FYI Magazine, Winter 2015

elmhurst college alumni news winter 2015

CELEBRATING

ELMHURST

The College’s annual Homecoming festivities bring alumni together with current students to share memories and hopes for a bright future.

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02 M ORE THAN A PARTY Homecoming brings alumni back to campus for football, pep rallies, tailgates, campus tours—and a return to the roots that nurture and sustain.

04 G ETTING READY FOR THE BIG GAME In the week leading up to the Homecoming game, Elmhurst’s football team went through all their usual preparations. Then they sat down for afternoon tea.

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08 S TAR-SPANGLED TENOR An aspiring opera singer (and Elmhurst tennis champion) wowed the Homecoming crowd with his rendition of the national anthem.

10 ALL IN THE FAMILY Scottie Williams ’12, All-American running back and winner of the Gagliardi Trophy, keeps a close eye on his younger brother Josh, the football team’s leading rusher.

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12 A CAMPUS FULL OF MEMORIES Alumni describe the places around campus that mean the most to them—and suggest some of the ways a college can come to feel like home.

14 A N EXTRAORDINARY PARTY AT AN EXTRAORDINARY GALLERY Faculty, alumni and guests threw a birthday party for the atom smasher at the center of the Barbara A. Kieft Accelerator ArtSpace.

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SQUIRES RETURN More than 80 alumni gathered at Homecoming for the 50th reunion of the Brotherhood of the Squires.

18 20 SHOWTIME At Elmhurst, the annual musical in the Mill Theatre has been a Homecoming tradition for decades.

23 C LASS NOTES Find out how your classmates are advancing in their careers and serving their communities.

Celebrating Elmhurst Fellow Alumni and Alumnae, Each fall, the Elmhurst College family comes together for a lively weekend of reunions, art and theatre, football and fun. Homecoming offers a chance for alumni, students and families to celebrate the College’s storied heritage, its dynamic present and its bright future.

In this issue of FYI, you’ll find highlights from Homecoming 2014. Nearly 1,000 of you joined us on campus in October for a full slate of reunions, a musical theatre production, an alumni art exhibition and, of course, the Bluejays’ resounding win over North Park. I hope these stories and photographs rekindle warm memories of your own Elmhurst days.

Of course, Homecoming is not the only opportunity for alumni to reconnect with the College. Alumni return to campus throughout the year to hear lectures, participate in service projects, mentor today’s students and a lot more. Off campus, our regional clubs in Chicago, St. Louis and Washington, D.C., offer abundant chances to connect.

Whether you live in our neighborhood or across the world, I hope you find ways to reconnect with the College in the months ahead.

And I look forward to seeing you at Homecoming 2015. Go Bluejays!

All the best, Sarah (Kiefer) Clarin ’04 Alumni Association President

Alumni Association President Sarah (Kiefer) Clarin ’04 Members of the Board Karl Constant ’07, E.J. Donaghey ’88, Michael Durnil ’71, Ed Earl ’86, Heather Forster-Jensen ’08, Dain Gotto ’06, Jacque (Kindahl) Hulslander ’77 and ’82, Jenn Kosciw ’10, Liz McAllister ’11, Tim O’Toole ’03, Megan (Suess) Selck ’03, Bill Sir ’64, Rodney Stewart ’89, Cheryl (Kancer) Tiede ’74, Frank Tuozzo ’72, Rick Veenstra ’00 Director of Alumni Engagement Samantha Kiley ’07 Associate Director of Alumni Engagement E≈e Zoubouridis ’07 Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement Christopher Ward ’14 Office of Alumni Relations (630) 617-3600, alumni@elmhurst.edu Editor Margaret Currie Contributors Lu Aiello, Sara Ramseth, Linda Reiselt, Jim Winters Design Director Marcel Maas Design and Production Marcel Maas, Anilou Price

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More Than a Party

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ob Mills and a dozen or so other members of the Class of 1964 were chatting in the Chaplain’s residence on Homecoming and Family Weekend when a visitor asked what brought so many of them back to campus.

“We were a close-knit family, and that was important to

us,” Mills said. “Some of us really needed this place. It became a home for us.”

Homecoming has been a rite of autumn at Elmhurst since

1923, as much a part of the annual cycle as the blazing red displays of the campus maples. This year the campus percolated with activity: 25 class and club reunions and other events, drawing nearly 700 alumni; a production of the 1963 musical comedy She Loves Me in the Mill Theatre; an exhibition of alumni art; a birthday party for a 20-foot-tall, retired proton accelerator; some impromptu recitals of the College’s "Alma Mater," the presentation of the College’s annual alumni awards; the chance to encounter a few exotic animals wandering the Frick Center (as part of the “Bluejays Gone Wild” theme); and a convincing 28-0 football win over North Park University.

Homecoming, though, has always been more than the sum

of all the parties and pep rallies, the tailgates and campus tours.

For alumni like Mills and his classmates, who were celebrating their entry into the 50-Year Club, Homecoming gets at something deeper and more restorative. In the midst of the fun and the friendships renewed, they enjoy a return to the roots that nurture and sustain.

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Getting Ready for the Big Game In preparation for Homecoming, the Bluejays worked through their usual training routine—and then added a few twists.

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n the week leading up to the Homecoming game against North Park University, Elmhurst Head Football Coach Ron Planz and his team went through all their usual preparations. There were hours spent reviewing game films. There were the 6 a.m. weightroom workouts.

And, because it was Homecoming, there was afternoon tea.

Less than 24 hours before kickoff, Planz could be found chatting with about two dozen alumni guests gathered for tea at the Chaplain’s residence as part of the Homecoming weekend festivities. For Planz, it was a welcome diversion from his usual pregame routine. And it was an illustration of how, for any college football team, Homecoming week is unlike any other.

“This week is different,” said Planz, who is in his first year at Elmhurst after five years as an assistant at NCAA Division ii powerhouse Minnesota State Mankato. “You have to make some adjustments to the schedule. But I tell our team that life is like that. You deal with the unexpected and stay focused.”

For Planz and his staff, each week’s preparations begin at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday with a meeting for coaches. His players show up early for work, too. On Tuesday morning, they are in the weight room by 6. After a day of classes, practice ends at 5:30 p.m.

But Planz made some tweaks to the Homecoming-week schedule

to accommodate the occasion. To make way for the men’s soccer game against North Central College (the Bluejays won 1-0), the football team moved its Wednesday practice to 6 a.m. Planz left his assistants in charge of the team’s Friday afternoon walk-through so he could meet alumni at the Chaplain’s residence. And on game day, the team detoured to Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel to participate in the morning Kick-off Celebration. After the Bluejays paraded into the chapel, Planz told the audience that he was grateful for all the sacrifices his players made for the team and for the College.

