NOW Magazine - Fall 2011

L E TO U R N E A U U N I V E R S I T Y

FALL 2011

a message from the president Changing seasons can be invigorating, bringing new life, new energy. The crisp, cooling temperatures we are enjoying this Fall 2011 semester at LeTourneau University follow a historically hot summer marked by an unprecedented string of days with triple-digit temperatures and drought that sparked wild fires and scarred acres across East Texas.

Through it all, God protected the LETU campus.

But the cooler weather is only one of many invigorating changes at LETU this fall. We welcome some new faces in leadership with the addition of our new Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Phil Coyle and the shift in our reporting structure to a provost model of governance.

Dr. Coyle will improve our communication and collaboration across such important campus functions as academic affairs, student affairs, enrollment management and information technology.

While Phil and his wife, Judi, come to us from Tennessee, we also welcome two new deans this fall: Dr. Larry Frazier comes to us from North Carolina to head the School of Arts and Sciences, and Dr. Ron DeLap comes to us from Michigan to head the School of Engineering. They join our other deans Fred Ritchey in Aeronautical Science, Dr. Bob Wharton in Business, Dr. Wayne Jacobs in Education and

Dr. Carol Green in Graduate and Professional Studies to round out the Deans Council under the leadership of our new provost.

Our new Center for Faith and Work Executive Director Bill Peel launches the center’s first on-campus initiative this fall called Breakfast With Fred Leadership Institute, which brings mento rs to campus to discuss practical integration of faith and work. The integration of faith and work is a hallmark of our strategic plan, as is a commitment to being a university of global influence.

In light of that, we have established our new Office for Global Initiatives and Center for Global Service Learning.

Dr. Robert Hudson has transitioned into the role as its vice president to oversee our intentional focus on expanding LETU’s global influence, through recruitment and relationships with governmental organizations abroad.

While these many changes are invigorating and bring fresh energy to LETU, our commitment to our core values is steadfast as we prepare the next generation of graduates to be of Christ-like character and see their life’s work as a holy calling with eternal significance.

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DALE A. LUNSFORD, Ph.D. PUBLISHER JANET RAGLAND EDITOR IN CHIEF KATE GRONEWALD WRITER / EDITOR TOM BARNARD CREATIVE DIRECTOR / GRAPHIC DESIGNER ANDY TEEL GRAPHIC DESIGNER GAIL RITCHEY CLASS NOTES NIEMAN PRINTING PRINTING

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Five Pillars of Strategic Plan

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Meet Dr. Philip A. Coyle

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New Dean Dr. Larry Frazier

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New Dean Dr. Ron DeLap

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Center For Faith and Work

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Global Initiatives

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Faculty Feature: Dr. Kelly Liebengood

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Dr. Lunsford in Ethiopia

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News and Notes

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New Worship Arts Degree

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Class Notes

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Honor Roll of Donors

Claiming every workplace in every nation as their mission field, LeTourneau University graduates are professionals of ingenuity and Christ-like character who see life’s work as a holy calling with eternal impact.

“BEHOLD, NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME; BEHOLD NOW IS THE DAY OF OUR SALVATION.”

—II Cor. 6:2

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focused, intentional strategic planning process to define the future of LETU included input from across all constituency groups and resulted in a strategic vision for 2015. Defining the programs and initiatives where God was already at work and seeking to join Him in that work, LeTourneau University President Dr. Dale A. Lunsford led the university to develop a strategic plan resulting in the

following five pillars, or commitments, that serve as strategic support for the university’s initiatives into the future.

“Our vision is for LeTourneau University to take a leadership role in claiming every workplace in every nation for Jesus Christ,” Lunsford said. “We seek to equip our graduates to go into their workplaces with professional competence, Christlike character, and God’s vision guiding them to see their work as a holy calling with eternal significance. We want to see Christ through our graduates making an impact on eternity.”

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We are committed to educate a new generation of leaders who effectively integrate their Christian faith and professional calling.

“We are ambassadors for Christ; certain that God is appealing through us...”

—2 Corinthians 5:20 Since its founding, God has enabled LeTourneau University to uniquely answer the Great Commission by equipping students to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ into a variety of workplaces and professional ministries. Today’s workplace is a mission field of particular importance. Councils of external professionals in a variety of fields will advise LETU’s academic schools on integrating faith and work within specific professions. Enhanced relationships with church organizations, schools and homeschool organizations will broaden our impact. By establishing a new Center for Faith and Work, LETU creates opportunities for leadership development in faith integration in the workplace.

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We are committed to meet the changing needs of students who seek a Christ-centered residential university education.

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.”

—Romans 12:2 The Longview campus of LeTourneau University provides a unique environment for intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual growth during early adulthood for residential students seeking a Christ-centered university. We recognize the need for continuous improvement in our curricular, co-curricular and administrative programs to be effective and sustainable and to impact the culture in a world of dramatic change. Expanded ethnic diversity, student success rates, endowed scholarships, capital improvements and discipleship programs for students will result from intentional programs that will also promote a stronger and more sustainable financial model for the Longview campus.

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We are committed to achieve excellence as a Christcentered university of exceptional professional programs.

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men... it is the Lord Christ you are serving.”

—Colossians 3:23-24 LeTourneau University is unique in the world of Christian higher education for its historic focus on preparing undergraduates for professional careers, especially in the technical professions. LETU’s non-traditional academic programs have expanded educational opportunities of many thousands of business and education professionals, both in undergraduate and graduate studies. LEAP and GAPS initiatives have established LETU as a national leader in the delivery of Christ-centered higher education to adult, non-residential students. That leadership will grow with new academic programs at both undergraduate and graduate levels in each academic school, with focus on professional preparation in areas of strategic opportunity, such as healthcare. Online delivery, dual credit options and collaboration between residential and nonresidential programs will expand.

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We are committed to be a university of global influence.

“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.”

—Psalm 24:1 Future leaders in all professions will require a global perspective. A culture of hands-on learning and ingenuity in combination with high ability faculty, staff and students allows us to create unique service-learning experiences that address global problems and social injustices in a manner that brings glory to God. Excellent academic programs create an opportunity to recruit international students to study at LETU and return to workplaces around the world with a Christian worldview.

Through the new Center for Global Service Learning, LETU is expanding student exchange relationships with Christian universities in each region of the world and promoting study abroad programs for students and international travel opportunities for faculty.

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We are committed to develop the capabilities, structure, and resources to achieve our vision.

“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.”

—Matthew 6:33 God’s provision continually blesses LETU as we seek Him first in all our endeavors to make an impact for Christ in every workplace in every nation. It all begins with a commitment to prayer, a heart of thanksgiving for His vision and confidence that He who began the good work at LETU will be faithful to complete it by providing for our needs.

The growth of funding for operations, endowments and capital needs is integral to the growth of the university. By defending our independence to operate as a Christ-centered university, we strengthen our ability to provide programs of excellence delivered by faculty known for Christian character and competence.

Revising LETU’s organizational structure enables us to be more effective in implementing the strategic vision as we empower leadership to continually learn and improve the university’s performance. Initiatives include a thorough review of faculty workloads to support teaching and research effectiveness, an enhanced capability to meet the pace of changing needs for advancing technology, a marketing initiative to build the LETU brand to attract students in both traditional and non-traditional programs and development of a successful strategy for specifically recruiting Texas residents.

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Meet LETU's New Provost

Dr. Philip A. Coyle

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eTourneau University’s new Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Philip A. Coyle assumed his role on July 1 following a national search, but, he was actively involved in the recruitment of two new academic deans last spring.

As the university’s new chief academic officer and executive vice president, Coyle has executive level responsibilities for planning, development and administration of the academic mission of the university. Coyle provides leadership to achieve initiatives of the university’s strategic plan and oversees the recruitment, development and performance of deans, academic administrators, faculty in the university’s six schools, and administrators over accreditation, information technology, global initiatives, enrollment services, and student services. Coyle reports directly to Dr. Lunsford and serves as the chief executive officer in the president’s absence.

Coyle earned his Ph.D. in psychology and counseling from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where he chaired the counseling and psychology department for 12 years and added new programs with significant growth in enrollment. He served as the Chief Academic Officer at Richmont Graduate University in Chattanooga,

Tenn., and Atlanta, Ga., for nine years, prior to joining LeTourneau. He also taught at William Carey College School of Nursing in New Orleans, La. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, Coyle has a record of accomplishment in pastoral counseling, family counseling, and academic research in psychology. He also holds Doctor of Education in marriage and family therapy and two master’s degrees, one in religious education and one in marriage and family therapy from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. His undergraduate degree is in psychology from Memphis State University.

Coyle was a commissioned Air Force officer, attending officer training school at Medina Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, and jet pilot school at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi. He served on staff at two churches, directed several large human services programs, and has served as a licensed counselor for 25 years. Coyle sat down for an interview with NOW as the Fall semester got under way.

What attracted you to LeTourneau University?

I was motivated by LeTourneau’s strategic vision regarding Every Workplace—Every Nation. I was impressed with our president’s leadership and personal character. I was excited about the diversity of the degree programs including strong programs in fields such as engineering and aviation where integration of Christian faith and practice is a challenge and a great opportunity. I was excited about the areas of needed improvement and believed I could effectively join those efforts and make a difference.

At LETU, God has gathered an amazing group of faculty, administrators, trustees, staff, students, and alumni, all prepared with an intentional mission and a rich tradition. I am honored to be among the many who embrace the LeTourneau vision. I thank God and the LeTourneau community for this invitation to contribute in the role of provost. I am honored to serve Dr. Lunsford in his clear vision to equip students for a meaningful life of service across the world.

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Meet LETU's New Provost Dr. Philip A. Coyle How have your past experiences prepared you for leadership at LETU?

Share something about your faith that is currently relevant in your daily work at LeTourneau as Provost.

One of the real discovered joys in a Christian’s life is that God wastes nothing as long as you do not discount the sufferings or the blessings. I never aspired to be a professor, my doctoral committee chairman had the vision for me. I never aspired to be a department chairman, my dean had the vision for me. I never aspired to be a dean, my university provost and president had the vision for me. I never aspired to be provost, a former student had the vision for me. I did, however, aspire to be a Christian psychologist, and after 40,000 hours of face-to-face counseling, I was inspired to seek the joint efforts of gifted educators at LeTourneau to produce graduates of Christ-like character and ingenuity.

These words of Martin Luther are appealing: “The Christian community is not an ideal we have to realize, but rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate.” An abiding philosophy is that LeTourneau was created in God’s providence, therefore we students, staff, faculty and administrators have been invited to participate in a reality of God’s design. We then should remember the words of Paul: “That you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith of the Gospel.” We are called to unity though not for the sake of unity, but for the sake of creative advancement of God’s good work among us. So, every voice should be valued, a collaborative spirit should permeate every corridor of the university, and each person must experience a genuine sense of influence toward fulfilling our collective mission.

What is your philosophy of work/life balance?

I love my work, and I love my life. I like to say my life space is bigger than my work space, although I am not so sure that is true. I have a wonderful wife of 30 years. Judi and I have been together since age 13—you know, “going steady,” and exchanging rings and such. We have two sons: Chris, 27, and Andrew, 23. Both are single; so LeTourneau girls give us a call. I tend to be all in—meaning that when I am attending to something like work, or neighborhood renewal, or research, or teaching— then that is my life in that moment. I love the moment of being lost in something important. My wife keeps me relatively balanced. I enjoy many things: evenings out with friends, renovation projects, college football, devotional life, almost anything outdoors, hearing of my boys’ life experiences. I have two great brothers and two lovely parents. I am never bored. My philosophy of life-work balance is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. This includes finding joy in your work and seeing work as worship.

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LeTourneau University is a Christian University that emphasizes faith and work, faith and learning; what are some of your thoughts about this position?

We recognize our foundation as a university is special revelation, the Word of God, the Bible. Here we become acquainted with the Living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bible is our rule of faith and practice. The Holy Spirit is Christ within us who continues to reveal God’s will within our lives. We recognize that we serve a God who has spoken. We therefore understand our academic discourse in the context of revealed truth not simply discovered truth.

Hence, for a Christian, integration of faith and learning is a central aspect of our call and world-view. Matthew 4:4 states, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” From this perspective, even the word integration loses its bifurcated

edges because our faculty and students are not charged with joining together two disparate sources of truth.

Instead they are asked to recognize that all truth is from God. As we gain knowledge within a discipline we are also gaining revealed glimpses into the mind of God. He is fully integrated into all. Discovered truth may lead to revealed truth depending upon the hearts of the student and teacher. This remains a primary objective and distinctive of the LeTourneau academic community. We must remain attentive and intentional to integration of faith and learning.

What goals have you set to accomplish in your first year?

First, I believe worship is central to our shared purpose as a Christian university. Second, outstanding teaching and scholarship are primary. Third, the professor-student relationship is the central institution for significant transformation of a student’s life into meaningful service.

Though I am new to LeTourneau University, at this point I have identified six distinctive areas of focus of my relationships here. I believe these areas of strategic influence are opportunities for relational and institutional advancement. They represent significant promise for improvements in students’ character and learning. They all fit with the Mission and the Strategic Plan of the university and include: • Integrating faith and learning • Developing high-impact, high-value professional degree programs and related initiatives • Shaping a holistic personality of Christian influence within LETU’s residential community • Advancing a student, staff, faculty and administrative culture of creative collaboration and influence • Expanding focus on student learning outcomes • Creating meaningful, long-standing relationships with our local and global communities

Is there anything else on your mind that you’d like to share?

LeTourneau is blessed to be placed in the southern district of Longview. The median income for households in this section of town is far below $33,858, which is the median income for Longview households. While 16% of the population of Longview is below the poverty line, on this south side of town, the percentage of those living in poverty is far larger. LETU is blessed to have this call of Christian service on a daily basis; unfortunately, we Christians need such reminders.

Our neighborhood is a reminder of Micah’s words: “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8). Meaningful engagements with our local community are essential to a Christian university.

Universities like LeTourneau and Christian higher education at large must establish a Christian presence locally and around the globe as a precursor to evangelism for the purpose of pre-evangelism. When students are meaningfully engaged and connected through service to others, they see real changes in people’s lives. Those students are changed. Those students gain a vision of being a global Christian. All humans are called by God to exercise their gifts of service to others through specific roles. Christianity is more than intellectual. We would hope students’ experiences in meaningful local and global services would become their ethos, their way of life. n Photos above left show Dr. Coyle entertaining LeTourneau University's deans and faculty leadership at his home with his wife Judi. Photos above right show Dr. Coyle teaching a psychology class in his office.

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Dr. Larry Frazier DEAN OF ARTS & SCIENCES

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t’s not easy being 1,200 miles away when your dad is struggling with cancer. Dr. Larry J. Frazier was only slightly relieved as he hung up the phone in his Murfreesboro, N.C., home after talking to his dad who had played such an influential role in his life. His dad had worked long hours as a successful plumber in their hometown of White Oak, Texas, and was within reach of achieving his goal to become a teacher through LeTourneau University’s School of Education when he was diagnosed.

