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LAND GRANT HERITAGE

G E TTI N G START ED

by Carole Gieseke

CGIESEKE@IASTATE.EDU

What team do you follow?

“The older I get, the more

I value my work and family teams. I understand the importance of being surrounded by people I can trust and count on, no matter what.” are old-timers and some are young and new, we really enjoy each other’s company. We care about each other. We give each other advice. We celebrate each other’s successes. We’re like family. My real family is starting to spread out across the country. Up until last year, everyone in my extended family lived in Missouri, except for us. Now, I have a nephew living in New York, a niece-in-law from Texas, and a daughter who moved to Denver. The generation that’s been sitting at the kids’ table at Thanksgiving for all these years is starting to grow up and get married. The great-nieces and nephews have stopped asking for toys for Christmas and birthdays, now preferring gift cards and cash. Both of my sisters are retired now. Even though she’s younger, Dave’s sister is retired, too. I’m having a hard time keeping track of this team, and I’m having a harder time wrapping my mind around the fact that my generation is old enough to retire. But I think the older I get, the more I value my work and family teams.

ILLUSTRATION BY JENNY WITTE

uring our Board of Directors meeting in October, I became inspired. The early-morning roll-call question was this: “What team do you follow?” Responses ranged from the obvious (“Cyclones”) to the amusing (“Team Caffeine”). We have die-hard Packers fans and Twins fans and Cubs fans on our board. But mixed in with those answers were serious thoughts about following sports teams because of the integrity of the coach…following young and growing families…following work teams at companies from which they’ve retired…and following the political climate of the nation. I never thought about “following teams” in any of these ways. I’ve never been a big sports fan, although I’ve cheered for the Cyclone men’s and women’s basketball teams off and on over the years. My husband, though, is a true team follower. He has followed the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals through a lot of bad years – and some really great years, too. His devotion never wavers. He also follows the teams of our alma mater, the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats. Some of these teams are easy to love, since they frequently win Div. II national titles. And he cheers for the Cyclones, everywhere they play and in all kinds of terrible weather. But my inspiration became less about sports and more about the teams with whom I interact and care about on a daily basis: My work and family teams. The Alumni Association team is a well-oiled machine, even though the individual wheels and cogs may change from year to year. We are the kind of team that has a hard time getting a meeting started…because we are laughing and talking to each other. We’re the kind of team that, when someone sends out an email saying, “I need help,” everyone stops what they’re doing and helps. We’re the kind of team that, even though some of us

I understand the importance of being surrounded by people I can trust and count on, no matter what. With each passing year, I am more aware that it’s not stuff that makes you happy, but people and experiences. (My family and co-workers may laugh about this, because they know how much I love my STUFF!) Besides these super-important teams that I’m sure most of you have, we all have these other teams, too, like our book clubs and the groups we work out with and our friends from college and our tailgate gangs and even our political affiliations. They’re all teams. Like families, some teams are dysfunctional. Some ebb and flow. Some are right there with you when you need them the most. So, here’s to Team Gieseke and Team Cyclones and Team Alumni Association, and here’s to all of YOUR awesome teams. May they never leave your side. 

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COVER STORY

Iowa State’s land-grant heritage

FEATURES

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Curriculum of opportunity Distinguished Awards Celebration 2016-17 ISU Alumni Association Annual Report

DEPARTMENTS

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Getting Started Letters to the Editor Around Campus Cyclones Everywhere Sports Calendar

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Snow transforms Iowa State’s central campus into a winter wonderland. Photo by Jim Heemstra On the Cover: Tracing Iowa State’s land-grant heritage, from original homesteaders to current owners. Photo illustration by Scott Thornton

2017-2018 ISU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Erin Herbold-Swalwell** ’03 Liberal Studies Altoona, Iowa

OFFICERS #

Nicole M. Schmidt** Chair ’09 Const. Engr., MS ’13 Ankeny, Iowa

Letters 

WE’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU Let us know what you think about

stories in this issue – or about other topics of interest to VISIONS readers. Email your letters to: CGIESEKE@IASTATE.EDU.

Donald A. Hoy** ’63 Ag. Economics Weatherby Lake, Mo.

Lawrence Cunningham** Chair-elect ’02 Liberal Studies Ames, Iowa

Kathy A. (Sullivan) Peterson** ’95 Speech Comm. Aurelia, Iowa

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Melanie J. Reichenberger** Immediate Past Chair ’00 Indust. Engr. Mequon, Wis.

Trent Preszler** ’98 Interdisc. Studies Cutchoque, N.Y.

Katherine E. Hallenbeck** Vice Chair of Records ’02 Finance / MIS Ankeny, Iowa

Timothy R. Quick** ’01 Marketing, Intl. Business & Spanish Clive, Iowa

Daniel A. Buhr** Vice Chair of Finance ’95 Elect. Engr. Ames, Iowa

Julie A. Rosin** ’78 Home Ec. Ed., MS ’81 Ankeny, Iowa

Joan Piscitello** University Treasurer ’98 MBA Ex-officio/voting West Des Moines, Iowa #

Jeffery W. Johnson** Lora & Russ Talbot Endowed President & CEO PhD ’14 Education Ex-officio/non-voting Ames, Iowa ELECTED DIRECTORS Mark D. Aljets** ’79 Indust. Admin. West Des Moines, Iowa Kenneth R. Bonus** ’85 Const. Engr. West Des Moines, Iowa #

Eric Burrough** ’97 DVM, PhD ’11 Vet. Path. Ames, Iowa Thomas A. Connop** ’76 History Dallas, Texas

a new generation of Cyclones

Jeffrey Grayer** ’05 Liberal Studies Grand Blanc, Mich. #

Geoffrey C. Grimes** ’69 Architecture Waterloo, Iowa

Kari A. (Ditsworth) Hensen** ’96 Sociology, MS ’98 Higher Ed., PhD ’05 Ankeny, Iowa

’70 elementary education Ames, Iowa

Deborah Renee (Verschoor) # Stearns** ’81 Journ. & Mass Comm. Altoona, Iowa 50010_ISUA.indd 1

Dana (Willig) Wilkinson** ’78 Interior Design Bettendorf, Iowa Suzanne J. Wyckoff** ’69 English Kansas City, Mo. Kurt Alan Tjaden** ’85 Accounting Bettendorf, Iowa

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MORE CYCLONE FAMILY LEGACIES

My father, Glenn William Hinde, was a student at Iowa State College during the Depression years, 1929-32. Growing up on our Iowa farm, my five siblings and I grew a little weary of his stories about VEISHEA floats, FarmHouse fraternity brothers, the Meat Judging Team, and the one we could not pronounce – much less understand – barberry

APPOINTED DIRECTORS To be filled Office of the President Representative Ames, Iowa

Phyllis M. Fevold** Non-alumni Representative Ames, IA Samuel Perington*** Senior, Marketing & Finance Student Alumni Leadership Council Representative Johnston, Iowa

Duane M. Fisher** ’73 Ag. Ed., MS ’80 Mt. Auburn, Iowa

Judith Hinde Amfahr*

Darryl Vincent Samuels** ’88 Pol. Sci., MA ’90 Comm. & Reg. Plan / Pol. Sci. Pearland, Texas

Heather L. (Reid) Duncan* ’06 Public Service & Admin. in Ag. Kansas City, Mo.

Celebrating

Kim McDonough** ’02 Journ. & Mass Comm., MS ’04 College Representative Ames, Iowa

Wendell L. Davis** ’75 DVM Overland Park, Kan.

My father was beaming with pride as his one and only Iowa State graduate walked across the stage in C.Y. Stephens. The legacy has continued, as our son Mark graduated in 1983 (trans/log). As our five grandchildren approach college age, time will tell the rest of our legacy story.

Membership Key: *Annual member **Life member # Sustaining Life donor ***Student member Meet the Board: www.isualum.org/board

“My father was beaming

with pride as his one and only Iowa State graduate walked across the stage in C.Y. Stephens.”

eradication! Perhaps that explains why, one after another, we enrolled in colleges other than Dad’s beloved Iowa State. Unfortunately, his education ended one quarter short of graduation, following the unexpected death of my grandfather. Because he was the only son, my father returned home to farm the land his grandfather had homestead. He remained on the Iowa farm until he was 65 years old. About the same time, my husband and I moved to Ames, and I had the opportunity to enroll at Iowa State as an adult student. I graduated in 1970 in elementary education.

I enjoyed the issue of VISIONS discussing family traditions and loyalties around ISU (“Cyclone families,” summer 2017). In our family from the Pekin High School area [near Ottumwa, Iowa], our parents, Maxine and Donald Dickens, had five children, all of whom studied at ISU. Our mother had three years of college during the Depression [not at Iowa State] and was a school teacher before having children. Our father didn’t have a college education but was an intelligent man, creative and adventuresome. He invented the first corn-shelling machine in our community and was a race-car driver, truck driver, and farmer. David, the oldest son, came up with the idea to study engineering at ISU. He was at a disadvantage since he had limited exposure to new [educational] concepts; we were financially disadvantaged, too. I think he made it to his sophomore year before he got his Vietnam War draft and had to leave school. Two years behind him was my brother Rex (’68). He thought David had a good idea to study engineering at ISU, and I think Mother encouraged it because his high school counselor said that it was a good field to get jobs in once you graduate. He decided to pledge Triangle Fraternity, and thus began a Dickens tradition, as two more brothers would follow. John (’70), about two years behind him, majored in aerospace engineering and graduated at the top of his class. Bruce (’72), about two years later, majored in chemical engineering. Not to be left out, our family dog, Boots Dickens, a border collie, joined Triangle Fraternity as a house dog. I was about five years behind Bruce and the only girl in the family. I found a niche in anthropology and international studies. I was a work-study student for two years for Dr. Mike Whiteford, who went from assistant professor to dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences before retiring. I was also able to create a third and individual major in African studies through the Honors Program. I found good mentorship in the Political Science WINTER 2018 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

Department, too, and was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. You asked for family legacies, and this is one of them! Mary Dickens Johnson**

’76 anthropology/international studies Honolulu, Hawaii

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Around Campus

WINTERSTEEN NAMED 16TH IOWA STATE PRESIDENT

“I am so honored and humbled to be named the next

president of Iowa State University. I’ve been at Iowa State University 38 years. I love this university. I care about its future. I am just thrilled I’ve been given this opportunity.” – Wendy Wintersteen

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PHOTOS: CHRIS GANNON

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endy Wintersteen took office Nov. 20 as the 16th president of Iowa State University. Wintersteen’s appointment on Oct. 23 concluded a nearly six-month national search. She succeeds Benjamin Allen (L)(’11 honorary), who served as interim president May 8-Nov. 19, and Steven Leath (L), who left to become president of Auburn University last spring. The 21-member presidential search committee was co-chaired by College of Design Dean Luis Rico-Gutierrez (A) and Principal Financial Group chairman and CEO Dan Houston (’84 marketing). Washington, D.C.-based AGB Search guided the recruitment process at the direction of the Iowa Board of Regents. The 61-year-old Wintersteen (L)(PhD ’88 entomology) has been with Iowa State since 1979, leaving only briefly (1989 to 1990) to serve as acting National Pesticide Education Program leader for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Extension Service in Washington, D.C. Most recently, she served as endowed dean of Iowa State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and director of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station. During her 11 years as dean, she helped raise more than $247 million in donor support for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences students, faculty, and staff. Undergraduate enrollment grew by 90 percent, and the college’s placement rate for recent graduates was consistently 97 percent or higher. Wintersteen has received the Carl F. Hertz Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers and has been named as an Alumni Fellow by her undergraduate alma mater, Kansas State University. She is a member of the Entomological Society of America and the American Association of University Women and serves on the boards of the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund and the Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation. Her annual salary as Iowa State president has been set at $525,000 in year one, $550,000 in year two, and $590,000 in year three. She also will receive a three-

year deferred compensation plan with an annual contribution of $125,000 in year one, $150,000 in year two, and $200,000 in year three. Wintersteen’s contract is for five years. “I am so honored and humbled to be named the next president of Iowa State University,” Wintersteen said. “I’ve been at Iowa State University 38 years. I love this university. I care about its future. I am just thrilled I’ve been given this opportunity.” Wintersteen was selected from four finalists who visited campus in October to interview for the job: Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; Pamela Whitten, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia; Wintersteen; and Dale Whittaker, executive vice president and provost at the University of Central Florida, who withdrew his candidacy prior to final selection. In her interview Wintersteen emphasized the advantages of her status as an internal candidate, noting that she will prioritize as president the issues related to maxed-out facilities and campus climate with which she is intimately familiar. Her top priority, however, will be managing a campus budget in the face of flagging state support. While working with the legislature will be key, Wintersteen also acknowledges that fundraising – something with which she has a strong track record – is essential. “We cannot do everything that we need to do at Iowa State University with public monies,” she said. Wintersteen is Iowa State’s first female president and is the first internal candidate to be promoted to president in more than 50 years. Those familiar with her past leadership at Iowa State are optimistic about her chances for success as president. “The students in her college, especially, are very fond of her,” said student government president Cody West (S), a senior in biology. “They see her as a visible presence on campus and know [she] is there to support them.” David Acker, associate dean for academic and global programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, described Wintersteen as a strong leader. “This is someone who has demonstrated unbelievable commitment to Iowa State University,” Acker said. “You don’t have to question whether she has the love for this institution; she’s already proven it.”