“They work hard to achieve something special,” Planz said. “I want this to be an unbelievable experience for them.”

The Bluejays’ effort did not disappoint. Led by senior quarterback Joe Camiliere’s 300 yards of offense and three touchdowns, Elmhurst pounded North Park 28-0.

After the game, the team gathered in front of the bleachers to salute their supporters and to sing the school’s fight song. Then, on Planz’s signal, they sprinted across the field to ring the victory bell near the west end zone. Each player took a turn at the bell, followed by Planz’s staff and finally, Planz himself.

“That’s a great sound,” he said, watching his players celebrate.

In about 15 hours, he and his assistants would be back at work.

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The Bluejays’ effort did not disappoint. Led by senior quarterback Joe Camiliere’s 300 yards of offense and three touchdowns, Elmhurst pounded North Park 28-0.

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n aspiring opera singer (and Elmhurst tennis champion) wowed the Homecoming crowd with his national anthem.

At the Homecoming football game against North Park University, an Elmhurst senior named Vince McPherson didn’t wait until kickoff to turn in his winning performance.

McPherson wasn’t one of the Bluejay players taking the field in hometeam blue. He was up in the Langhorst Field press box, wrapped in a scarf against the autumn chill. He was there to sing the national anthem.

McPherson, a music business major from Glen Ellyn, aspires to be a professional opera singer. In addition to singing in a number of the College’s ensembles, he has sung professionally in musical theatre productions, beginning with his turn as Benjamin in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Aurora’s Paramount Theatre three years ago.

Since then he has sung roles in Miss Saigon, Grease and other Broadway musicals at Chicago-area theatres.

But the tenor says there is something special about singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a big game. He speaks from experience.

He has sung at a number of Bluejay football and volleyball games, and says he doesn’t even mind when hyped-up crowds cheer over his last few notes, as sports fans are wont to do.

“The more into it they are, the happier I am,” he says. “It’s part of getting the crowd excited.”

McPherson knows a little about competing in big games, too. He was a member of the first Elmhurst men’s tennis team to win back-toback conference championships, in 2013 and 2014. The team also was the first at Elmhurst to qualify for the NCAA championships in tennis.

McPherson’s singles victory in the conference finals against Wheaton College in 2013 clinched the first conference title for Elmhurst.

The team’s coach, Vince’s older brother Anthony McPherson, was a three-time all-conference player at Elmhurst between 2004 and 2007 and has won three College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Coach of the Year awards.

But for all the tennis team’s success, Vince jokes that, as a tennis player, he never performed for the kinds of overflow crowds that hear him sing at football and volleyball games.

“Those crowds are unbelievable,” he said. “Man, if the tennis team could get just a fraction of those crowds, I’d be golden. But I understand why those sports are so popular. I’m happy to be a part of it.”

McPherson began playing tennis when he was seven, but it wasn’t until a friend convinced him to audition for a middle-school production of Guys and Dolls that he discovered his vocal talent. Voice lessons introduced him to opera, and McPherson was soon spending hours searching YouTube for clips of performers like Placido Domingo singing arias.

“The first time I heard a recording of Pavarotti singing a high note, I thought, ‘That’s awesome; that guy is screaming at the top of his lungs!’” he said. McPherson became known among his circle of friends FYI/Winter 2015

in west suburban Glen Ellyn as the resident opera buff. “The joke was that if you heard a car coming with the windows down and opera blasting, you knew it was me,” he laughs.

Finding time for both his sport and his singing has not always been easy. At Elmhurst, he mastered the art of racing from choir rehearsal to tennis practice. He learned that the best place to change from tux to tennis uniform is sometimes the back seat of his car.

Singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” offers its own challenges. With its one-and-a-half-octave vocal range and arcane wording, it has been known to stump superstars. But McPherson delivered a respectful, operatically powerful performance. The Homecoming crowd was clearly appreciative.

“People had nothing but good things to say. I think some of the people I talked to in the alumni tent were wondering how this body could produce that sound. Like I needed to add another 100 pounds,” he said.

“It was wonderful to talk with alumni, because you end up talking about opera and I’m always ready to talk about what I love.”

McPherson’s next challenge is preparing for his senior vocal recital, where he will perform arias and art songs by Samuel Barber, Giacomo Puccini and others. He plans to audition for vocal apprenticeship programs—like the prestigious Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago—after he graduates in February of 2015.

And McPherson already has another important date marked in his postgraduate calendar. He said he was looking forward to attending his first Homecoming as an Elmhurst alumnus.

“I’ll be back,” he promised.

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ne of the most interested spectators at the Homecoming game against North Park University was Scottie Williams, the 2012 Elmhurst graduate and All-American running back who as a senior won the Gagliardi Trophy as the most outstanding player in NCAA Division iii football.

Having closed out his playing career with a collection of Elmhurst rushing records, Williams remains a regular at home games. He keeps a close watch on one Bluejay in particular: Josh Williams, the team’s leading rusher and Scottie’s younger brother.

“I think he’s ready for a breakout year,” Scottie said of Josh at halftime of the North Park game. His younger brother did not disappoint, rushing for 76 yards and a touchdown in the Bluejays’ 28-0 Homecoming win.

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Josh Williams has already begun setting a few Elmhurst rushing records of his own. His 306 yards in a 33-27 victory over Olivet College in September set a school record for single-game rushing yardage.

Scottie Williams said he loved playing in front of the large crowds that come out for Homecoming. “You get hyped for it because it’s a chance to let everyone see how hard you’ve been working,” he said. His favorite memory of his Bluejay days?

“That’s easy. Winning the CCIW championship [in 2012]. I’ll never forget it,” he said. “I can still see [quarterback] Joe Furco hurdling tacklers.”

When a visitor asked Williams if he had any advice for his younger brother, he laughed. “Keep going forward, no running side to side,” he said. “That’s pretty good advice in life, too.”

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“Old Main has always been special to me because that’s where I met my wife [Sandra Holtzscher ’63]. She sat in the back row of our psychology class, and I remember turning around to look at her. I finally left a note in her mailbox asking her if she would go with me to see a movie at the York Theatre.”

Jack Dawson ’64 “I wrote him back and told him he should ask me in person.”

Sandra Holtzscher ’63

“As a member of the choir, Irion Hall was so important to me. That’s where I gained a lifelong appreciation for singing in large groups. And I’m still singing.”

Kathy Wohlschlaeger ’64

“I remember that there were little rooms, almost like cubby holes, on the first floor of Dinkmeyer Hall. They were dark and they had couches. I think a lot of relationships were built there.”

Russell G. Weigand ’64

A Campus Full of Memories We asked alumni visiting campus over Homecoming weekend to talk about the places around campus that mean the most to them. Their answers suggest some of the ways a college can come to feel like home.

