VISIONS Magazine: Summer 2014 Issue by Iowa State University Alumni Association

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Summer 2014

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Cardinal & Gold Valentine

G E TTI NG START ED

by Carole Gieseke

cgieseke@iastate.edu

Best. Week. Ever.

have to tell you about my best week ever. On Monday, March 31 I woke to the sounds of thunder and rain hitting my roof. Not good – Monday was move-in day for our VISIONS Across America portraits from the ISU Alumni Center to the Brunnier Art Museum for the big alumni exhibition. But by 9 a.m., when Jim Heemstra and more than half the Alumni Association staff were ready to load the truck, the rain stopped. That was the first sign that it was going to be a special week. One by one, the portraits were loaded into the ISU Printing and Copy Services truck (thank you, Rob Louden) and into the waiting arms of the University Museums staff at the loading dock of the Scheman Building. The load-in went like clockwork, and by Tuesday afternoon every print was hanging on a gallery wall. The Museums staff (Lynette Pohlman, Nancy Girard, David Faux, Adrienne Gennett, and Allison Sheridan) was so great – accommodating in every way, efficient, and professional. They really know their stuff. By Wednesday, people were already sneaking into the exhibition to look at the portraits, even though it was technically not open yet. Thursday was our “soft” opening, and by Friday, every light was in place, every word attached to the wall. We were ready for our grand opening reception. I arrived at the Brunnier Friday afternoon about 3:30. The caterers were already there, setting up the food stations and cocktail tables. By 4:30, Association staffers Katie Lickteig and

Beth Lott had brought in beautiful bouquets of flowers to decorate the tables, and the food began to arrive. Jim and I were interviewed by the Iowa State Daily newspaper staff, and then it was 5 o’clock. Time for the show. People began to arrive, and suddenly I didn’t know where I should be. There were too many people to greet, too many people to talk to, too many people to thank, too many people to hug. Jim and I especially wanted to spend time with the alumni featured in the show. And they did come! Bob Gannon from Nevada, Catherine Swoboda from Iowa, John Arends from Illinois, Shirley Koenen from Arkansas, Allison Foss from Kansas, Dawn Refsell from Missouri, Kathie Taylor from Utah, and Faye Perkins from Wisconsin. Many others were represented by their families and friends. We were surrounded by our own friends, family, and many friendly strangers. We had ISUAA Board of Directors members and former alumni staffers. There were ISU administrators (including President Steven Leath and his wife, Janet), faculty, staff, and students. I recognized people from the Ames community and Des Moines. Most of the Alumni Association staff was there – working the event, or just enjoying it. I wish I could have met everyone. In all, 335 people turned out for the opening. It was beyond my wildest dreams. And the reaction! I think people really love this show – because it’s about THEM. It’s about the potential of every person who sets foot on the Iowa State

campus. Because once you have this Iowa State experience, you can do something extraordinary. Jim’s photos tell that story so well. This portrait exhibition has been a huge source of pride for me, for Jim, for the Alumni Association, for University Museums, and for the whole Iowa State community. I think the people in the room on that Friday night in early April felt that pride. If you were there, thank you so much for coming. If you were not, I encourage you to take time to view this wonderful show. It’s up through Aug. 9 (Tuesday – Friday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday – Sunday 1-4 p.m.), so there’s still time to see it. Admission is free, although donations to the Museum are very much appreciated. Jim’s portrait show capped off what has been the best experience of my professional life: the VISIONS Across America project. For more than three years, I have spent every day thinking about this project, working on this project, telling people about this project – and now basking in the glow of the finished project. Your feedback on the special issue of the magazine (spring 2014) and the portrait exhibit has been so warm and positive – thank you! This is likely to be the last column I write about VISIONS Across America, but the project lives on…through the printed magazine, the www.visions acrossamerica.com blog (it’s been updated to contain ALL of the stories from the spring issue, and you can search by state), through the art exhibition, and through your continued feedback. Thanks again to Jim, to Jeff Johnson, to University Museums, to the ISUAA staff, to ISU Printing and Copy Services, to all our many project donors and supporters…and especially to each and every one of you for your amazing stories. 

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Melvin Ejim and Naz Long celebrate after winning the Big 12 basketball tournament championship in Kansas City.

COVER STORY

PHOTOS COURTESY ISU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

The 1940s: Iowa State and a world at war

FEATURES

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Believe in magic Distinguished Awards Celebration A Cardinal & Gold Valentine Iowa STATEment Makers 2014 Designing a better future

DEPARTMENTS

2 Getting Started 4 Letters to the Editor 6 Around Campus 18 Diversions

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34 Newsmakers 39 Association News 44 Sustaining Life donors 46 Calendar

Head menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg celebrates after winning the Big 12 tournament.

2014-2015 ISU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Letters 

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

Chair: Thea “Ted” H. Oberlander**# ’77 Industrial Admin. Des Moines, Iowa Chair-elect: Alan E. Krysan** # ’87 Ag. Business Lakeville, Minn.

Vice Chair of Finance: Ryan J. Schon** ’95 Agronomy Ankeny, Iowa Vice Chair of Records: Ryan M. York** ’95 Marketing, MBA ’03 West Des Moines, Iowa University Treasurer: Warren R. Madden** # ’61 Industrial Engr. Ex-officio/voting Ames, Iowa ISU Alumni Association President: Jeffery W. Johnson** # PhD ’14 Ed. Leadership Ex-officio/non-voting Ames, Iowa ELECTED DIRECTORS

Mark D. Aljets** ’79 Indust. Admin. West Des Moines, Iowa Timothy C. Becker** # ’94 Const. Engr. Glenwood, Iowa Kenneth R. Bonus** ’85 Construct. Engr. West Des Moines, Iowa Joy Wiegman Boruff** # ’76 Home Ec. Journ. Moline, Ill. Eric Burrough** ’97 DVM, PhD ’11 Vet. Path. Ames, Iowa Lawrence Cunningham** ’02 Liberal Studies Urbandale, Iowa Craig K. Denny** # ’71 Civil Engr., MS ’73 Lenexa, Kan.

Melanie J. Reichenberger** ’00 Indust. Engr. Shorewood, Wis. Julie Rodgers Rosin* ’78 Home Ec. Ed., MS ’81 Ankeny, Iowa Darryl Vincent Samuels* ’88 Pol. Sci., MA ’90 Comm. & Reg. Plan. / Pol. Sci. Pearland, Texas Nicole M. (Bell) Schmidt**# ’09 Const. Engr., MS ’13 Overland Park, Kan. Rebecca Murphy Stadlman**# ’74 Journ. & Mass Comm. Ankeny, Iowa APPOINTED DIRECTORS

Miles Lackey* ISU Assistant to the President Office of the President Representative Ames, Iowa Kim McDonough** ’02 Jlsm. & Mass Comm., MS ’04 College Representative Ames, Iowa Lora L. Talbot** # Non-alumni Representative Belmond, Iowa

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Editor’s note: The following is a sample of the overwhelming response we received following the publication of the spring issue of VISIONS: Thank you for VISIONS Across America, the most beautiful, inspiring, awesome publication I have had the privilege to embrace since I was a student at Iowa State University. The minute I turned the last page I began to read it again from the beginning. It was amazing and heart-warming, even after the second reading. The photography is magnificent, the stories are fascinating, and I was bathed in wonderful memories of my days as a student on campus long ago! I married my college sweetheart, Robert W. Cramer, ’42 civil engineering; graduated in 1946 home economics dietetics; then raised a family of four children, three of whom are graduates of ISU. My dad, Clyde C. Schmoeller, ’17 electrical engineering, was the motivator in my decision to enroll at Iowa State. I owe him mega hugs! Jeanne Schmoeller Cramer**

’46 home economics Edina, Minn.

Just received my spring 2014 copy of VISIONS featuring alumni from coast to coast. Congratulations on a terrific issue. Inside I found three friends: Ron Schara (’66), a classmate of mine in the fish and wildlife management program; Carter Niemeyer (’70, MS ’73), who also majored in fisheries and wildlife biology during the time I was a graduate student at ISU; and Dean Gjerstad (’66, MS ’69, PhD ’75), who hails from my hometown, LuVerne. All were good friends while I was at ISU. This was fun reading, and I kept wondering who else I might find that I knew back then. David L. Trauger**

’64 fisheries & wildlife biology, MS ’67, PhD ’71 Marine on Saint Croix, Minn. The current edition of VISIONS magazine is amazing.........I could not put it down!!!!! What a wonderful idea and accomplishment!!!!! I hope many more alums send their stories as per invitation. Wouldn’t it be fantastic if every alum that stayed at or came back to ISU for their career pursuits would write a story upon retirement or before (we will continue our efforts to make this happen)....will not exclude non-ISU alums either. Go, Clones!!!! Lorraine J. Hoffman**

For 57 years I have been extremely proud of our school. The beautifully done VISIONS Across America just put more frosting on the cake and put my pride higher than the law probably allows. I travel the country in my work, seeing customers and salespeople in most of the states. What [Carole] and Jim did in two years is unbelievable, especially when your “day jobs” must be at least 50 hours per week. And then…the quality of the stories and photos were superb; obviously, many hours involved for each (besides the travel). Thank you both! Willis “Bill” Bywater**

’61 mechanical engineering Iowa City, Iowa

Congratulations on your VISIONS Across America publication! I received it today and have turned every page – not yet read every bio, but I will. It is just magnificent! It makes me very proud of the accomplishments of my fellow alums, and I take such pride in the impact of our university. Thanks for your years of work on this – it must have been a fabulous journey. Now you need to start on your global issue – likely we have alums on all seven continents. Ruth A. Watkins**

Joe Kukulski*** Senior, Civil Engr. Student Alumni Leadership Council Representative Eagan, Minn.

My VISIONS arrived today and I’ve just finished reading it cover to cover!! EXCELLENT – congrats to all. As we have said so many times Iowa State alums are everywhere doing good things. What a great way to celebrate Iowa State

ISU Alumni Association Membership Key: * A nnual member ** L ife member # 2 013 Sustaining Life donor *** Student member

Sandy Horton**

’62 child development Ames, Iowa

MS ’68 bacteriology, PhD ’74 Professor Emeritus, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Ames, Iowa

’81 textiles & clothing Columbus, Ohio I have read VISIONS Across America from cover to cover, and want more, more, more. My socks are so knocked off, I don't think they are in the house anymore! I’ll have to go online for the other stories. What an amazing project, and what an amazing experience for [Carole] and Jim... Read back to back, the stories are simply astonishing. Button-popping proud. Profuse

Meet the Board: www.isualum.org/board #

Katherine E. Hallenbeck** ’02 Finance / MIS Ankeny, Iowa 4

Ana M. Hays McCracken**# ’84 Fashion Merch. Menlo Park, Calif. Trent L. Preszler** ’98 Interdisc. Studies Brooklyn, N.Y.

Immediate Past Chair: David A. VanHorn** # ’89 Aerospace Engr., MS ’90 Kingwood, Texas

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

Duane A. Halverson** # ’67 Ag. Business, MS ’69 New Brighton, Minn.

Meet the ISU Alumni Association staff: www.isualum.org/staff

SUMMER 2014 / VOLUME 27 / NO. 2

Carole Gieseke Kate Bruns PHOTOGRAPHY: Jim Heemstra DESIGN: Scott Thornton / www.designgrid.com EDITOR:

ASSOCIATE EDITOR:

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thanks to Jeff [Johnson] and all the funders for making it possible. I don’t know how you’ll top this one! Kathy Svec*

’70 art education Ames, Iowa Received the spring edition of VISIONS. What an amazing work of art. I’ll bet the experience of putting it together was just as valuable as savoring your end result. Creativity in the making and kudos to [Carole] and Jim. It just makes Iowa Staters all the more proud. We can read this for a long time. Scott and Mary Braucht**

Scott: ’80 speech communication Mary: ’80 home economics education Verona, Wis. Just wanted to send a quick email about the VISIONS Across America that was in my mail after returning from vacation. I always enjoy reading VISIONS, but this was very unique. I loved reading about all of the ISU connections and thinking of chances to meet some of these talented alums, for example on our next visit to Sedona, Ariz. Thank you for taking your time to create this magazine! Well done!! Chris Hunziker**

Ames, Iowa We received my copy of VISIONS Across America yesterday, and I am so impressed. It was so well done in both text and photo. Thank you for the time and effort your staff put in on it. I hope you sampled some of SugarDaddy's brownies when you were in Columbus, Ohio. They are truly amazing. I did not know there was an ISU connection, but should not have been surprised. Great job, you guys, and go, Cyclones! Ann MacRae Loehrer**

'69 child development Dublin, Ohio Wanted you to know how impressed we were with the spring issue of VISIONS! We both read it cover to cover. The role [Carole, Jim, and Jeff] (and many others who helped you) played in creating this fabulous tool that can aid in recruiting, etc. is laudable and inspirational. You make us proud to claim ISU as our alma mater. Keep up the good work. We haven’t decided yet how to share the issue, but we will!! After all, we’re Cyclones!! John and Margaret Sohm**

John: ’69 fisheries & wildlife biology, MS botany Margaret: ’72 sociology Mequon, Wis.

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Oh, my gosh, I just finished reading VISIONS Across America. It was so interesting, I literally could not put it down! Every story was compelling and inspiring! Thank you so much for all the research, and I hope you do this every year!! I am a spouse and mother of ISU grads – husband Jared, ’73 industrial engineering, and son Spencer, ’10 environmental science! Mary Spencer-Herbert**

Lake Park, Iowa A BELATED THANK-YOU TO JEFF HORNACEK

I am a member Iowa State Alumni Association and now live in Tempe, Ariz. I would say it was about 10-15 years ago when Jeff Hornacek (“Return of the prodigal Sun,” fall 2013) was playing basketball for the Phoenix Suns, when my story begins. When he played at Iowa State, my mother was one of his biggest fans, and that carried through when he played professional basketball. Knowing that, I bought a birthday card for my mother and didn't sign it, but I did address it to my mother in Iowa, with a stamp. I put that card and envelope into a larger envelope, and sent it to Jeff Hornacek, in care of the Phoenix Suns. I enclosed a note to Jeff, asking him to sign the card and put it into the mail. About a week later, I got a phone call from my mother, who was in tears she was so happy! I will always hold Jeff Hornacek in the highest esteem for doing this, and when he became coach for the Phoenix Suns, I was overjoyed. Thanking Mr. Hornacek again, Dennis Howe*

’75 English Tempe, Ariz. FOND MEMORIES OF DAD -- AND ISU

I am writing to let you know that my father, Norman E. Johnson, class of 1951, passed away on Dec. 20. He was a lifetime member of the Iowa State University Alumni Association. Dad loved ISU. As a dairy cow and hog farmer, it was not possible for us to be away from the livestock for long periods of time. Instead of taking multi-day family vacations, we packed into our Ford station wagon and came to the Iowa State campus for a day. We five kids loved going up the worn steps of Curtiss Hall and seeing the lecture room where Dad had sat taking notes as a student. We looked in awe at the Grant Wood murals on the original library walls, thought the “newspaper room” was pretty cool (even our hometown newspaper was there!), and envisioned our dad studying as a student when he showed us the library tiers. Our dad told us how one of his jobs at ISU was to use a tractor and mower to keep the

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grass neatly trimmed where Jack Trice Stadium, C.Y. Stephens and the other buildings of the Iowa State Center now stand. He also worked in the Memorial Union, manually resetting the pins in the bowling alley, and occasionally dodging bowling balls sent down the lanes too early by impatient patrons. Dad informed us kids early on not to walk on the zodiac in the Memorial Union. We learned about the Four Seasons fountain, Lake Laverne, and Lancelot and Elaine. We always concluded our visit to the campus with a frosty from the MU cafeteria. Oh, yum! Three of us five kids (as well as four of Dad’s grandchildren) continued our education at Iowa State. For me, ISU was an easy choice because it already was a familiar and homey place, thanks to our “vacations” there and to the connection that Dad shared with us. Thanks for the memories. Julie A. Johnson*

’78 anthropology Waterloo, Iowa GUNS AND CHILDREN

Editor’s note: This letter is in response to the fall 2013 Around Campus article titled “Being There” about a photojournalism student and to the winter 2014 letter to the editor regarding a photo of a child holding a hunting rifle. My father gave me a BB gun when I was nine, a 22 rifle and 410 shotgun before I was 10. When I came to ISU for grad school in 1965 my major professor recalled I had a rifle in the rear window of my pickup, not unusual in the Dakotas. I’ve taken my 5-year-old grandson hunting, and he loves coming. If children grew up viewing a gun as a tool rather than something to be feared we may have less incidences of violence. To think that a picture of a boy with a gun promotes violence is ridiculous. Gun and hunter safety is taught to 12-yearolds in probably all states for free and is required for a hunting license. Palmer Holden**

ISU Emeritus Professor MS ’67 animal science, PhD ’70 Iowa City, Iowa *Annual member, **Life member Iowa State University values communication with alumni and other audiences, and VISIONS welcomes letters from readers about topics in the magazine. Letters must be signed and include address and daytime phone number. Letters chosen for publication may be edited for length and clarity. The editor may decide to publish a representative sample of letters on a subject or limit the number of issues devoted to a particular topic. While univer-sities are places of open discussion, letters deemed potentially libelous or that malign a person or group will not be published. Letters express the views of the readers and not Iowa State University nor the ISU Alumni Association. Send letters to VISIONS Editor, ISU Alumni Center, 420 Beach Ave., Ames, IA 50011-1430.

