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Linda Elliott

Wen dy Rude '89 rides to su ccess with equestri an rehabi l i tation program

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Laurel Willoughby

PLU sen ds n u rsin g stu den ts to Tobago

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Bu i l der com pl etes pipe organ , dedication set for Nov. 6-8

Michelle Miller

Scene debu ts techn ology col umn

C O NT R IBUT O R S

Hawaii Cl u b begi n s l u au l egacy

Beverly Johnson

Kim Bradford '94 Darren Kerbs '96 Nathe Lawver '98

FEATURE

Kathleen (Burk) North '86 COPY ASSISTA N T

Alaska! Scene celebrates PLU's past, presen t and future ties to the Fron tier State

Dean Johnson G R A P HIC DESIGN

LEADERS HIP A ND SE R V I CE

Dean Driskell

Does i t sti ll matter? It shou l d! A l etter from PLU Alumni Associ ation Presi den t Bri an Ol son '83

Joni Niesz

Lois Capps '59 carries on the l egacy started in Congress by her l ate husband, Walter '57 Class Notes

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Nick Dawson WEB E D IT O R

Jason Miller '99

Davi d An derson '73, '75: From Mayfest dan cer to in tern ati onal church consu l tan t

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Chuck Cooper '77 i s m aki ng a di fference with Mercy Ships

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Lon gtime edu cator joi ns govern or's wife on tour of Chi n a's school s

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Cou pl e sail s aroun d the worl d in 40-foot sloop

David Aubrey Dana Endicott '92 Lauralee Hagen '75

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PLU i n du cts 1998 Hal l of Fame

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Using her horse sense BY

L A U R E L

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endy (Worthington) Rude's '89 faith can move mountains . . . wel l, houses at least. Last Februa ry, the fo under of Northwest EquiCARE Rehabilitation Rid ing Program saw a nother element of her successful venture drop into place - literally. Over the space of three days, a 1,700-sq.-ft. donated house was moved onto property near PLU to serve as the organization's student internship and ed ucation center. A working facility for volunteers, the center also will feature dormitory rooms for student interns pursuing careers working with the disabled. Unlike Oz's Wicked Witch of the West, Rude looked forward to the day when "someone would come along and drop a house" on her - it was a long way from Northwest EquiCARE's modest start eight years ago on her family's fifth-generation farm in Eatonville, Wash. In recent years, the fledgling company has taken off. Traditionally, Northwest EquiCARE had only been able to take s u mmer clients, lately helping about two dozen disabled children and adults each year. But in 1 997, the program became year- round and enrollment tripled . Through fall 1998, 60 to 70 clients participated, with another 20 o n a waiting list. Nine therapy horses are rotated through the sessions, and some 30 volunteers - including a handful of PLU students - give their time each week in equine support, marketing, educational o utreach, riding assistance and related activities. Sou nds like part of a well-crafted plan formed in the head of a service-minded visionary, right? Not exactly. Despite her success, Rude calls herself a follower, not a leader. "I never set out to create Northwest EquiCARE," she said. "It has a life of its own now, and we just facilitate it. I've been blessed with a healthy body, a farm, the horses, the education and it's been my job to listen to see where He leads me." Because she now spends 90 percent of her time in administration, Rude is grateful fo r the host of volunteers and various community agencies that provide the necessary pieces of her organization's work. Northwest EquiCARE is allied closely with Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, which houses one of the best rehabilitation facilities in this part of the country. NORTHWES T EQUICARE'S ROOTS

Looking back at the path that has taken Rude to the present day is l ike watching a reverse-run film o f a shattering Chihuly glass sculpture: many far-flung bits and pieces magically gravi Northwest I'quiCARE founder Wendy (Worthington) Rude '89 waits as a tate to where they donated house is jockeyed into position belong, finally creating onto land nearL P U to serve as a student a beautiful whole. internship and education center. Rude graduated from high school in 1 980 and worked her way through PLU, eventually earning a sociology degree with a communication minor in 1989. Throughout this time, she worked o n the family farm and put in many volunteer hours with the disabled and disadvantaged i n her community. "Volunteering is something I've always done in one capacity or another;' Rude said, "and my degree from PLU j ust naturally supplemented that." ( She would go on to earn a master's from Seattle University i n not-for-profit executive leadership, one of the first degrees of its kind awarded by the school. ) O n e volunteer post h a d Rude working with at-risk children i n the Youth for Christ program at the Remann Hall youth detention center in Taco ma. She frequently took her young charges for visits to the farm. "I began to notice that the kids really took to the horses;' she said. And if Rude saw sparks between troubled youth and her four-hoofed friends, the energy generated between disabled

people and horses proved to be p u re magic. Children and adults with behavioral and physical disabilities, who may have had trouble relating to the humans in their l ives, were often able to make equine connections instead, she said .

Danetta Hutchinson rides atop her therapy horse, Bud, with help from handler Jill Hall (ON FOOT. LEFT) and safety aide Janey Miller

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"The horses are big, warm animals, and they p rovide a living, breathing, active complement to other physical therapy;' Rude noted. Horseback riding i ncreases joint mobility, strengthens muscles, stimulates cardiovascular and respiratory function, and improves posture, balance, coord ination, self-confidence and self-awareness. But horseback riding therapy comes with a bonus simply not available with passive physical therapy. "More than any other animal, horses' biomechanics - the way they walk - are the most like humans," Rude noted. "Instead of artificially manipulating j oints and muscles, riders get as absolutely close as they can to true walking and mobility. As the horse goes forward, a rider's hips and legs have to move and alternate i n the same fashion as i f they were actually walking." She has seen lots of miracles happen, too. Clients who were physically or emotionally un responsive have learned, over weeks or months of therapy, to sit up, pay attention, interact with people, and sometimes even verbalize for the first time. "Learning just to sit and ride on the horse today often translates into 'Hi, Mom; later on," Rude observed. "Whatever a rider may not be able to do now, we just t reat them all as i f they're going to do it tomorrow. The question w e ask ourselves is, 'What do we have to do today to get them there?'" ON DOWN THE TRAIL

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Another question Rude and her group have been pondering is where Northwest EquiCARE will operate in the coming months and years. The Western Washington Fairgrounds i n Puyallup and other local facilities can't serve the growing program much longer. "We really could use our own piece of land for long-term use, as well as more horses," she said. Rude has faith these needs will be answered, j ust as all the others have in the past. "Northwest EquiCARE has always kind of presented its needs," Rude observed, "and we've learned to step out of the way and facilitate the process. To me, doing this work is l i fe and service. What are you going to do: keep God only in the church?"

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Northwest EquiCARE is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing equine therapeutic riding for disabled clients. Sponsors and volunteers are needed for every facet of the organization'S work: scholarships, horse shows, safety equipment, therapy horse care, marketing, educational outreach and more. For information on how you can help, please contact Wendy Rude at the Northwest EquiCARE office, 360-832-6386 or WRude@aol.com.

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Learning, living and giving - the Tobago way B Y

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Led by Associate Professor Beverly Johnson, nine

baccalaureate nursing students spent March-April 1998 in Tobago, a southern Caribbean island barely 125 miles northeast of Venezuela. T he temporary Tobagonians took the same courses as their peers at PLU, although living and learning in a new culture added a dimension to the classes and clinical experiences. T he J 998 PLU- Tobago contingent followed on the heels of Professor Marilyn Levinsohn, who took the first group of PLU nurses to Tobago for the entire spring semester of 1997.

Tri n i dad & Tobago LOCA TI ON :

Sister islands in the

southern Caribbean, roughly 125 miles northeast of Venezuela

sq. km, slightly

LA N D A R E A : 5,130

s m a l ler than Delaware CL M I AT E :

Tropica l , with rainy

season from June to December P OP U LAT I ON : 1.13 E T H N I C GR OU P S :

m i l l io n

Black 43%, East

Indian 40%, mixed 14%, white 1%, Chinese 1%, other R E L I GI ON S :

Roman Catholic 32.2%,

Hindu 24.3%, Angl ican 14.4%, other Protesta nt 14%, M us l i m 6%, none or unknown 9.1% LAN GU A GE S :

Engl ish (official),

H i ndi, French, Spanish OCCUPATI ON S :

Services 62%;

manufacturi ng, mining a n d quarrying 14%; construction and utilities 13%; agriculture 11% Source: E-Conflict1lrot World Encyclopedia & Simulation at www.emulateme.com

hat can I say about Tobago (te-BAY-go)? First, the people there opened their lives to us in so many different ways: they shared their family lives, their work, their play, their food, their music and their affection. We experienced the beaut)' of their island, too: the sun, the beaches, the quietness of small villages and their bustling city of Scarborough. Tobagonians always asked us, "How is your visit to Tobago?" and told us, " Enjoy your stay on Tobago." The people were truly our partners in learning. Their health care delivery system is much different than ours at home, and we spent many hours working alongside doctors and nurses in a variety of settings: hospital clinics, community health centers and home health visits. On Tobago, community health nurses know thei r individual and family clients intima tely, emphasize health education and view families as responsible for their own health. The major medical issues on the isla nd are diabetes, hypertension and AIDS. We constantly reminded ourselves to ask the question, "Why is this different in Tobago than in the United States?" rather than to simply say, "Well, it is just a developing country." Here was an island where pay is low but literacy is high, and nearly 1 00 percent of children are immunized. Despite the intensive professional exposure, much of our learning occurred during the time of just being and conversing with people as colleagues and new friends. How much we can learn from Tobagonians about taking time to talk and laugh with each other! On Tobago, many kinds of family constellations exist, and gender relationships, roles and expectations may differ from ours. Women are advancing in the work world and attending univer sities. (In fact, 70 to 90 percent of the graduates of the University of the West I ndies on Trinidad, the sister island, are female.) Men seem to be struggling to find a place for themselves, since the island economy is no longer based on agriculture.

Tobagonian nurses proudly display the fruits of a PLU project to spruce up a breastfeeding room at the local hospital; one PLU student created posters, like the one at left, and the university contributed money to have colorful curtains and pillows made for the room.

The government employs about two-thirds of the workers, and tourism is increasing as a major part of the economy. All this is occurring when the minim urn wage is US $1 per hour, and the maid at our guesthouse is earning about US $ 1 20 per month.

"How much we can learn fron1 Tobagonians about taking time to talk and laugh with each other!" BEVER LY JOH N S ON . A S S OC I AT E P R OF E S S OR OF N U R S I N G

So what memories d o we take from our time o n Tobago? These multicultural, self-described "rainbow people" have few financial resources yet place a high va'lue on their fam il ies and their time together. And while the friendly Tobagonians welcomed us as strangers, we left as friends. Our group from PLU was privileged to have experienced the reality of the daily lives of these people. I believe we are better persons, women and nurses because of our time on Tobago.

Builder completes magnificent Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ B Y

LI N D A E LL lO T T,

M DEDICATION CONCERTS The gO-minute dedicatory program in IUdes guest artist perfonnances, a dedication

ceremony and history about the organ. A reception follows each performance. November 6, 8pm 'PLU Commun ity November 7, 8pm

Dono rs

November 8. 3pm *Public

Admi$siOn is free but licke� are required. Can 253-53S-760Hor more Information. Alumni find friends

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ore mouths have fallen quietly agape in the presence of the new Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ than at any other physical sight in the university's history. It's not hard to see why. The magnificent baroque pipe organ literally towers over the northern end of Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center. Protruding from its 20plus foot-wide alcove p.!aced 10 feet off the ground, the organ's massive pipes and intricate carvings shoot another 3 5 feet into the air. It is truly a breathtaking sight. The organ, named for the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Foundation, is also a feast for the ears. Built by world-renowned organ builder and Parkland native Paul Fritts, it rivals the best organs in Europe. As a testament to its excellence, an international organ symposium will be held here in April. One of the best features of the o rgan is the hall in which it was built. Fritts himself marvels at the outstanding acoustics and flawless recording space the hall allows. "I will probably never get another room this ideal for a pipe organ in my entire career," he said. Installation of the tracker (all-mechan,ical) o rgan began in January 1 997 and was completed over the summer 1 998. The

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organ boasts 54 stops (differences in tone that can be mixed or matched), and approximately 80 ranks of pipes - that equals more than 3 ,800 individually voiced pipes. More than 25,000 hours of work went into the instrument by the builder's crew. The artist who hand-carved the pipe shades, Judy Fritts ( the builder's sister), also put in thousands of hours. Though incredible to look at, it is the organ's sound that captivates the listener's heart and sou!. "How does one find sufficient words to describe the variety, magnitude and quality of sound which Paul Fritts 'voiced' into the pipes of the Fuchs organ?" asked Davi.d Dahl, professor of music and university organist since 1 969. "If the listeners' ears hear what I hear, then we can speak of kaleidoscopic colors, a dynamic range from a gentle whisper to a brilliant power, all of which is achieved in the organ builder's number one goal- 'maximum blend.'" David Dahl is the featured performer at the dedicatory con certs, which repeat in their entirety Nov. 6, 7 and 8. Alumni and friends are invited to attend the Friday or Sunday performances. The concerts are free but tickets are required. Call 253-535-7602 for reservations. Call early, we're expecting record crowds!

technoweb \tek'-no-web\

n a

regular column devoted to

PLlJ, tecllll0Iogy and the World Wide Web B Y L A U R E L W I L L 0 U G H B Y,

ASS 1S T A N T E D I T O R

ave you seen the smoke rising from the Media Services

Web Development Team

end of Mortvedt Library? It's more evidence that the

-webmast - Here's a good page to bookmark. The Web

Web development team is hard at work, continually

development team uses this site to list all its latest projects, the

upgrading and adding to PLU's home page on the I nternet.

services it offers and guidelines for adding personal Web pages to

Following are some of the latest premieres - just start out

the PLU site (this final option available only to current PLU

with www.plu.edu in your URL, and add any of the following

students, faculty and staff). The page also provides an email link

addresses:

to the PLU Web master, who is available to address any questions

Alumni & Parent Relations

or problems you may encounter on PLU's Web site.

-alumni - Alumni & Parent Relations invites alums who are interested in "staying connected," "keeping in touch" and "getting

And in continuing Technology Initiative news

involved" to do just that. You can learn how to get an alumni

Adding buildings and classrooms to the campus network

card, utilize LuteLink, access the latest

Scene online, browse the

The

network infrastructure is nearly complete. This past year fiber足

alumni email directory and get involved in volunteering your

optics were extended to most of the buildings on the campus

time and financial resources, among many other activities.

periphery, and in 1998-99 access will be provided for several

PLU Archives and Special Collections

addition to facilities already online in Rieke Science Center, the

(This page was designed by Joel Markquart '94.)

more groups on East Campus and in Rosso House. And in

-archives- Once accessible only by entering a mysterious room on the third floor of Mortvedt Library, the PLU Archives and

proposal will allow network connections in several key class足 rooms in Hauge, Ramstad, Ingram and Olson.

Special Collections are now living online! Still under

Upgrading administrative and academic computing resources -

construction, this site features the main university archives, as

Computer upgrades will be completed for faculty and staff; the

well as a look at the Scandinavian Immigrant Experience

UC Mac users room and Mac education classrooms; an

Collection. I nformation on the Church Archives and Nisqually

administrative training center in the library; and academic

Plains collections is in the process of being added to the site.

assistance peer tutors. In addition, the installation of several more networked printers will give most faculty and staff access

Employee Search

/formslemp_lookup.html- This voluntary directory allows you to

to laser printing.

search for a PLU employee by last name, first name, department

Enhancement of multimedia capabilities - Three computer

or email address.

projection systems will be purchased: one on a cart for mobile use throughout Olson, and one ceiling-mounted model each in

Music @round PLU

Ipluexperlinterestlmusic

You'll need to have the RealAudio

plug-in installed to hear "Music @round PLU," but any extra effort will be well worth it! With selections available either Iby group or CD, you're sure to enjoy the University Men's Chorus performing "Sing Noel," University Organist David Dahl's rendition of "All' Offertorio" or the University Wind Ensemble's "Fantasia in G." Ten selections are available for your listening

Hauge 10] and Math Il2. (The system currently in Math will be moved to a Memorial Gym classroom, where it will be more appropriate for smaller classes.) Also slated for purchase is a satellite dish, to allow access to live or recorded materials not available via videotape or commercial broadcasts. These programs could be distributed around campus through the existing campus television cable system.

pleasure.

Hawaii Club Luau legacy begins BY

K A T H L E E N ( B U R K )

N O R T H

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LU history was made on April 24, 1998, when the Hawaii

meal- featuring everything from poi to lomi lomi salmon to

Club hosted its first campus luau. By boldly billing the

Kalua pig - catered by Keoni's Restaurant of Shelton, Wash.

See the Winter 1999 issue of

A nd throughout the evening, the masters of ceremony raffled off

Scene for information about the next luau.

energetic students made clear their intention of beginning a

an abundance of items donated by generous PLU parents and

1998 P l anning Committee

PLU legacy.

Hawaiian businesses.

student members:

event as the First Annual PLU Hawaii Club Luau, these

Their achievement was remarkable. As 230 guests足

warmly welcomed the guests and provided excellent explana足 tions of the significance of the traditional food and dance.

many in aloha shirts

Hawaiian and Tahitian music and dance were provided by the talented Halau Hula 0 Ke Liko a,e 0 Le Lehua of Seattle.

Knutzen Hall, the

The highlight of the evening was the dancing of PLU's own students, Hula Halau 0 PLU. Dressed in flowing mu'umu'us,

scent of plumeria gave

the wahine (women) were mesmerizing in their performance of

hint of the evening to

"Kawaipunahele." Following a costume change to short dresses,

come. Once inside the

they danced to the love song "Papalina Lahilahi."

hall, guests were fully

quickly subsided into enthusiastic and respectful applause as they danced to "Kawika." Later they returned to the stage

thanks in large part to

wearing matching cowboy hats to dance to "Rough Riders."

Lisa Dean- E rlander ' 90, '96

(PLU Adm issions) provided staff support. 1998 Hula Halau

0 P LU dancers:

Erin Azama '00, Heidi Boehnke '00,

Francisco '99, Anneke Geb a l l e '99, Jan lyn H amada '00, Andrew Hart K a l a '01, Derek Kuniyoski '00,

The students' nearly flawless dancing was particularly remarkable because they only had two months to practice. For

flowers (donated by

upperclassmen who hadn't danced the hula in several years,

PLU parents) flown in

this was a challenge. Even more exceptional were the few

Wanda Louie '99, Melanie Melen drez '01, Alex Miyamoto '01, Mason Moriguchi '01, Kel ly Pa nem

from the islands for

Hawaii students with no hula experience who learned just for

the event!

this occasion!

'01 and S h a u n Takenouchi '01.

The PLU Hawaii Club can be very proud of its first annual

dance to "Rough Riders" during the

more reason to feel tropical as they sat for

spirit. Every guest left with a bouquet of tropical flowers and

Club Luau. held on campus last April.

the traditional luau

great memories. It was a fabulous evening.

entertainment portion of the P LU Hawaii

J a n e l l e H anson '00 (decorations)

'98, Devan Inouye '01, Roxanne

native Hawaiian

Guests had even

Derek Kuniyoshi '00 (food)

Lawson Kita '00 ( p u b l icity)

(relative of PLU staff), M a u reen

transported from

pounds of

Brandon Shi mizu '98 (chair) A l a n a Del l ata n '99 (entertainment)

David Chew '01, Lei l a n i Fornandoe

The kane (men) were greeted with loud whoops, which

Parkland to paradise, the 1,300

Alex Miyamoto '01 and David Chew '01

Janelle Hanson '00 and Dustin Nakatsu '00

- arrived in the hallway outside Chris

Hawaiian cowboys Mason Moriguchi '01,

Student emcees

luau. The students shared their culture with tremendous aloha

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1 890 the founders of Pacific Lutheran Univer sity opened an academy but called it a university70 years later, in 1 960, their vision became reality. They also set out to build a beautiful, five-story schoolhouse, now called Harstad Hall-50 years later in 1940, it was completed. The boldness of these fou nd i n g visions has forever flavored the soul of PLU as a place of growth and stri ving an academic community in search of e ver greater excellence, a university committed both to understan di n g and having an impact on human expe rien ce as a matter of vocation an d calli n g G iven our roots, PLU has, will and must be an energetic place, a university on a journey doing very well, while always striving to do even better. ]n

Doing very well llniversity's accreditation is reviewed. In April , the Northwest A ssociation Col l eges conducted a three-day intensive visit at P LU with an II-member team of higher education professionals from other colleges and universities across the country. Our preparation for their v i sit spa nn e d two years and entailed an i n-d epth self-study by every department and divisjon of the un iv ersity . The site visitors logged severalJllllldred hours of interviews and reviewed numerous campus dOClunents in the ir evaluation of PLU. The news is very good!

Each decade, every of Schools and

PLU ea rn e d

six commendations:

• Clear sense of mission and purpose as expressed in PLU 2000 and related documents. "Educating for lives of service" is truly infused into daily campus and classroom operations. • Praise for PLU faculty. The y "live the university's mission" and perform exceptjonally innovative and i n tegrative work with limited resources. • Exemplary sense of community and a "passionate dedication to students" across the

campus. • Solid progress in recent years in eliminating short-term deficits and building the

endowment. • Excellent service provided by library and information services staff. • Thorough approach by PLU to the evaluation process. T h oughtful preparation and gracious hospitality toward s ite

s elf - stu

dy document ,

visitors.

comments echo the assessment offered by PLU students in last fall's a random sample of 866 un d er graduates. PLU's results were compared to those of 1 17,438 students at 253 other four-year, private institutions. Our students are more satisfied with PLU compared to thei r peers at other institutions. And, if they had to do it over, they would again choose PLU as their college. Eig h ty -nine percent plan to graduate from this university. PLU students gav e high rati n gs on important dimensions that ret1ect The accreditors' positive

Student Satisfaction Survey, comple ted by

the core of our mission: • A quality academic

experience for every student

• A vibra n t living and lea rni n g com m u nity •

Devotion to students

Sniving

to do even better

review and the Student Satisfaction Survey p rovid e overwhe lmi ng affirmation for people. But PLU is not perfect, and so these assessments also point to areas need i ng imp ro vem en t . The accreditation

PLU's mission, program and

The accreditation report urges us to ensure that our methods of measuring institutional effectiveness more clearly reHect the university's distinctive mission and goals. The team also suggested development of faculty evaluation policies that are consistent campuswide. Tn adJition, they recommended allocating sufficient funds for computer software transitions and other implementations of new technology. T he Student Satisfaction Survey highlights several opportunities: continuing our efforts to increase campus safety

and security; developing more effective faculty advising methods that

ad dre ss students' changing needs as they progress toward graduation; and expediting the financial aid awarding process to facilitate student planni ng .

These suggestions reinforce our own and will help liS build our agenda for the near futur e. The important point, of course, is that these regular assessments fuel and ener gi ze our larger efforts. They encourage us to retain the boldness of vision that marked PLU's founding as we

observations

strive . ..

a first-rank New American College that integrates liberal arts and professional education, and prepares students to be lifelong learners. • To carry forward faithfu lly the Luthe ran un d er s ta n di ng of education, en ri chi ng mind, body and spirit, and prepar ing students for lives of vocation and service. • To pursue the highest standards of academic excellence within a diverse and supportive

• To be recognized nationally as

community. • To build

a better schoolhouse, incorporate Jdvances in technology to improve student financial foundations for the future.

learning and strengthen our

The question T am asked most frequently as president is, "How is PLU doing?" My answer: are strivin g to do even better.

"Very well, thank you. And we

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Rear-view mirror, anyone? Students, faculty and staff had the opportunity to tear off, break through and beat up a legendary piece of PLU - "The Bomb" - bet t er known as football coach Frosty Westering's car. From seat belts to door locks, many walked away with symbolic parts of the yellow 1977 Ford Fairmont station wagon, which hauled everything from sports equipment to football players. This car, however, wasn't the first of its kind. All of Westering's cars gained legendary status in their day- all of which were also called "The Bomb." This

Anderson Clock Tower remodeled Anderson Clock 11 wer ha cLsplayed the time to f r more than 25 years. With only 60 percent of its strength left, the damaged and aging

The 60-fo ot

students outside the University Center

structure was just remodeled. Repairs began in May and were 1

be completed Se p t. 1 than

(watch for a ph oto in the next issue). More $46,000 was donated for the remodeling by Herman '31

and Vivian Anderson, who also funded the original tower in

1970. The new clock tower is made of Alaskan yellow cedar and features new cedar bench-work around a reconditioned concrete base. In addition, there is new lighting to illuminate the clocks.

spring Frosty finally traded "The Bomb" (on its last legs and deemed unsafe) in for a minivan. The station

Pierce County AIDS

wagon was made available for souvenirs in Red Square An unidentified PlU student gets ready for his

foundation benefits

in May (courtesy of Parkland Chevrolet) at the

tum at Frosty Westering's legendary Ford

student-sponsored event "Phat Tuesday: Get Heavy

Fairmont station wagon.

in a Chevy."

from PLU theatre production Last May PLU's D parlment

Communicati n and Theatre

presented a sp cial showi.ng o( the play "Elegies for An gels, " Show's" opening-night party at Punks and Raging Queen: in Tavern on the Green in New York which proceeds of more than City. $2,000 benefited the Pierce County AIDS Foundation. PLU Professor of Theatre William B cvar directed a cast of 36 in 1110n logues and sono. Following the production was a reception featur' ng Bill Russell, author and and William Becvar at USide

lyricist of the play. Russell also wrote the book (nd lyrics for "Pageant," which ran a year and a half off-Broadway, and "Side

Mortvedt Library

Show," which opened to rave reviews on Broadway last October

celebrates 30th

and was nominated for a Tony in the spring.

anniversary Jonathan Haley

'67 examines

PLU's clear sense of mission and purpose

a photo of his father, Frank, (library director,

are key to reaccreditation

1952-76)

with Sharon Chase, super visor of library distributive serv ices, at the 30th anniver sary celebration of the Robert A. L. Mortvedt Library on

Mary Baker Russell Music Center - the dream fulfilled ...

PLU has been reaccredited by the Northwest Association of

Tom Absher of Absher Construction (right) hands the keys to

planning documents; an exemplary sense of community and a

Schools and CoLleges. The evaluation team's report from its April visit praised PLU for several key qualities: its dear sense of mission and purpose as expressed in PLU 2000 and subsequent

March 8. The open house and

Gary Severson, chair of the PLU Board of Regents, for the com

passionate devotion to students across the campus; the

dedication ceremony com

pleted Mary Baker Russell Music Center at the center's dedica

exceptionally innovative and integrative work of a faculty that

memorated the past, present

tion, held on March 8. The open house event was well attended

"lives the university's mission;" the excellent service provided by

and future of the library,

by Mary Baker Russell's family, including George and Jane

the library and information services staff; and the financial

300 music students and faculty members

including a pictorial history,

Russell. More than

opportunities to sample the

rehearsed in practice rooms, offices and rehearsal halls as guests

progress of the university in eliminating short-term deficits and building the endowment. The team's recommendations call for

latest library technology and

took tours of the building. In addition, the Choir of the West

further development of PLU's assessment program,

view possibilities of the

performed the composition "For Mary;' composed by David

improvements in the faculty evaluation process and concern

library's future.

Robbins, music professor and chair of the music department.

about resources to support technology requirements.

BRIEFLY Awards! Honors In Februa ry, KPlU 88.5 FM received the Gavin Award for the To p Jazz Station in the country. It won the award in 1991, 1992 and 1997 as well. The honor is based on many aspects of per form ance: on-air presentation, respect for perso n a l ities, relationship with listeners, fund raising su ccess, research contri butions, service to the com m u n ity a nd general reputation for bei n g a leader in jazz. Also,

KPLU a lso earned t h ree honors

honored in four decades of this

of America. The award-w i n n i n g

printing and graphic design,

from the Rad io-Television News

most famous lectu res h i p in

photo w a s o f Vancouver, British

p u b l ications, p u b l i c relations,

Di rectors Association (RTN DA)

history.

Colum bia, which was the cover

photography and audio services).

shot on the Spring '98 issue of

Aubrey's responsi b i l ities a lso

Scene. The competition took

include overs ight of the

place during U PAA's 37th Annual

mana gement of KPLU 88.5 FM.

nine-state Region 1 competition. The A P awards went to

Christine Arrasmith, Gerry Hadden, Steve Krueger, Ingrid lobet, Dave Meyer, Jennifer Schm idt, Keith Seinfeld and Paula Wissel. The RTNDA awards went to Gerry Hadden ,

Steve Krueger, Ingrid lobet, Jennifer Schmidt and Paula Wissel.

lauralee Hagen

'75, '78, d i rector of a l u m n i and parent relations, received the Rising Star Award at the Co u n c i l for Advancement and Support of Education D istrict VIII conference in February i n Seattle. T h e award i s given to

KPLU Assistant Program Director

Cong ratulations to PLU's student

advancement profess ionals with

and M usic D i rector Joey Cohn

newspa per, The Mooring Mast,

th ree to five years experience

was voted Jazz Radio Person of

which took home three f i rst

who demonstrate i n novation,

the Year. He a lso won the award

p lace reg ional awards and one

p rofessi o n a l ism and strong

in 1993.

f irst place national award from

leadership qual ities.

KPLU won 12 of 15 awards given, including five first-place honors

the Society of Professional Journal ists.

Tech n ical Sym posium in J u n e in

named executive d i rector for

Appointments -

major g ift

faculty!staff

development

vice president of development and u n iversity relations in May. He served as interim vice presi dent si nce Jan uary 1998. Joining PLU in 1995, Aubrey served as executive d i rector of major gift development. As vice president, he leads the u n iversity's advance

di rector of photog raphic services,

ment programs in the areas of

out of six possible categories at

Christopher Browning, history

won a fi rst- place award in the

professor, wi l l deliver the

news and features category at

effective in J u l y.

David Aubrey was a ppoi nted

Chris Tumbusch, associate

the Washington Associated Press

Doug Page was

Nashvi l l e, Te nn.

alumni & parent relations and

a n n ual givi ng, major gift

Broadcast Competition in April.

Treve lyan Lectures at Cambridge

the annual photography compe

development and advancement

The competition covered Seattle

U n iversity next spring. He is one

tition conducted by the Univer

servi ces, and com m u n i cations

metropolitan-area radi o stations.

of only five Americans to be so

sity Photographers' Association

(which incl udes u niversity

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Page brings experience in p l a n ned giving from the U niversity of Puget Sound, the Saddleback Memorial Foundation in Laguna Hills, Cal if., and C a l iforn ia Lutheran U n iversity. He is active in the Washington Planned Giving Council, Agnus Dei Lutheran C h u rc h a nd Gig Ha rbor Kiwanis C l u b. Page earned a bachelor's deg ree in business administra tion from Cal ifornia Lutheran Appointments contiNued next page

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U n iversity. He replaces David Au brey who was named vice president for deve lopment and u n iversity relations. Brian Hall was n a med develop ment di rector - major g ifts effective in J u ly. No stra nger to PLU, H a l l worked in the PLU Ad m issions Office si nce 1 993, fi rst as admissions co unselor then as assistant di rector of adm issions. H e earned a bachelor's degree in co m m u n ication from Wh itworth Co l l ege in Spokane, Wash. His current duties i n the develop ment office i n c l ude advanci ng the major gift deve lopment effort of the university by identi fyi ng, cultivating and sol iciting mid-ra nge major donors.

Joe Mccann (RIG HT), dean of the School of Business, was n a m ed U n iversity of F l orida's first d i rector of executive education, effective i n September. In addi tion to that position, McCa n n w i l l h o l d a lecturer position i n the Warrington College of Business, where he wi l l eventu a l ly teach in the school 's executive MBA prog ram. Some of McCa n n 's accom plish ments d u ring his six-year ten u re at PLU include creating PLU's Fa m i ly Enterprise Institute, which studies fami ly owned businesses, a n d helping form the South So und Entrepreneurs Netwo rk. Donald Bell joi ned PLU as dean of the School of Business, effec tive J u n e 1 5 . B e l l comes t o PLU with extensive experience in academic program leadership. Prior to his current appointment, he was vice president of Educa tional Benchmarking, Inc., a firm that develops and admin isters assessments to assist u niversities i n i m proving their operations. From 1 988 to 1 997 Bell served as assistant dean at the U n iversity of M i n nesota Carlson schoClI of M a nagement. Eleven years prior to that he d i rected the MBA prog ram at the U n iversity of Washington, and has held a d m i n istrative positions at the U n iversity of Iowa College of Medicine and G roup Health Cooperative of Puget Sound. Bell earned a Ph.D. i n college person nel admi nistration and h ig he r education from the U n iversity of Iowa and a B .A. in speech a nd theater from Wi l l i a m Jewe l l Colleg e in Missouri. Bell's u lt i m ate goal as dean is to see the school recognized nati ona l ly for excel lence in busi ness education in a New American Col lege setting. Myra Baughman '62, education p rofessor, w i l l serve as interim dean of the School of Education for the 1 998-99 year, effective J u n e 1 . She replaces John B rickell who, after six years of service to PLU, has chosen to pursue other opportunities. Baughman has

been on the PLU facu lty si nce 1 970 and has provided d istinctive leaders h i p for the master's pro g ra m in educational a d m i n istra tion. Baughman earned her doctorate at the U n iversity of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1 97 5 . Terry M iller was n a med dean of the School of N u rsing effective J u ly. Previously M i l ler was asso ciate dean of the San Jose State U n iversity College of Applied Sciences a n d Arts and di rector of the sJsU Division of Hea lth Professions. From 1 980 M i l ler taught n u rsi n g ful l-time at sJs U until he began his admini strative duties i n 1 994. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, a B . s . N . from the Univer sity of Oklahom a and holds a B.S. i n zool ogy. H e and his wife, J u l ie, have two yo u n g chi ldren. Chris Connerly Benton '81 is the new di rector of the Academic Assistance Center, effective J u n e 1 . She replaces Wanda Wentworth '79, who retired in June. Benton gradu ated from PLU magna cum l a ude, earn i n g a bachelor's degree i n Engl ish with a m i n or i n history, and earned certification i n secondary teach i n g . She earned a m aster's degree i n E n g l ish literature from the University of Washington, a nd recently served as associate d i rector of the Office of Student Affa irs at UW-Tacoma. Benton is a n experienced admi ni strator, teacher, tutor, adviser a nd staff trai ner. Julia Pomerenk '83 returned to PLU as the new registrar effective April 6. She worked in the office of the registrar at Washington State University si nce 1 989 and was employed by PLU as adm is sions counselor from 1 986-89. Pomerenk ea rned a degree i n Engl ish a n d psychology from P L U and a n M .A. in Engl ish at Ohio State Unive rsity. Chang-Ii Yiu, math professor, was appoi nted dean of the PLU Natural Sciences Division i n February, a n d w i l l serve t h rough 1 999. Y i u is a n accom p l ished physicist a n d mathematician, and has been a t PLU since 1 973. Fol lowing a re new tenure track facu lty for 1 998-99: Donald R. Bell, Ph.D. (Un iversity of Iowa), Dean, School of Busi ness Ronald S. Byrnes, Ph.D. (Un iversity of Denver), Assistant Professor of Education Kaustuv M. Das, Ph.D. (Ca l iforn ia I nstitute of Technology), Assistant Professor of Mathematics Joanna G . Higginson, Ph.D. ( U n iversity of Colorado), Assistant P rofessor of Sociology Don T. Immel, M . M . (Rice University), Assistant Professor of M usic Chung-Shing Lee, D.sc. (The George Wash ington University), Assistant P rofessor of Business

Earl Lovelace, M .A. (Johns Hopkins U n iversity), Associate Professor of E n g l is h a nd Disti n g u ished Write r-in-Residence Karen E. McConnell, Ph.D. (Arizona State U n iversity), Assistant Professor of Physical Education Patricia A. McGee, Ph.D. (Un iversity of Texas), Assistant Professor of Education Teny W. Mil ler, Ph.D. ( U n iversity of Texas), Professor of N u rsing and Dean, School of Nursing Eric D. Nelson '82, Ph.D. (Un iversity of Wash i n gton), Assistant Professor of Classics Nancy Ann Neudauer, Ph.D. (Un iversity of Wisconsin, Mad ison), Assistant Professor of Mathematics Julia A. Pomerenk '83, M .A. (Ohio State U n iversity), Registrar Francesca R. Lane Rasmus, M . L.l.s. (Domin ican U n iversity), Assistant Professor, Library Stacia M. Rink, Ph.D. (Un iversity of Wash i n gton), Assistant Professor of Chem istry Jeffery R. Schultz, P h . D . (Un iversity o f Cal ifornia, Los Angeles), Assistant Professor of Chemistry Patrick D. Seigler, M .A. (Un iversity of Alabama), I n structor, Library Kyle D. Shanton, Ph.D. (Un iversity of Arizona), Assistant Professor of Education Merlin C. Simpson '67, D . B.A. (Golden Gate U n ive rsity), Assista nt Professor of Business Deborah L. Tannehill, Ph.D. (Un iversity of Idaho), Associate Professor of Physical Education Mei Zhu, Ph.D. (Un iversity of Wash ington), Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Appoi n tm en ts stu den ts Lisa Birnel '99 and Bradd Busick '99 have been e lected AsPLU president and vice president, respective ly, to serve from April 1 998-April 1 999. B irnel, a political science major, is from Kingston, Wash., and Busick, a politica l science major, is from Kennewick, Wash. They wou ld like to promote a more active and visi ble AsPLU.

Administrators have rare opportunity for sabbaticals The PLU President's Co u ncil a pproved a n Extended Professional Development Leave for Ad ministrators, which provides for several long-term service admin istrators each year to take a paid leave away from their typical duties to pursue professional development, education, research, service or related activities. The following admin istrators were selected for the 1 998--99 fiscal year: Cristina del Rosario Fridenstine '75, di rector of student involvement and l eader ship, received a two-month paid sabbatical to co nduct a study of reg ional folklore in the P h i l i ppi nes, with a possible focus on fem a l e archetypes. Ed Larson '57, '61, '80, execu tive d i rector of cha rita b l e estate p l a n n ing, received a three month paid sabbatical to com pare the methods of fund raisi ng/resource development, as we l l as the attitudes toward cha ritable giving, between Scan d i n avia and the U n ited States. Larson a lso received $2,000 from the G reat Northwest Agency of Lutheran Brotherhood toward his sabbatica l .

Published Corn er E. Wayne Carp, associate professor and cha i r of the h istory department, publ ished " Fa m ily Matters - Secrecy and Disclosure i n the History of Adoptio n " in Apri l by Harvard U n iversity Press. Carp's book explores how openness, not secrecy, has been the norm in U.S. adoptions for most of the past three centuries. The trend toward sealed records only arose after World War II, when several u n usual cultural, demographic and social trends crossed paths. Carp's work m i nes a range of resou rces, including for the fi rst time confidential case records of a 20th century adoption agency: the seattle based Children'S Home Society of Washi ngton. The book is ava i l a b l e at major bookstores and at the PLU Bookstore, 253-535-7665.

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Alaska . Its jagged mountains, countless island villages and sometimes impassable roads stretch from Juneau to the farthest corner of the Aleutian islands and into the reaches of the Arctic Circle . For many, it is the last great frontier of the American West. Mr. and Mrs. Harstad and daughter in front

of the

Since its fou nding, PLU has played a part in expanding this portion of the frontier and has maintained a presence in the commu nities and minds of the people of Alaska.

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of connections to this vast wilderness with a look back at PLU President Bj ug Harstad's quest for gold in the Klondike, and a look at the cu rrent ties between PLU and Alaska.

Yesterday The first few years at Pacific Lutheran Academy were rocky as the admini stration and fac ulty could find little support for their new learning institution. After nine years, the newly founded PLA was drilled deeply into debt. Its leader, the Rev.

Bjug Harstad, who served as president from

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1 897-98, believed strongly in the u niversity a n d was haunted b y its fi nancial situation. Then prospectors found gold in the Klondike.

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n January 1 89 8 , the Parkland Help Society (PHS) was formed to sea rch for gol d in Alaska. If gold was fo und, half the profits would go to the members and half to the school. Niles J. Hong served as president while Harstad was away. The PLA board granted Mrs. Harstad use of the farm and the cows

in her husband's absence. On Feb. 9, 1 898 - only three months after his 50th birthday - Harstad and PHS member Otis

Larson departed from Tacoma for Dyea, Alaska, on board the 5.5. City of Seattle.

Sheep Camp

During his year-and-a-half journ ey, Harstad wrote a series of letters to the Pacific Herold newspaper to inform his constituents of his progress. The boat was "occupied by an indescribable crowd of Irishmen,

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Norwegians, Germans and Americans:' he wrote. Their tight quarters only permitted them to stand

" M any are surprised that the under足

while they ate, keeping their hats or caps on. This caused Harstad to muse, "If any get seasick . . . there will

signed should go to Alaska among gold

be fun ."

seekers. I should l i ke to ask those if they

Harstad became a spiritual leader on board, leading Lent services. In his letters, he wondered how he

know anyone who has a better reason

could witness to the entire ship of 800 passengers.

for going into the gold fields than I.

The 55 City

I suppose we can all agree that there

f Seattle docked in Skagway, about

1 00 miles so uth of Dyea, shortly after noon on

Feb. 14, 1 898.

are large fortunes of gold deposited i n

"It is not exactly cold today," Harstad wrote, "yet one would l ike a good fu r coat. Most of those who

m a n y places here i n Alaska. This i s clearly proven. Moreover, w e m a y a lso

meet at the wharf with transportation wear leather clothes. It is evident that there is a mixed population

agree that gold a nd silver as well as the

here. Some wear Eskimo clothes with furred trousers and loose shirt [sic] made of pelts of many colors.

earth and its fu llness are the Lord's, that He desires that man should benefit

A hood is attached to this shirt and is either drawn over the head or hangs between the shoulder blades

thereby and that His gifts should be used

and looks like a mo nk's cow\."

i n His service for building the Church.

Larson, who was not as elaborately clad, contracted a bad cold and was advised by Harstad to remain

Furthermore, it is firmly i mpressed both

in Skagway. Larson obliged, and Harstad continued on h is way, climbing aboard a large, open, flat足

upon me and many others that our

bottomed barge that accommodated 200 men. The barge crept toward Dyea. About 8 pm, it was taken in

school on the Coast is responsible for

tow by a little steamer, b ut after a short while the steamer left.

large sums of borrowed money that

"We had not landed nor were we aground as far as anyone knew. If anything, it seemed we would

must be repaid. We are i n duty bound to try every reasonable means of

drift back again, b ut that did not happen either. After we had been standing so like trapped, unresisting

fulfilling our obligations.

cattle for some hours, we became frozen and impatient," Harstad wrote. From Dyea, the party moved slowly north, facing threats of avalanches, bitter col d and deep snow.

Perhaps it is the Lord's will to unlock for us some of the earthly treasures that

By April 7 , Harstad wrote the university a repentful letter, seeking forgiveness and offering hope that their

are deposited here in Alaska."

journey would produce success. " Both you and I believe in that Lord to whom the world and its abundance belongs. Should He desire

- excerpt from one of Harstad's first letters home

to allot to me any of the riches which He has clearly deposited in many places here in the far north, then you ought to know that is to be devoted to the repayment of the debt to you . . . . ( even) if the Lord will not find a solution for us here, I do not believe He win permit me to die as a swindler." Spring gave way to summer, and the travelers continued searching. The walking and hiking were treacherous, the days at least 1 2 hours long. By the time they reached Dawson, many had fallen ill, and food was scarce. "There has been much sickness and many deaths here in Dawson this summer. The bold and able dentist from La Crosse, Wis. , Dr. Lee, was quite seriously ill this s ummer, but is since well. Weeks ago, he, together with a Jew, an Irishman and an American, went h unting. They went u p the Klondike River 8 0 o r 90 miles. After an absence of four weeks they returned w e l l supplied with moose meat. They shot three, a large buck and one calf, and was [sic] so kind as to present the horns to the Lutheran University. It is an exceptionally stately and large pair of horns with a spread of some over five feet and has fourteen points [sic ] ." The horns were mounted with a memorial plaque celebrating the journey, and now reside in the PLU Archives on the third floor of Mortvedt Library.

fter a year and a half, Harstad returned to PLU empty- handed and full of regret for not finding

the answer to the university's financial difficulties. "Unfortunately, the school has not yet received any financial help from my trip:' he wrote.

"The reason is that the Lord has not seen fit to give us any gold in Klondike. It is true, the undersigned owns half interest in three claims and is the sole owner of another. From these the Lord can, if He wills, give the school all it needs. So, I hope, no injury has been done. Yet, I am intensely sorry that my undertaking has caused dissatisfaction and concern for many, and for this I ask forgiveness." Indeed, many pastors and laymen of the district were unhappy with the results of Harstad's trip, grumbling about the expense. They even discussed taking over operation of the school. The proposal was rejected, however, and the district denied any responsibility, legally or fiscally, for the university. Harstad continued his support of PLU until a merger between three synods in the Northwest and a shift in theological perspective caused him to break his ties with the university.

