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Art and Faith at JBU November 25, 2013 Dear Friends of JBU,
We are made in the image of God and he created a beautiful world out of nothing, so we give praise to God when we imitate him and make beautiful things out of the world that he has given us.
The visual and performing arts play a central role in the educational program of John Brown University. For example, we have over 225 students majoring in art and illustration, graphic design, digital cinema and photography in the Department of Visual Art. We also have approximately 20 percent of our students participating in the performing arts through groups such as the Cathedral Choir, women’s chorus, jazz ensemble, chapel and pep bands, chamber orchestra, drama and musical theater workshop. We have invested in the excellence of these programs by renovating two of the historic buildings in the Cathedral Group to house the visual arts program and by constructing the Berry Performing Arts Center for our music and theater programs. Art is an important part of a JBU education. Moreover, these programs have enriched the cultural life of the campus. The opening receptions for new exhibits in JBU’s art galleries are always a feast for the eye and for the belly. Sold-out crowds are entertained and challenged by the freshman play during Homecoming, the fall musical in November, or the spring play over Family Weekend. And, of course, the annual Christmas Candlelight Service has inspired audiences to Advent worship for more than 70 years. We are blessed to be a part of such a vibrant artistic and performing arts life at JBU. Art at JBU is not only pervasive, but also excellent. Our visual arts students Godspeed,
Dr. Charles W. Pollard President, John Brown University
routinely win gold medals and “Best of Show” awards at the American Advertising Federation’s ADDY competitions. Our vocalists often place first or second in National Association of Teachers of Singing competitions in Arkansas. Our art faculty members have also been recognized for their work. Peter Pohle has had several of his digital images accepted by Exposé, the international annual for digital art that receives more than 8,000 submissions a year. Bob Martin won Best of Show for a printmaking work at the largest Native American Art Market in the United States, and Charles Peer also won Best of Show at the 2012 Ozark Pastel Society Annual Competition. Art has a central role in the life of JBU because of our Christian faith. We are made in the image of God and he created a beautiful world out of nothing, so we give praise to God when we imitate him and make beautiful things out of the world that he has given us. Art also helps us to see and hear and perceive the world better, so it deepens our understanding of God and his creation. Finally, I believe that art at its best can give us glimpses of the glory yet to come in the new heaven and the new earth, so it can engender hope in our lives. As German poet and philosopher Goethe wrote, “A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.” Goethe’s ideal is a part of JBU’s reality and a great blessing from God.
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FALL 2013 The Brown Bulletin is published by University Communications for alumni and friends in the JBU community. Dr. Chip Pollard President Dr. Jim Krall Vice President for Advancement EDITORIAL STAFF
FEATURES COVER: THE ARTS AT JBU 14 | Faculty Trio Trains Students for Musical Legacy
By Tracy Balzer — For a combined 99 years, Paul Smith, and Jan and Terri Wubbena have taught at JBU.
18 | Performances Shine In New Berry Arts Center By Marquita Smith — A look at the history of where JBU theater has performed.
19 | Instrumental Music Plays On at JBU
By Laura Moon — Quietly and not-so-quietly, instrumental music remains a JBU tradition.
Lucas Roebuck Editor and Director of University Communications
20 | Tradition &Technology Merge in Printing Arts
Matt Snyder Creative Director
21 | Art is Conceptual, Spiritual and Material
Jessa Eldridge Managing Editor
ALSO INSIDE 3 | Nursing Program Approved, $6 Million Given
Contributors John E. Brown III, Tracy Balzer, Lori Walker, Jerry Rollene, Marquita Smith, Laura Bradshaw, David O’Brien, Laura Moon, Dave Andrus Production Support Kelly Saunders, Rachel Fiet, Virginia Wietecha, Rebekah Entwistle, Sherry Miller, Sonya Price, Zack Brown Copy Editing Paul T. Semones, Andy Klungland Thanks Marikit Schwartz Fain, Faith Lemons, Laura Bradshaw Submissions of news items, story ideas, letters and corrections can be made via electronic mail to: lroebuck@jbu.edu or via U.S. postal service to Brown Bulletin 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 ©2013 John Brown University
By Jessa Eldridge and David O’Brien — A look at the old and new ways students do printing.
Dave Andrus discusses the various dimensions in the creation of art.
JBU’s nursing program gets state approval and significant anonymous gift.
23 | Homecoming 2013 and Alumni Awards Reunion photos and bios on the 2013 Alumni Award Winners.
DEPARTMENTS JBU News — The Latest JBU Headlines — Page 3 Advancement — Giving Tuesday — Page 7 Degree Completion — Integrating Faith in DCP – Page 8 Chaplain’s Corner — How Much Is Enough? — Page 9 Alumni Director — The Influence of Professors — Page 22 Alumni News — The Latest Milestones for JBU Alumni — Page 26 In Memoriam — Remembering JBU Friends — Page 28 Donor Legacy – ‘A Debt of Gratitude: A Love Story’ – Page 30 Grad School — Brazil Studies Offer MBA Insights — Page 31 From the Editor — The Founders Anachronistic, Relevant Paperbacks — Page 32 On the cover: Samples of art created by students, alumni and faculty. See Page 10 for more artwork from the JBU visual arts program.
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A proposed rendering of the nursing building.
JBU receives prerequisite approval for nursing program, announces $6 million lead gift In September, the Arkansas State Board of Nursing gave unanimous prerequisite approval for JBU to begun steps towards creating a nursing program. JBU’s nursing program will offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree. The prerequisite approval is the first step in a three-step approval process for new nursing programs. The board’s approval allows JBU to advertise the nursing program and begin recruiting pre-nursing students for the Fall 2014 semester.
Dr. Ed Ericson, vice president for academic affairs, and Dr. Brian Greuel, chair of the division of natural and health sciences, have led JBU’s efforts to develop the new nursing program. After completing the next step in the process, initial approval, JBU could begin admitting students into its nursing program as early as the Fall 2016 semester. Final approval of the program must be obtained before graduating the first class of nursing majors. On Oct. 3, John Brown University announced an anonymous $6 million
lead gift for a new nursing education facility and endowment for JBU’s new nursing program. The gift is part of the approximately $10 million amount that will be raised to launch the nursing program, including $6 million in construction costs and $4 million to endow operations and facility maintenance. “We are immeasurably grateful for this gift that will enable JBU to train nurses to serve as critical caregivers and healers,” said Dr. Chip Pollard, JBU president. “The profession of nursing aligns neatly with our core Christian value of serving our neighbors.” Architectural planning for the estimated 20,000 square-foot nursing facility will start in 2014, with construction starting in 2015. The building will be open in Fall 2016, ready for the first cohort of nursing majors in JBU’s program. “The regional and global need for highly educated nurses is profound and growing,” said Susan Barrett, JBU board member and retired president of Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas. “This anonymous gift will enable JBU to use its top-ranked academic knowhow to build a state-of-the-art nursing program.”
JBU devotional submissions needed JBU is putting together a devotional book that features the work of alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends of the university. The goal is to end up with a collection of life lessons, reflections and devotionals that will encourage and energize the spiritual walk of those who read it. Cherished faculty emeritus, Jim Walters, is assisting with the project. For more information please visit http://www.jbu.edu/news/devotional or email news@jbu.edu. TP game tradition continues The John Brown University men’s home basketball season opened on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. when the Fall 2013 | Brown Bulletin | 3
{ J B U NE W S } Golden Eagles hosted Crowley’s Ridge (Ark.) in the annual Toilet Paper Game. Each year during the first home game, fans come armed with rolls of toilet paper, which they hurl onto the court after the first made field goal by JBU. This 33 year-old tradition brings record crowds, approximately 2,000 rolls of toilet paper and an automatic technical foul against JBU. The Toilet Paper Game, which began in the early 1980s, has been listed as a top fan tradition in college basketball by Sports Weekly and was described as the “best technical foul in all of sports” by USA Today. The game has also been covered by ESPN “Around the Horn” and “Sports Center.” The final score, a JBU win over Crowley’s Ridge, was 82-67. John Brown University is a member of the NAIA Division I and competes in the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC).
