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ENGINEERING HARLEY-DAVIDSON’S FIRST ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE

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25,056 MEALS PREPPED

Students, faculty and staff arrived during Milwaukeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s February 1 blizzard, took off their coats and pulled on hairnets and gloves. Within three hours they had weighed and bagged grains and vitamins, packed these full meals into bundles, and loaded crates that Stop Hunger Now will deliver to Catholic Relief Services sites in Burkina Faso, West Africa. It was just the first event in a memorable Mission Week. PHOTO BY DAN JOHNSON

Her home has been ransacked, her tires slashed and her car pierced with bullets. For Kimberley Motley, Law ’03, that’s the price of doing business in Afghanistan.

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12 Marquette names Opus College of Engineering to honor alumnus.

COVER STORY

18 Leader of the pack Jeff Richlen, Grad ’07, says bringing Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire electric motorcycle to the road isn’t about being green. C H EC K MULTIME DIA ADDITIONS

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22 Trying times Alumni in the Classroom program welcomes some of the most energetic learners. Arlene Jacobs, Arts ’61, and Donna Henzel, Arts ’49

Kimberley Motley, Law ’03, is often the first contact for a Westerner who gets in hot water in Afghanistan.

26 Roll call Where 70-somethings and 20-somethings gel well and make it hard to tell who is teaching or learning more. SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT

29 2015 Alumni National Awards When an entrepreneurial spirit and drive for excellence combine with service and social justice, there is energy and power — and often an Alumni Award recipient.

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Take a look at Harley-Davidson’s new LiveWire motorcycle with lead engineer Jeff Richlen, Grad ’07, in a video at our website marquette.edu/magazine-harley.

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NEWS FROM CAMPUS

we are marquette 6 being the difference

> Worthy fights for Dr. Howard Fuller

> $5 million for mental health center

> Innovation in action Students pack their passports.

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Craving more Marquette news? Want to comment on a story or share it with a friend? Search for old classmates? Write a letter to the editor? Offer your own Milestone stories and photos and send Two-Minute Stories that need to be told? We make it easy to do it all online.

> Creating communities

10 on campus

> Homecoming

Advancement leader back on campus

> Study abroad counts > Listen closely to Ignite > Naming of Opus College

> Campus replay

> Klingler College of Arts and Sciences reduces credits

> Campus Q&A

16 focus on research

> Tracking a trend > Deep-seated beliefs

Editor: Joni Moths Mueller Copy Editor: Becky Dubin Jenkins Contributing Writers: Jessica Bazan, Comm ’14; Becky Dubin Jenkins; Chris Jenkins; Jesse Lee; Patrick Leary, editioral intern; and Wyatt Massey, student-intern Design: Winge Design Studio, Chicago Photography: Jason Thomas Crocker; Cycle World/ Jeff Allen; Allen Fredrickson; Howard Fuller Archive; Harley-Davidson; Richard Hartog; Dan Johnson; Made in Copenhagen Productions; John Nienhuis; Jeffrey Phelps; and Ben Smidt Illustrations: Copyrighted © Artvea/Getty, p. 7; James Yang, p. 41, 45, 47 Stock photography: Copyrighted © Tim Robberts/ Getty, p. 11; The Washington Post/Getty, p. 22

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3 Greetings From Dr. Michael R. Lovell Address correspondence to Marquette Magazine, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, Wis., 53201-1881 USA Email: mumagazine@marquette.edu Phone: (414) 288-7448 Publications Agreement No. 1496964 Marquette Magazine (USPS 896-460), for and about alumni and friends of Marquette University, is published quarterly by Marquette University, 1250 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wis., 53223. Periodicals postage paid at Milwaukee, Wis.

Class Notes Brian Hodous, Bus Ad ’85 PAGE 37 Adam Plantinga, Arts ’95 PAGE 39 Paul Kirner, Bus Ad ’69, Law ’72 PAGE 43 Weddings PAGE 48 In Memoriam PAGE 50 Births PAGE 53

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55 Letters to the Editor Readers weigh in with their views 56 Tilling the soil Exploring faith together

greetings

It’s appropriate that this issue of Marquette Magazine focuses on elements of innovation and entrepreneurship flourishing at our university. As I’m gathering from my religious studies since coming to Marquette, focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship and, especially, change is consistent with Jesuit traditions from

FROM PRESIDENT DR. MICHAEL R. LOVELL

their beginnings in the 16th century.

In my many previous experiences with innovation, entrepre-

neurship and change, I’ve learned that you have to be open to the opportunities that present themselves. There are many similarities with my experiences and the accomplishments of Jesuit leaders. According to Chris Lowney, in his book Heroic Leadership, four principles that stand out when examining the success of early Jesuits is that they became excellent leaders by: ›› Understanding their strengths, weaknesses, values

From Marquette’s vantage point on the near west side of Milwaukee, we can

and worldview

certainly see plenty

›› Confidently innovating and adapting to embrace

of opportunities.

a changing world ›› Engaging others with a positive, loving attitude ›› Energizing themselves and others through heroic ambitions

It’s that second point, especially, that excites me. Early Jesuits spurred innovation and entrepreneurship most notably by expanding the scope — spreading their Christian mission to four continents in a decade. Marquette should be no different (though I’m not suggesting international expansion).

About confidently innovating and adapting, Lowney, a former

Jesuit, wrote: “Ingenuity blossoms when the personal freedom to pursue opportunities is linked to a profound trust and optimism that the world presents plenty of them. Imagination, creativity, adaptability and rapid response become the keys for finding and unlocking those opportunities.”

From Marquette’s vantage point on the near west side of

Milwaukee, we can certainly see plenty of opportunities. It is not

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just me who sees them. More than a year before my arrival at Marquette, the faculty, staff and students here completed the strategic plan, Beyond Boundaries: Setting the Course for Marquette’s Future. Especially fitting are sentences within it like this one from the vision statement: “We must reach beyond traditional academic boundaries and embrace new and collaborative methods of teaching, learning, research and service in an inclusive environment that supports all of our members in reaching their fullest potential.” You can read more at marquette.edu/strategic-planning.

Another website is one we’ve been working on lately that

examines innovation beyond boundaries: marquette.edu/innovation. This site directs readers to information about our new Strategic Innovation Fund, involvement at the Global Water Center on Milwaukee’s near south side and participation at Innovation Campus, the extremely promising development about five miles west of our campus that’s run by the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

The Strategic Innovation Fund is especially exciting, having far

exceeded our original fundraising expectations and now totaling nearly $6 million to be invested in ideas. Initial proposals suggest new academic programs, interdisciplinary research clusters,

We ask God to bless and strengthen our university — students, faculty and staff — and guide us to the right opportunities.

community and industry partnerships, entrepreneurial student ventures and ideas to help the university operate more effectively. The hundreds of proposals and their breadth, which Vice President Jeanne Hossenlopp discusses elsewhere in this issue, are a little overwhelming but a lot energizing. I know I’m among many looking forward to the next steps of the process.

In the 16th century, Lowney and other writers tell us that Francis

Xavier was the college roommate of Ignatius Loyola. They were among the group of seven who became the first members of what was later called the Society of Jesus. Xavier is called the greatest Catholic missionary of the past 500 years because of his subsequent work to establish Christianity in Asia. Xavier was a last-minute replacement for another Jesuit who was scheduled to make the journey to Asia. As Lowney writes: “Within 48 hours, Xavier had patched up his extra pair of pants, visited the pope for a blessing, packed up his life and departed.”

Today at Marquette, we take a little more time to consider our

future and discuss alternatives. At the same time, we ask God to bless and strengthen our university — students, faculty and staff — and guide us to the right opportunities.

Dr. Michael R. Lovell PRESIDENT

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Dr. Howard Fuller was a founder of Malcolm X Liberation University in Durham and Greensboro, N.C.

Worthy fights

Dr. Howard Fuller, Grad ’85, is animated when he recalls dodging machine gun fire from Portuguese helicopters during the 1960s liberation movement in Mozambique, taking shelter with his translator at a banana plantation before escaping into the mountains. It was like a movie, Fuller says, except it was real. “I hugged that banana tree so hard that I became a banana tree,” he recalls, now able to laugh about the experience while describing it during a guest appearance at “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” at Marquette University Law School. The distinguished professor of education and founding director of Marquette’s Institute for the Transformation of Learning chronicled his experiences as a community organizer, civil rights leader and education reformer in his recently published memoir, No Struggle, No Progress: A Warrior’s Life from Black Power to Education Reform. Fuller wrote the autobiography with Lisa Frazier Page to inspire young people to act on injustices they see in society — to “engage in struggle,” as he puts it — and as a tribute to fellow activists. “A lot of the people who were close friends of mine have passed, and I felt like it was my duty to tell their story by telling my story,” he says. That story includes Fuller, then a young community organizer, leading rent strikes to force landlords to make repairs and taking a role in the founding of Malcolm X Liberation University in Durham and Greensboro, N.C. He eventually returned to Milwaukee, where he accepted an administrative job with Marquette’s Educational Opportunity Program and later served as superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, before returning to Marquette to found the Institute for the Transformation of Learning. Read more at howardfuller.org. m CJ

MUCH OF FULLER’S ENERGY IS NOW SPENT supporting school voucher

programs, a stance that subjects him to criticism in some circles. “You get up every day and fight,” he says. “You have to accept that the way that you choose to fight is not going to be universally admired and accepted.”

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This gift is personal College of Health Sciences receives $5 million for mental health center. Dr. Michael and Billie Kubly have a personal reason to fund mental health research — their son, Charles, took his life at age 28 after a long battle with depression. The Kublys founded the Charles E. Kubly Foundation with the goal of improving the lives of those who battle depression. However their recent gift of $5 million to Marquette to establish the Kubly Family Mental Health Research Center didn’t come from the foundation. It was personal. “When it comes to funding the mental health center, it was important to us that it was a personal donation,” says Billie. “Through a personal gift, we have an opportunity to draw attention to the need for research and help remove the stigma that can be a barrier to charitable funding.” The gift will support ongoing research in the college and allow additional faculty and research opportunities. “We’ve built a team of research neuroscientists here whose work is focused on finding the underlying causes of mental illness and discovering new, more effective ways to treat those illnesses,” says Dr. William Cullinan, dean of the College of Health Sciences and director of the Integrative Neuroscience Research Center. “The Kublys’ generous gift is an investment that will allow us to expand our team and our research capabilities, and for that we’re very grateful.” The Kublys say people don’t often fund research into diseases like depression. “I hope our gift will inspire others to give as well,” says Billie. “It’s an important area of study and it’s one that needs more attention.” m JL

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¢ Who is leading innovation? Get acquainted with Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp Trajectory

INNOVATION IN ACTION President Michael Lovell announced the establishment of a Strategic Innovation Fund — the first such fund for Marquette. Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp was named vice president for research and innovation. With nearly $6 million available, the fund is designed to provide venture capital to launch new academic programs, interdisciplinary research, community and industry partnership, student business startups, and projects to help the university run more effectively. All new programs must connect to the university’s strategic plan, Beyond Boundaries. The mechanics call for faculty, staff and students to submit project proposals. Lovell will make final funding decisions. “One of the interesting aspects of the process has been allowing people to submit pre-proposals, with the university innovation council providing feedback and the entire campus community having access to the summaries. The summaries are posted on the innovation website at marquette.edu/innovation,” says Hossenlopp. “This provides a platform for enhancing the culture of collaboration

and innovation on campus by allowing teams to improve their ideas, add collaborators or even combine proposals for the final submission deadline.” THE FIRST ROUND OF ACTIVITY

£ 275 pre-proposal teams formed

representing 449 faculty members, 212 staff members, 106 students, 127 non-Marquette-affiliated individuals and 52 alumni.

£ 15 percent of the proposals

requested $5,000 or less of funding. £ Funding requests averaged

$174,000 for projects with one to three-year timelines. The Strategic Innovation Fund is just one strategy designed to build up Marquette’s research portfolio, particularly in areas that address global issues or the needs of underserved populations. In another initiative Marquette will become a tenant member of Milwaukee’s Global Water Center. The center, located near campus in the Fifth Ward, provides facilities for industries and academia to work on water technologies. The university will develop 5,000–10,000 square feet of space by fall 2015 for water-related research and educational activities. m JMM

Before being named vice president for research and innovation, she was vice provost for research and dean of Marquette Graduate School. She is a professor of chemistry, served as interim dean of the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences from 2008–10, and was chair of the Department of Chemistry from 2004–08.

Teaching She joined Marquette’s faculty in 1989, has taught physical chemistry courses at undergraduate and graduate levels and was awarded Marquette University’s Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J., Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence in 2003.

Research Her research career began with exploring how energy flows during laser-induced chemical reactions. She transitioned to investigating the structure/ reactivity of nanodimensional materials, collaborating on adapting these materials for chemical sensors, polymer fire retardants and pollutant remediation applications. Research was funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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creating communities What hangs on the walls of the Haggerty Museum of Art’s second-floor gallery is the vision of students. Visitors pass by images of stoic faces, joyful reunions and postures of anxious grief. Together these pieces present the complex nature of a community.

Pictures at this exhibition

tudents didn’t create the works of art on display. Artists such as Gillis Mostaert or Tina Barney did. But students chose these masters from the museum’s permanent collection and curated the exhibit Clear Picture: Looking at Communities from an Art Museum. The exhibit is a pilot academic project that takes students far beyond the confines of textbooks and lectures. The leaders of the multidisciplinary project are Dr. Eugenia Afinoguenova, associate professor of Spanish in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Pamela Hill Nettleton, assistant professor of journalism and media studies in the Diederich College of Communication; and Lynn Shumow, curator of education and community outreach at the Haggerty Museum of Art. The project, which began in fall 2014, received the 2014–15 Way Klingler Teaching Enhancement Award, which funds the development and implementation of innovative teaching methods. Afinoguenova and Hill Nettleton bring together their students in the separate disciplines of Spanish and journalism to build an art exhibit focusing on the theme

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of community. Working on the project also creates another community, one among students in the two classes. “The Clear Picture exhibit had two classes with not much in common,” says Diana Arreguin, a Klingler College freshman who took the class last fall. “Working on the project has made a community within us. Everyone came together and collaborated to finish the exhibit.” “Compromise and open minds were crucial in curating Clear Picture so that the end result was an art exhibit that includes multiple ideas and perspectives,” adds Ariel Gonzalez, a Klingler College senior who also participated last fall. For any piece to be included in the exhibit, a small group from the two classes articulates why it should be used and how it works in conversation with pieces around it. This allows students to engage more deeply with the artwork. “It takes a lot more work than just choosing pieces that seem to go together,” says Eva Sotomayor, a Diederich College senior who was a classmate with Arreguin and Gonzalez. “Deciding what stays and what goes, what we want the exhibition to mean, and how and what outsiders will

take away from the pieces we choose is a long, thought-provoking process.” Three classes are continuing the project this spring, with Dr. Julia Paulk, associate professor of Spanish, leading the two Spanish classes. To bring its mission to life, the project requires collaboration and creativity, says Afinoguenova. She and Hill Nettleton credit Shumow for approaching them with the idea of using the museum as a learning laboratory. “We’re always looking for new ways to engage students and faculty,” Shumow says. “In Clear Picture, they’re given the opportunity to create the exhibits. They have a voice about the artwork that goes on the wall.” One of the project’s goals is for students to better understand the communities around them. Selecting and writing about the artwork challenges their own perspectives, as well as opens space for dialogue that allows the project to grow. “The objective was to break the barrier between the communities that are not represented in art exhibits in a museum,” says Afinoguenova. In November students hosted an

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Eugenia Afinoguenova and Pamela Hill Nettleton won the 2014–15 Way Klingler Teaching Enhancement Award that supports innovative teaching methods.

Students escort visitors through the exhibit in the Haggerty Museum of Art and explain why each piece they chose fits the theme.

opening for the exhibit and served as tour guides. The deans of their colleges; Dr. Gary Meyer, vice provost for undergraduate programs and teaching; and community members heard the students explain how they were affected by each piece of art. Tours were given in English and Spanish, an important component for Afinoguenova’s Spanish for Heritage Speakers class.

