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THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | SUMMER 2010 | VOL. 87, NO. 2

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THIS ISSUE

An Interview with President Waded Cruzado

Traveling to Turkey to coach football

Chasing the FFA Dream

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Try Facebook

Teaching skills form the backbone for a dynamic and robust career

25 HOMECOMING 2010

Keeping it in the family: Five generations of Parkers at MSU

Skills learned in classroom help Haitiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s orphans

Alumni Profile: Keith Moore tapped to lead Bureau of Indian Education

Cat/Griz 2010

DEPARTMENTS From the President 2 Mail Bag

Blue & Gold News 4 Association News 30 Class Notes

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FROM THE MSU PRESIDENT Dear Alumni and Friends, As I write this letter, summer is just beginning to take shape on the MSU campus. The lilacs are blooming, the Bridger Mountains are turning green, and campus is quieter without the bustle of the nearly 13,000 students who studied here last year. It’s a good time to reflect, and I would like to take this opportunity to share with you just a few of the many wonderful accomplishments made in the last few months by MSU students. Several of our student-athletes had remarkable finishes at national competitions. Patrick Casey placed third in the mile at the NCAA track and field championships in March. Earlier in the season, he broke the MSU school record for the mile by running it in 3.59.17, and he won the Big Sky Conference championship in the same event. The MSU ski team also had a strong finish at the NCAA ski championships held in March. Montana State captured 8th place overall, posting its best finish since 1983. We also found out in March that two of our students, Loribeth Evertz and Tim Brox, received the Goldwater Scholarship. The Goldwater is known as the nation’s premier scholarship for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering, and 51 MSU students have now won it. MSU continues to be one of the top institutions in the nation for Goldwater recipients. Loribeth, from Joliet, Montana, studies mechanical engineering, and Tim is a physics major from Fresno, California. Dozens of MSU students donated their time over spring break to helping others. They traveled to San Francisco to prepare and serve meals to the community’s homeless people, to Phoenix to organize activities for refugee children and women, and to the Grand Canyon to help restore natural springs. Others journeyed to Alaska to prepare tax returns for residents in small, remote villages. Finally, 2,572 students joined the MSU alumni rolls in May. I’m pleased to note that the figure includes a record 105 Native American students. In fact, the Native American graduation rate at MSU has increased nearly 60 percent from last year, when 61 Native Americans graduated. Just 10 years ago, 36 Native Americans graduated from the university. Please join me in sharing the news about these wonderful accomplishments! We have much to be proud of at MSU, and I look forward to building on our successes in the future. With warm regards,

M S U A L U M N I A S S O C I AT I O N Chair Lois (Fulker) Norby, ’65, Excelsior, Minn. Chair-Elect Bill Perry, ’02, Bozeman Treasurer Rick Reisig, ’82, Great Falls Board of Directors William Breeden, ’65, ’68 M, Anchorage, Alaska Brian Clark, ’82, Kalispell Florence Garcia, ’99 EhD, Bozeman Lea (Anderson) Moore ’93, Miles City Chris Pemberton ’93, Vancouver, Washington Susan (Wallace) Raph, ’82, ’01 M, Shelby Jeanette “Tootie” (Wenzel) Rasmussen, ’60, Choteau Michael Sanderson, ’94, ’96 M, Billings Mark Sherman, ’97, Great Falls Steve Skaer, ’00, ’07 M, Great Falls Toby Stapleton, ’58, ’08 M, Billings Mary Beth (Holzer) Walsh, ’86, Twin Bridges Brant Weingartner, ’98, Irving, Texas Student Alumni Association Nate Carroll, Ekalaka Carl Nystuen, Lakeside M S U A L U M N I S TA F F President and CEO Jaynee Drange Groseth, ’73, ’91 M Associate Director Kerry Hanson, ’93, ’08 M Membership Director Jennifer ward, ’94 Program Manager Rose (Healy) Hanson, ’82 Administrative Assistant Jennifer Anderson Communications Specialist Megan (Koehler) Walthall, ’06

Vol. 87, No. 2, Summer 2010 E D I TO R I A L B O A R D Caroline Zimmerman, ’83, Jaynee Drange Groseth, ’73, ’91 M, Suzi Taylor, ’99 M, Jodie DeLay, ’93, Julie Kipfer, Kerry Hanson, ’93, ’08 M, Tracy Ellig, ’92, Megan Walthall, ’06 E D I TO R Caroline Zimmerman, ’83 C R E AT I V E D I R EC TO R Ron Lambert D E S I G N A N D P R O D U C T I O N MSU Office of Communications & Public Affairs P H OTO G R A P H Y by Kelly Gorham, ’95, MSU Photography (unless otherwise noted)

Waded Cruzado President, Montana State University

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On the Cover The Bridgers from the Gallatin County Regional Park. Photo by Kelly Gorham.

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The Collegian magazine welcomes letters from alumni and friends of MSU. Send them to alumni@montana.edu or MSU Alumni Association, P.O. Box 172940, Bozeman, MT 59717-2740. LOVE IT! Love, love, love it! One of my favorite things to do is read the whole magazine cover to cover and then go back and read it again. I only wish that I had been part of the first Undie Run. Geez. I miss out on all the good stuff. LOVE the Kayser family page at the back, too. So cute. Seriously great job. Amy (Stewart) Stemple, ’93 ElEd [mailto:randamy1@earthlink.net] Kerry, Wow, I can’t believe I received the Alumni Association Scholarship. It is great to know there are alumni willing to give back and invest in the students at their school, especially in harder economic times. I am so grateful for this contribution that goes such a long ways for me. I wish I could thank every Alumni Association member personally. Thank you times a million. You just made one student’s whole year. Best Regards, Erica Pimley Daughter of Richard Pimley, ’86 ME Dear Alumni Association President Groseth, Thank you and the President’s Office for the fabulous MSU blanket. What a nice tradition. I will treasure this blanket forever and have already received many compliments about what a nice idea this is. Both the blanket and certificate were unexpected gifts in recognition of my retirement. I appreciate the thoughtfulness of everyone involved. I will miss my work with the university and all whom I worked alongside, but I look forward to volunteering for immunizations and other projects. Sincerely, Lynn O’Malley

Dear Jaynee, The recent Collegian issue with the article about the estate donations finally gave me something noteworthy to write to you. In particular, Dr. Dajani’s donation to MSU. I was just 2 and 3 years old when he received his degree in ‘32 and ‘33, but his name became etched in my mind later. The following tells how. Sami was the one of Dad’s students, and Dad—B. L. Johnson, affectionately known as “The Grand Old Man of Chemistry” in his later years—thought very highly of him. Over many years after Sami graduated, Dad corresponded with him as well as other students he had. I remember Dad telling Mother about receiving a new letter from Sami. This occurred frequently enough to begin the etching. Finally, when I was at Stanford for graduate studies, my roommate was from the Middle East. On hearing this, Dad again mentioned Sami. Thus, when I saw the name under his picture, the memory bells sounded off! It was heartwarming to read that MSU meant so much to Sami that he made such a gift. Certainly, Dad, being the fine teacher and person he was, had much to do with his action. My only hope is that while Sami was still living (in his 90s), he heard or read about the Johnson memorial bench several Johnson family members donated and dedicated in June 2001. Marge and I will be in Bozeman the end of August for another HS reunion. Looking forward to seeing you then. Sincerely, Dick Johnson, ‘56 EE Jaynee, Thank you so much for this wonderful evening. Your team is so great, and the impact you have on the students at MSU is remarkable. I cannot wait to buy my Alumni membership. You’re stuck with me. Teresa Snyder, ‘10 Econ Former ASMSU President Collegian Staff, I really enjoyed this issue (Summer 2009). The graphics were excellent and made me want to come back to Bozeman and maybe climb the M to see the city from on high.

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Looking at the elongated M from ground zero back in 1952, I have to admit that the Civil Engineering Dept. did a great job laying it out. Looking forward more than ever to a trip back to Bozeman. Things have certainly changed in the Electrical Engineering Dept. The course offerings did not include any solid state, only vacuum tubes. I graduated in 1955 and Shockley and Bardeen got their patents on the transistor in 1956. Talk about my degree becoming obsolete in one year. My first two years in math and physics made the difference in keeping up in EE. Bob Ziller, ‘55 EE Dear Rose, The retired faculty always have a good time at the Alumni Association’s Retirement Dinner. This year was particularly enjoyable. Charlie Rust was an excellent host, President Cruzado was inspiring, and Pierce Mullin presented an entertaining and informative history of MSU. The good food, beverages and MSU travel cups were all appreciated. Most of all, the annual dinner provides retirees their main opportunity to renew long-standing friendships and connections to MSU. Thank you MSU Alumni Association Sincerely, Marty Hamilton, John Jutila, Don Mathre, Jerry Coffey Retired Faculty Association Executive Committee MSU Class Reunion: Plan to come to commencement, if able. I have a broken neck, so I can’t sit very long. Sincerely, Arnold Reed, ‘40 P.S. I am the only MSU BB player still living from that time. Editor’s note: We are pleased to report that Mr. Arnold did attend commencement.

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MSU robot wins NASA contest at Kennedy Space Center A Montana State University studentbuilt robot won a national contest at the Kennedy Space Center May 28 by digging the most simulated moon dirt in 15 minutes. Defeating robots from 21 other colleges and universities, Montana MULE removed 21.6 kilograms of regolith from a giant sandbox. Almost 48 pounds, that was far above the 10 kilograms required to qualify in the contest and far ahead of the nearest competitor in NASA’s first Lunar Regolith Excavator Student Competition. Montana MULE was the only robot that met and surpassed the minimum requirement, beating out other, larger universities such as Virginia Tech, Iowa State University and the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. The victory gave the MSU students $5,000 and the chance to return to the Kennedy Space Center for a launch. Additionally, the team won the Joe Kosmo Award for its combined work in engineering, outreach and presentation. “I’m supposing my parents won’t have much problem with how many video games I played as a kid,” said Chris Ching of Belgrade. Ching, a senior in computer science, remotely steered Montana MULE to victory by using the controls of an X Box 360 computer game and wireless technology. Ching sat inside a building that was isolated from the arena, so he controlled Montana MULE while watching the robot on a screen. Helping him watch were teammates Jennifer Hane of Fort Shaw and John Ritter of Idaho Falls, Idaho. “It was pretty nerve-racking,” he said. Before leaving Bozeman, the team said that the simulated moon dirt would be different from the sand on a Florida beach or the outdoor volleyball court where they tested their robot in a May snowstorm. Since erosion doesn’t occur on the moon like it does on Earth, the top layer would be like powdery glass that’s extremely loose and super fine. The soil beneath would be small, sharp, jag-

Some of the MSU team members who designed and built Montana MULE test their robot at MSU before heading to the Kennedy Space Center. From left are Chris Ching, Steve Pemble, Paul Dallapiazza and John Ritter. (MSU photo by Jackson Harris).

MSU’s Montana MULE was the only robot that met and surpassed the minimum requirement, beating out other, larger universities such as Virginia Tech, Iowa State University and the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. ged particles that are almost as hard as concrete. Students representing three departments and five majors in the College of Engineering built Montana MULE during the school year. Besides Ching, Hane and Ritter, the team consisted of Ben Hogenson and Phillip Karls from Billings, Steve Pemble of Colstrip, Craig Harne of Cut Bank and Paul Dallapiazza from Florence. Their faculty advisers were Brock LaMeres in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hunter Lloyd in the Department of Computer Science, and Robb Larson,

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Ahsan Mian and Mike Edens in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. LaMeres learned about the competition last year while attending a NASA workshop. He brought back the idea to MSU and obtained NASA funds for materials. The Montana Space Grant Consortium then awarded LaMeres, Lloyd and Larson additional funding for competition travel and for the development of formal senior design curriculum material based on this project so that future students can have a rewarding experience, too. The MSGC also provided T-shirts for the students to wear during the competition. Hogenson received funds from MSU’s Undergraduate Scholars Program to continue participating after he finished his senior design class. —Evelyn Boswell

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MSU’s biomedical research to jump forward with $17 million renovation of Cooley Lab A $15 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow Montana State University to upgrade its 50-yearold Cooley Laboratory into a state-ofthe-art facility for faculty and students researching everything from treatments for infectious diseases to safeguards against bioterrorist attacks. The NIH announced March 18 that it would award almost $15 million toward the $17 million project, with most of that stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The rest of the money will come from another NIH grant, a State Board of Investments InterCap loan and overhead from MSU research grants. Because university building projects are typically approved only during Legislative sessions, the Montana Board of Regents and Gov. Brian Schweitzer both reviewed and approved the project, one of only a few nationally deemed “shovelready” by the NIH under the American

Architect’s rendering of the renovated Cooley Lab

Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Schweitzer approved the project on May 7. A renovated Cooley Lab will help advance one of the university’s major strengths: biomedical research. Of the $100 million MSU annually wins in competitive grants for research, roughly $40 million of that goes to studying everything from influenza, to heart disease, to using parts of viruses for pinpoint delivery of drugs, to examining plants for medicinal properties, to exploring ways to keep horses and cattle health and safe from a variety of infectious agents. Construction can begin once the NIH approves the plans and is expected to take roughly two years. Plans so far call for keeping Cooley’s brick exterior, but completely gutting and rebuilding the five-story building so it contains fully equipped research laboratories. The building will be energy

efficient, air-conditioned and meet federal standards for withstanding seismic activity and providing access to people with disabilities. The mechanical system will be enclosed under a new pitched roof. Tom McCoy, vice president for research, creativity and technology transfer, said the building could be MSU’s second LEED-certified building, meaning that its design, construction and operations are environmentally responsible. LEED refers to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, the internationally recognized certification system of the U.S. Green Building Council. Cooley Lab was built in 1960, but it has never had major renovations, and $6.7 million in maintenance has been deferred, McCoy said. As a result, the building that now contains approximately 31,000 square feet is in disrepair and its laboratories are decades behind current standards. The renovated building will contain no instructional labs. However, because of the close connections between research and instruction at MSU, as well as the strong connections between faculty members and undergraduates, “We will train a lot of students in that building,” said Paula Lutz, dean of the College of Letters and Sciences, and principal investigator on the NIH grant application. —Evelyn Boswell

Summer Taste from MSU

Grilled Citrus Salmon

Instructions:

Yield: 2 servings

1. Sauté garlic in olive oil.

Ingredients:

2. Add orange juice concentrate, lemon and lime juice, and stir until heated.

2 salmon steaks or fillets 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cloves minced garlic 1/2 cup orange juice concentrate Juice of 1/2 lemon Juice of 1/2 lime

3. Marinate fish in sauce for 1 hour. 4. Grill or broil, basting with sauce. Discard marinade after basting. 5. Cook on grill, approximately 6 to 12 minutes per side depending on thickness of fish.

Variations: Use this basic marinade with other fish such as tilapia, cod, halibut or trout. Cooking time will depend on thickness of fillets.

Serving Suggestions: This recipe goes well with brown rice—and vegetables from farmer’s market or a garden fresh salad. Nutrition Analysis Serving Size: 6-oz. fillet Total Carb: 29.7 g Calories: 337 Dietary Fiber: < 0 g Total Fat: 16 g Sodium: 53 mg Calories from Fat: 43 % Protein: 18.8 g Saturated Fat: 2.8 g Calcium: 40 mg Trans Fat: 0.0 g Iron: 0.65 mg Featured in “Eat Right Montana,” July 2010. From Cooking Backyard to Back Country, by John Rittel and Lori Rittel, MS, RD.