Northslope Apartments dedicated The new 10,000 square-foot townhouse apartment facilities were dedicated during Homecoming. They were built on the north slope of campus near the JBU townhouses. The apartments consist of two bedrooms, two bathrooms, an open living room/ kitchen area and individual laundry facilities. The townhouse apartments house upperclassmen, married students and nontraditional students. During the dedication, guests had the opportunity to tour several of the units and visit the students who call the apartments home. 4 | Brown Bulletin | Fall 2013
New Counseling clinic opens with wing dedicated to play therapy In August, JBU dedicated its new CARE Clinic, a counseling facility located on the Siloam Springs campus. The clinic features facilities designed to utilize play therapy. JBU is the first university in Arkansas to provide a certificate in play therapy through the graduate counseling program. Play therapy is a form of psychotherapy which helps children process complex emotions through playing, a method which comes most naturally for children. The building’s five play therapy suites are located in The Tucker Hill Play Therapy Wing, named in honor of the late grandson of Dr. John CarSimmons Great Hall dedication JBU held a dedication ceremony for the new 17,000-square foot Simmons Great Hall on Oct. 4. The new banquet facility is being named in honor of the Simmons family, longtime JBU supporters. Mark Simmons, Chairman and CEO of Simmons Foods, who has served on the JBU Board of Trustees since 1985, spoke during the dedication ceremony. The Simmons Great Hall is adjacent to the Kresge Dining Hall and is accessible for daily overflow from the cafeteria. The banquet hall employs modern audio/visual presentation equipment and features the ability to be divided into three separate rooms. Also, nonJBU events normally held in the Kresge Dining Hall will be able to be held in the Great Hall, avoiding the displacement of students during meal times. Record student enrollment at John Brown University In September, the release of John Brown University’s 11th Day
mack. The new facility also features two sand tray rooms, two family sized play therapy suites and one parental consultation suite equipped with flat screen TVs and cameras. In addition, the newest observation room will allow viewing for up to 10 interns and one faculty supervisor. Report marked the largest total student enrollment in the university’s history, with 2,574 students enrolled for Fall 2013. This report followed an eight-year consecutive growth in student enrollment, and reflected numbers in traditional undergraduate students, graduate students and non-traditional undergraduates in the Degree Completion Program. Fall 2013 not only marked John Brown University’s largest number of full-time traditional students and graduate students ever enrolled, but also marked the largest number of students ever enrolled in JBU’s online degree completion programs. JBU names College of Business in honor of Donald G. Soderquist The College of Business at JBU has been renamed in honor of legendary Walmart executive Don Soderquist. JBU also announced a new $2 million endowment for the Donald G. Soderquist College of Business, which includes a $1 million gift from the
{ J B U NE W S } Soderquist Family Foundation and a $1 million matching gift by an anonymous donor. Soderquist spent more than 20 years as a leader at Walmart and became known as “the keeper of the culture” after the passing of Walmart founder Sam Walton. Soderquist served as chief operating officer and senior vice chairman during a period of exponential growth for Walmart, as the company became the largest in the world with sales of more than $200 billion. Soderquist served on the JBU board of trustees from 1982 until 2009, and served as the board’s chairman from 1991 until 2002. He is currently trustee emeritus and was inducted into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame in 2010. He is the founding executive of the Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics at John Brown University.
90.9 FM KLRC named Religious Station of the Year 90.9 FM KLRC was named Religious Station of the Year at the 2013 National Association of Broadcasters’ Marconi Radio Awards. The awards were announced at the annual NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show held during the Radio Show conference in Orlando, Fla. The NAB Marconi Radio Awards honor radio stations and on-air personalities for excellence in broadcasting.
The NAB has been honoring radio stations with Marconi Awards since 1989. The award is named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi. Marconi finalists were selected by a task force of broadcasters and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. Soderquist Center named a Best Place to Work in Arkansas In September, the Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics was named as one of the Best Places to Work in Arkansas, according to the Arkansas Business and Best Companies Group. This survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in Arkansas, benefiting the state’s economy, workforce and businesses. The list is made up of 12 companies. The Soderquist Center for Leadership & Ethics is a provider of leadership development for organizations of all sizes. It is dedicated to developing values-based leaders around the world. By using relationships, trust, collaboration, excellence and experiential learning, the organization equips people with the transforming power of ethical leadership. The Soderquist Center is celebrating its fifteenth year serving leaders in Northwest Arkansas and around the world. JBU tops U.S. News Best Value list for second year For the second year in a row, U.S. News and World Report has named John Brown University the No. 1 Best Value among Southern colleges. The magazine named JBU the No. 2 overall college in the South, making this the fifth year in a row JBU has held the first or second ranking. JBU is ranked against 99 Southern regional college peers. This was the 10th consecutive year JBU was ranked in the top 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hirsch
JBU hosts Holocaust Conference The 22nd Annual Arkansas Holocaust Education Committee Conference was held at JBU in October. Area middle and high school students, along with their teachers attended the conference that promotes an interdisciplinary approach to learning about the Holocaust. Compelling visual history testimony was integrated into multi-part and modular lessons to engage students in the lives of survivors, rescuers, liberators and other witnesses of the Holocaust. Veteran 92-year-old Richard Geer, from Siloam Springs was honored during the luncheon. Geer was a member of the 69th Infantry Division as a lieutenant infantry unit commander during WWII. The unit was instrumental in liberating the Leipzig concentration camp. Keynote speakers for the afternoon plenary session were Holocaust survivors Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hirsch. Mr. and Mrs. Hirsch met in Israel after separately being captured by Germans and escaping. They were married in 1950 and moved to Birmingham, Ala. in 1992 to be closer to their children and grandchildren. Fall 2013 | Brown Bulletin | 5
JBU athletes travel near and far to make a difference The Women’s Soccer team headed to Joplin, Mo. Summer 2013 for a preseason that impacted the whole season. A devastating tornado hit Joplin two years ago and is still impacting the city. We had an opportunity to work with an organization called Habitat for Humanity to aid in the rebuilding of homes. Yet, this trip was much more than hammering nails and raising walls. God gave us an opportunity to serve others and share God’s love. The house we worked on had a foundation and we were able to put walls up. I love that this paralleled our team culture in how we have a foundation in Christ, yet we still have building up to do. -Nicole Kosin,Women’s Soccer I am so blessed that our basketball team got the opportunity to go on a mission trip to the Philippines. During this trip, we planted seeds to further God’s Kingdom, made some great relationships, and we realized just how fortunate we are. Some highlights from our trip included making great relationships with the girls at the Jazz Home. The girls were truly angels, and their amazing faith in God impacted us all. Our team also went on two feedings in Manila. The experience was so humbling and helped us see how blessed we are. My best memory of the trip was meeting Sheila. She was one of the girls
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at the orphanage, and she became my little buddy. One day when we got back to the Jazz Home, she was wearing my jersey with all of the girls’ signatures on it. The whole experience of the Philippines has forever changed our lives, and a part of our hearts will always be with those girls. -Morgan Ankrom,Women’s Basketball My team and I were privileged to spend two weeks in Creve, Haiti this summer, right before preseason kicked off. We had our plans set and bags packed to get on the plane, but little did we know that God had His own
ideas. He was set on moving hearts. Our flights were delayed and changed, schedules didn’t work out, and comfort didn’t come first. The team was challenged and stretched in so many ways, but the main goal of the trip was one of the easiest we’ve ever accomplished. We got to spend each day showing the people of Creve how much God loves them through Scripture and a variety of sports camps. -Courtney Marshall, Women’sVolleyball
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After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Consider Supporting JBU on #GivingTuesday
In an effort to support JBU’s #GivingTuesday, an anonymous donor has offered a matching grant of up to $10,000 for Dec. 3! For 24 hours only, any online gift to the JBU Scholarship Fund will be matched.
There is a day for everything, it seems. We have a day for celebrating our nation’s independence, a day for giving thanks, and this year I found out there is even a Donut Day (June 1). Now, there is a day of giving. Last year, after the rush of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, hundreds of businesses, organizations, schools and individuals joined efforts to create a day of giving. The movement, called #GivingTuesday, utilized the originality of each participant to celebrate generosity. With this creativity, the multifaceted approaches of giving included providing financial support, shelter, food, encouragement, laughter and advice on #GivingTuesday. Over 2,500 organizations participated in helping inspire communities to give. For an entire day, a message and call for selfless giving flooded many social media outlets. Reading through the various ways others participated reminded me of the ways our students give each year. Many students have financially supported the J. Alvin Project, and whether through friendships or mission trips, our campus is filled with servant leaders who show a watching world the heart of God. This year, I’m excited that John Brown University will be participating in #GivingTuesday (Dec. 3) to showcase the many ways students serve, and to encourage people to support these
exemplary young men and women by giving to the JBU Scholarship Fund. In an effort to support JBU’s #GivingTuesday, an anonymous donor has offered a matching grant of up to $10,000 for Dec. 3! For 24 hours only, any online gift to the JBU Scholarship Fund will be matched. I invite you to join John Brown University this #GivingTuesday and spread the word by: • Marking December 3 on your calendar and putting a link to www.jbu.edu/giveonline
• Follow JBU on Facebook (www. facebook.com/JohnBrownUniversity) for stories about JBU students • Tell your family and friends, and ask them to join you and John Brown University on #GivingTuesday John Brown University was built upon the belief that people — staff, faculty, students, parents, alumni and friends — can proclaim God’s love to the world by dedicating time, energy or support to a Christ-centered education. This legacy continues through the generous support of alumni, parents and friends of the university, and I am thankful to each for their gifts and encouragement. Dr. Jim Krall is Vice President of Advancement for John Brown University.