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Around Campus

The VEISHEA that wasn’t Iowa State’s 92-year-old spring celebration has been affected by weekend riots and disturbances before (four other times, to be specific), but what do you do when a Welch Avenue riot breaks out on a Tuesday night? That’s exactly the challenge administrators faced this spring after more than 1,000 people rioted in Campustown April 8, flipping cars, pushing over two light poles, and sending one student to the hospital with a head injury. “The buck stops here,” ISU President Steven Leath (L) told a packed press conference in the Memorial Union the next day. “I’m the one responsible for the safety and welfare here. Unfortunately, the true purpose of VEISHEA has been overshadowed by too many acts of this nature, which jeopardize the safety of our students and our community.” And with that, VEISHEA 2014 was over. Leath acknowledged the disappointment of student leaders, families, and alumni who would see the fruits of a year-long labor fall by the wayside, but emphasized that he could not compromise the safety of students or the reputation of the community. “That is a tradeoff I was not willing

VEISHEA VOICES: THE COMMUNITY WEIGHS IN ON VEISHEA 2014 “It is time to behave like mature adults. To those children who behaved this way, I condemn you. You obviously do not care about others’ hard work and efforts. I am proud of the men and women who are involved as leaders and volunteers and behave responsibly. They have the right to be called adults. [If you] think that VEISHEA and the rest of college life is nothing but irresponsible partying, I invite you to withdraw from the university and not call yourself a Cyclone.” – Robert Dunn, senior, pre-business “President Leath, in suspending VEISHEA, has taken away the students’ ability to show their good side –– in effect, punishing the good majority for the mistakes of a minority. For me, it is sad to see that all of the effort, the passion, and the time put into preparations for VEISHEA have been dismissed at the hasty decision of the university’s leadership.” – Chris Knorowski, graduate student, physics

to accept. VEISHEA was supposed to be another wonderful week in the life of our university,” he said. “Instead, it was a very tough week for all of us in the Iowa State family.” As for the future? Leath said he is not inclined to favor moving forward with VEISHEA, at least in the form we all know, but he is looking for wisdom, guidance, and expertise from the community. He said there are a variety of leaders on campus and in the Ames community who, sadly, have a history dealing with VEISHEA disturbances, adding that one of the first calls he made was to his predecessor, Gregory Geoffroy (L), who guided ISU through the aftermath of the riot 10 years ago. “I don't call Greg very often — I try not to bother him in retirement. But there are times when two presidents need to talk,” Leath said. On April 17, Leath announced a task force that worked this spring to make recommendations about VEISHEA’s future. A website was set up to collect feedback from the community, and the group was charged with making its final recommendations by the end of June. Stay tuned.

“I was deeply saddened and disappointed knowing that our committee would no longer be able to produce and sell VEISHEA cherry pies over the weekend. It’s truly upsetting to know that you’re unable to give Iowa State and the community what they’ve been looking forward to all semester.” – Katie Ginapp (’13 hospitality management), graduate student, hospitality management “I was trained as an engineer (a problem solver) at ISU. It strikes me that if ISU wishes to continue promoting itself as the birthplace of innovation and the training ground for adventurous problem solvers, we must be able to study, mitigate, diminish the likelihood, and cope with the inevitable aftermath of the unpredictable nature of the future, even riots in our own backyard.” – David Skarshaug (L)(’84 industrial engr & journalism), Ames “The saying ‘all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing’ rings especially true. I’d like to think that

there weren’t any good people in the crowd. However, that’s probably not the case. There likely were good people there, but they did nothing. I heard that there was a group of people on Welch [Avenue] that night that formed a protective barrier around the injured student until paramedics could arrive. I’m so happy to hear that. However, where were they before the light fell, before the cars were flipped, and before the other damage occurred? It’s a shame that it took a student getting seriously injured before any good people in the crowd came to their senses and decided to take a stand.” – Austin Dorenkamp, junior, computer engineering “We put so much work into [Stars Over VEISHEA] and we didn’t really get to share the rest of it, and we didn’t really have any closure with it. So it was kind of a devastating thing. It’s just the idea that I didn’t really get to say goodbye to anything.” – “Into the Woods” actress Ashley Wiser, senior, performing arts

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I Voters reject bond referendum to expand convention space

n March, Ames voters rejected by a 63 percent to 37 percent margin a $19 million bond referendum that would have paid for half of a proposed renovation and convention space addition at the Scheman Building. Iowa State planned to foot the other half of the bill and manage the new convention center, but now the university will have to proceed in another direction. “[The] vote is extremely disappointing as we look at the significant multiuse space needs of the community and the university,” President Steven Leath (L) said. “We believe a strong case was made for the new convention center with a cost-sharing partnership between the city and Iowa State. This vote means we’ll be unable to meet the needs of some groups that want to come to Ames.” A $6.5 million renovation of the Scheman Building was part of the convention center plan, and vice president for business and finance Warren Madden (L)(’61 indus engr) says the university will still need to move forward with a renovation. No plans have been made at this time.

Meet the Monuments Woman “What choice did President Leath have, really? We’ve tried stressing the familyfriendly parts of the celebration, we’ve tried enforcing stricter rules concerning alcohol consumption, we’ve tried to be more lenient with students who consume too much alcohol…and it doesn’t work. Nothing works. I can understand why students, alumni, and others are complaining about this draconian solution –– cancelling this year’s celebration all together –– but it’s the only solution. Even though it’s sad. Even though there are no winners here –– only losers.” – Carole Gieseke (L), VISIONS editor, writing on the ISU Alumni Association blog “This is the ultimate dad cliché, but VEISHEA isn’t a right. It’s a privilege. I hope Tuesday was fun for you, because your actions might have cancelled the event. This is a fun time that people work hard to organize, because it is a celebration of the place that I love. It deserves better than this.” – Jeff Woody (’13 kinesiology and health), graduate student, biomedical sciences

George Clooney’s “The Monuments Men” hit movie theaters last winter, but did you know there is an Iowa State connection to the real-life story of these World War II-era art rescuers? Bonaparte, Iowa, native Gladys E. Hamlin was an ISU art history professor during WWII who served on the wartime Roberts Commission and helped write the how-to guides that were provided to the “Monuments Men” as they worked to steal artwork and antiquities from the Nazis. Many of the once-classified field guides are housed in ISU Archives; Hamlin donated them before her death in 1986. They are written for soldiers who may not have known much about art history. For example, her guide to Rome starts out: “Rome is a very, very old city.” Hamlin taught at ISU from 1949 until her retirement in 1973, and most of her former students had no idea she worked against the Nazis. Did you take a class from Gladys Hamlin? We’d love to hear your stories. Email the editor at cgieseke@iastate.edu.

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American Solar Challenge will stop in Ames this year

Around Campus

The Iowa State Center parking lots have been designated as a July 26 checkpoint in this year’s American Solar Challenge cross-country race from Austin, Texas, to St. Paul, Minn. Among the solar cars that hope to be checking in at Ames is Phaeton, Team PrISUm’s 12th solar race car –– a $400,000 project named for the Greek sun god’s son who, according to mythology, begged to drive the chariot of the sun. Phaeton is designed to be 80 pounds lighter than its highly successful predeces-

sor, Hyperion, thanks to carbon fiber body panels, a 12-inch-shorter body, and a simplified fairing design, among other modifications. Students have been working all year in the back of Sweeney Hall to prepare the racer for appearances at the Formula Sun Grand Prix qualifying race July 14-19 in Austin and the American Solar Challenge July 21-28. Learn more about the ISU solar car team and its upcoming races at http:// www.prisum.iastate.edu/.

Schwartz named Ames Lab director

Nusser is new VP for research

Adam Schwartz has been named director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory effective June 2, replacing Alex King, who is now director of the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) in Ames. Schwartz joins Ames Lab from the Condensed Matter and Materials Division at Lawrence Livermore National Adam Schwartz Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., where he has been coordinating projects for the CMI. “The Ames Lab is a world leader in materials science, with an exceptional reputation and with great momentum,” Schwartz said. “I look forward to working with the lab’s scientists and operations staff to develop new materials and technologies that address America’s energy challenges.” Schwartz earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in metallurgical engineering, as well as a PhD in materials science and engineering, from the University of Pittsburgh. He first joined Lawrence Livermore as a postdoctoral research associate in 1991.

Sarah Nusser (A)(MS ’87 statistics, PhD ’90), professor of statistics, began her duties as ISU’s vice president for research Feb. 1. “Sarah has an outstanding reputation as a scholar and administrator,” President Steven Leath (L) said. “I am confident she will grow both the size and impact of Iowa State’s research Sarah Nusser programs and enhance the visibility of this important piece of our land-grant mission.” Nusser holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in botany from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and North Carolina State University, respectively, and master’s and doctorate degrees in statistics from Iowa State. She previously served as a statistician for Procter & Gamble and is a former director of Iowa State’s Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology.

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5 cool things you should know and share about ISU

1: Iowa State just might be the best college in America. At least according to Washington Monthly columnist Daniel Luzer, who in February ranked Iowa State at the top of his list after learning that it is the only institution of higher learning in America to spend the last eight years hiring full-time faculty and shrinking its administration, making it one of the most efficiently run universities in the nation. “Watch Iowa State,” he wrote. “It’s one of the few colleges in this country that really seems to be making the right decisions.”

2: Iowa State is the national champion. In women’s hockey, that is. After finishing 5-11 a year ago, the ISU women’s hockey club surprised everyone when it won five-straight games to take the tournament title at the American Collegiate Hockey Association’s women’s division II championship March 22 in Newark, Del. 3: Iowa State will be a top-tier partner in the new Chicago-based Digital Lab for

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ISU associate professor and associate chair of food science and human nutrition Ruth Litchfield (PhD ’00 nutrition) is an expert on food labels, and she says what you don’t know can hurt you –– especially when it comes to energy drinks that are popular with today’s youth. Litchfield says manufacturers of the drinks are able to bypass Food and Drug Administration approval processes by including a supplement facts panel that does not indicate the specific amounts of ma huang (ephedra), guarana, and caffeine in them. In reality, she says, the drinks typically contain as much caffeine as five cups of coffee and put consumers at risk for cardiovascular disease. Litchfield thinks this omission could explain why a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that 20 percent of young people who consume energy drinks believe they are safe, and another 13 percent believe they are just another type of sports drink. Litchfield supports removing the drinks from schools and working to increase awareness about what is actually in them. “Our schools are where we need to model and educate about what we know is in the best interest of children for their long-term health,” she said. “If students don’t see these energy drinks in school, they start to understand there is a reason why.”

Manufacturing. The $320 million enterprise, which will be funded in large part by a $70 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, is designed to be the country’s flagship research institute for digital manufacturing and design innovation. 4: Iowa State beats Iowa. The Cyclones clinched

the 2013-2014 Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series March 7 with a win in women’s gymnastics. A 6-6 tie on the softball field April 23 didn’t matter, as the Clones had it locked up thanks to wins in volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s and men’s basketball, and gymnastics. 5: Iowa State helped sequence the peanut

genome. A group of Iowa Staters recently worked with the USDA to sequence the genomes of the two closest relatives of the cultivated peanut – an advancement that could lead to the development of varieties more resistant to pests and environmental stress. Learn more at http://peanutbase.org. Carver would be proud.

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By Douglas Biggs

he decade of the 1940s changed the United States and transformed the world. Not surprisingly, these years

saw Iowa State College (as ISU was then known) undergo a metamorphosis as well. Since the 1890s, ISC had been nationally known for agriculture and veterinary science, but the crisis of war accentuated Iowa State’s transition to a nationally known college of science, engineering,  ✯✯✯✯

Historical photos by Special Collections Department / Iowa State University Library

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he event that shattered the hopes and confirmed Dec. 7, 1941. “It was just before finals, and every winter quarter than about their chem blue book. We of the VEISHEA cherry pies.” – 1944 Bomb and technology that joined agriculture as the flagship programs of the institution. ISC began the decade with roughly the same student demographics that it had had since the turn of the 19th century, but the war changed the fabric of the student body as well. In partnership with the Army and the Navy, Iowa State opened a series of non-collegiate courses and programs to provide technical education for servicemen and training for junior officers. Between 1943 and 1946, when the last class of the Navy V-12 program graduated, over 12,000 men cycled through special military classes at ISC. Following the war the college combined ingenuity and diligence to meet the challenge of enrolling large numbers of returning veterans. But, perhaps the greatest change, and the one that spoke of the future, came in 1948 and 1949 with a new surge in enrollment, not from returning veterans, but from high school seniors across the state and the nation who sought access to higher education in unprecedented numbers.

students took increasing interest in the series of European diplomatic crises. Faculty, students, and administration all took anxious notice as President Roosevelt first declared a “limited national emergency” on Sept. 8, 1939,

the selective service act on Sept. 16, 1940, and finally an “unlimited national emergency” on May 27, 1941. These acts helped to prepare the country for war, and they also changed the relationship between the federal government

the looming specter of war

The decade began with renewed campus and statewide confidence. Iowa’s farm economy had largely recovered from effects of the Great Depression, and ISC’s enrollment had surpassed pre-Depression levels. Student numbers had reached a low of about 3,800 in 1933-34, but enrollment rebounded as the economy recovered and reached over 7,000 by the end of the decade. This influx of students helped convince the legislature to provide funds for a new men’s dormitory in 1940, named after President Charles Friley. But the local and statewide optimism brought on by the economic recovery was overshadowed by the looming specter of the war in Europe. Beginning in the late 1930s ISC 12

Friley Hall was turned into the barracks for the Naval recruits. They ran the dorm like a ship, with bells to toll the hours and sailors to stand watch, like these two in 1944.