“Walking into the chapel, I remembered exactly where I sat for graduation and for my senior recital. The campus holds so many good memories. Those were the best times of our lives. It wasn’t so much what we learned from books.

It was learning how to live, how to work with others. And the friendships gained.

We all went on different paths, but when we see each other, it’s like time hasn’t passed.”

Judi Nieman Nelson ’75

“We would go to serenade President Stanger, all of us wearing our beanies. And he would always pretend to be surprised. It was such a beautiful campus, and it still is.”

Steve Furman ’64

“Stanger Hall. You’ve heard of the Freshman 15? We made so much popcorn there, I think we practically invented it.”

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An Extraordinary Party at an Extraordinary Gallery The College hosted a birthday party for the atom smasher at the center of the Barbara A. Kieft Accelerator ArtSpace.

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hen Suellen Rocca, Elmhurst’s curator and director of exhibitions, tells visitors about the College’s Barbara A. Kieft Accelerator ArtSpace, she calls it “the most unusual gallery in the world.” What makes it so unusual is the presence of a 20-foot-tall retired Kevatron proton accelerator, a visually arresting glass-and-metal leftover from the space’s former life as a physics lab.

“When they see it,” Rocca said, “people just go crazy for it.”

The accelerator was the guest of honor at the 10th annual Alumni Art Exhibition on Homecoming Saturday, where faculty, alumni and guests from the art and physics departments celebrated the atom smasher’s unofficial 41st “birthday” with cake and a chorus of “Happy Birthday.”

Used in the early days of atomic-energy research at the University of Chicago, the Kevatron was moved to Elmhurst in 1969, and employed by students there for several years beginning in 1973 before being shut down. It now dominates one of the most distinctive college gallery spaces anywhere.

At the exhibition, alumni of the art department showed work in a variety of media, including, painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and graphic design. The show brought together several decades worth of alumni, including digital imagist Kim McElheny, who graduated last May.

She returned to campus to show her digital manipulations of vintage photos plucked from attics and antique stores. McElheny credited Professor Lynn Hill’s digital imaging class with sparking her current work. “I never would have started with this process otherwise,” she said. “And it was so important to have the freedom to explore that I found here.”

“It’s gratifying to see the way these artists have continued to develop,” Rocca said. “When they graduate, they’re only just starting to grow as artists. It’s exciting to see the work they’re doing now.”

Rocca and physics department chair Brian Wilhite kicked off the party by asking their guests to sing “Happy Birthday” to the accelerator.

(Wilhite instructed the well-wishers that the 750,000-volt survivor of the Atomic Age is at all times to be addressed as “Machine.”) The guests then delivered one of the best renditions of “Happy Birthday” ever sung in honor of an antique proton accelerator.

Reports that the Machine glowed in appreciation could not be verified.

At the exhibition, alumni of the art department showed work in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and graphic design.

The show brought together alumni from several decades.

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The Squires Return One of the special gatherings of Homecoming weekend was the 50th reunion of the Brotherhood of the Squires, the burgundyjacketed fraternal and service organization that was a campus presence for several decades. The Squires volunteered as tutors in local schools, shoveled snow for neighbors and raised funds for charities. Many continue to give back to Elmhurst and the larger society.

Dennis Patterson ’70 told the College’s Prospect magazine in 2008 that his fellow Squires were “a group of young men committed to school and to society in general. A lot of good leaders emerged from the Squires.”

Many of those leaders returned for their reunion, which attracted 82 alumni and family members.

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Homecoming traditions at Elmhurst include the annual production of a musical in the Mill Theatre.

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h, the traditions of Homecoming. The pep rallies. The tailgate parties. The big game. The show tunes.

At most schools, Homecoming may not have much to do with musical theatre. But at Elmhurst, the annual musical in the Mill Theatre has been a Homecoming tradition for decades. This year’s production, the 1963 Tony Award–winning musical comedy She Loves Me, was another Homecoming weekend winner.

“This is a chance for our students to perform in front of a lot of alums,” said the musical’s director, Frank Del Guidice, an adjunct professor of theatre. “The alumni are coming in all the time, and they’re impressed.”

One of those alums maintains a special interest in the musical, and in all the College’s theatre productions. As a student in 1969, Alan Weiger, now associate professor of theatre and chair of the communication arts and sciences department, played Angie the Ox in Guys and Dolls, that year’s Homecoming musical. Having performed in Homecoming shows

as a student and directed them as a professor, Weiger will tell you that rehearsing a musical for six weeks will leave a lasting impression.

“Live with your character for that long, and pretty soon you’ll find yourself waking up in the middle of the night humming tunes from the show,” said Weiger.

The tradition of Homecoming productions at Elmhurst dates to around 1950. The primary performance space for those early Homecoming shows (and for all theatre productions in those days) was the old Gymnasium, now Goebel Hall, with the basement of Schick Hall serving as scene shop. (The history of stage performance at Elmhurst is even longer, dating back to a production of The Merchant of Venice presented in the first decade of the 20th century and to Sunday afternoon theatricals presented by the Schiller Society of what was then called Elmhurst Proseminary.)

The midcentury shows were often original revues that riffed on the campus culture. Weiger recalled that one show was called PK after the

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local shorthand for “preacher’s kids,” a constituency then well represented at the College. Another, called Decadent Development, spoofed the College fundraising slogan, “A Decade of Development.”

By the late 1960s, the revues had morphed into an annual stage musical.

In 1967, the College acquired the Hammerschmidt Lumber Company complex on Walter Street, converting one of the buildings into the Mill Theatre and another into a scene shop. The Mill opened with a student production of Twelfth Night in 1969; Guys and Dolls was the first facultydirected production that year.

Preparations for the musical are intense. Rehearsals can stretch late into the evening. The endless pre-show tasks—costumes to be fashioned, dance steps to be mastered, lines to be learned, press releases to be sent, sets to be built—are usually completed a few hours before the curtain rises on opening night. “The students are here every day for weeks, just like an athlete going to practice,” Weiger said.

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The only thing more challenging than surviving six weeks of rehearsals is not getting six weeks of rehearsals. Because Homecoming’s timing depends on the football schedule, students sometimes find themselves putting on a musical in the first weekend of October, just four weeks after school’s start.

“That’s just a killer,” Weiger said. “That’s insane.”

The musical is just one of eight productions to be mounted at the Mill Theatre this academic year. Weiger says that his students maintain a performer’s perspective on the Homecoming hype. “They’re like athletes, in that all the games are big games.”

True enough, but not every musical theatre production comes with its own pep rally and tailgate parties.

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President S. Alan Ray (left) and Alumni Association President Sarah Clarin ’04 present the Dr. Andrew K. Prinz Faculty and Staff Award to Chaplain H. Scott Matheney.