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Integrating Faith in JBU’s Degree Completion Program For JBU’s Degree Completion Program, the integration of faith into the curriculum begins on the first night of class and continues throughout each student’s time in the program – and beyond. From the custom-designed JBU Bible each student receives as a gift from
the program during their first course to class assignments that utilize scripture to teach business concepts, JBU’s guiding principle of ‘Christ Over All’ is fully incorporated into each course and demonstrated by our faculty from the very beginning. And while students are made aware of JBU’s commitment to education within a Christian worldview throughout the recruitment and enrollment process, many students choose JBU in spite of – and not because – we’re a Christian university. “When working adults search for a way to finish their bachelor’s degree, 10 8 | |Brown BrownBulletin Bulletin| Fall | Winter 2013 2010
they see JBU Degree Completion as the best option because of the convenient schedule,” said Kent Shaffer, senior admissions counselor. “But God has a higher purpose; He uses this program to reach people who might not otherwise be exposed to the gospel. We occasionally see students accept Christ through this program. We often see students gain a deeper faith and more personal relationship with Christ by the time they graduate. And to be a part of that spiritual transformation is a privilege.” At an average age of 33, students in the program have other priorities in addition to finishing their bachelor’s degree. Most students remain employed full-time throughout their time in the program, and many are parents, too. “One reason students choose JBU is because our programs are convenient,” Susan DeWoody said. “What some of those students don’t realize is that God is going to use the instructional time at JBU to reveal himself in powerful ways through weekly class activities and discussions.” For student Liz Moore, the faculty and staff have offered the spiritual encouragement she needs to finish her degree. “JBU provides the community I need to complete my education while raising my four precious children,” Moore said. “Because of the openness and caring, I do not hesitate to ask for prayer, support, and advice from the instructors, advisors and administration.” While all students are required to complete six semester hours of Biblical studies credit in order to earn a bachelor’s degree, the Christian worldview is also woven into more traditional courses like psychology and accounting. Adjunct faculty member Rocky Parsons developed a new course that utilizes Scripture and textbooks to
teach essential leadership skills like communication and analysis. “There’s no better textbook than the Bible,” Parsons said. “About half of the students entered the classroom with little or no knowledge of either book, but by the time we were finished with the class, they not only understood the application to their careers and personal relationships, they more fully grasped the amazing way that God works in our lives.” Another powerful example of integration comes from the use of the StrengthsQuest assessment throughout our programs. “What begins with a simple online assessment in the orientation course quickly becomes a discussion throughout the program of study about how God created us, what strengths and talents He gave us and how we can use them to bring glory to Him at home, in the community and in the workplace,” DeWoody said. This fall, JBU deployed a redesigned organizational management program that focuses on critical thinking, effective communication and rational decision-making. While the degrees offered or curriculum may change, the commitment to Christ in the classroom will remain top priority for the Degree Completion Program. “Integration of faith does not just happen merely in the prayer offered before class begins or the collecting of prayer requests for consideration each night,” DeWoody said. “It’s in the nature of how our faculty allow God to speak through them and use them to share the gospel in practical and applicable ways that our students can relate to.” LoriWalker is Director of Marketing and Corporate Relations for John Brown University’s Degree Completion Program.
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How Much is Enough? How much service, or giving, or ministry is enough to demonstrate my love for God and his people? How much does it take to confirm that my faith is something real and not just a convenience, that I’m willing to live a life of costly discipleship? How can I be sure that in the end, I will receive that longed for declaration, that I am a “good and faithful servant”? How do I know that Jesus won’t be frustrated with me, like he was with that fig-less fig tree? It’s a haunting set of questions. We western Christians should ‘fess up and admit that we are inclined to measure our spiritual worth by physical evidence: Bible studies taught, friends converted, nursing homes visited, foreign children sponsored. The list of upstanding services goes on, each item serving as evidence of our devotion. But trying to impress God with my devotion actually turns out to be paralyzing. The opposite is also true. When times of seeming inactivity come, either imposed upon us by life’s circumstances or our own spiritual dryness, the guilt of it paralyzes us. I remember feeling this keenly after my first baby was born and my life choices were absolutely determined by this child who relied on me virtually every minute and who full-throttle introduced me to the meaning of the word “colic.” My daily level of productivity was pitiful, and as I carried my distressed child in her front pack, I simultaneously carried great heaps of guilt in a virtual backpack. Read my Bible? Pray? Serve? Please. In those early days I considered it a major accomplishment if I made it out of my pajamas before dinner time. Both extremes — obligation to God that leads to hyper-activity, or guilt as
a result of lack of productivity — are manifestations of a twisted view of what God really expects of his children. Here is where the Psalmist sets us straight, employing a botanical metaphor that cuts to the core of our misperceptions about what matters most: “(the righteous person) is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season...” A faithful life is productive, but only in season. I don’t know of a tree that bears fruit constantly. It’s not healthy to be “producing” all the time. This, to me, is an invitation that is completely liberating, and it helps me greatly when seemingly dormant times come. Since the earliest days of our marriage, my husband and I shared a conviction about the critical role that Christian higher education can play in the lives of young adults. It had been true in our own college experience, and we wanted to be a part of that for others. Campus ministry was a clarion call, but it eluded us. We sent applications for positions all around the country with no results, only more waiting. Sometimes our prayers were pretty pathetic, weary as we were. Then one day the season radically ended. A new horizon opened up, taking us finally to the college ministry that had tugged at our hearts for so long. The wilderness wandering seemed to be over, and indeed it was: John Brown University was our “promised land.” The key to surviving those wilderness years was drawing on the nutrients God provided in the midst of it. When the Israelites wandered in the wilderness God provided his own special food for them, manna, to nourish them while they waited. They fed
How do I know that Jesus won’t be frustrated with me, like he was with that fig-less fig tree? upon God and trusted in his provision in that otherwise dry and weary land, and it kept their grumbly, unproductive selves alive during an unfruitful season. Israel would experience other times of dormancy in their history as the people of God, and I will too. But, if I employ the metaphor of Psalm 1, it is up to me to make sure my roots go down deep, continually drinking in the hydrating water of God. Another fruitful season will come in good time. The first Psalm invites me to observe the seasons and acknowledge that 24/7 fruitfulness is not natural for human beings, just as it is not natural in the botanic realm. Times of dormancy are normal. In fact, as we are firmly planted in God’s life, growth continues even when it would seem that all is dead. Tracy Balzer is Director of Christian Formation at John Brown University. Fall 2013 | Brown Bulletin | 9
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From visual arts to performing arts, creativity & beauty fuse in the works of JBU students Artistic expression gives voice to our most important feelings, thoughts and ideas. How can we communicate the common experience of humanity, the uniqueness of our joy and suffering, and most importantly, our innate need to worship God, without the arts? JBU celebrates the arts in all its forms — from the visual arts to the
with you the work of our students and faculty, as they fuse creativity and beauty in an attempt to reflect the awesomeness of the Creator and His Creation.
