Dr. Patricia H. Draves 15th President of Monmouth College
LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP
THIS IS THE 30TH YEAR that professors Mike Connell and Dick Johnston have been together in Monmouth’s business department, and it’s likely – given the popularity of their discipline – that they’re the duo that has taught the most students in the college’s 171-year history.
Other potential record partnerships include former faculty members Hal Loya and Gracie Peterson (a 36-year overlap in music); Harlow Blum and George Waltershausen (33 years in art); David Allison and Bob Buchholz (32 years in biology); Pete Gebauer and Richard “Doc” Kieft (31 years in chemistry); and Doug Spitz and Bill Urban (30 years in history).
“Dicky J is the most dynamic classroom teacher I’ve ever seen,” said Connell. “He calls on the students, he knows all their names. It’s his passion. I might make it easier on students, but Dicky J inspires our kids. He gets more thank-you letters from students than anyone I’ve seen.”
Johnston returned the favor. “Connell is a passionate lecturer with excellent material,” he said, before doling out praise for Connell’s BUSI 105 class—popularly known as “Connell’s class”—which he called “the epitome of what a liberal arts course should be. He integrates history with economic logic.”
FALL 2024 MONMOUTH COLLEGE MAGAZINE
Photograph by Kent Kriegshauser
3 NEW LEADER TAKES THE STAGE
Dr. Patricia Draves is formally installed as Monmouth College’s 15th president.
8 A HOMECOMING TO REMEMBER
Old friends reunited and new friends were made during a weekend packed with events.
14 RECORD YEAR FOR GIVING
A major gift of farmland was one of the highlights of the most successful fundraising year in college history.
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PRESIDENT
Dr. Patricia Draves
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Mark Kopinski ’79, Chairman
Dr. Ralph Velazquez Jr. ’79, Vice Chairman
Douglas R. Carlson ’66
Daniel Cotter ’88
Dan Dickson ’89
Dr. Harvey Echols ’81
Christine Beiermann Farr ’90
Robin Ottenad Galloway ’90
William J. Goldsborough ’65
Kevin Goodwin ’80
Augustin Hart III ’68
Mahendran Jawaharlal ’86
F. Austin Jones
The Rev. Robert C. McConnell ’72
J. Alex McGehee ’81
Pamela Meanes ’90
Bradley C. Nahrstadt ’89
Gail Simpson Owen ’74
Anthony J. Perzigian ’66
Dennis M. Plummer ’73
Anita Ridge ’88
Tim Salier ’96
The Hon. John J. Scotillo ’72
Dr. Carlos F. Smith ’90
Nancy L. Snowden
Mark E. Taylor ’78
Dwight Tierney ’69
Jean Peters Witty ’88
ALUMNI BOARD REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Marybeth Dues Johnson ’93
Roy Sye ’13
Mark Tupper ’94
ALUMNI BOARD
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mark Tupper ’94, President
Wade Brown ’07, Vice President
Rachel Whitlock Kelleher ’14, Secretary
Tessa Jones ’18, Member at Large
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Creative Director
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
TRANSFORMING LIVES HAS ALWAYS BEEN ‘THE MONMOUTH WAY’
The story that follows this page dives into some of the details of the inauguration ceremony that kicked off our Homecoming weekend in early October.
It truly was a glorious day, with members of my family in attendance, along with various friends and alumni, former faculty colleagues and even one of my mentors at Monmouth, President Dick Giese, who then continued that role when I joined him on the administrative team at the University of Mount Union.
One of the mentors that both my husband, Jeff Draves ’85, and I had at Monmouth was the late Richard “Doc” Kieft, and he was one of several examples I used in my inauguration speech of what I called “The Monmouth Way.”
Jeff was interested in science, football and having fun when he came to Monmouth, and I know he accomplished all three of those things here. But he accomplished so much more because of Doc, his chemistry professor who became his mentor.
Doc encouraged Jeff to dream bigger for himself, and I know he was proud of Jeff, who earned a Ph.D. in chemistry, had a career in academia and industry, and is a fantastic husband and loving dad.
Jeff embodies what we do at Monmouth. We transform lives and help students dream bigger, enabling them to achieve the potential they have within. It’s “The Monmouth Way.”
I am a direct beneficiary, and I’ve witnessed firsthand the hundreds of lives he’s changed for the better as a college professor, many of those right here at Monmouth. Those transformations can be traced directly to Doc or, in other words, are rooted in legacy, which was part of the title of my speech.
Dick Giese and his wife, Sandy, are another example, and the simplest way to say it is that Dick did for me what Doc did for Jeff—he uncovered some of my potential I didn’t know was there. In other words, “The Monmouth Way.”
The final example I used in my speech were students from the Monmouth biochemistry classes I taught
20 years ago—students who’ve gone on to do some wonderful, meaningful work.
In particular, I focused on three of my former students—Wendy Thomas ’04, Erron Deloney ’04 and Frank Clark ’02
Wendy is one of the hardest workers I know. Nothing was stopping her from going to medical school. She was also a mean barrel racer in rodeo and had a deep love of animals. While it took time, Monmouth helped Wendy discover her real passion —veterinary medicine—and she’s owned her own clinic since 2011.
Erron came to Monmouth with a goal to go into the FBI. He wouldn’t mind me saying he had some catch-up to do from his high school preparation, and his work ethic moved him to a space to do anything he wanted. He opened to new opportunities and is now a successful senior director at Eli Lilly, running their clinical data management program.
Finally, Frank—Mr. Liberal Arts. Frank came here wanting to be a doctor and stayed true to that. He moved on to Northwestern’s medical school and is now a psychiatrist in South Carolina, writing children’s books on positive self-image.
When I met these three, they were all determined but maybe didn’t have the confidence or depth of understanding of all they could accomplish. Our community of coaches, faculty and staff helped them uncover it—“The Monmouth Way” once again. And wow, what a difference they’re making in the world.
As you read the rest of this special donor issue, I hope you’ll think of the Monmouth mentors in your life, and the difference they helped make for you, whether you’re now 24 or 94. And I hope you’ll want to support your alma mater in some way— through gifts of time, talents or dollars—so that we can continue showing our current and future students “The Monmouth Way.” President Patricia Draves
OTHE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT PATRICIA DRAVES
Entrusted with the Legacy
By Barry McNamara
ctober 4 was a special day at a special place.
Monmouth College celebrated the 15th president in its 171-year history, inaugurating Dr. Patricia Draves in a ceremony on the plaza in front of Wallace Hall, a building named for the college’s first president, the Rev. David A. Wallace.
“I am filled with immense gratitude and a profound sense of responsibility,” said Draves. “It is not just a privilege to be your president; it is an honor to be entrusted with the legacy of Monmouth College—a legacy built on the
With her hand on a Bible that belonged to Monmouth’s first President, David Wallace, Dr. Patricia Draves is sworn into office by Board Vice Chair Dr. Ralph Velazquez ’79.
Among more than 80 alumni representing past graduating classes were, from left: Marnie Steach ’95, Shelley Brown Postin ’89 and Marybeth Dues Johnson ’93.
ideals of scholarship, leadership, community, service and transformation of students.”
In a message titled “Rooted in Legacy, Growing Our Future,” Draves shared her vision for the college, all the while noting that it will be a group effort.
“We must cultivate a vision that honors our past while embracing the possibilities that lie ahead— together,” she said. “I envision a Monmouth College that is a beacon of academic excellence, celebrates the Monmouth experience, takes advantage of our outstanding location, and is a place where students from all backgrounds come together to learn, grow and challenge one another to reach their full potential.”
Five priorities
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A Rhode Island native, Draves is a former member of Monmouth’s faculty, serving alongside her husband, Jeff Draves, in the chemistry department from 2002–06. Jeff is also an alumnus of Monmouth, graduating in 1985.
After an extensive national search, Draves was the
unanimous choice of the college’s presidential search committee and took office in July. Before that, she was president of Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, for the last seven school years.
In her address, Draves said her top priorities are: a focus on growth in enrollment and the resulting increase in revenue; a continued emphasis on integrating the overall Monmouth experience for students with the college’s excellent academic programs; expanding Monmouth’s “culture of connections” to “expand our classroom for our students”; keeping a Monmouth education affordable while delivering a quality education; and a “digital transformation” that will equip Monmouth students in an increasingly connected world.
“As we tackle these priorities, we come from a position of strength,” said Draves. “We have an abundance of blessings here that so many other campuses do not enjoy.”
Those blessings include a generous, loyal and supportive alumni base and a strong relationship with the surrounding community. That relationship was noted in their time at the podium by Monmouth Mayor Rod Davies ’74 and by Richard Giese, Monmouth’s former president and Draves’ mentor at the University of Mount Union, where she was known as Dean Draves.
Another of the speakers who welcomed Draves was Kamea Graham ’26, who spoke on behalf of the student body. While she was staying on campus this year as a participant in the Doc Kieft Summer Research Program, Graham met the new president.
“I found out how hilarious President Draves is, and also how refreshing her energy is,” said Graham. “She truly loves the students here.”
Former President Richard Giese (left), who spoke at the inauguration, is greeted by retired longtime admission representative Peter Pitts
New presidential spouse Dr. Jeff Draves ’85 enjoys the festivities with former presidential spouse Sandra Giese.
Other speakers at the ceremony were Dean Mark Willhardt on behalf of the faculty; Director of Athletics Roger Haynes ’82 on behalf of the staff; and Mark Tupper ’94 on behalf of alumni.
Monmouth alumni in attendance also included a large contingent of class representatives, all the way through students from each of the college’s four on-campus classes from 2025–28. Some of the classes, such as the years 1941–51, were represented from alumni outside of that class. The oldest alum representing their actual class was Ralph Whiteman ’52, while James Asplund ’54 and JoEllen Hamilton Dollinger ’58 also represented classes from that decade.
A highlight of the ceremony were remarks delivered by the Draves’s twin sons, Benjamin and William, who spent their youth in Monmouth. They told of loving notes left by their busy mother, instructing them to do chores but also to enjoy themselves. “These values instilled into us as teenagers, our mom carries with her today,” said Benjamin. “Working hard and showing up every day never has to be at the expense of having fun and finding joy in the everyday work. … You can expect a leader who works hard and makes sure that everyone is finding joy in the work as it happens.”
Deep roots, and an exciting future
“Let us remember that while we honor our history, we must not be bound by it,” said Draves. “Monmouth College is a living, breathing entity, one that has the power to adapt and grow. Together, we will forge a path toward a future filled with promise, innovation and opportunity —a future that is rooted in our legacy while embracing the boundless potential of what is yet to come as we grow into our future.”
In the late 1980s, around the time that Draves was completing her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Biosphere 2 was launched. Draves mentioned the Arizona research facility in her speech on roots and growth, noting that trees at the experimental site “did not fully mature and would often fall over.”
“This was because in the enclosed environment, it lacked wind and other environmental stressors causing them to not develop strong enough root systems to support their weight,” she said.
Monmouth, on the other hand, “has endured and survived many stressors, growing deeper roots, and we have this amazing college as a result,” she said.
It’s a college with roots back to the mid-1800s, and with a new leader setting its course for the future.
President Draves’s twin sons Benjamin (left) and William provided a touching but lighthearted moment, describing growing up in Monmouth under the supervision of a demanding but loving mother.
A ‘brighter, livelier’ Stockdale emerges after two-year renovation
Nearly two full years after smoke damage from a fire caused its closing, Monmouth College’s Stockdale Center is not only back, but it’s better than ever.
A person who would know is Dean of Students Karen Ogorzalek, who was the first speaker as the college held a rededication ceremony Sept. 20 for the building, which is named in honor of the late Vice Adm. James Stockdale ’46 and his wife, Sybil. The ceremony kicked off the college’s celebration of Family Weekend.
One of Ogorzalek’s previous positions at Monmouth was director of the Stockdale Center. She praised the changes at what she called the “newly renovated space in the heart of campus.”
“Now, it’s truly a student center and space,” she said, before turning over the podium to Isabel Gimm ’25. Gimm, who serves as the lead mentor of the college’s prestigious Stockdale Fellows program, spoke of the many opportunities she’s had as a fellow.
“I’ve had countless opportunities for leadership and growth,” she said. “It’s helped me realize my full potential.”
Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Student Engagement Cullen Marshall ’22 first encountered Stockdale Center as a transfer student in the fall of 2020—a time when no building on campus was “normal” due to the pandemic. During his final semester in 2022, just as daily campus life was regain-
ing that sense of normalcy, the Oct. 6 fire occurred.
“We’ve all made the best of it in the meantime, but luckily, that no longer needs to be the case,” he said. “The new and improved Stockdale Center is a brighter, livelier, more welcoming space.”
One of the many uses of the space is a meeting spot for Scots Student Senate, which was represented at the ceremony by its president, Carina Engst ’26, who appreciated that student input was solicited in the renovation.
“We aimed to capture a variety of student perspectives in the renovation design,” she said, noting that a new sensory room space is almost completed, as well as the popular Scotland Yard eatery and Scots Market.
During her time at the podium, Vice President for Business and Finance Holly Tharp thanked the many subcontractors for their help in the project and gave “a very special thank you” to the college’s food services provider, Aramark, for its willingness to work through the many logistical challenges of the past two years.
President Patricia Draves was the final speaker, thanking Tharp and Ogorzalek for their leadership on the project and stating that the ceremony was held at a very appropriate time.
“Stockdale Center is the living room for our students,” she said. “Just like you have in your homes, it’s the family room where students can be together and relax. It’s very fitting that we rededicate it on Family Weekend.”
Cutting a ribbon at the rededication of Stockdale Center are, from left: Cullen Marshall, Holly Tharp, President Draves, Carina Engst, Isabel Gimm and Karen Ogorzalek.
FROM PASSION TO PURPOSE
Fashion has always been a canvas for self-expression, and for Damarian Stark ’25, it has been a lifelong passion. Growing up, Stark said he was like a fashion doll for his mother. This unique dynamic sparked his creativity and love for clothes. However, it wasn’t until a year ago that he decided to transform that passion into a professional venture, developing his own clothing brand, Nobody’s Favorite.
Stark’s journey into the world of fashion is deeply rooted in his belief that looking good translates into feeling good. He recalls how every time he wore a standout outfit, people would ask about his clothes.
“What really made me start my own brand, though, is that every time I wear an outfit someone asks about a certain article of clothing, or they ask about where I got the item from,” he said. “So I just figured if I could get people interested in clothes I purchased from other people that maybe they would be interested in mine.”
His entrepreneurial spirit blossomed as he realized that he could turn his
flair for fashion into a business. With a strong foundation in leadership, and inspired by his upbringing and by his educational experiences at Monmouth, Stark is determined to make an impact in the fashion industry.
“I figured it’d be a great way to use some of the schooling I’ve had over the years as well as my natural leadership skills,” he said. “My Monmouth education has helped me with this endeavor a lot. The techniques I’m using to market my brand come from what I’ve learned here at Monmouth.”
The concept behind Nobody’s Favorite is deeply personal. The name embodies the essence of resilience and determination – a mantra that resonates with many. In Stark’s household, the phrase signifies the journey of the underdog, the one who often has to work twice as hard for success.
“It means you should tackle challenges head on and even though you might have to work way harder than others or feel unappreciated in your journey, that one day when you
NOBODY’S FAVORITE: Stark took a major step forward in launching his clothing line with a recent professional photo shoot featuring models showcasing his creations.
finally reach your goals, it’ll feel a million times better than someone who was just handed the same opportunity,” he said.
As he geared up for his first brand photo shoot in the Quad Cities, Stark said he was excited to showcase his designs through the lens of fellow Monmouth students. In a world that often prioritizes the mainstream, Stark’s message is clear: It’s not about being the favorite. It’s about making your own mark and inspiring others along the way.
—Jesia Choity ’27
Future accountant named Lincoln Laureate
Although she’s a self-described “numbers girl,” accounting and Spanish double major Lea Selquist ’25 has enjoyed opportunities to exercise the other half of her brain in college.
In fact, her final act as a Monmouth student will also draw on the right side of her brain. Selquist will address her classmates at next May’s Commencement by virtue of her selection as this year’s Lincoln Laureate.
Each fall, an outstanding senior from each of the four-year degree-granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois is named a Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.
“This has always been an honor I’ve looked up to and strived to achieve,” said Selquist. “I think of the past Lincoln Lau-
reates during my time here, and they are such strong, intelligent women—people that I really look up to, people that I still stay in contact with and kind of idolize.” Selquist is a recipient of the Monmouth College Presidential Scholarship and the
Nathan and Laura Gaskill Accounting Prize. She has also excelled in cocurricular activities, serving in such leadership roles as treasurer for Mortar Board, Order of Omega and Raices, the college’s Hispanic club. She has also held officer positions in Alpha Xi Delta and Panhellenic Council.
A member of the prestigious James and Sybil Stockdale Fellows, Selquist has served as a Scot Ambassador, an accounting tutor and an editor of the Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research, all while balancing her commitment as a member of the Fighting Scots women’s soccer and lacrosse teams.
Selquist recently accepted a full-time position with RSM as an assurance associate and plans to sit for the certified public accountant examination in summer 2025.
LEA SELQUIST
HOMECOMING
eartfelt hugs and handshakes, big smiles and laughter, and even a few tears were a major part of the weekend as Fighting Scots from around the nation and around the world gathered October 4–5 to celebrate Homecoming 2024.
THE SCOTS SPIRIT STATUE is illuminated by fireworks following the Friday Night spirit shout at April Zorn Memorial Stadium, kicking off the Homecoming festivities.
By Barry McNamara
Selected photography by Kent Kriegshauser
WHERE OLD FRIENDS STAND TRUE AND NEW ONES ARE FOUND
Revisiting the Monmouth College campus on a beautiful autumn weekend couldn’t help but warm the hearts of hundreds of returning Scots, but even more special was the opportunity to reunite with old friends.
Two of those friends were 2003 classmates Deon Dinsmore and Beau Hellman. An emotional Dinsmore presented his Fighting Scot baseball teammate for induction into the M Club Hall of Fame.
“I’m proud of you and what you’ve become, and I’m proud that you’re one of my best friends,” said Dinsmore at the Saturday morning ceremony in the Huff Athletic Center fieldhouse.
Hellman returned the favor.
“Deon was my age but quickly became like a big brother to me,” he said to the crowd, which included most of his former teammate Alan Betourne’s current Monmouth baseball squad. “If I wasn’t doing things right, Deon was there to let me know about it.”
Hellman also acknowledged his teammates, collectively.
“To my teammates—my brothers —thank you for four years of amazing baseball,” he said. “We learned the game, we had fun and we were good. Thank you for all your hard work and your friendships through the years. I truly love you guys.”
Several teammates of another of the inductees, soccer standout Samantha Barranco ’14, turned out, wearing special T-shirts to honor their friend.
The third inductee, Allison Devor ’13, said it felt “a bit weird” as she gave her speech, as she was used to sharing such honors with one or two of her talented throws teammates when it came time for podium recognition in track and field.
the past decade.
Hearing from the new president
Homecoming festivities kicked off Friday with the inauguration of President Patricia Draves, who was a fixture at the rest of the weekend’s events, including the traditional parade down Broadway.
Monmouth’s 15th president concluded her inauguration remarks by calling upon the words of the college’s fourth president, Thomas Hanna McMichael, who was in office a century ago.
Emphasizing the need for a group effort in moving Monmouth forward, she said McMichael noted the college’s progress and growth were possible because “Old friends stood true and new ones were found.”
She touched on the subject of friendship again in her introductory remarks at Saturday’s Fraternity and Sorority and Life Hall of Fame ceremony.
“The friendships and the brotherhood and sisterhood started here last for decades,” she said. “I’m just looking around at all the people who’ve traveled hundreds of miles to support their brothers and sisters.”
An honoree who had just a short trip to the event was Brian Holland ’76 , a member of Alpha Tau Omega who is now an attorney in Bushnell, Ill. He fondly recalled his days in ATO’s “house on the hill.”
Retired and current communications studies faculty
Trudi Peterson and Chris Goble (center) reunite with members of the Class of 2014
Rachel Whitlock Kelleher, Anders Nelson, Ryan Kerr and Tessa Ginn
Her presenter, current Scots head track coach Brian Woodard, said a letter he received from Devor when she graduated was a major influencing factor in his decision to remain in coaching for
Former athletic standouts inducted into the M Club Hall of Fame were, from left: Samantha Barranco, Beau Hellman and Allison Devor.
HOMECOMING ’24
“You really get to know people when you live in the same house with them 24-7,” he said. “I would especially like to mention Mike Deam ’76, who preceded me as Worthy Master at the house, and Jim White ’77, who followed me. The advice, support and assistance that I got from both of them reinforced for me the importance of communication and continuity in preserving an organization.”
Clockwise, from top left: Stan Pepper ’76 is congratulated by President Draves for his induction into the Hall of Achievement; the Marshall/Kellogg/Peters/Witty family is recognized as Family of the Year; Nancy Snowden received the Distinguished Service Award; Trevor ’11 and Lauren Zak Newton ’11 receive the Young Alumnus Award; and Brian Holland ’76, Andy Kerr ’73 and Kristen Wyse Wagner ’11 are inducted into the Fraternity and Sorority Hall of Fame.
While introducing inductee and Zeta Beta Tau member Andy Kerr ’73, Chris Pio ’84 discussed meeting him for the first time at his first Alumni Board meeting in 2015. Along with another incoming board member that year, Craig Dahlquist ’78, Pio said he and Kerr “developed a bond that has changed my life.” He then introduced “my very dear friend,” who extolled the virtues of Greek life.
“Fraternities and sororities can do so much for you, and you can do so much for fraternities and sororities,” he said. “You can make friendships that last a lifetime, and you can continue making friends at events like this throughout your lifetime.”
As he talks with his former Monmouth classmates and fraternity brothers, Kerr said, “It’s as if no time has passed,” since his days as a student more than a half-century ago.
Also inducted for her service to Greek life was Kristen Wyse Wagner ’11, a member of Alpha Xi Delta who is in her ninth year serving as the organization’s director of education and leadership.
Members of the Class of 1984 celebrate their 40th reunion on the terrace of the alumni relations building.
Other Homecoming highlights
Several other alumni and friends of the college were honored during Friday’s Alumni Impact Awards ceremony, including successful CEO and Monmouth board of trustees member Stan Pepper ’76, who was inducted into the Hall of Achievement —the highest honor Monmouth College bestows upon its graduates.
“He has done all of this with unfailing integrity, wisdom, determination, generosity and a fierce commitment to serving the students of Monmouth College—those now and those to come,” said Vice President for Development and College Relations Hannah Maher in her introduction of Pepper.
While accepting the honor, Pepper delivered one of the lines of the weekend, saying, “A great college is not just a four-year experience. When done right, it should last a lifetime.”
Trustee Nancy Snowden received the Distinguished Service Award, and 2011 classmates Trevor and Lauren Zak Newton were honored with the Young Alumnus Award.
Trevor stated that Monmouth is a place where “real relationships” are formed. He also noted, “You return to Monmouth, and it’s better than you remember.”
The Marshall/Kellogg/Peters/Witty family received the Family of the Year Award. Twelve family members were in attendance, including Jane Marshall Kellogg ’72, who accepted the honor. The family, she said, “has both a tradition and a future here at Monmouth College, and we look with pride and confidence in both directions.”
Others honored at the ceremony were activist and Food Tank president Danielle Nierenberg ’95, Distinguished Alumnus, and business and economics professor Michael Connell, Hatch
Academic Excellence Award for Distinguished Teaching.
At Friday’s Spirit Shout, the Homecoming court was announced. Delaney Rexroat ’25 and Jaydon Wilbon ’25 were crowned queen and king. Carina Engst ’26 and Brayden Deem ’26 were named princess and prince.
Saturday afternoon, the Fighting Scots football team defeated defending Midwest Conference champion Illinois College 44–24 at April Zorn Memorial Stadium. Deem threw four touchdown passes, including three to Jackson Bergren ’25
Defensive back Nick Harris surprises President Draves with the game ball following the Scots 44–24 victory over Illlinois College.
HATCH AWARDS CELEBRATE AND
Funded by the late W. Jerome Hatch ’57, the Hatch Awards were established in 2004 to recognize outstanding work by Monmouth faculty in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service. Here are this year’s recipients.
Connell focuses on developing ‘broadly educated’ graduates
Professor Mike Connell’s ability to adapt and improve—along with the wisdom to hold on to bedrock principles—led to him receiving the college’s prestigious Hatch Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dean of the Faculty Mark Willhardt mentioned that adaptability while introducing Connell at the Alumni Impact Awards ceremony during Homecoming Weekend.
“Mike was hired as a professor of economics,” he said. “But he was really hired to build our business program into a home for great, student-centered teaching. He did that, and then did it again many times over the years as faculty came and went.”
There were other changes, as well, as Connell kept adapting and improving his craft.
“As I have grown as a teacher, my strategy in the classroom has changed,” he said. “Now I teach fewer things, bigger things, to enable students to understand those concepts intuitively. Over time, the details change, but the principles do not. A broadly educated person understands a few powerful, basic truths and applies them widely.”
Stories by Barry McNamara
During his Hatch Award acceptance speech, Connell shared his early experiences in higher education.
“I was a first-generation, clueless college student perfecting my party skills at Champaign-Urbana,” he said. “After a false start, I learned to enjoy the role of Fighting Illini honor student.”
Connell said he had another “false start” at his first faculty position, landing on the
wrong end of the “publish or perish” spectrum. Lafayette College’s loss was Monmouth’s gain.
“Meeting (former Monmouth president) Bruce Haywood was a ‘road to Damascus’ moment for me,” said Connell, who joined the faculty in 1992 and has chaired the department, which now has more than 165 students, for most of that time. “During the job interview, I confessed my failure to publish. Bruce said words that changed my life: ‘I’m not hiring you to publish papers that no one will read. I’m hiring you to be the best teacher that you can be.’ I promised Bruce I would be that teacher, and to this day, I’m working to fulfill that promise.”
Connell said his life changed again as he began working with department colleague Rodney Lemon ’63
“At Monmouth, I’ve learned to embrace the value of the liberal arts that I didn’t learn at Champaign,” he said. “I became a lifelong
learner. Rodney Lemon introduced me to the ideas of Friedrich Hayek and Austrian economics and changed my life again. … I believe that whatever success the business and economics program has had with our majors for 30 years stems directly from sharing new ideas with our students.”
What hasn’t changed during the past 30 years is Connell’s appreciation for students, a point that Willhardt made in his introduction, and one that’s clear to anyone who’s seen the 71-year-old professor waving the flag—quite literally, at football and basketball games—for his fellow Fighting Scots.
“He sees our students, he gets them and he has built his department time and again to serve their best interests,” said Willhardt. “He has taught generations of students what love for one’s college can do, and how it should act, and how it can be embodied every day in every situation. Whether in the classroom or not, Mike embodies what excellence in teaching undergraduates can be.”
Braun takes extra steps to serve students
With an office by two hallways and an elevator in the middle section of the middle floor, Jen Braun is in the center of it all in the bustling Center for Science and Business.
But that prime location is only one of several reasons why the kinesiology lecturer is so popular. And it’s that popularity that led to Braun being the most recent recipient of the Hatch Award for Distinguished Service. With 75 student advisees, she currently mentors dozens more than her next-closest faculty colleague.
To her 75 advisees, Jen Braun is part “mom” and part academic adviser.
“She takes on an enormous advising load
and other service obligations because she cares deeply about our students and their well-being,” wrote her nominator. “She alone advises more than 10% of our student body, and that doesn’t count all of the football players and other students who seek her out for informal advice.”
In fact, on the afternoon Braun was interviewed about her award, two “informal advisees,” seniors Jackson Bergren and Junior Sylvestre, were in her office.
“This is a hub,” Braun said of her office space. “I don’t know if it would be like this
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if I were located in some other part of the building, like the third floor.”
“Yes, it would,” said Bergren, who along with Sylvestre stayed in the office for the interview, alternating turns with a Rubik’s cube, as the 13th-year faculty member also took a phone call, trying to resolve campus life issues for a few of her students.
Another reason for Braun’s popularity is the sport that Bergren plays. He’s a member of the Fighting Scots football team, which is coached by her husband, Chad Braun, and is more than 100 players strong.
“My style of advising is affected because of Chad and his schedule,” she said. “I don’t shut it down at 5, because in our house, work doesn’t stop at 5. I’ve adopted a similar philosophy and schedule to his.”
Braun’s nominator wrote, “She advocates for them, has tough-love conversations with them when they’re not living up to their potential, and provides a warm, welcoming place for them to just come in and chat, especially when they’re homesick.”
“To hear that is very humbling,” said Braun. “I feel like I learn as much from them as they do from me.”
Braun is not only humbled by the Hatch Award and the praise she’s received, but she also acknowledges that’s she not unique on Monmouth’s campus.
“It’s the model and culture of this place,” she said when talking about answering a student’s phone call at 9 p.m. on a Sunday. “I don’t feel like I’m alone in that. Most of the faculty here are super-caring individuals.”
“She not only advises in standard ways but also hosts out-of-state students at her home for holiday meals, sets up internships for students and even helps students iron graduation gowns, in a pinch,” said Dean Mark Willhardt.
OK, so maybe that last part makes her unique.
“Part of it is just being a mom,” said Braun, whose children are 21, 19, 16 and 14. “I help with the graduation gowns because I know, as a mom, I wouldn’t want my own child walking across the stage in a wrinkled gown.”
Simmons and Wright share award for scholarship and creative work
A pair of faculty members who were recently promoted to full professor shared this year’s Hatch Award for Scholarship and Creative Work.
Classics professor Bob Simmons and English professor David Wright were the honorees.
“My scholarly efforts model for my students what I typically ask them to do in my classes, which is to use their analytical skills to work from existing material to create new knowledge,” said Simmons. “What they create is new, based on their previous knowledge, while what I try to create is new, based on the work of the worldwide community of scholars.”
To that end, Simmons authored Demagogues, Power, and Friendship in Classical Athens: Leaders as Friends in Aristophanes, Euripides, and Xenophon, which was published in 2023. The book examines ways in which a demagogic leadership style based on personal connection became ingrained in ancient Greece, drawing on close study of several genres of literature of the late 5th and early-to-mid 4th centuries B.C.E.
Simmons not only models scholarly work for students but solicits their help, as well.
“Many classics student-workers have made many meaningful contributions to my publications,” he said. “Those students see firsthand the work and the process that go into adding new insights and perspectives to the established body of scholarly knowledge.”
For the past decade, Wright has brought talented authors to campus through the Writers@Monmouth series he started, and he’s also worked with scores of Monmouth students to find their voices.
But through it all, Wright is a talented writer himself.
“David’s production of poetry since he began at Monmouth in 2013 has been vast,”
wrote his nominator. “He has just continued to write, keeping at the process that leads to publication, providing a model that his students and peers can follow.”
Many of his efforts have produced award-winning work. In 2023, Wright’s The Darker Roads was a Midwest Writing Center Chapbook Contest finalist. Several individual poems, too, have placed well in contests, including three since 2020, and five of his poems have been chosen to appear in anthologies and textbooks during that time. One of his works was shared last year on the National Public Radio afternoon news program All Things Considered
His most recent poetry collection, Kyrie for the Gut: New & Selected Poems, has been accepted for publication by Cascadia and is slated for release in late 2024 or in 2025.
“In my office, when I am surrounded or overwhelmed by books and stacks of papers to grade, I often open a blank document and begin to type,” said Wright. “What matters is the developed impulse to attend to the practice of writing, writing what I can and need to write. I want students, if they desire, to learn something like this. And how will they learn that if they never see it happen?”
Although both published authors, Bob Simmons, left, and David Wright remain passionate about engaging with students in their classrooms.
GIFT OF FARMLAND HIGHLIGHTS RECORD FUNDRAISING YEAR
WITH A TOTAL OF NEARLY $19 MILLION, Monmouth College established a new record for fundraising in a fiscal year, providing a win for the college in many more ways than one.
Monmouth’s development team raised $18,952,396 for the year ending June 30. Vice President for Development and College Relations Hannah Maher reported the donations “supported 84 different operating funds and 69 unique funds in the endowment,” in addition to more than $2 million that came in the form of unrestricted Monmouth Fund gifts.
”Providing the Monmouth College experience to our students requires significant collaboration, numerous touch points and extensive knowledge sharing about various ways a donor can contribute,” said Maher. “Not only did we achieve a record amount in donations, but we also saw an increase in the number of donors compared to the previous year. It’s encouraging to see heightened attention and enthusiasm for Monmouth College.”
SUPPORTING ‘A QUALITY PRODUCT’
Monmouth College Board of Trustees member Austin Jones called the support for the school “contagious.”
“Given the current economic climate, the fundraising efforts of many institutions and charities have suffered, but the excitement for what is happening at Monmouth is contagious,” he said. “This success shows we have a loyal following of alumni, friends and family who can see that our professors, staff and administrators put in the hard work, providing the passion of our school, which produces a quality product for our students. That makes Monmouth strong now and into the future.”
The largest gift during the fiscal year came from the estate of the late Marilyn Johnston ’48, who made a gift of 780 acres of farmland in nearby Mercer County. Its value is nearly $12 million.
“The farmland gift was such a significant portion and helped establish this as our most successful year,” said Maher. “As with the other four farms we own, we don’t sell the land, we keep them working farms. They become part of our investment portfolio, which helps us diversify, especially when markets are volatile.”
But there were other very meaningful gifts, including another estate gift that will support enhancement to information technology and a related infrastructure update. Maher said some of the funds will be used to update Monmouth’s computer labs.
“How these labs are outfitted has evolved over the past few years to meet changing student technology needs,” she said. “We are pleased to be able to provide these necessary updates for our students.”
BRICK-AND-MORTAR PROJECTS
“People often give to support brick-and-mortar projects,” said Maher, who pointed out that donor support was not required for the renovations at the Stockdale Center and April Zorn Stadium, which were covered by insurance money and a state grant, respectively.
But a brick-and-mortar project that does need donor support—and has been receiving it at a steady pace—is a pair of houses across the street from Wallace Hall that, after renovations, will become the homes of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Zeta Beta Tau fraternities.
“With a long history of Greek life on campus, our alums are excited about supporting that new look on Broadway—a modern-day Greek row for Monmouth College,” said Maher.
The ZBTs will live next door to Kappa Kappa Gamma in a house formerly occupied by Maher’s staff, while the SigEps will be in the former Presbyterian House.
Maher listed several other areas where recent gifts have been directed, including the annual senior class gift, which this year is providing for enhancements to the Stockdale Center renovation, such as games and gaming systems.
A new golf cart was purchased for the admission department, and programming in the Champion Miller Center and Summer Opportunities for Intellectual Activity—known as SOFIA—was also supported.
“A small group of donors also supports the Scots term trips, when faculty take a group of students abroad for a week or two at a time,” said Maher. “And there were other things here and there, such as gifts to support academic departments like chemistry and theatre.”
As Maher mentioned, some of the gifts supported the college’s endowment, which now stands at $142 million, in addition to a deferred gift registry that’s grown to more than $40 million.
“One hundred forty-two million is a strong number and a nice indicator that we’re doing well as an institution,” said Maher. “But even more, having the generosity and loyalty of so many alumni and friends gives us the ability to provide the Monmouth experience for the next generation of Fighting Scots. We’re continually grateful for the ‘thousand hearts’ devotion to the school we love so well.’”
Honor Roll of Contributors
onmouth College gratefully acknowledges those who made gifts during the fiscal year of July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.
Monmouth College is committed to providing a transformative educational experience within a caring community of learners that empowers our students to realize their full potential, live meaningful lives, pursue successful careers, and shape their communities and the world through service and leadership. We rely on support from alumni, parents and friends to help carry out this important mission.
With your help, we are shaping a brighter future for the college and its students.
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Mc M ichael h eritage circle
Honoring the devotion of former presidents Jackson B. McMichael and his son, Thomas H. McMichael, who together served the College 42 years, the McMichael Heritage Circle recognizes our stewards that have contributed through significant gifts or service. The Circle has five categories: lifetime giving, planned gifts and bequests, endowed gifts, capital gifts and employee service.
LIFETIME GIVING
Donors with lifetime giving of $1 million or more from cash and/or planned gifts (Lifetime Giving donors are permanently acknowledged here.)
Individuals
Robert J. Ardell ’62 and Elizabeth Ardell
Nancy Glennie Beck ’53 and †Lawrence Beck
David A. Bowers ’60
† Helen Brown ’23
† Peter H. Bunce and Gail Bunce
David J. Byrnes ’72 and Elizabeth Byrnes
† Keith B. Capron
Stanley E. Chism ’63 and Karen Barrett Chism ’65
Ann Mack Collier ’63 and John L. Collier
† Dorothy Peterson Dahl ’40 and †Arthur Dahl
Anaclare Frost Evans ’63
† Virginia Brazelton Flynn ’29
† Virginia Hookham Frattinger ’65 and †Tom Frattinger
William J. Goldsborough ’65 and Beverly Goldsborough
Kevin M. Goodwin ’80
Joan Rezner Gundersen ’68 and Robert P. Gundersen
† Ruth Lewis Harr ’23 and † Ronald E. Harr
Walter S. Huff Jr. ’56 and Bonnie Lowrey
Barbara Watt Johnson ’52
† Richard L. “Doc” Kieft
† Harold W. Knapheide III and Ann Knapheide
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Karen E. Krueger ’72
† Dennis J. Lachel ’61 and Kathy Schuld Lachel
† Petrene Lauritsen ’48
† William M. LeSuer ’42 and †B. Arlene Snow LeSuer ’42
† Karol Kluss Manley ’49
Gerald A. Marxman ’55
Michael J. McGrath ’71 and Kathryn McGrath
† M. Grigsby McNeely ’36 and †George B. McNeely
† Lee L. Morgan and †Mary Morgan
† H. Safford Peacock and †Betty Peacock
† Richard S. Pepper and Roxie Pepper
† Alvin T. Peterson ’60
† Harold A. Poling ’49 and †Marian Poling
† Roger W. Rasmusen ’56
John M. Schultz and Elizabeth Schultz
† Sherman U. Smith ’72 and Diane Smith
Mark E. Taylor ’78
† George E. Trotter Jr. ’47 and †Maxine Murdy Trotter ’47
William L. Trubeck ’68 and †Judith Williams Trubeck ’69
† William H. Turnbull, Class of 1907
† Donovan D. Vance ’52 and †Elizabeth Davis Vance ’49
Fred Wackerle ’61
† Helen McNeel Wiener ’38
Viktoria Knapheide Wood
Richard E. Yahnke ’66 and Lee Yahnke
Steven Zaleski and Elizabeth Turnbull-Zaleski
Businesses, Organizations and Estates
Anonymous
Associated Colleges of Illinois
Bernie and Helen Wiener Charitable Fund
Caterpillar Matching Gifts Program
Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation, Inc.
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Illinois State Grant
Illinois State Scholarship Commission
Knapheide Manufacturing Company
Knapheide Truck Equipment
Murdy Foundation, Inc.
New Horizons Foundation, Inc.