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the worst fears of pre-war America came in Hawaii on one was more concerned about where they would be saw the first of the defense stamp corsages and the last

and land-grant institutions across the country, compelling colleges and universities to organize for the national defense effort. In spite of fears and anxieties about international affairs, the carefree lifestyle of the 1930s undergraduate continued largely unaffected by things that to some seemed remote. The “class break” for Homecoming (no classes on Homecoming Friday), VEISHEA, fall and spring formals, fraternity and sorority galas, football, basketball, track and field all continued as largely as before. It was a joyous time for many. Of course, the event that shattered the hopes and confirmed the worst fears of pre-war America came in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. The effect of the war’s arrival on the campus is perhaps best summed up by a 1944 senior class memory from the Bomb: “About the only thing we remembered about our sophomore year is Dec. 7. It was just before finals, and everyone was more concerned about where they would be winter quarter than about their chem blue book. We saw the first of the defense stamp corsages and the last of the VEISHEA cherry pies.”

pared electricians, firemen, and even cooks/bakers for the Navy. At first, the number of trainees was small and easily housed in a portion of the newly built Friley Hall. The trainees had been inducted into the Navy, received regular pay, held to rigorous discipline, and the floors on which they lived were run as if they were on a ship at sea, with regular watches and bells to toll the hours. The men in these programs were encouraged to take part in college activities, and as the numbers of servicemen on campus grew in 1943 and 1944, they would greatly affect student life. But large numbers of military trainees lay in the future, and in 1942 a largely pre-war student body worked

posed of both men and women in 1942. The Council encompassed 19 major student organizations and worked to raise money from all parts of campus. In 1943 alone this group raised over $1,700 through the sale of war bonds and stamps to aid the war effort. The Student War Council appointed student wardens to lead blackouts on campus and helped with paper drives. In 1942-43 the college expanded the academic year to four full quarters (fall, winter, spring, summer) so that a student could accelerate through the curriculum and graduate in only three years and then be deployed for the war effort. ISC worked hard to meet the uncertainties and stress of having friends, family, and loved ones overseas. The faculty from economics, sociology, and history offered a noncredit team-taught course entitled “The Citizen in the World Crisis,” in the winter and spring quarters of 1942. Many students attended the class, and while there was an academic component, there was just as much discussion to relieve stress and assuage fears. That same year, a group of women students organized weekly meetings on Wednesday ‘iowa state goes to war’ afternoons in the Memorial Union The war had a profound impact to discuss current issues. As the on ISC, and nearly every aspect of Bomb reported, topics included curriculum, instruction, and stuwomen in defense and how college dent life focused to support the war More than 4,200 Iowa Staters were in the service by the students could aid the victory effort. The autumn of 1942 saw the time this photograph of the Blue Star Flag was taken in effort. While special classes and 1944. cancellation of the Homecoming Wednesday afternoon meetings dance along with a prohibition on lawn to support the war effort. The Health no doubt fulfilled their stated purposes, displays, and the much-coveted Friday and 4-H Club councils mobilized their they almost certainly acted as venues off from classes before Homecoming memberships to knit various garments for students and faculty to share news became a thing of the past. for the Red Cross to disburse to the and stories about friends and loved The college began to house a numtroops, while the Science Women’s Club ones away at the front. But classes and ber of special non-collegiate training volunteered to write and send cards meetings only went so far, and indiprograms for members of the armed and letters to Iowa State servicemen vidual groups of students often held services. These technical courses varied stationed around the globe. The college all-night vigils clustered around radios in length from five to 16 weeks and preformed the Student War Council comlistening for war news.

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hile the students and the college contributed most historically significant contribution was the Manhattan Project.

Even though the government first, all of the male students were encouraged all male students to turned out of Friley Hall, and stay in college until called for the then all of the women housed in draft, increasing numbers of men the dormitories east of the Knoll leaving campus for military duty were moved into the fraternity left positions open for women houses (whose men were turned who capably filled them. Junior out) to make room for increaswomen took over men’s places in ing numbers of cadets. As the roles of major responsibility in Bomb put it: “This is the way we VEISHEA and campus publicalive this year [1943-44]….. with tions in 1943. servicemen in the dorms, women The Bomb reflected an in the fraternities, and men upbeat attitude toward the war moved to the edge of nowhere. in 1942-43; its opening spread It wasn’t easy at first when it across two pages was headed turned out that there were 23 to with the slogan, “We Work one bath, but it was fun and there to Win!” Homecoming was a are always things like that to be subdued affair in comparison to straightened out.” the pre-war years, but VEISHEA The college achieved that went on as usual. The theme “straightening out” by the spring for VEISHEA in 1942 was of 1944. The men who had been “Iowa State Goes to War,” and spread into housing off campus not surprisingly it was full of were pushed into the “Wards.” patriotic themes. In spite of the These were associations of homes war, VEISHEA drew an audience in the community that combined of 15,000, and for the first time to create and maintain some sort The 1943 VEISHEA queen, Dorothy Isaacson, was flanked by military cadets received their of collegiate existence. These US Navy cadets rather than by college students. commissions at the celebration. “Wards” held their own dances we dedicate this book thoughtfully In spite of paper shortages and printing and formals, participated in their remembering those of our number who restrictions imposed by the war, the ISC own intramural events, and in many will not see it.” Bomb printed 4,300 copies – the largrespects acted like dormitory floors or The year 1944 saw the number of est in its history. As the Bomb closed fraternities. military cadets and the disruption to its pages for its 1943 edition, it told its Just as the war had disrupted the normal campus routine that they readers: “Their feeling is optimistic – Homecoming, during the war years brought reach their peaks. Between We’re here in 1943, we’ll be back for it disrupted VEISHEA as well. The 1942 and 1944 these programs grew reunion in ’53.” celebration was shortened to two days in variety and number. The Army in 1943 and one day in 1944, and the sober reflection introduced an Army Special Training celebration in these years possessed But the “We Work to Win!” positivism Program (ASTP) course in December a decidedly different tone. Two naval of 1942-43 gave way to a more sober 1942 meant to produce highly trained cadets rather than college students reflection on the war in 1944. That recruits in technical fields, and in July flanked the VEISHEA queen in 1944, year the Bomb opened with a picture 1943 the Navy added a V-12 program and the parade was cancelled from 1943 of students looking at a Blue Star flag to educate junior officers at Iowa State. to 1945 to meet the needs of the war with the number 4,257 under the star, All of these Army and Navy trainees effort. representing the number of ISC men needed to be housed in campus-owned While the students and the coland women in the armed services. The facilities, and it was not long before the lege contributed to the war effort in dedication for the 1944 yearbook read Army and Navy trainees outnumbered a variety of ways, perhaps ISC’s most simply: “To the men and women of the regular collegiate student body. historically significant contribution Iowa State in the service of our country, To meet the need for cadet housing, was kept in utmost secrecy: the refining 14

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to the war effort in a variety of ways, perhaps ISC’s kept in utmost secrecy: the refining of uranium for

of uranium for the Manhattan Project. Frank Spedding from chemistry and Harley Wilhelm from physics, along with their colleagues and students, developed a process to create “biscuits” of pure uranium metal that could then be refined into fissionable material suitable for an atomic bomb. Between 1942 and 1945, Spedding and his team produced approximately 1,000 tons of pure uranium metal. In recognition of their work, the government awarded ISC the Army-Navy “E” Award for excellence in war production with four stars, signifying 52 months of service in the war effort. No other educational institution in the country received this award that the federal government had created to recognize wartime excellence in private industry. the post-war campus

By early 1945, the number of Navy and Army cadets on campus lessened as the war wound down. Some of the ISC men came back to ISC as seniors after serving only nine months on active duty.

As the Army and Navy classes were scaled back, ISC students reoccupied the dormitories and fraternities. With the military’s departure, a semblance of normalcy and a longing for peace after four stressful and draining years of war found expression in student publications. “Peace,” the 1945 Bomb suggested, “is a lot of little things… Smooth, green fields, unscarred by rolling tanks and bursting shells…brilliant sun… the time to lounge in the Union and discuss trivialities… the opportunity to join the morning parade to classes. Yes, peace is a lot of little things.” As classes opened in the autumn of 1945, ISC saw enrollment blossom. Many of these students were returning veterans who received financial aid through the G.I. Bill to help them achieve a college education. These young men and women stood poised to enter the new post-war world, and the self-confidence expressed in their writing demonstrates that they not only understood the magnitude of the task before them, but that they expected

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to accomplish it. The students clearly understood the power of technology and their responsibility to use that power for good. “New generations,” the frontispiece to the 1946 Bomb reflected, “will be educated in the concepts of truth.” And Iowa State was to be one of the places where that education would take place. While ISC could certainly provide the kind of technological education that the students called for, it encountered difficulties in finding places to teach and house them in the first years following the war. In the fall of 1945, enrollment reached 8,400, and then 9,200 the following autumn; 1,100 of them were married. To meet these challenges ISC turned to the federal government and secured a number of surplus structures, which they intended to be temporary that would house and teach students. In January 1946, the ISC Student noted that 36 of a planned 150 temporary housing structures were ready for occupancy. This project soon became known as Pammel Court and by 1947 had spread to the north of the Chicago & North Western railroad embankment. Pammel Court reached its peak in terms of size and occupancy in 1947. That year about 3,600 students were spread across 152 trailers, 50 quonset huts with two families each, 79 demountable houses, 704 metal barracks, and 65 private trailer lots. While conditions were cramped, the students and their families made the best of things. The Court included recreation and daycare facilities, along with a cooperative grocery store that boasted nearly 1,000 members in 1949. Holidays such at Thanksgiving were undertaken on a cooperative basis in Pammel Court during these years, as families gathered and shared with neighbors. Nevertheless, there was no disguis15

fter a chaotic decade, Iowa State College reached known school of science and technology. The rapidly fading memory.

With the new influx of married veteran students, ISC needed to respond to meet their housing needs. The War Department responded by providing the college with enough structures to build what became Pammel Court, seen here under construction in 1946.

ing the fact that the buildings were government surplus and never intended for long-term student or family living. Constant maintenance problems with the number and variety of buildings plagued college authorities. One of the most frustrating maintenance issues for residents came in the winter of 194849. To escape the cold days of winter, a significant number of rats gnawed their way into some of the buildings. The residents met this challenge by organizing a cadre of “some 75 volunteers [who] undertook a vigorous ‘anti-rat’ campaign which met with good results.” Just as the federal government had provided the answer to meet the increased student housing needs, so too did it provide the answer to meet ISC’s needs for classroom space to 16

prominent. Formed in the wake of the Cyclones’ disastrous 63-0 Homecoming loss to Oklahoma in 1946, the 630 Club worked to infuse Cyclone spirit on campus. The group did everything it could to boost Cyclone athletics: holding pep rallies, naming the “athlete of the week,” and placing that athlete’s photo in the Memorial Union. The group was such a success that it thrived and continued by the original founders as alumni, which helped transform it into the Cyclone Club. Over the last years of the decade President Friley received an everincreasing flow of petitions from students who organized portions of campus for their causes. One of the largest petitions to reach the president came in the autumn of 1949 over the issue

teach the new students. Fifteen wooden buildings were acquired from the War Department. They housed reading rooms, classrooms, academic offices, graduate assistant offices, and conference rooms. They were drafty and cold in the winter and hot in the summer. a nationally known school of science and technology

The significant number of new students on campus after the war changed the campus dynamic. Since so many of these students were much older than the pre-war collegian, they acted differently and had to be treated differently. The number and type of student clubs and organizations multiplied in the years after the war. The 630 Club was one of the most

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the midway point in the 20th century as a nationally carefree innocence of the quiet prewar past was a

of Friday classes before Homecoming. Since ISU’s first Homecoming in 1912, Friday classes before Homecoming had been cancelled to prepare for the alumni celebration. While the dance, lawn displays, and barbecue had been restored by 1949, the prohibition on the class break had not been rescinded. So, on the Thursday night before Homecoming, nearly 3,000 students

majority of the class. In fact, the class was so large that its Freshman Days meeting filled the floor of the Armory. This great influx of students coming straight from high school reflected not only the demand for access to higher education among post-war Americans, but also the fact that parents now had enough economic resources to provide that education for their children. The

The new freshman class of 1948 was so large that it filled the entire floor of the Armory.

marched on the Knoll with a petition asking President Friley to restore the tradition. At first the president refused, but he finally agreed to give the students Friday afternoon as a break from classes to prepare for the coming of the alumni. As the decade drew to a close, college authorities anticipated a drawdown in enrollment as the post-war boom fueled by returning veterans began to fade. Instead, the fall of 1948 saw the freshman class reach nearly 2,800, the largest in the history of the institution. But the number was not as significant as the fact that recent high school graduates made up the vast VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG SUMMER 2014

last years of the decade also saw ISC’s summer sessions remain heavily subscribed. In 1948 nearly 3,500 students enrolled in each of the five-week summer sessions – the most in ISC’s history. The large number of students not only changed the nature of student housing, but also the way the college registered the undergraduate population. Before the war, students had all registered for classes on the floor of the State Gym. Everything was done with paper and pencil. The post-war enrollment boom placed great stress on this system, and the administration soon realized that changes had to be made. In 1949, ISC registrar Jesse R.

Sage found a technological solution to the problem. He told the Bomb staff that the college had secured a “modern” IBM punch-card registration system. “The new machines will fall just short of thinking,” the Bomb mused, “since they will alphabetize, sort out desired information, and perform tedious jobs normally requiring many workers.” As the decade ended, it was clear that going forward ISC would no longer be primarily known for agriculture. The work done by Spedding and Whilhelm’s team for the war effort translated into significant amounts of federal funding, which would continue to enhance research in the post-war years. The Ames Lab and the Atomic Energy Institute meant new federal money and resources for new buildings, faculty, and graduate students. New buildings appeared on campus: Electrical Engineering (now Coover Hall), the Metallurgy Building, the Office and Laboratory building, the Synchrotron building, and Spedding Hall. Thus, after a chaotic decade, Iowa State College reached the midway point in the 20th century as a nationally known school of science and technology. The carefree innocence of the quiet pre-war past was a rapidly fading memory. Throughout the 1940s, change came at a hectic pace. The ISC that entered the 1950s was as large as it had ever been and served a broader constituency, which placed increasing pressure to expand the curriculum and the types of majors that the institution offered. These pressures and expansions served as some of the final pieces in the foundation for the college to become a university in 1959. Douglas Biggs (’82 history, MA ’86) is an associate professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.

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Portraits across America For the staff of the Alumni Association…and University Museums…and more than 100 alumni, the opening reception of the VISIONS Across America: Portraits of Iowa State Alumni by Jim Heemstra exhibition in Brunnier Art Museum April 4 was a very long time coming. Conceived as a special VISIONS magazine project in 2010, VISIONS Across America morphed into an interactive website (www.isualum.org/ visionsacrossamerica), a blog (www.visionsacrossamerica.com), and, finally, an art exhibit featuring 116 large-scale photographs. Travel for the project took place between fall 2011 and fall 2013, when writer/editor Carole Gieseke and photographer Jim Heemstra visited alumni in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Stories of their travels and features on more than 70 alumni were posted on the blog throughout the project. Once the travel was complete, and the spring issue of VISIONS put together, Heemstra focused on the art exhibition, working

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with Rob Louden and the staff of ISU Printing and Copy Services to produce the large, high-quality prints required for the portrait exhibition. On March 31, the Alumni Association staff transported the photographs from the ISU Alumni Center to the Brunnier Art Museum staff, who then installed the exhibition in time for the opening later that week. More than 335 people attended the opening reception, including eight alumni featured in the project, plus many family and friends of the featured alumni. “The people we featured in this project started out right here at Iowa State…many of them from small-town Iowa,” said Heemstra. “They’re ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” The exhibition remains open through Aug. 9. Brunnier Art Museum hours are Tuesday – Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday – Sunday, 1-4 p.m.