Frazier’s dad had a new outlook on life, but also had unwittingly influenced Frazier’s next career move as a Christian educator.

“As my dad told me about his experiences at LeTourneau, his class professors, the students and how they took care of him — they really helped him through a tough time,” Frazier said. “His dream had always been to go to college and earn his teaching certification. With their help, he was achieving that goal. When someone treats your family well, it really makes an impression on you.”

The 43-year-old religion professor admits that influenced his decision when he considered the offer to become LETU’s new dean of arts and sciences.

But LeTourneau was not on Frazier’s educational radar when he was a teenager growing up in East Texas. His route followed a Baptist bent as he graduated salutatorian from East Texas Baptist University, double majoring in Christian Ministry and Behavioral Sciences. He then earned a Master of Arts in Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth and earned his Ph.D. in Religion from Baylor University in Waco. For the past 10 years, he has taught at Chowan University, a Christian school in North Carolina founded by Baptist families in 1848.

Today, Frazier is fully dedicated to his new role as dean at LETU. “I want folks in East Texas to say, ‘LeTourneau is our school,’” he said. “It’s really remarkable that we have this high-quality, Christian university whose name has worldwide recognition, right here in our own backyard in East Texas.

“In the School of Arts and Sciences, LETU students studying biology have had great success getting ad-

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Written by Rachel Stallard Photographed by Randy Mallory

mitted to some of the top medical schools,” Frazier said. “Welch grants have provided research opportunities for many of our chemistry and physics students, which helps them get into graduate programs because they are already experienced in research activities.

Our computer science programs, with concentrations in game development and network security, are having great success placing students in the workplace and in graduate schools. And we have a great program in biblical studies with a top-notch faculty.”

Frazier likes to emphasize the strengths a liberal arts education can offer, even in a class of engineers .

“Every student at LETU takes classes in general education from the School of Arts and Sciences, so we serve the entire university in that way,” Frazier said. “The heart of the university experience is cultivated by the arts and sciences. That’s the universal in university — the essential skills of reading, writing, thinking and communicating.

The learning that happens in classes like religion, history and English shapes all of our students.

“The integration of faith and work is an emphasis across the campus, and students begin that process their freshman year,” he said. “All students find that initial contact in their first class, then take those skills to their majors and fine-tune them. What sorts of scientists, computer programmers, ministers, or educators are we producing? What sorts of engineers or pilots?

Our classes are where the identity of a university is shaped.”

Frazier also emphasizes the value of service opportunities that LETU encourages.

“Service opportunities are the perfect laboratory for applying what you’ve learned in class, while you’re also realizing, ‘It’s not all about me.’ It’s about making a difference in the world and being a Christian witness,” Frazier said. “I tell kids to

start saving right now, and ask family members and church friends to help sponsor you, because there’s no experience out there where you’re going to get this kind of return than from some sort of mission or service, especially if it gets you into a culture that’s different from yours.”

Frazier wore a variety of hats as he worked at Chowan, going from a department chair, to an assistant dean, to dean, and then associate provost (with some NCAA duties thrown in along the way).

Through his service there, he learned what made a university run, but said all of these jobs were tied to something he learned early on in college —the value of using your talents wisely.

“Certain words have guided me through my career, and one of those words is Stewardship,” Frazier said. “Stewardship was an idea communicated to me way back, to be the wisest steward of the abilities

and gifts you have been given.”

As new opportunities came his way, if he ever doubted his odds of success in new roles, he would focus on the gifts he had to offer and where God had placed him. “What kept me motivated was trusting God for the abilities He gave me and developing them as best I could and then letting God worry about where they would take me down the road,” he said.

It’s the same concept he hopes to teach students now.

“College is all about the person you become,” Frazier said. “It’s not just about a job you get, because jobs will change. It’s about what kind of person will you turn out to be? At a school like LeTourneau, you learn that God has gifted you in a special way, and let’s find out what that is and develop it.” n

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Dr. Ron DeLap DEAN OF ENGINEERING

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he phone rang. It was the search agency calling again. Dr. Ron DeLap wondered why the agency he had dealt with months earlier was still calling him to come to Texas.

Yes, the retired Air Force major had worked as a design engineer at the National Security Agency and had been recognized for his expertise in space-based radar systems. He had even taught some of the nation’s future standouts at the graduate level during his tour as an associate professor and department chair at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio.

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But now, with his three children grown, he and his wife of more than 35 years, Marie, were quite comfortably settled in their three-story, old Victorian-style home in Michigan, located close to DeLap’s office as the dean of engineering at Lake Superior State University. Actually, Ron was still a little frustrated with himself for prematurely acting on a rumor that the small university in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., was on the brink of merging with a larger one — thus prompting his search for employment elsewhere.

However, in the end, Dr. DeLap thought perhaps the

phone call he received that crisp April evening, after declining an interview with LeTourneau University in January, might have something to do with a Bible story he had been reading in 1 Samuel. It was about the priest who kept inquiring of an absent shepherd boy who was supposed to be anointed as king.

“So many things contributed to my coming here,” DeLap said about his new role as dean of engineering at LeTourneau University. “We felt obvious direction from the Lord.” He said the search agency told him they had interviewed everybody else, but that several at LeTourneau had been praying about it and felt led to ask him to interview.

“I was conflicted,” he said. “I really did love my job, but I felt God was clearly saying that these are godly men at LeTourneau. If they feel God wants you there, you’d better go and check it out.”

After the interview and a full week of devoted prayer, the DeLaps were certain of their next move. From the moment they committed, it was fullsteam ahead.

“When I finally sat down at my computer to accept the LETU President’s offer, the second after I sent the e-mail to accept this job, a message popped up on my screen from a missionary friend in Haiti whom I hadn’t talked to in six months,” DeLap said. “She told me she had only sent this e-mail to a couple of people, but the subject line read: Go Forth with Confidence.

“It’s pretty neat the way God affirms things,” DeLap said, adding that their home sold immediately in a rather depressed housing market. “You just can’t deny the Lord’s hand in this move. It’s really humbling to me to have the Lord take such an interest in what we do.”

DeLap is proud to serve in the profession he loves.

“Engineers have a great life,” he said. “In my opinion, it’s one of the best professions — right behind teaching.

Teaching is the most rewarding position I’ve ever held.

There’s nothing like watching a student’s expression

change when that light goes on in their mind when they get a concept you are teaching them. But right behind that is engineering. Combining your creative abilities with mathematical logic opens up such a broad field that there are always new things to do and learn.”

Good problem solvers are in great demand and will have a big impact on the future, DeLap said.

“These engineering students are the next generation of people who are going to design things that will make a big contribution to society, especially when they’re Christians,” he said. “We need more Christian engineers out there sharing the gospel.” DeLap cites Proverbs 22:29, which reads, Do you see a man skilled in his work?

He will serve before kings; he will not serve before mere men.

“Good engineers rise to the top of their profession,” DeLap said. “It’s wonderful when Christian engineers make discoveries and are willing to share their faith publicly.”

DeLap said his motivation is based on both excellence and service as he seeks to live by the verse to do everything unto the Lord. “You don’t want to do a secondclass job. The Lord is watching you. And you want to do your best all the time,” he said.

The engineering field itself presents unique opportunities for students to travel the world as both ministers and workers, Delap said. He cited some of the projects LETU students have already worked on in prosthetics, wheelchair design research, small-farm irrigation, and he also cited opportunities with outside organizations such as a group called Engineers Without Borders, which installs water systems in Africa.

“I want students to be passionate about what they do,” he said. “I want them to be better. I want LeTourneau graduates to stand out among other engineers. When they are working on a project, I want those other engineers to come to my LeTourneau graduates and say, ‘How do we do this?’ because those LeTourneau graduates know how to make things, and they know how to make things that work.

“LeTourneau’s program is known nationally as an outstanding engineering program,” DeLap said. “Now that I have met and worked with the faculty and staff, I understand why! To be allowed to lead a program like this, in some ways, is almost a little overwhelming. But I’m certain God has picked me to be here, and I am relying on Him to guide me and give me vision for what He wants to do with this program. Anything good we do can only be by God’s design and for His glory.” n

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atie loves Sunday mornings, and why not? She loves God. Her first day of the week brings church . . . encouragement, learning and camaraderie with fellow believers. Then comes Monday—and Tuesday through Friday. Those mornings, Katie routinely stuffs her faith in a box, applies her work face and heads to the office.

If any part of Katie’s weekly attitude shift sounds familiar, welcome all the more to LeTourneau University’s new Center for Faith and Work. Welcome to a fresh new program to help Katie, and students at LETU and Christians around the globe encounter God in their daily work. Executive Director Bill Peel, a man who has spent years helping people find God in the corporate world and writing about it, is eager to help all Christians see that even the factory floor is holy ground.

“Our daily work matters to God,” Peel said. “That’s good news since we spend most of our time there.

Ephesians 2:10 says we were designed for good works— effort, business, enterprise—things which He purposed for us to accomplish. Good work, well done, brings glory to God. Whether you assemble earthmoving machines, run a business, teach first-graders or do missions in a developing country—what you do is packed with God’s purpose and meaning.”

The purpose of the Center for Faith and Work is a piece of the university’s five-pillar strategic plan to help its students and graduates make serving Christ their career goal—whatever the career—in every workplace in every nation. And like those lifetime career decisions, options abound. For starters, Peel sees to it that believing men and women can grow in taking their faith to work. Through classes, workshops, consulting, mentoring, events and through online resources at

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www.centerforfaithandwork.com, the Center for Faith and Work serves: Students by helping them define their calling, discover the value of the work God has designed them to do, and develop a vision for following Christ at work.

Churches and pastors by helping them launch ministries within the church that equip men and women to take their faith to work and influence both their workplace and their co-workers for Christ.

Employees and employers by connecting them to other followers of Christ in their line of work and by providing resources to help them develop both their faith and workplace wisdom.

“For every person who reflexively slices Sunday from the rest of the work, it’s time to grasp that good business is God’s business and smart workplace strategies are replete with biblical principles,” Peel said. “From human relations to annual reports, from login to overtime, we’re handing Christians in the workplace a new set of glasses.”

Peel came to LETU in January 2011 as an author and ministry leader with more than 25 years helping people discover life callings, sharpen work skills and become spiritually influential at work. The ministry he founded in Dallas—a city known for business—emphasized workplace discipleship, evangelism and leadership development, with original resources and initiatives to equip and empower people to know how their work fits into God’s plan.

Peel has served on the leadership team of churches in Fort Worth, Tyler and Dallas, helping members understand how to live out their faith Monday through Saturday. As Director of the Paul Tournier Institute of the

Christian Medical and Dental Associations, he authored The Saline Solution continuing medical education course and taught over 6,000 healthcare professionals around the world to spiritually influence their patients. As a speaker with Promise Keepers, he crossed the US exhorting men to live their faith 24/7.

The shelf of Peel’s work-related books, authored or co-authored, holds Workplace Grace (Zondervan 2010), What God Does When Men Lead (Tyndale, 2008), Going Public With Your Faith (Zondervan 2003), Discover Your Destiny (NavPress, 1996), Living in the Lab Without Smelling like a Cadaver (Paul Tournier Institute, 1999) and What God Does When Men Pray (NavPress, 1993). His articles appear in Christianity Today, Focus on the Family’s Physician magazine, InTouch, HomeLife, and elsewhere.

Peel’s books, meanwhile, many of them award-winning, are translated into Spanish, Dutch, Indonesian, Chinese and Russian, his books were the Evangelical Christian Publishing Association Silver Medallion winners in 1994, 2004, 2005, and won Christianity Today’s 2004 Book of the Year Award for Evangelism and Apologetics.

Peel earned his bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University, his Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and is pursuing doctoral studies at Gordon Conwell. He and his wife, Kathy, have been married for 40 years and have three grown sons. Peel is based in Dallas. He shares his work at the Center for Faith & Work with Dr. Tim Watson, based in Longview, heading the Center’s church initiatives. n Please visit the Center’s new website www.CenterforFaithandWork.com.

Visitors are invited to recommend resources or groups they would like others to know about.

Bill Peel, at right, toured the A.C. Horn Company in Dallas at the invitation of owner Doug Horn and LETU alumni Tommy Galloway and Bobby Howell.

Here Peel inspects manufacturing equipment with Horn Company employee Juan Ramos. The A.C Horn Company is an example of faith in the workplace.

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The Office of Global Initiat the Center for Global Service Written by Janet Ragland, Photographed by Tom Barnard

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aiting for his flight to board at East Texas Regional Airport on a cool, crisp Saturday morning, Dr. Robert W. Hudson looks over his itinerary: Longview to Dallas to Chicago to New Delhi. During this trip to India, Hudson is representing LeTourneau University in New Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai with the goal to attract international students.

This international trip is the first of many he will take as LETU’s new vice president for the Office for Global Initiatives, but he is an experienced traveler and is confident in God’s plan to expand the university’s relationships globally.

LeTourneau University’s Every Workplace in Every Nation strategic plan identifies five pillars that give support for the direction of the university over the next few years. One of these commitments is to “be a university of global influence.” To that end, Dr. Dale A. Lunsford announced the creation of the Office for Global Initiatives, which was established July 1, 2011. Lunsford appointed Hudson to the new cabinet-level position as its vice president charged with leading all global initiatives for the university.

Hudson was the perfect choice to lead this new initiative. Entering his 18th year of service at LeTourneau, Hudson had served as the vice president for the School of Graduate and Professional Studies for 11 years followed by six years as chief academic officer. He knows LeTourneau. And he knows international culture.

Hudson grew up as the son of missionaries in the Mayan villages of Guatemala, Central America, and later, he and his wife, Betty, served as missionaries in Costa Rica where he taught and served in the administration at a Nazarene Seminary. He has traveled extensively throughout Central America and Europe, as well as recent trips to China, Africa, Korea, Mexico and India.

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that Christian higher education can play in impacting the world for Christ. Even in Hudson’s previous role as LETU’s chief academic officer, he led the establishment of the Office of International Studies to help coordinate various international initiatives for international student recruiting and support. Hudson continues to oversee this area in his new role, currently seeking to fill a key position for an associate vice president for International Admissions and Enrollment Services. That person will lead recruiting and retention efforts for all international students, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and will establish the necessary infrastructure for international student success. In attracting diverse students from across the globe, LETU seeks to promote cross-cultural understanding on the campus and in the local community.

“Our hands-on learning culture and excellent academic programs are a drawing card for recruiting international students of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds to study here and then have them return to work places all over the world with their Christian worldview,” Hudson said.

“Being a university of global influence also means expanding the curriculum to promote the study of global topics and languages, study abroad programs and expanding our exchange relationships with other Christian universities worldwide,” Hudson said.