Pattee Foundation
Pepper Family Foundation
Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust
Walter S. Huff Jr. Foundation
PLANNED GIFTS AND BEQUESTS
Documented planned gift of $10,000 or more
Individuals
Anonymous
David W. Adolphson ’67
Gena Corbin Alcorn ’88
† Russell S. Andrews ’68
Robert J. Ardell ’62 and Elizabeth Ardell
Robert M. Barton ’63
David R. Bates ’63
Reid K. Beveridge ’64
Richard L. Bivens ’61 and Mary Hunter Bivens ’63
Roy E. Bockler ’72
Carol West Boehme ’72
Mary Mitchell Bolton ’46
Gladys Bos
Robert F. Bowen ’59 and Judith Bowen
David A. Bowers ’60
J. David Boyd ’75
Margaret Bozarth ’61
Heinz J. Brisske ’71 and † Ellen Arkis Brisske ’71
Marilyn Rogers Brodd ’51
Gail Bunce
James R. Bunn ’68 and Alice Young Bunn ’69
David J. Byrnes ’72 and Elizabeth Byrnes
Douglas R. Carlson ’66
Barbara Berge Caufield ’58
Charles C. Chappell ’69
Stanley E. Chism ’63 and Karen Barrett Chism ’65
James R. Cole ’88
Tiffany Mekshes Cole ’89
Ann Mack Collier ’63 and John L. Collier
Tony L. Cook E. Davis Coots ’65 and Nancy Yates Coots ’66
Mary Alexander Corrigan ’82
Charles Courtney Jr. ’57
Paula Cramer
Robert A. Dahl and Kasim Baihaki
James L. De Young and Janet De Young
Burneta Burns Donges ’49
Marcia Brink Adair ’70 and Richard Edwards
Anaclare Frost Evans ’63
Edward P. Farwell ’64
Susie Swanson FitzGerald ’71 and Curtis M. FitzGerald
Pamela Fruth
Barbara Whiteman Garland ’49
Ann Garry ’65
Kristyne Gilbert ’90
Marilyn Schlemmer Gillette ’52
William J. Goldsborough ’65 and Beverly Goldsborough
Linda Groves
Merle B. Growden
Joan Rezner Gundersen ’68 and Robert P. Gundersen
Pamela Ball Gustafson ’77
John E. Harmon ’68
Tina Hartwig ’68
Linda Henley
Robert E. Hillison ’82
Robert Hoherd
Sally Young Hoherd ’54
Nicole Olin Hroziencik ’11
Bill M. Hubbard ’62 and Marilyn Kessinger Hubbard ’64
Linnea Hammarsten Ingold ’68
Barbara Watt Johnson ’52
Robert C. Johnson ’59 and Marilyn Schneider Johnson ’59
† Marilyn Johnston ’48
Timothy G. Keefauver ’80 and Susan Keefauver
Andrew D. Kerr ’73 and Pamela Kerr
Kenneth Martin Klein ’66 and Susan Peck
Latham-Klein ’67
Darleen Scherer Knowles ’68
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Leon A. Kraut ’67 and Laura Welti
June Brown Kromberg ’48
Karen Krueger ’72
Kathy Schuld Lachel
Vincent D. Mahoney
Leland R. Marshall ’51
Phyllis Clindinin Martin ’53
Gerald A. Marxman ’55
Thomas F. Matthews ’61 and Patricia Matthews
Emily Johnson Minor ’76
F. Grant Minor ’74
Carol Bryden Moore ’60
James W. Nelson ’60 and Beverly Nelson ’61
† Betty Weiss Oberstar ’43
Bruce C. Ogilvie ’68 and Rebecca Reedy Ogilvie ’69
Thomas A. Oswald ’67
† H. Safford Peacock
Edward Petersen
Walter H. Pfaeffle ’60
Jerri Picha ’75
Dennis M. Plummer ’73
H. Leonard Porter III ’67 and Mary Ellen Biciste Porter ’67
Charles L. Rassieur ’60 and Virginia Rassieur
† Richard R. Reinhold ’50
Ruth Forsythe Robinson ’50
† Richard A. Romine ’55
Jean Ross ’58
Mary Ryder ’72
Elsie Cory Sadler ’49
John M. Schultz and Elizabeth Schultz
Bonnie Bondurant Shaddock ’54
Dee Smith Shuff ’63
William M. Simpson ’65 and Joyce Simpson
† Sherman U. Smith ’72
David L. Spears ’62
Karen Deen Squire ’62
† John M. Stack ’65
Mark E. Taylor ’78
Terry N. Thorstenson and Carol Thorstenson
William L. Trubeck ’68
† William H. Turnbull, Class of 1907
Jane Turrel ’68
Peter E. Upton ’68
Pamela Slaughter Van Kirk ’76 and John Van Kirk
Randall E. Vickroy ’76
Fred Wackerle ’61
Sandra Wallace
William J. Wallace
Karen Bush Watts ’65 and Daniel Watts
Charles Thomas Weeks ’62
Larry L. Werts ’54
Carol Kemmerer Wetzel ’60
Paul L. White ’61 and Maryann White
† Helen McNeel Wiener ’38
Payson S. Wild Jr. ’67
Jeanne Willhardt
J. Mark Wilson ’78
Jean Peters Witty ’88 and Peter N. Witty
Carolyn White Work ’59 and Stewart D. Work
Richard E. Yahnke ’66 and Lee Yahnke
ENDOWED GIFTS
Donors of $50,000+ in support of the College’s endowment for a faculty chair, professorship, student scholarship or other purpose
Individuals
Anonymous
Steven Anacker
Robert J. Ardell ’62 and Elizabeth Ardell
David L. Arnold ’63 and Julie Caldwell Arnold ’65
Sandy Coursey Axline ’82 and William T. Axline Jr. ’58
Steven A. Azuma ’66 and Elaine Baer Azuma ’67
Glenn L. Beall ’56
David A. Bowers ’60
Margaret Bozarth ’61
William Cullen Bryant IV
Thomas J. Cerkez III ’68 and Mary Eyre-Cerkez
Robert Cerpa and Hope Cerpa
Donald W. Chamberlin ’61 and Barbara Woll Chamberlin ’61
Stanley E. Chism ’63 and Karen Barrett
Chism ’65
Ann Mack Collier ’63 and John L. Collier
Edward DeLong
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Diffenbaugh
Anne Quinby Dyni ’56
Patricia Bolon Elmone ’77
David L. Evans
Susie Swanson FitzGerald ’71 and Curtis M. FitzGerald
Marie Foster
William J. Goldsborough ’65 and Beverly Goldsborough
Kevin M. Goodwin ’80
Merle Growden
Tina Hartwig ’68
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
William Heuerman and Sue Huseman
James C. Hornaday ’61
William T. Irelan ’62 and Ines Irelan
Jacobsen Family Fund
Jane Jakoubek
Irwin E. Kirk ’53
Ann Knapheide
Kenneth H. Knox ’62 and Judith Knox
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Annie McGehee
J. Alex McGehee ’81 and Liz McGehee
Michael J. McGrath ’71 and Kathryn McGrath
Cherry Lauder McIlvain ’47
Mary Grable McLeod ’87 and Kenneth McLeod
Jerry K. Mitchell ’67 and Susan Mitchell
Janet Forbes Myers ’68 and Lonn W. Myers
L. Terry Oggel ’61 and Linda Oggel
† H. Safford Peacock
† Hugh M. Phelps ’63 and Norma Phelps
Douglas B. Rankin ’79 and Tamyra Dixon
Rankin ’81
Therese Worden Rankin ’00 and Jeffrey D. Rankin
Marlyn Whitsitt Rinehart ’57
Margaret Evans Roberts ’58 and Ned C. Roberts
Mary Schwind
Bonnie Bondurant Shaddock ’54
Michael D. Silver and Suzanne Woll
Dorothy Walker Skanderup ’50
Randal M. Smith and Lynda Smith
William W. Smith and Eleanor Slunaker Smith
David P. Spalding and Marianne Spalding
Doris Speer
Joseph O. Svoboda ’75 and Leslie Svoboda
Derek Thomas and Sara Thomas
Fred Wackerle ’61
Cynthia Waltershausen ’67 and George L. Waltershausen
Ralph E. Whiteman ’52 and Martha Williams Whiteman
Richard W. Whiteman ’64 and Harriet
Southerlan Whiteman ’65
Ann Newton Wieland ’68
P. Andrew Wieland and Roxana Wieland † Catherine Axline Williams ’50
Jean Peters Witty ’88 and Peter N. Witty
Ruth Wright
Richard E. Yahnke ’66 and Lee Yahnke
Gordon K. Young ’61 and Jane Corman Young ’61
Jackie Bell Zachmeyer ’89 and Michael
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Steven M. Zaleski and Elizabeth TurnbullZaleski
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Businesses, Organizations and Estates
Anonymous
Alice Grooms Estate
Anchor Lumber Do-it Center
Anne G. Luce Estate
ARJCO Foundation Ltd.
Arminta C. Sheats Estate
Arthur W. Brown Estate
BBW Holdings, LLC
Bernice L. Fox Estate
Bernie and Helen Wiener Charitable Fund
Charles Frederic Strong Estate
Curt and Susie FitzGerald Foundation
David A. Bowers IRA
Donn and Beverlee J. Johnson Estate
Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation, Inc.
Edwin L. Johnson Trust
Elizabeth Dean and Robert James Ardell
Donor Advised Fund
Elva B. Lucas Estate
Eva Hanna Cleland Estate
Frederick & Ann Niblock Estate
Gayle Woods Estate
Gibson Estate, John W.
Gladys M. Morrow Estate
Glen L. Pickens Estate
Gordon Young IRA
Greenridge Properties
Hackbrush Family Trust
Harr Decedents Trust
Hearst Foundations
Helen Dunbar Estate
Helen R. Hicks Trust Estate
Henry & Frances Jahn Trust
J & L Freedom Foundation
J & V Flynn Foundation
Jacobsen Family Foundation
James H. Ruble Family Trust
Jane A. Graham Estate
John E. Broming Estate
Juanita W Reinhard Trust
Judson W. Jones Estate
Kellwood Foundation
Lee L. Morgan Trust Estate
Len G. Everett Estate
Linda R. Buch Estate
Lysle H. Morrow Estate
Margaret Miles Estate
Marion D. Boyer Estate
Murdy Foundation, Inc.
Myers Family Fund
N. Barr Miller Estate
National Cabinet Lock
National Philanthropic Trust
Nelson T. Potter Estate
Oral C. Kost Estate
Pattee Foundation
Richard L. “Doc” Kieft Estate
Ruth Finch Estate
San Diego Foundation
Sarah A. Ryder Estate
Sindlinger Foundation
Skanderup Family Fund
Stanley Earl Chism IRA
The Bebe Trust
Virgil Boucher Estate
Virginia B. Flynn Estate
W. Jerome Hatch Living Trust
Wallace B. Cleland Estate
Waste Management, Inc.
William M. LeSuer Estate
Willis R. Boss Trust
CAPITAL GIFTS
Donors of $50,000+ in support of a building, facility or other capital project
Individuals
Donna Mrkvicka Ardell ’63
Robert J. Ardell ’62 and Elizabeth Ardell
† Nancy Glennie Beck ’53
David A. Bowers ’60
Gail Bunce
David J. Byrnes ’72 and Elizabeth Byrnes
Stanley E. Chism ’63 and Karen Barrett
Chism ’65
Ann Mack Collier ’63 and John L. Collier
Mary Niblock Crawford ’61
Jon E. Dahl ’75 and Barbara Dahl
Robert A. Dahl and Kasim Baihaki
Donald E. Fike
William J. Goldsborough ’65 and Beverly Goldsborough
Augustin S. Hart III ’68 and Rebecca Hart
Walter S. Huff Jr. ’56 and Bonnie Lowrey
James A. Hutchinson ’64
Mahendran K. Jawaharlal ’86
Barbara Watt Johnson ’52
Louise DuBois Kasch ’48
Ann Knapheide
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Alan V. Larson ’55 and Sally Smith Larson ’56
J. Alex McGehee ’81 and Liz McGehee
Terry Medhurst
Gary W. Melvin and Tess Melvin
Daniel F. Palmer ’75 and Sheri Palmer
† H. Safford Peacock
J. Stanley Pepper ’76 and Christine Pepper
Roxie Pepper
† Hugh M. Phelps ’63 and Norma Phelps
Jerri Picha ’75
Debra Jackowniak Scarlett ’95
John M. Schultz and Elizabeth Schultz
Bonnie Bondurant Shaddock ’54
Mark E. Taylor ’78
William L. Trubeck ’68
Robert D. Tucker Jr. ’65 and Judith Hodges Tucker ’65
Fred Wackerle ’61
Viktoria Knapheide Wood
Richard E. Yahnke ’66 and Lee Yahnke
Businesses and Organizations
Anonymous
Arthur and Dorothy Dahl Trust
Bernie and Helen Wiener Charitable Fund
Bruning Foundation
Bunce Charitable Lead Unitrust
Caterpillar Matching Gifts Program
CompX International, Inc.
David A. Bowers Revocable Trust
David Byrnes Revocable Living Trust
DJB Properties LLC
Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation, Inc.
Ford Motor Company Fund
Franklin H. and Ruth L. Wells Foundation
Frederick H. Stanton Estate
Gary W. Melvin Revocable Trust
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
Jacobsen Family Foundation
John McCune Charitable Trust
Knapheide Manufacturing Company
Knapheide Truck Equipment
Kresge Foundation
Midwest Bank of Western Illinois
Murdy Foundation, Inc.
New Horizons Foundation, Inc.
Pattee Foundation
Pepper Family Foundation
R.J./D.L. Ardell Charitable Lead Trust
Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust
Sindlinger Foundation
Terry E J Medhurst Trust
Tri-City Electric Company
Virginia B. Flynn Estate
Walter S. Huff Jr. Foundation
William M. Slayton Estate
EMPLOYEE SERVICE
Employees with 25 or more years of service
Rajkumar Ambrose
George F. Arnold
Louise Barbaro-Medrano
James E. Betts
Mary Hanford Bianchi
Michael J. Blaesing ’96
Harlow B. Blum
Marjorie Bond
Steven L. Buban
Daryl B. Carr ’88
Susan Carrier
Martha Carwile
Jacquelyn Condon
Michael L. Connell
Kenneth L. Cramer
Mindy Damewood
Lynn Daw
James L. De Young
Christopher Fasano
Peter A. Gebauer
Donald L. Gladfelter ’77
Terry L. Glasgow
Richard L. Griffiths
Kathy Haas
Farhat Haq
William M. Hastings
Roger D. Haynes ’82
Dian Henson
Susan Holm
Wanda Johnson
† J. Prescott Johnson
Richard G. Johnston
Carolyn Kirk
J. Rodney Lemon ’63
Stacy Ashton Lotz
Thomas E. Lydic
† Beth McCoy
Mary McDermott
Lee McGaan ’69
Kenneth G. McMillan
William M. McNall ’81
R. Jeremy McNamara
Cheryl Meeker
Kristi Millar ’93
Terry L. Morris
Jill Munson
Karen Ogorzalek
Mark S. Ogorzalek
Sheri White Owen ’96
Trudi Peterson
Vernon Peter Pitts
Dana L. Poole
Douglas B. Rankin ’79
Jeffrey D. Rankin
Therese Worden Rankin ’00
Jayne Poland Schreck ’90
Joseph C. Schreck
Patricia Ohler Shallenberger
Kari Bailey Shimmin ’97
Thomas J. Sienkewicz
Michael E. Sproston ’64
Nancy Burke St. Ledger ’69
Jeff L. Steele
Carolyn Suda
Judy Sullivan
Mark L. Todd
Marta Tucker
Jacquelynn Urban
William Urban
William J. Wallace
George L. Waltershausen
Craig Watson
Lyle L. Welch
Jillana Wilson
Brian K. Woodard ’97
DONOR PROFILE: IRA ROLLOVER
JOE SIMPSON ’66
Simpson came to Monmouth from the south side of Chicago after receiving a scholarship. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry from the University of Arkansas. The retired senior network engineer lives in Oxford, Ohio, with his wife of 54 years. The Simpsons have three children and five grandchildren.
THE GIFT: Simpson supports his alma mater through an IRA charitable rollover. “My goal is to thank Monmouth by providing flexible and unencumbered funding,” he said. “It really isn’t a gift, just my way of recognizing the college’s impact on me. Anyone who received a solid liberal arts education from the college might wish to help Monmouth thrive and pass the blessings along.”
MONMOUTH MEMORIES: “Once at Monmouth I found a generous and nurturing institution,” said Simpson. “When I requested to violate the scholarship conditions by moving off campus, my request was graciously granted, even though I was still eating meals on campus. I moved into Ms. Euler’s Party House with three companions. Ms. Euler traveled to Monmouth in a covered wagon and was an active member of the Billy Sunday Society. She didn’t serve alcohol, but baked wonderful pies.”
STORY TIME: Simpson said much of his career success was “due to my liberal education at Monmouth College, not because of technical ability. Monmouth College had a profound impact on my life. She taught me how to think. She taught me that rules were important, but not to the exclusion of human values. I learned to generate the important questions and, often, how to answer them. I also learned to look for opportunities to help in the more general sense, rather than by simply carrying out my specified job responsibilities. ... I’m also indebted to my professors, including a remarkably patient English professor, demanding and actively engaged chemistry professors and a very demanding statistics professor.”
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
the 1853 Society
Named to commemorate the year of Monmouth College’s founding, the 1853 Society recognizes alumni, parents, friends and organizations that make leadership annual gifts in support of the college. The society has five clubs, each representing a level of generous giving.
PRESIDENT’S CLUB
$25,000 or more
Individuals
Cynthia Benshoof
David A. Bowers ’60
Margaret Bozarth ’61
Stanley E. Chism ’63 and Karen Barrett Chism ’65
Ann Mack Collier ’63 and John L. Collier
Susie Swanson FitzGerald ’71 and Curtis M. FitzGerald
William J. Goldsborough ’65 and Beverly Goldsborough
John E. Harmon ’68
Augustin S. Hart III ’68 and Rebecca Hart
Mahendran K. Jawaharlal ’86
Richard W. Karcher ’74 and Mary Karcher
Andrew D. Kerr ’73 and Pamela Kerr
Kenneth H. Knox ’62 and Judith Knox
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Karen Krueger ’72
Mary Litchfield
† Robert L. Litchfield ’71
Courtney McGehee ’18
J. Alex McGehee ’81 and Liz McGehee
Michael J. McGrath ’71 and Kathryn McGrath
Stephen Dale Mey ’68
J. Hunter Peacock and Julie Peacock
J. Stanley Pepper ’76 and Christine Pepper
Ralph R. Velazquez Jr. ’79 and Jane Schneiter Velazquez ’81
Richard E. Yahnke ’66 and Lee Yahnke
Organizations and Estates Anonymous
Alvin T. Peterson Trust
Ann M. Collier & John L. Collier Trust
Clarks Fork Foundation
Curt and Susie FitzGerald Foundation
David A. Bowers Foundation
David A. Bowers IRA
Donald G. Whiteman Estate
Ernest Crow Trust
Frank M. Huff Trust
Greenridge Properties
H. Safford Peacock Estate
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
J & V Flynn Foundation
Jawaharlal Charitable Trust
John E. Harmon IRA
Joyce Patterson Estate
Karen A. Chism IRA
Karen Krueger IRA
Marilyn B. Johnston Estate
Marilyn J. Hay Trust
Midwest Bank of Western Illinois
Our Giving Tree
Pepper Family Foundation
Richard E. Yahnke IRA
Stephen Dale Mey IRA
DAVID WALLACE CLUB
$10,000 to $24,999
Individuals
Robert J. Ardell ’62 and Elizabeth Ardell
Steven A. Azuma ’66 and Elaine Baer Azuma ’67
Leonard J. Carlson ’88 and Helena Echols ’86
Charles C. Chappell ’69
Larry F. Clark ’65 and Barbara Trubeck Clark ’66
Robin Ottenad Galloway ’90
Nathan J. Gaskill ’04 and Laura Haumiller Gaskill ’05
William G. Hurckes ’81 and Yvonne Mensing Hurckes ’80
Jennifer Jacobsen
Roger Jacobsen
Patrick W. Lewis ’95 and Kristina Lewis
Paul G. Luepke ’83 and Judi Poettgen Luepke ’83
Thomas S. Martin ’72
Larry E. Millikan ’58 and Jeanine Johnson Millikan ’61
Janet Forbes Myers ’68 and Lonn W. Myers
Bradley C. Nahrstadt ’89 and Debra Snyderman Nahrstadt
L. Terry Oggel ’61 and Linda Oggel
Dennis M. Plummer ’73 and Carolyn Plummer
Jean Hutchinson Randolph ’68 and Ross
Randolph
Robb A. Ruyle ’65 and Mary Ruyle
Melissa Scholes ’97
William M. Simpson ’65 and Joyce Simpson
Carol Veith Sorenson ’63 and Raymond E. Sorenson
Theodore A. Tarkow
Mark E. Taylor ’78
Karen Bush Watts ’65 and Daniel Watts
Organizations and Estates
Associated Colleges of Illinois
Augustin S. Hart IRA
Carol Sorenson IRA
Charles C. Chappell IRA
Cline-Lofftus Foundation
Council of Independent Colleges
David A. Bowers Revocable Trust
Dennis Plummer Charitable Fund
Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation, Inc.
Eleanor Ketcham Trust
Jacobsen Family Foundation
Kenneth H. Knox IRA
L. Terry Oggel IRA
Larry Millikan IRA
Leona S. Vollintine Charitable Trust
Lonn Myers IRA
Margaret C. Bozarth IRA
Mary Beth and R. Duncan Brown Charitable Fund
Nahrstadt Family Fund
Robin Galloway Donor Advised Fund
Russell S. Andrews Estate
The Benevity Community Impact Fund Donor Advised Fund
William Simpson IRA
QUINBY CLUB
$5,000 to $9,999
Individuals
Anonymous
David W. Adolphson ’67
David L. Arnold ’63 and Julie Caldwell Arnold ’65
Anne White Beall ’67 and James F. Beall
Lila Keleher Blum ’61 and Harlow B. Blum
Lynda Pepper Bollman ’76 and Robert Bollman
Douglas R. Carlson ’66
Robert Cerpa and Hope Cerpa
Daniel A. Cotter ’88 and Ann Stites Cotter ’87
John A. Courson ’64 and Marcia Courson
Michael D. Cryer ’99 and Christina Stob Cryer ’01
Jon E. Dahl ’75 and Barbara Dahl
Craig A. Dahlquist ’78
John R. Darrah ’79 and Catherine Darrah
Daniel W. Dickson ’89 and Pam Dickson
Burneta Burns Donges ’49
Curtis C. Farr ’88 and Christine Beiermann Farr ’90
Margaret Deschwanden Foster ’52
Anita Ridge ’88 and David W. Greer
Ross C. Hart ’73
John L. Hennessy Jr. ’68
Willis M. Hubbard ’62 and Marilyn Kessinger Hubbard ’64
F. Austin Jones and Kim Jones
Kunal Kapoor ’97 and Monica Kapoor
Daniel L. Keating ’83 and Jane Stevens Keating ’84
John A. Kemp ’82 and Reese Kemp
Irwin E. Kirk ’53
Kenneth Martin Klein ’66 and Susan Peck Latham-Klein ’67
James R. Klusendorf ’61
Alan J. Landauer ’70 and Gail Anderson Landauer ’71
Robert “Cam” McConnell ’72
Michael B. McCulley ’70
Donald McKinley ’50
Mary Grable McLeod ’87 and Kenneth McLeod
Ann Michael ’67
William G. Morgan ’64
Ellen Littler Perry ’59
Margaret Robb Petersen ’71 and Robert Petersen
Charles M. Poeltler ’76
Robert G. Riley Jr. ’70 and Kay Riley
Jeanne Gittings Robeson ’60
Timothy A. Salier ’96
Thomas A. Sargent ’85 and Crystal Krug Sargent ’85
Lee E. Schaeffer Jr. ’65 and Judith Maxwell Schaeffer ’65
Blair W. Schultz ’72
Robert J. Shriner Jr.
Michael E. Sproston ’64 and Donna Schliffke
Sproston ’66
Joseph O. Svoboda ’75 and Leslie Svoboda
Thaddeus Tharp and Holly Tharp
Dwight Tierney ’69 and Dina Nathanson
William L. Trubeck ’68
Fred Wackerle ’61
Payson S. Wild Jr. ’67 and Linda Wild
Jean Peters Witty ’88 and Peter N. Witty
William A. Wolma ’67 and Frances White Wolma ’66
Gretchen Wright-Moore ’64
Clarence R. Wyatt and Lobie Stone
Gordon K. Young ’61 and Jane Corman Young ’61
Robert A. Zika ’67 and Gail Hartong Zika ’66
Organizations and Estates
Anita Ridge and David Greer Donor Advised Fund
Ann B. Michael IRA
Beall Family Charitable Gift Fund
Christine S. Fitzgerald IRA
Compeer Financial
David L. Arnold IRA
Donna J. Sproston IRA
Dwight Tierney IRA
Exxonmobil Foundation
Frederick W. Wackerle Charitable Fund
Gail Landauer IRA
Gordon Young IRA
Gretchen L. Moore IRA
J & L Freedom Foundation
James R. Klusendorf IRA
John Hennessy IRA
Johnson & Johnson Donor Employee Funds
Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Program
Jon E. Dahl IRA
Kapoor Family Fund
Kemp Family Charitable Fund
Lee & Judith Schaeffer Jr. Charitable Fund
McLeod Family Gift Account
Michael and Christina Cryer Fund
MTC Communications
Payson S. Wild, Jr. IRA
Riley Family Fund
Robert and Gail Zika IRA
Robert and Lynda Bollman Trust, a Donor Advised Fund
Robert J. Ardell IRA
Robert J. Shriner Jr. Charitable Fund
Robert K. Garro IRA
Ross C. Hart IRA
Schwab Charitable Fund
Smithfield Foods
The RKC Fund
Thomas J. Sienkewicz IRA
Tri State Travel
Yahnke Family Charitable Fund
FOUNDERS CLUB
$2,500 to $4,999
Individuals
Jeffrey J. Bakker ’90 and Cynthia Dorsch
Robert M. Barton ’63 and Shirley Barton
Bruce E. Birdsell ’69 and Serena Foote Birdsell ’70
Stephen M. Bloomer ’83 and Cheryl Youngren Bloomer
John C. Carlson ’74 and Lynette Johnson Carlson ’74
G. Deeks Carroll Jr. ’62 and Bonnie Carroll
Simon C. Cordery and Stacy Cordery
Charles Courtney Jr. ’57
Thomas S. Davis ’62 and Julie Shaw
Gene Dawson ’63 and Jane Wilson Dawson ’64
Daniel W. Dickson ’89 and Pam Dickson
Marco T. DiGiorgio ’71 and Kristie DiGiorgio
Sandra Johnson Dobras ’61 and Victor E. Dobras II
Jeffrey A. Draves ’85 and Patricia Draves
Robert C. Dyni ’83
Marcia Brink Adair ’70 and Richard Edwards
Won Yang Everett ’68 and William W. Everett
Donald L. Gladfelter ’77
John Goddard
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
Linda Groves
Robert H. Gwynn ’63
David W. Jackson ’69 and Catherine Mayer
Jackson ’71
Kevin J. Kelley ’72 and Ronda Kelley
Jane Marshall Kellogg ’72 and Buster L. Kellogg Jr.
Margaret Will Lee ’71
Russell F. Marshall ’63 and Mary Bailey
Marshall ’64
Frederick H. McDavitt ’61
R. Jeremy McNamara and Alice McNamara
Jeffrey D. Miller ’84
William C. Murschel ’75 and Terry Burke
Murschel ’79
Gary C. Niehaus ’74 and Paige Niehaus
Julia Briggerman O’Hara ’62 and Daniel O’Hara
Timothy L. Owen ’73 and Gail Simpson Owen ’74
Jason D. Paulsgrove ’03 and Jaclyn Paulsgrove
Lisa Pepper ’87
Karen Williams Phinney ’84
Joanne Moy ’70 and Michael R. Robinson
Robert C. Roush ’67
Wendell L. Shauman ’67 and Janet Agan
Shauman
H. Charles Stahmer ’73
Danette Bagley-Thierry ’86 and Robert K. Thierry III
William B. Trent Jr. ’69 and Catherine Blake
Trent ’70
Nick Tucker ’73
John Turnbull and Denise Turnbull
William A. Turner ’93
Peter E. Upton ’68
Daniel S. Weber ’74 and Geralyn Pope Weber ’76
Paul L. White ’61 and Maryann White
Peter Widolff ’88 and Angela Hart Widolff ’90
John H. Wierman ’66
David N. Willing ’59 and Winona Willing
Mary Hollander Winter ’53 and Robert G. Winter ’53
George J. Wolcott
Gordon B. Yocum ’73 and Bronwyn Yocum
Ronald A. Zagorski ’65 and Eugenia Willman
Zagorski ’65
Organizations and Estates
Advanced Plumbing & Mechanical, LLC
Albert H. Stahmer Foundation Inc.
Blair W. Schultz IRA
Buchanan Center for the Arts
Charlie’s Charities
Country Financial
David N. WIlling IRA
Donald and Victoria Gladfelter Charitable Fund
Fork Catering Co.
the
1853 Society (continued)
Galesburg Community Foundation
Gary C. Niehaus Revocable Trust
Jeanne Robeson IRA
Joanne G. Moy IRA
John A. and Marcia H. Courson Revocable Trust
John and Lynette Johnson Carlson Family Fund
Julia A. O’Hara IRA
Karen Bush Watts IRA
Kenneth M. Klein IRA
Marcia Adair IRA
Marco T. DiGiorgio IRA
Margaret Lee IRA
McDonough District Hospital
Midwest Uniform Supply
OSF Healthcare
Peter E. Upton IRA
Robert C. Roush IRA
Robert H. Gwynn IRA
Robert M. Barton IRA
Robert Winter IRA
Russell Marshall IRA
Thomas S. Davis Trust
Victor E. Dobras IRA
MONMOUTH CLUB
$1,000 to $2,499
Individuals
Anonymous
Gena Corbin Alcorn ’88
David J. Alengo ’85
David K. Allen ’69
James W. Asplund ’54 and Wanda Asplund
Brian M. Austin ’64 and Susan Austin
G. Ronald Barshinger ’74
David R. Bates ’63 and Susan Bates
Reid K. Beveridge ’64 and Eileen Beveridge
James B. Bird ’72
Michael J. Blaesing ’96 and Julia Westby Blaesing ’95
DuFresne Penrod Blume ’91
Larry Blume
Carol West Boehme ’72
Eric D. Boland ’95 and Jill Bowles Boland ’97
Kristyne Gilbert ’90 and Charles Duane Bonifer
Carl A. Borine ’61 and Sharon Borine
Robert F. Bowen ’59 and Judith Bowen
Ronald L. Bowers and Jane Bowers
Larry D. Brown ’65 and Janet Henning Brown ’64
Lyndea Dew Brown ’71 and Tary L. Brown
Marilyn Clark Brownlie ’50
James R. Bunn ’68 and Alice Young Bunn ’69
Dale B. Buss ’78
Donna Martz Buss ’78
Judith Sluka Butcher ’63
Barbara Bolon Bye ’64
James L. Caldwell IV ’72 and Barbara Caldwell
Jacquelyn Condon and Neal Heerwagen
Mary Alexander Corrigan ’82
Joseph Cucci and Linda Cucci
Neil A. Dahlstrom ’98 and Karen Dahlstrom
William Stanley Daniel ’72
F. Garvin Davenport Jr. and †Bernice Davenport
Cassie Zelinske Day ’95 and Ben R. Day
James L. De Young and Janet De Young
Carl J. Demas ’64 and Margaret Schneider Demas ’66
Donald L. Denney ’64 and Dorene Denney
Larry R. Dew ’66 and Judith Burmeister Dew ’66
Lee D. Dobbins ’59 and Barbara Getty Dobbins ’59
Carol Clark Dotseth ’63 and Gregory M. Dotseth
Alice Dunlap-Kraft ’75 and Robert Kraft
Eric G. Ealy ’86 and Joan Chatfield Ealy ’86
Zak S. Edmonds ’08 and Nicole Mason Edmonds
Kenneth A. Eiserman ’71 and Mary Ann Galusha Eiserman ’72
Rhoda Engel ’57
June Gustafson Erdmier-Salen ’52
Dwight R. Erskine ’67
Kellie Kohler Esters ’86
Susan Countryman Estes ’66 and Fredrick C. Estes
Janet Forsythe Fishburn ’58
Frederick A. Fletcher and Jane Taylor
Lyle E. Fogel Jr. ’67 and Dorothy Harris Fogel ’66
Debra Forsaith ’77
Jeffrey C. Fort ’72 and Diane Locandro ’75
Marie Foster
Daniel M. Fowler ’72 and Julia Duffy
Robert H. Frost ’66 and Linda Jungbluth Frost ’66
Terry F. Fruehauf ’76
Richard K. Fuller ’57 and Kathleen Fuller
Susan Sandner Gibson ’81
Alan R. Gieryna ’74 and Mary Ann Kelly Gieryna ’75
Gary L. Gilliland ’65
Charles W. Goehl ’73 and Kim Goehl
Nancee Griffith
Merle B. Growden
Pamela Ball Gustafson ’77
Sally Meaker Guth ’80 and John Guth
Donald D. Hadsell ’75 and Lois Hadsell
Margaret Hamil ’71
Scott A. Hamilton ’75 and Elizabeth Hamilton
Carol Hansen
Clifford K. Hastings ’97 and Ron Hoppe-Hastings
Lon J. Helton ’72 and Anne Buckhouse Helton ’73
Gilbert Hennenfent and Victoria Hennenfent
George K. Hess ’78 and Cathy Neese Hess ’80
Joel R. Hillison ’83
Robert E. Hillison ’82 and Keely Hillison
Sarah Hoban
Joshua E. Hornaday ’96 and Stacy Alderson Hornaday ’98
Deletra Cross Hudson ’92
Robert C. Hudson III ’75 and Sarah Young
Hudson ’74
Geoffrey A. Iverson ’71 and Mary Cannon
Iverson ’72
Dan Jacobson
Michael T. Jakubec ’90
Franklin K. Johnson ’76 and Michele Johnson
Marybeth Dues Johnson ’93 and Paul Michael Johnson
Stephen T. Johnson ’72 and Lucy Hyde Johnson ’72
Stephen D. Keithley ’72 and Cynthia Wead Keithley ’73
Denise Kellogg
Frank P. Killey ’67 and Barbara Baughman Killey ’66
Glenn P. Kinder ’73 and Nancy Thompson Kinder ’73
Cynthia Koonce ’61
Kelly K. Kost ’83 and Holly Kost
Randall R. Krafft ’79
Leon A. Kraut ’67 and Laura Welti
Christopher Fredrick Lawson ’88 and Heidi Lawson
Suellen Lee
Peter A. Lipinski ’13 and Brittany Munson Lipinski ’13
Amy Longenbaugh ’95
Sonja Zedigian Lowry ’67 and Dennis Lowry
Jeffery G. Maher and Hannah Reagor Maher
Robert V. Main ’53
Pamela Cole Mayer Meskauskas
Timothy J. McCabe ’81 and Laura McCabe
Thomas L. McCaffrey ’73
Michael E. McCreight ’68
Stanley L. McKelvie ’64 and Sandra McKelvie
Rodney J. McQueen ’62 and Diane McQueen
James G. Mercer ’55 and Barbara Cook Mercer ’54
Jane Scherger Miller ’65
John I. Moore Jr. ’69 and Mary Moore
Laura Moore
Bruce H. Morrison ’70
Christie A. Nelson ’06 and Amanda Weck ’06
Cheryl Conaway-Nelson ’90 and John R. Nelson
Jewel Price Nicholls ’50
Kathleen McLaughlin Nolin ’70 and Bruce
Edmund Nolin
Patricia Whitsitt Overbeck ’54
Edward W. Pailes Jr. ’84 and Martha Pailes
Rodney H. Park ’75 and Amy McGlothlin Park ’78
Michelle Perry ’89
Anthony J. Perzigian ’66 and Donna Perzigian
Dean E. Peterson ’64 and Suzanne Peterson
† Hugh M. Phelps’63 and Norma Phelps
Gregory S. Phillips ’82 and Rae Jean Meier Phillips ’82
Lawrence K. Pickett Jr. ’67 and Carolyn Cottrell
H. Leonard Porter III ’67 and Mary Ellen Biciste Porter ’67
Jeffrey C. Potts ’74 and Christine Odell Potts ’74
Charles L. Rassieur ’60 and Virginia Rassieur
Linda Reed ’69
Danny C. Richards ’65 and Anna Richards
Marlyn Whitsitt Rinehart ’57
Edith Nichols Roberts ’56
John S. Romine ’55
Kimberly Furman Roolf ’80 and James Roolf
Sara Ehrenberg Rosen ’70
Lucille Rupe ’65
Carla Sanders ’91
Susan Smallwood Schilson ’78
Michael A. Schmitz ’80 and Amy Johnson
Schmitz ’88
Christopher C. Schwarz ’09 and Breanna Webb Schwarz ’09
Frank A. Schweda ’98
John Schwind
John J. Scotillo ’72 and Nancy Scotillo
Kristy Smith ’86 and Dave Scott
Scott K. Shaw ’03 and Erin Hoffmeyer Shaw ’03
Charles B. Shawver ’76
Bruce A. Shepherd ’77
David Shragal and Julie King
Thomas J. Sienkewicz and Anne W. Sienkewicz
Joseph C. Simpson ’66 and Karen Simpson
Robert L. Singer ’61
Richard J. Sirois ’84
Roger F. Slaboch ’75
Carlos F. Smith ’90 and Debra Smith
Gregory A. Smith ’75 and Mary Smith
Roger E. Smith ’60 and Sue Perrine Smith ’61
Nancy Snowden
Byron Sondgeroth ’88 and Suzan Sondgeroth
Dorothy Stack Spalding ’64 and Francis O. Spalding
Michael T. Stauth ’69 and Jennifer Barnes Stauth ’69
Ralph E. Stephenson ’58 and Bonnie Stephenson
Joanne Greer Stipp ’64 and James Stipp
Lynn Stubblebine
Roy J. Sye ’13 and Colleen Sinclair Sye ’13
Mark G. Thorn ’83
Mark T. Tupper ’94 and Tina Tupper
Charles L. Turnbough Jr. ’69
Brian D. Valentini ’02 and Jaimie Gurney Valentini ’03
Randall E. Vickroy ’76
Eric J. Wagner ’72
Dennis E. Walker ’64 and Sandra Foreman
Walker ’62
Mitchell Walker
Cynthia Waltershausen ’67 and George L. Waltershausen
Kelli Wefenstette ’07
R. Bruce Weiman ’76 and Debbie Weiman
Roger E. Well ’86 and Dana Well
John T. Welsh ’78 and Linda Retterer Welsh ’79
Carol Kemmerer Wetzel ’60
David R. Whitcomb ’72 and Dawn Darner
Ralph E. Whiteman ’52 and Martha Williams Whiteman
DONOR PROFILE: DONOR ADVISED FUND
JOHN ’74 AND LYNETTE JOHNSON CARLSON ’74
John and Lynette met on campus, coming to Monmouth from Chicago and Waukegan, Ill., respectively. A government major, John earned an MBA from the Keller Graduate School in Chicago. He had a 32-year career in manufacturing management and, between active and reserve duty, a 26-year career in the U.S. Army. Lynette earned a business degree and worked in the accounting profession for five years before switching to education for the next quarter century. The Carlsons, who’ve been married 48 years, live in Orland Park, Ill. They have two children and five grandchildren.
THE GIFT: “I believe the Donor Advised Fund is a great vehicle for giving,” said John. “It can provide a positive tax advantage to you and is an easy way to make a donation with the funds that have been set aside.”
MONMOUTH MEMORIES: “A friend of mine from high school attended Monmouth,” said John. “I visited campus and saw it had what I wanted. Monmouth had a major I was interested in, access to the Army ROTC program and an active social life.” For Lynette, a strong family connection drew her to campus. “My mother and father, aunt and uncle, and cousins all attended Monmouth,” she said. “The school offered the classes I was interested in and had a teacher certificate education program.” Both were involved in Greek life, with John joining Theta Chi and Lynette in Kappa Kappa Gamma. As alumni, John and Lynette have volunteered for many college events and gatherings, serving on various reunion committees. They’ve attended many Homecoming weekends and return to campus when in the area.
STORY TIME: “I gained lifelong friends, a broad range of educational opportunities while in school, and confidence for later in life that you could succeed,” said John, who has been on the college’s Alumni Board for many years. “Monmouth’s liberal arts curriculum gave me several classes outside my field that were fun and interesting.”
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
the 1853 Society (continued)
Ann Newton Wieland ’68
Melissa Wieland
Jane Batten Wild ’69
Kathryn Argentine Willhardt ’12 and Mark E. Willhardt
Dennis A. Willig Jr. and Angela Willig
James M. Wilson ’66 and Katherine Lepard Wilson ’67
David T. Workman and Linda Workman
Jennifer Campbell Young ’91 and Jayson Young
Steven M. Zaleski and Elizabeth Turnbull-Zaleski
Organizations and Estates
Anonymous
Alice J. Bunn IRA
Anonymous Alumni
Benevity Community Impact Fund, Mastercard Blackbaud Giving Fund by its Agent Your Cause - Bayer
Carol Dotseth IRA
Caterpillar Matching Gifts Program
Charities Aid Foundation of America State
Farm Companies Foundation
Chism Family Legacy Fund
Clarity Group Midwest
Classical Assoc of the Middle West & South
Country Financial Services
Country Financial Servs
Cynthia Louise Koonce IRA
Danny C. Richards IRA
Dennis Walker IRA
Dew Revocable Trust UTA Larry R. Dew Or
Judith A. Dew Trustee
Dorothy S. Spalding IRA
Ealy Giving Fund
Edward Jones Trust Co As Cust FBO Susy D
Condon IRA
Eric Wagner IRA
Everence Foundation, Inc for Lucille Rupe
Greg and Mary Ellen Smith Giving Account
Hamil Charitable Account Fund
James Caldwell IRA
James G. Mercer IRA
Jim and Jan De Young Charitable Trust
John and Mary Moore Charitable Fund
Joseph Cucci IRA
Karen B. Simpson IRA
Kellogg Printing Company
L. Pepper Donor Advised Fund
Land Management Partners, LLC
Leon A. Kraut IRA
Lila Blum IRA
Lorain Jewel Nicholls IRA
LPL Financial Services
Mary Ann Eiserman IRA
Merle B. Growden IRA
Michael McCreight IRA
Nancy Snowden Donor Advised Fund
Phelps Family Fund
Potts Family Foundation
Ralph E. Whiteman IRA
Robert Main IRA
Rodney & Diane McQueen IRA
Roger E. Smith IRA
Rural Schools Collaborative, Inc.