She explained that mastering a language, whether it’s native or learned, requires being able to articulate complex ideas. “The Clear Picture project is structured so they could use Spanish as a language of intellectual exchange, thereby becoming academic performers in their mother tongue,” Afinoguenova says. The journalism class Critical Writing:

Covering the Arts uses the Haggerty Museum project in collaboration with other components to teach students to write about the arts. Hill Nettleton’s students also attend ballet, theatre and opera performances, and concerts and museums, and learn to write critical reviews. This spring, students in her journalism capstone course will work with the multidisciplinary project to create a bilingual magazine that covers the arts. Hill Nettleton emphasizes the role the art plays in uniting the two classes. “One of the points of Marquette’s mission is to touch the hearts of students and that’s what art does,” she says. “It can reach you wherever you are and take you to amazing places.” Afinoguenova and Hill Nettleton plan to write an academic paper and present their project at conferences so other disciplines can use the framework and the assets of the Haggerty Museum of Art in cross-disciplinary teaching. m WM

“Each work of art tells a story, and it’s amazing to see what happens when you display multiple pieces together to share a deeper meaning,” says Rachel Berkowitz, a senior in the Diederich College. Marquette Magazine

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Back on campus | For those who wonder what energizes fundraisers, it pays to meet Michael VanDerhoef, Jour ’84. He gets a boost daily watching students walking to and from classes — he calls it “watching the tide come and go.”

he metaphor fits, especially witnessed from his office window that looks out on Wisconsin Avenue with the steeples of Church of the Gesu to one side and Raynor Memorial Libraries a little farther west. Each day, students with their heads bowed, those wearing earphones and those toting gym bags or book bags that look impossibly heavy fortify his commitment. Long before becoming vice president for university advancement, he was one of them, crossing Wisconsin Avenue, probably lugging a backpack of noteworthy weight. He left Marquette with a degree in journalism and parlayed his creativity into mediums that move audiences to action. He didn’t know then that he would return and deploy his skills honed studying advertising and working in development. But returning to Marquette was almost a reflex, VanDerhoef admits. It was

triggered after a recruiter asked him to suggest candidates to lead University Advancement. Remembering the conversation, VanDerhoef admits: “You try to play it cool. I said, ‘Why don’t you send me some information and I’ll see if I can think of anyone?’” Really, the only person he needed to consult was his wife, Patty (Bland) VanDerhoef, Dent Hy ’83. “We both love the place and said we’ve got to take a shot.” And that brings it back to what drives VanDerhoef. He calls it the “overarching” story, that sense of responsibility that nests inside graduates. “That really defines the difference between the young people we help form here versus elsewhere,” he says. “The world needs them more today than ever.” Working with the advancement and alumni relations staffs, it is his job to make friends, raise funds and heighten excitement for what Marquette makes possible. This past year, social media provided a new window for doing that, particularly among young alumni. VanDerhoef smiles broadly when reflecting on how crowd-funding campaigns unlocked doors and showed young alumni that small gifts have immediate impact. He says it’s about scaling projects to attract their interest. “Today we are very interested in engaging young alumni in supporting Marquette by helping them understand that the level of support they are capable of in their early years is every bit as important as what they will be able to give later,” he explains. That leap from observer to donor isn’t as natural as VanDerhoef would like. “We have to do a better job of helping our alumni see their role in creating the same experience for the next generation of students,” he says. With the cost of higher education under greater scrutiny, it’s critical to talk about why a Catholic, Jesuit university is important and what value it brings to our students. VanDerhoef says: “People ask, ‘What do I get for my money? Is it worth what I’m paying?’” He hasn’t a doubt because of what he sees from his window. “It’s the best reminder of why we’re here,” VanDerhoef says, watching the tide of students, “and I know that being at Marquette will help them realize their potential.” m JMM

WHAT FUNDRAISING PRIORITIES TOP THE UNIVERSITY’S LIST? VanDerhoef names two without hesitation. Continuing

to make Marquette accessible to first-generation students, he says, changes the trajectory of those students’ lives and the lives of their families and creates a richer campus community. He also stresses supporting research: “One of the distinguishing characteristics is the level of research going on here.”

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study abroad counts Study abroad doesn’t have any intergalactic destinations, but hundreds of Marquette students reach the far edges of the world in a wide variety of programs.

✈ 729 ✈

International students at Marquette, coming from 65 countries

560 STUDENTS take advantage of study abroad each year

° 33 COUNTRIES °

with Marquette study abroad programs

1,110 MILES to closest study abroad program partner, Quebec City, Canada

22%

of Marquette students study abroad before graduating

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to most distant study abroad program partner, Melbourne, Australia

Listen closely to Ignite Have you heard the voice in Marquette’s new commercial Ignite? Does it sound familiar? You may recognize the voice of idealistic district attorney Harvey Dent. But before becoming the good guy (maybe going bad guy) on Fox television’s new series Gotham, we knew him as Nick D’Agosto. When asked to be the voice in the university’s commercial, D’Agosto, Comm ’02, quickly accepted — and donated his honorarium to a Los Angeles charity. “I was honored to be involved and excited to try my hand at it,” he says. D’Agosto’s voice was recorded at a sound studio in Hollywood under the long-distance guidance of directors at Marquette. The video features iconic campus images, faculty and students, and it calls on agile thinkers, fearless leaders and willing servants to be “the force that acts for good no matter what.” Or as D’Agosto says, using his best good guy voice: When a drive for excellence combines with social justice, there is energy. When entrepreneurial spirit is unified with a passion for service, there is power. And when we bring people with these convictions together, they ignite. … ” Ignite was viewed more than 7,000 times in one month. Watch it at youtube. com/marquetteu and search “Ignite.” m BDJ NICKNAMED “APOLLO” for his looks and image, Harvey Dent is one of Batman’s

biggest allies until mobster Sal “The Boss” Maroni throws acid on his face. He’s left with a scarred face — and the mind of a deranged criminal. He adopts the persona Two-Face, who flips a coin to make decisions. “It’s a dream as an actor to have an arc that carries your character from being a good guy with true intentions all the way through to being a villainous psychopath, with variations on both sides in between,” D’Agosto says.

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Naming of Opus College of Engineering honors alumnus

arquette named the Opus College of Engineering in September to honor the life and legacy of alumnus Gerald “Gerry” Rauenhorst, Eng ’51, who founded The Opus Group,® a family of commercial real estate

development, construction and design companies headquartered in Minneapolis. President Michael Lovell said, “It’s clear Gerry embodied the Bible verse ‘to whom much is given, much is required,’ and all of Marquette has benefited from his leadership and support.” The university celebrated Rauenhorst’s impact with an event that featured a panel presentation with engineering leaders who discussed how their field is transforming the world.

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A Better Way Gerry Rauenhorst committed his legacy to finding “a better way.” In his book with that title, he wrote: “One evening ... I blurted out, ‘There has to be a better way.’ A way that is honest. And straightforward. Where integrity counts.” Those are the principles on which Rauenhorst founded his company more than 60 years ago, and they are the same values that guided his philanthropy. “The generosity of Gerry Rauenhorst and his family has transformed the way we educate our students and prepare them to address global challenges,” says Dr. Kristina Ropella, interim Opus Dean of Engineering. “Because of

Gerry’s investment in our people, places and programs, our work is now more visible and impactful. We are providing more opportunities for the local community and local industry to partner with our faculty and students to solve problems, make a difference and serve humanity.” Rauenhorst was Marquette’s longestserving member of the Board of Trustees. “Gerry is known throughout the United States as a man who constructs buildings,” former President Robert A. Wild, S.J., once said. “However, at Marquette, he is better described as a creator and builder of a better future for generations of our students.”

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Left: Marquette’s president, Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J., honored Gerry Rauenhorst as Alumnus of the Year in 1969.

OPUS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Initiatives with leadership in mind OPUS SCHOLARS

Funded by the Opus Foundation, the program provides nine fulltuition scholarships to firstgeneration students, many from organizations such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Cristo Rey network of Jesuit high schools. Marquette will eventually have 16 Opus Scholars.

KEEN NETWORK

Marquette is collaborating with the KEEN Program, a collaboration of U.S. engineering universities driven to instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in undergraduate engineering students. It is focused on preparing students to identify new technologybased business opportunities that create value for a global society. The outreach is funded by the Kern Family Foundation.

E-LEAD PROGRAM

Above: Marquette’s president, Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., with Gerry Rauenhorst.

“The Rauenhorst/Opus legacy is foundational for the college,” says Dr. Chris Foley, professor and chair of civil, construction and environmental engineering. “It has created opportunities for the college to take on more significant roles Gerald “Gerry” A. Rauenhorst | 1927–2014 in solving national and international engineering problems, enabling our undergraduate students to become active participants in solving these problems, and becoming the thought leaders of tomorrow.” m

E-Lead extends the technical training of engineering students to also focus on soft skills and their development as individuals. Academically qualified students apply to E-Lead the fall of sophomore year after completing a required professional development course. Each student takes a one-credit leadership course each of the program’s three years and completes an industry internship, co-op, research internship or major service project; creates a personal leadership development portfolio; shadows chief executives in technical industries; attends a national leadership workshop; and completes a senior capstone project.

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Klingler College reducing credits Beginning with the fall 2015 semester, students in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences will earn 120 credits instead of 128.

campus replay

1950s

Basketball is king at Marquette. But in the 1950s, football was also royal, at intercollegiate and intramural levels.

he Golden Avalanche played intercollegiate football from 1892–1960, from the presidency of Benjamin Harrison through the election of John F. Kennedy. From 1924–56, home field was Marquette Stadium, located at North 36th and West Clybourn streets. The stadium even hosted a few Green Bay Packers games. The Avalanche appeared in the nation’s first Cotton Bowl, held in Dallas on New Year’s Day 1937. The team lost 16-6 to Texas Christian University, which was led by future NFL legend Sammy Baugh, who was inducted into pro football’s Hall of Fame in 1963. In the 1950s, the Avalanche struggled, posting just 10 wins after its final winning season in 1953. But that didn’t dampen the student experience. “It was always really exciting,” says Peter Gariti, Jour ’56, of the football games at Marquette Stadium. “We played some national teams like Michigan State.” Football also provided a great date night. Gariti met his wife, Betty (Coady) Gariti, Sp ’57, at Marquette. They have been married for 57 years. “My wife would stay warm under the bleachers,” he says. Gariti was a member of the professional journalism society Sigma Delta Chi, which fielded a squad of Marquette’s aspiring journalists — many went on to earn big bylines. Gariti played center for the team (above) in an all-Greek intramural league. Says Gariti of the squad that included future chairman and CEO of E.W. Scripps Co. William (Bill) Burleigh, Jour ’57, and future Marquette Vice President for University Relations James Sankovitz, Jour ’56: “We weren’t much as football players, but we had some interesting people.” m PL

IN THE 1950 S , the Avalanche struggled, posting just 10 wins after its final

winning season in 1953. But that didn’t dampen the student experience.

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“By making this move, we will be aligned with other major Catholic institutions, including Boston College, Georgetown, Loyola (Chicago) and Creighton,” says Dr. Richard Holz, dean of the college. The decision was based on what is best for students both pedagogically and financially, adds Holz. “More students will now be able to graduate in four years, which will reduce their overall debt load and time to degree,” he says.

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The Klingler College is Marquette’s largest, with 2,800 students majoring in a wide span of programs. It is home to the University Core of Common Studies, study abroad, the Honors Program, and award-winning advising and Introduction to Inquiry programs.

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With the new curriculum requirements, under graduates in a B.A. major will complete three semesters of foreign language. Undergraduates in the B.S. majors will be able to double major in the social sciences and the humanities and fulfill their interest in other electives such as English, psychology, etc., on an accelerated timeline.

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Current students will have the opportunity to move to a new undergraduate bulletin to take advantage of the revised curricular requirements. Marquette will begin communicating details of the program, procedure and timeline to help incoming students plan their four-year progression to graduation.

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Guides are being developed to help transfer students understand what credits will transfer when they join Marquette. “This change will help transfer students have better access to high-impact college practices while still graduating with a Marquette degree in four years,” Holz says. m JMM

on campus particularly moving. The museum emailed us all the files from the exhibit and granted us permission to use them in the design of our production. The overall image we created was striking, but what made it more powerful was how my colleague, Chester Loeffler-Bell, designed lighting to accentuate the performers and scenery and how my colleague, Deb Krajec, directed the show to use the space to its full potential.

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Can you tell us about the most difficult scene you designed? Shows vary in difficulty. Sometimes shows are difficult because of the magnitude of work involved. Sometimes a show is difficult, which was the case with And Then They Came For Me, because the content, the topic, is so difficult that you have to step away from time to time.

Stephen Hudson-Mairet is an associate professor in the Diederich College of Communication Theatre Arts Department and chair of digital media and performing arts in the Helfaer Theatre. He has created the scenic experience for more than 30 Marquette plays. Hudson-Mairet was attracted to theatre work while in high school and continued on that path in college. He holds an M.F.A. in scenography, or theatre design, and last year became the second faculty member in his department to be granted tenure. What does a scenic designer do? My role is multifaceted. As chair, I do the normal administrative things, but I also help produce a full season of shows on campus in the theatre. As a designer, I analyze the play and venue, and research the history of the play, playwright and time period the play is set in. I worry about the physical aspects (colors, textures, number of doors and furnishings, etc.), as well as the psychological and esoteric character aspects. Who lives in this play? What is the playwright trying to say, and how can I manifest the soul of the drama in the scenery? A scenic designer needs to be a jack of all trades: an interior designer, architect,

painter, director and theatre artist. Ultimately, I am deeply connected and reliant on colleagues and students for a production to be successful. Theatre is a collaborative art.

How do you create scenery for a production? One of my favorite designs at Marquette was for the show And Then They Came For Me. It was about a couple of kids who survived the Holocaust. The play followed their journey from a normal life to living in a concentration camp. We saw imagery online at the Holocaust Museum. One exhibit, a hall of faces, was

What attracts you to doing this work at a university? I get to work with exciting students who come together to create art. They grow together as a team — and as individuals they learn their limits. I love to see the discovery while we work together and love it when graduates come back to campus to share techniques they learn that I can share with students.

Why have the arts always been important to Jesuit education? As I understand it, historically the arts have been a cornerstone of Jesuit colleges and universities, known for the study of arts and architecture, painting, sculpture, music, theatre, dance and poetry. The arts help us examine our lives through empathy and understanding in a way that no other discipline can. All areas of study at the university should be searching for the truth as well as THE TRUTH. The arts allow us to examine these questions through the embodiment of the struggles, the questions, the joys and the essence of what it means to be human. m JMM

“I get to work with exciting students who come together to create art.”

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TRACKING A TREND It was July 2005 when Dr. Mallory O’Brien noticed a disturbing trend: Milwaukee was on pace to have twice as many tavern-related homicides as the previous year.

Violence data leads to action.

“I walked into an assistant chief’s office at the Milwaukee Police Department and said, ‘We’ve got a problem here. And we’ve got to do something about it,’” says the clinical assistant professor in the College of Nursing. “Within a couple of days, there was a law enforcement response focusing on problematic taverns.” The idea for collecting and analyzing gun violence data was fairly new when O’Brien started her research studies in 1994. Today, O’Brien is on the leading edge of Milwaukee’s efforts to study — and ultimately reduce — gun-related

“We don’t have to wait for months, sometimes years, to look at data. We can start looking at it right away and say: ‘Here’s something that’s happening. We’ve got to address it.’ Let’s get the right people in the room and make something happen.” — DR. MALLORY O’BRIEN

Lightning round Wonder what research attracts Marquette faculty scholars? Take a look at a few examples.

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deaths as founding director of Milwaukee’s Homicide Review Commission, a multiagency effort that tracks gun violence data in real time, identifies trends and proposes solutions. O’Brien convenes a monthly review with leaders from the police department, district attorney’s office, probation and parole officers, and other criminal justice partners. The commission also holds separate

Dr. Abby Keller, director of clinical research in the physician assistant studies program — studying the impact of

Dr. Lynn Turner, professor of communication — honored with the elite National Communication Association’s Bernard J. Brommel Award for

non-physician assessment of depression in minority populations.

Dr. Joe Schimmels, professor of mechanical electrical engineering — patent filed for a prosthetic

Outstanding Scholarship in

robotic arm with an elasticity

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From 2005–07, districts that participated in monthly reviews experienced a 52 percent decrease in monthly homicides, compared with a 9.2 percent increase in districts that did not participate in the reviews.

meetings with leaders of community organizations. The meetings help assemble information to shed light on the root causes leading to a particular violent incident, which may indicate a trend. Did the crime happen at a property known for problems? Did the suspect — or victim — have an arrest record? Was either of them a gang member? Were alcohol or drugs involved? Was there an argument? Where did the weapon come from? “We do it real time, and we do it with people as opposed to waiting for a piece of paper to finally make it to someone’s desk,” O’Brien says. “You’re hearing from people who have intimate knowledge of what happened or what led up to the homicide.” m CJ

Deep-seated beliefs Journalists flock to Ghana after an elderly woman is burned alive for being a witch. Similar stories have drawn reporters many times, always with the same question: Witchcraft still exists? Dr. Alexandra Crampton, assistant professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, asks a different question in her study “No Peace in the House: Witchcraft Accusations as an ‘Old Women’s Problem’ in Ghana.”

Crampton asks: “How do you address deep-seated beliefs?” Accusations of witchcraft in Ghana are often made to explain happy and sad life events. For example, someone’s inability to find work or something tragic happening to a loved one may result in an accusation of witchcraft. These accusations commonly take place within the family system, Crampton explains, and older women are generally the victims. The accused seek refuge in “witch camps.” Crampton notes that international media has publicized the problems women face when attacked or banished as witches. But her study focuses instead on the topics of gender and aging and how negative views of both contribute to accusations of witchcraft. “If you’re only focusing on the most horrific aspects of witchcraft accusations, you don’t see the more complex picture about where the stresses are coming from,” she says. Crampton spent several weeks visiting witch camps while working with the Go-Home Project, a nongovernmental organization sponsored by the Presbyterian Church to focus on family conflict resolution. The Go-Home Project ended in 2009 because of a lack of funding, but the model for resolving familial conflicts proved successful. Crampton explains it is difficult for outsiders to see that witchcraft is part of local ways of life and culture. “You need to engage with people,” she says, “and learn from their strengths, abilities and insights that are useful, as well.” Her research seeks to help people identify different ways to view and address situations. Crampton thinks mediating family conflicts to help families deal with grief, poverty and misfortune is a more effective solution. m WM

Dr. Abdur Chowdhury, professor of economics — wrote “Virtual Currency and the Financial System: The Case of Bitcoin” for Investments & Wealth Monitor.

