VISIONS Spring 2020

THE MAGAZINE FOR MEMBERS OF THE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION |

FORGET RED VS. BLUE –

Washington, D.C., is cardinal & gold

Spring 2020

GE T T IN G S TARTED

by Carole Gieseke

C GI E SE K E @ I A S TAT E . E DU

The Iowa State/D.C. connection

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When I got back to Ames, I did a quick scan of Washington, D.C., internship opportunities for current Iowa State students and found a lengthy list of available summer positions in the Department of Treasury, Congressional Budget Office, American Red Cross,

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, U.S. Senate, and many others, often with cost-of-living stipends and priceless professional networking opportunities.

IOWA STATE ACTUALLY HAS A LONG,

interconnected history with Washington, D.C. During a conversation I had some months ago with Gerald Klonglan (L)(’58 rural sociology, MS ’62, PhD ’63), emeritus professor of sociology, he mentioned to me that there are two pedestrian bridges in D.C. named for former Iowa State faculty: James “Tama Jim” Wilson, an early professor of agriculture and head of the Agriculture Experiment Station who later served as U.S. secretary of agriculture for 16 years; and Seaman Knapp, the first dean of the College of

Agriculture and Iowa State’s second president. According to Klonglan, the skywalks link the U.S. Department of Agriculture Administrative Building to the USDA South Building, leading some observers to say that U.S. agriculture is held together by research and extension.

Klonglan went on to tell me that two buildings in greater Washington, D.C., are also named for men with Iowa State connections. The headquarters of the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Md., is named for George Washington Carver (1894 agriculture, MS 1896). Another building, the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, is named for Henry A. Wallace, who graduated from Iowa State in 1910 with a bachelor’s degree in animal husbandry and a master’s in 1920. Wallace became a U.S. vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt and also served as the U.S. secretary of agriculture. Coincidentally, Wallace was mentored as a young man by none other than George Washington Carver.

IF YOU VISIT WASHINGTON, D.C., be

sure to stop in these art museums for another burst of Iowa State pride: At the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, I saw paintings of both George Washington Carver and Carrie Chapman Catt (who graduated from Iowa State in 1880 and later founded the League of Women Voters) in the very same room. And at the Smithsonian American Art Museum you can visit a bronze casting of Christian Petersen’s “Cornhusker” sculpture. Petersen was the nation’s first artist-in-residence and worked on the Iowa State campus from 1934 to 1955. 

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irmeen Fahmy’s Washington, D.C., journey began with a congressional internship.

Tom Davis interned with the Washington Nationals and liked it so much he offered to work as an unpaid intern for the communications department, just to stay involved with the baseball club.

Shamara Humbles did an internship with the FDIC in 1998 and never left the organization. Stephanie Carlson got hands-on experience during a summer internship for an Iowa congressional representative.

Elaine Godfrey – featured on the cover of this issue – did an internship with Inc. Magazine, and today she’s a political reporter for the The Atlantic.

When I met with these alumni last fall in Washington, D.C., I’m not sure I asked any of them about internships, but the vast majority of those I spoke to, when I asked how they ended up in D.C., said their career started with a well-placed internship. And most have never looked back.

I love how these stories play out, with one person’s experience flowing into another’s, even though they’ve never met. When I asked questions about what they enjoy about living in D.C., nearly everyone mentioned A) that it was hard to get used to the abruptness of life in a big city, and B) how their Midwestern values and hard-work ethic have served them well.

Jamile Shirley, especially, uses this to her advantage. She makes friends wherever she goes at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum, like a onewoman Iowa Nice campaign.

I hope you’ll take the time to read about these Cyclones, as well as several others who have extraordinary stories to tell about life in D.C.

COVER STORY

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Cyclones Everywhere: Washington, D.C. Forget red vs. blue – Washington, D.C., is cardinal & gold

Getting Started Letters to the Editor Around Campus Cyclones Everywhere Featuring Cardinal & Gold Gala, Camping World Bowl coverage, Cyclone stories, campus awards, and more 52 Sports 54 Calendar

On the Cover: Native Iowan Elaine Godfrey (’15 journalism & environmental studies) is a political reporter for The Atlantic magazine, headquartered in Washington, D.C. More than 3,000 Iowa State alumni live in the greater D.C. area. Photo by Jim Heemstra

In January, TODAY Show staff interviewed Iowa State alumnae in the Gamma Phi Beta house in Ames. The sorority sisters have kept a round-robin letter going for more than 60 years.

Photo by Matt Van Winkle

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2019-2020 ISU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS Thomas A. Connop**# Chair ’76 History Dallas, Texas Kathy A. (Sullivan) Peterson**^ Chair-elect ’95 Speech Comm.

Aurelia, Iowa Lawrence Cunningham**^ Immediate Past Chair ’02 Liberal Studies Ames, Iowa Timothy R. Quick**# Vice Chair of Finance ’01 Marketing, Intl. Business Clive, Iowa Marc Mores**# Vice Chair of Records ’95 Exercise & Sport Science Parker, Colo.

Joan Piscitello**# University Treasurer ’98 MBA Ex-officio/voting West Des Moines, Iowa Jeffery W. Johnson**# Lora and Russ Talbot ISUAA Endowed President & CEO PhD ’14 Education Ex-officio/non-voting Ames, Iowa ELECTED DIRECTORS Daniel A. Buhr**# ’95 Elec. Engr.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Kelli Ann Cameron** ’02 Ag. Education Janesville, Wis. Taylor Davis* ’17 Supply Chain Mgmt.

Las Vegas, Nev. Marvin DeJear* ’00 Business Mgmt., MBA ’03, PhD ’16 Ed. Leadership Des Moines, Iowa Heather L. (Reid) Duncan**# ’06 Public Service & Admin. in Ag. Kansas City, Mo. Duane M. Fisher**# ’73 Ag Ed., MS ‘80 Mt. Auburn, Iowa Chad Harris** ‘01 Political Science Kansas City, Mo. 4

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WE’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU Let us know what you think about stories in this issue – or about other topics of interest to VISIONS readers. Email your letters to: cgieseke@iastate.edu.

Donald A. Hoy**# ’63 Ag. Business Weatherby Lake, Mo. Larry Pithan** ’73 Mech. Engr.

Andalusia, Ill. Cathy Schmidt**# ’88 Marketing Plymouth, Minn.

Gregory Smith**# ’91 Occ. Safety, MPA ’10 Marion, Iowa Martha Smith** ’04 Ag. Business St. Louis, Mo. Amy Burrough Tetmeyer**# ’91 Accounting Johnston, Iowa Dana (Willig) Wilkinson** ’78 Interior Design Bettendorf, Iowa Eric Wittrock**# ’92 Mech. Engr.

Urbandale, Iowa Suzanne J. Wyckoff**# ’70 English Riverside, Mo. APPOINTED DIRECTORS Sophia Magill** Office of the President Representative ’05 Pol. Sci. Ames, Iowa Michele Appelgate* College Representative ’88 Journ. & Mass Comm.

Ames, Iowa Phyllis M. Fevold**^ Non-alumni Representative Ames, Iowa Andrew Larson*** Student Alumni Leadership Council Representative Senior, Forestry LeRoy, Ill. Membership Key: *Annual member **Life member ***Student member ^Business member # 2019 Sustaining Life donor To apply for the Board of Directors, go to isualum.org/ board. The deadline is Nov. 1.

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MEMORIES OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY I thoroughly enjoyed the University Library article (winter 2020) and learned a lot about a facility that I spent many hours in during my education at Iowa State University. The library has changed considerably since my 1978 graduation. It is great to see its role has expanded beyond a book facility and quiet place to study.

I need to visit the ISU library again when I visit Ames!

The library was relatively tranquil place for me at ISU. It was the one place I could read numerous newspapers and magazines in the periodical room, if I had any spare time, and it provided a quiet space to study for exams or work on projects, especially compared to my dorm room. I also initiated my love for native Iowan Grant Wood art while walking past murals he painted. The Christian Petersen sculptures were also appreciated.

Thank you for writing the great article about a significant campus building.

Martin Cleveland** ’78 ag engr Gretna, Neb. The library article brought back many memories. In my days at ISU (1960-63) I spent many hours in the library, the huge reading room especially. This predated copy machines so the faculty put required supplemental readings on reserve in the reading room. We had to take notes as we read. The reserve item could be checked out for a short time period – 1 to 2 hours – because other students were waiting for access to it. These could NOT be taken out of the reserve room. I also remember studying for final exams at the study carrels in the stacks – a very quiet place to study, but also conducive to a nap. In my day, we had to take

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and pass a library course in order to graduate.

Mary Kay Matischeck* ’63 bacteriology Ft. Dodge, Iowa In the summer of 1958, at 17 years old, I went to an office in Beardshear Hall and was elated to find a job opening at the Iowa State Library. That job paid for my tuition and books during my four years at ISU. (I never lived on campus but commuted from the small Boone County farm where I grew up until I was married the summer of 1962 and lived in an upstairs apartment on Duff Ave in Ames.)

The first two years I was a messenger boy and shelver. I used a library bicycle with a small front wheel and large basket to hold the books ordered by professors. During the winter I used a two-wheel enclosed cart. Climbing the steps of all the campus buildings with an armload of heavy books was great exercise.

When I wasn’t delivering books, I shelved books left at the circulation desk. I worked an average of 22+ hours per week and full-time six days per week every summer. My final two years I was a shelver and worked out of the director’s office running errands.

I worked with two other ISU guys who were older than me. We remained close but separated by distance over the years. For the first library addition in 1960 we began the laborious task of moving the books in the affected tiers to the plenum in the basement and to a large metal storage building that normally housed large, ancient hardbound books and newspapers. We filled book boxes that held about a shelf of books, lugged them to an old elevator, and loaded them into a truck.

The only access into the storage building was through windows using rollers on tracks. We then unloaded and stacked the books from each box on the floor in the aisles. The building had no air conditioning, so we worked shirtless.

When the addition was complete, the process was reversed. We celebrated the end of the grueling labor by breaking one book box and keeping a wooden splinter, which I still have.

Gary Lee Knox** ’62 mathematics Iowa Falls, Iowa

THE SIXTIES I was reading the letter from Eric Abbott titled “Race and the 1960s” in the winter 2020 issue of VISIONS and thought I could expand upon his letter. I came to Iowa State University in the fall of 1965 and immediately pledged the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. A couple of weeks later, one of my fraternity brothers brought a black man by the name of Ben King over to our fraternity as a rushee. It didn’t take us long to figure out that he was a good match for us and should be pledged. He was initiated at the end V I S I O N S W W W . I S U A LUM . ORG S P R I N G 2 0 2 0

of April 1966. In May 1966, the Iowa State Daily printed an editorial berating the fraternity system and stated that no Iowa State fraternity had ever pledged or initiated a black man. It was then that Ben’s pledging and initiation became widely known.

I had the opportunity to room with Ben for a year and a half. I do claim that he infected me with the love of soul music. After I graduated in May 1968, we lost track of each other. I finally discovered that he is living on the Baja Peninsula, a few miles south of San Diego.

On a trip to San Diego in the winter of 2018, I spent a day with Ben and his wife. It was a great reunion after 50 years.

Ben has not been back to Iowa State since he graduated. He was a member of the football team during the 1966, 1967, and 1968 seasons and was named honorable mention in the Big Eight his senior year. Ben and I are making plans for him to come back next year for a football lettermen’s weekend.

Charles A. Walker ** ’68 economics Fort Dodge, Iowa With regard to the 1960s and the racial awakening on campus (“The Sixties,” fall 2019), the Student Committee on Racial Equality was formed at ISU, which included both graduate and undergraduate students.

I was privileged to serve as vice president and then president during 1961-62. Our activities on campus and in Ames garnered SCORE national awards from the National Student Association and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.

David L. Garin* PhD ’64 chemistry St. Louis, Mo.

leading up to my stay at ISU and the years that followed. The southeast corner of campus was a cornfield when I arrived at ISU but was being covered by concrete when I graduated.

As I paged further into the magazine, what a pleasant surprise to see (basketball player) Don Smith’s smiling face! Don (now Zaid Abdul-Aziz) joined us in Brown House in Helser Hall for a year or more while I was living there.

I remember Don as a very pleasant person to be around – passing time in the house den, visiting or watching TV. I was privileged to be asked

by Don to type a theme paper for him on one occasion. Hopefully, I did a good job and did not contribute to his failing English 101!

Gene Troyer * ’66 poultry science Apple Valley, Minn.

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I read with a lot of interest your VISIONS magazine article about the long Sixties. “Those were the days, my friend. I thought they would never end.” But, they did!

I was a product of the middle sixties (’63-’66) but read with a lot of interest about the years 5

“I loved roller coasters as an idea; I loved watching them … but I didn’t want to ride them. I hated that first drop so much, that feeling of your stomach going up – I hated that as a kid. If the only good part of your roller coaster is that first drop, it’s a waste of a ride. You’ve got to do something fun and twisty after that.”

– Charlie Wickham, ISU senior in mechanical engineering, whose career goal is to design better and more inventive amusement park rides. He has ridden 250 roller coasters around the world, and he’s done internships with Premier Rides and at Morey’s Piers in New Jersey.

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edestrians north of Beardshear Hall now are greeted by the bronze sculpture of Jack Trice.

The artwork, installed during Thanksgiving break, was moved from its location near the football stadium that bears Trice’s name to accommodate construction of a sports performance center and plaza.

In 1987, the Student Government commissioned the Christopher Bennett sculpture to honor Trice, Iowa State’s first black athlete. He died from injuries sustained in his first collegiate football game – a road contest at the University of Minnesota on Oct. 6, 1923.

The sculpture was located between Beardshear and Carver halls from 1988 to 1997, when it was moved to the north side of the stadium. At more than 6.5 feet tall, it features Trice looking at a letter of his thoughts written the night before the Minnesota game. The Trice sculpture now sits near the south edge of University Museums’ Anderson Sculpture Garden.

Art conservators completed preservation work on the sculpture after it was removed from its stadium location last spring. A committee is working on an art installation at the stadium that will be dedicated to Trice's legacy.

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World Food Prize Foundation honors ISU with Borlaug Medallion In his last act as president of the World Food Prize Foundation, Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn presented Iowa State University with the Norman E. Borlaug Medallion.

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world leaders and exceptional institutions for their impact on issues of global food security that benefit humankind. Iowa State is only the ninth recipient of the Borlaug Medallion.

“The decision to award the Borlaug Medallion to Iowa State University was based on the very special relationship that Dr. Borlaug had to the university during his life, and the critical role that the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has played and continues to play

in the development and implementation of World Food Prize programs over the past two decades,” Quinn said.

Iowa State has been involved in helping to build the World Food Prize Iowa Youth Institute and the Global Youth Institute, and ISU leaders have been loyal participants in the Borlaug Dialogue Symposium.

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The words “aerospace engineering” don’t exist in Kwizera Imani’s native language.

No matter. Imani majored in aerospace engineering, and he graduated from Iowa State University in December.

Imani was born and lived in Kigoma, Tanzania, the first year of his life.

Following the Rwandan genocide, his family spent nine years in the Mtabila refugee camp. There, Imani fell in love with school, math in particular.

In 2008, the Imani family moved to Des Moines, Iowa. Imani entered fifth grade and started learning English, as well as American norms.

“It took me about four to five months to learn enough to be able to have a conversation,” he said. “So, I started taking up some of the family responsibilities of we need to pay the bill, I need to write the check because my dad doesn’t write in English. At doctor’s visits, I have to interpret. It became a weird transition but also just, this is growing up and what I have to do to make ends meet for my family.”

When Imani was in middle school, he joined Freedom for Youth Ministries and the Marine Corps JROTC. Those organizations taught him about community service, leadership, and higher education and put him in touch with mentors and community leaders.

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Sky’s the limit

Imani found an introduction to aviation class at the Des Moines International Airport – a perfect pairing with his longtime fascination with planes. His instructor pointed him to Iowa State’s aerospace engineering program.

One of his mentors drove him to Ames for a visit. After touring Howe Hall, seeing the Bill James Wind Tunnel and other labs, and meeting with aerospace engineering professor Clayton Anderson (L)(MS ’83 aero engr), Imani was sold.

During Imani’s senior year of high school, he was invited to speak at the 2015 Iowa STEM Summit. Asked where he would like to work someday, Imani responded: Collins Aerospace. Collins

executives were sitting in the front row and approached him afterward with an internship offer.

Imani completed five internships with the company. At Iowa State, he received the Multicultural Vision Program Award, was selected for the President’s Leadership Class, joined the aerospace learning community in Helser Hall, and served as brand ambassador for Collins Aerospace.

Imani was one of 2,231 students who received degrees from Iowa State in December graduation ceremonies. He is now a senior associate software engineer for Collins Aerospace.