morgan ankrom x color spots x gouache and pen
performing arts — and in these pages we hope to share
beka ruiz x untitled x acrylic on panel
alyssa duckworth x hindenburg x pen and ink
jay vogt x london eye x photography
Stephanie Willis x Teal Tiger x 1-color linoleum relief print
Zack brown x scraps x collage
chloe fennell x treehouse x gouache, watercolor pencil, colored pencil, pen and ink
Stephanie Willis x liverpool, england x photography
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musical legacy New York to purchase a brand new Three veteran faculty members have nine-foot Steinway.” By the end of that spent the majority of their professional year, Smith had his hundred additional lives instructing JBU students and leadstudents; Anglin kept his promise and ing them into fruitful musical careers. Smith found himself traveling to Paul Smith, Jan Wubbena, and Terri Queens, New York to Wubbena, all professors purchase the grand piano of music, have together that remains on the logged almost 99 years of campus to this day. Today service at JBU. And such the department owns no a legacy is laced with less than 24 pianos, yet memories of the past and another indication that vision for the future. the growth that Smith Paul Smith was hired envisioned has truly hapin 1987, a time when pened. student participation in Smith’s leadership choir was minimal, qualhas also helped JBU’s ity pianos were scarce Cathedral Choir and voand funds were tight. To cal music program gain address the first two connational attention. Over cerns, Smith proposed a the past 20 years, the deal with the dean, A.J. Terri Wubbena directs the choir has been invited Anglin. “If I could get chamber orchestra during to perform with the 100 or more students practice in the new Berry Symphony Orchestra of singing in three choirs, Performing Arts Center. Northwest Arkansas on (Male Chorus, Women’s numerous occasions. “When I came to Chorus, and Cathedral Choir) he JBU there was no real viable participawould find the money to send me to 10 14 | Brown Bulletin || Fall Winter 20132010
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tion in the National Association of Teachers of Singing organization,” Smith explains. “I felt that our students needed the challenge of competing with other singers in state and also in regional competitions.” Twenty-seven years later, JBU has had between 100-150 finalists and semi-finalists in the competition. Now as president of the Arkansas Chapter, Smith looks ahead to the realization of a dream: to host the competition here at JBU. In February of 2014, somewhere between 250 and 300 college students and 45 teachers will be on campus for the very first time. “I am excited to show my long time NATS colleagues what
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a rich environment we have at JBU,” Smith said. But it always comes back to the students and what they accomplish. When asked about them, Smith said, “I lost my shirt buttons long ago as I so fondly recall so many that have gone on to be full-time performers or educators.” Jan Wubbena’s impressive tenure in the music department has garnered his own long list of accomplished students and markers of achievement. Since 1977, his role on the faculty has changed according to the needs of the time; his particular expertise in organ and music theory are distinguishing contributions. In addition he taught general education classes for nearly 14
years. “More than anyone else in the department, I’ve had the role of music-asa-liberal-arts-discipline-rather-than-aperforming-artform advocate,” he said. In recent decades, Jan has focused on the “pre-performance” aspect of music, “what composers do before their music is ready to be put into the hands of performers,” Jan explained. “Engaging (students) in this part of the study of music — again, the liberal arts aspect of music, not the performance side — is really gratifying. By the time we get to the last courses in the curriculum, it’s more like a seminar with one leader and the rest quasi-colleagues.” Jan is especially happy to brag about JBU student performance on the Major
Field Test in Music, the standardized exit exam taken by music majors. He happily cites the last 12 years in which JBU students have ranked in the 90th percentile or higher. “I am proud of all of our music grads who are leading productive lives in service to God, family, church, and community,” Jan said. “If in any small way we contributed to that, I am grateful.” Terri Wubbena was hired as JBU’s instructor of woodwinds in 1976. Her professional title changed in 1980 when the instrumental music major was discontinued, and she moved into teaching theory, musicianship, and the elementary music course for education majors. The discontinuation of the instrumental music program back in her early days did not dissuade Terri from pursuing excellence with JBU students instrumentally. “Slowly but surely, instrumental music is inching its way back into the curriculum,” Terri explained. As Terri looks ahead to possibilities in the music department, she sees that a full-blown instrumental program needs to once again be considered. “We lose a number of students regularly who want to be band directors,” she said. She knows it’s a big and expensive dream. And for years, there was no reason to even reconsider it because JBU lacked the proper facilities to support it. The campus now has a state of the art performance auditorium, the Berry Performing Arts Center, complete with concert hall, orchestra pit, full stage and technical equipment, beautiful dressing rooms, choral and instrumental rehearsal halls, a full recording studio and sound proof booth. “There isn’t a day that I don’t find myself walking through the front doors of that building still in awe,” Paul said. “People think I am joking when I tell them that often I set foot in that beautiful choral room and still have (an) uncontrollable urge just to fall to my knees.” Fall 2013 |
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peter pohle x scavenger hunt x digital 3d modeling
anna rose x untitled x 3-color reduction relief print
kenneth crane x untitled x gouache
shannon henderson x watson x oil becca masters x untitled x screen print
chloe fennell x landscape study II x oil pastels
esther carey x siloam convalescence home x photography
abby jeppsen x untitled x charcoal
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Performances shine in new Berry Performing arts center s t o ry By M a r q u i ta S m i t h
A young woman stands downstage in the Berry Performing Arts Center wearing what appears to be a halffinished Victorian ball gown over jeans and tennis shoes. Rehearsal for the fall musical “Patience” is in full swing, and cast members are scattered throughout the center building props or practicing lines. While theater has long been among the repertoire of JBU performances, having a professional stage, costume room, set studio, makeup room and practice rooms is a novelty. Before the Arts Center opened in 2010, making unorthodox stages was simply
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par for the course in for theater productions. Donna Rollene ’77 recalls starring in the production of “The Music Man,” which was performed in the Murray Sells Gymnasium. “We were in the center of the gym and faced the bleachers,” Rollene said. “The crowd sat on those bleachers, we even built the set outside
in parts and moved it over there. It truly was a fun time.” JBU Music Theater once performed in the Siloam Springs High School auditorium. “It was a new building, and I believe the pit orchestra was the first group to use the pit. I remember being there to move the instruments in,” said Terri
{ f e at u r e } Wubbena, chair of the Communication and Fine Arts Division. “One has had to think outside of the box in order to make the best of limited resources – be it the size of the stage or auditorium,” Wubbena said. “We’ve never just not produced because of the limits.” At times, even the Cathedral sanctuary was used to stage performances. In 1992, the first production in then new Jones Recital Hall was Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience, which is being performed on campus in November for the first time since that production. While Jones Recital Hall had some limits, it still had so much more than the lower auditorium. “There were honest to goodness make-up rooms, a quality sound system and lighting system,” Wubbena said. “No, it wasn’t anywhere near big enough, yes the seats were way too close together, but it was fresh, new” at the time. Until 1988, musical theater productions were occasional efforts. Now, every year there is a fall musical and freshman play. Before getting the new Berry Performing Arts Center, “we have always used what we had and made the best of it,” said Wubbena. “It has taken creativity as well as imagination.” Since its opening in fall 2010, the Berry Performing Arts Center has played host to one-act performances, large dramas, choral concerts, performing artists, chamber orchestras and more. And the music theater people say they are blessed for all it provides for students, parents, and faculty. Rollene, director of the production for “Patience,” says the set is beautiful, and the cast is so excited to be on that stage. Why? Rollene explained: The arts center has curtains that open and close; the orchestra pit has room for more than a piano; the temperature is comfortable and the sound and lighting are state-of-the-art. “Compared to our space for productions before, it’s fantastic,” she said.
Terri Wubbena directs the chamber orchestra during a practice session in the Berry Performing Arts Center. Below, the jazz ensemble performs outdoors during a campus function.
instrumental music plays on at JBU Although John Brown University hasn’t offered an instrumental major since 1980, instrumental music at JBU is anything but silent. From women’s drum corps in the early 1920s to the boom music groups like the Sound Generation and Joysong, musical groups and instrumental ensembles have made their marks in JBU history. With a few exceptions the chamber orchestra, JBU’s instrumental ensemble, allows students to prepare themselves to perform for large concerts and formal occasions. The chamber orchestra is directed by Mrs. Terri Wubbena. This group performs two concerts a year, including a fall concert and participation in Candlelight, JBU’s annual Christmas celebra-
tion. Instrumental music at JBU also includes the jazz ensemble, which is directed by Larry Manos. The group performs for all JBU home basketball games as well as “Instrumentalists Unite!”, a spring concert in which both the jazz ensemble and the chamber orchestra collaborate to showcase the very best instrumental music that JBU has to offer. –Laura Moon Fall 2013 | Brown Bulletin | 19
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Tradition & Technology merge in printing arts
antique and modern equipment used Antique, heavy printing machines to develop traditional and modern equipped with hand cranks, wheels and techniques. However, Goehner says, motors, sit in the screen-printing and JBU gives graphic design students the printmaking studio. Screens, vacuum opportunity to learn using antique tables and rows of sinks, splashed with and blemished but extremely valuable ink like a Pollock canvas, makes the pieces of equipment. room feel more like a laundromat than The high demand for traditional an art studio. Each vintage printing printing methods extends beyond press — a Clamshell Letter Press (c. academic development. “Companies 1930), a Potter Proof Press (c. 1920) today are looking to put out marketand a Vandercook Proofing Press (c. ing products that have a texture and a 1940s) — requires meticulous prepacertain rustic look, and these can only ration, precise technique and tedious be created using this style of traditional manual labor. In a digital age of instant printmaking,” said Geohner. gratification, these printing presses In addition to adding texture and seem obsolete.Yet nothing could be dimension to the further from the print job, traditruth. tional printing Todd Goehner, presses also offer associate professor color precision, as of visual arts at the designer has JBU, teaches elecmore control than tive screenprinting when using the and printmaking four-color process courses, and each used in digital class rarely has an printing. Combinopen seat. “Tradiing letterpress, tion makes these foil blocking or students more inthermography tentional because these approaches This Chandler and Price platen letterpress with the perfect cause you to take was discovered abandoned on a farm by selection of paper more time in a JBU faculty member and refurbished for means the finished thinking through use in a class dedicated to teaching tradi- product is unique, elegant and of the processes tional printing methods. high quality. of producing a Technological advances have created a comp,” says Goehner. smooth transition for computer-to-plate, The JBU graphic design program an evolutionary shift that has elevated prides itself in using a pedagogical a designer’s ability to add detail to his approach that combines fresh technolor her digital artwork. Thus, specialogy with traditional techniques. Few ized paper sizes, textures, varnishes or art programs outside of JBU carry the 20 | Brown Bulletin | Fall 2013
Visual Arts professor Todd Goehner explains the screen print process.