Dr. Allison Abbott, associate professor of biological sciences — focusing on microRNAs that control

Dr. Nancy Snow, professor of philosophy — co-leading the interdisciplinary

circadian rhythms in plants, animals and humans.

research initiative “The Self, Motivation and Virtue” with a $2.6 million three-year grant awarded by the Templeton Religion Trust.

See much more at marquette.edu/research.

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Harley-Davidson’s Project LiveWire motorcycle doesn’t sound like anything the legendary Milwaukeebased firm has built since its founding in 1903. Painted almost entirely black, it looks menacing even while sitting still. When moving — goodness, does it move — the LiveWire sounds like something you could imagine cruising the surface of another planet. And when it’s time to fuel up, a LiveWire rider blows past the gas station ... to plug it in? Project LiveWire is Harley-Davidson’s first electricpowered bike, offering the company’s vision for the future. As chief engineer on the LiveWire project, Jeff Richlen, Grad ’07, played a leading role in bringing it to the road.

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Don’t look at LiveWire and think Harley-Davidson plans to abandon gas-powered bikes. Richlen says LiveWire is an acknowledgement that the future will include the need to adapt to alternative power sources — and Harley-Davidson plans to be a leader in that future. “It’s not about being green,” he says and then adds, “If it is about being green, it’s bad-ass green. The reality is, it’s not about saying to the world that somehow we had this epiphany that we need to be more environmentally conscious. There is definitely a sustainability pillar within our corporate strategy. But this is really about providing the freedom to ride for generations to come.” The idea of electric power may be jarring for Harley-Davidson traditionalists, who are used to the iconic rumble of the V-twin engine. But LiveWire’s performance converts skeptics in a hurry. It goes from zero to 60 mph in fewer than four seconds, rockets from 60 mph to 80 mph in fewer than two seconds, and hits a top speed of approximately 93 mph on a test track. “Even though it’s not a production vehicle, everyone who gets on it just loves it,” Richlen says. “You may get on thinking it’s going to be like a golf cart, kind of slow. You get off thinking ‘rocket ship.’” LiveWire isn’t on the market. Harley-Davidson produced approximately 30 prototypes to take on tour around the world and allow its customers to test drive and provide feedback. LiveWire is the biggest project Richlen has worked on since joining Harley-Davidson 12 years ago. But his work there provided something even more important — ironclad late-life bonding with his father, Larry. Richlen grew up tinkering with mechanical things. While a teenager,

he spent most of his energy working on four-wheeled vehicles. Hanging on the wall in his home office, right next to his Marquette diploma, is a photo of Richlen standing in the victory lane with a young Jeff Gordon. Richlen was a mechanic for a Milwaukee-based, grassroots-level auto racing team that fielded cars for Gordon a few years before Gordon became a NASCAR superstar. Richlen’s parents supported his racing hobby, but motorcycles were off limits. They said, ‘You buy a bike, you’re out of the house,’” he remembers. “They knew I would buy something with more power than I was capable of reasonably handling.” Richlen, who earned his undergraduate degree from the Milwaukee School of Engineering in 1993, worked a handful of engineering jobs before joining Harley-Davidson. If his parents had reservations about his new job, they didn’t last long. Soon, he and his father began riding motorcycles together. His mother, Vonnie, wanted to ride, too. “My parents were both self-employed, and they had their businesses and kids to take care of,” Richlen says. “So they weren’t, I would say, the closest couple. Well, motorcycling brought them together in a very, very profound way. That was really cool to see unfold. It got to the point where if my dad was polishing up the bike, my mom was packing. So they took a lot of trips together, and they really connected later in life in a great way.” Richlen and his father bought their first bike together, intending to share it. That was never going to work, of course, because they both wanted to ride. So they bought slightly different versions of

“The secret sauce of Harley-Davidson is the interaction between styling and engineering,” Richlen says, “because styling creates

this vision and engineering brings it to life. When you put those two together, it’s really what makes us magical and special… .”

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Getting a sneak peek behind the curtain at Harley-Davidson’s Milwaukee-area product development center requires an invitation — and a willingness to maintain secrecy. Before entering visitors must agree to have stickers placed on their mobile phone cameras so they can’t take photos. The second floor of the facility is an open and expansive room, decorated in industrial-chic style and filled with engineers working on designs for new products. Several motorcycles are parked in the middle of the room. After working his way up the

ladder designing electronic accessories such as radar detectors, MP3 players and navigation systems for HarleyDavidson, Richlen took over as chief engineer on Project LiveWire in 2012. “Coming to the team was amazing,” Richlen says. “Just a tremendously talented group of committed, all-in, highly technical, highly talented engineers and designers.” Harley-Davidson began doing market research on customer interest in an electric-powered motorcycle in 2011. One thing was clear from the start: Taking the gasoline-powered engine out of an

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Motoring has always been in his nature. A young Jeff works on his minibike; Jeff joins driver Jeff Gordon in the winner’s circle at Eagle Raceway in 1990; Vonnie and Larry shared a family love for biking with Jeff and his wife Anne.

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the Harley Ultra Classic and began taking trips together, including an annual journey to the Indianapolis 500. For HarleyDavidson’s 100th anniversary in 2003, they bought identical bikes. “When we rode together, he really liked how we’d pull in together and people would say: ‘Wow, they’re twins. Are you guys father and son?’ So from that point forward, we always bought twin Ultras,” Richlen says. “It was an annual ritual. We’d go to the dealership together, we’d buy them together, we’d take them home together.” Larry passed away suddenly in 2008. Although he wasn’t alive to see his son lead one of the most high-profile projects in Harley-Davidson’s history, Jeff’s brother, Dan, Bus Ad ’91, knows their dad would be proud. “He couldn’t have been more proud of the fact that he’s got two boys that went to Marquette and, then, that we both have enjoyed and have been extremely fortunate to have very successful careers,” says Dan, who works in marketing in Chicago. The brothers were among the first members of their immediate family to attend college. Larry, a Vietnam veteran and self-made small business owner, saw to that. “He wanted to make sure we never had to go through the struggles that he had to go through, so he pushed us from day one,” Dan says. Richlen credits his father for pushing him to graduate studies. Without his MBA from Marquette, he says there is no way he would have been able to lead a project of LiveWire’s magnitude. “I was tired of being very technically competent ... but I would sit in business meetings and have no clue,” Richlen says. “Finance, marketing, econ — no clue. The terminology, the principles, I felt like such a dummy. Marquette made me really smart, and I am eternally grateful.” m at Harley-Davidson’s new LiveWire motorcycle with lead engineer Jeff Richlen, Grad ’07, in a video at our website marquette.edu/magazine-harley. TA KE A LOOK

existing bike and replacing it with an electric motor wasn’t an option. To take full advantage of electric power, LiveWire had to be designed from scratch. The biggest issues the LiveWire team faced were weight and space, according to Richlen. Although technological advancements might make rechargeable high-voltage batteries smaller and more lightweight in the future, building an electric vehicle with today’s technology

involves putting fairly heavy and bulky batteries on board. Heavier means slower. To respond the LiveWire team had to cut weight in other areas. They designed a frame — essentially the bike’s skeleton — with lightweight aluminum. It weighs 14 pounds or about a quarter of the weight of other Harley frames. The whole bike weighs 463 pounds, which is approximately 30 pounds lighter than any model in Harley-

Davidson’s current product lineup. There are some technical challenges still to overcome. In early feedback, customers expressed a desire for a longer range between recharges. The current LiveWire prototype can offer about 50 miles between stops. Despite the growing popularity of electric vehicles, U.S. infrastructure isn’t quite ready to support the technology. Imagine a day when gas stations will have recharging outlets

beside gas pumps. Plus, Richlen says, if Harley-Davidson does bring an electric bike to market, it will have to live up to the company’s high standards. “The secret sauce of Harley is the interaction between styling and engineering,” Richlen says, “because styling creates this vision and engineering brings it to life. When you put those two together, it’s really what makes us magical and special compared with other people in the industry.”

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She has received anonymous death threats and threats of rape. Her home has been ransacked. Her tires have been slashed and her car pierced with bullets. She has been accused of being a spy and even of running a brothel. What about that time somebody threw a grenade at her office? “It didn’t go off,” says Kimberley Motley, Law ’03. For one of the few Western lawyers trying cases in Afghanistan, all of that is just the price of doing business.

Attorney Kimberley Motley, Law ’03, confers with a client in the garden of Pol-e-charki Prison in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Motley is often the first contact for a Westerner who gets in hot water in Afghanistan, and she is a lifeline for Afghan women who have been sold into slavery or are victims of unimaginable domestic violence. What is Motley doing in a dangerous, notoriously corrupt country fighting legal battles in languages she doesn’t speak? She is passionately upholding the rule of law in a place where it isn’t valued — a topic she addressed in her recent TED Talk, which was viewed online more than 600,000 times. “I want to raise the bar of rule of law, period,” Motley says during a longdistance telephone interview from her office in Kabul. “To show people that they do have laws that are there to protect them, that they need to use these laws and that they have the power to do it if they so choose to do it. That’s what’s really important to me. I’m trying to set good precedent in this country through these cases. And I’m trying to show them that their culture allows for this, allows for women to be protected.” She was inspired to attend Marquette Law School after her father lost a legal dispute with his employer, one that left his family struggling to get by. Later Motley was working as a public defender in Milwaukee when she was recruited as a contractor for a U.S. State Department justice-funded program to train defense attorneys in Afghanistan.

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T The experience didn’t inspire Motley to continue in government law. But she saw a real need for good lawyers to defend Westerners who were being held in Afghan prisons without representation. She decided to stay in Afghanistan and try to make it on her own. Her big break came while defending William Shaw, a former British army officer who was arrested while working for a private security firm in Afghanistan. Motley says Shaw’s armored vehicle was impounded by police and when he paid a fee to get it back, he demanded a receipt as proof of the transaction. Instead, Afghan police accused him of bribery. Motley calls the case against Shaw “absurd,” one of her favorite words used to describe things that happen in Afghanistan. But in a convoluted legal system where overwhelming evidence and airtight legal arguments sometimes take a back seat to tradition and customs, winning Shaw’s case was anything but automatic. He was represented by an American woman lawyer in a place that’s inherently distrustful of Americans and largely dismissive of women. And Motley wasn’t willing to pay bribes, something that earned her funny looks in a place, she says, the United Nations has

listed as “the No. 1 most corrupt country in the world.” “American lady representing a British guy. To the Afghans, that’s like, ‘Wow, that’s going to be a lot of money that we can get under the table,’” Motley says. “But I was like, ‘We’re not paying.’” Shaw was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison. He had the right to an appeal, and Motley told him she’d understand if he wanted different representation. The British ambassador made it clear to Motley that he wanted Shaw to get an experienced Afghan lawyer. But Shaw chose to stick with Motley. “I gave him a lot of credit because that’s pretty brave,” says Motley, “because he was doing the time — and it’s not easy time.” Since traditional American legal tactics failed the first time around, Motley changed course for the appeal. “The first time I did it kind of American-ish, where I had my exhibits, I had my really succinct legal arguments. I was very proper, very poised,” she says. “But that’s not what works here. What works here is yelling like you’re crazy, talking over people, telling people to sit down when they’re talking nonsense, and pulling out a holy book and saying, ‘Let’s swear on this, right here, right now.’”

In her TED Talk, which has been viewed more than 600,000 times, Kimberley Motley talks about defending women in Afghanistan.

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Picture a courtroom full of men, she says, half Afghans and half Westerners, with the only woman in the room yelling at the prosecutor to sit down, speaking through a translator. “My translators know not to just translate my words,” Motley says. “They translate my nonverbals, too. If they don’t want to do that, then they’re not my translators any more. So they’re getting it double — me yelling at them and my translators yelling at them.” Shaw was found not guilty on appeal. The British ambassador apologized to Motley for doubting her, then hired her to represent him and the British embassy. Suddenly, she was established. “That was a pretty great feeling, and that really sort of put my flag out, made my mark here, that I mean business in representing my clients,” Motley says. “Since then, for I would say the past five years, I have probably represented over 80 percent of the foreigners that have been locked up in Afghanistan, and there’s quite a few. And I’ve won every case in court.” Motley’s success defending Western clients in Afghanistan allowed her to take on other kinds of cases. Recently she made headlines around the world for pro bono work defending women from appalling violations of their human rights. In one case a jirga, which is a council of village elders and religious leaders whose decisions often supersede formal Afghan law, forced a 6-year-old girl into an arranged marriage with a 21-yearold neighbor to pay off her father’s $2,500 debt. Motley brought the two families before a second jirga, at which all parties agreed that the original deal was illegal and that if anyone involved tried to commit a similar act in the future, he would go to jail. In another case a 12-year-old girl was sold into marriage by her brother, then forced into prostitution

A Danish film crew shadowed Motley for three years. Their documentary, titled Motley’s Law, will be released this year.

and brutally tortured when she refused. The first time she escaped, a neighbor dragged her back to the house. When she finally got away for good, Motley took her case to the Afghan supreme court. It was the first time a domestic violence victim was represented before that court by a lawyer — who won. Afghan society might look the other way on actions that would be considered moral outrages in the United States. But don’t try to tell Motley that cultural differences make the actions acceptable to Afghans. “They know they’re doing something wrong,” she says. “If you thought that beating your wife was a great thing, why didn’t you do it out in the open? If you thought that selling this girl was OK, why didn’t you have it out in the open? They do things behind closed doors and pretend it’s fine. No, it’s not fine. And they know it’s not fine.” Ask Motley which kind of case is more satisfying to win and you may be surprised by her answer. “When I win for a Western person, I think the feeling is 100 times more satisfactory than winning one of these women’s cases,” she says. “I know that Westerners can get on a plane — and I frankly often drive them to the airport — and fly the hell out and never look back. Whereas with a women’s case, it’s like, yes, I won this legally, but they still have to deal with the culture. Yes, I got them out of jail, but where are they going? They’re going to a shelter where they’re going to be locked down or they’re going to their house, where they’re going to be beaten all over again. It’s very difficult.” Motley has grown accustomed to the danger and drama of life in Afghanistan. Her husband, Claudiare, calls her ability to compartmentalize difficult emotional situations “uncanny.”

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“Maybe it’s a situation where she knows that she can get some justice, so she can tuck that away and put more of that energy into the work,” he says. Motley notes the irony of the fact that perhaps the most traumatic event her family has endured happened in Milwaukee last summer. Claudiare was attending his high school reunion in June 2014 when he was shot in the jaw during an attempted carjacking. He’s OK now, but Motley wonders how it’s possible that she’s safer in Kabul than he was on the streets of a U.S. city. Motley rushed home after the shooting and, as Claudiare’s attorney, she worked with local law enforcement to help round up members of an alleged carjacking ring. Claudiare hopes the incident leads to safer streets in Milwaukee. “The light was shined on what happened,” he says. “We probably saved a lot of people from a lot of difficult things.” Motley is thinking about expanding her law practice into other troubled countries. And there are other projects on the horizon. She will be featured in a documentary of her life titled Motley’s Law that was developed by a Danish film crew that followed her for three years. Motley is producing a story with a major network studio in the United States, the work inspired by her life may appear soon as a television drama. Motley, who has three children, says family support has been key to it all, even if some of her family members don’t quite understand why she’s doing it. “They care for me, and they’re worried about my safety, which is totally understandable,” she says. “But at the end of the day, this is what I’ve chosen to do.” m

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ADELE HANSON, A R T S ’4 8 B O B KO R I N KO, A R T S ’6 6

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ALUMNI BRING WORLDLY PERSPECTIVES TO CLASS DISCUSSIONS. SOME WERE ALIVE WHEN PEARL HARBOR WAS BOMBED.

Five alumnae settle into the Alumni Memorial Union for a regular lunch date. Over grilled chicken sandwiches, they talk about African-American literature and comparative politics. The diners seem primed for a stroll down memory lane, but the backpacks draped over their chairs signal something else is happening. BY J E S S I E B A Z A N, CO M M ’1 4 The ladies aren’t reminiscing about the good old days. They are reporting on the good new ones. These graduates are back and hitting the books, thanks to the Alumni in the Classroom program offered by the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences. Alumni of the college who graduated before 1969 are eligible to enroll each semester in a slate of 10 to 12 courses on topics ranging from history to theology to political science. The classes fill quickly because alumni love coming home, according to Mary Dunnwald, former director of the program and associate dean for academic business affairs in the college.

While the professor pulls up the day’s PowerPoint lecture, Eileen Johannsen, Arts ’60, Grad ’62, scans the online learning site to review the list of assigned readings. The content was a little confusing, she admits, but thanks to email, the professor was able to clarify things quickly. The online discussion board enabled more classmates to post and respond to each other’s questions. Adele Hanson, Arts ’48, admits today’s classroom gadgets take a little time to conquer. “Our technology consisted of maybe tape recording something, but I don’t even think there was much of that going on,” she says. “You had to be pretty rich to have a tape recorder.”