– Chelsea Davis, ISU News Service

FIVE COOL THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW AND SHARE ABOUT ISU 1. STEPHENS AUDITORIUM IS A PRIME SITE FOR THE ARTS Stephens Auditorium, managed by VenuWorks, has received Facilities and Event Management Magazine’s 2019 Prime Site Award. The performance venue has been a cornerstone of the Iowa arts scene for 50 years. The Prime Site Award recognizes top entertainment, sports, and special event venues based on their physical and structural building dynamics; venue staff; and sound, lighting, and staging technology.

2. BIGGER BUSINESS Forever True, For Iowa State has announced a $3 million gift commitment from the data management and software company Kingland – along with David (’80) and Deb (’80) Kingland (L) – that will help fund the $28 million expansion of the Gerdin Business Building. Construction is currently underway and scheduled for completion next fall.

3. ISU SENIOR IS ONE OF IOWA’S YOUNGEST ELECTED OFFICIALS Last fall, 20-year-old Rachel Junck, an Iowa State senior majoring in chemical engineering, became one of the youngest women ever elected to political office in Iowa. Junck

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defeated the incumbent in a runoff election for the role of Ames City Council Ward 4 representative.

4. AN EXTRA YARD IN AMES Officials from ISU, the Big 12 Conference, and the College Football Playoff (CFP) Foundation paid a visit to Ames Middle School to unveil a surprise new digital learning lab with virtual reality technology that was made possible through a $50,000 grant from CFP Foundation’s “Extra Yard for Teachers” program. ISU athletics director Jamie Pollard (L) says he hopes the gift will inspire and better prepare future ISU students from Ames.

5. WE ALL SCREAM Iowa State ice cream is making a comeback.

The Iowa State University Creamery will hold a grand opening this April in the Food Sciences Building. The creamery will feature scotcheroo-flavored ice cream honoring alumni Mildred Day and George Washington Carver, as well as other Iowa State flavors.

Besides being delicious, the mission of the creamery is to educate and prepare students for competitive jobs in the dairy industry.

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TODAY Show celebrates sorority’s lifelong sisterhood

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More than 60 years of typed-andmailed round-robin letters have put a group of Iowa State sorority sisters in the national spotlight. On Jan. 28, TODAY Show reporter Donna Farizan and producer Amanda Starnes traveled from New York City to Ames to interview seven of the sorority sisters at the Gamma Phi Beta house. Their story aired on the TODAY Show Feb. 6, with all seven alumnae in attendance.

Current members of Iowa State’s Gamma Phi Beta sorority were also part of the show. The women’s story was featured in a recent issue of the Wall Street Journal.

Facilities update

Keeping up with changes on campus The Athletics Department will begin planning an estimated $8-$12 million pedestrian bridge over University Boulevard east of Jack Trice Stadium following a Board of Regents meeting Feb. 5. The gateway project includes an elevated walkway to the stadium’s east concourse. The board also approved the sale of revenue bonds to construct and equip a five-level sports performance center east of the Bergstrom football facility as well as a

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one-story addition on its west side. The project includes a north extension of the stadium concourse and a north plaza on the site of the Olsen Building, which will be demolished.

Music Hall has been named for opera vocalist Simon Estes, the F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Artist-in-Residence for music and theatre since 2000. Estes received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Iowa State in 1997.

The 92-year-old Insectory on Pammel Drive will be razed this summer. The building has been vacant since 2018. The site will become green space.

And, finally, the much-anticipated Student Innovation Center will open its doors this spring. The Center is a hands-on hub for students from all corners of campus. A dedication is planned for April 17.

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Research News

InBrief Hua Bai

A new federal policy enacted with the help of Iowa State scientists will make it easier for American farmers to implement the conservation practice of prairie stripping. Prairie strips are now

Studies have shown the inner layer of the retina is thinner in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Iowa State researchers Tricia Neppl, associate professor of human development and family studies, and Heather Greenlee, a professor of biomedical sciences, are working with scientists at the University of Iowa to determine if a noninvasive scan could spot early changes in the retina. The team received a grant from the National Institute on Aging to conduct a pilot study of 100 older adults living in rural Iowa.

The heat-protective gloves worn by firefighters and first responders are thick, bulky, and limit dexterity. Gouwen Song, associate professor and Norma Scott Lloyd Chair in Textiles and Clothing, has received a $1.5 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to work on the safety and function of the gloves.

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an eligible and recognized practice under the federal Conservation Reserve Program, which grants farmers a yearly rental payment for taking environmentally sensitive acres out of production and establishing conservation practices on the land.

ISU civil, construction and environmental engineering professor Chris Williams and chemical and biological engineering professor Eric Cochran have created a soybean-based binding agent for asphalt, replacing petroleum-based polymers. The research team recently paved a parking lot with the product.

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of heart muscles in aging fruit flies, and the genetic

complex identified in the research could lead to new treatments for heart disease in humans. Hua Bai, an ISU assistant professor of genetics, development and cell biology, led the study, which explores the genetic mechanism that causes fly cardiac muscles to deteriorate with age. Bai said the research team restored much of the cardiac function in middle-aged flies, which experience many of the same heart maladies as middle-aged humans. The study was published in the academic journal Autophagy.

20 years of ISCORE

Hard won. Not done.

Iowa State celebrated 20 years of the Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity (ISCORE) in early March. The conference, named for Thomas L. Hill, former vice president for student affairs, is a comprehensive forum on issues of race and ethnicity at Iowa State.

The local conference, designed to model the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE), now includes a pre-conference and professional development academy.

“Issues of race and ethnicity are as important today as they were when I arrived on campus in 2000,” Japannah Kellogg, program director, said. “Significant and lasting change requires engagement from many areas and professions.”

The ISU Alumni Association and ISU Foundation were this year’s NCORE-ISCORE 20th anniversary champions. The College of Veterinary Medicine and the Graduate College served as 2020 ISCORE College Champions.

“This past year, we joined efforts in our diversity and inclusion work to achieve common goals and work collectively,” Jeff Johnson, Lora and Russ Talbot ISUAA endowed president and CEO, said.

“This collaboration as NCORE-ISCORE 20th anniversary champions serves as a meaningful step in our collective journey as an organization and on behalf of Cyclones everywhere.”

Iowa State’s Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics in February kicked off a statewide centennial commemoration of the 19th Amendment that gave the women the right to vote. The celebration included diverse voices of the women’s suffrage movement and noted other important landmarks in the American journey.

Throughout the 2019-20 academic year, the ISU Department of Music and Theatre has celebrated women’s contributions to theatre by showcasing a season of shows written by women. “HERoic” shows this spring include the musical comedy “9 to 5” and a new play titled “Of the Deep.”

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CYCLONES EVERYWHERE: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Washington, D.C., is

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Cyclones really are everywhere, and there may be no other city outside the Midwest where Cyclones are making a bigger impact than in our nation’s capitol. By Carole Gieseke

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“I get to go to work every day and see this historical landmark. People appreciate and treasure this place.”

JOSHUA DREW BRYNER, associate director of finance for Ford’s Theatre, a historic site and performance space in Washington, D.C., visited by hundreds of thousands of people each year

All conversations have been edited for length and clarity.

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National treasure JOSHUA DREW BRYNER

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hat do you get when you cross a degree in math with a degree in performing arts? For Josh Bryner (’99), you get a career as a finance director at one of the most renowned theatres in the nation.

Bryner, whose professional name is Joshua Drew, says that he’s fortunate to be able to use both sides of his brain. “The combination of math and theatre is very unique, but it has worked out so well,” he says. “I thought I’d have to choose one or the other. I’m fortunate to be able to do both.”

For a time after graduating with that unique double major from Iowa State, he performed administrative duties as well as on the stage of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.; he also worked as both an actor and as an administrator with other theatres in the area.

Today, he works at historic Ford’s Theatre, where President Abraham Lincoln was famously shot by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. The National Park Service runs the historic site, and a professional, award-winning theatrical season is also performed in the facility, which was recently renovated.

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10things TO KNOW ABOUT TOBIN TRACEY 1. We think he has the coolest job nobody 7. For 11 years, he worked for the National ever heard of.

2. He is the director of the Office of Cultural Heritage for the U.S. Department of State / Overseas Buildings Operations.

Park Service, overseeing design and construction projects at the White House. He will tell you stories from the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, but he won’t let you repeat them.

Twenty years ago, he restored a seven-story 3. Here’s the official description: Established 8. observatory in Portland, Maine, and he’s really in 2015, this office oversees the stewardship of the State Department’s historic properties and heritage collection overseas.

proud of that project. It won an award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and it is still thriving today as a museum.

4. What this means: He’s in charge of the art, 9. He stays involved with Iowa State and the architecture, and historic objects at more than 200 embassies and ambassadors’ residences all over the world. Places like London and Stockholm and Prague and Morocco. And a few cemeteries here and there.

5. Before his office was created, collections in these spaces were not cataloged. “Nobody knew what was there,” he says.

College of Design; he’s worked with ISU students to create websites that act as virtual tours of sites around the world.

10. He has a wife and two dogs. And a plane to catch, always.

* He’s also a life member of the ISU Alumni Association

6. He has a 1985 bachelor of architecture

degree from Iowa State* and a master of arts in historic preservation from Goucher College.

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Shamara Humbles (L)(’00 finance) is the national knowledge management team lead within the FDIC’s Division of Depositor & Consumer Protection. She grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (“I love to tell people I’m a Cedar Rapidian!” she says). As a student at Iowa State, her internship at the FDIC led to a full-time job as a bank examiner for 18 years, working in several states before settling five years ago into her current role in the headquarters in Washington, D.C.

SHAMARA ON…

Choosing a career direction: “I started at Iowa State as a part of a minority women in engineering program, but then I asked myself: ‘Is this what I really want to do?’ and switched to the College of Business. My father said, ‘What took you so long?’ He knew business was something that connected with me; he knew it before I knew it.”

The Midwestern work ethic: “Whether it’s been in my personal life or in my work life, I try to capture and seize the moment in a variety of ways. I think every day is a learning and a growing experience. I try to engage or have conversations with folks, read something new, or try to figure out how to better myself. Because ultimately it translates not only in the work space but what you do and how you function in your personal life.”

The importance of volunteering: “My parents are both retired and still live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They are definitely my heroes. My mom

is the president of the Cedar Rapids School Board; she’s the first African American president of the board. They are very much immersed in volunteering in the community. That’s where I get my spirit and my drive from. They have that hard-work ethic and they passed that on to me.”

Lifelong learning: “Not everything you learn on a day-to-day basis comes out of a book or in a class. I think you can take something away from each experience, each lesson, and you can incorporate that in your life, whether it’s something good, or you’ve seen something in your life that’s ‘hmmmmm, that’s not who I want to be.’”

Living in D.C.: “I like the opportunity and the ability to meet great people. D.C. is a transient city; it’s ever-changing. You never know who you’re gonna meet when you’re walking down the street.”

‘My parents are my heroes’ SHAMARA HUMBLES

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Jamile Carter Shirley (’04 graphic design), a museum collections specialist for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, makes a point to get to know everyone she meets. Combined with a killer work ethic, she’s broken into the rarefied world of working at one of the nation’s premier museums.

When she moved with her husband to Washington, D.C., in 2012, she had been designing computer-based training for the Army for 10 years. She didn’t want another desk job, and she’d been “bitten by the museum bug,” so she went on Craigslist and typed in the word “museum.” A part-time, $15-an-hour job with a private conservation company came up. They were looking for a Continued on page 16

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museum cleaning technician.

“It didn’t say where it was located; it just said you need to be able to operate heavy equipment but also take care of precious objects, work with a team, be reliable, and have a good attitude. I was like, ‘I think I can do that.’ I was looking for anything museum.”

When she found out the company had a contract with the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum, she was thrilled. Her first job was to clean the 145 aircraft and spacecraft hanging from the ceiling of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a part of the Air and Space Museum located in Chantilly, Va. The project had never been done before.

After a few months, the company asked her if she’d like to move to a different project. She said yes. She worked at the Ringling Museum in Florida. She helped conserve statuary at the Pennsylvania capitol, statues in Arlington Cemetery, bronze handrails at the Supreme Court building, 16 bronze urns at the U.S. Capitol, and the National Gallery of Art’s three-tiered bronze fountain.

For two years she worked on the restoration of the U.S. Capitol itself, starting her day at 2 a.m., running a laser that cleaned the grime off the building’s columns, wearing steel-toed shoes and goggles and a respirator and a hard hat and a safety vest, climbing 122 steps, carrying 250 pounds of equipment, eating lunch at 8 a.m., doing work that had never been done. It was, she said, like running a marathon every day.

“Some mornings I was on the roof of the capitol all by myself, eating my sandwich, overlooking all of D.C. And I would think, ‘How did a girl from small-town Iowa get here?’”

For the past two years she has worked exclusively with the Air and Space Museum’s seven-year, $1 billion transformation project. Contractors for the Smithsonian are renovating all 23 galleries and spaces within the museum, including the building itself. Last fall, we talked to Jamile about the work she does there. “I could talk all day!” she said.

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“When we moved here, I wanted to go to the Air and Space Museum to see the Enola Gay [B29 bomber from World War II]. Now, to be close to [Space Shuttle] Discovery, the Concorde, the Saturn V rocket, to Atlantis – it’s mind-blowing.

I get to work with the Enola Gay, the Spirit of St. Louis, Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit, B-26 Marauders from World War II…” “We’re reinventing the wheel all the time on this renovation. It’s never been done before at any of the Smithsonian museums, a project of this caliber and size… to take a building that already exists with all the artifacts in it and completely move everything out, renovate the space, and bring everything back. [Part of my job is to] watch the contractors de-install our artifacts. I provide barcodes for the objects and make sure the artifacts are handled carefully. We are protecting our national treasures.”

“The collections team maintains the collection of over 60,000+ artifacts. We oversee the movements, the shipping, and the cataloging of the artifacts as they leave the museum and when they return. It’s a massive logistics project. I get to drive fork lifts, boom lifts, 26-foot box trucks, pallet jacks…we move everything. We keep track of the position of every single artifact, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. If it moves from this table to that table we know. We are stewards of the artifacts.”

“My grandmother was kind of a Rosie the Riveter. She worked at the Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant during World War II in Omaha.

The plant was building B-29 and B-26 bombers.

Grandma was a parts orderer and typist.

One day an order came in and she didn’t recognize the parts, so she went to her supervisor and asked to see if they were correct. Her supervisor told her she didn’t need to know what those parts were and to do her job and not talk about it. Later, she put two and two together and realized those were the custom parts for Enola Gay. It’s really interesting to walk by Enola Gay and to know the history of that aircraft and to know my grandmother had a small hand in ordering the parts for that aircraft. Also, our F-14 Tomcat was on my sister’s aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln.

My sister was a nuclear engineer in the Navy.”

“Every day, incredible objects pass through my care and I’m always humbled to be so close to them and to have a small part in their continued care and preservation.”

“I actually just returned two taxidermied penguins from one of our arctic displays. It was time for them to go back to [the Smithsonian National Museum of] Natural History. I created very nice archival boxes for them and coordinated with Natural History. There’s a very specific way of handling objects: We carry them and handle them as little as possible, we always push them on a cart, we always wear gloves, we don’t chew gum, we remove our watches and other jewelry that could scratch an object. In my work, we are kind of Swiss Army knives; we provide a good utility to the Smithsonian’s 19 museums.”

“My husband and I found the midwest hard-work ethic – and the ‘Midwest nice,’ as we call it – goes a long way in the big city, where many people won’t stop and say hi, and to say YES to hard work. We’ve found the doors opened for us here with our Midwest bag of tools. My co-workers always laugh that I am always talking to everybody. I like to know everyone’s name and what their role is and how they’re doing.

If my co-workers need something done, they’ll come to me and send me out as a messenger.

‘We need badge access, take Jamile with you!

She knows the security people!’”

“We monitor and maintain the objects every day. You say, ‘Oh look, someone put a skittle on the wing of that airplane. We need to get that off.’ And then you have to get a boom lift and an extension pole and knock it off, because as soon as another kid sees it on there, it becomes a game. It’s an ongoing 24-hour-a-day project.”

“I tell everyone that I have the coolest job ever.

I feel incredibly lucky to have this job, because there are so many museum professionals who want to get into museum work. My advice is to say yes to everything.”

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Elaine Godfrey (’15 journalism & environmental studies) is a political reporter for The Atlantic magazine, headquartered in The Watergate complex in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. From 2016 to 2019, she also produced Politics & Policy Daily, an evening newsletter with more than 100,000 subscribers.

Elaine on…

‘Everyone I knew was civicminded’ ELAINE GODFREY

Politics…and Iowa (for her, the two are intrinsically connected): “I’ve always been interested in politics. It’s probably the Iowan in me.

