his peak, Paul was sending the paperweights to more than 500 different gift shops in locations from Oklahoma and Texas west to California. For the full story, including biographical information, visit azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2014021 3arizona-scorpion-paperweights-maker-retires.html.
1948 Mary Paynter, OP has moved from her home in the Edgewood neighborhood to All Saints Senior Neighborhood on Madison’s far west side. She shares an apartment with Sr. Jean Richter, OP. Sr. Mary has retired as a professor at Edgewood College, but still works on promoting the Mazzuchelli Cause.
1950
years of military service. He had played football at EHS as well as at UW-Madison, from which he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a master’s degree in educational administration. After 10 years of coaching both football and basketball at EHS, he served as assistant football coach at UW-Madison until 1979, when he accepted the head coaching position at Platteville. George died December 3, 1992. His wife, Patty Putnam Chryst ’57 and two of their five children, Rick ’79 and Geep ’80, also attended Edgewood before the family moved to Platteville. Paul J. du Vair retired this spring after more than 50 years in front of the classroom as a biology teacher. He has been at Madison East High School for 34 years, and before that, taught at Madison
Photo: M.P. King, Wisconsin State Journal
1947 John E. Canny ’47 sent a brief note reminding us how times have changed for families who want a Catholic education for their children: “When I went to Edgewood 1943 to 1947, I paid my tuition from my paper route. It would sure take a big paper route to do that today, wouldn’t it!”
Photo: John S. Wolfe
1943
Marygold Shire Melli gave an interview to Katie Vaughn for a profile piece that was inclued in the July 2014 edition of Madison Magazine. Last summer, the American Bar Association named her one of five women who have excelled in the legal field and paved the way to success for fellow female lawyers and the Legal Association for Women presents an annual award in her name. A link to the entire interview can be found on the current front page of madisonmagazine.com or by searching the site for “Marygold.”
Margaret A. Werve Landon is a retired secretary, still living in Thousand Oaks, California. She and her late husand, Ted, had four children (Ted, Judy, Chris and Jon). Peg keeps busy by volunteering for the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation.
West Junior High. Regarded as “legendary” by his three generations of students, Paul has accumulated dozens of local and national awards, including his favorite: “Best Teacher in the World,” given by his students in 1982. Read a full profile of his years teaching freshmen and his philosophy toward students and education in the profile piece by Molly Beck that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal. Go to madison.com and search “du Vair.”
1960 Alfred J. Stephens and Sharon K. Decker Stephens ’61 have returned to the Midwest after living in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, for 40 years. Grayslake, Illinois is now home for the couple who are enjoying retirement. The Stephenses have five children.
1962 We missed a class reunion in the winter edition of the Crusader Connection! Above are members of the class of 1948 who gathered last September. (L-R) Back: Elaine Ripp Saber, Toni Sutter Adams, Sr. Mary Paynter, Pat Kennedy Vilbrandt, Doug Yanggen and Marcus Roelke; Middle: Agnes Greenheck Sutter, Mike Gentilli (now deceased), Don Jorgensen, Eunice Schoepp Schmitz and Joe Meagher; Front: Nancy Raffel Diebold, Mary Ellen Weber Anderson, Mary Kay Brader Miller and Pat Baines Hart.
1954 Joseph L. Usilton, who still lives in Columbia, Maryland, is now retired. He was widowed and has remarried. For the past nine years he has helped AARP members with their income tax preparation.
1955 The late George H. Chryst was honored at a celebration in June 2014 at UW-Platteville, where he coached football for 14 years and was athletic director for nearly as long. His legacy will be recognized by the renovation of the George Chryst Locker Room. George’s coaching career began at Edgewood High School after he returned from two
Four Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters who are EHS class of 1962 alumnae celebrated their 50-Year Jubilee of religious life. Congratulations go to (clockwise from upper left) Joan Duerst, OP; Elizabeth Dunn, OP; Michelle (Margaret “Peggy”) Germanson, OP; and Marie Stella (Irmgard) Storch, OP.