What’s so special about Homecoming this year? Our favorite bird turns 60! “Our theme for this year’s celebration is ‘Experience the ExCYment,’ and we couldn't be more excited for Homecoming and Cy’s birthday,’ say Evan Fritz (S), a junior in kinesiology and health, and Matt Nelson (S), a senior in agronomy, this year’s Homecoming co-chairs. “Many of our events will feature Cy, whether they’re birthday-themed

Yell-Like-Hell and Lawn Display skits, or a big birthday cake for him the Friday of Homecoming.” Plans are still in the works, but check out this tentative list of events: • Glow run • Cy’s birthday bash • Kids’ games like “Pin the Tail on Cy,” a bouncy house, and craft table • Pep rally and Alumni Center open house • Homecoming tailgate • ExCYtement in the Streets,

Mass Campaniling, and fireworks • Alumni silent auction Student planners are looking for items you might be willing to donate to the silent auction. Items can include gift cards, ISU memorabilia, or other items. To donate, email alumnirelations. homecoming 2014@gmail.com. For more Homecomingrelated information as it becomes available, go to www.isualum. org/homecoming2014 SUMMER 2014 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

‘Adventurous Iowa Staters Making Iowa Greater’ Iowa State Fair lovers will NOT want to miss this year’s fair Aug. 7-17 because it brings together all the best of the State Fair AND Iowa State alumni. That’s right: Everyone’s favorite ISU booth in the Varied Industries Building will showcase alumni living across the state of Iowa –– all 93,934 of you –– and contributing to the vitality of the state! Of course, ISU and Alumni Association volunteers will also be handing out Cyclone football posters and applying temporary tattoos, and the University Book Store will be on hand to sell new Cyclone gear… just in time for Homecoming 2014!

Power up for Cyclone Central Are you tired of your same old tailgate? Bring your tailgate indoors this fall in the temperature-controlled comfort of the ISU Alumni Center. The ISU Alumni Association staff will throw open the doors three hours before each home football game and offer meals, a cash bar, Cyclone gear for sale, and entertainment by Cy and the marching band. Pre-order your meals by noon three days prior to gameday at www.isualum. org/cyclonecentral or call 877-ISU-ALUM. Members receive a discount. 2014 CYCLONE CENTRAL TAILGATES • Aug. 30: Cyclones vs. North Dakota State* • Sept. 6 (Family Weekend): Cyclones vs. Kansas State* • Sept. 27: Cyclones vs. Baylor* • Oct. 11 (Homecoming): Cyclones vs. Toledo* • Nov. 1: Cyclones vs. Oklahoma • Nov. 22: Cyclones vs. Texas Tech • Nov. 29: Cyclones vs. West Virginia *Sponsored by University Book Store

Check out these football gamewatch “cytes”

Can’t make it to Ames for the big game? Cheer on the Cyclones this football season at an ISU gamewatch location near you. To find locations in your city, go to www.isualum.org/gamewatch.

Cy’s Days of Service Alumni and friends volunteered 3,012 hours during the thirdannual Cy’s Days of Service during the month of April 2014. • Total number of participants: 309 • Total number of hours: 3,012 • Number of states represented: 24 • Counties in Iowa represented: 21 • Oldest ISU grad participant: Lyle Morse (’44), Windsor Heights, Iowa • Most recent ISU grad participants: Amanpreet Kaur (’13), Parsippany, N.J. Marc Regan (’13), Chaska, Minn. • Participant farthest from ISU campus: Jo Van Ekeren (’85) Auckland, New Zealand

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To view photos and project details, go to www.isualum. org/cysdaysofservice and like the ISUAA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/isualum Also, here’s a shout-out to Tillie Good (L), assistant director for outreach and events, who oversees the Cy’s Days of Service program for the ISU Alumni

Association: The 2013 Cy’s Days of Service received a gold award in the “Alumni Relations Programs” category of the most recent CASE District VI institutional awards competition. Thanks to everyone who participated!

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MAGIC BELIEVE IN

The 2013-2014 men’s basketball team delivered multiple memorable moments BY KATE BRUNS

Photos by ISU Athletics Communications

ohnny Orr’s memorable guest appearance at Iowa State’s Nov. 17 men’s basketball game vs. seventhranked Michigan marked his last-ever fist-pumping trip across the Hilton

Coliseum court. The legend was on hand to watch the program at which he is the all-time winningest coach defeat the other program at which he is the all-time winningest coach, using a little something he created called Hilton Magic. The father of Hilton Magic died on New Year’s Eve, just hours before the Cyclones were set to tip off against Northern Illinois. But they knew how to move forward: Play Orr-style basketball. Put up 99 points. Win. Play the rest of the season for Johnny. The magic would live on. It was obvious head coach Fred Hoiberg (L) (’95 finance) was dedicating the campaign to his mentor and former coach. The Cyclones wore “JO” patches on their jerseys all year. “I know he’s been with us all season,” Hoiberg told reporters after giving a post-Big 12 championship fist-pump. “It was an emotional moment.” If there’s anyone who would have loved cheering on the up-tempo, gritty Cyclones this winter, it’s Johnny Orr. And if there’s anyone Orr would want to take over his ISU “winningest coach” title, it’s Hoiberg. The Mayor is on track to do just that after inking a 10-year contract last May and receiving a $600,000 raise following this season’s 28 victories. After three seasons, Hoiberg’s winning percentage is the best in program history. His four NCAA tournament victories and three consecutive NCAA tourney appearances tie Tim Floyd for most by a Cyclones coach. And with excitement at an all-time high, it seems the best is yet to come. But for now, a look back. ››

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SUPER MELVIN

EJIM

“Of all his career double-doubles none is more impressive than @MelvinEjim being Big 12 Player of Year AND Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of Year!” – Voice of the Cyclones John Walters, tweeting at @JWCyclonesTV

✧ Fourth player in Big 12 history to record 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds

✧ Big 12 Player of the Year (coaches & AP) and Scholar-Athlete of the Year – the first student-athlete ever to garner both recognitions. (Ejim was also the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2013.)

✧ Broke Big 12 individual scoring record with a 48-point, 18-rebound performance against TCU Feb. 8, making him the first men’s basketball player (NCAA or NBA) to record 48 and 18 since Shaquille O’Neal in 2003 ✧ ISU’s all-time winningest player

✧ First-team all-Big 12 ✧ First-team academic All-America ✧ Named All-America by five different media outlets, including a first-team selection by Basketball Times ✧ Senior CLASS Award first-team All-America ✧ All-Big 12 Tournament

THE SEASON IN VICTORIES NOV. 17: ISU 77, NO. 7 MICHIGAN 70 Fans rushed the Hilton Coliseum court after an auspicious start to the non-conference schedule.

DEC. 13: NO. 17 ISU 85, NO. 23 IOWA 82 The Cyclones were sluggish the entire game but came through at the end to claim in-state bragging rights.

DEC. 7: NO. 17 ISU 91, NORTHERN IOWA 82 (OT) The Cyclones posted the third-biggest comeback win in school history, erasing an 18-point second-half deficit to prove their mettle.

Dec. 25: No. 14 ISU 70, BOISE ST. 66 The Cyclones won their third game in four days to take home the Diamond Head Classic championship trophy.

JAN. 7: NO. 9 ISU 87, NO. 7 BAYLOR 72 The Cyclones dominated the Bears in their Big 12 home opener to move to 14-0. ISU was the last program standing with undefeated men’s and women’s programs. Both squads started 14-0 before losing in mid-January. FEB. 3: NO. 16 ISU 98, NO. 19 OKLA. ST. 97 (3OT) In what might have been college basketball’s best game

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SENIORS››› DEANDRE KANE

✧ Big 12 Newcomer of the Year ✧ Named 2014 Big 12 tournament’s Most Outstanding Player ✧ First-team all-Big 12 ✧ Named All-America by six different media outlets ✧ MVP of the Diamond Head Classic

of the year, the Cyclones won in Stillwater for the first time since 1988. FEB. 26: NO. 15 ISU 83, WEST VIRGINIA 66 The Cyclones avenged a dreadful 102-77 loss in Morgantown and won their fourth-straight contest to close out the month of February.

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MARCH 8: NO. 16 ISU 85, OKLAHOMA ST. 81 (OT) It’s hard to believe it happened twice, but Naz Long’s 3-point heroics snatched another overtime win from the jaws of defeat against the Cowboys. MARCH 14: NO. 16 ISU 94, NO. 10 KANSAS 83 The third time was the charm for ISU against the Jayhawks, who won twice in regular-season matchups. The win advanced ISU to the Big 12 tournament title game.

✧ Between his time at Marshall and Iowa State, recorded more than 2,000 points, 700 rebounds, and 600 assists – the only player in NCAA history to do so ✧ Scored in double figures 32 times this season and 111 times in his career ✧ Scored 24 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and dished 7 assists vs. five-time national champion North Carolina in the NCAA tourney’s round of 32, sending ISU to the Sweet 16 and the Tar Heels packing on a hard drive for a layup in the final seconds

MARCH 15: NO. 16 ISU 74, BAYLOR 65 The magic of Hilton South helped propel the Cyclones to their first Big 12 tournament championship since 2000. MARCH 23: NO. 9 ISU 85, NO. 19 NORTH CAROLINA 83 Playing without injured sophomore Georges Niang, the Cyclones advanced to the Sweet 16 on the back of DeAndre Kane’s 24 points and 14 rebounds.

IF YOU’RE CURIOUS ABOUT GEORGES To truly understand just how great this basketball team was, look at the case of Georges Niang. The forward from Methuen, Mass., wasn’t even one of ISU’s two AllAmericans this year, yet after he broke his foot in ISU’s first NCAA tournament game many described the Cyclones as being without their best player going forward. Indeed, Niang was a matchup nightmare for many teams, and he had scored or assisted about 35 percent of ISU’s buckets heading into the North Carolina game. The sophomore shot 53.7 percent in the last five minutes of games all season, and he basically willed his team to victory over Kansas in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals with a 25-point performance.

NAZ-TY NUMBERS And if you thought Georges Niang was clutch down the stretch, how about Naz Long? It’s probably safe to say Oklahoma State fans don’t exactly care for him. The sophomore dropped buzzer-beating triples on the Cowboys twice to set up ISU overtime wins this year, but his heroics weren’t only reserved for OSU games. Long was 6-of-7 from beyond the arc in the last five minutes of post-season games and shot 50 percent from beyond the arc at Hilton Coliseum.

FANTASTIC FRESHMAN This season freshman Monte Morris posted the best recorded assist-to-turnover ratio in NCAA history (4.79). The stat has only been kept since 2007, but it’s safe to say the Flint, Mich., native ranks right up there all-time, since the previous record (set in 2009) was 3.96. “He understands how to play the game the right way,” former Michigan State guard and college basketball analyst Mateen Cleaves told the Des Moines Register in March. “He’s a winner. We actually let one slide out of Michigan.”

“Fully healthy, I fully expect we would’ve won that game. That would’ve been us cutting down those nets in Dallas. But hey, it happens.” – Head coach Fred Hoiberg on losing to UConn in the Sweet 16 without the services of Georges Niang. UConn’s 81-76 win over ISU was its tightest in the NCAA tournament. 24

ASSIST LEADERS It wasn’t just Monte Morris who led the country in assists. The Cyclones as a team led the nation in total assists last season, dishing 663 – the second-most in school history.

TOUGH DRAWS Here’s a not-really-so-fun fact: Four of Iowa State’s past six appearances in the NCAA men’s basketball tourney have ended in losses to the eventual national champion. What’s more, all of those losses have been in front of partisan crowds whose home campuses were less than a three-hour drive away.

HILTON SOUTH Kansas City is always packed with Cyclone fans during the Big 12 tournament, but it was a complete takeover March 15. Iowa State used a packed Sprint Center and 70 percent second-half shooting to defeat Baylor for the title, 74-65. “We always say that if Hilton was any bigger, I bet you it would still be packed,” Naz Long told reporters after the game. “That’s kind of why I came to Iowa State – the fans. [They] show the dedication and love they have for us, and we love them back.”

the distinguished awards celebration

owa State University honored six outstanding individuals, two couples, and one corporation at the 2014 Distinguished Awards Celebration on Friday, April 11. The Distinguished Alumni Award (the highest honor given to alumni) and the Honorary Alumni Award (the highest honor given to non-ISU graduates) are administered by the ISU Alumni Association. The Order of the Knoll awards are the highest honors administered through the ISU Foundation.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD

Cynthia Z. F. Clark* MS ’72 statistics, PhD ’77 Washington, D.C. Cynthia Clark has devoted her career to government service by lending her expertise to the collection, advancement, and analysis of national statistical systems. Clark has worked for the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Office of Federal Statistical Policy, and the Office of Management and Budget, where she edited three National Indicator System reports for President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and 1982. After retiring from U.S. government service in 2004, Clark accepted a three-year assignment as executive director for methodology in the United Kingdom Office for National Statistics. After orchestrating major restructuring of the U.K.’s statistical system, she returned to the U.S. to serve as the chief administrator of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, where she remains today.

Gerald A. Kolschowsky**# ’62 agricultural business Sarasota, Fla. Gerald A. Kolschowsky is the former chairman and co-CEO of OSI Industries, LLC. He retired in 2000, but the legacy of Kolschowsky and the company’s leadership team is a lasting one, continuing to meet the growing demand of U.S. meat and protein products worldwide, bringing increased technology to the meat industry, and improving national standards for customer service and food safety. Inspired by the words of Norman Borlaug – “Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world” – Kolschowsky and his wife, Karen, have devoted much of their philanthropy and volunteer service to organizations that work to alleviate hunger and poverty. The Kolschowskys were the founding benefactors for the ISU Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and the Tanzania Partnership Program at Michigan State University, both of which are working to establish partnerships between the U.S. and developing countries to address hunger and poverty.

Stephen G. Juelsgaard* DVM ’72; MS veterinary clinical science ’75 Woodside, Calif.

Simin Nikbin Meydani* PhD ’81 nutrition Boston, Mass.

Stephen Juelsgaard’s unique perspective as both a Stanford-educated lawyer and Iowa State-educated veterinary medicine practitioner has enabled him to have a global vision and impact. As an executive with Genentech, Inc., from 1985-2009, Juelsgaard became known for his legal acumen and expertise in biotechnology. The company, which was founded in 1976 as the world’s first biotech firm, has more than 10,000 patents for technologies in the areas of oncology, immunology, metabolism, neuroscience, and infectious diseases and plays a critical role in developing medicines that treat serious conditions. In his role as the company’s general counsel, he successfully guided Genentech through a billion-dollar lawsuit and helped enforce several key patents. He later served Genentech as secretary to the board of directors, chief compliance officer, and executive vice president before retiring in 2009.

Simin Nikbin Meydani is a professor of nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, professor of immunology at the Tufts Sackler Graduate School, director of the Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, and director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. She is a world-renowned scientist and educator who is exploring the intersection of nutrition, immune response, and infectious diseases – and making a difference in all three. Examples of Meydani’s innovative research include study of vitamin E supplementation, identification of molecular changes associated with aging, study of the effect of fats – particularly fish oil – on immune response, evaluation of the effect of vitamin B6 on immune function, and, most recently, a study of the impact of the old host on pathogenicity of viral infections. Many of her discoveries have played important roles in advancing public health.