S L K Trust
Security Savings Bank
Southern Star Finishes, LLC
Stanley & Marilyn Pilcher Family Trust
Stephen and Lucy Johnson, IRA
Stifel Investments
Susan L. Klein IRA
The Benevity Community Impact Fund, Microsoft
The Benevity Community Impact Fund, Aon
Thomas McCaffrey Trust
Tim and Susan Gibson Charitable Fund
Vicki Hennenfent IRA
Virginia Rassieur IRA
Walker-Hoban Family Fund
Warren County United Way
Wieland Family Foundation
William S. Daniel, Attorney At Law
Yager Family Estate Trust
Yourcause, As Agent for Blackbaud Giving Fund for Mastercard Impact Fund
r e Stricted giftS
In addition to supporting the annual fund, donors also designate charitable contributions for specific purposes, endowed funds and capital projects.
ACI’s Peer Mentoring Program
Associated Colleges of Illinois
ACM One Time Grants
GOOD Institute
Amy Workman Scholarship
David T. Workman and Linda Workman
Athletic Meals Fund
David L. Arnold ’63 and Julie Caldwell Arnold ’65
David L. Arnold IRA
Curtis C. Farr ’88 and Christine Beiermann Farr ’90
ATO House Fund
Casey Emerson Shevokas
Babette Buck and Fred Wackerle
Endowed Scholarship
Frederick W. Wackerle Charitable Fund
Fred Wackerle ’61
Barbara S. Walker ’50 Scholarship
Sarah Hoban
Mitchell Walker
Walker-Hoban Family Fund
Margaret Walker Wallace
Baseball Program
Kimberly Moye
Basketball Program
Dale Hull
Bowers Hall Endowed Maintenance Fund
David A. Bowers ’60
David A. Bowers IRA
Brad Wefenstette Prize for Social Justice
Kelli Wefenstette ’07
Business Office, Professional Development Fund
Thaddeus Tharp and Holly Tharp
Campus Tree Fund
David W. Adolphson ’67
Capital Improvements Fund
Gene Dawson ’63 and Jane Wilson Dawson ’64
Carol J. Boehme Scholarship for Women
Carol West Boehme ’72
Carol Veith Sorenson Scholarship
Carol Veith Sorenson ’63 and Raymond E. Sorenson
Carol Sorenson IRA
Champion Miller Fund for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Borg-Warner Foundation Inc.
Anthony David Bryant ’18
Frank Alexander Clark ’02 and Jennifer Clark
Geoffrey M. Edwards ’03 and Christina Edwards
Richard F. Harrod ’07 and Mollie Williams Harrod ’07
Richard A. Johnson ’70 and Lorraine Botticelli
Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Program
Michael B. McCulley ’70
Gerald Palomo ’79 and Michel Palomo
The Benevity Community Impact Fund Donor
Advised Fund
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Microsoft
Brian D. Valentini ’02 and Jaimie Gurney Valentini ’03
Chaplaincy Program
Laura Reason
Carolyn Weber
Charles & Virginia Rassieur Prize
Charles L. Rassieur ’60 and Virginia Rassieur
Virginia Rassieur IRA
Charles C. Chappell Scholarship
Charles C. Chappell ’69
Charles C. Chappell IRA
Christine Swanson FitzGerald, Class of ’71, Endowed Scholarship
Christine S FitzGerald IRA
Curt and Susie FitzGerald Foundation
Susie Swanson FitzGerald ’71 and Curtis M. FitzGerald
Class of 1962 Endowed Scholarship
G. Deeks Carroll Jr. ’62 and Bonnie Carroll
Kenneth H. Knox ’62 and Judith Knox
Larry G. Manning ’62 and Janet Pearson Manning ’62
The Benevity Community Impact Fund Donor Advised Fund
Class of 1963 Scholarship
Conny Davinroy Beatty ’81 and Daniel P. Beatty
Shirley Service Culbert ’63
Class of 1967 Scholarship
Beth Guyer ’67
Robert A. Zika ’67 and Gail Hartong Zika ’66
Robert and Gail Zika IRA
Cline-Lofftus Foundation Scholarship
Cline-Lofftus Foundation
Communications Department
Susan Countryman Estes ’66 and Fredrick C. Estes
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Crotzer-Harmon Scholarship
John E. Harmon ’68
John E. Harmon IRA
Dallas B. and Barbara A. Irelan Scholarship
William T. Irelan ’62 and Ines Irelan
Dave and Julie Arnold Scholarship
David L. Arnold ’63 and Julie Caldwell Arnold ’65
David L. Arnold IRA
Deletra (Cross) Hudson Scholarship
Deletra Cross Hudson ’92
Department of Art
Brian M. Austin ’64 and Susan Austin
Laura Cavanaugh ’86
William G. Coppard ’67
Hiroko Saito ’86
Stoneware Museum of Monmouth
Department of Biology
Jeffrey M. Dougherty ’98 and Stefanie Dougherty † Robert L. Litchfield ’71
Department of Capron Classics
Kayla Beadles ’17
Classical Association of the Middle West & South
Judith Schneider Lilly ’67
Department of Chemistry
Stephanie Lankford Baker ’15 and Chance Baker
Donald R. Paulson ’65 and Elizabeth Paulson
Bradley E. Sturgeon and Katherine Sturgeon
Sarah Crummy Wolek ’01 and Rich Wolek
Department of Education
Pamela Bowman Best ’89 and Thomas Best
Jon Ferguson and Lori Ferguson
John E. Harmon ’68
John E. Harmon IRA
Gerald Palomo ’79 and Michel Palomo
Mathew Underwood ’04 and Elizabeth Purdy
Underwood ’04
Robert G. Yarde ’58 and Marilyn Yarde
Judy Yeast
Department of History
Anonymous
Abbey Hardin ’08
Department of Music
Lyndon D. Meyer
Kristeen Ford Peterson ’81 and Quentin J. Peterson
William L. Trubeck ’68
Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies
Ann Garry ’65 and †Robert Ashen
Department of Political Science
Harrison D. Heilman ’10
Department of Psychology
PSI CHI
Department of Theatre
Buchanan Center for the Arts
William S. Daniel ’72
Daniel Greising and Rebecca Greising
James P. Hughes and Mary Hughes
Kathleen Lowe-Arthur IRA
† Kathleen Lowe-Arthur
Ann Toal ’60
William S. Daniel, Attorney At Law
Clarence R. Wyatt and Lobie Stone
De Young Theatre Arts Education Fund
David De Young
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
James L. De Young and Janet De Young
Jim and Jan De Young Charitable Trust
Christopher J. Pio ’84 and Bobbi Swarts Pio ’92
Diversity Intervention Scholarship Fund
Stanley E. Chism ’63 and Karen Barrett
Chism ’65
Karen A. Chism IRA
Diversity Programming and Academic Support
Stanley E. Chism ’63 and Karen Barrett
Chism ’65
Karen A. Chism IRA
Donald G. Whiteman Scholarship Fund
Baldwin Park Residents Assoc.
Arthur Hale Curtis III
Mr. and Mrs. David Didawick
Donald G. Whiteman Estate
Paul Franciscovich
Bruce Iacobelli
Carolyn Sellers
David Whiteman ’66
Douglas R. Spitz Scholarship
Marie Foster
Dr. Frederick and Phyllis Kaskel Biology Fund
Alice J. Bunn IRA
James R. Bunn ’68 and Alice Young Bunn ’69
Dr. Steven A. ’66 and Mrs. Elaine Baer ’67 Azuma Scholarship
Steven A. Azuma ’66 and Elaine Baer Azuma ’67
Dream and Achieve Scholarship
Nathan J. Gaskill ’04 and Laura Haumiller
Gaskill ’05
Dream and Achieve Scholarship - Bridge
Nathan J. Gaskill ’04 and Laura Haumiller
Gaskill ’05
Echols Family Endowed Prize
Leonard J. Carlson ’88 and Helena Echols ’86
Echols Family Prize
Leonard J. Carlson ’88 and Helena Echols ’86
Harvey L. Echols Jr. ’81 and Millicent Knight
Edna M. Kost Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Kelly K. Kost ’83 and Holly Kost
English Department
Kathryn Argentine Willhardt ’12 and Mark E. Willhardt
F. Garvin and Katye L. Davenport
Memorial Scholarship
Anonymous
F. Garvin Davenport Jr. and †Bernice Davenport
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Facilities Small Equipment Fund
Thaddeus Tharp and Holly Tharp
Faculty Development Fund
Mary Grable McLeod ’87 and Kenneth McLeod
McLeod Family Gift Account
Field Bolon Scholarship
Barbara Bolon Bye ’64
Fighting Scots Society
Anonymous
Advanced Plumbing & Mechanical, LLC
John A. Alexander ’64 and Jeannie Knox
J. Steven Andrews
Judith Bersted Andrews ’75
Anonymous Alumni
Derek Archer ’97
Jerry D. Armstrong ’67
David L. Arnold ’63 and Julie Caldwell Arnold ’65
James W. Asplund ’54 and Wanda Asplund
Asplund Farm Account
Augustin S. Hart IRA
Dominic N. Baliva
Harold Peter Basler Jr. ’66
Conny Davinroy Beatty ’81 and Daniel P. Beatty
Alan R. Betourne II ’05 and Lisa Betourne
Mick Birkhofer ’73 and Brenda Birkhofer
Madeline Blaesing ’24
Michael J. Blaesing ’96 and Julia Westby
Blaesing ’95
Jason Blunck and Kristie Blunck
Roy E. Bockler ’72 and Debbie Bockler
Eric D. Boland ’95 and Jill Bowles Boland ’97
Nancy Boley
Betty Jerden Bollman ’71
Kristyne Gilbert ’90 and Charles Duane Bonifer
Gregory R. Bouslog ’07
David C. Bratten ’96 and Kimberly Bruetsch ’97
William B. Brooks Jr. ’86 and Jani Brooks
Sally Ahrens Brown ’59 and Max A. Brown
Terry P. Brown and Linda Brown
J. Scott Brunswick ’71 and Lynn Brunswick
BSN Sports
Paul A. Bubb ’79 and Susan Bubb
Kevin Caba and Emilee Renwick
Donald L. Campbell ’69 and Penny Campbell
Katelynn Propes Carter ’17
Caterpillar Matching Gifts Program
Thomas J. Cerkez III ’68 and Mary Eyre-Cerkez
Dennis C. Clark ’75
James R. Cole ’88
Tiffany Mekshes Cole ’89
Community National Bank
Michael L. Connell and Linda Connell
Dylan Thomas Cook
Daniel A. Cotter ’88 and Ann Stites Cotter ’87
Country Financial Services
Derrick Crims and Pamela Crims
Craig A. Dahlquist ’78
Michael D. Danner ’91 and Julie Danner
Danner Family Dentistry
David B. Stimpson & Linda S. Stimpson Trust
David L. Arnold IRA
Gene Dawson ’63 and Jane Wilson Dawson ’64
Dennis J. Deegan ’66
Rafael C. Delgado ’05 and Kathryn Jackson ’05
Jeremy Dellavalle and Michelle Dellavalle
Gregory I. Derbak ’75 and Laura Derbak
Daniel W. Dickson ’89 and Pam Dickson
Dan Dinges and Shauna Dinges
John D. Downs ’88 and Carrie Downs
Tyler Nash Dugan ’21
Lynne Talbott Dulin ’90 and Gary M. Dulin
Eric G. Ealy ’86 and Joan Chatfield Ealy ’86
Jeffrey R. Earley ’76
Christine Vancura Easley ’80
Zak S. Edmonds ’08 and Nicole Mason Edmonds
Andrew S. Elliott ’05 and Amanda Trotter
Elliott ’08
James L. Elsey ’76 and Roxann Elsey
June Gustafson Erdmier-Salen ’52
Ryan P. Evans ’04 and Meaghan Tobias
Evans ’04
F&M Bank
Marcene Holverson Farley ’84
Richard E. Farthing and Susan Farthing
Samuel A. Ferguson ’81 and Pamela Batson
Ferguson ’81
First Lutheran Church
Scott D. Flynn ’06
Fork Catering Co.
Kim Fornero
Debra Forsaith ’77
Terry F. Fruehauf ’76
Clarissa Gentzler
Vaughn R. Gentzler ’18
Matt O. Gillen and Jevanie Gillen
Gary L. Gilliland ’65
Christine Winkelman Glasgow ’89 and Terry L. Glasgow
John Goddard
Joshua A. Graeber ’10 and Molly Stewart Graeber ’09
Benjamin A. Grethey ’00
Stan Grzywna and Debi Grzywna
Raul Guillermo III ’25
Timothy M. Haak ’80 and Christine Haak
Matthew J. Hammer ’06 and Robin Hammer
Augustin S. Hart III ’68 and Rebecca Hart
Sally Hayes Hart ’10 and Will Hart
Stephen R. Hartman ’92 and Karen Hartman
Mary Auliff Havens ’72 and John P. Havens
Roger D. Haynes ’82
Harrison D. Heilman ’10
Gilbert Hennenfent and Victoria Hennenfent
Brian Henson and Kathryne Henson
John W. Herman ’89 and Tammy Jefferson Herman ’93
Timothy Heslin II and Shane Heslin
Ryan R. Hix ’14 and Kaley Corban Hix ’14
Mariah Hobson ’27
† Kirk A. Holman ’83
Payton D. Holmes ’17 and Aleeka Gentzler Holmes ’20
Ralph Houck and Kathryn Houck
Innkeeper’s Coffee
Michael T. Jakubec ’90
James R. Klusendorf IRA
Kelly Patch Jenkins ’90 and Bill Jenkins
Robert C. Johnson ’59 and Marilyn Schneider Johnson ’59
Ryan M. Johnson ’02
Brendan M. Jones ’24
Michael J. Jones ’99 and Miranda Jones
Brian C. Jordan ’09 and Wendy Downing
Michelle Merritt-Juszczyk ’89 and Don Juszczyk
Jane Marshall Kellogg ’72 and Buster L. Kellogg Jr.
Kellogg Printing Company
Benjamin P. Ketchum ’16 and Jessica Irons Ketchum ’17
Jim Kinkaid and Stephanie Kinkaid
Roberta West Kinney ’74 and Gary E. Kinney ’76
Jerry L. Kinney and Kristina Kinney
Molly McNamara Klinger ’03 and Jacob Klinger
Klingner & Associates. P.C.
James R. Klusendorf ’61
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
M. Dean Kreps ’84 and Kathryn Kreps
Ethan Scott Lafary ’15 and Erin Willhite Lafary ’15
Land Management Partners, LLC
Emily Laughlin ’23
Patrick W. Lewis ’95 and Kristina Lewis
Laura Liesman ’92
Martin C. Luehrs ’71 and Dawn Kirk
Marilyn J. Hay Trust
Marmon Renew
Justin L. Martin ’07 and Hilary Leary
Martin ’09
Ryan Michael Maxwell ’15
Molly Larcombe McCarthy ’03 and Justin
McCarthy
Michael E. McCreight ’68
Zachary B. McCrery ’16
McDonough District Hospital
Christopher McLaughlin and Deena Fisher McLaughlin
Kenneth G. McMillan
Barry J. McNamara and Vicki McNamara
Renee Ischer Mecagni ’10 and Neil Mecagni ’10
Memorial Hospital
Michelle Meyer Messman ’04 and Chad Messman
Michael McCreight IRA
Midwest Bank of Western Illinois
Midwest Uniform Supply
Travis M. Miller ’05
Andrew D. Moore ’09 and Jennifer Moore
Melanie Moore
Michelle Moy ’89
MTC Communications
Harold Muegge and Maria Muegge
Robin S. Murray ’84
Charline Clay Myers ’71 and Jeffrey L. Myers
Dan A. Nolan and Kay Nolan
Jeffrey Nowicki and Kathryn Nowicki
Mark S. Ogorzalek and Karen Ogorzalek
Thomas R. O’Hern ’19
Colby M. Oleson ’91
Benjamin M. Olson ’12
William Olson ’87
Blake Steven Orwig ’26
Steve Orwig and Ann Orwig
OSF Healthcare
John Osterlund and Beth Osterlund
Our School Haus, Inc.
Paul D. Rickey Farm Account
Jason D. Paulsgrove ’03 and Jaclyn Paulsgrove
Isabella Peetz ’23
Michelle Perry ’89
Joseph H. Pilger ’08 and Amanda Havens Pilger ’07
Christopher J. Pio ’84 and Bobbi Swarts Pio ’92
Porter-Hay Insurance Agency Inc.
Michelle Brown Postin ’89 and Brett Postin
Karen Friedrich Pyatt ’84 and Jerry Pyatt
D. Pat Raftis ’05
Joshua M. Ragar ’06 and Sara Ragar
Deborah Roter Rakestraw ’77
Jeffrey Joseph Rebholz ’07
Louis P. Richard ’55 and Sally Adams
Paul D. Rickey ’76
Marlyn Whitsitt Rinehart ’57
Robert G. Thompson Trucking
Heather Haines Roseman ’98 and Brian Roseman
Brian J. Ross ’86 and Amber Ross
Theodore R. Ross ’04 and Abigail Horneck
DONOR PROFILE: PLANNED GIVING
JEANNE GITTINGS ROBESON ’60
For many years, Jeanne was married to the late Don Robeson ’54 who, like Jeanne, came from a farm background in Warren County. After Don died in 2013, Jeanne married Lew Gould, an emeritus history professor at the University of Texas and the mentor of former Monmouth history professor Stacy Cordery. With encouragement from Lew and Stacy, Jeanne made a gift to create the college’s annual Wiswell-Robeson Lecture Series on agriculture.
THE GIFT: The Wiswell-Robeson Lecture was held for the eighth time in September, and Jeanne also made a naming gift for the library of the Pi Beta Phi house, which was completed in 2016. Recently Jeanne documented a planned gift to support the Wiswell-Robeson Lecture. “I’ve been able to experience the joy of seeing the results of what I’ve given,” she said. “Pi Phi is near and dear to my heart, and I can see the library there, and I’ve been able to hear and see the ag lecturers. I like seeing what the money can do now. But recently as I think of the future of my lecture, I wanted to ensure it would live on indefinitely. By making my planned gift I have accomplished this and ensured my legacy will live on.”
MONMOUTH MEMORIES: After graduating from Galesburg High School, Jeanne said, “I went with my twin sister to Iowa State, but I didn’t like it even a little bit.” She transferred to Monmouth and studied history, taking classes with Garvin Davenport and Doug Spitz . “I have fond memories of Doug Spitz, not only as a professor, but traveling with him on trips sponsored by Midwest Bank. He could always tell us more about where we were than the guides.”
STORY TIME: Jeanne’s grandmother, mother and daughter were all Pi Phi members, and her connection to agriculture also spans several generations. Her family’s Wiswell Farm—started by her great-great-grandfather—and Monmouth College both date back to the 1850s and, said Jeanne, “From 1888 on, the farm’s been managed and operated by women,” including her. The farm is located 2.5 miles south of nearby Cameron, and on the property is another location she supports, historic Silent Home Cemetery.
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
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Ross ’06
Robert C. Roush ’67
Thomas E. Roy ’73
George N. Ruglio and Tracey Ruglio
Edward J. Ryan ’71
Erhard G. Saettler
Timothy A. Salier ’96
Jennifer Erickson Sanberg ’10 and Benjamin C. Sanberg
Eric A. Sarff ’76 and Julie Follett Sarff ’74
Matthew R. Schmidt ’14 and Emily Flint Schmidt ’16
Michael A. Schmitz ’80 and Amy Johnson Schmitz ’88
Kenneth Schneider and Vanessa Schneider
Susan Rayniak Schneider ’69
Jayne Poland Schreck ’90 and Joseph C. Schreck
John D. Schroeder ’68 and Helen Herriott Schroeder ’69
Joseph W. Schurr ’75 and Connie Schurr
Megan Barber Sears ’02 and Jerry Sears
Sentry Insurance Foundation, Inc.
Thomas E. Shie and Dianna Shie
Kari Bailey Shimmin ’97 and Henry R. Shimmin
David Shragal and Julie King
Emily Siefken ’16
Michael D. Silver and Suzanne Woll
Simply Vein
Ashley Sims ’05
Robert L. Singer ’61
SJW Enterprises LLC Market Alley Wines
Allan W. Smith ’58 and Antoinette Smith
Smithfield Foods
Byron Sondgeroth ’88 and Suzan Sondgeroth
Mark A. Soutsos and Eva Soutsos
George D. Sprout and Peggy Sprout
Kelly Stadter ’07
Douglas L. Stickels ’75 and Leslie Stickels
Stifel Investments
David B. Stimpson ’66
Robert F. Stinauer ’76 and Cheryl Stinauer
Judith Blaich Stipp ’64
Haley Jones Stockton ’12 and Tyler Stockton
Hilary Hawkinson Stott ’07 and Jacob T. Stott ’09
William Swarthout ’70 and Candace Pearson Swarthout ’70
Swarthout Revocable Trust
Donald P. Tanney ’79 and Crystal Tanney
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Donor Advised Fund
The Benevity Community Impact Fund, Microsoft
Wade A. Thiele ’20 and Elizabeth Hippen
Thiele ’18
James E. Thompson ’57
Tami Tisor ’86
Donald Treat Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Treat
Alison Trettin ’21
Tri-State Collision & Sales
William A. Turner ’93
Heather Downing Turnquist ’99 and John M. Turnquist ’99
Philip D. Tweedy ’96 and Tory Tweedy
William Urban and Jacquelynn Urban
Brian D. Valentini ’02 and Jaimie Gurney Valentini ’03
Felicia Roberts Wachob ’09 and Glenn Ivan Wachob Jr.
Eric J. Wagner ’72
Sarah Twomey Walters
Warren County YMCA
Susan Waschevski ’91
Joseph M. Welty ’78 and Jean Welty
Shawn Wenkman and Lauren Witecha Wenkman
M. Todd Wetterling ’93 and Vanessa Treat Wetterling ’96
Rodney Wiegand and Robyn Wiegand
Richard A. Wilhelm ’70 and Alice Kough Wilhelm ’70
Dennis A. Willig Jr. and Angela Willig
Warren J. Wilson ’74 and Lucinda Dunmire Wilson ’75
Douglas F. Winebright
Brett D. Wolfe ’90 and Lisa Bitar Wolfe ’94
Brian K. Woodard ’97 and Stephanie Fritz Woodard ’03
Scott M. Woods ’89 and Kelly Kitterman Woods ’88
Bruce V. Work ’64
Nicholas J. Wright ’10
Clarence R. Wyatt and Lobie Stone
Lance Q. Zedric ’83 and Ching Zedric
Football Program
Stephen M. Bloomer ’83 and Cheryl Youngren Bloomer
Amanda Hutton ’95
Carolyn Weber
Football Stadium
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Donor Advised Fund
The Benevity Community Impact Fund, Microsoft
Brian D. Valentini ’02 and Jaimie Gurney Valentini ’03
General Capital Projects
H. Safford Peacock Estate
General Library Books Fund
Alexis Zanis Carscadden ’06 and Jeremiah Carscadden
Lorain Jewel Nicholls IRA
Sonja Zedigian Lowry ’67 and Dennis Lowry
Jeffrey A. Miles ’71 and Rebecca Miles
Jewel Price Nicholls ’50
John Richard Sayre and Mary Phillips
Glen D. & Anita C. Rankin Memorial Scholarship
Douglas B. Rankin ’79 and Tamyra Dixon Rankin ’81
Goodall-Bowers Memorial Scholarship
Scott Bond and Janey Bond
Daniel H. Bowers and Michelle Bowers
David A. Bowers ’60
Ronald L. Bowers and Jane Bowers
David A. Bowers Foundation
Scott and Janey Bond Trust
Gordon K. ’61 and Jane Corman ’61
Young Endowed Scholarship
Gordon K. Young ’61 and Jane Corman Young ’61
Gordon Young IRA
Graduate M Club
Tri State Travel
Greek Life Support
Owen Rhys Mane-Davies ’23
Harlan G. Johnson Memorial Scholarship
Franklin K. Johnson ’76 and Michele Johnson
Harlow and Lila Blum Art Scholarship
Lila Keleher Blum ’61 and Harlow B. Blum
G. Deeks Carroll Jr. ’62 and Bonnie Carroll
Lila Blum IRA
Harlow and Lila Blum International Student Scholarship
Lila Keleher Blum ’61 and Harlow B. Blum
Lila Blum IRA
Health Sciences Program
Ralph R. Velazquez Jr. ’79 and Jane Schneiter Velazquez ’81
Heimo and Eileen Loya Memorial Scholarship
Robert C. Hudson III ’75 and Sarah Young Hudson ’74
Highlander Hub - Student Success
Laura Feinberg ’78
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Paul Stockhausen and Cheri Stockhausen
YourCause/Blackbaud, LLC Trustee for Illinois Tool Works
Highlanders Pipe & Drum Band
Trudi Steichmann Hansen ’91 YourCause, LLC Trustee for AbbVie Employee Engagement Fd Home Again Prize
H. Leonard Porter III ’67 and Mary Ellen Biciste Porter ’67
Homer L. Shoemaker Memorial Scholarship
Marco T. DiGiorgio ’71 and Kristie DiGiorgio
Marco T. DiGiorgio IRA
Frederick C. Pfaffmann ’65 and Christine Pfaffmann
Pfaffmann Charitable Fund
Howard Hughes Medical Inst Grant
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Illinois Gamma Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Endowed Fund
Kenneth H. Knox ’62 and Judith Knox
Russell S. Andrews Estate
The Benevity Community Impact Fund Donor Advised Fund
Information Technology
H. Safford Peacock Estate
Mahendran K. Jawaharlal ’86
Jawaharlal Charitable Trust Insurance Premium Fund
Payson S. Wild Jr. ’67 and Linda Wild
Jacquelyn Condon Endowed Prize
Robert C. Dyni ’83
Paul G. Luepke ’83 and Judi Poettgen Luepke ’83
Jacquelyn Condon Prize
Conny Davinroy Beatty ’81 and Daniel P. Beatty
Edward Jones Trust Co As Cust FBO Susy D Condon IRA
Jacquelyn Condon and Neal Heerwagen
Janet Faulkner Memorial Scholarship
Margaret Hamil ’71
Hamil Charitable Account Fund
Van D. Perrine ’70 and Jan Farnsworth ’71
Lynn Rosenow Seiwert ’71 and Lawrence Seiwert
Joyce L. Patterson Endowed Scholarship
Joyce Patterson Estate
Kappa Kappa Gamma House Fund
John C. Carlson ’74 and Lynette Johnson Carlson ’74
Gene R. Dawson ’63 and Jane Wilson Dawson ’64
John and Lynette Johnson Carlson Family Fund
Carla Sanders ’91
Karen Krueger Fund for Study Abroad
Karen Krueger ’72
Karen Krueger IRA
Kenneth ’62 and Judith Knox Chemistry Program
Kenneth H. Knox ’62 and Judith Knox
Kenneth H. Knox IRA
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Donor Advised Fund
Lee McGaan Speaker’s Showcase Prize
Lee McGaan ’69
Leona Stanford Vollintine Charitable Trust Scholarships
Leona S. Vollintine Charitable Trust
Library Gifts
Jeffrey A. Miles ’71 and Rebecca Miles
Linda R. Buch Scholarship
David L. Murray ’65 and Sandra Murray
Lobie Stone Visual Arts Scholarship
Clarence R. Wyatt
Lon & Anne Helton Family Endowment for Radio & Broadcasting
Lon J. Helton ’72 and Anne Buckhouse Helton ’73
Lux Summer Theological Institute
Mark DeVries
Jennifer Campbell Young ’91 and Jayson Young
Margaret C. Bozarth Scholarship
Margaret Bozarth ’61
Margaret C. Bozarth IRA
Margaret Lord Music Scholarship
Benevity Community Impact Fund, Mastercard
Lawrence K. Pickett Jr. ’67 and Carolyn Cottrell
Yourcause, As Agent for Blackbaud Giving Fund for Mastercard Impact Fund
Marion Austin Jones Endowed Professorship in Theatre
Kyle J. Bradberry ’17 and Miranda Jones
Bradberry ’17
Alyson Jones
F. Austin Jones and Kim Jones
Kelsey Jones McCulley
Nick McCulley
Mark S. and Deborah Kopinski Scholarship in Engineering
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Marlyn Whitsitt Rinehart Lux Center Endowment Fund
Robert “Cam” McConnell ’72
Marshall-Peters Science Scholarship
Jean Peters Witty ’88 and Peter N. Witty
Mary Beth and R. Duncan Brown Scholarship
Mary Beth and R. Duncan Brown Charitable Fund
Lynn Stubblebine
Matilda J. Cerpa Scholarship
Robert Cerpa and Hope Cerpa
The RKC Fund
MC Student Emergency Fund
Mark S. Ogorzalek and Karen Ogorzalek
McGehee Family Scholarship
Greenridge Properties
Courtney McGehee ’18
J. Alex McGehee ’81 and Liz McGehee
Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research
Stephen M. Bloomer ’83 and Cheryl Youngren Bloomer
Joel R. Hillison ’83
Jani Reder-Gosser ’83
Monmouth College Campus Garden
Marilyn J. Hay Trust
Monmouth College Pipe Band
Stefanie Fitzsimons ’06
William L. Trubeck ’68
Monmouth Memorial Scholarship
Judy Borden
Michael E. Holt
Jane Seatter
K. Michael Trevor ’64 and Susan Trevor
Moot Court Competition Prizes
Daniel A. Cotter ’88 and Ann Stites Cotter ’87
Kathryn Fitzsimmons Cross ’08
Bradley C. Nahrstadt ’89 and Debra Snyderman Nahrstadt
Morrill, Fox, Cleland, Kennedy and Zellers Endowed Fund for English and Theater Departments
L. Terry Oggel ’61 and Linda Oggel
L. Terry Oggel IRA
Mortar Board Scholarships
Sara Wyant ’70 and Dennis Ary
Jeffrey J. Bakker ’90 and Cynthia Dorsch
Lisa Hines Berg ’83
Blackbaud Giving Fund by its Agent Your Cause - Bayer
Margaret Bozarth ’61
Denise Karczewski ’75 and Gary M. Briddick
Caterpillar Matching Gifts Program
Stanley E. Chism ’63 and Karen Barrett
Chism ’65
Chism Family Legacy Fund
L. Terry Cook ’91 and Karin Owrey Cook ’89
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
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giftS (continued)
Daniel A. Cotter ’88 and Ann Stites Cotter ’87
E. Kyle Davis ’93 and Ashley Davis
Cassie Zelinske Day ’95 and Ben R. Day
Larry R. Dew ’66 and Judith Burmeister Dew ’66
Dew Revocable Trust Larry R. Dew and Judith A. Dew Trustee
Carol Clark Dotseth ’63 and Gregory M. Dotseth
Jane Fort Edwards ’75
Marcia Brink Adair ’70 and Richard Edwards
Tom Edwards
Elizabeth Kline Elsbree ’04 and Branndon Elsbree
Susan Countryman Estes ’66 and Fredrick C. Estes
Won Yang Everett ’68 and William W. Everett
Suzanne Snyder Fienning ’66 and Charles E. Fienning
Robert E. Figge ’89 and Melinda Miller Figge ’91
Margaret Deschwanden Foster ’52
Robin Ottenad Galloway ’90
Susan Sandner Gibson ’81
Mary Auliff Havens ’72 and John P. Havens
Christopher J. Heatherly ’94 and Molly Heatherly
Stephen T. Johnson ’72 and Lucy Hyde Johnson ’72
Susan Bahnick Jones ’72
Brian D. Kimmel ’76 and Kathleen Clark Kimmel ’78
Lynn McGaan Knox ’61
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Susan Kauzlarich Kuster ’66
Alan V. Larson ’55 and Sally Smith Larson ’56
David T. Long ’69 and Jean Walter Long ’69
Marcia Adair IRA
James G. Mercer ’55 and Barbara Cook
Mercer ’54
Virginia Haun Mittauer ’50
Tara Budde Peters ’96
Jerri Picha ’75
Kenneth R. Schoenig ’88
Harlan B. Scott II ’80
Richard T. Smith ’64 and Nancy Munn Smith ’66
Michael T. Stauth ’69 and Jennifer Barnes Stauth ’69
Judith Lips Stoffer ’62 and Paul Stoffer
Susan B. Jones Living Trust
Tim and Susan Gibson Charitable Fund
George M. Tyler ’88
Ralph R. Velazquez Jr. ’79 and Jane Schneiter Velazquez ’81
Carol Anderson Vernon ’62
Karen Bush Watts ’65 and Daniel Watts
Joseph M. Welty ’78 and Jean Welty
Amy Workman ’97
Jackie Bell Zachmeyer ’89 and Michael Zachmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Foster Scholarship
Margaret Deschwanden Foster ’52
Nahrstadt Mentorship Fund
Anonymous
Bradley C. Nahrstadt ’89 and Debra Snyderman Nahrstadt
Nahrstadt Family Fund
Nelson-Weck Scholarship
Christie A. Nelson ’06 and Amanda Weck ’06
Joan Wertz
NetVUE Program Development Grant Council of Independent Colleges
Ogilvie Scholarship
Bruce C. Ogilvie ’68 and Rebecca Reedy Ogilvie ’69
Olive Barrett Memorial Scholarship
Jennifer Jacobsen
Roger Jacobsen
Jacobsen Family Foundation
Patsy Jo Beall Scholarship
Anne Bernhardt
Marilynn Czosek
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dealey
Moira Fearncombe
Ramon Georges
Bettie Graning
Nancee Griffith
Carol Hansen
Helen Hansen
Cynthia Harvey
Isobel Wayrick IRA
Dan Jacobson
Denise Kellogg
James Meinert
Sharon Muller
Tom E. Pitzer
Gail Rotheiser
Penny Rotheiser
Larry Schneider
Stanley & Marilyn Pilcher Family Trust
Vera Voinovich
Barry Warren
Isobel Wayrick
Dale A Wheeler
Kenneth Worrell and Kelly Worrell
Yager Family Estate Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Zavell
Paul and Maryann White Physics Scholarship
Paul L. White ’61 and Maryann White
Pre-Med Immersion Program
Ralph R. Velazquez Jr. ’79 and Jane Schneiter
Velazquez ’81
Public Relations Prize
Lee McGaan ’69
Quinby Family Scholarship
Anne Quinby Dyni ’56
Quinby House
H. Safford Peacock Estate
Ray A. Schwind Scholarship
John Schwind
Richard and Eloise Hutchinson
Scholarship
Jean Hutchinson Randolph ’68 and Ross Randolph
Richard W. Karcher Scholarship
Richard W. Karcher ’74 and Mary Karcher
Robert and Linda Groves Scholarship
Linda Groves
Robert and Lynda Bollman Scholarship
Lynda Pepper Bollman ’76 and Robert Bollman
Robert and Lynda Bollman Trust
Robert E. Acheson Scholarship
Nancy Acheson McGaan ’60
Robert J. and Elizabeth Lee Ardell
Endowed Scholarship
Brian A. Chabowski ’95 and Tiffany Ramsey Chabowski ’95
Robert L. Walker ’51 Scholarship
Sarah Hoban
Mitchell Walker
Walker-Hoban Family Fund
Rural Schools Collaborative Fund
Compeer Financial
Rural Teacher Initiative
Susan Sucharzewski Buresch ’80 and Michael A. Buresch
Kellie Kohler Esters ’86
Joanne G. Moy IRA
Joanne Moy ’70 and Michael R. Robinson
Rural Schools Collaborative, Inc.
Ruth Waltershausen Prize in 3-Dimensional Art
Cynthia Waltershausen ’67 and George L. Waltershausen
Sarah Turner Shriner ’71 Scholarship
Robert J. Shriner Jr. Charitable Fund
Robert J. Shriner Jr.
Scholes Young Family Scholarship
Melissa Scholes ’97
Scots Care Fund
Blackbaud Giving Fund by its Agent Your Cause - Bayer
Cassie Zelinske Day ’95 and Ben R. Day
John W. Larson ’02
Michael B. McCulley ’70
Richard A. Wilhelm ’70 and Alice Kough
Wilhelm ’70
Clarence R. Wyatt and Lobie Stone
Senior Class Gift
Anonymous
Janice Abel ’24
Gena Corbin Alcorn ’88
Salvador Bruno Alvarado ’24
Michael Gabriel C. Andal ’25
Kent Armstrong and Jennifer Armstrong
Omar Arroyo ’26
Alejandro Arteaga ’25
Antonetta Axup ’18
Loren Michael Berberich ’24
Natasha Bernius ’25
Brendon P Bishop ’24
Madeline Blaesing ’24
Kristyne Gilbert ’90 and Charles Duane Bonifer
Gary Parker Bonifer ’26
Mark A Borst and Lisa Borst
Xandru Theodore Borst ’24
Nina Bozovic ’24
Braeden Brauman ’26
Alex B. Brooks ’13 and Clarissa Gardner Brooks ’13
Nicolas Daniel Brown ’27
Gerardo Caballero Jr. ’24
Luis Castillo ’24
Christopher Cornelius and Lisa Cornelius
Grace Cornelius ’24
Patrick S. Corrigan ’13
Curtis L. Crum and Andrea Gillen Crum
Cassie Zelinske Day ’95 and Ben R. Day
Nehemiah G. DeClaw
Benjamin Thomas Dorn ’24
Elizabeth Douglass ’24
Michael Douglass and Clarice Douglass
Zak S. Edmonds ’08 and Nicole Mason
Edmonds
Jacob W Essex ’24
Noelle Faulk ’25
Jodi Forrester
Grant Robert Foster ’24
Abigail Aileen Furness ’24
Anita Gandara ’24
Haley Johnston Gavin ’19 and Patrick C. Gavin
Grace Gibbons ’24
Addison Gilstrap ’24
Audra Goach
Madyson Goodwin ’24
Fatima Gutierrez ’24
Sarah Henderson
Brian Henson and Kathryne Henson
DONOR PROFILE: RECURRING GIFT
KATIE SHIPP RUFENER ’13
Rufener came to Monmouth from Ladd, Ill., and enjoyed her experience so much that she stayed around for a few extra years, working with the development and college relations team. She’s currently the senior director of annual giving and advancement communications for the Phi Delta Theta Foundation. Her husband, Steven, has worked the past six years in agriculture manufacturing. The newlyweds live in Monroe, Wis.
THE GIFT: Rufener supports the Monmouth Fund through an automatic monthly withdrawal. “Monmouth gave me many of the best people in my life, and I hope that it can continue to do that for generations of future Scots,” she said. Rufener has learned through her fundraising career that gifts of all types are important. “My gift is not large, but I know the impact that many people making small gifts can have on an organization. The most impactful thing every Scot could do is sit down once a year and consider what Monmouth gave to them, and then consider their own finances and make a donation within their means to the college.”
MONMOUTH MEMORIES: “The single most important thing I learned from Monmouth came during my sophomore year when I was in an economics course and a political science course, learning about the same topic,” said Rufener. “The professors had very different perspectives on the topic, which I pointed out in class once. … While facts are facts, two people can look at the same set of data and pull out pieces that fit their story. It’s important to look at all the facts on both sides, and then analyze for yourself what data points you think are most relevant.”
STORY TIME: “The real decider for me (attending Monmouth) was actually an undecided major session led by Professor (Mark) Willhardt . He started with some jokes, and then eventually went on to talk about how being undecided was a good thing, and that Monmouth would help us find our way. I believed him.”