“Future leaders in the 21st century will require a global perspective across all professions,” Hudson said. “We want to increase the opportunities for LETU students to study abroad, participate in international internships, experience cultural immersion and experience collaborative service opportunities in their educational programs."

In January, Hudson will oversee a new Center for Global Service Learning, under the direction of Dr. Kelly Liebengood. The mission of the new center is to connect faculty and students with opportunities to demonstrate God’s redemptive love in solving global problems and social

atives and ce Learning injustices.

Hudson cited several of the projects currently under way at LETU that will fit under the global initiatives umbrella including: · Small-plot irrigation project that engineering students have developed to help farmers in developing countries be able to draw water from the ground to grow food. · A wheelchair research project that enables students to do outcomes research on pediatric wheelchairs being used at an orphanage in Kenya. The research will lead to improvements in wheelchair design that can improve functionality on a global scale. · Visual literacy project that researches how people in a remote village in Kenya translate visual two-dimensional drawings and representations into a three-dimensional world. · Bible translation project that enables students to assist a group in Nigeria that seeks to enable villagers in areas of the world to have the Word written in their own language.

“Unique service-learning experiences at LETU are already helping students address global problems and social injustice in a way that glorifies Christ,” Hudson said. “This new center will help us to identify and expand on that.”

All of these intentional global initiatives together will expand the international scope of the university as it attracts a more ethnically diverse student body, expands study abroad experiences for students and promotes international professional development and scholarship opportunities for faculty, and by design, they will create a university without borders. n

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Dr. Kelly Liebengood Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

Written by Kate Gronewald, Photographed by Tom Barnard

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t was October 1989 and one of the best games of his life. Standing in his San Jose State uniform on the 50-yard-line in the Orange Bowl, mid-game against the University of Miami, Kelly Liebengood questioned whether football delivered all that it promised for his life. Despite the scoreboard and screaming fans, he was struck with a thought that was bigger than the play at hand, more pivotal than his life as an athlete: “Really?

This is what life is all about? Why am I really here?” The Miami Hurricanes went on to win the national championship that year. Liebengood went on to seek and find the answer.

Two years later, he became a Christian. Suddenly, it all made sense.

“My whole world just came together,” Liebengood said. “I found so much meaning and purpose when I was learning about, talking about, worshipping, Jesus.”

After graduation, Liebengood traveled to Chile, where he worked in the college ministry at the University of Concepción and met his wife, Marietta. They have since served as campus ministers at the University of Kansas and as missionaries with United World Mission in Costa Rica and Scotland, where Liebengood earned his Ph.D. in New Testmanent at the University of St. Andrews.

“I didn’t know about Jesus until I was 21, so I wanted to make sure college students in Chile, or wherever, could hear about the Gospel,” Liebengood said. “In fact, my whole Christian life I’ve been involved with college students. It’s the common thread that brings the whole thing together. I think it’s a really special age.”

Liebengood’s area of biblical expertise centers upon the General Epistles (1-2 Peter, James, Jude, 1-3 John), particularly the book of 1 Peter. He currently serves on the international steering committee for the General Epistles section of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), through which he helps to shape questions scholars are asking about these books. His specific areas of research interest include the way in which the Old Testament is used by the New Testament authors, the theology of Christian suffering and the interface between Christian theology, work, economics and vocation.

“Researching what the General Epistles have to say about work stimulated me to think more about how we use our resources and how we can leverage those resources for serving people in other places who don’t have them,” Liebengood said.

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tion. It is an analysis of what the New Testament teaches Christians to do with their possessions and resources, as well as how the early church understood and lived out these teachings.

Liebengood connects his classroom teaching with this concept, particularly in his Honors course covering the topics of poverty, wealth and Christian discipleship. Yet, he was still searching – this time, for more ways to make an impact through his interests.

“I’d been praying about how I could be more involved in connecting the resources I have or I’m a part of with places where they don’t have these resources or where there are injustices,” Liebengood said.

Just an opportunity presented itself this year, as Liebengood was asked to serve as the director of LeTourneau University’s new Center for Global Service Learning beginning in January 2012.

“That’s one of the major goals of the center, to connect resources that we have at LeTourneau – the expertise, the research we’re doing to meet needs and solve problems all over the world – in particular with places that don’t have these resources,” Liebengood said.

His work will expound on the history of LeTourneau’s hands-on learning to meet needs around the world.

“What we’re trying to do is match professors and their research interests with students who can help them with their research and then connect them with people on the ground in places all over the world who have needs that can be met through this research,” Liebengood said.

Liebengood, a global traveler who has spent time in Egypt and Rome, in addition to his work in South America and Scotland, shares his passion for travel and culture with his students. As part of his Physical Settings of the Bible course, he led students to Greece last year and will take a group to Israel in December to help enrich their faith with a study of historical Christian culture in a modern, global context.

“It motivates me to help shape students’ overall vision of who God is and what their place in God’s world is – to help broaden their understanding of how whatever their career choice is will fit in with God’s mission in this world,” Liebengood said. “My world was turned upside down when I became a Christian at a university. It made me rethink everything about what I think life is, about what I’m here on this earth for. And because of that, I’m hoping that in some way God uses me to do the same kind of thing in other peoples’ lives.” n

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he small flashlight beam is pointed down into the mouth of a young man as he leans back in a chair to have a painful abscessed tooth treated in this remote Ethiopian village.

There is no electricity, no air conditioned waiting room, no x-ray machine. The man holding the flashlight for the medical professionals is not a doctor or a dentist. He has no medical training. He is a volunteer who felt God wanted him to experience this global reality.

He is LeTourneau University President Dr. Dale A. Lunsford, who traveled to Bishanjilba, Ethiopia during spring break on a medical mission trip that included visits to identify possible future partnerships for service with schools and organizations of Buckner international and Bright Hope Ministries in Addis Ababa and Nazaret.

“I needed the experience—to see it, smell it, touch it,” Lunsford said. “I encourage students to look outside of their comfort zone and follow God’s call to service. I knew I needed to do the same.

“There is an expression that goes, ‘I need Africa more than Africa needs me.’ What that means is we think we are needed in Africa, and that we will make such a big difference in their lives, but what we find is that Africa changes us.”

After returning to the United States, Lunsford was featured in the May 1 issue of The Longview News Journal which ran the following column, reprinted with permission.

Demonstrating God’s love in every nation, workplace Ethiopia is a place of rich heritage, physical beauty and unsettling human suffering. It is poor even by African standards. Per capita annual income is only $100. Three of every four Ethiopians live on less than $1 per day. Nearly 5 million orphaned children live there, and less than a third of them have the privilege of attending school.

It is also a place ravaged by malnutrition and AIDS. Malaria and polio are common. Basic medical care is unavailable to most of the population.

Recently, a team of Longview physicians traveled to Ethiopia to provide medical and dental care in the small village of Bishanjilba. Dr. John Ross, Dr. Rodney Henry, and Dr. Mark Wallis saw more than 700 patients in just over three days. Others on the team supported these physicians by administering an eyeglass clinic, a pharmacy and a wound care clinic. With every hug and smile, these team members demonstrated God’s love to those patients who traveled difficult mountain roads to wait hours under shade trees to see a doctor.

At the core of a LeTourneau University education is the truth that we are all valuable in God’s Kingdom. Yes, pastors, evangelists, and other “full time ministry workers” are essential and necessary, but

all of us can be used by God in his redeeming work, even if we are not on a church staff.

LeTourneau faculty strive to prepare students who are studying for careers in engineering, business, aviation, education, nursing and the sciences to see their professions as a holy calling important to God. We refer to it as claiming every workplace in every nation as our mission field.

In every field, competent professionals of Christlike character can demonstrate God’s love in powerful ways. Engineers can design sustainable water well pumps for Africa. Teachers can patiently impart the gift of reading to the next generation. Business professionals can create jobs to combat poverty for others.

Ministry is not just for ministers. God loves you and me so that we can show his love to others.

It was my privilege to travel with these selfless physicians and to witness their work in Ethiopia. For the people of Bishanjilba, they were God’s angels.

For the rest of us, they are examples of the possibilities that can happen when we choose to live out our faith in our professional lives, giving back to God the education, abilities, and gifts he has given to us. n

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newsandnotes U.S. NEWS RANKS LETU IN TOP TIER FOR 2012 U.S. News and World Report ranked LETU in the top tier of its annual “America’s Best Colleges” list, as well as among the 2012 Best Engineering Schools, the 2012 “Up-and-Comers” listing and the 2012 “A+ Schools For B Students” listing. LETU was among the top 8 private schools in Texas and was ranked above all state universities in Texas in the same category of “Best Regional Universities.” LETU was listed 39th among all the Best Regional Universities in the West. For 18 years, the university has been listed in the magazine’s top tier rankings.

AVIATION STUDENTS WIN MAINTENANCE AWARD LETU aviation students placed first, second and third individually and won first place for the school when they competed at the 2011 Professional Aviation Maintenance Association competition in April. PAMA is the premier aviation maintenance organization for aviation maintenance technicians.

PROSTHETIC KNEE IP TRANSFER COMPLETED The intellectual property for the LEGS M-1 knee, developed by students and faculty at LETU to provide low-cost, durable prosthetics for amputees in developing countries, has been transferred to LIMBS International, an independent nonprofit organization. The new nonprofit can reach thousands of amputees more quickly to ease human suffering. The universities work in development of sustainable solutions for global problems will continue in the new Center For Global Service Learning.

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LETU HOSTS IAMA CONFERENCE LETU’s Paul and Betty Abbott Aviation Center at East Texas Regional Airport was honored to host the annual International Association of Missionary Aviation (IAMA) conference this year. IAMA fosters a community of Christian airmen whose hallmarks are safety and technical competence. Membership includes more than 70 mission agencies, training schools, and individuals. Members work together to bring the transforming message of Jesus Christ to people living in places that are remote and very difficult-to-access.

BREAKFAST WITH FRED MENTORS VISIT LETU’s Center for Faith and Work hosted the Breakfast With Fred Leadership Symposium on the Longview campus Oct. 5 for mentoring interaction between students and a panel of 18 notable Christian executives from a variety of professions.

The executives were all influenced by the late Fred Smith, Sr. whose career spanned 65 years and whose archived writings are available at www. breakfastwithfred.com. BWF seeks to develop tomorrow’s Christian leaders as ethical, successful, involved, and effective participants in their professions and communities.

2011 GRAD TEXAS STUDENT TEACHER OF THE YEAR Recent LeTourneau University graduate Matthew C. Bradley was named a 2011 Texas Student Teacher of the Year. Bradley graduated in May and did his student teaching in the spring of 2011 semester at Pine Tree ISD, teaching fifth grade language arts and 7th grade Texas history.

BRUCE CHASE HEADS AVIATION ASSOCIATION LETU Associate Professor and Chief Flight Instructor Bruce Chase was installed in October as president of University Aviation Association, the premier international collegiate aviation organization in the country. He will serve a one-year term.

AVIATION ALUMNI WIN SCHOLARSHIPS Two of the four winners of a prestigious CAE SimuFlite 2011 Citation Type Rating Scholarship in aeronautical science are recent graduates of LeTourneau University. May 2011 graduates Steve Hederstedt of Salina, Kansas, and Steve Castillo of Aldie, Va., won the scholarships to attend a two-week training including a ground school and simulator training.

LETU ONLINE STUDENT WINS GATES SCHOLARSHIP Online education student Jasmine Cierra Starling of Waco was named a Gates Millennium Scholar, through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The program began in 1999 to provide outstanding minority students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in any discipline area of interest. Starling is seeking teaching certification in Early Childhood through sixth grade.

HEALTH FAIR SERVES MORE THAN 1,000 IN COMMUNITY Over 1,000 were served by the annual LETU Health Fair Oct. 17 where free medical lab testing and health advice were provided. Bilingual LETU students served as translators for the Hispanic visitors who didn’t speak English.

AVIATION INSTRUCTOR WINS ‘COACH OF THE YEAR’ LETU flight team faculty advisor and team coach Bradley S. Wooden won the coveted title of Coach of the Year at the recent National Intercollegiate

Flying Association 2011 SAFECON competition held at The Ohio State University. Wooden is internationally recognized as a Master Certificated Flight Instructor, a distinction that fewer than 700 of 93,000 certified flight instructors in the country have achieved.

LETU AVIATION STUDENT WINS NBAA SCHOLARSHIP LETU aviation sophomore Whitney Brouwer won the $4,500 Lawrence Ginocchio Scholarship from the National Business Aviation Association. The scholarship recognizes those individuals who have demonstrated honesty, integrity and selflessness in dealing with others.

BILL KIELHORN TEACHES LAST CLASS, HONORED WITH NAMED BUILDING Professor Bill Kielhorn, who never missed a class during his 45 years of teaching at LETU, was featured on ABCNEWS.com for teaching the final class of his career from his hospital bed in the Intensive Care Unit of Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. LETU’s Materials Joining Engineering Building was dedicated in his honor. The building is undergoing $1.15 million in renovations.

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LETU LAUNCHES NEW GRADUATE DEGREES LETU has launched two new online graduate degrees. The Master of Arts degree in Counseling offers two degree tracks for people interested in getting licensed in professional (and school) counseling or marriage and family therapy. The new Master of Arts degree in Psychology is a nonlicensure specialization for counseling ministries, including a core of clinical and counseling courses.

NEW UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES ADDED LETU launched two new online degrees in criminal justice and human services this fall. The criminal justice degree can provide an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

The human services degree is a combination of psychology, sociology, criminal justice, counseling and ethics—taught from a Christian worldview—to be better equipped for careers as case workers, family support workers, youth advocated, drug abuse counselors, crisis intervention counselors, mental health aides and community outreach workers.

THREE EARN RECENT DOCTORATES LETU had three complete their terminal degrees during the summer.

Dr. Karl Payton (communication), Dr. Marila Palmer (leadership studies/ curriculum and instruction) and Dr. Karen Jacobs (business) all completed their terminal degrees recently.

DR. JIM LAUB KEYNOTES BUSINESS EVENT LETU ‘s School of Business hosted organizational leadership expert Dr. Jim Laub as keynote speaker for its second annual “Business through the Eyes of Faith” initiative which hosts a free public forum on the application of biblical principles in the workplace.

Laub spoke on building healthy organizations.