Honoring Our Best Elmhurst presented Alumni Merit Awards to four graduates and honored its longtime chaplain at a Homecoming Saturday ceremony in Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel.

Alan J. Kromholz ’60 received the College’s Distinguished Service to Alma Mater Award. In 2000, Alan and Ruth Kromholz (nee Meyer) funded the Meyer-Krumholz Endowed Scholarship, awarded annually to an Elmhurst student majoring in education. A one-time UCC minister, Kromholz remained politically and socially active, working for voter registration in Mississippi and in the development of open housing in Wisconsin. He retired in 2012 as senior partner of OTA Services LLC, a family-owned waste-management business.

David Watkins ’93 was presented with the Distinguished Service to Society Award for his work as founder of the Ironheart Foundation, advocating heart-healthy lifestyles. Watkins survived emergency open-heart surgery at 34 and went on to compete in three Ironman triathlons. The Ironheart Foundation has helped patients with heart disease in 47 states and 18 countries and funds cardiac defibrillators in schools and athletic clubs.

D. Scott Tharp ’05 received the Young Alumni Award. As associate director of DePaul University’s Center for Intercultural Programs, he oversees curricular social justice education programs and facilitates diversity and social justice workshops for faculty, staΩ and the community.

D. Vincent Thomas Jr. ’04 also received the Young Alumni Award.

As operations specialist in the U.S. Coast Guard, Thomas began doctoral work in public policy and administration, and plans to complete his degree next summer. He is an associate board member of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.

The Rev. H. Scott Matheney, head of the O≈ce of the Chaplain at Elmhurst, was presented with the Dr. Andrew K. Prinz Faculty and StaΩ Merit Award for his work building the College community through service, with particular interest in Habitat for Humanity; in interfaith life through his work with the Spiritual Life Council; through development of a more diverse and multicultural campus life; by connecting the College to networks of people and organizations; and by providing pastoral care to the community.

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Class Notes Let us hear from you! Send a note to alumni@elmhurst.edu, or call us at (630) 617-3600. Better yet, stop by the O≈ce of Alumni Relations on the first floor of Lehmann Hall.

1940s John Frank ’43 is expecting the arrival of his fourth great-grandchild this year.

Theological Seminary, where Don and Anne met in 1961. Don, who also recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination, has been named pastor emeritus of St. John United Church of Christ, Collinsville, Illinois, after having served as senior pastor there for 35 years.

1950s Ruth (Weidler) Lehmkuhl ’53 has downsized and moved to an apartment. She enjoyed directing a reunion choir recently at Faith United Church of Christ in Davenport, Iowa.

Karen (Gulbrandsen) Casper ’54 and Ward Casper ’54 celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on July 30, 2014. They regret that they were unable to attend their 60th Class Reunion, and hope their classmates had a wonderful time.

Walter Brueggemann ’55 recently published Ice Axes for Frozen Seas: A Biblical Theology of Provocation (Baylor University Press). After graduating from Elmhurst, Walter went on to earn his M. Div. from Eden Theological Seminary, his Th.D. from Union Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from St. Louis University.

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Jacques Paul Klein ’61, Honorary Doctorate ’02, was inducted as an Honorary Citizen of the City of Osijek in Croatia in 2013. The Mayor of Osijek, Ivan Vrkic, presented Klein with the Certificate of Citizenship and the City’s golden medallion. Mr. Klein was appointed by UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to serve as Chief of the United Nations Mission to implement the Erdut Agreement, and fully reintegrate the region within the Republic of Croatia.

Eva (Augustin) Rumpf ’61 announces the publication of her fourth book, the historical novel In Liberty’s Name (Knox Robinson Publishing). The book was inspired by her French ancestors, who lived in Haiti during the slave insurrection and settled in New Orleans in 1809.

Eva currently lives in Milwaukee with her husband, Bill Rumpf ’60.

Wayne HoΩman ’62 retired from State Farm 10 years ago after a 35-year career. Now a pastoral supply preacher in the St. Louis area for organizations including the Illinois Southern Conference and Eastern Association of UCC, Wayne also serves on numerous church

boards and committees. He and his wife, Chris, are celebrating 32 years of marriage this year.

Dr. Vinni Maria (Wheeler) Hall ’64 was recognized for her exceptional service to public education with the National Association of State Boards of Education’s 2014 Distinguished Service Award. Vinni serves as board secretary for the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and as the ISBE liaison to the Illinois Board of Higher Education. An adjunct professor of special education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Roosevelt University, she has served as a consultant to Chicago Public Schools and other school districts to support the inclusion of students with disabilities. She also is a member of the Illinois Early Learning Council.

Hal Brueseke ’65 retired as a practicing Indiana attorney at the end of 2013. After being admitted to practice in 1968, he served as a Legal Services attorney, worked as a deputy prosecutor, maintained a private practice and served the St. Joseph Probate Court as a judicial o≈cer.

Over some 40 years with the court, he was active in the Indiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, including serving as president.

Hal graduated from the Indiana Judicial Center’s graduate program and served on various Indiana Supreme Court committees. In retirement he continues to serve on that court’s Records Management Committee.

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Susan (Schnell) Ford ’66 is currently chairman of the Santa Cruz Shoestring Players, a community theater company. Her last directing project was The Fox on the Fairway, a golf comedy by Ken Ludwig.

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Harry Augensen ’73, professor of physics and astronomy at Widener University in Pennsylvania, has been named the first director of the Widener Observatory in recognition of his dedication to astronomy education. Harry initiated public stargazing sessions at the university in 2002 using portable telescopes. Today, he organizes viewings of the night sky using the observatory’s 16-inch computerized Meade Cassegrain reflecting telescope and several smaller 12-inch telescopes.

John C. Helt ’73 has retired from active ministry in the United Church of Christ. Over the course of his career, John served congregations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana as well as serving as Chaplain and Director of Church Relations at Elmhurst College. He and his wife, Cindy (Cordes) Helt ’74, remain in their home and congregation near Milwaukee. They recently became grandparents.

James McCluskey ’76 of Batavia, a partner in the law firm Momkus McCluskey LLC in Lisle, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Illinois Bar Foundation (IBF), the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA).

Long active in the ISBA, McCluskey previously served as a member of its Assembly and as chairman of its Agenda and Practice Committee, and has served on its Civil Practice & Procedure Council and its Allerton House Committee.

In 2013, he was elected secretary of the 33,000member organization. McCluskey, who concentrates his practice in the trial of professional and commercial liability cases, has been active in several other state and local organizations, including the DuPage County Bar Association.

He also is a past president of the DuPage County Bar Foundation.

Fran (Urbanciz) Roberts ’76, Ph.D., R.N., has been named the inaugural Kate Aurelius Visiting Professor in Integrated Care by Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care and the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix.