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
r eStricted giftS (continued)
Leonardo Hernandez-Zuniga ’26
Troy Stuart Hippen ’22
Ralph Houck and Kathryn Houck
Tyler Joseph Houck ’24
Nicole Hoyer ’24
Lillian Hucke ’24
Nyla Jackson ’24
Rocco Jackson and Deitra Jackson
Karri Johnson
Natalie Johnson
Andrea Johnson-Ewing
Brendan M. Jones ’24
Natalie King ’24
Brianna Kinkaid ’24
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Tamara La Prad
Claire LaBadie ’27
Payton Cerrano Lamb ’27
Derick Lavan Jr. ’24
Joan Law
Skylar Law ’24
Lauren Lehmann ’24
Alondra Leon ’24
Emily Lewis ’25
Brian D Logan and Brenda Logan
Eathan Michael Long ’24
Zackery L. Manley ’27
Michael B. McCulley ’70
Jacob R. McLean ’15 and Haleigh Garrett
McLean ’15
Kane Steven Miller ’24
Miles Z. Miller ’08 and Laura Greenwood Miller ’10
Daniel E. Moersfelder and Anne Moersfelder
Collin William Morris ’25
Kristi Mustain
Tanya Blythe Mutton ’04 and Mark Mutton
Andrew Preston Nickols ’26
Richard L. Paasch ’67 and Lee-Ann Wells
Paasch ’68
Rahm George Pandey ’24
David Perez ’26
Lydia Perez ’24
Bryan C Peters ’22 and Shepherd Coventon Peters ’22
Kristeen Ford Peterson ’81 and Quentin J. Peterson
Tucker John Peterson ’24
Corey Daniel Pevitz ’24
Jerri Picha ’75
Charles M. Poeltler ’76
Olivia Postin ’24
Jamison B. Reis ’26
Diamond Rideout ’24
Nicholas T. Robertson ’23
Garrett Rossell ’25
Hannah Rossmiller ’24
Kevin Rossmiller and Wendy Rossmiller
Sarah Saddoris ’24
Jennifer Erickson Sanberg ’10 and Benjamin C. Sanberg
Kraig Allen Schipper ’24
Harold C. Schirmer ’87
Camden A. Schmidt
Elizabeth Schmidt ’24
Helen Schremser ’26
Todd Schremser and Julie Schremser
Thomas Joseph Schroeder ’24
Macaden Sepich ’26
Emma Seybold ’24
Jennifer Shimmin ’25
Cameron Michael Shook ’26
Kayla Short ’24
Yuvraj S. Sidhu ’24
Brandon M Spence ’24
Patrick David Streeter ’26
Joseph Martin Twardowski Jr. ’26
Brinton B. Vincent ’13
Eli Ryan Wills ’27
David C. Wright
Clarence R. Wyatt and Lobie Stone
Short Term Study Trips
Clarks Fork Foundation
Augustin S. Hart III ’68 and Rebecca Hart
Sigma Phi Epsilon House Fund
Gena Corbin Alcorn ’88
David J. Alengo ’85
Michael J. Anderson ’81 and Martha Eckhard Anderson ’83
Lewis B. Arnold ’60
David R. Bates ’63 and Susan Bates
Scott A. Beeler ’98 and Tara Olson-Beeler ’00
David D. Biklen ’65 and Blanche Capilos
Bruce E. Birdsell ’69 and Serena Foote Birdsell ’70
Richard L. Bivens ’61 and Mary Hunter
Bivens ’63
Patricia Bolda
Larry R. Bowden ’67 and Karen Bowden
Kenneth E. Bowdish ’63 and Alice Bowdish
David A. Bowers ’60
J. Scott Brunswick ’71 and Lynn Brunswick
Charities Aid Foundation America
Dennis C. Clark ’75
Shane R. Corcoran ’10 and Jessi Corcoran
John R. Darrah ’79 and Catherine Darrah
David A. Bowers Foundation
David A. Bowers Revocable Trust
Marco T. DiGiorgio ’71 and Kristie DiGiorgio
Donald and Victoria Gladfelter Charitable Fund
Samuel E. Dummer ’18 and Rebecca Dummer
Eric G. Ealy ’86 and Joan Chatfield Ealy ’86
Ealy Giving Fund
Steven E. Enke ’70
Eric Wagner IRA
Ryan James Finn ’26
Jeffrey C. Fort ’72 and Diane Locandro ’75
Donald L. Gladfelter ’77
Ethan Lee Glidden ’26
Jack Godlewski ’19
Colton E Gray ’24
Peter J. Grutzius ’87
Scott A. Hamilton ’75 and Elizabeth Hamilton
Joshua E. Hornaday ’96 and Stacy Alderson
Hornaday ’98
Kent Warren Huth ’27
J & L Freedom Foundation
Riley L. Kalnins ’26
Elijah Brennan Kelly ’24
John A. Kemp ’82 and Reese Kemp
Kemp Family Charitable Fund
Kenneth E. Bowdish Trust
Kenneth H. Knox ’62 and Judith Knox
Leon A. Kraut ’67 and Laura Welti
Larry J. Williams IRA
Leon A. Kraut IRA
Peter A. Lipinski ’13 and Brittany Munson
Lipinski ’13
† Robert L. Litchfield ’71
Martin C. Luehrs ’71 and Dawn Kirk
Terry A. Luetgert ’66 and Karine Luetgert
Zachary Roy Lundquist ’24
Marco T. DiGiorgio IRA
Harold A. Marsh ’65
Cullen Hayes Marshall ’22
Donald McKinley ’50
Rodney J. McQueen ’62 and Diane McQueen
Mikael B. Mueller
William C. Murschel ’75 and Terry Burke Murschel ’79
Bradley C. Nahrstadt ’89 and Debra
Snyderman Nahrstadt
Nahrstadt Family Fund
Payson S. Wild, Jr. IRA
Phelps Family Fund
† Hugh M. Phelps ’63 and Norma Phelps
Thomas G. Poeltler ’70 and Gini Poeltler
William G. Pyatt ’75 and Brenda Pyatt
Robb A. Ruyle ’65 and Mary Ruyle
Thomas M. Saddoris ’80 and Heidi Schwab Saddoris ’82
Thomas A. Sargent ’85 and Crystal Krug
Sargent ’85
Matthew P. Schaub ’99 and Wendy Wilhelm Schaub ’00
Anthony J. Schmidt ’99
Frank A. Schweda ’98
Daniel M. Sfamurri Jr. ’75 and Margaret Sfamurri
Wendell L. Shauman ’67 and Janet Agan Shauman
Scott K. Shaw ’03 and Erin Hoffmeyer Shaw ’03
Bruce A. Shepherd ’77
Arnold Silvestri ’77
Zachary L. Stamp ’75
Michael T. Stauth ’69 and Jennifer Barnes Stauth ’69
Joseph O. Svoboda ’75 and Leslie Svoboda
Roy J. Sye ’13 and Colleen Sinclair Sye ’13
The Benevity Community Impact Fund Donor Advised Fund
Luke G. Thorn ’11 and Angie Morris Thorn ’11
Mark G. Thorn ’83
Steven C. Tisor ’82
William B. Trent Jr. ’69 and Catherine Blake Trent ’70
William A. Turner ’93
Harold G. Turvey ’78 and Jannis Turvey
Eric J. Wagner ’72
David A. Wallace ’86
Douglas A. Wallace ’75 and Sally Carmichael Wallace ’69
Wilburn N. Wallace II ’75
Charles Thomas Weeks ’62
John T. Welsh ’78 and Linda Retterer Welsh ’79
Paul L. White ’61 and Maryann White
Peter Widolff ’88 and Angela Hart Widolff ’90
John H. Wierman ’66
Payson S. Wild Jr. ’67 and Linda Wild
Richard A. Wilhelm ’70 and Alice Kough Wilhelm ’70
Larry J. Williams ’62 and Connie Husser Williams ’64
R. Tracy Williams ’75 and Cynthia Williams
Timothy Wolf ’89 and Maria Wolf
Gerald L. Young ’66 and Gerry Young
Ronald A. Zagorski ’65 and Eugenia Willman Zagorski ’65
SOFIA Program
Johnson & Johnson Donor Employee Funds
Karen Bush Watts ’65 and Daniel Watts
Karen Bush Watts IRA
Steven Roy Tarkow Prize
Howard B. Tarkow
Howard Tarkow IRA
Theodore A. Tarkow
Student Recruitment Fund
Abigail Batson
Kristyne Gilbert ’90 and Charles Duane Bonifer
Kenneth Lee Broge ’22
Adam B. Carlson ’04 and Michelle Flaar Carlson ’04
Nicholas E. Carlson ’08 and Krystal Carlson
Marla Clay ’87
Daniel A. Cotter ’88 and Ann Stites Cotter ’87
Curtis L. Crum and Andrea Gillen Crum
Weston Deshon
Jay Edmonds ’71 and Christine Zak-Edmonds
Zak S. Edmonds ’08 and Nicole Mason Edmonds
Marcia Brink Adair ’70 and Richard Edwards
Priscilla Bussert Fanning ’66
Erica Flores
William J. Goldsborough ’65 and Beverly Goldsborough
Arnold Gonzalez Jr. ’90 and Sharon Gonzalez
Thomas Gruby and Christina Gruby
Brian Henson and Kathryne Henson
Illinois Mutual
Brian C. Jordan ’09 and Wendy Downing
Jane Marshall Kellogg ’72 and Buster L. Kellogg Jr.
Kellogg Printing Company
Andrew D. Kerr ’73 and Pamela Kerr
Natalie King ’24
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Zoie Kruse ’24
Ethan Scott Lafary ’15 and Erin Willhite Lafary ’15
Penny Young Lefavour ’87
Darcie Levenson
Stephanie Levenson
Tara Todd Lewis ’03 and Greg Lewis
Mary McGregor Luczu ’01 and Scott P. Luczu
Emily Manassah ’18
David R. Mann ’95 and Elizabeth Doty Mann ’95
Marcia Adair IRA
Michelle McBurney
Frederick H. McDavitt ’61
Meredith McGary
Brock A. McNinch
Natalie Morrow
Lori O’Brien Oetting ’90 and Lance Oetting
Trevor P. Oetting ’17
Ben Orr
J. Hunter Peacock and Julie Peacock
Vernon Peter Pitts and Patricia Pitts
Robert C. Roush IRA
Robert C. Roush ’67
Mackenzie Whiteside Schleich ’17 and Austin
Matthew Schleich
Jayne Poland Schreck ’90 and Joseph C. Schreck
Lea Selquist ’25
Blake A. Sondgeroth ’17
Byron Sondgeroth ’88 and Suzan Sondgeroth
Mark E. Taylor ’78
Kelly Frericks Thannert ’05 and Marc Thannert
William L. Trubeck ’68
Rylee Mann Ulfig ’21 and Tyler Brandon Ulfig ’20
Janice Ruglio Van Kuiken ’03 and Kirk Van Kuiken
Ralph R. Velazquez Jr. ’79 and Jane Schneiter Velazquez ’81
Karen Bush Watts ’65 and Daniel Watts
Virginia Hopf West ’70
Molly White ’25
Cody R. Whiteside ’14
Merideth Willett ’92
Jean Peters Witty ’88 and Peter N. Witty
Emma Wolfe ’23
Clarence R. Wyatt and Lobie Stone
Richard E. Yahnke ’66 and Lee Yahnke
Yahnke Family Charitable Fund
Swimming and Diving Program
Dr. C. Thomas Rezner IRA
Charles Thomas Rezner ’64 and Nancy Rezner
Theater Department Grant Galesburg Community Foundation
Theatre Design Lab Equipment Fund
Anonymous Friends
Alison Heaton Clark ’04
Dorian Kirkpatrick and Sarah Kirkpatrick
Joseph H. Pilger ’08 and Amanda Havens Pilger ’07
Aaron J Reynolds and Rebekah Reynolds
Susan Twomey ’76
Warren County United Way
Thomas and Anne Sienkewicz Endowed Fund
Thomas J. Sienkewicz and Anne W. Sienkewicz
Thomas J. Sienkewicz IRA
Thomas and Anne Sienkewicz Fund
Thomas J. Sienkewicz and Anne W. Sienkewicz
Thomas J. Sienkewicz IRA
Tom Johnson Scholarship
Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation, Inc.
Track and Field Program
Deborah Sterett ’77
Unrestricted Endowed Scholarship Fund
Anonymous
Gena Corbin Alcorn ’88
Ann B. Michael IRA
Robert M. Barton ’63 and Shirley Barton
Anne White Beall ’67 and James F. Beall
Beall Family Charitable Gift Fund
Daniel A. Cotter ’88 and Ann Stites Cotter ’87
Eleanor Ketcham Trust
Gail Landauer IRA
Gretchen L. Moore IRA
Brenda Metternich Hoelscher ’05 and Frederick Hoelscher
Victoria Birk Horneck ’80
Robert C. Johnson ’59 and Marilyn Schneider
Johnson ’59
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
r eStricted giftS (continued)
Alan J. Landauer ’70 and Gail Anderson Landauer ’71
Ann Michael ’67
Elizabeth Patterson ’63
Karen Williams Phinney ’84
Robert M. Barton IRA
Joann Rompella
Fred H. Rumney III ’64 and Leslie Williamson Rumney ’69
Ty Ink Promotions, Inc.
Gretchen Wright-Moore ’64
Donna Zych ’65
Wackerle Career and Leadership Center Endowed Fund
Russell Spence and Rhonda Spence
Wackerle Center
Russell S. Andrews Estate
William ’65 and Joyce Heald Simpson Endowed Scholarship Fund
William M. Simpson ’65 and Joyce Simpson
William Simpson IRA
William and Yvonne Hurckes Emergency Endowed Fund
William G. Hurckes ’81 and Yvonne Mensing Hurckes ’80
Wiswell-Robeson Lecture in Agricultural History
Jeanne Gittings Robeson ’60
Jeanne Robeson IRA
Yahnke Business & Economics Endowed Internship Fund
Larry F. Clark ’65 and Barbara Trubeck Clark ’66
Richard E. Yahnke ’66 and Lee Yahnke
Richard E. Yahnke IRA ZBT House Fund
Jeffrey J. Bakker ’90 and Cynthia Dorsch
Michael A. Berberich ’94 and Christine Berberich
John B. Bergquist ’82
Charles Joseph Bonifer ’22
Edwin O. Brown ’86 and Deanna Walters Brown ’86
Susan Sucharzewski Buresch ’80 and Michael A. Buresch
Dale B. Buss ’78
Donna Martz Buss ’78
Leonard J. Carlson ’88 and Helena Echols ’86
Michael S. Connors ’81
John Jeremiah Cotter ’19
Craig A. Dahlquist ’78
Bradley J. Foley ’95
Rodolfo De Jesus Garcia ’21
Ross C. Hart ’73
George K. Hess ’78 and Cathy Neese Hess ’80
Geoffrey A. Iverson ’71 and Mary Cannon Iverson ’72
Andrew D. Kerr ’73 and Pamela Kerr
Patrick W. Lewis ’95 and Kristina Lewis
Douglas E. Liniger ’87
Cullen Hayes Marshall ’22
Richard A. Martin ’78
Timothy J. McCabe ’81 and Laura McCabe
Michael J. McGrath ’71 and Kathryn McGrath
Rodney H. Park ’75 and Amy McGlothlin Park ’78
Gregory S. Phillips ’82 and Rae Jean Meier Phillips ’82
Deborah Roter Rakestraw ’77
Ross C. Hart IRA
Richard Schaller ’88 and Tracy Jones Schaller ’87
John E. Swanson ’14
Mark E. Taylor ’78
Nick Tucker ’73
Mark T. Tupper ’94 and Tina Tupper
Gordon B. Yocum ’73 and Bronwyn Yocum
loyal ScotS Society
Established in 2015, the Loyal Scots Society recognizes individuals and organizations that contribute to Monmouth College in three or more consecutive fiscal years, thereby providing ongoing support to Monmouth College’s commitment to deliver a first-class academic and cocurricular educational experience to all its students.
30 OR MORE YEARS
Individuals
Anonymous
Robert J. Ardell ’62 and Elizabeth Ardell
David L. Arnold ’63 and Julie Caldwell Arnold ’65
James W. Asplund ’54 and Wanda Asplund
Steven A. Azuma ’66 and Elaine Baer Azuma ’67
Karen Brown Baker ’64 and Ben H. Baker
Lila Keleher Blum ’61 and Harlow B. Blum
Carol West Boehme ’72
Robert F. Bowen ’59 and Judith Bowen
David A. Bowers ’60
Barbara Divinsky Brundage ’60
Lucy Work Burroughs ’64
Judith Sluka Butcher ’63
Thomas J. Cerkez III ’68 and Mary Eyre-Cerkez
Jacquelyn Condon and Neal Heerwagen
Nancy Guilinger Coon ’62 and Richard A. Coon
Shirley Service Culbert ’63
Margaret Blanchard Daiker ’56
Thomas S. Davis ’62
Charles D. Denniston ’54
Carl D. Diehl ’69
Sandra Johnson Dobras ’61 and Victor E. Dobras II
Margaret Flick Droppa ’58
Anne Quinby Dyni ’56
Eric G. Ealy ’86 and Joan Chatfield Ealy ’86
June Gustafson Erdmier-Salen ’52
Kellie Kohler Esters ’86
John W. Evermon ’68
Martha Muirhead Felmley ’50
William P. Ford ’76 and Margaret Romano Ford ’76
Margaret Deschwanden Foster ’52
Terry F. Fruehauf ’76
Peter A. Gebauer and Janet Gebauer
Gary L. Gilliland ’65
Donald L. Gladfelter ’77
Charles W. Goehl ’73 and Kim Goehl
Kathryn Bunting Hamrin ’56 and Robert Hamrin
Anne Harmon ’54
Gilbert Hennenfent and Victoria Hennenfent
Richard J. Henry ’58 and Cheryl Henry
James K. Hoffmeister ’53 and Marcia Kern Hoffmeister ’58
Elizabeth Fellowes Hunt ’74 and Ronald R. Hunt
Edward A. Jones ’72
Jane Marshall Kellogg ’72 and Buster L. Kellogg Jr.
Linda Blow Klabunde ’67
Kenneth H. Knox ’62 and Judith Knox
Lynn McGaan Knox ’61
Kelly K. Kost ’83 and Holly Kost
Leon A. Kraut ’67 and Laura Welti
Alan V. Larson ’55 and Sally Smith Larson ’56
David B. Lieb ’68 and Shirley Lieb
Jeffrey Mar ’57 and Gloria Mar
Dianne Robison Marcell ’71
Gerald A. Marxman ’55
Brooks McDaniel and Linda McDaniel
Barbara Ruettinger McQuillan ’59
Robert E. Meling and Carolyn Meling
T. Larry Mell ’58 and Connie Mell
James G. Mercer ’55 and Barbara Cook Mercer ’54
John I. Moore Jr. ’69 and Mary Moore
Bruce H. Morrison ’70
Jill Munson
Janet Forbes Myers ’68 and Lonn W. Myers
Beverly Cain Nelson ’58
Lynn A. Nelson ’57
L. Terry Oggel ’61 and Linda Oggel
Colby M. Oleson ’91
Ellen Littler Perry ’59
Vernon Peter Pitts and Patricia Pitts
Dennis M. Plummer ’73 and Carolyn Plummer
Dorothy Aszman Ricketts ’83
Marlyn Whitsitt Rinehart ’57
Margaret Evans Roberts ’58 and Ned C. Roberts
Robert C. Roush ’67
J. David Rumbough Jr. ’65
Lee E. Schaeffer Jr. ’65 and Judith Maxwell Schaeffer ’65
William G. Schlobohm
Jan Weshinskey Schons ’69 and Carl R. Schons
Laura Epley Selken ’84 and Ronald Ray Selken
Mark Shallenberger and Patricia Ohler Shallenberger
Charles B. Shawver ’76
Linda Frautschy Sherman ’63 and Robert Sherman
Diane Guzzi Shilton ’72 and Thomas Shilton
Joseph C. Simpson ’66 and Karen Simpson
William M. Simpson ’65 and Joyce Simpson
Allan W. Smith ’58 and Antoinette Smith
Carol Veith Sorenson ’63 and Raymond E. Sorenson
Michael E. Sproston ’64 and Donna Schliffke Sproston ’66
John R. Steele ’63
Ralph E. Stephenson ’58 and Bonnie Stephenson
Douglas L. Stickels ’75 and Leslie Stickels
David B. Stimpson ’66
Judith Blaich Stipp ’64
Emily Hauge ’77 and Don C. Teel
William B. Trent Jr. ’69 and Catherine Blake Trent ’70
William L. Trubeck ’68
Peter E. Upton ’68
Pamela Slaughter Van Kirk ’76 and John Van Kirk
Virginia Hughlett Varce ’53
Carol Anderson Vernon ’62
Eric T. Vogt ’83
Fred Wackerle ’61
Joyce Hennenfent Walton ’53
Karen Bush Watts ’65 and Daniel Watts
Ralph E. Whiteman ’52 and Martha Williams Whiteman
Jill Petrie Whiteside ’70 and Dale Whiteside
Payson S. Wild Jr. ’67 and Linda Wild
Jean Peters Witty ’88 and Peter N. Witty
David T. Workman and Linda Workman
Richard E. Yahnke ’66 and Lee Yahnke
Robert A. Zika ’67 and Gail Hartong Zika ’66
Businesses and Organizations
Anonymous
25-29 YEARS
Individuals
David W. Adolphson ’67
Gordon L. Amgott ’70 and Vicki Amgott
Betty Babcock
Rosalie Huff Barman ’66 and Ronald Barman
Craig Behne and Christine Behne
Eric D. Boland ’95 and Jill Bowles Boland ’97
Marjorie Bond
Margaret Bozarth ’61
Marilyn Clark Brownlie ’50
Ann Mack Collier ’63 and John L. Collier
Daniel A. Cotter ’88 and Ann Stites Cotter ’87
Charles Courtney Jr. ’57
Gary L. Daniels
Brian W. Daw and Lynn Daw
Cassie Zelinske Day ’95 and Ben R. Day
Carol Clark Dotseth ’63 and Gregory M. Dotseth
Thomas B. Doyle ’64
Arijit Dutta ’97 and Shabana Gidwani
Jane Fort Edwards ’75
Elizabeth Giffen Ewell ’64
Donald S. Galitz ’56
William J. Goldsborough ’65 and Beverly Goldsborough
Stanley Graham ’54
Anita Ridge ’88 and David W. Greer
Robert H. Gwynn ’63
Jane Davis Harper ’48
Roger D. Haynes ’82
Robert C. Hudson III ’75 and Sarah Young Hudson ’74
Perry W. Johnson ’58 and Susan Kanter
Richard A. Johnson ’70 and Lorraine Botticelli
Kunal Kapoor ’97 and Monica Kapoor
Irwin E. Kirk ’53
George D. Kulhanek ’80 and Debbra Taylor Kulhanek ’81
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
Sean P. Maher ’95 and Shalaine Maher
Rodney J. McQueen ’62 and Diane McQueen
Ann Michael ’67
Kristi Millar ’93
Philip A. Muntzel ’62 and Barbara Muntzel
Bradley C. Nahrstadt ’89 and Debra Snyderman Nahrstadt
Jewel Price Nicholls ’50
Dan A. Nolan and Kay Nolan
Kathleen McLaughlin Nolin ’70 and Bruce
Edmund Nolin
Eric J. Ostermeier ’92 and Melanie Burns
Timothy L. Owen ’73 and Gail Simpson Owen ’74
Karen Williams Phinney ’84
Dana L. Poole and Janice Poole
John S. Romine ’55
Warren A. Sanders ’60 and Martha Sanders
John Richard Sayre and Mary Phillips
Jayne Poland Schreck ’90 and Joseph C. Schreck
Wendell L. Shauman ’67 and Janet Agan
Shauman
Dean A. Sipe ’74 and Ilene Sipe
Richard T. Smith ’64 and Nancy Munn Smith ’66
Russell Spence and Rhonda Spence
Judith Bradley Stevenson ’83 and Jeff Stevenson
Thomas R. Weber ’67 and Julie Weber
R. Bruce Weiman ’76 and Debbie Weiman
J. Mark Wilson ’78 and Marsha Wilson
George J. Wolcott
20-24 YEARS
Individuals
Julie Anell ’00
Kevin S. Baldwin and Heather Henson
Baldwin
Harold Peter Basler Jr. ’66
Conny Davinroy Beatty ’81 and Daniel P. Beatty
Robert H. Bischoff ’57
Michael J. Blaesing ’96 and Julia Westby Blaesing ’95
Arlene Dresmal Blewitt ’60
Harry C. Bollin ’63 and Melody Bollin
Sarah Botkin ’98
Chad M. Braun and Jennifer Braun
Terry P. Brown and Linda Brown
Ralph D. Butler
William Carter and Joy Carter
Martha Carwile
Simon C. Cordery and Stacy Cordery
Craig A. Dahlquist ’78
Donald L. Denney ’64 and Dorene Denney
loyal
ScotS Society (continued)
Larry R. Dew ’66 and Judith Burmeister Dew ’66
Kevin R. Eckley and Lisa Eckley
Geoffrey M. Edwards ’03 and Christina Edwards
Susie Swanson FitzGerald ’71 and Curtis M. FitzGerald
Frederick A. Fletcher and Jane Taylor
Joan Gilmour
Stephen H. Goss ’74 and Karen Goss
Augustin S. Hart III ’68 and Rebecca Hart
David A. Hartig ’74 and Barbara Hartig
Mary Conway Harvey ’58
Matthew M. Hendon ’99 and Heather Sechrest Hendon ’00
John C. Hughes Sr. ’74 and Patricia Hughes
Robert C. Johnson ’59 and Marilyn Schneider
Johnson ’59
Charles H. Kellner ’66 and Judith Kellner
Anne Irey Kohlmeyer ’58 and Dennis K. Kohlmeyer
Joan Strand Kotz ’64
Suellen Lee
Janet Link Leonard ’63 and Robert D.
Leonard Jr.
Sonja Zedigian Lowry ’67 and Dennis Lowry
Russell F. Marshall ’63 and Mary Bailey
Marshall ’64
Michael J. McGrath ’71 and Kathryn McGrath
R. Jeremy McNamara and Alice McNamara
Jeffrey D. Miller ’84
William G. Morgan ’64
Wayne K. Nelson ’77 and Mi Nelson
Earl K. Paasch ’66 and Barbara Paasch
Jerri Picha ’75
James E. Pilarski ’66 and Judith Anderson Pilarski ’66
Christopher J. Pio ’84 and Bobbi Swarts Pio ’92
Kathy Wolf Plath ’77 and Corey Plath
Charles Thomas Rezner ’64 and Nancy Rezner
Erhard G. Saettler
Thomas A. Sargent ’85 and Crystal Krug Sargent ’85
George E. Schoenfeld ’50
Randall J. Slaboch ’76
James H. Sosnowski and Linda Sosnowski
Kathryn Argentine Willhardt ’12 and Mark E. Willhardt
Linda Cook ’77 and Oliver R. Williams
Warren J. Wilson ’74 and Lucinda Dunmire
Wilson ’75
Gordon K. Young ’61 and Jane Corman Young ’61
Businesses and Organizations
Anonymous Friends
Cline-Lofftus Foundation
Security Savings Bank
15-19 YEARS
Individuals
Roy Evert Adolphson ’69
Kay Bagge Alden ’57
Kathryn Alexander ’75
Michael J. Anderson ’81 and Martha Eckhard Anderson ’83
Lewis B. Arnold ’60
Jeffrey J. Bakker ’90 and Cynthia Dorsch
Vittorio Barrile ’67 and Marisa Barrile
Stephen M. Bloomer ’83 and Cheryl Youngren Bloomer
Scott Bond and Janey Bond
Denise Karczewski ’75 and Gary M. Briddick
Samantha Briones ’09
JoAnn Eisenman Britton ’71 and George T. Britton III
Paula Rundell Brooks ’83 and Gerald Brooks
Larry D. Brown ’65 and Janet Henning Brown ’64
Lyndea Dew Brown ’71 and Tary L. Brown
James R. Bunn ’68 and Alice Young Bunn ’69
Barbara Bolon Bye ’64
Donald L. Campbell ’69 and Penny Campbell
G. Deeks Carroll Jr. ’62 and Bonnie Carroll
Robert Cerpa and Hope Cerpa
Ryan Danzinger ’05 and Sherwin Chan
Kathryn Cummins Cope ’58
Mary Alexander Corrigan ’82
Ryan S. Danzinger ’05 and Sherwin Chan
Gene R. Dawson ’63 and Jane Wilson Dawson ’64
Roger J. DeDera ’56 and Louise DeDera
Ronald K. DeMien ’67 and Judy Williams
DeMien ’67
James Dodge and Constance Dodge
Charles B. Doty ’59
Marcia Brink Adair ’70 and Richard Edwards
Richard E. Farthing and Susan Farthing
Edward P. Farwell ’64
Robert H. Feiertag ’61
John R. Foster Jr. and Annjanette Foster
Susan Sandner Gibson ’81
Jerry L. Greer ’62 and Judith Greer
Merle B. Growden
Donald D. Hadsell ’75 and Lois Hadsell
Susan Prochaska Hardie ’74 and Bradford Hardie
Mary Auliff Havens ’72 and John P. Havens
Lynnell Kahler Havercamp ’71
Susan Higbee
William T. Irelan ’62 and Ines Irelan
David W. Jackson ’69 and Catherine Mayer
Jackson ’71
Stanley D. Jenks and Kay Jenks
Catherine Sanborn Johnson ’72
Stephen T. Johnson ’72 and Lucy Hyde
Johnson ’72
Daniel L. Keating ’83 and Jane Stevens Keating ’84
Stephen D. Keithley ’72 and Cynthia Wead Keithley ’73
Mark S. Kopinski ’79 and Deborah Kopinski
Susan Kauzlarich Kuster ’66
David T. Long ’69 and Jean Walter Long ’69 † Kathleen Lowe-Arthur
Louise Laine Lubs ’71 and James C. Lubs
Deborah Gruenau MacVey ’69 and Wayne MacVey
Kathryn Mainz
Carla Turner Makowski ’69 and Gary G. Makowski
Leland R. Marshall ’51
Thomas S. Martin ’72
Robert “Cam” McConnell ’72
Frederick H. McDavitt ’61
Stanley L. McKelvie ’64 and Sandra McKelvie
Robert D. McLaren ’66 and Bonnie Janicek McLaren ’68
Jean Beveridge Meyers ’59
Jeffrey A. Miles ’71 and Rebecca Miles
Donald K. Morton ’66 and Peggy Morton
Claudia Lawson Moss ’72 and Terry D. Moss
James W. Nelson ’60 and Beverly Nelson ’61
Gary A. Neudahl ’77
Lori O’Brien Oetting ’90 and Lance Oetting
Tamara Orte ’04 and Steven J. Orte
Edward W. Pailes Jr. ’84 and Martha Pailes
Gerald Palomo ’79 and Michel Palomo
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Patch
Peter L. Paulson ’75 and Julia Van Cleve Paulson ’75
Charles B. Peter ’74 and Roberta Mack Peter ’76
Jeffrey C. Potts ’74 and Christine Odell Potts ’74
Jean Hutchinson Randolph ’68 and Ross
Randolph
Linda Reed ’69
Louis P. Richard ’55 and Sally Adams
Jeanne Gittings Robeson ’60
Kimberly Furman Roolf ’80 and James Roolf
Heather Haines Roseman ’98 and Brian Roseman
Brian J. Ross ’86 and Amber Ross
Fred H. Rumney III ’64 and Leslie Williamson
Rumney ’69
Blair W. Schultz ’72
Joseph W. Schurr ’75 and Connie Schurr
John J. Scotillo ’72 and Nancy Scotillo
Lynn Rosenow Seiwert ’71 and Lawrence Seiwert
George M. Simmons ’67 and Ruth Simmons
Robert L. Singer ’61
Byron Sondgeroth ’88 and Suzan Sondgeroth
Michael T. Stauth ’69 and Jennifer Barnes Stauth ’69
Judith Lips Stoffer ’62 and Paul Stoffer
Joseph O. Svoboda ’75 and Leslie Svoboda
Mark E. Taylor ’78
Danette Bagley-Thierry ’86 and Robert K. Thierry III
William A. Turner ’93
E. Jay Van Cura ’69
Janice Ruglio Van Kuiken ’03 and Kirk Van Kuiken
Randall E. Vickroy ’76
Katharine Wakolbinger Welch ’73 and John Welch
Joseph M. Welty ’78 and Jean Welty
Joan Wertz
Ann Newton Wieland ’68
Jackie Bell Zachmeyer ’89 and Michael Zachmeyer
William F. Zimmerman ’73 and Sheryl Brinton Zimmerman ’72
Businesses and Organizations
J & L Freedom Foundation
J & V Flynn Foundation
Midwest Bank of Western Illinois
10-14 YEARS
Individuals
Gena Corbin Alcorn ’88
David K. Allen ’69
G. Ronald Barshinger ’74
Robert M. Barton ’63 and Shirley Barton
David B. Bates ’83 and Michele Bates
Anne White Beall ’67 and James F. Beall
Theresa Gondek Bebout ’05 and Benjamin R. Bebout
Katherine Dunn Becker ’14 and Cale Becker
Pamela Bowman Best ’89 and Thomas Best
Hope Grebner Bibens ’11 and Robert Bibens
DONOR PROFILE: GIFT-IN-KIND
JOHN TURNBULL
Turnbull has been a lifelong Monmouth resident, and he now leads the family business, Turnbull Funeral home. He picked up his hobby of astronomy thanks to his mother, Ruth Turnbull, who was a seventh-grade science teacher at Central Junior High School, just a couple blocks down East Second Avenue from the funeral home.
THE GIFT: Turnbull has owned several telescopes through the years, including an 11-inch model that Monmouth College recently received from Turnbull as a gift-in-kind. The official name for the gift is a Celestron CPC 1100 GPS (SchmidtCassegrin) Telescope 11075-XLT. “It’s three pieces, and the pieces weigh about 45-50 pounds, so I hadn’t been using it in the past few years,” said Turnbull. “I wanted to try to find a home for such a nice instrument.” The donated model is what Turnbull called a “go-to” telescope. “You type in a number or a constellation, and it will turn and go to it and get it in the field,” he said. “That will be very helpful for students.”
THE GIFT’S IMPACT: Monmouth physics professor Michael Solontoi is thrilled with the acquisition. “This fits a niche we didn’t have before,” he said. “Elevenand 12-inch telescopes are the biggest you can get that are still portable. This telescope is very, very portable, and it complements our ability to do outreach astronomy.”
STORY TIME: “There was a six-inch metal reflection telescope in the closet at the school, and (my mother) picked up the pieces, straightened out the tube and got it up on a tripod,” said Turnbull. “She set it up in our south driveway here, and we got Saturn in it. She got me really hot on that, and I’ve loved looking at constellations, galaxies and nebulae ever since. ... A lot of people just take space for granted. But fortunately for me, I had a mother who put those things out there for me.”
John Turnbull (left) with Professor Michael Solontoi.
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ScotS Society (continued)
Bruce E. Birdsell ’69 and Serena Foote Birdsell ’70
Richard L. Bivens ’61 and Mary Hunter Bivens ’63
Rodney E. Bollman ’56 and Georgiana Bollman
Carl A. Borine ’61 and Sharon Borine
Ronald L. Bowers and Jane Bowers
Gregory K. Bradley ’70
MaryLu Belcher Bretsch ’68 and Darwin Bretsch
Patrick Briones and Tracy Briones
William B. Brooks Jr. ’86 and Jani Brooks
Joel E. Brotherton ’80
Christine Heaton Brown ’72 and Bruce Brown
Sarah Maxwell Brown ’71 and K. Reagin Brown
John C. Carlson ’74 and Lynette Johnson Carlson ’74
Nicholas E. Carlson ’08 and Krystal Carlson
Glenn Catlett ’73
Roland J. Chilton ’52
Stanley E. Chism ’63 and Karen Barrett
Chism ’65
Annabelle Clark
William G. Coppard ’67
Matthew J. Coultrip ’02
Neil A. Dahlstrom ’98 and Karen Dahlstrom
Sharon Avery Danner ’65
James L. De Young and Janet De Young
Carl J. Demas ’64 and Margaret Schneider Demas ’66
Gregory I. Derbak ’75 and Laura Derbak
Daniel W. Dickson ’89 and Pam Dickson
Marsha Dopheide
Dorothy Douglas
George T. Dulee Jr. and Beth Dulee
William J. Edwards ’67 and Dawn Edwards
Jerald D. Eiserman ’68 and M. Simpson Eiserman ’68
John A. Elliott ’79 and Virginia Thake Elliott ’81
David R. Elmer ’73 and Donna Elmer
Elizabeth Kline Elsbree ’04 and Branndon Elsbree
Curtis C. Farr ’88 and Christine Beiermann Farr ’90
Michael Fisher and Heather Fisher
Julie Collins ’84 and Tim Fitzgibbon
Sara Tyson Fitzjarrald ’06 and Bryan Fitzjarrald
Kim Fornero
Cheryl Nowak Garrison ’71 and Keith Garrison
Kathleen Trevor Garwood ’57 and Gary A. Garwood
Nathan J. Gaskill ’04 and Laura Haumiller Gaskill ’05
Christopher J. Gavin and Lisa Gavin
John K. Gerrity ’07 and Katie Gerrity
Jack J. Glotfelty ’60 and Valerie Glotfelty
Jane Gramkow
Linda Groves
David A. Grummitt ’61 and Janet Grummitt
Joan Rezner Gundersen ’68 and Robert P. Gundersen
Pamela Ball Gustafson ’77
Michelle Hall ’89
Margaret Hamil ’71
Scott A. Hamilton ’75 and Elizabeth Hamilton
Carolyn Ellis Harrison ’71 and Edward H. Harrison
Richard F. Harrod ’07 and Mollie Williams
Harrod ’07
Stephen R. Hartman ’92 and Karen Hartman
Donald Hartshorn and Mary Hartshorn
Nancy Campbell Haynor ’68 and John Haynor
Alice Goss Haznedl ’62
Jennifer Heiman ’04
Robert E. Hillison ’82 and Keely Hillison
Patricia Ikan
Sally Platt Ivy ’59 and Jesse W. Ivy
Virginia Jacobson ’67
Robin Jarvis ’84
Dawn Johnson ’97
Judith Gardiner Johnson ’71 and Kevin M. Johnson
Marybeth Dues Johnson ’93
F. Austin Jones and Kim Jones
Michael J. Jones ’99 and Miranda Jones
Lois Jornlin
Nicole Kamzic ’15
Richard W. Karcher ’74 and Mary Karcher
Andrew D. Kerr ’73 and Pamela Kerr
James R. Klusendorf ’61
John T. Kreitler ’70 and Elizabeth Kreitler
Alice Higgins Lawson ’73
Patrick W. Lewis ’95 and Kristina Lewis
William Lotz and Stacy Ashton Lotz
Debra Blatzer ’84 and Paul Ludkey
Jeffery G. Maher and Hannah Reagor Maher
Charles S. Marshall ’68 and Mary Marshall
Richard Marshall and Ann McEntee
Verna Lester Marshall ’68
Andrew P. Matykiewicz ’79
Timothy J. McCabe ’81 and Laura McCabe
Christy Ogilvie McCreary ’90 and Dallas Kraig McCreary
Michael B. McCulley ’70
Michelle Meyer Messman ’04 and Chad Messman
Judy Minteer
Pamela Marshburn Morgan ’70
Michelle Moy ’89
Susan Holland Murley ’70
David L. Murray ’65 and Sandra Murray
Rodney Nord and Christine Nord
Barry O’Brien and Mary O’Brien
Mark S. Ogorzalek and Karen Ogorzalek
Michael R. Osborn ’77 and Wendy Taeger Osborn ’80
Richard L. Paasch ’67 and Lee-Ann Wells Paasch ’68
Timothy A. Pahel
Ann Boley Parker ’73 and Thomas Parker
Elizabeth Patterson ’63
J. Hunter Peacock and Julie Peacock
J. Stanley Pepper ’76 and Christine Pepper
Van D. Perrine ’70 and Jan Farnsworth ’71
Michelle Perry ’89
Anthony J. Perzigian ’66 and Donna Perzigian
Frederick C. Pfaffmann ’65 and Christine Pfaffmann
† Hugh M. Phelps ’63 and Norma Phelps
Lawrence K. Pickett Jr. ’67 and Carolyn Cottrell
Joseph H. Pilger ’08 and Amanda Havens Pilger ’07
Thomas G. Poeltler ’70 and Gini Poeltler
Jane Hartley Pratt
Linda Baughman Pushaw ’71 and James E. Pushaw
Therese Worden Rankin ’00 and Jeffrey D. Rankin
William D. Rhodenbaugh ’60 and Judith Rhodenbaugh
Danny C. Richards ’65 and Anna Richards
Stephen L. Rider and Karen Rider
Kevin R. Roberts
Joanne Moy ’70 and Michael R. Robinson
Gary Rohrer and Berta Rohrer
Victoria Wheeler Romero ’70 and Colin A Romero
Kathryn Shipp Rufener ’13 and Steven Allen Rufener
Amanda Rush ’11
Jennifer Erickson Sanberg ’10 and Benjamin C. Sanberg
Carl J. Schmidlapp III ’65
Michael A. Schmitz ’80 and Amy Johnson Schmitz ’88
Kenneth D. Schweitzer and Debra Schweitzer
Kristy Smith ’86 and Dave Scott
Peter R. Sheets and Mary Sheets
Robert Holschuh Simmons and Michelle Holschuh Simmons
Pamela Yuill Snyder ’79 and Bruce L. Snyder
Joshua B. Spencer ’04 and Devon Townsend Spencer ’03
James L. Spiker and Barbara Spiker
Karen Deen Squire ’62
Marnie Steach ’95
Janet Maginn Stevenson ’66
Rosalie Easdale Stoike ’61
Hilary Hawkinson Stott ’07 and Jacob T. Stott ’09
Glenn A. Stout ’88
Joseph L. Switzer and Marci Switzer
Roy J. Sye ’13 and Colleen Sinclair Sye ’13
Kelly Frericks Thannert ’05 and Marc Thannert
Kathryn Oliver Tribler ’60
Nick Tucker ’73
Ralph R. Velazquez Jr. ’79 and Jane Schneiter Velazquez ’81
Adam S. Volpp ’03 and Elizabeth Nendza Volpp ’03
Jane Martin-Watson ’70 and Robert I. Watson Jr.