I took a few classes at Iowa State and I was obsessed with politics – not the horse race of it, but the concept of it. Those classes were so influential for me, so I ended up minoring in political science.

I think living in Iowa has been really useful for me. People in Iowa take their job as first deciders really seriously. Everyone I knew growing up was very civic-minded. I assumed everyone was that way. I took it for granted that government matters and politics are part of people’s lives and matter to people.

I went to caucuses with my parents when I was young. I was always fascinated by why people made the choices they made.”

Being a political reporter: “I write for a magazine. Whenever I write, I always put a little of me into it. That’s why people come to The Atlantic – they want a voice.

I like spending a lot of time reporting something; I really like going somewhere and spending several days being with my subject. But there’s also something satisfying about writing quickly – starting something at noon and having it up by 3 o’clock.

I really love this job. It’s what I see myself doing. I like writing about regular people and grassroots movements. That’s the piece of politics that I like.”

Craziest thing she ever did for a story: “I got up at 6 a.m. and did hot yoga with [Ohio congressman] Tim Ryan.”

Digital vs. print communications: “Digital is the most important part of journalism. It’s the present and the future. Print is impractical. My generation wants everything online. That’s just how it works. We get our news on social media; we sign up for daily newsletters; we listen to podcasts. Sixteen-year-olds use TikToc; their lives are on Instagram.

They would think I’m ancient.” (She’s 26.)

Her lifelong connection to Iowa State: “My parents met at Iowa State, and they named me after the swan.”

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Nirmeen Fahmy (A)(’13 journalism & mass communication) is the press secretary for U.S. Sen. Gary C. Peters, democrat of Michigan.

Where did you grow up? “Cedar Falls. I have four siblings, and all of them went to University of Northern Iowa. My dad was a professor in industrial technology and metallurgy and the department head there. I went to UNI my freshman year. I was the only one who actually moved away and went to somewhat of a rival school. I think moving away from Cedar Falls, where I was someone’s little sister or Dr. Fahmy’s daughter, and kind of becoming my own person was the first test of, you know, ‘Can I move out of Iowa? Can I really take on all of these adventures and be an individual and have my own identity?’

The way all those things played out were huge factors to getting where I am now.”

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How did you end up working in politics?

“I moved out of Ames in 2012 and came out to D.C. to do an internship. I got a press internship with Congressman [Dan] Kildee from Michigan.

I spent four months in his office, immersed in the D.C. political climate. It was wonderful; it was a really great experience. That’s what gave me the first taste of what communications and politics was like in D.C.”

years, starting in college. I thought I needed a change of company, so I left Express and started working for Armani Exchange, doing brand management on the east coast. After a year doing that, I became restless again. I gave the corporate world one more shot. I joined The Limited brands and did brand management for them for a while.

After about four months I knew, ‘Okay, maybe I should try something totally different.’ This was in 2016. I joined the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign and moved to Detroit, Mich., for six months. That was when I kind of put that missing piece back in my life and realized this was what I was looking for.”

But you left D.C., right?

“I wasn’t sure I wanted to stay in politics. I had been working at Express and I ended up taking a brand manager role on the corporate side of things. I got great experience; I worked in ‘top 100’ stores in the company. It was fun, but I was working all the time and I still felt like something was missing. I had been with Express for four

But then Clinton lost her bid for the presidency. What was that like?

“I’d never had an experience like that, because it wasn’t just myself, it was our entire team, my family, every force around me was convinced that [she was going to win]. The night of the election, I was still holding on to every last strand of hope.

[But after Clinton’s concession speech] it hit me

like a ton of bricks. I think the crazy part that you don’t prepare yourself for – or maybe you get the experience when you’re a senior in college right before you graduate – it feels like, ‘Oh, what are you going to do? What’s your next step?’ And if you don’t know, it’s a very stressful question.

And for the first time since I graduated, I was getting that question the next day. And I was like, ‘Aaaahhhhh! Back to D.C., but I don’t know what I’m going to do.’”

You had a lot of options.

“On the campaign I had met all the representatives from Michigan and had done a lot of work with them. I met Sen. [Debbie] Stabenow and her staff a number of times, and they had been looking for someone to join their communications team. I came back to D.C. in early January, and by end of January I was working for her. It worked out pretty perfect. I started as her press assistant and I ended as her deputy press secretary.”

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missing. And I realized it wasn’t being successful in a monetary way or in a quantitative way. It was the quality of what I was doing. I wanted to be in the moment; I wanted to be a part of it.”

You spend most of your time in Michigan now. How often do you come to D.C.?

“Probably every month or so, depending on what’s going on. I work in downtown Detroit, in a federal building, and I live in Dearborn.”

And now you’re working as press secretary for Michigan Sen. Gary C. Peters. What does that job entail?

“I’m in charge of incoming press requests, getting interviews lined up, organizing press events in the state, helping develop strategies to ensure that constituents know the different pieces of legislation the senator is working on. There are a number of issues that are really important for Michiganders. The state is surrounded by water; the Great Lakes are a huge value, so they are focused on ensuring they’re protected, working to protect drinking water. Obviously, there is the contaminated water issue in Flint, so they’re working to ensure that nothing like that happens again.”

How important is it to you that you’re passionate about the person you’re working for?

“It’s very important. I know a couple of people who have told me they work for a member that doesn’t align with their views, and I think, ‘OK, well, everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, V I S I O N S W W W . I S U A LUM . ORG S P R I N G 2 0 2 0

but would I be able to be in that situation?’ And these days, I don’t think I’d ever be able to.”

Was it always your plan to work in politics?

“My parents came to this country from Egypt 49 years ago. They didn’t really know what was going to happen. They kind of took this leap, took this journey, and saw what doors opened up for them. They knew they wanted a better life for their family. I kind of take the same approach in my life. I think because of that I’ve had some really awesome opportunities. I mean, my corporate life was amazing. I had some really incredible moments when I was meeting with executives of these huge companies.”

Sorry if this is too personal, but I assume you probably made more money in the corporate world.

“Oh, yeah. Considerably.”

So, this is a passion project for you.

“Absolutely. It was that piece of me that was

Talk about the difference between Michigan and Washington, D.C. “I think when I first came from Iowa to D.C. there was this culture shock of no one holds a door open for you, no one asks you how you’re doing.

Everyone literally asks you what’s your name and what do you do. And that was very alarming to me when I first came here. Obviously, after a number of years I’ve gotten used to it. But then when I ended up going back to Michigan I was getting the taste of that culture back, you know, that Midwestern hospitality. People were genuinely kind; they take so much pride in their state.”

What’s the future look like for you?

“That’s a great question! I’m continuing with an open mind and open heart, following what I’m really passionate about, what excites me, how I feel like I’m contributing hopefully to this world and trying to make a difference, even if it’s a small one.”

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When we met Tom Davis at the Washington Nationals ballpark, he was wearing his lucky shoes and was cautiously optimistic that the Nationals – the team he’d worked for over the past 15 seasons – would make the playoffs.

His shoes may have superpowers. Because the Nationals earned a spot in the wild-card game for the first time, advanced past the divisional round of the playoffs, swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series (NLCS), and won the World Series in a nail-biting seventh game.

Davis (’05 journalism and public relations) started out with the Nationals as an intern back in 2005, and he hung around through the 2006 season. By 2007 he’d landed a full-time entertainment coordinator position, and today he’s director of entertainment for Nationals games.

“People like to say that I’m in charge of fun,” he said.

But that fun is also a lot of work: 12- to 14-hour days when the team is in town. Davis makes sure everything is perfect for each day’s pre-game and in-game activities such as military flyovers, the singing of the National Anthem, and the wildly popular Presidents Races. He oversees the NatPack entertainment crew, “motorcade” cart drivers, and interns. His days, he says, are never boring.

“My office is basically the baseball field,” he says. “I’m on the baseball field every day. I’ll have friends come out and visit, and I’ll take them on the field and they’ll be, ‘This is so cool.’

Because I’ve been doing it for so long, I don’t want to say it’s lost its glamour, but I don’t even think twice about it because that’s my job. I love when people from back home get to come out, because it helps me re-appreciate how cool it really is.”

And for this small-town-Iowa guy, the 2019 season was a dream come true.

“I’ve been able to see a lot of firsts for this team. You look at organizations that have been around 100+ years like the Cubs or the Red Sox and probably nobody is still alive that saw those firsts. I’m living those firsts. So, to be able to be here to see the first no-hitter pitched by a Nationals player, things like that, it’s been really cool.”

“Everybody, every year, is thinking positive until you’re eliminated.

For us, the way the [2019] season went, you couldn’t have written it better, even just to clinch that wild-card spot. It’s like, ‘OK, we made it. We’re in! Here we go!’ You could just kind of feel the energy. That wild-card game was just crazy, so everybody was thinking, ‘This could be something really special.’ And then to just keep advancing and do things we’d never done before, you couldn’t have written a story better than that.”

“I was really excited when we made the NLCS, and then, because it was only four games, it was like, ‘WAIT, we’re on to the World Series now???’ I didn’t even get a moment to really enjoy the fact that we had been somewhere we hadn’t been before. I had to prepare. This stuff doesn’t just come together overnight. We had to be sure we were covered instead of, ‘Oh, oops, we forgot to do the flyover paperwork for this nationally televised World Series game!’ My friends were celebrating, but I had to work. So, it wasn’t really until the end, probably at the parade, where it kind of hit me, where I was like, ‘Wow, we really did it. This is unreal.’”

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“Things are kind of crazy in D.C. these days,” Luis deBaca (L)(’90 pol sci) tells us. “And not crazy in a good way.”

He’s sitting in Union Station, sipping from a cup of Starbucks coffee and eating a breakfast sandwich as hundreds – maybe thousands – of people rush by, all going somewhere fast. Babies are crying. Chairs are scraping the floor, metal on concrete. Baristas are shouting orders. But deBaca seems not to notice. He never raises his voice.

DeBaca, who received the 2017 Alumni Merit Award from Iowa State, is one of Iowa State’s most distinguished graduates, contributing to American law and fighting against violations of human rights. He’s served as an ambassador at large for the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; the former head of the Justice Department’s Office of Sex Offender, Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, and Tracking Office; a partner in the firm Chambers Lopez Strategies, working against human rights violations; and a senior fellow at the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance & Abolition, at Yale University.

He’s also teaching a class in modern slavery at Yale Law School.

It’s a daunting list of accomplishments, but deBaca is very much not finished.

Q&A with Luis deBaca Of all the work you’ve done, of what are you most proud?

“I think I continue to be proudest of the updating of the post-Civil War slavery statutes through the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and the companion United Nations treaty, which we negotiated simultaneously during the Clinton administration. I was the primary Justice Department ‘drafter,’ writing the legislation language, working with our legislative affairs office and with the folks up on the Hill and with the folks at the State Department and within the United Nations. And the reason that I think that I’m probably most proud of that is that it’s had kind of a lasting impact as far as setting up the modern anti-slavery regime around the world. It’s the fulcrum around which the global fight against slavery now revolves. We were able to incorporate the experiences of survivors directly into the legislation as I was doing cases at the same time. So, in the morning I’d be in a county jail in Florida getting a low-level guard to rat out his bosses in a brothel prostitution case, and then I’d get on an airplane and fly back to D.C. and be in meetings with Ms. [Janet] Reno, [U.S. Attorney General], where we’re making decisions about what needed to be in the law. It was a place where I wasn’t just able to bring their voices into the court system before a judge, which was my day job, but also that I was able to bring and facilitate their voices to be heard within both Congress and the international community of the United Nations. A lot of the work since 22

then has been to really intensify that and to put survivors’ and victims’ voices front and center.”

How important is the media in raising awareness of these issues?

“Oh, it’s critical. I think one of the things that we see is that there’s a direct feedback loop. In the United States, I think one of the challenges has been the ‘sexiness’ of sex trafficking, especially child sex trafficking. In England, the hotline calls are about 74% labor trafficking calls: immigrant men in construction, immigrant men and women in domestic service, folks with developmental disabilities, on work crews, things like that. In the United States, the calls to the hotline are 75% sex trafficking and almost exclusively child sex trafficking. When Americans think of what trafficking is, they think of a girl alone in a city being preyed upon.”

What still needs to be done in terms of passage and enforcement of laws?

“Frankly, in the U.S., we have to get away from the easy cases, basically just doing prostitution stings where a 45-year-old sheriff’s deputy is online claiming to be a 13-year-old girl, and then you just arrest all of the local ministers and city council members who meet who they think is that girl. That doesn’t actually help somebody.

I mean, there’s no victim in that case. Because the ‘victim’ is a 45-year-old sheriff’s deputy. It’s really easy for folks to make their numbers and say that they’re doing stuff on trafficking and never actually help liberate anybody, you know, which is to me a bit counter-intuitive. And the other thing is that you end up losing the ability to do sophisticated cases if all you’re doing is shooting fish in a barrel. It’s not to say that people shouldn’t do that; it’s just if that’s all they’re doing then they’re not actually dismantling transnational organized crime networks.

We’re leaving very serious cases on the table.”

How do you get away from your work, distance yourself so you don’t go crazy?

[Laughs.] “I think part of it is community, having a strong community that’s working together. I think the fact that at least the work that I do is based so directly on the constitutional civil-rights guarantee that you end up feeling like you’re very much part of something. I think one of the ways I keep from going into total burnout is that the slavery stuff is very rooted in who we are as Americans, and I think the strength that you take from seeing people in their new lives… the best thing to see is people who are just going through regular drama-filled lives where the drama is getting the kids to school and what kind of job they’ve got, or are their kids too American and not remembering their parents’ language. All those things.

Seeing people who I met when they were in crisis be able to just have kind of normal, mundane lives with normal amounts of angst and normal amounts of joy, I mean, that is tremendously rewarding. Because that’s really what we’re fighting for at the end of the day.”

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10 things to know about SAMANTHA CLARK

1. She grew up mostly in Decorah, Iowa.

2. After graduating from Iowa State in 2009 with a

degree in political science, she earned her law degree from the University of Kansas in 2012.

‘You hoped for no

3. She served as deputy general counsel for the Senate

Armed Services Committee, working closely with the late Sen. John McCain, whom she describes as “honorable, wise, and energetic.” They worked together in the Senate Russell Building. “He’d come blazing through the door with some USA Today article, cussing like a sailor. He always pushed for the right thing. There was no fight he didn’t want to pick.”

4. Working with McCain, she says, was the honor of a

lifetime. She sometimes asks herself, “Did I have my best job of my life there? Am I on borrowed time? You know you have the best job in the world when you actively hope there’s not a snow day. I wanted to be there every day.”

5. She is still grieving over the loss of Sen. McCain, who died from brain cancer in 2018. “It’s a huge loss that he’s gone. I’m always wondering, ‘What would he say, what would he do about these controversial issues right now?”

6. She is currently a lawyer at the prestigious law firm

Covington & Burling LLP in D.C.’s One CityCenter. Covington employs 1,300+ lawyers, with offices in Beijing, Dubai, London, New York, and other cities around the world.

“Nothing will ever compare to working with Sen. McCain, but this is a pretty good consolation prize.”

7. Covington & Burling is 100 years old and began as a

regulatory firm in D.C. She describes it as the place “where law and policy intersect.”

8. She says D.C. is like living in the center of the

regulatory universe. “All of the final conversations that impact everybody happen here. To live here and be a part of that – the whole city is living and breathing. You find so many people here who want to be a part of that. They love it.

They want to have their tiny little fingerprint on things that changed something for all Americans.”

9. She lives in the residential neighborhood known as Capitol Hill. “They call us Hill Rats,” she says.

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Although she was wearing her “lawyer outfit,” she chewed gum and blew bubbles throughout our interview, and she couldn’t wait to tell us how much fun she had with her sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, especially during Greek Week, VEISHEA, and Homecoming at Iowa State.

“You couldn’t throw a rock without hitting some kind of a philanthropic event on campus.”

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snow days’ WHO’S WHO IN D.C.?

More than 3,000 Iowa State alumni (3,146 to be exact) live in the greater Washington, D.C., area.

They work in the arts, media, government, museums, agriculture...and everywhere else. Many of them occupy prominent positions that have national and even international impact. Here are a few you should know: • U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (L)(’92 psychology), the first woman elected to the Senate from state of Iowa • Bill Northey (L)(’81 ag business), undersecretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) • Jack Shere (’81 biology, ’87 DVM, MS ’88 professional studies in ed), deputy administrator, USDA / Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) • Molly Foley (L)(’14 ag & life sciences ed / public service & admin in ag), director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Executive Office of the President • Rep. Dave Loebsack (’74 pol sci, MA ’76), U.S. representative for Iowa’s 2nd congressional district since 2007 • Brooks Nelson (’08 apparel merchandising, design & production / public service & admin in ag) director, Global Resilience U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation • David Morrison (L)(’10 genetics/pol sci/international studies), foreign service officer, U.S. Department of State • Scott Hutchins (PhD ’87 entomology), secretary of agriculture for research, USDA • Sheila Martin (PhD ’92 economics), vice president of economic development and community engagement, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities • Ken Isley (’84 education), administrator of the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service

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PRO TIP How can YOU advocate for State?