Photo courtesy of Dayle Hayes, MS, RD. For more tips and recipes from “Eat Right Montana,” visit www.eatrightmontana.org/eatrighthealthyfamilies.htm

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Two MSU students receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships A Montana State University student who explores the hidden world inside glaciers, and another MSU student who loves the melding of medicine and engineering, have each received the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Tim Brox, a physics major from Fresno, Calif., and Loribeth Evertz, a mechanical engineering major from Joliet, are the 50th and 51st MSU students to receive the nation’s premiere scholarship

for undergraduates studying math, natural sciences and engineering since the Goldwater Foundation was established in 1986. The scholarships will give each recipient up to $7,500 a year for tuition, fees, books, and room and board. With Brox’s and Evertz’ awards, MSU continues to be one of the top institutions in the United States for Goldwater recipients, said Ilse-Mari Lee, director of MSU’s Honors Program and administrator of the Goldwater Scholarship program at MSU. Brox said he has been fascinated by ice ever since the Boy Scouts of America selected him as an Eagle Scout to participate in a National Science Foundation

Tim Brox and Loribeth Evertz are the latest MSU students to earn the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.

program in Antarctica. He spent the fall of 2001 and the spring of 2002 in Antarctica, then returned to Antarctica in 2003 to work as a contract employee in construction and maintenance. Brox went back to Antarctica in 2007 and 2009 as part of a team led by Mark Skidmore, an earth sciences professor at MSU. He’s intrigued by ice, because it looks solid but between the ice crystals are networks of liquid veins that house microorganisms, Brox said. The microbes reveal information about Antarctica and might contribute to the search for life on other planets. Evertz said she was inspired to become an engineer, in part, because her father and two older brothers were engineers. Since she grew up on a ranch, she used engineering skills as a child and teenager. Her interest was also fueled by visiting family members in hospitals. She became curious about medical procedures and how the equipment worked. On one visit to her grandmother, she noticed her feeding tube and pump. “My dad said, ‘An engineer probably designed that,’” Evertz said. “I got excited because it combined medicine with engineering.” Evertz uses magnetic resonance imaging to study oscillating flow, a model for blood flow in the body. Looking for a way to enhance drug delivery, she made a pump to simulate the heart and pump “blood.” This summer, she is working in a German laboratory where she is researching flow through porous media to better understand filtration processes. —Evelyn Boswell

MSU’s Obbink elected to national distance learning commission Kim Obbink, ’00 EdD, director of Montana State University’s Extended University, was recently elected to serve on the Commission on Learning, Instruction and Technology of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association. UPCEA is the country’s largest professional association dedicated to continuing and professional education. Its members include public and private accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities, international universities, and nonprofit organizations with a significant commitment to professional and continuing higher education.

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Obbink was selected by peers from across the country for the three-year term. She will work with other commissioners to help identify emerging policy issues and best practices in distance and technologyenhanced learning, teaching and management in higher education. Obbink is director of Extended University, an outreach division of MSU that offers continuing education, workforce training and public outreach programs as well as distance learning via Montana State Online. —Suzi Taylor

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2010 Summer Reading Suggestions From Jan Zauha, Professor, Reference Librarian, MSU Libraries

Ah, summer! Think of hammocks, luminous evenings, and all the time in the world to read…but read what? Here are some standout books from the latest MSU Summer Reading List (marked with an asterisk), as well as a few additional titles to help guide your reading choices this summer. Favorite books from students, faculty and staff at all four MSU campuses are included. For more reading ideas and resources, see the complete list at http://guides.lib.montana.edu/summerreading. *Double Take: A Memoir

* The Help

young Hemingway who could write that “all Paris belongs to me.”

by Kevin Michael Connolly (2009)

by Kathryn Stockett (2009)

This memoir has been chosen as the 2010 MSU Freshman Summer Read and Convocation Book, as well as the One Book One Bozeman title for 2010 by the Bozeman Public Library. You’ll want to read it for the inspirational story of a recent MSU graduate who conquers the challenges of being born without legs, but you’ll soon realize that it is about so much more than that, including self-definition, the act of looking, ingenuity, the power of story, persistence, and family. Connolly will also speak at the 2010 Freshman Convocation on September 8. All are invited.

This is a novel that has gained *A River Runs Through It, and Other Stories wide readership very quickly by Norman Maclean (1976) and has spent 63 weeks on The title novella in this collection is familiar to the New York Times Bestsellers most of us in Montana, but often only in its 1992 list and counting. Its readmovie incarnation of the same name. If you ers are very vocal, calling it optimistic, uplifting, a treasure, an instant classic… haven’t read the book, do—even if you’ve seen the movie and the movie about the making of the Set in Jackson, Mississippi, at the beginning of movie. It doesn’t matter if you fish or not. This the civil rights movement, The Help chronicles the is the story of a family in the landscape we love, stories of the black maids who raised southern told with humanity and restraint in such achingly whites. Stockett simultaneously highlights moral poetic prose that you’ll wish you’d written it. issues while portraying the lives of whites and blacks with compassion and humor. *Selected Poems

Adventures in Yellowstone: Early Travelers Tell Their Tales by M. Mark Miller (2009) A collection of narratives gleaned from the journals, letters and diaries of some of the first white visitors to the Park sure to add a delightful dimension to your own visit this summer. Glimpse pre-automobile Yellowstone through Miller’s wonderful selections and be reminded what it must have been like to discover its fabulous features, inhabitants and dangers. Be reminded that Yellowstone hasn’t always been the Disney-esque place it seems today.

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (2009) Winner of one of the 2009 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association’s Book Awards, and long-time resident on the New York Times bestsellers list for paperback trade fiction, this unlikely novel told from the point of view of the ageing family dog will delight you with its insights. Not only will you never view your dog the same way again after you’ve read it, you’ll understand a lot more about what it is to be human. *Coming Home

by Rosamunde Pilcher (1995) Pilcher is best known for her 1987 novel The Shell Seekers but is the author of some 20 novels. She once described her books as “light reading for intelligent ladies,” but others rank them as “literate commercial fiction.” Whatever your view, this novel relates a young woman’s coming of age in the England of the 1930s and ’40s. Set in Pilcher’s own beautiful Cornwall, Coming Home has been called “a finely detailed, leisurely novel.” Perfect as an absorbing summer read.

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (2009)

Ford’s debut novel is the 2009 winner of the Montana Book Award, and if that isn’t enough to lure you to this book, it was also named the No. 1 reading group title for fall 2009/spring 2010 by the American Booksellers Association. Often described by reviewers as heartwarming, this is a story of immigration, memory, love, the power of forgiveness, and the strength of hope. Set in Seattle from a Montana writer. *House of Leaves

by Mark D. Danielewski (2000) If there is such a thing as a classic in experimental fiction, this bestseller tops that category. Now a cult classic with an active Web site (www. houseofleaves.com), its unconventional format and structure combined with a complex, multilayered narrative make this novel both challenging and rewarding. Defying easy classification, it has been called a tale of horror and a love story. If you are wondering what the future of the novel is, Danielewski pulls aside the curtain for us.

A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition by Ernest Hemingway (1964/2009) A classic memoir of Hemingway’s years in Paris, this edition doesn’t so much restore as recast the posthumously published, fragmentary manuscript of the 1964 version. Edited by his grandson as an attempt to reconstruct Hemingway’s original plans for the manuscript, these stories still transport us across time and miles. Spend part of your summer imagining what it must have been like to be a

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by Richard Hugo (1979) This poetry collection from one of Montana’s most imaginative and revered writers has been selected as Humanities Montana’s One Book Montana read for 2010-2011. Hugo was the director of the University of Montana’s Creative Writing Program for many years. Enjoy these poems beside a river, on a mountain, in Silver Star, Phillipsburg or any other Montana place. Wherever you are will suddenly become more real.

Selected Works of TS Spivet by Reif Larsen (2009) For a unique romp through the travels of a fictional 12-yearold genius cartographer, try this experimental debut novel. Starting out on the familiar ground of a Montana ranch, Larsen’s story provides textual and imaginative adventure that quickly transcends the traditional margins of the printed page.

This is Not the Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness by Laura Munson (2010) The author might also have noted in her title that this is not a self-help book, nor is it a marriage manual. What is it? It’s a memoir of the near break up of a 20-year marriage and the author’s determination not to save that marriage, but to write herself through and out of a “powerful time” in her life. Funny and inspiring, Munson’s book has struck a chord for many readers who also want to be the “main character” of their own lives.

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MSU students selected as McNair Scholars Twenty-five Montana State University students form the first class of MSU McNair Scholars. The scholars have demonstrated strong academic potential and are from first-generation/low-income families or are minorities from traditionally underrepresented cultural groups. The scholars, who are committed to attending graduate school and pursuing an advanced degree, will spend at least one

summer working on a research project with a faculty mentor. McNair scholars receive financial and academic support and mentoring. “We are very pleased and impressed with the caliber of students we have in our first cohort of McNair Scholars,”said Shelly Hogan, director of MSU’s McNair Scholars Program. Hogan added that the group has an average GPA of 3.5. “We are looking forward to working with the McNair scholars this fall to help groom them for graduate school in part by getting their summer research discoveries.” Last fall MSU won an $880,000 Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate

Connolly’s ‘Double Take’ selected for MSU 2010 freshmen convocation Double Take: A Memoir by Kevin Michael Connolly, ‘08 MTA, has been selected as the Montana State University 2010 Freshmen summer reading book. Connolly will speak at the 2010 MSU Freshmen Convocation, which will be held Wednesday, Sept. 8, in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. The convocation is free and open to the public. In “Double Take,” Connolly, who lives in Bozeman, writes with grace and honesty about growing up in Helena, Mont. as a legless child. During his time “20/20” and an interat MSU, a student exchange program view on NPR. Contook him to New Zealand, which he nolly has also spoken used as a jumping-off point to travel the to audiences at colworld. During those travels, Connolly, leges and universities who has degrees in film and photography, across the country. snapped more than 30,000 photos of the The book’s selection means reactions of people when they first saw that it will be required summer reading him. Those photographs were collected for MSU’s 2,400 incoming freshmen and into “The Rolling Exhibition,” which has will be discussed in classes and venues been exhibited at the Smithsonian and throughout the MSU campus next fall. the Kennedy Center. Connolly’s book is also the Bozeman Connolly’s book received starred Public Library’s One Book-One Bozereviews from Publishers’ Weekly and man selection. The university and the Kirkus Reviews. People magazine called Bozeman Public Library Foundation will it a charming and empowering read. The sponsor several joint events during the book has netted Connolly appearances week of convocation and throughout the on NBC’s “The Today Show,” ABC’s month of September, including a com-

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Achievement Program, a TRiO Program funded through the U.S. Department of Education, to prepare MSU undergraduate students for success in graduate school. The program, which is the only one of its kind in Montana, is named for Ronald E. McNair. McNair grew up in poverty and segregation to become a nationally recognized physicist and a NASA mission specialist astronaut. McNair died when the space shuttle Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986. Congress established the McNair Program in his honor. —Carol Schmidt

munity discussion at the library. According to Greg Young, MSU vice provost, the book’s messages about overcoming adversity, creating unique solutions, setting ambitious goals and choosing positive responses, make it an excellent choice for the convocation. “We want our students to see Kevin as a role model and to be inspired to think what they can do with all the opportunities they have,” Young said. Paula Beswick, director for the Bozeman Public Library Foundation and coordinator of One Book-One Bozeman activities concurred. “It’s not easy to pick a book for a community-read project,” said Beswick “but the themes and messages in Kevin’s memoir made it the perfect choice. Young and old alike will be able to find common ground, creating connections for richer discussions. I encourage everyone to read this debut by a remarkable young man.” The September event will be MSU’s fourth convocation. The MSU Leadership Institute of ASMSU and the MSU Alumni Association have provided additional sponsorship for the event. For more information, go to http://www. montana.edu/convocation/ —Carol Schmidt

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MSU receives $354,000 grant to help train weatherization workers across U.S. Montana State University received a $354,000 grant in June to help develop a television network that trains weatherization workers across the nation. Michael P. Vogel, director of the Montana Weatherization Training Center at MSU and professor with MSU Extension, said people who weatherize

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer speaks in Bozeman during an MSU press conference for the new Weatherization Television Network.

homes and businesses these days do more than caulk cracks and install weather stripping. Weatherization is an exacting profession that involves science, theory and a variety of skills. If done properly, it saves energy and money, and makes homes more comfortable. It makes the occupants safe and healthy. The Montana Weatherization Training Center, located in Bozeman, will use the partnership grant from the National Community Action Foundation and ExxonMobil to expand training

for weatherization workers across the United States, Vogel said. The expansion specifically comes in the form of a highquality television show available over the Internet. The show, called WxTV, is produced at the Montana Weatherization Training Center, but incorporates footage and experts from all over the country, Vogel said. The Montana Weatherization Training Center has produced six shows so far, but the grant will allow it to produce a total of 36 episodes, Vogel said. After a dozen episodes, the center will conduct an aggressive analysis, looking at a variety of factors including viewers, length, quality and integration into existing training. Some of the WxTV episodes are aimed at managers, and others at contractors and work crews, Vogel said. Some of the shows are highly technical and others are designed to help trainers. Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, ’81 Ag M, said Extension has 100 years experience in communicating the latest information about technology. What better tool, he said, than using the Extension Service to provide training and spread the word about weatherization. “It’s just as important as teaching new farm techniques 100 years ago to immigrants who came to Montana,” Schweitzer said. —Evelyn Boswell

Summer Taste from MSU

Pasta Chicken Salad Yield: 6 servings • Serving: 1 cup Provided by: MSU Extension Nutrition Education 3 cups cooked pasta 1½ cups cooked, chopped chicken or other meat ½ cup chopped onion 1 cup diced celery 1 cup frozen peas or fresh broccoli florets ¾ cup lowfat salad dressing 1. In a large bowl, mix together pasta, meat and vegetables. 2. Add dressing and mix to coat all ingredients. 3. Chill before serving. Note: Frozen peas will thaw while the salad is chilling. Per serving: Calories 261 • Fat 11g • Protein 15g • Carbohydrate 25g • Fiber 2g Good source of protein and niacin

MSU menu wins top prize from national food service organization The menu served in the Montana State University Reno H. Sales Stadium Sky Suites during football season has won the top award from the National Association of College and University Food Services. The menu, created by the University Catering team, received a gold medal in the catering standard menu category for large schools. The 2010 Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards is given by NACUFS. The menu featured a variety of entrée’s such

as an apple wood smoked prime rib sandwich, barbecue ribs or half-pound all-beef burgers. The menu also features some specialty items such as the Bobcat cheese ball and Bobcat cookies, a Bobcat logo-shaped shortbread cookie, Montana Pride sausages from Big Sky Premium Meats and a sushi platter from Montana Fish Company. “We are extremely proud of this award,” said Todd Jutila, director of University Food

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Services. “We competed against schools across the nation and to win this award is a great honor.” This is the third time MSU’s University Food Services has won the Horton award. The first time was in 1997 when the Bobcat Court in the Student Union won a category in the competition. MSU won again in 2009 for the SRO Espresso operation. —Carol Schmidt

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Two MSU students engineer Boren awards for international study The arid Israeli desert and the elongated reach of Chile are both a long way from the hushed hallways of Montana State University’s Roberts Hall, home of the College of Engineering. Yet, for two MSU engineering students, the college has been a pathway to the two countries as they have become recipients of one of the U.S.’ most prestigious scholarships for international study. Katy Hansen, ’10 IE, from Bozeman, and Lara Wabrek, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering from Pocatello, Idaho, are both recipients of Boren awards, which are State Department sponsored fellowships to study abroad. Hansen is the first MSU student to win a Boren Fellowship, which is the Boren award exclusively for graduate students. She will receive a $30,000 award for study in world regions critical to U.S. interests. Hansen will study water management in Israel and the Middle East and is already enrolled in an intensive Arabic language program to prepare her for her year abroad. Wabrek, who received an undergraduate Boren, will spend the spring 2011 semester in Valdivia, Chile, as a Boren