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Today PLU eventually recovered from its debt to become a thriving un iversity with 3 ,600 students, a strong faculty and curriculum, and great possibilities fo r its future. Over the years, P LU has maintained strong ties with Alaska - this year it sent the third largest number of students to PLU, topped only by Washington and Oregon. According to Dave Gunovich '82, '95, an adm issions director who has served the Alaska region for the past 1 5 years, 80 to 90 students from Alaska are attending PLU this fal\. Several of those are Regents' and President's scholars, and most are in the top 25 percent of their classes. Gunovich said the strong tie between the u n iversity and Alaska comes from several similarities. "In Alaska, com munities are small and close-knit. It's the same here at PLU. Prospective students are looking for a good education and a very personal experience, and they hear about us from friends or relatives who went here. PLU's reputation as a great place fo r Alaska students has traveled fast."

Over the years, PLU has maintained strong ties with Alaska Furry 'r00111111ate' gives

this year it sent the third largest number of students to PLU,

Alaska student a chance

topped only by Washington and Oregon. Erika Thompson '98 was

to talk about values of her

drawn to PLU precisely because of the small community feel, and also the

close proximity to Seattle and Tacoma. " (PLU is) a draw on the hearts of Alaskans who haven't

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exper ienced it before," she said.

He's eight feet long from claw to claw,

Thompson is the new PLU Ad missions Ambassador for the Alaska region. She takes the reins from

Lisa (Backlund '9 1) VanDoorne, one of the longest serving alumni

hotTle state

and for an entire semester he lived on

ambassadors in the short history of

liz Korenek's '00 floor in Stuen Hall.

the program. (Admissions ambassadors are alumn i who help the adm issions office with outreach to

"He" is a 3-year·old light brown grizzly Korenek shot and killed using a custom

prosp ctive students . )

crafted 300 Winchester Magnum rifle in Alaska three days before starting her

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freshman year at PLU.

P LU 's reputation is gaining ground in Alaska. Enrollment climbs every year, and the PLU admin istration

Korenek - who doesn't look like a

is looking at new and unique ways it can serve the Alaska population. Ideas include hosting more events

stereotypical hunter at 5'4112" with an

in Alaska and providing endowed scholarships specifically for students from the state.

engaging smile and a sprinkle of freckles

Examples of current ties to Alaska:

classm ates ranged from, "Oh, the poor

across her nose - said comments from

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The state's first Connections Event was held in Anchorage on Aug. 16 at Anchorage Mayor Rick

bear," to "Wow. that's pretty cool."

Mystrom's house. ( Mystrom's da ughter, Je n n i fer '00, is a student at P LU. )

Korenek's furry roommate intrigued a lot of students. There aren't many who count

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Alaska is part of PLU's corporate territory.

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The Rev. Rick Rouse '69, PLU church relations director, hosts regular meetings and conferences

particularly in rural areas su ch as Nome.

i n Alaska.

where Korenek grew uP. hunting is as

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Two PLU Regents, Martin

hunting as a serious hobby. But in Alaska,

Pihl and Bishop Don Parsons, are fro m Alaska.

commonplace as golf and as essential as going to the grocery store.

Along with key states s u ch as Washington, Oregon, Hawa ii and Montana, Alaska remains a major focus of

"(Hunting p rovides our family's) main

PLU's co ntinued growth and sense of mission. Alaska will always retain a special p lace in o u r hearts,

source of food," said Korenek, who began hunting in the sixth grade and is the first

however, because of the part it played i n the un iversity's early h istory.

in her family to shoot a bear. "I feel

"Just as the ties of commerce and geographical proximity have always meant that the Pacific

good about contributing to the family in

Northwest and Alaska have shared a special relationship, so has PLU enjoyed a historic and strong

that way.

relationship with Alaska," said PLU President Loren J. Anderson. "One hu ndred years after Bjug Harstad's

"Hunting also means I get to spend time

trip, you see a steadily increasing flow of new students and the return of PLU alumni back to Alaska.

with my dad and be in the country," she added. "You also learn a lot. You read

"It is these ties that ensure our relationship fo r the future."

wind patterns and learn about species and their habits. It's very educational." The bear rug is now safely back at her

Nathe Lawver

'98 is living in Lakewood and recen tly joined the Lieutenant Governor's staff as a '98, a reporter at the Aberdeen Daily World.

parents' home in Anchorage. Korenek enjoyed having it on campus with her

communications specialist. He is engaged to Alicia Manley

Nathe thanks Phil Nordquist fo r the use of his book "Educating fo r Service: Pacific Lutheran University,

if even for a short time. Not only did it

1 890-1 990," and Kris Ringdahl fo r sharing historical items from the PLU Archives.

remind her of one of her biggest achievements. it allowed her to educate her classmates on the many different aspects of Alaska. A junior, Korenek is majoring in elemen tary education and Spanish. and minoring in special education. After graduation, she wants to return to Alaska to teach.

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Alumni Association Profile

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Following is an excerpt from Brian Olson's homily given at PLU in April.

t still matters! As you think about those words, what thoughts come to mind for you? Does it still matter for you? Will it still matter in 1 5 years? In 30 years? The mission of this un iversity still matters. So why should we care? Why does it matter? I guess for me I've come to realize more and more over the past 1 5 years since I left PLU that the world is j ust not very easy. Life is not a piece of cake or a bowl of cherries. Lost souls are abundant. The range of human hopes and hurts that cry out for the gospel is enormous. They cry out for a gospel of hope, of love and of grace. Does it really matter that there is an institution of higher education in this country whose mission is to educate for l ives of service to others? Who carries the message of the gospel to the

Brian Olson '83 A l u mni Association President

OCCUPATION: B u s iness

Deve l o p ment Manager, Laser Jet S u pp l i es O perati on,

masses of hu rting people? Who cares for thei r hurts? Who strives for justice in this unjust world? I would argue it is places like PLU and its students, faculty, staff and alumni that demonstrate over the years that we are the ones to take on this role of service to others. The world needs places like PLU because these places attract people like you. You come here to teach and to learn and then to go out into the world to make a difference. PLU is a unique place. There are not many like it. And it does matter. The mission of the u niversity is making the world a better place, and it is something of which we cal1 all be proud. The world is in desperate need of people who care enough to make a difference. Don't wai t for someone else.

Hewlett-Pa c kard Co.

Why is PLU important to you? _

P L U , I bel ieve, is one of few

col leges a n d u n i versities in this

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The followi ng i n d ividuals, churches and busi nesses have joined the

country that has a p r i m a ry foc u s

0 Club

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or u p g raded their membership from March 2 0 , 1 99 8 , through J u n e

30,

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DeniliS and Beverly Ostroot

o f educat i n g for l ives o f

PRESIDENT ' S CIRCLE

Daniel and Lynn Girvan '

James and Judith Dodds

tho u g htfu l i n q u i ry and service t o

(SS,OOO-9,999/year)

R. Gene and Esther Grant '

Graydon and Colleen Downing

Catherine Overland '

David Aubrey '

Charles Harding '

Guy and Brenda Ellison

Cilristopher Pankey

Michael and Krislin Houle '

James and KatllY Feek

Ted and DelRene Perkins

Luther and Dee Jonson

H. William and Sheri Feeney

Albert and RUtil ScllaHler

Steve and Paula Leitz '

Cli nton and Carrie Ferguson

Maudie Elaine Schaible

DaVid and Mary Marquardt

Bryan and Dana Gaume

Paul and KattlY Schaller

Malcolm and Diane McCallum '

Jacqueline Gilmore

Matthew and Dianne Solum

Ben and Ellen McCracken '

George and Janet Goehren

Barry and Lisa Spomer

ASSOCIATE SENIOR FelLOW

Joan Mitton

Jonathan Haley, Jr.

Tina Stuart

( $ 1 , BOO-2,399/year)

Jim and Joni Niesz

Rolf and Betsy Ann Hanson

Charlotte Thompson

Dale and Joan Keller '

Jean Nistad

Timothy Hanson

William and Pamela Trotter

c o m m u nity, nation and w o r l d . I n a w o r l d where t h e respons i b i l ity

AMBASSADOR ( $ 3 , 6 0 0-4,999/year)

of the educated g rows s i g n i fi

Bernice Koester '

cantly with each passing day, it i s

Don and Barrie Mott

critical t h a t P L U continue to send

SENIOR FEllOW ($2,400-3,S99/year)

its g ra d u ates to the fa r reaches

•

Roger and Joanne Hildahl

of the w o r l d to continue to m a ke a d iffe rence. I ' m p ro u d to be associated with s u ch a p l a ce.

•

Larry and Laura Majovski

1998 Al umni Board

May 1 5, 1 998

Rebecca Burad ' 7 4 (Regent), San

Roger Westberg '

Craig Wright and Ruttl Fischer-Wrigllt

FEllOW ($1 ,OOO-1,799/year)

MEMBER ($300-479/year)

Great NW Agency of Lutheran Brotherhood

Timothy and Wendy Aho

David and Joanne Haaland

Joseph Anderson

Jim and Susan Haaland

Richard and Mary Ann Ballew * *

Arne and Rhonda Ness '

Wa Sfl .

JUdltll Perry

David Coltom ' 8 3 , Issaqua l 'l , Was h . John Feldm a n n ' 8 2 , Seattl e , Was h . Karen F r ue h au f ' 92, Chanlpl ill, M i n n Michael Ful ler ' 94 , S i m i Va l l ey, Calif.

Ted Johnson ' 6 0 (Rege nt) , Seattl e , Was h .

Jay and

Shelton, Was h .

Steven Keller

Scott and Kristi Beebe

Margo Anne Kessel Thomas and Cheryl Koonsman

Charlene Allen

Terry and Kerry Bri n k '

H e l e n Kyl lo ' 50 , Tacoma, Was h .

Curt Cllristiansen

Gayle U n deblom ' 6 7 , Lacey, Was h .

Mary Evans '

D i c k Lon dgren ' 5 9 , Tacoma, Was h .

Glenn Evanson '

N i kki Martrn ' 7 3 , Mt. Angel, O r e .

Larry and Judith Evenson '

J i m Morrell ' 9 1 , S a l e m , Ore.

Ed and Cristina Fridenstine

Brenda Lichtenwalter ' Randy Lindblad Chr istian Lucky Thomas and Janette Mahoney

R . Wil liam and Bette Catlin

Rick and Vanita Mattson

Ray and Ann Clack

Ron and Carol Melver

Dawn Collins

Scott Barnum '

Sandra K r a u s e ' 8 9 , Eatonvi l l e , Was h .

Edwin and Maureen Krantz

Kenneth Byrne

ASSOCIATE FelLOW ($4BO-999/year)

'55 ,

Mike and Carol Kammer

Patrice Carlson

Gerald and Linda Strand '

Prentis J o l i nson ' 7 8, Federal Way, Was h . Beverly Knutzen

Beatha Johnson

Troy and Cheryl Brost '

Francis and Carol Stack

Ed and Nancy Merzenich

Maria-Alma and Richard Copeland

Wallace and Eloise Miyasaki

Andrew and Alison Corrigan

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Scott and Jill Moon

and Mrs. W i l l i a m Costine

Creator Lutlleran Church, Lake Tapps Janie Davis •

Brian Olson ' 8 3 , Boise, Idaho

Robert and Karin Holland

Prentis and Loretta Johnson

Mitch and Jonette Blakney

Carl anel Jewellyn Searcy '

Paul and Anne Urlie Vicky Winters

M i lton and Bonnie Jeter

Chris Berntsen *

Lois Harris Art and Lorelee Hedlund Emmer Jackson

Ricllard and Loretta Bentson

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Robert and Gladys Rieke

D a r ren Hamby ' 8 7 , '92, Seattle, Wash.

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Cary Bassani

Loren and Camilla Hildebrand

P h y l l i s Grahn C a r r o l l ' 55 , Lakewood,

•

Margaret Wickstrom '

Vernell and Carol Hance

Frarrcrsco, C a l i f .

Tom and Lissa TOlllmervik

David and Marvalee Wake '

Doug and Marit Nierman ' Norma Norby Christopher Nordquist

Mark and Nancy Davis

Bruce and Ann Nunes

DeVoe Mansion

Susan Stri n g e r ' 7 6 (Regent) , B e l l e v u e , vVa s h . A DVISORY BOARD

DavilJ Aubrey, Vice President, Development and University Relations Lauralee Hagen ' 7 5 , ' 78 , Di rector, Alumni

& Parent Relations

Monica Hurley ' 94 , Associate D i rector, Annual Giving/O Club Darren Kerbs '96, ASSOCiate Di rector, Alumni

Erv Severtson

Parent Relations

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President and

Dean for Student Life

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pledges and grants of $ 1 0 , 000 or more, April

to June 30, 1 998

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AMOUNT

PURPO SEIDESIGNATION

Anderson Foundation

$ 1 25,000

William and Jeanie Anderson Endowed Scholarship

Loren J . and MaryAnn Anderson

$ 1 0 0 , 200

Will ProvisionJO Club Pledge/Restricted Capital Projects Pledge

David G. Aubrey

$50,000

Will Provision/O Club Pledge

Jeanne Baird

$ 1 00,000

Will Provision

Virginia Benson

$25,000

Will Provision

The Boeing Company

$ 1 00,000

School of Business Program Development Grant

Thomas Bundy Estate

$ 1 0 , 000

Helen and Cecil Dammen

$1 2 ,000

Will Provision

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

$59,578

Unrestricted Operating SupporVEndowment

Fisller Broadcasting, Inc.

$1 5 , 000

MALO Challenge

Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Foundation

$ 1 00,000

Mary Baker Russell Music Center Fuchs Organ Fund Unrestricted Operating Support

Club Endowment

Independent Colleges of Washington

$44,968

Gordon and Alice Kayser

$20,000

P il i l l i p and Alice Kayser Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

Edgar and Betty Larson

$40,000

Will Provision

Anne L . Long

$1 0,000

Lutheran Brotherhood

$60,091

Matching 604 Donor Gifts Murdock College Researcll Program lor Life Sciences Grant

Club

M. J. M u rdock Charitable Trust

$1 9 , 500

PLU Women's Club

$1 8,400

PLU Women's Club Endowed Scholarship

Bernice Polchow

$50,000

Will Provision

Everett Thykeson

$ 1 0 , 000

Anne Kensrud Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Charles and Margaret Upshaw

Confidential

Will Provision/Unrestricted Annual Fund Pledge/O Club Pledge

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Melissa Bertocch ini Shawn and Michelle Blocker Brandon ami Tarren Fix Katherine Hansen Michelle Hassler Eille Jiang Errca Kjesbu Asilley Orr ' Kevin and Kristine Pieper Dan and Suzanne Tye Kevin and Anna Wells Trevor and Tracey Wilite STUDENT MEMBER ($60- 1 1 9/year)

Karin Anderson JeHrey Bare Lisa Bimel Kristin Merle Martin and Sarah Mogk Sarall Nicholson •

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Increased from previous level

Continuing the

dream

Afte r the sudden death of her h usband, Cong ressman Walter Ca pps '57, Ca l ifornia Democrat Lois Capps '59 ca mpa i g n e d f o r h i s seat i n Con g ress a n d n o w carries on h is legacy B Y

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campaigns, but that was the extent of the

ois Capps '59 has braved a tumultuous year.

Capps' political involvement, Lois said.

The PLU alumna staged three election

That changed i n 1 9 94 when the local

campaigns, won a congressional seat as a political

congressional seat came up fo r grabs because

newcomer and, along the way, emerged as a

the incumbent was runni ng fo r the Senate.

vanguard fo r her political party.

Walter, who had never before sought elected

At the center of it all was her husband, Wa lter '57, b u t he was

office, decided to give politics a try. He ran

not there to witness it. Since h is sudden death in October 1 997, Lois has grieved her loss by working to ensure that her husban d's

against two other Democrats in the p r imary

short stay on Capitol Hill isn't left unfinished. In March, Capps,

and won. He was not so fo rtunate in the

( D - California), became the 36th widow elected to fill a

general election, where he lost in what

husband's seat in Congress.

became the Republican sweep of 1 994. But h is was one of the closest races in the nation,

"I still think about him every minute," she said. "There's some satisfa ction that comes from sitting at the desk where he

so Walter and his fa mily knew he would hit

sat, from carrying out his legacy and b u ilding a new base that he

the campaign trail again. That's where he was in May 1 9 96 when a

di dn't have time to b u ild."

dr unk dr iver hit him and Lois as they

Lois and Wa lter attended PLU in the 1 9 50s, but Walter left a year before Lois enrolled in the school's nursing program. They

returned from a campaign event. Walter

later met at a Lutheran youth group in Portland, where Lois was

took the brunt of the impact and was

co mpleting her nurses training at Emmanuel Hospital, and

hospitalized in i ntensive care. He spent t h ree

Walter was attending Portland State Universi ty. They married in

months i n a wheelchair with a broken leg

1 9 60 and, after a few years in Connecticut where they both

and arm. The event catapulted Lois into

earned degrees at Ya le University, settled in Santa Barbara,

politics. She quit her job and campaigned fo r her husband while

ra ising three children.

he recovered. "There was a lot of pressure on him, but also a huge amount

Lois spent a few years at home with the child ren and then j o ined the local p u blic school district, where she worked fo r 20

of support," she said. "Events can be solidifying and they can be

years as a n elementary school nurse, coordinator of the teen

traumatic. We emerged as a team, and the experience proved him

parent p r�gram and health consultant for child development

to be a real person fo r a lot of people." He rejoined her in August of that year and together they weathered a campaign peppered

programs.

with attacks. In one, Walter was accused of being the only person

Wa lter taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara, one of the first public schools to offer a religion

besides Polly Klaas' killer disappointed that the death penalty

department. He was a well-liked professor, leading a class on the

was given fo r her murder.

Vietnam war that brought veterans into the classroom to teach.

The Capps' daughter, Laura, had caught the political bug

I t became the largest class on campus. The couple occasionally

during her fathe r's first campaign and started working at the

cheered on favo rite state legislators and helped them with their

White House. Her boss, George Stephanopoulos, and the co n t i n u e d o n p a g e 22

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N O T E S 1938

Stener Kvinsland died on March 30. He and his wife, Margaret '40, were

Hellry Kiel died on May 2 2 . He was born on March 3 1 , 1 899. Henry taught

His career as a n

biology a t Roosevelt H igh School i n

m a r ried in 1 94 1 .

P o r t Angeb from 1 929 to 1 964. H e

educator and coach in t h e S o u t h

married Luette E n d a Svi n t h i n 1 9 3 1

K i tsap S c h o o l District in Port Orchard, Wash ., spanned fo ur decades

Luctte died in 1958. Henry married

coached basketball, track and football,

Hazel Porter in 1 960 and after their

and guided the boy's basketball teams

retirement they were h ired by Crown

to six league titles, and the track team

Zellerbach to teach the c h i l d ren of

to a t h i rd · p lace s tate finish. While he PLU's first May queen, Kathryn (Kay /ol. nson) McCla ry, died on Feb. 6.

was head football coach, the Wo lves

spent two years. He is su rvived by h i s daugh ter, M a r y Louise Cowley; step·

Kay taught in Malone, Was h . , and

1 943, 1 946 and 1 9 5 3 the t e a m was

daugh ters, Ruth Crapo and Mary

Puyallup, Wash., before marrying her

undefeated. In the classroom, he

Katherine Loyal; stepson, Seldon

husband, Cecil. They were long-time

taught scie nce, social studies, m a t h ,

Porter; five grandchildren and eight

residents of Red mond, Wash., and

heal t h a n t ! physical education. He also

grea t· grandch i Id reno

were temporarily living i n Charlotte,

served as boys counselor, attenda nce

1932 Ruth (Jacobsoll) Hunnicut d ied on May 25. After her graduation fro m PU), she taught school in McCleary and Silverdale before her marriage to

c., at the time o f her death. Kay is

p r i nc i pal, retiring

vived by h is wife; sons, Stephen and

who attended P LU between 1 9 6 6 and

Eric; daughter, Julie Poier; and eight

1968; a son, Robert; and fou r

grandchi l d ren.

grandchildren.

Neve/la Lemagie and her husband,

1936

her fam i l y and then returned to teach in the Seattle

Public Schools, retiring

i n 1 97 2 . Ruth and £dwin were married

Ellid (Hutson) VanLeuven died on May 26. She was born i n Billings,

fo r 56 years a t the time of h i s death

Mont., and grew up in Wa s hington.

in 1 995. She is surv ived by her

She taught for 30 ycars before retiring

daughter, Christine Querna; son,

20 ycars ago. Eo.id is su rvived by her

David; and eight grandchildren. Ruth's

husband of 60 ycars, John; one o f her

daugh ter, Linda Howard, preceded her i r. death in 1 993.

identical twin daugh ter s, Margaret Reyhner; and grandson, Marc Reyhner. Her twin daugh ter, Maria Love, preceded her in death a year ago.

Robert Krueger d ied in March. After graduating from

over much of the world. They also �orlhwest waters frolll Puget Sound to Alaska fo r 18 years. They live i n a home near Gig Harbor where they enjoy their garden alld fa mil)' that includes four grandchildren, three of whom serve in the Navy.

1951

wvVII. He had a career i n restaurant equipment sales and esta b l i shed a

Louise (Bulless) Madsen and her

manufacturing representative agency,

husband, Richard, have moved to

Krueger and Assoc iates. He is sur·

Newberg, Ore., to be near their fo u r

vived by his wife of 56 years, Mildred

children and seven grandchildren.

'45; two sons, Martin and Mike;

They look fo rward to participating in

daugh ter, Mary Jane Putt; and their

activities offered a t George Fox

fam i l ies.

Universi ty.

1 9 53

1 942

Delores Randolph died in December.

Robert Nistad died o n March 2 0 . He

She taugh t for many years in the

worked at Cen t u ry Compa nies of

['rankJin Pierce School District.

America for 32 years as a n agent, manager and regional vice president,

Richard, retired i n 1 9 73 and t raveled had a boat they used to explore lhe

PLU, he served in

mission. He is looking forward to his 50th class reunion i n 1 999.

the U.S. Army in the Pacific during

in 1 9 7 5 . He is sur

s u rvived by her h usband, Cecil; her

May to see the results of St. Patrick's

1 94 0

counselor, athlctic d i rector and vice

daugh ter, Dottie McClary McLeod,

f'dwin H u n nicutt i n 1 9 39. She raised

1949 Wilbert Ericson traveled to Ireland in

beginning d u ring World War I I . He

Wilbert '52, and son, Jeno.

Lhe birth of Logan Daniel Grimm.

Mary Louise, C h a rles and Karsten.

c a p t u red six cham pionships, and

DOli and Marie (Johnson '36) Monsoll have recently become great·

'73, preceded her in death.

She is su rvived by her husband,

gra n d p a rents fo r the first time with

a n d they had fou r children, David,

p l a n t managers in Chile, where they

son, Peter

1 9 3 9

1 946

w i n n i ng many awards and achieving

Jeanllette "Kookie" (Burziaff) Koch d ied

on April 27. She was a wife,

mot her, music teacher, m i n ister of music, and entertainer. She was involved in her church and many volunteer com m u n i ty activities. Kookie was an active supporter of PLU, she was a past a l u m n i board member, congrega tional representa

the designation of chartered l i fe underwri ter, retiring

in 1 9 88. Robert's

extensive com munity involvement included being a PLU

Q Club

member. H e was named PLU A l u m n us of the Year i n 1 970. Robert is su rvived by h is wife, Jean; daughters, Marjie anel Kathie; a son i n · l aw, Wayne; and t"Wo grandsons.

tive at Trinity Lutheran Chu rch i n Gresham, Ore., and the current class representative fo r 1 946. Her oldest

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on March 2 1

Board, h e l p i ng train students as

she taught elem en t a ry school. She

Port Angel e s , Wash., of melanoma

m e d ic a l tec h nol ogists. For the past

also taught pian o an d was the c h urch

Electric, Hanford, in Richland, Wash.,

c an ce r. A fter graduati ng from PLU

two decades, she has wo rke d at

o rga n i s t at Oak Harbor Lutheran

in 1 959. I n 1 967 he joined l3allelle,

Pa t h o l o g ist 's Reg io n a l La bo rato ry i n

Church, where she was a mem b er.

beca m e a member of its Exxon

Lewiston , Idaho.

B arba ra be l o n ged to the I.ocal, state

Sig Sorenson d ied

with a bachelor of science de gree , he a tte n d ed the U n i ve rs i t y o f

Was h i n gton Dental School, where h e

1 957

received h i s doctor of dental su rgery d egree in 1 956. S ig p ract i ced d e nt ist ry

in Port An geles for 34 years, after

A fte r g ra du a t i n g from PLU, he

servi ng as a den ta l officer in the U.S.

attended Wartburg Theological

Navy. He retired i n 1 992 a nd went on

Sem ina ry in Dubuque, Iowa, and

staff at the Uni vers i ty o f Washing ton

of m i n istry degree from Northwest

asked to be an afruiate assistant

was a pastor from 1 96 1 until his

He is survived by h is wife and the i r two daugh ters, Lauric Sorenson and Karen Ward. His bro th e r, Robert Sorel/son

'58,

Robert

preceded him in death

V. Niemall '50; a n d

associa t e broker

Wi n de r m ere

Hermil/a Meyer re t i red a fter 44 years

h is w ife, j u n e , h ave

1 0 g ran dch i l d ren .

as a medical technologist. After

rece i v i n g h er degree as a m edi ca l

five chi l d ren

N u c l e a r Materials M a nag e m e n t , a

and a r e p l a n n i n g a

Canada,

Lutheran C h u rch and i n 1 95 8 went to

India where she stayed fo r 20 yea rs.

Tn I n d ia, she worked in h nsp i ta ls and

the C h r istian M e d i cal Ex am i n i ng

this d i s t i n c t i o n '1I1d ho nor. He was a compet i t iVe" r u n ner, a n d coach e d a

M iss l\mcJ'ica softball team.

He is th ree

su rv i ved by h i s w i fe, B a r b ara ;

daugh ters,

Lisa Ha rrow, K ris t i

Sig Sorensoll '56, d i ed on M a rch 2 1 .

I Ie

recclvL:d

six grandchildren. Robert's brot h e r, David Wake, U n i vers it y of California,

Robert SorellSOIl d i e d on Iv!arch 1 0.

Be r ke l e y, is a new m embe r o f t h e

National A cademy of Science.

a bachelor of science

1 960

Maska t h i s year.

d eg re e i n c h cll1 is t r y from PLU, an

Barbara (Skjollsby) Fosso died on

M BA fro m t h e U n i versity o f

Hildred (HallS"I/) D Ullgall earned a

Was h i ngton i n 1 972, a n d a master's

bachelor of s c i e nce degree in business

d eg ree in a p p l i e d behavioral science

a d m i n i s t ration from M u hlenberg

Marc h 27. Ba r ba ra and her husband, D01l '57, w ere married i n 1 95 7 a n d

traveled extensively as a m e m be r of

percent of m e m bers ha v e re ceive d

t ra vel mo re.

1958

trip to

p ro fess ion a l society; onl)' about o n e

Sorenson Z o l l a rs, Karis Skrivan; an d

The )' t a ke a s m u c h

Ross Lake a n d C h e l a n , Was h . , a n d

m issio n a r y with the F.vangelical

was elected a fe l l ow of the J' n s L i t u t e o f

m o re t i me to visit their ei g ht child ren

ti m e a s possible for fi s h i n g tri ps to

technologist from PLU, she was a

1 986, R obe r t

Wa s h ingto n and Cal i fornia. H is la s t

and six g r a nd -ch i ld ren as well as

and

Pacific Northwest Natio n al

La b o ratory for the International

Safeguards Program. I n

i nt er i m m i n i st r ies . T h e y hope t o have

Real t y in l3 e l l i ngh a m , Wash. He a n d

at the

F. ne rgy

Walton " Wally" Berton retired after

substitute te a ch in g a n d occ a s i o n a l

}Oll Soine is a ful l- t i m e rea l estate 1 95 4

the International Ato m i c

Agen cy. For the past five years he was

Cal i f., where Wa l l )' will do some

a sister,

Dorothy }. Anderson '46.

o n March 10.

her husband, Don; three sons and

Booth, are l i v i ng i n Lo n g Beach,

Mark; three gra n d c h i l d ren ; a brother,

fa m ily to Vienna,

daughters-in-law, Richard I'osso,

J u n e 28. H e and his w i fe, Carole

dau ghters, Diane a nd Phyl l is; son,

his

Austria, for th ree years to work fo r

Church i n Sa n Pedro, Calif., was

his w i fe, Stella (AI/dersol/ '57);

1 987 he mo ve d

caring for her dogs. She is sur v i ved by

S un da y at Good S h e p he rd Lutheran

retirement in 1 996. He is su rvived by

for mos t of their 4 3 - year marriage.

Distinguished Senior Scientists. I n

37 years i n pa r ish m i n ist ry i n O rego n ,

T heological Union i n Seattle. Richard

pro fessor. Sig and his wife, Laura (Sperstad '51), lived in Po rt A ngeles

at i o ns, was an avid swimmer and

Fosso; and two grandchildren.

1 96 1 . I n 1 989 he earn ed his docto rate

Restorative Dent ist ry, where h e was

re cog nized as on e of Ba ttel l e 's

Steve and Kori I'osso, Dan and Tra ce y

earned a master of d ivin i ty degree in

Dental Scho ol in the Department o f

Nuclear Proje c t Team, a nd was

and national music teachers associ received great joy from training and

Richard Nieman died o n March 20.

Robert began his ca reer at General

from Whitworth College i n 1 98 1 .

moved to Oak Harbor, Was h . , where

Co ll ege i n Allen town, Pa., i n May. Gerald Erickson died on May

23.

}\fter gra d u at i n g from PL , h e

at t e n ded L u t h e r Se m ina r )' where h e received a bachelor's degree and

master's degree, and Aquinas Institute

From Mayfest dancer to international Cll1lfCh cons tant: The long and satisfYing road B Y R E V. D A V I D A N D E R

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o f Theolo g y where he received a doctorate. Cerald se rved congrega t ions in M i nnesota and Texas and was the founding pastor of

L ig ht

of the

Cross Lutheran Ch urch i.n Bothell. Survivors include his wi fe ) Susa n ;

da u g h te rs, A n n e Green a n d Ja net Adams; a n d one gra nd so n . Bob Erickson received the Ron

S perl i n e Serv ice Award for h is work

'7 5

with tbe g i rls softball and basket' b a l l

programs a t Ocosta H igh School i n

West por t, Wa sh. He a n d h i s wife, '62), are cra n be r r y growers in G ra ylan d , 'Nash. M e rr i

actors that led to my work with

Merri (Nels oll

the Church of Norway and the Church of Sweden began rather

berr)' A l l iance a n d se rve s on the

1 9 7 1 . I was finishing my first year as a

S o u thwest ern Wa s h i n g ton Syn od

Mayfest dancer and had learned that

C o u n c i l a n d Reg io n O n e G ove rn i n g Cou ncil. Th eir d augh te r, }ealll/ine '90, '92 is an assis t a n t a u d i t manager

our advisor, Auden Toven, had a parti cular problem on his hands.

with the WashingtDn State Auditor's

It seemed a disproportionate

O ffice, and is pu rs i n g a ma�ter of

number of PLU coeds were taking the

public a ffa irs degree a t t h e U n iversi t y

Norwegian language class from this

of Washington. T h e i r da u g h ter,

"very eligible" bachelor. Upon hearing

Sharon, is s t u dy i ng n u t r i t ion a t

of Toven's plight, I offered to help him

S ea t t l e Pa ci fi c U n i vers i t ),.

balance the odds and take his

Part of David Anderson's

Norwegian class in the fall. So began

included a

my contact with the Norwegian

pre sid e nt of t h e Wa sh i n gto n Cran

inconspicuously during the spring of

'73, '75 (FAR RIGHn trip to Scandi navia stop in Sweden and d iscussions with t h e Lund d i ocese.

language and culture that would shape my interests and activities for decades to come. I eventually attended Menig hetsfakultetet, a Lutheran seminary in Oslo, Norway, and since then have maintained contact with pastors and other friends closely associated with the Church of Norway.

1961 David Haaland is a s e n i o r a s sociate

cons u l ti n g surgeon i n t h e o r th o p ed ic

d e p a r t m e n t a n d o ve rs e es the

Impairment Evaluation Center at the

Four times since 1 992 I have been invited to work with the Lutheran church in Norway relating to

Mayo C l i n i c i n Roc h es ter, M inn. He

issues of faith, families and congregations.

is also an orthopedics instructor at

The last trip was by far the most significant. In May, Dick Hardel, executive director of the Youth and Fami ly Institute of Augsburg College, and I (as the institute's program director) gave the keynote address at a church conference in Granavolden, Norway. Titled "Family and Congregation Hand in Hand: A Strategic Conference on the Family," the conference reflected the current emphasis in Norway to work more closely with families to nurture

th e Mayo Medical School. He and h is wi fe , J oa nn e , h a ve e n j oyed the

transition from California, though

t h e rece n t mild M i n nesota winters have made il easier.

faith life in the home. The primary goal of the gathering of nearly 30 leaders was to establish a long-term relationship with the Youth and Family Institute of Augsburg College in order to help the Church of Norway further develop their ministry with families. According to Augsburg President Bill Frame, former vice president for finance and operations at

1 962 }eall Lidin v isited

relatives in

Norway

took the train to To nsbe rg to visit one of her PLU classmates, retired teacher,

'62.

PLU, "The work of the institute brings the college into d i rect service to the church, building a powerfu l

GrethI' ROlli

prop under o u r curricular pursuit o f the dialogue o f faith a n d reason. H

d is p la y i n Oslo was d iscovered o n Lhc

The movement of partnering home and congregation has been g rowing in the U n ited States since it was first piloted by the Youth and Family Institute in 1 996. People are looking for a faith that makes a difference in their l ives, and their home life is of central concern. Congregations are helping

individuals and entire households link thejr faith lives with their daily lives, and it is this cooperation that is gaining the attention of Lutheran churches throughout the world. My trip to Norway also opened doors to meaningful contacts in Sweden, where I gave three lectures to seminary students at the pastoral institute. My itinerary also included discussions with leadership from the Lund diocese and staff from two congregations.

in SeptembeT 1 997. While th e re, she

A V i k i n g sh i p on

Ro m fam il ), fa r m . SalldTtl ( Tynes) Hagel'ik we n t w i t h her t w o sons, Randi and Erik, to No rway i n

the

s u m mer of 1 997. They

v i si t e d with more t h a n 1 00 relat ives d u ri n g t h e i r sta),. Sandra is a career

counselor to Ho u s i n g a n d U r b a n D evel op m e n t e m p l oyees t h ro u g ho u t t he West.

It is amazing how a decision initially motivated by one passion in the spring of 1 971 would lead to the development of a whole set of other passions in subsequent years. I am deeply indebted to a multitude of experiences at PLU that eventually led me to Norway, Sweden and a host of people deeply comm itted to a strong Lutheran and Christian witness around the world.

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ith two out of every five people on the earth malnourished and more than one billion living in absolute poverty, Mercy Ships, a non profit

Christian relief agency, has sailed to more than 70 ports

around the world providing medical care, relief aid and long-term sustainable change since 1 978. In 1991, Chuck Cooper '77 and his wife, Rebecca, l ived on board Mercy Ships flagship Anastasis for a three month-long Discipleship Trai ning School. "Life on board the nine-story vessel with 400 mission aries from 30 nations was challenging and rewarding, U Cooper said. "During our schooling we lived in Poland, the Netherlands, Norway, the Ukraine and the Soviet Union. We left the ship in Estonia j ust three days before the coup closed Talli n's Harbor. For several days, Soviet battleships prevented the Anastasis' departure." Two additional months of Christian outreach followed the school phase.

To Qualify for the Alum n i Discount:

After completing the training, the Coopers knew it was their calling to serve the poor and needy through the

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work of Mercy Ships. In 1993 they sold their house in

77 stands aboard Mercy Ships' Caribbean Mercy. when it was docked in

Chuck Cooper '

Seattle this spring.

You m ust have received a deg ree from PLU a nd be

returning for a master's degree

Colorado and moved to Texas to volunteer full-time at Mercy Ships' international office. Chuck's work in the

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video production department has taken him to Mexico.

You m ust either have been officially accepted i nto or be currently enrolled i n a master's program at PLU

the Dominican Republic. Guatemala and Nicaragua.

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"My greatest challenge as a videographer is catching God at work on board the ships and within

No a p p l i cation is necessa ry; the discount is automatic as long as you q u a l ify

the remote villages that we serve," Cooper said. Last year alone Mercy Ships' three-fleet operation. which is staffed by international crews of

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nonsalaried professionals, brought free medical care and relief to Lithuania, Nicaragua, Guatemala.

Cohort programs qual ify, as long as they are master's programs

South Africa. Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. Over the past 20 years. volunteer surgeons have

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performed thousands of free operations. from correcting cleft palates and crossed eyes to removing

Add itional maste r's degrees (second, th i rd, etc.) q u a l ify

tumors and cataracts. In addition, more than 1 00,000 people have been treated in village medical and

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dental clinics. A native of Salem, Ore.• Cooper earned a BBA in business administration from PLU and earned an

Contact Kerri Fletcher

MBA from the University of Puget Sound. Chuck and Rebecca have two children. Dustin. 5, and

Graduate Program Coordinator

Jason, 3. They are expecti ng their third child in September.

Ralph Carr will c o m p l et e his 2 5 t h year as a

p a sto r at Westm inster

P resbyt e r ia n Church i n Ch eha l i s , Wash., on Au g. 3 1 . He and his wife, Joyce (Taylor

'62) were

i n Malawi,

A fr ic a, for thret' weeks this past summer. They were p ar t of a 1 2 me m b e r te a m d o i n g m i ss io n wo r k. Dan Erlander rec eived an h o n or a r y

doctorate from Tri n i ty Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio,

1 966 Deanna (Zimbelman) McDermott ea r n ed a master of science deg ree i n n u rs i n g in J u n e 1 997 from Gonzaga

U n i vers i t y i n S p o k a ne, Was h . , a n d wa s n a t i o nal l y certified as a fa mi l y n u rs e pr a c ti t i o n er in 1 998. Deanna

p r esen ted a research poster at t he American Academy o f N u rse Practi tioners con ference in June. She works at V.A. Bandon, a community-based o u t p a ti ent clinic. She has been a n u rse p rac t i ti one r since 1 980.

d u ring the com

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menccment ceremonies on J u ne 6. He

served co ng rega t io ns in St. Charles, 111.; S p r ing Val ley,

Cal i f.; A l b u q uerq u e ,

N . M . ; and was c a m p us pastor at PLU

before taking h is current po s i t i o n as

pastor o f Tr i n i t l' Lutheran Church i n

Preeland, Wash. H e i s t h e a u thor o f " Ba p tize d , We Live: Lutheranism as a

Way of Life;' " Ma n u a and Mercy: a Brief H is tor y of God's U n fold i n g Promise to Mend the Entire

Universe," and "Let the Children Come: A Ba pt i sm a l Ma n ua l!'

1 963 Ruth Schaffler co m pl e te d her post master's de g ree work i n the fa m i ly

nu rs e p r a c t it i o n er course at PLU i n

Louise (Siepmann) Zmuda received a master o f e d u ca t i o n d eg r ee in special

ed u cat io n from the Univer s i ty of Idaho i n August 1 997. She i s an eighth-grade s pe c ia l ed u cat i o n teacher in the

B o n n e r County School

District i n Priest Lake, Idaho. Her son, Ja)" is a j u nior in high school and act' ive i n sports. Her daugh ter, La u r a , is a senior at New Mexico St a te

University. ClrarIes arrd Kathy

'71 Vanderpool's

youngest d a u gh t e r, Ruth, is in the fresh m a n honors program at PLU;

their son, Vi rgi l , is i n the civil e n g i n ee r i n g program at the O rego n

Institute of Tec hnology; and their

Se p te mb e r 1 997 a n d i s wo rki ng as a

middle child, Jill, was married in May.

pa r t- t i m e a dva n ced r eg i st ered n u rse

Patrick Kelly

practitioner while she te a c h es full time in the School of Nu rsi ng a t PLU.

'95

'70, '79 and Lisa Allen

wer e married on July l O in Bend,

Orc. Lisa is a m u s i c teacher, and

Patrick is t h e p r incipa l of a l arg e

1 964 George Bearei h as a new pos i t i o n as

co u r t services officer for t h e c hil d i n need o f care se ctio n i n t h e j u venile d e p a rt men t of the 29th Judicial

m iddle school in Ce n t ral O r ego n .

The co upl e divide5 their free t i me

between their nine pets and fishing, boating, s k i i n g , h o rs eb a ck r i d i n g a n d

o the r s po r t s.

District i n Wy a n do t t e Co u n t y, Kansas. Mary (Olson) Cornils and Gr ego r y

Baich were married on Aug. 1 5 . Mary

is the director o f co m m u n i t y health at Fairview H os p i ta l and Healthcare

Ser vices in M in n ea po lis .

M i n n ., c o nti n u i ng a trad i t io n o f Lut h e ra n hig h e r ed ucat i o n . William Friday is th e di rector of

ad m i n ist r a ti ve services for the Fo rt

Worth Housing Authority in Fort Wo r th , Texas. He is also the national

t ra i n e r for the N tio n al Association of

Housing and Rede ve l opm e n t Offi c i a l s

p rov i d es fi nan of p ub li c and I n d i a n

( NA H RO ) . N A H R O cial management

h o u s i n g a u t ho r it i es . He is treasurer for the Southwest region and past treasurer for the Pacific Northwest region of NAHRO. William is act i ve in other p u bl i c a nd a ffordabl e h o u s i n g organizations and has experi ence i n bond issues fo r p u rc h a s ing HlJD a n d FDIC p r ope r ty. For the past

Katherirre (Marrcke) Kidd h as a new

position as the d i rector of i n ter

at Fa i r fi el d U n i vers ity

in F a i r fi el d , Coon. Her daug h te r, Elizabeth, is beginning her second

year at St. Olaf Coll ege in Nortbfield,

of the Golden Apple Award fo r excel lence in education in the Ferndale and Blaine, Was h., school districts. Stu

dents, par e n ts , co m mu ni ty members t ea ch e r who has made a difference i n t he i r

lives. Alvina teaches fuU

orchestra, s t r i n gs and gener al music

a ss is ta nt insurance underwriter for

workers compe n sa tion in Texas.

His organization, S p i r itb o r n e Prod u c tions, provided the lighting, sound and video systems d u ring the Southwestern Washi n g to n Synod as s e m bl y i n June. Johrr Beck ear n ed a Ph.D. i n marital

and family t h e ra py from the

U n ive r si t y of Iowa i n A u gu st 1 997.

His dissertation exami ned cl ergy burn out and job sat isfaction. Jobn and his

SIIl-year-old so n , Jordan, m o ved from Clear Lake, Iowa, where he was pastor

Sky Li n e el e m e n tary schools. She has

Jo a n H u n t , pastor of Be t hl eh e m

and

serves at St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Portland, Ore.

DOW

Wartbu rg Theological

;·da)'. He

S e min a r )' i n

Dubuque, I o wa . H is wife, Joann, is a

pastor a t F i rst Engl is h Lutheran

recent was " Fiddler on the Roof" at

Church i n Platt l i l le, Wis. T he y have

two daughters, I O-year-old

Central Elemen ta ry S c h ool.

Virginia "Jimmie" Saffell

instructor at Walla Walla Co m m uni ty

Ivan Gorne is t h e new vice president

S o u t he rn

'78, '80

d i ed of p a n c rea t ic cancer on Jan. 27 a t

Sarah Jean Cooper is a nursing

for student a ffa i r s at

Clar a A n n

and 1 1 1 l -ye a r - ol d M a d e l e n e Trayce.

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Oregon

University. He h a d been the associate

t h e age o f 75. A resi d en t o f La kewoo d , Wash., for the past

40 ye ars, she

taught at Ft. S t ei lacoo m Community

College ( n ow Pierce Co l l ege) , was p as t editor of the Lakewood Press

ne ws pa p e r, co- a u t h o re d ,\ book and

was p ub l is h ed in various magazines.

She is survived b y her daughters, Sandra Sa ffell and Lesli e Saffell

de>ln of students at Edmonds C o m m u n ity Col l ege in Lynnwood,

Nisbet, a n d son, John Saffell. She was

Was h. As vice president fo r student

Dr. J o h n Saffell, L t . Col., U.S.A. F., Ret .

affairs, his r es p o n s ibi l i t i es i nc l u de e n r o l l me n t man agem ent , o ver see i n g

academic resource services, residential and fa mily h o us ing oper a tio ns , the Stevenson Union a n d other student services.

preceded i n death b)' her husband, Elizabeth James a nd her husband,

Mark Pease, ann o u n c e the

j oi ns 4 - ), ear- ol d Joshua. Elizabeth is technical di rec to r at Edu-BioTech

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Doug Ely has pos ted a web page fo r The

b i r t h of 26. He

their son, Timothy, on M ar ch

Inc., in Bo s to n .

members of t he

interim pastor at Highland Lutheran

t h e ol ogi ca l s L udies from Emory

also pa rticipated in many el e m en ta ry scboo l. musical p ro d u c t i on s . The m os t

of Galilean Lutheran Church, to Portland, Ore. There he married Rev.