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HONORARY ALUMNI AWARD

ORDER OF THE KNOLL CARDINAL AND GOLD AWARD

Jeff and Deb Hansen West Des Moines, Iowa

Jon Fleming**# ’75 meteorology Ames, Iowa

Jeff and Deb Hansen are the founders of Iowa Select Farms, a pork production company headquartered in Iowa Falls, Iowa, that employs nearly 1,000 Iowans in 46 counties and is both the state’s largest pork producer and one of the most technologically and environmentally advanced in the country. Although neither Jeff nor Deb graduated from Iowa State, they have served the institution as though it was their own. Through their gifts to the Jeff Hansen/ Iowa Select Farms Pork Industry Scholarship, their Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement scholarship, the Animal Science Judging Endowment Campaign, and the Jeff and Deb Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center, the Hansens are transforming the educational experience for Iowa State students.

John T. Pesek, Jr.* Ames, Iowa John Pesek’s service to Iowa State University dates back to 1950, when he first joined the agronomy faculty. Today, as an emeritus professor of agronomy and the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Life Sciences, Pesek remains one of the university’s greatest friends and has left a lasting legacy on campus. Pesek served as head of the ISU Agronomy Department from 1964-1990, playing a major role in strengthening the department’s international reputation. He oversaw the efforts to secure funding for Agronomy Hall’s construction and spearheaded the development of the Agronomy and Agricultural Engineering Research Farms. He served as interim dean of the college from 1987-1988. The Iowa Soybean Association has established a scholarship in Pesek’s name to benefit an Iowa State agriculture student each year.

ORDER OF THE KNOLL CORPORATION AND FOUNDATION AWARD

Iowa Pork Producers Association Clive, Iowa

The Iowa Pork Producers Association has been an important partner to Iowa State University for more than 30 years and in that time has touched countless students, faculty, and community members with its generosity and commitment to excellence in the pork industry. By supporting renovation and construction efforts of important university facilities such as Kildee Hall, the Dr. W. Eugene and Linda Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center, the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Complex, and the Jeff and Deb Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center, the Iowa Pork Producers Association is paving the way for industry-changing research to be conducted while affording the next generation of Iowa State students the opportunity to get the most out of their Iowa State educations.

Dr. Jon L. Fleming’s extraordinary support over nearly three decades distinguishes him as one of Iowa State’s most influential and devoted alumni. Fleming studied meteorology as an Iowa State undergraduate before continuing on to earn his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Iowa in 1979. He retired from medicine in 2012 after 26 years as a gastroenterologist with McFarland Clinic and Mary Greeley Medical Center. Fleming is an active volunteer in the ISU and Ames communities, serving Theta Chi Fraternity, the ISU Alumni Association, the ISU Foundation, the Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, Mary Greeley Medical Center, and Hope 4 Africa. His enthusiasm for Cyclone athletics is legendary; he has missed only one home football game and three men’s basketball games in 29 years. With that much Iowa State passion, it’s no surprise Fleming was named Cy’s Favorite Alumnus in 1993.

ORDER OF THE KNOLL CAMPANILE AWARD

Mike and Jean Steffenson**# Mike: ’59 chemical engineering Jean: ’60 zoology Davenport, Iowa Mike and Jean Steffenson are passionate, devoted stewards of Iowa State and have extensively supported multiple facets of the university for nearly four decades. Mike began working for Parr Instrument Co. in Moline, Ill., in 1962, and has served as the company’s chairman, president, and CEO since 1974. Both he and Jean are active in the Quad Cities community. They also lend their expertise to a range of on-campus groups. Jean has served on the ISU Research Park Board of Directors and as director of the Gateway Hotel; Mike has served on the Department of Chemical Engineering’s Industrial Advisory Committee and the ISU Research Foundation’s board. The Steffensons’ support has profoundly impacted the university through the Mike and Jean Steffenson Professorship, the James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of the College of Engineering, the Sweeney Hall Revocation Fund, the Bronze Cy sculpture at the ISU Alumni Center, and scholarship support.

View full biographies of the 2014 honorees at: www.isualum.org/dac Nominate alumni and friends for the distinguished alumni and honorary alumni awards at: www.isualum.org/awards The nomination deadline for spring 2015 awards is Aug. 1, 2014. * Annual member of the ISU Alumni Association ** Life member of the ISU Alumni Association # Sustaining Life donor

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A Cardinal & Gold Valentine

In first three years, Des Moines event nets more than $260,000

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Photos by Jim Heemstra

n Feb. 14, 2014 (Valentine’s Day!), nearly 460 Iowa Staters painted the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center cardinal and gold in support of first-generation student scholarships and student and alumni outreach programming. The third-annual Cardinal & Gold Gala netted nearly $60,000. Coordinated by the ISU Alumni Association, and with the assistance of more than 20 volunteers, the formal event consisted of a brief program, dinner, and dancing, in addition to the silent and live auctions that featured unique Iowa State pieces, travel packages, and specialty items. Coupled with dollars raised for scholarships from the Gala, an additional $25,000 from ISU friends Lora and Russ Talbot (L) of Belmond, Iowa, has been designated to a named Cardinal and Gold scholarship earmarked for ISU’s College of Veterinary Medicine. At the event this year, it was announced that Craig (’71) and Terry (’71) Denny (L) of Lenexa, Kan., were following suit and naming a $25,000 Cardinal and Gold scholarship and designating it for students in ISU’s College of Human Sciences. To date, more than $150,000 has been raised to support firstgeneration scholarships. Six of the seven scholarships are now fully endowed at $25,000 each. A total of 13 $1,000 scholarships have already been awarded since 2012. The following ISU students are the 2013-2014 scholarship recipients:

2014 Honorary Gala Co-Chairs: Front row: Mary (’78) and Tim (’76) Wolf (L); back row: Terry Tobin (’79) and Maureen Roach Tobin (L)

❤ James D. Boddie: College of Engineering, Bettendorf, Iowa

The live auction

❤ Marshall L. Bricker: College of Business, Ladora, Iowa ❤ Jeffrey A. Haltom: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Urbandale, Iowa ❤ Kalin A. Huffman: College of Human Sciences, Audubon, Iowa ❤ Shane D. Kirkegaard: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Pocahontas, Iowa ❤ Micah J. Matthias: College of Design, Waterloo, Iowa ❤ Melissa S. Rivers: College of Veterinary Medicine, New Hampton, Iowa

Iowa State University President Steven Leath and Janet Leath

ISU Alumni Association President Jeff Johnson leads the crowd in a “Cyclone! Power!” chant.

Ian Moore (’12), Hannah McCulloh-Moore (’11), Nora Tobin (A)(’10), Jessica Oster, and Elise Mullen (’10)

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS! 2014 Honorary Gala Co-Chairs Tim (’76) & Mary (’78) Wolf** Maureen Roach Tobin & Terry Tobin (’79) ** 2014 Auction Committee Co-chairs: Stacy Dreyer and Angie Lookingbill (’93)** Jim Beckwith** Pam Hallenbeck (’71)** Kim Hanna Brooke Miller Leanne Moats Jenni Stark-Mortimer (’00) Lori Vande Krol (’93)** Amy Wormsley 2014 Benefactor & Table Host Committee Mark Aljets (’79)** Kevin Drury (’83)** Jon Fleming (’75)** Cynthia Thorland (’84)** Brian Torresi (’03)**

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Dwayne Vande Krol (’93)** Eric Wittrock (’92)** 2014 BENEFACTORS Forever True: $10,000 Burke Family Foundation Bells of Iowa State ($5,000) Bank of America/Merrill Lynch*** Colorfx and Catchfire Media Davis Brown Law Firm*** Brad and Lesa Lewis Tim (’76) and Mary (’78) Wolf** Campanile ($2,500) Mary Greeley Medical Center McFarland Clinic PC & Dr. Jon Fleming (’75)** Nyemaster Goode, P.C. Rueter’s Equipment Companies Lora and Russ Talbot** Terry (’79) and Maureen Roach Tobin** Cyclone ($1,250) Ed (’66) and Ana Hays (’84) McCracken** Wells Fargo

Cardinal & Gold Couple ($500) Mark (’79) and Ann (’78) Aljets** Mark (’77) and Julie (’78) Blake** Greg (’88) and Brenda (’86) Cushing* Jeff and Peggy Johnson** Michael (’77) and Carrie (’77) Thrall** Dwayne (’93) and Lori (’93) Vande Krol** Cardinal & Gold Individual ($250) Jeff Lott (’86)** 2013 TABLE HOSTS Gary and Heather Botine** Matt (’06) & Melinda (’05) Brown* and Josh (’04) & Katie (’04) Hansen Castle Pointe Homes Jay (’90) and Karen Heldt (’92) Chapman** Deloitte Craig (’71) and Terry (’71) Denny** Kevin (’83) and Jeanne Drury** Tim (’80) and Teresa (’82) Dunbar** DuPont Pioneer Steve (’68) and Karen Eddy** Jason (’05) and Jen (’05) Fagan Green Belt Bank & Trust Bryan and Renee Hainline

SAVE THE DATE! Next year’s Cardinal & Gold Gala will be held Friday, April 10, 2015 in Des Moines.

Iowa State University Athletics Department Al (’56) and Ann (’56) Jennings (2)** Al (’87) and Terri (’87) Krysan** McGowen, Hurst, Clark & Smith, P.C. Millhollin-Hensen Group (2) Scott (’87) and Susie (’87) Mortimer** Don (’80) and Laurie Nickerson* Nyemaster Goode, P.C. Al (’78) and Ted (’77) Oberlander** Larry (’73) and Pam Pithan** Jen Scharff (’98)** Ryan (’95) and Meg (’98) Schon (2)** Sigler Evan (’74) and Becky (’74) Stadlman** Cynthia Thorland (’84) and Fritz Weitz** Timmins, Kroll & Jacobsen, LLP Nora Tobin (’10)* The Weitz Company Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. Peter Wolf (’07)** * ISU Alumni Association Annual Member ** ISU Alumni Association Life Member *** ISU Alumni Association Business Member

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CHECK THEM OUT ONLINE! FIND OUT ABOUT THIS YEAR’S STATEMENT MAKERS’ FAVORITE ISU TRADITIONS, THEIR DREAM

Matt England* Seattle, Wash. ’11 aerospace engr Boeing flight test engineer whose main office is a workstation in a 787 Dreamliner high above the ground

Janelle Buxton** Des Moines, Iowa ’05 ag education and studies Product marketing communications manager for DuPont Pioneer; helped start the organization Young Professionals in Agriculture

Chris Meiners Englewood, Colo. ’07 management information systems Helped build a milliondollar international motorcycle part/repair business: Imperial Sportbikes

Erin Curtis* St. Charles, Mo. ’10 kinesiology and exercise science A dedicated ISU Dance Marathoner who now works for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals as a Dance Marathon program manager

Zac McQuistan Sammamish, Wash. ’04 finance Senior strategy manager for Microsoft, Inc.; pursuing an Innovation and Entrepreneurship certificate from Stanford University; started his own company, Impakt Athletics

Maria Schwamman Charbonneaux Urbandale, Iowa ’07 journalism Senior associate editor of “Do It Yourself,” a popular Better Homes and Gardens special interest publication in Des Moines

Aaron Becker Boston, Mass. ’05 electrical and computer engineering Postdoctoral research fellow studying pediatric cardiac bioengineering and human control of robotic swarms at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

STATEment Introducing the 2014 class of Iowa STATEment Makers! Sponsored by the ISU Alumni Association in conjunction with the Young Alumni Council, this recognition honors the early personal and professional achievements and contributions of Iowa State’s young alumni (graduates 32 years of age and under).

To learn more about the Iowa STATEment Makers recognition program or to nominate a young alum for the 2015 awards, go to www.isualum.org/statementmakers. Nomination deadline is Dec. 1.

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JOBS, ROLE MODELS, AND MORE. STATEMENT MAKERS ARE PROFILED AT WWW.ISUALUM.ORG/STATEMENTMAKERS2014

Cathy Compton Boulder, Colo. ’08 music education Fulbright Scholar who coordinated an endowed scholarship and memorial event in the name of her best friend, classmate Joey Wilgenbusch (’05), who passed away unexpectedly

Molly Lynch Murphy* Mount Ayr, Iowa ’04 journalism PR pro who volunteers with countless groups; coordinates international efforts on behalf of Ronald McDonald House Charities

Tyler Weig* Des Moines, Iowa ’05 community health education Biked 4,000 miles across the United States to raise money for cancer research in 2006; in January 2013 donated a kidney to a stranger, setting off a chain of five transplants

Jeremy Swanson Lehigh, Iowa ’05 agricultural systems technology Ag precision specialist for Mickelson Seeds and chair of the Iowa Farm Bureau Young Farmer Advisory Committee

Louis Kishkunas* Lemont, Ill. ’06 political science Decorated intelligence specialist for the U.S. Air Force who is now a senior project manager for the Noble Network of charter schools

Jill Madden Ames, Iowa ’10 genetics ISU doctoral student with a 4.0 GPA who studies the effects of chemotherapy drugs on ovaries; longtime advocate for ACCESS, an assault care center

Mohammed Alabsi Mercer Island, Wash. MS ’07 computer science Software engineer for Amazon.com in Seattle; holds eight patents, with two more pending.

Garrett Burchett** Davenport, Iowa ’03 community and regional planning, MS ’05 Started Mississippi River Distilling Company to create home-grown, handmade spirits in the Quad Cities Angela Anderson* Ankeny, Iowa ’05 public service & administration in agriculture Manager of food chain outreach for the National Pork Board in Des Moines and works to educate others about the industry

MAKERS

Kate Arends Minneapolis, Minn. ’06 graphic design Style blogger (“Wit & Delight”) with more than two million Pinterest followers – and now a guest designer for Target

* ISU Alumni Association Annual Member ** ISU Alumni Association Life Member

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Newsmakers I O WA S TAT E A L U M N I I N T H E N E W S

 Christine Romans named

 Nathan Kalaher receives young

co-anchor of CNN’s “Early Start”

Chief business correspondent Christine Romans (A)(’93 journalism & mass comm / French) has been named co-anchor of CNN’s early morning program, “Early Start.” Romans will continue in her capacity as the network’s chief business reporter and anchor of CNN’s business programs. “Given the audience’s interest in business news as the day begins, and markets across the globe have been open for hours, Christine will add a great dimension to the program that starts CNN’s programming day,” said Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide. Romans is the Emmy Award-winning chief business correspondent and host of “Your Money” at CNN, reporting on the economy, politics and international business. She covered the AIG and bank bailouts, the government shutdown, battles in Washington over debt and spending, and has reported on corruption from the point of view of the investor and American worker. Prior to joining CNN, she reported for Reuters and Knight-Ridder Financial News. She is the author of two books, How to Speak Money (Wiley 2011) and Smart is the New Rich (Wiley 2010). Romans received ISU’s Carrie Chapman Catt Public Engagement Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2013.