ink choices blend with the accuracy of digital imaging. This two-dimensional approach is incorporated throughout JBU’s program with multiple Apple computer labs and courses that involve using new programs and software such as Avid, Maya, ZBrush and Sketchup to create digital offset prints. Mastering the technique of both genres — traditional print and digital imaging — is not an asset usually offered within art programs, and is exactly why JBU’s art department produces highly versatile graduates. Foundational methods in traditional printing have melded with modern design, and the art department has adapted with the change. Employers, students and professors alike value traditional printing techniques because the art created is more than beautiful. It is unforgettable. –Jessa Eldridge and David O’Brien
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Past and Future, Art is Conceptual, Spiritual and Material Our world is conceptual. Each piece of art begins with an idea. Some visual artists are in search of ideas that are weighty efforts to express meaning and purpose while others are struggling to promote a cause, entertain an audience, or simply sell a product. They all need ideas worth executing. Fine artists and commercial artists and whatever other kinds of artists there might be all need to think, work, play, observe, imagine, struggle, take risks, ask what if, listen, argue, doodle, ponder, etc. In short, do whatever it takes to be able to imagine an idea worth creating. An idea that might solve whatever problem they are trying to tackle. Our world is spiritual. The visual arts exist for a wide range of purposes. Some artists are working for commercial clients, some are exploring their own vision of how the world is or how it ought to be. Some are working with publications, causes, and institutions and some are just trying to make the world a more beautiful place. The Lord can use any of these activities for his purposes and his kingdom. We have graduates working in the visual arts for local churches, mission agencies, Christian camps, and parachurch organizations all over the globe as well as graduates working in industry and business as lights in a dark world. Our world is material. We find ourselves in the visual arts wandering a strange path between the future and the past. We are equally excited by the challenge of creating
iPhone apps and tinkering with a hundred and twenty year old letterpress and the old metal type that goes with it. We print images on large-format digital GiclĂŠe printers, and we print images on etching presses and silkscreen presses entirely by hand. We paint in oil and we paint in pixels. We draw with graphite and we draw vector images with digital pens and Bezier control handles. We study and learn to use and control digital fonts, hand compose metal type just like Gutenberg did with his first Bible in the 1450s, and practice lettering using inks and quills and papers like scribes did in the middle ages and before. We photograph with high res digital cameras and we shoot large-format film in homemade cameras using techniques from the 1800s. We are reaching into the future with one hand and hanging onto ancient crafts with the other. At the John Brown University Department of Visual Arts we seek to consciously maintain an equal focus on these three demands of our field. Making good, useful, and interesting art that deals with the issues we face. Mastering the necessary tools, skills, and techniques to be able to execute our ideas with a high level of quality, and seeking to produce work that is good and acceptable in His sight. We live in a conceptual world. We live in a spiritual world. We live in a material world. Head, Heart and Hand.
We find ourselves in the visual arts wandering a strange path between the future and the past. We are equally excited by the challenge of creating iPhone apps and tinkering with a hundred and twenty year old letterpress and the old metal type that goes with it.
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Remembering the Professors Who Inspired Us
For so many of us, God used the professors, staff and our fellow students at JBU to prepare us for the road ahead.
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The summer between my sophomore and junior year, my church back home was between youth pastors and they asked me to serve as an interim Bible Study leader for 50 to 60 high schoolers. I don’t know what compelled me to say yes, but I did. It was a challenging experience, one that proved I needed some help studying in order to teach the Bible. When I returned to JBU, I shared this experience with Dr. Jim Walters, who promptly volunteered to come to his office on Saturday mornings to teach me how to prepare a Bible study lesson. So deep was his commitment to integrating faith and learning that his response to my need for guidance was automatic, sacrificial. During Homecoming, I hear stories of relationships started at JBU that remain strong to this day, or friendships that altered someone’s life forever. As a matter of fact, Dr. Steve Genheimer ’76, recipient of Outstanding Alumnus of the Year, shared that “The reason I am teaching in engineering today is because of the impact of JBU professors like Jim Pearson, Leo Setian, and Ken French. I thought that if I can have that kind of impact, the impact they’ve had on my life, that’s what I’d like to do.” Inspired by the impact his JBU professor made on him, Steve took an early retirement in order to obtain a doctorate. His hope was for the Lord to use him to change lives just as his professors had changed his. For so many of us, God used the professors, staff and our fellow students at JBU to prepare us for the road ahead. My road after graduating — six years of working as a youth-pastor — may not have been how I envisioned using my business administration degree,
but I was well equipped to lead Bible studies. While God’s preparation for our lives may not be understood, it is always fitting for the moment in which we are called to serve. More often than not, God uses relationships and people to equip those he calls.
These are the every day heroes — people who faithfully and daily build lasting relationships through sacrificial love. There are many such people in my life, but when I think back to my junior year, it is Dr. Walters who stood out as an every day hero. Even while reading this article you may think of someone whose influence changed the trajectory of your life and who you’ve become. I encourage you to take a moment to call, write or visit your every day heroes and let them know how much their investment built a lasting impression in your life. Jerry Rollene is Director of Alumni and Parent Relations.
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Career Achievement Award: Glen Collard
Glen Collard graduated from John Brown University in 1968. Since that time, Glen has worked in public secondary education in California for over 40 years. In addition to his involvement with church ministry, elder boards and mission trips, Glen has participated as a speaker in Influencer’s men’s groups in North Orange Country and with Youth For Christ. He has served the Junior United Soccer Association, Orange County Registrar of Voters, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, educational administrative committees, and the California Continuation Education Association and the California Consortium for Independent Study.
Christian Service Award: Leo Setian Outstanding Alumnus Award: Dr. Steve Genheimer
Dr. Steve Genheimer is an electrical engineering graduate of 1976. Since graduation, much of Dr. Genheimer’s career has involved working on computer disk drives for Seagate Technology in Oklahoma City. After his promotion to Vice President in charge of product development, Dr. Genheimer was elected to the Seagate Technology Hall of Fame in recognition of the 18 patents he authored or co-authored. Prior to his retirement in 2004, Dr. Genheimer’s last leadership responsibility for Seagate Technology leading the industry’s Six Sigma quality program. Dr. Genheimer has attended Covenant Community Church in Yukon, Okla., and serves as an elder and Sunday school teacher. For many years, he served on the Board of Southwest Covenant School and currently serves as a vice chairman of the American Leprosy Mission.
Leo Setian began teaching in the engineering division in 1970, and has been an active member of the Siloam and JBU community throughout the years. The Setian family attends the Siloam Springs Bible Church and strongly supports missions. In addition to his involvement with the missions committee of his church, Leo has taken several short-term missions trips to Israel with JBU students. His dedication to the mission of JBU is seen in his desire to see students grow academically, socially and spiritually.
Young Eagle Award: Marco Reyes
Marco Reyes was born and raised in Guatemala and graduated from John Brown University in 2003. Since then, Marco has worked for Wal-Mart, earning an award for Buying Team of theYear for his leadership and skills in merchandising and transitioning to work for Walmart
International’s merchandising integrations team. Currently, Marco is a member of the Enactus Executive Board of Directors and has served on the JBU Alumni Board. In addition to serving as guest speaker for the Soderquist College of Business, Marco is part of the leadership team for WorkMatters and is actively involved in Kairos, a college ministry which equips students to integrate faith and work.
Christian Ministry Award: Lee Bramlett
Lee Bramlett, a 1985 graduate of John Brown University, is currently the director of organizational development for SIL International, the field arm of Wycliffe Bible Translators. He is the director of coaching and an organizational consultant for Asia and the Pacific and works with directors of over 200 organizations. He is also a board member of JAARS Inc., a group that supports technology initiatives to facilitate Bible translations and cultural transformation around the globe. In the U.S., he is a consultant to a main line denomination that oversees 20 professional coaches to develop and help 500 pastors grow their churches.
Outstanding Senior Award: Caleb fuller
Caleb was chosen for this award because the faculty observed his humble and serving attitude, while helping many students who were struggling with studies, relationships, and their faith. His faith in God and passion for Christ has inspired many others on campus to live godly lives. This year, he will be the Assistant Resident Director of J. Alvin. Fall 2013 | Brown Bulletin | 23
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Heritage Society
Top Row (left to right): Bob Sheridan, Margaret Weathers, Sally Weaver, Gil Weaver, Joe Zimmerman, Maurice Rankin, Bob Hollingsworth, Bob Kulvicki, Brian Moyer, Kent Davis, Max Beebe, Ken Simon, Jim Feaster, Gerry Johnson, Francene Davis Sharp, Gordon Zoschke, Donna Bowling, Bob Cook, Bill Berry, Donna Berry. Middle Row (left to right): Alice McQuay, Joyce Poindexter, Betty Haetten, Doris (Krout) Sheard McKinzie, Marion Snider, Richard Dix, Lee Netherton, Skip Murphy, Clark Barnes, Bill Miller, Jim Weaver, Thera Barber, Jan Hollingsworth, Joanna Haspels, Betty Cook, Jim Sheets, Miriam Feaster. Front Row (left to right): Dorothy Ausmus, Bobby Jackson, Wanda Jackson, Ted Weathers, Don Schultze, Nancy Netherton, Mary Ann Sisco Rush, Dennis Milgate, Ruth Miller, Sandra Glaser, Marti Munce, Marian Nokes, Martha Sheets.