James Niemarr e arne d a Ph.D. i n

U nive r s i t ), in Atlanta, Ga., in

enjoying wo rki ng witb students in the cl a ss roo m and c lini cal settings.

Lutheran Church in Shelton, Wash.

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is a p ro fess o r of bomiletics at

ye a rs i n n u rs i n g adm i n istration, she is

John Burch is a member of Faith

state p re sid e n t of the North Dakota Music Teachers Associ a t i o n .

Eagleridge, Mountain View an d

Colle ge in Wal l a Walla, Wash. After 20

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ple t e d a maste r's d eg ree i n �chool c o u n seli ng . Ruth continues to serve as

at Vista Middle School and Celltral,

1 8 years h e has enjoyed see ing needy

h o us i n g. His wife, Carol, is an

State U n ive r si ty while Robert com

and fellow teachers nominate a

families move into affordable

Ch u rch in La Center, Wash.,

s t u d e n t h ou s in g a t North Dakota

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Alvina Olstead is the 1 998 recipient

Lutheran Ch u rc h . John ser ved as

1971

national studies

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Ivy H o us e ( p re- 1 98 0 ) . is http://home.a l't./let/

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author a n d was p u bl i sh ed several

years ago in The Lutheran. She has received her first watercolor com mission, sings in the ch oi r and is the

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Ruth (Berntson) Stenson

Laurie Steele is a fr ee l a n ce writer and

assistant o rga ni s t at St. Demitrios

and her

Greek Orthodox Church in Se at t l e.

husband, Robert, moved to Thief

The Rev. Maria-Alma Rainey

River Falls, M i n n . , with their three

Copelarrd, p s to r of Mizpah Lutheran

child ren; Andrea, Robert and Da vi d ,

Church i n St. Louis, Mo., became the

after spe n d i n g a yea r l ivi n g in married

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female pastor to be i n v i ted to preach a t the 84-year-old H a m p t o n

M i n i sters' Con ference, the largest and oldest i n terdeno m i n a t io n a l c o n

Afrrcan American Lutheran Pastor to

Longtime educator jOllls Mrs . Lock�e on tour of Chit1a's sc11001s

be a

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ference i n America. I t

is held

a n n u a l ly

in June a1 h i sto ri c a l Hampton Univer

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sity in Virgi n i a . r.1a ri a- A l m <1, a nat. ive Gastonia, N.C., is also the fi rst gu es t colu m n ist

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1 9 80 Matt Solum a n d h i s w i fe, Dian ne, have two d aught er s, 1 3 - ),ea r-old

Kristi a n d 1 0- ),e a r-old Nicole. Matt is

flying B-747s with Northwest A i r l i nes in Seat t l e a n d KC- 1 3 5s w i t h the

Wash ington Air Na tional Guard i n Spokane, \,ya s h . D i a n n e is a teacher's aid. Gary Falde was elected vice president of i n d iv i d u a l i n s u rance at Pacific Life I nsurance Company, I n Newport Beach, Cal i f. He attained the Fel l o w,

'80s picnic held at Carkeek Park

Society of Actuaries d esi g nat ion i n

1 9 8 5 . H e joined Pacilic Life i n 1 980.

Grads from the '80s turned out to eat fried chicken, homemade brownies

Sister o f SI. Placid P r i o r y i n Lacey, Wash. She received the 1 998 Award for Scholars h i p from the Un iversity

and a host of other goodies at a picnic orga n ized by John Feldmann '82 and Curt '83 and Carol '86 Rodin,

at Carkeek Park in Seattle on Aug.

Angela Hoffman is a Bened ictine

The sun cooperated magnficiently, and kids and adults a l ike enjoyed the outing. It looks like the start of an

of Port l a n d , where she has taught since 1 989. The award denotes exce l le nce in research as j udged by a c o m m i t tee of her peers. Sister Angela teaches chemistry, is en g a ged i n

research on taxol , a n a n t ic a n c e r agent fou n d i n yew trees, and was granted a

annual summer event that could

patent on a p rocess she devised for

broaden to all class years.

extracting taxol fro m yews. Patricia Furnish-Mueller and her

He joins 31;'-year-old

group from Boeing, w o rk i n g with. the

ja p a nese sel f- defeose a r m y o n its new

call to serve as the co-pastor a t Central Lutheran C h u rch i n Yak i m a, Was h . , in Ju ly. He and his w i fe, Kari, have 5-year-old twin girls and would love to hear from friends

ladd.bjomeby@ecullet.org.

The A l u m n i Office congra tulates Michael Peterson, who was recen t l y

n a m e d Cou n t r y \,yeekly's Favorite

Male Newcomer. Songs from h is h i t a l b u m , " M ichael Peterson," c o n t i nue to c l i mb the cou n t ry music cbarts.

The Office of Alumni and Parent

H ighway program is one of many volunteer opportunities

Munro CIIllum is the president-elect of the National Academy o f Neuro

of psych iatry a n d ne urology and the

d i recto r o f n e u ropsychology a t the U n iversi t y o f Texas S o uthwester n

D a J l a s . He and h is '81) Cullum l ive

i n 'lexas.

Nan cy Soderlund Tupper is te achi n g g i fted studen t s at

ISOl1l

School in the

Lynden School D istrict i n Lynden,

Wash. She to o k six years off to be at home with her a n d her husband,

N a n cy has crea t ed s o m e

fi ber ar t

p ie ce s for "Li t u rg ical s e t t i n gs a n d i s looki n g forward to d o i n g more.

Steven Kageie is p ra c t ici n g p u l m onar y a n d c r i tical care medicine

i n Rosebu rg , Ore. H e a nd his w i fe, Pa tt y, have three children, ag'es I ';' to 6 years o l d .

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But if you think the impressive schools, the Forbidden City or Tiananmen Square were the most magnificent things Johnson saw on her trip, think again. -The children we worked with were awe-inspiring. They were very happy and very disciplined. All that other stuff was secondary," Johnson said, dismissing the Great Wall of China with a wave of her hand. Art time in a kindergarten might not be the place you'd expect to find 50 quiet and respectful 5- and 6-year-olds pointedly not spilling paints or throwing brushes. Yet this mannered behavior was typical of the students Johnson and the group saw throughout their trip. "It's like we learned from Martin luther," n oted Johnson. "Children want to be good; they just need a nudge in that direction." And the pictures they produced were no refrigerator art, either. Johnson is having a stunning floral painting, given to her by a 6-year-old, professionally matted and framed to hang in her home (see photo). Many of the schools were boarding institutions, where even very young children saw their Johnson was struck by the equal degrees of caring and humanity she saw infused into the regimented academic programs. Wherever the tour went, children were taught as much to care for one another as

others." Another was charged with picking up pencils or paintbrushes some of the less-able students

Geoffrey's, t h ree c h i ldren. Recently,

studies in the a rts, sciences and technology for children of all ages.

.J,OOO m e m b e rs . He co-authored his first boo k , " l ntTQduction to Clin ical Neurops ycho l ogy," p ub l ish ed by Pro Ed, with Ric h a rd Nau g le and Erin D. B ig l er. M u n ro is a n a sso c ia te p rofessor

n e u ro psyc h o l o g ists w i th more than

Medical Center in

To volunteer, call 253-535-741 5.

Tagged with such grand titles as Beijing Children's Palace and Su Zhou Experimental Primary School, many of the institutions on the tour offered highly organized and integ rated programs with

they were to learn from books.

w i fe, Heike ( Wilhelm

for .Iives of service.

The visit was timely for the guests and their hosts alike. In recent years, the Chinese have begun

psychology, a n o rga n i z atio n of

as the alumni office looks for a university's mission of educating

own bills for the trip.)

parents only on weekends. Yet far from the child warehouses one might imagine the schools to be,

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you'll see in the coming months variety of ways to exempl ify the

opportu nity for the group to exchange ideas with Chinese counterparts. (Participants footed their

Both lockes are of Asian ancestry.

The Rev. Ladd Bjorneby accepted a

The Washington State Adopt-a

Invited and led by Washington State First lady Mona lee locke, the delegation sought to increase local u nderstanding of China's system of early child hood education and development, and provide an

been on education, and Mona lee locke has shown a special interest in early childhood education.

Chu rch i n Tucson, Ariz.

provided - you bring the fun !

For 1 0 days in June, Johnson joined 50 other Washington teachers, administrators and child care

two years.

p a s to r at Tanq ue Verde Lutheran

clothing and equipment is

lot farther than the bicycle she often pedals around her neighborhood.

Ken t TlIohino and h is w i fe, Va lerie,

5-year-old Christopher. K e n t is a

several times a year. Protective

Try the People's Republic of China.

concentrating on education reform. likewise, a major focus of Gov. Gary locke's administration has

Joanna, on March 1 9. S h e j o i n s

volunteers out to clean the areas

recent travels have taken her

767 AWACS. They will be there fo r

a n n o u n ce the birth o f their daugh ter,

committed to sending groups of

having coffee before dawn, dropping by church, welcoming guests with ginger cookies and gardening at the spotless American lake home she shares with her husband, Arthur, 92. But Johnson's

facilities in Beijing, Nanjing. Suzhou and Shanghai.

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june, where he is part o f a su ppo r t

Relations adopted two stretches

She's 80 years old. and her "typical" day - one that doesn't already include docent duties at

the governor's mansion in Olympia or a last-minute flight to visit friends in Minnesota - involves

of their s o n , M a t t h e w Edward, on

j oi ne d Steve i n Hamarnatsu, japan, in

of highway near PlU and is

luella (Toso) Johnson '40, '67.

professionals on a tour of various primary schools. kindergartens, orphanages and other children's

Ashleigh . Pat, Ashlei g h and Matt

PlU alumni and friends can now

ook up the derivation of the word "verve," and you're likely to find a picture of former teacher

husband, Steve, a n n o u nce the b i r t h Jan.

get into the dean of things.

Their joy in each other's company is evident as Luella (loso) Johnson '40, '67 happily accepts a painting from a 6-yea r-old she met at the Beijing Children'S Palace.

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"At a school for the disabled," she said, "it was one student's job just to go around and touch the frequently dropped. In fact. Johnson noted, visiting children with disabilities and those in orphanages ·was worth the whole China trip." Still, this Far East journey was in no way the final chapter in Johnson's 60-year relationship with education. It's just another gem to add to her collection of experiences that began in a country school in 1938 and hopscotched through the next six decades in a variety of professional placements: summer schools, evening classes, churth groups, the International Family Academy (Norway), vocational instruction, early childhood education, experimental kids' TV programming and children's education posts at the World's Fairs in Seattle and New York City. Part of that career brought her to PlU during the summers of the '60s and '70s, when she came here to "teach teachers what I learned from children." So what is next for Johnson? This particular evening, she's having family and friends over for dinner to wish happy birthday to "Opa" (the grandkids' name for Arthur), and as soon as the 92-year old comes in from cutting the lawn, Johnson's going to set him on peeling spuds so that a dozen people can eat mashed potatoes. She also has to hustle to get the homemade bread and cinnamon rolls into the oven. But beyond tonight, what does Johnson plan to do with her l ife? Not surprisingly, this octogenarian who speaks on the "Joy of Aging - It's an Attitude of G ratitude" said, with a twinkle in her eye, "You ask the lord." Johnson is the first of three genera tions of Lutes in her family A daughter, Betty (Joh nson) Clauson, graduated from PL U in 1 966, and a grandson, Troy Toso Helseth, graduated in 1 995.

Edlla Recto r was recently accepted t o

College Music Society regional

t h e Ph.D. social welfare program at

conference

in Arkansas. Timothy

in admissions and records at UW Seattle, and eight years i n student

mv ·bcoma. Chris lives in

the Univer$ity of Washing ton School

received h is master o f music and h is

affairs a t

"f Social Work. She will be doing her

doctor of musical arts from the

Tacoma with her husband. Greg

Ann Arbor.

research ;n child abuse preven tton

University o f M i chigan,

a nd fa m i l y slIpport.

DiJJnna (Konemall) johmto'll was

Harry Maier was promoted to

promoted to regi o n a l c l i ntcal director

associate professor of New Testament

w i th the TriW

at Va ncouver School of TIlcolog)'.

Central reg io n TriCare contract. Her

British Columbta, in September 1 9 97

husband, John,

and became a fe \low at Green College

l niversity. B. ,. He was recently

t Healthcare Alliance

is a heavy-truck

!lenton, a project manager a t Thomas Cook Architects in Tacoma. They have two chlldre n , 7-year-old Max and 4 - year-old Colman. She can be reached at

bCIl/,mcc@plll.edll.

Ralldy alld Cyntllia (Nelson) Blank

mechanic fo r Ryder in Boise, Idaho,

and their t h ree c h i l d ren are

and her son, Matthew. is i n the

transferring to Barrington. Ill., where

awarded a Von Humboldt research

fourth grade.

Randy has a new posttion as manager

fc l l ow:;hip at the University of

Steven Kelley has a new pos i t i o n as

of fun d i ng serv tces at

Hei delb erg in Germany, begi n n i n g i n M a y 1 999.

He w i ll b e resea rc.hing a

fo rthco m i n g book on the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

GECAL He has

co-director of the Downtown Arts

been a t GECAL for 1 6'1: years.

Academy in Tucson. Ariz. The

Patricia Witt has been named care

academy is an educational instttution

team director for Care lca m Ministr y.

for middle school cl)ildren with

a new program fo r Foss Home a n d

TimolllY Kramer is a n associate pro

special g t fts a n d t a l e n ts i n t h e visual

Vil lage. T h e program is fu nded by a

fe ssor of music at Tr i n i t y University

and perfo r m i n g arts. Steve is leading

faith in actton gra n t fro m the Robert

the way in establishing the non profit

Wood Joh I1son Fou ndation, and w i l l

recently awarded a fellowshtp from

school t h a t opened i n August with

address the non medical, qual ity-of

the J o h n Simon Guggen heim

m o re than 200 students. I t includes

l i fe needs of fra il elders. Patricia w i l l

Memorial Foundation. The 168

an arts partner mentoring program,

be working w i t h M e m o r i a l Lutheran

Featuring The Choir of the Wes t ,

ar t·is ls . scholars and scientists to be

l i n k i n g each student with a local artist

Church and a n ecumen ical group of

awarded a fel l o ws h i p were chosen

or performer fo r i n d ividualized

congregations i n the North Seattle

University Chorale and instrumentalists

from more t ha n 3,000 appljcants.

assistance. In May. Steve com pleted a

area to recruit and trai n vol u n teers to

Guggenheim Fellows are appotnted

weekend i n tensive workshop that was

provide transportation to medical

on the basis of unusu a l l y disttn

sponsored by the New Warrior, a

a p p o i nt m e n ts. shopping, visits, light

guished achievement in the past and

national network fo r men.

house and yard work, and resp ite for

exceptional promise o f fu ture

Melissa Majar and Steve Lamoreaux

i n San Anton io.

·texas. He was

accomplishments. Since 1925. the Guggenheim Foundation has granted m o re than $ 1 80 m i l l i o n i n fellow s h .i ps . Past w i n ners include Joyce Carol Oa tes and We ndy Wasserstein. As the composer- i n-residence at Trin ity, Timo tJ1Y w i l l use the fellow ship to support his work o n a large orchestra piece being composed for the San A n ton io, Austi.n Civic and 'I'lcoma Symphony Orchestras. Recent performances of h is work include t h e premt ere o f h is "Mimetic Va riations," an octet for the D e t roit Chamber Wi.nds Jod a performance of h is quartet "Cycles a n d Myths" at the

were married on May 24 . Melissa left her job as the assista n t finance d i rector with the Metropolitan Park

prtmary caregtvers. She recently received a master's degree i n n o n profit leadership from Seattle

District o f Tacoma and moved to New technical staff member at t h e Los

Chris Connerly Bellton has returned to P LU and i s the d i rector of academic assistance programs. She had worked at PLU as a peer tutor i n academic assistance whtle she was a student. For the last 1 5 years she was at the University of Wa shington: two years a s a graduate student, five years

Dec. 4

1982

Mexico, where Steve is a physicist and Alamos National Laboratory.

$ 1 0 GENERAL, $5 STU DENTS/S ENIORS

Universi ty.

Linda (Tingels tad-Carlson) Davis was recently appoi nted as a small grant panelist for the Metropolttan Regional Arts Council ( M RAC) in Carver. Scott, Anoka and Wash ington counties i n M i nnesota. The MRAC panelist positions were formed to

8 pm

New Hope Community Chu rch ( Po rtland )

Dec. 5

4 pm

Eastvold Auditorium

Dec. 6

4 pm

Eastvold Auditorium

Dec. 1 1

8 pm

Eastvold Auditorium

Dec. 1 3

4 pm

First Presbyterian Church

review proposed gra n ts and deter

( Seattle)

m i ne which grants will be accepted or declined.

Send ticket order (date and number

of tickets),

your phone

number, check and self-addressed, stamped envelope to : CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL CONCERTS Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA 98447

253-535-7602

Chris and Cindy Shultz a n n o u n ce

A&OVl. I (lM l.Ei"! Dale "Spider" Keller '53, Bob

Brog '53, Don Reiman '52, Glen and John Liming

'52

werner

'53,

made a happy

first child, and they a rc baving a great

Jan. 8. He joins a 3-year-old sister,

t i m e watching her grow.

Kasey.

Eric Dooley and hts wife, jenny, with

Marjorie (Brose) jacobs and he r

their five children, 1 2 -year-old E m ily,

husband, Nathan, a n n o u nce the b i r t h

I O-year-old Natalie, 6-year-old Nicole,

of thei r s o n , Jesse Glenn, on Ap ril 27.

4-year-old Rachel and 2-year-old Ian.

welcoming committee outside the Spider

He j o i n s 9-year-old Caleb, 6-year-old

moved from Phnom Penh, Cambodia,

Web In 1952.

Holly and 3-year-old D u s t i n .

to Ho Ch i Minh Ci ty. Vietnam, in

jane Kinkel received a master of arts

March 1 997. They started a church fo r

The web-mates gathered in 1990 to

relive

degree i n student development a d m i n tstration fro m Seattle Un iver

ME Dale "Spider" Keller '53, Glen Werner '53,

sity last spring. She works at Seattle

the end of the war. Eric is also the

Pacific University as a counselor.

host a t an annuaI conference fo r

Brog '53.

pastors of the chu rches they started i n

jallet (Smith) Cooper and her husband, To ny. ann ounce the birth of their dau ghter, Jane Rachel, on Feb. 6. To ny i s a civil engineer for VLMK

If you were on campus i n the early 1 950s, you might know about the Spider Web. The blue house just off 1 1 2th Street South was home to five fun-lovin' fellas

Dale

"Spider" Keller '53, Glen Werner '53, Don Reiman '52, John Liming '52 and Bob Brog '53. It was also a hub of off-campus

Design Engineers in Portland, Ore., and Janet, a psychotherapist. is a stay at-home mom.

Susan (Pomeroy) Witten berg and her husband, Davtd, a n n o unce [he birth o f their daughter. Analise Elea nor, on May 30. She was born two weeks

good cooking. The five friends have stayed

Mark Hicks. annou nce the birth of

in touch over the years through picnics and

their daugh ter, Laurel Roe Hicks, on

drew more than 40 spouses, children, enthusiasts.

David Coltom,

a district representa

tive fo r Lurheran Brotherhood, earned membership in the fraternal benefit society's prestigious pres ident's club, Only n i ne percent of representatives nationwide qualify for this elite club.

Peter Brunner i s the Pacific Rim sales manager for Pella Corporation, a man ufacturer of wood windows and Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

a n n iversa ry.

Kaaren Roe and her husband,

grandchildren and friends of the original

Indonesia. Singapore a n d Cambodia.

doors. H is territory includes all of

before their 1 6 th wedding

activity, thanks in part to Keller'S famed

other activities. Their 1 997 summer picnic

PHOTOS C OURTE SY Of 60B BROO ·53

English-speaking expatriates. It is the first ch u rch allowed i n the city since

old times and celebrate new ones. f�OM ltn Don Reiman '52, John Liming '52 and Bob

A Window to the Past

Oregon and Washington. Tana is their

the birth of t h e i r son, Corey Isaac, on

Mike Larso" and h is wife, Beco. a n nounce the birth

of their son, Peter

Mack, on April 1 9 .

Todd and Dawn (Hoeck '88) Davis

June 1 7 .

announce the birth of thei.r son. Kasey Charles. on

1983 Michelle ( Th ibault) Koblas and her husband, David, anno unce the birth o f their daughter. Sonja Marie, on Jan. 1 4 . Michelle is th e manager of tbe local networking support group at Cisco Sys tems. Her email address is

mkob/as@cisco.com. Michael Givens and his wife, Kelly, annou nce the birth of their daugh ter, Ta na Elizabe t h , on Sept. 30, 1 997. M ichael is the owner of Altenried

Associates, which develops affordable h o u s i ng i n I n d iana, Alaska, Wyo m i ng,

PACI F I C

Feb. 1 6 . He joins 3-year

old Kody.

Michael Carlson has worked for the Sacramento Police Department since 1 984, first as a dispatcher, then as a supervisor. In March he was pro lOoted to admin istrative analyst. Mark and his wife. Betha ny, have three c h i l d ren. 9-year-old Christopher. 7-yca r-old [\ria nna and 2-year-old Lacey. Christopher witt be making h is theatrical debut playing the part o f "young Joseph" i n the Sacramento Light Opera Company's s u m mer

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"""

production o [ " Joseph and the

L.I..I

450 children who a u d i t ioned for the part .

Amazing Tcchnicolor D rci:ll11coat.» He was selected fro m

Jay Abbott and h i s wi fe. Jackie,

l'ricia

Ryan, o n D e c . 2 .

and

twins,

B V

Charles " Trip" arrd Leslie (Clark)

G A I l G E L D A K E R

Sleyen Neuder received a m a s t e r o f d i v i n i ty [rom S a n Francisco Theo logical Seminary, S o u t h e rn Calif., on seminary p a rt

t i m e w h i l e working in theatre in Los Angeles. Dawrr (McColley) Darby and her husband, Pau l , a n n o unce the birth of

their son, Philip G e or ,;e , 0 11 A p r i l ! . He joins 2 ' h-year-old Ashleigh and I S - m o n t h -old William. Paul and Dawn ret u rn t�d

Germany in

the States from

the s u m mer

1 99 7 and

Gail Geldaker Christensen '62 a n d h e r h u s b a n d , Dave, ce le b r a t e o n B a i n b r idge I s l a n d , Wasil., after the co m p l et i o n of t h e i r seven-year voyage in August 1 9 97.

are stationed a t Ft. Bragg i n Fayet teville, K C . , where P a u l is a 3 years old, Dawn is a very full-time

m o m and h o memaker.

I�a" Serrsel '84, '87 annou nced in ju ne. h e r Democra t i c c a n d i dacy for the District 2, Posi t i o n 2 seat in the

VVashington State House o f

is now the Asia

correspo ndent fo r the major Norwegian newspaper Aflenpostcn . He l ives i n H o n g Kong w i th h i s w i fe)

Merete K n o ph and their c h i l d ren, love to hear from old friends at PLU; h e can be reached by e m a i l a t

stl nt/wl "d@nel vigntor. co/ll.

Wear your alma mater pride on your car - with a new alumni window decal ! The 2 '/," x 4 '/,"

Jea" (Ladderud) Coy and h e r hus

black and gold static-d ing

band, Robert, announce the adoption

window decals are compli menta ry. Simply ca l l the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations.

253-535-741 5 or 800-258-6758.

1 985

of their son, joshua,

ill

n 1990 my husband, Dave, and I departed from Prlnc� William Sound, Alaska. in our 4O-foot sailing sloop. Adagio. on what we thoug ht would be a five-year adventure. It turned out to last seven years. We endured much. saw more than we could ever tell. learned more about ourseJves and eadl o·ther. and met some great people from all over the world both at sea and on land. We safled from Alaska to Portugal and back to Seattle with many stops.--some long. some short. We re n ted a car in Portugal to visit Europe a n d drove to AI. Norway. to visit my family farm. We spent almost three years in the Caribbean working for The Moorings as charter skipper and chef on a SO-foot sclilboat.

which has served us so well.

job of 12 years a t Matsushita Semi

1 986

conductor i n Puya l l u p to be a stay-at home mom.

C h u rch i n Leba non, Ore. He is develo p i n g a youth and fa m i ly m i n i stry and prov i d i n g pastoral h e l p to Rev.

Bruce

Little.

Before

taking the

position a t Our Saviour's, he was the d i rector of the Northeast Seattle Lutheran Youth Association, a cooperative youth and fa mily m i n i s t r y supported b y five Lutheran congregations. He and his w i fe, Karen, have two daugh ters, 8-year-old Katharine and 4-year-old Alexandra . Todd a"d Julie ( Wicks

'86) Gilt"er

a nn o u n ce the birth of their son, Alexa nder Dean, on April 27. He j o i n s 3 ' /z-yea r-old K a t i e . Todd teaches orchestra a t Puyallup High School. His c h a m ber orcbestra won t h e state cnselnble contest tbree days before A lexander's birtlil. Stacey (Davis) Nelsorr and her husband, Grant, announce the birth of their son, Garrett Alfred, on M a rch 1 . Stacey is tak i n g a leave of absence fro m teaching physical education in tbe first through eighth grades i n the G r i ffin School District in Olympia, to take care o f Garrett. Todd Kirrkel recently became a U.S. Secret Service agent. He completed 12 weeks o f t r a i n i n g at the U.S. Secret Service Academy in Beltsville. Md. He and h i s w i fe, K i m , and fo ur children, 9-year-old Kai l a n , 6-year-old Makena, 4-ycar-old Hayden and I -year-old Reid, relocated to Seattle. In five-to seven years, Tod d w i l l be transferred to Washington, D.C., to complete a permanent protection assignment. Jerry Johrrsorr and his w i fe, jenny, a n nounce the birth of their son, Dcxter McKa n n a , 011 March 28. He joins 3-year-old Henry.

Deirdre Reardorr-Brow" is celebra

1 9 9 8

and evolving c l i n ic a l practices to D(II'id Kangas arrd

medica l transcription business. She

a n n o u nce the birth

works out o f her home so she can be

o f their daughter,

with her two daugh ters, 5-year-old

B r i a n n a Ra i n , on

Natalie and 3 - year-old Amelia.

May 1 7. David is a

Teresa Hoover is a co nsultant to home-school teachers a n d a teacher a t Academy Northwest. She has th ree gra ndchildren.

daugh ter, Katri n n " Mae. K a t r i n na was born o n May 4 , 1 99 7 , i n Archangelsk, Russia. She joins 4-year-old Eva n.

is on maternity leave from teaching,

husband, joel, a n nounce the birth o f their son, P a t r i c k A s h t o n , on J a n . 7 . He j o i n s 4-year-old Brianna a n d 2-year-old McCall. joel w a s promoted

Brad completed h is first year as the manager of fleet s u p port services at Suburban Propane LP i n W h ippa ny, N.J.

to ca ptain a t Horizon A i r l i nes in May. They can be reached a t Juno.Com.

/. Wees@

Scott Merrzel is a busi ness process

Marie Gettel w a s promoted to

designer a t Sears Credit. He and his

Northwest regional publ ications manager a t CH2M H ill, a n environ mental cons u l t i n g firm, i n 1 996. She manages 70 people on the publication staff throughout the Northwest a nd Alaska. Marie a n d her husband,

w i fe, Susall (Koerrig '86), and thei r two children, 6-year-old Heather and 3 - year-old Shea, have moved from Southern California to the Ch icago area. Briarr O'Morrow a"d Kristerr DeBoer

M ichael G i l m a r t i n , had their son, C h r istopher, i n August 1 996. He was weighed 1 l b . , 6 oz., a n d was only 1

Wright Academy i n Tacoma and Julie

Kirste" (Olsorr) Wees and her

annou nce the adoption o f their

born prematurely a t 24 weeks,

teacher at Charles

until january 1 99 9 .

Brad Johrrsorr a nd h is w i fe, Grace,

inches long. Christopher spent fo u r

months i n t h e neonatal i ntens ive care u n i t a nd is now a thriving little toddler. They truly understand the power of hope. Birde"a (Melto,,) Coate and her husband, David, a n n o u nce the birth of their daughter, Lauren Alicia, on April 1 8 . She joins 3 ' h-year-old Shane. Birdena has changed careers and is working a t Boeing as a co m p u t i ng representat ive. She was recently promoted to a lead posi t i o n . Rorrald Cook is the assistant d ivision controller a t PACCAR in Renton, Wash. PACCAR i s the parent

a n d G r a n d A u t o S u p ply. PACCAR is a

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makers, and t h e public about cu rrent

Julie Rains Karrgas

trucks, and owns AI's Auto S u p p l y

S C � N E

Fortune 300 company w i t h offices worldwide.

ting the first a n n iversary of her

company of Kenworth and Peterbilt

L U T H E R A N

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April. He was

pastor at Our Sav i o u r's Lutheran

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born on Oct. 19 i n Korea. Jean left her

Craig Johnsorr is the new associate

Johanne, 5 , a nd August, 2 . J O h Jl would

PlU alumni

cOlll l T l u n i t y.

window decals

Represchta tives. She is a memner o f t h e PLU Q C l u b and active i n t h e Eitwr 8a"dvDlld

On the major ocean crossings over the Atlantic, our third son. Sven '91, sailed with us as we headed east. On the westward crossing. our second son. Lars, was our able mate. Our first son. Jon '86. helped us complete the journey from San Francisco to Seattle. One of the highlights for us was Christmas in Cartagena. Columbia. We went caroling with a group of cruisers in the n eigh b orhood The Atlantic islands were also some of our favorite places The Azores are gorgeous. beautiful. many shades of green. lush. pastoral and flora/. The Maderias are spectac ular with wa l king trails that you can reach by one bus and return back to base by another. The islands are very steep and ru g ged with lots of green . [ tried to absorb as m uch green as I could to caU forth when we were at sea. We had our first taste of a gale in the Gulf of Alaska, We were not prepared for It. so the cabin looked as if a giarrt Mix Master""" had been running. The most awesome stann hit. us when we were in the Port of Funchal. Maderia. It wa s called the "stann of the century," While we were In the Ca ribbean we we nt th rou g h three hurricanes within 1 0 months. Fortunately. Adagio was secured like a spider in its web between two f in ge rs at the dock and she did n ot su sta in any damage. We completed an adventure of a lifetime with stories to tell for the rest of our lives. We do not regret taking this time while we were in good hea lt h to fulfill a dream. Now we are both at work. Dave is a second mate on the Spirit of Glacier Bay fo r Alaska Sightseeing. I am back In education on Bainbridge Island and studying to update my teach i ng certificate. We continue to live aboard Adagio.

doctor. With three c h i l d ren u n d t'[

Jolm

She j o i n s 4 'h-year-old K a t i e .

May 23. [ Ie a t Tended

e H R 1 S T E N S E N

t h e birth of their Caroline E l i se , all April I I .

Edgerton a n no u nce daugh ter,

Couple sails 'round the world il1 40- foot sloop

1 984

a n n o u nce the b i rth of their

i m p rove o u tcomes of cancer care) specifically issues that relate to p a i n , fatigue a nd n u t r i t i o n . Her o t h e r posi tions at St

·lary's have been rad ia t i o n

therapy n u rse, chemotherapy n u rse, relief n u rse supervisor and manager o f the Herring Guest House. Karla also belongs to the Columbia Bas i n Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society; she volu n teers with the American Cancer Society, and serves as president a n d c h a i r person of the patient servicc committee o f the Walla Walla Unit. She recently completed a term as a member of the breast cancer task forcc. 1 987

Ru,Itloe Conllally recently returned from a church m i s s i o n trip to a n orphanage i.n Linares, Ch ile (about 240 km south o f S a n t iago ) . The team o f 21 b u i lt a Dew school fo r the boy's orphanage. Beg i n n i ng with a concrete slab, they constructed fo u r class rooms, a library, cafeteria) kitchen,

'87 a n n o u n ce the birth of their son,

pantry, secretary's o fiice, d i rector's

Daniel joseph, o n April 24. He j o i ns

office, bathrooms and showers. The

3 'h-year-old Emily.

full details can be fou n d at

Pete Peterso" received l i m i ted

www. bayoucity. com!ell i[e. ,r sf

partners h i p with Edward jones

James Daly a n d his w i fe, Yuko,

I nvestments a fter only fou r years with

a nnounce th.c birth o[ their son, john

the firm. H e says, " Hey," to the first

Daich i, o n jan. 24. They have returned

floor Cascade guys o f 1 982-83.

to the United States after teaching in

Karla Houk i s a registered nurse a n d

japan fo r cight years,

c o m m u n ity liaison at St. M a r y Regional C a n c e r Center i n Walla Walla, Was h . , a nd was named to the Ambassador 2000 program by Oncology Education Services, I nc. The program is supported by an educational grant through Bristol Myers Squibb Oncology/Immunology, a n d promotes the role of the oncology n u rse to advance the p u b l ic's know ledge about the suppo rtive care of individ uals with cancer. As an ambassador, Karla wiLl be educating patients, healthcare providers, policy

1 988 Mollie McCarty left KBel -TV, a CBS a ffi liate, after anchor ing a n d reporting the news [o r 7 ' /;-yeJr5, to take a posit ion at Elgin Syfcrd Drake, an advertising agency i n Boise, Idaho. Her new job as a publi.c rela t i o n s specialist b e g a n i n September 1 997.

Chris Olsen re ce nt l y accep t ed a

Melissa (Phillips) Maxsoll and her

Department, and Brian i, a land

posi tio n as m a nager of sa les a n d

husband, Peter, a n n o u nce the b i rth

opera t ions fo r the Northwest reg i o n

of the i r son, Jacob

su rvey a s sist a nt fo r the Alaska De pa rt m en t of N at u ral Res o u rces.

at , a t i onal Mobile Television.

He j oins a rwo - y ear -o ld sister, Callie_

Bre",11l Ray SCMt assumed t he

Darill and Shannoll (Roberts '92) Dollemore a nno u n ce the b i rth o f

p os i t ion o f d eve lop men t coord i nator

with Providence C h ild Center Fo u nda tio n on D ec. 29. In h er sp are ti nl C , B ren da conti n u es to s i ng with other PLU alumni i n the Po rt l a nd

S}' l1l pho ni c Ch o i r.

E l ij ah, on

A p ril 1 6 .

da u gh te r, Lauren Elizabeth, on J u n e

Charles "Bryml" Colson works at ca t ion s company in

Ild1cvue, Wa sh.

Kristi" (Grover) Sheltoll a nd her

johll Schoenberg a n d h i s wife,

and wi reless services ompany, started

their so n , Andrew Wa rren, on Dec. 22.

Debbie, announce the birth of their H e j o i ns 1 3 -year-old Na t han and

I I -yea r - o ld Jared. John is a T itle I coord i n a t o r and phys i ca l education

artist at

floor l1lanager a n d computer gra p h ic

the Da ily I n terlake i n

twins, M a t t h e w Issac and Katrina

Ka l ispe l l , ,Mont.

S u za n n e, o n Jan. 29. They j o i n 3-year

Dale Hllarr alld jemlifer Ostrum

old Jo s h ua Ilricll. Eric is a fam i l y p h ys icia n a nd Ki m be r. ly i s a st a y- at

were married in

home mom.

th er a p i s t a t

Lisa Pollman is i n the Univers i ty of

a n d D al e

sian a n d A m eri ca n people.

Chuck alld Christine (Brooks) Harris a n no u n ce the b i rt h o f

is in his t h i rd year as an

inv es t men t executive with Pai ne We bber.

HERE SHE IS

and her husband,

dau g h t e r, Kate R i ley, on May

1 7.

Robert Brooks H arr i s,

Shelly (Carlsoll) Carlisle a n d her

on May 24.

husband, Ke v i n ) o f t h e i r da ughte r, Gio rgi Lyn n , on May

Australia from New Zealand. C raig m a nager at B H P.

Dirk Ilnd Gella ( Wadsworth '89) Villcellt a n nou nce the b i rth of their son, Aaron Louis, on March 26.

old Brianna. Kevin and S h el l y recen t ly moved to Po r tla n d , Ore., fro m

Vancouver, Wash. She left her job as cam pus manager for s["udent h o u s i ng

Port la nd State Un iversity, to be

fu l l -t i m e m o m a n d h o memaker.

1 989 Dlrve Pell rson has ret u rn e d to t he to be the d irector o f

pu b l ic re la t ions for t h e ea t tl e

Sea hawks. He spent the la.s t fo ur years as media relations d irector fo r the Houston/Tennessee Oilers. Dave was a p u b lic rela t i ons intern for the Sea ha w ks i n 1 9 89-90 fo l lo w i ng h is gra d uat i o n from

2 2 . She j o i .ns 6-year

PLU. He a n d h is

wi fe , Beth, have a 3 - ye ar-old d aughte r,

7 - m ont h -old son,

Brelldllll alld Kelly (Mickelsell) Rorem a n noun ce the b i rt h of their daugh ter, Alison Elise, i n January. She jo i n s 3 -yea r - o l <l

i n to the di agnosti c ultrasound pro gram a t Bellevue Co m mu n it y

Co l lege .

She hJ5 wo rk ed at S u mm i t Cardio l ogy since grad u a t ing from PLU.

Paal Ryan arId Elizabeth Allell were ma rri e d on Jan. 1 7 . Paal is ao e ng i n eer, and E l i zabe t h is a n attorney.

Mnrslr COc/lrtUl joined Busi ness Tech nol og i es C o ns u l Li ng Group, I n c. of Bos to n . H e is a staff cons u lt ant s peci al izi ng i n busi ness pro e , s re

Ka t h r yn Anna.

B ren d a n has a new po s i tio n a t ENSO, in Se attle and Kelly is a se co nd -gra de teacher i n t h e Auburn S c hool District.

Briall and Maria (Wiellhold) Raynes

firm.

ScoN atld Ali ne 95 McMillall an no u n ce the b i r t h of the i r so n ,

r esi dency in J u n e 1 999.

Sarah Agsterr G. nished her resid e nc y in fa mi l y medi c i ne in Po r tl a nd , Ore., a n d has j o ined a group pract i ce in

Rose b lr rg, O rc_ jlllie (Wilsoll) Spllckmall and

their d augh ter, L i l l i a n Joyce, o n May 2 6 . J u l i e loves her n e w c areer a s a mother. mo ve d to Bel l i ng ham ,

Was h . , t o work at Tr i l l i u m Corpora

Fra nk (wd Tracie (Darrons) JOIUlSOIl

t i o n as a fi na ncia l repo n ing nl Jnager.

a n no u nce the bi rth of the i r son, Evan

Seall Neely rec e i ve d a master's de)( ree

Noren, o n Feb. 1 2.

i n library and i n fo r m a t i o n science

jo/m alld Arrgie (Miller '9 J) Skibiel an n o u nce the b i rt h o f their d a u g h ter, Danielle Marie, on April S_ She j o i ns 2-year-old sis ter Mad i so n .

fro m t he Un i vers it y of Wash ington in

i n powertr"in p u rch asi ng, and

is a technical t r'l i n i n g Tec h no logy Resource

J une 1 9 97. H >

co ns u l ta n t

I n s t i t ute, a non - p rofi t part n er with the Gated Library

Fo u n dat i o n . He

t ravels t hro u gh o u t the U.S. n et wo r k i n g p ub l ic l i braries and conducting i n it ial staff trai n i ng.

Christen i s corporate counsel fo r

Del alld Kristy (jerke) Loftoll a n no u nce the birth o f t hei r s o n , Zach a r y Donald, on Ap r i l 7. H e is a

Clleryl Dupras "nd her husband, j i m , a n nounce rhe bi rt h of t h e i r da u g h t er,

h a i r t h a n h is dad.

feb. 28. Cheryl is

cu rren tly with the JAG Co rps servi ng

as s pecial assistant U.S. Attorney at Ft.

Timothy Farrell a n d his wife, Ki m berly, a n n o u nce the bi rt h of t h ei r daugh ter, Ka t hr y n , in April. T i mot h y is the di rector of bands and brass a t Va l l e ), C i t y S ta te Univers i t y i n Valley

Shafter, Hawa i i . S h e is a 1 994

City, N.D., and Ki m berly is a music

Kristilla Pfelltller comp l e ted her Ph.D. in d e v elopmen ta l bio logy at Northwestern U n iversit y in Chicago a nd has a ccepte d a postdoctoral

t eac h er a t M aple to n School in

E le men ta ry

M apleton , N . D .

gra d u ate o f the Un i vers it y of P u get S o u nd School o f

Kell BrowII alld Bj Chandos were earned his MBA from the Un i versity of Wash i ngton in J u n e and is now a

fi na nc i al a n a l ys t at H ew l e tt Packard i n

B o i s e , I d a h o . B J was a res p irat o ry

O ve rl a ke I lospital i n Bellevue, Wash. , a n d pl a n s t o d o the

t h er a p i st at

SJlllC i n Boise.

Wa rren alld Lori (Dom) Beymer a n nou n ce the b i r t h of tlleir daughter, Elizabeth

G r ac e, on May 2 1 . S he jo i ns Warren was pro

2-year-old Joshua.

moted to account executive at Market Decisions Corp. i n Po rtla n d , Ore., and Lori, work i ng p ar t - ti me as a social worker, left her job to beco me a stay at - h om e m om .

T hey are e nj oy i ng

their new ho m e in S h erwood , Ore.

Beth All lie Newbill i s

a s m ior

CompanylTSSL in Was h i ng t o n , D.C.

1 99 1

Alexis Le ilan i , on

H<Hrison Scott, o n Ma rch 2 4 . H e joi ns 3 - yea r- ol d Da rby.

program analyst at Raytheon Sys Le ms

Domino's Pilla I n tern a t i o n a l , Inc.

b e a u t i fu l boy who "Iready has more

m arried on M a rch 2 1 in S e at tle . Ken her

h u s b a n d , Bob, anno unce the b i rth of

Mll rk Brol'ak

Paul works a t Ford Motor Company

te ch n i c al s upp ort for a brokerage

cb ief re:;i de n t , He will c om pl ete h is

L aw. Jim is servi n g

with t he /vIP Corps as a c o mpan y co m m a n der.

an nou nce the b i r th of their son, Kadan

Kristin works parl-time as a p h ysical th erapy assis tant Jnd Brian does

ci ne in Eric, Pa., and was appoi nted

ments planning i n the financial

ser v ices i nd u st r y.

husband, Brian, an nou nce the birth of

Brellt Grauerlrolz is in h is third year of trai n ing in f, m i l y p rac t i ce medi

e ng i n eeri n g an d b us iness re q u i re

Palll (lIltl Christell (Harvie) Stockdale live in B i rm i ngham, iV [ ich.

annou nce the b i r t h

h u sb an d, Craig, m oved to Western

A l l is o n , a n d a

-, - .. <...

julie (Brooks) Meulemalls

Steve, a n nounce the bi rth o f their

Susall (DOIIOl'all) Willton and her

Scattle a re a

S e p te m be r 1 9'17 in

S a i nt Vi n ce nt ', H osp i t al,

� �

in 1 993. Kri sti .n has been accepted

19 90

B i l l i ngs, Mont. Jen nifer is a p hysica l

t h e i r s o n , Thomas

has a n e w posi tion as ac c ount

joi ns 2 - ye ar - old Caleb Ry a n.

Nallcy Ascher i s a medical sales repre sen t at i ve for Otsuka P h armace u tica l s.

Kila, Mont., and Debbie is an a s sistan t

bet ween

husband, Rick, a n n o unce the bi rt h of

cations, an a u d iovisual sales, rental

Eric atld Kimberly ( Wilsoll '89) OlsOIl a n n o u nce the b i r t h of t h e i r

u n d e rsta n d in g .ln d com m u n ication

A pr il 2 .

a n d travel m an ager on A p ril I .

l o oks forward to a ca reer in c u l t ural consu l ti ng, p ro m ot i ng better

Tra cy (Colter) Carpellter and he r

Ryall and julie (Hellnillg '92) Hllmli" a n no u n c e the b i r t h of the i r son, Braden Richard, on Ap r i l 3. He

t h ei r son , Au.s t i n Lyle, o n May 2 8 .

teacher i n the Kila Sch o ol District in

S t u d i es t\'laster of Arts p rogra m . She

C o rey Lee, on Ap ril 29. He joins

2-yea r - old Erin Saman t h a .

Michael owns Maland Comm u n i

He was p ro moted to offic e manager

San Franc isco's Asia- Pacific Libera l

son,

pos i tio n at the U nivers i ty of Califo rn i a , San Francisco .

t h e i r d a u ghter, S helby Marie, o n

son, Michael Lorance, o n March 1 3 .

Western Wireless, a teleco m m u ni

Michael a lld Kristin (Baldwin '93) Maland a nn o u n ce the birth of t h e i r

Ken llY alld SueAIfII (Garrisoll) Brydson an no unce the birth of t h ei r

She ca n be reached at

BANewbifl@

jUllo.com. Brellda (Schutt) Snyder and Brad Atencio we re married on J u n e 20. Brenda is a cl i n i cal m a n ager in the surgica l unit a t Kadlec i" ledical Center in

R i ch la nd, Wa s h . , and Brad is an

engi ne e r a t Pacific Northwest

N a t i o na l Labo ratory

in Ri c hland .