“You’re teaching the world that in this sport [of] college

football, toughness, discipline, and details still matter. That’s your platform. Your platform is ‘team before self.’ Our culture says it’s all about me. Our culture says, ‘Screw process; I want instant gratification.’ But here’s a fact: If you fall in love with the process, then eventually the process will love you back.”

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– Iowa State head football coach Matt Campbell, delivering a passionate postgame speech to his squad after it defeated No. 4 TCU Oct. 28 to become the first team in college football since 2011 to beat two top-five opponents in the same season; the Cyclones had previously won at No. 3 Oklahoma on Oct. 7

cool things you should KNOW and SHARE about ISU

1: Iowa State is running circles around the competition. Both the Iowa State men’s and women’s cross country teams won Big 12 Conference crowns Oct. 28 in Round Rock, Texas. It was the women’s sixth title in the last seven years. For the men, it was their first league championship since 1994 and first-ever title since the formation of the Big 12.

2: Iowa State is the happiest place on Earth. (In a way.) CareerBliss, a leading website for online career resources, recently released its list of “happiest college and university workplaces in America.” Coming in at No. 1, based on voluntary review data from employees: Iowa State University. 3: Iowa State has designs on excellence. Three of

ISU’s College of Design programs rank in the top 25 nationally, according to the latest annual report from DesignIntelligence, which recognized Iowa State’s programs in interior design (ninth),

landscape architecture (11th), and architecture (22nd) in its college and university rankings. 4: Iowa State is tops in ag/bio engineering. In the

latest U.S. News and World Report rankings released Oct. 10, Iowa State’s ag and biosystems engineering undergraduate program is in a three-way tie with Purdue University and Texas A&M University for best in the land. 5: Iowa State is set up for success in the liberal arts

and sciences. In September, Iowa State released the details of a previously-announced anonymous gift to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of an equity stake in the company Curriculum Associates, LLC. The gift has been valued at $145 million and will create an endowment that is expected to generate between $5-6 million in annual revenue for the college in perpetuity.

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Counting Heads

RACHEL MUMMEY

Iowa State’s fall 2017 enrollment of 36,321 is the second-highest in school history, down 1 percent from the prior year’s record-setting number. The new student body number reflects a “leveling off” university leaders have predicted over the past year, coming on the heels of eight consecutive years of record enrollments. Iowa State remains the largest university in the state of Iowa. Iowa State’s fall 2017 class is the most diverse ever, including multicultural and international enrollment of 8,789 – or 24.2 percent of the total student body. Professional, nonresident, and veterinary medicine enrollments are also at all-time highs. The College of Engineering remains Iowa State’s largest college, with 9,669 students this semester.

Jerry and Debbie Ivy

This fall Iowa State announced a Forever True, For Iowa State commitment of $50 million to the College of Business from Debbie and Jerry (’53 indus admin) Ivy (L) of Los Altos Hills, Calif. The gift created the first-ever donor-named college at ISU: the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business, which was formally approved by the Iowa Board of Regents in October. Jerry is the president and CEO of Auto-Chlor System in Mountain View, Calif., and Debbie is active with the company’s executive team. The Ivys have grown the company into a national leader in manufacturing commercial cleaning solutions for the food service, health care, and lodging industries. Longtime friends of the university, the Ivys previously established the Debbie and Jerry Ivy Chair in Business, which is currently held by professor of supply chain management VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG WINTER 2018 2018

Patricia Daughtery. Their latest gift, which Raisbeck Endowed Dean David Spalding (L) described as “visionary,” will establish an endowed fund that will eventually provide $2 million annually for longand short-term college priorities. “Debbie and I value a strong education and feel that Iowa State University and the College of Business provide an exceptional experience for students,” Jerry said. “We hope this gift will play a role in preparing our next generation of business leaders, and we want to help support students and faculty who will make a difference today, and far into the future.” Also announced this fall was a $7 million commitment from the Gerdin Charitable Foundation that will fund facility expansion at the college, which has grown exponentially since Ann (’04 honorary) and the late Russell (’04 honorary) Gerdin

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Business is BOOMING provided the foundational gift to construct the Gerdin Business Building in 1998. “The Gerdin Business Building is a beautiful and dynamic facility,” Spalding said. “Unfortunately, we have outgrown this space. Since I arrived in August 2013, the college has experienced a 30 percent increase in enrollment.” The gift will fund an approximately 35,000-square-foot addition next to the existing building. Preliminary designs show a four-story structure that features new classrooms and faculty offices, as well as space for student interaction. Completion is expected in about four years. 9

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LAND GRA HERITAGE BY CAROLE GIESEKE PHOTOS BY JIM HEEMSTRA

Abraham Lincoln Justin Morrill

Who owns the 200,000+ acres of prime Iowa land that helped finance the beginnings of Iowa State University? ISU Extension and Outreach is connecting with landowners and telling their stories.

ay Hansen’s a-ha! moment came during an Emerging Leaders Academy meeting. Hansen (’83 ag ed, MS ’03), an Iowa State Extension director of value-added agriculture, was listening to an ISU history lecture by retired professor of sociology Gerald Klonglan when his ears perked

up. Klonglan was explaining the process of identifying the land granted to support the young land-grant college back in the 1800s. Like so many people, Hansen didn’t fully understand where the land came from and how the profit from the sales came back to Iowa State. “I understood the land-grant concept and mission, but I had no idea that it was 200,000-plus acres,” Hansen said. “Until I heard Gerald speak, I didn’t realize the massiveness of the land that was used in the land-grant process.” Hansen pondered this bit of information but didn’t do anything with it for a couple of years, he said, “because I thought I was the only person that didn’t realize how big it was.” But then, during a chance meeting with an Iowa State

colleague, an idea was formed to plot the original parcels of land on a map. The Land-Grant Legacy Project was born. Our land-grant history Ray Hansen and his ISU Extension and Outreach colleagues now knew the scope of land involved, and they already had boots on the ground in every county in Iowa State’s Extension offices. They were eager to learn more. But first, it’s important to understand the basic timeline of Iowa State’s beginnings, because there’s still a lot of confusion: • March 22, 1858: Iowa’s legislature established the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm. • June 21, 1859: Ames is chosen as the site of the new college. • 1859: The original college farm of 648 acres is purchased from Story and Boone County landowners (note that this happened BEFORE the land-grant act). • July 2, 1862: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Morrill Land-Grant Act, providing parcels of land to the states to create colleges that would provide instruction in agriculture and mechanic arts, based on science and open to all. • July 3, 1862: Iowa Gov. Samuel J. Kirkwood calls a special session of the legislature, saying that Iowa needs to be first in line so it can get the very best available land. • Sept. 11, 1862: The Iowa legislature officially accepts the provisions of the

Morrill Act, the first state in the nation to do so. • September 1862 – January 1863: Peter Melendy, appointed by Gov. Kirkwood to implement the selection of the land, travels to northwest Iowa to view the available land parcels (state apportionment was based on the 1860 census). • March 29, 1864: Iowa legislature approves the land-grant funds to the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm in Ames. • Oct. 1, 1868: The first students arrive at the new agricultural college for “preparatory training.” • March 17, 1869: Iowa Agricultural College is formally opened for the admission of students; the class contains 136 men and 37 women coming from 55 Iowa counties. So, that’s the creation story in a nutshell. The part of the story that so intrigued Hansen and his colleagues is the tidbit about Peter Melendy selecting the land. This is a story that really hadn’t been told before. Brandon Duxbury (MA ’17 history), a graduate assistant and PhD candidate in Iowa State’s Department of History, was brought on the project to research the historical aspects of the land-grant story. Like most people, Duxbury’s knowledge of the land-grant process was limited, and flawed. “To be honest, coming into it, I had no idea,” he said. “When I heard ‘land-grant institution’ I never even asked myself Continued on page 20

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IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY’S LAND-GRANT PARCEL MAP: ✦ Validated land n Not yet validated

Iowa State is the first land-grant university to identify and map the parcels that the federal government gave to states under the Morrill Act.

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T H E L AND OW NE R S

Butcher Family

ob Butcher (A)(’74 animal science) of Holstein, Iowa, attended the ISU Extension and Outreach Land-Grant Legacy celebration at the Clay County Fair in 2016 thinking it might be interesting. What he didn’t know was how involved he would become in the project. “I thought, ‘Well, I’ll just see what this is about.’ They were talking about different farms that were legacy farms, and they said, ‘Come back and look at the map of where all these farms are.’ So, I went back there thinking maybe I’d know somebody or at least a neighboring county, but the closer I got, I’m like, ‘There’s Hwy. 20, there’s 59, and that’s kind of where we are,’ and I got closer and closer, and then I was looking at the township map and we’re three down and two over and it was just unbelievable! The whole section lit up where we live.”

Boys in front, left to right: Ethan Weber, Beau Butcher, Kelby Butcher, and Luke Weber. Adults, left to right: Betty Butcher, Connie Butcher, Bob Butcher, Melissa Butcher, Wendy Weber, Renea Ogren, Eric Ogren, Ben Butcher, Andrew Butcher holding Charlie Butcher, and Brianna Butcher holding Becky Butcher. 14

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The Butcher family has owned land-grant parcels in Ida County since 1901 when Bob’s great-grandfather, Robert L. “Jake” Butcher purchased the land. Bob’s father, Robert, and mother, Betty, raised pure-bred hogs on the farmland, then added a dairy herd and sold milk. They had two chicken houses, selling both the eggs and the chickens. “We were diversified,” Betty said. At age 90, she’s still regarded as the best cook in the family. Bob and his two sisters, Renea Ogren (’80 home ec ed) and Ronda Edwards (’85

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dietetics), grew up on the farm. “It was a typical farm,” Bob says. “We had cows and chickens.” “And lambs and a big garden,” Renea adds. “Dad was progressive.” Both siblings give credit to 4-H and to Iowa State. The Butchers are Cyclones through and through: Bob has four children, all of whom graduated with ISU degrees – Katie Merrill (A)(’02 logistics), Wendy Weber (’04 elem ed), Andrew Butcher (’08 ag studies), and Ben Butcher (’10 ag studies). He has eight grandchildren and is married to Connie Butcher. Bob and his two sons run a cattle operation,

and he’s also president and CEO of Community Bank in Holstein. Long involved on the 4-H Foundation Board and with other community projects in Holstein, Bob also took the lead in bringing together landowners in Ida County to help ISU Extension and Outreach identify the land-grant parcels in their area. “We invited all the landowners in Ida County that owned legacy land, and there were lots of them,” Bob said. “We probably had 50 or 60 people there.” Ida County is the first Iowa county to have all of its land-grant landowners identified.