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1963
1969
Dennis R. McKinley was the subject of a “Know Your Madisonian” feature by Dennis Semrau in the Wisconsin State Journal. For nearly five decades, Dennis has been a member of the EHS music faculty. Besides teaching at EHS, Dennis also led the Edgewood Campus School band program for 19 years and the Edgewood College Band program for three years, and served as interim Edgewood College Band Director. He also has served as associate principal and was interim president of Edgewood High School for a year. He spent 30 years on the administrative staff of the University of Wisconsin Summer Music Clinic, and was the first percussion instructor for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra and founding director of the WYSO Percussion Ensemble. In the coming year, he will cut back to part time and retire from the music program but will still teach with peer ministry and work with the president’s office. Read the full interview with Dennis’ thoughts on personal influences and changes in teaching over the decades by searching “Dennis McKinley” at madison.com.
Patricia A. Schmitz Ball was interviewed for a May 25, 2014 article by Doug Moe in the Wisconsin State Journal dealing with the recent solution to the murder of her first husband, John Ball ’68. John, Patty and their two children had already lived in locations throughout the world when they moved to the U.S. Navy base in Puerto Rico in 1978, where John, who was a language specialist, was killed a year later in an ambush a half mile from the base. Since then, Patty has lived in Madison and now works at Vault Interiors & Design. This spring, nearly 35 years later, Patty and her daughter, Karen, spoke at the sentencing of a former member of the militant separatist group responsible for the death of John and another man and the wounding of 10 others. The sentencing marked the first conviction in a case that had grown cold across the decades, but NCIS investigators were assigned to give it another look after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. For more of the story and Patty’s perspective, visit madison.com and search “Patty Schmitz Ball.”
1964
Judith A. Ganser, MD, MPH is now semi-retired. She had been the medical director for maternal and child health at the Indiana State Department of Health. Judith now enjoys working part-time as a public health consultant. She is also traveling, gardening and doing watercolor painting.
1965 Ellen M. McDermott retired in summer 2013 after more than 47 years of working for the State of Wisconsin, most recently at the State Veterinarian’s office in Madison. She hopes to begin doing some volunteer work, spend time with her honorary grandchildren and possibly consider part time work for herself. If Ellen wins the lottery she will, of course, travel.
1966 Ronald M. Edmunds is now retired from his job with the State of Wisconsin. He said, “When the subject of school comes up, I always tell people that my most enjoyable school years were spent at Edgewood High School.”
1967 Gregory J. Sweeney was profiled in Doug Moe’s March 21, 2014 Wisconsin State Journal column. The article describes how Greg, in addition to working full-time with J.H Findorff & Son construction company in Madison, also used his summer weekends to build grandfather clocks as Christmas presents for his mother and each of his siblings—all nine of them! For the entire story, visit madison.com and search “Greg Sweeney.”
1977 Mark R. Collins and his wife, Patricia, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on April 28, 1014. They have four children and live in Orlando, Florida, where Mark works in sales for Premium Leisure. He also does volunteer work for the Knights of Columbus. Diane E. Sennett Hinke and her husband, Craig, live in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where Diane teaches 4th grade at St. Mary’s Springs Academy. The Hinkes are the parents of three children and two granddaughters.
1980 Janice M. Hansen and her husband, Harold House, have moved to the Jackson, Wyoming area where they are enjoying the spectacular scenery. Jan is a nurse at St. Johns Hospital in Jackson.
1981 Jane L. Person King, her husband, James, and their two children, William and Courtney, have moved to a new home in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
1983 Terrence R. Wall made the cover of the Middleton Times Tribune alongside the subhead, “Back at the helm of his most ambitious development yet, Terrence Wall says the [Bishops Bay] project is poised to live up to even the loftiest expectations.” Terrence, who specializes in multipurpose property development that includes retail, residential and recreational buildings and spaces in single projects, is now taking the Bishops Bay neighborhood into its second phase of growth according to a 10-year master plan. Terrence also made a bid for a U.S. Senate seat several years ago but withdrew from the Republican primary race against Ron Johnson. For the Bishops Bay story, written by Matt Geiger, visit middletontimes.com/articles/business and see the article posted on March 13.
1989 Renee M. Hahn Burke and her husband, Brian, moved to Munich, Germany, in July. They expect to live there for several years. Brian accepted a job
opportunity from his company and Renee hopes to continue working in the field of international educational exchanges, with a focus on higher education. Renee received her degrees from Boston College and Harvard University Graduate School of Education in 1993 and 2000 respectively.
1990 Rebecca E. Daniel Cooper is living in Parkville, Missouri, with her three children. She is employed by the YWCA of Greater Kansas City as a group exercise instructor and a wellness coach.