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rowing up on a family farm uniquely prepared Stephanie Carlson (A) (’13 animal science) for a career as a legislative assistant in Washington, D.C. “I grew up working with my dad out in the barns from a young age,” she said. That experience – followed by college internships in the nation’s capital and with the Iowa Pork Producers Association; an ag degree from Iowa State; and full-time jobs at Cargill and the Pork Producers – gave her the perspective to appreciate all aspects of pork production.

“I got interested in the political arena, knowing how it impacted my dad,” she said. “I saw that personal connection to growing up on the farm and working for a grassroots membership organization like Iowa Pork and getting to see them tell their story.”

She had the opportunity to work first for Republican Congressman David Young (U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa’s third district from 2015-2019) and then for Sen. Chuck Grassley, who has represented Iowans for 39 years. Carlson is Grassley’s principal advisor on agriculture, biofuels, energy, and environment issues.

Carlson also expanded her leadership skills by joining the Iowa National Guard. She attended officer candidate school during the summer of 2019 and is commissioned as a second lieutenant.

Sophia Magill says the best thing alumni can do to advocate for Iowa State University is talk to their U.S. senators and representatives, let them know how important higher education is, and why it’s imperative to continue the investment of federal dollars in research, innovation, and student financial aid. “I think that message is really important,” she said. “We need all the champions we can get for science and for education, and our alumni certainly can be great advocates in that space. They can share their personal stories and the impact that education provided to them.”

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3 questions FOR SOPHIA MAGILL, IOWA STATE’S OFFICIAL VOICE ON THE HILL

Sophia Magill (L)(’05 political science) has been Iowa State’s director of federal relations for seven years. She’s based in Ames, but she regularly travels to Washington, D.C., to represent Iowa State on the national level.

Sophia Magill is Iowa State’s director of federal relations and President Wendy Wintersteen’s designee to the ISU Alumni Association Board of Directors.

“Moving out here and being surrounded by the history, it gives you a deeper appreciation for our rights and privileges.

I want to do what I can for the country and the freedoms that we enjoy. I hope that future generations will have that same ability to live this American experiment. I don’t know what the future holds, but life’s too short to sit on the sidelines.”

Tell us about the work you do in D.C. “As the director of federal relations, my main role is to advocate for the university on the federal level. So, my trips to Washington, D.C., are a combination of different events. Typically, I’ll meet with our Iowa congressional delegation or their staffs on topics of importance, such as the higher education act or federal appropriations that would benefit Iowa State. I might accompany a member of our faculty who is traveling to D.C. to testify before Congress. I also work really closely with our associations that have a base out of Washington, D.C., mainly the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and with key federal agencies. I have a close relationship with all of Iowa State’s national institutes and centers, and I work collaboratively with the other Iowa institutions.”

How do you strategically promote the university’s priorities at the federal level?

“Relationships are always really important, so as I think about my role to establish very positive relationships with our members of Congress and their staffs, it’s important that I have the trust of members on both sides of the aisle and that they know that we can provide independent information. It’s really important that we are seen as a trusted, independent resource for them. I also work hard to not just provide our members of Congress with statistics, but also provide them with the stories that can help illuminate those statistics. I work with our faculty and staff to help identify those stories and help make it more tangible and real, and then I convey what our students are experiencing and the impact that federal legislation has on their day-to-day lives at Iowa State.

“Certainly, Iowa State University does a lot of great things for the state of Iowa, but it goes back to the mission of the university: We’re also contributing to the greater good of the country and the world. It’s important for people to understand that our magnitude goes beyond the four corners of our state.

We’ve worked on topics such as wind energy and biorenewables. We have a national lab, Ames Laboratory, on our campus, and we work closely with the Agricultural Research Service and National Animal Disease Center. We’ve had visits with representatives from the Department of Energy, USDA, National Science Foundation, and National Endowments for the Arts.”

What’s one thing you really love about your job?

“I really feel honored to have the opportunity to have this job; as an Iowa State graduate myself, it’s extremely meaningful. The U.S. higher education system is the premier model across the world, and so anything I can do within my role to ensure that we stay competitive and keep that level of excellence is going to lead to great impact for the future of our nation. It’s an honor for me to get to represent the university and the faculty, staff, and students that make this place so great.”

STEPHANIE CARLSON, legislative assistant for Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley and a member of the Iowa National Guard

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owa State University will honor seven outstanding individuals, two couples, and one corporation at the 2020 Distinguished Awards Celebration on Friday, April 17. 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.

View full biographies of the ISUAA’s 2020 honorees at: www.isualum.org/dac

Nominate alumni and friends for the Distinguished Alumni and Honorary Alumni Awards at: www.isualum.org/dac

The nomination deadline for spring 2021 awards is Aug. 1, 2020.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD Kathleen Howell** ’73 aero engr West Lafayette, Ind.

Dr. Jack Shere ’81 biology, DVM ’87, MS ’88 prof studies in ed Charlotte Hall, Md.

Kathleen Connor Howell is the Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, where she has made pioneering advancements in celestial mechanics and astrodynamics, mentored a generation of highly-regarded researchers, and provided distinguished leadership and service to the university. Howell has served Purdue as interim head of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, acting associate dean of academic affairs in the College of Engineering, and senior advisor to the dean of engineering.

She has received many honors, including Purdue’s highest undergraduate teaching award. She is also a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as well as the American Astronautical Society. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the International Academy of Astronautics. In addition to her bachelor’s degree from Iowa State, Howell earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from Stanford University in 1977 and 1983, respectively. Her husband, Edward, is a 1973 aerospace engineering alumnus.

Jack Shere has spent his career on the leading edge of animal disease response, including three years as chief veterinary officer and deputy administrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

Today, as an APHIS associate administrator for emergency preparedness, response and security, he remains dedicated to protecting and improving the health of our nation’s agricultural animals, animal products, and veterinary biologics. Shere has worked on the front lines during some of the world’s foremost crises, including Salmonella enteritidis, foot and mouth disease in England, low pathogenic avian influenza, exotic Newcastle disease (END), and high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Among the awards Shere has received throughout his distinguished career are the ISU College of Veterinary Medicine’s Stange Award, the AHIS Civil Rights Award, and the U.S. Animal Health Association Partnership Award. Shere holds a doctorate in poultry science and microbiology from the University of Wisconsin. His wife, Laura, also earned two degrees from Iowa State.

Dr. James Linder** ’76 biochemistry / microbiology Omaha, Neb. James Linder has been a faculty member at the University of Nebraska Medical Center since 1983, where he has been a pioneering developer of new technology, a mentor to thousands, and a visionary leader. During his time at the university, Linder has served as dean of medicine, taught nearly 2,000 medical students and residents, and laid plans for the building of a new College of Medicine facility. He has worked directly to tackle medical crises ranging from the Ebola outbreak to bio-terrorism, and he has been involved in two major commercial enterprises: chief medical officer for Cytyc Corporation, and co-founder of Constitution Medical, Inc. Jim and his wife, Karen, founded Linseed Capital, an angel investment fund that has helped nearly three dozen Midwest companies. The Linders also oversee a family foundation funding student research and education facilities, nursing scholarships, and biochemistry research fellowships at Iowa State.

The Linder Learning Center in Palm Springs, Calif., provides world-wide distance laboratory education. Linder earned his MD from the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

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HONORARY ALUMNI AWARD Mary Jo Mente** Ames, Iowa A longtime homemaker and community volunteer in Muscatine and Ames, Iowa, Mary Jo Mente has been one of Iowa State’s strongest advocates. Being a non-graduate has never stopped her from active involvement in the ISU Alumni Association. Along with her husband, Glen, a former Association board president, they co-chaired the creation and leadership of “The Circle” organization from 2001-05. The Mentes have made numerous financial gifts to the Alumni Association, including naming the library and memorabilia space at the ISU Alumni Center and contributing to the ISU LegaCY Club. In 2010, they received the Association’s Alumni Service Award. The Mentes have established scholarships and have supported ISU’s College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Welcome Center in Curtiss Hall and the 4-H Foundation State Project Awards Endowment. Mente is a leader and lifetime volunteer for the Iowa 4-H Foundation, receiving the Iowa 4-H Foundation Legacy Award in 2016. The Mentes are in a select group of only 15 inductees in the Iowa 4-H Foundation Honor Court. Their two adult daughters, Brenda and Beth, both graduated from Iowa State.

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HONORARY ALUMNI AWARD

ORDER OF THE KNOLL FACULTY AND STAFF AWARD

Blair Van Zetten Oskaloosa, Iowa

Larry J. and Diane R. McComber** Larry: ’58 indust engr Diane: ’60 food science, MS ’65 Scottsdale, Ariz.

As a leader in the agriculture industry and president of Oskaloosa Food Products Corp., Blair Van Zetten is in a unique position to have a positive, mutually beneficial relationship with Iowa State’s poultry science program – including the establishment of the Egg Industry Center at ISU. Van Zetten has also played a leadership role in championing and fundraising for a new Poultry Teaching and Researching Facility on campus. He is past president of the American Egg Board and has held every position on the board’s leadership team during a 23-year term of continuous re-appointment by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He is treasurer of the Iowa Egg Council, secretary of the United Egg Association, a board member for United Egg Producers, and a member of the board of directors for the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance. In 2016, Van Zetten was named the Urner Barry Egg Person of the Year and in 2019 received the Iowa Poultry Association Hall of Fame Award. On the Iowa State campus, Van Zetten is a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Dean’s Advisory Council and served on the search committee that selected Daniel Robison as the college’s dean.

ORDER OF THE KNOLL CARDINAL AND GOLD AWARD Stephen L. Watson** ’67 engr operations Weston, Mass.

Before Steve Watson graduated from Iowa State, he worked at Collins Radio alongside engineers responsible for designing and building the communications systems for the Gemini and Apollo space programs. Later, he helped support research at the Ames Laboratory Research Reactor with some of the world’s most prominent nuclear physicists. As an entrepreneur, Watson has founded or co-founded more than a dozen successful companies.

Most recently, he was a co-founder of Supporting Strategies Partners, a company that provides bookkeeping and support services for more than 1,000 companies nationwide. As evidence of his successful career as an engineering entrepreneur, Watson was inducted into Tau Beta Pi as an Eminent Engineer in 2012. In 2006, he set the Federation Aeronautique Internationale World Record for the fastest transcontinental flight across the United States in a single-engine aircraft. He and his wife, Beverly, are ISU Alumni Association sustaining life donors and members of the Order of the Knoll W.M. Beardshear Society and Campanile Society.

ORDER OF THE KNOLL CAMPANILE AWARD Virgil Elings** ’61 mech engr Santa Ynez, Calif.

For Virgil Elings, Iowa State is the place where he “grew up,” transitioning from a machine shop student to a doctoral candidate. After graduating with his bachelor’s degree in 1961, he attended MIT, where he earned his doctorate in physics. Elings then spent the next 20 years as a physics faculty member at the University of California, Santa Barbara. After he left the university, he co-founded Digital Instruments, a company that designs and sells scanning probe microscopes that enable scientists to view materials at the atomic level. The company was merged in 1998, and Elings retired a year later.

In 2006, Elings made a transformational gift to Iowa State, which was the impetus the university needed to build a new home for the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. In honor of his gift, the complex’s office and classroom wing was named Virgil B. Elings Hall. Elings is a member of the Order of the Knoll W.M. Beardshear Society.

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Larry and Diane McComber have been deeply committed to Iowa State University for six decades, both through their philanthropy and involvement. Diane began her career as a food science faculty member in the Food and Nutrition Department (now the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition) in 1962, after a brief stint as a test kitchen home economist for Meredith Corporation. Shortly after her retirement in 1998, the McCombers established the Diane R. McComber Scholarship, which supports students majoring in culinary food science programs and food science students in the College of Human Sciences. Larry enjoyed a long and successful career with Marshalltown Company, a manufacturer of construction tools and equipment, where he retired as chairman after 46 years of service. He is credited by many for making the company a worldwide leader. The couple established the Larry J. McComber Engineering Scholarship in 1985 – a fund that has impacted hundreds of engineering students. The McCombers are members of the Order of the Knoll Campanile Society and W.M. Beardshear Society, as well as Alumni Association life members.

ORDER OF THE KNOLL CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION AWARD

The Roderick S., Flossie R., and Helen M. Galloway Foundation Atlanta, Ga. Roderick Galloway graduated from Iowa State University in 1927 with a degree in mechanical engineering and spent most of his career at Link Belt, where he made his way up the ranks from district engineer to general manager. Galloway and his wife, Flossie, established a scholarship in 1995 to support Iowa State engineering graduates from Iowa high schools.

Flossie passed away in 1998, and Roderick in 2003, and through their estate, they established the Galloway Foundation. The foundation’s trustees, Mark Weinsten, James Mobley, and Richard Ambery, were acquainted through their businesses with the Galloways, but none of them had any prior connection to Iowa State. In total, the foundation has given to seven different funds at Iowa State. Funds for student support established through the Galloway Foundation provide the largest number of scholarship awards and dollars in the College of Engineering from a single donor on an annual basis. These funds have bestowed nearly 3,000 scholarships upon students in the college over the past 25 years.

YOU’RE INVITED The 2020 Distinguished Awards Celebration Friday, April 17 2:00 pm, Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building **Life member of the ISU Alumni Association NOTE: Only ISU degrees are listed

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ALEX MACKENBURG:

A force of strength behind the Student Innovation Center

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t a university known for putting classroom learning into practice, Alex Mackenburg actually got to help construct some of the classrooms.

Whenever Mackenburg (’19 construction engineering) returns to Ames, he will be able to drive by the Student Innovation Center on campus and say, “I helped build that.”

In 2018, Mackenburg, a Cresco, Iowa, native, took time off from school to complete a co-op with Ceco Concrete Construction, a company that oversaw the concrete framing for the newly-opened facility. From 16 feet below grade to 64 feet above grade, Mackenburg encountered all the challenges and experiences the concrete for the Student Innovation Center brought, helping him become the construction engineer he is today.

“The project was very complex and presented many obstacles,” he said. “Trying to collaborate with all the different subcontractors on site and have it flow smoothly was tough, but I am very grateful I was able to work on this project,” he said. “The overnight pours and long days made the 60- to 70-hour weeks go by fast, and I met many new people and gained a lot of knowledge.”

Mackenburg first became interested in the concrete industry as a child growing up around the family business, Louie Balk Lime and Ready Mix,

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By Lindsey Giardino

and would travel with his dad and grandfather to job sites in the cement truck. As a high schooler, he became employed by a local masonry and helped construct house foundations, sidewalks and driveways, which led him to realize that working with concrete was his calling.

His choice to pursue this calling as a Cyclone was “the best decision I’ve made so far,” said Mackenburg. “Iowa State prepared me for the future through internship opportunities and a tough course load that helped me find a way to balance everything and make decisions on the fly.

The difficult calculus and engineering mechanics classes improved my problem-solving skills tremendously.”

As a student, Mackenburg was the recipient of several scholarships, including the Sue and John Lawson Scholarship and the Laura and David Ulz Engineering Scholarship.

In addition to his studies and in-the-field job training, Mackenburg was involved in the Associated General Contractors of America at Iowa State, a group that enabled him to go on nine community service trips around the United States during breaks. He traveled to places like Johnson City, Tenn., and Oklahoma City, Okla., helping with projects from building decks and handicapped ramps to shingling homes damaged by tornados.

Mackenburg said these trips exposed him to

different trades relevant to the construction engineering profession and reminded him how fortunate he is.

“Seeing the looks on the faces of families after you built them a new house or installed a new roof was the best feeling in the world.”

Mackenburg now works for a highway construction company, United Contractors, Inc., in Johnston, Iowa, as a superintendent-in-training.

He interned with them this past summer in Council Bluffs, Iowa, performing work on the I-80 and I-29 interchange.

He expressed his excitement for a full-time career in which he can build on the foundation he laid at Iowa State.

“I want to apply the knowledge that I learned during my time as an undergraduate student and from experiences like the one I had with the Student Innovation Center to build structures and bridges,” Mackenburg said. “I want to walk out of my job every day knowing that I produced high-quality work with the help of the knowledge and skills I gained at Iowa State.”  Lindsey Giardino (’17 journ/mass comm & English) is a writer for donor relations and communications at the Iowa State University Foundation S P R I N G 2 0 2 0 W W W . I S U A LUM . ORG V I S I O N S

Be a part of history.