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LETU REMEMBERS 9/11 LeTourneau University presented a moving 9/11 Memorial “We Remember” chapel service Sept. 9 to mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Dean of Students Corey Ross led the chapel which honored local first responders and veterans. Following the chapel service, nearly 3,000 flags were placed in the front of campus in memory of those who died that day. The university carillon tolled throughout the day, once for each of those who perished. LETU students volunteered Sept. 10 across the city to assist first responders, veterans and nonprofit organizations as part of its annual “Longview Blitz” community service event. Lt. Col. Steve Russell, U.S. Army (Retired), who commanded the unit that captured Saddam Hussein, spoke on “Honoring Our Troops” in chapel on Sept. 12. n Photographed by Janet Ragland and Tom Barnard

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Written by Rachel Stallard Photographed by Tom Barnard

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young woman’s clear, strong voice lifts up as she sings a capella the lyrics of one of her favorite Hillsong worship songs: “Lead me to the cross, where Your love poured out. Bring me to my knees, Lord, I lay me down. Rid me of myself. I belong to You. O lead me, lead me to the cross.”

When she opens her big, brown eyes, Ashley Bonilla’s face shows the peace in her heart. Bonilla was only 11 years old when she first felt the calling and began to lead worship at her nondenominational church’s youth group in Houston. She was part of a youth worship team and led worship every Thursday night.

Today the 19-year old sophomore is now one of the first students enrolled in LeTourneau University’s new Worship Arts program that began this fall.

Bonilla’s father is an LETU aeronautical science alumnus and encouraged his daughter to come to his alma mater to study youth ministry last year after she graduated high school in May 2010. But after she arrived, she discovered LETU would be offering a new Worship Arts program.

“I was so excited! I spaced out for about 10 seconds when I first heard about it,” Bonilla said. “It was such a confirmation to me. I see a lot of God’s hand working in my life. When you are 11, you don’t know to search for God’s direction, but I just knew I had a very deep desire to sing and lead in worship—not to perform, but to lead others in wor-

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ship and into the presence of God. Leading worship is how I can minister to people around me. God has their lives in His hands. He wants to touch, heal and use them. God has made clear that right now this is what I’m supposed to be doing.”

Leading the new program is Dr. Mark Jonah, assistant professor of Worship Arts, who has designed the program. Jonah was a worship pastor for 25 years and has seen his job transform a number of times, from small churches to large, from hymn books to multimedia. His goal is to educate future leaders about how we worship, but also why we worship.

“This new Worship Arts degree program provides the theological, historical and biblical background of worship, and also provides a practical component of how you do the job itself,” Jonah said.

Jonah says worship leaders today are part technical director, part musician and part pastor/shepherd. As a technical director, they need to know how to set up and use projectors, speaker monitors, microphones and other sound equipment. As a musician, they need to have discernment in the music messages and proficiency in leading. As a pastor/ shepherd, they are organizing volunteers, pitching projects and sharing their vision with others in leadership.

Adopting the motto “Rooted and Relevant,” the Worship Arts program also takes students back through history where they view worship from ancient sources.

“It’s rooted in God revealing Himself to us and

what He has done, but it also has to be relevant because we’re leading people today,” Jonah said.

“The uniqueness of our program is that it’s not a music-based worship arts program,” he added.

“There is music training as part of it, but we are emphasizing the whole gamut of the biblical aspects of it as well. What is the history of the church concerning worship? What theological questions should we ask? How do we plan worship? What goes into a service? What are the resources out there that would help us do that?”

Jonah says the program is a much broader look at what a worship minister does.

“Do you need to carry a tune and play an instrument? Yes,” he said, “But your job is also to use the people whom God has provided in your congregation.”

Jonah accomplishes some of this training for his students by employing a required hour-long practicum each week as a lab. Here students not only prepare the LETU student body for worship through regular chapel services, but also prepare the venue.

“It really doesn’t matter if it’s a small church or a large church, it probably has sound, lights and video,” Jonah said. “Every sized church has that now, not just the bigger ministries, and LETU’s Belcher Center provides a great venue where we can go and learn the craft of preparing for worship services. It may be a more sophisticated facility than what some of our students will have in a church setting, but it is easier to learn the big and then scale it down to the ministry where you serve, rather than

learn small and not be aware of what other possibilities are out there.”

In addition to learning the stage, regular practice also helps students gauge the participants.

“We discuss, ‘Who is the congregation?’ During Chapel we have engineering students, aviation students and a variety of people who have already had classes that morning. How are we going to capture their attention and help them focus? You have to think about the characteristics of that group, so our chapel services are a good platform. You would do the same in any church setting, to know who you are leading,” Jonah said.

Many students, like Bonilla, commit to a calling as a worship leader after working in their church’s music program, but LETU also helps by filling in some gaps in musical knowledge. One course, Music Basics, covers general topics such as ear training, sight-reading and notation, while private lessons are tailor-made to meet the students at their proficiency and skill levels or their need for training on piano/keyboard, voice and guitar.

“A lot of students have some musical experience, but many may be self-taught,” Jonah said. “Lessons help. They are designed to help them become more proficient.”

Jonah says the new program, which was named a "Best of the Best" by editors at Worship Leader magazine in its October issue, provides a place for students to learn, grow and develop solid worship leadership for churches in the future. n

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classnotes MEMORIALS

Burton Brumley (’49 ME) died on May 28, in Longview, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Eloise, and four children.

Hersel Studebaker (’50 MES) died on Jul. 31, in Lake Placid, Fla. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Eulah K.; three grown children, seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and two great-greatgrandchildren.

Richard (Jim) Molzahn (’60 IE) died on May 1, in Littleton, Colo. He was a former LeTourneau Trustee and is survived by his wife, Marilyn, two grown children, two grandchildren, two step children and three step grandchildren.

Robert P. Peterson (’61 IE) died on Sept.

14, in Midlothian, Texas, with his family around him. He is survived by Brenda, his wife of over 50 years; four children and four grandchildren.

Kenneth Wayne Henry (’63, CT) died Feb. 5, at the age of 70, after a successful career with Lincoln Builders in Ruston, La. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth, and two grown daughters.

David (Dave) Strohecker (’64 ME) died unexpectedly at his home on Apr. 8, in Sunbury Pa. He is survived by his wife, Janet, three children and their spouses and eight grandchildren.

Kenneth Parfitt (’88 ET) was struck by a passing vehicle while assisting a motorist in distress and died Dec. 15, in Rochester, NY. He is survived by his loving wife, Jamie, eight children, and other family members.

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children, Glory, Nathan and Grace. He is survived by his wife, Denine (’90 ATBS), and son Lorne.

Patricia Houck (’05 MBA) died Apr. 22, in West Plains, Mo., at the age of 66.

BIRTHS George Bender (’79 ATBS) and wife, Debbie, announce the birth of their grandson, Isaac James Bender, born Apr. 2, in Sachse, Texas. He weighed 8 lbs 13 oz and was 21 inches long. The lucky parents are Luke Bender (’04 ME) and wife, Erin.

Russell Callison (’80 BUBS/ATBS) announces the birth of his grandson, Beckham Kade Callison, born Sept. 7. He weighed 6 lbs 15 oz.

Jonathan Pipping (’92 ATBS) and his wife, Angie, announce the birth of their first daughter, Amanda Grace, born Dec. 31, 2010, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Greg Palmer (’93 BUBS) and wife, Kristi, announce the birth of their baby girl, Rachel.

She joins brother, Luke.

They live in Portland, Ore. Daniel Snow (’95 ATFL) and wife, Jen, announce the birth of their daughter, Annalise, born Mar. 19, 2010, in Papua New Guinea. She joins her two other siblings.

David Nelson (’97 ATFL) and wife, Jennifer (Bumpus) Nelson (’97 EE), announce the birth of their son, Levi.

Matthew Nelson (’99 CSMA) and his wife announce the finalized Sept. adoption of their

13-month-old foster twins, Parker Blake and Maggie Rose, who have been living with them in Port Orchard, Wash., since they were three days old.

Stephanie (Emerson) Russell (’99 ENE1) and husband, Jason, announce the birth of their daughter, Olivia Kaylynne Russell, born Aug. 25. They live in Euless, Texas.

James Dougherty (’01 ETAT) and wife, Lisa, announce the arrival of Elise Mei, born Sept. 7, in Highland Ranch, Colo. They say she is trying to out-do her older brother at a weight of 10 lbs.

Matthew K. Olson DMD ('01 BYBS) and Katrina (Kraft) Olson ('02 ACCT) announce the birth of their daughter, Meghan Katherine, on Dec. 10, 2010, in Farmington, Conn.

Meghan weighed 8 lbs 5 oz and was 20 inches long.

Gordon(’01 ME) and Tami (Foran) Richards ('99-’01) welcome home their newborn son, Corbin Thomas, on Mar. 10. Corbin joins his big brother, Levi Connor. Corbin weighed 9 lbs 13 oz and 19 3/4 inches.

Gordon recently was promoted to lead engineer at Circor Energy.

Dan Buller (’03 HIPL) and wife, Carrie, welcome their son, Matias Tucker Buller.

Matias was born in South Korea on Jul. 5, 2010.

After three years in South Korea, Dan and his family now reside in Denton, Texas.

Nathan (’03 BUDT) and Dawn (Graham) May (’04 MK & MGT) welcomed Caitlyn McKenzie into their family in May 2010.

They currently reside and work in Carmel, Calif.

Robert (’03 WT & MT) and Emily (Heikkinen) Miller (’04 SSE4-SOC) celebrated the birth of their son, Luke David, on Feb. 3. Rob works for Polaris Industries as an engineer in the snowmobile division, and Emily teaches social studies in the local high school. They currently reside in Roseau, Minn.

Scott (’04 BME) and Elaine (Ball) Campbell (’02 BYBS) welcomed home their son, Micah Stephen, on Mar. 29. Scott also graduated with an MBA from Dallas Baptist University in May. Adair (Susan) Chen (’04 MGHR) and her husband, Michael, announce the birth of their son, Hunter Franklin, born Jun. 29, in Nokomis, Fla. Hunter joins his big brother, Pryce.

Andrew (’05 ASFL) and Sara (’05 BYBS) Westerhaus announce the birth of their son, Matthew Christopher, born Aug. 22, in Colorado Springs, Colo., who joins his brother, Benjamin.

Andrea (Knickerbocker) McCarthy (’06 ISE4-4-8 Cert) and husband, Rick, announce the arrival of their daughter, Joy. They are currently living in China.

Jared ('06 ENGL, HIPL) and Rachel (Gullman) Wheeler ('07 EDUC) announce the birth of their daughter, Molly Elizabeth, on May 11. She was 6 lbs 10 oz and 20.5 inches long.

Allison Garrard (’09 ISE 1-Intrdsc, EC-4 Cert) announces the birth of her little girl, Hannah Faith, born on Nov. 20, 2010.

Ashanti Coleman (’10 ECE-EC-4) and husband, Taiyee, announce the birth of their daughter, Tiara, on Feb. 9, in Richmond, Texas. Tiara weighed 4 lbs 11 oz, and 17 3/4 inches long.

WEDDINGS Jeff Thielman (’97 ME) and Julia were married on Apr. 30, in Chico, Calif., and live in Corvallis, Ore. Jeffrey Stutzman (’03 EE) and Stacy (Laube) were married on Jun. 25, and reside in Littleton, Colo.

Caleb Quick (’06 ME) married Cynthia Goering from Moundridge, Kan., on Aug. 21, 2010. They reside in Wichita, where Caleb works at Cessna as the flight test engineer on the 208 Caravan, and Cynthia is a registered nurse.

Michael DeGroat (’08 IBBS) married Melissa Nagel on Jul. 1. They are currently living in Waco, Texas, where Michael is a financial advisor for Ameriprise Financial.

Class Notes 60s Ken Kelm (’63 ATBS) has recently moved into Merrill Gardens Retirement Village in Stanwood, Wash. He says that he misses many of the fellows from AT ’63 and would love to hear from them. He can be emailed at: jetlagken@gmail.com John R. Davis (’67 EE) and wife, Susan, recently lost their daughter, Loralee, to breast cancer. Loralee passed away a minute before her 26th birthday. John and his wife have five grandchildren and are expecting another. He thanks LETU for the dedication and experiences with the professors and the Christian sharing.

Their family's blog and Loralee’s story can be found at http://loraleekathryn.wordpress.com.

70s Stephen E. LaFleur (’72 BUBS) had health problems that delayed his mission trip to the Philippines, so he and his wife accepted a call to Globe, Ariz., as pastor of Wheatfields Chapel.

Theron Young (’73 ATBS) and wife, Joyce, are settling into Sydney, Australia, where Theron took a position as a lecturer in Biblical Studies and Biblical Theology and as academic dean at an interdenominational college, Emmaus Bible College, that trains people for full-time and part-time ministry.

Jim Boyle (’74 BI) retired from the Army for the second time after being recalled for three years to pastor wounded and injured soldiers, he and his wife, Ginny, currently reside in Ky. They have three children and five grandchildren.

Timothy Lindstrom (’75 CHBS) was promoted from principal investigator of Teflon® Monomers to manufacturing technology principal scientist for DuPont's Washington Works plant in Parkersburg, W. Va. He also provides analytical support for the El Dorado production facility, and many other sites as needed.

Leland Beachy (’78 CHBS) earned his Master Science in Organizational Leadership from Southern New Hampshire University in May. He was also named Outstanding Student in the Master of Science in Organizational Leadership program at the School of Business at SNHU. Ross Beans (’78 MT) retired after 33 years at ArcelorMittal (Inland Steel) from the Indiana Harbor plant in East Chicago, Ind. He has now taken a job as engineering project manager at Evraz Rocky Mountian Steel in Pueblo, Colo., is living in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Ruth (Hartshorn) Anderson (’78 DT) and husband, Eric, currently reside in Galveston, Texas. Their son, Edwin, and his wife, Megan, reside in Alaska and are expecting their first child in October. Also, their other son, Davis, is graduating high school and will attend college this fall.

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classnotes 80s Karen Dudeck (’81 BYBS) invites other LETU Alumni to form a team for a sevenday bike race across Iowa July 22-28, 2012. If you are interested in joining the ride or helping out with the planning and organizing of nightly housing along the route, please contact Dudeck, at dkdudeck@gmail.com, or Dan Vander Ley (’80 BUBS), Lynn Vanasse (’80 BUBS) or Sam Ganow (’80 BUBS) via Facebook.

William S. Kennedy (’85 IM), of Fallon, Nev., is now the owner/CEO of Coffee PER (Processing Equipment and Repair), which manufactures“The San Franciscan Coffee Roaster." Learn more at www.coffeeper. com.

Gregory (Greg) Bauer (’88 AMT) is presently working for AAR Aircraft Services as an aviation maintenance supervisor. He and his wife, Samyann, have two children, Jake, 7, and Nick, 6, and live in Indianapolis, Ind. Steve Weidner (’88 DT) volunteered at the 2011 LifeLight Festival in Worthing, S.D., as he as done for several years. He made it a family affair this year with his daughters Chelsey, Briley and Megan. Steve and his wife, Rhonda, live in Elk River, S.D.

serve as New Tribes Mission support missionaries.

Angie Scott-Roman (’93 BBM) recently completed her MBA with Health Systems Management from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz.