Heidi (Porter) Stenzel and her husba nd, Case y, a n nou nce the birth o f their daugh ter, Carley Anne, 0\\ A p ri l I .

.Eric Cultllm Ilnd Sa lldy Bradley we re married on J u n e 20 at Ove rl ake Ch ris t i a n Ch urch, in Redmond, Wash.

M at h i a s , on June 1 5 , Mar i a is a

Eric is a sc.hool p ri nci p al and Sandy is

report taker for the An c horage Police

a co s metologist .

Chase.

Jerry amI jellny (johnsoll) Gard an n o u nCe the b i rth of thc'ir daugh t er, Emily iVlarie, on Ma rc h 1 2. J e rry is a co m pu ter soft ware engi neer at Traveling Sofeware in Ilathell, Wash ., a nd Jen ny wo rk s pa rt -t i m e as a n u l t rasonographer

�t C as cade Va l l e y

Hos pila l in Arlington, Wash.

Lisa (Hu5sey) Ferraro and he r husband. Joseph, a n no u nce the b i rth of t h e ir SOil, Tyl er Jose p h, on Sept. 1 6,

1 9 97. Lisa is a

m ajo r gifts ofIlcer a t

t h e University of Connecticut a nd Josep h is a poli ce o ffi ce r.

T hey

coordi nate their sched u les to share in the ca rl' of th ei r new addition.

Christian Sclrarell and SOllja

Datlliden '90 an nounce the b i rth of their so n , Isaiah Abner B a talden SchllI�n, on ,,'larch 28. Sonja is a nu rse-midwife, a nd Christian is a

Ph_D.

stu den t in etIt ics.

Dave DeMots star te d h i s own bus i ness,

DHX Advertising, in Portla nd,

Ore., in Januar}'_

Larry Walters a n d h i s \...,ife, G i n a ) were

27, 1 9 97, in Kankakee,

married on Sept.

Ill. Larry is a n anesulesiologist and was p ro m ote d to chief residen t i n the d� p arl l 1 l en t of

a n es t h es i a a t the Uni vers i ty of Ari zo na

i n July. He w i l l comp le te h is

res ide n cy in December. G i n a is a r egj � te red n u r sc.

Kare" (l\1oore) Ash and ber h usba n d, Dean, a n no u n ce the b i r t h of t h e i r s o n , Braden G rego ry, o n Ap ri l 4. H e joi ns 2'j,-ycar-old Logan Robert.

Cari (Rue) Black a n d her husb a n d , Jasoll, a n no u n ce the b irth o f their

reb. 6 . He join s S pence r Allen.

son, Samuel Dean, o n 3 - ycar-old

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Determined pastor fights to preserve the confidential nature of the pastoral office

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M I C HE L LE

Edward Running graduated from

Hamlin, pastor of Evangelical Reformed Church in Tacoma. got a call Hamlin met with the man and provided him prayer and spiritual counsel

in the death of his 3-month-old son. When the case came to trial, Martin tried to keep Hamlin's testimony out by citing the state's priest-penitent law protecting confessions. The prosecutor argued that the priest-penitent privilege doesn't

Ma ke the l i n k with . . .

state's right to criminal evidence, Rev. Rich Hamlin '84

lUTE LINK

stands

A career mentoring program

true to

his religious

beliefs.

connecting current students and

apply because only certai n denominations, such as Catholic, GreekOrthodox and Episcopalian, have the privilege of confidentiality.

have far-reaching implications for the entire church . The confidential nature of the pastoral office must continue to be recognized, protected and maintained. If it is not, the fundamental

As Martin's case progressed, the county prosecutor ordered Hamlin to a deposition, where Hamlin

help guide students and recent

respectfully refused to disclose the confidential statements made during Martin's confession. The

graduates within their chosen

pastor was then brought into court and found in contempt. The Pierce County Superior Court ruled

career paths, or as an alum use

that no clergy has the right to confidentiality regardless of denomination.

luteLink for career changes. If

"There's not even an acknowledgment that the judicial system is stepping into the sovereignty

you are moving you can also use

of the church," Hamlin said.

lutelink for PlU contacts in your

Hamlin was then ordered to the Pierce County Jail. His lawyer, however, was able to obtain an

new geographic area.

appeal hearing before he was scheduled to go to jail, which froze the i ncarceration order. In July 1 998,

If you would like to become a

the Washington State Court of Appeals reversed the lower court's ruling, stating that "confession is a necessary component of his (Hamlin's) religious practice . . . it is a duty that the pastor must fulfill

mentor or want to use this

based u pon the tenets of his faith."

service for yourself, call the

Hamlin is thrilled not only that he won't be going to jail (barring an appeal), but also that case law

Alumni and Parent Relations

has been established.

Office at 253-535-74 1 5 or

"This is a published opinion, Clergy in the future can rightly look someone in the eye and say

1 -800-258-6758.

"What you do tell me is confidential." who has been held in the Pierce County Jail since July 1 997, will go to trial after any appeal process is complete. looking back, would Hamlin have done anything differently? "No," said Hamlin. "I'm not arguing that the pastoral office is a vault. I'm arguing that the pastor has to weigh the ethics of the entire situation and the competing values - justice and the pastoral office. And, in this case, the pastoral office needed to be protected.· The pastor's involvement i n the case has taken him to Washington, D.C., where he was asked to

C O N N E C T E D

Within days h e was o n h i s wa y to Co p e n h age n , Denmark, to begin a t eac h i ng po si tio n a t t h e Roya l Ac a de m y of the Arts and A rch i tecture . 1 99 3

Chad Bertlsell a n d h i s w i fe, K r is te n ,

a.nnou nce the b i rth of their daughter, E m m a Pa ige , on Jan. 4 .

Brian alld Lisa (Lallgsdorf '92) Rybloom will be m ov ing to Oslo,

Norway, at the end of s u m m e r. There,

B ri a n

wi ll h e l p open a n e w I K EA store

and s e r ve as a sales manager through

August 1 999. L i s,] plans to s t u d y N o rwe gi a n language and culture and host visitDrs.

JOllene (Zinlle) Bernhardt was rt' c e nt l y pro m o te d to com m u n ity and government rel a ti o ns sp ec i al i s t at Pa ra go n Cable TV i n Portland, Ore. She oversees the charitable d on a tio n ca m pa ig ns , e m pl oyee volunteer efforts and e nsures co m p l i a nce with national and local regulatory requirements. Sh e also h a ndles various media, educator, e mplo yee and customer relations responsi h i l i

Prosecutors may appeal that ruling, which would take the case to the state Supreme Court. Martin,

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the University of Oregon in Ju n e w i t h a master's degree in architecture.

"The competing values between church, state, justice and the pastoral office are not easy matters," Hamlin said. "These are issues that

nature of the relationship between clergy and parishioner changes."

alums. Become a member and

Julie Blum received a master of

Anthony Martin, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder

t's a fight worth fighting." declared the Rev. Rich Hamlin '84, who is i n the middle o f a fight pitting religious freedom against t h e state's right

on July 7. 1 997, from a woman seeking a minister to meet with her son.

In the middle of a fight pitting

Stordahl '6 1 . M a ri a and her husband, Jonathan, also a Luther Seminary graduate, a re awaiting calls to serve parishes in Wisconsin.

as he u nburdened his soul. Three days later the young man, Scott

to criminal evidence.

religious freedom against the

u nder the guidance o f Rev. Lowell

divin itl' degree from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., on May 24. She served a year-long i n ternship at Central Lutheran Church in Bellingham, Wash., under t h e g u i d a n c e of Rev. Leonard Er i c kse n ' 5 9 . She was assigned to the Eastern Wash ingtonlldaho Synod of the ELCA, and is awa iting a call to �erve in a parish.

M I L LE

R, E 0 I T O R I A L A S 5 1 S T A N T

May 24. S h e served a yea r- l ong internship a t Ca mano Lutheran Church i n Camano Island, Wash.,

testify before the congressional subcommittee on the Constitution i n February 1 998. The sub

ties. Jonene se rves on the Multnomah County Advisory Com m ittee for the Start i\'laking A Reader Today pro gram and volunteers weekly to rea d with two children. She is a ce r ti fied presenter of the "Ta k i n g Ch a rge o f You r TV!" work s h o p de ve l oped b y T h e F a m i l y a n d Community Crit ical Viewing P roject , wo r ki ng to p ro m o t e l i te ra c y sk i ll s .

committee is reworking the fundamental elements of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which

Carolyn Morr;sOl' Fulton recei ved a

was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in summer 1 997, Hamlin said, Supporters are

graduate assis t a n t sh ip fro m Flor i d a

hoping to have a new law in effect this fall. Between appeals and hearings, Hamlin's primary responsibilities lie with his 65-member church. He is also the assistant d irector of Youth for Christ. a mission organization that works with

S t a te U n i ve rsi t y, where she will be g i n

doctoral studies in music education a n d e t h n o m u s i colog y. Her two c h i l d ren are glad to h a ve her back "on

nonchurched youth and their families. After earning a bachelor'S degree in education from PLU, Hamlin taught high school for four years. He will soon complete his master's degree in pastoral ministry from Trinity Theological Semina ry. PLU is a long-standing tradition i n the Hamlin household. Parents, Richard '59 and Joann '60; and brothers, Randy '85, Rod '88 and Ryan '91 and all know what it means to be a lute. Since those days, Hamlin has kept in touch with three other alums also in full-time ministry. For the past eight years, Rusty Carlson '86, Jeff Clare '84, Scott Sears '86 and Hamlin have met every two

weeks for accountability, prayer and ministry perspective.

Hamlin and his wife, lynn, have three children, Isaiah, 6; Claire, 4; and Joel, 2. They live in a 96year-old farmhouse in Tacoma, where they enjoy spending time as a family.

t h e cont.inent" after spen d i n g two

years l iv i ng and t ra vel i n g in Bangkok, Tha i l a n d, where she was a Ill usic teacher a t t h e I n ternational School of llangkok. Rec e n t l y, s eve n of her

Tri n i d ad C a rn i val p h oto s were

selected to appear in a new Garland

E n c yc lo pe d i a o f World Music.

Ja)' and Robill (Buck '94) Evans a n n o u nce t h e � i r t h o f U]eir son, Ty l e r

J o s eph ,

i n A p ri l .

Masahiro Mori has bee n a temporary

software tester s i n c e J a n u ar y 1997. He

1 992

Jacqueline Keeler rece n t l y op e ne d f\sante, a European day spa in San Rafael, C a l i f., afte r s t u d y i ng spa

management i n the Czech Republic. She and Caro l i n e Harrison sold t h e i r house a n d b o u g h t a b o a t to l i v e o n .

Nori Wendt is a sta y � a t -h om e mom w i t h h e r 3 - ye a r- old son, Patrick, i n Fort Bragg, N . C . l l e r husband, J ay

Cash ' 9 3 , is serving in Bosnia with t h e

Co m pa n y ( AI)I1) as pa r t of m ul t i n a t i o n a l st a b i l izat io n fo rce .

2 1 st M P the

H i s d e p lo y m e n t is scheduled to la s t six to n i ne mo n t h s.

TllOr Ivar Hellesoy alld TOile Reinertsen were married on May 30

in O ys l e o , Norway. Thor received an

NISei in m a r in e e n g i n ee r i ng fro m t h e

U n i ve rs i t y o f 'l c c h n o lo gy, Delft, t h e Netherlands, i n D ecem be r 1 997 a n d is

wo r k in g as a ship d e s ig ner. They will be i n the Netherlands fo r three years

wh ile Tone finishes her MSci i n industrial d es ig n .

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Andy and Katie (Davis) Fin ley

Co r po rati o n . Th ey are

co m pi c t i n g t h e

a n n o u n ce the birth o f their da u gh ter, B a i J ey Frances, on May 1 7 . S b e joins 2 - yc 3 r- o l d D a wso n .

d e ve l opm ent o f a p re mie r m a n u factured ho m e commun ity for seniors i n Eugene, Ore.

Jun Chea a n d his w ife , Jea n n ie,

I n Mal', Rebecca Benson j o i n ed Jefferies & Company, a broker, dealer, i nvestment bank and trad i ng house in San Francisco. She is wo rk i ng to

a n n o u nce t h e birth of t h e i r d au g h t e r, Fa i t h , on May 1 2 . Jun is assistant vi ce

p re s i d e n t, branch manager and

Ke ySa l e s

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Kimberly Neu is in pa ti e n t b i l l ing services at A l pi n e Home Health i n

S a n d poi n t , Idaho. H e r guide d o g, Sage , is d oi n g wel l at work a nd p la y on the fa rm. K i m be r l y r a ises a nd t r a i n s No rw egi a n Fjo rd horses and can be rea c he d a t kimllell@microll.net.

Troy and CI.eryl (Kragness '93) Brost announce the birth o f their s o n, Alexander Gra nt, on Dec. 20. Troy is vice president and Cheryl is corporate secretary o f Royal Property

broaden the business services equity research group.

TI. ad Persotl recl'ived a master of d i vi ni ty d e gre e fro m Luther Seminary i n SI. Paul, M i n n . , on May 24. He served a year-long internship at the English-speaking Lutheran congre gation i n N gaound e re , Cameroon, under the guidance of Rev. Thomas Christensen. Thad was awarded th e graduate preaching fellowship, which allowed him to spend the s u mmer t raveling and studying i n his wife's native Ireland.

l iv es ill Seattle with his American

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Kr;st;II (Stevens) Koskillen a n d h e r h u s h a n d , Sean, a n n o u nce the birth o f

t heir s o n , Wi l l i a m Baley, on M a y 16. K ri sti n is a registered dietitian p r a c t i c in g c l i n ical n u t r ition i n Ewa B eac h, Hawaii, a n d Sean i s a ph),sician compleLing his residency i n radiology at Tr i pie r Army Medical Center in Honolulu.

Kristill Jolrnson-Campbell received a certificate of ordination a n d a church

charter for Living Rock M i n i st r ies , a n I n t ernet m i n istry with online B i ble st u dy a n d pra yer. Kristin also started Creat i ve Ligh t Design, a business th a t b u ilds web sites for churches a n d

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Rhollda Jones alld Charles Wi/killS were m a rr i e d o n Ap r i l 1 9 i n Tacoma.

Rhonda is a registered n u rse and was promoted to assistant director nf n u rsing service at jefferson House Care Center. Charles is the floor manager a,t the Paradise Card Room.

Outi Francis and her husband, Steven, a n n o u nce the hirth of t h e i r c h i l d , Mat ias francis, i.n December. Outi is the operations manager at Concord Technology, and Steven is a national acco u n t manager at M C I Communications. Laura (Manderscheid) Davis and her h u sband, Jason, announce tbe birth of their son, Nathaniel Ryan, in March. Laura is a marketing specialist at General Services Administration. Lynn Mason is a teacher i n the Corvallis School District in Montana. He is also the assistant football and wrestling coach. He started the archaeology club and teaches drivers education. ua (Dayberry) Crouch and her husband, David, a n nou nce the birth of their daughter, Natalie Kate, on May 1 7 . She joins 1 6 - month-old Allyson Anne. Laura Russell and Jay Cabe were married on Aug. 1 6 , 1 9 97, i n Raymond, Wash. Laura i s an associate territory business manager at Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals in Portland, Orc., and Jay is a n account executive a t AT&T Wireless Service. Jennifer Graham and David Hampton were married on July 4 at the Sch m idt Mansion in Tumwater, Wash. Julie (Cruikshank '93) Siepmann was the maid of honor. je nnifer is a n assistant portfolio manager, and David is an acco u n t manager. T h e y C a n b e reached at jmg@atlcap.com.

Matt Kees and his wife, Kymberly, announce the birth of their twin sons, Aidan a nd Griffin, on March 4. They join a sister, Amanda, and a brother, Keegan . Scott Welborn was named t h e new head football coach a t North Polc High School, a AAAA high school in Fairbanks, Alaska. He can be reached at scottY @llorthstar.kiz.ak.us. Carla (Putvin) Derie and her h u sband, Mike, announce the birth of their da ughter, Sarah Michelle, o n April 1 0 . S h e j o i n s 2-year-old Trevor. In July, Greg Hanson was promoted to bank manager at Washington Federal Savings Bank in Woodburn, Orc., where he has worked for fou r years. Sivhong (Go '93) Hanson teaches a tlrst- and second-grade m u l tiage classroom. They recently bought a horne in Salem.

Gary Hogan-Underdahl was n a med to the 1 997-98 Dea n's Honor List at Hamline University School of Law in St. Pa ul, M i n n . H e is a law clerk in down town Min neapolis and will graduate i n 1 999. Kim (Nirk) Wa terstraat and her husband, john, were married on July 1 2, 1 997, in Puyallup. Kim is a fo urth grade teacher in Puyallup, and john works fo r fireside Heating and Air. They recently bought a horne in the Puyall up valley. 1 9 94

Svend Stendahl was promoted to OEM technical account manager at Microsoft. Abigail Blankner received a master of theological studi es from Emory Un ivers ity last spring. Mark CaTrato has bel'n traveling around the world and ex-peets to end his trip in Central America in November. During his travels he became a deep-sea diver and enjoyed free-fall sk)' diving. Tofa McCormick began a new position as marketing coord i nator, overseeing two divisions at Safe Works, LLC, in April. Safe Works is a global provider of suspended power access e q u ipment based in Kent, Wash. He earned an MBA in marketing and management from City University, where he worked for th ree years.

Peter William Guertner d ied May 22 in a car accident in Japan. Pete received . his degree in hroad casting and com IT,l u nications and will be remembered by classmates and friends as an easy-going, lively person who always had a smile to share. Pete lived i n Hong Hall and was instrumental i n t he emergence of LoliaPLUza, which continues as a PLU tradition. I n the evenings, students could hear Pete's voice over the ai rwaves of KCCR student radio. He i n terned at K P LU 88.5 f:vl. More than 1 50 friends and relatives gathered j u ne 7 to celeb r,He Pete's l i fe. Remarking at the memorial service frie nd, Chris Albrecht '94, said of Pete, ". . . he showed up on campus w i t h a RUN-DMC T-shirt and u n t ied tennis shoes and left with a large and d i verse collection of friends." Pete was a member of the Wa shington National G uard and involved i n gifted a n d honors programs throughout h i s edu cation. He is survived by his mother, Dianne Newsom; father, \Villiam Guertner; step parents, Louis Newsom and Eva Guertner; sister, Michelle; brothers, Q u incy and Louis; grand parents, Frank and Lois Guertner, Dice and Pattie Heats; and a host o f fam ily a n d friends. David Berndt received a doctor of medicine degree from the Medical College o f Wisconsin on May 1 6 . He will serve an internal medicine resi dency at the University o f Wisconsin in Madison. Shannon Tilly en tered medical school a t the University o f Colorado i n September. Jim and Mari (Yokers) Matthias a n n o u nce the birth of their daughter, Sidra Holian, OJl June I . Kirstin Jensen entered the master i n education program at PLU i n June.

is from Mont icello, Minn., and a graduate of S t . John's University in Collegeville, M i n n .

Pensacola, F l a . , w h i l e h e r husband, Aaron, is a t Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, training to be a pilot.

Allenmore Hospital in Tacoma and Anthony is a service technician a t TCI Cahle in Tacoma.

Brian Perron finished a year i n Germany a s a Fulbright Scholar, researching environ mental policy with a recycling emphasis. He is now attending William and Mary School of Law.

Mary (Blorigren) McFarlin and her husband, Rex, a n n o u nce the b irth of their daughter, Ann ika, in December.

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Y,W (Ellie) Jiang works for Boeing i n marketing, airline analysis. Marneta Hoel and her husband, Steve, a n n o u nce the b i rth o f their son, Tyler Arvid, on Nov. 4 . Alexis Joh nson received a master o f public policy a n d a d m i n istration degree fmm Califo rn i a State University, Sacramento, on May 22. 1 9 97

Aaron Christian and Julie Hankel '96 were married on April 1 8 a t Trinity Lutheran Chu rclh in Taco ma. Their wedding party included Heidi Robinson '96, Kristie Giese '96, Cindi Brown '96, Jennifer Baddgor '96, Greg Ennis '97 and Andy Tomlinson '97. Julie entered graduate school at Was h i ngton State University in September, and Aaron is the video d i rector for men's basketball at WSU. Kristina (Hansen) Swenson is p u r suing a master's degree in acco u n t i ng at the University of West Florida i n

Brian Pochert and Mary Zylstra '98 announce the birth of their son, Gavin Ll o yd , o n j u n e 6. Mary is in the master's with certification in educa t i o n program at PLU, and Brian has worked for the Kennewick Police Department since August 1 9 97. Sara Brown and Cody Hartley were married on Feb. 1 4 in Samuelson Chapel at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. Cody is a '9 1 grad of CLU, where both he and Sara are admissions counselors. Bobbi JUllell '98, Melanie Van Engen '96, Jennifer Yelle '96 and Michelle Werre '96 were in the wedding. Mike Fuller '94 and Erin (Koster '95) Fuller attended the wedding. 1 996

Curf Mulder and Rachelle Snowdon were married on April 4 in 1Jcoma. Rachelle is a teacher in Sumn er, Wash., and Curt is a detention o fficer and football coach. Kimberly Mooneyham is i n the master of education program at the University of M i n n esota. Sarah Zieske and jason Kruger we re married on Nov. 20, 1 997, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Jason is a first lieutenant in t he U.S. Army. He

Greg Schuster completed the first edit ion of "Handbook of Clin ical Dental Assisting," published by the W.B . Saunders Co., in September. His wife, Julie, is a registered nurse at Mary Bridge Child.ren's Hospital in Tacoma.

Ka therine Fa meli and Anthony Schwab were married on july 25. Katherine is a registered nurse at

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Philip VOrl'ick died on Feb. 20.

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Alberta (Schmitz) Kittleson died on April I S.

Robert Nistad died on March 20.

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Kathryll (Kay JollN$on) McClary d i ed on Peb. 6. 1 93 6

Enid VanLeuven died on May 26. 1 9 3 8

Stener Kvillsland died on March 30. 1 94 0

Robert Krueger died in II-larch. 1 942

Dc/ores Randolpl, '42, '46 died in December. 1 94 6

Jeannette "Koukie" (Burzaff) Koch di ed on April 27.

Rosemary JOlles i s the author of "Educational and Career Opportunities in Alternati ve Medicine," a resource fo r an)'one contemplating a career in natural medicine. It is the first book to provide all the information in one place o n all the naturopathic, osteopathic, and chiropractic doctor programs available i n the United States. She believes the " h a rdcore" jou rnalism skills she gained under Professor Cliff Rowe here at PLU, prepa red her fo r this project. hom the t ime she sent the query letter to the p u blisher, to the fll1al deadline for the first draft, she had six months to track down and i n terview 200+ admissions d i rectors, teachers and students. The book has been endorsed by several Northwest schools and professionals. Rosemary can be reached at healingpgs@a oi.com. 1 9 88

Devra Sigle-Hermosilla and her hu sba nd, Miguel, annou nce the birth of their son, Mauricio Raul, in November 1 99 7 . Devra is attending Seattle University School of Law.

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EtI,c/ (Hagman) Anderson died on Dec. 3 1 .

Kelsey Johnson earned her j u ris doctor degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., on May 1 8.

Jeremie Lipton is attending Northeastern University School of Law in Boston.

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Coriander Kral15e was awarded the Air Force Commendation medal and selected for promotion to ca ptain. She is in the master of science, fa mily n u rse practitioner program a t Troy State University i n Alabama.

Ka therine (Swensson) Murray and her husband, Mitchell, announce the birth of their son, Ian Patrick, in March.

Ka ryn D'Addio worked with Americorp this past year. She has been accepted to the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, Mo., where she is studying to be a general practitio ner.

Henry Kid d ied on May 22.

Ruth (Jacobson) HUlIniwt died on May 2S.

Dawn Collins was promoted to cost ana lysis manager at U.S. West Co m m u n ications in june 1 997.

David Carlson is teaching English at Gansu University of Technology i n Lanzhou, China. He will b e there for at least a year.

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Aaron and Lori (Golliet) Tang a n nounce the birth their daugh ter, Danielle Renae, on J u n e 1 1 .

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Debbie Lindstedt taught elementary m u sic fo r two years and is now at 01orfolk Ch ristian School in Norfolk, Va ., teaching h igh school and middle school choir. Her daughter, Nicole, is in her second year a t Virginia Wesleyan, p u rsuing a pre-med and vocal double major. Her d a ugh ter, Rachel, is a high school ju nior and plans to become a piano professor.

Samuel Carleton, modern and classicaI languages, 1 969- 1 98 1 , re t ired in june as director of the Savannah, Ga., campus of the New Yo rk City based School of Visual Arts. He and his wife, Elaine, live in Sava n nah's h istoric district where they have a bed and breakfast. Their home appeared as Joe Odom's house in the Clint Eastwood movie, " M id n ight i n t he Garden o f Good and Evil." Sam would enjoy hearing from former colleagues and students.

Sig Sorenson died on March 2 1 . 1 9 5 7

Riclrard Nieman died on March 20. Barbara (SkjOtuby) Fosso died on March 27.

Rick Kaps, husband of Kay (Overly) Kaps ' 75, '89, died on Feb. 3 of lym phoma. He had reti red from the Sequim School District i n Seq u i m , Wash., where he w a s a ph ysical education teacher and coach.

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Ida Frank/in died o n Feb. 3. Robert Soreluon died on March 10. 1 960

Gerald Erickson died on Mal' 2 3 .

The Rev. Kathleen O'Connor, sociology, '77-'87, has a new position as pastor and CEO of outreach m i n istries at Potter Park United Methodist Church in lanSing, Mich., that includes a community kitchen, after-school computer and learning games, and many other services. Her student associate pastor work at Delaware's Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church ended o n June 28. She was a.lso the piano accompa n is t and organ ized t h e Child ren's Choir of Angels.

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Gerald Hansen died on April 29. Craig Rettkowski died on June 2. 1 9 7 8

Virginia "Jimmie" Saffell died on January 27. 1 989

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John S. Rooney died i n December 1987.

Seventeen PLU-connected people (a lumni, parents of a l umni, and staff) were among a group of 39 who toured Italy in March and April, led by Ken Christopherson, professor emeritus of religion, The party included Ed Bran nfors '64, Dan Christopherson '77, Ken and Polly Christopherson, Lol eta Espeseth, Louise Faye, Barbara Frost ' 5 1 , Ardy Hagen '71, Eva Hagen '59, Johanna Heussman, Carmen Knudtson, Donald '50 and Naomi '53 Nothstein, Jim Peterson, Janet Radford, Cora Svare '30 and Craig Svare '67. In a tour that ranged from Milan to Capri, the group's favorite sites included Michelangelo's restored Sistine Chapel paintings, St. Peter's Basilica and the Pompeii volcanic site. Ken Christopherson has led tours to 40 countries. A Reformation specialist, he will lead an Oberammergau tour in 2000, focusing on Lutherland and g reat sights in Europe. He also plans an African safari for 1 999, Call 253-537-3328 for more information.

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president, came i n to campaign for her dad. Walter captured the election, becoming the first Democrat since World War II to hold the seat representing the Santa Barbara area. He brought his background in religion and academia to Congress, once telling the National Journal that he wanted to promote conciliation in the House and work toward a moral compass in his work. He was described by a local newspaper as " invoking an abstract view of God to encourage a return to community and human relationships." " He was interested in civil discourse and thoughtful representation, not partisan politics;' Lois said. "He talked about restoring the bond of trust that seems to have been replaced by cynicism and apathy." Lois went with him to Washington, D.C. I t would be their last few months together. In October 1 997, Walter collapsed in Washington's D ulles International Airport and died as Lois performed CPR. The 63 -year-old d ied of a heart attack. "We ended our marriage j ust as we started, doing a lot of things together," she said. "People commented to me later that they could remember seeing us walking hand- in-hand around the CapitoL" Lois doesn't remember when, amongst the ensuing parade of mourners and memorial services, she first thought about replacing her husband i n Congress. "It was a process I went through, first feeling the overwhelming affection people had for him," she said. " I t became clear to me that he had a special relationship with people in the district and that his job was not finished. And who knows his mind better than I?" Besides the desire to complete her husband's term, Lois a lso started to realize that she had something to o ffer voters. Her 20

years as a nurse in public schools gave her front-line experience on "kitchen-table issues" such as education and health care. They were the core of her campaign when she ran for Walter's seat in a special election last January. She bested her conservative Republican opponent but failed to get the required 50-percent vote. When she finally was elected to Congress in a March run off election, her victory was touted by the Democratic party as a precursor to future gains in the House. Lois now lives in a D.C. apartment with her daughter while she navigates her first year in Congress and prepares to run for re-election in November. She has already finished her third election of the year, a June primary in which she ran unopposed for her party's nomination. The 60-year-old sometimes finds it is her nurse's training that serves her best on Capitol H ill. "In nursing you learn to be a good observer and a good listener, which is not a common thing in politics," she said. "You learn to withhold judgment and make a place of action and carry it through. I have had to be an advocate all my life, and that's what I am doing now." Her faith is a source of strength as well. The daughter of a Norwegian Lutheran minister, Capps is thankful fo r her family's heritage. "There is a sense you get having a strong religious father. You believe in the power of prayer and you know that this is what held people together for years;' she said. "And you know that God works through ordinary folks." Kim Bradford '94 is a reporter for the Tri-City Herald in cen tral

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Cross cou ntry cha mp leads 1 998 PLU Ha l l of Fa me i nductee class B Y

N I C K

D A W S O N,

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alerie Hilden Blum

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'88, a two-time national cross

country champion, headlines a Jist o f seven women and men who will be inducted into the 1 9 98 Pacific Lutheran

University Athletic Hall of Fame. The induction luncheon starts a t 1 1 am, Oct. 9 in Chris Knu tzen Hall. Tickets are available through the PLU Athletic Department, 2 5 3 - 5 3 5 - 7 3 5 2 . T h e inductees also will be honored prior to the kickoff o f

In his two-year career, Kessler recorded 1 96 total tackles, 1 1 7 of which were unassisted, I I pass deflec tions, 17 i n terceptions and one fu mble recovery. I n addition to receiving All-America honors fo r his participation on the field, Kessler earned NAIA All-America Scholar Athlete accord. He had a tryout with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League, and since has spent much of his time coaching, as well as in s ports? Call the PLU Athletic

the O c t . 1 0 Homecoming football game against Eastern Oregon

SARA O F F I C E R

cata lyst fo r the university's modern- day women's athletic

swimming pool.

women's soccer histo ry, helped lead the PLU program

As one of the fi rst fe male coaches on sta ff, she was the

will be installed at the Walk of Fame just north of the PLU

Women's Soccer, 1 985-88

253 535-PLU 1 (7581).

Sara Officer retired in 1998 after three decades at PLU.

i s sla ted for I :30pm. A plaque honoring this year's ind uc tees

Sonya Brandt Stewart, the most decorated player in PLU

Hotline at

Wo men's Coach and Admin istrator, 1 967-98

University at Sparks Stadiu m in Puyallup. Kickoff fo r that game

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ministry with Christian colleges and fo otball coaches.

program, starting and coaching a range of teams: basket ball, volleyball, field ho ckey, track and field, and tennis. Jn addition to her work on the co urt and fi eld, Officer shared her craft in the class room by instructin g future generations of physical education teachers. But she was not al l sports and coaching. Service work was a natural fo r Officer, who had spent time with the Peace Corps in Sri Lanka

PLU mainta ins

i n to national prominence in the late 1 980s. Brandt

before coming to PLU. For the past nine years, she led groups of J- Te rm

firm grasp on NCiC

Stewart earned NAI A first team All-America honors i n

students in community work with Associated Min istries in Tacoma's

All-Sports Award

each of her fo u r seasons. S h e w a s named the most valuable player at the

Hilltop neighborhood. In the mornings, students refurbished homes

1 988 NAJA tou rnament in which PLU won the first of its three national

and provided other social services, re turning to PLU fo r classroom

Pacific Lutheran University won

championships.

study in the afternoons.

the

Selected fou r times as the team's most outstanding offensive p l ayer,

Although Officer is gone from PLU, she did not leave her service

Brandt Stewart was a 1 9 88 n ational tournament all- star and the 1 9 88

ethic behind. Her plans include volunteering with the Navajo people in

JSAA Na tional Player o f the Year. She earned n umerous all-conference,

Arizona, as well as continuing to work on the Hilltop.

a l l - d i strict and all-region awards. Brandt Stewart still holds most of PLU women's soccer o ffensive records 10 years after fin ishing her career. Most of her records will

PLU has won top honors

i n the award's 13-year history. The

goals in a career with 127 and is tied fo r goals in a game with six. Jn

separa te years, including the 1 983 season when he scored 7,542 points to win the NAIA national decathlon title. That winning point tota l , 15 years later, remains a PLU

in both goals and points. Brandt Stewart was not only adept at putting

school record by more than 300 points. Jn addition, Schot is stil l ranked

the ball in the back o f the net, she ranks fou r th in career assists and

in the PLU career top 10 list in fo u r separate events. Schot, a three-time district decathlon champion and the district record holder in the event, was also the 198 I district champion in the

invited to play in the Nike World Masters Games in Portland, Ore.

200-meter dash. He s h owed signs of national- level success with a sixth

She recently moved with her fa mily to Oregon, and after staying home

place fi n is h in the decathlon a t the 1 980 national meet, then was fifth in

with her daughter fo r a short period, she plans to retu rn to work in

the eve n t a year later.

human resources. VAL E R I E H I LD E N B L U M

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12 times

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addition, she holds the single-game assist record with four. On PLU's

This summer found Brandt Stewart still active in soccer: she was

among Northwest Conference of

Men's Track and Field, 1 980 -83

P h il Schot earned first team All-America honors three

tied fo r eighth in assists in a season.

outstanding athletic program Independent Colleges institutions.

l i kely never be broken. She holds records fo r goal's in a season with 39,

single-season top J 0 l ists, Brandt Stewart holds down the top fo ur spots

1997-98 McElroy-Lewis AII

Sports Trophy, symbolic of the

Lute athletic program scored

304

points in an easy defeat of runner up Puget Sound, which had

263. 255.

Willamette finished third with

PLU won the McElroy-Lewis Award each year from

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befo.re Willamette ended the string

1994. PLU regained the trophy in 1995 and has won it each year

since. PLU continued a recent dominance in spring sports by

Schot is now an associate professor and director o f the bio

winning conference titles in men's

mechanics lab in the department of human kinetics a t the University of

(second straight) and women's

Wisconsin -Milwaukee.

(second straight) track and field, men's golf (fifth straight), and

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Valerie Hilden Blum, already a member of the NAJA

me n's tennis (seventh straight).

Track and Field, 1 970 -73

Other PLU teams winning NCIC

championships while competing for Pacific Lutheran

Almost 25 years after finis hing his collegiate career,

team titles were men's cross country and women's basketball,

Hall of Fame, won two NAJA national cross country Universi ty. As a freshman, she garnered the 1 985 NAJA

Randy Shipley still holds the PLU men's shot put record

cross country title, and then came back three years later to repeat the

with a throw o f 58'3 1/2". His co n ference shot put record

feat as a sen ior.

of 56' I 1 1/2", set in J 973, still stands. Also in 1 9 73, Shipley

Her individual championship at the 1 9 88 national meet was the

placed second in the national indoor meet and fifth in the outdoor

cornerstone behind PLU's d rive to the national team crown, the o n ly

competition and was named the outstanding performer on the PLU

one in the history of the PLU cross country program. A fo u r-time first

track and field team.

team All-American in cross country, Hilden Blum never placed lower

outsta nding fo otba l l player a t PLU, earning t h ree letters. As a sen ior,

fo urth in 1 986. She has the fastest time ever recorded by a PLU runner

Sh ipley was named All-Conference, Little All-Northwest and Little

at the NAJA national meet ( I 7 :34) .

All-American honorable mention by Associated Press. He signed a contract with the Wa shington Redskins o f the National Footb all League and eventually played two years i n the Wor l d Football

from 1 986 through J 988. She ranks third on the a l l - time PLU top 20 l ist

League.

fo r best times in any meet. On the track, Hilden Blum was a five- time

SCOTT WESTE R I N G

Football, 1 978-80

at t h e 1 9 8 7 N A J A championship meet. S h e was t h e 1 986 District I

Scott Westering was a co-captain and first team AlI

3,OOO-meter champion.

American tight end on PLU's J 980 national champion

Hilden Blum now lives i n Oregon and works as a nurse in the

ship fo otbaH squad, the first team in school history to

Portland area.

win a national title. I n a n era when PLU fo otball was SCOTTY K E S S L E R

better known fo r a bruising ground attack, Westering led the J 980 Lutes

Football, 1 979 -80

in receiving with 49 catches fo r 6 1 5 yards and ni ne touchdowns. He

succeeding school i n descending the previous school. MCELROY-LEWIS ALL-SPORTS AWARD Point Total

Pacific Lutheran

304

Puget Sound

263 255 235 187 172 127 120 120 1 19

Willamette Linfield Whitworth George Fox Lewis & Clark Pacific

had a si ngle-game best of eight receptions fo r J 23 yards.

Whitman

It was as much his crunching blocks on the line, helping open

a key role in PLU's run to the J 980 NAIA Division II

holes for the Lute running backs, as it was his receiving that brought

national championship. He earned NAIA first team All

recogn i-tion to Westering. He finished his th ree-year PLU career with

America honors in 1 980 after receiving second team All-America

1 06 recep tions fo r 1 ,349 yards, an average of 12.7 yards per catch, and

recogn ition after his j unior campaign.

1 8 touchdowns.

A co-captain and safety on the J 980 title team, Kessler was named

18 and the 1 6. Each

third-place squad getting

School

All-American, including winning a national title in the 3000-meter r u n

impact on the PLU fo otball program, including playing

The conference champion in

each sport receives 20 points, with

order gets two fewer points than

time co nference cross country champion, winning consecu tive titles

Jn two seasons as a Lute, Scotty Kessler had a major

ships, the most of any school in the conference.

the run ner-up getting

Besides earning fo ur letters in track and field, Sh ipley was a n

th a n fo urth at the NAJA national meet, finishing third in 1 9 87 and

Besides her success at the national level, Hilden Blum was a three

giving PLU six team champion

Seattle

He later had tryouts with the San Francisco 4gers and the Buffalo

the Defensive Player of the Game in PLU's 38- J 0 national

Bills of the National Football League. Upon graduation, Westering

championship victory over Wilmington Coll ege of Ohio. In the

joined his fa ther, head coach Frosty Westering, on the PLU football

championship game alone, Kessler had J 2 u nassisted tackles, four

coaching staff. He has served as the tea m's offensive coordinator

assisted tackles, fou r pass deflections, and also set an NAIA playoff

since 1 9 84.

game record with fo u r interceptions. In PLU's three playoff games, Kessler accu m u lated 25 unassisted tackles, nine assisted tackles, six pass deflections and eight interceptions. P A C I F I C

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U n iversity Symphony Orchestra, 8pm

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Bethany Lutheran Church, 8am and 1 0: I Sam services President Anderso n , guest preacher Edgewood, Washington

Mountain View Lutheran Church, 8 : 1 5a m and 1 0 :30am services; President Anderson, guest preacher

Composers Forum

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Art Exhibits S C AND INA V I AN C U LT U R A L C ENT E R

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September 22 - November 1 7 Norweg ian Rosemaling Exhibit

Saturday, November 2 1 Yule Boutique

November 1 7-Jalluary 6

9am-5pm, Olson A u d i tor iu m

Christmas in Scandinavia Exhibit

Masterpiece Series Program I

Saturda)" December 5 Santka lucia

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University Symphony O rchestra with Don I m m e l , t rombone, 8pm

7pm, performance and reception Wednesday, December 9 Norwegian Christmas Service

6pm, Scandinavian Cultural Center Thursday, December 1 0 The Sounds o f Christmas

Opera Wo rkshop, 8pm, Eastvold Au ditorium.

University S i ngers a nd University Men's Chorus, 8 p m

Family Weekend

Christmas Festival Celebration Concerts

Mark yo u r calendars now fo r PLU's Family Week end! With a variety of activit ies planned, there's sure to be something fo r everyone. Enjoy oppor tunities to m e e t President Loren J. Anderson, faculty and st a ff; p a r tic i pate i n fa mily act ivities such a s a game and mov i e n ight; a ttend classes at Fa mily Un iversity and worship with University C ong reg a t i o n ; as well as enjoy the highlight of the weekend a Halloween D i n n er Thea tr re. Ca l l 253- 535-74 1 5 t o make you r reserva tion.

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November 1

B r uce Ncswick, organ, 8 p m . Tickets are $ 1 5 general, $ 1 0 students/senior; n o passes.

Great Moments in Opera

October 2-4 Portland, Oregon

Spanaway, Washington

Camerata Vocale Hannover German Cho i r, 8pm

PLU On the Road

University Wind Ensemble

Artist Series

Remembrances: University Wind Ensemble and Concert Band

8pm, Chris Knu tzen Hall, University Center

3pm

8pm

Park Avenue Vocal Jazz

University Jazz Ensemble and

University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab

Violin Kaleidoscope

Marta Ki rk, violin; Ned Charles Ki rk, piano, 8pm

Complimentary, S p m

Concert of Early and Baroque Music

Artist Series

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Fukushima Jazz Trio

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Relat.ions with his o r her new mailing address. You can reach

LIS b ), p h o ne at 2 5 3 -535-7 4 1 5, fax u s at 253-535-8555 or send

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October 27-December 2 Contemporary Landscape

Becky Frehse and other artists featured December 8 - 1 6 Wi nter Senior Exhibit

The Scandinavian Cultural Center is locared on the first fl oo r of the Un ive rs i ty Cen ter. Regu la r h o u rs are Sun. l -4pm and Tue., Wed. 1 1 am-3 pm . !\d m i ssion is free. Call 535-7532.

The University Gallery is

located in I n g r am H a l l Regul a r hours arc

M o n . - Fr i . , 8:30am-4:30pm. Admission

is free.

Call 535-7573.

4pm, Eastvold Aud i to r i u m

Un iversity Theatre

Friday, December 1 1

8pm, Eastvold Audito r i u m Sunday, December 1 3

4pm, F i rs t Presbyterian Chu rch, Seattle

Rumors October 1 6, 1 7, 23, 24 at 8pm October 25 a t 2pm

Tickets for the Ch ristmas Festival Celeb ration concerts a re $ 1 0 general, $5 students/seniors; no passes.

Shadowlands November 1 9, 20, 2 1 at 8 p m November 2 2 at 2pm

EvenlS are subject to hangc; please call ahead to cooficm . For

Tickets are $7 general, $4 students/seniors and with

concert i nformation , ca l l

No music season passes accepted. C a l l 5 3 5 -7762.

the 24-hour concert line, 535 -762 1 , or

PlU Music Office during regular businc' hour , 535-7602. (AI! a rea codes are 253 unless otherwise noted.) Ticket prices for music events ( unless otherwise noted) are $8 general, $5 sludent Isenior , $3 alumni, and free for 1 8 and under. Season passes are anilable. Music events, unless otherwise noted, are held in the Mary Bal<Cl" Russell Musi Center.

Unlversit y Th ea t re performa nces held i n Eastvold Auditorium.

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Laurel Willoughby

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Biology major Kristin Tremoulet

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discovered some interesting t h i ngs about the diversity of

Darren Kerbs '96

PlU Physics Professor K.T. Ta ng is recognized the world over for his research on the dynam ics of reaction processes and intermolecu lar i nteractions

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Bi ology Professor To m Carlson employs innovative teach ing methods to produce g reat results Astro physicist Dale Fixsen '77 basks in the glow of cosm ic background radiation The W. M. Keck Foundation g rants PLU

Greg Brewis Bradd Busick '99

organisms in Tacoma's Clover Creek this summer

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$500,000 for geosciences

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]oni Niesz Chang-Ii Yiu COPY

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Kum merle battles back from cancer

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H om ecoming

'98 scrapbook

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A l u m n i board reports on a successfu l year

Jason M iller '99 Layne Nordgren ADVISORY

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lute Jerstad

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Loren Anderson David Aubrey

Everest hero, dies

Dana Endicott '92 Lauralee Hagen ' 7 5 Richard Londgren '59 Laura Majovski Jeff Rounce '85

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Biology Professor Mike Crayton

to h e l p identify the cause of death of several dogs a n d cats l iv i n g near

is hooked on algae

American Lake. At the time he d id n 't know m uc h about blooms o r even

BY L I N D A E L L I O T T, E D I T O R

for red tide toxins in marine environ ments, he i njected a mouse with a

C O V E R P H OTO B Y C H R I S T U M B U S C H

sample of the bloom to see what would happen. He was shocked at the

how to tell if one was toxic. Then, using a procedure s i m i l a r to that used

Un iversity Photographer Ch ris Tumbusc h captu red B i o logy Professor M i ke Crayton sampl ing p l a n kton from American Lake on a beautiful, warm day in mid-September. After a couple of swipes with h i s soft nylon p l a n kton net, Crayton found particles of a n on-toxic algae cal led Gloeotrichia, which

can cause swimmer's itch it left to dry o n the skin, and f l u- l i ke symptoms if i n gested.

instant results. Tlhe mouse he i njected with the sample from American Lake died within a m i n ute and a half. Crayton knew he had stu m b led onto a toxic algae bloom. H i s i nterest did n o t stop w i t h identification, however. Crayton h e l ped choose methods of treatment for the blooms, and he also helped create a p u b l ic-education program designed to prevent such blooms. As for treatment, Crayton has spent the last few years worki n g on a n effective natural treatment product that won't h a rm the environ ment. There are no such prod ucts ava i l a b l e commercial ly. If all goes

In his lab in the

well, he hopes to have h i s work published a n d h i s product patented and

Rieke Science

put into use.