Class of ’78
Charles Kennedy, Scott Young, Bob Stevens.
Science REunion
Front Row (left to right): Bob Burns, Robyn Lundstrum, Sarah (Beers) Erdman, Rebekah Henderson, Colleen (Ewy) Bosch. 2nd Row: Joel Funk, Gregory Varner, Melissa Varner, Brian Greuel, Jane Greuel, Jane Beers, Cathy (Grdinich) Flack. 3rd Row: Danny Essary, Daniel Main, Stephanie Piston, Cal Piston, Larry Seward, Tim Wakefield. 4th Row: Frank Blume, Dave Flack, Carla Swearingen, Steve Beers.
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Class of ’73
Top Row (left to right): Brenda (Ballard) Snyder, Floyd Snyder. Front Row (left to right): Judy Harold, Teresa (Brewer) Mallette, Carita (Lipps) Crain.
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Honors REunion
Top Row (left to right): Glenda Manos, Alice Balzer, Dr. Lee Balzer, Sunny Edgren, Shane Buxman, Tim Edgren, Cheryl Kester, Brad Johnson, Hannah Nester, Dr. Shirley Thomas, Elyse Partee, (unlisted), James Cooke, Tess Constant Front Row: Amy Angell, Dr. Trisha Posey, Jennifer Heathcote, Melissa McLain.
Class of ’83
Top Row (left to right): Ed Weaver, Dan Mellema, Bob Luff, Sam Heinrich, Jeff Stewart, Andrew Lloret. Front Row (left to right): Sue (Cook) Mellema, Pam (Childs) Luff, Beth (Eckman) Heinrich.
Class of ’03
Class of ’98
Tressa (Roberts) Hammond, Trey Hammond, Phillip Bland.
BASKETBALL REunion
Top Row (left to right): Brian Claus, Travis Chaney, Angie Chaney (holding Will), Jeff Reimer, Tim Dewey, Josh Knott, Josh Eldridge, Dave Dyer, Troy Becker, AJ Perea. Front Row: Stephanie Claus (holding Isaiah), Rosa (Irby) Christians (holding Miles), Carol Spenst, Andrea Jantz, April Jones, Merideth (Wheeler) Becker.
Simeon Hinsey, Justin Ritz, Jarrett McGriff, Drew Wheatcroft, Adam Workman, Jon Sparks, Jahir Mejia, Ryland Allen, Davaughn Jackson, Adrian Miller, Tyler Dees, Nonzo Azubuike, Brandon Cole, Alex Terry.
Class of ’88
Eric Wolfram, Bill Walker, Becky Bizzell, Jim Berger, Dave Capp, Terry Megli. Fall 2013 |
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Alumni Startups Featured on CNN Money Five JBU graduates and their businesses were featured on August 13 in an online article on CNN Money outlining the success of entrepreneurial business growth in Northwest Arkansas. Alumni Ashleigh Dean and Camille Malkiewicz co-founded Craftistas, a subscription service that sends members project starter kits each month. James Eldridge and James Smith co-founded James + James, a handmade furniture company that now ships products to over 40 states. Lawson Hembree, along with three classmates, founded Agricultural Food Systems in May 2011.
A l um n i N e ws Brian Bea ’97 was awarded the ASA Midwest Office Employee of the year in April 2013. Kassandra M. Bentley ’03 accepted the position of associate in the litigation group Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Prior to joining the firm, Bentley was an associate at Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP, where she was named an Associate to Watch in 2013 by Chambers USA, and a Power Attorney by Tulsa Business and Legal News. Tim Bowen ’10 was listed in the
Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the 25 healthcare leaders under 40 who has excelled as a healthcare leader. Bowen has served as CEO of Mena Regional Health System since September 2011.
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Laura (Anderson) Burnell ’93 finished
producing “A Matter of Faith,” a film that will be released in Sept. 2014. Burnell has worked in the film industry as well as commercial and corporate video work for 13 years as a producer and first assistant director. Her work includes feature films “Flipped” and “30 Minutes or Less” and other independent documentaries. Wesley Goertzen ‘04 graduated with
a Master of Divinity from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in May 2013.
Ralph Epperson ’42 was the focus
of the film documentary “Broadcast: A Man and His Dream,” which premiered in September 2013 at the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC.
Kevin Hammer ’91
released a musical project in December 2012 entitled “In Defense of the Faith.” The project is available for preview at www.kevindouglashammer.com Jeff Lofting ’05 and Jordan (Blood) Lofting ’05 recently relocated to Camp
Zama, Japan for a two-year position with Department of Defense Educational Activity. Jeff is serving as an educational technologist, assisting teachers at a high school on base with effective technology integration in the classroom. Jordan has begun a Master of History program through Sam Houston State University.
Ron Merrell ’97, gave the opening
prayer at the memorial service for the 19 firefighters who died in the Arizona fire in summer 2012.
{ A L U MNI NE W S } Jack Rabito ’67
has been invited to perform “Give ‘em Hell Harry” at the Truman Library in 2014.
Mari Serebrov ’94 published her latest
book, “Mama Namibia” in May 2013. The historical novel is based on the true story of a 12-year-old girl who survived the 1904 Herero genocide in German South West Africa. The genocide proved to be the training ground for the Holocaust. Amy Skierski ’12
published her first children’s book “The Lord is My Shepherd,” which is now available on iTunes. Ryan Stephen ’10
has been promoted to the position of Development Manager at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Fort Worth. His wife, Amanda (Anderson) Stephen ’10 began her first year teaching kindergarten at Covenant Classical School in Fort Worth, Texas. Kim (Byerly) Teixeira became the
proud owner of the Sylvan Learning Center in Chesapeake, Va., in May 2013.
Todd Vick ‘07 received his Master of Divinity Degree from Asbury Theological Seminary on May 25, 2013. Vick, his wife Carrie, and sons, Elijah (7) and Riley (5) reside in Fort Smith, Ark. where he serves a joint appointment as pastor of Vesta United Methodist Church and associate pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church.
Sam Young ’13 accepted a position at
Williams Preparatory in West Dallas teaching 7th and 8th grade ESL. W e d d i n gs
Christina (Carnes) Ananias ’08
graduated from Duke Divinity School with a Masters of Theological Studies in May 2013. In July 2013, Carnes wed Joseph Ananias at Duke Chapel. Tammy (Frazier) Patterson ’04 married Justin Patterson at St. Anthony’s on the Creek on Sept. 23, 2012 and welcomed their first child, Myles David on June 13, 2013. Jacob Pinkerton ’13 and Ashleigh (Dean) Pinkerton ’13 were married
on May 11, 2013 in Siloam Springs, Ark. Barak Tschirhart ’11 and Clare (Young) Tschirhart ’11
were wed on April 20, 2013. N e w A r r iv a l s
Brandon Cole ’06 and Bethany (Sites) Cole ’05,
and their daughter Ellie Grace Cole (2 years old), welcomed Jackson Isaiah Cole into the family on June 8, 2013. Jackson was
born weighing 8 lbs 3 oz and was 22 inches long. Brent Curran and Stephanie Curran ’98, and
their son Tyler Curran, welcomed Madelyn Grace Curran into the family on July 24, 2012. Robby Davis ’06 and Megan (Jones) Davis ’06 wel-
comed Caroline Rose Davis into their family on Jan. 23, 2013. Caroline was born weighing 7 lbs 6 oz.
Brian Graham and Ruth (Bonge) Graham ’00, and their children Ethan
and Katherine, welcomed Jonathan Andrew into their family. Jonathan was born weighing 8.2 lbs and was 22 inches long.
Jimmy Jelks ’04 and Angela (Dye) Jelks, and their children Macen and
Carly, welcomed Bella Jelks into the family on July 16, 2013.
Pawan Magar and Brook (Birch) Magar ’03 welcomed their daughter,
Amani Joy Raika Magar into the family on April 4, 2013. Amani was born weighing 8 lbs 2 oz and was 20 inches long. Brian VanAuken and Andrea (Tjader) VanAuken ’07, along with
their two children, welcomed Hailey Renee VanAuken into the family on July 18, 2013.