“This is an opportunity to introduce a more e≈cient system of care to future physicians, who are critical to the integrated care,” said Fran, who has spent more than 30 years in health care and higher education leadership.

“This can only improve how we take care of all patients, bringing together behavioral health and physical health to treat the mind and body.

It is an idea whose time has definitely come.”

1980s Patty Martin ’81 stepped down from her position as program director of 97.1 FM WDRVThe Drive after helping to launch the radio station 13 years ago. After 34 years in radio, she’s exploring new directions. In the meantime, she’s overseeing the renovation of a South Loop condo, enjoying time with her husband, attending lots of live concerts and getting ready to discover what it’s like to have some down time.

Stacey (Walgreen) Magnusson ’82 has decided to retire after 31 years of teaching general music and drama. She began her career as a music teacher and choir director in Elmwood Park District 401, then spent 27 years teaching general music and drama in Community Consolidated School District 62 in Des Plaines, her home town. Stacey writes that she’s especially thankful to Doug Beach and Paul Westermeyer for the excellent training she received at Elmhurst.

Her next step is to pursue sales directorship in her Mary Kay business and enjoy being a new grandma.

Christopher Hayden ’83 is now a partner in the technology division of Sikich, a top accounting firm in the United States.

Steve Klenke ’83 is a musician whose recently released CD can be heard on jazz stations across the country. A TV and film composer, he recently

sold 22 jazz tracks to Teletunez Inc., a TV music buyer for shows including Two and a Half Men and Persons of Interest. He also has a full-time job as a computer programmer. Steve lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife, Susan.

Linda (Vomacka) Cervenka ’84 and Deanna ( Jaconetti) Tyrpak ’85 co-founded Soaring Eagle Academy, a nonprofit school in Burr Ridge for children ages 5-21 with autism and related disorders. It is the first school in the Midwest to integrate Developmental Language Models and DIR/Floortime approach principles.

Dwayne Wojtowicz ’85 had a short story published in the 2014 edition of The Griffin, a literary journal sponsored by Gwynedd Mercy University. The story is called “Does the Devil Really Count?”

Sean Sheridan ’86 is currently a trainee with the Chicago Conservation Corps (C3), a program of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum that recruits, trains and supports a network of volunteers who work together to improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods and schools through environmental service projects.

1990s Ivan Figueroa ’99 recently resigned his seat as a City Council member for the City of Johns Creek, Georgia. One of the original seven o≈cials elected in the City’s first election in 2006, Ivan was re-elected twice. He recently relocated to south Georgia.

2000s Daniel Fries ’00 was recognized by Barron’s as one of its Top 1,200 Financial Advisors. For the past 15 years, Daniel has helped clients plan for their family’s future as a wealth management advisor and managing director with MerrillLynch in Chicago.

Julie Miller Sheehan ’00 was elected chairman of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce board

To learn more about how you can get involved at Elmhurst, go to www.elmhurst.edu/alumni.

Why I Volunteer

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Katie Jaeger ’10 Elmhurst, Illinois

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ne of my goals at Elmhurst was to challenge myself and get involved on campus, and that’s exactly what I did. I joined a sorority, I was involved in the Greek honor society, I participated in service projects, and I served in several roles on Union Board, including president. Elmhurst molded me into the person I became and taught me not to give up until I’ve achieved my goals.

My Elmhurst Experience prepared me to go above and beyond as an educator and as a person.

So now I’m giving back. As a mentor, I’ve enjoyed helping my student protégé develop confidence in herself as a teacher. As an advisor to my sorority, I’m staying connected to a community that’s important to me. As a donor, I’m contributing to the College’s Annual Fund and helping ensure that today’s students can benefit from the same wonderful opportunities I had.

It has been a great experience remaining connected to my alma mater and giving back to the College that gave me so much. I look forward to many more years as a volunteer and playing an active role in the mission of Elmhurst College.

Katie Jaeger teaches sixth grade at Burnham Elementary School in Cicero. She serves as a mentor to current Elmhurst students through the Center for Professional Excellence’s mentoring program and is an advisor to Sigma Kappa Sorority. She also donates regularly to the Elmhurst College Annual Fund.

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of directors in November 2013. She first worked for the Chamber during her student days through the Elmhurst College JobPath Student Intern Program. She is the first intern to be elected to the chamber’s board of directors and to rise through the executive board to the chairman position.

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Gabe Murcia ’02 landed a position as an assistant service manager with MicroTrain Technologies in Lombard. The position fits within his training background and he is enjoying this new career opportunity.

Matthew Fuchsen ’03 & ’05 has been promoted to vice president of tax for the Middleby Corporation, a global leader in the food service equipment industry. In his new role, he is responsible for managing the global tax function along with supervising all income tax compliance, planning, accounting and reporting. He also collaborates globally across Middleby o≈ces and countries on the income tax eΩects of business acquisitions, strategies and operations.

Kelly Stone ’03 accepted the role of chaplain and associate dean for religious life at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, this past summer.

Karol Abercrombie ’04 has been promoted to senior tax manager at Deloitte Tax LLP, where she has worked since March 2007. As part of the Tax Management Group, she is responsible for helping clients transform processes and technology to enhance e≈ciencies, align data and improve transparency from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems all the way through the reporting and documentation process.

Jessica Vogt ’04 earned a master of science degree in nursing from South University with a focus on nursing education. She has worked full time at Alexian Brothers Medical Center since 2000 and taught at William Rainey Harper College School of Nursing since 2008. Jessica is the daughter of Michael Blohm Sr. ’86.

Keith DuBose ’05 recently released Godzilla: Battle Royale, a feature film that pays homage

to monster movies in the tradition of Godzilla vs. Monster Zero/Invasion of Astro-Monster.

In its first month on YouTube, the film received more than 130,000 views.

Scott Tharp ’05 was recently appointed to serve a three-year term on the National Advisory Committee for the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE).

Erin (Young) Salberg ’06, a first-grade teacher at Rockton Grade School in Rockton, was named a Golden Apple award winner by the Golden Apple Foundation of Rockford. The Rockford Golden Apple award honors teachers from Winnebago and Boone counties who are making a diΩerence in their communities through their commitment to educational excellence.

Lisa Finkral ’07 graduated from Seattle University School of Law in May. She passed the Washington State Bar Exam, and is now a licensed attorney.

Erin ( Joyce) Jackson ’07 graduated from law school in May as the top-ranked student in her class. After seven years in New Mexico, she recently returned to the Chicago area to practice law.

Brian Chenowith ’08 earned a master of divinity degree from Meadville Lombard Theological School in May 2014.