1994 Erin E. Conrad and her husband, Matthew Splitek, moved to Monona, Wisconsin. They have three children: Sofia, Eleanor and Langston. Erin works for the Madison Metropolitan School District as an administrator in Student Services. Heather R. Hlavka, PhD is an assistant professor of social and cultural sciences at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1995 Benjamin D. Ballweg just published his first book, titled Up the Amazon, Down the Andes, about his 3-month backpacking trip around South America to Antarctica, including some time spent with his mother, Diane K. Endres Ballweg ’71, and his sister, Katherine R. Ballweg ’07. In celebration of the book’s completion, he hosted a party with Peruvian food and South American percussion music at the Inca Heritage restaurant in Madison in May. The book is now available at Amazon.com. Ben also plans to sell books in the Madison area for a few months before returning to Haiti to complete an adventure he began 14 years ago.
1996 John C. Johannes, his wife, Katie, and their two children, Addison and Piper, are now living in Hartland, Wisconsin. John is the senior vice president of commercial banking at Town Bank.
1997 Timothy J. Dutter, who is a retired Army sergeant now living in Beloit, Wisconsin, left his position as manager of business development for the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance to become the director of the Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce. He had earned an undergraduate degree from UW-Eau Claire and also completed a master’s degree in education and business administration. Tim and his wife, Adena, have one child, Aiden. Tim’s volunteer services include Junior Achievement, Project Angel Heart and Community Partnership for Child Development. Summer E. Hanson, MD, PhD and her husband, Nicolas Maassen, MD live in Houston, Texas, where Summer is an assistant professor of plastic surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center and Nick is an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Texas. See Marriages.
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2001 Kelly V. McCardell Berceau and her husband, Timothy, have moved back to Madison after having lived in Virginia and Chicago. Kelly is working part time at the UW Allergy Clinic. The Berceaus are happy to be living near relatives and have bought their first home on the city’s west side. Elizabeth M. DeMuth Burns is the director of development for the University of Wisconsin Foundation – College of Engineering. She has a BA from UW-Milwaukee and an MA from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. See Births. Eric Offerdahl earned a certification in molecular biology and is now employed as a medical lab scientist at Wheaton Franciscan Health Care in Racine, Wisconsin, where he lives with his wife, Elinor. Jeffrey R. Schaefer completed an executive MBA at Marquette University in May 2013 and works as vice president of commercial loans for Associated Bank, Milwaukee. He also volunteers his time with Easter Seals and the Young Republicans.
2003 Clifford S. Hogan received two degrees from UW-Madison: a BS in biology in 2007 and a PhD in microbiology in 2013. He married Kathryn Battiato recently and they are living in Monterey, California. Cliff works for the USDA in Salinas on issues affecting wine grapes and fruit. Claire K. Murphy Sleaper is a social worker at St. Mary’s Care Center in Madison. Her husband, Alex, works for a masonry contractor in Hartland, Wisconsin. See Marriages.
2004 Katie L. Elliott has been selected as the assistant coach of the USA women’s golf team for the World University Games in Switzerland. She played on the 2008 World University team that won the gold medal in South Africa. Katie is currently assistant coach for
2006 Kevin L. Hampton has been working at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum since September 2011. In July 2013 he was appointed curator of research and public programs.
2007 Derek C. Behnke, who earned a BA degree from Creighton University in Omaha and completed the Licensure Program at Edgewood College, now teaches social studies at DeForest High School. Caitlyn C. O’Brien Konecny teaches kindergarten in Greeley, Colorado. See Marriages.
2008
Hillary S. Olsen was profiled in Doug Moe’s February 12, 2014 Wisconsin State Journal column. Hillary, who has been serving in the Peace Corps in Benin for just over a year, discovered that while boys who formed soccer teams could afford to buy shoes and uniforms from money they earned at jobs, the girls did not have the same opportunity and were playing barefoot. For the full story on how Hillary has teamed up with The Shoe Box in Black Earth, Wisconsin, to provide uniforms and second-hand athletic shoes, visit madison.com and search “Hillary Olsen.”
2009
satellite into space where it will photograph Earth for about three months. Devin’s role in the project has been to try and figure out how to squeeze all the components into the CubeSat, a low-orbit nano-satellite, about the size of a coffee mug. The full story by Dinesh Ramde of the Associated Press appeared nationally in February 2014 and may be found by doing a Google search for “Dinesh Ramde nano-satellite.”