Scholar. She will receive an award of $10,000 to study at the Austral University in Valdivia Katy Hansen, a recent MSU industrial and hopes Lara Wabrek, a senior majoring in engineering graduate from Bozeman, mechanical engineering from Pocatello, to perform an is the first MSU student to win a Boren was named a Boren Scholar, which internship in the Fellowship for graduate students. She will Idaho, is for undergraduates. Wabrek will spend community. receive a $30,000 award to study water the spring 2011 semester at the Austral management in Israel and the Middle East. University in Valdivi, Chile. According to Sally O’Neill, MSU’s coordinator of Boren awards that supports underrepresented groups in based in the Office of International engineering, including women. Programs, it is believed to be the first “The fact that both of the students time MSU has won a Boren graduate selected were women in our college award. Wabrek’s is the sixth undergradmakes us especially proud. They are uate Boren received by an MSU student. living examples of successful women The last was Kathy Laubach, an MSU engineers who are changing the world. business student who studied in Japan Both women are bright, driven and a joy in 2001. to be around. Ironically, they have been “This is extraordinary news for Monroommates during part of their time at tana State University and the College of Montana State.” Engineering,” said Heidi Sherick, ’91 Both Hansen and Wabrek came to CelBio & Neuro, ’01 Educ M, assistant MSU as Presidential Scholars, which is dean for the MSU College of Engineerthe equivalent of an academic full-ride, ing and the director of EMPower (Engiand are part of MSU’s University Honors neering Minority Program), a program program. — Carol Schmidt

Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity Recharters at Montana State

After a four-year period as a colony at MSU, SigEp has been awarded a full charter by the national fraternity. The chartering banquet will be held at the Gallatin Gateway Inn on the evening of Saturday October 16th. All SigEp alumni are invited to attend, details can be obtained through sigep.msu. avc@gmail.com During their time on campus, the undergraduate members of SigEp have proven to be a positive force for the Greek

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system at MSU, winning local and national recognition. The brothers have been number one in grades nearly every semester, attaining a 3.24 chapter GPA in spring 2010, and are approaching number one in campus manpower. They have recently moved into a new lodge facility on Greek Way for social activities with adjacent apartments for member lodging. MSU SigEp’s biannual reunion took place the weekend of July 24th.

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Student’s affinity for German adds up to Fulbright Scholarship Jill Roberts, ’10 Math, still remembers the magic she felt when she took her first German class as a junior at Billings, Mont., Senior High School. “For some reason, German and I just clicked right away,” said Roberts, who recently graduated from Montana State University with a degree in math education. “It was a surprise to me because I had taken Spanish before and didn’t care for it, so I’d put off taking a foreign language again. But it was totally different with German.” Roberts will take her affinity for German language and culture to Germany during the next school year as a recipient of a coveted Fulbright Fellowship. As a Fulbright recipient, Roberts will teach English in the German state of Brandenburg and study German methods of teaching math. She said it might be surprising that a math education major won a Fulbright that is largely connected to her German Studies minor. However, the assignment will draw from Roberts’ varied passions and talents while she was a student at MSU. Roberts majored in math education because, “Math has always been my strongest and favorite academic subject, and teachers of this content are simply more employable,” she said. She also played violin in the MSU Sym-

phony, traveling with the symphony to Southeast Asia last summer. Roberts is also a violin teacher, a math tutor, gives German lessons, and recently completed student teaching in Livingston. Roberts also has a passion for the American West, which she plans to share with Jill Roberts of Billings, Mont., who recently graduated from MSU, has had an her German students. affinity for German from her first class as a junior in high school. The math She said it comes education major will use that affinity as she accepts a prestigious Fulbright to naturally. Her father, teach English in Germany in the coming year. Bob Edgar, curated a Western history museum in Cody, Wyo. Roberts is a perfect candidate for a “I have a somewhat unique perspecFulbright. tive of the West, which seems to be a “Jill combines intellectual ambition strong interest of the German people,” with a generosity of spirit and a comRoberts said. mitment to hard work,” Simpson said. The interest is reciprocal. Roberts’ “She’s so well-rounded and energetic--she familiarity with all things German also plays violin, studies math and German, was developed when she was a student at and tutors in her field. The Fulbright is Billings Senior. She became friends with a wonderful opportunity for her to gain a German exchange student at the school teaching experience and for her students and was invited to Germany to visit her and co-workers to benefit from her experfriend and her family in the East Gertise as well.” man town of Eisenhüttenstadt. By the Roberts said when she returns from time she was a senior, after speaking the Germany, she hopes to teach math and language for just two years, she scored in German in Montana or Wyoming while the 99th percentile of a national German speaking to math educators about what proficiency test. she’s learned about teaching in Europe. Patricia Anne Simpson, professor of —Carol Schmidt German Studies and German Section coordinator, said such focus, as well as Roberts’ diversity of interests, are reasons

Christopher Pinet receives award from French Deputy Consul General Christopher Pinet, MSU French professor, received a rare French designation, “Officier” in the French Order of Academic Palms, for a career researching French culture and his editing of “The French Review.” Pinet received the distinction, including a medal symbolic of the academic palms, from Patrice Servantie, the Deputy Consul

General of France for the French Consulate in San Francisco. Servantie awarded Pinet the medal at ceremonies held in April at MSU. Servantie detailed Pinet’s long career researching the roots of French farce and comedy as well as French popular culture and politics. Pinet, whose forefathers were French, began his scholarly investigation of France while an undergraduate at the University of Kansas and a graduate student at Brown University more than four decades ago. Pinet has also been managing editor

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and editor in chief of the “French Review.” The “French Review” is the most widely distributed scholarly journal of French and Francophone studies in the world. “It has been an honor and a pleasure to serve the people of Montana as a teacher of French language, literature and culture, and I am proud to have been a faculty member at Montana State University, Bozeman,” he said. Pinet has taught at MSU for 29 years. —Carol Schmidt

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Record number of Native Americans graduate from MSU A record 105 Native American students received bachelor’s and master’s degrees during Montana State University’s 114th commencement ceremonies on May 8 in Bozeman. The graduation rate has increased nearly 60 percent from last year, when 61 Native Americans graduated from MSU. Ten years ago, 36 Native Americans graduated from the university. Among the students who received degrees is Francesca Pine, ’10 EnviStu. Pine is Crow and said she is the first person in her immediate family to earn a college degree. Following graduation, she began an internship with Plains Justice, a nonprofit environmental law center in Billings. She would like to enroll in law school in the fall of 2011. Many of the Native American graduates this spring were enrolled in MSU’s Indian Leadership Education and Development (I LEAD) and Early Childhood Education Distance Partnership (ECEDP) programs. Both programs provide access to degrees for Native American students throughout Montana who have historically been underserved, according to program administrators. ECEDP is a distance-learning program that helps Head Start teachers and early childhood educators in tribal communities throughout Montana complete bachelor’s degrees from MSU in early

Francesca Pine is one of a record 105 Native American students who graduated in May from MSU. Following graduation, Pine began an internship with Plains Justice, a nonprofit environmental law center in Billings, Mont. She would like to enroll in law school in the fall of 2011.

childhood education. Online courses enable ECEDP students to live and work in their home communities while connecting with other Head Start teachers throughout reservations in Montana. Laura Massey, the professor who started and directs the program, said 22 students graduated this spring from the ECEDP program. A total of 33 students have graduated from ECEDP’s previous three cohorts. Similarly, the I LEAD program offers American Indian teachers in Montana and regionally an opportunity to earn a master’s degree in school administration without having to leave their jobs. The

program aims to place 55 new American Indian principals and superintendents in Montana by 2012. The program also recently expanded to include South Dakota, North Dakota and Alaska. Fifteen students graduated from the program this spring with master’s degrees, with another two receiving education specialist degrees, according to Catherine Gibbons, student support specialist for I LEAD. Another 15 students who have already earned master’s degrees are receiving principal or superintendent certifications. The increased rate of Native American graduates at MSU represents efforts by many at the university and beyond, according to Jim Burns, ’96 HHD, ’00 Couns M, American Indian student adviser in the Department of Native American Studies. Burns said that MSU has worked hard to become a university of choice for Native students. Part of those efforts include the I LEAD and ECEDP programs, which are especially mindful of students’ obligations to their families, as well as their geographic and economic situations. “This has been a collaborative effort across a variety of our colleges and support programs, as well as our tribal communities,” Burns said. “They have all been working together to make this happen. It’s such a great success.” —Anne Cantrell

Designed pavilion. MSU School of Architecture students, led by professor Bruce Wrightsman, worked two years to design and build the striking Blackmore Pavilion on the shores of Hyalite Lake outside Bozeman. The graceful structure that mirrors the surrounding mountains was a partnership between MSU, the Forest Service and a variety of community organizations and private engineers and contractors who tutored the students in the building trades. “It doesn’t look like any other park pavilion,” Wrightsman said. “We’re very proud of it and hope the public enjoys it.”

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Recent MSU graduate wins $121,500 from the National Science Foundation Paul Ullmann, ‘08 ESci, recently won a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Ullmann will use the three-year, $121,500 fellowship to fund his research and doctoral studies in paleontology at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Photo courtesy of Paul Ullmann.

Gallatin College Programs offers two-year education at MSU The Montana Board of Regents on May Design and Design Drafting and a cer28th approved transitioning the operatificate program in Metals Fabrication/ tions of the MSU-Great Falls College Welding. Gallatin College Programs also of Technology in Bozeman to the MSU offer courses in developmental math and Bozeman campus effective July 1, 2010. developmental writing. All the courses The COT’s programs in Bozeman have have been, and will continue to be, been renamed Gallatin College Programs. taught in the Bozeman community. “This transition will create adminisHeadcount enrollment for the trative efficiencies that will provide our academic year 2009-2010 was 1,225 students with greater access to services and students. programs; it will relieve the strain on our The collaborative transition was Great Falls resources to offer programs in developed by the faculty and staff at MSU Bozeman; and it will increase our responBozeman and MSU-Great Falls. It was siveness to the needs of our local commualso created to support College!NOW, the nity,” said MSU President Waded Cruzado, two-year college initiative for the Monin a letter to MSU-system employees. tana University System and funded by the The transition will include all MSULumina Foundation for Education. Great Falls’ programs, personnel and ser“I would like to thank everyone who vices currently operating in the Gallatin has been so supportive of our efforts to Valley, university officials said. expand the two-year educational offerThe board added an amendment to ings in the Gallatin Valley, especially the proposal that MSU Bozeman not those members of the Bozeman commuuse, without board approval, any general nity who gave of their time and energy. I fund dollars in excess of the proposed would also like to thank the Board of Rebudget for FY10-11 to support two-year gents for their support of this transition. education programs, personnel, services Lastly, I want to extend my gratitude to or operations, excluding developmental the faculty and staff of MSU-Great Falls’ education, until equitable local mill levy College of Technology in Bozeman for issues are resolved. their unwavering commitment to serving Programs currently offered include: our students and community,” Cruzado associate degrees in Aviation, Interior said in her letter. — Tracy Ellig To learn more about Gallatin College Programs visit www.montana.edu/gallatincollege

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MSU researchers find Triceratops, Torosaurus were different stages of one dinosaur Research by a Montana State University doctoral student and one of the nation’s top paleontologists is upending more than 100 years of thought regarding the dinosaurs known as Triceratops and Torosaurus. Since the late 1800s, scientists have believed that Triceratops and Torosaurus were two different types of dinosaurs. Triceratops had a three-horned skull with a rather short frill, whereas Torosaurus had a much bigger frill with two large holes through it. MSU paleontologists John Scannella and Jack Horner said in the July 14 issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, however, that Triceratops and Torosaurus are actually the same dinosaur at different stages of growth. They added that the discovery contributes to an unfolding theory that dinosaur diversity was extremely depleted at the end of the dinosaur age. Scannella is a doctoral student in earth sciences, and Horner is Regents Professor of Paleontology at MSU’s Museum of the Rockies. Scannella and Horner examined more than 50 Triceratops specimens for their study. More than 30 were skulls that came out of the Hell Creek Formation in Eastern Montana and are housed at the Museum of the Rockies. The paleontologists also examined skulls from several North American institutions, including the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. —Evelyn Boswell

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MSU grad receives NSF fellowship to turn waste into product A Glendive. Mont., native and Montana State University graduate has been awarded more than $180,000 in fellowships to research how common plant materials can be converted into useful substances such as plastics and fuels. Trevor Zuroff, ‘10 ChE, was recently awarded a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation. He will use the $90,000, three-year graduate research award to research using different organisms to break down cellulose. He will begin working on his doctorate at Penn State in the fall where he was also awarded a McWhirter fellowship granting him $90,000 for two more years after the NSF grant expires, plus $4,000 in research funds and funding to hire an undergraduate assistant. As an undergraduate he worked at MSU’s Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) and with Ross Carlson, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering. “I had an incredible experience because I started working in Ross’s lab just two years after he began teaching at MSU,” Zuroff recalled. “There were three of us and Ross in the lab, and I got a lot of individual attention and mentoring. The lab has grown, but there is still a lot of support.” After a couple months of training in Carlson’s lab, Zuroff was given his own

MSU graduate Trevor Zuroff was recently awarded an NSF fellowship to look at efficient ways to break down cellulose in order to turn it into useful products. (MSU photo by Jackson Harris).

project to work on. conversion of plant cellulose—the stuff “It was great. I was figuring out my that gives plants materials such as straw, own problems and working on my own, corn husks and wood their rigidity—into but I had help when I needed it,” Zuroff useful products such as fuels or plastics. said. “I was essentially doing the same Because cellulose is such a cheap and work as a graduate student.” plentiful material, a cost-efficient means Zuroff worked in Carlson’s lab for of converting it into useful substances three years. could have enormous implications for a “Trevor has the initiative, drive and wide range of industries. eye for detail that you need in a good This past spring, Zuroff received the researcher,” Carlson said. “After awhile Alumni Association/Bozeman Chamber he was training visiting scientists and Award for Excellence, recognizing him as graduate students.” one of MSU’s top 40 seniors MSU’s Center for Biofilm EngineerAfter graduate school Zuroff hopes to ing is one of the world’s premier research come back to MSU. centers investigating these sticky, trouble“The Center (for Biofilm Engineering) some masses of bacteria. is an amazing place and I want to stay a At Penn State, Zuroff will be research- part of it.” —Melynda Harrison ing how to optimize microbes for the

Gallatin Flycasters share a passion for angling MSU has become known as Trout U because of its proximity to premier angling and diverse research and creative projects related to trout. Academic interest in trout spans from the study of whirling disease and stream restoration to creative literary works and one of the world’s largest Trout and Salmonid Collections at Renne Library. And now, thanks to MSU students Nick English and Camille Egdorf, a student club, the Gallatin Flycasters, has been established to connect students, alumni

and community members with a passion for angling. In its first year, the club held monthly meetings, brought in speakers, and organized river clean-ups and conservation projects. The club even hosted an oncampus fly fishing festival that drew more than 180 people. To kick off the 2010 fall semester, the Gallatin Flycasters, along with the Madison Gallatin Trout Unlimited chapter, are hosting a river cleanup on the lower Madison River August 29.