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{ In memoriam } Rupert Bailey Jr. ’53, age 86, passed
away on Sept. 10, 2013. Rupert graduated from John Brown University with a B.S.E. in Social Studies and obtained his master’s degree from Northeastern State University. He is preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Eddie Lee (Edgmon) Bailey. He is survived by his sons Michael Bailey, Eddie Earl Bailey Sr.; daughter Venssa Fulton; and two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Jean Barnaby, age 96, passed away on
Oct. 3, 2013. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roscoe Stroud and second husband, Alvin Barnaby. She is survived by daughters Nancy Kreps, Donna Starr and Gail Morse; seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Brandon Elton Batchelor ’98, age 38,
passed away on Aug. 17, 2013. Brandon received a B.S. in Construction Management from John Brown University and was chief operating officer with Kimbel Mechanical Systems in Springdale, Ark. Brandon also served on the advisory board of the JBU Construction Management Division. He is survived by his wife, Valbona Atkins; daughters Kristi Batchelor, Elise Batchelor and Amelia Batchelor; and son Benjamin Batchelor.
Patricia Ruth Bonnell ’57, age 81,
passed away on July 30, 2013. Patricia received a B.A. in Biblical Studies from John Brown University. She is survived by her son Paul Bonnell and two grandchildren.
Martha (Harrell) Commander ’42,
age 95, passed away on April 22, 2013. While at John Brown University, Martha studied home economics and worked at John Brown University’s hospital until the attack on Pearl Harbor. She enlisted in the army in 1942, serving as a surgical nurse on the Saint Mihiel Hospital Ship until the end of the war, when she earned the rank of Captain Chief of Surgical Nurses. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Frank H. Commander and son,
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John Commander. She is survived by sons Carl Commander and Danny Commander; and 10 grandchildren.
Haetten,Todd Haetten, Robin Harms ‘83 and Tamara Zillig; and seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
John R. Crabb ’42, age 93, passed away
Marjorie (Shipley) Haynes ’42, age
on July 19, 2013. He studied building construction while attending John Brown University prior to his employment at Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. during World War II. He is survived by his wife Doris Linda Morrow; daughters Roberta Linda Gray and Margaret Bean; sons Robert Edward and Charles Donald; and three grandchildren.
Kenneth W. Farabee ’50, age 88,
passed away on Aug. 8, 2013. Kenneth studied business administration while at John Brown University and served his country in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, Norma Farabee; children Steven Farabee and Nancy Farabee; and 13 grandchildren.
Arthur W. Gildewell ’53, age 87, passed
92, passed away on Dec. 22, 2012. She studied broadcasting while at John Brown University. She was preceded in death by her husband Lawrence Haynes ’42. She is survived by daughters Betty Hull ’74, Becky Landreth ’76 and Linda Moore; son Richard Haynes ’71; and three grandchildren.
Ralph D. Hegman ’52, age 85, passed
away on Sept. 1, 2013. Ralph graduated from John Brown University with a B.A. in English. He served as a minister for many years before retiring in 1994.
Margaret Esther (Woodworth) Huary ’51, age 82, passed away on Jan. 2, 2013.
Margaret graduated from John Brown University with a B.S. in Music. She is survived by children Laurel VanRuitenbeek, Stuart Huary, Gerald Huary, Mark Huary and Rose Huary; and eight grandchildren.
James (Jim) Lewton ‘80, age 55,
away on March 28, 2013. Arthur earned a B.A. in Christian Education and Radio Production from John Brown University. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, followed by a 32 year career as a school teacher. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Gildewell; children Kathy McRae, Dan Gildewell, Ace Gildewell, Carrie Nicklas and Anne Migliore; and 23 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Marvin G. Marshall ’38, age 97, passed away on April 14, 2013. Marvin attended the junior college at John Brown University. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Elsa Jeanette Jackson and son, Judge Marvin F. Marshall. He is survived by his daughters Glenda Mahagan and Theresa Benefield; and eight grandchildren.
Carl E. Haetten ’59, age 76, passed
Otto McKinstry, age 86, passed away
away on Aug. 10, 2013. Carl graduated from John Brown University with a B.S.E. in Social Studies. He is survived by his wife, Betty Ann Rogers ’61; children Vincent
passed away on Jan. 12, 2012. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Carla (Fitts) Lewton ‘80; children Aaron Lewton, Christopher Lewton and Kara Lewton; and three grandchildren.
on Oct. 12, 2013. Otto served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was honorably discharged. He was preceded in death by a son,William McKinstry. He is survived by his wife, Melba McKinstry; son Robert McKinstry; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
{ In memoriam } Thomas Merchant ’60, age 75, passed
away on Dec. 25, 2012. He graduated from John Brown University with a B.S. in Chemistry. Mary Jane (McCleskey) Mouttet ’50, age 83, passed away on May 23,
2013. She received a B.M. in Music from John Brown University. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Mouttet. She is survived by sons, Daniel Mouttet ’84, David Mouttet, Nathan Mouttet ’94 and Mark Mouttet ’74; daughters Marie Mouttet ’90 and Martha Mouttet ’81; and nine grandchildren.
Lonnie Nelson ’76, age 84, passed
away on Sept. 12, 2013. Lonnie graduated from John Brown University with a B.S. in History Education. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Martha Lack Nelson, and son, Machael Nelson. He is survived by his wife, Sue Whiteside Nelson; two sons, Phillip Nelson and Dr. John Holcomb; three daughters, Marilyn Hoyt ‘84, Sherie Fenno and Stacy Ladyman; and 16 grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.
Robert “Bob” Overholt ’58, age 79,
passed away on June 7, 2013. He graduated from John Brown University with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Narcissa Whitman. Bob is survived by his wife of 31 years, Carolyn Johnson; daughters, Shirley Constantino, Leslie Carter, Alison Dees and Heather Glissman; sons Robert Overholt, Arthur Overholt and Michael Fogle; and thirteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
William Leo Pennington ’63, passed
away on Aug. 19, 2013. William received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from John Brown University. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of the Arkansas National Guard. He is survived by his wife,Wilma Wood ’63.
Martha Pontier ’85, age 50, became
ill with dengue fever and passed away on April 22, 2013 in Kenya. Martha graduated from John Brown University with a B.S.E. in Elementary Education. She served as a missionary with Africa Inland Mission for 18 years. James Wilby Rice ’65, age 79, passed
away on May 5, 2013. James studied broadcasting while at John Brown University. He is preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Marion Vinelda Rice ’58. He is survived by his children, James Matthew “Matt” Rice, Lisa Rice McFarlin, and Cynthia Rice Kenemore; and two grandchildren.
Thomas Sutton ’62, age 79, passed
away on Sept. 3, 2013.Thomas studied mechanical engineering while at John Brown University. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Marjorie Sutton; daughter Lynette Sutton; son Evan Sutton; and five grandchildren.
Julie Ann Teasdale ’08, age 27, passed away on July 24, 2013, following a brief illness. Julie studied English while attending John Brown University before transferring to the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in creative writing. She served in Micronesia with the Peace Corps after graduation. Barbara Ann (Herold) Thompson ’70, age 64, passed away on March 4,
2013 after battling cancer. She studied English while attending John Brown University and earned her bachelor’s degree from Pittsburg State University. She is survived by her husband Robert Thompson ’71, daughter Leanna Martin and son David Thompson. Louise (Redman) Treece ’37, age 94,
passed away on Aug. 13, 2013. Louise studied journalism while attending John Brown University. Louise was preceded in death by her first husband, Don Elson
and second husband, Hugh Treece. She is survived by her daughter, Susan Ogburn; one grandchild and three great-grandchildren. Ralph David Wallis ’47, age 87, passed away on July 1, 2013. While at John Brown University, Ralph studied broadcasting and helped run the campus radio station. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Margaret “Peggy” Nolen Wallis ’44; two sons, R. David Wallis Jr. and Storm Nolen Wallis; daughter Elizabeth Russell; and three grandchildren. Ruth (Tudor) Wampler ’31, age 99, passed away on June 16, 2013. Ruth attended John Brown University’s high school. She is preceded in death by her first husband, Mr. Gee. She is survived by her husband Carl Wampler; daughter Ellen Gee; sons Leon Gee and Mark Wampler; and several grandchildren. Richard I. Weiss ’52, passed away on
Aug. 25, 2013. Richard graduated from John Brown University with a B.S. in English, and he and his wife Annie Patty Weiss ’52 were married on campus.