Robert C. Wegner ’74
Roger E. Well ’86 and Dana Well
M. Todd Wetterling ’93 and Vanessa Treat Wetterling ’96
David R. Whitcomb ’72 and Dawn Darner
John H. Wierman ’66
Jane Batten Wild ’69
David N. Willing ’59 and Winona Willing
Douglas F. Winebright
Clarence R. Wyatt and Lobie Stone
Robert G. Yarde ’58 and Marilyn Yarde
Gordon B. Yocum ’73 and Bronwyn Yocum
Ronald A. Zagorski ’65 and Eugenia Willman
Zagorski ’65
Steven M. Zaleski and Elizabeth TurnbullZaleski
Businesses and Organizations
Anonymous
5-9 YEARS
Individuals
Victoria Adeleye ’93
Carol Werdin Alfrey ’76 and Daniel A. Alfrey
Laura Beck Anderson ’75
Andrew R. Anselmi ’13 and Brooke Anderson
Anselmi ’13
Derek Archer ’97
Kent Armstrong and Jennifer Armstrong
Brian M. Austin ’64 and Susan Austin
Antonetta Axup ’18
Robert R. Ayers and Christine Ayers
Kathleen Long Baum ’72
Angela Baumann ’18
Cindy Beadles
Kayla Beadles ’17
Martha Beck
Pamela Wyeth Bellm ’76 and Douglas E. Bellm
Nancy Garretson Benzon ’64 and †Richard R Benzon
Donald R. Beveridge ’59
Reid K. Beveridge ’64 and Eileen Beveridge
Jennifer Hoekstra Bezenah ’92 and Todd L. Bezenah
Daniel G. Bianucci ’66 and Joyce Bianucci
David D. Biklen ’65 and Blanche Capilos
Mick Birkhofer ’73 and Brenda Birkhofer
Roger J. Blachek ’73
Raymond S. Bland ’79 and Kimberly Whowell
Bland ’81
Nancy Blew
Bruce W. Block ’74
E. Dean Blust and Jeanne Blust
Roy E. Bockler ’72 and Debbie Bockler
Susan Boland ’92
Lynda Pepper Bollman ’76 and Robert Bollman
Kristyne Gilbert ’90 and Charles Duane
Bonifer
Agnes Boock
Larry R. Bowden ’67 and Karen Bowden
Robert H. Brink ’68
Alex B. Brooks ’13 and Clarissa Gardner
Brooks ’13
Sally Ahrens Brown ’59 and Max A. Brown
Wade R. Brown ’07 and Abby Brown
Kevin Caba and Emilee Renwick
James L. Caldwell IV ’72 and Barbara Caldwell
Carole Riester Callahan ’69
Ann Callaway
Polly Armstrong Campbell ’52
Harold F. Campbell ’52 and Patricia Campbell
Adam B. Carlson ’04 and Michelle Flaar Carlson ’04
Laura Cavanaugh ’86
Bruce Chapman
Charles C. Chappell ’69
Kaitlyn Washburn Cockerham ’14 and Tyler Cockerham
David Compton and Patricia Compton
L. Terry Cook ’91 and Karin Owrey Cook ’89
John A. Courson ’64 and Marcia Courson
Paula Cramer
Kathryn Fitzsimmons Cross ’08
Curtis L. Crum and Andrea Gillen Crum
Carrie Dunne Daly ’81
William Stanley Daniel ’72
Jason R. Dare ’99 and Stephanie Orsi Dare ’99
F. Garvin Davenport Jr. and †Bernice
Davenport
E. Kyle Davis ’93 and Ashley Davis
Stanley B. Dawson ’70 and Mary Dawson
Michael S. Deam ’76 and Karen Deam
Rafael C. Delgado ’05 and Kathryn Jackson ’05
Marco T. DiGiorgio ’71 and Kristie DiGiorgio
Lee D. Dobbins ’59 and Barbara Getty
Dobbins ’59
John D. Downs ’88 and Carrie Downs
Lynne Talbott Dulin ’90 and Gary M. Dulin
Alice Dunlap-Kraft ’75 and Robert Kraft
James Dunn and Patricia Dunn
Jeffrey R. Earley ’76
Christine Vancura Easley ’80
Harvey L. Echols Jr. ’81 and Millicent Knight
Zak S. Edmonds ’08 and Nicole Mason
Edmonds
William L. Ellefson ’69
Andrew S. Elliott ’05 and Amanda Trotter
Elliott ’08
James L. Elsey ’76 and Roxann Elsey
Eric Engstrom
Dwight R. Erskine ’67
Susan Countryman Estes ’66 and Fredrick C. Estes
Scott C. Estler ’76
Won Yang Everett ’68 and William W. Everett
Trevor Ewell
Abigail Fafoglia ’95
Christopher Fasano and Catherine Fasano
Jon Ferguson and Lori Ferguson
Anita Fillman
Neil Finlen and Lynda Finlen
† Karen Sundberg Finn ’60
Janet Forsythe Fishburn ’58
Lyle E. Fogel Jr. ’67 and Dorothy Harris Fogel ’66
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
loyal ScotS Society (continued)
Bradley J. Foley ’95
Carl B. Forkner ’80 and Joanne Forkner
Louis A. Foster ’51 and Ruth Foster
Daniel M. Fowler ’72 and Julia Duffy
Richard K. Fuller ’57 and Kathleen Fuller
Douglas W. Funk ’74
James W. Gee Jr. ’64 and Patricia Gee
Alan R. Gieryna ’74 and Mary Ann Kelly
Gieryna ’75
Matt O. Gillen and Jevanie Gillen
Christine Winkelman Glasgow ’89 and Terry L. Glasgow
Audra Goach
John Goddard
Gregory C. Golembe ’71
Arnold Gonzalez Jr. ’90 and Sharon Gonzalez
Daniel Greising and Rebecca Greising
Shirley Morrow Grieme ’54
Timothy M. Haak ’80 and Christine Haak
Mary Johnson Hanlin ’66
Christopher J. Heatherly ’94 and Molly Heatherly
Sarah Henderson
Elaine Hubbell Herzog ’71 and Michael Herzog
George K. Hess ’78 and Cathy Neese Hess ’80
Erik C. Hoffer ’08 and Karah Goetschius
Hoffer ’08
Steven Hoffman ’69 and Letitia Keating
Hoffman ’72
Judy Hogfeldt ’75
Sally Young Hoherd ’54
Brian P. Holland ’76 and Carrie Holland
Payton D. Holmes ’17 and Aleeka Gentzler Holmes ’20
James P. Hughes and Mary Hughes
Dale Hull
William G. Hurckes ’81 and Yvonne Mensing Hurckes ’80
H. Richard Jewell ’70 and Ann Ludlow
Franklin K. Johnson ’76 and Michele Johnson
Brian C. Jordan ’09 and Wendy Downing
Michelle Merritt-Juszczyk ’89 and Don Juszczyk
Martin L. Katz ’72 and Michele Spleha Katz ’73
Jeffrey K. Kelleher ’13 and Rachel Whitlock Kelleher ’14
John R. Kelly ’52
Jennifer Wheeler Kerch ’12 and Ryan Kerch
Jan Kiley
Brian D. Kimmel ’76 and Kathleen Clark Kimmel ’78
Glenn P. Kinder ’73 and Nancy Thompson Kinder ’73
Kenneth Martin Klein ’66 and Susan Peck Latham-Klein ’67
Kent H. Kniep ’80
Kelly Simpson Knitter ’89 and Kevin Richard Knitter
Elizabeth Kopping
R. David Korngruen ’76
Alice Dunlap-Kraft ’75 and Robert Kraft
Tim Kramer and Lori Walters
Pamela Murray Kuby ’85
Ashwani Kumar
Tamara La Prad
Ethan Scott Lafary ’15 and Erin Willhite Lafary ’15
William H. Lafayette Jr. ’77
John W. Larson ’02
Margaret Will Lee ’71
Christopher J. Lemon ’80
Peter L. Leverenz ’69 and Frances Biedenstein Leverenz ’72
Tara Todd Lewis ’03 and Greg Lewis
Maureen Smiley Liesman ’60
Judith Schneider Lilly ’67
Donald E. Lindblad ’71
Ronald J. Lindsay ’56 and Carol Lindsay
Evelina Lipecka ’06 † Robert L. Litchfield ’71
Brian D Logan and Brenda Logan
Amy Longenbaugh ’95
Martin C. Luehrs ’71 and Dawn Kirk
Paul G. Luepke ’83 and Judi Poettgen Luepke ’83
Robert V. Main ’53
Heather Fottler Mangian ’77 and John Mangian
Annette Carson Manthei ’94 and Randy Manthei
Gary D. Martin ’76 and Janet Martin
Michael E. McCreight ’68
Robert C. McCulloch ’61
Elizabeth Steffy McDonald ’71 and James L McDonald
Lee McGaan ’69
James N. McInnes ’48
Christopher McLaughlin and Deena Fisher
McLaughlin
Kenneth G. McMillan
Barry J. McNamara and Vicki McNamara
Lyndon D. Meyer
James D. Millar ’64 and Victoria Millar
Miles Z. Miller ’08 and Laura Greenwood
Miller ’10
Michael S. Mimnaugh ’71 and Gayle Mimnaugh
Glen Misek and Laurel Kilpatrick
Virginia Haun Mittauer ’50
Maribeth Novak Mohan ’71 and James J. Mohan
Laura Moore
Paul K. Moye ’61 and Beverly Linnihan
Christie A. Nelson ’06 and Amanda Weck ’06
Cheryl Conaway-Nelson ’90 and John R. Nelson
Julia Briggerman O’Hara ’62 and Daniel O’Hara
Fiona Loomes O’Laughlin ’95 and Sean D. O’Laughlin
John Osterlund and Beth Osterlund
Patricia Whitsitt Overbeck ’54
Richard L. Owens Jr. ’87 and Beth Owens
Louise Pacholik ’73
Linda Park
William E. Parker ’77
Megan Sluis Parsons ’01 and Nathan J. Parsons
Craig A. Patterson ’72 and Kathleen Patterson
Kristeen Ford Peterson ’81 and Quentin J. Peterson
William C. Porter Jr. ’73
Janet Jones Presley ’55
McKenzie Price
Barbara Provus
Megan Carlson Prueter ’08
Michael Quagliano ’83
D. Pat Raftis ’05
Joshua M. Ragar ’06 and Sara Ragar
Deborah Roter Rakestraw ’77
Douglas B. Rankin ’79 and Tamyra Dixon Rankin ’81
Charles L. Rassieur ’60 and Virginia Rassieur
Annette Thrift Ray ’57
Tamee Sterett Renwick ’84
David A. Riggs ’87 and Elizabeth Baumann Riggs ’89
Brenda Robinson-Young
Robert H. Roggeveen ’72
Joann Rompella
Joel A. Sage ’04 and Tara Ferruzza Sage ’04
Nancy Sager-Ruggles ’70
Betty McClure Salisbury ’61
Joan Nickel Sanders ’64
Marsha Miller Schierbeck ’58
Susan Smallwood Schilson ’78
Rosemary Bryce Schintzius ’73
Kenneth Schneider and Vanessa Schneider
Susan Rayniak Schneider ’69
Kenneth R. Schoenig ’88
Mary Scotillo ’10
Rosemary Lai Sheeler ’03
Thomas E. Shie and Dianna Shie
Robert J. Shriner Jr.
Mary Carlson Shull ’76 and Bob L. Shull
Alexander Simmons
Benedict Simmons
David Simmons
Marc Simmons
Todd A. Skrivseth and Sarah Skrivseth
Paige Halpin Smith ’09 and Henry Smith
Thomas J. Snee and Julia Druckmiller
Nancy Snowden
Lucas K. Sondgeroth ’20
Claudia Kinne Spotts ’68 and James Spotts
Kelly Stadter ’07
H. Charles Stahmer ’73
Scott D. Stanton ’73 and Kristen Campbell Stanton ’82
Deborah Sterett ’77
Joanne Greer Stipp ’64 and James Stipp
Haley Jones Stockton ’12 and Tyler Stockton
Lynn Stubblebine
Tara Sturgeon ’19
James A. Syrett ’58
Jeani Randall Talbott ’95 and Mark W. Talbott
Donald P. Tanney ’79 and Crystal Tanney
Thomas C. Taylor ’70 and Carole Taylor
James E. Thompson ’57
Paul M. Thompson ’66 and Carole Thompson
Dwight Tierney ’69 and Dina Nathanson
Gina Tillman ’96
Tami Tisor ’86
Ann Toal ’60
Melinda Todd ’08
Margaret Marra Treggett ’71
Mark T. Tupper ’94 and Tina Tupper
Heather Downing Turnquist ’99 and John M. Turnquist ’99
Philip D. Tweedy ’96 and Tory Tweedy
George M. Tyler ’88
Brian D. Valentini ’02 and Jaimie Gurney Valentini ’03
† Joyce Van Cura
Brinton B. Vincent ’13
Kristen Wyse Wagner ’11 and Craig E. Wagner
Dennis E. Walker ’64 and Sandra Foreman Walker ’62
Carol Mullen Walsh ’73 and Stephen L. Walsh
Kelli Wefenstette ’07
Linda Strassenburg Weitz ’74
Kenneth L. Wherry ’73
Jennifer Widmer ’87
Richard A. Wilhelm ’70 and Alice Kough
Wilhelm ’70
Merideth Willett ’92
Lori Willhite
Lana Williams
Dennis A. Willig Jr. and Angela Willig
Michael T. Wilmoth ’06 and Taylor Wilmoth
Gary L. Wimer ’65 and Judith Wimer
K. Scott Wiswall ’00 and Jonathan Wiswall
William A. Wolma ’67 and Frances White Wolma ’66
Charles L. Wolters ’71
Brian K. Woodard ’97 and Stephanie Fritz Woodard ’03
Bruce V. Work ’64
David Work and Frances Work
Carolyn White Work ’59 and Stewart D. Work
Gretchen Wright-Moore ’64
Janis Wunderlich
Judy Yeast
Linda Yelm
Charles Youdris Jr. ’64
Sarah Young
Jane Inness Youngquist ’61
Sara Youngs ’08
Businesses and Organizations
Anonymous
Albert H. Stahmer Foundation Inc.
Ann B. Michael IRA
Anne Harmon IRA
David A. Bowers IRA
David L. Arnold IRA
Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation, Inc.
James R. Klusendorf IRA
Jeanne Robeson IRA
Karl K. Taylor IRA
Leon A. Kraut IRA
Lorain Jewel Nicholls IRA
Merle B. Growden IRA
Prairie Vista Farm
Ralph E. Whiteman IRA
Stephen L. Rider DDS
Steven Hoffman IRA
Stewart Work IRA
Thomas B. Doyle IRA
Vicki Hennenfent IRA
Wieland Family Foundation
William S. Daniel, Attorney At Law
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3-4 YEARS
Individuals
Anonymous
Janet Lunsmann Acker ’63
Ann Quick Akers ’74
Gary K. Allen ’55 and Annetta Allen
Carl W. Anderson ’59 and Maryellen Anderson
Mary Flautt Anderson ’81
Sara Wyant ’70 and Dennis Ary
Stephanie Lankford Baker ’15 and Chance Baker
Alison Barrington ’22
David R. Bates ’63 and Susan Bates
Nancy Douglass Bell ’56
Robert T. Berendt ’61 and Sara Probert Berendt ’63
Charles E. Berg ’72 and Nancy Berg
Lisa Hines Berg ’83
Brent A. Birkhoff ’85 and Tina Birkhoff
Madeline Blaesing ’24
James Arthur Blischke ’59 and Alathea Blischke
Robert H. Block Jr. ’68
DuFresne Penrod Blume ’91
Nancy Boley
Charles Joseph Bonifer ’22
Brian Alan Bossert and Pam Bossert
James T. Briscoe ’73 and Vicki Lowder Young ’74
Susan Sucharzewski Buresch ’80 and
Michael A. Buresch
Douglas R. Carlson ’66
Leonard J. Carlson ’88 and Helena Echols ’86
Emily Caron ’10
Katherine Grant Cazalet ’04 and Brett Cazalet
Kyle Ray Christensen ’09 and Madelyn Ethington ’09
Larry F. Clark ’65 and Barbara Trubeck Clark ’66
John C. Clifford IV ’10
Michael L. Connell and Linda Connell
Lora Litchfield Corban ’81 and Kenn R. Corban
Brian Corn and Catherine Stark-Corn
Patrick S. Corrigan ’13
Glenn Dagenais ’74
Robert A. Dahl and Kasim Baihaki
Richard L. DePuy ’69
Mark DeVries
Judith Randall Dickinson ’62 and Robert G. Dickinson
Richard A. Dorn ’61 and Diane Dorn
Cynthia Drea
Robert C. Dyni ’83
loyal
ScotS Society (continued)
Tom Edwards
Kenneth A. Eiserman ’71 and Mary Ann Galusha Eiserman ’72
John R. Elia ’70 and Andrea Hinman Elia ’70
Rhoda Engel ’57
Gary W. Evans ’69 and Barbara Evans
Samuel A. Ferguson ’81 and Pamela Batson Ferguson ’81
Sharon Zipse Fesler ’65 and Wayne F. Fesler
Robert E. Figge ’89 and Melinda Miller Figge ’91
Debra Forsaith ’77
James C. Free and Gladys Free
Robert H. Frost ’66 and Linda Jungbluth Frost ’66
Howard A. Fulford ’63
Robin Ottenad Galloway ’90
Haley Johnston Gavin ’19 and Patrick C. Gavin
Shirley Hansen Gibb ’59
Dean A. Graves ’60
Albert F. Greene ’06 and Tiffany Greene
Benjamin A. Grethey ’00
Mark E. Grover
Stan Grzywna and Debi Grzywna
Sally Meaker Guth ’80 and John Guth
Trudi Steichmann Hansen ’91
John E. Harmon ’68
Ross C. Hart ’73
Harrison D. Heilman ’10
John L. Hennessy Jr. ’68
Brian Henson and Kathryne Henson
Emily Henson ’23
William L. Hesseltine ’71 and Toni Kauzlarich Hesseltine ’72
Gayla Smith Hiar ’73
Troy Stuart Hippen ’22
Matthew M. Hoag ’04
Ralph Houck and Kathryn Houck
Willis M. Hubbard ’62 and Marilyn Kessinger Hubbard ’64
Deletra Cross Hudson ’92
Amanda Hutton ’95
Michael T. Jakubec ’90
Denzel B. Johnson ’19
† Delores Johnson
Christopher Johnston and Angela Johnston
David W. Jones ’62
Daniel R. Kane ’13 and Erin Kane
Doris Kelleher
Stephen H. Kellogg ’78 and Lynne Walker
Kellogg ’78
Jeffrey L. Kiner ’69
Jim Kinkaid and Stephanie Kinkaid
Jerry L. Kinney and Kristina Kinney
Molly McNamara Klinger ’03 and Jacob Klinger
Karen Krueger ’72
Robert E. Kukla ’68 and Judith Kukla
Michael J. Lafferty ’65 and Ann Murphy
Lafferty ’65
Alexander M. Lindsay ’68 and Judith Lindsay
Patricia Baird Link ’60
Kenneth W. Livermore
Ellin McDougall Loveless ’61
Mary McGregor Luczu ’01 and Scott P. Luczu
Peter H. Lufler ’70 and Kathleen Lufler
Kathleen Yarger Lupont ’98
Amy Lythgoe
Jamie Blaine Mammen ’04
Helen Pollack Mandel ’69 and Eric Mandel
Cullen Hayes Marshall ’22
Christine Pinkston McCarrell ’79
James F. McKinley Jr. ’64
Mary Grable McLeod ’87 and Kenneth McLeod
Brock A. McNinch
Angela Kemper McTernen ’98
Stephen Dale Mey ’68
Oliver L. Mitchell ’59 and Anita Slebos
Mitchell ’60
Pamela Larson Moore ’88
J. Anthony Morgan ’81 and Mary Morgan
Gary C. Niehaus ’74 and Paige Niehaus
Patricia McClinton Nolte ’62
Michelle Nutting ’11
Trevor P. Oetting ’17
William Olson ’87
Donald R. Paulson ’65 and Elizabeth Paulson
Gary Pearson ’83 and Laura Stella Pearson ’83
Tara Budde Peters ’96
Charles M. Poeltler ’76
H. Leonard Porter III ’67 and Mary Ellen
Biciste Porter ’67
William G. Pyatt ’75 and Brenda Pyatt
Nicholas T. Robertson ’23
Melinda Hall Robertson ’60
Carolyn Wade Rollins ’70
Sara Ehrenberg Rosen ’70
Kevin Rossmiller and Wendy Rossmiller
Thomas E. Roy ’73
Edward J. Ryan ’71
Hiroko Saito ’86
Megan Schaefer ’02
Harold C. Schirmer ’87
Mackenzie Whiteside Schleich ’17 and Austin
Matthew Schleich
Matthew R. Schmidt ’14 and Emily Flint
Schmidt ’16
Melissa Scholes ’97
Christopher C. Schwarz ’09 and Breanna
Webb Schwarz ’09
Carl Shaub ’73
Barbara West Shea-Smucker ’71
Kari Bailey Shimmin ’97 and Henry R. Shimmin
Emily Siefken ’16
Elizabeth Silas ’86
Jay S. Silhanek ’56 and Diane Silhanek
Ashley Sims ’05
Roger F. Slaboch ’75
George D. Sprout and Peggy Sprout
David Streeter and Barbara Streeter
Lorrie Stoll Strohschein ’93 and Brian Strohschein
William Swarthout ’70 and Candace Pearson Swarthout ’70
Edward C. Tews ’82 and Jean Michael Tews ’83
Thaddeus Tharp and Holly Tharp
Charles L. Turnbough Jr. ’69
John Turnbull and Denise Turnbull
Sarah Zanger-Venvertloh ’06 and Lee Venvertloh
Felicia Roberts Wachob ’09 and Glenn Ivan Wachob Jr.
Mitchell Walker
Margaret Walker Wallace
W. Thomas Wallace Jr. ’59
Sarah Twomey Walters
Charles Thomas Weeks ’62
Molly White
Paul L. White ’61 and Maryann White
Cody R. Whiteside ’14
Melissa Wieland
Mary Hollander Winter ’53 and Robert G. Winter ’53
Sarah Crummy Wolek ’01 and Rich Wolek
Scott M. Woods ’89 and Kelly Kitterman
Woods ’88
Donna Zych ’65
Businesses and Organizations
Advanced Plumbing & Mechanical, LLC
Alice J. Lawson IRA
Augustin S. Hart IRA
Bill Ellefson IRA
Community National Bank
Danny C. Richards IRA
David N. WIlling IRA
Dr. C. Thomas Rezner IRA F&M Bank
Gordon Young IRA
Howard A. Fulford IRA
James Caldwell IRA
James G. Mercer IRA
Joanne G. Moy IRA
John E. Harmon IRA
Karen A. Chism IRA
Karen Bush Watts IRA
Kellogg Printing Company
Kenneth M. Klein IRA
Kenneth W. Livermore IRA
Land Management Partners, LLC
Lila Blum IRA
Lonn Myers IRA
Marcia Adair IRA
Marco T. DiGiorgio IRA
Margaret C. Bozarth IRA
Payson S. Wild, Jr. IRA
Richard E. Yahnke IRA
Robert C. Roush IRA
Robert G. Thompson Trucking
Russell Marshall IRA
Sharon Z. Fesler IRA
SJW Enterprises LLC Market Alley Wines
Smithfield Foods
Southern Star Finishes, LLC
Stephen Dale Mey
Stifel Investments
Susan L. Klein IRA
Ty Ink Promotions, Inc.
William Simpson IRA
DONOR PROFILE: STUDENT PRIZE
LENNY CARLSON ’88 AND HELENA ECHOLS ’86
Carlson and Echols met at Monmouth, where Echols studied speech, communication and theater arts and Carlson majored in computer science. The couple, who live in the historic Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, have been married for 30 years and have two children. Echols is a contract attorney, while Carlson works in the information security field.
THE GIFT: Echols and Carlson are funding a prize for minority students. “The inflationary costs of higher education have skyrocketed over the decades,” said Echols. “My family and I want to help lighten the burden of the financial responsibility that future minority students seeking a college degree will bear. … We all have been supported so much by those who went before us; now it’s our turn to support those who come after us.”
MONMOUTH MEMORIES: “My older brother, Harvey, attended Monmouth and was an admission counselor for MC my senior year of high school,” said Echols. “I visited campus a number of times while he was attending and always enjoyed it. I loved the beauty of the campus and the air of community that I felt.” As a student, she said she “was able to spread my wings and try new activities, find new interests. The variety of classes that I took helped me to develop and hone skills that I still use in my career and daily life. Most importantly, I made deep and abiding lifelong friendships.”
STORY TIME: “College can be a difficult and expensive road for many students, especially for minority students,” said Echols. “When I was growing up, I was fortunate to have parents who deeply valued education and who helped my siblings and me to find the right paths for each of us to travel, despite the financial costs. They knew that what I would learn at college and what I would experience would help to mold me into a better person, and that has stood me in good stead over the years.”
Report reflects gifts received between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
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CLASS OF 1941
Alumni of Record: 1
Participation Rate: 100%
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Mary Rowley Kauzlarich
CLASS OF 1948
Alumni of Record: 19
Participation Rate: 11%
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Jane Davis Harper
James N. McInnes
CLASS OF 1949
Alumni of Record: 32
Participation Rate: 6%
Quinby Club
$5,000-$9,999
Burneta Burns Donges
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Dorothy Kern Behnke
CLASS OF 1950
Alumni of Record: 37
Participation Rate: 16%
Quinby Club
$5,000-$9,999
Donald McKinely
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Marilyn Clark Brownlie
Jean Price Nicholls
Scots Club $500-$999
Martha Muirhead Felmley
Highlanders Club $100-$249
George E. Schoenfeld
Pipers Club
$1-$99
Virginia Haun Mittauer
CLASS OF 1951
Alumni of Record: 37
Participation Rate: 8%
Scots Club $500-$999
Marilyn Rogers Brodd
Tartan Club $250-$499
Leland R. Marshall
Pipers Club
$1-$99
* Louis A. Foster
CLASS OF 1952
Alumni of Record: 48
Participation Rate: 19%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Margaret Deschwanden Foster
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
June Gustafson Erdmier-Salen
* Ralph E. Whiteman
Scots Club $500-$999
John R. Kelly
Tartan Club $250-$499
Margaret Turnbull Blakely
Polly Armstrong Campbell
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Barbara Atkinson Bailey
* Harold F. Campbell
Roland J. Chilton
CLASS OF 1953
Alumni of Record: 28
Participation Rate: 29%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
Anonymous
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Irwin E. Kirk
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Mary Hollander Winter
* Robert G. Winter
Monmouth Club
$1,000-$2,499
Robert V. Main
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* James K. Hoffmeister
Virginia Hughlett Varce
Joyce Hennenfent Walton
CLASS OF 1954
Alumni of Record: 49
Participation Rate: 20%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* James W. Asplund
* Barbara Cook Mercer
Patricia Whitsitt Overbeck
Scots Club $500-$999
Anne Harmon
Tartan Club $250-$499
Stanley Graham
* Margaret Hendren Lee
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Karlee Buhman Babcock
Shirley Morrow Grieme
Sally Young Hoherd
Pipers Club $1-$99
Charles D. Denniston
CLASS OF 1955
Alumni of Record: 30
Participation Rate: 23%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* James G. Mercer
John S. Romine
Scots Club $500-$999
* Louis P. Richard
Tartan Club $250-$499
Janet Jones Presley
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Gary K. Allen
* Alan V. Larson
Gerald A. Marxman
CLASS OF 1956
Alumni of Record: 53
Participation Rate: 21%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Edith Nichols Roberts
Scots Club $500-$999
* Roger J. DeRera
Anne Quinby Dyni
Tartan Club $250-$499
Donald S. Galitz
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Nancy Douglass Bell
* Rodney E. Bollman
Margaret Blanchard Daiker
* Sally Smith Larson
* Ronald J. Lindsay
* Jay S. Silhanek
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Kathryn Bunting Hamrin
CLASS OF 1957
Alumni of Record: 64
Participation Rate: 20%
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
Charles Courtney Jr.
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Rhoda Engel
* Richard K. Fuller
Marlyn Whitsitt Rinehart
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Louette Hartmann Ames
* Jeffrey Mar
James E. Thompson
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Robert H. Bischoff
Lynn A. Nelson
* Martha Woods Porter
Annette Thrift Ray
Pipers Club $1-$99
Kay Bagge Alden
* Kathleen Trevor Garwood
CLASS OF 1958
Alumni of Record: 65
Participation Rate: 31%
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Larry E. Millikan
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Janet Forsythe Fishburn
* Ralph E. Stephenson
Scots Club $500-$999
* Margaret Evans Roberts
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Allan W. Smith
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Mary Conway Harvey
* Richard J. Henry
* Marcia Kern Hoffmeister
* Perry W. Johnson
* Susan Gingrich Jones
* Anne Irey Kohlmeyer
* T. Larry Mell
Daniel L. Moon
Beverly Cain Nelson
Marsha Miller Schierbeck
James A. Syrett
* Robert G. Yarde
Pipers Club $1-$99
Kathryn Cummins Cope
Margaret Flick Droppa
*Glenn A. Olson
CLASS OF 1959
Alumni of Record: 87
Participation Rate: 26%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Ellen Littler Perry
Founders Club
$2,500-$4,999
* David N. Willing
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Anonymous
* Robert F. Bowen
* Barbara Getty Dobbins
* Lee D. Dobbins
Scots Club $500-$999
* Marilyn Schneider Johnson
* Robert C. Johnson
Barbara Ruettinger McQuillan
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Carl W. Anderson
George A. Francis
* Carolyn White Work
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Donald R. Beveridge
* James Arthur Blischke
Charles B. Doty
Shirley Hansen Gibb
* Sally Platt Ivy
* David G. Johnson
Jean Beveridge Meyers
* Oliver L. Mitchell
W. Thomas Wallace Jr.
Pipers Club
$1-$99
* Sally Ahrens Brown
* Marjorie Schroeder Lazar
CLASS OF 1960
Alumni of Record: 94
Participation Rate: 23%
Presidents Club
$25,000 or more
David A. Bowers
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Jeanne Gittings Robeson
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Charles L. Rassieur
* Roger E. Smith
Carol Kemmerer Wetzel
Scots Club $500-$999
Maureen Smiley Liesman
* James W. Nelson
Walter H. Pfaeffle
Tartan Club $250-$499
Melinda Hall Robertson
* Warren A. Sanders
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Lewis B. Arnold
Barbara Divinsky Brundage
† Karen Sundberg Finn
* Jack J. Glotfelty
Dean A. Graves
Nancy Acheson McGaan
* Anita Slebos Mitchell
* William D. Rhodenbaugh
Ann Toal
Kathryn Oliver Tribler
Pipers Club $1-$99
Arlene Dresmal Blewitt
Patricia Baird Link
CLASS OF 1961
Alumni of Record: 114
Participation Rate: 27%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
Margaret Bozarth
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Jeanine Johnson Millikan
* L. Terry Oggel
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Lila Keleher Blum
James R. Klusendorf
Fred Wackerle
* Gordon K. Young
* Jane Corman Young
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Sandra Johnson Dobras
Frederick H. McDavitt
* Paul L. White
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Carl A. Borine
Cynthia Koonce
Robert L. Singer
* Sue Perrine Smith
Scots Club $500-$999
* Richard L. Bivens
* Beverly Nelson
Tartan Club $250-$499
Robert H. Feiertag
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Robert T. Berendt
* Richard A. Dorn
* David A. Grummitt
Lynn McGaan Knox
* Gary L. Larson
* Thomas F. Matthews
Janet Brownlee Miller
* Paul K. Moye
Rosalie Easdale Stoike
Jane Inness Youngquist
Pipers Club $1-$99
Ellin McDougall Loveless
Robert C. McCulloch
Betty McClure Salisbury
CLASS OF 1962
Alumni of Record: 86
Participation Rate: 29%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
* Kenneth H. Knox
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Robert J. Ardell
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Willis M. Hubbard
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* G. Deeks Carroll Jr.
* Thomas S. Davis
* Julia Briggerman O’Hara
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Rodney J. McQueen
* Sandra Foreman Walker
Scots Club $500-$999
* Larry J. Willilams
Tartan Club $250-$499
* William T. Irelan
* Janet Pearson Manning
* Larry G. Manning
Karen Deen Squire
* Judith Lips Stoffer
Charles Thomas Weeks
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Nancy Guilinger Coon
* Judith Randall Dickinson
* Jerry L. Greer
Alice Goss Haznedl
Wesley Jaeger
David W. Jones
* Philip A. Muntzel
* Patricia McClinton Nolte
Carol Anderson Vernon
Pipers Club $1-$99
*Melinda Schneider Roehlr
CLASS OF 1963
Alumni of Record: 127
Participation Rate: 21%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
* Stanley E. Chism
* Ann Mack Collier
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Carol Veith Sorenson
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* David L. Arnold
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Robert M. Barton
* Gene R. Dawson
Robert H. Gwynn
* Russell F. Marshall
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* David R. Bates
Judith Sluka Butcher
* Carol Clark Dotseth
† Hugh M. Phelps
Scots Club $500-$999
* Mary Hunter Bivens
* Kenneth E. Bowdish
Shirley Service Culbert
* Janet Link Leonard
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Harry C. Bollin
* Patricia Morse Lyall
Elizabeth Patterson
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* David R. Acheson
Janet Lunsmann Acker
* Sara Probert Berendt
Howard A. Fulford
* Philip G. Killey Jr.
John R. Steele
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Linda Frautschy Sherman
Betty Claassen Veihman
CLASS OF 1964
Alumni of Record: 208
Participation Rate: 19%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* John A. Courson
* Marilyn Kessinger Hubbard
William G. Morgan
* Michael E. Sproston
Gretchen Wright-Moore
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Jane Wilson Dawson
* Mary Bailey Marshall
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Brian M. Austin
* Reid K. Beveridge
* Janet Henning Brown
Barbara Bolon Bye
* Carl J. Demas
* Donald L. Denney
* Stanley L. McKelvie
* Dean E. Peterson
* Dorothy Stack Spalding
* Joanne Greer Stipp
* Dennis E. Walker
Scots Club $500-$999
Elizabeth Giffen Ewell
Edward P. Farwell
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Joan Strand Kotz
* Charles Thomas Rezner
* Connie Husser Williams
Bruce V. Work
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Karen Brown Baker
Lucy Work Burroughs
Thomas B. Doyle
James F. McKinley Jr.
* Richard T. Smith
Judith Blaich Stipp
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* James W. Gee Jr.
* James D. Millar
Pipers Club $1-$99
* John A. Alexander
Nancy Garretson Benzon
* Mary Neahr Pawloski
* Fred H. Rumney III
Joan Nickel Sanders
* K. Michael Trevor
* David J. Yez
Charles Youdris Jr.
CLASS
OF 1965
Alumni of Record: 155%
Participation Rate: 22%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
* Karen Barrett Chism
* William J. Goldsborough
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Larry F. Clark
* Robb A. Ruyle
* William M. Simpson
* Karen Bush Watts
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Anonymous
* Julie Caldwell Arnold
* Judith Maxwell Schaeffer
* Lee E. Schaeffer Jr.
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Eugenia Willman Zagorski
* Ronald A. Zagorski
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Larry D. Brown
Gary L. Gilliland
Jane Scherger Miller
* Danny C. Richards
Lucille Rupe
Scots Club $500-$999
* Douglas S. Carolus
* David L. Murray
J. David Rumbough Jr.
Tartan Club $250-$499
* David D. Biklen
Sharon Avery Danner
Carl J. Schmidlapp III
Donna Zych
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Sharon Zipse Fesler
Ann Garry
* Ann Murphy Lafferty
* Michael J. Lafferty
Harold A. Marsh
* Donald R. Paulson
* Frederick C. Pfaffmann
* Joseph L. White
Pipers Club $1-$99
Lorraine Goldstein Van Akkeren
* Gary L. Wimer
CLASS
OF 1966
Alumni of Record: 169
Participation Rate: 26%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
* Richard E. Yahnke
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Steven A. Azuma
* Barbara Trubeck Clark
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Douglas R. Carlson
* Kenneth Martin Klein
* Donna Schliffke Sproston
* Frances White Wolma
* Gail Hartong Zika
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
John H. Wierman
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Margaret Schneider Demas
* Judith Burmeister Dew
* Larry R. Dew
* Susan Countryman Estes
* Dorothy Harris Fogel
* Linda Jungbluth Frost
* Robert H. Frost
* Barbara Baughman Killey
* Anthony J. Perzigian
* Joseph C. Simpson
* James M. Wilson
Scots Club $500-$999
Priscilla Bussert Fanning
* Terry A. Luetgert
Tartan Club $250-$499
* H. Quinn Anderson
* Daniel G. Bianucci
* Catherine Cumming MacKenzie
* Robert D. McLaren
* James E. Pilarski
* Judith Anderson Pilarski
* Nancy Munn Smith
* Paul M. Thompson
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Rosalie Huff Barman
Harold Peter Basler Jr.
* Suzanne Snyder Fienning
Mary Johnson Hanlin
* Charles H. Kellner
Susan Kauzlarich Kuster
* Gordon R. Lanning
* Donald K. Morton
* Earl K. Paasch
Janet Maginn Stevenson
David B. Stimpson
David Whiteman
* Gerald L. Young
Pipers Club $1-$99
Dennis J. Deegan
CLASS OF 1967
Alumni of Record: 155 Participation Rate: 25%
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Elaine Baer Azuma
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
David W. Adolphson
* Anne White Beall
* Susan Peck Latham-Klein
Ann Michael
* Payson S. Wild Jr.
* William A. Wolma
* Robert A. Zika
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
Robert C. Roush
* Wendell L. Shauman
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Dwight R. Erskine
* Lyle E. Fogel Jr.
* Frank P. Killey
* Leon A. Kraut
* Sonja Zedigian Lowry
* Lawrence K. Pickett Jr.
* H. Leonard Porter III
* Mary Ellen Biciste Porter
* Cynthia Waltershausen
* Katherine Lepard Wilson
Scots Club $500-$999
* Vittorio Barrile
* George M. Simmons
* Thomas R. Weber
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Larry R. Bowden
* Judy Williams DeMien
* Ronald K. DeMien
* William J. Edwards
Virginia Jacobson
Highlanders Club $100-$249
William G. Coppard
* Thomas E. Dickson
Beth Guyer
* Jerry D. Howell
Linda Blow Klabunde
Peter D. Knox
* John P. Wayne
Pipers Club $1-$99
Jerry D. Armstrong
Judith Schneider Lilly
* Richard L. Paasch
CLASS OF 1968
Alumni of Record: 200 Participation Rate: 22%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
John E. Harmon
* Augustin S. Hart III
Stephen Dale Mey
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Janet Forbes Myers
* Jean Hutchinson Randolph
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
John L. Hennessy Jr.