Brian "Gooch" Hendley (’93 ATBS) and Justin Stoltzfus (’01 ASAE) are two LETU aviation alumni who graduated nearly a decade apart yet recently shared the cockpit on a scheduled flight with their carrier.

Jeff Piepmeier (’93 EE) is the radiometer calibration engineer for the Aquarius radiometer that launched in June as part of a collaboration between NASA and Argentina’s space agency. The entire family, including Jenelle Armstrong Piepmeier (’93 ME) and six-year old son Bobby, headed to California to view the launch and spend some quality time together.

The Piepmeiers reside in Md., where Jeff works at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and Jenelle is a robotics professor at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Scott Merrill (’94 ME) is now working as a director of Engineering Program Management at GWACS Defense Inc. in Tulsa, Okla.

Steve Dudden (’90 ME) recently moved back to the U.S. from Hong Kong and bought a house in Albuquerque, N.M. He was also promoted to senior manager of Business Coordination with CSA International.

Daniel Snow (’95 ATFL) and wife, Jen, will be leaving their assignment in Papua New Guinea and taking up a new assignment with Wycliffe in the country of Cameroon. They will continue to do aircraft maintenance on their four aircraft.

In addition, they will go to France next year to study French, the official language of Cameroon.

Paul Wilson (’91 BUBS & ATBS) and wife, Andrea, are expecting their first child in Nov. 2011. They will be returning to the USA from Papua New Guinea, where they

Becky Renfro (’96 BBM) is vice president of Renfro Foods, named “Small Business of the Year” (11-50 employee category) by the Ft. Worth Chamber of Commerce.

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The company is a third generation family business founded 71 years ago and was honored for “Best Practices of Entrepreneurship” Gabriel Morrow (’96 ATFL) and family have recently moved to Wisc. for Gabe to attend seminary at Nashotah House Theological Seminary.

Philip Dutton (’98 CSE) is now quality assurance engineer at Wolfram Alpha and recently founded the Verse Press (versepress.com) Christian Documents Search Engine.

Darren D. Moore (’98 BYES) is continuing to do well in his acting career. He played Tom Robinson in “To Kill a Mockingbird” in March at the Granville Arts Center in Garland, Texas.

Matthew Nelson (’99 CSMA) is now working for the Isilon Storage Division of EMC after Isilon Systems was acquired in Dec. 2010.

Lisa Parker (’99 BBM) earned her Master in Science in Education, specializing in adult education, from Capella University, where she is now pursuing her Ph.D. In organization and management with a specialization in leadership.

00s Laurant Jolly (’01 BBA) recently earned his doctorate of management in organizational leadership with a specialization in information systems and technology from the University of Phoenix. He also continues to serve as an officer in the U. S. Army.

Keith Kearns (’01 ASAE) is now the director of maintenance for Florida Air Cargo and Aerborne Aviation in South Fla. James Sisson (’01 ASEL), while helping design the display system for the 787 engines at Rockwell Collins, thought of a novel technical approach enabling dissimi-

lar processors to run in pseudo lock-step.

(This improves safety through redundancy.) The employees in the autopilot group were working on a similar approach at the time so they joined forces. As a result, their invention was recently awarded U.S. Patent #8,015,390.

William Grilliette (’02 MABS) earned his doctorate in mathematics from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and is now employed as a visiting assistant professor at Alfred University in Alfred, N.Y. Joshua Hopping (’02 BUDT) and wife, Emily (’02 CSMA), have transitioned from associate pastors to senior pastors of the Payette River Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Sweet, Ind. Josh has received a promotion to a senior brand analyst at MarkMonitor, where he has been working for seven years.

Ryan Scott (’02 ASMG) recently received a promotion to assistant avionics manager at Dynamic Aviation in Bridgewater, Va. Yoo-Jin Smoldt (’04 ACCT) and husband, Michael, are working together at a private academy as English language teachers in Gumi, South Korea, where they have been working since Nov. 2010.

Laura Laster (’04 ASFM) is beginning a job at the LeTourneau University School of Aeronautical Science in the Flight Department as a dispatch, and her husband, Jesse Laster (’04 ASAE), will be working with his father at Laster Outdoor Power Equipment in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Jim Kincheloe (’05 BBA) is working for OGM Land Company in Simonton, Texas.

His new email address is: jimkincheloe@ yahoo.com David Ringer (’05 EN) has recently moved to Baton Rouge, La., where he is the communications director for the Mississippi Flyway and Gulf Coast with the National Audubon Society.

Congratulations to the 2011 Alumni Survey winners! LeTourneau University administers the Alumni Survey biennially, during

the summer, to gain feedback from alumni who graduated one & two years and five & six years ago. In a random drawing of almost 300 survey respondents, alumnus Justin Shive (’05 ASFS) of Harrisonburg, Va., and alumna Christi McDermott (’10 TEC6) of Gilmer, Texas, were each awarded a $100 gift card. Justin was the recipient for the traditional program, and Christi was the recipient for the nontraditional program. We thank all who participated and appreciate the valuable insights from our alumni.

Jeff McClenny (’06 BBA) is currently working as a self-employed health safety and environmental consultant in the oil and gas industry. He lives in Hideaway, Texas.

Carolyn Dotti (’07 BYBS) has accepted a job at Banfield Pet Hospital, located in the Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas, area, as of Aug. 1. She is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

Jon Mitchell (’07 MBMK) is now director of the College of Prayer International, Atlanta, Ga., as of July 1, 2011. He has served in a volunteer capacity on the International Leadership Team as director of communication since Jan. 2008. He and his wife, Karen, and daughter, Ansley, will move to Atlanta to join CPI in a full-time capacity.

Brandon J. Ray (’07 ASFS), a two-time Master and SAFE member, recently renewed his Master CFI accreditation. He is an instructor pilot with Cessna Pilot Centers and the owner of High Performance Aviation (http://www.FlyHPA. com/) specializing in high performance transition training at Lone Star Executive Airport (CXO). He also serves as a FAASTeam representative in the FAA’s Houston FSDO area.

Jordan Baumer (’08 HIPL) recently graduated from New England School of Law, Boston, Mass., and has begun a federal clerkship.

Judith Guerrero (’08 KES) graduated with a doctorate in physical therapy on May 22.

Michael Gaines (’08 MK) has joined National Oilwell Varco as their new roller cone product champion in Conroe, Texas.

Michael will be assisting in the growth of strategic product lines, global product development, commercialization and marketing.

Kristina Elmore (‘09 MBMK) is now employed by the University of Memphis as coordinator of annual giving.

James Christophersen (’10 PSYS) is working as a researcher and lobbyist in Washington D.C. for Judicial Action Group, which seeks to stop judges from legislating from the bench and return to the role of deciding cases according to current law.

His email is: jac@judicialactiongroup.com.

Benjamin Reed (’10 ME) graduated from the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power School Aug. 12. After graduation he is headed to Connecticut for submarine officer training for two months and in Feb., he will be going to N.Y. for nuclear prototype training, where he will get qualified to operate a nuclear reactor.

Melissa Cain (’11 ACCT) is now working as an accountant with DuoLine.

Stephen Campbell (’11 BBA) was recently hired as director of global alliances at 6fusionUSA in Raleigh, N.C. Nathan Dennis (’11 AFFS) recently accepted a job offer at Panorama Flight Service in White Plains, N.Y., to do turbine and recip. maintenance. He gives thanks to LETU’s Career Services department for giving him the lead and would enjoy visiting with any alumni or LETU related personnel stopping in at Westchester County Airport.

Stoney Wilson (’11 MBA) started a new business, www.ChristianStoresUSA.com, offering a full-range of Christian products.

Churches and nonprofits have the option of establishing websites to his existing storefront where they can maximize their fundraising efforts. n

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Honor Roll of Giving The President’s Circle 1.

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Members of the President’s Circle share four commitments: To support the mission and vision of LeTourneau University.

To pray for the students, faculty and administration of the university.

To spread the word about LeTourneau University to their friends, colleagues and associates as they have opportunity.

To support the university’s ongoing financial needs at a level appropriate for their financial circumstances.

President’s Circle membership begins with a gift of $1,000 or more annually and supports the LeTourneau University Annual Fund.

For more information or to join the President’s Circle, contact Ben March at (800) 259-5388 or e-mail BenMarch@letu.edu.

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Abbott Mr. & Mrs. Bradley C. Ames Mr. & Mrs. Bill Anderson Mr. & Mrs. James W. Asbury Mr. Paul D. Aubrey Dr. & Mrs. Alvin O. Austin Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Barnett Dr. & Mrs. S. E. Belcher Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bryan E. Benson Mr. & Mrs. Pat Bertsche Mr. & Mrs. Joe B. Bickley Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd B. Bolding II Mr. & Mrs. Jim Brake Mr. & Mrs. Gordon J. Bullivant Dr. & Mrs. Joel Carpenter IV Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Mike Childress Mr. & Mrs. Steve Class Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Claypool Mr. & Mrs. David Cottrill Mr. & Mrs. Gus Davis Mr. John Deurwaarder

Mr. & Mrs. Doug Douglas Dr. Sherilyn R. Emberton Mr. & Mrs. Mike Fitzhugh Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Fontaine Mr. & Mrs. Scott F. Fossey Mr. & Mrs. William L. Garfield Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Paul E. Glaske Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Hall Dr. & Mrs. William R. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. Don Harrison Mr. Jack U. Harrison Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James N. Heath Dr. & Mrs. Tom Hellmuth Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hughey Dr. Robert & Dr. Pamela Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Joe Bob Joyce Ms. Lois E. Knouse Mr. & Mrs. Phil Kuitems Mr. Verlton D. Kunze Mr. & Mrs. Loren D. Leman Ms. Courtney M. Lemmond

Ms. Liela LeTourneau Mr. & Mrs. Roy LeTourneau Mr. & Mrs. Aaron S. Lorson Dr. & Mrs. Dale A. Lunsford Mr. Tim D. Markley II Mr. & Mrs. Timothy D. Markley Dr. & Mrs. James E. Mauldin Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William R. McDowell Mr. & Mrs. L. V. McGuire Mr. & Mrs. Al Mendez Mr. & Mrs. Curtis C. Mosley "Mr. David F. Nickell, Jr." Mr. & Mrs. Joe Nowiczewski Ms. Marila D. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. John H. Parks Mr. Leland F. Pemberton Drs. Jeff & Jenelle Piepmeier Mrs. Velma E. Poole Mr. & Mrs. Rogers Pope Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Ritchey Jr. Mr. J. Lloyd Rohrer Mr. & Mrs. Byron J. Safstrom

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Safstrom Mr. & Mrs. James D. Schreder Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Schreder Mr. & Mrs. Carl J. Schwartz Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David D. Seibel Dr. & Mrs. F. Stan Settles Jr. Mr. Robert D. Snell Mr. John Solheim Maj. General & Mrs. Fred Starr Mr. & Mrs. Merle Stoltzfus Dr. & Mrs. Dannie J. Tindle Mr. Jason K. Trosen Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Trull Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Walker Mr. & Mrs. George R. Walrod Mr. & Mrs. Dean Waskowiak Ms. Mary S. Whelchel LCdr. Ronald L. Wier Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Wittenbach Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. Wolgemuth Mr. & Mrs. Roy S. Zeitlow Mr. & Mrs. Terry A. Zeitlow

Gift income received in 2010-2011 Alumni

$762,794.68

34%

Trustees

$214,212.00 $999,384.51

4% 18%

Foundation

$1,598,695.35

Friends

$1,918,810.94

28% 14%

$117,750.15

2%

Corporation

Other

$5,611,647.63

The following alumni and friends made contributions to LeTourneau University during the period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. Alumni who contributed $1,000 or more are listed in their donor category as well as with their class year. We deeply appreciate each and every gift and the many givers who make it possible to carry on the work of educating Christian young people.

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Founder’s Society $5,000 or more Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Allen Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Garrett J. Atkins Mr. & Mrs. Mike Benton Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Bock Mrs. Irene Cook Mr. & Mrs. Jose Cosa Ms. Sandra Couch Mr. & Mrs. Martin W. Dahl Mr. & Mrs. Ray C. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dorn Mr. & Mrs. Brian Christian French Mr. Jerry W. Fritsch Mr. & Mrs. J. Neal Garland Mr. Billy Hibbs, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Ide Mr. Raymond W. Jarvio Mr. & Mrs. David R. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Randall E. King Mr. & Mrs. Randall H. Mason Mr. & Mrs. Mike Merritt Dr. & Mrs. Michael W. Myers Mr. & Mrs. Allan Nilson Mr. & Mrs. James R. Nolt, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Dean C. Phillips Mrs. Beverly Roesink Dr. & Mrs. John B. Ross V Mr. Gregory J. Smith Mr. Alan N. Spain Mrs. Elizabeth Spain Mr. Andrew R. Steiger Dr. & Mrs. Barrett R. Summers Mr. & Mrs. Alan H. Swanson Mr. & Mrs. Keith F. Trosen Mr. & Mrs. Mike Tucker Dr. & Mrs. Barry F. Van Duzee Mr. & Mrs. Dean Waskowiak Mr. & Mrs. Ted M. Wilkinson Mr. & Mrs. Tom Wilmeth Mr. & Mrs. Kent Wilson Chancellor’s Society $1,000 - $4,999 Mr. & Mrs. Van A. Abel Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. Adell Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Aiken Anonymous Anonymous Ms. Jenelle G. Bagwell Mr. & Mrs. Damian G. Barrett Mr. & Mrs. C. Calvin Bass Mr. & Mrs. Tim P. Bayse Dr. & Mrs. Tom Beets Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Bonilla Mr. & Mrs. Scott N. Bowen Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bradshaw Mr. & Mrs. Barry K. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Brueggeman Mr. & Mrs. John Cameron Mr. & Mrs. Wallace Campbell Dr. & Mrs. Philip S. Clifford Mr. & Mrs. Jim D. Cook Mr. Kenneth W. Cowin Mr. & Mrs. Tim Crider Mr. Timothy Crosier Mr. & Mrs. David Crouch Mr. & Mrs. Jerry W. Dickenson Mrs. & Mr. Laurie Doane Mr. Randy E. Doerksen Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Domowski Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Dudden Mr. & Mrs. George E. Dunham Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Farrar Mr. Richard S. Forringer Mrs. Jane Foster Mr. & Mrs. Larry Gardner Mr. John Garner Ms. Judith E. Geake Dr. & Mrs. Henry Gor Mr. & Mrs. Matthew G. Green Mr. & Mrs. Dan Gutwein