Photo: Jesse Lee, Marquette U.
women’s golf at the UW-Madison, where she also played her collegiate golf, leading the team in scoring average her last three years. Katie’s career average of 77.13 in 124 rounds ranks sixth all-time in UW records. She won two tournaments and was a top-10 finisher 11 times. At EHS, Katie was a three-time state champion and All-State player.
2010 Rebecca L. Gehrmann graduated in May from Loyola University of Chicago with a double major, a BS in biology and a BA in English. She has been accepted into medical school by the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, where she will pursue a career as a physician in Family Medicine or Pediatrics. Kyle J. Haen was the subject of a feature article by Dave Lubach in the Sports section of the Wisconsin State Journal. Kyle, the son of Susan A. Schuman Haen ’77 and grandson of Arthur O. ’56 and Mary A. (Gentilli ’56) Schuman, transferred from the University of Iowa back to Wisconsin where he now attends UW-Whitewater. He plays left field on the Warhawks’ baseball team that won the
NCAA Division III Midwest Regional in Whitewater to advance to the World Series where the team claimed the NCAA National title. Visit madison.com and search Kyle Haen. Emily M. Timmerman lettered and received her varsity jacket with the University of Minnesota Women’s Basketball team. The “M Club” induction ceremony was in March. Emily graduated with honors in May 2014.
Photo: Larry Radloff,
2000 Carrie V. Grossenbach Peoples and her husband, Derrick, now live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carrie is a social worker for the Minneapolis Public School System and also does nutrition counseling. Jonathan R. “Jack” Sosnowski is president and CEO of the Noble Chef Hospitality Group. His most recent ventures are the Buck & Badger on State Street in Madison, a restaurant and bar that draws on the feeling of rustic vacation inns, and Rare, an upscale steakhouse where patrons can go behind the scenes with the chef. Noble Chef also operates two other popular spots in the same block of the street as the Buck & Badger: the Ivory Room Piano Bar that features an extensive cocktail list and the Capital Tap House, which has a menu of largely beer-inspired entrees and pub food.
Taylor M. Behnke Peters and her husband, Luke, are living in Madison since their recent marriage. Taylor works for United Way of Dane County where she is coordinator of marketing and communications. Luke works for the Traffic Engineering Department of Madison. See Marriages. Brittany M. Gochnour is majoring in biology at UW-Milwaukee. Danielle M. Gochnour plans to enter the Edgewood College School of Business in the fall. Jessica M. McKernan graduated from UWMadison in May with a double major in biology and pharmacology-toxicology. In the fall she’ll enter the Doctor of Pharmacy program at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Devin M. Turner, (center of photo, next column) who recently completed his senior year at Marquette University studying mechanical engineering, is part of a team of students who have received permission from NASA to launch a tiny
2012 Michael P. Okas has met the requirements for induction to The Guild of St. Genesius, The Loras Players Honor Society at Loras College. He was also awarded the Loras Players Spirit Award for outstanding contributions to the Loras Players during the 2013-2014 season of plays.
FORMER FACULTY & STAFF Marie Walter Flood, OP, who taught geometry and Spanish, 1950-1951 and 1952-1953, died on March 3, 2014. Mary Kenneth Kreuser, OP, who taught art, 1975-1979, celebrated her 70-Year Jubliee as a Sinsinawa Dominican Sister. Also celebrating this year were 60-Year jubilarians Clara Blozis, OP (English and performing arts, 1956-1961) and Mary Catherine Perkins, OP (French, 19641983).
Crusader Connection, Summer 2014 • 15 Winifred Morgan, OP (English, 1961-1965) has published The Trickster Figure in American Literature, available at sinsinawa.org/books_gifts. Diane Kennedy, OP (English, 1957-1967) was a speaker at Mount Saint Mary College and presented honors cords to the Aquinas Scholars. Kathleen Phelan, OP (Social Studies, 1968-1974; principal, 1984-1989) recently cowrote an article entitled “End Gun Violence: Save Children’s Lives” for Resolutions to Action, the newsletter of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious Global Concerns Committee.