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“We want the classes. We want the camaraderie. We want the friendship,” Adele Hanson says. “We want to be on campus and be a part of Marquette. That’s important to all of us.”

professor Dr. Jodi Melamed says alumni function as eyewitnesses to history. “Our discussions of race relations encompassed the Marquette campus, and alumni were able to witness similarities and differences in race relations among students from the 1960s until today,” Melamed says. With their wealth of knowledge, alumni may be recruited first for group projects. Sage, for instance, practiced law for 44 years. When his Applied History class group began creating an e-book about the demolition of the Elizabeth Plankinton Mansion that once stood on the corner of North 14th Street and West Wisconsin Avenue, near the spot occupied by McCormick Hall, Sage was pretty comfortable. “Because there were a lot of legal papers that had to be read, I took on that challenge and went through all the lawsuits that were involved in the demolition,” he says. The undergraduates provide a window on today’s popular culture. Michael Pikuleff, Arts ’60, Grad ’64, saw it in his History of Rock and Roll class, where Elvis and the Beatles have made way for John Legend and Bastille. “The professor asked us at the beginning of the semester to name our favorite rock album and, during the course of the semester, he’d mention ones that were chosen and talk a little about them,”

The core of university life remains timeless, according to returning alumni. It doesn’t take long for a classroom of 20-somethings and 70-somethings to gel. In fact, between chatting about homework and Marquette basketball, the generations find they share quite a bit in common. “Once the undergrads know we are just as interested in the course material as they are, and we are interested in them as people, they warm up to us,” says Johannsen. What’s the difference between the League of Nations and the United Nations? Hanson smiles. The answer to the professor’s question is obvious to her. The agencies were front-page news while Hanson was growing up, but her young classmates are stumped. After a moment of silence, Hanson raises her hand. “We help explain it to the kids,” she says. “We are like their grandparents.” Jokes about age help break the ice. “During a history class, the professor held up a picture of 19th-century poet K A T H L E E N K E L LY, Henry Longfellow,” recalls Dennis Sage, Arts ’64, Law ’57. A R T S ’5 9 “He asked: ‘Anybody know who this is?’ No one knew. One of the alumni finally cracked, ‘Yeah, that’s Henry Longfellow. I went to grade school with him.’” Political science professor Dr. Barrett McCormick asks his Politics of the Internet class a simple question: How did people function before the computer? Textbooks flip open and students scour the pages for signs of life pre-PC. Soon, McCormick nods to Johannsen, a retired high school teacher, for support. “These students grew up with the Internet,” Johannsen explains. “For them, many of the things I explain to them are so foreign. Some of them don’t know what a typewriter was — seriously,” she says and laughs. Alumni bring worldly perspectives to class WITH THEIR discussions. Some were alive when Pearl Harbor WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE was bombed. Some remember going to Mass ALUMNI MAY BE when it was celebrated in Latin. The alumni RECRUITED FIRST FOR can speak to Marquette’s past, too. English GROUP PROJECTS.

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Pikuleff says. “They ran the whole spectrum from blues to rap and R&B. It was quite a learning experience for me to compare and share music.” But the ingenuity of today’s undergraduates may be best displayed through their covert communication strategies. “I’ve never texted during class, but I enjoy watching the students,” Johannsen admits. Professors rave about the Alumni in the Classroom program. Dr. John Krugler, professor emeritus of history, thinks alumni are a testament to the value of lifelong learning. “On one of the first days of class, I tell the undergrads that Marquette has a slogan that states, ‘Education for a lifetime,’” he says. “Most slogans are just that — slogans. But now you see with these two or three alumni in this classroom that this is the embodiment of that slogan. These alumni sign up for class and they don’t get any credit for it. They are here because they want to learn.” Hanson agrees. “We want the classes. We want the camaraderie. We want the friendship,” she says. “We want to be on campus and be a part of Marquette. That’s important to all of us.” m

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Donald J. Herdrich, Eng ’66, Grad ’68 T E Q U E S TA , F L A .

Don earned his M.B.A. and went on to investment management positions at Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts and, in 1986, was a founding partner of Stonebridge Partners, a private equity firm. For more than 15 years, he served on the board of the Partnership for Inner-City Education, which supports parochial schools in New York. He has been deeply involved in the Katonah Museum of Art and is a longtime supporter of research and development at the Mayo Clinic. He and his wife Fran support the Donald J. and Frances I. Herdrich Scholarship to help Marquette students become the first in their families to attend college. Read more online.

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Cherryl T. Thomas, Arts ’68 C H I C AG O

Cherryl influenced Chicago’s landscape by working for 30 years in positions ranging from research scientist in the Department of Water and Sewers to deputy chief of staff for infrastructure for then-Mayor Richard M. Daley to the city’s first woman building commissioner. Cherryl is founder, president and CEO of Ardmore Associates, a Chicago engineering consulting firm. In addition to her leadership on the boards of several Chicago-area nonprofits, Cherryl has served on Marquette’s Board of Trustees for more than a decade and was elected vice chair in 2014. Read more online.

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Eve Spinelle Green, Nurs ’86, and Michael C. Green, Jour ’86 K A H U L U I , H AWA I I

Eve and Mike follow their hearts, whether making a career change or answering a philanthropic call in rural Cambodia, where they built and continue to support two schools. They’ve also been active on the boards of nonprofit organizations in Hawaii, and Eve founded Secret Smiles of Maui, which provides beds to children who don’t have one or who have to share one. Read more online.

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Victoria Arbella Wallace, Nurs ’70, and Michael J. Wallace, Eng ’69 A N N A P O L I S , M D.

Mike and Vicki made the most of their time at Marquette, and when life and careers pulled them across the country, they stayed close to the alma mater that brought them together. The Wallaces created endowed funds to support faculty scholars in the Opus College of Engineering and College of Nursing and supported the construction of Engineering Hall and the nursing simulation lab. They also attend and host Marquette events on the East Coast whenever possible. Read more online.

See full profiles of the 2015 Alumni National Award recipients and event details at marquette.edu/awards.

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Joanna Bauza, Bus Ad ’97, and Timothy B. Mullen, Comm ’96 MADRID

Joanna and Tim never let distance stand in the way of their commitment to Marquette. While living in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the couple spent 12 years serving as alumni volunteer directors of admissions, encouraging students to consider their alma mater, hosting summer parties, and eventually creating the Miguel de Cervantes Scholarship for students from Puerto Rico. With similar drive, they launched their own business, the Cervantes Group, which has grown into a multimillion-dollar company. Read more online.

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Mary E. Henke M I LWA U K E E A N D B O C A R AT O N , F L A .

Before Mary’s husband, Gordon, died, he told Mary to think about what she wanted to spend time on. Mary decided one of those things was Marquette. She served on the Board of Trustees for 12 years and is a trustee emerita. She is incoming chair of the Women’s Council and serves on the Les Aspin Center for Government Board of Visitors and Friends of the Haggerty Museum. Mary also supports two named endowed scholarships for students. Read more online.

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2015 ALUMNI NATIONAL AWARD RECIPIENTS

HELEN WAY KLINGLER COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award

Professional Achievement Award

Young Alumna of the Year Award

People for Others Award

Raymond J. Manista, Jr.,

Dr. Mark T. O’Meara, Arts ’73

Griselda Aldrete, Arts ’02

Dr. Joan Strassheim Chlebowski, Arts ’66, Grad ’68, and Dr. Rowan T. Chlebowski, Arts ’67

Arts ’87, Law ’90

W E ST B E N D, W I S .

M I LWA U K E E

R A N C H O PA L O S V E R D E S , C A L I F.

F O X P O I N T, W I S .

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award

Professional Achievement Award

Ronald J. Kujawa, Bus Ad ’53

Margaret Druml Boyle, Bus Ad ’80

OA K C R E E K , W I S .

B R O O K F I E L D, W I S .

Entrepreneurial Award

Service Award

Richard A. Wiegand, Bus Ad ’81

Ann Marie Wick, Bus Ad ’92

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Young Alumnus of the Year Award

Jorge M. García, Bus Ad ’08 C H I C AG O

J. WILLIAM AND MARY DIEDERICH COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION

Communicator of the Year Award

John A. Bernaden, Jour ’78 M I LWA U K E E

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By-Line Award

John W. Machacek, Jour ’62 C E N T R E V I L L E , VA .

Professional Achievement Award

Young Alumnus of the Year Award

James T. Tiedge Memorial Award

John F. Steinmiller, Jour ’70

Luis Hernandez, Jr., Comm ’01

Kimberly S. Schwandt, Comm ’01

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DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award

Mary Beth Crossett Smits,

Lifetime Achievement Award

Dale E. Petranech, Arts ’57 H A M M O N TO N , N . J.

Eng ’90

Young Alumna of the Year Award

M Club Hy Popuch Memorial Service Award

Robert L. and William P. McCahill Award

Elizabeth B. Wilkie, Arts ’09

Robert L. Wilkins, Arts ’62,

Elizabeth K. Koberstein, Nurs ’14

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MADISON, WIS.

CHANHASSEN, MINN.

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Friends of Marquette Athletics Award

The Hon. W. Greg Ryberg, Jr., Arts ’68, and Elizabeth Denkewalter Ryberg, Arts ’69 A I K E N , S .C .

SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

ASSOCIATION OF MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY WOMEN

ALUMNI NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Distinguished Alumnus in Dentistry Award

Outstanding Dental Service Award

Young Alumna of the Year Award

Mary Neville Bielefeld Award

Pedro Arrupe Award Awarded September 2014

Timothy O. Ward, M.A., D.D.S.,

Paul E. Lovdahl, D.D.S., Dent ’70

Allison Rhodes Dowd, D.D.S.,

Dr. Patricia Shannon Janz, Arts ’62, Grad ’90, ’96

Brittany M. White, Arts ’15

Dent ’76

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award

Dr. Kathleen A. Cepelka, Grad ’92 W H I T E F I S H B AY, W I S .

Educational Policy and Leadership Achievement Award

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Achievement Award

Dr. Mark D. McCarthy, Grad ’93

Phyllis A. Lardinois, Grad ’84

SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO

B R O O K F I E L D, W I S .

Young Alumnus of the Year Award

Jose A. Gonzalez, III, Arts ’07 M I LWA U K E E

OPUS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award

John P. McDermott, Eng ’80

Entrepreneurial Award

Service Award

Paul D. Weinewuth, Eng ’86

Billie Jean Shukle Smith, Eng ’89

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COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award

Professional Achievement Award

Mary Spellacy Stilphen, PT ’81

Dr. Glen A. Bordak, Med Tech ’80

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Karene Fischer Boos, PT ’95 ELKHART LAKE, WIS.

Young Alumna of the Year Award

Karen George, H Sci ’03, Grad ’05 C H I C AG O

Young Alumnus of the Year Award

Jake M. Stefan, Eng ’99 M A R I E T TA , G A .

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Alumnus of the Year Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

Paul T. Dacier, Arts ’80, Law ’83

Franklyn M. Gimbel, Law ’60

SHERBORN, MASS.

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Howard B. Eisenberg Service Award

The Hon. Derek C. Mosley, Law ’95 M I LWA U K E E

Charles W. Mentkowski Sports Law Alumna of the Year Award

Nyea G.B. Sturman, Law ’03 A LTA M O N T E S P R I N G S , F L A .

COLLEGE OF NURSING

Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award

Alumna in Service to Nursing Award

Young Alumnus of the Year Award

Friend of the College of Nursing Award

Elizabeth Diercks Hall, Nurs ’51

Dr. Madeline Musante Wake, Nurs ’68, Grad ’71

Tony A. Guzzardo, Nurs ’09

Norman H. Volk, Grad ’59

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N E W YO R K

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See full profiles of the 2015 Alumni National Award recipients and event details at marquette.edu/awards.

Spirit of the College of Professional Studies Award

Leadership Excellence Award

Shirley Kwosek Sciacca,

Dr. Timothy J. Crain, Arts ’87,

Prof St ’12, Grad ’15

Grad ’90

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The team Hodous leads handles

everything from manufacturing to marketing and distribution, globally. When he joined the company in 2006, annual revenue was about $1 billion. Through a combination with Vivendi Games and organic growth, revenue has grown to about $5 billion. Hodous says the credit goes to the company’s employees. “It’s not a machine that stamps out packages that find their way to your kitchen cabinets,” he says. “It’s all about our talented studios making the intellectual property.”

Hodous came to Marquette

to pursue a degree in dentistry. He switched to marketing and management and met the woman who became his wife, Michele (McGuire) Hodous, Sp ’85. Both

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were athletes — he a wrestler and she a sprinter — but they didn’t hit it off until they sat next to each other in a class. “We had a class called Jesuit Marriage,”

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he says. “You can’t make that stuff up. Thirty years later, we still have a strong

Christian marriage, so we must have learned something.” — Chris Jenkins

Brian Hodous, Bus Ad ’85, appreciates the powerful pull of gaming. When you visited Hodous in his Marquette residence hall, you probably didn’t find him furiously tapping away at a video game controller. That came later.

Today he is chief customer officer for industry heavyweight

Activision Blizzard. The company produces some of the most popular titles in interactive entertainment, including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Skylanders, Destiny and Diablo.

Hodous calls gamers some of the most passionate consumers in

any industry. “Our community feels like the games are their own,” he says. “If you meet a gamer on the street wearing a Call of Duty shirt, boy, you’d better have some time on your hands.” Marquette Magazine

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1954 James Spitz, Sp ’54, founded and directed the Family Stay Program, which places French high school students with Midwest families. The program’s goal includes improving students’ English language skills and creating lifelong friendships.

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1950 REUNION YEAR

Arthur Grochowski, Eng ’50, and his wife Marsha are celebrating their 60th anniversary. He retired in 1989 as chief engineer of Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport.

1951 Jack Berg, Bus Ad ’51, retired after 63 years. He and his wife Carole founded the Service Filtration Corp., which they passed on to their four children.

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1956 Bill Taylor, Eng ’56, authored a biography of Richard Halliburton, A Shooting Star Meets the Well of Death: Why and How Richard Halliburton Conquered the World. He was one of three Wisconsin writers chosen to present a book at the New Berlin (Wis.) Public Library.

1958 Anthony Mayer, Bus Ad ’58, was selected by Marquis Who’s Who to be in Who’s Who in America 2015, which chronicles American achievement. William Mulligan, Arts ’58, Law ’60, was named a 2014 top attorney by Wisconsin Super Lawyers.

1959 Donald M. Hall, Bus Ad ’59, published Generation of Wealth, the rise of Control Data and how it inspired an era of innovation and investment in the Upper Midwest in March 2014 with Nodin Press.

1960 REUNION YEAR

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1962 ♥ Dennis Doyle, Arts ’62, and Donna (Cerminaro) Doyle, Arts ’63, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family in August in Lake Sunapee, N.H.

1963 Beyond blessed to be able to say I’ll be joining the @MUNurses in Piura, Peru this summer! ST U DENT CHRYSTAL MATTA P P ILLIL ON T W ITTER

Dennis Byrne, Jour ’63, adapted his award-winning historical novel, Madness: The War of 1812, for young adult readers. It promotes early and ongoing adolescent literacy development for K–12 children.

1964 Dennis Herrick, Jour ’64, had his mystery book, A Brother’s Cold Case, published in 2014. The story is set in the American Southwest.

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Thomas Sifferman, Eng ’64, received distinguished membership from the Society of Petroleum Engineers, of which he has been a member for more than 40 years, including serving as chair.

1965 REUNION YEAR

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1966 Collins Fitzpatrick, Arts ’66, gave the 27th Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture at the University of Wisconsin– Madison Law School in April 2014. He also joined Robert Maher, Arts ’66, for the Annapolis to Bermuda sailboat race in June. Jerome Klinkowitz, Arts ’66, Grad ’67, authored Frank Lloyd Wright and His Manner of Thought. The book examines Wright’s books, essays and lectures and shows how he emerged from the 19th century to anticipate the 21st. Rev. Thomas Unz, Arts ’66, retired as pastor at Divine Providence Parish in Westchester, Ill., and is a senior priest at St. Giles Parish in Oak Park, Ill.

1967 Thomas A. Merkle, Arts ’67, Law ’72, of Milwaukee’s O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Dominic A. Montileone, Ed.D., Arts ’67, retired after serving for more than 35 years in secondary and higher education teaching and

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administrative roles. He was a tenured full professor in business administration and assistant vice president for academic affairs at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pa. He contributed to the college’s undergraduate and graduate curriculum and degree program development. Clint Vogus, Eng ’67, Grad ’72, published A Current View of Higher Education, which addresses student loan debt, college and major choices, and online education and alternatives. He is a management instructor in Arkansas State University’s College of Business.

1968

Sgt. Adam Plantinga, Arts ’95, tells crime novelists how to write about cops.

After a few years in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Plantinga became a police officer, first in Milwaukee and later in San Francisco. From day one, Plantinga began jotting down notes about the job. What it’s like to be in a high-speed pursuit, to wear the uniform, to interact with people on a crime scene. Then the English and writing-intensive major pulled together the notes into his book, 400 Things Cops Know: Street-Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman, published in October 2014.