Invest in the future.

Make history by joining thousands of alumni and friends who’ve contributed to the Forever True, For Iowa State campaign. Together, we can achieve a historic goal to raise $1.5 billion by July 2021 – ensuring a bright future for Iowa State.

Be forever true to Iowa State, visit ForeverTrueISU.com.

 FROM THE PRESIDENT

Cyclones everywhere sustain the ISU Alumni Association

VOLUNTEERS MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL GIFTS

Dear Members:

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Since 1878, three key, enduring pillars have sustained the work and success of the Iowa State University Alumni Association. As your current Association president and CEO, these pillars are extremely important to me.

The first pillar is VOLUNTEERS. From that first class (1872!) of Iowa State graduates who founded this organization in 1878, they had a vision and they stuck to it. Their mission was simple: Keep Iowa Staters connected to each other and the university. Today, that mission remains alive and well…and it is still relevant.

We’re lucky to have a Cyclone family – students, alumni, faculty, staff, donors, parents, and friends – who deeply love this university, its land-grant mission, and its aspiration to make Iowa and the world a better place. These individuals use their degrees, resources, and advocacy to showcase this commitment.

Alumni volunteers led this organization until a professional staff was hired in 1914. Volunteers started this organization, sustained it, and continue to be highly valued as we look to the future.

The second pillar is MEMBERSHIP. Those volunteers decided in 1910 to start charging dues.

The original cost was $1. Those dollars helped to support the original alumni publication, the Iowa State Alumnus, which was started in 1905. It also paved the way to securing space for the growing organization and eventually hiring a staff to carry out the work of a more sophisticated organization for the growing college.

Membership was, and still is today, a way for thousands of Cyclones everywhere to demonstrate three important attributes: 1) An individual, public statement that “I am an Iowa Stater.” Beyond buying athletics tickets, giving a gift, or advocating for the institution, membership is the ultimate, single expression of loyalty and pride.

2) “Count on me.” As your alumni executive, membership says to me, “My hand is up for

service to Iowa State and other Iowa Staters.

How can I help?”

3) “Keep me in the know.” Through your membership, you’re directly supporting VISIONS, ISU News Flash, our website, app, and social media, all arriving in your home, inbox, and on your mobile device in a timely, professional, and consistent manner.

Thank you to our members for your continuing support of our work on behalf of Iowa State University. Every day, your membership is helping us tell the stories of Iowa State and Cyclones everywhere.

Pillar three is SPECIAL GIFTS. We cherish all three kinds of gifts: time, talent, and treasure.

From board service to club leadership, your gifts of time and talent truly make a difference. And each of your monetary gifts – matching company gifts, sustaining life contributions, and campaign gifts designated to the Association through the ISU Foundation among them – have helped sustain this organization.

Regardless of the type or amount, your gift has expressed confidence in our work, gratitude for our service, and an unbelievable statement regarding the important role this Association plays in helping to advance the aspiration and mission of this university and lives of Cyclones everywhere.

Now, if I could add a fourth pillar, it would be FEEDBACK. Please continue to advocate for and challenge your alma mater on issues important to you. Your letters and survey responses are important to us. We care deeply about what you think, so keep your comments coming!

Thanks for all YOU do to sustain US. Yours for Iowa State,

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

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Awards Program Endowment Goal:

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$1 million

ISU launched its $1.1 billion campaign, Forever True, For Iowa State, in fall 2016.

For the ISU Alumni Association, the campaign will help position the Association to better serve and showcase Iowa State and Cyclones everywhere. The Association has identified 10 campaign priorities: student leadership, VISIONS magazine, awards, staff development, LegaCY programs, young alumni, clubs, technology, diversity and inclusion, and CEO endowment.

ALUMNI SUPPORT IS NEEDED to help sustain a comprehensive, diverse awards program. Awards provide high-level engagement for Iowa State’s best and brightest, whose accomplishments shine a bright light on the university and add value to an Iowa State degree. Created in 1932, the Association’s awards program allows the Association to not only tell stories of the awardees but in turn tell a broader, richer, more diverse Iowa State story. Today, the Association honors alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends through these awards:

Honors & Awards Ceremony (Homecoming) • Alumni Medal • Alumni Merit Award • Outstanding Young Alumni Award • James A. Hopson Alumni Volunteer Award • Impact Award • Alumni Service Award • Plus awards from each academic college Faculty-Staff Awards (May) • Faculty-Staff Inspiration Award Distinguished Awards Celebration (April) • Distinguished Alumni Award • Honorary Alumni Award

IMPACT OF PRIVATE GIFTS ON THE AWARDS PROGRAM • Support public receptions, meals, and formal recognition events • Reimburse awardees for travel to special awards events • Reach out to diverse audiences to create a more inclusive awards program • Cover printing costs for invitations and awards booklets • Honor alumni through displays in the ISU Alumni Center

Student Awards (Spring) • Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award Young Alumni (online recognition) • Iowa STATEment Makers

Why we give “We believe it is important that outstanding faculty and staff are recognized for the inspiration they have provided students. We are honored to provide support for the ISU Alumni Association’s Faculty-Staff Inspiration Awards.”

– Nancy (’72 food science) and Richard (’72 agriculture, MS ’77) Degner (L), awards program donors

Please consider making a gift to the Awards Program Endowment and help us reach our goal!

TO MAKE A GIFT: Contact Jamie Stowe, director of development for the ISU Alumni Association, 877-ISU-ALUM (toll-free), 515-294-7441 (locally), or jstowe@foundation.iastate.edu Learn more about the ISUAA’s Forever True, For Iowa State campaign priorities at isualum.org/giving

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 CARDINAL & GOLD GALA

CYCLONE FEVER The 2020 Cardinal & Gold Gala

Nearly 700 platform-shoe-clad Cyclones had a groovy time at the 2020 Cardinal & Gold Gala on Feb. 14 at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa.

The event netted more than $115,000 for firstgeneration student scholarships and student and alumni outreach programming by bidding on live and CYlent auction items and competing for prizes in raffles and games.

2020 Cardinal & Gold Gala co-chairs Jay (’90, ’93) & Karen (92) Heldt-Chapman Karyl & Daryl Henze

Haley Burns (’03) and Tom Peters (’06) went all in for the disco theme.

2019-20 scholarship recipients Cheney Spaulding, Fort Dodge, Iowa ISUAA Board of Directors Cardinal & Gold Leadership/ Terry Denny Memorial Scholarship Cody Tomkins, Dubuque, Iowa Terry Marie Denny ISUAA Cardinal & Gold College of Engineering Scholarship Joshua Gibbons, Harcourt, Iowa Terry & Craig Denny ISU Alumni Association Cardinal & Gold Gala/College of Human Sciences Scholarship Leah Hageman, Calmar, Iowa Lora & Russ Talbot ISU Alumni Association Cardinal & Gold College of Veterinary Medicine Scholarship 3rd Year McKaila von Johnson, Earlham, Iowa Lora & Russ Talbot ISU Alumni Association Cardinal & Gold College of Veterinary Medicine Scholarship 4th Year Jessica Hagin, Rockford, Iowa Iowa State University Stadlman Family Cardinal & Gold Scholarship Cardinal & Gold Scholarships • Aldo Avalos, College of Engineering, Council Bluffs, Iowa • Kassadi Hilton,, Ivy College of Business, Solon, Iowa • Megan Hogan,, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Farley, Iowa • Kaley Severn,, College of Human Sciences, Thurman, Iowa • Victoria Troutman,, College of Design, Yale, Iowa • Andrew Yenzer,, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa

Kassie Ricklefs (’15), Joey and Torii Millet, Jonathon Tarpey, and Kacy Flaherty (’15) enjoy the Cardinal & Gold Gala cocktail hour.

Tuxedo Cy greets Kari Ditsworth Hensen (’96, MS ’98, PhD ’05).

A new student award was announced at this year’s gala.

Lora and Russ Talbot (L)(’17 honorary)have established the Peggy and Jeff Johnson ISU Alumni Association Cardinal and Gold Completion Grant to permanently fund grants that support Iowa residents from any of the six undergraduate colleges at Iowa State who need financial support Continue on next page

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New this year: Brenda Cushing (’86) won the Red Box Raffle, sponsored by Ames Silversmithing and the Youngberg family. The prize consisted of a diamond tennis bracelet and a $500 gift certificate, for a total value of $2,000.

to complete their undergraduate education.

The 2020 grants were awarded to Dodji Monglo Monglo, a senior in electrical engineering from West Des Moines, Iowa; and Rafik Basbous, a senior in construction engineering from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Iowa State’s University Book Store also gives scholarship awardees a diploma frame or a $100 course materials scholarship 2020 Cardinal & Gold Benefactors

ISU President Wendy Wintersteen congratulates scholarship recipients.

Forever True: $5,000 Jay (’90, ’93) & Karen (’92) Heldt-Chapman Karyl & Daryl Henze Brad & Lesa Lewis Davis Brown Law Firm Nyemaster Goode, P.C. Sigler Companies Bells of Iowa State: $2,500 Jon Fleming (’75) McFarland Clinic Julie (’88) & Jay (’89) Jacobi Kent (’78) & Sara Johnson Lori (’86) & Paul (’87) Kirpes / TPG Companies Lora & Russ Talbot (’17 honorary) Cardinal & gold supporter: $500 Mark (’79) & Ann (’78) Aljets (phantom) Halli Still-Caris (’83) & Dave Caris (’83) Jeff (’91) & Cathy Harty Peggy Johnson Jeff Johnson (PhD ’14) Anthony (’78) & Laurie Longnecker (phantom) Ed (’66) & Ana (’84) McCracken Rebecca Miller (’06) & Timothy Beauchamp (’99) Michael (’77) & Carrie (’77) Thrall Todd (’94) & Kari Van Thomme Dwayne (’93) & Lori (’93) Vande Krol Special Thanks President Wendy Wintersteen (PhD ’88) & Robert Waggoner Cardinal & Gold Scholarship recipients Sigler Companies

Cardinal or gold? Jayme (’14), Kyle, and Allison Nielsen prepare to play.

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Jeff Johnson, the Lora and Russ Talbot ISUAA endowed president & CEO, gets his groove on.

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Super Bowl Cyclones For the first time in his decade-long career as director of football communications for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, Brad Gee (’08 journ & mass comm) (right center) got to go to the big show.

He was on the sidelines at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, Fla., last January as the Chiefs took on the San Francisco 49ers and scored a big win.

Gee’s career in athletics communications started at Iowa State, where he was an undergraduate assistant. And he isn’t the only Iowa State alumnus working for the Chiefs: Evan Craft (’12) and Alec Nichols (’19), pictured to the left and right of Gee, are athletic trainers who learned the ropes at ISU. TOP JOBS Ben Bruns (L)('01 construction engr) has joined general contractor The Boldt Company as executive vice president for Boldt’s Northern Operations group. Bruns directs Boldt’s Wisconsin offices in Green Bay, Appleton, and Stevens Point.

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Allen Lawrence: GALAXIES FAR AWAY

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llen Lawrence (MS ’18 astrophysics), wrapping up a long career as an electrical engineer, was serious about moving his astronomy hobby beyond the 20-inch telescope he’d hauled to star parties under the dark skies of Texas and Arizona.

So, in 2011 – in his late 60s, after 30 years of operating his own consulting firm around Green Bay, Wis. – he enrolled in some courses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It wasn’t long before he inquired about joining a research team.

A professor of astronomy offered Lawrence the chance to study

ALLEN LAWRENCE Ames, Iowa

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one of two galaxy systems. Lawrence picked a nearby system studied since the 1960s and featuring the interaction of two galaxies, a larger one known as NGC 4490 and a smaller one known as NGC 4485. The system is about 20% the size of the Milky Way, located in the Northern Hemisphere and about 30 million light years from Earth.

After taking a look at some infrared images from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Lawrence said it looked like the larger galaxy had a rare double nucleus. One nucleus could be seen in visible wavelengths; the other nucleus was hidden in dust and could only be seen in infrared and radio wavelengths.

After years of study, including earning an Iowa State master’s degree and continuing to work with Iowa State astronomers, Lawrence, at 77, is the first author of a paper revealing the NGC 4490 galaxy does, indeed, have a double nucleus. The paper has been accepted for publication by the Astrophysical Journal.

“I saw the double nucleus about seven years ago,” Lawrence said.

“It had never been observed – or nobody had ever done anything with it before.”

Some astronomers may have seen one nucleus with their optical telescopes. And others may have seen the other with their radio telescopes. But he said the two groups never compared notes to observe and describe the double nucleus.

– Mike Krapfl, ISU News Service

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American Physical Therapy Association CEO Justin Moore (L)(’93 dietetics) has been elected to serve a four-year term on the Board of the Amputee Coalition. The Coalition’s mission is to raise awareness and advocate on behalf of people affected by limb loss and limb difference, serving to amplify their collective voice on Capitol Hill.

Sarah Shay Gudeman (’06 mechanical engr) has been named to the “20 to Watch” list for women in HVAC by Engineered Systems. She is director of sustainability for Morrissey Engineering, Inc. Mansoor Sarwar (A)(MS ’85 elect & comp engr, PhD ’88) has been appointed vice chancellor of the University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore, Pakistan.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has appointed Judge Paul Ahlers (L)('91 finance) of Fort Dodge to he nine-member Iowa Court of Appeals.

Colin McNiece (L)('96 community & regional planning, MCRP '98) is now the general counsel at the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, where he serves as a key strategic adviser to the MassHousing Board and works closely on all aspects of affordable housing challenges.

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hen the horses made history, he was there.

Jim Leuenberger (A)(’68 dairy science, MS ’70) has received one of the most prestigious awards in all of sports. Leuenberger received the 2019 Eclipse Award for his photograph of the critical moment of the 145th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs when race leader, Maximum Security, veered into the path of War of Will. The image captures War of Will nearly sideways behind Maximum Security.

Maximum Security crossed the finish line first in the Derby, but after two jockeys’ objections and a lengthy review by the race stewards, the horse was disqualified from first and placed 17th. It was the first disqualification of a winner due to a claim of foul in the 145-year history of the Kentucky Derby.

Taking photographs for the Daily Racing Form, Leuenberger’s post was at the top of the stretch, a quarter mile from the finish line. “I was intent on taking photos as the horses rounded the far turn and headed toward the finish line,” Leuenberger said, “so I didn’t even realize what had happened until I got to the media room and saw my photos.”

Equine photographer Barbara Livingston said, “Very rarely does a photo actually show the most important moment of a year – and among the most important moments in our top race’s history – as Jim’s does.”

The Eclipse award is equivalent to winning an Academy Award in the Thoroughbred racing industry. “Winning the Eclipse Award is the highlight of my photography career,” Leuenberger said.

ALUMNI BOOKSHELF Jason Arment (’12 English) of Denver, Colo., is the author of the 2018 war memoir Musalaheen, which describes Arment’s time serving as a machine gunner for the U.S. Marine Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom and chronicles the occupation of the country in chilling detail from a boots-on-the-ground perspective. The title of the book is Arabic for “gunslinger.” This is the first full-length effort from Arment, who had been published extensively in short form.

He also oversaw a veterans’ stories program for Colorado Humanities that resulted in the book Still Coming Home.

Bruce Thatcher (L)(’59 gen sci) addresses guns in America in his new book Gun Mania: A New Perspective – What We Must Do to Reduce Shootings, Homicides and Suicides in America. He says, “‘How can we reduce death and injury caused by guns?’ is the wrong question. A much better question is, “How can we reduce the over40

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all rates of suicide and violent crime?’” Thatcher brings that question to the forefront in Gun Mania by looking at the history of America and four other nations to identify why guns are a core element of only the American culture, and implications for reducing our rate of violent deaths.

Jon Kamrath (MFA ’08 integrated studio arts) is the author of Don’t Forget to Brush Your Teeth, a children’s tale of adventure with robot friends told in six-word statements.

Peggy McClure (A)(’78 speech comm) is the digital illustrator for the new book Trap for Santa, a Christmas story.

ALUMNI HONORS Steve Tornberg (DVM ’79) received the 2019 South Dakota Veterinary Medical Association’s Distinguished Service Award.

Jane Hoegh (’88 home ec ed, MS ’03), a family and consumer sciences instructor at Hampton-

Dumont High School, was named the Iowa Restaurant Association’s 2019 “ProStart Educator of Excellence.”

Christa Catherall Williams (’93 finance), vice president of consulting services and one of the founding members of Signature Performance, Inc., in Richmond, Texas, recently received the 2019 Leading for Impact, Women in Leadership Award.