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Maxwell Family

Seated: Helen Logan Maxwell and Earl “Doc” Maxwell. Standing, left to right: Stee Maxwell, Chantry Maxwell DeVries, Tad Maxwell, and Reed Maxwell. 16

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When Congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862, the state of Iowa already had a framework in place, so it was able to act very quickly.

elen Logan Maxwell’s father instilled in her that if you had Iowa land you’d probably never go hungry. Helen’s family owned land in Iowa’s Woodbury County, but didn’t farm it themselves. They lived in the town of Moville, where her father, Charlie Logan, was a local banker. He purchased the land after the Great Depression and paid farm workers to raise crops, hogs, and cattle. Helen (L) attended Iowa State, graduating in 1951 with a degree in child development. She met Earl “Doc” Maxwell (L) on campus; he earned a DVM in 1949, and the couple married in 1951. They settled in Moville and bought land from Helen’s father. Doc set up a veterinary practice, while Helen kept the family’s books and worked in the local bank. They had four children – Stee Maxwell (L)(’78 DVM), Chantry DeVries (L)(‘78 English & history), Tad Maxwell (L) (’80 ag biz), and Reed Maxwell – and were named ISU Parents of the Year in 1977. But despite the family’s close connection to Iowa State, it came as a total surprise that the land that had been in the family for more than 70 years was a part of the university’s land-grant legacy. “We got a call from Iowa State saying they wanted to come up here,” Helen explained. “They wanted us to get the deed out because they thought we might be one of the ones” who owned a land-grant parcel. And, in fact, the first page of the abstract recited the Morrill Act. “It’s right in the deed, and that’s the first we ever knew of it,” Doc said. “They were really excited to see it right in the deed,” Helen continued. “We didn’t have a clue. If my father was alive, I’d know a lot more. I think my dad would be real proud that he purchased this farm.”

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or Pam Holt Doolittle, who went to Iowa State some 50 years ago, it was one thing to know she was attending a land-grant university, but quite another to own a piece of its history. “You knew and you always heard it was a land-grant college, but you never really knew what it meant,” she said. “It’s been interesting

finding that out, and to now be part of it is really neat.” Pam (’67 sociology) married Dennis Doolittle (attd. ’62-66), whose father, Don, owned the first land-grant parcel deeded in Hamilton County. Dennis farmed the land beginning in 1969. Son Eric graduated from Iowa State in 1996 in ag business

and took over the farming business that year. “I never wanted to be a farmer,” Eric said. “I went to Iowa State, and halfway through college I decided to farm. I guess once you live in town for a while you realize how much you want out of it. That’s kind of how I felt.” Eric’s younger brother, Grant, graduated from Iowa State in 1999 in liberal studies WINTER 2018 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

What started with a red square on a map turned into a celebration of commonality between Iowans who care for the land.

Left to right: Krystal Doolittle, Paige Doolittle, Eric Doolittle, Brooklyn Doolittle, Dennis Doolittle, Pam Holt Doolittle, and Cal Doolittle.

and is a physician in Ames. Krystal Doolittle, Eric’s wife, did not attend Iowa State, but she’s become an integral part of the ISU Extension and Outreach LandGrant Legacy project. An active advocate for agriculture, she’s provided stories, photography, and videography for the project’s website. “When the Extension staff came out and VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG WINTER 2018

met with Eric and me and Eric’s uncle and grandfather, I snapped some pictures and asked if I could write a blog post about it because I thought it was kind of a neat story,” Krystal said. “Then they said they were looking for somebody who is a part of one of the land-grant farms to help tell the story, so it worked out really well.” 19

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Continued from page 11 what it meant. I just assumed the land that campus sits on is the land-grant. Come to find out, it’s a lot more interesting than that. There’s a lot more land involved, and it’s nowhere near the actual campus.” He learned that Melendy – an Ohio native, cattle breeder, and future mayor of Cedar Falls – was on the original board of trustees for the college and model farm between 1858 and 1862. When Congress passed the Morrill Act, the state of Iowa already had a framework in place, so it was able to act very quickly. Melendy’s assignment was to evaluate all the unclaimed federal land in Iowa and claim the finest 200,000-plus acres on behalf of the state. He acted fast, spending a month in Ames and Des Moines going over surveyors’ maps and notes to learn what might be the prime agricultural land with the highest values. “Then he spent two months traveling around northwest Iowa, meeting with federal land agents, meeting with people who had local knowledge of the area, and he selected about 1,240 quarter sections of 160 acres each,” Duxbury explained. “The land he chose represented the best ground 20

at the time, with very specific parameters: high, well-drained slope soils, access to open water, close to transportation. They wanted the first settlers to be successful so they could recruit new settlers.” Traveling mostly on horseback, the parcels of land he chose were scattered throughout northwest Iowa in counties like Kossuth, Palo Alto, Emmet, Clay, and Ida – 27 counties in all. Why northwest Iowa? Because much of eastern Iowa had already been settled. “Melendy did it very fast, because that’s what the governor wanted, and the legislature was in agreement,” said Klonglan (L)(’58 rural sociology, MS ’62, PhD ’63), who is also a retired assistant dean for national programs in the ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and assistant director of the Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station. Within a few years, the land Melendy identified began producing income for the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm to fund its infrastructure, buildings, and faculty hires. The people behind the land Fast forward to today. While the settlers who moved onto the 160-acre parcels of

Do you live in or own land in northwest Iowa? Did you grow up in that area? Have friends or family who own land in these counties? ISU Extension and Outreach wants to hear from you. Go online to www.landgrant.iastate.edu/ and take a look around. You’ll find a digital, interactive map with all land-grant parcels marked; a form on which you can share your

land in northwest Iowa in the 1800s may or may not have known that their land payments were helping finance the ag college in Ames, today’s current landowners certainly did not know. “I don’t think when people bought the ground it made any difference to them that it was used to fund Iowa State or that there was any personal connection at that time,” Hansen said. “They weren’t doing it because of that; they were doing it because it was cherry-picked as the best ground available. They were more interested in the quality of the land.” Duxbury went to state archives in Des Moines and to county historical societies and museums in northwest Iowa, uncovering historical documents that tell the history of the land-grant act in these small parcels of land. “I think the most fascinating part to me is looking at the people involved within the history,” Duxbury said. “That’s what makes history interesting – people can sit down and read a couple of paragraphs on the Morrill Land-Grant Act, but when you start looking at the individuals involved, that’s what gets people connected to it.” Once the land parcels had been confirmed and plotted on a map, ISU WINTER 2018 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

own land-grant connections, including family histories and stories about the land; articles about Iowa State’s land-grant history; and tales of the land and its current owners. If you think you might own a land-grant parcel, it can usually be confirmed through abstracts or courthouse records. Good indicators of land-grant ground are phrases like:

Extension and Outreach staffers began personally reaching out to landowners, county by county, to inform them of their connections to Iowa State’s history and, in turn, to learn more about the history of the land. “Once we had the map, it kind of added the ‘wow’ factor,” Hansen said. The first public unveiling of the project occurred in September 2016, when families in 13 northwest Iowa counties – who own all or part of a quarter-section of land that was first leased or sold under the terms of the Morrill Act – shared their family stories at the Iowa Land-Grant Legacy celebration at the Clay County Fair. Bob Butcher (A)(’74 animal science) of Holstein was at that celebration, and his reaction to learning he owned land-grant land was one of the highlights of the event for Ray Hansen. “When we go to an event and somebody totally unexpected comes up and starts looking at the map, and they say, ‘Oh, my gosh, that’s my place!’ like Bob Butcher, those are great moments, when they find out for the first time.” What started with a red square on a map had turned into a celebration of VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG WINTER 2018

• “United States to State of Iowa Agricultural College” • “Morrill Act” • “Act of Congress, July 2, 1862” “A lot of times we’ll ask people to see their land abstract and actually show them where it says it right on the first or second page,” Brandon Duxbury said. “There’s usually a paragraph that says, ‘This land was deeded

from the United States to the state of Iowa for the purposes of establishing an agricultural college,’ and it’s always fun to see their faces when they read that, because they’ve had this document for how many years and they’ve never read it.” The Land-Grant Legacy website continues to grow and change as stories connected to the land-grant legacy are added.

commonality between Iowans who care for the land. “We want to let these land-owners know about their special connection to Iowa State and land-grant history,” Cathann Kress (A)(’83 social work), then vice president for extension and outreach, said last year before leaving Iowa State for another position. “We also hope they’ll share, for our archives, their history of growing up on this land and caring for it.” The Extension and Outreach staff, including regional directors and county staffers, have just begun to scratch the surface of what will be a long-term project that has the potential to bring communities together, engaging a whole new population of Iowans. “I think it’s been a theme with most of the people we’ve talked to: After they get over the excitement of owning this parcel and understanding its history, they always talk about the legacy of it, with their family who’s owned it before, and what they plan to do with it in the future,” Duxbury said. “It’s like one big community, and they’re very proud of that.” Additional reporting by ISU News Service and ISU Extension and Outreach

PAUL GATES

Olivia Diggs

Curriculum of opportunity By Avery Amensen

sk a human sciences student what a dream research project looks like, and you may hear the words “leading-edge,” “multi-generational,” “insightful,” and “comprehensive.” Enter the Family Transitions Project, an Iowa State-based research initiative that has focused on the evolution of families since 1989. The project began as a study of rural families coping with the 1980s farm crisis, a severe recession that impacted the entire U.S. agriculture economy. The study focused on more than 500 adolescents, along with their siblings and parents. Since then, the project has kept up with the original subjects, wherever they’ve ended up, and their romantic partners and children, with researchers collecting information on their social, work, financial, and romantic lives, as well as genetic data. A grant from the National Institute on Aging is currently funding work focused on the original parents in the study. Olivia Diggs, a second-year graduate student at Iowa State, works with Tricia Neppl, director of the Family Transitions 22

Project, to help collect the data. “I chose to pursue human development and family studies because I am interested in the relationships between parenting behaviors and child outcomes,” Diggs said. Studies like this are not only unique in structure, but they offer valuable insights. Researchers can assess how the participants’ relationships as couples have evolved and changed over time, helping them decipher why they make the decisions that they do. One of the biggest findings is called the “Family Stress Model,” referring to how economic pressures can impact the quality of romantic relationships, parenting skills, and child developmental outcomes. Diggs is able to spend 20 hours per week on the groundbreaking project as a recipient of the Ruth and Vincent Mahoney Student Opportunity Fund. Richard Mahoney (L)(PhD ’11) and his wife, Lois Hartman, established the scholarship specifically to provide students with opportunities to pursue internships and research. Learning opportunities beyond the classroom are a quintessential aspect of

the Iowa State experience – yet without scholarships, many students would not be able to participate in them. That’s why student support is a key priority for the Forever True, For Iowa State campaign. Since the start of the campaign, donors have created more than 600 new undergraduate and graduate scholarships. Gifts to the ISU General Scholarship Fund – or to scholarship funds in each college – also make a well-rounded Iowa State experience possible for thousands of students each year. Having a hands-on research role in such a unique and long-running study is precisely the type of opportunity that could also launch a career for Diggs. After completing graduate school and receiving both her master’s and doctoral degrees, she hopes to become a college professor at a top-tier research institution – where she could one day mentor students like herself. “Being a Cyclone is about embracing all of the opportunities this school offers,” Diggs said. “It’s about disseminating the knowledge and skills learned here on campus to take the world by storm.” 