Getting the book published took plenty of persistence. Plantinga submitted

his book proposal to 90 publishing agents and 90 rejected it. Then he called a few of his favorite crime writers, including novelist Joseph Wambaugh. Wambaugh’s response is highlighted on the book cover: “Every cop should read this book and so should anyone who wants an uncensored peek into the real world of street cops.”

Now crime writers are referencing Plantinga’s tips to portray police officers

more accurately. The book provides insider trivia about the job, including what Hollywood gets wrong in portraying cops. “You never kick down a door in one try,” according to Plantinga. It also provides insight into the use of force, a hot-button topic today. “Deep misunderstandings continue to drive a wedge between the cops and the public,” he says.

Plantinga calls the emphasis on social justice learned at Marquette a

formative influence on his police work. “If you’re doing it right, social justice is what you’re fighting for as a cop.” — Patrick Leary, editorial intern

John Nowak, Arts ’68, is Raymond and Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law Emeritus at Loyola University Chicago. During the fall, he was in residence at the University of Illinois College of Law, where he revised the two books he co-authored for West Academic and the annual supplements to the Treatise on Constitutional Law and Westlaw database, which he co-authors for Thomson–Reuters–Westlaw.

1970 REUNION YEAR

Bruce Klem, Bus Ad ’70, Grad ’74, retired from the U.S. Army and his civilian career in materials management from the Associated Bag Co. He also worked for Miller Brewing, Kimberly Clark, Wisconsin Electric and InSinkErator.

1972 David Brummond, Arts ’72, is counsel in insurance and reinsurance at DLA Piper’s Washington, D.C., office. He provides strategic advice

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about international trade and economic sanction issues involving the insurance industry, as well as counsel and advocacy for insurance regulatory issues at state, federal and international forums.

1974 Jean M. Ansay, Bus Ad ’74, Law ’77, of Milwaukee’s O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Vice Adm. Gerald Beaman, Bus Ad ’74, was honored with Marquette’s 2014 NROTC Alumnus of the Year award for outstanding service. Bill Cook, Bus Ad ’74, retired in 2014 after working in marketing and sales for 38 years at Ford Motor Co. He and his wife, Mary Lynn (Clark) Cook, Jour ’74, live in Rochester Hills, Mich.

Philip Gloudemans, Arts ’74, completed his four-year term as board president of the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA in Marblehead, Mass., one of the largest nonprofit organizations on Boston’s north shore. A board member since 2000, he also served on the capital campaign that helped build the 90,000square-foot, $15 million facility that opened in 2009. He and his wife, Karen McLaughin, Arts ’75, live in Marblehead.

1975 REUNION YEAR

John G. Gehringer, Arts ’75, Law ’78, of Milwaukee’s O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Jim Rice, Arts ’75, Grad ’85, developed the website giantcheeseheads.com and published his third book,

92 Years! Bears–Packers 1921–2013.

1977 Margaret J. Fehrenbach, R.D.H., M.S., Dent Hy ’77, will publish the fourth edition of her textbook, Illustrated Dental Embryology, Histology and Anatomy, in 2016. Susan Jans-Thomas, Arts ’77, Grad ’92, was awarded tenure and promoted to full professor at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, where she is director of the doctoral program in diversity studies. She is also director of the university’s Civil Rights Research Lab, which sponsors research studies and trips in the South. Joseph Jeney, Grad ’77, is a licensed psychologist in private practice near Michigan State University, where he received his doctorate in counseling psychology. He specializes in

helping students adjust to university life and individuals dealing with clinical depression and anxiety disorders. Jane Lewis, Dent Hy ’77, released Forensic Document Examination Fundamentals and Current Trends, published by Elsevier, which is a reference on the scientific methods and standards that evolved during the past decade and describes anticipated developments in analyzing questioned documents.

1978 James Braza, Bus Ad ’78, was named a 2014 top attorney by Wisconsin Super Lawyers. James G. DeJong, Law ’78, of Milwaukee’s O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Gregory Kot, Jour ’78, critically acclaimed biographer, Chicago

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Flying high Lt. Adam Maruszewski, USN, Eng ’05, and Capt. Lucas Ward, USMC, Arts ’07, discovered their mutual connection while deployed in Okinawa, Japan. Ward was at Air Station Futenma, and Maruszewski was at Kadena Air Base at the time. Maruszewski (left) is a flight surgeon for VP–40 and his squadron flies a P–3 plane. Ward is a pilot in the HMH–361 squadron and flies this CH–53E Super Stallion helicopter. Are you celebrating a milestone event? Tell us. Go to marquette.edu/classnotes and send us a picture.

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Nick’s court The family of emeritus professor of mechanical engineering Dr. Nicholas Nigro chose a perfect monument to a man who loved teaching and pickup basketball. The Helfaer Recreation Center’s court No. 3 is now officially Nick Nigro Court — dedicated posthumously — honoring the dedicated basketball player, who, his son suggests, scored more than 73,000 points playing noon hoops on the court. Nigro chose his own style of a memorial before his death with a gift in his estate to establish the Nigro Family Scholarship Fund for an engineering student who exemplifies excellence in engineering ethics and values. Send us your two-minute story! Go to marquette.edu/twominute and share your story.

Tribune music critic and co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show Sound Opinions, wrote I’ll Take You There; Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom’s Highway. Maryann (Lazarski) Majewski, Jour ’78, Grad ’82, received the Silver Circle Award from the Chicago Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for her more than 25 years of contributions to the industry. She produces and directs series and documentaries for Milwaukee Public Television. Mark Stanley, Bus Ad ’78, joined the real estate group at the Harrisburg, Penn., law firm McNees Wallace and Nurick LLC. He focuses on zoning, land use and land development matters. Kevin Weber, Arts ’78, Dent ’84, retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of active duty. He and his wife Carol retired to Hawaii.

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William Bachand, Dent ’79, retired from the U.S. Army Dental Corps after 34 years. He is an associate professor in the Georgia Regents University Department of Oral Rehabilitation.

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Thomas Davis, Bus Ad ’79, Law ’82, of Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC in Las Vegas was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Mary O’Toole, Eng ’79, is vice president of the power delivery division at Primera, based in Lisle, Ill. She also is immediate past president of the Marquette University Alumni Association National Board. Mary Wagner, Jour ’79, Law ’99, published When the Shoe Fits … Essays of Love, Life and Second Chances. She’s a prosecuting attorney in Milwaukee.

Randall Garczynski, Law ’80, published Let It Demonstrate. Bowie Knife Potter: Godfather of the Phantoms, a book about John Fox Potter, a Wisconsin lawyer who in 1856 became the first Republican congressman from the old first Congressional District. Dave Hudec, Nurs ’80, Law ’87, opened the Dave Hudec Law Office LLC, a full-time social security disability law practice in East Troy, Wis.

1981 Salvatore Bellomo, Arts ’81, retired after 29 years as a chief assistant prosecutor

from the Passaic County (N.J.) Prosecutor’s Office. He also was director of the countywide narcotics task force for almost 14 years.

♥ Mark Collins, Eng ’81, and Kathryn (Alheid) Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Eng ’84, celebrated their 30th anniversary. At Marquette he was an athletic trainer and she was a cheerleader for the men’s basketball team. They were married at Church of the Gesu by their engineering professor, Rev. Luis Rodriguez, S.J., Grad ’69, ’74. They live in Connecticut with children Drew, 28, Alexandra, 26, and Chad, 22. He has worked for General Electric since graduating. She is a retired vascular surgeon now working as a medical publishing editor.

What better way to spend the day in Milwaukee then walking around @MarquetteU??? MARCQ U ET H ILL, FO RMER SO YO U TH I N K YO U C AN DAN C E CO N TESTA NT, ON T W I TT E R

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Deborah Curran, Dent Hy ’81, was promoted from nurse corps officer to captain in the U.S. Navy. Bill Grimes, Jour ’81, received the Robert M. Cole Award for best school board coverage at the Illinois Press Association convention in Springfield, Ill. It’s the third statewide firstplace award he has won in more than 30 years of journalism. Christine (Rodriguez) Kubicki, Sp ’81, published her third novel, Cross the Viaduct, about Catholics involved with Rev. James Groppi and the St. Boniface civil rights movement in Milwaukee during the 1960s. Brian Meyer, Jour ’81, is news director at WBFO Radio in Buffalo, N.Y., the region’s NPR station. He is an award-winning journalist who previously worked at The Buffalo News and WBEN Radio. Mark Santacrose, Bus Ad ’81, is CEO and president of Tecta America Corp. in Rosemont, Ill. Timothy Schally, H Sci ’81, of Milwaukee’s Michael Best & Friedrich LLP authored the tax management portfolio book Tax Consequences of Contingent Payment Transactions. The

book focuses on the transfer of a business for consideration dependent on its future performance while addressing tax subjects in mergers and acquisitions.

1982 Daniel Ammerman, Bus Ad ’82, was promoted to major general and named commanding general of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command at Fort Bragg, N.C. Regina Dixon-Reeves, Jour ’82, was promoted to executive director of the office of diversity and inclusion at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine and Division of Biological Sciences. John F. Hager, Law ’82, a partner at Hager, Dewick & Zuengler S.C. in Green Bay, Wis., was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Su (Sanfelippo) Lambert, Bus Ad ’82, is human resources manager at Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union, a $350million institution in KailuaKona. She also is an adviser to the employee council and the wellness, community service and social committees.

Being an @MarquetteU student is absolutely amazing bc there’s so many grads LITERALLY EVERY WHERE who are willing to give you the hook up. STUDENT NATA LIE RUSSELL ON T WITTER

Kim Lamberty, Arts ’82, had her dissertation from the Catholic Theological Union, Eyes from the Outside: Christian Mission in Zones of Violent Conflict, accepted by the American Society of Missiology as part of its monograph series. She also co-founded and is president of Just Haiti, a fair-trade coffee development organization. Lois Ann Sorensen, Eng ’82, was consecrated a deacon in the Florida–Bahamas Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in July 2014. Ramona Wenger, Nurs ’82, was promoted to vice president of customer programs at the McKesson Corp.

♥ Philip (Flip) Wenzel, Sp ’82, and Rowena (Silva) Wenzel, Jour ’81, celebrated their 30th anniversary on September 1. They were married at Church of the Gesu and have lived in the Denver area since 1985. They have two children: Andrew, 21, and Adam, 18.

1983 Dean P. Laing, Law ’83, of Milwaukee’s O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Michael O’Neil, Arts ’83, of the Chicago and Indianapolis offices of Taft Stettinius & Hollister was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Dave Ross, Sp ’83, is president of the Wellness Network in Pewaukee, Wis. He has worked in video-based health care education for 25 years. Richelle Sipiora, H Sci ’83, received All-American honors in 5K road racing and discus from the U.S. Association of Track

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and Field and will compete in the National Senior Games in July 2015 in Minneapolis. She lives in Brunswick, Maine.

1984 Mike Jones, Law ’84, of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP received the Jack M. Birchhill Award from the United Performing Arts Fund. He was honored for his work with MillerCoors to make Milwaukee’s 2014 UPAF Ride for the Arts one of the largest one-day recreational bike rides in the United States, with more than 6,000 riders. Theodore (Ted) Ruzicka, Sp ’84, was appointed president-elect of the St. Louis Association of Health Underwriters Board of Directors.

1985 REUNION YEAR

Eugene Killeen, Arts ’85, of Tucker Ellis in Columbus, Ohio, was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Kathy Nusslock, Law ’85, was named a 2014 top attorney by Wisconsin Super Lawyers. Richard Soseman, Arts ’85, Grad ’87, wrote Reflections from Rome: Practical Thoughts on Faith and Family, which was published by Roman Catholic Books. He is in his seventh year at the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy.

1986 Troy Bankord, Jour ’86, appeared on Sweden’s top reality show, Allt For Sverige. Steven Ebben, Eng ’86, is president of Forgotten Harvest, a Detroit food rescue organization. He also is participating in the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Leadership program.

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Steven J. Slawinski, Law ’86, of Milwaukee’s O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015.

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All-weather globe trotting

Melchor (Chip) Mallare, Eng ’87, is vice president and senior program director for the bridge and tunnel division of the San Francisco office of Parsons Corp. He has more than 20 years of experience in engineering design management and program management, including an extensive background in bridge design, retrofitting and widening. Philip Miller, Law ’87, works in the corporate and finance practice group of Milwaukee’s Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.

Paul T. Kirner, Bus Ad ’69, Law ’72, ran the equivalent of the circumference of the earth.

Kirner, a magistrate, attorney and former city councilman in Parma, Ohio, boasts a nearly 19-year streak of running at least one mile daily. According to his count, he reached 24,901.55 miles, or distance equal to one trip around the world, in 2014.

“It was a New Year’s Eve resolution in 1995 to try to at least run one

mile every day for a year,” he says.

He met that milestone. He even powered through 12 weeks of chemo-

therapy in 2010, a stretch he calls his “lowest point.”

Next on his list was running nearly 25,000 miles in time for his 67th

birthday on July 1 last year. Family, friends and colleagues, including the mayor of Parma, gathered to commemorate the achievement. Approximately 25 friends joined Kirner and a police escort in running the final half-mile. His history has been highlighted by the U.S. Running Streak Association as the second-longest running streak in Ohio.

Kirner was president of Marquette’s student council, and a member of

Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Army ROTC. After graduation, he attended law school at Cleveland State University. He served seven terms on Parma’s City Council and was a special counsel to the Ohio State Attorney General for 15 years. Today, he operates a law practice with his son, Kirner and Boldt Co. L.P.A.

Kirner had surgery in December, halting his running record. He plans

to start again after he recovers: “One day you will not be able to run, but today is not the day.” — Patrick Leary, editorial student-intern

Jeffrey Westhoff, Jour ’87, sold his first novel, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, to Intrigue Publishing, and it will be published in summer 2015. The young adult spy adventure chronicles the story of a suburban Milwaukee teenage boy who is drawn into international intrigue while on a summer trip to Europe.

1988 ♥ Jeff Bjorn, Arts ’88, and Erin Fitzpatrick-Bjorn, Arts ’88, celebrated their 25th anniversary by renewing their vows twice: with friends in Portland, Ore., and with family in the Bahamas. He is a high school teacher and she is a school librarian in Portland. Their 25 years of travel experiences fuel their blog, “A Week or a Weekend.” Gregory W. Lyons, Law ’88, of Milwaukee’s O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015.

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iated Banc-Corp. Previously, he was president and chief executive officer of Associated Financial Group, the company’s insurance and employee benefits business. In his new role, he retains his AFG leadership responsibilities.

It’s always satisfying to notice when you are driving behind another car with an @MarquetteU license plate. #DriveTheDifference ST UDENT SARA H S C HLA EFKE ON T W ITTER

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Jeanne Cors, Arts ’89, of the Cincinnati office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015.

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Jack A. Enea, Law ’89, is co-leader of the trusts and estates team at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., where he focuses his practice on business and tax law, estate planning, estate administration, and real estate transactions and development. He is also a licensed certified public accountant and was a tax attorney at Arthur Andersen and Co.

Sybril Bennett, Comm ’90, is a professor of journalism at Belmont University in Nashville. Her second book, Innovate: Lessons from the Underground Railroad, was published. She was also selected as one of 8,000 Google Glass Explorers testing the wearable computer in the beta stage. William M. Bohn, Arts ’90, Law ’96, is executive vice president and head of private client and institutional services for Assoc-

Meghan Kennedy, Arts ’90, received a certificate of recognition from California State Assemblyman Curt Hagman for her service on behalf of Californians living with epilepsy. She was in the audience at the California State Assembly for the reading of ACR–113, a state resolution recognizing Purple Day, an international day of awareness for the condition.

1991 Mark Karau, Arts ’91, Grad ’93, earned tenure in the University of Wisconsin–Sheboygan’s Department of History.

1992 Lt. Col. John R. Mazzitello, Eng ’92, retired from military service after 22 years. He was on active duty for the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Alaska Air National Guard and Minnesota Air National Guard. He had six permanent assignments and five deployments, most recently to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. His last assignment was as commander of the 148th Civil Engineer Squadron for the Minnesota Air National Guard in Duluth. He is public works director and city engineer for Mendota Heights, Minn., where he lives with wife Lari Anne and daughter Kyria Lea, 8.

1993 W. Nicholas Abraham, M.Div., Ph.D., Arts ’93, wrote I’m Limping Very

Well, Thank You. He is a life coach, licensed practical counselor, motivational speaker and recording artist in Baton Rouge, La.

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Bishop of Gary Pope Francis appointed Rev. Donald J. Hying, Arts ’85, (at right, standing) as bishop of the Diocese of Gary, Ind. Previously Father Hying was an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1989 and served immediately as associate pastor at St. Anthony Parish in Menomonee Falls, Wis. Successive appointments took him to La Sagrada Familia Parroquia in the Dominican Republic; St. Peter Parish in East Troy, Wis.; and Our Lady of Good Hope Parish, St. Anthony Parish and St. Augustine Parish in Milwaukee, before becoming dean of formation and rector at St. Francis de Sales Seminary in Milwaukee. We wish Bishop Hying Godspeed in his new ministry. Are you celebrating a milestone event? Tell us. Go to marquette.edu/classnotes and send us a picture.