William L. Trubeck
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Won Yang Everett
Peter E. Upton
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
*James R. Bunn
Michael E. McCreight
Ann Newton Wieland
Scots Club $500-$999
Jennifer Lauer Bevington
* Nancy Campbell Haynor
David J. Kingsley
* Charles S. Marshall
Verna Lester Marshall
Jane Turrel
Tartan Club $250-$499
* MaryLu Belcher Bretsch
Sally Fenn DeVries
* Joan Rezner Gundersen
* Bonnie Janicek McLaren
* Bruce C. Ogilvie
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Robert H. Brink
* Thomas J. Cerkez III
John W. Evermon
* Allan R. Fierce
* Thomas N. George
* Robert E. Kukla
* Theresa Grozik Lanning
* David B. Lieb
* Alexander M. Lindsay
* John D. Schroeder
* Claudia Kinne Spotts
* Diane Whitt White
Pipers Club $1-$99
Robert H. Block Jr.
* Jerald D. Eiserman
* M. Simpson Eiserman
Robert W. Harrington Jr.
Linnea Hammarsten Ingold
* Lee-Ann Wells Paasch
* Barbara Annis Simons
Marcia Balstrode Wolf
CLASS OF 1969
Alumni of Record: 277 Participation Rate: 16%
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
Charles C. Chappell
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Dwight Tierney
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Bruce E. Birdsell
* David W. Jackson
* William B. Trent Jr.
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
David K. Allen
* Alice Young Bunn
* John I. Moore Jr.
Linda Reed
* Jennifer Barnes Stauth
* Michael T. Stauth
Charles L. Turnbough Jr.
Jane Batten Wild
Scots Club $500-$999
William L. Ellefson
* Gary W. Evans
* Mark M. Goodman
Mary Wood Paul
E. Jay Van Cura
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Donald L. Campbell
Richard L. DePuy
* Steven Hoffman
* David T. Long
* Jean Walter Long
Lee McGaan
* Rebecca Reedy Ogilvie
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Barbara Allen
Leonard Brokaw
* Rebecca Keefe Brown
Carole Riester Callahan
Carl D. Diehl
Jeffrey L. Kiner
* Deborah Gruenau MacVey
* Helen Pollack Mandel
Daniel K. McMichael
Susan Rayniak Schneider
* Jan Weshinskey Schons
* Helen Herriott Schroeder
Richard T. Von Pein
Pipers Club $1-$99
Roy Evert Adolphson
Christopher D. Bowers
* Peter L. Leverenz
* Carla Turner Makowski
* Leslie Williamson Rumney
* Sally Carmichael Wallace
* David J. Ward
CLASS OF 1970
Alumni of Record: 242 Participation Rate: 18%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Alan J. Landauer
Michael B. McCulley
* Robert G. Riley Jr.
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
*Marcia Brink Adair
*Serena Foote Birdsell
*Joanne Moy
*Catherine Blake Trent
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Bruce H. Morrison
* Kathleen McLaughlin Nolin
Sara Ehrenberg Rosen
Scots Club $500-$999
Steven E. Enke
* John T. Kreitler
* Candace Pearson Swarthout
* William Swarthout
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Gordon L. Amgott
* James L. Chrisler
* H. Richard Jewell
Pamela Marshburn Morgan
* Thomas G. Poeltler
* Alice Kough Wilhelm
* Richard A. Wilhelm
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Gregory K. Bradley
Mary duBois Carrothers
* Stanley B. Dawson
* Andrea Hinman Elia
* John R. Elia
* Lauren Brenneman George
* Mary Martin Graham
* Richard A. Johnson
* Peter H. Lufler
* Jane Martin-Watson
Susan Holland Murley
* Van D. Perrine
Nancy Wiese Radosta
Carolyn Wade Rollins
* Victoria Wheeler Romero
Nancy Sager-Ruggles
* Thomas C. Taylor
Virginia Hopf West
* Jill Petrie Whiteside
* Sara Wyant
Pipers Club $1-$99
Juliet Jaques Ira Rifken
CLASS OF 1971
Alumni of Record: 319 Participation Rate: 13%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
* Susie Swanson FitzGerald
† Robert L. Litchfield
* Michael J. McGrath
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Gail Anderson Landauer
* Margaret Robb Petersen
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Marco T. DiGiorgio
* Catherine Mayer Jackson
Margaret Will Lee
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Lyndea Dew Brown
* Kenneth A. Eiserman
Margaret Hamil
* Geoffrey A. Iverson
Scots Club $500-$999
Gregory C. Golembe
Donald E. Lindblad
* Louise Laine Lubs
Margaret Marra Treggett
Tartan Club $250-$499
Betty Jerden Bollman
* Sarah Maxwell Brown
* Carolyn Ellis Harrison
* Judith Gardiner Johnson
* Michael S. Mimnaugh
* Charline Clay Myers
Alan P. Rogers
* Lynn Rosenow Seiwert
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Betsy Heller Biddle
* JoAnn Eisenman Britton
* J. Scott Brunswick
* Jay Edmonds
* Jan Farnsworth
* Cheryl Nowak Garrison
Lynnell Kahler Havercamp
* Elaine Hubbell Herzog
* William L. Hesseltine
* Martin C. Luehrs
Dianne Robison Marcell
* Elizabeth Steffy McDonald
*Maribeth Novak Mohan
*Linda Baughman Pushaw
Edward J. Ryan
Barbara West Shea-Smucker
Charles L. Wolters
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Jeffrey A. Miles
CLASS OF 1972
Alumni of Record: 278 Participation Rate: 15%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
Karen Krueger
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
Thomas S. Martin
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Robert “Cam” McConnell
Blair W. Schultz
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
*Kevin J. Kelley
*Jane Marshall Kellogg
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
James B. Bird
Carol West Boehme
* James L. Caldwell IV
William S. Daniel
* Mary Ann Galusha Eiserman
* Jeffrey C. Fort
* Daniel M. Fowler
* Lon J. Helton
* Mary Cannon Iverson
* Lucy Hyde Johnson
* Stephen T. Johnson
* Stephen D. Keithley
* John J. Scotillo
Eric J. Wagner
* David R. Whitcomb
Scots Club $500-$999
*Roy E. Bockler
*Christine Heaton Brown
a luMni contributorS (class of 1972, continued)
Catherine Sanborn Johnson
* Richard L. Williams
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Charles E. Berg
* Mary Auliff Havens
* Letitia Keating Hoffman
Edward A. Jones
* Claudia Lawson Moss
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* David P. Biddle
* Toni Kauzlarich Hesseltine
Susan Bahnick Jones
* Martin L. Katz
* Craig A. Patterson
Robert H. Roggeveen
* Diane Guzzi Shilton
*Sheryl Brinton Zimmerman
Pipers Club $1-$99
Kathleen Long Baum
Ruth Barry Hund
* Frances Biedenstein Leverenz
CLASS OF 1973
Alumni of Record: 258 Participation Rate: 15%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
*Andrew D. Kerr
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
*Dennis M. Plummer
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Ross C. Hart
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Timothy L. Owen
H. Charles Stahmer
Nick Tucker
* Gordon B. Yocum
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Charles W. Goehl
* Anne Buckhouse Helton
* Cynthia Wead Keithley
* Glenn P. Kinder
* Nancy Thompson Kinder
Thomas L. McCaffrey
Scots Club $500-$999
Louise Pacholik
Thomas E. Roy
Carl Shaub
* Donna Czajka Williams
Tartan Club $250-$499
*Ellen Voegele Chrisler
*William J. Maakestad
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Mick Birkhofer
Glenn Catlett
William N. Fenney III
* Michele Spleha Katz
Ann Doherty Kramer
William C. Porter Jr.
Rosemary Bryce Schintzius
* Scott D. Stanton
* Carol Mullen Walsh
* Katharine Wakolbinger Welch
Kenneth L. Wherry
* William F. Zimmerman
Pipers Club $1-$99
Roger J. Blachek
* James T. Briscoe
* David R. Elmer
Gayla Smith Hiar
Alice Higgins Lawson
Nancy Hayward Macari
* Ann Boley Parker
CLASS OF 1974
Alumni of Record: 283
Participation Rate: 11%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
* Richard W. Karcher
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* John C. Carlson
* Lynette Johnson Carlson
* Gary C. Niehaus
* Gail Simpson Owen
* Daniel S. Weber
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
G. Ronald Barshinger
* Alan R. Gieryna
* Sarah Young Hudson
* Christine Odell Potts
* Jeffrey C. Potts
Scots Club $500-$999
*Susan Prochaska Hardie
*David A. Hartig
*Warren J. Wilson
Tartan Club $250-$499
Bruce W. Block
* Lloyd H. Fish
Douglas W. Funk
* Charles B. Peter
Garrett C. Waecker
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Ann Quick Akers
* John C. Hughes Sr.
* Elizabeth Fellowes Hunt
* Dean A. Sipe
Robert C. Wegner
Pipers Club $1-$99
Judith Collins
Glenn Dagenais
Dan duBois
* Stephen H. Goss
* Roberta West Kinney
* Julie Follett Sarff
Linda Strassenburg Weitz
* Vicki Lowder Young
CLASS OF 1975
Alumni of Record: 240
Participation Rate: 14%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Jon E. Dahl
* Joseph O. Svoboda
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* William C. Murschel
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Alice Dunlap-Kraft
* Mary Ann Kelly Gieryna
* Donald D. Hadsell
* Scott A. Hamilton
* Robert C. Hudson III
* Diane Locandro
* Rodney H. Park
Roger F. Slaboch
* Gregory A. Smith
Scots Club $500-$999
Jerri Picha
* Daniel M. Sfamurri Jr.
* R. Tracy Williams
* Lucinda Dunmire Wilson
Tartan Club $250-$499
Kathryn Alexander
Judy Hogfeldt
* Julia Van Cleve Paulson
* Peter L. Paulson
* William G. Pyatt
Zachary L. Stamp
Wilburn N. Wallace II
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Laura Beck Anderson
Dennis C. Clark
Jane Fort Edwards
* Denise Karczewski
* Joseph W. Schurr
Pipers Club $1-$99
Judith Bersted Andrews
Christopher W. Campbell
* Gregory I. Derbak
* Randall Seals
* Douglas L. Stickels
* Douglas A. Wallace
CLASS OF 1976
Alumni of Record: 195
Participation Rate: 15%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
* J. Stanley Pepper
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Lynda Pepper Bollman
Charles M. Poeltler
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Geralyn Pope Weber
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Terry F. Fruehauf
* Franklin K. Johnson
Charles B. Shawver
Randall E. Vickroy
* R. Bruce Weiman
Scots Club $500-$999
* Pamela Wyeth Bellm
* James L. Elsey
* Brian P. Holland
Paul D. Rickey
Randall J. Slaboch
Tartan Club $250-$499
*Margaret Romano Ford
*William P. Ford
*Brian D. Kimmel
*Gary D. Martin
*Roberta Mack Peter
*Robert F. Stinauer
*Pamela Slaughter Van Kirk
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Carol Werdin Alfrey
* Michael S. Deam
Jeffrey R. Earley
* Alan R. Farris
Susan Twomey
Pipers Club $1-$99
Scott C. Estler
R. David Korngruen
* Eric A. Sarff
* Mary Carlson Shull
CLASS OF 1977
Alumni of Record: 177
Participation Rate:10%
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
Donald L. Gladfelter
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Debra Forsaith
Pamela Ball Gustafson
Bruce A. Shepherd
Scots Club $500-$999
* Kathy Wolf Plath
Deborah Roter Rakestraw
Tartan Club $250-$499
William H. Lafayette Jr.
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* William D. Alexy
* Linda Cook
* Heather Fottler Mangian
* Michael R. Osborn
William E. Parker
Arnold Silvestri
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Emily Hauge
* Wayne K. Nelson
Gary A. Neudahl
Deborah Sterett
CLASS OF 1978
Alumni of Record: 156
Participation Rate: 13%
David Wallace Club $10,000 -$24,999
Mark E. Taylor
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Craig A. Dahlquist
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Dale B. Buss
Donna Martz Buss
* George K. Hess
* Amy McGlothlin Park
Susan Smallwood Schilson
* John T. Welsh
Scots Club $500-$999
* Lynne Walker Kellogg
* Stephen H. Kellogg
* Dean A. Oester
* Joseph M. Welty
* J. Mark Wilson
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Kathleen Clark Kimmel
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Barbara Clement Alexy
Richard A. Martin
* Harold G. Turvey
† Leonard A. Wcislo
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Terry Brooks Campbell
Laura Feinberg
CLASS OF 1979
Alumni of Record: 140 Participation Rate: 12%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
* Mark S. Kopinski
* Ralph R. Velazquez Jr.
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* John R. Darrah
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
*Terry Burke Murschel
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Randall R. Krafft
* Linda Retterer Welsh
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Raymond S. Bland
Andrew P. Matykiewicz
John Davis Small II
* Donald P. Tanney
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Paul A. Bubb
* John A. Elliott
* Gerald Palomo
* Emily Vlahos Rehn
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Christine Pinkston McCarrell
* Douglas B. Rankin
* Pamela Yuill Snyder
CLASS
OF 1980
Alumni of Record: 157 Participation Rate: 11%
David Wallace Club $10,000 -$24,999
*Yvonne Mensing Hurckes
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
*Sally Meaker Guth
*Cathy Neese Hess
*Kimberly Furman Roolf
*Michael A. Schmitz
Scots Club $500-$999
*Carl B. Forkner
Victoria Birk Horneck
Tartan Club $250-$499
Kent H. Kniep
Christopher J. Lemon
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Susan Sucharzewski Buresch
* Timothy M. Haak
* Sandra Tirpitz Haman
* George D. Kulhanek
* Wendy Taeger Osborn
* Thomas M. Saddoris
Harlan B. Scott II
Pipers Club $1-$99
Joel E. Brotherton
Christine Vancura Easley
CLASS OF 1981
Alumni of Record: 171
Participation Rate: 13%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
* J. Alex McGehee
* Jane Schneiter Velazquez
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* William G. Hurckes
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Susan Sandner Gibson
* Timothy J. McCabe
Scots Club $500-$999
* Michael J. Anderson
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Conny Davinroy Beatty
* Kimberly Whowell Bland
* Harvey L. Echols Jr.
* Pamela Batson Ferguson
* Samuel A. Ferguson
James J. Schiro
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Mary Flautt Anderson
Michael S. Connors
* Lora Litchfield Corban
Carrie Dunne Daly
* Virginia Thake Elliott
* George W. Gaulrapp
* Debbra Taylor Kulhanek
* J. Anthony Morgan
* Kristeen Ford Peterson
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Tamyra Dixon Rankin
Mark Wharton Reid
CLASS OF 1982
Alumni of Record: 166
Participation Rate: 8%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* John A. Kemp
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Mary Alexander Corrigan
* Robert E. Hillison
* Gregory S. Phillips
* Rae Jean Meier Phillips
Tartan Club $250-$499
Roger D. Haynes
Highlanders Club $100-$249
John B. Bergquist
Michael E. Magner
* Heidi Schwab Saddoris
* Kristen Campbell Stanton
* Edward C. Tews
Steven C. Tisor
Pipers Club $1-$99
Lori Kaunzinger Phillips
Geraldine Miller Wetzel
CLASS OF 1983
Alumni of Record: 172
Participation Rate: 15%
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Judi Poettgen Luepke
* Paul G. Luepke
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Daniel L. Keating
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Stephen M. Bloomer
Robert C. Dyni
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Joel R. Hillison
* Kelly K. Kost
Mark G. Thorn
Scots Club $500-$999
* Martha Eckhard Anderson
† Kirk A. Holman
Dorothy Aszman Ricketts
Eric T. Vogt
Tartan Club $250-$499
† Matthew J. McDonald
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* David B. Bates
Lisa Hines Berg
* Paula Rundell Brooks
* Gary Pearson
* Laura Stella Pearson
Michael Quagliano
Janice Reder-Gosser
* Jean Michael Tews
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Traci Whyte Abbott
* Leslie James-Cook
* Judith Bradley Stevenson
* Lance Q. Zedric
CLASS OF 1984
Alumni of Record: 181
Participation Rate: 13%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Jane Stevens Keating
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
Jeffrey D. Miller
Karen Williams Phinney
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Edward W. Pailes Jr.
a luMni contributorS
(class of 1984 continued)
Richard J. Sirois
Scots Club $500-$999
Robin Jarvis
* Robert E. Pearson
* Christopher J. Pio
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Kathleen Fries Raices
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Debra Blatzer
* Julie Collins
Mark A. Ferin
Amber Hogan-Spoon
* M. Dean Kreps
Rebecca Chisholm Rennard
Tamee Sterett Renwick
Kimberlie Bollman Squier
Pipers Club $1-$99
Teresa Hollinrake Carrigan
Marcene Holverson Farley
* Diane Soady Griffin
Robin S. Murray
* Karen Friedrich Pyatt
* Laura Epley Selken
CLASS OF 1985
Alumni of Record: 152
Participation Rate: 7%
Quinby Club
$5,000-$9,999
* Crystal Krug Sargent
* Thomas A. Sargent
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Jeffrey A. Draves
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
David J. Alengo
Scots Club $500-$999
* Jane King Pearson
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Brent A. Birkhoff
* Patty Perkins Kenney
Pamela Murray Kuby
Kathryn West
Pipers Club $1-$99
Susan Witort O’Connell
CLASS OF 1986
Alumni of Record: 144
Participation Rate: 12%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
Mahendran K. Jawaharlal
David Wallace Club
* Helena Echols
Founders Club
$10,000 -$24,999
$2,500-$4,999
* Danette Bagley-Thierry
Monmouth Club
$1,000-$2,499
* Eric G. Ealy
* Joan Chatfield Ealy
Kellie Kohler Esters
* Kristy Smith
* Roger E. Well
Scots Club $500-$999
* William B. Brooks Jr.
Tartan Club $250-$499
*Deanna Walters Brown
*Edwin O. Brown
*Brian J. Ross
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Laura Cavanaugh
Elizabeth Silas
Tami Tisor
David A. Wallace
Pipers Club $1-$99
Hiroko Saito
CLASS OF 1987
Alumni of Record: 168 Participation Rate: 10%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Ann Stites Cotter
* Mary Grable McLeod
Founders Club
$2,500-$4,999
Lisa Pepper
Scots Club $500-$999
William Olson
* Richard L. Owens Jr.
* David A. Riggs
Tartan Club $250-$499
Peter J. Grutzius
Douglas E. Liniger
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Marla Clay
Penny Young Lefavour
* Tracy Jones Schaller
* Gail Cook Simpson
* Gregory Simpson
Jennifer Widmer
Pipers Club $1-$99
Harold C. Schirmer
David K. Taylor
Ronald L. Wallace
CLASS OF 1988
Alumni of Record: 156
Participation Rate: 14%
David Wallace Club $10,000 -$24,999
* Leonard J. Carlson
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Daniel A. Cotter
* Curtis C. Farr
* Anita Ridge
* Jean Peters Witty
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Peter Widolff
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Gena Corbin Alcorn
* Christopher Fredrick Lawson
* Amy Johnson Schmitz
*Byron Sondgeroth
Scots Club $500-$999
George M. Tyler
Tartan Club $250-$499
James R. Cole
Kenneth R. Schoenig
Glenn A. Stout
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Paula Danforth Bowling
* John D. Downs
Sandra Johnson MacMillan
Pamela Larson Moore
* Richard Schaller
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Laura Martin Marquardt
* Sean O’Leary
* Kelly Kitterman Woods
CLASS OF 1989
Alumni of Record: 184
Participation Rate: 11%
David Wallace Club $10,000 -$24,999
* Bradley C. Nahrstadt
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
*Daniel W. Dickson
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Michelle Perry
Scots Club $500-$999
Tiffany Mekshes Cole
* Christine Winkelman Glasgow
* John W. Herman
* Michelle Merritt-Juszczyk
* Elizabeth Baumann Riggs
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Lisa Jackson Brown
Michelle Hall
* Kelly Simpson Knitter
* Jackie Bell Zachmeyer
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Pamela Bowman Best
* Karin Owrey Cook
* Robert E. Figge
Michelle Moy
* Michelle Brown Postin
Angela Cummings Shriver
* Timothy Wolf
* Scott M. Woods
CLASS OF 1990
Alumni of Record: 150
Participation Rate: 11%
David Wallace Club $10,000 -$24,999
Robin Ottenad Galloway
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Christine Beiermann Farr
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Jeffrey J. Bakker
* Angela Hart Widolff
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Cheryl Conaway-Nelson
* Kristyne Gilbert
Michael T. Jakubec
* Carlos F. Smith
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Lynne Talbott Dulin
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Sarah Skov Hennemann
* Kelly Patch Jenkins
* Christy Ogilvie McCreary
* Lori O’Brien Oetting
* Jayne Poland Schreck
* Kristin Themanson Sorensen
* Brett D. Wolfe
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Arnold Gonzalez Jr.
CLASS OF 1991
Alumni of Record: 147
Participation Rate: 9%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
DuFresne Penrod Blume
Carla Sanders
* Jennifer Campbell Young
Scots Club $500-$999
*Michael D. Danner
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Trudi Steichmann Hansen
* W. Christopher Hennemann
Colby M. Oleson
* Peter F. Sorensen
Susan Waschevski
Pipers Club $1-$99
* L. Terry Cook
* Melinda Miller Figge
Thomas W. Hasson
* Dawn O’Leary
CLASS OF 1992
Alumni of Record: 167
Participation Rate:7%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Deletra Cross Hudson
Scots Club $500-$999
* Bobbi Swarts Pio
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Stephen R. Hartman
Laura Liesman
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Jennifer Hoekstra Bezenah
Susan Boland
* Eric J. Ostermeier
Merideth Willett
Pipers Club $1-$99
Charles K. Burton
* Todd Halihan
* Charlene Faughn Hickling
* John N. Hickling
CLASS OF 1993
Alumni of Record: 142
Participation Rate: 6%
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
William A. Turner
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Marybeth Dues Johnson
Scots Club $500-$999
* E. Kyle Davis
* Tammy Jefferson Herman
Kristi Millar
Tartan Club $250-$499
Victoria Adeleye
* Lorrie Stoll Strohschein
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* M. Todd Wetterling
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Martha Muhlena Halihan
CLASS OF 1994
Alumni of Record: 117
Participation Rate: 6%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Mark T. Tupper
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Christopher J. Heatherly
* Annette Carson Manthei
Highlanders Club $100-$249
*Michael A. Berberich
*Lisa Bitar Wolfe
Pipers Club $1-$99
Yi Li
Pamela Cook Orwig
CLASS OF 1995
Alumni of Record: 194
Participation Rate: 11%
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Patrick W. Lewis
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Julia Westby Blaesing
* Eric D. Boland
* Cassie Zelinske Day
Amy Longenbaugh
Scots Club $500-$999
Bradley J. Foley
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Fiona Loomes O’Laughlin
* Jeani Randall Talbott
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Brian A. Chabowski
* Tiffany Ramsey Chabowski
Abigail Fafoglia
Amanda Hutton
* Sean P. Maher
Debra Jackowniak Scarlett
Angelo D. Shaw
Marnie Steach
Jolene Whisler
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Deanna Marchand Baele
* David R. Mann
* Elizabeth Doty Mann
* Julie Crisco Ricketts
CLASS OF 1996
Alumni of Record: 132 Participation Rate: 7%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Timothy A. Salier
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Michael J. Blaesing
* Joshua E. Hornaday
Scots Club $500-$999
* David C. Bratten
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Philip D. Tweedy
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Tara Budde Peters
* Korine Steinke Wawrzynski
* Vanessa Treat Wetterling
Pipers Club $1-$99
Gina Tillman
CLASS OF 1997
Alumni of Record: 173
Participation Rate: 7%
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
Melissa Scholes
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Kunal Kapoor
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Jill Bowles Boland
* Clifford K. Hastings
Scots Club $500-$999
* Kimberly Bruetsch
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Arijit Dutta
Dawn Johnson
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Derek Archer
* Kristan Sedam Creek
* Kari Bailey Shimmin
* Brian K. Woodard
Pipers Club $1-$99
Amy Workman
CLASS
OF 1998
Alumni of Record: 274 Participation Rate: 5%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Neil A. Dahlstrom
* Stacy Alderson Hornaday
Frank Schweda
Scots Club $500-$999
Allyson Behm
* Lisa Laird Strawn
Tartan Club $250-$499
Michael E. Rosenstiel
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Scott A. Beeler
Sarah Botkin
* Jeffrey M. Dougherty
Kathleen Yarger Lupont
Angela Kemper McTernen
Pipers Club $1-$99
Jennifer Cameron
* Heather Haines Roseman
Anita Sherman
CLASS
OF 1999
Alumni of Record: 262
Participation Rate: 5%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Michael D. Cryer
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Matthew M. Hendon
* Matthew P. Schaub
* Heather Downing Turnquist
* John M. Turnquist
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Jason R. Dare
* Stephanie Orsi Dare
* Michael J. Jones
* Ann McClung Klungseth
* Seth A. Klungseth
Carmelita Ellis Torregano
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Kari Walters Froebe
Timothy R. Mottaz
Anthony J. Schmidt
CLASS OF 2000
Alumni of Record: 248
Participation Rate: 4%
Scots Club $500-$999
Benjamin A. Grethey
* K. Scott Wiswall
Tartan Club $250-$499
Julie Anell
* Heather Sechrest Hendon
* Wendy Wilhelm Schaub
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Tara Olson-Beeler
* Andrew R. Tyra
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Kent D. Froebe
* Stefanie Riemer Mills
* Therese Worden Rankin
CLASS OF 2001
Alumni of Record: 257
Participation Rate: 2%
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Christina Stob Cryer
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Megan Sluis Parsons
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Mary McGregor Luczu
* Abby Pollentier Tyra
* Sarah Crummy Wolek
CLASS OF 2002
Alumni of Record: 255
Participation Rate: 4%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Brian D. Valentini
Tartan Club $250-$499
Matthew J. Coultrip
a luMni contributorS
(class of 2002 continued)
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Sandra Bennin
* Frank Alexander Clark
John W. Larson
Megan Schaefer
Pipers Club $1-$99
Ryan M. Johnson
Anthony T. Miles
* Megan Barber Sears
* Katharine Pearce Shaver
CLASS OF 2003
Alumni of Record: 231
Participation Rate: 9%
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Jason D. Paulsgrove
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Erin Hoffmeyer Shaw
* Scott K. Shaw
* Jaimie Gurney Valentini
Scots Club $500-$999
* Geoffrey M. Edwards
* Janice Ruglio Van Kuiken
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Jeremy R. Carrier
* Tara Todd Lewis
* Molly Larcombe McCarthy
* Molly McNamara Klinger
Mikael B. Mueller
Andrew Y. Rubia
Amy Fraser Sowinski
* Stephanie Fritz Woodard
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Kristin Whitver Fouts
* Katherine Thayer Rogers
* Michael P. Salanitro
Rosemary Lai Sheeler
* Devon Townsend Spencer
* Adam S. Volpp
* Elizabeth Nendza Volpp
CLASS OF 2004
Alumni of Record: 270
Participation Rate: 10%
David Wallace Club $10,000 -$24,999
* Nathan J. Gaskill
Scots Club $500-$999
Jennifer Heiman
Tartan Club $250-$499
Jamie Blaine Mammen
* Michelle Meyer Messman
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Adam B. Carlson
* Michelle Flaar Carlson
* Katherine Grant Cazalet
* Elizabeth Kline Elsbree
* Megan Soper Krisher
* Tanya Blythe Mutton
* Elizabeth Ruebush Oblinger
* Joel A. Sage
* Tara Ferruzza Sage
Pipers Club $1-$99
Anonymous
Alison Heaton Clark
* Elizabeth Liput Cook
* Thomas F. Cook II
Jennifer Davis
* Meaghan Tobias Evans
* Ryan P. Evans
Matthew M. Hoag
* John W. Huxtable
* Tamara Orte
* Theodore R. Ross
* Joshua B. Spencer
* Elizabeth Purdy Underwood
* Mathew Underwood
CLASS OF 2005
Alumni of Record: 221
Participation Rate: 9%
David Wallace Club $10,000 -$24,999
* Laura Haumiller Gaskill
Scots Club $500-$999
* Theresa Gondek Bebout
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Rafael C. Delgado
* Kathryn Jackson
Travis M. Miller
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Anna Beasley Dibble
* Andrew S. Elliott
Benjamin M. Hickerson
Megan Merritt
* Michael P. Oblinger
Ashley Sims
Troy D. Stark
* Kelly Frericks Thannert
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Alan R. Betourne II
* Ryan S. Danzinger
* Brenda Metternich Hoelscher
* Rhian Droy Lewis
D. Pat Raftis
* Ashlee Somogyi Wallace
CLASS OF 2006
Alumni of Record: 247
Participation Rate: 6%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Christie Nelson
* Amanda Weck
Scots Club $500-$999
Stefanie Fitzsimons
Tartan Club $250-$499
*Joshua M. Ragar
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* David Joseph Danaher
* James T. Dibble
Evelina Lipecka
* Ryne A. Sherman
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Alexis Zanis Carscadden
* Sara Tyson Fitzjarrald
Scott D. Flynn
* Albert F. Greene
* Matthew J. Hammer
* Abigail Horneck Ross
* Michael T. Wilmoth
* Sarah Zanger-Venvertloh
CLASS OF 2007
Alumni of Record: 276
Participation Rate: 5%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Kelli Wefenstette
Tartan Club $250-$499
* John K. Gerrity
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Wade R. Brown
* Justin L. Martin
* Amanda Havens Pilger
* Lee M. Radford
* Hilary Hawkinson Stott
Pipers Club $1-$99
Gregory R. Bouslog
* Mollie Williams Harrod
* Richard F. Harrod
Jeffrey Joseph Rebholz
Kelly Stadter
* Ian Douglas Wallace
CLASS OF 2008
Alumni of Record: 273
Participation Rate: 5%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Zak S. Edmonds
Scots Club $500-$999
* Erik C. Hoffer
* Karah Goetschius Hoffer
Tartan Club $250-$499
Kathryn Fitzsimmons Cross
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Amanda Trotter Elliott
Abbey Hardin
* Joseph H. Pilger
Megan Carlson Prueter
Sara Youngs
Pipers Club $1-$99
Jennifer Drendel Burdette
* Nicholas E. Carlson
* Miles Z. Miller
Melinda Todd
CLASS OF 2009
Alumni of Record: 241
Participation Rate: 6%
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Breanna Webb Schwarz
* Christopher C. Schwarz
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Andrew D. Moore
* Margaret Scudella Ramirez
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Molly Stewart Graeber
* Brian C. Jordan
* Hilary Leary Martin
* Jacob T. Stott
* Felicia Roberts Wachob
Pipers Club $1-$99
Samantha Briones
* Kyle Ray Christensen
* Madelyn Ethington
* Paige Halpin Smith
* Caitlin Bastiaans Short
CLASS OF 2010
Alumni of Record: 262
Participation Rate: 5%
Scots Club $500-$999
Nicholas J. Wright
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Emily Caron
John C. Clifford IV
* Shane R. Corcoran
* Joshua A. Graeber
Harrison D. Heilman
* Jennifer Erickson Sanberg
Mary Scotillo
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Sally Hayes Hart
Jessie Carpenter Howes
* Neil Mecagni
* Renee Ischer Mecagni
* Laura Greenwood Miller
CLASS OF 2011
Alumni of Record: 266
Participation Rate: 3%
Scots Club $500-$999
* Angie Morris Thorn
* Luke G. Thorn
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Hope Grebner Bibens
Amanda Rush
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Kristen Wyse Wagner
Pipers Club $1-$99
Laurel Buckley Abraham
James M. Fry
Michelle Nutting
CLASS OF 2012
Alumni of Record: 259
Participation Rate: 3%
Monmouth Club
$1,000-$2,499
* Kathryn Argentine Willhardt
Scots Club $500-$999
Benjamin M. Olson
Edward W. Wimp
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Haley Jones Stockton
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Samantha Jagust
* Jennifer Wheeler Kerch
Pipers Club $1-$99
Samantha Bundy
* Ian L. Smith
CLASS OF 2013
Alumni of Record: 279
Participation Rate: 5%
Monmouth Club
$1,000-$2,499
* Brittany Munson Lipinski
* Peter A. Lipinski
* Colleen Sinclair Sye
* Roy J. Sye
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Jeffrey K. Kelleher
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Andrew R. Anselmi
* Brooke Anderson Anselmi
* Alex B. Brooks
* Clarissa Gardner Brooks
Pipers Club $1-$99
Patrick S. Corrigan
* Daniel R. Kane
Jennell Oddo
* Kathryn Shipp Rufener
Brinton B. Vincent
CLASS OF 2014
Alumni of Record: 250
Participation Rate: 6%
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Rachel Whitlock Kelleher
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Katherine Dunn Becker
* Sara Frakes Reinhardt
* Matthew R. Schmidt
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Kaitlyn Washburn Cockerham
* Melinda Craddock Dixon
* Zachary T. Dixon
* Kaley Corban Hix
* Ryan R. Hix
* Christina Durante Smith
* Jonathan P. Steben
John E. Swanson
* Stevie Croisant Thieme
Cody R. Whiteside
CLASS OF 2015
Alumni of Record: 256
Participation Rate: 4%
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Ryan Michael Maxwell
* Haleigh Garrett McLean
* Jacob R. McLean
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Stephanie Lankford Baker
* Stephanie O’Dell Hagemann
* Elizabeth Meyer Ireland
Nicole Kamzic
* Erin Willhite Lafary
* Ethan Scott Lafary
CLASS OF 2016
Alumni of Record: 261
Participation Rate: 2%
Scots Club $500-$999
* Benjamin P. Ketchum
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Emily Flint Schmidt
Pipers Club $1-$99
Zachary B. McCrery
Emily Siefken
CLASS OF 2017
Alumni of Record: 308
Participation Rate: 3%
Scots Club $500-$999
Jessica Irons Ketchum
Pipers Club $1-$99
Kayla Beadles
* Kyle J. Bradberry
* Miranda Jones Bradberry
Katelynn Propes Carter
* Payton D. Holmes
Trevor P. Oetting
* Mackenzie Whiteside Schleich
Blake A. Sondgeroth
CLASS OF 2018
Alumni of Record: 285
Participation Rate: 6%
Presidents Club $25,000 or more
Courtney McGehee
Tartan Club $250-$499
Angela Baumann
Tessa Jones
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Devon L. Brooks
Madison Doss
* Samuel E. Dummer
Pipers Club $1-$99
Antonetta Axup
Anthony David Bryant
Vaughn R. Gentzler
* Abigail Baldocchi Gertz
* Michael E. Gertz
* Alec J. Higgs
* Mallory Misener Higgs
Emily Manassah
Liam R. Merritt
* Elizabeth Hippen Thiele
CLASS OF 2019
Alumni of Record: 195
Participation Rate: 4%
Tartan Club $250-$499
Carl M. O’Connor
Highlanders Club $100-$249
John Jeremiah Cotter
Jack Godlewski
Thomas R. O’Hern
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Haley Johnston Gavin
Denzel B. Johnson
Tara Sturgeon
CLASS OF 2020
Alumni of Record: 205
Participation Rate: 4%
Scots Club $500-$999
Jacob J. Durdan
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Alexander C. Martin
Pipers Club $1-$99
* Aleeka Gentzler Holmes
Benjamin Nelson
Lukas Peter Nilsson
Hadley Smithhisler
Lucas K. Sondgeroth
* Wade A. Thiele
* Tyler Brandon Ulfig
CLASS OF 2021
Alumni of Record: 206
Participation Rate: 4%
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Rodolfo De Jesus Garcia
Pipers Club $1-$99
Tyler Nash Dugan
Carly Dunham
Savannah Franklund
Gunnar Steven Leaf
Rebecca Quick
Alison Trettin
* Rylee Mann Ulfig
CLASS OF 2022
Alumni of Record: 193
Participation Rate: 6%
Scots Club $500-$999
Cullen Hayes Marshall
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Troy Stuart Hippen
Pipers Club $1-$99
Alison Barrington
Charles Joseph Bonifer
Alexander Jerome Brock
Kenneth Lee Broge
Natalia Garcia
Liam Thomas Meyer
Mikayla Moore-Kaczmarek
* Bryan C. Peters
* Shepherd Coventon Peters
CLASS OF 2023
Alumni of Record: 206
Participation Rate: 3%
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Nicholas T. Robertson
Pipers Club $1-$99
Emily Henson
Emily Laughlin
Owen Rhys Mane-Davies
Isabella Peetz
Reid P. Sondgeroth
Emma Wolfe
CLASS OF 2024
Alumni of Record: 149
Participation Rate: 36%
Pipers Club $1-$99
Janice Abel
Salvador Bruno Alvarado
Loren Michael Berberich
Brendon P. Bishop
Madeline Blaesing
Xandru Theodore Borst
Nina Bozovic
Gerardo Caballero Jr.
Emilie Cain
Luis Castillo
Grace Cornelius
Benjamin Thomas Dorn
Nehemiah G. DeClaw
Elizabeth Douglass
HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS 2023-2024
a luMni contributorS (class
conStituent groupS
of 2024 continued)
Jacob W. Essex
Grant Robert Foster
Abigail Furness
Anita Gandara
Grace Gibbons
Addison Gilstrap
Grace Goodrich
Madyson Goodwin
Colton E. Gray
Fatima Gutierrez
Tyler Joseph Houck
Nicole Hoyer
Lillian Hucke
Nyla Jackson
Brendan M. Jones
Elijah Brennan Kelly
Natalie King
Brianna Kinkaid
Zoie Kruse
Derick Lavan Jr.
Skylar Law
Lauren Lehmann
Alondra Leon
Eathan Michael Long
Zachary Roy Lundquist
Kane Steven Miller
Rahm George Pandey
Lydia Perez
Tucker John Peterson
Corey Daniel Pevitz
Olivia Postin
Diamond Rideout
Hannah Rossmiller
Sarah Saddoris
Kraig Allen Schipper
Camden A. Schmidt
Elizabeth Schmidt
Thomas Joseph Schroeder
Emma Seybold
Kayla Short
Yuvraj S. Sidhu
Brandon M. Spence
PARENTS OF CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS
President’s Club $25,000 or more
J. Alex McGehee ’81 and Liz McGehee
J. Stanley Pepper ’76 and Christine Pepper
David Wallace Club $10,000 -$24,999
* Robert J. Ardell ’62
William G. Hurckes ’81 and Yvonne Mensing Hurckes ’80
Larry E. Millikan ’58 and Jeanine Johnson Millikan ’61
Jean Hutchinson Randolph ’68 and Ross Randolph
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Daniel A. Cotter ’88 and Ann Stites Cotter ’87
F. Austin Jones and Kim Jones
Thomas A. Sargent ’85 and Crystal Krug Sargent ’85
Jean Peters Witty ’88 and Peter N. Witty
Gordon K. Young ’61 and Jane Corman Young ’61
Founders Club
$2,500-$4,999
Stephen M. Bloomer ’83 and Cheryl Youngren Bloomer
Won Yang Everett ’68 and William W. Everett
John Goddard
Jane Marshall Kellogg ’72 and Buster L. Kellogg Jr.
Margaret Will Lee ’71
Daniel S. Weber ’74 and Geralyn Pope Weber ’76
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Anonymous
Michael J. Blaesing ’96 and Julia Westby Blaesing ’95
Kristyne Gilbert ’90 and Charles Duane Bonifer
Mary Alexander Corrigan ’82
Joseph Cucci and Linda Cucci
* Frederick A. Fletcher
* Sally Meaker Guth ’80
Ralph Houck and Kathryn Houck
Geoffrey A. Iverson ’71 and Mary Cannon Iverson ’72
* Leon A. Kraut ’67
Stanley L. McKelvie ’64 and Sandra McKelvie
Jane Scherger Miller ’65
John I. Moore Jr. ’69 and Mary Moore
Cheryl Conaway-Nelson ’90 and John R. Nelson
Gregory S. Phillips ’82 and Rae
Jean Meier Phillips ’82
Linda Reed ’69
John J. Scotillo ’72 and Nancy Scotillo
David Shragal and Julie King
Byron Sondgeroth ’88 and Suzan Sondgeroth
Mark G. Thorn ’83
Cynthia Waltershausen ’67 and George L. Waltershausen
Roger E. Well ’86 and Dana Well
* Martha Williams Whiteman
Dennis A. Willig Jr. and Angela Willig
David T. Workman and Linda Workman
Steven M. Zaleski and Elizabeth Turnbull-Zaleski
Scots Club $500-$999
Anonymous
Chad M. Braun and Jennifer Braun
Michael D. Danner ’91 and Julie Danner
Anne Quinby Dyni ’56
Joan Gilmour
Christine Winkelman Glasgow ’89 and Terry L. Glasgow
† Kirk A. Holman ’83
Victoria Birk Horneck ’80
Michelle Merritt-Juszczyk ’89 and Don Juszczyk
Janet Link Leonard ’63 and Robert D. Leonard Jr.