Center, Biology

On the prevention end, he partn ered with the state depa rtments of

Professor Mike

health and ecology to produce a brochure for the p u b l ic that deta i l s

Crayton readies

steps t o keep blooms a t bay. For a copy o f t h e brochure, o r f o r more

a sample of

information on toxic al gae blooms, ca l l Allan Moore, Washington State

lake algae for a

Department of Ecol ogy Water Q u a l ity Financi a l Assistance Program,

toxicity test.

360-407 -6563.

t h e Pacific Northwest a n d is often cal led upon t o exa m i ne

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someth ing important about running

Letters to the Editor

fresh water when it's sunny a n d warm a nd there are lots of

captions with old photos: be sure to

Yo ur letters are welcome and

B l ue-green a l gae, or cyanobacteria, reproduce rapidly in nutrients present. Wit h i n a few days, a clear l a ke, pond or

check with any living relatives of the

should be addressed to

ditch can become cloudy with a l gae growt h . B l u e-green

people pictured before matching a

Ed itor, Pacific Lu therall Scene,

blooms usua l ly float to the su rface and can be several inches

name with a face.

thick near the shore l i n e. The most l i kely ca uses of blooms a re

Isabel (Ha rstad '46) Watness

PLU, Tacoma, \VA 98447,

faxed to 253-535-8 3 3 1 , or

lawn fertilizer a n d leaky septic tanks (sou rces of n utrients). Some bl ue-green a lgae blooms produce poisons that when

politely informed us that the photo we ran of M r. and M rs. [Bjug]

emailed to scene@plu.edu.

Harstad and d a u g hter i n the Fall 1998 issue was actually Tjodgjei

Letters may be edited for

i ngested can k i l l pets, waterfowl and other a n i m als. Th ey can

Harstad (Bjug's older brother by five yea rs) and his fa m i ly.

clarity and length.

a lso cause serious i l l ness in humans. To report a bloom, c a l l Crayton, who has been at PLU since 1977, d i d n 't become hooked on a l gae until the winter of 1989 when he was asked

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Young men and fire : Hiking with ghosts along a literary trail B Y C L I F F E R O W E , P R O F E S S O R O F CO M M U N I C A T I O N

ric Thomas '82 and I went to Montana this sum mer to hike with ghosts we had come to know on a literary trail. Norman Maclean had introduced them to us in his book "Young Men and Fire," completed shortly after his death in 1 987. In that book, Maclean, also the author of "A River Runs Through It," described how 13 young smokej u m pers died at tempting to run from a fire that swept into an area of Montana wilderness known as Mann Gulch on a hot August day in 1 949. Three others i n their crew survived. Thomas, a communication major and now editorial page editor of The Bellingham Herald, and I had discovered a co uple of years ago that we had reacted the same as we'd read the book. Maclean's analysis of the fire and vivid description of the young men's desperate effort to escape it had stirred our imaginations. We wanted to explore that gulch and climb its steep flanks. We wanted to follow the escape route that ends fo r aU but one of the 1 3 victims within yards of a ridge top amid a scattered cluster of crosses and small marble posts bearing their names and mark ing where each fell. So we scheduled a July trip to Mann Gulch in the Gates of the Moun tains Wilderness north of Helena. On a tour boat, we passed through the narrow, cliff- lined ca nyon o f the Missouri R iver that gives the wilderness its name and disembarked at Meriweather Canyon, a short distance up stream from the gulch. As soon as we had set up our tent a mile upstream, we sought out the head of the one-mile trail that rises steeply from the c anyon to the ridge above it, and climbed to a point from which we looked down into Mann Gulch. The ranger at the Meriweather Ca nyon guard station had done that on Aug. 5 , 1 949, as he had gone up to take a look at the fire that he knew lightning had ignited i n the gulch the day before. From the ridge top, he could see it burning to his left at the end of the ridge above the Missouri River. To his righ t, at the high end of the gulch away from the river, the 1 6 smokej u mpers would land at approximately 4: 1 0 that

afternoon, pick up their tools and start down the gulch toward what was still considered a ro utine fire. As they proceeded into the gulch and worked their way along the bottom of its steep north flank toward the river, winds near the river plucked bits of fire fro m the south ridge and dropped them into the gulch, igniting new fires. Rising winds fa nned them up the gulch toward the approaching smokej u mpers.

he c rew's foreman, Wag Dodge, re� l izing what was hap . pemng, turned the men around wlthll1 a few hundred yards of the onco m i ng fire at approximately 5:45 pm. Eigh t minutes later, as they worked their way back up the gulch, at the same time angling toward the ridge above them, the fo reman ordered them to d rop their tools and run for their lives. Those who have analyzed the fire estimate it was only three m i n utes later and 300 yards further up the ridge that the slowest of the young men was overtaken a n d killed. One minute later the fastest were caught. From the summit of the south ridge, Eric and I relived that story as we looked down into Mann Gulch. Referring to topographical maps and the charts, photos and descriptions in Maclean's book, we identified the broad slope toward the head of the gulch where the smokejumpers had landed, the approximate route they had taken down the gulch and where they had turned back. Our eyes moved up the opposite ridge to the area where tile men must have died, b ut even with binoculars we saw no crosses among the tall grass and the few bushes and trees. We scrambled down the south ridge into the bottom of the gulch and began working up the north ridge at a diagonal, much as the doomed smokej umpers had. We sweated and struggled, even while realizing that our day with its temperature in the low 80s and gentle breeze was nothing like that 90-plus-degree day Dodge and his crew had experienced. We slipped on the tall, matted grass and tripped and stu mbled across fields of shattered, scattered rock. Then, across a

Voice Your Opinion! is soliciting short essays from alumni, faculty and students on almost any topic under the sun. Essays must be 500-1,000 words long. Topics can be serious or humorous, but should be thought provoking in some manner. Submit you essays to linda Elliott, Editor, Pacific Lutheran Scene, PLU, Tacoma, WA 98447. They can also be emailed to scene@plu.edu. The deadline for the Summer 1 999 issue is April 5. Scene

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arts at PLU

The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ

Ipluexperlinterestlorga n - Regardless of whether you were lucky enough to attend one of the organ dedication concerts, you'll still enjoy this vis u al tour of the pride and joy of Lagerquist Concert Hall. Includes RealAudio samples of the concert. Presidential Addresses

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the many ways

and staff are invo l ved not

just in painting or scu l pture, but also ;n performing and

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ore new information about PLU is becoming available on the We b every day. Just start Ollt with www.plll.edu in your URL, and add any of the fol lowing addresses:

that students, alumni, faculty

communication arts.

If you have an idea for an Library Virtual Tour and African Art

artist or related subject we

I�librltour and I�librlart - From the bindery i n the basement to

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Laurel Wi lloug h by, Scene

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And in continuing Te chnology Initiative news , . . ResNet complete

- This fall, PLU more than quadrupled its

network capacity - from j us t under 200 users at four residence halls at the end of last academic year, to 889 users by mid-Sep tember, with all residence halls now connected. To make that possible, it took a group of 1 0 student workers and most o f the full-time network staff all summer to install 1 , 1 23 network ports, 50 24-port 3 Com PS40 hubs and 9 24-port Cabletron build ing switches. The group also tested more than 200,000 feet of cable to allow the network to handle this increase i n traffic. Web-based course materials pi lot project up a n d running

Five faculty members began working with information resources sta ff in the fa ll to develop web-based course materials for J-Term and Spring Semester classes.

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PLU's own elected to Cong ress Alums who were either

elected or re-elected this fall:

Lois Capps '59 (D-Calif.) US Congress (re-elected)

Jack Metcalf '51 (R-Wash.) US Congress (re-elected)

Wash. State Representative Craig Peterson '89 (D-Spokane) 6th Legislative District

Wash. State Representative Brian Thomas '79 (R-Issaquah) 5th Legislative District (re-elected)

Publ ished Corner Stewart Govig, professor of relig ion, publ ished " I n the Shadow of Our Steeples: Pasto ra l Presence for Fa m i l ies Co ping with Mental I l l n ess" The book helps bring together the sufferer, the fami ly, the civil servant and the religious co u nselor into one synergistic group of rehabi l itative i nf l uence. Specific exa m ples a n d proven strategies a r e given to help turn despair i nto hope, even in the face of chronic mental i l l ness. (HAWORTH PRESS; PRICE TBA) Doug Oakman, associate pro fessor of religion, coauthored (with K . C. Hanson) "Palestine in the Ti me of Jesus." Through the use of the social sciences, the book explains the primary social institutions and structures of ancient Pa'iestine, with a view to how they are reflected i n and shaped the early Jesus movement. (fORTRESS PRESS; $21 .00)

PLU Politica l Science Professor Dick Olufs p u bl ished "The Making of Teleco m m u n i cations Policy, " which exa m i nes the h i story, politics and i m pact of teleco m m u n ications policy.

Brian Baird, associate professor of psychology, won the Nov. 3 election to become Washington state's third district Congressional Representative. He is the first PLU faculty member to be elected to Congress. Baird commented that his election " is tremendously exciting as there are so many important issues to deal with." He said he was thrilled with the chance to represent Washington state, calling it "an honor in which I will do my utmost possible." He attributed the success of his campaign to the help of a group of 1 8 college students who organized a grass-roots effort. "If anyone says that young people don't have an impact, we proved them wrong," said Baird, urging students be aware of their political power. Baird contributed much to PLU during his 1 2-year tenure. He served as chair of the psychol ogy department from 1 995 to 1 997, and published two books, "Are We Having Fun Yet?" and "The I nternship, Practicum, and Field Placement Handbook: A Guide for the Helping Professions!' The first book, drawing on his extensive experience in outdoor recreation and knowledge of psychol ogy, confronts the changing dynamics of family and partner relationships as they move from indoors to out. The second book is designed to help students and faculty in field learning oppor tunities in psychology, social work and related programs. "The colleagues and faculty are all very proud of Brian, and we will miss having him as a member," said Interim Provost Phil Nordquist. Baird, too, said he will miss PLU, teaching and the students, but said, "I hope my achievement shows that political involvement is important and possible. I really want to extend my appreciation and gratitude to my friends and colleagues at PLU for all their support," he added. Baird is eager to start work on issues such as extending the federal student loan program to include part-time students and m iddle- income families, and to offer a tax-deductible option if employers pay off student loans, and many other local issues. The third district encompasses Olympia, Vancouver and most of southwest Washington. This story was reprin ted with m inor changes and additions from the Nov. 6 issue of The Mooring Mast,

written by Kelly Kea rsley '01.

President sig ns agreement to fight a l cohol abuse on campus President Loren J. Anderson along with seven other presi dents of Washington colleges ( six public, one private) gathered in Olympia in Octo ber to sign a joint agreement to search for a "comprehen sive strategy" to reduce alco hol abuse on their campuses. The agreement specifies that university leaders will work together to find strategies to control drinking, from education to tougher rules. It also specifies that they will reach out to the community at large for help. " Joining with other u n iversity and college presidents in sign i ng the initiative on alcohol provided an important opportunity to publicly affirm PLU's com mitment and to share with other colleges and universities the creative steps PLU is taking in this area," said Anderson.

Organ dedication concerts bri ng audiences to thei r feet University Organist David Dahl received standing ovations each night from audiences at The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ dedicatory concerts Nov. 6-8 in Lagerquist Concert Hall. The nearly 2,000 people in attendance were able to hear and see for themselves the truly magnificent organ - 3,849 individ ually voiced pipes and 250 square feet of intricate carvings and 54 stops (differences in tone that can be mixed or matched ) . More than 30,000 hours of work went into the instrument by builder Paul Fritts and crew. Under clear blue skies on Sept. 27, about 1 3 5 PLU students, faculty and staff hiked Mt. Rainier from Paradise to Panorama Poi nt, where they shared a communion service and sang "A Mighty Fortress is Our God." In the early 1 990s, the outing become an annual commemora tion of a similar climb u ndertaken by the PLU band in 1 896 - just two years after PLU opened its doors. The early Lutes were celebrat ing the fact that the new school in Parkland was finally under way. Gary Severson, chair of the board of regents, heard about the trip

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Judy Ramaglia, busi ness pro fessor, and Diane MacDonald, associate business professor, authored the textbook " Personal F i n a nce: Too l s for Decision M a k i n g . " The book integrates essential disci pl ines such as economics, acco unting, fina nce, consumer law, tax law and consumer psychology.

family with him. "It's neat to see everyone enjoy it so much, and it's fun chatting with the students - in between huffs and puffs as they're passing me," he said with a laugh. This was the second trip for junior Cindy Messler, vice president of U niversity Congregation, the sponsoring organization. "I love the time of praise in such a beautiful setting," she said, noting the bright sunshine and gorgeous

S u m mer Institute for the Gifted shi nes i n premiere season a t PLU If you're planning on going to Mars in the near future and won der what you should take alo ng, ask your local gifted child. He o r she might have attended the Summer Institute for the Gifted , held at PLU Aug. 2-22 for students in grades 4 to 1 1 . "Mars Colonization" was one course option, along with fencing, robot ics, theatre and drama, and many others. Held since 1984 at such prestigious schools at Bryn Mawr and Vassar, SIG's inaugural session in the Pacific Northwest brought 1 3 4 students from 1 9 states, Taiwan and Hong Kong for the three-week residential camp. Next year's camp is scheduled for July 25-Aug. 1 4 .

views of Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens.

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shallow gully beyond the charred remnant of a tree snag, we saw the first cross. And a short distance above that, a second. The climb became an ordeal. My thigh muscles cramped so badly I had to lie down to relax them. We pushed on, past those crosses nearest the top of the ridge and then over the ridge itself and into the next gulch. There we found the cross of the one smokejumper who had made it out of Mann Gulch only to die later in a hospital.

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A s w e s a t atop t h e north ridge recapturing our wind and strength, we appreciated even more the detail with which Maclean had described that race between young men and fire. His words had told us eloquently of fear and desperation. Now both were more real to us. We also knew more about the power of descriptive writing. This place had not been totally new. We had been here before, and the ghosts with us had fam iliar faces.

I N I nto, the Streets project a resound i ng success

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Diversity committee strives to put plan i nto action One of the five areas addressed by

PLU 2000 is "activating the

commitment to diversity." In Nove mber 1 997 a nine-member committee of students, facu lty, staff and adm i nistrators was formed to monitor and en hance the university's p rogress in ca rrying out this initia tive. One major step this committee has undertaken is the develop ment of a comprehensive diversity plan for the universi ty. At a retreat last fali, the FROM FRONT TO BACK. Into the Streets volunteers Mary Anne Ashton

'02,

Jessica Allen '00 and M ary Jo Larsen '02 diligently paint a Habitat for Humanity house in Northeast Tacoma.

com m i ttee brought together u niversity memb ers who represent an array of diversity organizations on camp us. The

On Sept. 26, m o re than 140 students, faculty and sta ff, along

results of t h i s work will assist

with volunteers from 12 local agencies, got "Into the Streets" to

in preparation of the plan -

better t h e Ta coma area by rendering service to groups such a s

which should be in draft form

Citizens fo r a Heal thy Bay, Ha b i tat for Humani ty, Northwest

by the end of Spring Semester.

EquiC ARE, the Salva tion Army a nd others. The event began with

Initia lly, the plan will cover

a continental breakfast and kick-off talk with Paris Mullen '97,

recruitment and retention o f

fo rmer ASPLU p resident, in Red Square. From 9 am to 1 pm vol

students, staff and faculty.

unteers di spersed to sites throughout Ta com a a nd began garden

Also, curricular dimensions,

ing, p a i nting, general clea ni ng and volu nteering for the P ierce

alumni rela tions and commu

Cou nty AIDS Walk. Vo lunteers' hard work and i ndividuals' a nd

nity developm ent areas will

busi nesses' donations made the proj ect a resou n ding success.

be included.

CHRIS TUMBUSCH

As promised, here's a look at the newly remodeled Anderson Clock Tower. Completed in early September, the 60-foot clock tower is made of Alaskan yellow cedar, and features new ceda r bench-work around a reconditioned concrete base and new lig hting to ill u minate the clocks.

B R I E F LY . . . Tha n ks to Kerry Swanson '89,

and US Rep. Norm Dicks

More t h a n 800 attended Family

language i n stitutes t h roughout

PLU must be a pretty special

d i rector of tech n ical services at

(D-Wash.). Other speakers were

Weekend '98 t h e last weekend

the region as he oversees their

place for the fol lowing facu lty

KPLU, a l o n g with help from

Was h i ngton state Sen. Rosa

in October. Sponsored by A l u m n i

programs. ,Elizabeth Coghlan

and/or a d m i nistrators, who this

Lowe l l Kiesow, KPLU chief

Franklin '74 and Lon Weldon

a n d Parent Helati ons, t h e event

was promoted to program

year celebrate 20 or more years

engi neer, and Rick Anderson,

of the Retired Sergea nts Major

i ncl uded such activities as a

d i rector of the ACELI effective

of employment at PLU. Each was

PLU assistant ch ief engineer, l i ve

and Chiefs Association. At

presidential dessert reception,

Sept. 14. Coghl a n, who replaced

recog n i zed at PLU's a n n u a l

KPLU broadcasts a re again made

p resent, m i l itary retirees are the

G reat Moments in Opera, The

M ic h a e l Cl ifthorne, served as

Chri stmas l u n cheon on Dec. 1 7 .

poss i b l e. KPLU recognized a

only federal e m p l oyees without

We l l, LuteBingo, F a m i ly U n iver

d i rector of studies for the past

great facil ity in Lagerqu ist

a health plan for th ose over age

sity (where five classes were

two-a nd-a-ha lf years.

Concert H a l l and knew there

65. The panel di scussed poss i b l e

taught by PLU professors) and a

must be a way for the station to

l o c a l and national leg islative

d i n n er feat u ri n g the p rofessional

offer l ive jazz broadcasts aga i n .

remedies for the problem and

acting troupe Theatre Sports.

A connection across campus

fielded questions from the

Mark your calendars for Fa mily

using equa l i zed copper phone

audie nce.

Weekend '99, N ov. 5-7.

li nes is now in p l a ce. With this tec h n o l ogy in place, KPLU can now offer l i ve jazz performances from MBR to its q u a rter m i l l ion l isteners th roughout the region.

sophomores a n d u pperclassmen focusing on service, patriotism, understanding, responsi b i l ity

Aid Association for Lutherans

and sacrifice - recognized Ahna

(AAL), a fraternal society bene

Lietke '99 and Erika Vestad '99

fiting the work of Lutheran

as co-win ners of the MaryLou

education institutions, org a n i za

McCa l l u m Outstanding J u nior

tions a n d ch u rch bodies, has

Advisor Award. The commenda

initiated a member gift-matc h i n g

tion i s given each year to the

program to assist Lutheran

j u n i o r advisor who " best shows

ele mentary and secondary

the true spirit of SPU RS by

schools, colleges a n d seminaries

leading by exa m pl e and t h rough

nationwide. The match is s i m i l a r

experience. "

that offered b y Lutheran

Brotherhood. Under the new program, a ny a n n u a l gift of $25-$100 by an AAL member to a participating Lutheran institution will be matched d o l l a r-for-dollar by AAL. D u r i n g a seven-month p i l ot period, $1.5 m i l l i on was provided to the 147 participating Lutheran institutions. Ca l l 920-734-5721 o r 1-800-225-5225.

di rector of U n i versity Comm u n i cations effective Sept. 14. For the past five years, B rewis owned and operated the G.W. Brewis Co., a p u b l i c rela tions, m a r keting and copy writing firm. Previously, he was the di rector of public relations at the U n iversity of Puget Sound assistant to the president and

students on a road tri p to Cali

secretary to the board of trustees

fornia to the national Society

at U PS for six yea rs. He h olds a

of Professional Journalists Conference this fa l l . The

bachelor's degree i n politics a nd

place national award from SPJ, but there was another surprise wa iting for them at the banquet. SPJ named PLU the Best Student

military health care concerns,

Chapter for Reg ion 10 (Wash.,

held Aug. 14 i n Lagerquist

Ore., Mo nt., Idaho, Alaska).

Sen. Patty M urray (D-Wash.)

named executive

took eight of his journa lism

A panel d iscussion of retired

Concert H a l l, incl uded US

Greg Brewis was

for 11 years. Before that, he was

place regional awards and a fi rst

James Johnson

mi lestones i n the

Alene Klein '75, '78 Irmgard Knaack

morning news host Dave Meyer.

Journal ism Professor Cliff Rowe

students had won th ree fi rst

Lauralee Hagen '75, '78

l i fe of KPLU

F A C U LT Y / S T A F F

government from U PS.

Michael Cl ifthorne, former program di rector of the Ameri ca n Cultural Exchange La nguage I nstitute, was promoted to Western US reg i o n a l d irector of the American Cu ltural Exchange. Although h e will rema i n on ca mpus part ti me, his new role will take him to the central office

Y E A R S

Kathleen Farner

This Halloween ma rked several

The International SPURS a n org a n i zation for col l eg e

2 0

Stephen Barndt

He tu rned 40,

Janet Moore Thomas Sepic Christopher Spicer

c e l e b rated 10 years of hosting

Marian Warr

Morning Edition and a l so celebrated h is 12th wedd i n g

2 5

a n niversary with h i s wife, Cyn.

Wil liam Becvar

Spendi n g 10 years doing the

Jerrold Lerum

Y E A R S

same t h i n g at the same rad io

Ann Miller '86

station is u n i q ue. A decade of

Gary Nicholson

early ris i ng req u i red a 2 am

Robert Stivers

wake-up, with a 2:30 am depar

Chang-Li Yiu

ture from Seattle to head south regard less of rain, sleet, snow, ice and i m p a i red d rivers leaving the

Robert Jensen

County resident two years ago, his drop in commute time a l l ows Congratu lations, Dave, we're glad you're here !

Y E A R S

Paul Hoseth

bars. Si nce becoming a Pierce

for a 3:30 am wake-up ca l l .

Arthur Gee

Jerry Kracht Brian Lowes Jesse Nolph Rodney Swenson 3 5

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New to PLU is Robert Riley, the

Philip Nordquist '56

university's controller, effective

James Van Beek '60, '69

Oct. 1. Previous ly, he was the business manager of Macal ester Col lege in St. Paul, M i n n . Before that, he was the d i rector of accou nting for the college for 15 years. Riley holds a BSBA in accounting from Pittsburg State U n iversity. •

in Seattle and to the many

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Recog nizing the importance of the breakthroughs in the natural scien es to our everyday lives, Padfic Lu heran

Scene has devoted Its cover stot) to exploring the many facets of PlU's

natural sciences program.

Chemistry buffs react. bond Led by assistant professors Stacia Rink and Jeff Schu ltz,

30 students bubbled to the su rface in Fall 1 998 to form a new chemistry club on campus. In meetings every other week, the group has taken a field trip to a chemistry magic show, discussed community outreach to local junior and senior high schools, arranged tours of biotech nology companies and hosted guest speakers from chemistry-related ind ustries. The club has applied for nation ally affi l i ated membership.

Computer scientists and engineers put PLU on the map PLU's nationally accredited bachelor's degree in computer science is one of only four in Washington state; area employ ers have a preference for PLU computer science and engineer ing (CSCE) grad uates; and the depa rtment's faculty travel to conferences around the nation and the world. These are just a few of the standout ingredients that have put PLU's relatively small - but successful - CSCE program on the national com

B rea kth rou g h s i n sci e nce have cha nged o u r eve ryday l ives BY C H A N G - l i Y I U , P R O F E S S O R OF M AT H E M AT I C S ; D E A N , D I V I S I O N OF N AT U R A L S C I E N C E S

he 20th century has been marked by startling developments in sci ence and technology that have tremendous influence on our daily lives and on our understanding of the world. Spearheaded by the development of relativity theory and atomic physics at the dawn of the century, physics moved rapidly to understand the structure of matter. Two of the most prominent applications of this knowledge are the invention of the laser and the semicond uctor. Modern chemistry came into being following the birth of quantum mechanics. New understand ing of molecular structure and mechanisms of chemical reactions led to design of indis pensable materials. In biology, the spectacular deciphering of the genetic code was a crowning jewel of intellectual achievement. In geosciences, plate tectonics was triumphantly confirmed, and powerful techniques for examining the surface and interior of the earth were developed. Technology in the second half of the 20th century has been dominated by computer-based information science and by the life sciences, rooted in knowledge of genetics. Astronomy's vista on the universe has broadened, stimulated in part by space technology. Mathematics, long the fundamental language of science, has permeated far beyond the confines of natural sci ences into social sciences and business, and is now the theoretical foundation of computer science.

These exciting developments stir students' minds at Pacific Lutheran University. I nspiring teachers are constantly inspired themselves by an unceasing dedication to learning. Natural sciences faculty consider education their primary mission. This dedication to education manifests itself not only in the classroom and l ab, but also in faculty efforts to secure outside funding for equipment and facilities. These are used for teaching and for original research that keep faculty current in their fields and play a vital role in students' educational experience. A major effort to institutionalize undergraduate research is under way. As part of a New American College, faculty here are con cerned with a broad education that considers the philosophical and ethical implications of science and technology as well as provides opportunities for research experience. This concern is woven throughout co urses. It also is evidenced by the strong presence of natural sciences fa culty in the new environmental studies major. The dedication and effort of faculty and students produce excellent graduates. As j ust one example, our medical and dental schools' pla cement rate is one of the highest among peer universities. In these articles, you will share the joy and excitement of passing the torch of knowledge, the search for answers, and the success of our alumni. We hope that you wiIl join us in our effort to better the education of our young people, the most precious asset of our society.

puter science map with other, much larger players. In addition, the department has been sending a team or two each year to the Association for

S i m p l e c u riosity d rives Ta ng's resea rch B Y L A U R E L W I L L O U G H B Y, A S S I S TA N T E D I T O R

Computing Machinery's Scholas tic Programming Contest. PLU has consistently scored high marks i n the competition, in which some schools' teams don't even solve one problem. PLU has recently helped found a Northwest regional conference on computer science at small colleges. The first annual meet ing will be held at Gonzaga University in Spokane in 1 999, and the second will come to PLU in 2000.

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he stuff o f K.T. Tang's work world wouldn't exactly make light cocktail-party chatter: "Multipo lar Polarizabilities and Dispersion Coefficients of Alkali Isoelectronic Sequences," "The Anisotropic Potentials of He-N2, Ne-N2 and Ar-N2:' "Charge Exchange Between Singly Ionized Helium Ions." Huh? OK, so how does the PLU physics professor scale down these subjects to tell the common Joe what he does for a living? "I usually just say, 'I am a teacher;" notes Tang, a 3 1 -year veteran of the PLU faculty. For someone truly interested i n knowing what he does, Tang does have a layman's description of his core areas of study dynamics of reaction processes and intermolecular interactions. Everything is made of atoms and molecules that bounce around and hit each other, creating temperature and pressure changes. When these particles collide, one of two things can

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happen: 1 ) The particles can change direction, with no energy interchanged. This is known as an elastic scattering; or 2) There can be a transfer of energy, in which one particle becomes more excited, and the other moves away with slower speed. This is known as the transport phenomenon. "For instance, in a chemical reaction, two atoms form a molecule, and a third atom comes in to break them up," Tang says. Understanding how and why these changes occur makes up the bulk of his research. "I feel teaching is my calling, but research is an integral part of my profession. If I 'm not excited about what I'm doing continuing, growing, bei,ng curious - how can I transmit that energy to my students?" he says. In fact, Ta ng has directly involved students in his research from the very beginning, often listing them as co-authors of papers that have eventually been published as journal articles. This type of early recognition made it possible for some students to gain good fellowships, and 20 years later, they are all well established in their fields. (continued next page)

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U n derg rad resea rch u n covers negative i m pact on org a n ism d i ve rsity i n Taco ma's Clover Creek

$50,000 NSF grant al lows undergrads to wet feet in DNA research

B Y M I C H E L L E W A R M U T H , E D I T O R I A L A S S I S TA N T

Kristin Tremoulet '99 examines a rock from Clover Creek, where she spent eight weeks researching the negative impact an asphalt water bed has on the creek's organisms.

n 1 967 a sect ion of Clover Creek, a small stream in Tacoma, was diverted i n to a n asphalt channel to control flooding. Last sum mer, Kristin Tremoulet '99, along with Melissa Montgomery '00, Jon Kullnat '99 and Assistant Biology Professor Vern Stiefel, resea rched the impact the asphalt water bed still has on the creek's commu nity structure more than 30 years la ter. During an eight-week period, the group identified and compared the diversity of benthic macro invertebrates (animals without a spine, such as sna ils and insects, living on or in the surface of bottom sediments) at creek sites with an asphalt sub strate (material that fo rms the bed of a stream) to those at sites with a natural substrate. Each Monday the group went to fou r sites on the creek two with natural beds (sand, rocks, plant material, wood) and two with man-made beds ( u nbroken asphalt with some sand, cobbles and boulders ) . They col lected organisms at the s ites to determine their iden tity and com position. They also collected water samples to measure temperature, pH, nutrient concen trations, dissolved oxyge n a nd discharge, data that were used to determine their effect on the composition of the ben thic com munities. R E S U LT S

Va rying groups of orga nisms were found at each site. Many groups were the same from site to site, but the n u m ber of indi viduals within each group varied greatly. Diversity of organisms was highest at the sites with a natural substrate compared to those with an asphalt substrate. The Waller Road and Ta homa Land Trust sites had the largest nu mber of total groups -

Ta ng has had more than 1 00 research papers publ ished i n journals, and h e has given numerous conference reports and invited talks. I n 1 992 he won Germany's prestigious Hu mboldt Distinguished Senior U.S. Scientist Award, considered among the highest honors given to internationally recognized scholars. The German government established the award at the 2 5 th anniversary of the Marshall Plan to express its gratitude to the

"I fee l teaching is my calling, but research is an integral

part of my profession. If I'm not excited about what I'm doing . . . how can I tra nsmit that energy to my students?" K . T. T A N G . P H Y S I C S P R O F E S S O R

United States. Winners d o not directly apply; they must be nom inated by eminent German scholars a nd selected by a panel of experts. So has Tang found more answers to physics puzzles by setting out to find them - or have the answers come looking for him?

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3 1 and 40, respectively. The 1 34th Street and Tule Lake Road sites had 28 and 27 groups respectively, of which the majority of individuals were from one classification. Water temperature, pH, n utrients, d is solved oxygen and discharge were found to have no direct effect on organism diversity. The results support the grou p's hypothesis that diversity would be negatively affected by the channelization of the stream. A collective paper was wr itten abou t the research, which Tremoulet presented at the Seventh Regional Conference on Undergraduate Research of the Murdock College Science Research Program Nov. 5 - 7 in Nampa, Idaho. The Clover Creek Co un ci1 has been working to reintroduce Coho and Chinook salmon into the creek. Since these fish eat macro invertebrates, the results of the PLU study will be used to determine if the fish will have a n adequate food source. "What better way to experience s ummer in the Northwest;'

Sixteen PLU undergraduates participated in research

Most college undergrads study ing DNA sequencing and genotyping must open a book to learn how "rea l" scientists perform such tasks. But thanks to a $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, students at PLU and two other local universities are flipping the switch on their own automated DNA sequencer and participating in authentic research studies. The sequencer is housed at the Un iversity of Puget Sound but shared equally for teaching and research purposes with PLU and University of Washi ngton, Tacoma. DNA - or deoxyribonucleic acid - is the genetic "fingerprint" present in the cells of a" living things. An automated DNA sequencer allows researchers to analyze and decode many more times the amount of genetic sequences and much faster than possible through namual methods. Having such a piece of equi pment on site wi" allow instructors to develop laboratory courses at a depth not normally experienced in undergradu ate study.

New environmental studies major offered

projects last summer that focused on the natural sciences. Everything from "Programmed Cell Death During Metamorphosis of Frog Tadpoles" to "Laser Cooling and Trapping Rubidium i n a Va por-Cell Trap" was explored.

said Tremoulet, a native of Lebanon, Ill . , about her research experience. "I was in terested in this project because it involved the environment. Also, in addition to a great learning opportu ni ty, undergraduate research allows students to experience a more personal relationship with professors." In addition to making the PLU Dea n's List, Tremoulet is co editor of Saxifrage, PLU's annual creative arts magazine, and is a member of the PLU Art Guild. Somehow, she also finds time to volunteer at W.W. Seymour Botanical Gardens in Tacoma. Last summer Tremoulet was in charge of the new PLU Community

Students interested in the environment can now choose a major reflecting just that environmental studies. The new major was approved by the PLU Board of Regents this fall. Fea tures special to the program include entry through an i ntro ductory course in sciences or humanities, a req uired intern ship and a required complemen tary major or minor. Previously, environmental studies was offered only through an indi vidualized major program or as a minor. The minor is still offered.

Garden. After gradu ation in May, Tre moulet, a biology major and art and environmental studies mi nor, will pursue job possi bilities in botany, urban gardening or environmental art.

"There are two types of research," he explains. "Mission oriented (or applied) research has a defi nite purpose and a process: What do we and don't we understand abou t a particular thing? But you'll find that most fundamental principals are not discovered that way." I nstead, i mportant fi ndings seem to come about most o ften by accident or through fol lowing an interesting trail. This second type, basic research, is a l i t tle like "shooting an arrow first, then placing the target where it falls;' he says with a sm ile. "History tells us that the payoff for this is very great;' Tang says. "We may hope for or expect results to lead us in one direc tion, but the opposite often happens - to our ultimate benefit. For exa mple, NASA's placement of a man on the moon, seeing glasses for blind people and heat-resistant materials a re all un foreseen byproducts. In this sense, basic and applied research are intertwined." Tang's own research is driven by this same, simple curiosity. "I spend a lot of time m ulling over the facts, the math and the logic involved," he says. "I t's a slow process, and I have a hard time convincing my wife that I'm actually working when I ' m

Using a Brunton compass, Geo sciences Professor Brian Lowes

shows Signe Bauman '9 8 how to

measure the orientation (direc tion) of the tightly folded "chert" beds of rock they are perched on. Because the orientation of the folds is north to south. the rocks were formed by pressures coming from east to west. Lowes, a 30-year veteran faculty member, regularly conducts field trips to this site at Rim Rock Lake near White Pass, Wash.

looking out the window. B u t eventually instinct takes over, o r sometimes there's a trigger that makes the fa cts fall into place." P AC I F I C

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Potatoes as pathways to lea rn i ng

J u n ior high and high school

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Intel grant sponsors young

students can rol l u p their sleeves and dive into serious science research projects when the South Sound Reg ional Science Fair comes to campus on Feb. 20. The event will be the first of its kind in the area. Sponsored by two grants (total of $67,000) from the Intel Foun dation, and additional support from PLU, the fa i r promotes student-based research and is open to all junior high and high school students in Thurston and Pierce counties. The fair offers students the chance to enter projects in a variety of science categories and com pete for cash prizes, special awards and an a l l -expenses-paid trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Philadelphia. Prize w i n n i ngs will be donated

One day last semester Biology Professor Tom Carlson handed out

by local and commun ity business

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organizations. For more i n forma

cell biology.

tion see www.plu.edul-scifair.

"Chaos" reigns for student math fans Math-loving Lutes no longer need to work ahead in their textbooks to get a little extra fun with numbers. A math club dubbed Chaos by its 1 6 members - was launched at PLU this fa l l . Subjects covered i n the monthly meetings address a range of skill levels: the mathematics behind Rubik's Cu be®, mathematics and probability associated with the board game Monopoly"', and a video discussing Fermat's Last Theorem. Chaos members also work together to explore intern ships and job opportunities for one another. lhe group has applied for acceptance into the Mathematical Association of

ne day last semester, Tom Carlson brought a sack of potatoes to class. One potato for every two students. He was hoping that his freshman biology lab would find enzymes in them. "The students are doing an experiment that they want to do, not something they were told to do. They designed it themselves," Carlson said. ''I 'm not sure it's going to work. They may not get the results they anticipate, but that's science." Tha t's also typical of Carlson's approach to teaching. A pro fessor of b iology at PLU for 24 years, he takes particular delight in finding innovative ways to reach his students. "Most of us have a gut sense of how a complex idea might be explained. We often can see a clear progression of steps that will bring insight to someone who is new to any topic;' Carlson said. "But for me the fascination i n teaching comes when that simple explanation brings blank stares from students. They j ust don't get it. Tha t's the challenge of teaching. How can I put these concepts in terms that each individual student can grasp? What are the alternate pathways?"

The potato experiment is a pathway to u nderstand ing cell biology. I t's designed to demonstrate something abou t how enzymes work. The students hope to see if there is any difference between the enzyme content of the peel and that of the heart of the potato. They will process the potato and use a spectropho tometer to take measurements. "Not long ago we wouldn't have had the equipment needed to conduct this experiment in groups smaller than four students. Thanks to grants from the NSF (National Science Fou ndation) and Murdock (The M.l. Murdock Charitable Trust ) , we have been able to p u rchase the equipment and support the u nder graduate research that is making b iology more accessible for all students," Carlson said. For Carlson, teaching and students are the heart of h is job. "When people buy into working at a place like PLU, they are making a commitment to u ndergraduate teaching," he said. "The nature o f our students is one of the real attractions to me here at PLU. They are nice people and, in many cases, enth usias tic about learning. The fact that they are also young allows me to keep a youthful outlook." The self-effacing Carlson will only reluctantly admit that great teaching can make a real difference. He says success in college is mostly in the learning. "My belief is that ultimately it is up to the students to determine how good an education they will get. It depends on how much time and intellectual energy they want to invest in it." According to one of Carlson's former students, the invest ment in learning was made easier by having Carlson as a teacher and a friend. John A. Lindbo '86, Ph.D., is senior scientist at Biosource Technologies in Vacaville, Calif. "Tom was always willing to talk to me regardless of whether the subject was strictly academic or more personal in nature," Lindbo said. "I often asked him for advice or j ust talked to him about things that were on my mind. "He is a very honest, hardworking and caring person who really believes that what he is doing is significant. He was always encouraging. I consider him to be a friend to this day."

America.

Murdock undergrad research

Sciences students, facu lty and

Astrophysicist Da l e Fixse n '77 basks i n the g l ow of cos m i c backg rou nd ra d iati on

staff attended the Seventh

BY BRADD BUSICK '99

conference draws 19 Lutes A contingent of 1 9 PLU Natural

Regional Conference on Under graduate Research of the M . J . M u rdock College Science Research Program Nov. 5-7. The conference was hosted by Northwest Nazarene College i n Nampa, Idaho, and was at tended by more than 230 people representing 24 Northwest colleges and un iversities. Two PLU students presented research they performed with PLU faculty last summer. Kevin M ichel '99 spoke on "Investiga tion of the Selectivity of a Cyanobacterial Lyti c Substance from Seaweed," from research done with Biology Professor M i ke Crayton. And Kristin Tremoulet '99 discussed "The Effect of Substrate on the Diversity of Benthic Macroin vertebrate Commun ities i n Clover Creek," from her work with Visiting Assistant Biology Professor Vern Stiefel. I n addition to the two oral presentations, PLU students presented eight posters.

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hose who look up into the night sky and contemplate the d istinc tion between stars, planets and satellites may wonder what we can know about an environment that is billions of miles away. "Quite a lot" is the answer you'll get from astrophysicist Dale Fixsen '77. And he should know. Fixsen, who double- majored in math and physics at PLU then con tinued his education at Princeton, has had a u nique role in the exploration of space, specifically in the area of cosmic microwave background rad iation. This rad iation, which illuminates the sky at 2 . 3 times the brightness of visible light, is considered to be definitive proof of the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe. Fixsen, who has worked with the acclaimed Cosmic Background Explorer satellite, led o ne of the world's premier research teams in determining the far infrared background intensity of the cosmic microwave background. These findings will improve measurements of galaxy motions and measurements of the u n iverse's expansion. This will help determine when and how stars and galaxies (such as our own) formed. The far infrared backgrou nd is distinct from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) . The CMB was discovered i n

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about 1 966 a n d is a remnant o r fossil o f t h e big bang. I ts structure and content were determined in the first year of the universe. It has changed little since then, except it has cooled from 3 million Kelvin to 2.725 Kelvin. The far infrared backgrou nd has j ust been u ncovered. It is the product of stars, galaxies and dust from when they were formed to the present. Fixsen works for Raytheon ITSS, a large aerospace defense contractor, with the TOPHAT project, which involves mounting a 1 l /2-meter telescope on top of a balloon above Antarctica for two weeks, providing yet another perspective for examining the microwave backgrou nd. Fixsen's desire to explore the u niverse developed d u ring his time at Princeton. His interest and knowledge allow him to work with such space-pioneering organizations as NASA. Strangely, Fixsen's experience with the stars also has led him into the sea. He has helped develop an u nderwater device that uses superconductors to detect the magnetic fields of submarines. Fixen lives in Savage, Md., and enjoys time with his wife, Elizabeth, and their three children: Benjamin, Sarah and Rachel. Although he has not been to PLU in recent years, Fixsen remains in contact with n umerous facuity, and his son may attend here.

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Mathematics Department reaches, teaches and excels

The Mathematics Department at PlU wants students to be able to do more than add numbers, measure angles and memorize theorems. "We strive to develop students' ability and mental precision necessary to analyze, criticize and create work in mathematics:' noted Chair and Associate Professor Rachid Benkhalti. While math or math education majors make up only about 20 percent of students taking math courses at PlU, most 60 percent - are involved as part of another major that requires mathematics. The remaining 20 percent are taking math classes as part of their general university requi rements. A placement system developed in 1 989 for beginning math classes helps ensure that stu dents have the necessary prepa ration for particular courses.

This architectural rendering shows the W.M. Keck Observatory that will be built on lower campus in 1 999.

$500,000

Keck Fou ndation g rant fu nds obse rvato ry, geosciences

ore direct st udy of the earth and the sky by undergraduates w ill result from a $500,000 grant from The W. M . Keck Foundation to PLU and through Division of Natural Sciences. Student research opporunities will be greatly enhanced through state-of the-art tools and new facilities. Established in 1 954 by W.M . Keck, the foundation makes grants designed to provide far- rea ching benefits for humanity in the fields o f science, engineering and medical resea rch. The fo undation also wishes to ensure that today's youth receive a high quality, well-rounded education. To that end, it supports programs designed to promote innovat ive instruction and re search at leading libera l arts colleges across the nation.

Observatory C O S T : $250,000 P R O J E C T C O O R D I N AT O R :

Steve Starkovich, Assistant Professor

of Physics Housed in a separate structure on lower campus near the softball/soccer fields and golf course, the observatory features a 1 6- inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflecting telescope, a 1 7 -foot retractable dome, a large-format digital camera for research activities, and five 8 -inch telescopes on permanent piers fo r educat ional use. Rieke Science Center will include an astronomy fa cility with compu ter networking for coordinated work between it and the observatory itself. The 1 6-inch telescope will be one of the largest research grade telescopes in the Puget Sound region, and will be open to the public on occasion. Construction starts i n 1 999, and PLU hopes to dedicate the building in fal l 1999. Astrometric ( position) observations o f known asteroids, as well as the search fo r new asteroids, w ill be the principal research activities at the observatory. PLU intends to become part of the Near-Earth Asteroid Research network and to work with other observatories in the study of these minor planets. Photometric observations (color determ inations) of variable stars and stellar clusters ( collections of stars from a few in num ber to 1 00,000) will be conducted as well. Many variable stars have yet to be studied in careful detail, and photometric studies of stellar clusters is an important component i n determining the age o f the cluster. For updates on the observatory's progress, see

www.nsci.plu.edulastro.

Geosciences C O S T : $250, 000 Duncan Foley, Associate Professor of Geosciences and Chair of the Department of Geosciences

P R O J E C T C O O R D I N AT O R :

Loud-banging ham mers, quiet-bouncing lasers, and seismo grams of a rece nt Bremerton, Wash., earthquake all mark major changes u nder way in geosciences. The geosciences portion of the Keck grant incl udes a variety o f projects, which will heavily involve undergraduate student participation and research. Field installations funded by Keck include a seismic station with a research-grade seismometer, a weather station with instrument tower and weather sensors, and a well field, which involves drilling and testing wells for ground water resource protection and research purposes. Environmental monitoring equipment fo r field d a ta collection is also part of the grant. Students i n geophysics and hydrogeology will benefit from a magnetometer su rvey calibration site (the magnetometer was purchased earlier with funds from a National Science Founda tion grant). Two new rooms are being renovated from a fo rmer store room in the Rieke Science center to become the Keck Center fo r Mapping and the Keck Microscopy Room. The center will provide students with ready access to geographic information system (GIS) capabilities. The mapping center will also house the base-station computer for a global positioning system (GPS) . The field capab ilities of the GPS system are being upgraded with Keck supp ort. The mapping center will have a large scanner, a large printer, and a l a m inator to waterproof maps, and w ill be available for students and faculty from other departments. The Keck Microscopy Room will house a resea rch-grade petrographic m icroscope, for the study of thin sections of rocks and minerals.