Edward Breitweiser ’09 recently presented an art installation at the Threewalls gallery in Chicago. An audio-visual-textual feedback network, the installation used LEDs and light-sensitive electronic circuits to create a symphony of light and humming sound.

Arik Borstad ’10 graduated from Eden Theological Seminary in May 2014.

Leo Congenie ’10 received his doctorate in veterinary medicine in May 2014 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he helped launch an animal science/ veterinary medicine student association. He recently started a DVM position at Banfield

Pet Hospital, where he continues his passion of caring for small animals. His goal is to establish his own veterinary medicine practice.

Emily Labrecque ’10 graduated from Pacific School of Religion with a master of divinity degree in May 2014.

Tracy McDonald ME ’10 won the 2014 Davidson Award, a prize given to one teacher annually by the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois and the Illinois Chemical Education Foundation in recognition of outstanding high school chemistry teaching. A science teacher at Hinsdale South High School, McDonald currently teaches chemistry, anatomy and physiology. She earned a master’s degree in teacher leadership from Elmhurst College in 2010.

Carly Notorangelo ’10 graduated from Chicago Theological Seminary in May 2014 with a master of sacred theology degree. She also holds a master of arts in religious leadership from the same institution.

Jessica Greene ’12 graduated from Purdue University with a master’s degree in speech pathology.

Jamie Hasken ’12 works as a senior intelligence analyst.

Kelly Johnson ’12 works as an accounting clerk for JVM Reality. She graduated from Aurora University in 2014 with a master of science degree in administration.

Jessica Petges ’12 is a certified speech-language pathologist at a middle school.

Sarah Wojnicki ’12 graduated in April 2014 from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a master’s degree in college student aΩairs leadership.

Liliana Gomez ’13 is pursuing a master of social work (MSW) degree at UIC Jane Addams College of Social Work. The MSW program prepares students for advanced social work practice in four concentrations: mental health,

child and family services, community health and urban development, and school social work practice.

Melissa Allen ’07 and Donata Wonsowicz MS ’12 welcomed their son, Walter Keith Allen, on August 13, 2014.

Marina Anderson ’14 debuted her dragster in the annual Detroit Autorama show and won first place in her category. Following that, she hopes to qualify for the National Hot Rod Association A/Fuel, the high-speed class for the governing body. Marina developed a serious interest in the sport of drag racing as a teenager and spent the past four years building her own 4,000-horsepower rear-engine dragster.

Thomas Gilligan ’07 and Katherine Gilligan welcomed their daughter, Annalise Katherine Gilligan, on July 27, 2014.

Uchenna Ebiringah ’14 has been accepted into a master’s program in occupational therapy at Stanbridge College in Irvine, California.

Alex Kefaloukos ’08 and Catie Kefaloukos welcomed their son, Alexander “Zander” Michael Jr., on May 15, 2014.

Laura (Hertenstein) Mignerone ’08 and her husband, JeΩ, welcomed Gabriel Isaac on September 8, 2014.

Sade Bryant Clark ’09 and Duane Clark welcomed their daughter, Zaya Nacole Clark on July 14, 2014.

Births Deborah (Ripper) Silic ’93 and Steve Silic welcomed their first child, Hazel Kathryn Silic, on August 21, 2013.

Kirsten (Carlson) Cecchin ’95 and her husband, Jerry, welcomed their first child, Crystal Rose Cecchin, on March 5, 2014.

Melissa Smith ’03 and William Smith ’04 welcomed their daughter, Melody Joy Smith, on March 17, 2014.

Matt Ticknor ’03 and Monica (Milton) Ticknor ’05 welcomed a son on May 12, 2014.

Tamara (Frank) Condon ’04 and her husband, Mike, welcomed their first child, Lydia Marie Condon, on March 5, 2014.

Kimberley (Schmidt) Serio ’04 and James Serio, welcomed their first child, Charlotte Joy Serio, on January 30, 2014.

Brad Zimmerman ’06 and Amy (Spiliotis) Zimmerman ’08 welcomed their son, Logan Michael Zimmerman, on February 23, 2014.

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Sara (Williams) Ranger ’09 and her husband, Brian, welcomed their daughter, Emma Lynn Ranger, on April 9, 2014.

Christine (Shore) Walsh ’09 and her husband, Patrick, welcomed their daughter, Fiona Elizabeth Walsh, on February 10, 2014.

Katie (Sulita) Benes ’10 and her husband, Joshua, welcomed twin boys, Caleb Christopher Benes and John Marshall Benes, on September 3, 2013.

Katie (Rothlisberger) Johnson ’10 and her husband, JeΩ, welcomed their daughter, Finley Harper Johnson, on March 28, 2014.

Marisa Lach ’11 and Alex Kaufman welcomed their daughter, Emerie Rose, on November 15, 2013.

Christina (Reed) Tiplea ’11 and her husband, Julian Tiplea ’10, welcomed their daughter, Olivia Rose Tiplea, on June 23, 2014.

Marriages & Anniversaries Marie Lorden ’82 married Tom GraΩ in New Orleans on April 11, 2014. Marie and Tom met through Tom’s brother, Dave GraΩ ’79.

Jason Churchill ’03 married Craig Newman Larimer on December 7, 2013.

Cathleen Kimble ’03 married Erik Anderson on March 3, 2013.

Lewis Polcanco Webb ’03 married Erika Sanders ’08 on July 18, 2014.

Katie Bequette ’04 married Reuben Burnley on August 31, 2013. The wedding party included Michelle (Lynch) Schultz ’04, Christy (Barone) Kersbergen ’04, Lisa (Denman) Sligh ’04 and Johanna (Anderson) Benavides ’04.

Phaedra Wells ’04 married Chris Studt on April 25, 2014.

Angela Kulacz ’05 married Josh Rogers on June 6, 2014.

Shay Batcheller ’07 married Jim Brooks on September 20, 2013.

Jennifer Chiappe ’07 married Kyle Schmidt on May 17, 2014.

Tiziana Di Benedetto ’07 married Neptali Figueroa Jr. on June 21, 2014.

Eric Hodges ’07 married Lindsay Young ’11 on August 1, 2014.

Erin Joyce ’07 married Darius Jackson on March 21, 2014.

Paige Mason ’07 married Damian Kudej on August 23, 2014. The father of the bride is Tom Mason ’77.

Ashley Suzik ’08 married Paul Brunner on August 16, 2014.

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Patrick Kelly ’08 married Kimberly L. Schneider ’08 on August 30, 2014.

John C. Bockoven Jr. ’42, of El Paso, Texas, on May 4, 2014

Heather Deering ’09 married Joel Rosales on September 26, 2014.