Lois (Langford) Wing ’67, age 72, passed away on Aug. 3, 2013. Born in Congo, Africa, Lois graduated from John Brown University with a B.S.E. in English, and married Patrick Wing ’69. She is survived by her husband, Patrick. Earnest Woodard ’42, age 92, passed
away on Sept. 2, 2013. Earnest attended John Brown University and served in the United States Army for a short time. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Molly Bell Covey ’40; daughter Suzanne Huckaby; and grandson Clay Huckaby. He is survived by Larene Woodard; son, Earnest Scott Woodard Jr. ’60; daughter Stephanie Woodard; and eight grandchildren. Fall 2013 | Brown Bulletin | 29
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Ray and Beverly Sloan: A Debt of Gratitude — A Love Story
Beverly Meador Sloan — from a portrait in the JBU collection that hung for many years in the JBU library, a snapshot taken late in her life, and from her 1928 high school yearbook. 30 | Brown Bulletin | Fall 2013
Not long after I began working at JBU in 1974, I had the wonderful opportunity to become acquainted with Ray and Beverly Sloan, of Houston, Texas. Ray was a retired executive with Exxon Oil and Beverly was a devoted wife, mother and volunteer for her church and many favorite charities. Both loved JBU with a deep and abiding passion that began with Beverly’s attendance at the John E. Brown Academy (completing high school in three years) and subsequent graduation from John E. Brown College in 1930. Beverly Meador Sloan was born near Lewisburg, Ky. When she was 12, her family began a pilgrimage that took them to Kansas, Colorado and, eventually, back to Siloam Springs where her parents had a strawberry patch and an apple orchard. During her college years, she had been an honor student and was made editor of the student newspaper. That training had helped her land a job as a reporter for The Daily Sparks, a newspaper in Lamar, Colo. By 1935, at age 26, she was named city editor. Ray had graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1933 with a degree in geological engineering. In 1934, he found a job with a subsidiary of Standard Oil (later Exxon) and was soon sent to Lamar to help in a surface mapping project. Ray said, “On meeting Beverly at the boarding house I was immediately impressed with her as a person, her beautiful smile and her dedication to her job—but our work schedules didn’t mesh very well. I started to work at ‘sun up’ to avoid the afternoon heat waves ... and she worked afternoon and evening on the paper. We both worked six days a week. Mostly we met at the evening meal and on Sunday.” Ray and Beverly were married in
1936. Ray later transferred to Tulsa where “Beverly introduced me to John Brown University in the spring of 1940 when the apple trees and violets were in bloom.” Ray went on to say, in one of his many letters over the years, “I doubt that I shall ever be able to repay the John Brown schools for making it possible for Beverly to get an education in her time of need. Indirectly, (JBU) is responsible for our meeting in Lamar.” Unable to have children of their own, Ray and Beverly later adopted two children, Roger and Pat, through the Tulsa Salvation Army hospital. Though both children are also now deceased, Pat’s daughter, Katie (Hathaway) Rutherford, graduated from JBU in 1989. I like to tell the story of a sticky note I once received from Ray. JBU had begun asking students to write personal thank you notes to their scholarship fund donors. Ray and Beverly had received a dozen or so of these student letters. Ray copied each one and sent the whole bundle back to me (as if we might not know what the students had written), and on his sticky note he simply wrote: “This makes life worth living.” Prior to his death in 1990, Ray had established a lifetime trust to care for Beverly. At her death, a large portion of the trust was distributed to the Ray and Beverly Sloan Endowed Scholarship Fund. The market value of the fund now stands in excess of $5 million. Each year, the Sloan Scholarship is awarded to about 175 needy and deserving students at JBU. Ray and Beverly Sloan were a loving couple whose lives and legacy will continue to bless JBU’s students for many years to come. John E. Brown III is JBU’s president emeritus. He served as JBU president from 1979-93.
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Brazil Studies Offer MBA Insights As a MBA student registering for the Brazil studies course, I was excited about the opportunity to experience a new culture, to see the incredible landscape of South America, and to interact globally in the world of business. I had no idea, though, how much the Lord would use this single course to impact my life and my future in His kingdom. At the beginning of the fall semester, I began reading and studying the culture of Brazil in order to prepare for my international business course. My preparation included working on a team project with five other classmates. The assignment from Mr. Tom Verdery, our instructor, was to work as researchers and analysts on behalf of Mars-Brazil. The company was seeking to understand the strategic importance of seasonal sales in the U.S. chocolate market and, therefore, asked our class to make a formal presentation on the topic. The Mars-Brazil strategy team wanted to hear about American innovations and market drivers in order to help increase their market share from its current three percent level. Although my team was trained in marketing, finance and international business strategy, we were far from expert-level analysts. Personally, I knew almost nothing about retail, let alone the category of chocolate. In the two weeks before departing for Brazil our team was able to meet with category managers, store managers, strategic insights team members, and other retail professionals with companies such as Wal-mart, Harps, and Mars. They were more than helpful in providing market research, strategic insights, and best practices from the U.S. market. Our team members met one-on-one with market experts and retail professionals in order to develop our class presentation. It took a great deal of time and effort, with many late hours of compiling
information and meeting notes, but the team was driven. We were excited at the opportunity to have such a practical learning experience and were motivated by the reality that top executives from Mars-Brazil would be listening with inquisitive ears while we were in Brazil. My team was both eager and nervous for presentation day as we boarded our plane. Upon arrival in Brazil, we had the opportunity to hear Procter &Gamble and Wal-mart executives speak about the Brazilian market and retail strategy. We also walked through a number of stores of various formats and were afforded the opportunity to ask questions regarding the industry and the climate of business. With a presentation looming only days away, our team was engaged at a level that enabled learning at exponential rates. When the day arrived, our team spent two hours presenting material and answering questions from MarsBrazil, marketers, strategists, and category managers. I am incredibly proud of my team for doing an outstanding job as was evidenced by Mars-Brazil expressing interest in retaining the project relationship. Beyond the professional impact, I was deeply moved personally by my experience in the Brazil Studies course. Having originally planned to work in the realm of small business or the nonprofit sector, I was excited for the Brazil Studies course to broaden my understanding of international relations. Not only that, but my participation in the Mars project radically altered my vocational trajectory and ignited within me a passion I never knew existed. As a young professional, I had been under the impression that community development and non-profit work were the avenues of real change in this world. During my work for the Mars proj-
JBU MBA student Meredith Stricker studying the chocolate market in Rio de Janeiro.
We were motivated by the reality that top executives from Mars-Brazil would be listening with inquisitive ears while we were in Brazil. ect, however, I realized the magnitude of impact that business can have on people, communities, and the world. With my graduation quickly approaching, I am eager to use the knowledge and experience I have gained while at JBU to pursue a career in the corporate sector where I believe that my work as a business professional can have a lasting impact for the Kingdom of God. Meredith Stricker is the graduate assistant for the Donald G. Soderquist College of Business. Fall 2013 | Brown Bulletin | 31
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Found: Anachronistic, yet Remarkably Relevant Paperbacks by the Founder Many of you will remember the upstairs bookstore in the Mabee Center, which was more recently the Administrative Dining Room. The dining need was obsolete when the Simmons Great Hall opened, so a few cubes later, now the space houses our University Communications and Events teams. We moved graphics and printing from the KUOA building and events from the Old Post Office in Chapman. The move unearthed some treasures. You’d be amazed by things recovered from dusty boxes in long lost nooks in rarely visited obscure corners in buildings with several scores of years of wear. While milling through boxes of otherwise unremarkable objects of university lore, I chanced upon four paperback books written by John E. Brown, the university founder. The books seemed paradoxically anachronistic and simultaneously relevant. In the 80-page book, “The God of the Living,” (1932) Brown knew that the youth of his day (my grandparents generation) faced moral challenges, but he was certainly optimistic about those who 60 years later would be dubbed America’s “Greatest Generation.” “With the conviction that youth today trained in the proper environment will respond as readily as the best youth of any age, and with the sincerest interest in the youth of America, I am sending forth these messages with good wishes and prayer,” wrote Brown. For my part, he almost seemed as if he was writing for us today: “... we need to get back to God — we need to get our faith back — we need to get courage back — we need to realize we are living in the greatest day of the greatest age through which God ever permitted men to live; and the very challenge of this hour — the dark32 |
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ness of it, the confusion of it, and the discouragement of it — means an open door and an opportunity to every young man and every young woman who sees again the burning bush...” Brown’s writing style (and I presume his preaching style) of layering idea and idea upon each other in a single grammatical sentence is on display. The man didn’t fear a long sentence. Brown takes on the vices of smoking, drinking and “bad literature” in his undated book, “There Is Death In the Pot,” a reference to II Kings 4:40. Brown was ahead of his time in warning people of the health risks associated with tobacco smoking, and his aversion to alcohol still influences JBU’s culture today. He warned how putting bad ideas in your mind via bad literature led to an ungodly path. “It would be impossible to put our finger upon any crime in the long category of crime, that is not the child of thought ... thought is the silent force that rules the world. Back of all good deeds, there are good thoughts ... and the back of all bad deeds, there are bad thoughts.” In the undated “Let There Be Light” and “Whose Son is He?” Brown shows his evangelistic stripes, and challenges progressive thought. He writes, “Modern theology does not believe the Bible to be the inerrant and infallible Word of God; it does not believe in the substitutionary sacrifices of the Lord Jesus Christ; it does not believe in redemption by the blood of Christ; it does not believe in salvation by grace. All this I steadfastly believe and preach!” Lucas Roebuck ’97 is director of University Communications and editor of the Brown Bulletin.
While milling through boxes of otherwise unremarkable objects of university lore, I chanced upon four paperback books written by the founder.
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