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What does it mean to be forever true? It means keeping the Iowa State experience accessible for students. It means supporting world-class faculty and programs. It means creating a university for the 21st century and beyond. Your gifts to Iowa State help prepare the difference-makers to solve tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenges. Because the world needs more Cyclone spirit.

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2018 Distinguished Awards Celebration The following alumni and friends will receive Iowa State University’s highest awards administered by the ISU Alumni Association and the ISU Foundation. The ceremony will take place on campus April 20, 2018.

Awards administered by the Iowa State University Alumni Association

Awards administered by the Iowa State University Foundation

Distinguished Alumni Award

Order of the Knoll Campanile Award

Richard Carmichael**

Ed McCracken** and Ana Hays McCracken**

DVM ’55 veterinary medicine Retired veterinarian Keota, Iowa

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Barbara Janson**

’66 electrical engineering Retired CEO, Silicon Graphics Ana: ’84 fashion merchandising Executive director, Thistlewood Foundation Ames, Iowa and Angel Fire, N.M.

’65 mathematics President and founder, Janson Publications Dedham, Mass.

Order of the Knoll Cardinal and Gold Award

Suku Radia**

Marla (Warrick) Franklin**

’74 industrial administration / accounting President and CEO, Bankers Trust Des Moines, Iowa

’68 economics Retired vice president of human resources, Nationwide (Allied) Insurance Clive, Iowa

Honorary Alumni Award John Schuh** Retired ISU director, School of Education Ames, Iowa

Debbie Bergstrom** Philanthropist/volunteer/homemaker The Woodlands, Texas

Order of the Knoll Faculty and Staff Award Lowell Greimann** ’64 civil engineering Retired ISU Chair, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Ames, Iowa

Dick and Sandy Horton** Dick:

You are invited to attend

’62 electrical engineering, MS ’63, PhD’67 Retired ISU professor Sandy: ’62 child development Retired vice president and co-owner, D&D Digital Systems, Inc. Ames, Iowa

2018 Distinguished Awards Ceremony Friday, April 20, 2018 1:30 p.m. Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building Reception to follow ceremony For more information: www.isualum.org/dac

Order of the Knoll Corporation and Foundation Award Rockwell Collins, Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Nominate alumni and friends for spring 2019 ISUAA awards Distinguished Alumni Award / Honorary Alumni Award nomination deadline is Aug. 1, 2018 For information, go to www.isualum.org/dac ** ISU Alumni Association life member Note: Only ISU degrees are listed

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Total alumni living in the U.S.: 245,134 Alumni living outside the U.S.: 7,117

MEMBER

DISCOUNTS • 152 local ISUAA member discounts • 350,000 national ISUAA member discounts • 142 Future Alumni Network (student member) discounts • ISUAA members saved a total of $16,411 with online discounts

The Talbot Endowment • Total pledged endowment: $2.5 million • Amount received to date: $1,298,364 • Amount received in FY17: $500,000 • Spendable earnings in FY17: $33,148

DONORS • $1,745,828 total private dollars raised to support ISU Alumni Association outreach and engagement • 2,339 donors gave to the ISUAA this year (thank you!)

The Cardinal & Gold Gala

Gala

• 756 OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) members from 42 towns • 77 classes with 1,682 total class spaces filled • 194 volunteers • 728 attendees at 8 members-only lectures • 122 travelers on 4 members-only trips • 194 volunteers

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Lifelong learning

• 1,297 meals served during the 2016 football season • More than 7,000 attendees

REUNIONS Planned or assisted with 10 alumni reunions

There’s an APP for that • 7,779 unique downloads • Launched Cyclone Traditions Challenge for students • Received 764 traditions photos from 59 students • Upgraded the discount list and mobile directory • Added VISIONS magazine to app capability

See you at the ISU Alumni Center • 135 university events (banquets, conferences, special events) • 84 public events (weddings, receptions, banquets, conferences, holiday parties) • 55 student events (banquets, career fairs, conferences) • 157 ISUAA events (Cyclone Central tailgates, classes, meetings) • Total events: 431

• 575 attendees • Raised $89,000 net • 10 student scholarships presented (above)

Cy’s volunteers • 22 Cyclone Central tailgate volunteers • 245 participants in Cy’s Days of Service community outreach • 2,115 Cy’s Days of Service volunteer hours

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ISU Retirees

• 3,365 buttons sold • 10,692 meals served during Food on Campus • $1,800 raised for Cardinal Court scholarships through silent auction • 1,400 Yell Like Hell participants • 70 entries in newly reinstated Homecoming parade, with 400 participants • 1,500 attendees at Homecoming Celebration & Pep Rally Friday night • 480 reunion attendees (Alumni Band, 50-year class, Greek Alumni Alliance) • 120 pounds of marshmallows and 20 pounds of butter used to create the “CyKrispie Treat” featured in the Homecoming Parade and served during Food on Campus • Pi Beta Phi, FarmHouse, Delta Chi: Overall first place Greek pairings winners

Bringing ISU TO YOU

Traveling Cyclones • 43: Total number of ISUAA-sponsored trips • 426: Total number of ISUAA travelers • 237: First-time ISUAA travelers • Most popular destination: Panama Enchantment, January 2017

Insurance Program The ISUAA entered into a 10-year agreement with Nationwide Insurance to provide discounted auto, home, and pet insurance to Cyclones everywhere.

A refreshed logo, “Cyclones Everywhere” rallying cry, and increased focus on engagement and awareness were officially rolled out Feb. 28, 2017

• 44 Iowa State alumni clubs • 700 regional events • 125 club volunteers Boston

AWARDS

Homecoming 2016 Fun Facts

• 9 social events and programs for ISU retirees • 400 attendees • 189 attendees at “Rock On in Retirement” symposium

CyclonesEverywhere

alumni and friends recognized with ISUAA awards

Ring Program • New ring orders this year: 47 • Total rings ordered since program launched: 432

FUTURE ALUMNI

• Changed the name of the Student Alumni Association (SAA) to Future Alumni Network (FAN) • 5,055 FAN members • 65 Student Alumni Leadership Council (SALC) members • 5 SALC committees: Ambassadors, Cyclone Alley Central, Homecoming Central, Senior Class Council, Executive Council

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STAY CONNECTED!

unique donors

to Iowa State through Alumni Association communications

• 14,929 Facebook likes • 7,071 Twitter followers • 1,410 Instagram followers • 1,003 emails sent • 108,000 bi-weekly News Flash recipients • 4 issues of VISIONS magazine mailed to more than 52,000 ISUAA members

WALL OF ALUMNI AND FRIENDS • 115 new wall plaques sold • 5,037 total spaces filled on the Wall of Alumni and Friends

$205,000

raised to support alumni and student programming

Commitment equals achievement Dear ISU Alumni and Friends, It’s a great time to be a Cyclone! And it was an exciting fiscal year, July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017, for Iowa State University! Our news feeds regularly featured headlines celebrating ISU’s repeated, record-breaking student enrollment (36,660 students!), remarkable research advancements, high-performing athletics, and other accolades and accomplishments too numerous to list. With an eye toward the future, Iowa State University also unveiled its newest strategic plan. The ISU Alumni Association Board, Young Alumni Council, Board Associates, Student Alumni Leadership Council, and staff were uniquely positioned to harness the energy and excitement these achievements produced. In doing so, the ISUAA Board used the following quote to frame the Association’s work for the fiscal year:

“Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” – Vince Lombardi With this quote as the Association’s backdrop, highlights of the ISUAA’s achievements during FY17 include: • Development of the ISUAA’s 2017 2022 Strategic Plan (www.isualum. org/strategicplan) to guide internal 28

and external efforts for the coming years • Implementation of the ISUAA’s marketing and branding campaign, Cyclones Everywhere, to better reach and showcase ISU’s worldwide base of alumni, students, and friends • Preparation for the July 1, 2017 reintroduction the ISUAA LegaCY Club to better engage and serve Iowa State’s youngest Cyclones These highlights and other important achievements are detailed in the ISUAA’s 2016-2017 Annual Report on pages 26-28. Please take a look, and let us know if we can answer any questions you may have. Thank you for the roles each of you

continue to play as members of the Cyclone Family and for your ongoing commitment to Iowa State University and the ISUAA. Go, Cyclones! Jeff Johnson (PhD ’14 education) Lora and Russ Talbot ISU Alumni Association Endowed President and CEO Melanie (Anderson) Reichenberger (’00 industrial engineering) 2016-17 ISU Alumni Association Board of Directors Chair

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 FROM THE PRESIDENT

The thank-you list Wow! What an awesome university we chose to be affiliated with! Whether we are faculty, staff, students, alumni, or friends, we all get to be a part of helping to extend the excellence of Iowa State University. All members of the Iowa State family understand the importance of the Morrill land-grant legislation (for a refresher, see the story beginning on page 10). Today, this treasure of an institution is still serving first-generation college goers, legacies, women, and students of color – who come to study here from all over the world and from right here in Iowa. At the Alumni Association, we work hard to tell the story of Iowa State, both its history and present-day successes. We also work to honor and engage Cyclones everywhere through our awards and clubs programs, events, communications, and many other services.

We also understand the importance of private financial support and how it, too, helps extend the excellence of Iowa State. So, in the spirit of Iowa State’s current campaign, Forever True, For Iowa State,

Today, this treasure of an institution [Iowa State University] is still serving first-generation college goers, legacies, women, and students of color – who come to study here from all over the world and from right here in Iowa. we’d like to publicly thank all donors who have made gifts over the years to the ISU Foundation designated to support the work of the ISU Alumni Association. In recognition of these gifts, the Association’s Board of Directors has created The Loyalty Guild, a donor recognition society that honors

alumni and friends whose lifetime gifts to the Alumni Association total $2,500 or more. Current members of the Loyalty Guild are listed on pages 32-33 of this issue. These individuals (living and deceased) are also recognized on framed plaques located in the Burnet Alumni Living Room on the second floor of the ISU Alumni Center, and names are listed online at www.isualum.org/loyaltyguild. I’d like to thank everyone who has made (or is thinking about making) a gift of any size to the ISU Foundation designated to support the Association. To learn about our campaign priorities, see the chart below. For more details and additional giving options, go to www.isualum.org/giving. All gifts designated for the ISU Alumni Association count toward your lifetime giving to Iowa State and Order of the Knoll recognition. Let me know how we can help you make your giving decisions, and thank you all for all the ways you support and enhance Iowa State University. Yours for Iowa State,

ISU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES GOAL RAISED** $2.5 million $2.5 million

ISUAA President and CEO Endowment Alumni Association Programs Endowment Student Leadership Programs Endowment VISIONS Magazine Endowment Awards Program Endowment Staff Development Endowment Technology Endowment LegaCY Club Endowment Young Alumni Programs Endowment Alumni Clubs Endowment Diversion & Inclusion Initiatives Endowment

$10 million $1.3 million* $1 million $262,950 $2 million $35,583 $1 million $50,308 $250,000 $70,325 $250,000 $254,430 $1.5 million $66,408 $1 million $46,327 $2 million $60,825 $1 million $35,200

Total ISU Alumni Association Campaign Goal $12.5 million $3.8 million *Includes undesignated program endowment **As of 10/1/17

Jeff Johnson **# Lora and Russ Talbot Endowed President and CEO PhD ’14 education

P.S. On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of the ISU Alumni Association, I’d like to thank Interim President Ben Allen (L) and his wife, Pat, for their incredible service to Iowa State. And we join together in welcoming and thanking President Wendy Wintersteen (L)(PhD ’88 entomology) and her husband, Robert Waggoner (L), for their continuing service to Iowa State. We are happy to be your partners on this journey to an even greater Iowa State!