MARRIAGES Taylor M. Behnke ’09 and Luke Peters were married on June 15, 2013, in Madison. Both are recent graduates of Marquette University. See News Notes. Summer E. Hanson, MD, PhD ’97married Nicholas H. Maassen, MD on May 25, 2014. The ceremony took place at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art on State Street in Madison. See Class Notes. Pieter G. Hylkema ’05 and Kathryn E. “Katy” Higley were married on June 24, 2012. They are residents of McFarland, Wisconsin, and are anticipating the arrival of their first child in August 2014. Jacob T. Kolb ’07 married Colleen Boland on June 14, 2014 at Sacred Heart Church in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. An impressive gathering of EHS graduates participated in the nuptials. Jake’s best man was Robert A. Kozarek ’07. The groomsmen were Nicholas S. Palm ’07, Alex J. Minnaert ’07 and Connor R. Meloy ’08. In addition, Jake’s sister, MacKenzie R. Kolb ’09, was one of the bridesmaids and his grandfather, Edward J. Kolb ’44, gave two readings. Jake and Colleen live in Madison. Kristin T. Lang ’99 married David E. King in Middleton, Wisconsin, on March 15, 2014. The Kings live in Madison.
Elise A. Meyers ’05 and Henry J. Duwe ’05 were married at St. Mary’s Church in Milton, Wisconsin, on January 4, 2014. They are living in Urbana, Illinois, where both are working on PhDs (and Elise on an MD as well) at the University of Illinois. Claire K. Murphy ’03 married Alexander J. Sleaper on September 14, 2013, at St. Francis Xavier Church in Cross Plains, Wisconsin. Claire and Alex live in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, located between their two workplaces. See Class Notes. Caitlyn C. O’Brien ’07 married Rev. Benjamin R. Konecny on October 19, 2013, in the Holy Wisdom Monstery in Middleton, Wisconsin. See Class Notes. Eric J. Offerdahl ’01 and Elinor Brown were married on September 21, 2013 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Racine, Wisconsin. See Class Notes. Jennifer H. Sanger ’07 married Brendan M. Sweeney on June 21, 2014 at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison. Jenny and Brendan live in San Marcos, California. Camila M. Young ’09 married Brian J. Martin on June 28, 2014 at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Madison. Cami and Brian have a home in Madison.
BIRTHS Kelly B. McCardell Berceau ’01, her husband, Timothy, and first son, Gavin, welcomed a new family member. David Richard was born on May 17, 2014 in Madison. See News Notes. Elizabeth M. DeMuth Burns ’01 and her husband, Erik, welcomed their first child, Elin Ann, on May 26, 2013. The proud grandparents are James and Judith M. (Severson ’62) DeMuth. Betsy, Erik and Elin Ann live in Madison. Megan E. Schaaf Younger ’02 and her husband, Frank, have a new son named Edward Francis Younger V. He was born on January 25, 2014, 5-1/2 weeks early, but returned home with Megan
and Frank after just a few days in the NICU. Cherie Schaaf, a Learning Resource teacher at Edgewood, is “Eddy’s” proud grandmother. The Younger family lives in Madison.
DEATHS 1940 Esther K. Dolfen Debs 1940 Evelyn M. Bugno Koos Lange Lehmann 1940 Arlene C. Radl Smith 1942 Mary Frances Roth Joha 1946 Paul E. Hammersley 1946 Eleanor E. Koellen Maier 1947 Katharine E. Batz Krebs 1947 William J. Meuer 1948 Gloria A. Leichtenberg Baldwin 1948 Michael J. Gentilli 1948 Thomas C. Hunt, PhD 1949 Roger O. Symdon 1951 Elizabeth J. Matts Dorscheid 1952 Joan A. Meehan Blom 1952 Elsa A. Esser Crummy 1953 Shirlee A. Menigoz Schmale Martinson 1954 Kathryn J. Gruesen Hanson 1954 Judith A. Jacobs 1954 John L. Yaudes 1954 Deanna M. Pendleton Zychowski 1956 John A. Rosecky 1958 Joseph E. Blum 1958 Stephen V. Versace x1960 Brian A. LaCourse x1962 George N. “Nat” Weber 1963 Paul T. Davenport 1963 Eileen F. Duckert Fowler Cooley Lingis Dean 1963 Michael W. McWilliams 1964 Carol A. Newland 1965 Mary L. Crawford 1972 John F. Green 1984 Joseph V. Kornell
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