Luis Verde (MS ’01 plant breeding, PhD ’03), maize product development director of Latin America and global sorghum lead for Corteva Agriscience, was recognized with the 2019 Plant Breeding Impact Award from the National Association of Plant Breeders.

Elizabeth Burns-Thompson (L)(’11 ag business / international ag) manager of corporate affairs for Renewable Energy Group, was elected to the Altoona, Iowa, city council and featured as one of the Des Moines Register’s “15 People to Watch in 2020.”

Emily Hejlik (’12 journ & mass comm / comm studies) was recently honored by the Sports Business Journal as part of the inaugural class of “New Voices Under 30,” which recognizes the next generation of leaders in sports business.

Hejlik was on the women’s soccer team at Iowa State from 2008 to 2011.

A painting by retired Wisconsin museum administrator Cheryl Stidwell Parker (MA '91 art & design) received first place at the 57th annual juried exhibition at the Frances Hardy Gallery in Ephraim, Wis. Adrienne Nelson (’09 interior design, MA ’13 arch), an associate at Pickard Chilton, has been named one of ENR New England’s 2020 Top Young Professionals. The annual award recognizes the best and brightest emerging design and construction leaders from across the New England region.

BEING A PART OF THE IOWA STATE FAMILY IS A LIFETIME ADVENTURE The LegaCY Club provides little Cyclones everywhere with a lifetime of gifts and surprises – starting with the children’s book “Cy’s Surprise” and culminating with a colorful “ISU LegaCY” cord to wear at their Iowa State commencement.

LegaCY Club cost is only a single lifetime fee of $35 per child.

Call Emily toll-free at (877) 478-2586 for help getting signed up. www.isualum.org/legacy

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Wallace E. Barron Award

Faculty-Staff Inspiration 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 is named for Wallace E. “Red” Barron (class of 1928), who served as director of alumni affairs at Iowa State from 1937 to 1968.

Outstanding faculty and staff will be recognized at the ISU Alumni Association Inspiration Awards and Annual Reception on May 15. The ISU Alumni Association established the Faculty-Staff Inspiration Award in 2011 as a way for former ISU students to recognize current or former ISU faculty and staff members who had a significant influence in their lives as students at ISU. The award is funded by earnings from the Nancy (’72 food science) and Richard (’72 agriculture, MS ’77) Degner (L) Alumni Association Endowment. Here are the 2020 recipients:

2020 WALLACE E. BARRON ALL-UNIVERSITY SENIOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Jacqueline Blaum

Jacqueline Ehrlich

Kenneth “Mark” Bryden

Thelma Harding

Physics / computer science Bettendorf, Iowa

Biochemistry Holy Cross, Iowa

Professor of mechanical engineering Ames, Iowa

MS ’85 textiles & clothing ISU McNair Program director Ames, Iowa

Olivia Gray

Nikita Kozak

Biochemistry Adams, Minn.

Mechanical engineering Waukee, Iowa

Manichanh Naonady

Derek Thada*

’19 journalism & mass comm Des Moines, Iowa

Mathematics / statistics Owatonna, Minn.

Vincent Valeriano Marketing St. Charles, Ill.

Read about these students’ accomplishments and nominate a student for the 2021 award online at www.isualum.org/barron.

The nomination deadline is Dec. 1. *Member of the Future Alumni Network

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2020 FACULTY-STAFF INSPIRATION AWARDEES

Pol Herrmann*

Steven J. Hoff

Bob and Kay Smith professor of entrepreneurship Ames, Iowa

Emeritus professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering Jewell, Iowa

Brenda Thorbs-Weber**

Jeremy Withers

MS ’81 rural sociology, PhD ’88 education Academic adviser/director of multicultural student success Ames, Iowa

Associate professor of English Ames, Iowa

Read more about these inspirational faculty and staff and nominate someone for the 2021 award online at www.isualum.org/inspiration.

The nomination deadline is Dec. 1. *Annual member of the ISUAA **Life member of the ISUAA Only ISU degrees are listed.

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Fans packed Pointe Orlando for the Camping World Bowl-sponsored pep rally Friday afternoon. The Florida weather was warm…but wet.

 BOWL GAME Cyclone fans filled two charter airplanes, arriving in Orlando on Dec. 26. More than 530 Cyclones traveled to the bowl game with the Association and Athletics Department in charter and land packages. Travel was coordinated by the ISU Alumni Association and Anthony Travel.

Bowling in Orlando Photos by Carole Gieseke

Cyclones everywhere flocked to Orlando as the Iowa State football team traveled to its third straight postseason bowl: the 2019 Camping World Bowl. The Cyclones lost the contest 33-9 to the No. 14 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Thanks to the Greater Des Moines Partnership and Work in Ames for sponsoring the Alumni Association’s bowl events.

An estimated 15,000 Cyclone fans attended the Camping World Bowl game against Notre Dame on Dec. 28.

The ISU Cyclone Football ‘Varsity‘ Marching Band performed before the game and during halftime.

The ISU Alumni Association sponsored a welcome reception with food, drink, and entertainment on the morning of Dec. 27 at Lafayette’s in Pointe Orlando (above and right).

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Fans gathered the night before the game at a Cyclones Unplugged event at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. The event was organized by the ISU Athletics Department.

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Meet Kate!

Articles of Incorporation

Kate Tindall (L)(’15 journalism & mass communication / political science) became the newest member of the ISU Alumni Association staff in January 2020, having previously worked with ISU’s College of Engineering. As director of marketing and communications, she works with brand implementation and messaging for ISU Alumni Association membership, events and programs. She oversees online marketing and communications content and strategy – including the www.isualum. org website, social media channels and broadcast emails. She replaces Kate Bruns (L)(’99 journalism & mass communication) in the role.

Background The Iowa State University Alumni Association (ISUAA) is an Iowa public benefit corporation. The ISUAA last filed its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (Articles) with the Iowa Secretary of State on June 20, 2006. Subsequently, the ISUAA’s Articles had been amended by the ISUAA Board of Directors (Board) to add a new category of members – annual business members.

The amendment for the new category of members was approved by the Board on May 29, 2009; however, this addition was not officially approved by the members of the ISUAA. Issue In addition to board approval, Iowa Code 504.1003 specifies that amendments to the Articles of a corporation must receive member approval.

At this writing, the Board is requesting members’ approval of the Board’s decision to add “Annual business members” as an eligible group for membership in the ISUAA. Annual Business Members officially began being recognized as ISUAA members in May 2009. The Association’s Board, when amending the Articles to properly recognize this new member category pursuant to Iowa Code 504.1003, failed to send the approved amendment to the members.

The Board also seeks member approval to amend the Acknowledgment paragraph of the Articles. This change recognizes that all prior changes to the Articles have been consolidated into this amendment and that the necessary approvals from the Board and members have been obtained.

Requested Action 1. To read the ISUAA’s Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, please go to www.isualum.org/articlesofincorporation.

2. During the ISUAA Board of Directors Annual Meeting, scheduled for Friday, May 15 at 4:50 p.m. at the ISU Alumni Center, members present will be asked to approve the following three items related to the ISUAA’s Articles – (1) formatting changes; (2) amendment of the Acknowledgment paragraph; and (3) the addition of annual business members as an eligible category of membership in the ISUAA. Questions should be directed in writing to Jeff Johnson, Lora and Russ Talbot ISUAA Endowed President and CEO, ISU Alumni Association, 429 Alumni Lane, Ames, IA 50011-1403 (or email jjohnsn@iastate.edu) by Friday, May 1, 2020.

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T H E 2 0 2 0 I S U A L U M N I A S S O C I AT I O N B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S S L AT E

The ISU Alumni Association Board of Directors recommends the following candidates for membership on the board. Each of these individuals has agreed to serve a four-year term. As a member of the ISU Alumni Association, you are invited to go online (www.isualum.org/boardslate) by April 25 and cast your vote for the slate of new ISUAA board nominees or write in the name(s) of others you would like to see serve on the ISUAA board. To request a printed copy of the ballot, please call (877) ISU-ALUM and request that one be sent to you by mail. Each member may complete only one ballot.

Final results will be announced at the Association’s Annual Meeting on May 15.

Thanks in advance for your participation.

Scott Bauer** ’85 business management Ames, Iowa Scott Bauer is the president of First National Bank, headquartered in Ames. Scott previously served as a Board Associate on the ISUAA’s finance and audit committees, and was a longtime member of the Ivy College of Business Management and Marketing Executive Advisory Committee. He has served as chair of the Ames Chamber of Commerce and as campaign chair for the United Way of Story County.

Currently, he holds board positions for the Iowa Bankers Mortgage Corporation, Ames Economic Development Commission, and the City of Ames Electrical Utilities Operations Review and Advisory Board, and he serves on the Audit Committee for The Center for Creative Justice. If chosen for the Board, Scott brings expertise in administration, banking, corporate management, customer service, and strategic planning.

Marvin DeJear** ’00 business management, MBA ’03, PhD ’16 educational leadership Des Moines, Iowa Marvin DeJear is the director of the Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families at Des Moines Area Community College. He is completing a one-year unfulfilled term of a former ISUAA Board member. His community service has included Back to School Iowa, blood drives, and clothing drives. He serves on the Polk County Early Childhood Board, the Future Ready Iowa Task Force, the State Minority and Unemployment Disparity Committee, the State Access to Justice Committee, and the State Two-Generation Committee. At Iowa State, Marvin was president of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, and he currently serves as an adviser to the organization. If chosen for the Board, he will provide expertise in administration, diversity and inclusion, entrepreneurship, and not-for-profit and small business management.

Anthony Jones* ’98 exercise and sport science, PhD ’10 educational leadership Ames, Iowa Anthony Jones is the director of equity for the Ames Community School District. As director, Anthony leads the district’s effort to build a culture of equity and inclusion for all students, families, employees, and community. During his time at Iowa State, Anthony was the recipient of the George Washington Carver Scholarship, the Barbara Jackson Scholarship, and the V I S I O N S W W W . I S U A LUM . ORG S P R I N G 2 0 2 0

Members of the ISU Alumni Association are invited to attend the Inspiration Awards and Annual Reception on May 15, 2020 (reception at 5:30 p.m., program at 6:30 p.m.) in the ISU Alumni Center. To register, please do so online by May 8 at www.isualum. org/awardsandreception. For more information, or to register by phone, call toll-free 1-877-ISU-ALUM. Locally, call 294-6525.

Manatt Fellowship. He has served on the leadership team at the Body of Christ Church, Cornerstone Church, and We Heart Ames. He is also a current member of the City Manager’s Community Advisory Group, a member of the Boys and Girls Club of Story County board, and a member of the College of Human Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council. If chosen for the Board, he would bring expertise in customer service, diversity and inclusion, human resources, and strategic planning.

Darius Potts* ’89 telecommunication arts Ankeny, Iowa Darius Potts is chief of police for the City of Ankeny.

He has dedicated more than 28 years to a career in law enforcement and is Ankeny’s first African American police chief. During his time at Iowa State, Darius was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and was the program director for the campus radio station, 91.5 KUSR. He is a current member of the Ankeny Optimist Club, the Rotary Club of Ankeny, and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives. Darius serves on the Governor’s FOCUS (Fueling Ongoing Collaboration and Uncovering Solutions) Committee on Criminal Justice Reform and the Des Moines Area Community College Safety Committee. Iowa State will always be a special place to Darius because he met his now-wife, Renee (’88 elementary education), during their first days of school. If chosen for the Board, he would bring expertise in communications, customer service, diversity and inclusion, and volunteer work.

Dawn Refsell** ’01 agronomy, MS ’03 crop production & physiology Runnells, Iowa Dawn Refsell is the seed protection product development manager for Valent USA LLC. During her time at Iowa State, Dawn was a Hixson Scholar and a Hixson seminar leader. She is involved in the United States Herbicide Resistance Action Committee, the North Central Weed Science Society, the Council for Diversity and Inclusion at Valent, and other various committees. If chosen for the Board, she would bring expertise in communications, customer service, diversity and inclusion, fundraising, strategic planning, technology, and volunteer work.

* Annual member of the Iowa State University Alumni Association ** Life member of the ISU Alumni Association Note: Only ISU degrees are listed

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Alumni and friends show they’re loyal and true through the ISUAA Sustaining Life donor program

hanks to new and continuing Sustaining Life donors who made gifts in 2019. This is the 16th year of the program, and dollars donated by Life members have helped provide additional support for the Association’s programs and services, including the LegaCy Club, young alumni programs, VISIONS magazine, and student leadership programs. The ISUAA’s Sustaining Donor program is a voluntary way for current members to provide additional tax-deductible annual support to the ISU Alumni Association. Make your 2020 gift online at isualum.org/sustaining.

16-YEAR DONORS

Jacque (’74F) and James Andrew David Babler (’76A) James (’70E) and Mary Ann Black Julie (’78D) and Mark (’77A) Blake Douglas Bosworth (’62E) Beverly Bowers (’73S) Winton Boyd (’66S) Lyndon Cakerice (’81E) Joel Cerwick (’66E) Jack (’56E) and Dilla Cosgrove Janice Coy (’54F) Robert Crom (’50A) Craig Denny (’71E) Robert (’56E) and Marie Dierks Karleen Draper Keith (’57S) and MaryAlice (’57S) Erickson Gary Flander (’80C) Jon Fleming (’75S) Barb (’71D) and Craig (’71E) Foss Charles (’53S) and Joanne Frederiksen Don (’58A) and Doris Goering Geof (’69E) and Vicki Grimes John (’67A) and Barbara Hagie Pam (’71F) and Ron (’71S) Hallenbeck Kyle Harms (’89S) Karen (’92M) and Jay (’90E) Heldt-Chapman Peter (’77E) and Pamela Hemken Liz (’76F) and Randy (’76A) Hertz Palmer Holden (’70A)

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15-YEAR DONORS

JaNelle (’69S) and Lloyd (’57A) Anderson Charles (’87M) and Mary (’86C) Bendgen Roger Benning (’63E) Martha (’76F) and Doug (’76A) Brown Burton Cooper (’72A) Stephen Cooper (’70E) Paul (’63E) and Shirley (’63F) Dana Kevin (’83A) and Jeanne Drury Glenda (’60F) and Donald (’59A) Eggerling Mary Evert (’57F) Elaine (’85M) and Brian Gifford Robert Hall (’54E) Roger Hansen (’65A) Caroline Hetfield Joseph Huber (’89E) Gerald (’68A) and Gwen Johnson Christopher (’73S) and Vernette Knapp Jane Lohnes Robert Manders (’63E) Glen (’61A) and Mary Jo Mente Carol (’56F) and Donald (’55A) Olson Sonia Porter (’60F) Carl (’67E) and Valerie Rausch Roger Reimers (’82A) Eric Rogers (’93S) Gary Sams (’70A)

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Suzanne (’89S) and Bernard (’95E) Schwartze Sandra Searl (’87S) Carolyn (’69D) and Charles (’68E) Sidebottom Robert (’60S) and Norma (’60F) Snyder Kevin (’87S) and Shelley (’87C) Stow Franklin Townsend (’80A) Jay (’59A) and Sarah (’71F) Van Wert Sharon Waterstreet (’78A) Dale (’74A) and Mary Jane Weber Richard (’67S) and Sandra Wellman Gary Woods (’62A)

14-YEAR DONORS

James (’65A) and Cathryn Ahrenholz Peggy Allen (’67F) Stephen Anderson (’80V) Kevin (’80A) and Christine Brooks Loyd (’69A) and Sue Brown Melissa Brush (’91S) Douglas Caffrey (’72A) Curt Clifton (’92E) John Faaborg (’71A) Craig Griffin (’83E) Thomas (’69E) and Cheryl Grinna David (’82E) and Carol (’86S) Hawn Jack Hegenbarth (’59S) Maynard (’66A) and Anne Hogberg Gary (’61E) and Donna (’08N) Hoover Maryl Johnson (’73S) Robert Kramer Jerry Ladman (’58A) Jan (’59S) and William (’59S) Ladman-Bancroft Sue (’77D) and Jay (’73A) Merryman William Millen (’70S) Deanna (’64S) and Walter (’69E) Nodean Merle Oleson (’59A) Wayne (’60S) and Eleanor Ostendorf Edward (’82C) and Carolyn Ottesen Fred Peitzman (’61E) Norman Petermeier (’63E) Victor Pierrot (’63E) Richard Schmidgall (’83E) Michael Shepherd (’74S) Marcia (’85M) and Steve Stahly Chelon Stanzel (’61F) Michael (’59E) and Jean (’60S) Steffenson Omar Stoutner (’70A) Neal Suess (’84E) Dennis (’70A) and Mary Thomas Linda Glantz Ward (’70F) and Doug Ward(’67E) Joan Welch (’55S) Michael (’77E) and Pamela (’77S) Weston Lorraine (’78F) and David (’79V) Whitney Tom Wilson (’84M) Dean Wolf (’61E) Kathy (’72D) and Steven (’73A) Zumbach

13-YEAR DONORS

Ronald (’68E) and Keitha (’67F) Anderson Jim (’78A) and Marcia (’78F) Borel Janice and Jeffrey Breitman John (’82E) and Kim Carlson Douglas (’72S) and Joan Carlson Denny (’65E) and Marcy Chaussee Chris Cunningham (’79A) Jane Gustafson (’57F) James Harris (’74E) Ross Johnson (’68S) John (’70S) and Cheryl Kingland Daniel (’59S) and Sharon Krieger Patrice (’73D) and Mark (’73E) Lortz John (’63A) and Kay Mortimer Robert Palmer (’62E) Debra Dotzler Pfeifer (’86S) and Dennis Pfeifer (’86E)

Cecilia (’89U) and Harry (’89U) Horner Melissa Houston (’95E) Barbara Janson (’65S) Lee Johnson (’73E) Jami (’74S) and Teresa (’73S) Larson Joel Leininger (’72V) Lyla (’71D) and Thomas Maynard Gerald Montgomery (’55E) Thomas Penaluna (’63E) Patrick (’77E) and Nancy (’78S) Pinkston Janis Scharingson (’71S) Robert Stober (’61E) Ronald (’66A) and Patricia (’66F) Vansteenburg

11-YEAR DONORS Carol Anderson (’76F)

2019 gifts helped the ISUAA advance its diversity and inclusion efforts throughout its programs and communications.