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With all of the amazing rivers, streams and lakes in the area, the Gallatin Flycasters invites all fly-fishing enthusiasts to share their passion for the sport. Next time you are looking for some local fishing expertise, hook up with the Gallatin Flycasters. For more information about the club, e-mail Nick or Camille, gallatinflycasters@gmail.com. —Lee Cook

BLUE & GOLD M S U N E W S tated by American Indian Research Opportunities (AIRO). Since 1980, AIRO has brought nearly 500 Native American students and teachers to MSU for six weeks during the summer. Students work hands-on in an MSU lab with a research mentor. “The Hughes grant allows us to continue providing a comprehensive college experience for Native American Undergraduate and precollege educahigh school students,” said Marjorie Old tion at Montana State University will Horn, director of the AIRO program. be strengthened thanks to a Howard “We help prepare them for college by Hughes Medical Institute grant. increasing their knowledge in math, MSU will use the $1.2 million, fourscience and engineering and cultural enrichment activities.” HUB will also work to instill an interest in science in pre-high school students by partially funding MSU’s Science Saturdays and Expanding Your Horizons programs for elementary and middle school students in Native American communities. “We want to recognize the real excellence of MSU undergraduates,” said Gwen Jacobs, the principal investigator and director of the Hughes Undergraduate Biology Program and professor of neuroscience at MSU. “We’ll get students in the lab earlier and they’ll have a chance to publish papers, attend national meetings and develop a set of skills that Anna Gerasimova, a 2009 participant in the compliments their academic experience Hughes Undergraduate Biology Program’s summer and better prepares them for graduate undergraduate research program, works on a project related to development of the embryonic nervous school, medical school or professional system in Christa Merzdorf’s lab. school.” year award to better integrate biomedical “MSU’s undergraduates are already curriculum, fund summer and academic- very high quality and this will give them year undergraduate research experieven more of a competitive advantage,” ences for MSU students and continue said Jacobs. the Montana Apprenticeship Program Interim Provost Joe Fedock said the Hughes grant means MSU can improve (MAP), which brings Native American high school students to MSU to help pre- the overall educational experience for students by creating the Hughes pare them for college. The funding will also be used to support Science Saturdays Biomedical Science Faculty group that will oversee biomedical education across and Expanding Your Horizons—MSU departments. programs that reach out to Native communities. “This award will significantly advance It is the third time MSU has received our curricular development efforts in biothe Hughes grant for research universimedical education at the undergraduate ties. This year MSU is one of 50 universi- level, to the great benefit of all our stuties nationwide to be awarded the highly dents, and will be a wonderful complecompetitive grant. ment to our renovation of Cooley Lab for One goal of the new grant is to conbiomedical research,” Fedock said. tinue funding the MAP program facili—Melynda Harrison

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A poem by Jim Ross, ‘40, written for his class reunion So let’s reflect a moment, offer our thanks, Wish well our classmates, who have left our ranks, Then trust that we’ ll be here once more For another meeting to tally the scores. As Sam Goodwyn once said: “We have passed a lot of water since then.” Across the stage and into the free went the senior class of MSC, ‘Twas 1940 and you know the rest, Was shouldered the load, we passed the test. The winds of war scattered us in its throes, We laughed at the voice of Tokyo Rose, We cheered Rosie the Riveter in her rage And wrote Herr Hitler’s final page. When times sedated and each found our niche, We settled in like the seven-year-itch; In everyday life we set the stage, We helped parent the baby-boomer age. We’ve flown the flag and voted too, And done what all good citizens do; Paid our way through good times and slow, Even helped this institution grow. Though at times they were sparse and few, We’ve seen it produce a ball team or two; But more importantly, we’ve seen it pen A Rhodes Scholar every now and then. But the years keep time and it doesn’t take long, With pates in molt, our wings less strong, We’ve passed the reins to the younger set, Now we lean back and hedge our bet. The porcupine has thrown some quills, And our ranks have thinned from numerous ills, But for those of us still hanging tough We wear our loyalty on our cuff. Yes, our coyote friends have whelped a few But the Good Lord’s hand keeps nursing us through, And for those of us still paying the bills We shrug off the aches and take our pills. So let’s reflect a moment, offer our thanks, Wish well our classmates, who have left our ranks, Then trust that we’ ll be here once more For another meeting to tally the score.

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Jaynee Drange M Groseth, president and CEO of the MSU Alumni Association, sat down with MSU President Waded Cruzado to discuss the importance of alumni, ways they can contribute to MSU and the N future of the university.

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Jaynee Groseth: Why are land-grant universities important?

JG: How can MSU alumni contribute to the university’s mission?

Waded Cruzado: I believe very passionately about the mission of the land-grant university because I have witnessed that it really transforms lives. It opens doors. It empowers people. Every day at land-grant universities, we show that access and excellence are not mutually exclusive terms. Land-grant universities contribute to social mobility and, therefore, strengthen American society.

WC: They are already contributing, and there are many more ways in which they can continue to be attached to their alma mater. Their participation in alumni events is absolutely essential. It conveys the message that life as a Bobcat doesn’t end when they graduate. They can also help us immensely by serving in advisory capacities. Finally, they can help us by becoming donors and benefactors, by making sure they provide more opportunities for future generations of students. And they can wear blue and gold and cheer on the ’Cats!

JG: What do you expect will be our biggest opportunities and challenges in the future? WC: We have many wonderful opportunities ahead of us. Needless to say, in times of economic difficulties, it’s always a good opportunity for us to reflect about our core mission. We will have great opportunities in the future in terms of student retention, distance education, and strengthening our research and graduate education programs. Montana State University is very proud about our record, and I still think there’s more that we can do. JG: What did you learn about MSU alumni on your Listening and Learning tour? WC: One thing that I was very impressed with is the level of loyalty and commitment alumni have for this institution. Wherever I go, people talk about MSU with fondness and share great memories— even individuals who did not complete their degrees here refer to MSU as their school. It’s evident we have done a great job throughout the state, and it’s evident that alumni want to remain engaged and make a difference.

JG: What is the importance of athletics at our university? WC: Athletics is important in the healthy life of an academic institution. In many ways, it’s the front porch to our university. It inspires a sense of identity, passion and competition. It also carries the message of excellence. When you see what our student

You are cordially invited to the Inauguration of Dr. Waded Cruzado The 12th President of Montana State University Friday, September 10, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. Strand Union Ballrooms Montana State University Bozeman, Montana Details on the Web at: www.montana.edu/ inauguration

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athletes are able to accomplish, and the number of hours they dedicate to practice, it is absolutely an inspiration to all of us. JG: How can we increase MSU’s visibility across the state? WC: One message that I received during my listening and learning sessions is that we need to toot our horn more and take advantage of our many wonderful accomplishments. People are listening, and they really want to learn more. We want to make sure we provide a wealth of information to our alumni and constituents. We will work very hard to do this. One step we are taking is to form a Blue and Gold Commission to study and advise me on ways to enhance our marketing efforts around the state and region. JG: What do you think about Spirit, our new Bobcat statue? WC: The Alumni Plaza is a wonderful place to gather. It’s a point of reunion in different ways. I see visitors, students and family members meeting there to talk and take photos. At graduation, new alumni pose in their caps and gowns next to Spirit. So, it’s a great point of convergence for all of us. JG: What is your charge to MSU alumni? WC: This is your school. It will always be your school. You’re always welcome here. We are very proud of you. You are the best ambassadors that Montana State University has. Please remain attached to your school. Keep us informed about your successes in the future, and come back! Stop by our offices for a cup of coffee. Let’s sit down, and let’s talk about the past and envision the future together.

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his year, Montana State University freshman Chase Rose will travel more than some statesmen and talk to more people than many professional speakers. Rose was elected central region vice president at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., in Oct. He was among six individuals selected from a field of 39 to hold national office. The National FFA Organization, formerly known as the Future Farmers of America, is a youth organization of 506,199 student members—all preparing for leadership and careers in the science, business and technology of agriculture. “It’s a blessing to be elected to this,” said Rose. “I owe my success to spending a lifetime in the FFA organization.” Fulfilling his position will require traveling more than 100,000 miles; meeting top leaders in business, government and education; visiting approximately 40 states; and participating in an international experience tour to Japan. His responsibilities will include providing personal growth and leadership training for students, setting policies that shape the future of FFA and promoting agricultural literacy. Getting selected as a national FFA officer was an intense process. Chase attended mock interviews around the country, met with FFA members and stakeholders in Texas and worked with the departments of agriculture and education in Helena to gain insight on agricultural issues. “It took months and months of preparation,” said Rose, the son of James, ’82 AgEd, and Catherine (Bandow) Rose, ’80 HHD, from Clyde Park, Mont. He first had to qualify on the state level to represent the Montana FFA associations. Next he submitted an application, detailing his accomplishments and contributions to

and flying have made deciding on a career tough. He already has a pilot’s license and hopes to become a commercial pilot, but he still thinks he might work for an agriculChase Rose, a MSU freshman, was recently elected ture company. central region vice president at the National FFA “I’ve met so many people through FFA Convention. (Photo courtesy of Chase Rose) that are in the ag industry that working in the community, along with an essay exag seems like a natural fit,” Rose said. plaining his desire to be elected to national While at Shields Valley High School, he office. was a member of the basketball and track Once at the convention he participated teams, student council, served as his FFA in five rounds of interviews, took an inchapter’s president and was president of his depth written test about FFA and agricul4-H chapter. In 2008 he was elected presitural education topics and completed two dent of the Montana FFA Association. writing exercises. As a member of FFA, Rose has stayed Rose is the seventh Montana FFA memactive, participating in three supervised ber to ever achieve a National FFA office agricultural experience (SAE) programs. and the first MSU student since Michael He has raised market hogs, worked in pest Stevenson, EX, now assistant vice president control, at an exclusive guest ranch and of development at MSU, held office in 1991. designed a Web site and started an Internet Other Montanans include Robert Stewart in sales division for Way Out West, a feed and 1933, Roy Dee Meyer, ’46 EX, in 1942, Bob Western wear store in Livingston, Mont. Barthelmess in 1943, Bill Michael in 1948 Rose also has many FFA awards under his and Pete Knudsen in 1954. belt, including being named Montana’s Star “Chase is a wonderful product of our in Agricultural Placement, first place in educational system here in Montana and the state agricultural sales career developwe can all be proud that our system is one ment event (CDE), second place in the state of the best in the nation,” said Bill Jimmerextemporaneous speaking CDE and a host son, state FFA advisor. of others throughout his FFA career. “He has a special ability to communicate In his new role with FFA, Rose will be responsible for motivating and inspiring and he always gives thanks to those who his fellow 500,000 FFA members. Rose have helped him along the way. He is proud hopes to build more education into FFA to be a student at Montana State University throughout the country and especially in and now, as a National FFA officer, MSU becomes a headline college wherever he goes.” urban areas. “I think the biggest issue facing agriculWhen your father is an FFA advisor and ture is sustainability and I think the key to agricultural education teacher, becoming sustainability is education,” Rose said. a leader in that organization seems like a He also wants to urge FFA members natural progression. to take advantage of opportunities such as “As far as I’m concerned, I’ve been in school sports, clubs and running for school FFA my whole life,” said Rose. Rose is majoring in agricultural business offices. “Don’t wish you had, but say you did,” at MSU and is pursuing a commercial aviaRose tells FFA members. tion license. His passions for agriculture

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Teaching skills form the backbone for a dynamic and robust career

BY A M Y ST I X

high school English teacher and a corporate Chief Operating Officer don’t appear to have much in common, careerwise. But in Kathleen Johnson’s, ‘93 Engl, case, that professional is one in the same. When Johnson graduated from MSU with a degree in English and a certificate in secondary school teaching, she looked to land a job in the Bozeman School District. But there were no openings for a high school English teacher, so the Missoula, Mont., native turned to substitute teaching—where she instructed everything from band classes to kindergarten. When the school year came to an end, Johnson needed another job, and took a summer “job coach” position with Reach, Inc., a Bozeman nonprofit that provides services to adults with disabilities. “My job was to find clients jobs in the community,” says Johnson. As part of that goal, she provided Reach clients with skills and job preparedness training, and then matched them with local businesses seeking contract employees. “I loved my work there,” she says.

Johnson loved it so much, in fact, that, “I stayed there six years. I never went back to teaching.” In a classroom, that is. As a business procurement specialist at Reach, Johnson found herself utilizing many of the skills she honed in her teacher training courses at MSU. Her student teaching days had shown her “how different every child is in the class. I learned how to articulate something in different styles and how to communicate with different people. You have to be adaptable and flexible.” Interfacing between her clients at Reach and the local business community revealed to Johnson how her communication skills could be applied to myriad professional scenarios, beyond a high school English class. One of those professional scenarios put Johnson firmly on the next leg of her career path. In 1999, Reach assigned her to work

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with the production manager and CEO from a growing pet products company, West Paw Design, which manufactures all of its environmentally friendly dog/cat toys and beds in Bozeman. As she connected West Paw with Reach clients to assist with the manufacturing of some new products, Johnson learned from company CEO Spencer Williams about his commitment to creating non-toxic pet products that utilize recycled materials and minimize waste. The sustainable business model intrigued her. One year later, Johnson joined West Paw Design as a production assistant, later stepping into the role of production manager. In those positions, she used even more skills acquired at MSU. “I had a lot to learn,” Johnson says. And although the English major and former teacher had never before stepped onto a production line, her “ability to research that what I don’t know”—sharpened from her student years researching education topics and creating

Kathleen Johnson, ’93, Chief Operating Officer for West Paw Design, in the company’s Bozeman facility.

lesson plans—helped her succeed. Johnson’s enthusiasm for seeking professional partnerships and mentoring also helped. As West Paw’s production manager, she turned to the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center at MSU for guidance. The Extension Center’s engineers—many of them MSU graduates—“filled that gap in my skills set. Thankfully, MSU has a fantastic engineering program,” enthuses Johnson. Today, West Paw Design employs 36 people in Bozeman and exports to 24 countries. The company recently doubled the size of its manufacturing facility, and in 2009, West Paw was named Montana’s Exporter of the Year. And Johnson continues “to do a whole lot of things” in her job as West Paw’s Chief Operating Officer, a position she has held since 2006. In that time, Johnson’s love of learning—and unabashed attitude about asking questions—has continued to serve her as she “learned a lot about run-

ning a business and finances.” Trial and error, and learning from one’s mistakes, is equally critical to taking on a new position, Johnson asserts, though she laughs, “I try to have my mistakes be new ones.” Her responsibilities as COO roll all of her prior positions—and more—into one very robust job. No day is ever the same. A position she describes as “the mortar between the bricks,” Johnson says, “My role is that people have the information they need and are talking to each other and working together as one big team.” Being a COO, she says, is about “getting constant information in front of people.” Ensuring that each West Paw Design department communicates effectively with each other means that Johnson flows between research and development, production, marketing, sales and accounting teams. Analyzing quantitative results - and projecting future numbers - for sales and inventory are key components of her com-

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munication role. “We’re a company that has lots of goals. Part of my job is to dig in with leaders of the teams to see what factors contribute or take away from profitability.” “There is really a lot of teaching in all the jobs I’ve had,” Johnson reflects, adding quickly that, “I don’t think of myself as a teacher who has all the answers. I enjoy bouncing ideas off each other and learning. We never finish the learning part of our jobs.” And though Johnson only took a few business classes at MSU, she credits her alma mater with imparting skills that have proven invaluable in the business world. And she uses those proficiencies in communication, networking, listening, critical thinking, writing and research not just in her day job, but also as a board member of Prospera Business Network, a Bozemanbased, nonprofit economic development organization. For Johnson, who says, “I’m a big believer in a well-rounded life,” her broad approach to learning—combined with years of hard work—has similarly translated into a well-rounded career.

keeping it in the family: Five generations of Parkers at MSU

BY E V E LY N B O S W E L L

When Kylie Parker attends her first class at Montana State University this fall, she’ll be the fifth generation of Parkers at MSU, the third generation majoring in engineering and the second generation living in the Quads. “For a lot of reasons, MSU has been a really good fit for our family,” said Kylie, the first Parker in the line who wasn’t named John. The Parker legacy began in 1910 when John Robert Parker, “J.R,” came to Bozeman to staff the new agricultural research laboratory at Montana State College. It continued with his son, John Phillips Parker, ‘34 Sci&Tech, ’37 Educ, ’51 Educ M, ’60 EdD; his grandson, John E. Parker, ‘66 ChE; his great-grandson, John Robert Parker, ‘90 ME; and his great-great granddaughter, Kylie.