Nathan Kalaher has received the 2014 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Young Architects Award. This national award recognizes individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers. Kalaher, an architect with PLaN Architecture in Sioux City, Iowa, graduated from ISU in 2002 with degrees in both architecture and community and regional planning. He was instrumental in the development and fundraising for Design West Studio in Sioux City, a satellite of Iowa State’s College of Design. He has generated a long list of awardwinning projects and is a frequent presenter and critic in architectural design. His work has been featured in more than 100 publications including AIArchitect, Metropolis, and Iowa Architect. He has received numerous awards, including consecutive Design Excellence Awards from AIA Iowa in 2012 and 2013.

architect award

 Douglas Smith, sustainable

design pioneer

 Grains Council honors

Owen Newlin The U.S. Grains Council honored Owen Newlin (L)(’51 agronomy, MS ’53 crop production) with a tribute award for a lifetime of distinguished achievement and service to the council. Newlin’s commitment to the council spans 40-plus years. He served as chairman in 1979, helped shift the council from a purely agribusiness organization to involve producer organizations, and created the Pioneer Fellows Leadership Development Program, among other contributions. 34

Douglas Smith (L)(’87 landscape architecture) was profiled by Forbes earlier this year. In an in-depth interview titled “Meet the pioneers of sustainable design,” Smith discussed his firm’s efforts to create sustainable places to live, work, learn, and play. Smith is president/principal of EDSA, a landscape architecture and urban design firm located in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. “In the 1960s [when his firm was founded], the concept of designing healthy

places was a relatively obscure notion,” Smith said. “Today, as an entire generation is in danger of losing touch with nature because of the amount of time people spend in their cars, in their offices, and watching TV, we find these design principles to be as important as ever.”  Kyle Oppenhuizen to

lead Des Moines’ young professionals group

Kyle Oppenhuizen (’09 journalism & mass communication) has been named president-elect of the Young Professionals Connection (YPC) in Des Moines. Oppenhuizen, a reporter for the Business Record in Des Moines, was a recent “YP Spotlight” in the Des Moines Register. “I could go anywhere that I wanted to, and I want to stay in Des Moines,” Oppenhuizen told reporter Josh Hafner. “We’re going to be the next Austin, Texas, where people say, ‘Oh, that’s a really cool city.’” The YPC’s mission is to promote an environment that attracts and retains young professionals in Greater Des Moines.  Braden Srock donates

life-saving marrow, stem cells

Braden Srock (’08 industrial engineering) was featured last fall in the St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press for donating bone marrow and stem cells to an infant at the Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Srock, who signed up on the Be the Match Registry while he was an ISU student, said he was motivated by having a cousin with leukemia – and he also got extra credit in his physics class. One in every 540 members of the Be the Match Registry goes on to donate marrow or stem cells to a patient; Srock is rare in that he donated both to the same child.  Women of influence

Among the Des Moines Business Record’s 2013 “women of influence” were Sharon Straetker Krause (L)(’90 industrial engineering), owner of Dalla Terra Ranch LLC, and Laura Guetzko Jackson (’90 psychology), the executive vice president for Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield. SUMMER 2014 WWW.ISUALUM.ORG VISIONS

The Women of Influence awards celebrate the work of women who have made a difference. “They’ve devoted their lives to doing things most wouldn’t,” the announcement said. “They’ve spent countless hours on various boards, and they’ve blazed a trail either personally or professionally for other women to follow.”  Herrick wins award

ABET has named Robert A. Herrick (L) (’56 chemical engineering) as its 2013 recipient of the Linton E. Grinter Distinguished Service Award. The Grinter Award, ABET’s highest honor, recognizes volunteers who surpass the highest service expectations of the organization. Herrick’s distinguished career has included air pollution control, industrial hygiene, and environmental engineering positions with the U.S. Public Health Service, Bethlehem Steel, and Owens Corning Fiberglas. Since 1986, he has been the president of Herrick Engineering, Inc., headquartered in Cary, N.C. ABET is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that accredits college and university programs in the disciplines of applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.

Nitro Sock was a spaceman who lived in Des Moines, but sometimes Des Moines wasn’t a spaceman kind of town ...

written and illustrated by: RAYGUN 400 east locust des moines MADE IN USA

 Born to lead

Ida Grove, Iowa, native Susan Hatten (’04 marketing/apparel merchandising, design & production) calls her Des Moines involvement her “trifecta” of devotion to the worlds of arts and culture, charity, and personal and professional development. Hatten, a senior business development executive for Sigler, spends 10-20 hours each week working with organizations such as Junior League, Variety, and Winefest. The 2011 Young Professionals Connection YP of the Year was recently profiled in the Des Moines Register.

ALUMNI BOOKSHELF

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 Iowa innovation

Shazia Manus (L)(’98 economics) is CEO of The Members Group, which began as a “humble check-processing shop in 1986 and now averages 14 million transactions per month and is a national leader in fraud detection,” writes Victor Epstein, business reporter for the Des Moines Register. Manus was born in Bangladesh and earned her U.S. citizenship six years ago. She serves on the ISUAA Board of Directors finance committee.

Mexico to Missouri. And now he’s published his first book, Murder by Guile – a glimpse of the real world behind a murder investigation in a small Arizona mountain town – based on a true crime story.

A SPACEMAN WHO LIVED IN DES MOINES

John Bosley (’03 art & design) recently illustrated his first children’s book, A Spaceman Who Lived in Des Moines. Bosley is head designer at RAYGUN, a popular Des Moines’ East Village design company that specializes in screen printing, apparel, books, and more. RAYGUN

Jennifer Dukes Lee (L)(’95 journalism & mass communication) has published Love Idol, a nonfiction book with “a palpable Iowa flavor from beginning to end.” In an early chapter, Lee mentions her role at the Iowa State Daily. “I am grateful for my education at Iowa State University and see clearly how it was one key step on this journey to having a book published,” Lee said. Iowa Staters will be interested in a book by Duane Acker (L)(’52 animal science, MS ’53), president emeritus of Kansas State University. His book, From Troublesome Creek: A Farm Boy’s Encounters on the Way to a University Presidency, includes encounters and experiences from his seven years of teaching and advising agriculture students at Iowa State. Bill Williams (MS ’84 journalism & mass communication) has written for print, radio, TV, and advertising agencies. He’s won awards for his photography and sold prints in galleries stretching from New

John Baxter (MS ’89 professional studies in education), associate head football coach at the University of Southern California, has published his first book. I Hate School: How a College Football Coach Has Inspired Students to Value Education and Become Lifelong Learners is an inspirational tale of his life’s work and takes a hard look at problems with education in America today. Robert Nelson (L)(’71 political science) and his siblings have published their father’s autobiography, Tracks: From Buggies to Furrows to Wings. The late Merle Nelson, a 1929 electrical engineering grad, spent most of his life farming the same farm on which he grew up near Rockford, Iowa. Rob says, “As a boy, [my father] would run to the window to see a car go by on the road that was two tracks through the prairie. The day before his 62nd birthday he saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. While there may be generations that experience more technological change, I think my dad’s generation saw the most dramatic visual changes.” Tracks is available as a Kindle e-book.

(A) = ISU Alumni Association annual member (L) = ISU Alumni Association life member 35

Katelyn Oswald and Debra Satterfield discuss the creative aspects of artwork produced in innovation workshops for children.

Designing a better future By Betsy Snow Hickok

hen I first came to Iowa State, I didn’t think there would be many research opportunities in graphic design,” Katelyn Oswald (S), a senior from Lakeville, Minn., said. Then she discovered professor Debra Satterfield (A) (MFA ’91 graphic design) and her Design Information Research Group. Satterfield, the interim chair of graphic design, is nationally known for her studies exploring the roles of visual arts and design in working with people with autism spectrum disorders. She began considering the issue professionally after her son, who has epilepsy and an autism spectrum disorder, first tried painting for a school project –– and discovered an important new form of expression. “It made me wonder how many others like him could benefit from having a creative outlet,” Satterfield said. Satterfield has since pursued two survey studies: one exploring methods of online educational delivery for college students who test above the autism threshold, and another reviewing perceptions parents and teachers have of children with autism regarding the importance of developing specific skills. Based on this study, the professor piloted innovative camps for children with cognitive disabilities and autism. After becoming a member of Satterfield’s team, Oswald did everything from transcrib36

ing research data onto Excel spreadsheets to helping conduct these creative camps. With Satterfield as her mentor, she also pursued her own study exploring the connection between product packaging and childhood nutrition. Her project involved looking at “how juice drinks, though thought to be a healthier alternative, can also contribute to the lack of nutrition in a child’s diet, as misleading information on the package designs lead to false conclusions on the healthfulness of certain juices.” By spring of her freshman year, Oswald found herself presenting at the annual Research at the Capitol event in Des Moines and at Iowa State’s annual Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression. Oswald –– whose creative work has since been recognized and supported through a Janice Peterson Anderson Excellence Award and Scholarship –– said the research has helped her understand the significance of design in a whole new way. “Both of these projects have impact for the design community and for the rest of the world. Understanding package design is important for designers who are looking to better communicate about products –– and also for the general population interested in childhood obesity and public health,” she said. “The same holds true for the autism studies –– the group is determining how autistic children can better express themselves in artistic

outlets different from the norm.” After graduation, Oswald plans to seek a position at a graphic design firm and focus on package or web design – but may pursue a graduate program in which she could continue her research. “Through these opportunities, I’ve made personal connections with a variety of undergraduate and graduate students and faculty members that I would not have made through regular courses,” Oswald said. “Being a part of the research process has given me valuable skills and experiences that will help me in future work environments and later if I decide to pursue graduate school. It’s a unique opportunity that not many design students participate in or have access to, so it will help me stand out in the job market.” Support for exceptional students such as Oswald is the focus of Moving Students Forward, a five-year Iowa State initiative to raise $150 million for scholarships and fellowships, including funding for undergraduate and graduate research opportunities and other experiential learning.  Learn more at: www.movingstudentsforward.com

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It’s our time! Dear Iowa Staters: I’ve now been a part of this wonderful Iowa State community for nearly 15 years. Over the past couple of years, I’ve especially come to appreciate the depth and breadth of the excellence of this awesome university. It’s great to see Iowa State continuously live up to its ideals. Truly, these past few years have shown me the real heart and soul of the Iowa State family. I’ve witnessed first-hand how we worked together to transition our campus leadership and how we supported our football program even as it went through a tough season. I’ve had the thrill of watching the energy created by the Association’s VISIONS Across America project… enjoyed seeing the support for President Leath’s efforts to gain legislative support for key institutional initiatives…and cheered on alumni who are giving their volunteer time for Cy’s Days of Service projects. I was in all the places where you packed the parking lots, streets, and arenas to support our basketball teams: Oklahoma City, Kansas City, San Antonio, and New York City. I’ve applauded your efforts to encourage friends and colleagues to reconnect with the university in many different ways. I believe that I’m witnessing a true renaissance taking place among Cyclone Nation. This is our time! As we continue to commit ourselves to providing a quality education for Iowa State students, I am reminded that Iowa State University first and foremost has always been true to its land-grant mission and Iowa values. More than 150 years after its founding, Iowa State has continued to focus on service to the state, applying knowledge to help solve problems, and educating state, national, and world citizens. Iowa State was founded on the ideals that higher education should be accessible to all, regardless of race, gender,

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ISU seniors honored with Wallace E. Barron Award The ISU Alumni Association established the Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award in 1968 to recognize outstanding seniors who display high character, outstanding achievement in academics and university/community activities, and promise for continuing these exemplary qualities as alumni. The award

Trisha A. Collins Animal science Pleasantville, Iowa

Ryan Francois Civil engineering Des Moines, Iowa

is named for Wallace E. “Red” Barron (class of ’28), who served as director of alumni affairs at Iowa State from 1937 to 1968. The 2014 recipients were recognized and given official Iowa State University rings at the Young Alumni Council spring lunch on April 25. They are:

Spencer Hughes Speech communication and political science Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Benjamin Paul Jacobson Industrial engineering Johnston, Iowa

Deepak Premkumar Economics, global resource systems, and mathematics Ames, Iowa

Read about these students’ accomplishments online at www.isualum.org/barron. To nominate a student for the 2015 award go to www.isualum.org/awards. The nomination deadline is Dec. 1.

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Faculty-Staff Inspiration Award The ISU Alumni Association established this award in 2011 as a way for former ISU students to recognize current or former ISU faculty or staff members who had a significant influence in their lives as students at ISU. The Faculty-Staff Inspiration Award is partially funded by earnings from the Nancy and

Daniel Betts*

Roger Bruene*

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Professor, advisor, and director of career services, ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Ames, Iowa ’56 agronomy

Paul “PJ” Hermann** Emeritus professor, ISU Department of Aerospace Engineering Ames, Iowa

Richard Degner Alumni Association Endowment. Nominators and award recipients were recognized at the ISU Alumni Association Inspiration Awards and Annual Reception on May 30. The event was sponsored by Lora and Russ Talbot (L). The 2014 recipients are:

Labh Hira* Dean emeritus and professor of accounting, ISU College of Business Ames, Iowa

Elizabeth Venner Kurt**

Julie Kent Larson**

Director, ISU new student programs Ames, Iowa ’79 home economics education

Director of outreach and events, ISU Alumni Association Ames, Iowa MS ’84 higher education

John Schuh** ISU distinguished professor of educational leadership and policy studies and School of Education director Ames, Iowa

Read about these inspirational faculty and staff online at www.isualum.org/inspiration. To nominate a special faculty or staff member for the 2015 award go to www.isualum.org/awards. The nomination deadline is Dec. 1. *Annual member of the ISU Alumni Association **Life member of the ISU Alumni Association Note: Only ISU degrees are listed

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New Board of Directors members announced The ISU Alumni Association Board of Directors announced the addition of seven new directors at its May 30 meeting. The five new elected directors, serving four-year terms, are:

Julie Rodgers Rosin (A)(’78 home ec. ed., MS ’81), Ankeny, Iowa, the Central Campus assistant director for Des Moines Public Schools. She provides leadership for students, families, community, and staff; she has designed both college curriculum and professional development for staff.

Eric Burrough (L)(’97 DVM, PhD ’11 vet. pathology), Ames, Iowa, an assistant professor and diagnostic pathologist at ISU’s College of Veterinary Medicine who holds the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Professorship in Food Animal Infectious Diseases. He serves on the Inventor Advisory Committee for the ISU Research Foundation. Lawrence Cunningham (L)(’02 liberal studies), Urbandale, Iowa, the director of market development at the Mittera Group in Des Moines. He was an inaugural member of the ISUAA Young Alumni Council, served as that group’s 2009-10 chair, and was a 2009 James A. Hopson Volunteer Awardee. Katherine E. Hallenbeck (L)(’02 finance/MIS), Ankeny, Iowa, a senior financial analyst in the Manufacturing Department of Renewable Energy Group, a biodiesel producer. She is a 2010 James A. Hopson Volunteer Awardee and served as co-president of the ISUAA Club of Chicago from 2008-2012.

Darryl Vincent Samuels (A)(’88 pol. sci., MA ’90 comm. & reg. planning/public admin.), Pearland, Texas, a managing partner for D. Samuels & Associates, LLC, a construction management firm in Houston, Texas. He sponsors and coordinates workforce development to benefit Houston’s inner-city communities.

In addition, the Board announced two new appointed directors: Kim McDonough (L)(’02 journalism & mass comm., MS ’04), Ames, Iowa, college representative. Joe Kukulski (S), senior in civil engr., Eagan, Minn., Student Alumni Leadership Council representative. A – Annual member of the ISU Alumni Association L – Life member of the ISU Alumni Association S – Student member of the ISU Alumni Association

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Thank you to our 2013 Sustaining Life donors

he Iowa State University Alumni Association would like to thank and recognize all new and continuing Sustaining Life donors who made gifts this past calendar year. Thanks to the support of the following alumni and friends, the 2013 Sustaining Life donor program has brought in more than $242,000 in revenue, which helps provide additional funding support for the Association’s programs and services. It’s not too late to become a 2014 Sustaining Life donor. Go to www.isualum.org/sustaining to donate online.