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Letter from the principal Usually getting a letter from the school principal is cause for concern. Not this time. Julianna Barber, Arts ’72, Grad ’06, principal at St. Matthew School in Oak Creek, Wis., had only high praise and gratitude for her colleague and co-alum. John Keane, Arts ’69, retired after spending 45 years teaching in the classrooms at St. Matthew. Keane touched countless students’ lives, and Barber says: “I feel he is an excellent example of someone who has dedicated his life to Catholic education and exemplifies Marquette’s mission.” Send us your two-minute story! Go to marquette.edu/twominute and share your story.

Kristin “KJ” (Hardy) Jackson, Arts ’93, is director of development at Chicago’s Communities in Schools, which helps lowincome students receive the services they need to graduate. Caroline Plater, Arts ’93, is a partner at the Chicago office of Reed Smith LLP. She is in the U.S. commercial litigation practice group, where she focuses on complex commercial litigation and product liability litigation involving warranty, negligence, strict liability claims, unfair competition, trade secret and contract claims.

1994 Peter J. Faust, Law ’94, of Milwaukee’s O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Jennifer Lay-Riske, Comm ’94, won a regional Emmy Award for outstanding achievement for news programming– evening newscast (large

market). She produces the 10 p.m. news for WMAQ, Chicago’s NBC affiliate. Jeff Maillet, Jour ’94, is deputy sports editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

1995 REUNION YEAR

Patrick G. McBride, Law ’95, of Milwaukee’s O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Susan Minahan, Law ’95, works in the corporate and finance practice group of Milwaukee’s Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. Piet van Lier, Jour ’95, is director of school quality, policy and communications for the Cleveland Transformation Alliance, which works to ensure that the city’s children can attend quality schools. Patricia “Tricia” Walsh, Eng ’95, is vice president and director of

business development for the Midwest in the transportation business unit at the Chicago office of Parsons Corp.

1996 Erika Baurecht, Law ’96, works in the real estate practice group of Milwaukee’s Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. Paul Chouinard, Eng ’96; George Latus, Eng ’96; Emili Ballweg, Eng ’06; and Sarah Hoffman, Eng ’07; represented their company, Boston Scientific, at the Velodrome Corporate Challenge in August in Minneapolis– St. Paul, Minn. Kerry Dunne, Arts ’96, received her Ed.D. from Boston College in 2012. She has been a public school history teacher and

department head in Massachusetts since 1997 and is director of history and social studies for Boston Public Schools. Nicole Giancaterino, Nurs ’96, is a clinical nurse specialist and assistant professor. She received her D.N.P. from Rush University in May 2014. Byron Keelin, Comm ’96, is senior director at the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association in St. Louis.

1997 Seth E. Dizard, Law ’97, of Milwaukee’s O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015.

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Kelly (Milligan) Kauffman, Arts ’97, is vice president of human resources for the Milwaukee Bucks. Staci Young, Ph.D., Arts ’97, was promoted to associate professor in the department of family and community medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Institute for Health and Safety in Milwaukee.

1998 Dillon Ambrose, Arts ’98, Law ’02, is a shareholder at Milwaukee’s Davis & Kuelthau S.C. Previously, he was a U.S. Navy JAG officer for eight years and handled several trial-level court martials and represented more than 70 convicted sailors and Marines in appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts.

1999 Colleen Boraca, Arts ’99, is an assistant professor at the Northern Illinois University

College of Law. She directs the school’s new health advocacy clinic in Aurora, Ill. Katherine Madelle, Eng ’99, is a business development manager for Northrop Grumman and serves on the National Guard Association of the U.S. Corporate Advisory Panel. Barry Owen, Arts ’99, is a partner at Chicago’s Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona. Elizabeth (Haynes) Poronsky, Arts ’99, studied diverse terrestrial, coastal and coral reef communities in Belize. She is a self-employed naturalist, photographer, writer and consultant in Tipp City, Ohio.

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2001 Patrick M. Bergin, Law ’01, Eng ’03, was named among Wisconsin Super Lawyers and Wisconsin Rising Stars. Melissa (Cihla) Meyer, Comm ’01, is senior associate director for enrollment communication at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Jim Stamatakos, Comm ’01, is director of college advising at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School in Wauwatosa, Wis.

2002 Matthew McClean, Law ’02, was named a 2014 top attorney by Wisconsin Super Lawyers. He is chair of the Davis & Kuelthau S.C. litigation team.

Ryan Ruzziconi, Law ’03, is general counsel for Diplomat Pharmacy, one of the nation’s largest specialty pharmacies. Heather Susnik, Comm ’03, is sales executive at Halley Consulting Group (northeast), which specializes in strategy and performance improvement for physician networks.

2004 Thomas Krumenacher, Law ’04, was elected president of the Milwaukee School of Engineering Alumni Association. He was on the association’s board of directors for the past eight years and was Wisconsin-area director.

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2003

Tommy Jostad, Bus Ad ’00, is chief financial officer of Milwaukee’s Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center.

Rachel Leimbach, Eng ’03, Grad ’05, is a navigator in the New York National Guard and travels annually to McMurdo Station at the South Pole.

Robert Campobasso, Arts ’05, is an associate attorney who focuses on the defense of toxic tort matters at Chicago’s Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

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Plant our flag Rachel Leimbach, Eng ’03,

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Grad ’05, is a member of the

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New York Air National Guard, which supports the National Science Foundation and flies “pole to pole and everywhere in between.” Leimbach planted a piece of Marquette on a trip to deliver supplies to the station at the South Pole. Are you celebrating a milestone event? Tell us. Go to marquette.edu/classnotes and send us a picture.

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Just talking Emily Browne, Arts ’11, Grad ’13, and Mara Brandli, Arts ’11, transformed lunch for eight of their students at Hope Christian High School and Carmen High School of Science and Technology into a summit on race in Milwaukee. The students from the city’s north and south sides brought questions and stereotypes to the surface. Respectful, open and honest — that’s conversation the teachers hoped for and got. “One of my big takeaways was seeing students who were so easily willing and able to make friends from the north and south sides of Milwaukee,” Browne says. Send us your two-minute story! Go to marquette.edu/twominute and share your story.

Brianna Colton, Comm ’05, received a master’s degree in counseling psychology and art therapy from Chicago’s Adler School of Professional Psychology. William Heard, Bus Ad ’05, CEO of Heard Capital LLC, was featured in Crain’s Chicago Business. Kathleen McDaniel, Arts ’05, was appointed city attorney by the Manitowoc (Wis.) Common Council. Previously, she was assistant city attorney. She also was named Manitowoc County Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professional of the Year. Michael Norton, Bus Ad ’05, is vice president of business development at Houlihan Capital, a boutique investment bank. Michael Penaflor, Arts ’05, is international business development manager for MOM Brands Co. in Minneapolis.

2006 Allen Burbey, Bus Ad ’06, is senior auditor in the Madison, Wis., field office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General.

2007 Jenna Clevers, Arts ’07, Law ’10, was named among Wisconsin Super Lawyers and Wisconsin Rising Stars. Robert Jensen, H Sci ’07, after a trip last summer to Kenya, started a charity on Facebook called Helping the Athembo Clan, which provides educational funding for people he met there. Matthew Powell, Grad ’07, wrote Interpreting Abraham: Journeys to Moriah, published by Fortress Press.

Women Lawyers Association of Greater St. Louis, which supports and promotes women lawyers. Stephanie (Maier) Hawks, Arts ’08, is regional supervisor for Youth Villages Indiana, which serves Indianapolis-area children and families.

2009 Paul Coogan, Arts ’09, is an associate at the Chicago office of Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney Ltd., where he focuses his practice on toxic

tort, product liability and general litigation matters. Previously he was a judicial extern for Judge Harry Leinenweber and Judge James Holderman in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and drafted suggested opinions for many cases. Capt. Joseph Hanson, Arts ’09, received Marquette’s 2014 NROTC Young Alumnus of the Year award for outstanding service.

It makes me happy seeing so many culturally diverse students touring @MarquetteU today! STU DEN T CH RISTIN A N ELSO N O N T WITTER

2008 Erica F. Blume, Arts ’08, was elected vice president of the

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Teresa (Kern) Barnes, Law ’07, and Chris Barnes, Aug. 15, 2014 at O’Donnell Park in Milwaukee. She is a legislative counsel in Washington, D.C., and he is a software developer in Arlington, Va.

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Murtiyati Sutanto, Bus Ad ’11, is a senior accountant at Milwaukee’s RitzHolman LLP.

2012 Daniel Jashinsky, Arts ’12, finished his first Ironman triathlon in 11:44.

2013 Lara Johann-Reichart, Arts ’13, is teaching English and gender equality in Togo, West Africa, as a member of the Peace Corps. Katie Miller, Arts ’13, is a deputy data director for Battleground Texas. She previously worked in Fort Worth on Wendy Davis’ gubernatorial campaign. Specializing in digital data, she has developed and deployed data tools and analysis as the organization works to reshape the political landscape in Texas.

2014 Liz Venatta, Grad ’14, is one of 33 fellows in Challenge Detroit, a yearlong program focused on attracting and retaining talent in Detroit to spur revitalization.

Chris Enger, Bus Ad ’05, and Colleen (Slattery) Enger, H Sci ’06, June 14, 2014 at St. Francis Xavier Church in LaGrange, Ill. They live in Downers Grove, Ill. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Jennifer Enger Kupietz, Arts ’07; Joseph LoCoco, Bus Ad ’04; Dan Bielski, Bus Ad ’04; Mark Jacobs, Eng ’05; and Thomas Rosenkranz, Bus Ad ’04. Stephanie (Brandner) Donovan, H Sci ’06, PT ’08; Leslie Wolfe, Bus Ad ’06; Jessica Adamson, Arts ’06; Pamela Ranos, H Sci ’06, PT ’08; Megan (Kinzer) Donnellon, Bus Ad ’06; Jackie Wagner, H Sci ’06; Maggie Wernimont Muller, H Sci ’06; Emily Thoms, Comm ’06; Marie Lorenzi Hanson, Bus Ad ’09; Jordan Hanson, Arts ’08; Justin Hanson, Arts ’05; Taylor Hanson, Arts ’09; Frannie Lorenzi, H Sci ’12; Danielle LoCoco, Bus Ad ’07; A.J. Rollings, Bus Ad ’03; Matthew Riley, Arts ’04; Kyle Knauff, Bus Ad ’04, PT ’06; Meghan Furstenberg-Knauff, Nurs ’05; Jess Ripp, Bus Ad ’05; Katie Hartig Donnell, Eng ’94; and Robert Donnell, Eng ’83.

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David Sajdak, Bus Ad ’07, and Vesper (Williams) Sajdak, Arts ’08, May 31, 2014 at St. Ursula Academy in Cincinnati. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Andrew Sajdak, Law ’07; D.J. Quam, Eng ’09; Kyle Gisbrecht, Comm ’07; and Megan Sajdak, Comm ’09.

ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE

I have the strong desire to stop

Michelle Pfister, Arts ’07, and Rob Long, Oct. 25, 2014 at Stephens Lake Park in Columbia, Mo., where they live. She is a program fellow and adjunct professor at the University of Missouri.

Haley (Landsman) Duran, Comm ’08, and Brayden Duran, May 31, 2014 at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Emily (Ruffatto) Nadaud, H Sci ’08; Anna Bradbury, Comm ’09; Nicole (Bullard) White, Bus Ad ’08; Katherine Kazanecki, Comm ’08; and Ashley (Spingola) Rich, Comm ’08. Elizabeth Hauerwas, Nurs ’08, Grad ’13, and Jeremy Flasch, Sept. 20, 2014 at the Milwaukee Yacht Club. She is a pediatric nurse practitioner in the children’s specialty group at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and he is a product manager for FORCE America. They live in Cudahy, Wis. ALUMNA IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Milwaukee. More than 60 alumni attended. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Elizabeth (Mueller) Elsaesser, Bus Ad ’06; Julia (Genereux) Van Liew, Arts ’08; Beth (Warmuth) Ryan, Arts ’08; Alex Hermanny, Arts ’06; Robert Mueller, Bus Ad ’09; Mark Mueller, Bus Ad ’12; Chris Estes, Eng ’08; and Ted Elsaesser, Arts ’60. Melissa Kwaterski, H Sci ’08, Grad ’10, and Adam Federhar,

May 10, 2014 at St. Thomas More Church in Appleton, Wis. The live in Issaquah, Wash., where she is a physical therapist at Swedish Medical Center and he works at the T-Mobile headquarters. Adam Mescher, Arts ’08, and Brittany (Henshue) Mescher, Arts ’08, Oct. 18, 2014 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Madison, Wis. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Mallory Steinberg, Comm ’08; Marcus Mescher, Arts ’04; and Chris Hallberg, Arts ’09. Brian Smith, Eng ’08, and Catherine (Vuong) Smith, Eng ’08, June 14, 2014 at Church of the Gesu. Rev. James Flaherty, S.J., visiting professor of philosophy, presided, and Mary Utzerath, adjunct instructor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, was cantor. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Matron of honor Jennifer (Bustamante) Berkowski, Arts ’06; Diep Tran, Arts ’07; Rob Greene, Arts ’06, Law ’09; and Nick Vuong, Grad ’14.

Bethany (Lein) Rader, Nurs ’08.

ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE

Andrew Hunt, Bus Ad ’08, Grad ’13, and Catherine (Mueller) Hunt, H Sci ’08, Grad ’09, June 28, 2014 at Church of the Gesu in

Marc Frias, Eng ’07; Andrew Okabe, Eng ’07; Trieu Le, Eng ’84; Van Anh Le, Dent ’89; Anh (Vuong) Kov, Eng ’98, Grad ’99; and Kuong Kov, H Sci ’97, Dent ’01.

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Donald “Donny” Trivisonno, Bus Ad ’08, and Alexis (Stoxen) Trivisonno, Comm ’09, at St. Ambrose in Woodbury, Minn., with a reception at the Union Depot in St. Paul. They live and work in the San Francisco Bay area. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Lauren Stoxen, Arts ’11; Amy Wrobel, Arts ’09; Amy (Hammer) Mliner, Nurs ’09; Elizabeth (Ziemnik) Klatt, Nurs ’09; Theresa (Lauer) Kapke, Arts ’10; Jonathan Kapke, Arts ’08; Eric Hart, Bus Ad ’08, Law ’11; Mike Totoraitis, Arts ’08; Lace Alberti, Arts ’09; and Andrew Keating, Arts ’08. Michael Bergemann, Eng ’09, and Cassandra (Koehler) Bergemann, Comm ’08, May 10, 2014 at Old St. Mary Parish in Milwaukee. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Mallory Steinberg, Comm ’08; Erin (McDermott) Stanek, Bus Ad ’08, Grad ’09; Victoria

(Duclon) Vincent, H Sci ’08, Grad ’09; Lauren Hogan, H Sci ’08, PT ’10; Jim Stemper, Eng ’09; Mark Bergemann, Arts ’05; James Pauly, Jr., Arts ’08, Grad ’12; Peter Stanek, H Sci ’08, Dent ’12; Michael Lundgren, Eng ’09; and Kevin Vincent, Eng ’09. Katie George, Comm ’09, and Neil Hufford, Aug. 23, 2014 at St. Patrick Church in Wadsworth, Ill. They live in Clermont, Fla., and work at the Walt Disney World Resort. ALUMNAE IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Christie George, Arts ’11; and Kathryn Malm, Comm ’09. Patrick Hoefler, Arts ’09, and Megan Metcalf, July 5, 2014 at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Eagle River, Alaska. The reception was held at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage, where they live. ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE

Anthony Hoefler, Arts ’04;

Benjamin Fox, Arts ’09; Garrett Garcia, H Sci ’09; Steven Stenholt, Comm ’09; Andrew DeStefano, H Sci ’09; Patrick Graber, Bus Ad ’09; and current student Olivia Knier. Amy (Anderson) Kawa, Arts ’09, and Daniel Kawa, Arts ’14, June 21, 2014 at Milwaukee’s Plymouth UCC. The reception was held at the Astor Hotel. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Bridget O’Brien, H Sci ’09, PT ’11; Catherine Moran, Arts ’09; Jillian Berndl, Arts ’09; Michael Lawlor, Bus Ad ’08; Daniel Lentsch, Eng ’09, Grad ’13; Daniel Gillespie, Bus Ad ’08; Alexander Johnson, Bus Ad ’11; and Christina Kostecki, Bus Ad ’08.

Ashley Niedringhaus, Comm ’09, and Dan Wojno, Eng ’09, Feb. 22, 2012 at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. The couple relocated from New York to Bangkok, where he is director of operations for David Yurman and she is a freelance writer. Mary Schless, Comm ’09, and Drew Gage, June 28, 2014 at St. Gabriel the Archangel in St. Louis. ALUMNAE IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Jackie Vandrell, Arts ’09; and Mary Leukam, Arts ’09. ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE

Joseph St. Marie, Eng ’10; Sarah Kover, Comm ’09; and Danielle Scampini, Comm ’10.