Enrolling at MSU was completely her decision, Kylie said. She looked at the University of Washington quite a bit, but eventually chose MSU. Kylie’s father said he sat on his hands and tried to keep quiet while she made her decision, but “I was thrilled that MSU was the choice she made.” Kylie’s grandfather thinks it’s just wonderful. The Parkers have flourished in academia, and it appears the trend will continue. Kylie, a chemical engineering major, is in the MSU Honors Program. While a senior at Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Wash., she attended Eastern Washington University full time through the “Running Start” program. The program gave her simultaneous credit at the university and high school. Kylie’s father, John Robert Parker, was in the MSU honors program, and moved into the Quadrangle Honors dorms the first year they opened. He was a thirdgeneration member of Fangs, an honorary for sophomore men. Kylie’s grandfather, John E. Parker, enrolled at MSU on an academic scholarship. He was a member of Fangs and the SAE fraternity. He was vice president of the MSU Associated Students. Kylie’s great-grandfather, John Phillips Parker, belonged to Fangs. He was president of the Kappa

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Sigma fraternity, an ROTC cadet and manager of several athletic teams, including the Golden Bobcats. He was the official editor of the 1933 Montanan yearbook, which was hijacked and won national honors for its spoof on college life and icons. After teaching high school and serving in the military, he returned to Montana State as associate English professor. He eventually chaired the Department of English, Speech and Theatre. Kylie’s great-great grandfather was chief entomologist for the state’s research station attached to MSC. During his years with the state, he often taught entomology courses at MSC. He was one of the founders of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at MSC. Internationally recognized as an expert in grasshopper control, he was presented a Distinguished Service Medal by President Harry Truman. Kylie’s dad said some of his favorite college memories are visiting his grandparents every Sunday for dinner and laundry services. His grandmother still lives in Bozeman, so Kylie may have the same experience—minus the laundry. Margaret Parker, who used to be an MSU secretary in chemical engineering, now lives in Aspen Pointe, a retirement home that overlooks Bozeman and the MSU campus. TOP: The “first” John Robert Parker, “JR;” (L to R) John Robert Parker, John Phillips Parker and John E. Parker; BOTTOM: Kylie Parker, John Phillips Parker. (Photos courtesy Parker family.)

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2010 Satellite Parties

The MSU Alumni Association, in conjunction with the UM Alumni Association, is very proud to present these terrific events reaching across the country, capturing loyal and spirited Bobcat fans in party mode. Here lists the states and cities where satellite parties have been planned with an MSU alumni volunteer in the area. Please visit the Alumni Association Web site for specific party location details and updates. Estimated cost to bring the game to some 80 locations nationwide is about $20,000. We ask that attendees make a $5 contribution at the door, which party coordinators will then send to the Alumni Associations. This helps us greatly in meeting costs and to continue bringing the parties across the country.

Visit alumni.montana.edu/events/ catgriz for more info. Contact Kerry Hanson in the MSU Alumni Office if you have questions. Go Cats!

ALASKA: Anchorage • Fairbanks • Juneau ARIZONA: Scottsdale • Peoria • Tucson Yuma • Flagstaff* ARKANSAS: Little Rock* CALIFORNIA: Fresno • Los Angeles– Culver City • Orange County-Rancho Santa Margarita • Palm Desert–La Quinta • Sacramento–Fair Oaks • San Diego • San Francisco • East Bay–San Leandro • North Bay–San Rafael area COLORADO: Colorado Springs • Denver • Fort Collins TBD* • Grand Junction CONNECTICUT: New Haven FLORIDA: Pensacola • The Villages GEORGIA: Atlanta–Alpharetta HAWAII: Oahu IDAHO: Boise • Idaho Falls • Twin Falls ILLINOIS: Chicago–Schaumburg • Chicago–City

Saturday, November 20, 2010 12:05 MST Kickoff in Missoula

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110th Rivalry Meeting INDIANA: Indianapolis KANSAS/MISSOURI: Kansas City–Overland Park LOUISIANA: Monroe MASSACHUSETTS: Salisbury MICHIGAN: Detroit Area–Utica MINNESOTA: Minneapolis– Mendota MISSOURI: St. Louis NEBRASKA: Omaha NEVADA: Carson City–Dayton • Las Vegas • Reno • Mesquite • Elko TBD NEW MEXICO: Albuquerque NEW YORK: New York City NORTH CAROLINA: Charlotte • Raleigh/Durham NORTH DAKOTA: Bismarck • Fargo OHIO: Cincinnati–West Chester OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma City OREGON: Bend • Portland • Salem/ Keizer* PENNSYLVANIA: Allentown • Pittsburgh • Philadelphia TENNESSEE: Nashville TEXAS: Austin • Dallas–Richardson •

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Houston • Amarillo UTAH: Salt Lake City WASHINGTON: Olympia–Lacey* • Bellingham • Seattle–Renton • Spokane • Tri-Cities–Richland* • Spokane Valley* Yakima WASHINGTON, D.C.: Arlington, Va. WEST VIRGINIA: Morgantown* WISCONSIN: Madison • Milwaukee WYOMING: Casper* • Gillette* • Sheridan Thank you to the fantastic Bobcat volunteers who help us with our Cat/ Griz efforts. Kickoff time is subject to change. *Indicates locations where a Bobcat volunteer is needed. E-mail Kerry Hanson at kshanson@montana.edu to volunteer. The “Can-the-Griz” food drive is held on campus in the weeks preceding the game. The Bobcats have won this competition since its inception.

Traveling to Turkey to coach football BY CHR IS S Y M E

Montana State football players Joe Schreibeis, ’10 CE, and current students Tanner Ripley and Caleb Schreibeis do not consider themselves ambassadors, but over spring break, that’s exactly what they became—MSU football ambassadors to Turkey. The trio traveled to Turkey in March to spend eight days in Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a coaching staff working with a local football team, the Istanbul Cavaliers. They were part of a group that included six former and current players from the University of Texas and Tunch Ilkin, a former Pittsburgh Steelers NFL pro-bowler who hails from Turkey. The group worked with university students and local coaches for a six-day camp. Schreibeis first visited Turkey last summer on a trip with some university students and made friends with one of the local coaches of the university team. The coach, an American originally from Texas, contacted Schreibeis about coming back in the spring to help staff a camp. Turkish football has a long season—up to 11 months a year. Teams aren’t able to coordinate a schedule where they can play every week so there can be a break of two or more weeks between games. University teams are mixed in a league with club teams so the equipment discrepancy can be great from team to team. “Some of the teams have backing of a university and some don’t,” Ripley said. “The team that we worked with had pretty good equipment considering, but the league is trying to work on a way to maybe get some used equipment from American teams. Football over there is really in its infancy, so they are still organizing at many levels,” he said.

Ripley talked about the dedication of the Turkish players. “We practiced everyday when we were over there, but that’s a real rarity,” Ripley said. “I think some of the guys were really tired after the camp.” “Some of them work all day,” Ripley said. “And over there, the younger guys have the really tough hard labor jobs with lots of hours. They were already tired when they got there. I’m just amazed at the passion they had for the game and how dedicated they were.” Even though tackle football is not very popular with the Turkish masses, the players and few fans are dedicated. The Istanbul Cavaliers have been a team for 14 years, and one of the captains of the team has played on the team all 14 years. “Quarterbacks are really hard to come by over there,” Joe Schreibeis said. “They don’t grow up playing any games that include overhand throwing—all their games revolve around footwork or underhand tossing.” “The guys on the team range in age from 16 to 30,” Ripley said. “It’s interesting to see those ages together—you’d never see that over here.” The schedule for the three included rising early in the morning for coaching staff meetings to plan the day and then spending time on the university campus building relationships. Then, the coaches and players would make their way across town for evening practice. “We didn’t start camp until 9:00 at night,” Caleb Schrebeis said. “So it was some pretty late nights. It took us about 45

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Joe Schreibeis (left) with Istanbul Cavalier player.

minutes to get there from where we were staying, so we didn’t get much sleep.” Comparatively speaking, the three agreed the level of play is akin to a high school junior varsity level here. The short age of coaches and lack of support for football nationally is a hurdle to high skill at this point. “Quarterbacks are really hard to come by over there,” Joe Schreibeis said. “They don’t grow up playing any games that include overhand throwing—all their games revolve around footwork or underhand tossing. So, the catching and throwing part of basic skills needs a lot of developing. Their tackling methods are kind of unorthodox as well, but they are learning. There’s no football program for young kids, so by the time they get to the university age, they have some technique problems.” Do Schreibeis want to go back? “I may explore going back to Turkey,” Schreibeis said. “They aren’t a lot of opportunities here right now in engineering, and I’m thinking about going over there for a year or two to coach. I always said I’d never coach football, but going over there it’s different. It’s fun to see how excited they get about something as simple as learning to block a punt. There’s a real satisfaction in helping them reach a level of excitement about learning the game.”

Top: Carol Snider beside the Carnegie Hall program poster. Bottom: Carol Snider with Gary Mabry, former MSU music professor, currently on the voice faculty at the University of Texas-San Antonio.

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Try Facebook BY M A RJOR I E SM IT H

When the Great Recession obliterated her job in January 2009, Carol Snider, ‘92 Music, of Eugene, Ore., followed the advice of her tech-savvy son: she began to network online. She joined Facebook and, as she searched for friends and acquaintances from her past, she came across one of her favorite professors, Gary Mabry, who taught vocal music at MSU from 1988 to 1991. Mabry, who is now on the voice faculty at the University of Texas-San Antonio, not only accepted Snider’s offer of Facebook friendship, but on April 1 he invited her to participate in his next gig: in March 2010, he was taking the UTSA alumni choir to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York City. “Of course, at first I thought it was an April Fool’s joke,” Snider says. “When I found out it was for real, I had to make a decision. I’d have to pay my own way to New York. I’d lost my job, the economy was in trouble, and although I sing whenever I can at retirement homes or funerals and with the Eugene Concert Choir, I’ve made my living for years in the medical field.” (Snider is currently an office manager for the Advanced Wound Healing Center in Eugene.) “My husband, Mike, and I talked about it. Our 25th wedding an-

Bobcat Spirit Photo Contest

Spring 2010 Thanks to all our friends and fans who submitted photos for the Bobcat Spirit Photo contest. This year’s contest generated submissions from Bobcat Stadium, Belize, Show us your Bobcat Spirit. MSU Chicago, announces theCozumel Springand Grand Cayman Islands. Below 2010 is a selection the entries. view afor slideshow thealumni winners and other entries at: photoofcontest. We You arecan looking imagesof of www.montana.edu/bobcatspirit. ThankMontana you for yourState submissions and your and friends wearing University and help promoting Montana State gear. Sendcommunity us photos University and Bobcat the Bobcats in your andofonyour your family travels. and If youfriends have a great photo of yourself, Bobcat gear on vacation, at ithome, work, or at play. your friends or in family wearing Bobcat gear, submit to Julieat Kipfer (jkipfer@montana.edu).

Categories include: ••Most•Exotic•Locale—How far did your Bobcat gear travel? ••Bobcats•at•Work—Display your pride where you work or volunteer. ••Most•Creative—Judges’ discretion. One winner in each category will receive a $100 gift certificate to the MSU Bookstore. Prizes will be awarded April 30. Deadline for entries is April 15th and prizes will be Collegian awarded April 30. Select entries will be posted on

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niversary would be in November, and we decided a trip to New York a few months later would be the perfect celebration.” And so on March 14 Snider made her Carnegie Hall debut, along with a few hundred other singers. “We spent most of Friday and Saturday that week rehearsing with the large choral ensemble that was the headliner for the event,” Snider says. That performance, by the New England Symphonic Ensemble and choirs from California, Texas, Indiana, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, Washington and Wisconsin, was conducted by the famous American choral composer John Rutter. “The UTSA group was one of the opening acts—we sang six or eight numbers that morning.” The centerpiece of the larger concert was Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, and Snider found the experience of being a part of the huge choir inspiring. “It was wonderful to spend that much time rehearsing with John Rutter,” she says. “But on Sunday, when we were actually in Carnegie Hall—that took my breath away!” “Gary says he might try to bring a group to Carnegie Hall every five years,” Snider says. “I told him count me in, but next time, I want a solo line.”

HOMECOMING 2010 Homecoming is a GREAT time to come back to campus and Bozeman. Make plans now, call your friends and “come home” for Homecoming.

Calendar of Events Thursday, October 7 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Stop by the Alumni Center (1501 So. 11th) to pick up your Homecoming schedule of events. Browse through yearbooks, enjoy the hospitality and visit for awhile. 8 p.m. Blue & Gold Ball at the Baxter Hotel ballroom, downtown Bozeman. Organized by the Student Alumni Association. 9 p.m. “Go Cats” Lighting at Residence Halls. See Hedges residents spell out Go Cats on the high rise halls —a great sight.

Friday, October 8 Blue & Gold Friday

8 a.m.–9 p.m. Visit the Alumni Center until 5:00 p.m. Come look at Montanan yearbooks and have a cookie and coffee. Relax and reminisce “at home.” All day “Hello Walk” Stroll the campus Centennial Mall and say hello to fellow alumni and current students and enjoy Homecoming Friday. Visit the Bookstore and load up on Bobcat gear! All day Coffee Cats Renne Library staff invite you to have coffee at the

For more information, and to register for Homecoming events, visit the MSU Alumni Association Web site at alumni.montana.edu or call us at 1-800-842-9028.

October 7-9, 2010

beautiful academic center of campus. Coupons for Brewed Awakening at the Alumni Center. 10:15–11:15 a.m. Campus Tour led by an MSU AdvoCat. Meet at Ask-Us Desk in the SUB. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. M-Day Hike to the M on Mount Baldy, established by the class of 1918. The first 100 climbers to the M get a T-shirt to commemorate their Homecoming hike. Sponsored by First Year Initiative (FYI), the MSU Alumni Association and the Vice President for Administration and Finance. 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. President’s Homecoming Luncheon and Alumni Awards Ceremony. President Waded Cruzado’s inaugural Homecoming luncheon as 12th president, with special recognition of and awarding the recipients of the prestigious Blue and Gold Award and the Alumni Achievement Award. $18/person. Hannon Hall Dining Room. Parking at and shuttle service available from Bobcat Stadium. 2–3 p.m. Stop by Alumni Plaza for a special gift from the Alumni Association 2:30–4 p.m. Museum of the Rockies See this awesome jewel of campus and the newest exhibit. $9/person.

3–5 p.m.

Saturday, October 9

MSU Historic Buildings Tour Hosted by the City of Bozeman Historic Preservation department. Park and meet at the Alumni Center to begin the tour.

Bobcat Saturday (Wear your Blue and Gold) Streamline bus will be providing FREE transportation from campus to the parade and back to the stadium.

6–9 p.m. **NEW** Alumni Homecoming Social on campus. SUB Ballroom A. Come one, come all as we bring the party to campus. No host bar.