Juliet Feifar ’11 and Anthony Longano ’11 were married on June 21, 2014. The wedding party included Sarah CoΩelt ’12, Stephanie (Hemedinger) Lighthiser ’11, Haley Wittenburg ’13, Erin O'Loughlin ’13 and Spencer Battersby ’12. Guests included Hannah Walton ’12, Nick Ayala ’10, and Jessica (Wilson) Wozniczka ’10.

Chris Kudyba ’09 married Angie Caputo ’10 on May 31, 2014.

Allison Korbel ’11 married Greg Stephens on August 2, 2013.

Catherine C. (Witte) Droege ’45, of Dillsboro, Indiana, on August 7, 2012

Luis Lara ’09 married Vanessa Garcia on May 30, 2014.

Jackie Schramm ’11 married John Fabian on June 28, 2014.

Dr. Paul W. Meyer ’45, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on July 29, 2013

Christine Shore ’09 married Patrick Walsh on May 25, 2013.

Kimberly Seger ’11 married Adam Ristich on June 26, 2014.

Helen L. (Chandler) Rich ’45, of Cassadaga, New York, on September 12, 2012

Nicolas Ayala ’10 married Hannah Walton ’12 on September 16, 2014.

Alexandra Engle ’12 married Chris Nor on August 9, 2014.

Phyllis (Kelley) Stare ’45, of Denver, Colorado, on May 31, 2014

Ellyse Cudone ’10 married Tom Gould ’10 on August 11, 2014.

Nicole Lascelles ’12 married Daniel Grant on July 7, 2014.

Rev. Walter E. Vonderohe ’45, of Waverly, Ohio, on February 15, 2014

Caroline Cummings ’10 married Matt Procik ’11 on September 22, 2014.

Matt McHugh ’12 married Whitney Roth ’13 on August 1, 2014.

Wilfred H. Weltge ’46, of Oakwood, Ohio, on August 6, 2014

Glen Gomez ’10 married Lauren Waryjas ’11 on September 6, 2014.

Romison Saint-Louis ’12 married Brittney Rost on March 20, 2014.

Rev. Donald E. Stuart ’48, of Claremont, California, on March 5, 2014

Sonia Pedapati ’10 married Christoph Bakke on August 30, 2014.

Matt Staudenmayer ’12 married Cristen Suchy ’13 on July 12, 2014.

Harry J. Dagley ’49, of Wausau, Wisconsin, on August 19, 2013

Sarah Sheen ’10 married PJ Celaya on June 28, 2014.

Seccoyah Williams ’12 married Rodney Dale on June 8, 2014.

Joseph Degi Jr. ’49, of Fort Collins, Colorado, on January 1, 2014

Nicole Spizzirri ’10 married Clay Plumtree on May 25, 2014. Stephanie Ferrini ’10 and Pam Economos ’09 were in the bridal party.

Tricia Wilk ’13 married Ryan Parker on July 12, 2014.

Robert A. “Bob” Varney ’49, of Lombard, on March 16, 2014

Brittany Olenek ’14 married Gregory Sebesta on September 6, 2014.

Rev. William F. “Bill” Behr ’50, of Saint Peters, Missouri, on March 10, 2014

Obituaries

Rev. Robert M. Dohm ’50, of Saint Charles, Missouri, on September 28, 2014

Eunice F. (Buck) Plass ’34, of Addison, on March 26, 2014

Dorothy K. (Joens) Glasby ’50, of Elmhurst, on August 1, 2014

Helen E. (Medin) Sholand ’39, of Monument, Colorado, on March 2, 2014

Harold E. Bendigkeit ’51, of Palo Alto, California, on April 26, 2014

Billie Risley ’08 married Kendra Salyers on May 2011.

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Robert Strzemp ’10 married Shay Green on October 28, 2013.

Stacey Boykin ’11 married Patrick Tretina on September 27, 2014.

Mitch Collins ’11 married Mary Bross ’12 on June 1, 2013.

Gilbert P. Wawak ’42, of Lake Barrington, on February 23, 2014 Marichris S. (Smith) Golden ’44, of LaGrange, on October 2, 2014

James F. Gehlert ’51, of St. Louis, Missouri, on July 9, 2013

Neil F. Currens ’56, of Sanford, North Carolina, on May 29, 2014

Antonia K. (Posevicz) Grune ’63, of Carol Stream, on August 18, 2014

William M. MacVeigh ’51, of Aurora, on January 15, 2013

Rev. Henry D. Gittler ’56, of Redlands, Florida, on March 1, 2014

Linda A. (Tschopp) KauΩman ’64, of Round Lake Park, on December 19, 2013

Vernon Richard “Dick” Smith ’51, of LaGrange, on June 20, 2014

Rev. Charles F. Mayer ’56, of Chicago, on October 26, 2014

David N. Kremer ’64, of Louisville, Kentucky, on February 19, 2014

Rev. Edward H. Reinhardt ’52, of Faribault, Minnesota, on October 22, 2014

Marguerite “Rita” (Kienle) Plankey ’56, of Phoenix, Arizona, on July 13, 2014

Dorothy (Votava) Bogen ’65, of Westminster, Colorado, on March 18, 2014

Carmen F. Sturm ’52, of Cleveland, Ohio, on August 2, 2012

Janet R. (Gastel) Grikmanis ’57, of Hickory Hills, on October 17, 2014

Evelyn G. (Gagliardo) Thompson ’65, of Anaheim, California, on April 11, 2014

Albert G. Vandermar ’52, of Richmond, Indiana, on November 3, 2014

John C. Eickhacker ’58, of Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 21, 2014

Curtis H. Bevington iii ’66, of Barre, Vermont, on August 30, 2014

Lois E. Conrady ’53, of Lincoln, on July 23, 2014

William Gallagher ’58, of Sandy, Oregon, on December 18, 2013

David H. Kinsman ’66, of Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, on September 22, 2014

Rev. Lowell R. Schrupp ’58, of Farmington, Michigan, on September 14, 2014

Carol G. Steben ’66, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, on January 24, 2012

Wayne B. Carlson ’59, of Sycamore, on November 30, 2013

Gary L. Bricker ’67, of Advance, North Carolina, on May 9, 2014

Carol “Jan” (Brown) Cowley ’59, of Fort Worth, Texas, on June 6, 2014

Barry M. Pava ’67, of Palm Coast, Florida, on June 6, 2013

Richard E. Cross ’59, of Stratford, New Jersey, on December 22, 2012

John J. Farrell ’68, of Geneva, on February 4, 2014

Rev. Kurt W. Simon ’54, of Ottawa, on July 20, 2014

Jack P. Peaslee ’59, of Lombard, on May 13, 2014

Mae Collene Reid ’68, of Bakersfield, California, on August 4, 2013

Conrad J. Spitek ’54, of Wilmette, on November 15, 2014

Thomas E. Lease ’60, of San Francisco, on April 13, 2013

Dr. Gerard R. Daily ’55, of Naperville, on April 4, 2014

George A. Olson ’60, of Sandy Level, Virginia, on May 13, 2013

Ralph E. Forgue ’55, of Dixon, on May 10, 2013

Lorene E. Burrichter ’62, of Eitzen, Minnesota, on March 9, 2014

Don E. Bezold ’54, of Lombard, on February 20, 2012 Margaret A. (Kennedy) Ford ’54, of Vernon Hills, on July 11, 2014 James H. “Jimmy” Kohler ’54, of Elmhurst, on March 4, 2014 Gloria J. (Smith) Luecke ’54, of Beecher, on February 22, 2013