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in memoriam

Grace L. Long-Jones Templin, Dent Hy ’35 Robert G. Meek, Eng ’38 Petronella B. Wondra Kaiser, Dent Hy ’40 Dorothy A. Lohneis Paulson, Dent Hy ’40 Patricia A. Buckett Vosburg, Nurs ’40 Mary A. Maier Rasmussen, Jour ’41 Walter S. Stumpf, Bus Ad ’41

John H. Petersen, Eng ’45

Virginia M. Tenaglia

Patricia L. Vandenburg

Alvin C. Theiler, Med ’45

Connell, Nurs ’50

Cox, Arts ’52

Charlotte E. Rice Carter, Arts ’46

Vernon F. Coty, Grad ’50

Ralph G. Damske, Arts ’52

Julia R. Deterville, Arts ’46

Clarence L. Flessate, Eng ’50

Nicholas C. De Leo, Med ’52

Edward J. Dranginis, Med ’46

Edward C. Kellogg, Arts ’50

George W. Gould, Eng ’52

Marianna G. Griffith

Georgeian M. Langkilde

Robert H. Rifleman, Med ’52

Haugh, Arts ’46

Krabath, Arts ’50

James V. Wadden, Dent ’52

Janet R. Roblee Morris, Jour ’46

Theodore C. Kraus, Grad ’50

Otis A. Weinhold, Eng ’52

Constantine J. Panagis, Med ’46

Mary T. Donovan

Bert J. Beihoff, Arts ’53, Grad ’54

Patricia M. Tobin Davies

McNeany, Arts ’50

William M. Eiche, Dent ’53

Scheller, Arts ’46

Norbert L. Riegert, Grad ’50

H.R. Kammerait, Bus Ad ’53

John R. Byrne, Eng ’47

Robert R. Ryan, Dent ’50

Leo R. Schuster, Eng ’53

Helen M. Foote Diotte, Jour ’47

Gordon F. Schumacher,

Thomas D. Streeter, Eng ’53

Maureen P. Gutenkunst, Nurs ’47

Roy H. Voelz, Dent ’53

Richard J. McRostie, Eng ’47

Jean M. Hurley Stemper, Arts ’50

Dale E. Eggert, Eng ’54

Donald L. Orlaska, Eng ’47

Marina K. Kallas Svoboda, Arts ’50

William M. LaVette, Med ’54

Corienne E. Butt Stevens, Eng ’47

M.G. Weldon, Nurs ’50

Ronald J. Reiter, Arts ’54

Grad ’50, Med ’54

The Marquette University community joins in prayerful remembrance of those who have died. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

Ralph R. Ebersperger, Dent ’42

Eternal rest grant unto them, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Robert H. Kalsched, Dent ’42 Dorothy L. Dorszynski Lepeska, Jour ’42

Mildred B. Lenz Connelly, Nurs ’48

Robert K. Bartz, Bus Ad ’51

Jerome L. Rinzel, Bus Ad ’54, Law ’58

Roselee A. Cook Kelley, Grad ’48

Lyle E. Dhein, Bus Ad ’51

Daniel E. Warren, Eng ’54

Mulligan, Nurs ’42, Grad ’68

Lawrence P. Marks, Eng ’48

Richard F. Doyle, Bus Ad ’51

Karl R. Zaeske, Bus Ad ’54

Bernard R. Behrens, Arts ’43

Russel R. McGarvie, Eng ’48

Kathryn A. Duerr Evans, Nurs ’51

Robert G. Ducklow, Dent ’55

Jeanne C. Schumann

Anthony J. Pollock, Med ’48

Mary P. Bukolt Felker, Arts ’51

Anne C. Leahy, Nurs ’55

Croyle, Jour ’43

Dorothy C. Kadow

William J. Flavin, Eng ’51

Richard W. LeMoine, Bus Ad ’55

Foster J. Jacobson, Arts ’43, Med ’45

Sherwin, Nurs ’48

John E. Gabriel, Grad ’51

Donald R. Rintz, Sp ’55

Joan A. Moonan Pinnell, Law ’43

Elinor A. Menthe Steitz, Jour ’48

Robert G. Helf, Eng ’51

Donald E. Silldorff, Eng ’55

Harold J. Ruidl, Arts ’43, Law ’47

Eugene H. Weitzer, Bus Ad ’48

John C. Henfer, Bus Ad ’51

Bernadette V. Meadows

Jeanne C. Schumann

James C. Arneson, Eng ’49

Stanley W. Komadina, Eng ’51

Temple, Eng ’55

Alfred R. Eckl, Eng ’49

Stephen F. Kulpa, Eng ’51

Eugene J. Brundage, Eng ’56

Eugene E. Bleck, Arts ’44, Med ’47

William P. Frickensmith, Bus Ad ’49

Filomena A. Volpintesta

John P. Christman, Arts ’56

Warren W. Carity, Bus Ad ’44

Richard T. Hare, Eng ’49

Lea, Jour ’51

Thomas P. Doherty, Sp ’56, Law ’60

Howard W. Harder, Eng ’44

Jean I. Cunningham

Ruth M. Blastic Marks, Sp ’51

Gerald L. Engeldinger,

Edith L. Cozza Joseph, Sp ’44

Huntling, Arts ’49

Albert G. Ostrenga, Eng ’51

M.R. Kaiser, Arts ’44

Stanley E. Krause, Arts ’49

Oren J. Roesler, Dent ’51

Stuart T. McComas, Eng ’56

C.G. Malley, Med ’44

Robert G. Krueger, Bus Ad ’49

Donald A. Schmit, Eng ’51

RuthAnn F. Pfeifer, Grad ’56

E.R. Rynda, Arts ’44

Marianne S. Poczekaj,

Donald J. Smith, Bus Ad ’51

Ronald J. Prahl, Bus Ad ’56

Kenneth T. Walleman, Eng ’44

Theodosia E. Field

M.A. Van Arkel, Med Tech ’56

Carol M. Dalton Barrie, Arts ’45

Jack M. Thompson, Law ’49

Smyth, Arts ’51

Warren L. Voith, Eng ’56

Robert B. Bursten, Dent ’45

Dorothy J. Singer Wilfer, Nurs ’49

Thomas J. Snyder, Bus Ad ’51

Wallace H. Wurster, Med ’56

Jerry J. Dragovich, Med ’45

James P. Armstrong, Arts ’50

William A. Stanford, Bus Ad ’51

M.E. Bechtel, Grad ’57

Anne T. Talsky

Thomas H. Bell, Bus Ad ’50

Mary J. MacGillis Capelli, Sp ’52

Constance J. Ryan Fenske, Arts ’57

Meinhardt, Nurs ’45

Frank V. Chovanec, Arts ’50, Grad ’57

Hilda M. Tomich Case, Arts ’52

John A. Hansen, Law ’57

Joan S. Roets

Croyle Satterthwaite, Jour ’43

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Arts ’49, Grad ’65

Bus Ad ’56, Law ’60

John S. Lascoe, Arts ’61

Edward R. Neudauer, Grad ’68, ’87

Benjamin Cerrone, Bus Ad ’77

Maloney, Dent Hy ’57

Anthony E. Migas, Arts ’61, Law ’64

Jane A. Rubeck

Steven J. Glowiak, Bus Ad ’77

Neil E. O’Brien, Arts ’57

Patricia T. Gavagan, Grad ’62

Banaszak, Med Tech ’69

Jeffery E. Struve, Arts ’77

Patricia R. O’Connor, Arts ’57

James L. O’Shea, Med ’62

Robert E. Best, Grad ’69

Mary R. Clark, Sp ’78

Margie K. Suenkel, Nurs ’57

Armin M. Sadoff, Med ’62

Anthony C. Piano, Bus Ad ’69,

Joan P. Clark, Law ’79

James S. Woelfel, Bus Ad ’57

Patricia T. Murphy Creger, Arts ’63

Michael J. Gardon, Bus Ad ’79

James I. Campbell, Grad ’58

Dennis W. Hickey, Arts ’63

Linda M. Drucks

Mark J. Jedrzejewski, Eng ’79

Patrick J. Diggins, Arts ’58

William J. Kouba, Bus Ad ’63

Evans, Dent Hy ’70

Paul J. Novotny, Eng ’79

Edward P. Hoyle, Eng ’58

Suzanne Jicha Lukas, Med Tech ’63

Stephen L. Fugate, Bus Ad ’70

Cynthia L. Paplaczyk, Sp ’79

James H. Lenz, Dent ’58

James D. MacDonald, Law ’63

Roman R. Kaunas, Med ’70

Michael D. Zelinski, Med Tech ’79

Theresa A. Mangold, Jour ’58

Andrew A. Pandazi, Med ’63

John C. Castiglione, Bus Ad ’71

Richard P. Wojak, Arts ’80

Marshall A. Melgard, Bus Ad ’58

Sandra L. Collins

James J. Fox, Bus Ad ’71

Margaret A. Smith Pecher, Grad ’81

Jane A. Nellis

Ritz, Arts ’63, Grad ’66

Jerome M. Hoffmann, Bus Ad ’71

Bruce K. Adamski, Arts ’82

O’Reilly-Briskorn, Arts ’58

Dorothy B. Barnes

Catherine E. McHugh, Grad ’71

Richard Gawel, Eng ’82

Sanko, Jour ’63

Beverly J. Schulte

Barry J. DeYulio, Arts ’83

Pankowski, Sp ’58

Marilyn P. Walker, Grad ’63

Nordberg, Grad ’71

Eathera G. Brown, Sp ’84

Robert R. Rice, Grad ’58, ’75

William G. Duroe, Arts ’64

Paul E. Saggio, Arts ’71

Mary R. Zimmerman, Bus Ad ’84

Richard J. Steinberg, Law ’58

David E. England, Arts ’64

Donald K. Stitt, Law ’71

Diana M. Gross, Nurs ’85

Dominic Stoltz, Nurs ’58

Katherine M. Hodel

Jean A. Geraghty, Arts ’72, Grad ’81

George E. Offerman, Arts ’85

William F. Voss, Arts ’58

Kiedrowski, Arts ’64

Alfred G. Rodenbeck, Arts ’72,

James J. McGrath, Arts ’86

Howard J. Barnett, Law ’59

Suzanne B. Arendt

Christian A. Thill, Arts ’86

Mann, Dent Hy ’64

Richard M. Stover, Arts ’72

William F. Prospero, Bus Ad ’87

Richard F. Maruszewski,

Dorothy C. Anton Tofte, Nurs ’72

Mary A. Wolfe, Law ’87

Ronald E. Geraghty, Grad ’59

Jerry S. Wodzinski, Eng ’72

Alicia Hains Faulhaber, Bus Ad ’88

John C. Gustaveson, Bus Ad ’59

P.L. Mulvihill, Law ’64

Edward F. Sadowski, Bus Ad ’73

Jeffrey P. Wanta, Grad ’89

Louis J. Huber, Eng ’59

Raymond A. Noonan, Dent ’64

David P. Sommers, Arts ’73

Joseph S. Farrell, Bus Ad ’92

James F. Lomas, Dent ’59

Randall E. Rakow, Bus Ad ’64

Joseph J. Dargo, Arts ’74

Anne L. Lowe Mowrer, Nurs ’92

M.J. Wickesberg, Grad ’64

John J. Gilmore, Jour ’74

James W. Foley, Arts ’96

Peter K. Connolly, Jour ’65

Donald E. Rosenbauer, Arts ’75

Barbara A. Webster, Grad ’96

Richard A. Rockhill, Eng ’65,

Joseph F. Callan, Arts ’76

Mark A. Harris, Ed ’97

Richard G. Huss, Arts ’76

Evan L. Bural, Comm ’99 Peter J. Bausch, Law ’03 Tanner Palmer, Bus Ad ’12

Eileen S. Curley

Harold B. Biller, Med ’59 Thomas A. Dincher, Eng ’59

John E. O’Connell, Bus Ad ’59 Denis G. Richards, Jour ’59 Robert D. Swiderski, Eng ’59 Alan T. Zingelman, Bus Ad ’59

Arts ’64, Grad ’67

Grad ’68, ’72

Grad ’72

Dent ’78

Gordon J. Gilsdorf, Grad ’60

John C. Agnew, Eng ’66

William E. Richards, Jour ’76

Peter V. Harrington, Arts ’60

Dennis R. Karamitis, Arts ’66

Stephen R. Bick, Law ’77

Owen A. Kingsley, Bus Ad ’60

Olev H. Mathiesen, Arts ’66

Dorothy P. Parnell

Charles R. Matthews, Arts ’66

Mahlum, Nurs ’60

Elroy L. Miller, Grad ’66

Donald J. McGuiness, Eng ’60

John H. Molenaar, Arts ’66

James F. Murphy, Bus Ad ’60

Paul R. Schulze, Dent ’66

Marguerite Sullivan

Victor J. Simons, Grad ’67

Ryan, Nurs ’60

Richard E. Baus, Dent ’68

Silas S. Woods, Bus Ad ’60

Linda D. Dirksen Brand, Arts ’68

Thomas J. Allnew, Arts ’61

Peter J. Dundon, Bus Ad ’68

William G. Browne, Eng ’61

John Ellis, Eng ’68

Terrence J. Furtmann, Eng ’61

Terence W. Fagan, Arts ’68

Sandra K. Guegel, Arts ’61

Mark M. Kuglitsch, Bus Ad ’68

Donna M. Kessler, Grad ’61

Frederick H. Kurth, Arts ’68

William C. Klein, Arts ’61, Med ’65

Suzanne M. Mulholland, Arts ’68

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Robert (Bob) Conrath, Arts ’10, Grad ’11, and Brianne (Garrett) Conrath, Arts ’10, Grad ’11, April 26, 2014 at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Milwaukee. The reception was held at Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Tyler Bowlus, Eng ’11; Thomas Petullo, Ed ’10; John Modrzynski, Eng ’10; Ben Ferrara, Bus Ad ’09; Kerstyn Carr, Arts ’09; Sarah Schmidt, Bus Ad ’09; Aimee Stang, H Sci ’10, Grad ’11; Micaela Lozano, Arts ’09; and Barbara Janiszewski, H Sci ’09, Grad ’11. Kelly (Magennis) Crown, H Sci ’10, and Kyle Crown, Bus Ad ’10, June 28, 2014 in Sylvania, Ohio. They live in Reston, Va., where she is a physician assistant and he is a client delivery manager for an IT staffing company. Christina Jahnke, H Sci ’10, Dent ’13, and Christopher Streff, H Sci ’08, Dent ’12, Sept. 20, 2014 at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee. Katherine “Kate” (Sternke) Tretow, Arts ’10, and Zachary “Zac” Tretow, Arts ’10, Sept. 13, 2014 at St. Matthias Catholic Church in Milwaukee. The reception was held at the Wisconsin Club. She is the granddaughter of Roy. O. Kallenberger, Eng ’40, Grad ’46, ’49, the former Marquette vice president for business and

finance who managed the logistics of bringing St. Joan of Arc Chapel to campus. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Lauren Schultz, Comm ’10; Katelyn Gregory, Comm ’09; Markie Waymire, Bus Ad ’10; Lauren (Reeves) McCaw, Grad ’11; and Benjamin Tretow, Eng ’15. Matthew Johnson, Bus Ad ’11, and Elizabeth (Manderfeld) Johnson, Arts ’11, Aug. 30, 2014 at the Church of St. Mark in St. Paul, Minn. The reception was at the Calhoun Beach Club in Minneapolis. Emily Azzalino, H Sci ’11, Grad ’13; Kyleen Nagel, H Sci ’11, PT ’13; Jennifer Grossmayer, Ed ’11; and Kevan Kadavy, H Sci ’11. Rachel (Longawa) Ketter, H Sci ’11, PA ’13, and Cletus Ketter, Bus Ad ’11, July 26, 2014 at Church of the Gesu. The reception was at the InterContinental Milwaukee. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Jeffrey Herbert, Law ’06; Christine (Longawa) Herbert, Bus Ad ’03, Grad ’04; Erica Nelson, Arts ’10; Lindsay Krage, Nurs ’11; and Emily Penrod, H Sci ’11, Grad ’13. Danielle (Paider) Mullins, H Sci ’11, and Joshua Mullins, H Sci ’11, June 28, 2014 at St. Francis and St. Mary Parish in Brussels, Wis. The reception was held at the Stone Harbor Resort in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

in @MarquetteU magazine, I’m insanely proud of where my alma mater is heading. MELI SSA LUC K, COM M ’99, ON T W ITTER

Spring 2015

OF FUTURE GENERATIONS

ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Reading the profile of @PresLovell

CREATE AN ARTISTIC LEGACY AND ENRICH THE LIVES

The Haggerty Museum of Art celebrates its 30th anniversary Learn how you can support the Haggerty Museum’s next 30 years of transformative educational programs, exhibitions and acquisitions through a planned gift. Contact Cathy Steinhafel at (414) 288- 6501 or visit marquette.edu/plannedgiving.

ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Sara Buser, Bus Ad ’11; Cy Kondrick, Arts ’11; Kristin Lastres, Comm ’11; Sara Paulus, H Sci ’11, Grad ’12; and Sara Schmeling, H Sci ’11, PT ’13. Julia (LaChance) Tandez, Nurs ’11, and Adam Tandez, Nurs ’11, July 27, 2013 at Church of the Gesu. The reception was held at the Milwaukee Athletic Club. He is the assistant women’s basketball coach at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo., and she is a NICU nurse at the University of Missouri Children’s Hospital. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Jennifer LaChance, Comm ’03; Danielle (LaChance) Fitzpatrick, Nurs ’04; Rachael Mueller, Bus Ad ’04; Sarah Harmon, Nurs ’11; Kate Steigerwald, Nurs ’11; Mike LaChance, Bus Ad ’13; Kevin Florentino, H Sci ’10, PT ’14; Vince Mule, Arts ’10; Michael Cocco, Bus Ad ’10; Alex Schwab, H Sci ’10, Dent ’13; Nate Weingart, Eng ’13; Max Meinerz, Arts ’10, Dent ’13; and Matt D’Amato, Eng ’10, Grad ’13.

John (Johnny) Wright, III, Bus Ad ’11, and Maria (Rose) Wright, Nurs ’11, Aug. 10, 2013 at St. Patrick’s Church in St. Charles, Ill. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Daniel (Danny) Wright, H Sci ’14; Eric Brown, Arts ’12; Emily (Laloggia) Burds, Arts ’11; Regina Galassi, Arts ’11; Robert Shimp, Comm ’11; David Kruse, Arts ’10; Kollin Petrie, Arts ’11; Thomas Nass, Arts ’12; and Andrew Axt, Eng ’12. Adam McMahon, Arts ’12, and Kathryn Scott, Arts ’12, June 14, 2014 at St. Alphonsus Catholic

Melissa (Duchinsky) Lienhard, Arts ’00, and Marcus Lienhard, Bus Ad ’00: son Langston Harold, Sept. 10, 2013.

Church in Lemont, Ill., where they live. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Leonard Hartanto, Bus Ad ’12; and Chris Mason, Bus Ad ’12. Brad Schanke, Eng ’12, and Lauren (Caron) Schanke, Arts ’12, June 6, 2014 at Hubbard Park in Shorewood, Wis. The reception was held at the Pfister Hotel and attended by many alumni. He is a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy, and she is a social worker. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Sandra Schueller, Bus Ad ’12; Ryan Mahon, Arts ’12; Scott Luke, Bus Ad ’12; Brad Kuczynski, Arts ’12; and Brad Kirschbaum, Arts ’12. Michael Telwak, Eng ’12, Grad ’13, and Kirsten Lehman, Arts ’12, Grad ’14, July 2014 at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee. The couple met as freshmen at Tuesday night Mass in St. Joan of Arc Chapel. ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Patrick Lehman, Eng ’09; Mindy Lehman, Nurs ’09; Rebecca Lehman, H Sci ’10, Dent ’13; Paul Thibaudeau, Eng ’09; Lauren Lehman, Nurs ’14; Matt Mesko, Eng ’15; Mary Eber, Ed ’10, Grad ’14; Andrew Holzman, Grad ’14; Maria Sapienza, Comm ’12; Joe Schwendler, Bus Ad ’12; Robertas Senkevicius, Eng ’12; and Patrick Riley, Eng ’12. Hilary Schlueter, Nurs ’14, and Matthew Jahnke, Bus Ad ’11, Nov. 8, 2014 in East Bristol, Wis.

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Adam W. Strei, Bus Ad ’87, and Kristi (Kopp) Strei, Bus Ad ’88: daughter Zoey Rose, July 2, 2014. She was 8 pounds, 3 ounces and 20.5 inches. She joins sisters Hannah, Karli and Megan and brothers Spencer, Parker and Xander. The family lives in Leesburg, Va. Michael Carson, Bus Ad ’94, and Margaret Carson: twins Finbar “Finn” Raymond and Irene Virginia, April 4, 2014. Wende Fedder, Nurs ’95, and Matt Gorniak: daughter Grace Nicole Gorniak, June 24, 2014. She was 6 pounds, 2 ounces and 19 inches. Robert Crawford, Arts ’97, and Molly Crawford: daughter Teagan McHugh Crawford, March 9, 2014. Nikki (Wetzel) Dolvig, Bus Ad ’98, and Andrew Dolvig: daughter Quinn Madeline, Sept. 22, 2014. She joins sister Camden, 6, and brother Brenner, 3. The family lives in Elmhurst, Ill. Laura (Janssen) Best, Bus Ad ’00, and Bradley Best: adopted son Alexander Brooks, Oct. 14, 2014. He joins sister Makenna, 4. Katie Keppeler Heyer, Law ’00, and Vaughn Heyer: daughter Molly Kathryn, May 1, 2014. She joins sister Vivian, 3.

Lindsay (Bergman) Schmidt, Arts ’00, and Michael Schmidt, Eng ’00: son Augustus “Gus” Frederick, June 4, 2014. He was 10 pounds, 8 ounces. He joins sister Elsa, 2. Jennifer Poethig, Comm ’01: daughter Caitlyn Rose, Oct. 5, 2014. Jim Stamatakos, Comm ’01, and Beth: daughter Annika Rose, June 30, 2014. She joins brother CJ. Elyssa (Schrup) Strickland, Comm ’01, and Ryan Strickland: son Flynn Patrick, July 1, 2013. He joins brother Connor, 2. Mark Wentz, Bus Ad ’01, and Natalie Wentz: daughter Moriah Grace, Aug. 28, 2014. She joins brothers Griffin and Grady. Peter Manetakis, H Sci ’02, and Jacquelyn (Ranallo) Manetakis, Comm ’04: son Louis Joseph, July 13, 2014. He was 6 pounds, 12 ounces and 20.5 inches. He joins brother Vincent Anthony, 4. Jenna Merten, Comm ’02, Law ’05, and Nick Heiting: daughter Harper Isabella Christine, May 25, 2014. Melissa (Frank) Skiffington, Eng ’02, and Nicholas Skiffington, Eng ’02: daughter Brynn Michaela, Feb. 3, 2014. She joins sister Hailey, 4. Megan (Tyryfter) Nytes, Arts ’03, and Jonathan Nytes, Arts ’03: daughter Catherine Jean, Nov. 21, 2013. She joins sister Hope, 4. The family lives in Gainesville, Va.

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Joshua Showalter, Arts ’03, and Taylor Showalter: son Owen Timothy, Aug. 30, 2014. He was 8 pounds, 9 ounces and 21.5 inches. He is the couple’s first child. Patrick Brown, Bus Ad ’04, Grad ’12, and Kathryn (Hadley) Brown, Comm ’05: daughter Katherine Elizabeth, June 1, 2014. She joins brother Connor Patrick, 2. Aaron Gall, Eng ’04, Grad ’11, and Kristi (Koehler) Gall, Dent Hy ’00: daughter Hayley Maddison, July 10, 2014. She joins brother Justin. The family lives in Mystic, Conn. Michelle (Wade) Kelly, Dent ’04, and Michael Kelly: son Macallan John, June 25, 2014. He joins sisters Madailein, 4, and Mackenna, 2. Ryan Kirklewski, Arts ’04, Grad ’06, and Amanda Kirklewski, Arts ’03: son Connor Logan, Sept. 1, 2014. He was 8 pounds, 5 ounces and 20.75 inches. He joins brother Brady, 3. The family lives in Waukesha, Wis. Matt Lowery, Bus Ad ’04, and Caroline (Unland) Lowery, Bus Ad ’04: son McCormack John, March 15, 2014. He was 9 pounds, 13 ounces and 21 inches. The family lives in St. Louis.

S. Patrick Maraka, Arts ’04, Dent ’08, and Abbey (Veibahn) Maraka, Nurs ’10: son Pat, Aug. 21, 2014. Kathleen (Klupshas) Turney, Arts ’04, and Daniel Turney, Arts ’03: daughter Adelaide Rose, Sept. 11, 2014. She was 8 pounds, 7 ounces and 21.5 inches. Tina Crichton, Bus Ad ’05, Grad ’06, and James: daughter Ellie Katherine, Feb. 6, 2014. She joins brother Ryan. William Gordon, Arts ’05, and Merissa (Malacara) Gordon, Arts ’05: daughter Evalyn Ann, Aug. 22, 2014. The family lives in Chicago, where he is a general dentist and she is a clinical psychologist. Amanda (Heyman) Lopez, Eng ’05, and Brett: son Gideon Joe, April 10, 2014. He was 7 pounds, 5 ounces and 20 inches. Jennifer (Retzlaff) Randall, Eng ’05, Grad ’09, and Timothy: son Gabriel Timothy, Nov. 27, 2013. The family lives in Wauwatosa, Wis. Elizabeth (Higgins) Bromley, Nurs ’06, and Martin Bromley: son Parker Adams, Aug. 21, 2014. He was 8 pounds, 13 ounces and 21 inches. He is the couple’s first child.

Molly (Dinolfo) Eldridge, Bus Ad ’06, Grad ’09, and Mark Eldridge, Arts ’06, Law ’14: daughter Lily Grace, Oct. 13, 2014. Adam Feste, Bus Ad ’06, and Elizabeth (McCostlin) Feste, Arts ’06: daughter Meredith Grace, Aug. 6, 2014. She was 5 pounds, 15 ounces and 19 inches. She joins brother William. The family lives in Chicago. LaRoy Hoard, Bus Ad ’06, and Michelle (Meissner) Hoard, Arts ’07, Grad ’09: daughter Ava Louise, May 30, 2014. The family lives in Hong Kong. Jessica (Burris) Johnson, Arts ’06, and Brian Johnson: daughter Amelia Isabel, June 14, 2014. She was 6 pounds, 5 ounces and 20 inches. Andrew Lelinski, Arts ’06, ’11, and Jessica (Keber) Lelinski, H Sci ’06: daughter Adele Grace, Jan. 6, 2014. She joins brother Joseph, 2. The family lives in Minneapolis, where he is on a one-year leave of absence from teaching high school and she is completing a forensic pathology fellowship. Colleen (O’Donnell) Maynard, Comm ’06, and Tim Maynard, Arts ’06, Law ’13: son Sean Owen, April 21, 2014, in Milwaukee. Andrea (Broscio) Watkins, Arts ’06, and Dennis Watkins: daughter Norah Ann, April 18, 2014. She was 8 pounds, 7 ounces and 21 inches.

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Laura (Stoltenburg) Schmidt, Nurs ’07, Grad ’10, and Joe Schmidt, Eng ’08, Grad ’11: daughter Leah Grace, June 4, 2014. She joins sister Karalyn. The family lives in Waukesha, Wis.

Katherine (Shanahan) Wagner, Arts ’07, and Matthew Wagner, Bus Ad ’07: daughter Colette Catherine, Aug. 3, 2014 in Lake Forest, Ill. She joins sister Sloane, 2. Kristin (Notaro) Allen, Jour ’08, and Ben Allen, Bus Ad ’08: son Bryce John, Feb. 17, 2014. The family lives in Arlington Heights, Ill. Rachel (Leman) Anderson, H Sci ’08, Grad ’09, and Joe Anderson, Bus Ad ’08: daughter Charlotte Grace, July 11, 2014. She is the couple’s first child. Diana (Sroka) Rickert, Comm ’08, and Charles Rickert, Bus Ad ’07: daughter Liliana Carmen, Aug. 18, 2014. Elizabeth (Warmuth) Ryan, Arts ’08, and Stephen Ryan, Arts ’08: daughters Catherine Cunningham and Genevieve Ryan, Feb. 25, 2014. He launched the IT consulting firm RyTech LLC, which works with businesses and organizations on their digital marketing strategy, social media, search engine optimization and educational technology. Brittany (Clement) Frassetto, Comm ’09, and Mark Frassetto, Arts ’09: daughter Caroline Grace, Nov. 1, 2014. She was 7 pounds, 3 ounces and 20.5 inches. She is the couple’s first child. Russell Steinbrenner, Eng ’09, Law ’13, and Mary (Leutenegger) Steinbrenner, Arts ’08: son Henry Thomas, Aug. 29, 2014. He was 8 pounds, 12 ounces and 22 inches. The family lives in Eden Prairie, Minn.

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Issue kudos My compliments on an exceptional issue. Loved the stories (especially about President Lovell and Pixar animator James Ford Murphy) and the inviting design. ANDY HAAS SCHNEIDER, JOUR ’84

Wanted to let you how much I enjoyed the fall/winter issue of the magazine. Very well done with lots of interesting articles.

yesterday. In essence, “You are a part of 9 percent of the population that has earned a college degree. To whom much is given, much is expected. Stand up and be counted.” I have tried to live up to that challenge, much to the periodic chagrin of those around me.

Katie, it put a smile on my face when I saw your picture. My smile grew bigger as I read about how you’re beautifully living your life doing what you’re passionate about. Many blessings to you in your continued work!

PAM JUNG, ARTS ’64

James Foley honored

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Lehner’s focus on church in dialogue That fits in with Pope Francis warning us “to resist the ‘temptation’ to flee the tension.” With respectful dialogue, we allow space in the situation for the Holy Spirit to work. MIKE DITSCHEIT, ENG ’69

JACK WITZEL, ENG ’51

Archival memory About the last-page photo of dental hygiene students in the winter issue — I was a freshman at Marquette in 1951–52, living in Merritty Hall, where there were several dental hygiene students. ... Merritty girls had the brightest teeth on campus because clients scheduled for the dental clinic sometimes canceled or didn’t show. As a result, Merritty roommates were often recruited for another cleaning. MARY “PECKY” (KEATING) KELLY, ARTS ’54

Kennedy memory I have never heard a speech more succinct or profound. He spoke for 12 minutes, and 50 years later I remember what he said as if it were

Katie’s story inspires

ANNA VILLANUEVA, NURS ’08

EDITOR’S NOTE

James Foley’s example and sacrifice were honored in Uganda. Marquette Magazine received notification that the Turkish–Muslim charities of Istanbul-based Kimse Yok Mu and U.S.-based Embrace Relief Foundation constructed a well to deliver drinking water to 2,000 Ugandans. It was dedicated in memory of Foley, Arts ’96, who was kidnapped in 2012 in Syria and died at the hands of

his captors in August 2014. In accepting the gift on behalf of his son, John Foley said: “Jim has received many awards recently for his courage, his commitment and his compassion, but I can’t think of a more appropriate acknowledgement of his life than this well.” We welcome your feedback on the contents of Marquette Magazine. All letters considered for publication must include the sender’s first and last names. We reserve the right to edit letters for length and will print only letters that are thoughtful and relevant to the contents of the magazine. Write us at: Editor, Marquette Magazine P.O. Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 Email us at: mumagazine@marquette.edu

Beautiful Katie has demonstrated in her young life how God spreads His Kingdom. She evangelizes as Pope Francis has urged us. I hope everyone reads her story. OTTO “MIKE” BONAHOOM, ARTS ’52, LAW ’54

Your ministry and enthusiasm are fantastic. I am proud of you for living out your vision and touching the lives of SO many so far away from your own “comfort zone.”

Honoring James Foley

ANNE MCDEVITT, ARTS ’82

Yeah, Katie! I love all the talk of accompaniment and everything in between. Hey, garden lady, just being present and building those relationships! Paz! STEPH GUERTIN, ARTS ’10

DURING MISSION WEEK artist Mary Pimmel-Freeman

stood an easel in the lobby of Raynor Memorial Libraries and painted this portrait of slain journalist James Foley, Arts ’96. The painting will be blessed and hung on campus.

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In his poem January, John Updike captures the season here on campus these days: “The days are short, / The sun a spark, / Hung thin between / The dark and dark.”

No matter how many winters we endure, we find it easy to

hope that the warm days we remember so well will return early

Tilling the soil

this year. Couldn’t we just skip the annual dark cold and let things stay green and alive?

Our grade school science classes taught us why we can’t, and

this lesson tells us about more than just nature’s rhythms. We all have days or whole seasons of darkness, times we would have wished to avoid because they bring us suffering or regret, sorrow or confusion. Thinking about Jesus and mulling over his life in his presence can help us see light even in these dark moments

Once we find Christ’s way of love

mission to live in our world. For God so loved the world that he sent

we can start to

moments, including the poverty of His birth in a stable and His

resurrection, like a

exploring faith together

In his Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius of Loyola invites people to

reflect on the fact that the eternal Son of God accepted his Father’s his only Son to save that world. Echoing his Father’s love for us,

comes from His

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in our darkness, grasp the light that

of our lives.

warm January day that helps us hang on until spring.

Jesus wanted as much as anything to be with us in our darkest flight into Egypt as a refugee of political persecution.

Jesus went even further into our darkness. His best friends never

quite understood Him, adoring crowds in Jerusalem turned on Him quickly and leaders of the people He came to renew thought Him a criminal who endangered Israel’s faithfulness to God. His struggle and loneliness ended up in the naked shame of public torture and execution, in front of His mother, while others watched for the entertainment value.

His resurrection tells us that Christ is a light that accompanies

us in all of our nights. He came into our night to call us to go through it like Him and with Him. To go through hard times with Christ, we need to heed His call to go through them as He did. When we mull over His whole life of entry into our darkness, what we see is that He did it simply because it is He who wants to be with us because He loves us. Once we find His way of love in our darkness, we can start to grasp the light that comes from His resurrection, like a warm January day that helps us hang on until spring. By Rev. Joseph Miller, S.J., associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Theology

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