Maureen Smiley Liesman ’60
Kristi Millar ’93
Anthony E Oakson and Brenda Oakson
Christopher J. Pio ’84 and Bobbi Swarts Pio ’92
Dorothy Aszman Ricketts ’83
David A. Riggs ’87 and Elizabeth Baumann Riggs ’89
Joseph M. Welty ’78 and Jean Welty
R. Tracy Williams ’75 and
Cynthia Williams
Tartan Club $250-$499
Raymond S. Bland ’79 and Kimberly Whowell Bland ’81
Betty Jerden Bollman ’71
Terry P. Brown and Linda Brown
Sharon Avery Danner ’65
Jeremy Dellavalle and Michelle Dellavalle
Lynne Talbott Dulin ’90 and Gary M. Dulin
Mary Auliff Havens ’72 and John P. Havens
Dale Hull
Judith Gardiner Johnson ’71 and Kevin M. Johnson
* Brooks McDaniel
Robert D. McLaren ’66 and Bonnie Janicek McLaren ’68
Harold Muegge and Maria Muegge
Rodney Nord and Christine Nord
Bruce C. Ogilvie ’68 and Rebecca Reedy Ogilvie ’69
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Patch
Thomas G. Poeltler ’70 and Gini Poeltler
Peter R. Sheets and Mary Sheets
Robert F. Stinauer ’76 and Cheryl Stinauer
Donald P. Tanney ’79 and Crystal Tanney
Heather Downing Turnquist ’99 and John M. Turnquist ’99
Highlanders Club $100-$249
John Asplund and Julie Asplund
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Bauer
Martha Beck
* Christine Behne
Dorothy Kern Behnke ’49
Michael A. Berberich ’94 and Christine Berberich
Jason Blunck and Kristie Blunck
Nancy Boley
* Rodney E. Bollman ’56
Mark A. Borst and Lisa Borst
Patrick Briones and Tracy Briones
Steven L. Buban
Laura Cavanaugh ’86
Brian Corn and Catherine Stark-Corn
Christopher Cornelius and Lisa Cornelius
John Cromien and Ann Cromien
James Dodge and Constance Dodge
Michael Douglass and Clarice Douglass
Cynthia Drea
George T. Dulee Jr. and Beth Dulee
James Dunn and Patricia Dunn
Jon D. Durdan Jr. and Julie Durdan
Jay Edmonds ’71 and Christine Zak-Edmonds
Alan R. Farris ’76 and Sarah Farris
Anita Fillman
Neil Finlen and Lynda Finlen
Michael Fisher and Heather Fisher
Matt O. Gillen and Jevanie Gillen
Mary Martin Graham ’70 and Stephen W. Graham Jr.
Jane Gramkow
Daniel Greising and Rebecca Greising
Thomas Gruby and Christina Gruby
Stan Grzywna and Debi Grzywna
Timothy M. Haak ’80 and Christine Haak
Mary Johnson Hanlin ’66
Brian Henson and Kathryne Henson
Timothy Heslin II and Shane Heslin
Amber Hogan-Spoon ’84
James P. Hughes and Mary Hughes
John C. Hughes Sr. ’74 and Patricia Hughes
Amanda Hutton ’95
Rocco Jackson and Deitra Jackson
Stanley D. Jenks and Kay Jenks
Karri Johnson
* Richard A. Johnson ’70
Andrea Johnson-Ewing
Christopher Johnston and Angela Johnston
Mary Rowley Kauzlarich ’41
Anthony D. Kozelichki and Linda Kozelichki
Pamela Murray Kuby ’85
Gordon R. Lanning ’66 and Theresa Grozik Lanning ’68
Brian D. Logan and Brenda Logan
Amy Lythgoe
Sean P. Maher ’95 and Shalaine Maher
Stuart McKirdy and Ellen McKirdy
Christopher McLaughlin and Deena Fisher McLaughlin
Barry J. McNamara and Vicki McNamara
Lyndon D. Meyer
Glen Misek and Laurel Kilpatrick
Kimberly Moye
Lynn A. Nelson ’57
Lori O’Brien Oetting ’90 and Lance Oetting
Reid Olson and Maureen Olson
Steve Orwig and Ann Orwig
Kristeen Ford Peterson ’81 and Quentin J. Peterson
Vernon Peter Pitts and Patricia Pitts
Dana L. Poole and Janice Poole
Gary Rohrer and Berta Rohrer
Kenneth Schneider and Vanessa Schneider
Jan Weshinskey Schons ’69 and Carl R. Schons
* Jayne Poland Schreck ’90
Todd Schremser and Julie Schremser
Kevin Shaw and Susan Shaw
Thomas E. Shie and Dianna Shie
Kari Bailey Shimmin ’97 and Henry R. Shimmin
Gregory Simpson ’87 and Gail Cook Simpson ’87
Hillis Skov
Mark A. Soutsos and Eva Soutsos
George D. Sprout and Peggy Sprout
Marnie Steach ’95
Bradley E. Sturgeon and Katherine Sturgeon
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Treat
Susan Twomey ’76
Don L. Voss and Brooke Voss
Joseph L. White ’65 and Diane Whitt White ’68
David Whiteman ’66
Rodney Wiegand and Robyn Wiegand
Brett D. Wolfe ’90 and Lisa Bitar Wolfe ’94
Brian K. Woodard ’97 and Stephanie Fritz Woodard ’03
Linda Yelm
Pipers Club $1-$99
Betty Babcock
Cindy Beadles
Nancy Garretson Benzon ’64
* Thomas Best
E. Dean Blust and Jeanne Blust
Brian Alan Bossert and Pam Bossert
Ann Callaway
William Carter and Joy Carter
Martha Carwile
between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
David Compton and Patricia Compton
Michael L. Connell and Linda Connell
Leslie James-Cook ’83 and Tony L. Cook
Kerry M Coyne and Tracy Coyne
Derrick Crims and Pamela Crims
Gary L. Daniels
Dan Dinges and Shauna Dinges
Kevin R. Eckley and Lisa Eckley
Jerald D. Eiserman ’68 and M. Simpson Eiserman ’68
Brian Enburg and Carla Enburg
Vicki Fogle
John R. Foster Jr. and Annjanette Foster
Jill Franklund
Clarissa Gentzler
Donald Hartshorn and Mary Hartshorn
Susan Higbee
† Delores Johnson
Doris Kelleher
Mark Kimzey and Linda Kimzey
Joan Law
Alice Higgins Lawson ’73
Peter L. Leverenz ’69 and Frances Biedenstein Leverenz ’72
Kathryn Mainz
David R. Mann ’95 and Elizabeth Doty Mann ’95
Grady E. Miller and Linda Miller
Daniel E. Moersfelder and Anne Moersfelder
Melanie Moore
Kristi Mustain
Jeffrey Nowicki and Kathryn Nowicki
Barry O’Brien and Mary O’Brien
Michelle Brown Postin ’89 and Brett Postin
Karen Friedrich Pyatt ’84 and Jerry Pyatt
Therese Worden Rankin ’00 and Jeffrey D. Rankin
Stephen L. Rider and Karen Rider
Brenda Robinson-Young
Kevin Rossmiller and Wendy Rossmiller
George N. Ruglio and Tracey Ruglio
William G. Schlobohm
Kenneth D. Schweitzer and Debra Schweitzer
Randall Seals ’75 and Linda Seals
Faith Selzer
Mark Shallenberger and Patricia Ohler Shallenberger
Peter D. Smithhisler and
Christina Smithhisler
James H. Sosnowski and Linda Sosnowski
David Streeter and Barbara Streeter
John Thornton and Karen Thornton
Lowell Trammell and Karen Trammell
William Urban and Jacquelynn Urban
Lori Willhite
Carl Williams and Lana Williams
Randall K. Winbigler and Janice Winbigler
Scott M. Woods ’89 and Kelly Kitterman Woods ’88
Judy Yeast
FACULTY AND STAFF
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* Thomas A. Sargent ’85
* Holly Tharp
Clarence R. Wyatt
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Gena Corbin Alcorn ’88
* Michael J. Blaesing ’96
* Charles Duane Bonifer
* Zak S. Edmonds ’08
* Hannah Reagor Maher
Laura Moore
* Amy Johnson Schmitz ’88
* Mark E. Willhardt
Scots Club $500-$999
* Chad M. Braun
* Jennifer Braun
* Stephanie Kinkaid
Cullen Hayes Marshall ’22
* Michelle Merritt-Juszczyk ’89
Kristi Millar ’93
* Karen Ogorzalek
* Mark S. Ogorzalek
Joan Wertz
Tartan Club $250-$499
James R. Cole ’88
* Lynne Talbott Dulin ’90
* Lori Ferguson
Roger D. Haynes ’82
Sarah Henderson
Stephanie Levenson
* Jeani Randall Talbott ’95
* Heather Downing Turnquist ’99
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Kevin S. Baldwin
c on S tituent g roup S
(faculty and staff continued)
Vanessa Campagna
* Michelle Flaar Carlson ’04
* Andrea Gillen Crum
* Heather Fisher
* Jevanie Gillen
Troy Stuart Hippen ’22
Elizabeth Kopping
Ashwani Kumar
Tamara La Prad
* Tara Todd Lewis ’03
* Stacy Ashton Lotz
* Christopher McLaughlin
* Deena Fisher McLaughlin
* Barry J. McNamara
Brock A. McNinch
Jill Munson
* Lori O’Brien Oetting ’90
Timothy A. Pahel
* Dana L. Poole
* Jennifer Erickson Sanberg ’10
Megan Schaefer ’02
* Jayne Poland Schreck ’90
* Kari Bailey Shimmin ’97
* Robert Holschuh Simmons
* Todd A. Skrivseth
Marnie Steach ’95
* Bradley E. Sturgeon
* Marci Switzer
* Timothy J. Tibbetts
* Lori Walters
* Brian K. Woodard ’97
Linda Yelm
Pipers Club $1-$99
Dominic N. Baliva
Saadullah Bashir
Abigail Batson
* Alan R. Betourne II ’05
* Jeanne Blust
Agnes Boock
* Nicholas E. Carlson ’08
Martha Carwile
Ryan Colclasure
* Michael L. Connell
* Lynn Daw
Weston Deshon
Eric Engstrom
* Christopher Fasano
Erica Flores
Jodi Forrester
* John R. Foster Jr.
Grace Gibbons ’24
Audra Goach
* Sharon Gonzalez
Mark E. Grover
* Mollie Williams Harrod ’07
Emily Henson ’23
* John W. Huxtable ’04
Natalie Johnson
Elijah Brennan Kelly ’24
* Kristina Kinney
Kristy Krisher
Petra Kuppinger
Michelle McBurney
Meredith McGary
* Neil Mecagni ’10
Melanie Moore
* Emilee Renwick
Kevin R. Roberts
Katherine Wall
* Kelly Kitterman Woods ’88
David C. Wright
Janis Wunderlich
FRIENDS
President’s Club $25,000 or more
Cynthia Benshoof
* John L. Collier
* Curtis M. FitzGerald
* Beverly Goldsborough
* Rebecca Hart
* Mary Karcher
* Pamela Kerr
* Judith Knox
* Mary Litchfield
* Deborah Kopinski
* Liz McGehee
* Kathryn McGrath
J. Hunter and Julie Peacock
* Lee Yahnke
David Wallace Club $10,000 -$24,999
* Elizabeth Ardell
Jennifer Jacobsen
Roger Jacobsen
* Kristina Lewis
* Lonn W. Myers
* Debra Snyderman Nahrstadt
* Linda Oggel
* Carolyn Plummer
* Mary Ruyle
* Joyce Simpson
* Raymond E. Sorenson
Theodore A. Tarkow
* Daniel Watts
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
* James F. Beall
* Harlow B. Blum
* Robert Bollman
Robert and Hope Cerpa
* Marcia Courson
* Barbara Dahl
* Catherine Darrah
* David W. Greer
* Monica Kapoor
* Reese Kemp
* Kenneth McLeod
* Dina Nathanson
* Robert Petersen
* Kay Riley
Robert J. Shriner Jr.
* Thomas J. and Anne W. Sienkewicz
* Leslie Svoboda
* Lobie Stone
* Thaddeus Tharp
* Linda Wild
* Peter N. Witty
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* Shirley Barton
* Bonnie Carroll
Simon C. and Stacy Cordery
* Pam Dickson
* Kristie DiGiorgio
* Victor E. Dobras II
* Cynthia Dorsch
* Patricia Draves
* Richard Edwards
Linda Groves
* Ronda Kelley
R. Jeremy and Alice McNamara
* Daniel O’Hara
* Michael R. Robinson
* Janet Agan Shauman
* Julie K. Shaw
* Robert K. Thierry III
John and Denise Turnbull
* Maryann White
* Winona Willing
George J. Wolcott
* Bronwyn Yocum
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Wanda Asplund
* Susan Austin
* Susan Bates
* Eileen Beveridge
Larry Blume
* Sharon Borine
* Judith Bowen
Ronald L. and Jane Bowers
* Tary L. Brown
* Barbara Caldwell
Jacquelyn Condon and Neal Heerwagen
* Carolyn Cottrell
* Karen Dahlstrom
* Dawn Darner
F. Garvin Davenport Jr.
† Bernice Davenport
* Ben R. Day
James L. and Janet De Young
* Dorene Denney
* Gregory M. Dotseth
* Julia Duffy
* Nicole Mason Edmonds
* Fredrick C. Estes
Marie Foster
* Kathleen Fuller
* Kim Goehl
Nancee Griffith
Merle B. Growden
* John Guth
* Lois Hadsell
* Elizabeth Hamilton
Carol Hansen
Gilbert and Victoria Hennenfent
* Keely Hillison
Sarah Hoban
* Ron Hoppe-Hastings
Dan Jacobson
* Michele Johnson
* Paul Michael Johnson
Denise Kellogg
* Holly Kost
* Robert Kraft
* Heidi Lawson
Suellen Lee
* Dennis Lowry
* Jeffery G. Maher
Pamela Cole Mayer Meskauskas
* Laura McCabe
* Diane McQueen
* John R. Nelson
* Bruce Edmund Nolin
* Martha Pailes
* Donna Perzigian
* Suzanne Peterson
Norma Phelps
* Virginia Rassieur
* Anna Richards
* James Roolf
John Schwind
* Dave Scott
* Karen Simpson
* Debra Smith
* Mary Smith
Nancy Snowden
* Francis O. Spalding
* Bonnie Stephenson
* James Stipp
Lynn Stubblebine
* Jane Taylor
* Tina Tupper
Mitchell Walker
* Debbie Weiman
* Laura Welti
Melissa Wieland
* Jayson Young
Steven M. Zaleski and Elizabeth Turnbull-Zaleski
Scots Club $500-$999
* Sally Adams
* Marisa Barrile
* Benjamin R. Bebout
* Douglas E. Bellm
Mr. and Mrs. William Benge
Nancy Blew
* Debbie Bockler
Scott and Janey Bond
* Alice Bowdish
Brechnitz Group of Raymond James
* Jani Brooks
* Bruce Brown
* Joyce Carolus
* Julie Danner
* Ashley Davis
* Louise DeDera
* Christina Edwards
* Roxann Elsey
* Barbara Evans
Trevor Ewell
* Joanne Forkner
* Dee Garretson
Christopher J. and Lisa Gavin
Peter A. and Janet Gebauer
Ramon Georges
* Else Goodman
* Bradford Hardie
* Barbara Hartig
* John Haynor
* Carrie Holland
Patricia Ikan
Alyson Jones
* Jim Kinkaid
* Elizabeth Kreitler
Kenneth W. Livermore
* James C. Lubs
* Karine Luetgert
* Mary Marshall
Robert E. and Carolyn Meling
* Sandra Murray
* Paige Niehaus
* Beth Owens
* Corey Plath
Laura Reason
* Nancy Rezner
* Ned C. Roberts
John Richard Sayre and Mary Phillips
* Margaret Sfamurri
* Ruth Simmons
Sharon Stangenes
* Jeremy Strawn
†Joyce Van Cura
* Kirk Van Kuiken
Margaret Walker Wallace
Sarah Twomey Walters
Isobel Wayrick
* Julie Weber
* Marsha Wilson
* Jonathan Wiswall
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Carl S. Ames
* Vicki Amgott
* Maryellen Anderson
* Terry Anderson
Anonymous Friends
Kent and Jennifer Armstrong
* Ben H. Baker
* Daniel P. Beatty
* Nancy Berg
* Joyce Bianucci
* Robert Bibens
* Melody Bollin
* Karen Bowden
* Darwin Bretsch
* K. Reagin Brown
Ralph D. Butler
* Penny Campbell
* Blanche Capilos
* Gary M. Dulin
* Dawn Edwards
Moira Fearncombe
* Jon Ferguson
* Sharon Fish
* Katie Gerrity
* Shabana Gidwani
Matthew A. Gornick
* Robert P. Gundersen
* Edward H. Harrison
* Karen Hartman
* Molly Heatherly
* Ines Irelan
Lois Jornlin
* Millicent Knight
Alan J. Kulczewski
* William C. Lee
* Ann Ludlow
* H. James Lyall
* Grant MacKenzie
* Randy Manthei
* Gloria Mar
* Janet Martin
* Linda McDaniel
* Chad Messman
* Gayle Mimnaugh
Judy Minteer
* Jennifer Moore
Mikael B. Mueller
* Terry D. Moss
* Jeffrey L. Myers
* Sean D. O’Laughlin
John and Beth Osterlund
* Nathan J. Parsons
Jane Hartley Pratt
* Brenda Pyatt
* Sara Ragar
* Jose Raices
* Randall James Ramirez
* Amber Ross
* Martha Sanders
* Lawrence Seiwert
Michael D. Silver and Suzanne Woll
* Antoinette Smith
* Tyler Stockton
* Paul Stoffer
* Brian Strohschein
* Mark W. Talbott
* Carole Thompson
* Tory Tweedy
* John Van Kirk
Barry Warren
Dale A. Wheeler
* Jean Wolf
* Stewart D. Work
Kenneth and Kelly Worrell
Sarah Young
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Constance Acheson
* Daniel A. Alfrey
* Annetta Allen
Keiko Alphs
Frank Argentine
* Dennis Ary
† Robert Ashen
Robert R. and Christine Ayers
* Heather Henson Baldwin
* Ronald Barman
* Michele Bates
* Cale Becker
* Craig Behne
Anne Bernhardt
Carol Beveridge
* Todd L. Bezenah
* Brenda Birkhofer
* Tina Birkhoff
* Alathea Blischke
Patricia Bolda
* Georgiana Bollman
* Lorraine Botticelli
Daniel H. and Michelle Bowers
* Anthony Bowling
* Gary M. Briddick
* George T. Britton III
* Gerald Brooks
* Abby Brown
* Duane Albert Brown
* Lynn Brunswick
* Susan Bubb
* Michael A. Buresch
* Melanie Burns
* Patricia Campbell
* Brett Cazalet
Bruce Chapman
* Jennifer Clark
Janet Conner
* Richard A. Coon
* Kenn R. Corban
* Jessi Corcoran
Paula Cramer
* Jeff Creek
* Curtis L. Crum
Arthur Hale Curtis III
Robert A. Dahl and Kasim Baihaki
* Kathy Danaher
* Mary Dawson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dealey
* Karen Deam
* Robert G. Dickinson
* Kathleen Dickson
Mr. and Mrs. David Didawick
Marsha Dopheide
* Diane Dorn
* Stefanie Dougherty
Dorothy Douglas
* Wendy Downing
* Carrie Downs
* Rebecca Dummer
Tom Edwards
* Branndon Elsbree
* Mary Eyre-Cerkez
Richard E. and Susan Farthing
Jeannette Feeheley
* Wayne F. Fesler
* Charles E. Fienning
* Lisa Fierce
* Tim Fitzgibbon
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Foglesong
Kim Fornero
Paul Franciscovich
James C. and Gladys Free
* Keith Garrison
* Karrie Gaulrapp
* Patricia Gee
* Valerie Glotfelty
* Judith Greer
* Janet Grummitt
Candi Helsel-Wilk
c on S tituent g roup S
(friends continued)
* Cheryl Henry
* Michael Herzog
Michael E. and Theresa Holt
* Vicki Howell
* Ronald R. Hunt
Bruce Iacobelli
* Jesse W. Ivy
* Bill Jenkins
* Nancy Johnson
* B. Rees Jones
* Miranda Jones
* Susan Kanter
* Judith Kellner
* James E. Kenney
* Ryan Kerch
Jan Kiley
* Ellen Killey
* Dawn Kirk
* Jacob Klinger
* Kevin Richard Knitter
* Dennis K. Kohlmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis J. Kramer
* Tim Kramer
* Kathryn Kreps
* Judith Kukla
* Winnie Larson
* Greg Lewis
* Shirley Lieb
* Carol Lindsay
* Judith Lindsay
* Beverly Linnihan
* William Lotz
† Kathleen Lowe-Arthur
* Scott P. Luczu
* Paul Ludkey
* Kathleen Lufler
* Wayne MacVey
* Shalaine Maher
* Eric Mandel
* John Mangian
Richard Marshall and Ann McEntee
* Patricia Matthews
* Justin McCarthy
* Dallas Kraig McCreary
* James L. McDonald
* Christopher McLaughlin
Kenneth G. McMillan
* Connie Mell
* Victoria Millar
* James J. Mohan
* Mary Morgan
* Peggy Morton
* Barbara Muntzel
* Mark Mutton
Dan A. and Kay Nolan
* Lance Oetting
* Barbara Paasch
* Michel Palomo
Linda Park
Amy Parker
* Kathleen Patterson
* Elizabeth Paulson
* Quentin J. Peterson
* Christine Pfaffmann
Tom E. Pitzer
* Janice Poole
* Richard N. Porter
Barbara Provus
* James E. Pushaw
* Denise Radford
* Mark Rehn
* Joe Reinhardt
* Judith Rhodenbaugh
* Colin A Romero
Gail Rotheiser
Erhard G. Saettler
* Benjamin C. Sanberg
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schinzer
Larry Schneider
* Joseph C. Schreck
* Connie Schurr
Jane Seatter
* Georgena Sherman
* Thomas Shilton
* Henry R. Shimmin
* Diane Silhanek
* Michelle Holschuh Simmons
* Ilene Sipe
* Sarah Skrivseth
James L. and Barbara Spiker
* James Spotts
* Paul and Cheri Stockhausen
* Katherine Sturgeon
* Joseph L. Switzer
* Carole Taylor
* Marc Thannert
* Jannis Turvey
* Glenn Ivan Wachob Jr.
* Craig E. Wagner
* Stephen L. Walsh
* Robert I. Watson Jr.
* Matthew Wawrzynski
* Linda Wayne
* John Welch
Karen White
* Dale Whiteside
* Oliver R. Williams
* Rich Wolek
David and Frances Work
* Marilyn Yarde
* Gerry Young
* Michael Zachmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Zavell
* Amy Zesbaugh
Pipers Club $1-$99
* James Abbott
J. Steven Andrews
Betty Babcock
* Lyle Baele
* Chance Baker
Baldwin Park Residents Assoc
† Richard R. Benzo
* Lisa Betourne
Ruchi Joshi Bhardwaj
* Jeanne Blust
Marjorie Bond
Judy Borden
* Max A. Brown
Robert Budach and Anne Giffey
* Kevin Caba
* Len V. Campbell
* Krystal Carlson
* Jeremiah Carscadden
Sofia Castagna
* Sherwin Chan
Annabelle Clark
* Tyler Cockerham
Jessica Coleman Hastings
Marilynn Czosek
* Brian W. Daw
David De Young
Cathy DePaolo
* Laura Derbak
Weston Deshon
Mark DeVries
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dew
* Donna Elmer
* Catherine Fasano
* Bryan Fitzjarrald
* Annjanette Foster
Kailey Foster
* Ruth Foster
* Michael Fouts
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Funk
* Gary A. Garwood
* Patrick C. Gavin
* Karen Goss
Bettie Graning
* Tiffany Greene
* John B. Griffin
* Bryant Hagemann
* Robin Hammer
* Robert Hamrin
Helen Hansen
* Will Hart
Cynthia Harvey
* Frederick Hoelscher
* Amanda Hetzel Huxtable
* Steve Ireland
* Erin Kane
* Jerry L. Kinney
Dorian and Sarah Kirkpatrick
Kanan Kishimoto
* Jeannie Knox
* Jeff Lazar
Darcie Levenson
* Neil Lewis
* Gary G. Makowski
* Peter Marquardt Sr.
* Mark McCarrell
Kelsey Jones McCulley
Nick McCulley
James Meinert
* Rebecca Miles
* Walter Mills III
Sharon Muller
* Mi Nelson
* Gladys Olson
Mr. and Mrs. John Olszewski
Ben Orr
* Steven J. Orte
* Thomas Parker
* Richard Pawloski
* Brett Postin
McKenzie Price
Aaron J. and Rebekah Reynolds
* Dudley Ricketts
* Russell Rogers
Joann Rompella
* Brian Roseman
Penny Rotheiser
* Steven Allen Rufener
* Sarah Doyle Salanitro
* Austin Matthew Schleich
* Jerry Sears
* Ronald Ray Selken
Carolyn Sellers
* Mark Shallenberger
* Brandon T. Shaver
* Robert Sherman
* Chris Short
* Bob L. Shull
Alexander Simmons
Benedict Simmons
David Simmons
Marc Simmons
* William Simons
* Henry Smith
Thomas J. Snee and Julia Druckmiller
* Bruce L. Snyder
Russell and Rhonda Spence
Mindy Starson
* Megan Rooney Steben
* Jeff Stevenson
* Leslie Stickels
Kathleen Stroman
Howard B Tarkow
Jeff Taviner
* Don C. Teel
* Nick Thieme
Donald Treat Jr.
* Susan Trevor
* Lee Venvertloh
Vera Voinovich
* Susan Ward
Carolyn Weber
Shawn Wenkman and Lauren Witecha Wenkman
* Taylor Wilmoth
* Judith Wimer
Douglas F. Winebright
* Maria Wolf
* Margaret Yez
* Ching Zedric
BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS
Advanced Plumbing & Mechanical, LLC
Asplund Farm Account
Associated Colleges of Illinois
Blackbaud Giving Fund by its Agent YourCause - Bayer
Blackbaud Giving Fund by Its Agent, YourCause - Chevron
Breedlove’s Sporting Goods
BSN Sports
Caterpillar Matching Gifts Program
Charities Aid Foundation America
Clarity Group Midwest
Community National Bank
Compeer Financial
Compton Accounting
Country Financial Services
Danner Family Dentistry
Exxonmobil Foundation
F&M Bank
First Lutheran Church
Fork Catering Co.
Greenridge Properties
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Illinois Mutual
Innkeeper’s Coffee
J & L Strawn Construction
Johnson & Johnson Donor Employee Funds
Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Program
Kellogg Printing Company
Klingner & Associates. P.C.
Land Management Partners, LLC
LPL Financial Services
Marmon Renew
McDonough District Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Midwest Bank of Western Illinois
Midwest Uniform Supply
MTC Communications
OSF Healthcare
Our School Haus, Inc.
Paul D. Rickey Farm Account
Porter-Hay Insurance Agency Inc.
Prairie Vista Farm
Robert G. Thompson Trucking
Security Savings Bank
Sentry Insurance Foundation, Inc.
Simply Vein
SJW Enterprises LLC Market Alley Wines
Smithfield Foods
Southern Star Finishes, LLC
State Farm Companies Foundation
Stephen L. Rider DDS
Stifel Investments
TBK Bank
The Benevity Community Impact Fund Microsoft
The Benevity Community Impact Fund, Aon
The Benevity Community Impact Fund, Intel
The Benevity Community Impact Fund, Veeva
The Farris Law Office
Tri State Travel
Tri-State Collision & Sales
Ty Ink Promotions, Inc.
William S. Daniel, Attorney At Law
Writelatex Limited
YourCause, As Agent for Blackbaud Giving Fund for Mastercard Impact Fund
YourCause, LLC Trustee for Chevron Matching Employee Fund
YourCause/Blackbaud, LLC
Trustee for Illinois Tool Works
ESTATES
Donald G Whiteman Estate
H. Safford Peacock Estate
Joyce Patterson Estate
Marilyn B. Johnston Estate
Russell S. Andrews Estate
FOUNDATIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, TRUSTS & DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
Albert H. Stahmer Foundation Inc.
Alice J. Bunn IRA
Alice J. Lawson IRA
Alvin T. Peterson Trust
Anita Ridge and David Greer Donor Advised Fund
Ann B. Michael IRA
Ann M. Collier & John L. Collier Trust
Anne Harmon IRA
Augustin S. Hart IRA
Beall Family Charitable Gift Fund
Benevity Community Impact Fund, Dominion Energy
Benevity Community Impact Fund, Mastercard
Bill Ellefson IRA
Blair W. Schultz IRA
Block Family Giving Fund
Bonnie J. McClaren IRA
Borg-Warner Foundation Inc.
Bruce and Christine H Brown IRA
Carol Dotseth IRA
Carol Sorenson IRA
Charles C. Chappell IRA
Charlie’s Charities
Chism Family Legacy Fund
Christine S FitzGerald IRA
Clarks Fork Foundation
Cline-Lofftus Foundation
Curt and Susie FitzGerald Foundation
Cynthia Louise Koonce IRA
Danny C. Richards IRA
David A. Bowers Foundation
David A. Bowers IRA
David A. Bowers Revocable Trust
David B. Stimpson & Linda S. Stimpson Trust
David L. Arnold IRA
David M. and Sally DeVries Family Charitable Fund
David N. WIlling IRA
Dean A. and Nancy Graves Living Trust
Dennis Plummer Charitable Fund
Dennis Walker IRA
Denniston Revocable Trust
Dew Revocable Trust
Donald and Victoria Gladfelter Charitable Fund
Donna J. Sproston IRA
Dorothy S. Spalding IRA
Dr. C. Thomas Rezner IRA
Dwight Tierney IRA
E. Jay Van Cura MD Charitable Fund
Ealy Giving Fund
Edward Arthur Mellinger Educational Foundation, Inc.
Edward Jones Trust Co As Cust FBO Susy D Condon IRA
Elaine H. Herzog IRA
Eleanor Ketcham Trust
Eric Wagner IRA
Ernest Crow Trust
Everence Foundation, Inc for Lucille Rupe
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
Francis W. Patch IRA
Frank M. Huff Trust
Frederick W. Wackerle Charitable Fund
Gail Landauer IRA
Galesburg Community Foundation
Gary C. Niehaus Revocable Trust
George A. Francis Revocable Trust
Gift4Giving Program
Gordon Young IRA
Greg and Mary Ellen Smith Giving Account
Gretchen L. Moore IRA
Hamil Charitable Account Fund
Hardie Family Giving Fund
Howard A. Fulford IRA
Howard Tarkow IRA
Isobel Wayrick IRA
J & B Nelson Family Revocable Trust
J & L Freedom Foundation
J & V Flynn Foundation
Jacobsen Family Foundation
James Caldwell IRA
James G. Mercer IRA
James R. Klusendorf IRA
Jan Kiley IRA
Jane Pratt IRA
Jawaharlal Charitable Trust
Jeanne Robeson IRA
Jim and Connie Dodge Giving Fund
Jim and Jan De Young Charitable Trust
Joanne G. Moy IRA
John A. and Marcia H. Courson
Revocable Trust
John and Lynette Johnson
Carlson Family Fund
John and Mary Moore Charitable Fund
c on S tituent g roup S
(foundations continued)
John E. Harmon IRA
John Hennessy IRA
Jon E. Dahl IRA
Joseph Cucci IRA
Julia A. O’Hara IRA
Kapoor Family Fund
Karen A. Chism IRA
Karen B. Simpson IRA
Karen Bush Watts IRA
Karen Krueger IRA
Karl K. Taylor IRA
Kathleen Lowe-Arthur IRA
Kemp Family Charitable Fund
Kenneth E. Bowdish Trust
Kenneth Eiserman IRA
Kenneth H. Knox IRA
Kenneth M. Klein IRA
Kenneth W. Livermore IRA
L. Pepper Donor Advised Fund
L. Terry Oggel IRA
Larry J. Williams IRA
Larry Millikan IRA
Lee & Judith Schaeffer Jr. Charitable Fund
Leon A. Kraut IRA
Leona S. Vollintine Charitable Trust
Lila Blum IRA
Lonn Myers IRA
Lorain Jewel Nicholls IRA
Marcia Adair IRA
Marco T. DiGiorgio IRA
Margaret C. Bozarth IRA
Margaret Lee IRA
Maribeth Mohan IRA
Marilyn J. Hay Trust
Mary Ann Eiserman IRA
Mary Beth and R. Duncan Brown Charitable Fund
McLeod Family Gift Account
Merle B. Growden IRA
Michael and Christina Cryer Fund
Michael McCreight IRA
Nahrstadt Family Fund
Nancy Snowden Donor Advised Fund
Our Giving Tree
Payson S. Wild, Jr. IRA
Peggy Morton IRA
Pepper Family Foundation
Peter E. Upton IRA
Peter Gebauer IRA
Pfaffmann Charitable Fund
Phelps Family Fund
Picha Giving Fund
Pledgeling Foundation
Potts Family Foundation
Ralph E. Whiteman IRA
Richard E. Yahnke IRA
Richard Lowell Bivens IRA
Riley Family Fund
Robert and Gail Zika IRA
Robert and Lynda Bollman Trust
Robert C. Roush IRA
Robert H. Gwynn IRA
Robert J. Ardell IRA
Robert J. Shriner Jr. Charitable Fund
Robert K. Garro IRA
Robert M. Barton IRA
Robert Main IRA
Robert Winter IRA
Robin Galloway Donor Advised Fund
Rodney & Diane McQueen IRA
Roger E. Smith IRA
Ross C. Hart IRA
Russell Marshall IRA
S L K Trust
Sanford Living Trust
Schwab Charitable Fund
Scott and Janey Bond Trust
Sharon Z. Fesler IRA
Shirley Culbert IRA
Simmons Charitable Fund
Stanley & Marilyn Pilcher Family Trust
Stephen and Lucy Johnson, IRA
Stephen Dale Mey IRA
Steven Hoffman IRA
Stewart Work IRA
Susan B. Jones Living Trust
Susan L. Klein IRA
Swarthout Revocable Trust
The Benevity Community Impact Fund Donor Advised Fund
The RKC Fund
Thomas B. Doyle IRA
Thomas J. Sienkewicz IRA
Thomas McCaffrey Trust
Thomas S. Davis Trust
Tim and Susan Gibson
Charitable Fund
United Way of Greater Rochester
Trevor & Elizabeth Ewell Donor Advised Fund
Vicki Hennenfent IRA
Victor E. Dobras IRA
Virginia Rassieur IRA
Walker-Hoban Family Fund
Wieland Family Foundation
William Simpson IRA
Wiswall Giving Fund
Yager Family Estate Trust
Yahnke Family Charitable Fund
YourCause, LLC Trustee for AbbVie
Employee Engagement Fund
STUDENTS
Highlanders Club $100-$249
Kent Warren Huth
Riley L. Kalnins
Pipers Club $1-$99
Michael Gabriel C. Andal
Omar Arroyo
Alejandro Arteaga
Natasha Bernius
Gary Parker Bonifer
Braeden Brauman
Nicolas Daniel Brown
Miracle Cassidy
Dylan Thomas Cook
James Dylan Duvall
Noelle Faulk
Ryan James Finn
Ethan Lee Glidden
Isaac Guadarrama
Raul Guillermo III
Thomas Patrick Henson
Leonardo Hernandez-Zuniga
Mariah Hobson
Ema Huizenga
Claire LaBadie
Payton Cerrano Lamb
Emily Lewis
Zackery L. Manley
Anna McCarty
Collin William Morris
Natalie Morrow
Madilyn Myers
Andrew Preston Nickols
Cassandra Nolasco
Blake Steven Orwig
David Perez
Ryan L. Phillips
Eric M. Pio
Jamison B. Reis
Nathan A. Robinson
Garrett Rossell
Helen Schremser
Lea Selquist
Macaden Sepich
Casey Emerson Shevokas
Jennifer Shimmin
Cameron Michael Shook
Patrick David Streeter
Joseph Martin Twardowski Jr.
Molly White
Eli Ryan Wills
HONORARIA
Debra Amador
David A. Bowers ’60
Derek Shannon Chandler ’26
Jamie Cucci ’07
Olivia Dinges ’26
Patricia Draves
Alexander Charles Dye ’26
Savannah Franklund ’21
John W. Huxtable ’04
Kelly Simpson Knitter ’89
Celeste Lythgoe ’24
Calista Lythgoe ’26
Michael B. McCulley ’70
R. Jeremy McNamara
Tucker John Peterson ’24
William Eugene Plumley ’25
Kayla Jones Rosselli ’11
Robert A. Ruglio ’08
Karen Ruglio ’12
Hadley Smithhisler ’20
Larry S. Sterett ’56
Lobie Stone
Lyndsey Stone Tumbleson
Tara Sturgeon ’19
Janice Ruglio Van Kuiken ’03
Clarence R. Wyatt
MEMORIAL GIFTS
Priscilla Trubeck Adolphson ’70
Eric S. Anderson ’75
Russell S. Andrews ’68
Mary Bailey Bailey-Haywood ’76
John K. Baumann ’57
George M. Bersted ’42
Glenn R. Carlson ’78
Matilda Giannone Cerpa ’42
Hal Devore
Elizabeth Johnson Dew ’41
Robert H. Dunlap ’42
Christopher D. Edmonds ’74
John J. Feeheley ’52
Lynda Doi Fick ’70
Harold Keith Follett ’51
Howard E. Gladfelter ’50
F. William Graue Jr. ’63
Martha Hamilton
Theodore A. Hartridge ’71
Jane Woods Hobson ’54
Ronald Ikan ’63
Harlan G. Johnson
Marion Austin Jones ’50
Grace McLaughlin Jones ’51
Robert D. Jornlin ’61
George T. Kauzlarich ’41
Susan McDougall Kennedy ’52
Richard L. “Doc” Kieft
Frances Brent Killey ’32
Robert L. Litchfield ’71
David D. Long
Kathleen Lowe-Arthur
Matthew J. McDonald ’83
Margaret-Jean Thompson
Newman ’51
John S. Niblock ’58
Terry R. Park ’62
James C. Paul ’69
H. Safford Peacock
Grace Gawthrop Peterson ’22
William Reichow
Richard D. Rompella ’66
Roger P. Sander ’78
John R. Shunick ’54
Sherman U. Smith ’72
John M. Stack ’65
E. Paul Suhs ’75
Steven R. Tarkow ’71
Mary Work Theis ’42
Samuel M. Thompson ’24
Nadine Regel Thorn ’85
John E. Tullmann ’05
Sara Jane Mears Warfield ’56
Bradley M. Wefenstette
Mr. and Mrs. Robert West
Donald G. Whiteman ’49
Gary D. Willhardt ’59
Carol Dettman Wolcott ’63
Minna Fricke Work ’33
J. Richard Work ’43
Raymond P. Work ’33
Evelyn Ruskin Work ’37
Robert M. Work Jr. ’32
ORGANIZATIONS
Buchanan Center for the Arts
Classical Association of the Middle West & South Council of Independent Colleges
Crane Lake Game Preserve
GOOD Institute
Hawthorne Club
PSI CHI
Rural Schools Collaborative, Inc.