Mr. & Mrs. Robin E. Guyer Ms. Kelly Hall Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Jon E. Hansen Mr. Charles J. Hart Mr. & Mrs. Randy L. Hartman, Jr. Dr. Bruce A. Hathaway Mr. & Mrs. James O. Hayman Mr. & Mrs. Alan Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Daniel R. Hetrick Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Hill Mr. Judd L. Hodgson Mr. Peter H. Hoewisch Mr. & Mrs. Bret Hornaday Mr. & Mrs. David W. Horton Mr. & Mrs. Warren J. Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Steve Iffland Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Imes Mr. & Mrs. Bob Irwin Mr. & Mrs. Henry Jacks, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William Kielhorn Mr. O. L. Kimbrough Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Kniep Ms. Kelly J. Kovalesky Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Kruppenbacher Mr. & Mrs. Daniel R. Kulka Mr. & Mrs. David Lednum Mr. Keith W. Leonhardt Mr. & Mrs. Caleb LeTourneau Mrs. Chris Long Mr. & Mrs. Roderick B. MacAskill Mr. & Mrs. Richard Manley Mr. & Mrs. Ben Y. March Mr. Bob Martin Dr. & Mrs. Patrick E. Mays Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey McCallum Mr. Dale A. McCombs Mr. & Mrs. Stephen McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. McFarland Ms. Margaret B. Merritt Dr. & Mrs. Duane K. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Paul Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Tim P. Munsterman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas L. Orre Mr. & Mrs. Bud & Betty Otis Mr. & Mrs. Scott A. Patterson Mr. Joel Peel Lt. & Mrs. Aaron Pickett Mr. & Mrs. Gregory S. Pike Mrs. Susan Poorman-Blackie Dr. & Mrs. Edward E. Quick Mr. & Mrs. Mario Ramos Mr. & Mrs. Hugh H. Renalds Mr. & Mrs. Steve Roberson Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Earl Roberts, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Delbert M. Rounds Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Russell Mr. & Mrs. Nate Saint Mr. & Mrs. Ronald S. Sanda Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Shaub Ms. Evelyn W. Sibley Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Sleigh Mr. & Mrs. Mike J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. James E. Stevens Mr. Glenn A. Stowell Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Taylor Mr. Daniel D. Thiessen Mrs. Linda R. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Ted A. Timmons Mr. & Mrs. David S. Vinton Mr. William Wolcken Mrs. June S. Wolfley Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Woolsey Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Z. Wyers Dean’s Society $500-$999 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Ames Mr. & Mrs. William F. Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Sylvan P. Auran Mr. & Mrs. Rick Baskin Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Becker Mr. James L. Bieroth

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Mr. & Mrs. Roger H. Brake, Jr. Mr. Jeff Brents Mr. & Mrs. Bobby J. Burns Mrs. Caroline Casselberry Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Cato Mr. Seth Chernoff Mr. & Mrs. David C. Coldwell Mr. & Mrs. Clarence W. Cramer Mrs. Eleanor Crego Mr. Logan A. Damewood Mr. & Mrs. Allen D. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Dale Deike Mr. & Mrs. John Driedger Mr. Holland B. Evans Mr. & Mrs. James D. Forbis Mr. & Mrs. Dale Harper Mr. & Mrs. David W. Hayes Mr. Francis E. Hendrickson Mrs. Hazel Hickey Mrs. Rose Marie Hinde Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hobbs Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Huff Mr. Marcus T. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kirkwood, Sr. Mr. Paul Knowlton Dr. & Mrs. Paul Kubricht Mrs. Louise LeTourneau Mr. & Mrs. Rives B. Lowrey Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lund Mr. Gregory E. Mansker Mr. & Mrs. William F. Markley Mr. & Mrs. Ronny Maxey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Merritt Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Nale Mr. & Mrs. Chris Nishimura Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Payton Mrs. Lorena Phillips Mr. Rogers Pope, Jr. Mr. Ted L. Purcell Mr. Robert B. Ray Mr. & Mrs. Jay Ricks Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Rieke Mr. & Mrs. Barry Robbins Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Sartor Miss Doris Schuring Dr. Vicki L. Sheafer Ms. Ruth N. Shenk Mr. & Mrs. R. C. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Dudley E. Snyder Rev. Timothy E. Watson Mr. Christian Welch Ms. Janet B. Welch Friend’s Society $1-$499 Mr. & Mrs. G. Stanley Abel Mr. & Mrs. Donovan Abshire Mr. & Mrs. David Adams Mr. & Mrs. Dennis R. Adams Mr. K.C. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Adkins Ms. Jeannine Aills Mr. & Mrs. Randy Akin Mr. & Mrs. Marc S. Alcorn Mr. & Mrs. Peter C. Alecxih, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin C. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Andrew A. Allison Mr. & Mrs. Julius A. Allstaedt Mr. & Mrs. Matt Almeter Mr. Dan Almquist Mr. & Mrs. William Alsman Mrs. Alline Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Bill Anderson Mr. Jarvis Anderson Mrs. Joanne L. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Phil H. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Andrus Mr. Earl V. Angell Anonymous Anonymous Mrs. Marilyn S. Antosh Mrs. Evelyn J. Apacki Mr. & Mrs. William H. Armstrong Mr. Kenneth R. Aston Dr. Martha Aston

Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Attaway Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey L. Auch Mr. & Mrs. Delmar Augustus Mr. Charles N. Avery III Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Ayers Ms. Mary Anna Bader Mr. & Mrs. George W. Bagwell Mr. & Mrs. Jim Baird Ms. Nicole Baird Mr. Jerry Ball Dr. & Mrs. Steven L. Ball Mr. & Mrs. William Ball Mr. & Mrs. William R. Ball Mr. & Mrs. Rick Bandas Mr. & Mrs. Ed D. Banos Mr. & Mrs. A. Kent Barnard Ms. Renna Beth Barnard Mr. & Mrs. Stan Barnard Dr. & Mrs. Kevin Barnes Mr. & Mrs. David A. Bauerle Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Baumer Mr. & Mrs. David Beams Mr. & Mrs. Maurice H. Beasley Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Beaty Mr. & Mrs. Al Beckett Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Beckman Mr. William Beckman, Jr. Mr. Mervel Bell Mr. & Mrs. Leslie E. Bentley James A. Bernero Dr. & Mrs. Richard C. Berry Mr. & Mrs. Scot Berthiaume Mr. Donald W. Bertram Mr. Ernest G. Bertram Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bethany Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Bickerdike Mrs. Doris P. Bilbrey Mr. & Mrs. Buck Birdsong Dr. & Mrs. William R. Birdwell Mrs. Agnes Birkelund Mr. & Mrs. Richard Biron Ms. Linda Bischoff Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Black Mr. & Mrs. Bendt Bladel Ms. S Blakely Mr. & Mrs. David Blakey Mr. & Mrs. David J. Blazek Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Boggs Mr. & Mrs. Bob Bondurant Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Boone Mrs. Erin Botsford Mr. & Mrs. David Boulware Mr. & Mrs. Blake Boydston Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Bradford Mr. & Mrs. Bradford Mrs. Elizabeth Bradley Mr. & Mrs. Art K. Bradshaw Mr. & Mrs. Merlyn J. Brammer Mr. Joel P. Brandt Mr. Paul Brenner Mrs. Alice O. Brewer Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Brinkley Ms. Nicole Brockmueller Mr. & Mrs. James E. Brotton Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Brower Ms. Jeanna Brown Mr. & Mrs. Ted H. Brown Mr. William H. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Broyles Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Brubaker Ms. Marjorie Brumm Mr. & Mrs. Adrian Bryan Ms. Joyce F. Bryan Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Bryan Mr. & Mrs. Glen Bryant Mr. & Mrs. Gary S. Bryant Ms. Carolyn A. Bryce Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Bufkin Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Buhl Mr. & Mrs. David Buhrmann Mrs. & Mr. Elaine Bullard Mr. & Mrs. Bart Bunker Ms. Kitty Bunker Mr. & Mrs. Brian Bunt Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Burge Mr. Harry Burke

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Rockwell Collins Inc. Ron Stringer & Associates, P.C. Ross A. Skolnick, P.C. Attorney At Law Rotary Club of Orange Rotary Club of Port Orford RSM Family Limited Partnership Rusk County Rodeo Association Rusk County Youth Project Show S.E. Belcher Jr. Foundation Safeway Inc. Sam's Club San Angelo Area Foundation San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc. Scholarship America Scholarship Found. of Santa Barbara Scot Industries SeaAgri Shirley Hodge Nursery School Short Wing Piper Education Found.

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by Class Class of 1948 Total Gifts $75.00 4.17% Participation Mr. Johnnie B. Whiteley Class of 1949 Total Gifts $260.00 4% Participation Mr. Donald C. Green Mr. Harold L. McMillan Mr. Stewart Sickles Class of 1950 Total Gifts $10.00 1.89% Participation Mr. John Morton Class of 1951 Total Gifts $403.00 10.87% Participation Mr. Harold E. Abbey Mr. Roy F. Caldon Mr. David Houck Mr. Albert Rust Mr. Robert E. Scribner Class of 1952 Total Gifts $1,375.00 8.7% Participation Mr. Howard C. Anderson Mr. John Deurwaarder Class of1953 Total Gifts $100.00 3.57% Participation Mr. Winton A. Hancock Class of 1954 Total Gifts $4,050.00 8.47% Participation Mr. Howard A. Crosby Mr. Ramon Farley Dr. Paul Reitzer Mr. Arthur L. Rendall Mr. Glenn A. Stowell Class of 1955 Total Gifts $1,590.00 9.23% Participation Mr. C.C. Creach Dr. John L. Hoffer, Ph.D., M.D. Mr. Hoffer Rev. Peter P. Polloni Mr. Frank Ritchey LCdr. Ronald L. Wier Class of 1956 Total Gifts $11,295.00 13.16% Participation Mr. Frank A. Goodrich Mr. Henry Jacks, Jr.

Mr. Paul Leistner Dr. Ken Schreder Mr. William Thomason Class of 1957 Total Gifts $875.00 9.26% Participation Rear Adm. Richard K. Maughlin USN Ret. Mr. William C. Slothower Mr. James E. Vernon Mr. Albert M. Vogel Mr. Dale Wolgemuth Class of 1958 Total Gifts $47,205.00 14.77% Participation Mr. Jerry H. Bishop Mr. John C. Bowen Mr. Don Cowles Mr. R. L. Ethridge Mr. Jacob C. Gingerich, Jr. Mr. Robert A. Jones Mr. Robert O. Langness Mr. Joseph C. Lee Mr. Charles E. Lucas Mr. Larry E. Neely Mr. Duane Rhodes Rev. J. S. Sullivan, Jr. Mr. Ted M. Wilkinson Class of 1959 Total Gifts $2,810.00 20% Participation Mr. Lanny R. Clark Mr. George W. Fink Mr. Norman G. Gaut Mr. Randall Herring Mr. Tom Hunt Mr. Lyle K. Johnson Mr. Ralph R. Jones, Sr. Mr. William Kielhorn Mr. Harrison S. Neff Dr. Edward L. Nichols, Sr. Mr. Frank Phillips Mr. Thomas M. Sochor Class of 1960 Total Gifts $8,390.00 10.47% Participation Mr. Elmer R. Baker Mr. Carl Grace Mr. and Mrs. Dale Groenheide Mr. Marvin Hays Mr. Gary Lisman Mr. Roderick B. MacAskill Mr. Allan Nilson Mr. Blair W. Paul Mr. Norman F. Yearick Class of 1961 Total Gifts $1,875.00 14.1% Participation Mr. Rollin Bard Mr. Paul Crump, Jr. Mr. DeWayne Everitt Mr. William D. Feller Mr. William Fleming Mr. E. L. Henderson Mr. Norman K. March Mr. Weston Poyner Mr. James F. Roads Mr. David Sutter Mr. Harold S. Tice Class of 1962 Total Gifts $2,600.00 11.27% Participation Mr. Oakes N. Gernert Mr. James D. Hensel Mr. David Hentschel Mr. Verlton D. Kunze Mr. John E. Miller Mr. Bruce Philbrick Dr. F. Stan Settles, Jr. Mr. William Young

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Class of 1963 Total Gifts $3,850.00 17.71% Participation Mr. William E. Baskett Mr. John Bush Mr. Sidney Conklin Mr. James F. Eckman Mr. Morten Eriksen, Jr. Mr. Jeter Farlow Mr. Carroll Handly Mr. Roger M. Helm, Sr. Mr. Kenneth Henry Mr. Herbert H. Kressler, Jr. Dr. Jim D. Lilley Mr. Robert Moyer Mr. Lloyd Smith Mr. Norman Spanberger Mr. Robert Thornbloom Mr. John Vigna Mr. Jerry Wolf Class of 1964 Total Gifts $68,195.00 10.11% Participation Mr. William R. Brooks Mr. Daniel L. Christen Mr. Art D. Johnson Mr. Merton E. Knightly Mr. David P. Mosher, Sr. Mr. Charles E. Roberts Mr. James D. Rosser Mr. David Scheevel Mr. John Solheim Class of 1965 Total Gifts $3,390.00 13.21% Participation Mr. John F. Bradshaw Mr. Carl C. Cyphers Mr. Richard R. Dickman Mr. Wayne Hansen Mr. Kennon G. Hess Mr. Douglas Hvistendahl Mr. William Hyslop Mr. Walter J. Nekoroski, Jr. Mr. Victor C. Rice Mr. Eugene F. Shields Mr. David R. Snow Mr. John Swizdaryk Mr. Jerald G. Vander Kooi Mr. Richard Ward Class of 1966 Total Gifts $1,063,465.00 13.95% Participation Anonymous Mr. Donald P. Kegarise Ms. Kay Lightle Mr. Keith A. Martin Mrs. Sheila Martin Mr. L. V. McGuire Mr. Ronald G. Robinson Mrs. Judy Ruiz Mr. Verlan Snodgrass Mr. Arthur Warren Mr. Ted Wessman Mr. Kent Wilson Class of 1967 Total Gifts $5,500.00 16.3% Participation Mr. Felton R. Bollinger Mr. Tom E. Brink Mrs. Nancy Ciavarelli Mr. George E. Crone Mr. Jimmie H. Cross Mr. John R. Davis Mr. Stanley Erickson Mr. Dan Fast Mr. Stephen G. Holm Mr. Warren J. Hudson Mr. Ronald Jantzen Ms. Lois E. Knouse Mrs. Miriam R. Lancaster Dr. Robert R. Miller

Mr. Pramod Ravade Mr. and Mrs. Jim Reid Mrs. Roberta Rice Mr. Barry L. Richard Rev. Thomas P. Shorb Mr. Ronald E. Wilburn Mr. Sherman Williams Mr. Ray Wilsdorf

Mr. Randall W. Matthewson Mr. Dean C. Phillips Mr. Timothy K. Rupp Mr. Phillip I. Temple Mrs. Joyce Temple Mr. John Tiemersma Mr. Lawrence Wendling Mr. Douglas A. Williams

Class of 1968 Total Gifts $1,200.00 5.98% Participation Mr. Gary D. Foster Mrs. Deborah Irving Mr. Richard J. Newell Mr. Charles M. Snow Mr. Rogers R. Walker Rev. Larry P. Weiss