James H. Hudson Jr. ’55, of Viroqua, Wisconsin, on October 13, 2014 Irene (Kalman) Lenhart ’55, of Clifton, New Jersey, on October 14, 2014

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Samuel S. Caltagirone ’62, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 6, 2012 Charles M. Blachut ’63, of Elk Grove, on August 30, 2014

Linda (Ficklin) Weber ’68, of Lombard, on February 4, 2014 Robert Allender ’69, of North Wales, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 2014 Betty J. Laurino ’69, of Franklin, North Carolina, on September 23, 2013 Susan (Stoker) Cummins ’70, of Tucson, Arizona, on January 24, 2014 Michael W. Gallagher ’70, of Lynbrook, New York, on February 13, 2013

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Garry L. Horwarth ’70, of Altamonte Springs, Florida, on October 11, 2013

Margaret (Ahnert) “Meg” Aldrich ’82, of Elmhurst, on May 26, 2014

Darlynn F. Szczepaniak ’99, of Lombard, on September 29, 2014

Kenneth J. Lussie ’72, of North Port, Florida, on September 12, 2013

Lucita (Somcio) Gomez ’82, of Elmhurst, on March 26, 2014

Lawrence R. “Larry” Pedrigi ’02, of Elgin, on April 14, 2013

Karl D. Millhauser ’73, of Owings Mills, Maryland, on December 28, 2013

Maureen H. (Siwak) Sapinski ’82, of Elmhurst, on July 3, 2014

Mary L. (Santi) Thornton ’03, of Elmhurst, on July 25, 2012

Mary C. (Gerlach) Zielinski ’73, of Saint Charles, on November 8, 2014

Richard J. “Dick” Fontecchio ’83, of Bonita Springs, Florida, on September 8, 2014

Gregory C. Kmoch ’04, of Lombard, on February 20, 2014

Thomas J. Arnold ’74, of Elmhurst, on May 20, 2014

Arthur J. Paterson iii ’83, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, on September 2, 2014

Charles C. Fredenburg ’74, of Princeton Junction, New Jersey, on March 7, 2014

Dennis L. Grossman ’84, of Wheaton, on May 4, 2014

Thomas A. Norini ’74, of Oak Brook, on September 2, 2013

Rev. Deborah Gri≈n Celley ’86, of Mankato, Minnesota, on February 14, 2014

Sally (Maynard) Driscoll ’75, of Anchorage, Alaska, on May 28, 2014

Mark E. Morovich ’86, of Western Springs, on June 28, 2014

Steven M. Wright ’75, of Plover, Wisconsin, on April 14, 2014

Odessa L. (Bynum) Wynn ’87, of Forest Park, on August 14, 2012

Frank E. Hirsch ’76, of Mars, Pennsylvania, on November 17, 2012

Howard J. Pegel ’88, of Woodridge, on July 25, 2014

Bryan L. Pearce Jr. ’76 of Jarretsville, on July 4, 2012

Anthony J. “Tom” Tempelman ’90, of Naples, Florida, on March 22, 2014

Charles F. Barnes ’77, of The Villages, Florida, on December 23, 2013

Dorothy L. “Dottie” (Nash) Estep ’91, of New Holland, Pennsylvania, on May 12, 2014

Anthony F. “Tony” Papoccia ’77, of Sterling, on April 13, 2014

James R. Szyplik ’93, of Lombard, on September 19, 2012

Elaine M. Brim ’78, of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, on September 26, 2014

Lee R. Townsend ’93, of West Chicago, on January 16, 2013

Ruth E. Blomquist-Stanbery ’79, of Rochelle, on August 1, 2013

Anthony N. Stanfa ’95, of New Lenox, on November 15, 2012

William J. “Bill” Rohn ’79, of Elmhurst, on April 22, 2014

Patricia M. Cleary ’96, of Chicago, on September 1, 2013

Michael KirchhoΩ ’81, of Craig, Colorado, on October 23, 2014

Roger A. Baron ’97, of Elgin, on May 19, 2012

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Office of Alumni Relations 190 Prospect Avenue Elmhurst, Illinois 60126-3296 events coming soon

Mark Your Calendar Elmhurst College Jazz Festival Thursday, February 19, through Sunday, February 22 One of the oldest and best collegiate jazz festivals in the country, the Jazz Fest celebrates its 48th year with the Jimmy Heath Big Band, the Bill Holman Big Band, the Elmhurst College Jazz Band and more.

Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel elmhurst.edu/jazzfestival My Elizabeths: A Biographer and Her Subjects Monday, March 2 Megan Marshall, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Margaret Fuller: An American Life, explores the challenges of making sense of other lives lived in other times.

Frick Center, Founders Lounge, 4:00 p.m.

A Nun on the Bus Thursday, March 5 In 2010, Sister Simone Campbell came to public attention as the author of the so-called “nuns’ letter,” an argument in support of healthcare reform. At Elmhurst, she tells her inspiring story of social justice advocacy rooted in faith.

Frick Center, Founders Lounge, 7:00 p.m.

For more information visit us at www.elmhurst.edu/events.

You also can follow us on facebook.com/elmcol or twitter.com/ elmhurstcollege.

The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage Thursday, April 2 Journalist and author Andrew Sullivan talks about how to redeem American conservatism from what he sees as the fundamentalist excess of the Republican far right wing.

Frick Center, Founders Lounge, 7:00 p.m.

An Evening with Carl Bernstein Monday, April 13 When Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward broke the Watergate story for The Washington Post in the early 1970s, they helped define modern investigative journalism. Bernstein supplies a revealing look at media and government from Watergate to the present.

Frick Center, Founders Lounge, 7:00 p.m.

Inside the Hot Zone Thursday, April 30 Twenty years ago, Richard Preston’s nonfiction thriller The Hot Zone introduced readers to the alarming story of the Ebola virus. In the wake of catastrophic outbreaks in West Africa, Preston’s book has reappeared on the New York Times best-seller list.

Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, 7:00 p.m.

All lectures are free for alumni.

Go to elmhurst.edu/tix for more information, or call (630) 617-3390.