TO MAKE A GIFT IN SUPPORT OF THE ISU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, contact Julie Larson, Director of Development for the ISU Alumni Association, 877-ISU-ALUM, (locally) 515-294-8490 or jklarson@iastate.edu, or online at www.isualum.org/giving 30

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he Loyalty Guild recognizes alumni, friends, businesses, corporations, and foundations with a minimum lifetime giving of $2,500 toward the growth and development of the Iowa State University Alumni Association. Gifts were given to the Association through the ISU Foundation in support of the Wall of Alumni and Friends, the ISU Alumni Center, Sustaining Life, ISU Alumni Center Gardens, scholarships, endowments, and many other worthwhile projects, programs, and services. Gifts were received through June 30, 2017. $5,000,000+ Roy and Bobbi Reiman $1,000,000-$4,999,000 Bernard Osher Foundation Lora and Russ Talbot Sandra and Roy Uelner $500,000-$999,999 Barbara* and Robert* Eddy Terry and Kim Rich $100,000-$499,999 Anonymous (4) Martha Anderson and George Burnet Ken Anderson* Joni and John W. Axel Gayle* and James* Boyd Agatha Huepenbecker Burnet* Jack and Dilla Cosgrove Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare and Eric Dolbeare Glenda and Don Eggerling Jon Fleming Pam and Ron Hallenbeck Bill and Judy Hoefle Sandy and Dick Horton Heidi and Charles Howlett Ann and Al Jennings Sharon and David* Juon Linda and Kerry Killinger Julie and John Larson Paul and Julie Maass Bev and Warren Madden Chuck Maxwell Ramona McCreery* Glen and Mary Jo Mente Thomas Miller Steve and Michelle Mores National Philanthropic Trust DAF Barbara Nelson Carol Olson Scott and Penny Olson Nancy and Jim Pellet Charles Schafer* Harriet and Gary Short John and Mary Helen* Slater Becky and Evan* Stadlman Chelon Stanzel and Ken Pap Jean and Mike Steffenson Ed* and Elaine Tubbs Grace Tubbs* Jeremy Wingerter $50,000-$99,999 Anonymous (1) Anne and Don Bice Royal and Shirley Bierbaum Nancy and Richard Degner Rhett and Denise Faaborg Marcia and Harvey Freese Don and Doris Goering Judy and Mick Guttau Jim* and Judy Hopson Mildred Howard* Carol and Gerald Hunter

Donald Jordahl* Maynord Krug* Lucille* and Marvin* Kruse Dick and Marijo Marshall Jim and Pam Mason Ellen and Doug Nelson Elaine and Charles Notis Bradley and Dawn Peterson Carl Riepe* Erma and Norm Skadburg Nancy and Stan Thompson Kristyn and Kurt Tjaden Myrna and Al Tubbs Mel and Kathy Weatherwax Kathy and Steve Zumbach $25,000-$49,999 Anonymous (1) Vicki and Benjamin Biller Joy Wiegman Boruff and Chet Boruff Jan and Jeff Breitman Marie Budolfson* Maxine Burch* Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors and Roberts, P.C. Jim and Julie DeLano Monica Dolezal and Bob Berger Kevin and Jeanne Drury Norm and Joyce Farrington Chuck and Joanne Frederiksen Julie and Ben Golding Bruce and Deb Hamilton Donald Hanson* Donna and Gary Hoover David Hottman and Connie Kiese-Hottman Lauren and Shane Jacobson Kay and Jerry Jennett Gene and Richard* Johnson Jeff and Peggy Johnson Karen and Jerry Kolschowsky Kent Lage and Cindy Wallis-Lage Mel and Darlene* Larsen Robert and Linda Manders Ana Hays McCracken and Ed McCracken Bonnie Beer Orth and David Orth Marilyn Pecaut* Richard Pecaut* Charlie and Phyllis* Ricketts Martha and Dana Robes Kari Roehr Chuck and Darlene Schmidt John and Marion* Selby Dean and Shirley Skaugstad Harold* and Ethelwyn* Sorenson Marcia and Steve Stahly Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation Betty Stephenson Todd Swanson and Maria Taft Swanson Deb Tharnish and Nick Roby Lori and Dwayne Vande Krol Michele and Steven Whitty Viola and Robert* Wilson Murray and Valerie Wise Mary and Tim Wolf

$10,000-$24,999 Anonymous (1) Carol Anderson Gretchen Backlund Bank of America Corporation Julie and Mark Blake Richard and Linda Boettcher Diane Cone Boody and Steve Boody Arlin Branhagen Bill and Linda Bywater Lyndon Cakerice and Christina Hanger Karen Heldt-Chapman and Jay Chapman Janice Flanagan Coble and Tim Coble Steve and Amy Cox Robert and Lucy* Crom Terry* and Craig Denny Steven and Karen Eddy Martha and Donald Eddy Judy and Bob Eddy Mary and Ray Evert Barb and Craig Foss Gary Frederick Jean* and James* Frevert Martha Lagomarcino Gleason and Thomas Gleason John and Barbara Hagie Brian and Paige Hamilton Hamilton County ISU Alumni Association James and Carol Hawley Carol and David Hawn Honeywell International Charity Matching Geneva Howell* Katie and Monte Imming ISU Alumni Association Shirley and John Knipfel Martha and Phil Krone Terri and Alan Krysan Karen Lawson* Robert and Diann Lawson Lesa and Bradley Lewis Patrice and W. Mark Lortz Michelle and Craig Mahoney Mary Greeley Medical Center Dave and Malinda McDonald Kathy and Jim Melsa Edward Nassif Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell and O’Brien, P.C. Ted and Al Oberlander Mary and Glen Peterson Dorothy Pecaut* Susan and Jack Robbins Martin and Sue Roepke Kay Kretschmar Runge Susan and Philip Sargent Margaret and Ryan Schon Harlan and Barbara Seagren Verne and Mary* Simson Ned and Paula Skinner Jamie Lucas Stensland Robert Stensland Julia Swearingen* Anne Templeman Ruby and Ramon Trice Connie and Roger Underwood

Dave and Diana VanHorn Jill Wagner Wells Fargo – Ames Jacqueline and Dan* Woodin Don and Carolyn Zuck $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous (1) Accenture Foundation Inc. JaNelle and Lloyd Anderson Dorothy and Curtis Askelson Irene Beavers Nancy and Anthony Bowe Bruce and Vicki Bowen Winton and Gail Boyd Mary and Scott Braucht CarMar Farms Ltd. Virginia* and Riley* Clark Terry and Pamela Cobb Marie and Ramiro Comas Tom and Lisa Connop Harold and Rachel Crawford Carole and Roger Custer Brenda Krogh Duree and Christopher Duree Burton Eberlein* Juli and Jon Ellis Charlotte Forsythe* Elaine and Brian Gifford Dorin and Amy Gildermaster Kae* and Eugene* Gildermaster V. Kent and Joy Green Hans Greenwald* Craig Griffin Marjorie and Wil Groves Peg Armstrong-Gustafson and Gregg Gustafson Louise* and Sam* Hamilton Crystal* and Oliver* Hanson Paul Hansen and Julie Edwards Richard* and Ruth Shermon Forsythe Mary B. Harms and Joshua Sharlin Chuck and Marcia Heggen Dorothy Heins* Denise and Randy Hendricks Liz and Randy Hertz Billi Hunt and Mike Elam Iowa State University Julie and Jay Jacobi Barbara Johnson* Ronald and Lucille Johnson Roberta and Richard Kerdus Virginia Kern Marcia Klindt Sharon and Kyle Krause Dan and Sharon Krieger Gary and Margaret Krull Joanne and Chuck Kuster Choy and Connie Leow Jane Lohnes Barbara* and Leonard* Lorens Jerry and Bonnie Loupee Ron McMillen Michelle and Patrick Miller Gary Mulhall Rhea Mulhall

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Alice Murray* William Murray* Cecelia Nassif Ashley and Andrew Nelson Richard Olin Patty and Allen Olson Barbara and Les Omotani Frank and Peggy Parks Elsa and Arthur* Pickford Matt and Jennifer Podhajsky Pozez, Shaol and Evelyn Endowment Fund Martin Robinson Dorothy and Cecil Rueter Mary and Ray Scheve Charles Shorey* Michael Simonson Kerri Gildsig-Smith and Sean Smith Norma and Robert Snyder Russel Snyder Shirley and Richard* Snyder Gary and Susan Speicher Kyle Staley Becky Hack-Stewart and Rich Stewart Jen and Brent Swanson Sandra Steffenson Tamkin and Gary Tamkin Carole Sue and Jim* Triplett Union Pacific Corporation J.S. Van Wert* Loy and Robert Walker Theresa and David Waltz Linda Glantz Ward and Doug Ward Nancy Ward* Terese and James Watson Margaret Weatherspoon* Charley Wise* $2,500-$4,999 Anonymous (2) Faye and Ron Abbes Donald and Kathy Adams Gary and Sally Albertson Ann and Mark Aljets Ken and Mary* Allbaugh Hollie and Andrew Allen Ames Silversmithing Joshua Anderson Keitha and Ronald Anderson Thomas and Azza Andreesen Philip Anglin Marlene and Paul Armbrecht David Babler and Jean St. Pierre Janet and William Bancroft Jan Westerman-Beatty and JD Beatty Gloria and Leo Beebout Mary and Charles Bendgen Diane Benoit Arthur and Louise* Bine Tom and Mary* Bjelland Dody Boat William Bock Sue Bockholt Susan and Douglas Boden Roberta* and Robert* Boeke Charles and Jacqueline Bonney Cynthia and Kenneth Bonus Marcia and Jim Borel Douglas Bosworth Heather and Gary Botine Adele and Dean Bowden Marcie and Charles Bowser Martha and J. Douglas Brown Jane and Ron Brownlee Mike and Valery Budworth Jamie Bunn and Kaaren Olesen Janice and Jerry Burke Richard and Caroline Burnett Eric and Brenda Burrough Susan and Thomas Bush Businessolver Douglas and Joan Carlson John and Kim Carlson

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Robert and Liz Carlson Sonya and Richard Carlson Kenton and Jan Carter Joel and Judy Cerwick L. Eugene and Beth Chappell Denny and Marcy Chaussee BoonChuan Chew and Bee Nee Teoh Gary and Paula Christensen Craig Claussen Carol and Keith Clement Shirley and Kay Connelly Marilyn and Dwight Conover Jamie Constantine Burton and Glenda Cooper Clarence and Margaret Cory Jeffrey Couch Janice and Darrell Coy Matthew and Sarah Craft Joe and Pat Cunning D. Samuels and Associates, LLC Shirley and Paul Dana Danfoss Power Solutions John and Jacquelyn Dear Louise Dengler* Glenn and Vi DeStigter John DeVries Bob and Marie Dierks Robert and Mabel Dighton Jerald and Cindy Dittmer Ronald and Chotima Doofe G. Truman and Karleen Draper Jack and Kay Dunn Rodney and Joanne Dunnick DuPont Pioneer James and Paulette Eggert enCODEPLUS, LLC MaryAlice and Keith Erickson Kim Erusha and John Kunnert LeVern and Barbara Faidley Carolyn and Scott Feamster Evelyn and Tom Fisher Gary and Maureen Flander Gwen Friedow Amy and Kris Gadbaw Carl and Donna Gahwiler Joseph Garcia and Jennifer Garcia-Lockwood* Sarah Grant and Mark Keairnes Bruce and Karen* Grasser Julie and Justin Greiner Geof and Vicki Grimes John and Mary Grundmeier Jane Gustafson Merlyn and Irene Gutz Robert and Elizabeth Hall James and Ann Halligan Hamilton County ISU Club Roger and Mary Hansen Donald and Margaret Harbert Dean and Barbara* Harrington John and Nancy Hayes Fang He and Kui Meng Jack and Janice Hegenbarth Peter and Pamela Hemken Max Henryson* Alice and Darryl Hill W. Pauline* and Lawrence* Hillyard Barbara Janson and Art Hilsinger Maynard and Anne Hogberg Palmer and Sheryl* Holden Phyllis and Donald Holmes Elizabeth and Gregory Hora Betty Baudler Horras and Chuck Horras James and Gwen Howe Hazel Hoyt* Chris and Gary* Hunziker Darlene and Dean Hunziker Richard Ingham James and Deborah Jacot Deanna and Christopher Jens Robert and June Johanson