Nancy (’81V) and John (’78E) Peterson Nancy (’83A) and Douglas (’83A) Pringnitz Elaine and Richard (’61A) Rypkema John Saunders (’62E) Vincent Schwenk (’59E) Paula (’75S) and Mark Seward Mary Lou (’56F) and William (’56E) Snyder Vaughn Speer (’49A) James (’76E) and Pamela Swales Steven (’84F) and Lori Uelner Donna Willett (’54F)

12-YEAR DONORS

Claire Andreasen Jeffrey (’70A) and Jean (’70F) Anliker Ruth Bassett (’60F) Mark Batchelder (’95S) Marianne Berhow (’53F) Matthew (’90S) and Susan (’86D) Bravard Kenneth Bucklin (’62E) Stewart Burger (’72F) Richard Caputo (’72S) Todd Dahlof (’90D) Nancy (’72F) and Richard (’72A) Degner Marilynn Forsberg Nancy Gauthier (’79D) David Hahn (’80V) Bruce Hamilton (’73S) Jeaneyl Hazlett (’75V)

John (’64S) and Joni (’64S) Axel Gretchen Backlund (’48F) Richard Boettcher (’61E) Verna (’57F) and William Boland Timothy Bray (’85E) Arnel Citurs (’88E) Craig Claussen (’69S) Carrol Collins (’50A) Marilyn (’75F) and Dwight (’74A) Conover Larry (’62A) and Barbara Ebbers Don Francois (’84B) Katherine (’70S) and William (’70S) Gilbert Thomas (’69A) and Colleen Good Linda (’68F) and William (’72A) Good Dale (’60E) and Janice (’62F) Johnson Fern Kelsay Kent Lage (’86E) Lois (’68F) and John (’67E) Mather James (’72A) and Connie Mohn Ann (’54F) and Don (’54A) Platt Richard Pratt (’56A) Kelly Rose (’86F) Brian Rumpf (’88E) Willis Ryan (’62E) Keith (’56A) and Nancy Schmidt Cathy (’88M) and Mark (’88A) Schmidt John (’59E) and Patricia Shors Shirley Snyder (’51F) Mitchell Stock (’69S) Bob Suominen Jane Swanson (’61F) Ivan (’52A) and Genevieve Wikner S P R I N G 2 0 2 0 W W W . I S U A LUM . ORG V I S I O N S

10-YEAR DONORS

Harold Barfknecht (’70S) Ruth Ann Bennett (’59F) Donald Borcherding (’68E) Lorraine Bruns (’47F) Dennis Casey (’64A) Frank Clark (’54A) Marcia (’68S) and John (’67A) Cook Janice Ehrig Julia (’85S) and Jon (’85A) Ellis Richard (’54A) and Lynn Engen William Farr (’76E) James Fetrow (’61A) Connie Funk (’78F) John (’66E) and Nancy Hayes Carol (’58F) and Gerald (’53A) Hunter Jay (’89A) and Julie (’88A) Jacobi Carol Jensen (’88M) Kent (’78S) and Sara Johnson Alice Keene-Mason (’05E) Virginia Kern (’71V) David (’77V) and Diane Larson Karen (’69F) and Dennis (’71E) Licht Angie Lookingbill (’93M) Keith Naeve (’60E) Allan (’83E) and Diane (’79S) Roderick Deborah (’83E) and Jeffery (’81E) Schebler Roy (’70S) and Karen (’71D) Siple Ryan Slattery (’00M) David (’91E) and Christine (’91D) Slump Sandra Steffenson Tamkin (’90S) Shirley Stow (’76D) Doug (’59A) and Clarita (’59F) Vandermyde David VanHorn (’89E) Byron Veath (’51E) Alan (’71E) and Nancy (’71S) Wilcox Samuel (’67A) and Carol Wise Lynnette (’82S) and Jeffrey (’81E) Witt Jane (’77F) and David (’72E) Wombacher Michael (’70A) and Diane (’69S) Wonio

William (’74A) and Denise (’78S) Ryan Erma (’70F) and Norm (’69A) Skadburg Shirley Smith (’9S) Becky Stadlman (’74S) Donna (’81D) and William (’80S) Steckel Gerald (’61V) and Carolyn Te Paske Lynn Vorbrich (’60S) Norman (’59E) and Margaret Wirkler

8-YEAR DONORS

Richard (’55A) and Beverly Anderson Howard (’88M) and Ann (’87M) Anderson J. Thomas Andreesen (’89E) Jan (’72S) and J. D. (’64S) Beatty Charles (’83A) and Christine (’83A) Cornelius Richard (’54S) and Roberta Cox Darrell Cox (’83A) Jack Cox (’50E) Nancy Dittmer (’84M) James (’56E) and Etna (’56F) Doyle Sharon Drendel David Eyre (’61E) James (’60A) and Clare Frevert Anthony Germann (’60A) Edward (’83C) and Martha (’83S) Gschneidner Luan Hammell (’71F) Ruth Harris Rudy (’73E) and Deborah Herrmann Tracy Kolosik (’81M) Charlene Korslund (’51F) Kevin Krogmeier (’75U) Jean (’90M) and James (’69A) Martin Ana Hays McCracken (’84F) and Edward McCracken (’66E) Allan Mattke (’60A)

7-YEAR DONORS

Paul (’71V) and Marlene (’68F) Armbrecht Robert (’92C) and Kerry (’92S) Ashby Judith Baird (’80S) Patricia (’81S) and Scott (’80E) Benesh Arthur Bine (’57A) Benjamin Boden (’05H) Craig Bonestroo (’76E) Don (’84A) and Janet (’85E) Borcherding Gary Brandt (’79S) Boon Chuan Chew (’91S) James Christensen (’78A) Frank (’76S) and Kathy Comito Shirley (’56F) and Kay (’56A) Connelly Russell (’55E) and Carolyn Copley Jeffrey Couch (’77S) Matthew (’00S) and Sarah Craft Michael Davis (’71V) Karl (’73A) and Judy (’70S) Eby Carol Elliott (’72S) Robert Farr (’61S) Richard Harker (’57V) Larissa (’93V) and Richard (’91E) Hautekeete Fred Heinz (’78A) Charles (’58S) and Anne (’58F) Hesse Douglas (’73A) and Nancy Hofbauer Lori (’02M) and Daniel (’00M) Kartman

Because of your gifts, student leadership and entrepreneurship opportunities are available to students through our SALC-sponsored programs.

9-YEAR DONORS

Donald Adams (’72E) John Albright (’76S) Edwin Bartine (’64A) Leo (’65A) and Gloria (’67F) Beebout Robert Best (’55A) Todd (’88A) and Karey (’88M) Bishop James Blum (’70E) Douglas (’81S) and Susan (’81S) Boden James (’60E) and Barbara (’61F) Bunning Judith (’62F) and Leroy Butler Carl Carlson (’71A) Donald Cook (’74V) Joe (’58E) and Patricia Cunning Donald (’66V) and Dianne Draper Jane (’88D) and William (’69A) Edwards James (’73A) and Dagni Falvey Richard Freeman (’50A) Brenda Greaves (’83D) Roger Grundmeier (’72A) Susan Hanke (’87M) Russell Hansen (’67A) Billi Hunt (’93F) Robert (’58S) and Nancy Lindemeyer Bradley Maurer (’78D) Cathy Nelson (’79S) Harold (’73E) and Mary Paustian Jeffrey Rettig (’83A) Kathy Rhode (’82S) Jack (’85S) and Susan (’78A) Robbins Richard Roepke (’70A)

Robert (’09N) and Martha Jean (’09N) Watson Mark and Diana (’78F) Weber Christine Wehrman (’70F) Lori (’86S) and Doug (’84S) Wenzel Juliana Wernimont (’83D) Suzanne (’70S) and Willie (’70S) Wyckoff

Julia McCutchan (’58F) Thomas McIntosh (’67A) Pamela (’75D) and John (’72A) Miller Ted (’77S) and Al (’78C) Oberlander Steffan Paul (’91S) Louann (’71D) and Doug (’71E) Peterson Myrna (’82F) and Ronald (’57A) Powers Richard Renk (’50E) Keith Rolston (’64V) Kay Runge (’69S) John Seward (’58A) Gerald Sewick (’55S) Timothy Smith (’77S) Gordon Smith (’61A) Thomas Stanton (’53S) Gregory Strand (’75V) Edward (’59A) and Janet (’60F) Wachs A. Loy (’57F) and Robert (’56A) Walker

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David Kuivanen (’78E) Julie (’84D) and John (’77D) Larson Lee Maddocks (’52E) Karen McGregor (’82S) Douglas Meyers (’88E) Bonnie (’65F) and Gerald Moeller R. Ted Payseur (’72S) Darold (’60A) and Sandra (’61F) Plate Jamie and Ellen Pollard Sybil (’67S) and Noel (’66S) Rasmussen Sharon (’64F) and Richard (’64S) Richman Richard Rickert (’68A) Charles Ricketts Ruth Ann Robson (’52F) David Rush (’85E) Mark (’76S) and Sherry (’75F) Schmidt Kristin (’76A) and F. Dean Sears Joyce Siefering (’65F) Robert (’78S) and Shawn Simonsen Norma Speer (’57F)

Scott (’95S) and Priscilla Stanzel Catherine Stevermer (’93D) Taylor Swanson (’03E) Nancy (’66F) and Charles (’67A) Sweetman Amy (’91M) and Brian (’91M) Tetmeyer Terrence (’79S) and Maureen Tobin Dee (’75S) and David (’73S) Vandeventer Mary Ann Wagner (’56F) Barbara Weeks (’78S) Tara Whitmire (’01S) Donna Whitney (’09N) Sally (’70D) and Wayne Wilson

Sustaining donor gifts made in 2019 enhanced the reestablished LegaCY Club to connect future Cyclones to Iowa State.

Dorothy Siehl Wolverton (’61F) and Doyle Wolverton (’60A)

6-YEAR DONORS

Stuart Anderson (’91E) Elizabeth (’86E) and Scott (’84E) Benjamin Gregory Buffington (’67E) Eric (’97V) and Brenda Burrough Doris Chandler John Dewey (’76S) Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare (’76S) and Eric Dolbeare (’77A) William Dohrmann (’63A) Diane (’69S) and Jerry (’73E) Eilers William Ellingrod (’54E) Thomas (’60A) and Ruth Feldmann Curtis (’90M) and Teri (’90S) Ford Daniel (’68A) and Mari Gannon William (’68S) and Jean (’69F) Giddings Julie (’05M) and JD (’07E) Greiner John Grundmeier (’81A) Wayne Hartwig (’66E) Alice Hill (’64F) John Hoper (’62E) Sandra (’65F) and Gary (’64S) Johnson David Johnson (’70E) Carrie Jorgensen (’93A) Lester (’62S) and Shirley (’62F) Juon Jeffrey Kemink (’81A) Tony Kruse (’04S) Timothy Kuntz (’88S) Paul Lebuhn (’49S) Alice Lissner (’61F) Joseph (’63S) and Teresnia Longval Roger (’71V) and Marilyn Mahr Edward (’60E) and Judy (’60F) McCall Daryl (’76E) and Kitty Metzger Steven (’72S) and Nancy Myers Kathleen Niedert (’73F) Robert (’62E) and Jeanette Pedersen Lynnette (’73F) and Dennis (’71S) Pelisek Dave (’85E) and Katy (’83F) Pepper Steven Petska John Pothoven (’68A) Brooke (’03S) and Richard (’02A) Prestegard Thomas (’69A) and Janet Putnam Alan Renken (’67E)

Megan Rose (’97A) and Brent (’96A) Reschly Frank (’88E) and Mary (’85E) Reynolds Kent (’70S) and Lou Ann (’70S) Sandburg Jennifer Scharff (’98S) James (’80V) and Kimberly Seaton Ruth Ann (’73F) and Brock (’73S) Seney Eugene Severson (’49A) Dean (’58A) and Shirley Skaugstad Evonne (’68F) and Thomas (’68S) Smith Katherine (’56F) and William (’56A) Smith Susan Smith Charles Swanson (’67A) Cynthia (’84S) and Frederick Thorland Todd Tierney (’90C) Elizabeth (’87M) and John (’86A) Van Diest Stephen (’67E) and Beverly Watson Roger and Anna (’62F) Winans

5-YEAR DONORS

Steven (’77E) and Jolee (’78E) Belzung Charles Bonney (’69V) Michael Bowman (’65E) Mike Budworth (’94E) Kurt (’97A) and Jan (’97A) Dallmeyer Christy (’00S) and Justin (’01E) Doornink Pattie Erps (’84M) Charles (’53E) and Arlene Folkers Kathleen Geoffroy (’13N) Johnie Hanson (’73E) Jan (’65S) and Sharon (’65S) Haugen Elizabeth Horne (’51F) Cathy (’86F) and Thomas (’91F) Hsu Theodore Hutchcroft (’53A) Richard (’72A) and Judith (’71F) Isaacson Steven Jargo (’70E) Christopher (’73E) and Deanna (’73S) Jens Martin (’83A) and Julie (’87A) Kalton Patty (’87M) and Mike (’84S) King Alvin (’58E) and Ruth (’58S) Klouda Steven (’77E) and Mary Korrect William (’56S) and Mary Lanphere Ruth Larson (’52S) Stanley (’62A) and Virginia Laures Lea Lautenschlager (’74S) Pak Leung (’86A) Robert (’67S) and Charlotte Lewis Barbara Lyall (’57F) Dennis (’73S) and Susan Martin Cynthia Mather (’89V) Jon McCarty (’69E) Kimberly (’02S) and Dustin (’02S) McDonough Richard Milder (’65S) Jayden Montgomery (’97A) William Moran (’73E) Marc Mores (’95D) David Munson (’64A) John O’Byrne (’64A) D. Joseph (’77S) and Catherine Parrish Diane (’68F) and James (’66A) Patton Dale (’77A) and Rita (’77A) Peters Eric (’07A) and Michaela (’07M) Peterson Louise Pickart (’65S) James Pint (’49E) Mark (’67A) and Linda (’67S) Podhajsky Robert Powell (’82S) Melanie (’00E) and Karl Reichenberger 49

Douglas Reimer (’72A) Charles (’70S) and Kathleen (’80S) Ritts Patricia Rozek (’86S) Doug (’86E) and Valerie (’86M) Saltsgaver Miriam Satern (’73S) Deborah (’84A) and James Schade Karen Schipfmann (’94M) Bryan (’08E) and Nicole (’09E) Schmidt Deborah (’70D) and James (’70E) Schultz Clinton Spangler (’51S) Curtis Stamp (’89S) Deborah (’81S) and William (’81S) Stearns Judith Timan (’62F) Kristyn (’85S) and Kurt (’85M) Tjaden Peri Van Tassel (’84S) Ronald Voss (’69A) Terry (’69S) and Sherry Voy Mark White (’92E) Dana Wilson (’81B) Glenn Windom (’66V) Richard Wynne (’76A) Debra Yankey (’79F) Mark (’87S) and Debra (’92V) Zoran Carrie (’02F) and Michael (’02E) Zorich