Class of 1972 Total Gifts $10,110.00 5.63% Participation Mr. Eddie Chow Mr. Kenneth L. Moore Mrs. Cherry Moore Mr. Wayne R. Salsman Mr. Gary Scheffel Mr. Gerald A. Schultz Mr. Maurice Scobee Mr. Donald L. Smith Mr. David R. Witt

Class of 1969 Total Gifts $22,075.00 16.98% Participation Mr. David A. Beckmann Mr. Paul H. Bennett Mr. Donald W. Biggs, Jr. Mr. Stephen Burry Mr. Edward L. Claypool Mrs. Judith K. Dingmon Mr. Eugene T. Dorneman Mr. Robin E. Guyer Mr. Wayne Henegar Mr. Dale R. Hill Mr. Samuel Hollinger Mr. Kenneth A. Holloway, Sr. Rev. James J. Kibelbek Mr. Loren D. Leman Mr. John R. McCalmont Mrs. Carolyn McCalmont Mr. David T. Reed Mr. David K. Reinbold Mr. David R. Riniker Mr. Thomas G. Schrag Mr. Stan M. Simmons Mr. Leon Thomsen Mr. Harold R. Tyler Dr. Barry F. Van Duzee Mr. Robert W. Walker Mr. Dave P. Whitten Class of 1970 Total Gifts $13,775.00 12.31% Participation Mr. David Bell Mr. Robert Bennett Mrs. Betty Berry Mr. Gerald O. Hall Mr. Kenneth H. Helvie Mrs. Edith E. Hoad Mr. John R. Hoving Dr. Paul A. Hunter Mrs. Janie Hunter Mr. Paul A. Larson Mr. James R. Miller Mr. Joe Nowiczewski Mr. Cary J. Rosene Mr. Kent E. Sanders Mr. Pete Sweeny Class of 1971 Total Gifts $392,866.98 15.13% Participation Mr. Paul Abbott Mr. William R. Anderson Mrs. Nanette Anderson Mr. Matthew D. Ciavarelli Mrs. Carolann M. Crawford Mr. Daniel G. Eaby Mrs. Joan Fratzke Mr. Thomas D. Hartberg Mr. Robert E. Hopkins Mr. Michael L. Jackson Mr. Hillis O. Kauffman Mr. Donald Koch Mr. Daniel H. Larsen Mr. Caleb LeTourneau Mr. Duane L. Martinsen

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Class of 1973 Total Gifts $1,100.00 8.76% Participation Mr. John Carlson Mrs. Mary J. Davis Mr. David A. Hebble Mr. John Hunker, Jr. Mr. Ronald L. Kickert Mr. Roger Niewenhuis Mr. John E. Nikerle Rev. Jim Panter Mr. Kermit Seiler Mr. John Sipley Mr. Donald Walker Class of 1974 Total Gifts $216,445.00 11.76% Participation Mr. Dana L. Barre Mr. Gary Burgess Mrs. April Campbell Mr. Lawrence B. Campbell Dr. Philip S. Clifford Mr. Timothy Crosier Mr. Brad J. Dukek Mr. Herman Dumas Mr. Jerry W. Fritsch Mr. Paul F. Hager Mr. LeRoy D. Hammond Mr. Norman Hawes Mr. Donald L. Kreider Mr. Dale A. McCombs Mr. David F. Nickell,, Jr. Mr. James R. Nolt, Jr. Mr. Richard M. Ogren Mr. Michael B. Palm Mr. William H. Pikett, Jr. Mr. Jeffrey Rowland Mr. Jerry Ruggles Mr. Knute Watne Mr. Paul Weston Mr. Keith D. Wyckoff Class of 1975 Total Gifts $14,670.00 9.72% Participation Mr. Gary Blair Mr. Philip A. Britton Mr. Bob H. Campbell, Jr. Mr. Kenneth W. Cowin Mr. Charles E. Davis, Jr. Mrs. Sharon W. Delong Mr. James Dumas Mr. Harry Fleming, Jr. Mrs. Freda Goerner Mr. James D. Holbrook Mr. John D. Klein Mr. Jack L. Niethamer Mr. Edward Rohrer Mr. Fred Shay Mrs. Patsy Shay Mr. Gregory J. Smith Mr. James Snow, Jr. Mr. Merle Stoltzfus

Mr. Nathan Strong Mr. Gary R. Ware Mrs. June Weber Class of 1976 Total Gifts $3,925.00 6.94% Participation Mr. Jim S. Akovenko Mr. Lowell Berentsen Mr. Paul T. Graybill Mr. Brent Hoff Mr. Stephen P. Lemp Mr. Phil R. Martin III Mrs. Nancy Mendez Mr. Mark Nymeyer Mrs. Virginia L. Olson Mr. Arthur W. Salatin Class of 1977 Total Gifts $5,825.00 14.69% Participation Mr. Mark T. Ahlenius Mr. Jonathan Bromley Mr. Randall W. Brown Mr. Barry K. Brown Mr. Daniel Byker Mr. Robert Crego Mrs. Rebekah Crego Mr. William A. Grubb Mr. David Jensen Mr. Keith W. Leonhardt Mr. Philip D. Olson Mr. Perry D. Pust Mr. Michael A. Ringler Mrs. Joyce Roden Mr. David W. Safstrom Mr. David B. Stauffer Mr. Peter M. Strubhar Mrs. Susan Strubhar Mr. David Wankmuller Mr. Merlin D. Weber Class of 1978 Total Gifts $11,465.00 13.24% Participation Mr. Van A. Abel Mr. Bernard Banzhaf Mr. Robert T. Bartels Mr. Bryan E. Benson Mr. Steve Classen Mr. Melvin Flowers Mrs. Donna Forrest Mr. Daryl A. Hoffman Mr. Larry T. Huntley Mr. Alan J. Koch Mr. Norman Kopesky II Mr. Arthur E. Kruppenbacher Mr. Daniel Marvin Mr. Nathan J. Meyer Dr. Duane K. Miller Mr. Jesse M. Newton Mr. David E. Parker Mr. Sidney Roberts Mr. Nathanael Saint Mrs. Deborah Saint Mr. Brad Shaw Mr. Douglas C. Shumate Mr. David R. Strait Mrs. Vicki Strong Mr. Vern R. Swanson Mr. Philip M. Yorgey Class of 1979 Total Gifts $141,425.00 11.22% Participation Mr. Paul F. Ahrens Mr. Ronald C. Bassous Mrs. Sylvia K. Biggs Mr. Jay A. Childs Mr. Jose Cosa Mrs. Sheree Cosa Mr. Griffith J. Decker Rev. Daniel R. Duda Mr. William W. Ewin III Mr. Timothy U. Gingrich Mr. Dan Gutwein

Mr. John M. Haagen Mr. Randy L. Hartman, Jr. Mrs. Lorna Helbing Mr. John D. Herrmann Mr. Jeffrey R. Hull Ms. Anne M. Kaneshiro Mr. Vern Schmidt Mr. Dwight Slaback Mr. Billy Sullenger Mr. Abimael Velazquez Mr. Kenneth L. Wagner Mr. Lee E. Williams, Jr. Class of 1980 Total Gifts $9,778.84 8.78% Participation Lt.Col. Carol B. Andrews Mr. Dan Boggs Mr. David Cottrill Mr. Raymond E. Farrar Mr. Joseph G. Forrest Mr. Judd L. Hodgson Mr. Gary R. Holeman Mr. David R. Johnson Mrs. Karen G. Johnson Mr. John M. Johnston III Mr. Robert B. McAfee Mr. Dean A. Norfleet Mr. Kory O. Pehl Mr. Fred L. Ritchey, Jr. Mrs. Deb L. Robey Mr. Lawrence L. Robinson Mr. Mark A. Shelly Mr. James J. Smith Mr. Dale A. Tempco Mr. Stephen M. Thompson Mr. James D. Wahlstrom Mr. Timothy A. Walker Mr. Paul G. Wittenbach Class of 1981 Total Gifts $7,634.50 13.33% Participation Mr. David F. Arnold Mr. Rick H. Bicknell Mr. Jeffrey A. Bowes Mr. Ronald A. Collins Mrs. Judy Cottrill Mr. Paul J. Dekker Mr. William L. Garfield, Jr. Mr. David L. Gerber Mr. Stephen E. Gooch Mr. Donald E. Greene Mr. Mark D. Hanna Mr. Jon E. Hansen Mr. Martin O. Hill Mr. Craig D. Janke Mr. Rick Jenkins Mr. John E. Kinard Mr. David J. Landon Mr. Daniel R. Liggett Mrs. Lauren Liggett Mr. Tim P. Munsterman Mr. Duane Olson, Jr. Mr. Joel T. Peterson Mr. Daniel Pun Kay Mr. David L. Ramaly Mr. Ron G. Rand Mr. Douglas P. Redman Mr. Mark N. Stibbe Mr. Matthew H. Strong Mr. Thomas W. Ulrich Mr. James G. Walker Class of 1982 Total Gifts $14,305.00 15.61% Participation Mr. Thomas E. Anderson Mr. Damian G. Barrett Mr. Gareth W. Blackwell, Jr. Mr. Walter Bowles, Jr. Mr. Randall Brock Mr. Paul Broda Mrs. Margaret P. Broda Mr. Scott Caley Mrs. Marlene Cameron

Mr. John P. Eleutheriou Mr. Dean M. Frederick Mr. Gerald L. Gehman Mrs. Lori J. Greer Mr. John M. Holmes Mr. Mark Lehmann Mr. John A. Levander, Jr. Mr. Phil V. Liddle Mr. Mark D. McDowell Mr. Mark A. Rice Mrs. Lydia R. Rountree Mrs. Miriam Stibbe Mr. Gregg R. Sweeten Mr. Ted A. Timmons Mr. Keith F. Trosen Mr. James A. Walter Class of 1983 Total Gifts $2,920.00 6.11% Participation Mr. Bruce Cole Mr. Brad Howald Dr. Martin A. Koschnitzke Mr. Stephen McDonald Mr. Roger D. Patrick Mr. Robert R. Schuit Mr. Jeffrey A. Shaub Mr. Roger Sherman Mr. Chris R. Spengler Mr. Wayne Steege Mrs. Nancy Walter Class of 1984 Total Gifts $10,476.00 11.79% Participation Mr. Jeffrey D. Aiken Mrs. Deborah S. Aiken Mr. Andrew Bartel Mr. Donald B. Bell Mr. David S. Brown Mr. Barney Burks, Jr. Miss Ruth Cocking Mr. Robert A. Dunn Mr. Thomas E. Ehresman Mr. Rodney Fellenbaum Mr. Walter E. Gartner Mr. Nathan Hewitt Mr. David A. Hoeks Mr. David E. Hoffman Mr. Charles C. Holtan Dr. Don W. Korenczuk Ph.D. Mr. Philip P. Kuitems Mr. Glenn Perez Mrs. Sylvia Ramaly Mr. John W. Ramsay Mr. Doug Roszhart Mrs. Carol Roszhart Mr. Robert G. Rountree Dr. Daniel M. Schmidt Mr. Donald F. Shellhart Mr. Timothy D. Sherbeck Mr. James E. Stevens Mr. Michael A. Vehmeier Mr. Paul C. Wood Mr. Randall W. Ziglar Mr. David W. Zoutendam Class Of 1985 Total Gifts $33,505.00 7.98% Participation Mr. Robert Allen Mr. Peter R. Austin Mr. Dale J. Burns Mr. Steve Erickson Mrs. Mary Hoffman Mr. Steven Holm Mr. Steve Iffland Mr. Dan C. Kough Mr. Daniel M. McCabe Mr. Dan Pleshko Mr. Stephen D. Reason Mr. Kenneth A. Stone Mr. Dick Travis Mrs. Lori Travis Mr. Dean Waskowiak

Class of 1986 Total Gifts $16,256.85 13.54% Participation Mr. Todd M. Anderson Anonymous Dr. Julia Binford Mr. Jim Brake Mr. Kevin R. Bulgrien Mr. David S. Busenitz Mrs. Gayle R. Busenitz Mr. Frank A. Dubisz Mr. Kerry R. Dunn Mrs. Kathy Dunn Mr. David W. Elliott Mr. Bill R. Fosbenner Mr. Robert Fricke Mr. David R. Johnson Ms. Dawn Lockhart Mr. Stephen J. Marks Mr. James Motley Mr. Scott Mulligan Mr. David E. Puttbach Mr. Troy Ritchie Mr. Timothy M. Schroeder Mr. Frank S. Settles III Mr. Keith L. Shippy Mr. Scott D. Stallard Mr. Eduardo Vaflor Mr. Robert W. Warke Mr. Neal Willford Class of 1987 Total Gifts $13,325.00 10.24% Participation Mrs. Reyna Arthur Mr. Paul D. Aubrey Mr. Matthew J. Baldwin Mr. Jeffrey J. Baumann Mrs. Kathryn A. Booth Mr. Carl E. Buczala Mr. Steve Class Mr. Randy E. Doerksen Mr. Tommy L. Frantz Mr. Randall W. Gabbert Mr. Bradley J. Johnson Mr. David Lednum Mrs. Marilie A. Marks Mr. Gregory S. Pike Mr. Todd L. Roebke Mr. Matthew J. Sample Mr. William E. Worman, Jr. Mrs. Jill M. Young Mr. Terry A. Zeitlow Mrs. Jill Zeitlow Class of 1988 Total Gifts $36,965.00 3.79% Participation Mr. Robert B. Arthur Mr. Arthur O. Christensen, Sr. Mr. Brian R. Greer Mr. Matthew H. Ide Mr. Gordon J. Johnson Mr. Matthew P. Robertson, Jr. Mr. Carl J. Schwartz, Jr. Mr. Frank Valenza Class of 1989 Total Gifts $8,590.00 12.41% Participation Mr. Kevin R. Berk Mrs. Melanie Bertsche Mr. Patrick A. Bertsche Mr. Ronald R. Bouchard Mr. Robert W. Bruner Mr. Mark Budai Mr. Andrew H. Curtis Mr. Jeffrey G. DeLong Mr. William J. Dieterich Mr. George E. Dunham Mr. Scott P. Edinger Mr. Timothy A. Graber Mr. Jim Hoeks Mrs. Debbie Hoeks Mr. Scott A. Patterson Mr. Douglas J. Roads Mr. Anthony C. Wolfe