Established in 1 954 by W. M . Keck, the foundation makes gra nts designed to provide far-reac h i ng benefits for humanity in th e

fields of sci ence

engineering and medical

research. The foundation also w i s h es 10 ensure that today's youth receive a hi gh q uality, well-rounded education.

Research opportun ities fo r students will be increased greatly through th is Keck support. The new capstone requirement, which involves senior students in geoscience research as part of their PLU program, will generate much use o f the new equip ment and facilities. From straightforward studies to complex cartographic issues of geological and environmental informa tion, curriculum-wide opportunities will become available. For updates on geosciences progress, see

www. nsci.plu.edulgeos.

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For decades at PlU, students have participated and per formed very well in national and international mathematics competitions. And over just the past 10 years, department faculty have shown excellence i n teaching and scholarship in various ways. For example, more than 25 research articles have been published (10 more are in progress); one textbook has been published (two others are in progress); a computer class room was equi pped through a National Science Foundation grant; and one Fulbright Fellow ship was awarded.

Research program pairs PlU faculty with high school science teachers

Several faculty members have become involved with Partners in Science, a grant program available nationwide that provides local high school science teachers with a univer sity-based, one-on-one mentored research experience. Biology professors Angelia Alexander (chair), M i ke Crayton and Art Gee have received grants in the past; Physics Assistant Professor Shannon Mayer is currently pa rtnered with Auburn High School phys ics teacher Dean Stainbrook '87; and two other PlU faculty have applied. The high school teachers de velop an improved image and sense of community. U niversity faculty mentors benefit not only from research assistance. but also from contact with those shaping their future students. All develop a broader understanding of the linkages between high school and college science education. Partners in Science is adminis tered by the Research Corpora tion and funded in the Pacific Northwest by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Each grant provides $ 1 4,000 over two years; included i n that total is a $5,000 stipend for the high school teacher for each of two summers.

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PlU Parents Cou nci l co-cha i rs once asked, "Where do we fit i n ?"

B i l l and Donna Schlitt,

BY B I L L A N D D O N N A S C H L I T T

Co-chairs

aving j ust returned from o u r fifth Family Weekend at PLU, we were remarking how far our relationship with the university has progressed. Five years ago, we sat i n Olson Auditorium with several hundred other parents, not knowing what to anticipate. Our son, Michael '98, was about to experience living away from home for the first time, and we were about to experience his empty room and not having his budd ies around most of the time. As we listened to the various presentations, we kept asking ourselves, "Where do we fit in?" Clark and Rae Peters, the parents council co-chairs at the time, offered the council as a possible solution. That was five years ago. We have been members ever since, and co-chairs for the last three years. It has been a wonder ful experience to be a part of PLU in this way. We have had an opportunity to meet and work with staff, faculty and students and have met wonderful parents, many of them serving with us on the council.

Bill i s a retired Salem, Ore.-area business owner. He serves on the board of Family B u i l d i ng B l ocks, i s a n ORRA Health Insurance Trustee a n d is a member of several other com m unity organizations. Donna was a staff member of the

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For those not fami.liar with parents cou ncil, here is a brief summary: Sponsored by the Office of Alu mni and Parent Relations, we are group of volunteer parents and fam ilies of PLU students. Parents cou ncil members help the u n iversity inform other parents about all aspects of the u niversity, strive to promote the welfare and advancement of the u n iversity and encourage members to participate in cou ncil projects. Some of the activities include serving as hosts in residence halls and sponsoring question-and-answer sessions for parents during new-student orientations, phoning new parents in the parent to-parent calling program and serving as local resources in their communities. Volunteering fo r PLU has given us the opportunity to stay in touch with our students by having first-hand knowledge of campus happenings. We have often said that if we wait for our son and daughter to tell us, it may be after the fact - or we'll never k.now!

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Cancer no match for courage and determination of 'Carol (Quarterman '89) IZummerle B Y D E B I M A R S H A LL, T H E M A R Y S V I L L E G L O B E

laying with her 4-year-old son, teaching third grade at Discovery Elementary i n the Mukilteo School D istrict - these are activities Carol (Quarterman '89) Kummerle used to take for granted. Not anymore. On Aug. 1 1 , the young teacher celebrated her 3 1 st birthday. A year ago, i t was a milestone she wondered if she'd ever reach. Kummerle has spent the past year fight ing for her life. Today she is grateful to be alive, to have conquered the disease which threatened to take her away from her young son, Drake, and husband, Paul, a Local 66 sheet metal worker for McKinstry. I n June 1 997, Kummerle was feeling extremely fatigued. When she met with a doctor in Everett, he immed iately ordered X-rays and tests. It was on the last day of school that year when Kummerle learned there was a la rge tumor in her med iastinum (an area under the sternu m) and was forced to leave her beloved students early that day. Never did she imagine it would be two long years before she would be able to return to her classroom, to fellow teachers a nd staff members who had become close friends. A couple of days later, a biopsy confirmed what the doctor suspected. The tumor was malignant. Kummerle had a h ighly aggressive fo rm of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma , a type of cancer that affect� the lymphatic system . Her father, Bob Qua rterman, a commercial fisherman who resides in Mill Creek, Wash., and her h usband accompanied her to the doctor's office, where she was told the devastating news. Kummerle felt "numb" as the physician said she needed to im mediately begin six r igorous cycles of chemotherapy treatments, one every three weeks. Along with her roles as mother, wife, teacher, daughter and sister, Kummerle also became a fighter. She was determined to do whatever it took to beat the l ife-threatening illness. Compet i tion was nothing new t o Kummerle. She had been a competitive athlete throughout her life, swimm ing backstroke and freestyle for Cascade High School in Everett and as a college student at PLU as well.

fought so valiantly to beat had returned with a vengeance. "I was so i ncredibly tired, and all I coul.d think about was 'what's next?'" she said. She made a n appointment with a lymphoma specialist at the Un ivers ity of Washington in Seattle, and a d i fferent chemotherapy regimen t was started . This time she became so ill she was hospitalized for SL,{ days. Three weeks later, doctors reported the tumor had actually grown. At this p o i nt, others may have thrown in the towel, but not Kummerle. With the same determination she'd exhibited in the swimming pool, she informed physicians she'd do whatever they recommended to beat the lymphoma o nce and fo r all. She received add itional chemothera py, learned to give her self painful injections to boost her infection-fighting cells and went through a p rocedure to collect specific cells fro m her blood that would later save her life.

n April 1 7 , she was admitted to the University of Was h i ngton Medical Center for a stem cell transplant, a procedure similar to a bone marrow transplant. For weeks Kummerle battled va liantly to live. She was fed intravenously because her mouth was too full of sores to eat. She fought life-threatening infections and extreme nausea, and throughout it all, her friends and family provided support.

"My pantry was always full," she said with gratitude. "Friends would arrive with baskets of soup, crackers, stuff for Drake. Ten couples we are friends with brought in 25 'meals on wheels' for Paul while I was in the hosp itaL" For 2 1 days she continued her fight. Although she was

"Losing my hair was hard. 1 have a lot of natural curls:' she said, remem bering the day she began the grueling treatments that she hoped would save her life. When school began last fall, Kummerle wasn't in her class room. She was still undergoing chemotherapy, and the career she had so lovingly chosen had to be placed on hold. Her stu dents, their parents and the school staff rallied around her. Her husband; fa ther; mother, Linda Quarterman; and brothers, Craig, 20, and Ken, 29, were beside her every step of the way. Once chemotherapy was completed, she began 25 days of rad iation treatments, and the fa tigue that had plagued her for months became even more deb ilitating. Then, last February, she was dealt another blow. Kummerle learned the cancer she had

Ha""a (A"derso,,) Fredrickso" d ied on Sept. 7. After attending P LC she t a u ght at the Sterling School near B u rl ington, Wa sh., and in Petersburg, Alaska. Hanna married Adolph Fredrickson in 1 934 and they had two sons, Sta"ley Fredrickso" '61 a n d Marvi" Fredrickson '64. She was a n active member o f Edison Lutheran Church where she belonged to women's groups, played the organ and taught Sunday school. She was preceded in death by her IlUsband and i s survived by her two sons. 1 93 5

Rachel Freelin died on Aug. 1 0. She was a teacher in Stanwood and Belfair, Wash . , and retired to M a u ry Island, Wash ., i n 1 976. Sh e was preceded in

spends some time with son Drake before heading off to Hawaii on an anniversary trip with her husband, Paul.

This article appeared Aug. 5, 1 998, in Debi Marshall's "Silver Linings" column in The Marysville Globe ( Wash. ) . A recent update on Kummerle follows the main text.

constantly filled with fea r, she was determined not to give up. Fina lly, on May 8, she was able to return to her home in Everett . She cried a s she said good-bye t o the nurse who had s o gently cared for her throughout the transplant. Her battle, however, was far from over. On Ju ne 1 she was to begin further radiation treatments when her doctor called her into his office. "Carol, we've got something to talk about," he said, and as Kummerle, Drake and her father waited, her blood ran cold with fear. The physician said he had conferred with c o n t i n u e d on p a g e 1 8

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Carol (Quarterman '89) Kummerle

death by her husband, Stanford Freelin, in 1 967. Rachel is survived by her daughter, Carolyn, and her fa mily. 1 9 ) 9

Richard Oliver died o n Oct. 1 0 . A fter graduating from PLC, Richard began his teaching career in Taco ma. In 1 942 he reported for flight-testing and was commissioned a seco nd l ieutenant in the Marine Corps, assigned to South Pacific Combat Air Transport. He left active duty three years later after rising to the rank of major and receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with oak clusters for his role in the South Pacific, flying unarmed transport p l a nes through combat zones in Wor l d War I I . Richard married h i s wife, Virginia, i n 1 943 while on assignment a t M iramar

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in Cal i fo r n i a . After the war, they settled in Pt. Loma, Calif., where they l ived for the past 53 years. Richard joined t he San Diego City Schools Elementary Division in 1 945, serving as a teacher, vice p rincipal, teaching principal and principal. In 1 958 he moved to the education center where he served as the d i rector of ele men tary education until his retirement in 1 976. He had many talents. interests and co mmunity involvements includ ing church, raised relief wood c a rving, dancing, sail ing, snow skiing, scuba diving, flying his Beechcraft a i r p l a ne . and at the age of 80, he hiked the waterfalls of Yosemite. Richard is survived by his wife, two sons and their wives, and three grandchildren.

where he was the recording secretary. Jo hn was preceded in death by his parents, Nils and Esther Leque, and t>vo brothers. He is survived by his brothers' fa milies.

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May (Pellett) Klinzma"" and her husband, John, have nine grandchil dren and th ree great-grandchildren. All of them live a t least 800 mi les away, but they try to get together as often as possible.

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Do"ald Reese a n d Keva Mouson were married on J u ne 7 in Massachuset ts.

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Joh" Leque died o n June 2 4 . He served in the US Navy as a cryptogra pher d u ring World Wa r I I and the Korean War. After graduating from PLC, he taught English and art a t Collins Grade School and Ford Middle School in the Frankli n Pierce School District in Ta coma for 3 1 years. H e was a n accomplished organist, a member of the American Theater Organ Club and was very active in the Lakewood Organ Club

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John Po"to" d i e d on July I . After gr ad ua ti ng from PLC, John served in the Army Air Corps and then sold heavy equipment for 3 1 years. John is su rvived by his wife, Kaye; his daugh ters, Tina, Mary Kay and Rena e;' Kaye's daughters, Amanda and Samantha; and fo ur grandchildren. Nonna" Schnaible died on J u ne 3 of a cerebral aneurysm. He received a

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I master of divinity degree i n 1 959 from Wa rtburg Theological Seminary i n Dubuque, Iowa. During his 39 years o f m i n istry he served parishes in

Syracuse, Nebraska; Dodge City, Las Vegas, Nev., and Woodla.nd, Calif., led a n early-morning Bible study.

Jerry Hanson d ied on April 9. He

Norman was also involved i n many

worked i n the computer industry for

outreach m i n istries. The State of

27 years in Seattle. Califo r n i a and

California Assembly adjourned out o f

M i n nesota. After retirement he

respect t o h is memo ry. B ishop Robert

worked w i th disabled students i n a

'55 was the pres i d i n g m inister

Was h . , a n d graduated from lynden

of Hig hway

husband, William '55, a t PlC, and

H igh School i n 1 95 2 . She met her

leaving PLC, the)' settled i n tJ,C Des childre n , Gail, Kelly, William David a nd Lisa. William d ied in 1 97 1 , and Anne moved her fa mily to the Capitol H ill area of Seattle in 1 9 72 where she

To volunteer, call 253-535-74 1 5.

worked at the Casey Fa m il y Program for 2 5 years. I n 1 978 she earned her bachelor's degree from Western Wash ington University's Center for Urban Studies in Seattle. Anne is survived by her fou r children and five gra n d c h i ldren.

Dr. William Foege, world renowned for his work i n eradicating smallpox, was a p p o i nted to the PLU Board o f Regents for the 1 997-2000 term. He has served as executive d i rector of the

PLU, had their own m i n i re u n i o n w h e n R o n traveled t o Ch icago that same weekend to lecture on his jewelry art at the Sculpture, Objects,

the U n i ted States. G e n e and his wife , Carol, attended t h e lecture. Also, Ron

Wenatchee have in cOlumon? Their connection with PLU, of course ! On Aug_ 16 Mayor Rick and Ma,y Mystrom and their daughter, Jen '99, hosted 120 Lutes in theIr home for a PlU

Anderson shared a university update with the enthusiastic crowd.

On Aug. 24 Mayor Earl '56 and Barbara Ti lly (pal' ents of Bart '89 and Shannon '94) hosted a gathering of alumni,

PlU Connections groups are bei ng formed throughout the country to build and strengthen the l in k s between PLU and its many co n stitu e nts_ If yo u are a m ay or" and h ave a Pl U connec tion or are just a loyal lute who would like to hel p us host a PLU Connections event in your area, please call the Office of Alum ni and Parent Relations, 1-800-258-6758. "

international exhibition o f narrative jewelry at t he Museum of Art and

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Stanford university (Palo Alto, Calif.) Phoenix, Ariz. San Di ego Calif.

Jan. 29

Pasadena, Calif.

Design i n Helsinki, Fi n l a n d . H e was

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also one of 55 i n ternational jewelry

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artists in a n exh i b i t i o n , paying tribute to US Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright a t Het Kruithui M u n icipal Museum o f Contemporary Art in 'S- Hertogenbosh, The Netherlands.

Cambridge or london, England

March

April

Mt_ Vemon, Wash.

This show will travel throughout

Art Museum.

the Spokane and Tri-Cities school

Kermit (Tim) Sveen is a fiscal and

districts. Their daughter, Sonja, is a

investment services manager at State

senior at PLU.

Compensation Insurance Fund in San

Bob Rllnning is an i nvestment

Francisco.

executive at Columbia Bank i n 1 96 0

founded by President j i mmy Carter in

Ron Hyllantl recently returned fwm

L 98 2 a n d is dedicated to resolving contlict, promoting democracy,

a short-term mission to Africa. He and a team o f workers from Puya l l u p

preserving human rights, a n d fighting

hel ped construct staff housing for a

h unger and disease throughout the

Christian u n iversity near Nairobi,

world. Dr. Foege d i rects the center's

Kenya. He has gone on previous

domestic and international health

missions to Russia with the Interna

programs and also oversees both the

tional School Project, affiliated with

task fo rce for child survival and

a Campus Crusade Jesus film, a nd

development, and Global 2000, I nc.

to jamaica with Medical G ro u p

As a distinguished professor in

M issions. H e and his w i fe, JoAnn

E m ory's i n ternational health depart

( Voldahl

ment, he i s working on advancing

near Graham, 'Nash. Ron is an

'61), are b u i l d i n g a house

childhood i m m u n i w t io n levels

investment property m a nager at

worldwide a nd has succeeded i n

Century 2 1 , Sunrise Brokers, i n

bringing issues such a s worldwide

Puyallup.

in 1994 he was named the U niversity o f Washington A l u m nus of the Yea r ; a n d in 1 9 97 he received an honorary doctor of science degree from

Barbara Nelson Cheek is the coordi nator for alternative learning at Pierce

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Charles Larson and his wife , Kay,

Reading a n d Lea r n i n g Association for Washington and Idaho.

Dr. Anita Hendrickson received the 1 998 Paul Kayser I nternational Award of Merit in Retina Research. structure department a n d professor of ophthalmology at the University of Wash ington School of Medicine . Her research i s devoted to the analysis of

Siberian Railroad. Their first trip was i n 1 994, when they were counse children and youth, and then aga in i n 1 996.

After graduating from P L U w i t h a bachelor's degree in busi ness a d m i n is

Eric Lindholm died on July l . After PLU, Eric served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. I n 1 972 he

Guard , and trai ned in AutoPilot electronics. He completed his six -year military com m i t m e n t a t Geiger Field i n Spokane and returned to h is hometown of Wilbur, Was h . , j o i n i ng his brother, Gale, on the fa mily fa r m . I n 1 969, C r a i g m a r ried Becky Llewellyn, and they had two children, Lynette An n and Christian james. He was in volved in many community vived by h is w i fe, Becky; daughter and s o n - i n - law, Lynne and Jam i e Nee; a nd son, Chris.

Jolm B iermann, pastor at I m manuel Lutheran C h u rch i n Puyallup, cel ebrated

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SlIsan Adams '73, '90, '96, Mark Johnston '94 alld Devin Terry '94, aloug with five other resea rchers, developed Life-Cycle Advantage, a n award-wi n n i n g computer software modeling program. The new technol ogy is on R&D ( Research a n d Devel opment) magazine's list of the 1 00 most s i g n i ficant i n novations of [ 997. Susan was the lead researcher, and Mark a n d Devin were i n terns at Pacific Northwest National [" lbora tory's Tacoma o ffice d ur i n g the development of this project. George

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june 28. He has been at I mmanuel since 1994; before that he served as c h u rches in St. Petersburg, Fla., and Federal Way and Mt. Ve rnon, Wash.

William Krieger is the new dea n o f academic education at Walla Wal l a Co m m u n i t y CoUege i n Wal la Walla,

Hauser, a PLU professor, was also involved in I.he research while he was on sabbatical.

Gail Maestas was selected as one of the 1 99 7 Federal 1 00 , a group of executives from gove rn m e n t, indus try and academia who were recognized fo r having the greatest impact on the government systems community. The group was chosen by an independent panel of judges for their inl1uence on the federal govern ment's efrective use o f i n formation technolo gy. Gail, an

years in the Clover Park School

I n formation System (CElS ) , a health

School District in Wash ingto n .

District in Tacoma. She was an

care information system that supports

Survivors include his wife o f five

elemen tary teacher from 1 968- 1 980,

decision making, strategic planning

years, Colleen Nida; daughter Elise o f

a curricu l u m specialist from 1 9 80-

and performance monitoring at all

Seattle, and s o n E r i c o f We natchee.

1 987 and an administrator from

levels of the m il itary health syste m.

1 988- 1 998. Most recently she was the

She has worked i n the mil itary health

director of compensatory programs.

system for 25 years and established

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Army n u rse, is exec utive program

Orchard, Was h . , and Alice was a n

Philip and Linda (Simllndson '70) Petrasek have moved from North

there. She has been c h a i r o f the

elementary teacher at South Colby

department of biological structure

Dakota to Tucson, Ariz., where Phil i s

Elementary School near Port

the pastor o f Lutheran Church of the

since 1 994. She also serves on num er

Orchard.

King, and Linda i s a special education

at South Kitsap High School in Port

ous boards a nd has extensive publica 1 96

Robert and Mary (Gilbertson) Anderson moved to Kennewick, Wash., where Robert is serving at First Lutheran Church. M a r y is a n educational technology consultant i n

director o f Corporate Executive

CEIS i n 1 9 9 5 . The program is ex 1 969

soon a fter accepted a teaching post

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for a 1 3 th year i n Delh i. All travelers to the subco nti nent are welcome!

was a counselor for the Mossyrock

Conrad find Alice HOllge retired in

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graduated from AES and is retu rning

Sue Mo/ver ret i red in June after 30

june. Conrad was a Spanish teacher

Hendrickson '50, '53.

senior at PLU, and their son, jesse,

Wash.

Hendrickson received her graduate

tion credits. She is married to Morris

Embassy School (AES) in New Delhi,

from PLU. For the past n i ne years he

its c e n t r a l specialization, the fovea. and

ten teacher, and her husband, Sam, is a science teacher at the American

earned a master's degree in counseling

neuronal circuitry w i th emphasis o n

t ra i n i ng in a n a tomy from the

Connie Stollack Janke is a kindergar

t ration, Craig j o i ned the A i r National

associate pastor and senior pastor at 1 96 3

h uman retinal organization a n d

UVV

Craig RettkolVski died o n june 2 .

Siberia and the Russian Far East to visit with friends along the Trans

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I ndia. Their daughter, Jill '99, is a 1966

returned i n August fro m a trip to

College in Tacoma, a n d was named president-elect for the College

Tacoma.

and volunteer activities. H e i s sur

lors and teachers at a camp of 300

I I n rvard C n i versity.

S C ENE

displayed fou r of his necklaces in an

Georgia since 1 986. The center was

Hendrickson is cha i r of the biological

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parents, friends and current students from the Wenatchee area

Carter Center a t Emory U n i versity in

named PLU's Distinguished Alumnus;

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Europe for a year. In April, Ron's

policy discussions. In 1 973 Foege was

jewelry was exhibited at the Tacoma

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o f domestic a n d international health

Wear your alma mater pride on your car - with an alumni window decal ! The 2'/''' x 4'/''' black and gold static-cling wi ndow decals are free. Simply call the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, 253-535-7415 or 1 -800-258-6758.

for a PlU Connections event.

preventive medicine to the fo refron t

alumni window decals

attend their 40th class re union at

child survival, i m m u n izations a nd

Get stuck on PLU with

Gene Peisker and Ron Ho, not able to

and Functionnl Art Exh i b i t i o n , the

Moines, Wash . , area and had fo u r

The Washington State Adopt-a Highway program is one of many volunteer opportunities you'll see in the coming months as the alumni office looks for a variety of ways to exemplify the university's mission of educating for lives of service.

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largest gathering of craft galleries in

they were married in 1 954. After

What do the mayors of Anchorage and

Oct. 31 while mountain c l i m b i n g i n Nepal. See story on page

Two Stretches

ConnectJons event. Alumni, parents, friends and current students

sons and five grandchildren.

june 27. She was born i n Lynden,

g athered at the Mystrom home for a wonderful brunch. President

Lllte Jerstad died o f a heart attack on

A/llle Marie Brune Borden died on

m iddle school for five years. jerry is

'56) ; daughters Kathryn and Karyn;

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su rvived by his w i fe , Marilyn, fou r

survived by his wife, Malldie (Strallb

ers; and three sisters.

The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations adopted two stretches of highway near PlU and i s committed t o sending groups of volunteers out to clean the areas several times a year. Protective clothing and equipment is provided - you bring the fun!

Ka ren Johnson-Lefsrud '80, provides m i nistry to th ree sen i o rs' buildings.

son Timothy; his parents; two broth

PlU alumni and friends can now get into the clean of things.

Luther Court Society/Foundation, i n

- where m i nutes before his death he

at the memorial service. Norman is

Vo l u nteers N eeded !

serves o n t h e pastoral care team for Victoria, B.C..She, along with t h e Rev.

Kansas; Visalia, Calif. ; M inot, N.D.;

Keller

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Sister Frieda Gatzke is retired and

teacher in the Catalina Foothills School District.

pected to be deployed worldwide in al.1 m i litary medical fa cilities by the year 2000.

Jlliia Mae Jackson Bllrton was rewarded by the Religious Workers Guild for her 40 years of service as a coordinator of cross-cultural mi nis t r ies. She retired from Tacoma Public Schools i n 1 996 after 20 years of teaching.

Carol Dckfen is the n ew p rin c i p a l at the j u n ior h i gh in the Ocean Beach School District, Paci!lc County, Wash. She was i n tJle Bethel School D istrict for 25 ye ar s : seven years as a middle school teacher, 12 years as a counselor and six years as a h i gh school admin istrator.

Don Kennedy and his wife, Suzanne Gorman, have started their own consulting company, DKSG software, i n Lake Wylie, S.c. Suzanne writes Web pages and technical m a n u"I" and Don designs business software w i t h a specialty in electronic invoic i ng for the se r vice i ndu s t ry. They have moved to a condo that s i t s 40 feet above the lake, where they cnjoy fish i n g and listening to the wild l ife.

Abdullah EI-Kuwaiz ha s moved from S a u d i Arabia to Manama, Bahrain, whe re he is a general manager of Gulf I nternational Bank B.S.C.

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Jack Anderson is i n t h e master of d iv i n i ty program at Luther Seminary in SI. Paul, M i n n . Prior to Lu ther Scminary, Jack was self-e mp loyed as a dentist in Renton, Wash . , for 1 8 years. He earned his deg ree in dental science from the University of Wash i ng t o n in 1 978. 1 9 7 5

Deualle and Karell (McClellall '74) Kuenzi's professional c h oi r, Gloriana, received a grant to produce a record

ing that will b e nefi t (ancer research. The two-CD set, " Hope" a n d "Com [ort," will feature songs for cancer patients and their fa m i l ies and can be orde re d at deualle@giorion".colll. Gloriana has appeared on the last fo u r C h ri s tmas special s of t h e C B S show "Touched By An Angel:' has been on Na ti o nal Public Radio th ree t imes this past year, was fea tured on Australian National Public Radio, and was the fea t u red choir a t t h e 1 998 N ew York international Choral fe stival at Lincoln Center. Their recently released CD, "Songs o f America," was nom inated for a Grammy Award .

Norris Petersoll alld Mary Waag were married on June 20 in N or m a n dy

Park, Was h. They met an d were frien d s w h i l e at t e n ding PLU where they both lived in Tinglestad's Evergreen House. They were married by fel l ow Evergreene r Terry Teigen. Mary is an o b st e t r i cal sta ff n urse at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, and Norris is a n economics p rofessor at PLU. 1 97 6

Brett Rogers is the new executive director of the Grays I larbor Eco nomic Devdopmcnt Council. He was the assistant d i rector for i n ternational programs at the small husiness developm e n t center at the Wash.ing ton State University Extension Center in Vancouver, Wash. After PLU, Brett attended the American Graduate School of I nt e rn a t ional Management i n Glendale, Ari z .

TOllY Whitley rece i ve d the 1 998 Rural

Health Teacher of the Yea r award from the School Health Association of Wa shington in Seattle a nd is now serving on its board of d i rectors. He is act ive in health education in the Granger School District, where h e has worked s i n ce gradua t ing from PLU. In May, Alln (Apaka) Whitley '76 received an award for "excel lence i n clin ical nursing" from t h e local uni t of the Was hi ngton State ;":u rse's Association in Yakima. She has served as a staff n u rse and is currently a cha rge n urse in the ICU at Providence Yakima Medical Center, where she has worked since grad ua t ing from P LU. Ann is also s e rv i n g as a g ri eva nce

officer for the local u nit of the W NA . 1 97 7

Verena Reese has started a master's program at th e Un ivers i ty of Phoenix.

Her son, Daniel, is 19 years old a nd a soph o m ore at Califor nia State Univcrsit)' at Northridge. They now have a Lopic fo r co nversa tion: teachers and term papers.

Maureen Hanlloll Garre tt was no m i nated for the Los Angeles Uni fied School D i strict Middle Schools Teacher of the Yea r award in May. She is a mathematics teach er.

David Colombini is the new principal a t South Kitsap H i gh School i n Port Orchard, Was h., the la rgest high school in the state. He has worked in the district for IS years, serving as a teacher a nd dean at Marcus Wh itman Ju nior High and then ,IS associate princi p al a t South Kitsap High Schoo l . His w i le, Karoline Jane "K.]." (johllson), is a second grade teacher a t Artondale Elementary School in Gig Harbor, Was h. They have three

Wo nt to be a teacher? Earn certification through Pa cific Lutheran U n iversity's i n n ovative Master of Arts with Certification degree for college g ra d u ates. Prog ra m s are held on campu s and in colla boration with the Bel levue School District.

children, I S-year-old Andrew, 1 1 year-old Neil a nd 8-year-old Grant.

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Teaching is not just a call - it's a calling!

The Wa s hi n gt on Music Ed ucators Association recognized Wayne Lackman, Gig Harbor High School choral director, as the 1 998 Outstand ing Music Educator in the Pierce Co u n t y Regi o n. He was also elected treasurer and membership chair for the WMEA.

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, 979 WaY1le Alit/lOllY is a program advisor

at Edmonds Commun i ty Col lege . His daugh t er, Kristin, had her eighth birthday in J une.

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Evelyn Cornwall Jerden was named to a national 1 8-member rural task fo rce established by the rederal Com m u n i cations Commission ( FCC) and the federal/state joint board o n un iversal service. She can be reached at EfERDEN@II'orldnet.att. net.

AI Bessette has accepted a position w i th the Lummi Indian Nation as a voca tional rehabilitation counselor worki n g w i th the d isa b led , p rovid i ng e mployment counseling, t ra i n i ng and job placements. H e will also work with Northwest Indian College c m pl oy m ent programs that arc designed to i n te grate Native Ameri (ans into employment opportunities i n t h e Whatcom County com m u n i ty. AI plans to be g i n t r a i n i n g to beco me the staff representat ive for self em ployment business plans. He relishes the opportunity to help the local Nat ive population and to learn more about the h i story and culture of the Native people.

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1 958 Class Reunion Brunch. Golden Club Brunch. Nursing Alumni Brunch. and a footbal l game vs. Eastern Oregon University (PlU 38 - EOU 1 2). with an opportunity to gather in the alumni tent before the game and during halftime. Saturday evening more than 200 classmates met faculty, staff and

B Y J O N I N I E S Z , S E N I O R O F F I C E A S S I S T A N T,

other alums at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club

A L U M N I A N D P A R E N T R E L AT I O N S

for class reunions.

ABOVE: E nthusiastic PLU cheer

leaders help the audience root

Athletic Hall of Fame Luncheon

the Lutes to victory.

Honored were Randy Shipley '74, Sonja Brandt Stewart '89. Valerie Hilden

LEFT:

Blum '88, Phil Schot '83. Scott Westering '82. Scott Kessler '81 and long

makes a winning play against

time faculty member Sara Officer.

Apple Festival The festival featured singer/songwriter Nancy Colton (Coltom '85) and the works of a rtist/ designer Julie Ueland '85. Alums enjoyed apple

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cobbler and ice cream as they visited with other alumni, faculty, staff members and students. John Kuethe, professor of philosophy Nancy Colton '85 performs

and religion from 1 954-64, was the speaker at

at the Apple Festival.

the Heritage lecture.

Bishop Wold led a morning worship where President Loren J. Anderson preached and the Choir of the West sang. The weekend concluded with more than 500 hundred people

Gala Buffet

attending the Four Freshmen concert. The

Friday evening after the Faculty House reception, more than 300 people

concert was sponsored by the Class of '58.

gathered in Olson Auditorium and Lagerquist Concert Hall, where we honored the 1 998 Alumni Award recipients: Distinguished Alumnus, Bishop David Wold '56; Outstanding Alumnus, Ed Peterson '68; Outstanding Recent Alumnus. Michelle long '84; Heritage Award. David Berntsen '58; Special Recognition Award, Harvey Neufeld '54; and Alumni SelVice Award, lynne Bangsund '70.

The Four Freshmen perform in the Homecoming concert that raised $5,000 for PLU's Center for Teaching and

Mark your calendars for next yean

Learning and the athletic department.

Homecoming, Oct_ 15·17, 19991

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i n research as a social scientist a t the Department of Defense, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. He and h is w i fe, La ura, l ive in Melbourne, Fla.

was elected to the board of d i rectors of the Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts in Frid ley, M inn., a suburb of M i n neapolis. She has taught writing to all ages a nd art classes that include cartooning, p i n h o l e cameras, recy clable art, etc., while r u n n i ng her own business, Dusty Rose Ltd. 1 983

David Peterson earned a Ph.D. i n

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fo rest ecology from the University of M i n nesota i n June. He is a research associate at the Un iversity of Washi ngton.

James Laidler was appo inted di.rector of acute p a in management a t O regon Health Sciences Un iversity Hospital in Portland, Ore.

Joanna Robinson Neuberger and her

Gail Whitney Furniss has a new

husband, T i m , an nounce the b i r th of their son, Luke Thomas Robinson Neuberger, 0 0 May I I .

position as professional liability claims representative for hospi tals i n

The P L U Alumni Association urges alumni, friends and students to

submit names of persons to be considered for awards recognizing their contributions to society or the university.

Distinguished Alumnus Award Through years of dedication and

alumnus has achieved professional or vocational di sti nct i on.

service, this

To be or not to be Alumni College trip to Ashland is unqualified success B Y D A R R E N K E R B S ' 9 6 , A S S O C I AT E D I R E C T O R O F A L U M N I A N D P A R E N T R E L AT I O N S

50 PLU alumni and friends, Alumni and Parent Relations Direc tor Lauralee Hagen 75, '78, and I traveled to the Ashland Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, Ore.) in July.

Outstanding

leading discussions were faculty members Bill Parker

Alumnus Award Awarded to an alumnUS,

beyond

(theatre) and Megan Benton (English). We saw Shakespeare's "Henry IV" part one, UA Midsummer's Night Dream," and "Com

1 5 yea� of graduation, who has excelled in a spec i a l area of life.

edy of Errors," with great weather and company. We nearly

YOUR /'IOMIIIlE�

see with ice bags on our fleads, battery-operated fans blowing

rewrote "Comedy of Errors" when the air-conditioning on the bus gave out at the start of the trip home. We were a sight to and newspapers lining the bus windows! Nonetheless, it was a

Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award Awarded to an alumnus. within 15 years of graduation. who has

excelled

in a special area of life.

1 984

Brian Lallbach and h is w i fe, Melissa, announce the birth of their daughter, Caroline Elisabeth, on May l. She joins a sister, Helena A n n . B r i a n is teaching chemistry a t Lakes H igh School and Pierce College i n 1'lcom a .

Lorraine Mercurio Hamilton is t h e d i s tr i c t m us i c coordinator for t h e Tumwater School D istrict i n Tumwater. Wash. She co n t i nues to teach half time at Tumwater H i l l Elementary School and d i rect the choirs at Black Hills H igh School. The Rev. Krist; Larson Beebe serves as pastor a t Nativity Lutheran C h u rch i n t h e Denver metro area. T h e church broke ground i n August to begin construction and return to mission status at their new location. She underwent successful benign brain tumor surgery i n September and returned to work i n November.

Dent/is MorrisOIl has accepted new

Alumni College 1 998 proved to be both educational and fun as YOUR NOMINEE

love to hear from any a l u m n i in the area.

Linda (Tillgelstad-Carlsoll) Davis

Traci Rasm llssen has received many awards i n trail rid i ng, i n cluding the 1 997 Can,ldian National Champion sh ip. She is a customer service representative at Conover Insurance in Yakima. Traci married Bill Sullivan i n April 1 998.

1 999 Al u m n i Awa rd Nomi nations

wife, Terri (Frawley) Talley, would

bonding trip for all. Stay tuned for yet another g reat adventure for Alumni College 1999. Ashland again? If you are interested i n a PlU group tour to the Ashland Shakespeare Festival next summer; please call us,

1 -800-258-6758_

positions as principal, athletic di rector and upper grades teacher at O u r Redeemer Lutheran School i n Yel m , Wash. 1 98 5

Bryan Brctlchley and Lilli Klwtibi '86

celebrated 1 0 years of marriage on Aug. 6, a nd they arc expecting their fourth child i n April. Bryan is a full time account manager at Education Technology Inc. i n Tacoma and a part time assistant pastor at Crossroads Church in Spanaway.

Patricia Heath is in the master of divin ity program at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, M i n n . Prior to Luther Semina ry, Patricia was a paralegal for Bond & Morris, P.c., and for Leventhal & Bogue, P.c., both i n Denver.

Krista (Root) Hoge and her husband, Steven, announce the b i rth of their son, Benton Patrick, on Sept. 9. H e jo i n s a brother, 2-year-old Stephen. Krista is an area sales manager fo r MedLogic Global Corporation .

Chris and Sarah (Rllnning) Siotten announce the birth of their daughter, Lia Isabella, on July 29. She joins a s ister, 3-year-old Kari.

Phyllis (Barnhart) Viehmann and her husband, Ken, announce the bi rth

YOUR NOMINEE

Heritage Award Awarded to an alumnus for years of distinguished service to the university.

YOuR NOMINf�

Special Recogn ition Award Awarded to an

alumnus or friend

of the university who has served the

u nive rsity in

un iq ue or special way.

h usband, Chris, a nnounce the birth of their son, James Roger, o n Aug. 1 4. He joins 29-month-old Hannah. Heidi continues to be a stay-at-home m o m .

Michael "Mik" Mikllian is a commis

DOllglas RogeLstad i s a computer

sioned officer and registered n u rse with the United States Public Health Service detailed to the Federal Bureau of P r isons. He was awarded the USPHS Outstanding Servicc meda l with "V" for valor, for his rescue efforts to save the life of a correctional omccr who was attacked by a prison i n mate. Mik has been a senior medical surgical charge n u rse at the maximum sec n ri ty medical center for federal prisoners for six years.

an alyst at Legacy Health System in Portland, Ore. He i s raising his two girls, l l -year-old Michelle and 7-year old Anna Lisa, on his own.

Priscilla Stockner is the new executive director of the Mon terey County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals in Monte rey, Cal i I'. She graduated from the University o[

YOUR NOMINEE

Minnesota i n veterinary medicine and then earned a master's degree in business a d m in istration from PLU. She is currently working on a doctorate in veterinary homeopa t hy.

YOUR NAME

ADDRESS

Joni (Jerin) Campbell and her

CITY, STATE", ZIP

husband, Bruce, have moved to Billings, Mont., with thei r two daughters, Lauren and Christine. Bruce recently completed a fellowship

PHONE

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in geriatrics and fa mily pract ice i n the fa culty development program at the Un iversity of Arizona in Tucso n. He has a new position on the faculty a t th e Montana Family Practice Resi dency. T h ey are enjoying their new home in "Big Sky Country."

Janet (Hagen) Dahle is back at Four Square Productions i n San Diego, Calif., as executive producer of media

P A C I F I C

L U T H E R A N

Heidi Wilcox Parker '83, '87 and her

Southern ldaho, she handles medical malpractice claims. She was recently the director of continuing education and conferences at Idaho State University.

S C E N E

W I N T E R

1 9 9 8 - 1 9 9 9

Marc Dah lstrom recently completed filming "The Basket" with actress Karen Allen ( "A n i m a l House," "Raid ers o f the Lost Ark"), on location in Eastern Washington with hi s com pany, North by Northwest Produc rions. Ma rc was the executive pro ducer and assistant di rector on the project. The company also completed " Mel," a family movie, with Academy Award winner Ernest Borgnine, on location i n Northern Idaho this past summer. Marc began North by Northwest Productions with a group of partners in 1 990 after moving back to the Northwest from Hollywood, where he worked for various televi sion shows and networks. While working [or :'-lBC a t the 1 988 Olym pics, he received a n Emmy award. North by Northwest now has studios i n Spokane and Boise, Idaho, serving corporate clients' video, film, CD p rogra m m ing and computer a n i ma tion needs. He and his wife, Candace Armstrong '82, live in Spokane with their daughters, 8-year-old Amanda and 5-year-old Madison.

Kirk Talley is the new head football coach and associate p ro[essor of physica l educat ion at Crown Co l lege in St. Bonafacius, M i n n . He and his

of their daughter, Kelsey Faith, on June 29. She jo i n s a brother and sister, 6-year-old Drew and 2 'h-year-old H a iley.

Steve and Kristine (Pllddy) Rinn announce the birth o[ their son, Erik Jonathan, on Sept. 1 4 . Steve is a software engineer at Primus Corporation, and Kristine i s an oncology fellow at the University of Washington.

Richard Johnson i s manager of ex tended ma rket fu nds a nd deputy head of U.S. equity index investments for Ba rclays Global Investors i n San Francisco. He was recently promoted to principal of the firm.

Jerry Johnson has a new position as d i rector of public relations at Marketwave Corporation, a producer of web traffic analysis and web m i ni ng software, in Seattle. Be fore Marketwave he was at Waggener Edstrom, a high- tech public rela t ions agene)' i n Bellevue. Before that he worked at Boeing. 1 986

Mark Haskins completed Air Com mand and Staff College at Maxwe U Airforce Base in Alabama. He and his wife, Kristin (Shipman '88) Haskins, moved to Hawaii, where Mark joined the slaff at the US Pacific Command.

Nancy Wendland Feeh rer is s t ay i n g

h o m e with h e r t w o boys, 2 ' h-year-old Derek and I -year-old Nat h a n , and writing Ch ristian child ren's books. Her husband, John, is an electrical engineer at Hewlett Packard.

Diana A rchibald earned a Ph.D. i n English literature from Washington State University. Her d issertation was

titled, "Constru c t i n g Home Sweet Home: Domesticity and E m i g ration in the Victorian NoveL"

Erill (Kelley) Briar and her husband, David, a n n o u nce the birth of their daughter, Hannah, on Sept. 14. She joins 5-year-old David, 3 - }'ea r - old Rebekah and I -year-old Kerstin. 1 981

Steve Boschee died o n Nov. 4 . A Parkland native a n d graduate of Washington High School, he majored in com m unication and m i n ored i n computer science a t PLU. Steve was a skilled communicator with the ability to "make a complicated analysis understandable to a wide range of people:' a s his friend and former PLU Professor David Swanson noted i n a letter read at the memorial sen'i(�.

Diane (Gregerson) and David Bowe '88 a n nou nce the birth of their

daughter, Lena Jayne, o n Jan. 1 3 , 1 998. Diane is a perinatal social worker a t Un iversity Medical Center i n Tucson, Ariz., and David w i ll com p l ete h is pediatric residency in July 1 999. He hopes t o find work in the Pacific Northwest.

Lori/ea Hill and Terry Casey were married on June 26 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Battleground, Wash. Lorilca works at Pacific Ju nior High School, and Terry is a heavy equipment operator.

Ross Wamer left his position after nine years with the Osaka-based firm of Japan Kumon Educational Institute Co. Ltd., to move to Beijing, h i na, to study under the Chinese Min istry of Trade at the Uni versity of International Busi ness a n d Economics. The program develops skills to become a resource for North American compan ies wanting to expand into the Chinese ma rket. Ro" s welcomes any fellow Lutes to stop by if they arc in the neighborhood!

Kathy Gibson is the new head girls basketball coach at Issaquah High School in Issaquah, Wash . She will continue to teach physical education at Mount Si H igh School, where she was i n the girls basketball program for 10 years, six years as the head coach with a record o f 99-48. Kathy and her husband, Mark. have two children, 4-year-old Quincey and 2-year-old Tyler. SlIsan Moore Hopen and her hus band, Chris, a nnounce the birth of their daughter, Delaney Lyn n, on A u g . 1 8 . She j oi n s 5-year-old Macormi k a nd 2 ' j,-year-old Zane. Susan is a stay-at-home mom.

Kathleen Anderson and her husband, Robert Lewis, were recently calJed to be co-pastors at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Rockville Centre,

N.Y.

Bill Kramer was promoted to eastern regional manager at National Starch and Chemical. They produce water based adhesives for paper, automotive and consumer products. He and his wife live i n Mountain Top, Pa. Carrie Tellefson has accepted a new pOSition as director of a d m i n istrative services for the Stale of Washington. 1 988

Alexander Seidel is a production manager for on l in e service at The Domain Group i n Seattle.

Jlllie (Larson) Dunmire is a first-year student in the MBA p rogram at the Un iversity of Michigan. Scott Dunmire '90 is the northeast region business development man ager for Lariat software. They can be reached at jdullmire@lImich.edll.

Heather (Sacher) Peterson a n d her husband, Todd, a n nounce the birth of their daughter, Madelyn Rose, on J u n e 4 . She has a 3-year-old brother, Caleb.

Noelle Clark Knutson and her h usband, Erik Paul, a n n ou n ce the birth of their son, William Clark Knutson, on June 2 2 . He has a 2-year old sister. Anna.

Brellda Ray Scott is the n ew develop ment Illana�er fo r S i lers of the Road Cafe in Port la n d, Ore.

continues to write nlusicaJs and o n e o f them, "In H i s S t eps," will be p erformed soo n .