8 a.m. Bobcat Breakfast The Pour House, downtown Bozeman (corner of Rouse and Main). $10 at the door. Start your day off with some serious spirit!

6:30 p.m. Homecoming Pep Rally. Downtown Bozeman, between the Cannery and Ted’s Montana Grill. Sponsored by the Downtown Bozeman Association.

10 a.m. Homecoming Parade Stake out a prime spot early to join in the celebration of this long-lasting tradition down Main Street. If you are interested in participating in the parade, contact the student Homecoming Chair through ASMSU at 406-994-2933.

7 p.m. on… Homecoming “Downtown Friday Night” Join the crowd downtown and come see all that Bozeman has to offer for Homecoming weekend. Homecoming HQ at The Pour House. 8 p.m. Midnight Mania MSU students join in this excitement-filled traditional Homecoming event as tournaments, pizza wars and lots of activity provide on-campus fun for current students. Fieldhouse. 9 p.m. Lighting of the M on Mount Baldy by the Student Alumni Association.

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HOMECOMING 2010

11:30 a.m. Alumni Reunions Alumni Tailgate Party and Gatherings Whoop it up Montana State style in the tailgate tent before the Chi Omega (XΩ) 90th game. This is a spirit-packed traAnniversary Reunion dition for everybody and a great Contact: Emily Knodle, ’05 place to gather your group. FREE 701-840-2233 emily.knodle@gmail.com 1:35 p.m. Jodi (Hoines) Peretti ’82 Bobcats vs. Portland State 406-494-4376 Cheer the Bobcats on to victory. peretti@in-tch.com Crowning of 2010 Homecoming King and Queen and the fabulous Spirit of the West Marching Band. $28 game ticket reserved/$10 end zone. Registration is available online. Homecoming packets/ tickets will be available for pick up beginning October 7. Reunion group game tickets through Alumni Association. Individual tickets call 406994-CATS.

Go to alumni.montana.edu or call 1-800-842-9028.

Lambda Chi Alpha (ΛΧΑ) Fraternity Reunion—all years Contact: Curt Zygmond, ’87, 406896-8781 zygmondc@yahoo.com Friday, October 8 ••8 p.m. Meet downtown at The Pour House

Friday, October 8 ••4-6 p.m.—Open House at Chi Omega chapter house 405 W. Garfield Saturday, October 9 ••10 a.m.—MSU Homecoming Parade (Main Street) ••11:30 a.m.—Pre-game tailgate (at the Alumni Association tailgate tent) ••1:35 p.m.—Bobcats vs. Portland State (game tickets through the Alumni Association) ••7 p.m.—90th Anniversary Celebration Dinner Sunday, October 10 ••11 a.m.—Alumnae Homecoming Brunch at the chapter house, Garfield St.

Saturday, October 9 ••9:30 a.m. Meet at Bagelworks on Main Street (next to the Scoop) ••11:30 a.m. Tailgate at the Alumni Association tent ••1:35 p.m. Game (tickets through the Alumni Association)

Rho House Corporation Meeting & Officer Elections at the chapter house ••3:30–5 p.m. Advisor meeting at Beta Rho House ••5:30–10 p.m. Cocktail reception and dinner at the chapter house Saturday, October 9 ••12:30–1:35 p.m. Friends of ΣΣΧ Tailgate, northwest side of Bobcat Stadium (look for the ΣΧ flag) ••1:35–5 p.m. Football Game vs. Portland State, Go Cats! (tickets through the Alumni Association)

Alpha Omicron Pi (ΑΟΠ) Alumnae Contact: Nicolle Altringer, Alumnae Relations officer thenicklenator@hotmail.com

Sigma Nu Fraternity (ΣΝ) Alumnae Join in the excitement of bringing our chapter back to MSU.

Sunday, October 10 ••10 a.m. Alumnae Ritual and Homecoming Brunch (spouses/families welcome to brunch) at the chapter house, 1119 S. 5th

Saturday, October 9 ••11:30 a.m. Gather at MSU Alumni Tailgate ••1:35 p.m. Game (tickets through the Alumni Association)

Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) Fraternity

Visit www.bobcatsigs.org to obtain the latest schedule.

Friday, October 8 ••2–3:30 p.m. Annual Beta

MSU Alumni Staff With the new MSU campus icon, “Spirit,” as a backdrop, the Alumni Association staff, (L to R) Jennifer Anderson, Rose Hanson, Kerry Hanson, Jennifer Ward, Jaynee Groseth and Megan Walthall, are dedicated to keeping alumni connected to their alma mater.

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HOMECOMING 2010 Homecoming Awards Ceremony Honors Outstanding Alumni Four outstanding Montana State alumni will be honored during Homecoming, and we invite you to be part of the celebration and recognition. All alumni as well as the public are invited to the President’s Homecoming Luncheon and Alumni Awards Ceremony on Homecoming Friday, Oct. 8, beginning at 11:30 a.m. in Hannon Hall.

2010 recipients of the Blue & Gold Award Tom, ’63 IArt & Tech, and Celia (Smith) O’Connor, ’63 Math, have been actively involved with MSU since their student days in the early 1960s. In addition to their degrees from MSU, Tom later earned an MBA from Memphis State University, and Celia subsequently earned a graduate degree in computer science and statistics from Texas A&I. They were married in MSU’s Danforth Chapel the day after graduating from then MSC. After graduation, Tom began an honorable 26-year career with the Navy. Celia established a career in teaching and working with software engineering companies providing technology and computer engineering solutions to government and private industry. After raising two sons and retiring from their careers, Tom and Celia returned to the Gallatin Valley in 1997. Both have been actively involved in their commitment to MSU by giving their time and financial support to the MSU Libraries, MSU Athletics, MSU Alumni Association, Museum of the Rockies and Sigma Nu Fraternity. Their community support is equally impressive. They have been actively involved with Kiwanis, American Red Cross, Gallatin Valley Air Shows, P.E.O. and the Gallatin Gateway School Board. They have also given countless hours to the Warriors and Quiet Waters nonprofit organization whose mission is to employ the therapeutic qualities of fly fishing in Montana to help heal traumatically

wounded veterans. They truly are an amazing couple whose passion has always been, and continues to be, making a difference in individual lives, their alma mater, their community, their country and their world. Dave Johnson, ‘67 CE, ‘68 CE M. Blue and Gold seems to describe Dave best. He has a passion for Montana and MSU that is honestly awe inspiring. After graduation, Dave was employed by Continental Oil Company for 13 years in Utah, Oklahoma, Texas and Montana. In 1981 he was offered a promotion with a move to Houston, Texas. He declined the promotion because he loved Montana and wanted to raise his family in the state. He was offered a job with the Montana Power Company, where he stayed until he retired in 2002, after serving 18 years as vice president over several groups within MPC, now NorthWestern Energy, and retired as a vice president. He served on various industry boards associated with Conoco and MPC throughout his career. He has also been very active within his community serving as a member and past president of the Butte YMCA; a member and board member of the Butte Exchange Club, Flathead Valley Pachyderm clubs; and was active with Diabetes Awareness; and youth soccer and baseball clubs. Dave’s commitment to MSU is apparent by his involvement in the following: 30-year member of the Bobcat Booster Club; past president of the MSU Statewide Bobcat Advisory Board; cofounder of the Butte Booster Club; Butte Steer-a-Year Syndicate; and Butte Quarterback Club; cofounder of the Butte Cat-Griz Golf Tournament; a member of the Flathead Valley Quarterback Club; season ticket holder for football and basketball since 1980; a member of the MSU Alumni Association Board of Directors for 13 years serving as the treasurer and president; and the MSU Alumni Association representative to the MSU Foundation Board. He and his wife, Pat, have also established the Johnson Family Summer 2010 | 27

Endowment for MSU, which divides funds between the School of Engineering and MSU Alumni Association. Dave’s latest endeavor has been serving as the lead project manager in the Spirit and Alumni Plaza project. Now that Spirit and the Alumni Plaza are a reality, it is almost certain he will find another MSU cause to continue his passion for the university. He is without a doubt one of MSU’s greatest supporters giving of his time, talent and treasure.

2010 recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award Chuck Karnop, ‘63 SecEd, ‘67 Zool M. It is fair to say that Chuck Karnop’s life pursuit has been Montana State University. The Harlowton, Mont., native served as MSU’s head athletic trainer (1968-2002)during two national championships and nine Big Sky Championships in football, five Big Sky basketball titles, and many national rodeo championships. Former Bobcat football player and assistant coach Joe Tiller, who gained fame and success as head coach at Wyoming and Purdue, called Karnop a “great ambassador for Montana State…He certainly doesn’t have a vocation, but rather an avocation to Montana State University.” Karnop may be best known for his ability and willingness to successfully counsel Bobcat student-athletes. “He served as a sounding board and counselor for countless number of players and coaches, and his commitment to the athletes and to this school is something that he has been able to pass on to many, many people,” said MSU Associate Athletic Director Dan Davies, who played football at MSU during Karnop’s long career. Ginny Hunt, MSU’s first full time women’s athletic director, credits Chuck Karnop for his role in advancing women’s athletics into a prominent position at MSU.

Skills learned in classroom help Haiti’s orphans “We try to help as many kids as we can, but if we have to choose which ones to give our attention, it’s ultimately the ones who need us the most.”

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A Montana State University alumnus is using the skills he acquired as a student in the College of Business to help some of Haiti’s neediest people. Ryan Rickert, ‘06 BusMkt, is working to raise $119,000 to build a housing complex for orphans in Haiti through a nonprofit organization. Mission Haiti, a Christian-based nonprofit, works to provide housing and education for Haitian orphans and is run entirely by volunteers. Rickert says he feels passionate about the cause. Many of the orphans he has met, whose parents have died from violence or illness, need help and education to succeed and stay away from gangs, he said. Some of them have been rescued after being sold into slavery or sex slavery, and some need medical attention. Mission Haiti hopes to build five houses, along with a central kitchen area, two bathhouses and a playground, on a two-acre property it owns on the southwest coast of Haiti. The complex could then house between 50 and 60 orphans, Rickert said. Mission Haiti also raises money for education, and Rickert said it takes only $50 dollars to put one child through school for a year. “We try to help as many kids as we can,

but if we have to choose which ones to give our attention, it’s ultimately the ones who need us the most,” Rickert said. Rickert already has experience seeking donations for causes in Haiti. Soon after a massive earthquake hit Haiti last January, Rickert said he rounded up a thousand blankets, 200 tents, 500 hygiene kits, 1,000 10-day prescriptions of amoxicillin to be used to fight infection, and a private jet to transport a group of relief workers. Ryan Rickert works to improve the lives of Haiti’s orphans. (Photos He says his College of Business courtesy Ryan Rickert.) education is helping him in his quest for donations. the organization’s founders live. “I’ve been able to use the things I In addition to volunteering with Mislearned through the College of Business, sion Haiti, Rickert is vice president/genespecially marketing and advertising, and eral manager of the Sioux Falls Storm, a apply it to this,” Rickert said. “It comes professional indoor football team, and he down to cold-calling a lot of people for doalso plays the drums in Nick Rallis Band, a nations, and my foundation in the College band that he manages. of Business really helped.” For more information on Mission Haiti, Rickert has traveled to Haiti twice in the visit www.mission-haiti.org. last year, and he has two more trips planned for August and November. A Sioux Falls, S.D., native, Rickert learned about Mission Haiti through friends in Sioux Falls, where

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Alumni Profile: Keith Moore tapped to lead BIE BY C A ROL SCH M IDT

Keith O. Moore, ‘09 Educ Spec, who earned his Education Specialist advanced degree at Montana State University in December ‘09, has been appointed director of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Moore, an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, was appointed to the national post by Larry Echo Hawk, assistant secretary of U.S. Indian Affairs, a division of the Office of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Moore began his duties in Washington, D.C. on June 1. Moore said chief among his duties is to oversee BIE schools throughout the nation. He said that the work and contacts he made while working for his MSU degree will be valuable in his new position. He picked the degree program through MSU’s Indian Leadership Education and Development (I LEAD) Project, which allows Indian educators to study for advanced degrees through computer-based distance education as well as summer classes on campus. “I really appreciated the opportunity at MSU to research and write and develop ideas about Indian student issues,” Moore said. “There were 60 Natives working on getting degrees, so it was a great opportunity to network with other individuals and discuss our experiences, papers and projects.

Tribal School in Busby), Moore said the Moore has stepped up the ladder from BIE impacts all Native students, whether local to state to higher education and then they attend a BIE school or not. national responsibilities in Indian educa“Ninety-two percent of our (Native) tion. He graduated from Northern State students are in public schools, yet kids cross University in Aberdeen, S.D., and started over between public and BIE schools all the his career as a coach and secondary school time,” Moore said. “We teacher. Before he was can’t ignore that issue.” nominated as the BIE He added he already director, Moore was the has learned that “working Chief Diversity Officer on national BIE issues is at the University of a benefit to all states with South Dakota. Prior to strong native populations, that, he was the direcwhich Montana defitor of the South Dakota Office of Indian Educanitely has.” He particularly praised the opportunity to tion from 2005-2009. work with educators such In his new position, Moore will oversee an as Denise Juneau, ’93 Engl, Montana Superinorganization that opertendent of Public Schools, ates the federal school who is a member of the system for American Keith Moore (Photo courtesy of BIE) Mandan and Hidatsa Indian and Alaska tribes. Native children from federally recognized Moore said his appointment was unextribes. The BIE implements federal edupected, but he is deeply honored to be of cation laws, such as the No Child Left service to Native students nationwide. Behind Act, and provides funding to 183 “I want to thank Assistant Secretary elementary and secondary day and boardEcho Hawk for his confidence and to affirm ing schools and dormitories located on 64 my commitment to carry out the BIE’s reservations in 23 states and serving apmission to provide quality education opproximately 42,000 students. portunities for American Indian and Alaska Although the BIE population in Montana is small (there is a Northern Cheyenne Natives,” Moore said.

Veterans’ Hatch Matcher Gallery

Fly fishermen in the Northern Rockies can now compare flies used for flyfishing with the insects that inspired them as a result of the combined efforts of retired MSU entomologist George Roemhild, ’54 Ent M, ’61 Ent PhD, and Bud Lilly, ’48 GenStu, ’01 HonDoc, left, an MSU graduate who is recognized as one of the pioneers in the sport of flyfishing. The two created the Veterans’ Hatch Matcher Gallery, a traveling display featuring Roemhild’s drawings of “super hatch” insects, such as salmon flies and stone flies. The drawings are paired with photos of the hatches and flies tied by some of the best fly tiers in the world to replicate the actual insects. The traveling gallery is now on display through August at Bozeman’s Grantree Inn meeting area lobby. It will be moved to the International Federation of Fly Fishers annual meeting in West Yellowstone before finding a permanent home at the new Veterans Fishing Park on the banks of the Gallatin River in Logan, Mont. Lilly, who graduated from MSU in 1948 with a degree in applied science, also received an honorary doctorate from the university in 2001 and is the namesake for the Bud Lilly Trout and Salmonid Collection at MSU’s Renne Library.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO Dear Friends, It is summertime in the beautiful Gallatin Valley, one of my favorite times of year. Alumni traveling to or through Bozeman are stopping in the Alumni Office to visit. This issue of the Collegian is sent to all 78,000 Montana State University alumni. I hope you enjoy its contents and find things that make you proud, bring back a memory or persuade you to visit your campus. The Collegian is published three times a year. Two beautiful issues per year are sent to members of the Alumni Association. So, if you are not receiving three issues, you will want to join. Your dues help support the Alumni Association’s efforts to advance Montana State University. We are the largest Alumni Association in the Big Sky Conference, with a goal of being the largest in the Northwest. You joining will help us meet that goal. The Alumni Association Board of Directors spent a day and a half on campus dedicated to their responsibilities of general and fiscal oversight of the association. Reports of alumni engagement, recruitment of students, scholarship awards, Collegian editions, new and renewed membership and Internet activity were all positive. It is great to be surrounded by alumni who love their university and actively support it. Look at the Calendar of Events, watch your mail and think about traveling with the association. The more you know about Montana State, the more you want to become involved. Every corner of the campus shows amazing accomplishments by our faculty and students; every student activity and organization is charged with energy due to the amazing students involved as well as our alumni. The Alumni Association is your lifetime connection to Montana State. We are here for you and look forward to hearing from or seeing you somewhere along the way. This fall we anticipate a record number of students enrolled at Montana State. Our student athletes show promise of giving our alumni fans a great time. We look forward to the Alumni Association Member Tailgate, the first football game of the year, Homecoming and our fall travel schedule visiting alumni. I encourage you to show “Intentional Pride” in your university. What does Intentional Pride mean? Wearing blue and gold or Montana State gear intentionally. Making the effort to get an MSU License plate or decal for your car. Come to campus and bring your family and friends. Let others know that you are Proud to be a Bobcat! The results of Intentional Pride will be that visible image of MSU’s reach and the respect for and pride you show for your alma mater. If you are not a member, take a few minutes and make that commitment. It is only $45 for a single annual membership. Add your name to the thousands of alumni who are members and enjoy the benefits. When in Bozeman, stop by the Alumni Office. We are located on 11th Street, across from the Fieldhouse. There is always a soft drink, a cup of coffee and a friendly greeting waiting for you. I hope to see you soon.