Class of 1990 Total Gifts $9,870.00 6% Participation Mrs. Jami L. Crider Mr. Steven A. Dudden Mrs. Ginger A. Graber Mr. Robert A. Lorenz, Jr. Dr. Michael Myers Mr. Gregory E. Scobee Mr. James P. Straubel Lt.Col. Craig M. Ziemba Class of 1991 Total Gifts $2,115.00 5.39% Participation Mr. Daniel M. Bergeron Mrs. Carmelita Boyce Mr. Marlin R. Brubaker Mr. Frans A. Deblois Mr. Scott C. Gardiner Mr. David V. Harvey III Mr. Joseph K. Henkel Mr. Daniel L. Landers Mr. Daniel R. Landis Mr. Norman C. Reese Mr. Stanton D. Spaulding Mr. Darren L. Warkentin Mr. Joshua R. Williams Class of 1992 Total Gifts $4,425.00 4.85% Participation Anonymous Mr. Harry G. Barrett, Jr. Mr. Mark W. Barrett Mr. Adrian Bonilla Mr. Bruce A. Chase Mr. Anton E. Coy, Jr. Mr. Richard V. Hall, Jr. Mr. Daniel J. Harding Ms. Verna S. Hill Mr. Craig G. Hummel Mrs. Dawn A. Lilley Mr. Christopher L. Maurer Mr. Titus J. McDaniel Mr. Richard L. Murphy, Sr. Mr. Carl H. Nelson Mr. Shane H. Patterson Mr. James A. Pete Mr. Adam K. White Mrs. Angela Williams Mr. Scott Winne Mr. Roy S. Zeitlow Class of 1993 Total Gifts $7,290.00 3.84% Participation Mrs. Laurie Barrett Mr. Kenneth C. Bell Mr. Rydell D. Bontrager Mr. Titus Crabb Mr. Timothy M. Epp Ms. Karen K. Gassett Mr. Jason D. Holland Mr. Jeffrey I. Linstra The Honorable Robert N. McFarland Mr. Michael J. McNichols Mr. Kevin L. Mills Mr. Delbert R. Newberry Dr. Ann M. Olson Mr. Jeffrey R. Piepmeier Dr. Jenelle L. Piepmeier Mrs. Donna M. Pugh Mrs. Peggy A. Snyder Mr. Jason C. Stell Mr. Stephen C. Straw Mr. William Wolcken Class of 1994 Total Gifts $3,525.00 1.85% Participation Mr. Leonard V. Bates Mrs. Marion Benson Mr. Paul S. Grenon Mr. David M. Mills Mr. Ronald S. Revell

Mr. Slade R. Rinehart Mrs. Beth A. Ruwe Mr. Stephen D. VanNattan Mr. Daniel C. Wolfe Class of 1995 Total Gifts $3,720.00 2.38% Participation Mrs. Ja A. Alderman Mrs. Janet C. Brink Mr. Trevor A. Chargois Mr. Mark A. Chiavelli Mr. Marvin K. Foster Mr. Thomas F. Hans Mr. Matthew Heironimus Mrs. Stephanie D. Jackson Mr. Glen Kotapish Mr. Gregory Leiby Mr. Robert E. Owles, Jr. Mrs. Susan Poorman-Blackie Mr. Matthew N. Ruwe Mr. David J. Tesser Mrs. Yvonne Ward Mr. Ronald J. Wind Mr. Robert Winsor Class of 1996 Total Gifts $2,190.00 2.39% Participation Mr. Jason E. Borsheim Mr. Michael L. Brewer Mr. Stephen M. Chandler Mr. Michael Chinni Mr. Robert C. Coombs Mr. Brian Decker Mrs. Lisa L. A. Decker Ms. Vera R. Ford Mr. Lynn Gibson Mr. David Hamblin Mr. Rodney G. Harnden Mrs. Kelly D. Harris Mr. Carl Key Mr. Aaron L. Knaub Mr. Rob F. Lund Mr. Gabriel C. Morrow Mr. James W. Mumaw Mr. Tapuwa Tavaziva Class of 1997 Total Gifts $6,586.00 3.63% Participation Anonymous Mr. John Baszkiewicz Mr. Jeff A. Billo Mrs. Cara-Lee Billo Mrs. Julie K. Boss Mr. David W. Brown Mr. Timothy A. Crouthamel Mr. Dan M. Davisson Mr. Jonathan J. Gillett Mr. Michael W. Hoye Mr. Paul W. Johnson Mr. Chris Lee Mr. Charles H. Lee Mrs. Chris Long Mrs. Marta Martin Mr. Douglas B. McMahon Mrs. Jennifer E. Nelson Mr. David L. Nelson Mr. Steve I. Ortiz Mr. Charles R. Randall Miss Tracey L. Riverman Mrs. Laura A. Spivey Mr. Matthew J. Tayloe Mrs. Michelle Valenza Mr. John B. Walrod Class of 1998 Total Gifts $3,910.50 2.62% Participation Mr. Paul J. Alexander Mr. Jason P. Boss Mr. Jonathan K. Fager Mr. Bryan D. Fiscus Mrs. Priscilla Gillett Mrs. Rebecca J. Hill

Ms. Linda J. Hill Mr. Andrew P. Kalitka Mr. Aaron S. Lorson Mrs. Angela F. Morrow Dr. Seth J. Norton Mr. Craig A. Portz Ms. Deborah G. Rand Mr. Kenneth J. Sayler Ms. Stella E. Stewart Mrs. Misty M. Tayloe Mr. Jonathan L. Walton Mr. Daniel V. Wilkin Mr. Douglas R. Wright Class of 1999 Total Gifts $15,200.00 2.02% Participation Anonymous Mrs. Dianne H. Benton Mrs. Kelli Billingsley-Metzenthin Mr. Gordon J. Bullivant Mr. Andrew J. Daniel Ms. Georgia K. Emry Mr. Christopher W. Fontaine Mrs. George Meza Mr. Matthew J. Nelson Dr. Nathan E. Nissley Mrs. Aradhana R. Nissley Mrs. Shiloh R. Norton Mr. Ted R. Siegel Mrs. Kathryn R. Symank Class of 2000 Total Gifts $2,440.00 1.78% Participation Mrs. Brianna E. Abraham Dr. David W. Christine Mrs. Cynthia L. Church Mr. Ben J. Dieter Mr. Scottie D. Dragoo Mr. Daniel T. Harrison Ms. Patricia E. Henry Mr. Paul B. Hvass Mrs. Kassia Peter Mr. William Redmond, Jr. Mr. Daniel L. Schaffhauser Mr. Daniel D. Thiessen Mr. Alan D. Thiessen Class of 2001 Total Gifts $10,036.82 3.01% Participation Mr. Michael E. Askew Mr. Garrett J. Atkins Mrs. Melissa A. Bandy Mr. Phillip C. Briggs, Jr. Mr. Joseph M. Hall Mr. Joshua M. Johnston Mr. Randolph W. Knop Mrs. Barbara D. Lau Mr. Darren C. Lewis Mr. Arty Machin Ms. Jynelle R. Mikula Mr. Garry A. Morehead Miss Katie N. Morman Dr. Matthew K. Olson Mr. Andrew L. Olson Mr. Seth G. Persons Mr. Ted Rankin, Jr. Mrs. Gail Ritchey Mr. Donny R. Shubert Mr. John R. Willingham, Jr. Class of 2002 Total Gifts $14,270.00 3.34% Participation Mrs. Dora A. Arnold Mr. David T. Babb Mr. Vernon M. David Mr. Aaron J. Davis Dr. Andrew Dettmer Mr. Coby S. Gipson Mrs. Emily J. Hopping Mr. Randall S. Knutson Mrs. Glynis E. Lansdell Mrs. Lori A. Low

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Mr. Randall D. Loyd Mr. Kenneth W. Martens Ms. Corey A. McKizzie Mrs. Dora M. Ojeda Mrs. Katrina M. Olson Lt. Aaron Pickett Mrs. Bettina M. Pickett Mr. Jonathan W. Preu Dr. Natacha Qureshi Mr. Shane P. Qureshi Mr. Brian J. Roggenbaum Mrs. Linda D. Smith Mrs. Martha M. Steed Mr. Philip L. Steers IV Mr. Christopher D. Waskey

Mrs. Melissa J. Gillilan Mrs. Jennifer G. Gober Mrs. Mary Hughey Mr. Ryan L. Johnstone Mr. Dezi J. Rios Mr. David C. Runyon Class of 2005 Total Gifts $3,842.36 2.83% Participation Mrs. and Mr. Alyssa J. Anderson Mr. Jeremy J. Anderson Mrs. Elizabeth A. Childress Ms. Brenda A. Day Ms. Sarah A. Hess Mrs. Casie L. Hope Mrs. Patricia A. Houck Ms. Shelia K. Jennings Mr. Eliot F. Landrum Mr. Daniel N. Leatherwood Mr. Jonathan D. Marney Ms. Karla Proctor Mr. Caleb T. Roepke Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Tack Mr. James R. Townsend Mr. Demetri M. White Mrs. Katie M. Zappasodi

Class of 2003 Total Gifts $15,375.00 1.93% Participation Mr. Stephen D. Casey Mr. Timothy P. Clark Mrs. Vanessa R. Cook Ms. Judy J. Crouch Ms. Amanda M. Davis Mr. Brian C. French Mrs. Bethany Hara Mr. Shawn P. Hara Mr. Peter H. Hoewisch Mrs. Gina M. McClendon Ms. Pamela M. Sankey Mr. Shawn M. Sheridan, Sr. Mr. Andrew R. Steiger Mr. Jeff Stutzman Mr. Anthony D. Zappasodi

Class of 2006 Total Gifts $3,165.04 3.05% Participation Anonymous Mrs. Cassandra K. Brown Mr. Ronald A. Campbell Ms. Linda F. Carper Mr. Travis D. Clarkson Mr. Jonathan R. Demildt Ms. Barbara J. Dixon Mrs. Lisa D. Donaldson Mr. Matthew P. Edmunds Mrs. Courtney D. Gill Mr. Jacob L. Gregg

Class of 2004 Total Gifts $2,141.68 1.29% Participation Anonymous Ms. Eartha E. Buckner Mr. Doug and Mrs. Vanessa Cooper Mr. Gary A. Day

Mr. Robert H. Henderson, Jr. Mrs. Nancy M. Hicks Mr. Titus W. Hope Ms. Teresa A. Mehringer Mrs. Kara D. Mitchell Dr. Charles D. Moorehead Mr. William C. Owens Mrs. Kristin M. Roepke Mrs. Margaret T. Sleigh Mr. Robert J. Surprenant Ms. Mary K. Vidrine Mrs. Catherine V. White Class of 2007 Total Gifts $4,793.28 2.58% Participation Ms. Glendora Armstrong Mrs. Amy S. Bullock Mr. and Mrs. Nathan A. Didlake Mrs. Rachel A. Gaines Mr. Jason E. Holmes Mr. Tim D. Markley II Ms. Nashunda Y. Mitchell Mrs. Roberta G. Moss Mr. John R. Nickens IV Ms. Sabrina N. Parsons Mrs. Tamera L. Phallan Mrs. Nola K. Plumb Mr. Steve Rash Mr. Jonathan L. Ridenour Mrs. Whitney A. Schubarth Mr. Joshua Sleigh Mr. Justin M. Stayton Mr. Jason K. Trosen Class of 2008 Total Gifts $2,229.24 2.95% Participation Mrs. Jordan E. Baumer Mr. Richard E. Baumer Mr. Danny Bradley Mrs. Lauren L. Bradley

Mr. Roger S. Braun Ms. Christina L. Byers Mr. Benjamin R. Cail Mr. Prentiss L. Collins, Jr. Mr. Thomas G. Cooper Mr. Michael J. Gaines, Jr. Mr. Joshua C. Hasty Mrs. Terese M. Hasty Mrs. Lana E. Jordan Mr. Stephen J. Kercho Mrs. Stephanie Lattorre Mrs. Laura A. Leahy Ms. Courtney M. Lemmond Mr. Alipio M. Monteiro, Mrs. Alicia J. Mostia Mrs. Stacie K. Otto Mr. James R. Saunders Ms. Sheila Y. Suttice Class of 2009 Total Gifts $3,157.81 2.47% Participation Mrs. Elsa Bailey Ms. Katie L. Bremer Mr. Colin P. Crow Mrs. Kris Elmore Mr. Stephan D. Findley Mr. Scott F. Fossey Mrs. Jenny K. Foster Mr. Harold S. Graham Mr. Steven C. Hadfield Major CaSaundra M. Harris Mr. William R. Hornsby Mr. Timothy C. Hutchens Mrs. Barbara A. Irving Mrs. Racheal V. Jackson Mr. Rodney K. Odom Mrs. Delphine Patterson Mr. Jason E. Reagan Mrs. Joshua L. Trempert Mrs. Mary B. Trogdon Mr. Matthew L. Turner Ms. Nancy L. Westbrook

Class of 2010 Total Gifts $1,947.17 1.87% Participation Ms. Michelle Atwell Mr. Daniel E. Black Mr. John L. Cardenas Mr. Otis J. Chandler Mrs. Mindy R. Crawford Mrs. Crawford Mr. Daniel A. Ferguson Mr. Ryan G. Foley Mr. Tommy Gober Mrs. Christine E. Hadfield Mrs. Leslie K. McCloskey Ms. Denise L. Myles Mr. Thomas D. Oskamp Mrs. Janet Ragland Mr. Daniel J. Towner Mrs. Rebekah R. Turner Ms. Rebekah A. Valencia Class of 2011 Total Gifts $1,790.00 0.91% Participation Anonymous Mr. Paul Gillilan Ms. Katie D. Turner Mr. Nolan J. Willis

The President’s Circle GOLD Graduates Of the Last Decade

Members of the President’s Circle Gold share four commitments:

1. To the mission and vision of LeTourneau University.

2. To pray for university students, faculty and administration.

3. To spread the word about LeTourneau to their friends, colleagues and associates as they have opportunity.

4. To support the university’s ongoing financial needs at a level appropriate for their financial circumstances.

* 1-3 years out - $100 * 4-5 years out - $250 * 6-8 years out - $500 * 9-10 years out - $750 Full membership in the President’s Circle begins with gift of $1,000 or more annually and supports the LeTourneau University Annual Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Danny Bradley Mr. & Mrs. Nathan A. Didlake

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Mr. & Mrs. Garry A. Morehead Mr. Jonathan W. Preu

LeTourneau University - General Operating Fund

Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011

Revenue

%

2010/2011

Tuition & fees (net of $8,296,086 financial aid scholarships) Auxiliary operations Unrestricted non-capital gifts & grants Grants, contracts and research Investment income Miscellaneous & transfers from other funds Total Revenue and Transfers In

76% 17% 2% 3% 1% 1% 100%

$39,460,824 $9,101,916 $818,936 $1,321,759 $304,222 $836,434 $51,844,091

Expenditures

%

2011/2011

Instructional, research & academic support Student and enrollment services & support Institutional support Plant and auxiliary operations & maintenance Debt service Capital Projects

30% 15% 21% 16% 4% 14%

$15,738,296 $7,610,104 $11,125,429 $8,394,269 $1,851,840 $7,124,153

Total Expenditures

100%

$51,844,091

Revenue 2010/2011

Expenditures 2010/2011

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