Stoneware Museum of Monmouth
Warren County United Way
Warren County YMCA
ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President’s Club $25,000 or more
* Andrew D. Kerr ’73
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Craig A. Dahlquist ’78
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
* John C. Carlson ’74
* Gene R. Dawson
* Wendell L. Shauman ’67
Nick Tucker ’73
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
Deletra Cross Hudson ’92
* Marybeth Dues Johnson ’93
* Christopher C. Schwarz ’09
* Roy J. Sye ’13
* Mark T. Tupper ’94
Scots Club $500-$999
* Roy E. Bockler ’72
Bradley J. Foley ’95
Robin Jarvis ’84
* Christopher J. Pio ’84
Edward W. Wimp ’12
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Hope Grebner Bibens ’11
Tessa Jones ’18
Jeffrey K. ’13 and Rachel Whitlock ’14 Kelleher
* Margaret Scudella Ramirez ’09
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Wade R. Brown ’07
Benjamin M. Hickerson ’05
* Jennifer Wheeler Kerch ’12
Evelina Lipecka ’06
* Jacob R. McLean ’15
* Sara Frakes Reinhardt ’14
Angelo D. Shaw ’95
* Kristen Wyse Wagner ’11
Jolene Whisler ’95
Pipers Club $1-$99
Anthony David Bryant ’18
Denzel B. Johnson ’19
* Ann Boley Parker ’73
TRUSTEES AND TRUSTEES EMERITI
President’s Club $25,000 or more
David A. Bowers ’60
* Karen Barrett Chism ’65
* William J. Goldsborough ’65
* Augustin S. Hart III ’68
Mahendran K. Jawaharlal ’86
* Mark S. Kopinski ’79
* J. Alex McGehee ’81
* J. Hunter Peacock
* J. Stanley Pepper ’76
* Ralph R. Velazquez Jr. ’79
* Richard E. Yahnke ’66
David Wallace Club $10,000-$24,999
* Robert J. Ardell ’62
Robin Ottenad Galloway ’90
* Bradley C. Nahrstadt ’89
* Dennis M. Plummer ’73
* William M. Simpson ’65
Mark E. Taylor ’78
Quinby Club $5,000-$9,999
Douglas R. Carlson ’66
* Daniel A. Cotter ’88
* John A. Courson ’64
* Daniel W. Dickson ’89
* Christine Beiermann Farr ’90
* F. Austin Jones
* John A. Kemp ’82
Robert “Cam” McConnell ’72
Michael B. McCulley ’70
* Anita Ridge ’88
Timothy A. Salier ’96
* Dwight Tierney ’69
William L. Trubeck ’68
Fred Wackerle ’61
* Jean Peters Witty ’88
Founders Club $2,500-$4,999
*Gail Simpson Owen ’74
Monmouth Club $1,000-$2,499
* Anthony J. Perzigian ’66
* John J. Scotillo ’72
* Carlos F. Smith ’90
Nancy Snowden
* Ralph E. Whiteman ’52
Tartan Club $250-$499
* Harvey L. Echols Jr. ’81
* William T. Irelan ’62
Highlanders Club $100-$249
* Robert A. Dahl
Gerald A. Marxman ’55
* Jackie Bell Zachmeyer ’89
M e Morial
c oM e Moration
Alumni, parents and friends who died during the last fiscal year for whom gifts were made in their memory are listed here, along with those who contributed to memorials.
Russell S. Andrews ’68
Marco T. DiGiorgio ’71 and Kristie DiGiorgio
Mary Bailey-Haywood ’76
Hawthorne Club
John K. Baumann ’57
David A. Riggs ’87 and Elizabeth Baumann Riggs ’89
Glenn R. Carlson ’78
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Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dew
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Kenneth E. Bowdish Trust
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Amy Parker
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Robert D. Jornlin ’61
Lois Jornlin
Robert L. Litchfield ’71
Mr. and Mrs. William Benge
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Mr. and Mrs. Larry Funk
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Candi Helsel-Wilk
Mr. and Mrs. John Olszewski
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William S. Daniel, Attorney At Law
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Michael E. Holt
Jane Seatter
K. Michael Trevor ’64 and Susan Trevor
Kathleen Lowe-Arthur
Carolyn Weber
Matthew J. McDonald ’83
Traci Whyte Abbott ’83 and James Abbott
Gary Pearson ’83 and Laura Stella Pearson ’83
H. Safford Peacock
Brechnitz Group of Raymond James
Crane Lake Game Preserve
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July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024
Stories by Barry McNamara
MAKING HER POINT
Hansen part of Fighting Scots gridiron history with PAT
When the Fighting Scots scored their final touchdown in the fourth quarter of their 52-6 victory over Lawrence University on Sept. 21, coach Chad Braun elected not to send out the Midwest Conference’s reigning Special Teams Player of the Week, Cody Szelc, to tack on his seventh extra point of the day.
Instead, Braun gave a freshman a chance to do something that hadn’t been done in 136 years of Fighting Scots football, and she delivered.
That’s right—she.
Mylee Hansen , who earlier in the day had been a starting center back for the Scots women’s soccer team against Illinois Wesleyan University, came on
for the extra-point attempt and drilled it through the uprights with 6:06 remaining.
‘This has got to go in’
“Coach had mentioned something about the possibility at practice, but it was kinda vague—like ‘It could be happening’ kind of deal,” said Hansen. “But I really didn’t know until about two seconds before I went in. The only people who knew were (teammate/kicker) Alec (Hesson) and the coaches. They were like, ‘Mylee! Mylee! Go out there!’ Everything went pretty good. I just remember thinking, ‘This has got to go in.’ It definitely could’ve been better, but it went in.”
“I don’t think she was ready for it,” said Braun. “I just ran down the sideline
and said, ‘You’re up.’ She ran out there and knocked it through. It was awesome. What’s cool about it is it’s not a gimmick. It’s not a publicity stunt. She’s a legitimate kicker. Everything that she’s done, she’s earned.”
Been there, done that
Hansen is no stranger to booting the oblong pigskin through the uprights, estimating she’s done it thousands of times. She began kicking for Pekin High School’s football team in the 2021 season, and between that year and the next, she made more than 100 PATs, including one that will live a long time in PHS lore.
“My junior year, we were in a tie game in the playoffs, and I made a kick to win the game,” she said, noting it was not only her biggest kick, but perhaps her strongest. “That was probably the best kick of my life. I really hit it well.”
To be specific, the kick provided the tie-breaking point against Normal Community in the second round of the 2022 Illinois Class 7A playoffs. The 32–31 victory kept the Dragons’ unbeaten season going another week.
Now that she’s in the scorebook in the
Hansen eyes the ball as she prepares for her historic kick in September.
Also an accomplished center back for the Scots, Hansen had competed on the soccer field the morning of her football PAT.
college game, she can’t seem to stop. The day after she made history against Lawrence, she went a perfect 10-for-10 on extra points in Monmouth’s junior varsity season opener against St. Ambrose University and also had some strong kickoffs. For context, only one Scots kicker, Kyle Tuor in 2008, has ever made 10 PATs in a game at the varsity level. Coincidentally, Tuor was also a golfer and played two sports in one season for the Scots.
Media sensation
A political science major who plans to pursue a law degree, Hansen is already comfortable talking to the media. She was often interviewed during her days on
Pekin’s football team, and those requests came in again mere hours after her historic kick.
“I got a lot of texts congratulating me,” said Hansen of the response, three days later. “I was on an out-of-state podcast yesterday, which I’ve done before, and the Peoria Journal-Star called me the night of. ... My dad geeks out about all that stuff. I have very supportive parents.”
Hansen has already experienced plenty of athletic highlights, but she still has six sports seasons as a Fighting Scot ahead of her—three in both football and soccer. So yes, the talented freshman with the strong right leg has made her point, but there may be many more to follow.
A ‘BIG BANG’ THEORY:
Cooper Pauley is looking to make a “big bang” with the Fighting Scots men’s and women’s cross country teams.
Coach Cooper Pauley’s influence will keep cross country on the rise
seven of a possible eight MWC team titles. “When I graduated, I didn’t think I’d ever be back on a regular basis again. To be back here on a daily basis is pretty surreal and incredible. I just love this campus so much ... it was something I couldn’t pass up.”
Pauley, a standout for the Scots when he was a Monmouth student, took the reins just days before the start of this season. He knew that major impact wouldn’t happen this fall, as he inherited a very young roster, but the 2018 alum is confident he can return the program to the heights he experienced as a Scot, and beyond.
Monmouth’s men finished second in the Midwest Conference his junior season, with Pauley turning in a fourth-place, all-conference finish.
This fall, Pauley’s first teams both placed sixth out of nine teams at the MWC meet, which was held in Appleton, Wis. Will Plumley, who ran to an all-conference 14th-place finish, is one of two seniors on the Scots’ combined roster. Eight Scots who are due to return next fall clocked season-best times at the meet.
“I felt very good about it,” said Pauley of his team’s performance. “Both teams improved throughout the year. The work they’ve put in and the effort they’ve given has really laid a good foundation for the next few years.”
Pauley returned to his alma mater from State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Mo., where he coached both of the Roadrunners teams to Region XVI team championships last fall.
“This campus meant so much to me,” said Pauley, who will also coach the distance runners on the Scots’ indoor and outdoor track teams. While he was on the track team, the men won
Both of Pauley’s teams beat three other MWC schools at the conference meet. The goal now is jump over another three or four teams and “get back in upper echelon of the conference,” he said. “That’s where we need to be and where we can be with the talented group of individuals that we have right now.”
Long-term over the next four or five years, the Scots coach said the goal is “winning a conference championship. It hasn’t been done in a long time, and we want to get over that hump.”
This year, on the women’s side, sophomores Samantha Costello and Melissa Bivolarov placed in the 30s, setting themselves up for all-conference finishes in the second half of their careers. Their classmate, Xander Stoub, who placed 30th, is in a similar position on the men’s team, and so is freshman Fernando Avila Rubio, who was slowed by an injury at the MWC meet but had been running well all season.
“Mentally, our team knows how to work, so when the new freshmen come in next season, our returners will be able to say, ‘Come train with me,’ and they’ll do a very good job with that type of leadership,” said Pauley.
And finally, a less serious question for the newest member of Monmouth’s coaching staff. Does anyone ever mention fictional TV character Raj Koothrappali around him?
“Yes, people do bring up The Big Bang Theory to me,” said Pauley with a smile. “It gets on my radar a decent amount of time. My parents actually love the show.”
When her kicking days are over, Hansen has her eye on earning a law degree.
1958
NEWS
Janet Forsythe Fishburn of Racine, Wis., has authored her fourth book, The German Lutheran World of Kate Hummel: The Demise of Lutheran Pietism. “It was inspired by a diary kept by my husband’s great-grandmother in 1858,” said Fishburn, a professor emerita of teaching ministry at Drew University Theological School in Madison, N.J.
1965
60th REUNION JUNE 5-8, 2025
David Biklen of West Hartford, Conn., was recently appointed to the committee of the Uniform Law Commission that is drafting a uniform law to incorporate the federal Indian Child Welfare Act into state law. ULC commissioners will lead the two-year drafting project, working with the participating tribes and tribal leaders. The ULC provides states with non-partisan legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law. Biklen was first appointed a ULC commissioner by Connecticut’s governor in 1982. A 1968 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, Biklen served for more than 22 years as executive director of the Connecticut Law Revision Commission.
1970
55th REUNION JUNE 5-8, 2025
Recently, Gary Sears was one of three people to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the International City & County Management Association, which has a membership of more than 10,000 city managers across the U.S. and other countries. During a career that spanned 44 years, Sears worked as a professional for five municipalities in Colorado—Loveland, Greeley, Silverthorne, Glendale and Englewood.
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1975
50th REUNION JUNE 5-8, 2025
1976
David Schwartz of Scottsdale, Ariz., is president of Wounded Woman Warriors, an organization to help veterans with fun family activities.
1977
Kevin Kaihara of Westchester, Ill., enjoys playing the ukulele in a senior group.
1980
45th REUNION JUNE 5-8, 2025
1984
Chris Pio of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has authored the fourth book in his series on college nicknames and mascots, focusing on NAIA schools. Titled Mustangs, Mariners and Moose: Nicknames and Mascots of the NAIA and Other NonNCAA Groups, the book is available on Amazon.
1988
Dan Cotter of Chicago was named president of the National Conference of Bar Presidents. He was also the recipient of one of the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Foundation’s 2024 John Paul Stevens Awards, which are named in honor of the late Supreme Court Justice, who was a native Chicagoan. The awards are meant to honor attorneys and judges who have, according to the CBA and CBF, demonstrated the highest commitment to integrity and public service throughout their careers. Cotter is a partner at Dickinson Wright PLLC, focusing on a variety of areas of corporate law and litigation.
1998
Jane Carlson, a regional reporter for Tri-States Public Radio, came home with several awards from the Illinois News Broadcasters Association’s Crystal Mic Award competition. Carlson won first place in both the Best Reporter and Use of Sound categories. A story about a Monmouth youth in need of a new space helped her win in both categories, and she was also cited for her reporting on Colony Church in Bishop Hill, the Galesburg Community Foundation’s Hunger Collaborative and a middle school book brigade that helped move collections to Galesburg’s new library.
Mark Sandstrom, who’s had a highly successful career as an Illinois high school boys basketball coach in Abingdon and, currently, Columbia, winning more than 450 games, was inducted into the Monmouth-Roseville Hall of Achievement in September.
2000
Kevin Williamson of Macomb, Ill., is a seventh grade English and language arts teacher.
2005
Megan Soper Krisher of Dunlap, Ill., is a risk and compliance manager at Caterpillar.
2008
Rachel Atherton of Denver, Colo., is an associate vice president and senior client solutions director for Robert Half, a recruitment and employment agency. Her February wedding was held in a castle in the Austrian Alps. Kyle Tutt was named the head football coach at Plano (Ill.) High School.
BIKLEN ’65
SEARS ’70
KAIHARA ’77
2011
Emily Barks Van Egmond of Ogden, Iowa, is a biology, anatomy and physiology teacher at Greene County High School. She’s been appointed a Teacher Leader, serving on her building’s leadership team and mentoring new teachers.
2014
Kylie Eaton Smith of Carpentersville, Ill., is a teacher and instructional coach in the U-46 school district in suburban Chicago.
2016
Emily Siefken Garrett of Columbia, Mo., is the director of volleyball operations at the University of Missouri.
2017
John Stanford of Milwaukee, Wis., sang the national anthem on the opening night of the Republican National Convention in July.
2018
Jutoria Aaron is a program manager at Future Founders in Chicago, supporting middle and high school programming by delivering the organization’s entrepreneurship curriculum, managing school and community partnerships, and engaging volunteers.
Jasmine Arias-Martinez of Chicago is the senior assistant director of finance for Marriott International.
2019
Eric Oliphant is a treatment plant chemist for the Galesburg (Ill.) Sanitary District.
Kaelin Sommer Schaffner of Highlands Ranch, Colo., is an application specialist for Press Ganey, a leading healthcare consulting firm.
Dayton Stanford ’17 and Ashley Cuddy live in Oswego, Ill. Dayton is a security engineer for Current Technologies and Ashley recently accepted a new position as a physical therapist at Luries Children’s Hospital in Chicago.
2020
Will Carius has returned to the Klosterneuburg Dukes for the 2024–25 season after averaging 18.3 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Basketbol Super Ligi team last season. Klosterneuburg won the regular season title and Carius was named to the Eurobasket.com AllAustrian League Second Team.
2021
Rebecca Quick of Monmouth designed and painted a large outdoor mural in downtown Roseville, Ill., celebrating the town’s culture, heritage and community pride. The project was part of the public art initiative of the Buchanan Center for the Arts, where Quick is a resident artist.
2022
Celia Rodriguez of Lincoln, Ill., is the marketing director at AAA Windows,
Siding & Roofing, where she’s also a customer care specialist.
Samantha Weidman of Urbana, Ill., is a social worker for the Rantoul school district. Earlier this year, she completed her master’s degree in social work from the University of Illinois.
2023
Patrick Johnston of Chicago is a financial representative with Northwestern Mutual.
2024
AJ Furness has settled in the St. Louis area in St. Charles, Mo., where she is the facility manager for Midwest Pool Management.
Katt Liebano Quintana is an administrative assistant for Beacon of Hope. She also runs the family business, Monmouth Bouncy House Rentals.
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John Stanford ’17 performed the National Anthem at the opening night of the Republican National Convention in July.
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& BIRTHS
That’s Amore!
Ravioli plays role in alumni wedding ceremony on campus
By Barry McNamara
The “spaghetti kiss” in Lady and the Tramp is an iconic moment from a love story on the big screen.
For 2021 Monmouth classmates Julia Sterr and Seth King, their memorable pasta was ravioli.
Julia explained how the Italian dish fits into their love story, which they celebrated June 8 with a wedding on the campus where they met.
“After we graduated, I started medical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford,” she said. “Seth moved there with me, and he found a job selling insurance.”
As Julia was making her way through her first two years of med school, Seth earned a master’s degree in education, and he found a job teaching middle school social studies in the Stark County school district in Toulon, Ill., about 100 miles south of Rockford.
“That was a little goofy, but very us,” said Julia.
Julia and Seth were then in the Johanns-Houseal wedding, which came three weeks later on June 29 in Ames, Iowa.
“I got sad that he was moving out,” said Julia. “I got a bowl of ravioli and sat down and cried. He walked up to me and proposed.”
The moment was everything Julia had imagined— well, almost everything—as she’d always hoped for a small, personal, private proposal.
After she said an emphatic “Yes!,” Seth countered with, “You smell like ravioli.”
Back to the beginning
Before there was Italian, there was Spanish, which was the class that Julia and Seth both took the spring semester of their freshman year. That’s where they met, and they were nudged forward in their relationship by classmate Emma Johanns. Johanns was already in a relationship at the time with another member of the Class of 2021, Alex Houseal. For the rest of their time at Monmouth, the couples enjoyed regular get-togethers and playing board games. They grew so close that Johanns was one of Julia’s bridesmaids and Houseal was the officiant of the wedding, even wearing a kilt for the occasion.
Highlights from the day
Before Houseal officiated the ceremony in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium, Julia and Seth did a “first look” photo op in front of Wallace Hall.
“I hid out in a classroom in Wallace, and then I went outside and came up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder,” said Julia. “He jumped and did a full 180, and we were laughing. Those are some of my favorite pictures, and Wallace Hall is just gorgeous.”
In addition to Houseal’s kilt, the Fighting Scots influence was felt as retired professor Tim Tibbetts played the bagpipes.
“That was actually my bridal march,” said Julia. “Seth wanted bagpipes at the ceremony. I’ve never been to a wedding with bagpipes. It was very Monmouth.”
The couple also enjoyed how Dahl Chapel served as a middle ground between being married in a church or outside at a “destination” setting.
Julia and Seth honeymooned in Door County, Wis., where they embraced its small-town feel, exploring the area, antiquing and playing plenty of mini-golf.
For the rest of the summer, Julia and Seth were based in the home they bought in the Stark County community of Wyoming, but there might be more time apart in their future, depending on where Julia is placed for her fourth-year family medicine residency. Nearby Peoria would be ideal, but the couple has successfully navigated two years of the distance issue and are prepared to meet that reality again.
Meanwhile, they already have plenty of great memories as a couple to relive, including a very special return trip to campus.
“Our wedding was fantastic,” said Julia. “I’m super grateful that we had the wedding at a place that means so much to both of us. It was everything we wanted it to be. All our friends and family said it was a beautiful ceremony.”
The couple’s classmates and best friends, Alex Houseal and Emma Johanns, assisted in the wedding ceremony as, respectively, the officiant and a bridesmaid.
Above: Newlyweds
Julia and Seth emerge triumphantly from Dahl Chapel.
Marriages
2008 Rachel Atherton and Joshua Massey
February 2, 2024
2016 Emily Siefken and Brady Garrett
July 1, 2023
2018 Jasmine Arias and Victor Martinez
July 5, 2024
2019 Ashley Cuddy and Dayton Stanford ’17 September 28, 2024
Martiza Moraila and Eric Oliphant September 3, 2022
Kaelin Sommer and Derek Schaffner
August 25, 2023
2021 Emma Johanns and Alex Houseal
June 29, 2024
Julia Sterr and Seth King
June 8, 2024
2022 Celia Rodriguez and Christopher Maldonado
June 1, 2024
Samantha Weidman and Will Best ’20
May 28, 2022
Future Scots
2012 Megan and Sean McNamara a daughter, Ella Sue July 9, 2024
2013 Molly and Aaron Bubb a son, Carter David March 3, 2023
2014 Hollis Hanson-Pollick and Chris Falkenrath a daughter, Marin
August 29, 2024
Kylie Eaton Smith and Ryan a daughter, Elena Leighanne
August 13, 2024
2018 Isabella Kosier and Tyson Brown a son, Archer
August 29, 2024
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IN THE SCOTLIGHT
New book celebrates Komatsu
Monmouth grad had remarkable influence on Japanese-American history
AMonmouth alumnus has authored a book on another graduate of his alma mater—a man who left an indelible stamp on U.S.-Japan relations, and a man whose story contains valuable lessons for today’s world.
Houston-based author James Mikel Wilson’s newest book, The Cherry Tree Weeps for Me: A Quest for The Dawn of Peace, is “a tale of resilience, sacrifice and unwavering dedication to peace and democracy” that tells the story of 1910 Monmouth graduate Takashi Komatsu.
Wilson describes his biography of Komatsu as “a work of creative, narrative non-fiction,” marrying actual historical accounts and illustrations with imagined dialogue and situations.
“When I first heard about Takashi Komatsu, a man who loved the U.S. and Japan, I knew it was important to share his remarkable story,” said Wilson, a 1966 graduate whose book is available in paperback and as an eBook.
Wilson said Komatsu figured prominently into how two nations, “once bitter enemies, became friends and perhaps best allies,” recounting the human intervention, sacrifice and emotional investment that occurred to heal old wounds and forge mutually beneficial friendships.
The Cherry Tree Weeps for Me traces Komatsu’s extraordinary journey as he rose to the head of a large shipping company in Japan, befriended the heir to the last shogunate and the U.S. ambassador, and became a respected international businessman and statesman. The reader can follow Komatsu as he risked incarceration and assassination, making choices to defy military rulers and right-wing extremists as they, in Wilson’s words, “insidiously edged Japan toward war and devoured a democracy.”
It’s not the first time Wilson has taken a deep dive into an historical subject. Born during World War II in Moline, Ill., Wilson grew up in the lingering shadows of that era. An urge to better grasp the fuses that sparked WWII led to his 2015 book, Churchill and Roosevelt: The Big Sleepover at the White House, which earned an Author Academy Award.
Komatsu’s extraordinary journey had an impactful stop in Monmouth, which was described in a review by 1988 Monmouth graduate Dan Cotter
“Wilson puts on full display in this book his liberal arts education to tell the story not only of the unsung hero, Takashi Komatsu, but of the history of the relationship between Japan and the United States,” Cotter wrote. “He ties together these threads and alerts us to the incredible coincidences that took place. These included living next door to a curious younger boy in Monmouth who would later become responsible for one-half of the U.S. occupation of Japan and, by happenstance, cross paths with Komatsu in Tokyo after 35 years of separation. They would collaborate to begin reconstruction, and their sons would become Monmouth College classmates after the war.”
Wilson traces his interest in history to a legendary Monmouth professor. Over four decades, his work in international marketing and personal travel took him to five continents, 33 countries and 48 states. Wherever he went, Wilson craved to understand the history, culture and politics of each place. For that insatiable hunger, he “blames” one person, the late history professor Mary Crow
“She traveled the world and brought it back to her students in living color, using dramatic verbal skills and a clumsy slide projector,” said Wilson. “Professor Crow ignited my curiosity in world affairs and even influenced my style of storytelling. Her exams were more about how history spoke to the present than remembering dates and places.”
Based on Komatsu’s unsettled youth, no one could envision his role in raising Japan from the ruins of World War II to a global economic powerhouse. In 1899, a 12-year-old Komatsu embraced his country’s pursuit of joining the modern world and boldly migrated alone to New York City. Trying to get ahead, he sought refuge in the YMCA while working grueling hours for a demanding import merchant.
Komatsu’s faltering aspirations were reignited when a Christian woman missionary stepped forward to redirect his life to a small Midwestern town—Monmouth. A decade later, Komatsu made his first major mark, delivering his famous 1911 commencement address at Harvard University, titled “The Dawn of Peace,” which, said Wilson, “foretold the difference he would eventually make in the well-being of others.”
“My wife (Kathy Lepard Wilson ’67) and I will gift all royalties from the book to Monmouth,” said Wilson. “It was the college that changed the arc of Takashi’s young life, equipping him to deliver his ‘Dawn of Peace’ commencement address. More than a century later, Monmouth continues to transform lives, as it did ours.”
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Takashi Komatsu as a Monmouth College student
1944
Jean Walker Laxson, 101, of Boise, Idaho, died in September 2024. A sociology major, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Before raising five children, she worked for Pricewaterhouse and as a medical secretary. She was preceded in death by her husband of 75 years, Bill Laxson ’43.
1949
Vi Van Zelst Orr, 97, of Westchester, Ill., died Oct. 19, 2024. She studied psychology and was a member of Pi Beta Phi before transferring to Northwestern University. Her true calling was bringing people together to serve the mentally ill, especially through the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Among her initiatives were starting a birthday gift program for residents and getting some of their poetry published.
Marion Danielson Peace, 96, of St. Paul, Minn., died Aug. 21, 2024. A member of the synchronized swim team and Kappa Kappa Gamma, she graduated with a degree in English. She taught kindergarten for many years throughout the United States as she and her family moved for her husband’s career with Conoco.
1950
Dorothy Walker Skanderup of San Mateo, Calif., died July 20, 2024. A member of the synchronized swim team and Kappa Kappa Gamma, she graduated with a degree in psychology. Skanderup was a corporate treasurer with Decker Electric Co.
1952
Marta Searle Atchison, 93, of Portland, Ore., died March 16, 2024. She graduated with a degree in biology and was a member of Alpha Xi Delta. After receiving an advanced degree in pharmaceutical science from the University of the Pacific, she entered that career field.
Harold Young, 94, of Monmouth died Aug. 29, 2024. He worked on his family’s farm raising grain and livestock, retiring in 1992. Young also sold mini-bikes, ATVs and, later, recreational vehicles and ran Young’s Luxury Limousines. He and his late wife of 70 years also owned two calliopes and took them to events and parades throughout the Midwest for nearly 40 years. Survivors include his daughter Patty Hasenstein ’80
1953
Mary Alice Lambert , 92, of Plainfield, Ill., died July 18, 2024. She studied home economics. Lambert was preceded in death by her
IN MEMORIAM
husband, with whom she farmed in what is now the very busy Weber Road area. The couple also operated Lambert Airfield, and Mary Alice ran two Plainfield gift shops for three decades.
1954
Karlee Buhman Babcock of Madison, Wis., died Aug. 11, 2024. She studied biology for two years and was a member of Kappa Delta before completing her degree at Colorado State University. She also earned a master’s degree at Penn State University before working for 47 years at the University of Wisconsin’s McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research.
Charles Denniston, 92, of Williamsburg, Iowa, died in September 2024. He followed his father, a 1920 graduate of Monmouth, to campus and was a member of Crimson Masque and Tau Kappa Epsilon. He graduated with a degree in business and then earned a master’s degree in hospital administration from the University of Iowa. He was an administrator at several major Midwestern hospitals before returning to his hometown of Newton, Iowa, to become president of Denniston & Partridge Co.
Robert Wyatt , 92, of The Villages, Fla., died April 15, 2024. A member of the swim team and Tau Kappa Epsilon, he graduated with a degree in geology. Wyatt also served as the college’s unofficial school photographer, a talent he carried with him throughout his life. He had a 40-year career as a real estate appraiser in the Illinois communities of Glenview and Rockford, retiring in 2001.
1957
Barbara Rahn McKellar, 89, of Vandalia, Ill., died July 18, 2024. A cheerleader and a member of Kappa Delta, she graduated with a degree in English. McKellar was a teacher in Vandalia before raising her two children, including Michael McKellar ’85, who survives. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Todd McKellar ’55.
Janice Singelman Mitchell, 88, of Menomonee Falls, Wis., died Aug. 10, 2024. She graduated with a degree in history, laying the foundation for a lifelong commitment to learning and culture, including her dedication to Palos Village Players Community Theatre.
1958 Joan Beck, 87, of Orange, Calif., died Jan. 11, 2024. She graduated with a degree in sociology and was a member of Pi Beta Phi.
Joseph Ramsdale, 87, of Aurora, Colo., died July 31, 2024. He graduated with a degree in economics and was a member of the Oracle staff and Alpha Tau Omega. Ramsdale was a Navy officer and aviator who served with distinction during the Vietnam War. He became a commercial pilot for Continental and United Airlines. Survivors include sisters Louis Ramsdale Daw ’50, Mary Ramsdale Dunlap ’52 and Margaret Ramsdale Alford ’55.
1959
Carolyn Lundell Linde, 85, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., died July 17, 2024. A member of the synchronized team, she graduated with a degree in elementary education. Linde had a long teaching career at Northwest Elementary School in Evergreen Park, Ill.
Laurie Bernklau McLallen, 86, of Northfield, Ill., died June 24, 2024. She pledged as a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma before transferring to Northwestern University and earning a nursing degree. McLallen was a longtime member of the Visiting Nurses Association, including a term as president.
Margaret Knapp Nixon, 87, of Seaford, Del., died Aug. 17, 2024. A member of several college honor societies, she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in religious studies. Encouraged by a Monmouth professor, she attended Harvard Divinity School, earning a master’s degree in theology. While her husband was the minister at Seaford Presbyterian Church, Nixon ran its educational programming among a variety of other duties, forming an inseparable team with her husband. She also served as the office manager at St. John’s Methodist Church in Seaford. She earned a master’s degree in clinical counseling from Wilmington College and became a bereavement counselor. Nixon later worked as a project manager for Habitat for Humanity.
1962
Robert Pierce of Boulder, Colo., died July 9, 2024. He graduated with a degree in geology and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Pierce earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and taught geology there for a few years before teaching at the University of Florida and, for 30 years, at Eastern New Mexico University, retiring in 2012.
David Spears, 84, of Acton, Mass., died in Aug. 2024. He graduated with a degree in physics and was a member of Alpha
Tau Omega. Spears earned a master’s degree in physics at Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in solid-state physics from Purdue University. His thesis work there resulted in 10 publications and received a prize for Purdue’s best doctoral thesis. A leader and award-winning scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Spears had numerous patents, including the invention of X-ray lithography and imaging arrays for hazardous gas detection. He authored more than 50 papers on infrared detectors and detector applications.
1963
Hugh Phelps, 82, of Topsham, Maine, died July 16, 2024. A member of the choir and Sigma Phi Epsilon, he graduated with a degree in chemistry after spending his junior year abroad at the American University of Beirut. Phelps completed medical school at the University of Colorado and spent a year as a medical officer with the 82nd Airborne in Vietnam. After short stints in California and Colorado, Phelps settled in Maine and had a long career as a radiation oncologist.
1965
Alan Etzbach, of Naperville, Ill., died Sept. 29, 2024. He graduated with a degree in physics and was a member of the wrestling and golf teams and Sigma Phi Epsilon. Etzbach earned a master’s degree in physics from Northeastern Illinois University and taught physics at three suburban high schools—including 30 years at Naperville Central—before retiring in 2004.
Thomas Smith, 80, of Grapevine, Texas, died March 9, 2024. A member of the tennis team and Tau Kappa Epsilon, he graduated with a degree in economics. Smith worked in marketing in Chicago, New York City and the Twin Cities before settling in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area, where he eventually started his own company, Creative Coatings and Composites.
1966
Doug Borcherdt, 80, of Northbrook, Ill., died Aug. 1, 2024. He graduated with a degree in Spanish and was a member of the Octopus Club and Alpha Tau Omega. Borcherdt taught Spanish in Wisconsin and Michigan.
1967
Kenneth Smith, 79, of Elgin, Ill., died Nov. 23, 2022, after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. He graduated with a degree in English and was a member of choir and Tau Kappa Epsilon. An Army veteran who served
in Vietnam, Smith enjoyed a varied career that included being a disc jockey, radio show host, stand-up comedian, actor, model, sales representative and voice-over narrator.
Warren Swetz , 79, of Windham, Maine, died Oct. 18, 2024. A member of Theta Chi, he graduated with a degree in government, then earned a master’s degree in public administration from Kent State University. Swetz, who worked for the state of Maine, was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years.
1968
Jack McDonald, 78, of Milo, Mo., died Oct. 17, 2024. He transferred to Monmouth from Centerville Community College and was a member of the football team, graduating with a degree in elementary education. He taught and coached in the Huntley (Ill.) school district for 10 years, then worked for Dale Electronics and for 3M, starting in Norfolk, Neb., and working 19 years with the company in Nevada, retiring as a department manager. McDonald also volunteered for the Nevada Griffons, a collegiate summer baseball team.
1969
John Wall, 77, of Sheridan, Ind., died Oct. 10, 2024. He graduated with a degree in physics and was a member of Crimson Masque. Wall was a system administrator for Bell Telephone, IBM and Comcast, and he was a member of the team that developed the 9-1-1 emergency system. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Cornelia Kelly Wall ’69
1971
Ellen Arkis Brisske, 75, of Waynesville, N.C., died July 3, 2024, after a two-year battle with cancer. After starting college at the University of Illinois, she transferred to Monmouth, where she was a member of the swim team and Kappa Delta, graduating with a degree in physical education. Her teaching career in the 1970s included serving two schools in Hampton, Va., in their first year of integration. She also taught in the Crete-Monee district in Illinois. She and her husband of nearly 51 years, Heinz Brisske ’71, who survives, also lived two decades in Scottsdale, Ariz.
John Ireland, 75, of Rochester, N.Y., died Sept. 2, 2024, after a long illness. He graduated with a degree in biology. The majority of his career was spent as a lab technician with Eastman Kodak, and Ireland also worked at the University of Rochester, Highland Hospital and Ward’s Natural Science.
Bruce Pierce, 78, a lifelong resident of Gloucester, Mass., died July 4, 2024. For many years, he worked at Genzyme in Cambridge, Mass.
Ron St. George, 76, of Kingston, Mass., died in October 2024. He played middle linebacker on Fighting Scots teams that went a combined 21-4-1, earning the team’s defensive player of the year honor as a senior. The sport of football would define his identity for the rest of his life. Named a four-time Coach of the Year by both the Boston Herald and Boston Globe, St. George coached his teams to seven state championship games and a state title in 1990. Elected to the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 2010, he was one of the 10 winningest coaches in state history.
1973
Kelly Camp of Harvard, Ill., died Aug. 14, 2024. He graduated with a degree in physical education and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and the undefeated 1972 football team. Camp, who held a master’s degree from Concordia University, was a teacher and coach, including in Marengo, Ill., where he led the team to the 1992 state championship game. The program established the Kelly Camp Leadership Award in 2008. In retirement, he owned Revolution Golf HD in Harvard and Beaver Creek Golf Course in Capron.
1974
Patricia Gamelin 72, of Mountain Home, Ark., died Aug. 6, 2024. She had a 30-year career with the Internal Revenue Service.
1975
Jeannine Reade, 72, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died June 29, 2024. She graduated with a degree in English and was a member of Crimson Masque. Later, she earned an associate degree in horticulture from Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, where she worked for Frank Magid Associates, a market research company.
1976 Lynda Pepper Bollman, 69, of Inverness, Ill., died Sept. 5, 2024. She studied art and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She had many family ties to Monmouth, including siblings Stan Pepper ’76 and Lisa Pepper ’87, and she served as president of the Pepper Family Foundation, an appropriate vehicle for her generous and philanthropic nature.
1978
Barbara Pullen Gawthrop, 89, of Monmouth, died June 7, 2024. A non-traditional student, she also had a nursing degree from Carl Sandburg College and a master’s degree in gerontology from Western Illinois University. Gawthrop worked at Warren Achievement Center in Monmouth and at several area hospitals. Survivors include a daughter, Carrie Gawthrop Kauck ’88. Neil Hanson, 68, of Michigamme, Mich., died July 1, 2024. A member of the football team and Alpha Tau Omega, he studied psychology. Hanson was a floor manager on the Chicago Board of Exchange and clerk for Michigamme Township. In between those jobs, he served several businesses in Marquette County as an adviser and manager. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Kathryn Bauer Hanson ’79
1983 Kirk Holman, 62, of Normal, Ill., died July 2, 2024, after a short battle with cancer. A member of the baseball and football teams and Tau Kappa Epsilon, he graduated with a degree in gov-
ernment before earning his law degree from the University of Illinois-Chicago. Holman worked for more than 35 years as an attorney, last working at the Bloomington firm of Livingston, Barger, Brandt & Schroeder, where he was a partner. Survivors include his sons, Austin Holman ’19 and Garrett Holman ’21
2010
Natalie Giannini Meierdirk, 36, of Richmond, Ill., died Sept. 12, 2024. She majored in business administration and was a member of the volleyball and softball teams. She worked for 13 years at Uline Shipping Supplies.
2024
Tucker Peterson, 22, of Stronghurst, Ill., died Oct. 5, 2024. He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in business administration and was a member of several musical ensembles. Peterson worked as a data processor at Raritan State Bank and also edited books for a national publishing company. Survivors include his mother, Kris Ford Peterson ’81, and he had several other Monmouth family connections.
Word has also been received of the following deaths:
Gerald Allin ’55 of Renton, Wash., who graduated with a degree in philosophy, died during the COVID pandemic.
Bill Haas, 75, of Monmouth, died Sept. 18, 2024. A retired postal worker, he delivered mail for Monmouth College. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, longtime athletics secretary Kathy Haas, and a daughter, Kristy Haas Mueller ’05
Paul Lyddon, 92, of Honolulu, Hawaii, a music professor at Monmouth from 1960–1965, died May 10, 2024. He spent the bulk of his teaching career at the University of Hawaii-Manoa.
James Spiker, 93, of Eagle, Colo., a former trustee of the college from 1979–1992, died Aug. 10, 2024. Part of his career was spent as CEO and chairman of Farmers and Merchants State Bank in Bushnell, Ill.
Don Simmons, 86, of Biggsville, Ill., who ran the heating plant at Monmouth College for many years, died Oct. 14, 2024.
THE LAST WORD
EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP FOR OUR TIMES
This issue of Monmouth College Magazine features the inauguration of Dr. Patricia Draves as the 15th president of Monmouth College. The historic celebration included the impressive, formal procession of the faculty in full academic regalia and representatives of alumni from previous classes, with the bagpipes leading the way, adding familiar, emotional sounds to the festive event. It was a glorious day.
A great college like Monmouth is made up of at least six major components: engaged and inquisitive students; a talented and committed faculty; a supportive and capable staff; a forwardthinking board of trustees; enthusiastic alumni worldwide; and a community that meaningfully partners with the college. All of these constituents were present as participants in the grand ceremony, and their involvement is evidence that Monmouth College continues as an outstanding environment for student growth and development.
With all these pieces in place, it is an opportune time to welcome a new, deeply experienced, and already proven president to lead Monmouth into an even brighter future. Dr. Draves comes to Monmouth already knowing it firsthand, since Pat and her husband, Jeff, were hired to the chemistry faculty at Monmouth in 2002. Jeff, an alum of Monmouth, emerged from a national search and was selected to join the faculty. During the recruitment of Jeff, it became known that Jeff’s multi-talented wife, Pat, also a prominent chemist, was available to join Jeff on the faculty. What a coup it was for Monmouth to hire both Jeff and Pat! Accompanying them were their daughter, Alison, and their twin sons, William and Benjamin, who then grew up in the Monmouth community.
Both Jeff and Pat were amazing teachers and mentors. Pat took a leadership role among the faculty, being elected to the Faculty Senate. She became involved in searches for new faculty and administrators, experiences that began to prepare her for a career in higher education administration.
Pat gained additional, valuable experience as an academic vice president and dean at the University of Mount Union. In that role, she demonstrated outstanding leadership traits, including vision, creativity, intelligence and drive. Among her many accomplishments as a dean were enhancing and modernizing curricula, developing graduate programs, overseeing a
IT ALMOST SEEMS AS IF DR. DRAVES IS MEANT TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF MONMOUTH COLLEGE AT THIS TIME IN ITS HISTORY.”
BY RICHARD GIESE
nationally-successful athletic program, and participating in a campus-wide effort to increase enrollment.
Dean Draves then became President Draves, presiding over Graceland College, a small, private college located in a small town in rural Iowa, with many similarities to Monmouth. During her successful, eight-year tenure there, Graceland made impressive strides, particularly in structuring an innovative curriculum and working to stabilize enrollment and financial operations. Graceland provided President Draves with great experience successfully presiding over a growing and innovative college.
It almost seems as if Dr. Draves is meant to be the president of Monmouth College at this time in its history. She knows Monmouth from the inside as a faculty member. She has been an accomplished leader at two other colleges. She is an innovative planner, a successful fundraiser and a committed proponent of the liberal arts. Already President Draves is working with the six key constituent groups mentioned above—students, faculty, staff, board, alumni and city residents. Moreover, President Draves is a product of smalltown, rural mid-America and thrives in this environment.
This edition of Monmouth College Magazine also recognizes those who have actively supported the college with their generous gifts. It remains critical that we continue to invest in Monmouth and its students. Without our support, a Monmouth education would be out of the realm of possibility for many students who would benefit and thrive here.
As a former president of Monmouth, I thank you for prioritizing the college in your philanthropy and encourage you to continue, and even enhance, your commitment to this great institution. As you get to know to President Draves, I expect you will be caught up in her enthusiasm for what Monmouth College is and what it can become as it grows in prominence and service. We wish her the best as she works with all of us to move Monmouth College forward.
Dr. Richard Giese was the 12th president of Monmouth College, serving from 1997–2005. He was then president of the University of Mount Union in Ohio until his retirement in 2015.
Giese (left) and Draves reunited at her October inauguration.
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