Jail ,\1atsoll and Iv!ary Rose Neal were

Donna Stucky Hostick a n d her

malTie� on Sept . 5 in Bell ingham,

h usband, Cody, J n n o u n ce the birth

Wash. Jon has a new pos i h on as a

of t h e i r s o n , Dean Rainier, on July 2 3 .

fl na ncia[ analys t at the u.s. D epart

D o n n a is a research economist at

ment of Ho usi ng and Urban

PacifiC Northwest National L'lbora

Deve l o p m e n t , and Mary is a claims

tory and Cody is a se nior industrial

representative fo r the Soc ial Secu ri ty

engineer at l B P, Inc., in Pasco, Wash.

Ad ministra t i o n . playing softball.

Th e r

met while

Jean Tindall-O'Dell has a new posi tio n as a teach er of a to ddl e r

Debra Skonord a n d A[ex H ickox were

group at S ka gi t Co-op Preschool.

married on Oct. 1 0 i n Seattle. Debra

Susall Scott has a new pos ition as

is a product manager a t Microsoft,

the office and ma rketi ng milnagcr at

and Alex is a product information

Thomas-Cook Arch i tects,

1'.5.,

coo rd ina tor.

Tacoma.

S'Hall DOllovan Winton and her

Elizabeth Wendt Vickery and her

hu sband, C ra ig, moved from New

h usband, Joh n, announce t h e birth

Plymouth, New Zeala nd, to Po rt Hedland, Aust ralia, in August. Susan is a contract administriltor il t B H P's new hot br iqu et ted iron fac il ity. C ra ig was promoted to account manager for Betz[)earborn a t

of twin g i rls , Molly and Emma, 011 Aug . 1 8. They j oi n 6-yeilr-old John and 3 -year-old Da nile.

Adam alld Maria (Wiellholtl) RaYlles announce the bi rth of their ch ild,

BHP.

Kaelan Mathias, i n J u n e .

Becky Delzer Holbrook and h e r

1 989

h u s b a n d , David, annou nce the b i r t h

Darice Bales and Rick McGril t h were married on Ju[y I I . Th e reception was

h eld at the Olson Mansion at Tayl o r

o f their son , l a n , on July 1 8 . Becky i s a customer representative at Beaver Creek Co op era t ive Tele phone Co.

Creek in Ma pJe Valley, Wash. Darice is au ed ucat ion coord i nator at the Lake Washington I n d i vi d u a l Progress Center in Redmond, Wash. Rick i s a tea ch er il nd coach at H azen High Schoo l i n Ren t o n . Beth (jtlcobson

'90)

Kal11tnersJ Da rice's rOomnlute III Tingcl stil d's Alpine House a t PLU, was one of six. bridesmaids.

Dan Wiersma, a Lu t h eran Brother hood district rep resen tat ive with the Great Northwest Agency i n Seattle, qu al i fied for memb ers h ip i n the l'>'I ilUon Dollar Round Table (M O R T ) . About 1 5 percent o f Lutheran Brotherhood's I ,SOO-member field fo rce qu ali fied for the M ORT in 1 998, compared with six perce n t of l i fe i n s u rance agen ts wo rldwide. Th e V i l l )RT is a n i ndependen t, i n te rn a tiona l association o f nearly 1 9,000 l i fe insura nce a ge n ts .

Jerry Bull was p ro mo ted to sales floor team leild at Target i n Sa le m, Ore. He

ties i n many churches in the North

Gary Gillis earned a Ph .D. in ecology

west, incl uding associate lninistcr,

and evoJ uti onary biology fro m the

annOunce the birth of their dil ugh ter,

i n terim lninister and eva ngelist. He

l.:n iversi ty of Cal ifo rni a, Irvine, in

Dilnielle A n n , On J uly I . Daren is a n insu rance agent at Lutheran Brother

was a s p orts commentator on

December 1 997. In August he moved

Tacoma's local radio station K LAY. I n

to Boston, where he is a postdoctoral

hood, and Pam is a p hysica l t herapis t.

1 964, h e w a s N B C televis ion's first

researcher ilt Harvard University.

choice for their new program, "I Spy."

Gary has il Na t io nal I n s t i t u te of

Ole Jorn Horntvedt gra d u a ted i n

Robert declined the o ffer and NllC

Health grant to study plasticity in

went with their second choice, Bill

vertebrate limb m uscle fu n c t i o n

Cosb),. Robert is su rvived by his son ,

d u ring locomotion. He ca n be reached at ggillis@oeb. harvard.edu.

Ed and Ka ",i (Beeler) Stilwell

and served one year o f mandatory

Kll ut Olson, a Lutheran Brotherhood

anno u nce the b i r th of I hei r daugh ter,

service in the m i li tary. S i nce complet

district represen t ative with the Great

Co rina Renee, on May

:--1orthwest Agency in Seattle, has

p a r i - t i me pedi ilt r icia n , and Ed is a

Sea Farm AS as a cost a nal yst a n d a t

qual i fied for membership in thc

grape fa rmer in Yak i m il .

Telenor I n st a Uasjo n AS as a controller.

M i l l i o n - Dollar Round Table ( M DRT).

Kimberly (Labes) and Joseph '92 King an nounce t he birth of their

has not married.

daugh ter, Katrina Madison, on Oct . 5 .

Mark Do uglass earned a master of

Abo u t 15 percen t o f Lutheran Brotherhood's I ,500 - member field fo rce qualified fo r the M O RT in 1 998, compared wi th six percent o f l i fe insu ra nce agents worldwide. The M D RT is a n independent, i nterna tional associa t ion o f nearly 1 9,000 life i nsu rance agent s.

Andy Grimm was appointed head football coach a t his alma m a ter, Bain bri dge High School on

Bain bridge [slil n d , Wash. l ie re t urned as a health a n d physical education teacher and football coach for the

with two sons, 5 -year-old Alec and 2-

were m il rr ied on May I S i n Soquel,

ye ar-ol d Jarett.

Calif. They arc l iving in the Santa

Paul alld Julie (Stenersell '91) Finley

Cmz M o u n ta i ns i n Bou[der Creek,

a n nounce the birth of their da ugh ter,

Ca lif.

Robert Simpson Jr. d ied o n July 3.

Megan Ka therin , on J un e 29 .

Susall SlIinafelt an d Joseph Wilters

Robert was the last o f 12 c h ildren

were ma rried o n June 27 a t

born to the

E m m a n uel Lutheran Church i n

[ate Robert

Lee Sr. and

teacher

Helen S i mpson. While attending

Tacoma. Susan is a

Tacoma's Linco l n High School, Rober t ea rned st raigh t As a n d beca me the

Fife School District and coach of the PLU women's soccer team . Joseph is

fi rs t African American student body

coachin g d i rector of the Pe n.in su la

president. He grad uil ted in 1 955. He

Soccer Club Harbor R.F.C. a nd

in t h e

earned a bachelor's deg ree in journal

coach o f the PLU men's soccer tea m .

is m from Seattle Pilciflc Un iversity, a

Their marriage and coach i ng jobs

m aster's degree in Engl ish from t he

p iqued the in te rest o f a local sports

University of Washington and a

writer who fe. a t u red them in The

master's degree in special educa t io n from PLU. H e was a teacher i n t he

1'lcoma a n d Seattle school d istricts. Robert also served i n various cil paci -

News Tribune.

Jim and Da,JQ (Gravers en '91) Hill anno un ce the birt h o f their son, Caleb Ja mes, on Sept. 1 0. They can be reelChed at hifls@il1dy. llet.

Boyd HelI n i s a physi cia n at the National I n s t i t u tes of Health i n Washingto n, D.C.

David alld Kristin (Ford '92) Martillson a nnounce the b i rth o f t h e i r son, S a m uel David, o n Aug. 4 .

Teresa DUllley a n d Brian O'Don nell were married o n Sept. 12 on Baby Beac h i n Lahaina, on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Teresa is a l11en tal health counselor a t Com prehensive Mental Hea[th in Tacoma and Brian is a graphic painter at Boeing.

Roberta Carter a n d her h usband, Matthew, an nou nce the b i rth o f their daugh ter, Ky[een E r i n , o n M a y 9. She j o i ns 3 - year-old Q u e n t i n A lex.

Pastor Roe Knows His Greek; Transmits Knowlege to Pre-Sems

A Window to the Past

This picture from the Dec. 1 1 , 1 964, Mooring Mast shows the Rev. Kelmer Roe, associate professor of Greek and religion at PLU from 1 947-67, explaining to Joe Aalbue '66 the Greek words for Christmas and New Year's greetings. Roe's daughter, Naomi Roe Nothstein '53, said her father's students sometimes teased him, calling him "Killer Roe," since Greek is not an easy language to master. Roe now resides at Tacoma lutheran Home with his wife of 68 years, Hannah ' 5 1 . The Roes' connection to PlU lives on i n their descendants. Besides Nothstein, they have a son, David Roe '54 of Portland. Also on the alum list are Nothstein's husband, Don '50, and sons, Greg '80 and Philip '83. At 90 and 98 years old, Kelmer and Hannah Roe continue to be involved with PLU as members of Q Club.

He then moved to Seattle and was a n accou n t a n t a t a real estate com pany.

Regi n a ld, and many other relatives

He a n d hi s wife, "[hry, l i ve i n Po ulsbo

Bill Bloom and Karen Goeller '92

1 9 9 1 b u t stayed another semester a t PLU t o fi n is h his Nor wegi a n degree.

and fr iends.

offensive and defensive lines in 1 994.

1 990

Daren Skonord and his wife, Pa m ,

Roberta is a registered n u rse a t S o u t hwest Washington Med ical Cellter in Vil ncouver.

Anti Smith a n d Paul Sehdev were married on J u n e 27, i n Portland, Ore. The wedd ing party incl uded Satldi

Strong '90, Nancy Ascller '90 and Laurie (Schjelland) Morgan '90. An n is a resident i n pathology at Johns Hopkins Hos pi tal in Baltimore, a n d Pall[ is a fellow i n i n fectious disease

a t the U n iversity o f M a ryland.

Lisa Dean-Erlallder '90, '96 a n d her hushand, Todd '90, '96, an no unce t h e birth o f t h e i r son, Peter Luke, on Nov. 1 0 .

Robyu Wells earned a maste r'� deg ree in music from Mia m i Univers ity of Ohio in 1 994. She manages her own series of summCf concert tours, which to date have incl uded more thall 1 20

p erforma nce s t h ro ugh out the U n ited

S t a tes and Canada. She has given

guest recitals at Idilho State, Montana State, and Ivl i a m i u n iversities, and was a featured artist with t he Payette

Co mm un ity Concert Series. In Ju ne, Robyn was a tlnal is!" in the awa rd deb ut com pet ition sponsored hy the Ladie� Musical Club of Seattle. I n Ju ly a nd AugUSt she perfor med a s a so lo ist and accompan ist in Italy and Switzerland.

1 0.

In 1 993 he moved back to NorwilY

Kanti is a

ing h is service, he has worked cI t Stolt

He enj oys his work a nd social life, and

You c a n see Katrina at www.pages.

arts in theology from the Graduate

IviUage.cvmlppl kimberlyjkir,g. Joseph

Theological Union i n llerkcley, Calif.,

has ta ugh t h igh school math fo r two

i n May. H is wife, Betsy, is a n Fngl ish

years.

as a Second Langu age instructor.

Lisa Harris GOtlzalez and her hus

Brooke Steveson a nd Alan Grossberg

band, D rew, a n nounce the hirth of

were married ilt sunset on June 26 at

their son , J o h n Iv! ichael, o n Oct. 1 7 .

the Mauna Lilli Resort in He1wuii.

H e joins 2I h-ycilr-old Rilchel.

Brooke owns and operates Island

Palll Weltz a n d Cindy Foo th were

Candle i n Seattle and Alan is pre,i dent of G rossberg-Tyler

married on Ju ne 6. Pau l is an o ffice

Col o rg ra phi cs, a com merc ial p r i n t i n g

manager a t IGF I ns u rance in S t a nley, N . D.

c o m p a n y in S ea ttle.

Chris Legler has moved to San

Sieg and Kelly Jolwson announce the birth o f their son, G u n n a r, on May 1 8.

Francisco w i t h Sony Corporation,

He joins 3 - yea r-old Siri. S icg is a

where he is working in finance.

licensed broker at Freem a n Welwood in Tacoma, and Kelly is a stay-at

1 9 9 1

h om e mom study ing to be a

Susan E. Lindsey recent ly earned the

dOllia

( a woman eAperie n ced in childb i rth

Accred it ati on in Public Relatio ns designat ion from the Public Rehttions Society of America. She continues her work as a p ublic relations and ma r

who prov i des co n tinuo us physical,

emotiona l a nd i nfo rmat io nal support to t he mother before, d uring a nd just

a fter childbirth). After si x years in

ket i n g admin istrato r for Preston

Ohio, t hey're enj oying b ei ng back i n

Gates & El l is LLP law firm i n Seattle.

t he Nort hwe st .

Ken Kriese earned a m aster's degree

Philip Olufson and Krista Hallock Olufson a n nou nce the birth of their

in wildl i fe conservation from the Un iver�i ty o f M i nnesota i n Ma y. His

son, Ian Nel son , o n July 20. He joins

thesis fo cused o n Nati ve American

2 I h-ye ar-old Carst en Erik.

and natural resource issues. Ken

Kristi Gaimster is an au di tor at

returned to the Yuko n - Kuskokwim Deltil i n Alaska for the su mmer, where he conducted research on t h ree

Holland America Lines Westo urs i n Seattle.

Melissa (O'Neil) Perdue is the busi

species of geese from a remote field camp. [n the fal l he l110ved to Cill i for nia to begin work on a Ph.D. in

ness repo rter at th e Tri- Ci t), Herald newspaper in Ken newick, Wash .

eco logy at the Un ivers i ty of Californi"

1 992

at Davis. His proj ec t is undetermi ned , b u t will focus on avian conservil ti o n

Edward Running arned a master of

bio logy.

architecture degree from the Un iver

Laureen Andries and her husband,

s ity of Oregon in June. He is t eacb i ng

Darin, a n n o u nce the birth o f t h e i r

a rch itectu re and desi gn in the in ter

daughter, Kylc igh Joy, i n Feb rua ry

national studies p rogram in a ssocia

1 9 98. She jo ins 3-year-old Alex"

tion w i th the Royal Acc1demy of rine

Jeanne. Laureen is a ma rr iage a n d

A r t and Architecture and t he Un iver

fam ily therapist a t Va lley Cit ies'

sity of Cope nh a ge n, Denmark.

Counse l i ng and Cons u l ta l i o n . D a r i n

Douglas Peunington is in

wo rks fo r H i Tec h Equipment

b i voca tional m i n istry as an associate

Northwest.

pastor at Covi ngton Ba p tis t Church in

Scott Rapp and his w i fe, Amy, own

Ma ple Valley/Covington, Was h . , and

Pacific C res t M o u n t a i n Bike To urs,

customer service coord i nato r at

which leads tours i n the Cascade

Safeco I n s u rance Co mp any i n

Mountains and alo ng the C o l u m bia

Redmond, Wash.

River Gorge. They also own a rdilted

Kelly POIIIsen is

business, Fat Tire Publ icat ions, which produces m ilps for mountain bikers.

a writer and editor

for the Po laris Group in Seattle.

Gregory HOllfek t raveled the United

Kristi (Saari) Christiallsoll and her husband, Gary, a n n o u nce the b irt h o f t h e i r da ugh ter, Sydn ey Via nna, on

States for several months afte r gradua t i ng from PLU. He then settled i n S pokan e, where he worked fo r

Feb. 1 9, 1 998. She jo i ns a 2-year-o[d

several computer com piln ies. In Apr il

sister, Alexa De laney.

1 997 he was transferred to Dallas, b u t

Craig Arthur and his wite, CourtnC)',

fi nd ing Texas t o o h o t , too flat and too

have purchased il home i n Edmonds,

buggy, he le ft t h e follow i ng Septem

Wash. Courtn ey tC<lChes first grade a t

ber. G regory is now tCilch i ng E ngl ish

S t . Miltthew's School i n S ea ttle. Crilig

to elementary a n d unil'ersity stude nts

teaches seventh and eigh th grade at

as he galli v a n ts around Asia. He

Assu mption-St. Bridget" School and

welcomes el11il .i [ from native English

co ach es foo tball at Seattle Prep H i gh

s pea ke rs a t grcgoryJIt@IlOtmail.colII.

School. They can

Michael Martill h a s returned to

reacht'd at bigdog@asbschool.org.

Ray Wilson a nd bis wife, Deborah, a n n o u nce the birth of their da ugh ter, S tephan ie Nicole, on Sep t .

15.

S he

Seattle after a one- rcar den tal intern sh ip in San Anton io, Texas. H e has p u rchased a dental practice a t

orth

west Dentil[ Ce n te r.

j o i n s twin brothers, 1 8 - month-old

Pa lll Andersoll has a new positio n

Troy and Tyle r.

teelChing chem is t ry at Northwestern

Mark and Hayley (Halter) Adams

Michigan College. This is a two-rea r

anno u nce the hirth of their son, Noa h

school in Traverse Ci ty, M ich .

Lee, on May

Tim Mitchell h as a new position as

25. I Ie j oi n s

2 Ih-yea r-old

Em ma Je an . H ayley is a stay-a t-home

m o m , and Mark is a physica l thera pist at the Veteran 's Administration Medical Center in Portland, Oregon . Mark will be leav ing his positio n to join a physical therapy travel com pa ny. The fa mily will b e traveling together throu ghou t the next year.

propert)' accountant at RREE F Group i n Seattle. Traci (Werlsel) Mitchell was na med to the Dea n's List for the 1 997-98 school rear a t the Uni versi ty of Washington Schoo l o f P ha rmacy. In the fall she bega n h e r second year in the program.

Bob Saathoff h as a new posi t ion as an engillcer at Hewlett-Packard's

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in rorl Collins, Colo. Kris

i n emergency n u rs i ng,

(Pomme-rellke) Saathoff accepted

Talla Jones a n d D u ff McBride were

a transfer to the Integrated C i rc u i t Business D i v ision in F o r t Col l i ns as well.

\-I/orks i n instrumentation.

husband, Ten)" annou nce the birth of

Jeffrey You llg and Kelly Hoeckelberg

assistant director of h u m a n n:sou r(c:-; at the l'lami ngo H ilton Hotel in Reno, Ncv.

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orthopedic su rgery i s also a t U C H S C .

fi nance for ., pecial projects at I IcxLel

Rev. William Walles a n d Sarah Nels oll Walles a n nounce the b i rth o f

Corporation. The company produces major airplane parts fo r Boeing.

Jed Wilsoll and Katie Parkins were

Now's your chance to see one of Washington state's renowned attractions - and not have to do any of the planning! On the morning of April 1 0. jump aboard a coach bus at PlU with other alumni and friends to begin a road trip to the beautiful 5kagit Valley Tulip Festival. During the day we will travel throughout the tulip-filled valley and end with a PlU Connections Event at the 5hekinatt Farm. home of Ric and Becky (Wietzke '76) landvatter. We will return to campus that evening. Cost is $30 per person. which includes transpo rtation. a box lunch. and light buffet. Reserve your seat now. as space is limited! 1 -800-258-6758.

Semi nary in St. Paul, M i ll n . He is the

student at Moody ;vl ission Avia t i on

Brian and Erika (Eva liS) Flattum

Center in Te n n essee.

an nounce the birth o f their son, jared

Kristin Mattocks is i n the health

Tyler, o n A p r i l I I .

policy and a d m i n istration master's

Jennifer Erin Slagle and Christopher

program at Yale Cniversity. She a n d

A lhright johnson were m a r ried o n

her partner, Betty Bourret, recently

Aug. I a t tile University o f Montana,

b o u g h t a new home in Xcw Haven,

M issoula. Tana Jones McBride '93, Laura Russell Caba '93 and Kristin Koss Flandreau '93 were bridal

1993 married on july I I in Green Moun tain, Colo. Erin is a registration assistant at the Denver Art IvI useum and To ny is a customer service associate at Sprint.

Chad Petersen and Dune lves are hack i n Seattle. Chad is a n accountant a t Callisa n Architecture and D u ne, after ree 'ntly completing her P h . D. , is a n evaluation coord inato r (or the

Hilary B1Irtt is a mezzo-soprano a nd has performed all over :--Io rth America. She recently performed w i t h the Chautauqua Opera C o m p a n y i n

Monte Decker has joined the Tacoma

Kris tin (Koss) Fltmdreau is t h e new sales and operations manager at

as the associate d i rector o f public progra m m i n g a n d conferences.

Terje Hals is a project controller a t

Kelly Woyak and her husband, D e n ny,

Fugro-Geoteam A S i n Oslo, No rway.

a n nou nce the b i rt h o f their daughter,

Leah Halley and David Herlihy were

A m a nd a Lynn, on june I I . Kel l)'

Leah and

em ployed as office ma nager for H u m a n Resources I nc.

Monica Nilsson is a personnel

e r n Italy, where Leah works for the

consultant at Olste n Norsk Personal

Port of Gioia Tauro and Da"id works

in Oslo, Norway. She recruits and

for Maersk !talia.

in terviews temporary h e l p, and is a consultant fo r banking, insurance a nd finance b us i n esses.

Chewe l a h , Wash . After P L U , D a niel

Bonnie Block earned a doctor of

worked for Washington Mutual Bank

pharmacy degree from the Un iversity

and i n March

o f M i n nesota College of Pharmacy i n

1 997

h e returned to

Chewelah to begin p l a n n i n g the store,

june. S h e i s worki.ng a s a pharmacist

which was the c u l m i n a t i o n of a

for Kaiser Permanente in Portland,

l O-year fam i l ), drea m .

O re.

Stefan Damstrom works a t Bayliner

1994

Marine Corporation in the interna tional sales group covering Europe, the Middle East, Asia, South America a nd the South Pacific.

Sally Hall Hubbard is a d atabase a d m i n istrator for the city of Univer sity Place, Wash. Her husband, Charies, i s a graphic artist. Their daughter, Heather Ann H u b bard, was married on Aug. 22 to Ryan Wayne Davis in Oregon Cit)', Ore.

Dllve Lewa rne was named teacher of the month a t Mountlake Terrace H igh School i n Mou ntlake Terrace, Wash.

Mark Stevens a nd Sophcany Kon were marr,ied on j u n e

im Fairbanks,

Alaska. Mark is i n the Army and was promoted to captain i n Ma)'. H e is the company commander a t Fort Richardson, Alaska. Sopheany is a nurse. Mark would like to hear from other

1 994-95

PLU grads a t

kon@alaska.net.

Diana Thompson earned a doctorate from Pacific University's College of Optometry i n Forest Grove, Ore., in May. Her 3.9 G PA earned her a place

H e is also a cross-co u n try coach.

in the Beta Sigma Kappa fraternity.

Melissa Petersen and jason Valley

Diana i s a n associate a t Dr. Neil Cays'

were married on july 2 5 a t Faith

Sequim Vision Clinic in Sequ i m ,

Lutheran Church in Bellingham.

Wash.

Melissa works in the L),nden School

B rett Laidlaw and h is wife, Heather

D istrict, a nd jason works at intaleo

Ann, were married on Aug.

Brett is

A l u m i n u m Corporation.

a n operations consultant a t The

Theresa Campbell is a lieutenant i n

H a r t ford, and Heather Ann is a claims

the Navy, stationed a t Naval Hospital

consultant.

- Lemoore i n Lemoore, Cal i f. , for the

Penny Grellier and Walter Parrish

fighter pilot po pulation. Theresa i s cert i fied i n t h e holistic therapeutic method, "Healing Touch," by the Colorado Center for Healing Touch,

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Be cky Burad '74 gave the Board of Regents report. The board also reflected on the organization, the staff and their participation in board activities.

David live in a small town in South

upscale convenience store i n

Nikki Martin '73, chair of the volunteer recruitment committee. will continue to focus on identifying both volunteer opportuni· ties and volunteers as she works with the volunteer programs intern in the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations. Sandra K rause '89, alumni recognition committee chair, is developing candidates for the 1999 Alumni Awards.

commercial real estate agent.

Rcal Networks in Seattle.

1 995.

Dave Coltom '83, Chair

office o f Coll iers I nternational as a

Mark Mulder has returned to PLU

callison. com, and D un e is a t dives-pc Ie rse 11 @l1l1'allia nce. 0 rg.

Chautauqua, N.Y.

Chad can be reached a t

hospital a nd the large n a v a l air station

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are in their t h i rd year o f law school.

Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.

cpetersen@

Bev Knutzen '55, chair of the special events committee, updated everyone on the events planned for Homecoming '98_ Mike Fuller '94, chair of the student services committee. reported on a successful "Senior Disorientation" program last spring. His committee is working on various ways to support the goal to "Raise loyal lutes" by working to educate students about the alumni association and to develop programs available to current students. John Feldmann '82, chair of the alumni services committee, has been focusing on building stronger connections with alumni. He has also been working with ArtCarved on the PLU ring program. Toppy Kyllo 'SO, ch ai r of board development, is working on a list of potential new board members for the future_ In addition, she continues to work on developing a training program for new board members_

a t tendants. jenn ifer a n d Christopher

Erin Quinn and Tony Bryson were

Jim Morre l l '91, Chair

associate pastor a t P r i nce of Peacc Lutheran Church.

next two years. She is excited to b e

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master of divinity degree from Luther

men. Katie is a n u rse, and jed is a

stationed there because of t h e n e w

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their so n , Payton Nelson Walles, o n in july a fter B i l l graduated with a

Conn.

Karen Fruehauf '92, Chair

M a y 26. T h e fa mily moved t o Phoenix

Presbvterian Church in Ta coma. The \� cdd i n g party included Andrew

Wilson '97 as one o f the two best

The student recruitment committee led by Gayle lindeblom '67 and Prentis Johnson '78 is focusing its efforts on targeting lutheran youth, including lC Missou ri Synod, and an increased effort to recruit and retain people of color, The fund raising committee led by Phyllis (Grahn) carroll '55 has focused its efforts on the class representative program. The public relations committee led by Dick Londgren '59 has been working to increase alumni focus, involvement and coverage i n Scene.

Mar. I lis residenLY i n

married on Aug. I at Cnivers i t y P",ce

Daniel Voltz opened Norski's, an

Val ley Tulip Festival

Christopher Manion earned a

The PLU Alumni Board met Sept. 1 1 - 1 2 . Here are highlights from the committees:

medical doctorate from the Un iversity ' of Colorado Health Science Center i n

Val Tresner is i n acco u n t i n g and

They met i n Seattle in

tulips at the Skagit

'93.

AmlTica Li ncs Wcstours i n Seattle.

married on Aug. I i n Bil li ngs, Mont.

Ti ptoe through the

included Jayne (McNut·t) Leighty

San Francisco.

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jeffrey is a physician, a nd Kelly is a

general manager for Fuels At Sea, a

B Y J O N I N I E S Z . S E N I O R O F F I C E A S S I S TA N T.

Kennewick, Was h . T h e wedding party

product-planning analyst in Se,lttle

Kris Knutsoll is a n a u d i t o r at Holland

Until Jan. 30. 1 999. the Depart ment of Education is consolidat ing student loans - allowing borrowers to combine all of their loans into one loan - at a reduced interest rate of 7.46 percent. This rate is a full per centage point lower than recent loan rates and even more of a savings for older loans. After Jan. 30. student loans will be consolidated at a higher rate.

for t h e r'ederal Reserve Bank o f

pany i n Seattle.

In response to temporary legisla tion lowering the interest rates on new student loans. the United States Department of Education has lowered its inter est rate for loan consolidation.

Bethlehem Lutheran C h u rch i n

Borge Steinsvik is vice-president and p e t role u lll trade and s h i p p i n g co m

through Ja n. 30. 1 999

were married on Sept

Alumni Board reports on successful year

Hawaii.

Kimbe rly (Catlin) Redmon a n d her

S h e joins 1 2 -year-old H ayley a n d 1 0-)'�ar-old H a n n a h . Kimberl), i s t h e

on new student loa ns

tvI' lll i ,

Tan a is a marketing d i rector at I nd u s t r i a l Credit Un ion a n d D u ff

their daughter, Malia Rae, on Sept. 2 0 .

I nterest rates lovvened

married on Sept. 6 on

were married on Sept. 1 2 at the bride's parents' home in Bremerton, Wash. Penny is a program associate at the American Lung Associ'ltion of Was hington, and Walter is comptrol ler for Tacom.il Little Theatre.

Val Meyer was promoted to AVP

H igh School in University Place,

coaches fastpitch

fi na ncial analyst fo r residential

Was h . , a n d

lending at Conti n e n t a l Savings Bank

They arc both You n g Life leaden;.

in Seattle. Kristine (Johnson '94) Meyer is a fi fth-grade teacher i n the

july

Northshore School District in Bothell.

house in the Lake Tapps area.

Janel (Nygren) Brock and her h us

Jennifer (Brandt) Traufler a nd her

band, Troy, a n n o unce the birth of

h usband, Robert, a nnounce the birth

their son, Ethan Tro)', on Feb. 23.

Aaron Linerud and jenn i fer Lynn

3-year-old brother, Zachary.

Gra)' were m a rried On Aug. 8 i n Coeur

Stephen Morissette is the new

softball.

Brian a n d justine were m a r ried o n

26, 1 997, a n d recently bought

their

son, jacob, i n May. He joins a

d'Alenc, Idaho. j e n n i fer is a domest ic

principal of Holy Family School in

violence volunteer i n Bel.levue and

Seattle. H e was vice principal and

Aaron still competes i n the hammer

taught seventh a n d eighth grades at

throw with Erik Probstfield

S t . Vincent de Paul School in Federal

'94.

Aaron and Erik are very close t o

Way, Wash., for the past eight years.

qual ifying for t he U.S. OI)'l11pic Tr ials

Brent Ericksen has moved to

2000. Erik was also

best m a n at the

S ilverdale, 'Nash . , with Merrill L)'nch

wed d i n g .

where he is a financial consultant. He

Zachary and Jill (Nyboer '95) Hallsen a n n o u nce the birth of twin

and his wife , Christilla (Reller), live

daughters, Meghan Lindhc a n d Elle

Leah Borg has a new position as

Rya n , on Sept.

j i l l will graduate

fro m the University of Was h i ngton in june with a degree in dentis try, and Zach continues to teach and coach.

Steve Owens earned a master of social work degree from Walla Walla Col lege in College Place, Wash., and Erica

(B aumann '95) Owens began the landscape architecture gr.duate program at the University o f Wash ington i n the fal l .

Juliet Laycoe graduated from t h e Lewis a n d Clark Northwcstern School

of Law in Portland, Ore., in May. She is now a n associate attorney with a special emphasis on fa mily law and

estate pla n n i n g at B l a i r, Schaefer, ct al.

Briall Peterson teaches biology and physical science a t Auburn H i g h School ,i n A u b u r n , Wash., a n d coaches wrestling. Justine (Kroehl

'96)

Peterson teaches science at C u r t is

in Poulsbo. fi na ncial analyst a t Multicare Health System in Tacoma.

Hilary (Kenaston) Reynolds a n d her h usband, Steve, a n n o u nce t h e birth o f their daughter, Tabitha Marie, on May

23. H ilary

is the coord i n a to r of

undergraduate programs for the PLU School of Business.

Coriander Krause is i n the master's program in nursing at Tro)' State University in Alabama. She works a s a triage nurse at Maxwell Air Force Basc.

1995 Skyler Cobb won first place i n the 1daho State D o w n h i l l Mountain Bike Series championship, sponsored by the North American Off Road Bicycli n g Associa t i o n . He i s a sales

manager at Dawson Taylor Coffee Roasters in Boise, Idaho.

Yasmin Hussain and Corey Caldwell

Online in Burbank, Calif. i n July. He can be reached a t jamcs )amb @Warnerbros.com.

Lisa Balmes has cha nged professions,

were married on May 4 at the Aston Kaanapali Shores in Maui, Hawaii. Yasmin is ;t C PA at Gary A. Carlington, Inc., in Puyallup, and Corey is a CPA at Globe Machine M a n u facturing in ·r-lcoma.

Portland Trail Blazers on a part-time basis for eight years.

Chris Kim is a first lieutenant in the

Shelly Olds a nd joey Norman were

Army at Fort Sill, Okla . , an d his wife, Shery, is a homema ker.

married on May 23 at Napavine Assembly of God Church. Shelly is the nursing supervisor fo r the Lewis County Health Department, and Joey works at Foseco Inc.

La uren Laslie MariaH earned na tional certification from the Certify ing Board o f Gastroen terology Nurses and Associates. She is the head nurse of gastroenterology at Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center.

Tone Lawver earned a mast('r's degree in American history from Harvard Cniversi ty. H is thesis was entitled "The Grange M .llthusian Principles, Political Compromise 1 867- 1 889." Tone has relocated to the Tam pa Bay area in Florida to avoid the East Coast w in ters.

Tammy Huynh and Romel Mendoza Mandilag were nl<lrried on Sept. 6 at Chinese Free Methodist Church. Crystal DOl/ahue '94 was a brides maid. Tam my is a lllask designer, a nd Romel is an an alyst. Jason Glover and Jennifer Smith were married on July 25. Jason works at Boeing, and Jennife r is a n occupa tional thera pist.

Kami Moeller and Eric Hayes were married on :\pr il 4 in University Place, Wash. hic is a firefighter in Longv iew, Wash.

Shane Velez is a physical education teacher a t Las Juntas Elementary School in Martinez, Calif., and he coaches high school tennis.

Jasoll and Jennifer (Britton) Veitengruber left for a six-month medical mi&sion trip to Guatemala in September. They will study Spanish in tensively for the first two months in A n tigua and then work in a medical c lin ic a n d school in a small Mayan community witll the I lands for Peacemaking Foundation.

Leroy Standifer was promoted to police .s ergeant with the City of

Tacoma.

Kristie Kim accepted a position as an accountant at Deloitte & To uche in Seattle. 1 9 96

Jeffrey Richey and Heidi Robinson \-vere married on Feb. 28. The wedding party included many P L alums. Julie H(lnkel '96 was the maid of honor; Ed Hrivnak '96, groomsman; Wendy LaCava '86, bridesmaid; John Ubben '84 wrote an d performed a song with his w i fe, Julie; and Michah Stei"hilb '99 played the piano. Jeffrey is a n emergency room nu rse at the Un iversity of Washington Medical Center, and Heidi is a n editor at Amazon.com in Seattle. They went to Maui for their hone),moon.

Elisiev "Ellie" Hansen is a first-year student in the veterinary medicine program a t Oregon State University in Corvallis, and she is a student repre sentative for Hills Science Diet pet products. For the past two ),ears, Ellie was a veterinary assistant and com pleted prerequisites for veterina r), school. Over the su m mer she hiked, cam ped and biked around Portland, Ore. EUie can be reached at IIbicari@IIol.com.

from teacher to the season ticket suite sales coord inator fo r the Seattle Sea hawks. She worked with the

James Bloomstine and Tonya Kannarr were married on June 20 at First Congregational Church i n Tacoma. Jam es works at Allied Bui l d i ng lvlaterials, 'lIld TOllya is a registered n u rse at St. Joseph Hospital in Tacoma.

Shanlion Park and Danforth Comins '97 are working on their master's degrees at the University of I l linois at Urbana-Champaign. Shannon will earn a master of social work in August, and Danforth wi ll earn a master of fine arts in theatre in May 2000. They look fo rward to retu rning to the West Coast.

Claire O'Donnell-Sampson com pleted a six-week i n ternational joint military exercise in Lithuania and Sweden, providing military medical training for Baltic nations aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort. She works a t the National Naval Medical Center i n the cardiac, cardio-thoracic su rger), unit.

Taj Giesbrecht earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington in April. He is a nuciear engineer at the Puget Sound Naval Sh ipyard in Bremerton, Wash. Taj and his wife, Andrea (Smedes), moved to Silverdale, Wash., where the)' bought thei r first house.

Laura Kolosseus and Jason Schultz were married on J u ne 2 7 at Fircrest United Methodist Church i n Tac Ol na . La ura is the fo undation assistam at Wesley Homes Foundation i n Des Moines, Wash., and Jason is the youth director at Gig Harbor Un ited Methodist Churc b .

Anna Nelson and Todd Holter were married on July I I at Parkland First Ba ptist Church in Taco ma. Anna is a substitute teacher and coach in the St. Paul, MiJln., area a nd Todd is a student at Northwestern College. The couple went to Walt Disney World for their honeymoon.

Kim Nadon accepted a position as executive recruiter a t Almond a nd Associates in Tukwila, Wash.

Yun "Ellie" Jiang works at Boeing i n

University of Washington's \o\'WAM I program in Pullman, Wash. , a n d Erika is working i n Moscow, Idaho.

David Nova and his w i fe, jane, a n nounce the birth of their daughter, Alexa Jane, o n June 24. David is a personnel representative at Boeing.

Marit (Kessel) Brooks and her husband, Calvin, a n n o u nce the birth of their daughter, McKayla Anne, in June.

Kristi Benson and Daemon Repp were married on June 2 7 in Taco ma. The wed d i ng party included Jill

Tad Monroe and Melissa Porter '99 were m a r ried on July I I in Yakima. The wedding party included: Margaret

Core '96, Erin Alexander '99, Jennifer Licht '00, Chris Reinmuth '97, Ross Stewart '98, Rod Nash '96, and Aaron Stewart '97. The ushers were Aaron McCarty '97, Greg DeJardin '96, Ryan Alexander '97 and Dak Jordan '99. Melissa is a psychology and religion major at PLU. Tad is a marketing associate a t J.L. Darling Corp. in Tacoma and attends Fuller Theologi cal Seminary i n Seattle. Fo.r their wedding trip they went to New H a m pshire; Prince Edward Island, Canada; and Boston.

(Zum bru"" en '96) Humphrey, Joy (Zum brunnen '96) Ross, Krissy Summers '97, Stacey Broderson '97, Greg Aune '97, Scott Ross '96 a n d former PLU student Mark Bly. Kristin

is a com m u n i ty support specialist at Good Shep herd Lutheran Homes, and Daemon works at Boeing. They live in Kent, Wash.

Sarah Schaffner and Steven Dow were married on Aug. 1 5, 1 997, at Faith Lutheran Church in Albany, Ore. Sarah and Steven are attending Wa rtbu rg Theological Seminary i n Dubuque, Iowa.

Nils Welin is working with Carlson Consultants i n Taco ma. He develops business and marketing strategies for [POs and start-up compan ies i n the high tech and financial areas.

Jason Laukaitis has accepted a new corporate paralegal position at Hel ler E h r m a n White i n Seattle. He will be

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Sept.7.

Kirsten Lindquist a nd Mark

Lagomarsino were married on Aug. 1 at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Idaho Falls, Idailo. Kirsten is executive assistant to the president of Logic a l Computer Services, Inc., a nd Mark teaches fifth grade at Grace Lutheran C h u rch i n Huntington Beach, Calif.

Daniel Norris and Katheryn Cordero were married on June 27 in Tacoma. Katheryn is a first-year student at KirkSl�lle College o f Osteopathic Medicine i n Kirksville, Mo. Dan iel is a graduate assistant in music at Tru m a n State University.

Heidi Splittgerber is i n the ma ster's of literature program at Colorado State University.

Thomas Hedgepeth and Allison Becker were married on May 3 1 .

Keith Kaiser was appointed president of Quadrant/KMS Management Services i n Olympia. He has 22 years of experience i n the property ma nage m ent field.

Thomas i s a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, stationed a t Fort Rile)', Kan. Allison attended PLU and is now a student at Kansas State University, where she is majoring in music education.

Lisa Sears is a n accountant at Moss Adams in Tacoma.

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William Krei is the new principal a t North Lake School i n Lakeview, Ore. H e served his a d m i n istrative i n tern ship at the Pe Ell School D istrict in Pe Ell, Wash.

Tanya Robinson and Matthew Pearson were married on juiy 25 in Tacom a . Both Ta nya and Matthew are psychiatric childcare counselors a t the child study and treatment center of Western State Hospital in Steilacoom, Wash.

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Ha"na Fredrickson died

tions and marketing support at SEEK Systems in Bothell, Wash.

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Gerald Erickson died on Mal'

Steve Boschee died on Nov. 4.

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Rllchel Free/in died Oil Aug. 1 0 .

Beverly (Kimbull) Nikkari died on

Robert Simpson Jr. died on full' 3 .

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Richard Olil'er died on Oct. 1 0 . 1 9 5 0

John Leqlle died on fune 24. 1 9 5 5

Aug.

22.

Faculty, Staff and Friends

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Eric Limtllol", died on July

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Mary (Kreps) Giersc/I died on fune 23.

husband, Harold, preceded her in death in 1 985. Sh" is survived by two daughters and one son.

KCllneth Johllston died o n Sept. 26.

Floyd Ohman died on May 26.

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John Ponton died on July 1 .

Cmig Rettkowski died on June 2.

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Jerry Hanson d ied on April 9.

Leonard Eilly died on Aug. 7.

Lu/e Jers/ud died on Oct. 3 1 .

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Scrndru Bergman died on Sept. 1 9.

David Nelson died on Sept. 6.

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with Drake, watering her flowers, watching her parents' black lab puppies grow by leaps and bounds. "My outlook has changed completely," she said wistful ly. "When I wake up each morning, I am thrilled to think I have another day here." She looks forward to returning to her classroom in the fall of 1 999. This year, her immune system is still too suppressed. She is delighted with the "peach fuzz" now covering her o nce-bald head. "I feel totally exhausted but strong at the same time, because if I'm not, my whole world falls apart;' she said. "Sometimes I feel like the rock that's holding everyone together, but fighting the way I did has also given me co urage." I don't think courage is a newly fo und attribute for this woman; I'm certain she has carried it with her, in her heart, throughout her life. Happy birthday, Carol, and many more.

specialists througho ut the country and learned Kumme rle was a candidate for a new form of directed radiation called proton radiation therapy. Unfortunately, the only hospital in the coun try offering this treatment was located at Lo rna Linda University in California. On June 4, Kummerle learned she had been accepted into the new program and her insu rance had approved the costly treatments. Her parents were visiting a critically ill cousin in Arkansas, and Kummerle had loaned them all her suitcases. Wearily she d rove to a nearby store, purchased a new suit case and at 4 am the following morning, she and her son were on a plane headed for Lorna Linda. Her grandparents, Gilbert and Jeanette Penn of Olympia, Wash., scrambled to accompany her, and for a week they stayed by her side, helping her get settled into an apartment and caring for Drake. As she had done throughout her life, Kummerle refused to dwell on herself. She quickly befriended a young mother with six children who was there because her 1 3-month-old baby was also battling cancer. Kummerle helped care fo r the baby and played with the other child ren. There were moments when Kummerle wondered whether she could go on. When she called Drake's godparents back home and learned they were throwing their annual Fo u r th of July bash, she burst into tears. "I was so homesick that it was crushing me inside," she said. "All our friends were doing normal things, and I was down in California, fighting for my life." She also met a couple from Hawaii who "adopted Drake and me as their second family," she said gratefully. She received radia tion for 25 days and on July 1 5, the weary warrior and her small son, who had grown a lot in the past year both physically and emotionally, were finally able to return home. Today Kummerle delights in life's simple pleasures: playing

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Lute Jerstad '58, a n Everest hero, d ies BY BRUCE RUSHTON, THE NEWS TRIBUNE

.ormer Gig Harbor resident Lute Jerstad ' 58, one of the first Americans to climb Mount Everest, died Oct. 3 1 doing what he loved - climbing a mountain. Jerstad, a Portland resident, died in Nepal after suffering a heart attack j ust 500 feet short of the 1 8, 1 92-foot summit of Mount Kalapatar, known as an easy climb. He was 62. A standout high school athlete who earned four varsity basketball letters at PLU, Jerstad became a national hero in 1 963 when he was one of five Americans to summit the world's highest mountain. Three weeks after Washington native Jim Whittaker stood on the summit, Jerstad became the first man to carry a movie camera to the top of Everest. But he and three others nearly died on the way down. They ran out of daylight and were forced to bivouac overnight at 28,000 feet - the highest point at which humans had spent a night outdoors and survived. \Vith no tent, stove or sleeping bags, the men hunkered down in their parkas and waited for morning. Two of them lost most of their toes to frostbite. The feat remains a mountaineer ing legend. Jerstad suffered frostbite that cost him feeling in his fingers and toes even 20 years after the climb, but he made it down with his movie camera. He donated his Everest climbing gear to P LU in 1 967. It remains on display in the campus library.

Standing j ust 5 feet 8 inches, Jerstad was known for his strength, determination and left-handed set shot on the basket ball court. He once opened his backpack on the summit of Mount Rainier and pulled out a watermelon to share with his companions. "It shows what a strong guy he was," said alpinist Lou Whittaker, Jim Whittaker's identical twin brother. Lou Whittaker said he last saw Jerstad about a year ago at Camp Muir on the slopes of Mount Rainier. Lou Whittaker, who stands well over 6 feet tall, said Jerstad could ju mp as high as he could. Known as the Little Lute, Jerstad relied on his quickness as a reserve basketball guard at PLU in the late 1 950s. The team was good enough to make it to the NAIA basket ball tournament in 1 956, 1 957 and 1 958, finishing third in 1 957. Jerstad was named the team's most inspirational player in 1 958. He also lettered in football, basketball and baseball at Peninsula H igh School.