Gerald and Gwen Johnson Jan and Dale Johnson Jean and Lowell Johnson Maryl Johnson Steven Jordening Ann Judge Douglas Judge Betty and Dennis Keeney Gintare and Andrew Kelley Kellie Jo Kilberg William and Judy Kirby Jane and Dale Kiser Tracy Kolosik Bob Kramer Tracy and Keith Kreb Kevin Krogmeier Deanna and Patrick Kueter Karon and Mike* Lacey William and Laura LaGrange Kenneth Lange* William and Debbie Larsen Teresa and Jami Larson David Leatherman Barbara Lemmer and Joseph Yedlik Joyce Lenz Richard and Joanne Liddy Robert and Nancy Lindemeyer Lawrence and Barbara* Litscher Angie and Wade Lookingbill Teresa and Dale Loussaert Joseph and Vilia Ma Nancy and Thomas Macklin Tom and Kathleen Manning Jean and James Martin Martie and Don Martin Kent Mattison Tonya and Jason Maxwell Sandra and Everett May Rebecca McCracken* McFarland Clinic Physicians Sue and Jay Merryman David Metzger Pam and John Miller Jim and Connie Mohn Gerald and Barbara Montgomery Curtis and Susan Mosier Sondra Mount James Moyer Joe Joe Chacko-Nair and Balan Nair Jane Natoli Nelson Electric Kimberly Neuharth Mary Finley Newton Lu and Yvonne Ng Deanna and Walter Nodean Lisa and Justin Nolan Margaret and Wayne Northey Ruth Anne Ohde Jeanne and David Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Melia Wayne and Eleanor Ostendorf Vicki and Gary Owens Barbara Palmer Lois and Calvan Pals Diane and Jim Patton Fred and Ann Peitzman Thomas and Sonja Penaluna Nancy and Patrick Pinkston Gary and Margaret Pint Ann Brierly Platt and Don Platt Nancy and Doug Pringnitz Dennis and Delores Puffer Jennifer and Randy Ramundt Melanie and Karl Reichenberger Carol and Marlin Reimer James Remington Mary and Frank Reynolds Alice Rhatigan Darcy and Curt Ringgenberg Ruth Ann Robson Sharon and Richard Rodine Eric Rogers and Lisa Gomez

Scott and Stacy Rogers Maryn and Thomas Rogge Dorothy and Robert Rust Thomas and Judith Ruzicka Gary Sams Deborah and James Schade Jennifer Scharff Janis Scharingson Richard and Linda Schmidgall Sherry and Mark Schmidt Brad Schneider Steven and Lori SchraderBachar Neil and Ruth Schraeder Paula and Mark Seward Anne and Gary Shaner I. Sue Shepard-Simmons Michael Shepherd Carolyn and Charles Sidebottom Lyle and Becky Siefering Lee Simmons Patricia Simmons Peter Simmons Karen and Roy Siple Christine and David Slump Evonne and Tom Smith Shirley and Victor* Smith Marc and Pamela Snyder Meg* and Vaughn Speer Charlotte and Richard* Stafford Stafford Family Fund Scott and Priscilla Stanzel Ann and Raymond Steben Thomas and Joan Stephens Everett and Mary Stocker Shelley and Kevin Stow Melvin Straub* Dean and Lisa Stubbe Tracy and Jerry Summers Robert and Nancy Taylor Gerald and Carolyn Te Paske Natasha Thomas Carrie and Michael Thrall Marilyn Tileston Terry Tobin and Maureen Roach Tobin Karen and Jerry Tow Steven and Lori Uelner Debra Van Duzee Andrea and Douglas Van Houweling Sally and Jay Van Wert Sally B. and David Van Wert Sara and Craig Vander Leest Patricia and Ronald Vansteenburg Robert and Lois Vohs Judith Walrod Jessica and Christopher Weaver Dale and Mary Jane Weber Christine Wehrman Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Ahlene and David Welsh Lori and Doug Wenzel Steven and Barbara Werning Maria and Mike Westfall Donald and Helen* Westlake Pamela and Michael Weston Tom and Janet Whitson Kathryn Whitson* Donna Willett Jim and Karen Winey Samuel and Carol Wise Eric and Kristina Wittrock Gary and Barbara Woods Gertrude and Ralph Yoder Charles and Penny Yost Patricia Yungclas

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‘Why I give’ ISU launched its $1.1 billion campaign, Forever True, For Iowa State, in fall 2016. For the ISU Alumni Association, the campaign will help position the Association to better serve and showcase Iowa State and Cyclones everywhere. These are just three donor couples who are contributing to Alumni Association campaign priorities.

Supporting future leaders “We spent our time at Iowa State growing and learning through our involvement in student leadership roles. We sometimes joke that our years at Iowa State were spent in fun, rewarding, and awesome student organizations, and along the way we ended up with engineering degrees, too. We chose to support the Alumni Association through the student leadership programs, as that best represents our time at Iowa State. Although we didn’t realize it at the time, we are very thankful for what we cultivated while at ISU. We met each other, created strong and lasting friendships, started a family, and pursued rewarding careers, which all began at Iowa State. Following graduation, we continue to support student programs in multiple ways. Contributing further to the Alumni Association within the Forever True, For Iowa State campaign is a great opportunity to help future leaders grow, learn, and leave Iowa State with a rich love of what it means to be a Cyclone, just as we did.” Andy & Ashley (Zappa) Nelson** Andy: ’07 materials engineering Ashley: ’08 chemical engineering Chanhassen, Minn. Made a $2,500 pledge to the Student Leadership Programs Endowment, with a matching gift from John Deere, for a total gift of $5,000

Proud to be a Cyclone family “It was an easy decision to provide the lead gift to the ISUAA [for the Student Leadership Programs Endowment]. Iowa State University is important to our family and has been a source of pride in our lives. The Student Alumni Association [now Student Alumni Leadership Council] has provided student leadership development opportunities for many, and I am grateful for the experiences I had while in school that prepared me for my professional life. During

these developmental years in college, I often admired those alumni who visited campus and demonstrated incredible Cyclone spirit, which makes Iowa State University stand out above the rest. We are grateful for those experiences and the incredible friendships formed. We believe giving back is the right thing to do, ensuring continued success and outstanding experiences. Proud to be a Cyclone family!”

Gratitude to the Alumni Association “Providing financial support to the Alumni Association is George’s way of saying thank you for the wonderful memories he has from his years on the faculty working with the Association, from the days of Wallace E. ‘Red’ Barron to those of Jeff Johnson. Especially meaningful was his service on the Alumni Achievement Fund Board and work with the honors and awards program, which he feels is an essential ingredient to the success the Association has enjoyed. He believes that much of Iowa State’s prominence as a leading land-grant university can be credited to its strong and pioneering alumni program. For Martha, ISU has been an important part of her life since 1935, when her family moved to Ames. When she officially became an alumna in 1948, her first activity was in Schenectady, N.Y., when she joined

a strong alumni club. A few years later it was the ISU alumni club in Erie, Pa. These clubs kept her connected with the university and, more importantly, helped her meet other ISU grads who became close friends. In later years, her contacts occurred through 12 ISUAA trips to destinations all over the world. George and Martha have watched the growth of the Alumni Association with pride as it continues to reach out to Iowa Staters worldwide.”

Paul and Julie Maass** Paul: ’98 agricultural business Omaha, Neb. Provided the $100,000 lead gift to the Student Leadership Programs Endowment

George Burnet and Martha Anderson** George: ’48 chemical engineering, MS ’49, PhD ’51 Martha: ’48 home management Ames, Iowa George contributed $15,000 to the Awards Endowment and $15,000 to the Staff Development Endowment. Martha gave $15,000 to the VISIONS Endowment and $15,000 to the Student Leadership Program Endowment.

**Life members of the ISU Alumni Association

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Newsmakers ALUMNI HONORS NEW! ALUMNI TRADITIONS CHALLENGE

Here’s another reason to download the Iowa State Alumni app There’s something magical about Iowa State traditions. Now you can download the Iowa State Alumni app and start participating in the fun, new Alumni Traditions Challenge – a great way to celebrate all the ways you have connected to Iowa State through the years. After you download the app, visit the Cyclones Traditions Challenge tab to upload photos and memories to tell your Cyclone story…as well as explore traditions photos shared by Cyclones everywhere. Let the Cyclone Traditions app serve as a scrapbook for all your Iowa State experiences!

Turner selected as first Dr. George A. Jackson Talbot Fellow

Tiara M. Turner, a senior in industrial engineering from Lynwood, Ill., is the first ISU Alumni Association Talbot Fellow. She began her fellowship in late fall 2017. The fellowship was created to help the Association research future establishment of a Dr. George A. Jackson Society of ISU Alumni and Former Students, as well as to work with the Black College Network mentoring program. Turner’s experiences as a student at Iowa State position her well to serve in these roles. She is chair of the Iowa State chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, is a member of the President’s Leadership Class, and has served as a Cyclone Aide. She is the recipient of both a Student Affairs Leadership Scholarship and a George Washington Carver Scholarship, and she’s been involved with Women in Science &

Engineering and the Multicultural Student Leadership Council. Turner is eager to help connect alumni through her new position. “I felt the National Society of Black Engineers was not connected to alumni,” she said. “I think it’s important to connect alumni back to students and to other alumni. You don’t have to lose your ‘Cyclone-ism’ just because you graduate.” The Jackson Society will be created to strengthen the engagement of current and former ISU African American students with Iowa State University, as well as to protect and preserve Jackson’s legacy at Iowa State. Jackson was the first ISU director of Minority Student Affairs; he served as assistant dean of the Graduate College, president of the Black Cultural Center, special assistant to the provost, professor of professional studies in education, director of the George Washington Carver Doctoral Fellowship Program, and held several other positions during his 31 years of service to the university. Jackson retired from Iowa State in 2009 and passed away July 3, 2016 at his home in Coral Springs, Fla. In honor of Jackson’s significant impact on Iowa State’s minority student population, ISU’s Black Cultural Center was officially re-named the Dr. George A. Jackson Black Cultural Center last May, and he also received a posthumous FacultyStaff Inspiration Award by the ISU Alumni Association. The fellowship is funded by the Lora and Russ Talbot ISUAA Endowment.