4-YEAR DONORS

Sally (’69D) and Mark (’69E) Adrian Curtis Bakker (’89A) Alice Barney (’57A) Gary and Heather Botine Jonathan (’98M) and Signe (’99D) Brackmann Derek Bristol (’94E) Regina Brown Fineran (’57F) Dan (’95E) and Angelia Buhr Eric Clark (’93A) Joel (’70D) and Rebecca (’77S) Coats Christina Coffman (’89S) Meg (’84M) and Jeffrey (’84S) Courter Jon Crumpton (’78E) George (’88M) and Ann Deery Frederick (’67E) and Cassandra Dotzler Jean (’63S) and Frederick Dyer Jonathan Eichhorn (’03A) Donald Feld (’68E) Mark (’70S) and Laurel Fleming Peg Armstrong-Gustafson (’81A) and Gregory Gustafson (’80A) Robert (’88E) and Becci (’89C) Hamilton Risdon Hankinson (’67E) Kerrianne Hanlin (’88V) John (’64S) and Carolyn Hanson Kim (’85F) and James (’86E) Heise Alberta (’68F) and Dennis (’67A) Helmke Amy Henry (’03A) Myron Hinrichs (’66V) Mary (’64F) and Donald (’63A) Hoy Carol Jeske (’53F) Carol (’71D) and Richard (’71S) Jurgens Eldon (’62S) and Kathleen (’65F) Kaul Bryan (’69E) and Susan Kinnamon Jerry Knight Cynthia Leigh (’76S) Gene Leonhart (’71E) Chad Lochner (’96E) Joseph (’83A) and Michele (’87M) Lucas Sydney (’75S) and Gary (’73B) McConeghey Rodney McElvain (’71S)

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Marlene (’73S) and Lonnie (’73A) Miller Shelli (’84M) and Erik (’81S) Munn Jeffrey (’75E) and M. (’76F) Myhre Amy (’93E) and Jon (’94C) Nolting Paula Norby (’78S) Gregory and Olivia (’72S) Palermo Robert (’66E) and Patty Payer Janis Peak (’61F) Cuong Pham (’77E) Steven Phillips (’72E) Pete and Joan (’98M) Piscitello Jan Powell (’80A) Tracey (’86S) and Jerome Rayhons Paula Ringkob (’62F) Julie (’78F) and Scott (’79D) Rosin Mark Settle (’75A) Joan Simpson Maury Smith (’84S) Jane (’84A) and Jeffrey Stautz Sandra (’69S) and Robert (’69S) Stedman David Trauger (’64A) Janet Tryon William Underwood Aaron Vansteenburg (’95E) Keith Vollstedt Harold (’58E) and Sara (’59F) Warrington Marc (’74F) and Beth Weinbrenner Billie (’75S) and Norbert (’76A) Wilson Arnulfo Ybarra

3-YEAR DONORS

Shelley (’85S) and Mark (’86V) Ackermann Lynda Adams (’64F) R. Bruce Anderson (’85E) Renee (’87M) and Jerry (’87M) Arndt Edward Austin (’67E) Roderick Benjamin (’69E) Jimmy (’58A) and Carolyn Benjegerdes Kelley (’65S) and Joan Bergstrom David (’71S) and Kohnne (’70F) Bippus Joel Clark (’83E) Ann (’63S) and John Conklin Thomas (’76S) and Lisa Connop Harold (’49E) and Susan (’53F) Cowles Katharine Cross (’75V) Richard Devereaux (’61S) Dennis Drager (’85V) Sondra Dyer (’60F) John (’65A) and Joann Esser Duane Fisher (’73A) Joe Ford (’66A) Jan Gravenkamp (’58E) Evelyn (’55F) and Kenneth (’54A) Gregersen Duane Grummer (’68E) Robert (’76D) and Debra Guetzlaff David (’70V) and Suzanne Hahn Russel Hain (’58E) Peter (’58A) and Janet Hermanson Robert Homolka (’86S) Susan Hornung (’79D) Jeffrey (’83S) and Cynthia (’82S) Hunt Kenneth Klindt (’59A) Dane Korver Gary Laabs (’74A) Joseph (’56A) and Barbara Leonard Darwin Luedtke (’71A) Ann Madden Rice (’79S) Margaret Main (’67F) Larry Meyer (’82A) Mark Milliman (’86E) Diane (’86F) and Kevin (’83E) Mueller Michael Muhm (’81S) Dea (’69A) and Ronald (’68E) Oleson

John (’82A) and Cynthia (’82S) Paschen Bryce (’71E) and Rita Pearsall DeRionne Pollard (’93S) and Robyn Jones (’93F) Lloyd Prince (’67A) Timothy Quick (’01M) David (’80S) and Anne Radke Marilyn (’51F) and Jim Rock Georgine Roller William (’72S) and Dotti Rusk Dennis (’59E) and Sally (’59F) Rust Grant Sawyer (’60A) Ronald Scharnweber (’68S) Jon (’04V) and Amy (’01A) Schmidt Troy Senter (’84M) Margaret Sohm (’72S) Mary (’67F) and Wallace (’66S) Souder Richard (’99A) and Amanda (’06U) Tait Gregory Thiel (’70E) James (’78A) and Virginia Tobin

Roger Krogstad (’80V) Jon Laurich (’71S) Keith Leitich (’90S) Michael Lentz (’80B) Julie LeVake (’84A) Sharon (’65F) and Kenneth (’63E) Marsh Curtis (’76E) and Kandace (’73S) Martin Richard Meyer (’53E) Larry Meyers (’58A) Jack Miller (’61E) Teresa Nece (’74F) Carl Neifert (’70A) Donna Nelson (’70S) Marilyn Overmyer (’53F) Gary Parker (’80S) Thomas Paulsen (’01A) Joyce Potts (’67S) Margaret Quayle (’60F) William Quinn (’64V) Jon Radabaugh (’61S) Robin Shepard (’85S)

2019 gifts supported technology enhancements, making it possible to bring Iowa State to Cyclones everywhere.

Andrew Underwood (’17M) Carollee Vernon (’61F) Allyn Weber (’70E) Lynn (’78E) and Wendy Wenger Stephen (’68S) and Mary Wessman Jeffrey White (’92S) James Wilson (’67V) Gilbert Withers (’57A) Jill Witowski (’92M) Craig Woods (’71E) Mark Zumbach (’74A)

2-YEAR DONORS

Marylou (’70F) and Donald (’64A) Ahrens Rebecca (’86M) and Brian (’86E) Albert Ronald Amenta (’84E) Judith Apple (’74S) Melvin Bancroft (’77A) Brian Banker (’08E) Gary Belzer (’67A) Jennifer (’95D) and Andrew (’95E) Benkert Randy Borg (’81S) Jerry (’68S) and Judy (’68F) Clements Lynn Curtis (’66S) Heather (’06A) and Jason (’08E) Duncan Michael Feldhacker (’95S) Jean (’81F) and Albert (’80A) Fichter Colin Finn (’06M) Sheri Floyd (’86S) Karen Fouke (’84C) Gerald Fritz (’72E) Louise Fuller (’92V) Leah (’88D) and Bret (’84S) Gilliland Bob Greene (’92E) Rodney Groen (’74S) Gregory Hansen (’85E) Lawrence Hermann (’65A) Wade (’92S) and Lauri (’93F) Hinners Vincent Hoellerich (’79E) Helen Howe (’49S) Susan Jacobi (’82S) Jennifer Johnson (’98S)

Jeanene (’83A) and David (’84S) Skarshaug Kimberly (’91S) and Gregory (’91D) Smith Craig Smith (’85A) Roy Stevenson (’61E) Shirley (’65F) and Dennis Tice John Walker (’67A) James Warlop (’73E) Dean Wenthe (’80S) Lois Wergeland (’71S) Chuck White (’79A) Berton (’86D) and Maureen (’85S) Whited Brent (’86S) and Kristin Wogahn Leonard (’50E) and Georganne Woodruff Linfeng (’08E) and Danhui (’08U) Zhang

FIRST-YEAR DONORS

Claudia Aschbrenner (’75S) William (’92E) and Connie Baldwin Amy (’96S) and Robert (’96E) Bannister Emily Batista (’75S) Joel (’90M) and Kyla (’90M) Berkland Lisa Bishop (’85F) David Burdick (’76S) Grant Burger (’85S) Kelli (’02A) and Jonathan Cameron Barr (’60S) and Joan (’60S) Carris Elizabeth Cothron (’78S) Frank Coyle (’89C) Mary DeVore (’70F) Dwight Dial (’72A) Michael (’66S) and Glenda Dubes Scott (’86A) and Kelly (’86D) Ebel James Engle (’76A) Sally (’68F) and Paul (’68S) Erdmann Paul Esker (’05A) Barbara and LeVern (’67E) Faidley Pamela Ferris (’71S) Myra (’70F) and Warren (’67A) Finch John (’95E) and Ingrid (’95M) Fleming

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Lindsey Long

ATHLETICS PROGRAM SUPPORTS STUDENT-ATHLETES FOR A LIFETIME

BY CAROLE GIESEKE

uring the years Lindsey Long was a student-athlete at Iowa State (1999-2003), the soccer program went through three different head coaches. By the end of her first semester, Long already had her bags packed. She was going home to Colorado and not coming back.

But then she “met an Iowa boy” and completed her degree. And although she didn’t accomplish all of her own goals at ISU, today she’s helping hundreds of students accomplish theirs.

Long (A)(’03 marketing) has implemented a new program in the Department of Athletics called The Cyclone Journey. That journey involves self-awareness, career exploration, and life after college.

“We’re identifying how we can better support the student-athlete experience in terms of personal and professional development,” she said. “You’ve got your academic teams to support your academic goals, you’ve got your athletic teams and coaches to support your athletic goals, but there’s so much personal development that happens along the way.”

That journey starts the minute an athlete sets foot on campus, says Lehr Thorson, a Cyclone swimmer. Thorson, a junior event management major from Ft. Dodge, Iowa, did an internship with Long, working with the Letterwinners Club and alumni reunions.

“It’s been really rewarding to me as a student athlete, seeing the Cyclone Journey and how will it continue on as I graduate from Iowa State,” she said. “This program helps student-athletes prepare for interviews and going to career fairs and improving their public speaking ability. It’s offered me a moment of reflection in my own professional growth.”

Long’s program is unique in that it combines the student-athlete experience with alumni who have been out in the working world – often for decades.

“I think we’re on the leading end of the trend,”

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she said. “I don’t know of any of our peers that have one director who oversees the student-athlete engagement and letterwinner engagement.”

Long coordinates a mentoring program and invites alumni to speak to student-athletes in the University Studies 303 class. Russ Acton (’16 construction engineering), a former track athlete who’s now a project manager for Baker Group, recently spoke to a class.

“I was fortunate to have mentors and internships that helped lead me to where I am today,” Acton said. “I see a lot of similarities from my time as an athlete and my current role in the construction industry. There is a lot of autonomy in what I do, but I am still part of a team and that team relies on me.

I’m passionate about what I do now and jump at the opportunity to share that with others.”

In her role, Long has worked hard to reconnect former athletes with Iowa State. Some, for one reason or another, had chosen not to engage with campus for many years. Perhaps their sport was discontinued, or they focused too much on the goals they failed to accomplish.

Joe Palmisano (’76 English) was one of those former athletes.

“When I left Iowa State, I had in my mind that I needed to leave it behind,” he said. “It was a great experience, but I felt that if I didn’t leave that in the past it would be hard for me to move on. At that time in my life, I threw away everything Iowa State and started fresh. I stayed away 20 years or more.”

In 2016, Long organized an event to reconnect football alumni from the Earle Bruce coaching era (1973-1978). The re-engagement of that group was enormous, she said.

“With that group, we didn’t just create an event, we helped reignite a brotherhood of guys who have supported each other through highs and lows,” she said.

After that event, Palmisano said he was ready to reconnect.

“We were a team again,” he said. “It’s been great. College is the most important phase of your life. Those relationships are important. You grew up with those people. Coming back has been unbelievable. It’s like we never left.”

Faye Perkins (A)(’79 physical education, MS ’85) lettered in three sports at Iowa State – softball, basketball, and track – and has always maintained close ties with Iowa State. The recently retired interim provost and vice chancellor at University of Wisconsin-River Falls said that being a part of an athletic team shapes a student’s life.

“I think it’s important to continue to support Iowa State University and the programs we were a part of,” she said. “By coming back, we’re supporting and giving back to the program. But it’s also important to maintain those relationships we made when we were in college. It’s always amazing: We pick up where we left off, like there hasn’t been any time, even if it’s been 30 or 40 years.”

Long’s program supports all-sports reunions and aligns a reunion weekend with the Letterwinners Hall of Fame event. This fall, she’s planning a swimming and diving reunion and an all-time baseball reunion. A few years ago, men’s gymnastics alumni gathered for a surprise 80th birthday party for Coach Ed Gagnier and recognized his contributions to the sport with a banner in Hilton Coliseum.

“I think my favorite part is creating those special moments,” Long said. “Regardless of if you walked out of here accomplishing all of your athletic goals and academic goals, or whether you walked out of here not accomplishing all of your goals, Iowa State holds such a special place in people’s hearts. I think that is a true testament to the Iowa State culture, and I love that.”

From freshman student-athletes to long-time alumni, Long believes that the journey never ends.

“Every journey is different,” she said. “We all have a unique, individual path.” 

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A 2015 reunion honored former men’s gymnastics coach Ed Gagnier.

Football alumni from the coach Earle Bruce era gathered in 2016.

“You’ve got your academic teams to support your academic goals, you’ve got your athletic teams and coaches to support your athletic goals, but there’s so much personal development that happens along the way.”

– LINDSEY LONG, ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR, STUDENT-ATHLETE AND LETTERWINNER ENGAGEMENT

(Left) A women’s basketball reunion celebrated the life of fellow teammate Monica Huelman in 2019. (Above) Studentathletes participate in Ankeny Miracle League community service outreach. The Cyclones Serve initiative involves service-learning opportunities for student-athletes to grow by giving back to the community.

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Calendar  Cyclones Everywhere:

Greater Des Moines June 10: ISU Zoo Brew July 24: ISU Night at the I-Cubs

 Cyclones Everywhere April 4: VEISHEA West Ski Day at A-Basin, ISU Alumni of Denver May 16: ISU Day at the Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha

 At the ISU Alumni Center May 15: ISUAA spring Board of Directors meeting / annual meeting May 15: Faculty-Staff Inspiration Awards Ceremony May 25: ISU Retirees Memorial Day Ceremony

 On campus &

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April 17: Student Innovation Center dedication April 24-25: Department of Political Science at ISU turns 50 May 7: Graduate Commencement Ceremony May 7: Lavender Graduation May 8: Veterinary Medicine Commencement Ceremony May 9: Undergraduate Commencement Ceremonies

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

 Alumni Travel

YOUR FIRST LOOK AT EVERYWHERE

SEE YOU AT THE 2021 TRAVEL PREVIEW MAY 19, 2020

See the world in 2021 with the Traveling Cyclones! Travel operators will be on hand at the ISU Alumni Center from 3:30-6:30 p.m. to talk about 2021 travel tours.

To register for the Travel Preview, go to isualum.org/travelpreview.

May 16-27: Classic Europe Graduation Trip May 19: Traveling Cyclones 2021 preview May 20-31: Journey to Cornwall June 1-7: Exotic Egypt: Valley of the Kings (young alumni travel) June 2-12: Switzerland, Germany, Austria & the Passion Play June 4-15: Explore the Mighty St. Lawrence Seaway June 4-12: Spain: Andalucia June 15-30: Norwegian Splendor June 21-29: Circumnavigation of Iceland July 1-5: Costa Rica Eco Explorer (young alumni travel) July 7-21: Grand Danube Passage July 13-23: Glaciers & Wildlife of Alaska July 17-27: Great Journey Through Europe July 17-23: Canadian Rockies July 18-24: Cape Cod & the Islands July 19-27: Cruise the Rhine River July 27 – Aug. 7: British Isles Tapestry July 31 – Aug. 10: Majestic Great Lakes Say YES to new adventures with the Traveling Cyclones! For more information on 2020 trips, go to www.isualum.org/travel.

 Arts & Entertainment April 3-10: ISU Theatre presents 9 to 5, part of its HERoic season

 Awards April 17: Distinguished Awards Celebration May 15: Faculty-Staff Inspiration Awards and annual reception 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 Reiman Gardens: www.reimangardens.com Iowa State Center: www.center.iastate.edu University Museums: www.museums.iastate.edu Lectures: www.lectures.iastate.edu/

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FALL FOR ADVENTURE! Peru’s Machu Picchu

Book your fall getaway now with Traveling Cyclones. Departures are filling fast for these domestic and international destinations: • • • • • • • • •

Scotland: Highlands & Islands Italian Riviera Northern Italy Southern Africa Canada’s Northern Lights Portrait of Italy Verona Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Machu Picchu & Galapagos

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