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Duane (‘52A) and Shirley Acker Dale Anderson (‘57S) Mary (‘86C) and Charles (‘87M) Bendgen Roger Benning (‘63E) Sue Bockholt (‘65F) John Burnstrom (‘54A) Douglas (‘72S) and Joan Carlson Linda Chandler (‘68S) Curtis Clifton (‘92E) Burton Cooper (‘72A) Stephen Cooper (‘70E) Robert Crom (‘50A) Paul (‘63E) and Shirley (‘63F) Dana Kevin (‘83A) and Jeanne Drury Warren (‘61A) and Catherine Hadley Robert Hall (‘54E) Roger Hansen (‘65A) Jack Hegenbarth (‘59S) Caroline Hetfield Eugene Hohenshell (‘62E) Gary (‘61E) and Donna (‘080) Hoover Joseph Huber (‘89E) Gerald (‘68A) and Gwen Johnson Kellie Jo Kilberg (‘89S) Dale (‘67S) and Jane (‘67F) Kiser Christopher (‘73S) and Vernette Knapp Darlene (‘45S) and Melvin (‘46E) Larsen Jane Lohnes Robert Manders (‘63E) Lyle (‘44E) and Harriet Morse Mary Finley Newton (‘56F) Donald (‘55A) and Carol (‘56F) Olson Carroll Ottrok (‘51F) Frank (‘65S) and Marcia Parrish Sonia Porter (‘60F) Roger Reimers (‘82A) Sharon (‘71S) and Richard (‘73A) Rodine Sandra Searl (‘87S) Lee Simmons (‘72S) Robert (‘60S) and Norma (‘60F) Snyder Franklin Townsend (‘80A) Sharon Waterstreet (‘78A) Maria (‘77E) and Michael (‘79V) Westfall# Timothy (‘76A) and Mary (‘78C) Wolf Gary Woods (‘62A)

EIGHT-YEAR DONORS James (‘65A) and Cathryn Ahrenholz Peggy Allen (‘67F) Stephen Anderson (‘80V) Janet (‘59S) and William (‘59S) Bancroft Ellen (‘56F) and Emerson (‘56A) Bodell Barbara Brittingham (‘67S) Kevin (‘80A) and Chris Brooks Betty Brown (‘43F) Loyd (‘69A) and Sue Brown Melissa Brush (‘91S) Douglas Caffrey (‘72A) Robert Callahan (‘61E) Dayle Downer (‘60A) John Faaborg (‘71A) Craig Griffin (‘83E) Thomas (‘69E) and Cheryl Grinna Merlyn (‘58E) and Irene Gutz# Maynard (‘66A) and Anne Hogberg Billi Hunt (‘93F) Ross Johnson (‘68S) Maryl Johnson (‘73S) John (‘70S) and Cheryl Kingland Daniel (‘59S) and Sharon Krieger Deanna (‘93M) and Patrick (‘94E) Kueter# Jerry Ladman (‘58A) Patrice (‘73D) and W. Mark (‘73E) Lortz Jay (‘73A) and Sue (‘77D) Merryman William Millen (‘70S) James Moyer (‘51E) Kimberly Neuharth (‘87S) Ruth Anne Ohde (‘62S) Merle Oleson (‘59A) Harold Olson (‘54S) Edward (‘82C) and Carolyn Ottesen Frederick Peitzman (‘61E) Thomas Penaluna (‘63E) Norman Petermeier (‘63E) Victor (‘63E) and Lorraine (‘64F) Pierrot William Reinhardt (‘48E) John Saunders (‘62E) Michael Shepherd (‘74S) Charles (‘68E) and Carolyn (‘69D) Sidebottom#

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Marcia (‘85M) and Steve Stahly Chelon Stanzel (‘61F) Michael (‘59E) and Jean (‘60S) Steffenson Omar Stoutner (‘70A) Neal Suess (‘84E) Brenda (‘86M) and David (‘87E) Swartz Dennis (‘70A) and Mary Thomas Bebe Tucker (‘43F) Doug Ward (‘67E) and Linda Glantz Ward (‘70F) Joan Welch (‘55S) Michael (‘77E) and Pamela (‘77S) Weston Lorraine (‘78C) and David (‘79V) Whitney Susan Williams (‘85D) Tom Wilson (‘84M) Gabriele Wohlauer (‘56S) Dean Wolf (‘61E) Kathy (‘72D) and Steven (‘73A) Zumbach

SEVEN-YEAR DONORS Kenneth Allbaugh (‘47E) Keitha (‘67D) and Ronald (‘68E) Anderson Alvin Barden (‘55A) Ruth Bassett (‘60F) Donald Borcherding (‘68E) James (‘78A) and Marcia (‘78F) Borel Susan (‘86D) and Matthew (‘90S) Bravard Janice and Jeffrey Breitman Gordon (‘62S) and Kathleen (‘66F) Brown Richard Caputo (‘72S) John (‘82E) and Kim Carlson Denny (‘65E) and Marcy Chaussee Edith (‘50F) and Carrol (‘50A) Collins Harold (‘50A) and Rachel Crawford Chris Cunningham (‘79A) Richard Forsythe (‘43S) Nancy Gauthier (‘79D) Elaine (‘85M) and Brian Gifford Jane Gustafson (‘57F) David Hahn (‘80V) Bruce Hamilton (‘73S) Susan Hanke (‘87M) Joann (‘55F) and Robert (‘55S) Hanson Barbara Harre (‘82S) James Harris (‘74E) Jeaneyl Hazlett (‘75V) Peter (‘77E) and Pamela Hemken Johann Karg (‘69S) Virginia Kern (‘71V) John (‘63A) and Kay Mortimer Lu Ng (‘69A) Wayne (‘60S) and Eleanor Ostendorf Robert Palmer (‘62E) Dennis Pfeifer (‘86E) and Debra Dotzier Pfeifer (‘86S) Nancy (‘83A) and Douglas (‘83A) Pringnitz Eric Rogers (‘93S) Thomas (‘58S) and Maryn (‘73F) Rogge Richard (‘61A) and Elaine Rypkema Stephen Sandman (‘78A) Mary (‘83M) and Raymond Scheve Richard Schmidgall (‘83E) Cathy (‘88M) and Mark (‘88A) Schmidt Vincent Schwenk (‘59E) Kevin Shepherd (‘83E) Mary Lou (‘56F) and William (‘56E) Snyder James (‘76E) and Pamela Swales# Steven (‘84F) and Lori Uelner Jay (‘59A) and Sarah (‘71F) Van Wert Donna Willett (‘54F) Peter Wilson (‘55S)

SIX-YEAR DONORS Claire Andreasen Jeffrey (‘70A) and Jean (‘70F) Anliker Marianne Berhow (‘53F) Verna (‘57F) and William Boland Bruce Bowen (‘67S) Kenneth Bucklin (‘62E) Vernice (‘56F) and Loren (‘57E) Christian Joseph (‘51E) and Cecelia (‘51F) Crawford Wayne (‘52V) and Myrlane Danker Nancy (‘72F) and Richard (‘72A) Degner James (‘87V) and Julie DeLano Richard (‘54A) and Lynn Engen William Farr (‘76E) Evelyn (‘60F) and Thomas Fisher Fred (‘61E) and Marilynn Forsberg Connie Funk (‘78F) Donald Harbert (‘70E) David (‘82E) and Carol (‘86S) Hawn

Charles (‘75S) and Marcia Heggen Donald (‘60S) and Phyllis (‘61F) Holmes Cecilia (‘89U) and Harry Horner Melissa Houston (‘95E) Joel Leininger (‘72V) Gerald (‘55E) and Barbara Montgomery Katherine (‘43F) and Richard (‘44E) Munsen Keith Naeve (‘60E) Betsy Nims (‘44F) Richard (‘62E) and Grace (‘63F) O’Leary Louann (‘71D) and Doug (‘71E) Peterson John Peterson (‘78E) and Nancy Turnquist-Peterson (‘81V) Patrick (‘77E) and Nancy (‘78S) Pinkston# Donald (‘54A) and Ann (‘54F) Platt Jeffrey Rettig (‘83A) Scott Rogers (‘96S) Thomas Ruzicka (‘57A) Janis Scharingson (‘71S) John (‘59E) and Patricia Shors Elizabeth Snoddy Cuellar (‘52F) Michelle Stotts (‘88M) Virginia Thomas Julie (‘67F) and Laird Trusler Sara Turner Ronald (‘66A) and Patricia (‘66F) Vansteenburg Donald Westlake (‘59S)

FIVE-YEAR DONORS Ann (‘87M) and Howard (‘88M) Anderson# Carol Anderson (‘76F) John (‘64S) and Joan (‘64S) Axel Gretchen Backlund (‘48F) Harold Barfknecht (‘70S) James Barr (‘62E) Leo (‘65A) and Gloria (‘67F) Beebout# Ruth Ann Bennett (‘59F) Robert Best (‘55A) Richard Boettcher (‘61E) Pat (‘61F) and Douglas (‘62E) Bosworth Timothy Bray (‘85E) Ronald (‘64S) and Jane (‘65F) Brownlee Keith Bruening (‘80S) Dennis Casey (‘64A) Penelope Cerling (‘72F) Arnel Citurs (‘88E) Craig Claussen (‘69M) Dwight (‘74A) and Marilyn (‘75F) Conover James Crouse (‘57E) Kevin Dittmar (‘85B) Christine Dunahoo (‘97M) Larry (‘62A) and Barbara Ebbers Paul (‘58V) and Jan Ehrig Don Francois (‘84B) Katherine (‘70S) and William (‘70S) Gilbert Linda (‘68F) and William (‘72A) Good Jill Haas (‘82F) Russell Hansen (‘67A) John Hayes (‘66E) John Hunt (‘64S) Fred Husmann (‘52V) Dale (‘60E) and Janice (‘62F) Johnson Betty (‘59F) and Dennis (‘59A) Keeney Fern Kelsay Kent Lage (‘86E) Richard (‘57S) and Joanne (‘59F) Liddy Dale (‘69S) and Teresa (‘70D) Loussaert John (‘67E) and Lois (‘68F) Mather Glen (‘61A) and Mary Jo Mente David Moeller (‘87E) James (‘72A) and Connie Mohn Ferd (‘49E) and Jeanne Mueller James Naibert (‘77S) Richard Pratt (‘56A) Carl (‘67E) and Valerie Rausch Julia Reiman Ellis (‘85S) and Jon Ellis (‘85A) Willis Ryan (‘62E) Keith Schmidt (‘56A) and Nancy Traver-Schmidt William Sherman (‘61A) William (‘80S) and Donna (‘81D) Steckel James (‘75V) and Tamara Stein Mitchell Stock (‘69S) Bob Suominen Jane Swanson (‘61F) John (‘58E) and Lois (‘58F) Teeter Karen (‘67S) and Jerry (‘68C) Tow Ruby (‘87M) and Ramon Trice Doug (‘84S) and Lori (‘86S) Wenzel# Charles (‘64E) and Penny Yost Burnette (‘42F) and Robert (‘43V) Young

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Roderick Zachary (‘55V)

FOUR-YEAR DONORS John Albright (‘76S) Jon Allen (‘84S) Richard (‘55A) and Beverly Anderson James Anglin (‘79E) Philip Anglin (‘88S) Mark Batchelder (‘95S) Laura Bliss (‘38S) James Blum (‘70E) Doris (‘54F) and Wayne (‘55V) Brown L. Eugene (‘51A) and Beth Chappell Frank (‘54A) and Dorothy Clark John (‘67A) and Marcia (‘68S) Cook Dick (‘54S) and Roberta Cox Nancy Dittmer (‘84M) Daniel (‘93V) and Jo (‘94V) Drahos James Fetrow (‘61A) Charles (‘53E) and Arlene Folkers Wayne Friesner (‘66S) Carl (‘66E) and Donna (‘67S) Gahwiler# Barbara (‘54F) and Burton (‘55S) Gleason Sally Hanson (‘58F) Richard Harker (‘57V) Eugene (‘52E) and Ruth Harris John Hecklsmiller (‘68E) Elizabeth (‘76F) and Randall (‘76A) Hertz Judy Hopson John Hsu (‘63S) Gerald (‘53A) and Carol (‘58F) Hunter Julie (‘88A) and Jay (‘89A) Jacobi Carol Jensen (‘88M) Kent (‘78S) and Sara Johnson# Alice Keene (‘05E) Jennifer Larsen (‘75S) David (‘77V) and Diane Larson Wanda Lismer (‘56F) Angela Lookingbill (‘93M) Douglas MacCrea (‘77S) James (‘69A) and Jean (‘90M) Martin Ralph Martin (‘56A) David Meyer (‘67E) John (‘73E) and Barbara (‘87S) Meyer Tonya (‘93M) and Jason (‘96S) Maxwell# Lisa (‘00D) and Justin Nolan Wayne (‘56A) and Margaret (‘56F) Northey Richard Olin (‘60E) David (‘61E) and Jeanne (‘62F) O’Melia James Palensky (‘87V) and Teresa Scheib-Palensky (‘87V) William Parks (‘73S) James (‘43S) and Jean (‘43F) Porter Brenda Richmann (‘85M) Jack (‘85S) and Susan (‘78A) Robbins Kristine Roberson (‘73S) Ruth Ann Robson (‘52F) Diane (‘79S) and Allan (‘83E) Roderick Douglas (‘86E) and Valerie (‘86M) Saltsgaver Thomas Samuelson (‘84S) Jeffery (‘81E) and Deborah (‘83E) Schebler Gerald Sewick (‘55S) Joyce Siefering (‘65F) Lyle (‘57A) and Becky Siefering Roy (‘70S) and Karen (‘71D) Siple Norm (‘69A) and Erma (‘70F) Skadburg Ryan Slattery (‘00M) David (‘91E) and Christine (‘91D) Slump Donald (‘53V) and Susan Smith Richard Sperring (‘52E) Shirley Stow (‘76D) Troy Thornton (‘85E) Doug (‘59A) and Clarita (‘59F) Vandermyde David VanHorn (‘89E) Edward Wachs (‘59A) and Janet Schoening Wachs (‘60F) Christine Wehrman (‘70F) Mary Wettach (‘78S) Lila White (‘49F) Alan (‘71E) and Nancy (‘71S) Wilcox Douglas Williamson (‘88A) Samuel (‘67A) and Carol Wise# Jeff (‘81E) and Lynnette (‘82S) Witt David (‘72E) and Jane (‘77F) Wombacher Suzanne Wyckoff (‘70S)

THREE-YEAR DONORS Faye Abbes (‘83F) Frederick Abrahamsen (‘51E) Donald Adams (‘72E) Jerry Adamson (‘72A) Edna (‘48S) and Kenneth (‘50A) Anderson Donald Arends (‘52A) Robert Ashby (‘92C) and Kerry Walter-Ashby (‘92S) Janice Baker (‘73F) Todd (‘84A) and Margaret (‘85S) Barker Edwin Bartine (‘64A) Timothy Becker (‘94E) Tom Bjelland (‘73A) Douglas (‘81S) and Susan (‘81S) Boden Chester (‘76A) and Joy (‘76F) Boruff Rose Boughton (‘58F) John (‘54A) and Jean (‘68F) Brayton William Brooks (‘83S) Robert (‘51A) and Florence (‘51F) Brown Stewart Burger (‘72F) Carl Carlson (‘71A) Emery Castle (‘52A) Donald Cook (‘74V) Jack Cox (‘50E) Joe (‘58E) and Patricia Cunning Donald (‘66V) and Dianne Draper William (‘69A) and Jane (‘88D) Edwards James Eggert (‘55S) David Emmert (‘89V) David Eyre (‘61E) James (‘73A) and Dagni Falvey