Jaynee Drange Groseth, ‘73, ‘91 President and CEO Montana State University Alumni Association P.S. As I close, the carillons on Montana Hall are ringing. The sound of the bells has graced our campus for years. MSU continues to advance as a major university in Montana and the mountain west, but some things never change. The carillons are one.

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Alumni Calendar of Events August 21

Bobcat Club Family Fun Day

Bozeman

August 25

MSU Move-In Day

Bozeman

August 30

Fall Semester Begins

Bozeman

August 30

Fraternity Recruitment Begins

Bozeman

August 31

MSU/Bozeman Chamber/Bobcat Football Turf Party

Bozeman

Sept. 3

“The Legend of the Bobcat,” new student event on campus

Bozeman

Sept. 3–5

’79-’81 Chem Engineering Reunion (contact jim.hoepfer@esterline.com)

Bozeman

Sept. 4

MSU Alumni Association Member Tailgate at Bobcat Stadium

Bozeman

Sept. 4

MSU Football vs. Ft. Lewis—GOLD RUSH—1:05 pm

Bozeman

Sept. 8

Freshmen Convocation—Brick Breeden Fieldhouse

Bozeman

Sept. 9-10

President Waded Cruzado’s Inauguration Events

Bozeman

Sept. 10

Bobcat Friday Night in Spokane—Heroes & Legends downtown

Spokane, Wash.

Sept. 11

MSU Tailgate @ Washington State

Pullman, Wash.

Sept. 11

MSU Football vs. Washington State, time TBA

Pullman, Wash.

Sept. 13

Sorority Recruitment Begins

Bozeman

Sept. 16–19

MSU AFROTC Reunion (contact Andy Roche at mtsandpiper@yahoo.com)

Sept. 18

MSU Football vs. Drake —1:05 pm

Bozeman

Sept. 25

MSU Football vs. Eastern Washington—1:05 pm

Bozeman

Oct. 2

Bobcat Tailgate @ Sacramento State

Sacramento, Calif.

Oct. 2

MSU Football @ Sacramento State—6:05 pm

Sacramento, Calif.

Oct. 7-9

HOMECOMING at MSU (See pages 25-26)

Bozeman

Oct. 8

Homecoming President’s Luncheon, Alumni Awards Recognition—11:30 am

Bozeman

Oct. 8

Homecoming Friday Night at the SUB—6 pm

Bozeman

Oct. 9

Homecoming Alumni Tailgate Party at Bobcat Stadium—11:30 am

Bozeman

Oct. 9

MSU Football vs. Portland State—1:35 pm

Bozeman

Oct. 16

Bobcat Tailgate @ Northern Arizona

Flagstaff, Ariz.

Oct. 16

MSU Football @ NAU—3:05 pm

Flagstaff, Ariz.

Oct. 22-24

MSU Parent/Family Weekend on campus

Bozeman

Oct. 23

MSU Football vs. Northern Colorado—1:05 pm

Bozeman

Oct. 30

Bobcat Tailgate @ Idaho State

Pocatello, Ida.

Oct. 30

MSU Football @ Idaho State—1:35 pm

Pocatello, Ida.

Nov. 6

MSU Football vs. Weber State—12:05 pm

Bozeman

Nov. 18

Bobcat Pep Rally in Downtown Bozeman

Bozeman

Nov. 19

Bobcat Friday Night in Missoula

Missoula

Nov. 20

Bobcat Tailgate @ UM

Missoula

Nov. 20

Cat/Griz Football @ UM—12:05 pm

Missoula

Nov. 20

MSU Football vs. University of Montana

Missoula

Nov. 20

Cat/Griz Satellite Parties around the country (see pg. 22)

Dec. 2

Montana Grain Growers Alumni Social

Great Falls

Dec. 9

Montana Stock Growers Alumni Social

Billings

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Please watch the events calendar online at alumni.montana.edu for updated events throughout the year.

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French Alps and Provence May 22–31 $3595

2010 MSU Alumni Association Adventure and Educational Travel All prices listed are lead-in pricing per traveler; some trips include airfare from designated departure cities. For more information on specific trips, visit our Web site: alumni.montana.edu/resources/travel

Naturally New Zealand Feb. 6–15 $2279

Discover the scenic beauty of New Zealand. Adventure includes Christchurch, journeying through the alpine scenery of Mount Cook National Park and spectacular views of New Zealand’s Southern Alps on the way to Queenstown and Fiordland National Park. Cruise on Lake Wakatipu on board a vintage steamship, fly to the center of Maori culture, Roturua, for a traditional Hangi dinner and Maori concert. Conclude your vacation in Auckland. Superior hotel accommodations. Offered by Globus.

Samba Rhythms

March 2–15 $3299 (includes airfare from select cities) Twelve nights onboard Oceania Cruises’ Insignia cruising to historic and scenic ports of call. Ride the cog railway through dense forest to Corcovado and visit the Botanical Gardens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Explore Ilha Grande, an island of forests and wildlife, hiking, kayaking and gorgeous beaches. Explore Parati, a historic town with beautifully preserved Portuguese colonial architecture, narrow streets and exquisite churches. Spend the day in chic beach resort Punta Del Este, Uruguay, then onto the charming cosmopolitan city of parks in Montevideo, Uruguay. Sailing concludes in the elegant city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, with its tranquil surroundings through the Tigre Delta, past islands, mansions and English gardens. Offered by GoNext.

Excellent combination of land and river travel as you cruise from Lyon to Arles, France, with ample time in Annecy. Three nights at the deluxe Imperial Palace Hotel located on picturesque Lake Annecy in the French Alps enjoying the old town highlights. Embark M.S. Rembrandt for a five-night cruise with calls at Macon, Trevoux, Tournon and Avignon. Tour the ruins of the massive, historic 10th-century Cluny Abbey, visit the world-renowned Burgundy hills vineyards and enjoy a private wine tasting at Chateau Montmelas. Join the guided walk through the traditional village of Boucieu-le-Roi, including a reception hosted by the nuns of the Convent of the Blessed Sacrament. Tour Avignon, including the Papal Palace and tour the Roman Ruins in Arles. Offered by Gohagen.

Cruising Alaska’s Glaciers and the Inside Passage August 4–11 $3558 (included airfare from 22 gateway cities)

Seven-night cruise aboard the M.V. Silver Shadow from Seward, Alaska, to Vancouver, B.C., with calls at Hubbard Glacier, Skagway, Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan. Six-star service, amenities and facilities aboard one of the most luxurious cruise ships sailing Alaska’s coastline. Fairbanks/ Denali pre-cruise and/or Vancouver post-cruise options. Majestic glaciers, mountains and fascinating wildlife—see Alaska in a very special way. Offered by Gohagen.

Tuscany – Village Life Sept. 18–26 $2895

Unpack once to explore the Tuscany region in-depth.. Half-day architectural walking tour of Siena and its most famous landmarks. Excursion to the picturesque medieval hamlet of Montalcino and a visit to the Abbey of Sant’Antimo. Full-day excursion to Florence, center of the Italian Renaissance, featuring a visit to

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the famous Galleria Dell’ Accademia to see Michelangelo’s David. Tour the “City of Beautiful Towers,” San Gimignano, one of the best preserved and most beautiful medieval towns in Italy. Performance of Gregorian chants by monks in the 12th century Abbey of Satn’Antimo in heart of Tuscan countryside. Offered by Gohagen.

Best of the Mediterranean & Greek Isles Sept. 3–Oct. 11 $3699 (includes round trip airfare from select oceania cruises cities)

Ten nights’ accommodations and cruising onboard Marina to historic and scenic ports of call in Greece, Turkey, Montenegro, Croatia and Italy. Explore the ruins of ancient Ephesus, the famed Library of Celsus, the amphitheater, chariot marked marble roads, mosaic sidewalls and the superb, rarely opened Terrace Houses. Immerse yourself in Corfu island with glorious scenery and beaches. The walled medieval city of Dubrovnik, Croatia, is known for its exquisite Venetian monuments. Glide through the canals, under bridges, past opulent palazzo and elegant churches in Venice, Italy. Offered by GoNext.

Saxony along the Elbe Oct. 10–18 $2995

Enjoy a nine-day journey aboard the M.S. Swiss Coral through the heart of central Europe. Seven night cruise from Berlin, Germany, to Prague, Czech Republic. Panoramic tour of Berlin, walking tour of Wittenberg and Desden, the “Florence of the North,” and of Prague through the old town and old Jewish quarter. Village forum with local residents, a tour of the worldfamous Porcelain Museum in Meissen and a backstage visit to the Semper Opera House and private tasting of renowned German and Czech beers on board the ship. Offered by Gohagen.

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London provides a colorful feast of history, beauty and culture brimming with regal historic sites, world-class museums, leafy parks and cozy pubs. See the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, walk the ancient halls of Westminster Abbey, listen for the chiming bell of Big Ben and gain insight into Britain’s past at the 900-year-old Tower of London. Stroll through sprawling Hyde Park, hear street musicians in Covent Garden and weave through bustling Trafalgar Square. Experience some of the best shopping London has to offer. Further afield, more treasures can be found with visits to the ancient Roman spa of Bath, the 3500-year-old ruins of Stonehenge, stately Windsor Castle and the charming towns of Stratford and Oxford. Offered by GoNext.

Membership benefits include: ••Two member exclusive issues of the Collegian and Mountains & Minds magazines ••Access to equipment rentals from the MSU Outdoor Recreation Center ••Fifteen percent discount coupon for use at the MSU Bookstore ••Annual Member Ski Day at Big Sky Resort—up to $24 off lift ticket ••MSU calendar with reminders of exciting MSU events ••Advanced ticket purchase priority to home Cat/Griz football game

Cradle of History—Turkey, Greece, Israel and Egypt

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Twelve-night Oceania cruise with spectacular ports of call. Visit the magnificent city of Istanbul, Turkey, the Okapi Palace and the impressive Blue Mosque. Explore the ruins of ancient Ephesus, stand in awe of the impressive Grand Master’s Palace or the Acropolis in Rhodes and experience the majestic scenery and ancient riches of Cyprus. For Christians, Jews and Muslims, Jerusalem is the holiest city on Earth and one of the oldest. Visit the land of miracles in Galilee, the Jordan River or venture to Nazareth. Travel to Cairo and marvel at the Giza pyramids and Sphinx standing at the edge of the vast Sahara. Alexandria’s many ancient sites and museums is Egypt’s second largest city. Incredible accommodations and historic and scenic ports of call assure an amazing adventure along the cradle of history. Offered by GoNext.

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Class Notes

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doing reviews of designs and safety studies for a number of major dams in the United States, Australia and Africa. He recently received the award Honorary Diplomate, Water Resource Engineer from the Environmental Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Association. Among other hobbies, Tom and his wife, Debbie, enjoy breeding and showing Great Danes.

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Jack Hareland, ’72 CET, Marana, Ariz., continues to fly the 777 for United Airlines. He has been on the 777 since its inception and has been on it longer than anyone in the world.

James Brookie, ’60 F&Ph, and wife, Marilyn (Minear) Brookie, ’61 Nurs, are both retired and living in the Denver, Colo., area. Loring Robbins, ’62 EE, Richland, Wash., has retired after completing a 16-month assignment in the Republic of Georgia as a construction engineer. Retirement living is divided between the USA and Thailand.

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Nancy (Terwilliger) Grube, ’65 HmEc, ’96 Educ M, Missoula, Mont., recently earned an Ed.D from the University of Montana.

Mabel “Peggy” Berthelson, ‘34 HmEc, celebrated her 100th birthday on May 3rd. She started her career in Belt, Mont., and continued to teach all grades as a substitute teacher in Conrad, Mont. Married to Earl M Berthelson for 53 years, Peggy has seven children, 32 grandchildren, 72 great grandchildren, 19 great-great grandchildren and two on the way. An avid reader, Peggy works diligently on family history and genealogy.

1950s Margie (Morrow) Brickley’s, ’50 Bus, Tigard, Ore., husband Jerry passed away June 19, 2009. Mary currently lives in a retirement community near her son and daughter. John Cassidy, ’52 CE, ’60 Engl M, ’64 Eng Ph.D., Walnut Creek, Calif., retired from the Bechtel Corporation in 1994 and now lives in a retirement village. He continues as an independent consultant

Kalli Deschamps, ’53 Art, ’67 Art M, has published a new book , Always There Is The Mountain, the story of a young man’s passion for ranching, his enthusiastic wife’s desire to learn a new rural lifestyle and their struggle to survive on a small cattle ranch in western Montana. Gerry Fullerton, ’55 Sci&Tech, and wife, Theresa, celebrated 50 years of marriage by renewing their wedding vows at St. Stevens Catholic Church in Sun Lakes, Ariz. The Fullertons retired to Sun Lakes, Ariz., in 1997. Ron Skabo, ’57 ChE, Lakewood, Colo., retired from CH2M Hill on Dec. 31. He served as principal corrosion and materials engineer. Ron’s retirement ends a 50-year career in the engineering, chemical and petro-chemical industries. Tom Sandenaw, ’58 GenStud, Las Cruces, N.M. practices law at the Sandenaw Law Firm, P.C. where he and his partners are engaged in a largely insurance defense litigation practice. A State District Court judge in the 12th Judicial District of New Mexico in the late 1970s, he resigned to return to private practice. He was recognized in 2007 as the Outstanding Civil Defense Lawyer of the Year by the New Mexico Defense Lawyers

Gene Conner, ’74 F&PH, Philomath, Ore., retired in Aug. 2009 from General Electric Security Division. Barbara (Krantz) Markham, ’74 Nurs, Orlando, Fla., continues to enjoy the Florida sunshine. She works in pediatric nursing and loves it. Son, Gordon, graduated from medical school and is a doctor in the U.S. Navy. Candace Hiner, ’75 Art, Anchorage, Alaska, has retired from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation after 31+ years. Jim Drummond, ’76 AgEcon, ’85 MPA, Bozeman, Mont., has been awarded the 2010 Guy Sperry Award. Established in 1982, the Guy Sperry Award is the Bozeman Chamber’s highest recognition of service to the community and excellence in business.