 Sally (Rapp) Beisser (L)(’71 elem ed, MS ’76 guidance & counseling, PhD ’99) has been chosen as a 2017 Levitt Distinguished Professor at Drake University in Des Moines. This is the highest award a Drake professor can receive, and only one new Levitt Professor was selected this year. Beisser is a professor in the School of Education.  Theaster Gates (’96 comm & reg planning, MA ’05), the Chicago-born claypotter-turned-large-scale-artist, is the first American and first African-American winner of the Nasher Sculpture Prize, the largest international prize devoted entirely to sculpture. The Chicago native is known for expanding sculpture from pottery to repurposing entire buildings and turning them into civic projects to serve his South Side neighborhood. Gates was featured in a full-page ad in the Sept. 24 Sunday New York Times.  An alert VISIONS reader recognized a small photo of Kathryn Madera Miller (L) (’59 home ec ed) in the September issue of Woman’s Day magazine. “Happy birthday to reader Kathryn Madera Miller, who was born on the same day as the first issue of WD,” the callout said. Miller, a retired ISU associate professor of human development and family studies, lives in Ames.  ISU School of Education associate professor Connie Hargrave (PhD ’93 curriculum & instruction) was inducted Sept. 9 into the Iowa African American Hall of Fame, which recognizes the outstanding achievements of African Americans who have enhanced the quality of life for all Iowans. For the past 11 years, she has served as director of Science Bound at Iowa State.  Ames Community School District science teacher Mike Todd (’03 elec engr & physics, MA ’05 sci ed & neuroscience) is a finalist CONTINUED ON PAGE 38

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Committed to excellence

eRionne P. Pollard (L)(’93 English, MA ’95) is one of seven university presidents who were selected in September to receive the Carnegie Corporation’s Academic Leadership Award for educators who demonstrate outstanding creativity, commitment to excellence and equal opportunity, international engagement, and strong ties to the local community. These are all things Pollard has done since becoming president of the three-campus Montgomery College in 2010. In the past year alone, Montgomery College has increased its threeyear combined graduation and transfer rate by six percentage points; Pollard has started a coaching program to provide disadvantaged high school students with a pathway to a college degree; and grant-funded research at the community college system has tripled. Montgomery College will receive $500,000 in recognition of Pollard’s honor. “Andrew Carnegie believed in the importance of strong, dedicated, and effective higher education leaders,” said Carnegie Corporation president Vartan Gregorian. “As custodians of Mr. Carnegie’s legacy, it is our honor to salute a new class of exemplary leaders, who join with another 20 past award recipients in representing some of the best of the American academy.”

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for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s highest honors for K-12 educators of math and science. The award is given on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy by the National Science Foundation.

TOP JOBS  Albert Farr (A)(’00 English, MA ’02, PhD ’11 education) joins Des Moines Area Community College as the new associate provost of academic services at the Urban Campus after serving 15 years at St. Petersburg College in Florida.  Eliza Briggs (A)(’11 criminology) is a federal criminal defense investigator for the District of Nevada – Las Vegas and Reno offices.  Dr. Lori Ebbers Buzzetti (L)(’86 biochemistry) has left her OB-GYN practice to start a maternity home for pregnant women and their newborns. “Mountain House” is located in Zionsville, Ind., northwest of Indianapolis, and offers a temporary home for women who would otherwise be living in shelters, on the streets, or with friends. She calls it “a place of transformation for pregnant mothers in need.”  Steven Churchill (L)(’85 pol sci) has accepted an appointment as senior advisor and chief of staff at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to Ambassador Terry E. Branstad. Churchill is the former president and CEO of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy in Washington, D.C. He and Branstad, the former Iowa governor, worked together at Des Moines University medical school, where Churchill served as vice president of development and alumni relations.

Homecoming 2017 is one for the ages Homecoming 2017: Sound the CYren – Iowa State University’s 105th Homecoming celebration – was a special one. It was filled with memorable events and proud traditions; but most of all, it brought together Cyclones everywhere – one family, united by the Cardinal & Gold. There’s never been a better time to be a Cyclone, and however you celebrated Homecoming this year, thanks for your support! As always, Cyclones everywhere should be extremely proud of the work done by their Student Alumni Leadership Council to plan and implement this incredible event. This year’s Homecoming Central Committee not only embraced beloved traditions, but innovated for the future. For the first time this year, the committee – co-chaired by Emily Costa (S)(senior in kinesiology and health) and Kate Fjelstad (S)(graduate student in business administration) – hosted an “All-Campus Competition” to engage more student populations in Homecoming. Also new this year: Greek chapters could choose to create parade floats in lieu of lawn displays, and the traditional Cardinal Court king and queen were replaced with Cardinal Royalty, with the top candidates chosen regardless of gender. More than 80 students applied for Cardinal Court, with Brooke Almasi (S)(senior in public relations) and Amy Kurr (senior in materials engineering) crowned Cardinal Royalty on Friday night on the pep rally stage.

Jeff Johnson (L)(PhD ’14), the Lora and Russ Talbot Endowed ISU Alumni Association President and CEO, congratulates Karen Heldt Chapman (L) (’92 bus mgmt) and Jay Chapman (L)(’90 aero engr), recipients of an ISUAA Alumni Medal. Iowa State honored 44 Cyclones during the 86th Honors & Awards Ceremony on Homecoming Friday.

Around 900 Cyclones participated in the secondannual Homecoming parade in downtown Ames on Sunday, Oct. 22. Elizabeth Durand (’91 communications), Daniel Nelson, and his sister, Mary, cheer on the Cyclones during the Homecoming game against No. 4 TCU. The Cyclones were victorious, 14-7.

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Barbara Mickelsen Tweedt (A)(’67 elem ed) visits with former classmates during the 50-year class reunion. A total of 542 Cyclones attended reunions during Homecoming weekend, including those of the Alumni Band, Greek Alumni Alliance, and the 50-year class.

Finalists perform in a Yell-Like-Hell skit during the Homecoming Pep Rally on a chilly Friday night. More than 1,400 students participated in three nights of YLH competition; the team of Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Chi Phi, Delta Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., and the ISU Gymnastics Club took home top honors.

Fireworks illuminate the Campanile at midnight on Friday evening of Homecoming.

ISU President-select Wendy Wintersteen (L)(PhD ’88 entomology), with her husband, Robert Waggoner (L), left, and Interim President Benjamin Allen (L), wave to alumni attending the Greek Alumni Alliance reunion in the ISU Alumni Center on Friday night. Former Cyclone track athlete Jummy (Alowonle) Barlass (’06 chem engr) hugs former soccer player Kendra (Paul) Parker (L)(’06 HRIM) at the ISU Alumni Center during the Homecoming Cyclone Central tailgate held on Saturday before the big game.

Being a part of the Iowa State family is a lifetime adventure! Enroll your child or grandchild today in the newly expanded LegaCY Club, and give them the gift of higher education. The club offers gifts and benefits for little Cyclones everywhere! isualum.org/legacy

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REUNIONS

Alumni Hall: ‘Remember when’ Iowa State University grads who lived in Alumni Hall between 1965 and 1970 came back to campus for a special 50-year reunion Sept. 15-16. With the support and assistance of the ISU Alumni Association, the reunion committee – Sid Banwart (L) (’68 chem engr), Dennis Gathmann (L)(’67 zoology), Dennis Haahr (L)(’69 int des/ applied art), Larry Hested (A)(’70 mech engr), Bob Stedman (L)(’69 indust admin),

and Kent Sandburg (L)(’70 math) – planned a two-day reunion event that featured a wide variety of activities with more than 80 Alumni Hall alumni, wives, and significant others. Weekend activities included lunch at Hickory Park, tours of ISU athletics facilities, an open house at the former Alumni Hall (now known as the Enrollment Services Center), and a football gamewatch and dinner at the ISU Alumni Center.

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Row 1: Dick Riese, David Blaskovich, Sid Banwart, Steven Graeber, Steven Jordening, Kent Sandburg, Pytr Knoll. Row 2: Steve Hug, Ray Peterson, Dennis Gathmann, TK Smith, Brian Morris, Gary Speicher. Row 3: Paul Armbrecht, Bob Stedman, Stan Greiman, Wil Groves, Doug Carlson, Alan Worthington, Charles Ertzinger, Ivan Johnson. Row 4: Roscoe Eggers, Ron Galloway, Leslie Everett, Bill Patton, Wayne Romberg, Lee Kaufman, Larry Hested, Jim Zuidema. Row 5: Gabriel Blaskovich, Wes Merryman, Dennis Haahr, Deane Galloway, Tom Grace, Lee Halverson, Bill Baran, Dave Jordening. Row 6: Bion Hitchcock, Kelton K. Kinnick, David Hopkins, Rolland (Pinky) Heim, Rick Galloway, Russ Hughes, Jerry Jellings, Bill Follett.

CARDINAL & GOLD GALA

See you under the Big Top! The 2018 Cardinal & Gold Gala is going to the circus! Our annual fundraising event will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in Des Moines. This year’s honorary co-chairs are Marcia (’73) & Harvey (’70, MS ’73) Freese (L) and Lori (’86) & Paul (’87) Kirpes (L). Cost to attend the Cardinal & Gold Gala is $100 per person or $75 for young professionals. Better yet, gather up your friends and colleagues, and host a table at the Gala! The cost for a table of 10 is $1,000. (For those 34 years or younger, the young professional rate is $750.) Funds raised at this year’s event will go to support Homecoming

and Senior Week activities, the LegaCY Club, and first-generation scholarships. If you have questions about the event, please contact Chelsea Trowbridge at ctrow @iastate.edu or visit www.isualum.org/gala.

frequently visits Panzi Hospital in eastern Congo to conduct research and develop programs for rape survivors. “More than just a number, each of the 48,482 women and girls has a name and a story,” DeReus writes. Her story was featured in a recent issue of The Lamp, a magazine produced by Delta Zeta Sorority.  Four new members of the Ames, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce team are all Iowa State grads. Edana Carlson Delagardelle (’06 restaurant, hotel and institution management) is the director of client support services; Andrea Hammes Dodge (L)(’01 journalism / mass comm, MEd ’08 higher ed) is director of public relations; Brandon Mumm (’13 mgmt / finance) is director of external business relations; and Calli Sandahl (’15 speech comm / comm studies) is director of program management.  Todd Kennedy (’97 architecture) has been promoted to principal at Cottle Carr Yaw Architects (CCY) of Aspen, Colo. Kennedy has been with the CCY team since 2000.

ALUMNI BOOKSHELF  Susan Maupin Schmid (’82 speech) and Sarvinder Bal Naberhaus (A)(’83 fashion merchandising, ’88 el ed, MEd ’10) are published children’s authors, friends and critique partners. Naberhaus is the author of three picture books: Susan Maupin Schmid Boom Boom, White Sky White Stars, and Lines. Schmid is the author of the 100 Dresses series from Random House, which has been translated into several languages and published in North America, Great Britain, Australia, Germany, and Poland. Schmid writes, “Our success in the competitive world of children’s books is the result of years of hard work, determinaSarvinder Naberhaus tion, and mutual support.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 42

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‘I needed to live my life’

uring National Coming Out Week in October, one of the stories being told on the website OutSports.com was that of Landon Streit (’09 construction engr), a native of rural north central Iowa who played offensive line for the Cyclones football team from 2004-2007. He now works as a bridge engineer and project manager for Jensen Construction in Des Moines. He was 30 years old when he came out to friends, family, and co-workers. Coming out was a major step in a long process for Streit, who has spent his life in communities that he says are often less accepting of differences in sexuality – rural, outdoor sporting, construction, and yes – competitive athletics. In his essay for OutSports, Streit ponders how his college life might have been different if he’d been willing to come out sooner. But at that time, he says, being gay was something he wasn’t even willing to admit to himself. “When it came down to it, I needed to live my life. What I once perceived as my weakness now made me stronger,” he says of the coming-out process. “Accepting myself and coming out were the most difficult things I’ve ever overcome.”