VISIONS WWW.ISUALUM.ORG SUMMER 2014

Yvonne Ferris (‘56S) Ellen (‘49F) and Richard (‘50A) Freeman Jennifer Garrels (‘84M) Murl Grandia (‘56E) Brenda Greaves (‘83D) Edward (‘83C) and Martha (‘83S) Gschneidner# James (‘79V) and Susan Hagedorn Duane Halverson (‘67A) Shannon Harris (‘95S) Patrick (‘56E) and Paula Hart Kathleen (‘77D) and Dale (‘93E) Heinrichs Charles (‘58S) and Anne (‘58F) Hesse Randall Hillman (‘73S) Imy Holt (‘52S) Scott Hudson (‘84M) Jean (‘50F) and Lowell (‘50A) Johnson Ann (‘86S) and Owen Kalsem Judith Kinshaw-Ellis (‘80S) Shirley (‘71F) and John Knipfel Dean Kruse (‘69S) Terri (‘87F) and Alan (‘87A) Krysan# Robert (‘58S) and Nancy Lindemeyer Lee Maddocks (‘52E) Mary Markland (‘85S) Allan Mattke (‘60A) John Maxheim (‘58E) Thomas McDonnell (‘85S) and Rene Erlandson (‘87S) Thomas Merrill (‘80S) Daryl (‘76E) and Kathleen Metzger Michelle Miller (‘98S) Jon Mullarky (‘61E) Cathy Nelson (‘79S) Thea (‘77M) and R. Allan (‘78C) Oberlander Patrick (‘87E) and Mary (‘88E) O’Brien# Barbara Palmer (‘46F) Mark (‘90M) and Gia (‘91S) Paris Harold (‘73E) and Mary Paustian# Katy (‘83F) and Dave (‘85E) Pepper Pamela Peterson (‘84S) Jewel (‘55F) and Samuel Porter Randall (‘81A) and Jennifer (‘82S) Ramundt# Leo (‘55A) and Patricia Rasmussen# Diana and Mark Rettig Alice Rhatigan (‘57F) Kathy Rhode (‘82S) Charles and Phyllis Ricketts Paula (‘62F) and Thomas (‘62A) Ringkob Richard Roepke (‘70A) Kay Kretschmar Runge (‘69S) Richard (‘73E) and Karen (‘74D) Runyon David Rush (‘85E) William (‘74A) and Denise (‘78S) Ryan Melissa Sanford (‘01V) Jack Sawyer (‘52S) Sandra Scherrman (‘72S) John Seward (‘58A) Andrew Shell (‘71E) Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare (‘76S) and Eric Dolbeare (‘77A) Karen Speicher (‘84M) Rebecca (‘74S) and Evan (‘74A) Stadlman# Sandra Steffenson Tamkin (‘90S) Rollin Swanson (‘59A) Cory Tallman (‘85E) Carlie (‘95D) and Gary Tartakov Gerald (‘61V) and Carolyn Te Paske Dean Teslow (‘72A) Douglas Thacker (‘90A) Terrence Tobin (‘79S) and Maureen Roach Tobin# John Vondracek (‘44E) Lynn Vorbrich (‘60S) Mary Ann (‘56F) and Robert (‘57E) Wagner James Washburn (‘79E) Norman (‘59E) and Margaret Wirkler

TWO-YEAR DONORS David Anderson (‘95E) Curtis (‘59A) and Dorothy (‘63F) Askelson# Judith Baird (‘80S) Barbara (‘47F) and William (‘49A) Baltisberger Robert Bartheld (‘51E) James Beatty (‘64S) and Jan Westerman-Beatty (‘72S) Scott (‘80E) and Patricia (‘81S) Benesh# Sharon Bennett Marvin Bigbee (‘58E) Diana Bourisaw (‘88D) Rosalind (‘71F) and Dean (‘73A) Brand Greta Budweg (‘81S) Dorothy (‘51F) and Donald (‘52A) Campbell William Campbell (‘58S) Mike (‘67E) and Jane (‘67S) Carlstrom Susan (‘81F) and Randy (‘81E) Clarahan Keith (‘59A) and Carol (‘60F) Clement Timothy (‘77S) and Janice (‘78S) Coble George Cocks (‘41S) Shirley (‘56F) and Kay (‘56A) Connelly Robert Cope (‘56A) Darrell Cox (‘83A) Matthew (‘00S) and Sarah Craft Daniel (‘76E) and Connie (‘78D) Curtis# Gwen Dahlberg (‘50F) Helen Dane (‘82V) and Roger Hohle James (‘57E) and Alice (‘57F) Davidson John Dear (‘67S) David (‘79E) and Margaret (‘79F) Dedic Glenn (‘66E) and Viola DeStigter Richard Devereaux (‘61S) Robert Dighton (‘56E) Sharon Drendel Lora Duncan (‘94A) Sparky (‘67A) and Suzanne Duroe Timothy (‘87M) and Marjorie Dye Alan Dykstra (‘74E) Cheryl Eldh (‘51F) Linda Evans (‘88D) Elizabeth Fecht (‘42F)

Curtis (‘90M) and Teri (‘90S) Ford Gwen Friedow (‘85S) Rodney (‘78S) and Carol (‘78S) Ganey Paul Gesell (‘81A) Leslie (‘80A) and Paul (‘80A) Goldsmith Thomas (‘69A) and Colleen Good Douglas Grahn (‘50S) Russel Hain (‘58E) Roger Hamm (‘67S) Luan Hammell (‘71F) Michael (‘88E) and Tamra (‘88F) Harper Richard (‘91E) and Larissa (‘93V) Hautekeete# Merlyn (‘66A) and Carol Hegland Rudolf (‘73E) and Deborah Herrmann William Hicks (‘60V) Merna Hoft (‘49F) Dennis (‘66A) and Susan Holck Larry (‘75D) and Charlene (‘75F) Hulsebus Duane Hunter (‘50E) Rachel Hymbaugh (‘96A) Darron (‘91S) and Julie (‘92M) Jones Robert Kerr (‘69E) Tracy Kolosik (‘81M) Greg Kramer (‘1A) Sharon (‘90E) and Kyle Krause Cynthia (‘78F) and Russell (‘78A) Kress Kevin Krogmeier (‘75U) Brian Lage (‘92S) Mary Landsberger (‘70S) Gerald Leader (‘57E) Edward Lents (‘75V) Ana Hays McCracken (‘84F) and Edward McCracken (‘66E) Carol McGovern (‘63F) Thomas McIntosh (‘67A) Norman Miller (‘48E) Bonnie (‘65F) and Gerald Moeller Steven (‘72S) and Nancy Myers# Marsha Paine (‘68F) D. Joseph (‘77S) and Catherine Parrish Steffan Paul (‘91S) Gregory Penn (‘83S) Michael Peterson (‘89E) Gale Peterson (‘65S) John Pothoven (‘68A) Ronald (‘57A) and Myrna (‘82F) Powers Duane (‘55E) and Kathryn (‘55F) Renken Sharon (‘64F) and Richard (‘64S) Richman Pamela Rypkema (‘84S) Richard (‘73S) and Lynda (‘73F) Schuler# Wendy Scott (‘78F) Hidesuke Sera (‘65A) Roberta Skipor (‘87V) Gordon Smith (‘61A) Timothy Smith (‘77S) Thomas Stanton (‘53S) Jane (‘84A) and Jeffrey Stautz Timothy (‘01V) and Tiffany (‘99C) Stein Taylor Swanson (‘03E) James Swanstrom Nancy (‘66F) and Charles (‘67A) Sweetman Carol Toft Meldman (‘72S) Diana (‘78F) and Mark Weber Barbara Weeks (‘78S) Marc (‘74F) and Beth Weinbrenner Jill Whitaker-Griffith (‘92S) Daniel Woodworth (‘68V) Brent (‘74S) and Maggie Wynja Marvin Yount (‘77S)

FIRST-YEAR DONORS Michael (‘83A) and Susan (‘84F) Ahlers Ronald Amenta (‘84E) Jill (‘80S) and John Anderson Jeanne Astleford (‘63F) Roger Bagbey (‘03E) Kurt Bailey (‘88E) Wayne Baker (‘96S) Michael (‘88D) and Rene (‘88E) Beck# Scott (‘84E) and Elizabeth (‘86E) Benjamin Michelle Berg (‘91F) John Black (‘76A) Benjamin Boden (‘5H) Don (‘84A) and Janet (‘85E) Borcherding Nancy Bowe (‘77S) Philip Broderick (‘49A) Richard Burnett (‘75S) Annette (‘71F) and Nathan (‘71A) Burnham Maureen Buzbee (‘75F) Kenton Carter (‘87A) James Christensen (‘78A) John Clifton (‘51E) Kristin Coleman (‘71D) James Collins (‘83E) Steven Copenhaver (‘89A) Michael Davis (‘71V) Kenneth (‘82M) and Laurie (‘85M) Eastman Ron Eastman (‘86E) Denny (‘87S) and Connie Edwards Kristie (‘88M) and Joel (‘92V) Elmquist Carolyn (‘81D) and James (‘81S) Engquist Lowell (‘50E) and Audrey Erdman Judy Erickson (‘70S) and Karl Eby (‘73A) Vicky Erusha Garnsey (‘75D) Rebecca Eustice (‘73S) Alicia Faggella (‘82V) Robert Farr (‘61S) Jean Fenchel (‘57F) Kenneth Fineran (‘55E) and Regina Brown Fineran (‘57F) Robert Fitzgerald (‘52E) John Franklin (‘62A) Lowell Greimann (‘64E) John Grundmeier (‘81A) Allan (‘77S) and Carol (‘78F) Hallquist# Sally (‘76F) and Daniel Hartley# Tori (‘89D) and Brent (‘89S) Haverkamp

James Heggen (‘10S) Robert Hein (‘61S) Thomas (‘89A) and Lisa (‘89M) Hemesath Jeffrey Henningsen (‘85A) Peter (‘58A) and Janet Hermanson Ellen Hikes (‘85V) and Anthony Ketelaar (‘85V) Sara (‘00S) and Matthew (‘00E) Hillis# Julie Hoefler (‘91A) Douglas (‘73A) and Nancy Hofbauer Casey (‘0E) and Kristina Houston Larry (‘63A) and Marlene Hummel James Hunt (‘57S) Jerlando Jackson (‘00D) Gary (‘64S) and Sandra (‘65F) Johnson Lance Johnson (‘82E) Carol Johnson (‘52F) Charles Jorgensen (‘58S) Daniel (‘00M) and Lori (‘02M) Kartman Ray Keith (‘92A) Karl Kelley (‘70E) Gage Kent (‘83M) Carolee (‘78S) and Daniel (‘78E) Ketelaar James Kruse (‘76S) Dorothy Kruse (‘53F) Mary (‘83D) and Leon (‘87V) Larson Janet Lightfoot (‘85M) John Lilly (‘79E) Lucia Lincoln (‘74F) and William Magill (‘67A) Chad Lochner (‘96E) Gregory (‘75E) and Cheryl Long Kathleen Manatt (‘58F) Edward (‘60E) and Judith (‘60F) McCall Ronald McFarland (‘78S) Wesley (‘66E) and Nancy (‘67F) Merryman# Douglas Meyers (‘88E) Susan Meyers (‘65F) Jack Miller (‘61E) Donald (‘73S) and Marcia Miller Mark Milliman (‘86E) Patricia Moberly-Van Gorp (‘75D) Bruce Monson (‘85S) Carl (‘72E) and Margaret (‘72F) Moon Nancy Moultrie (‘68F) Diana Nevins (‘85S) Amy (‘93E) and Jon (‘94C) Nolting Peggy (‘86M) and Scott Oppenheimer R. Ted Payseur (‘72S) Leslie Pensack (‘66S) Samuel (‘1A) and Kylie (‘3C) Pfile Darold (‘60A) and Sandra (‘61F) Plate Charles Pleak (‘71S) Jamie and Ellen Pollard Richard Post (‘58S) Kevin (‘84M) and Kathleen (‘84M) Prien Gary (‘70E) and Shirley (‘72S) Pullen Ronald (‘60A) and Mary Pullin Noel (‘66S) and Sybil (‘67S) Rasmussen Laura (‘79F) and Dale Reicks Mark (‘94S) and Rebecca Reisinger# Alan Renken (‘67E) Elizabeth Richards (‘80E) Richard Rickert (‘68A) Colette (‘70S) and Kenneth (‘73E) Rieck William (‘85E) and Rochelle (‘85S) Ringsdorf Sandra Roan (‘78F) Carolyn Rosberg (‘61F) Ronald (‘64A) and Patricia Rosengreen Mark Salem (‘80S) Kent (‘70S) and Lou Ann (‘70S) Sandburg# Mark Schacht (‘81S) Bryan (‘8E) and Nicole (‘9E) Schmidt# James (‘69S) and Penelope (‘69S) Shenk Robin Shepard (‘85S) Charles Shirley (‘59A) Robert (‘78S) and Shawn Simonsen Dean (‘58A) and Shirley Skaugstad Katherine (‘56F) and William (‘56A) Smith Leo Smith (‘71A) Norma (‘57F) and William (‘59V) Speer George Stevenson (‘61E) Kathleen Stinehart (‘69D) and Alan Christy (‘72S) Rebecca Taylor (‘84S) Peggy Tometich (‘81F) Janice Twinam Carollee Vernon (‘61F) Ronald Voss (‘69A) Douglas Wallen (‘64E) Paul (‘83E) and Catherine (‘84S) Waugh Michael Wells (‘74V) Tara Whitmire (‘1S) Dana Wilson (‘81B) Renee Woodall (‘94D) Barbara Woods (‘81F) Dwight (‘57A) and Susan Young Mark (‘87S) and Debra (‘92V) Zoranv

Calendar  Alumni events

 Lifelong learning

Aug. 7-17: Iowa State Fair Aug. 17: ISUAA Day at the I-Cubs (Principal Park, Des Moines) Aug. 28: Happy Hour at Saints Pub + Patio, West Des Moines Sept. 6: Family of the Year Society Reunion Sept. 26: Ames 150 celebration: Dinkey Day in Campustown Sept. 27: Order of the Knoll Oct. 5-11: Homecoming 2014

Aug. 7: OLLI at ISU fall open house Sept. 8: OLLI at ISU fall classes begin

 Events in the

ISU Alumni Center Aug. 22-23: ISUAA Board of Directors annual retreat and summer meeting Aug. 30: Cyclone Central Sept. 6: Cyclone Central Sept. 27: Cyclone Central Oct. 9-10: ISUAA Board of Directors fall meeting Oct. 9-10: ISUAA Young Alumni Council fall meeting Oct. 10: Pep Rally and Homecoming Celebration Oct. 11: Homecoming Tailgate

 On campus Aug. 25: Fall Semester classes begin Sept. 6: Family Weekend Oct. 5-11: Homecoming Week

 Cyclone Athletics Aug. 21: Meet the Coaches Night, Iowa Events Center, Des Moines Aug. 24: Cyclone Fan Fest, Hilton Aug. 30: Football vs North Dakota State Sept. 6: Football vs. Kansas State (Family Weekend) Sept. 13: Football at Iowa Sept. 27: Football vs. Baylor Oct. 4: Football at Oklahoma State Oct. 11: Football vs. Toledo (Homecoming) Oct. 18: Football at Texas with ISUAA tailgate in Austin

 Alumni travel JUST ANNOUNCED: Traveling Cyclones 2015 tours! For a complete list of remaining 2014 and the 2015 Traveling Cyclones tours, go to www.isualum.org/travel 46

 Arts and entertainment Through Aug. 9: VISIONS Across America: Portraits of Iowa State Alumni by Jim Heemstra exhibit, Brunnier Art Museum

 Awards Aug. 1: Distinguished Alumni and Honorary Alumni Awards nomination deadline* Oct. 10: Homecoming Honors & Awards luncheon and ceremony *For criteria and to submit a nomination for ISUAA awards: www.isualum.org/awards

 Find more events online Campus Calendar: http://event.iastate.edu/ ISU Alumni Association: www.isualum.org/ calendar Cyclone Athletics: www.cyclones.com Department of Music and ISU Theatre: www.music.iastate.edu/calendar/events Reiman Gardens: www.reimangardens.com Iowa State Center: www.center.iastate.edu University Museums: www.museums. iastate.edu Lectures: www.lectures.iastate.edu/ Homecoming: www.isualum.org/homecoming

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