Mary Ann (Bailey) Lammers, ’68 Bus, ’70 BusEd M, Corvallis, Ore., has been awarded the National Business Education Association (NBEA) Postsecondary Teacher of the Year Award for 2010 at the NBEA Convention in San Diego, Calif. Michael Donovan, ’69 Acctg, Tigard, Ore., is retired from Daimler Trucks North America. Dewey Lambdin II, ’69 F&Ph, Nashville, Tenn., has published his 16th novel in the Alan Lewrie historical naval adventure series. King, Ship and Sword came out last March.

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Cheryl Lenox, ’76 Nurs, Shepherd, Mont., loves the quiet life in the country. She continues to work in the cardiac cath lab at Billings Clinic. Karen (Antonietti) Buley, ’78 Nurs, Missoula, Mont., works in obstetrics at Community Medical Center. She recently edited an anthology of nurses’ stories, Nurses on the Run-Why They Come, Why They Stay, which includes essays from five MSU alums. The anthology is available at www.nursesontherunbook.com and from online booksellers. George Yapuncich, ’78 Acctg, Apopka, Fla., after a 29-year career in business, has graduated from Reformed Theology Seminary in Orlando, Fla., with a Master of Divinity degree. He and his wife, Sonia, will move to Brazil for ministry work.

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1980s

Brenda (Allderdice) Jonas, ’87 HmEc, Elko, Nev., has recently completed her 22nd year of teaching and stays busy with her 11-year-old twins.

Edward Mooney Jr., ’80 ESci, ’82 Art M, Palmdale, Calif., has published a new book, The Pearls of the Stone Man. He credits MSU for instilling passion, discipline and learning that has lasted him for 30 years. In the books acknowledgement he remembers Milton James “Jim” Edie, his advisor, who meant the world to him.

Donna (Wall) Hilyard, ’88 AgBus, still works for the USDA FSA in Plentywood, Mont. Husband Rick still farms and ranches. Their sons are involved in sports, scouts and 4-H. Boredom is never an issue.

1990s

Kimberlie (Diekman) Gower, ’83 LRES, Pocatello, Idaho, works for the JR Simplot Co. Her oldest daughter is getting ready to head off to college. She will decide between Montana State and Eastern Washington University.

Meliss (Brus) Maxfield, ’85 Micro, Olympia, Wash., is the water quality program manager for the city of Olympia. Her position includes compliance monitoring, groundwater monitoring, cross connection control, conservation and meter reading. Daughter Melyn is 16 years old and a sophomore at Black Hills High School in Tumwater, Wash. Celie (Boucher) Porter, ’85 Art, Bothell, Wash., currently teaches art and art history to elementary

Mary (Gronneberg) Chapman, ’01 Bus, Bozeman, Mont., was married on July 31, 2009. Robert Tostenrud, ’01 ChE, and wife Jennifer were married in Portland, Ore., on Sep. 26, 2009. They reside in Seattle, Wash.

Melissa (Atherley) McFadgen, ’99 Arch, Spokane, Wash., has recently been promoted to associate principle at NAC Architecture.

2000s Ann (Heishman) Marlin, ’00 HHD, Centennial, Colo., is rebranding her wedding and event planning business to include custom stationary. The new company will be named Cloud Nine. Ann and Derek welcomed their third child, Quinn Hastings, on June 19, 2009. She joins brother Weston and sister Cate.

Phil Martin, ’82 F&Ph, Coto de Caza, Calif., continues to shoot and edit commercials while prepping to shoot a feature film this fall.

Tom Stroeher, ’83 Bus, Spokane, Wash., has recently been promoted to principle at NAC Architecture.

MARRIAGES

students in Seattle. She continues to be grateful for the excellent faculty at the MSU School of Art in the early 1980s. Special thanks to John Bashor, Phoebe Toland, Tony Benvin, Margaret Sullivan and Elizabeth Guheen, for their knowledge and insight.

Theodore Armstrong, ’04 Phys, San Diego, Calif., completed his medical residency in May 2009.

Virgina Orzel, ’92 F&Ph, Rochester, N.Y., assistant professor of communication at the College at Brockport, State University of New York, recently received a Telly Award for her educational documentary about asthma. She received the award in the Film/ Video/Non-Broadcast category. The 55-minute film, “Breath: A Personal Journey with Asthma,” is designed to educate people about the severity of asthma and gives a glimpse into the life of people who suffer with the disease. Anissa (Scifres) Hickey, ’95 Nurs, Bellevue, Wash., is now working with Maxim Healthcare Services as a clinical supervisor. She continues to be very active with her two boys, Ethan, 10, and Andrew, 7. She serves as president of the Fred Hutchison Gala Board, a cancer research center. Margaret Towne, ’95 SecEd, Las Vegas, Nev., has completed a dissertation on science and religion and stays very active in the science and religion movement. She is a co-editor of the American Scientific Affiliation newsletter.

Kirstin Anderson, ’05 Bus, ’06 Acctg, has earned her Certified Public Accountant certification and is employed at Muckel Anderson CPAs. She specializes in internal auditing, bookkeeping and tax services for individuals and private companies in various industries. Jacob Kockler, ’06 EnviSci, Manhattan, Mont., is owner and manager of TerraSolo Environmental Solutions LLC, an environmental consulting company.

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BIRTHS Bruce Graham, ’78 SecEd, and wife Lisa, Phoenix, Ariz., welcomed their first child, Cooper Anthony, born Nov. 27, 2009. He joins his older brothers Christopher and Nicholas. Nicholas and his wife, Mandy, had their first child, Reagan James, on April 3, 2009, making Cooper an uncle before he was born. Charles Cahill, ’94 PSci, and Tammy (Brenden) Cahill, ’89 PSci, ’94 MPA, Scobey, Mont., announce the birth of son Heath Thomas Chadderdon, born Feb. 2. He joins his three sisters Annika, 10, Jennifer, 8, and Danielle 4. Lisa (Scott) Klemmensen, ’94 HHD, and husband Richie Standard, AB Canada, welcomed a baby girl, Jordan Elizabeth, on March 7, 2010. Big sister Hailey couldn’t be more proud. Mom’s dropping hints to both girls about attending MSU. Denise (Ansotegui) Bergeron, ’96 Micro/Honors, and husband, Neil, Portsmouth, N.H., now have two children, Hayden John, born Nov. 1, 2006, and Jillian Rae, born April 27, 2009. They were welcomed by uncle Raymond Ansotegui, ’98 LandRehab, and grandparents, Linda Ansotegui, ’99 AgEcon, and Dr. Ray Ansotegui, retired MSU faculty. Jack Murray, ’96 AgBus, and wife Jodi, Bozeman, Mont., welcomed Greyson Gabriel to their family on Nov. 4. Greyson joins siblings Ava, 6, and Jack, 3. Bettinna (Purdon) Moos, ’99 Nurs, and husband Jeffrey, Brockway, Mont., welcomed the birth of Tracen Blake, born May 24. Tracen joins sister Aubrey, born May 17, 2008.

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CLASS N OT E S Christopher Mullin, ’99 ElEd, Costa Mesa, Calif., and wife, had a baby girl, Delaney Marie, born March 16, 2009. Michael Evanson, ’02 Art, and wife Nicole, Beaverton, Ore., have been blessed with baby girl, Isabella Marie, born Oct. 22.

IN MEMORY Adylene (Houghton) Anderson,* ’32 HmEc, Idaho Falls, Idaho, died March 22. Edmond Solomon, ’36 ME, Kalispell, Mont., died Dec. 12. Peter Matisheck,* ’38 Micro, ’47 M, ’53 Ph.D, Fort Dodge, Iowa, died Jan. 28. Jack Rodda,* ’38 Bus, Walla Walla, Wash., died Jan. 19. Elizabeth (Liquin) Taylor,* ’38 Bus, Bozeman, Mont., died Dec. 14. Edwin Allard,* ’39 AgEd, Carlsbad, Calif., died Sep. 10. Donald Hanson, ’39 Bus, Yakima, Wash., died March 12. Billie Ragsdale,* ’39 I&ME, Sun City West, Ariz., died April 5. Howard Vange,* ’40 Zool, Wayne, Pa., died Oct. 28. Doris (Stokke) Vollmer, ’40 Nurs, Butte, Mont., died Feb. 23. Clifford Davis, ’42 Phys, Sea Cliff, N.Y, died Feb. 21. Louis DeFrate,* ’42 ME, West Grove, Pa., died Dec. 24. Frances (Evans) Duffield,* ’42 HmEc, ’69 M, ’76 Ph.D, Auburn, Ala., died May 2. Richard Jarvi,* ’42 ChE, Bakersfield, Calif., died May 17. Anna Mae O’Brien,* ’43 HmEc, Burlington, Wash., died July 14, 2009. Kathryn (Branger) Kern, ’44 Micro, Absarokee, Mont., died Oct. 7. Ruth (Hoole) Hippely,* ’45 Chem, Wilmington, Del., died March 17.

Chem M, ’65 Chem Ph.D., Polson, Mont., died April 22. Raymond Agee,* ’49 Ag, Porterville, Calif., died May 22. Earl Bradford, ’49 ME, Bozeman, Mont., died May 21.

kane, Wash., died July 11. Owen Dornblaser, ’58 AnSci, Missoula, Mont., died May 31. James Newman, ’58 GenAg, Wickenburg, Ariz., died April 12.

Kenneth Wiegand, ’73 ESci, Helena, Mont., died Oct. 23.

John Vandaveer, ’49 AgEd, Billings, Mont., died May 28. Ted Carroll, ’50 EE, ’77 ME, Roanoke, Va., died Jan. 31.

David Duncan, ’59 Arch, Spokane, Wash., died Feb. 15.

Paul Streve, ’75 FTV-Photo, Bozeman, Mont., died Nov. 24.

Wayne Coffman, ’50 Ag, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, died March 25.

Mary (Hogarth) Howell, ’59 Nurs, Jackson, Ala., died Nov. 13.

Dennis Howarth, ’76 Nurs, Helena, Mont., died Oct. 11.

Luther Lalum, ’50 AgEd, ’65 M, Kalispell, Mont., died April 9.

Burnis Ray, ’59 Art, Littleton, Colo., died Jan. 15.

Walter Mecklenburg, ’50 AnSci, Bozeman, Mont., died Feb. 19.

Homer Wheeler,* ’59 CE, Newport, Wash., died May 5.

Mohamed Sayed-Ahmed,* ’77 BuMg, Kissimmee, Fla., died March 25.

Shirley (Johnson) Murty, ’50 Micro, Tacoma, Calif., died March 12.

Eva (Smith) Johnson,* ’60 ElEd, Winston-Salem, N.C., died March 13.

Claire Michels, ’78 Art, Henderson, Nev., died April 2.

Gerald William, ’50 Art, Plains, Mont., died April 13.

Rollins Fisher, ’61 F&Ph, Lincoln, Mont., died May 22, 2009.

Gayle Nybakken, ’79 Nurs, Portland, Ore., died Sep. 1.

Gordon Young, ’50 AgEd, Augusta, Mont., died May 28.

Edward Mock, ’61 ME, ’63 ME M, Phoenix, Ariz., May 26.

Richard Kildahl, ’80 PE. Great Falls. Mont., died March 17

Michael Britton, ’51 Zool, ’55 Bot M, Kalispell, Mont., died Sep. 10.

Kaye Taylor, ’61 Arch, Helena, Mont., died March 15.

Lori (Winship) Lambert, ’80 Soc, Chula Vista, Calif., died Feb. 22.

Jack Davidson, ’51 ChE, ’52 ChE M, Vancouver, Wash., died April 7. George Lantz, ’51 I&ME, Butte, Mont., died March 9. Joseph Pronovost, ’51 AgEd, Billings, Mont., died Feb. 3. Charles Fargo,* ’52 CE, Westlake Village, Calif., died April 9. Robert “Bob” Stayton,* ’52 Art, Bigfork, Mont., died May 18. Kathryn (Perrine) Whitten, ’52 HmEc, Hanford, Calif., died Jan. 8. Tommy Thomas,* ’53 CE, Great Falls, Mont., died March 12.

Patricia (Williams) Dolven, ’62 HmEc, Reno, Nev., died Jan. 5. Gene Gallagher,* ’62 Math, ’63 M, Sacramento, Calif., died Feb. 14. Barry Granlund, ’62 SecEd, Yucaipa, Cailf., died Feb. 22. Robert Smith,* ’62 Bus, Plano, Texas, died July 25, 2009. June (Brown) May,* ’63 ElEd, Bozeman, Mont., died Jan. 27. Patrick Morris,* ’63 GenStu, ’67 M, Rockville, Md., died March 25. Judith “Jude” Gleason, ’65 PE, Helen, Mont., died March 28.

Richard Everett, ’75 AgBu, Stevensville, Mont., died March 15.

Laura (Olsen) Payne, ’77 Nurs, Bakersfield, Calif., died Dec. 12.

Ted Hamilton, ’81 AgBus, McAllister, Mont., died June 4. Kevin Kuehm, ’81 AgBus, Terry, Mont., died Jan. 26. Jacqueline Skerritt, ’84 Spcm, Bozeman, Mont., died April 28. Clyde Boyer, ’85 ESci, Sheridan, Mont., died Dec. 3. Jo Marin, ’86 AniSci, Pony, Mont., died June 6, 2009. William Talbott, ’91 IArt, Missoula, Mont., died Dec. 26. Christy (Jacobson) Parrott, ’94 Bus, Florence, Mont., died May 22.

Jack Meuli,* ’54 Ag, Dayton, Mont., died Feb. 25.

Sophie (Novak) Sundling, ’65 ElEd, Livingston, Mont., died April 9.

Gregory Soha, Ex ’02 MTA, died April 18.

Floyd Evered, ’55 GenStu, Bothell, Wash., died Oct. 01.

Daniel Fraser, ’66 CE, Boise, Idaho, died April 1.

Michael Kellch, ’05 CE, Bozeman, Mont., died May 22.*

David Near,* ’55 Pre-Med, St. Lois, Mo., died Feb. 25.

Judith (O’Donnell) Moline, ’67 SecEd, Cook, Minn., died March 25.

Lloyd Allard,* ’56 AgEc, St. Ignatius, Mont., died Sep. 16.

Frank Shaw, ’67 AnSci M, Great Falls, Mont., died April 12. Ross Major, Ex ’68 ElEd, Sioux Falls, S.D., died Jan. 18.

Donald Lee, ’56 Bus, Bozeman, Mont., died Jan. 21.

William Donnelly,* ’69 MCET, Plymouth, Pa., died Jan. 21.

Gordon McLeod,* ’48 Chem, Bozeman, Mont., died May 6.

Freda (Clawson) Reiser, ’56 Nurs, Bozeman, Mont., died Jan. 25.

Elinore (Coutts) Rediske, ’69 ElEd, Livingston, Mont., died Oct. 15.

James Milne, ’48 Chem, ’52

William Vogel, ’57 Agron, Spo-

Evelyn (Lawin) Rivard, ’70 Art,

Robert Danskin,* ’48 CelBio, Billings, Mont., died April 10.

Gwen (Adams) Rafter, ’71 ElEd, Billings, Mont., died March 14.

Darlene (Josasen) Syvertson, ’58 Nurs, Bozeman, Mont., died Sep. 8.

Paula (Browden) Jermunson, ’56 GenStu, Manhattan, Mont., died March 9.

Margaret (Durham) McLeod,* ’46 HmEc, Bozeman, Mont., died Oct. 28.

Livingston, Mont., died March 31.

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