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 Tara Goedjen (’04 marketing), a former Cyclone tennis player, recently released The Breathless, a novel that follows 16-year-old Mae Cole’s quest to discover the person behind her sister’s mysterious death, and the terrifying turn it takes as she starts to dig up long-buried secrets about her family’s dark past. After graduating from Iowa State, Goedjen received her MFA from the University of Alabama and worked as an editor in Sydney, Australia. She currently lives and writes in Guam. The Breathless is her debut novel.  Paul Shirley (’00 mechanical engineering) has released his second book, Stories I Tell On Dates. “Everyone tells stories on dates,” Shirley tells us. “Sometimes we tell these stories to make people laugh. Sometimes we tell them to make people think. Sometimes we tell them so we can increase the chances that [well, you know].” Shirley’s stories are about an adulthood spent all over the world: living in Spain, playing in the NBA, and having his heart (and spleen) broken. But they’re also stories about growing up in small-town Kansas: triumphant spelling bees, catastrophic middle school dances, and a sex ed class taught by his mother. They’re funny stories. They’re vulnerable stories. Most of all, they’re universal stories. Shirley’s first book, Can I Keep My Jersey?, was released in 2007.

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Cyclones everywhere come together to serve Have you spent time volunteering in your community or with a group? Looking forward to helping others? Cy’s Days of Service is designed to unite alumni worldwide in community service. It’s a great opportunity to help spread the pride alumni have in Iowa State University, recognize the combined efforts of Cyclones everywhere, and show how Iowa Staters can change the world. The concept behind Cy’s Days of Service is simple. Each year, all ISU alumni, family, and friends complete service opportunities of their choice – whether they’re specially designed for Cy’s Days of Service or just among the activities our generous Cyclone family members are already pursuing. Participants are encouraged to dress in ISU apparel and snap photos of their efforts to help showcase Cy’s Days of Service pride. Our goal for the period between May 2017 and April 2018 is to have at least 500 participants and log more than 30,000 hours of service. We are already up to 216 participants. Cy’s Days of Service is open to all alumni and friends. You can participate by yourself, with fellow ISU alums, or even with your family. If you have planned a group project you want to promote, email Lainey Crawford (A)(’16 event mgmt) at laineyc@iastate.edu or give her a toll-free call at (877) 478-2586 to let the ISUAA help you spread the word and recruit other Cyclones.

WHAT SORTS OF ACTIVITIES CAN I DO?  Donate blood  Serve food at a soup kitchen or shelter  Donate gently used clothing or toys to a second-hand store  Assist at an area school  Help beautify your city  Run or walk in a charity race  Help at your local animal shelter  Spend time with an elderly neighbor  Help a friend with a home improvement project  Deliver meals to homebound individuals  Donate food items to your local food bank  Adopt a zoo animal  Help someone learn to read  Hold a fundraiser for a local charity  Donate books to your local library  Volunteer at a local non-profit organization or event  Donate toiletry items to a local shelter  Read to a child  Make kid-friendly items for your children’s hospital  Donate school supplies to your local school  And much, much more!

CAREERS

Strategies for success: Finding your next career Are you struggling with what to include on your resume, or how to prepare for a job interview? Are you lost on how to navigate the digital recruiting world, or how to leverage your skills and experience to match up to a job posting? We have sound advice to help you increase your visibility to employers through search engines and social media,

as well as offer key strategies to help you prepare for the interview. Log on to our career webinar Jan. 17 at 11:30 a.m. (CT), presented by Kathy Joblinske, executive vice president of Manpower Central Iowa. The goal of this presentation is to help you eventually hear these four words: “You got the job!”

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n 2012, Nick Voke emailed about 50 American collegiate golf coaches to see if anyone might be interested in working with an up-and-coming Kiwi. Voke, who grew up in Auckland, New Zealand with parents who couldn’t tell a hook from a slice, had used the sticks Mum and Dad reluctantly purchased to golf his way into the World Junior Golf Championship and was now facing the potential of turning a childhood hobby into a fruitful career. Five years later, Voke (’17 kinesiology & health) found himself golfing in New Zealand once again – this time in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Golf Championship, where he rubbed elbows with some of golf’s biggest names while serving as an ambassador for the host country. Voke’s father, who still doesn’t know a draw from a fade, saw his son in his element: as one of the country’s biggest sports stars, surrounded by cameras and crowds, representing New Zealand at press conferences and publicity events. “He said he was a proud chap,” Voke remembers, “which was quite nice to hear.” The golden-headed lad Voke’s father remembers schlepping to youth golf meets had

While golf has taken Nick Voke all over the world, Ames remains the center of his golf universe transformed into a soon-to-be pro. It happened 7,940 miles away, thanks to a reply to one of those hopeful emails. Andrew Tank, then in his second year at the helm of the Iowa State men’s golf program, offered Voke a scholarship. Without having ever set foot in Ames, Iowa, Voke accepted – and tucked an extra dose of blind faith in his golf bag. Today, Ames has become a special place to Voke. It’s not only a place he considers a home away from home, but a place he’d someday like to call a longterm home. It’s a place where he rewrote the Iowa State golf record books, where he earned academic all-Big 12 accolades while studying kinesiology and health, where he overcame a potentially career-ending injury after a freshman-year longboarding accident, and where he found the coaches – Tank and assistant coach Chad Keohane – he says will be his mentors for life. “What’s allowed me to succeed has just been having coaches who were so honest and open and willing to do things to help you succeed,” Voke says. “If you combine the facility we have here and the coaches, I haven’t seen a better combination in America. It truly is a phenomenal place to develop.” Nick Voke

Voke’s impact on the Iowa State golf program was immediate, as he broke ISU’s rookie scoring mark and notched four top-10 finishes as a freshman. And once he recovered from his accident, things only got better for Voke on the course. He left Ames as an honorable-mention Ping All-American and ISU’s all-time career stroke average leader (71.89). As a senior, he led the Cyclones to a national championship berth by shooting a jaw-dropping, school-record 61 as the NCAA Austin Regional individual medalist. “That was the second time we made it to nationals in four years, and what a great group of guys to share that with,” remembers Voke, who seems more gratified by the team achievement than by the individual performance that turned heads across the country. “That was probably the pinnacle of my time [at Iowa State].” As Voke prepares to move from a collegiate amateur to a touring professional, he reflects with great admiration on the unique team aspect of the college game. “College golf is very cool. You take all your own individual ambitions and funnel them toward a collective purpose,” Voke says. “If we’re all collectively doing our thing to better the program, then that’s the ultimate thing. My favorite Greek proverb reminds us that society grows great when wise men plants trees whose shade they’ll never see. If in 10 or 20 years’ time we can understand that we were an influential part of helping the program rise, then that’s our great responsibility.” Voke sees the Iowa State golf proWINTER 2018 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

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can follow to achieving his ultimate dream of playing on the PGA Tour, leading with his long-consistent reputation for strong ball-striking and iron play. “The best way to describe my game right now is that it’s pretty solid,” Voke says. “I know that if I putt and drive well, I’ll shoot well. I’ve had a big emphasis on those two components lately.” And along the way, no matter where he is, Voke knows he can rely on the support of the Iowa State community – even in the middle of rural Japan, where an opponent’s caddy recently remarked on the Cyclone emblem emblazoned on his golf bag. “Wherever I go to compete, I hear ‘Go, Cyclones’ from the crowd,” Voke says. “It gets me pretty pumped up and excited. If you’re proud to be a Cyclone, they’re always happy to cheer for you.” 

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gram as well-positioned to become one of the nation’s best, not just because of the proverbial trees he and his teammates planted but because of the leadership of the program and the quality of university it represents. “[Iowa State] is a place where, if you put your head down, do the best you can, you can have a happy day. The community packs Jack Trice, it packs Hilton, it support all sports. They genuinely love this place – they support the athletic pursuit to be the best, the academic drive, and the desire to improve not just individual students but also to improve society. The culture is special.” Voke finished in a tie for 10th Oct. 29 at the Asia-Pacific Amateur, an event he would go on to say was officially his last as an amateur golfer. In November, he finished just out of qualifying at the Web.com Tour Q School second round at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, so he now plans to make his professional debut on the Austalasian Golf Tour in 2018. “It’s a good place to learn the trade and almost like an apprenticeship to become a tour professional,” Voke says of the Australasian. “There aren’t a lot of big purses, but it’s certainly a good stepping stone.” Voke says there are many paths he

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succeed has just been having coaches who were so honest and open and willing to do things to help you succeed. If you combine the facility we have here and the coaches, I haven’t seen a better combination in America. It truly is a phenomenal place to develop.” – NICK VOKE

Top: Nick Voke competes for Iowa State for the last time at the 2017 NCAA men’s golf championship last June in Sugar Grove Township, Ill. Above: Voke delivers the welcome address at the 2017 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in his home country of New Zealand; as the nation’s top-ranked amateur golfer, the Auckland native fulfilled an ambassadorial role at the event. “It was just an awesome week,” he said.

Calendar  Cyclones Everywhere:

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 Cyclone Athletics

 Arts and entertainment

March 2-5: Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament, Oklahoma City March 7-10: Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament, Kansas City

Jan. 17: WWI exhibition opening, “Iowa’s Role in the Great War,” Parks Library Jan. 23: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Stephens Jan. 25: Moscow Festival Ballet presents Giselle, Stephens Jan. 30: The Wizard of Oz, Stephens Feb. 1: Estonian National Symphony, Stephens Feb. 5: Dancing with the Stars LIVE!, Stephens Feb. 16: Des Moines Ballet, Stephens Feb. 28: Motown the Musical, Stephens

For all Cyclone sports schedules, go to www.cyclones.com

 Lifelong learning Jan. 9: OLLI at ISU winter classes begin Feb. 15: OLLI at ISU spring open house March 19: OLLI at ISU spring classes begin Feb. 9: Cardinal & Gold Gala Feb. 28: ISU Day at the Capitol

 Alumni travel

 Cyclones Everywhere Ongoing: Cy’s Days of Service community service opportunities (for details, go to www.isualum.org/cysdaysofservice) April 5: Washington, D.C., alumni event

March 6: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Stephens March 24: Fly Dance, Stephens April 6: Shattered Glass, Stephens April 26: The Great Gatsby, Stephens

 At the ISU Alumni Center

 Awards

Feb. 9: ISUAA Board of Directors winter meeting April 20: Wallace E. Barron Lunch & Ceremony April 20-21: Young Alumni Council spring meeting

Feb. 15: Nomination deadline for Homecoming 2018 awards April 20: Distinguished Awards Celebration (Note: This is a date change from the 2017-18 wall calendar) *For criteria and to submit a nomination for ISUAA awards: www.isualum.org/ awards

 On campus &

around Ames

 Find more events online

Feb. 12-16: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Week

 Career resources Jan. 17: Career Webinar: Strategies for Success – Finding Your Next Career Jan. 31: College of Ag & Life Sciences Spring Career Day Feb. 6: Spring Engineering Career Fair Feb. 7: Spring Business, Industry & Technology Career Fair Feb. 14: Design Career Fair

See the world with the Traveling Cyclones! The ISU Alumni Association is sponsoring nearly 50 trips from which to choose in 2018, both domestic and international. Here are just three examples: • Exploring Iceland, July 28 – Aug. 7: 1 1 days in an astonishing land of glaciers, volcanoes, waterfalls, and wildlife • Scotland: Stirling, Aug. 1-9: 9 days based in Stirling, featuring Edinburgh and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo • Great Trains and Grand Canyons, Sept. 23-28: 6 days based in Sedona, Ariz., with two rail journeys

Campus Calendar: http://event.iastate.edu/ ISU Alumni Association: www.isualum.org/calendar Cyclone Athletics: www.cyclones.com Reiman Gardens: www.reimangardens.com Iowa State Center: www.center.iastate.edu University Museums: www.museums.iastate.edu Lectures: www.lectures.iastate.edu/

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