Lou vVhittaker said he wasn't surprised when Jerstad con quered Everest. " Lute was expected to go high and did," Whittaker said. Not bad for a guy who grew up on a Minnesota farm and didn't see his first mountain u ntil his family moved to the Northwest when he was 1 3 . Jerstad learned many of his climbing skills on Mount Rainier, where he worked as a guide during the 1 950s. Jerstad also climbed Mount McKinley before setting out for glory. Everest changed his life. Climbing the mountain was a big deal, even 1 0 years after Sir Edmund Hillary became the first man on top. The 1 963 American expedition was the third that put climbers on the summit. Upon their return, the American climbers were honored with a celebration at SeaTac Airport and a motorcade through downtown Seattle. Gig Harbor also p ut on a parade for its most famous son. Everest was Jerstad's last high-profile climb - he said such expeditions were too dangerous. But the mountain gave him cou rage. "It gave me the guts to go out and try something different on my own;' he said in a 1 983 interview. He eventually formed a guide service that led treks and rafting expeditions. Jerstad had received a master's degree from Washington State University and taught at Franklin Pierce H igh School before he climbed Everest. After Everest, he earned a doctorate in drama at the University of Oregon and later was a professor there and at Lewis and Clark College. After three years as a professor, Jerstad quit to guide rafting expeditions in Asia as head of his own business, Lute Jerstad Adventures. He also operated climbing schools on Mount Hood and Mount Rainier. He scouted tigers in Asia but still had time to take mental patients on river runs and cliff-climbing exped iti ons. Jerstad maintained his love for the Himalayas until he died. In 1 97 1 , he wrote about his fascination with the region for The News Tribune. "Whenever I set foot in the Himalayas, I am as a child open ing the cover of a vast new b ook; pages of folklore, of mystery, of awesome beauty," Jerstad wrote. "I sense rather than see; visualize rather than look; communicate rather than talk." There were other adventures. In 1 975, Lute Jerstad Adven tures declared ban kruptcy. Jerstad later blamed problems on poor decisions by his b usiness partners. He bounced back and made the business profitable again. Jerstad was leading a nine-member trek when he died. At his request, his body was cremated on the banks of the Bagmati River [NepaIJ . His ashes will be spread at a Nepalese monastery where the ashes of two of h is friends have been placed. Survivors include his wife, Susan; daughters Kari Jerstad of Portland and Jana Cox of McKinley, Calif.; a sister, Kay Morton of Portland; and three grandchildren.

Lute Jerstad '58 stands on Mount Rainier in this early 1 960s photo.

This Nov. 3, 1 998, article was reprinted yvith permission from The News Tribune.

Sports Rou n d u p BY N I C K D A W S O N , S P O R T S E D I T O R , A N D L A U R E L W I L L O U G H B Y, S C E N E A S S I S T A N T E D I T O R

PLU j umps to NCAA Division I I I

Along with six other Northwest Conference* schools, PLU has moved from the NAIA to N CAA D i vision I I I , effective this season. The th ree remaining NWC schools a re i n varying stages of NAIA-to NCAA I I I transition. Members h i p i n the N CAA i s l e s s expensive than i n the NAIA, and the former pays a l a rger proportion of team expenses. Also tipping the scales i n the N CAA's favor is greater perceived prestige i n i nterco l l eg iate sports. *On Aug.

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George Fox Univ., Linfield College

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The Lutes' new men on the mats are head coach John Aiken '98 and assistant coach Anders B l o m g ren. They replace Brian Peterson and Jay Jackson, respectively. Aiken spent last season as one of PLU's top wrestlers, com p i l i n g a 38- 1 0 record, ending his Al l-America career with a second-place finish at 1 50 at NAIA Nationals. Blomgren served as assistant coach last season at his a l m a mater, S i m o n Fraser (Burnaby, BC). D u r i n g his career there, the team f i n ished fifth in nationals each year. B lomgren is a 1 996 All-American at 1 34.

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Lute footbal l team heads to the playoffs; individuals honored

On Nov. 1 4, PLU cli nched a spot i n t h e N CAA Division I I I p l ayoffs with a 26-6 win at the U n iversity of Puget Sound - the Lutes' 1 1 th straight victory over the Loggers. The Lutes lost, however, i n the fi rst round of the playoffs. St. J o h n 's of M i n nesota won the game, 33-20. And i n end-of-season voting by conference coaches, defensive end B randon Woods '99 was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year, f u l l back Anthony H icks '00 was named Offensive Player of the Year, and F rosty Westering was sel ected Coach of the Year.

PLU, which in 1 996 won the fi rst Sears Di rectors' Cup national sports trophy presented to a n N A I A i nstitution, finished i n a th ree-way tie for eighth p l ace i n the 1 998 c u p sta n d i ngs. Former Lute strikes silver at world championships

Sarah Jones '96 hel ped the US women's eight bring home a second-place finish from the World Cup Rowing Cham pion s h i ps held i n September 1 998 in Cologne, Germany. Jones added this medal to her other h i g h f i n ishes i n t h e U n ited Ki ngdom, Switzerland and M u n ich, Ger many, earlier i n 1 998. Jones began rowing i n 1 992 with the PLU men's crew.

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1 998 Commen cemen t Ceremony address given by Dennis M. Martin, associate professor of English at PLU since 1 976.

The en tire address can be accessed by finding the Spring 1 999 edition of S n e at www. plu.edu/pri nt/scene/ or copies can be obtained by calling 253-535 - 7430. -

ne of our best modern writers, Hannah Arendt, said college is the place where you decide whether you love the world enough to take responsibility for it. I like that way of putting it. She saw that underneath all the other specific choices you will have to make d uring your life - choices about jobs, and rela tionsh ips, and about such v irtues as honesty and integrity - lies what is perhaps the bigger question, whether you will choose this world as your place, and by choosing it make yourself a u thor of it and of its future. I have spent most of the 35 years since my own graduation as a teacher and I have sometimes been tired. Teaching is exha usting work and I have at times felt, like Hamlet, "How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable [are] to me all the uses of the world." But my students have rallied me and together we have read quite a few books and been i nvolved in a lot of serious conversations. I'm going to try to tell you in the next 10 minutes what they have helped me to learn about life. I've learned that everyone in the world is better than I am at someth ing. The first time this occ urred to me was when I was lying on the weigh t-lifting bench in the Names Fitness Center and noticed the young student on the bench next to me, who weighed about half what I did, bench pressing twice as much weight as I was. She just looked over and smiled. And I realized that this was a person who j ust the day before had earned a " C " grade on a paper for m y course.

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I've learned from listening to my students that your best fr iends are likely to be the ones you share yo ur most difficult times with. Anyone who stays your friend when you don't have the time and energy to make yourself look good is a true friend. People who know you o nly from your happy ti mes don't know much about you. I've learned to stay cu rious about the world and have taken the example of my students' curiosity to think about most everything I see. We all know how curious and strange something like quantum mechanics can be or how intriguing far away places with strange sounding names can seem. But how about the many small c uriosities right around you? Don't you wonder when you stand on the corner waiting for the light to change whether it makes any difference if you bang the button j ust once or many times? We all must l earn how to live w ith a 'broken heart. I don't have to tell you what I mean by that because most of you - all but a lucky few - have already had your hearts broken by another person, by a deep disappointment, by the loss of someone you cared about, or, worst of all, when you broke your own heart. The question is not whether this will happen to us, only when. Having a broken heart w ill give you insights into life that you did not have before, not the shallow everyday life, but the deep parts of life, the mysteries that make life so hard to u nderstand but, at the same time, so interesting. I started my talk by saying that college was the place where you decided whether you loved the world enough to take respo nsibility fo r it. In closing I ask you now to think about how each one of you will answer that question fo r yourself.

I've learned to stay curious about the world and have taken the example of my students' curiosity to think about most everyth ing I see.

PEAS !

MAGGIE SANTOllA '01

Ow to decide one vegetable's fate: First, take a random sample from the thousands of peas that pour into the plant. Squeeze 50 out of their thin, slippery skins. Plop them i n to a saltwater solution. Count the number that sink. Repeat every 1 0 min utes. Squeeze, plop, count. If not many sink, they're grade A and get packaged in shiny, colorful bags that say "Albertson's" or "Birdseye" and are shipped to your local grocery store. If a lot s i n k, they're grade B and are fed to prisoners and schoolchildren, apparent equals in the eyes of the agricultural industry. I work at Twin City Foods, a processing plant i n Sta)1wood fa mous for b urning to the ground a couple of years ago. I squeeze peas. My shift is ruled by the clock, broken into l O -min u te bites. I don't have the luxury of losing track of time, of becoming so engrossed in my work that I can look up at the clock and exclaim, "Wow! Two hours have gone by already! " What's worse, it doesn't take me all 1 0 m inutes to do my samples. Pinch, squeeze, plop, wait. We are masters at entertain ing o urselves in stupid ways. My co-worker Jacob and I throw peas, teach each other songs, sneak candy and talk about anything. I f you squeeze a pea j ust right, it will shoot out of its skin and, you hope, hit the other person in the head. Jacob once cured my hiccups that way. I d idn't originally plan to spend my summer nights p inching peas. I thought fo r sure that em ployers would be slobbering over themselves to hire me, a college student. But my status was more of a hi ndrance than a help . "We're not really looking for sum mer people," I heard about 60 times. They knew without me saying that if they hired me, I wo uld soon have to be replaced. Peas and I seemed l ike a perfect match: We would both be around only for the summer. Unfortunately, things weren't so perfect. Something in that plant sent me into a sneezing fit about 1 5 min utes into my first shift. Uh oh, I thought, sniffling pathetically into a tissue. By my first break a few hours later, I was wheezing so bad I could barely

speak. Luckily, I got moved to a different part of the plant, which alleviated my allergies somewhat, but I still had to load up on a llergy and asthma medicine before each shift if I wanted to avoid another miserable night. Another problem I enco untered was with my hands. After being soaked in saltwater for about 1 0 hours, they turned dry and itchy. No problem, I thought. I ' ll j ust use lots of lotion during my breaks. The next day I spent my first break rubb i ng about a gallon of lotion into my thirsty hands and wen t back to work happily moisturized. Squeeze, plop . . . uh o h . "Look, Jacob," I whined. Most o f m y peas were sitting at the bottom of the cup. He looked puzzled. "Is your brine right?" he asked. Another one of my duties is to make sure my b rine is salty enough. "Yeah, it's fine!' Tina, another coworker who was watching this unfold, asked, "Do you have lotion on your hands?" "Uhhhh . . . " " Because lotion makes them sink," she continued. Hmm . . . interesting. There were some good points about working at Twin City Foods. No an noying customers, no need to " look busy" when there's nothing to do and no ugly u niforms (except for our lovely hairnets, of course). Plus, I finally got to see the inside of the plant, something I had been very curious about as a kid. Recently I went to California for my grandparents' 50th wedd ing anniversary. My relatives an seemed very interested i n my job. "What exactly d o yo u do?" they asked. I explained the science of pinching peas, feeling very important . . . that is, u n til Aun t Judy turned to my cousin and said, "See . . . you thought you had a bad summer j o b ! " Ha h a ! A t least peas gave me o n e thing t h i s summer: a n excuse t o never eat them again. For that I'm eternally thankful.

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I work at lWin City Foods. a processing plant in Stanwood famous for burning to the ground a couple of years ago.

I squeeze peas.

Maggie S an tolla '0 I is an English major fro m Ca mano Island, Wash. This essay was originally published Sept. 13, 1 998, in the Seattle Times/Post Intelligencer.

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New residence ha l l may be i n the works If approved by the PLU Board of Regents at its spring meeting, an apartment-style residence hall on lower campus will house 200 to 225 junior and senior students in a mixture of u nits and provide more than 1 00 additional parking spaces. The $ 1 0.5 million complex, shown here in an architect's drawing, is to be located on Yakima Avenue between 1 26th and 1 27th streets, j ust south of the Tingelstad Hall parking lot, and is slated to open Fall Semester 2000. Under the plan, the Evergreen and Delta single-story halls now located on the site will be demolished. The hall is designed to keep a large population of upperclassmen on campus, with the hope of decreasing noise, traffic and pollution in the surrounding off-campus neighborhoods. In addition, residents of the new hall will benefit from Campus Safety services, camp us Internet and phone hookups, increased proximity to campus social activities, and a meal plan. The hall will be staffed by resident advisors and be subject to all campus rules, including the no-alcohol policy.

Professor of Anthropology Gregory Guldin publ ished " Farewe l l to Peasant China: Rura l Urbanization and Social Change i n the Late Twentieth Century" (M.E. Sharpe, $27) i n December 1 997. The book reports findings that a group of Chi nese and American researchers discovered about transformations at the v i l lage level in China. The ages old d ivision between v i l l age a nd town is being bridged by the i ncreasing flow of people, goods, capital and i nformation between those two social levels. Rural urbanization means that Chi nese soci ety as a whole is becoming urban ized, and we should beg i n t o s a y goodbye t o o u r old ima ges of peasant China.

I n itiative supports healthy decisions about alcohol use

M usic facu lty Jane Harty, pian ist, and Janeanne Houston, soprano, released the CD " S i r H a m i lton Ha rty I rish Songs" ( $ 1 5), which was recorded i n Lagerqu ist Concert H a l l . Jane Ha rty is the g randniece of Sir H a m i lton Ha rty, who was I re l a nd's foremost composer in the fi rst ha If of the century. The CD is the first record ing of h is songs, wh ich include romantic Irish songs with text by Irish poets, and songs a bout different p laces i n Ireland.

"Strengthening programs that encourage a healthy commu nity and responsible lifestyles" has been tagged as a key university initiative for the 1 998-99 academic year, and a large part of the ongoing efforts are centering on helping students make healthy decisions about alcohol use. A focus group of students, faculty and staff who met in spring 1 998 identified the need for a multifaceted program that would affirm and support both underage and legal-age students who have made the decision not to drink alcohol, as well as encourage the responsible use of alcohol among legal-age students. A Healthy and Safe Community Initiative Steering Committee, formed in August 1 998, is addressing these issues on four fronts: Curriculum infusing physical education and other appropriate classes with information on health, safety and alcohol use; Student leadership addressing alcohol issues in a variety of organizations across campus, including reviewing the ways the student conduct system deals with alcohol-related problems; Off-campus living preparing and educating students as they move from campus to off-campus, also encouraging local landlords to use a "Safe Streets" addendum to their leases; Coordinated and expanded programming for all students educating on issues of alcohol abuse, as well as alternatives to drinking. A grant from Aid Association for Lutherans will provide more than $5,000 to support the work of the steering committee. -

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Professor E. Wayne Carp, chair of the history department, was honored in December with PLU's 1 997-98 University Faculty Excellence Award. Carp, a 1 3 -year faculty member whose specialties include the histories of adoption and slavery, is an effective and appreciated teacher, and a gifted course designer. Harvard University Press published Carp's book "Family Matters: Secrecy and Disclosure in the History of Adoption" in the spring. He also wrote a book chapter and a journal article on adoption, along with penning four book reviews. PLU created the University Faculty Excellence Award to recognize one faculty member each year for excellence in teaching and prod uctive scholarship over the previous academic year. Winners are nominated by past award recipients.

Mother and son share an important milestone The December commence ment ceremony was one of the rare times in PLU history that family members graduated at the same time. Susan Young '92, '98 admini strative associate in the Division of Humanities and program director of the Scandinavian Cultural Center, earned a master's degree in social sciences with a marriage and family therapy

Each CD and book is available at the PLU Bookstore, 253-535-7665, where alumni receive a 1 0 percent discount.

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Associate Professor of M usic Richard Nance's " Credo, " th e title work a nd premi ere recording on a CD released by PLU in October, will be publ ished by Walton Music. The composition is a worsh ipfu l approach to the text of the Nicene Creed, an esse ntial part of the doctrine a nd liturgy of the Lutheran and Episcopal churches since it was adopted by the church council in AD 325. To order a CD ( $ 1 5), ca l l 1 -800-7275566 or e m a i l a udio@plu.edu.

PLU students got a taste of the Caribbean from Earl Lovelace, internationally renowned writer from Trinidad and Tobago, d u ring Fall Semester. As a distinguished writer-in residence, Lovelace taught three English co u rses. He is the author of five novels, many short stories and a number of plays. Among his work, which forms part of the literary heritage of the Caribbean, are the outstanding novels, "The Dragon Can't Dance" and "Wine of Astonishment." His most recent novel, "Salt," brought Lovelace the coveted Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1 997, an award presented to only one of the finest writers of 5 3 countries. Lovelace continues to teach for PLU's Spring Semester Abroad Program in Trinidad and Tobago.

concentration, and her son, Stephen '98, earned a bache lor's degree in philosophy.

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KPLU 88.5 FM's award winning j azz and bl ues format can now be heard 24 hours a day over the World Wide Web. Those l istening via the Web will hear KPLU the same as those tuned to 88.5 FM whenever KPLU is broad casting its own award winning blend of jazz and blues. Currently, National Public Radio ( NPR) and Public Radio I nternational (pm) do not allow their programs to be broadcast over the Web. When these network programs a ir on KPLU, Web listeners will hear KPLU's jazz mix, specially created for Web listeners. NPR's top-of-the hour newscast run by KPLU during jazz is the one excep tion, and KPLU's Web site will include it. KPLU's new venture is made possible through partnerships with the Web firms Activate and Speakea sy. Along with the new audio service, KPLU also redesigned its Web site to include more information and a tour of station fa cilities. Listeners who have a 28.8 or better connection can log onto KPLU's Web site at www.KPLU.org. Find the "Listen Now" icon and follow the directions on down loading Real Audio player. Then enjoy!

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$2.4 m i l l ion g ift is one of PLU's largest ever A woman who came to know PLU through her sister's music students capped a long history of giving with a bequest of $2.4 million to the school's endowment fu nd. Alma Meis nest's gift was among the largest single gifts ever received by the un iversity. Meisnest died in March 1 997 at the age of 94, and in December 1 99 8 her estate was able to distribute funds to PLD. Three other Washington schools - Seattle Pacific University, University of Puget Sound and Whitman College - received gifts o f equal amounts. Bertha Gilbertson, Meisnest's sister, was a m usic teacher and active member of Imman uel Lutheran Church in Puyal lup, Wash. In recogn ition of her students who went on to excel in music at PLU, Gilbertson provided the u niversity with an endowed m usic scholarship at her death in 1 988. Meisnest added to her sister's gift, created her own scholarship and funded a recital room in PLU's new Mary Baker Russell Music Center contribut ions to PLU that totaled more than $500 ,000 before her recent endowment gift. "Alma Meisnest was a good, strong, generous, humble lady with an incredible heart," said PLU President Loren J. Anderson. He also noted that Meisn est's $2.4 million gift will provide $ 1 2 5,000 an nually to PLU's operating budget. (An endowment consists of invested funds, and o nly the interest is spent.) "We won't need to go out and raise that mon ey, and we won't need to ask students and their families to pay it. That's the magic of endowment," Anderson said.

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Saxifrage celeb rates 25 years of poetry and prose i n special a n niversary issue Saxifrage, PiU's annual creative arts magazine, celebrates 25 years of existence with a n a n n iversary ed ition due out i n late April or early May. The special issue titled "Majolica" ( a word taken from a William Carlos Williams poem) will be a co mpilation of the best poetry and prose of the last 25 years. "Saxifrage is a testament to the creative energy at PLU," said " Majolica" editor Patrick Query '99, an English major. "One would be hard-pressed to find a college 1 9 7 4 cover of Saxifrage magazine that's been around this long." PLU Associate Pro fessor of English Megan (Beckman '76) Benton was editor of the very first issue of Saxifrage in 1 974. She i s currently the magazine's staff advisor, a position she's held intermittently fo r 12 yea rs. To receive a complimentary copy of this anniversary issue, call 2 5 3 - 5 3 1 -5398.

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technoweb \tekl -no-web\ n a regular col unul devoted to PLU, tcclmology and the vVorld Wide Web Hopping onto the PLU Web site is a little like driving through downtown Seattle - there's always somethi ng under constructio n ! But while the Seattle experience is sure to bring cross words and headaches, navigating the cyber-roads at PLU is more like a treasure hunt. This quarter's featured n uggets can be fou nd at the following addresses (after you've entered www .plu. edu into your U RL): School of N u rsin g I-nUTS

- The department's homepage underwent a complete redesign, and it now includes everything you wanted to know about PLU nursing but were afraid to ask.

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- The new ASPLU home page conta ins sections on its sta ff and structure, a long w ith links to o utdoor recreation activities, Impact, the Games Room and The Cave.

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- This sum mer p rogram helps prepare instructors to teach advanced placement classes at the secondary level.

And in other computing news. . .

$42,000 IBM gTant outfits UC Computer Lab - I B M and its employees cooperated i n a matching grant that brought a total of $42,000 to PLU in late 1 998. The windfall helped the University Center Computer Lab purchase 28 new systems, along with a new server for future expansion. The generous IBM p rogram has allowed the lab to replace all of its PCs over the last two years.

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Media Watch PLU - its facu lty, students, a l u m n i a n d programs - have been both seen and heard over the last fou r months among major newspapers, 10cai N programs and I nternet news sites. Major stories ran the g a m ut from a ful l-color feature on The Gottfried and M a ry Fuchs Organ i n The Sea ttle Times to a story quoting PLU student com ments o n President Clinton's test i mony in the Sea ttle Post Intel/igencer. Equa l ly im pressive was the i nclusion of PLU Associate P h i l osophy Professor Jon Nordby's expert opinion a bout a mass m u rder in Berl i n for a story on ABCNEWS. com, a nd PLU H istory Professor E . Wayne Carp's participation o n a panel on adoption on KOMO N's (ABC Seattle affiliate) Town Meeting. The following indicates the n umber of major PLU stories publ ished in the a rea's three daily newspapers from October 1 998 to January 1 999. The (Tacoma) News Tribune - 22

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During the final days of her life in 1 997, philan thropist Mary Baker Russell established the Mary Baker Russell D istinguished Music Scholars Program, an endowed scholarship program for PLU music students. The scholarship is awarded each year to outstanding music students who have . demonstrated extraordinary talent, have contributed to the stre ngth of the PLU Music Department and who exemplify PLU's dedication to serving others. Each scholarship recipient receives a medallion bearing the MBR rose emblem, and each is permanently recognized on a wall inside the music center. At a recital in November, the following 1 998-99 Mary Baker Russell Music Scholars were recognized : William Beam '00, Erin Harlan '02, Linda Hutson '0 1 , Meagan Man n i n g '02, Karlene

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B R I E F LY . . . New regents to serve three-year terms Deborah Bevier was named a regent i n October. I n the banking a n d fina ncia l services ind ustry for 25 yea rs, Bevier is currently the president and CEO of Laird Norton Trust Company i n Seattle. Previously, she was the CEO and president of KeyBank of Washington. At the time she left the bank in 1 996, Bevier was the hig hest-ranking woman in its nationwide org a n i zatio n . She a l so serves on n u merous cor porate and co m m u n ity boards i n Seatt l e and Tacoma. Bevier and her husband, Ja mes, have a son, Scott, 24. The couple resides i n Seattle. Filling a vacated E LCA position, Kathleen Jacobson joined the board of regents i n January. She is the co-owner of T. K. Jacobson Lim ited Partnership, a rental management compa ny, and vice president of T. K. Jacobson I n vestments, I nc. She is a val ued leader i n the Oregon Synod, where she is currently on the boa rd of d i rectors of Luthera n Family Service of Oregon. Jacobson and her husband, Tom '69, have four chi ldren: Ben, 20, Kerry, 1 7, El iza beth, 1 5, and Ly le, 1 3 . They reside i n Bend, Ore.

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Katherine Johnson joi ned the PLU Board of Regents in October. S h e is involved i n the PTSA and serves o n the Co mmunity B i b l e Study Leader's Council in Shoreline, Wash. Johnson lives i n Shore l i n e with her h usband, Jeffrey, a n d daughters, AnaLisa, 1 6, a n d Karin, 1 3 . Their son, B rian, is a freshman at PLU.

Shirley Coleman Aikin, assistant professor of n u rsi ng, has been a ppointed to the Washing ton N u rsing Care Qual ity Assurance Commission through J u n e 2002.

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Laura Majovski, assistant to the president si nce 1 996, has been a ppoi nted acting vice president for student life effective J u n e 1 . Her a p point ment is through the 1 999-00 school year. At that ti me, they w i l l either name her the perma nent vice president o r reopen the search. Prior to serving i n the president's office, Majovski worked as a psychologist in the PLU Counseling Center from 1 992-96. Before coming to PLU, she worked as a cli nical psycholo gist i n private practice. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and religion from Duke U niversity a nd a master's degree a nd doctorate from F u l l e r Theological Seminary. She will replace Erv Severtson ' 5 5, who is reti ring.

" M i racle worker," " i nspi rationa l " a n d " unwavering student advocate" were just a few of the q u a l ifications coworkers used to nomi nate the winners of PLU's 1 998 Distinguished Staff/ Administrator Awa rds: Audrey Cox, admission, retention and recruitment coordinator, School of N u rsi ng; Ardys Curtis, office/ systems manager and counselor, Admissions and Enroll ment Services; David Gerry, coordi nator of international student services, Adm issions a nd Enro l l ment Services; a nd Vicky Winters. purchasing m a nager, B usi ness Office. Each received a $500 honorarium and special recog nition at the university's a n n ua l holiday l u ncheon i n December. The Disti nguished Staff/ Ad m i nistrator Awards recog nize outsta nding contributions made by emp loyees through their accomplishments, leadership a nd service to the u n iversity a nd its com m u n ity members. The u n iversity selects up to four recipients each year.

Co n g ressmen Brian Baird (former PLU psychology professor) was a ppoi nted to a House Democratic leadership post i n November. He was e l ected as reg ional "whip."

Martin Neeb, general manager of KPLU 88.5 FM, received the Public Broadcasti n g M a nagement Association Award of Excel l ence i n recognition of Modal Jazz I n itiative 1 998. The award recognizes i nd ividual exce l l ence i n public b roadcasti ng administration, management or leadership. The award is given to P B MA members who have made sign ificant contributions to the advancement of their o rganization. Greg Youtz, music professor, received the 1 998-99 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publ ishers Award, which he has won each yea r si nce 1 992-93. Gra nted by a n i ndependent panel, the award is based upon the u nique prestige value of each writer's catalog of original compositions as wel l as recent performances of those works i n a reas not surveyed b y the society.

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info our euerday hues At Oregon's Astoria High School last fall, school officials cut popular classes in photography, graphic a rts and pottery because of overal l funding problems. If January's levy didn't pass at Washington's Gig Harbor High School, officials threatened to cut all extracurricular activities. And. several years ago. the University of Washington tried to elimi nate its entire communications department. Across the country, high schools and colleges are whacking away at those offerings deemed "non-essential." Non-essential? Many professors at PLU would say we can ill afford to stop teaching literature to our business majors or stop req uiring our computer engineering majors to take classes such as drama and music. To do so runs the risk of graduating less-competent. one-dimensional citizens who can't think on their feet, carry on a conversation with others outside their discipHne, or understand the inter-relatedness of our global society. Studies show that when funding for the a rts dries up at the high school level, incoming college freshmen are less prepared for the rigors of higher education. In 1 994. 1 995 and 1 996, average verbal and math SAT scores from high schools with no art electives were 30-50 percent lower than scores from schools with drama, dance, music, art and design as part of their regular curricula. PLU's 1 08-year-old roots are planted in the rich soil of both the l i beral and professional. In fact, the first definition of a New American College (PLU is one of 22 i n the country) is the "dedication to the integration of liberal and professional studies." This strong emphasis on an integrated academic experience at PlU prom pted Scene editors to take a closer look at the importance of the arts to higher education and to life in general. If you have a story about how the inclusion of the arts at PlU prepared you for life on many levels, we'd love to hear from you i n a short letter. L I N D A E L L I O T T. E D I T O R

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Lead i ng Dou ble Lives A m ix of the a rts and professional studies proves to be a w i n ning com bination BY MICHELLE WARMUTH.

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Senior business and music major Darrel Eide '99 was prompted to return to school. after 25 years. to gain the business knowledg� needed to help run arts programs in the civic community.

Traits of a New Amer ican College SMALL TO M I D·SIZE

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" Integrating the liberating arts and professional studies intentionally gives each student the breadth of undemanding that the past and present has on our daily lives, as well as the depth th at empowers the student to be a productive citizen. The graduate's professional success liberates him or her to then give bade to commun ities, positively influencing the future." LAURA POLCYN Vice Presiden t for Admissions and Enrollment Services

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ell rounded" and "socially confident" describe ind ivid uals who possess a love for the arts and integrate that passion into their professional careers, according to two PLU students who indeed lead double l ives. As a New American College, P LU's commitment to providing an integrated academic experience for its students is evid ent in Stephen Reynolds '99, a nursing and theatre major, and Darrel Eide '99, a business and music major. Each finds a direct correlation between the arts and h is professional field, whether through classes at PLU, his job or extracurricular activities. Every day, Reynolds shares his passion for theatre with his other love - nursing. Working part-time as a clinical nurse at Providence Medical Center in Seattle, the 42-yea r-old Mercer Island resident simply can't see nursing and theatre as being separate entities. "There actually was a time when nursing was thought of as the 'art of nursing'," Reynolds says matter-of- factly. "Without knowing it, nurses use the arts all the time. As j ust one example, they make posters to educate the public about breast cancer and various other medical issues." "Most of the arts - performing and visual - force people to learn about themselves, which allows them to grow internally;' Reynolds adds. "Once you know yourself, you understand other people very well, and in nursing, the art of communication becomes vital when dealing with patients." "For instance, when you walk into a room to see a patient who's days away from dying, you strive to make their last few days of life good. You find that place that actors go to create a new persona for the sake of that human life and sou l," explains Reynolds, who worked in professional theatre for more than 1 3 years before moving to the Seattle area i n 1 988. "If I had my way," Reynolds says with a laugh, " I would force nursing students to take some of the 1 00-level acting courses. The arts help ind ividuals interact better with each other, and what profession these days doesn't deal with people?" PLU's nursing curriculum is indeed being refined to reflect New American College ideologies with the inclusion of more liberal arts classes. For example, one general university requirement is to take six to eight credit hours of Perspectives on Diversity (a GUR focus area) . In 1 996, nursing faculty implemented a new u nder graduate curriculum that includes such courses as "Culturally Congruent Nursing;' which both integrates the liberal arts and sa tisfies the requ iremen t. "It [ new nursing cur riculum] is more reflective of the philosophy of the New American College and is also more responsive to what's happening in healthcare today;' says Peg Vancini, director of graduate nursing studies and associate nursing professor. On the flip side, the integration of professional disciplines into the arts brings about an entirely different perspective. In fact, it is the lack of the integration of business into the arts that poses concern for Eide, a non-traditional student and Enumclaw resident, who was prompted to come back to school - after 25 years - to ga in the knowledge needed to help run a non-profit theatre community. ''I 'm a very big proponent of the arts and I want to see it succeed," Eide says adamantly. " It's both a commercial-business concern and a social concern of m ine. I'd like to see the art business com munity ( museums, professional symphonies and theatre groups) encourage the arts in the civic community."

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Eide's concern with the d i rection of public arts programs is substantiated through his passionate involvement in the civic art community throughout the Puget Sound. The married fa ther o f three is the fou nder and conductor of Western Washington's Practically Professional Symphony of the South Sound, which is composed of 1 20 music teachers, retired professional musicians and others. The symphony has performed with local schools and theatre groups for more than 1 7 years.

Stephen Reynolds. a senior nursing and theatre major. uses his theatre experience as a positive reinforcement when working with patients as a clinical nurse. R I G HT: A 2 1 -year-old Reynolds performing'

in "Strange Bedfellows" at the Allenberry Playhouse in Pennsylvania in 1 978.

The enthusiastic 45-year-old also serves on the board of directors and works as musical director for the Emerald City Players, a civic theatre group in North Seattle. Since 1 972, Eide has directed more than 50 plays with a variety of theatre groups. A former U.S. 'West Commun ications employee for 18 years, Eide says after grad uation he'd like to work in any capacity to help the arts and has definite opinions on what direction the art business should take. When asked about his influences at PLU, Eide was at no loss for words. Since he began at PLU in 1 995, many professors business and m usic - have made a last ing impact and contributed to his well-rounded college experience. "Stanley Brue, economics professor, was the one who grabbed my imagination. Richard Nance, music professor, gave me a lot of confidence back. Richard Sparks, music professor, taught me to conduct by inspiration instead of intimidation." Although nursing and business are can be viewed as professional opposites, there lies a commonality between the two with the integration of the arts - a well-rounded perspective. The New American College experience provides students the opportunity to get an edge on life. The refined curriculum at PLU impresses upon students a well-rounded education in order to succeed in a global setting - truly "Educating for Lives of Thoughtful Inquiry, Service, Leadership and Care." ( PLU 2000)

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t's a good thing Julie Ueland d idn't listen to her mother. With typical maternal concern, Ueland 's mom advised her young daughter to stay away from art and teaching if she expected to make decent living. Ueland has excelled at both. Julie (Semler '79) Ueland, owner of Backsplash pottery, is known around the world fo r her striking, hand-painted tableware and other items. Her most famous pattern is known simply as "Fis h ." The handsome plates and bowls with their colorfully painted salmon penned in by a thick trim of deep forest green and purple are popular sights in airports, Made in Washington stores, and many other high-end gift outlets. (A more affordable design is licensed by Enesco and sold at such outlets as Hallmark and under Ueland's name.) The petite and elegant woman, who al most looks out of place in jeans and a work shirt, credits qu ite a bit of her success to mentors, friends and family associated with PLU. She also , believes the inclusion of the arts in PLU s curriculum was integral to her development as a person. "There's a well-roundedness about l ife that is so important with the arts. I t teaches you multiple skills and you can't afford to cut those things out, because they have a deep effect on who you become," says Ueland, who has degrees in art education and psychology from PLU. " (Art) doesn't have to be the way you pay the bills, it can simply be the way you express yourself." Ueland staff member Jim Matthias '94, agrees. 'Tm a geology major and I'm here painting fish - how more well rounded can you get?" he jokes. Another in a long line of PLU alums associated with Ueland, Matthias is son of PLU Adj unct Biology Professor Dixie Lee ( Likkel '62) and the Rev. Paul F. '68 Matthias; and he is husband to Mari ( Yokers '94) Matthias, whose mom, dad, sister and many other relatives all graduated fro m PLU. It was former PLU art professor Tom Torrens who advised Ueland that she should come up with a recognizable item in order to make a living in a rt. Though she'd always been somewhat successful, when Ueland created "Fish" in the early '90s, orders skyrocketed. Since then, despite the demand, Ueland has purposefully kept Backsplash small. Wo rking out of a small, friendly studio in back o f a sandwich shop in tiny White Salmon, Wash., Ueland and a modest staff of six lovingly turn out 500 p ieces of pottery a week. "We don't want this business to own us," she says, referring to her husband, Hal '80, a teacher-turned-electrical-engineer who temporarily handles the b usiness end of Backsplash, and the care of their children, 1 2-year-old Dane and 7 Ih-year-old Kent. As she talks, she deftly etches dragonflies around the rim of a freshly painted clay bowl. Her hands move swiftly and with ease. She could do this with her eyes closed. Each cup, bowl, mug, pitcher, platter, plate, lamp, urn and vase produced by Backsplash is painstakingly done by hand. Practically every staff member touches each custo m-made clay form before it is deemed ready for shipment. One person paints the trim, two are responsible fo r painting and etching the main design, then the piece is fired, glazed and fired again in one of eight modern kilns i n the studio. Watching the whole process brings new meaning to the words "hand -crafted." Before the birth of "Fish:' Ueland had already made a name for herself in the arts trade. After quitting her job in the early '80s as an art teacher at Bethel High School in Spanaway (where she started dating Hal, a math teacher), she opened her own business, Ueland Arts, which specialized in ceramic jewelry. She worked j ust steps away from PLU, and employed many PLU students and friends such as Kim ( Bowman ' 8 8 ) Sch ultz, Patrick Schultz '88, Susan Tourtlotte '89, Stefanie (Storholt '89) Kaye, and Dan Gill.

Julie (Semler '79) Ueland and her husband H a l 'SO in the Backsplash studio.

Her items were definitely a hit - her "seconds" sales were regula rly mobbed by h undreds of eager customers. At one point the business empl oyed 50 people and life was one hectic ju mble. That's when down-home Ueland and h usband Hal ( they married in 1 982) sa,id "enough." In the fal l of 199 1 , she and Hal packed up the kids and m oved to rural White Salmon ( pop. 2,000) where good friends Howard '78, '82 and Christine (Edgren '79) Kreps were living with their son, Aaron. They still love it. Abandoning jewelry, Ueland started from scratch and began custom painting backsplash tile - the tile that goes behind the oven and sink area in a kitchen - hence the name of her business. She was prepared to be a struggling artist fo r yea rs, but Washington's Ska mania Lodge caught wind of her talent and commissioned her to create a unique Northwest design for their gift shop. "Fish" was born, and life hasn't been the same, laughs Ueland. So what's next? Although Ueland will keep Backsplash's distribution at its current level, you should start seeing her designs popping up on such things as aprons, stationery, sheets, towels and throw rugs. And, while a distributor is busy peppering the country with her work, the Uelands will be breaking ground this spring on a new house.

As she talks, she deftly etches dragonflies around the rim of a freshly painted clay bowl. Her hands move swiftly and with ease. She could do this with her eyes closed.

Yo u can email the Uelands at backsplash @gorge. net.

Jim Matthias '94 and Elayne Barker at work in the Backsplash studio.

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Katherine Piper '75 starts her day by taking Sammy and Diana on a brisk walk.

B ,iochem istry major from the '40s fi nds easy tra nsition to arts classes i n the '90s BY

Katherine Piper's '75 deft mix of science and art in her l ife is a perfect example

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hatever you say to Katherine Piper '75, don't let it slip that you'd like to audit some classes at PLU but "don't have the time." The 60ish, retired teacher and Smith College biochemistry alu mna is likely to fL'( you with a steely gaze and say directly, "You make time." Between running her small pack of German shorthaired pointers and black labs every morning, horseback riding, swimming five or six days a week at the PLU and Ft. Lewis pools - and, oh, pheasant and quail hunting, fly fishing and cross足 country skiing when conditions permit - Piper keeps her schedule full with classes she audits as part of her membership in the Society for the Arts. SOFA was fou nded in 1 987 to foster a consistent, long-term relationship between PLU's School of the Arts and the community at large. SOFA promotes PLU art exhibits and theatre, music and dance productions on campus, along with financing scholarships for P LU communication and arts students. SOFA also makes it possible for members to audit selected communication and arts classes at no charge. Piper has made good use of the audit option and l ists " History of Theatre, Film Production" and "Modern Art" among her recent experiences. She also plans to take "Theatre History II" this spring. So how did a young biochemistry major transform into an arts aficionado later in life? Quite smoothly, actually. Raised in Massachusetts, Piper tucked the Smith degree

Esteemed 20th century philosopher Yogi Berra. is said to have said. -It's tough to make predictions. especially about the future.- Those of us in education continually grapple with the difficulty of making

the study of the arts: visual arts. music. drama. dance. storytelling or film. among many.

students for the past or even the present. Hopefully. we educate them

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In order to offer a useful education we need to provide our students with two sets of abilities: immediately applicable and necessary for the long-tenn. The immediately applicable are those

found in our participation in the a rts. often in ways we do not readily think about. The arts foster creativity. but that creativity grows from solid analysis. synthesis. critique. questioning. watching, reflecting and luck.

or get into g raduate school. Long-tenn abilities are those that will

Rarely does creativity just happen-it comes from long hours of

enable them to succeed long after they leave PLU.

commitment and practice. from trial and error. from learning from mistakes and the critiques of others. from an u nderstanding of

guessers suggest will be most important for success in the future. and

technique and history. In short. creativity emerges from an ability to

indicate ways i n which immersion in the arts enhances those abilities.

improvise.

There will always be a need for the basics such as listening.

From my experience. participation in the arts helps students of all

seeing. talking and touching. A good education should emphasize all

ages develop imagination and vision. enhance self-esteem. learn

four of these abilities throughout a student's academic journey.

cooperation and teamwork. foster creative approaches to unique

After the basics. though. what skills will our graduates need to

problems. appreciate others. maximize aitical reflection. link

succeed in the rapidly changing workplace? Based on my reading of a

information from diverse sources. think nonlinearly. grasp novel

number of recent studies and surveys. the abilities most mentioned

connections. cope with ambiguity. search for multiple solutions. and

indude: flexibility and adaptabil ity. responsibility. initiative and self足

gain technological competence.

starting. imagination and creativity. welcoming diversity. computer

What a student learns from the arts will become the necessary

and Internet literacy. entrepreneurial spirit and risk taking. teamwork

default basics in the very near future. I think this is especially true as

and collaborative leading. and commitment to learning.

visual modes of communication become increasingly important in our

As art proponent Carol Sterfing summarized. "Routinized behaviour is out and the ability to adapt diagnose problems. and find creative solutions-even at the most basic levels of production and service delivery-is critical.H Lawrence Wilkinson. president of the Global Business Network.

culture. Visual literacy. our ability to analyze. critique. and create visual images. is becoming a aucial need for our students. I enjoy being dean of the school of the arts because I enjoy the fervor my colleagues and their students bring to the task of making art. I n whatever guises it eventually appears - a painting, a piece of

suggests that the key detenninate of success in the coming decade will

music. a performance on stage. a forensics speech. a video - I am

be the ability to improvise. Think for a moment how we characterize

channed by the process by which the product takes shape.

"improvisation": living on the edge. willingness to fail. learning from mistakes. working quickly. combing ideas in new ways. and thinking on our feet. My firm belief is that exposure to the arts enhances our abilities to improvise.

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Performances in theater and music, for example. foster collaborative teamwork. The skills necessary for teams to succeed are

abilities our students need right after graduation to get that first job

I n this article. let me identify the necessary abilities that our best

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All of our disciplines contribute to a student's education. Often forgotten or overlooked. however. is the increasingly central role of

predictions because we teach toward the future. We do not prepare to create their future. BY K I T S P I CE R.

u nder her belt j ust in time to fill positions vacated by the men sent off to fight in World War I I . She worked as a research assistant at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health and Yale Medical School. Subsequently, she and her husband, a Harvard-educated M.D., raised three daughters during his medical assignments in Pennsylvania, Texas, Tokyo and, finally, Tacoma. ( The Pipers' daughters are now grown, and the couple is d ivorced.) After earning her master of arts in guidance and cou nseling and teacher certification from PLU in 1 975, Piper taught in a variety of capacities, among them private tutoring and substitute teaching in the sciences, math and Latin; additional sciences instruction at Pierce College and Clover Park Adult Education Center; and part-time Latin instruction at Annie Wright, a private school in Tacoma serving boys and girls in grades pre- K through 8th, and girls only in the upper grades. It was at Annie Wright in the early 1 980s that Piper caught the auditing bug, taking a seat in the art history class during her off-time from teaching Latin. One thing this lifelong learner can't understand is why more people don't audit classes through SOFA. (After all, the price is right, and, well, you already know how she feels abo u t using time efficiently. ) "They're pretty used to seeing my face in class now, but I 'm one of the few who audit," said Piper. " I just don't get it - it's so interesting to explore new subjects."

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The process of art-making teaches us soon-to-be critical abilities with which to build a future.

Surviving Hurricane Mitch: A firsthand report from Honduras BY ANNE

MARIE SORENSON

EDITOR'S NOTE: TlTi, article

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i; a dap ted lrom several emails that Aline IVTaric

'96 SCllt Irom Honduras to thc States during Hurricane MitclT. Sorenson, a (o m m u n ity worker fo r lite iVfennol1;tc Centrnf Com m i ttee.

SorellSoll

experienced the hu rrical1e fir>tlltllld from the capital cit)' of Tegucigalpa ,/rd has beerl all integrnl part of tlrc regilm's pa illStakillg rebuildillg procc,s.

1 998, killed 7,000 people, 80 perce n t of tlTe CO II 111 ry's agrimltllre. nrc PLU commrmit)' raised rlca rly $4,000 toward the relief effo rt.

l1urricallc Mitch, which fir, t ,trtlck in late OctO/lei' lelt mil/ion, IJOme/e>" and wiped alit

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The hu rrica ne-turned-tropical-storm Mitch has now left the co untry, but not without wreaking severe destruction in each and every part o f Honduras. I can't even begin to list all the damage done, all the lives lost, all the people left homeless, all the roads dest royed, and bridges and build ings washed away. Whole towns have d isappeared. All school b u ild ings have been tu rned into she lters, and school has been cancelled unti l next year. My house is fine, tha nkfully. And though I personally haven't been affected, it's incredibly stressfu l seeing all that is going on around me. The mayor's office is trying to coordinate donations to get fo od and water to these fo lks, but there are so many in need throughout the city that th ey are pretty much run ning around like c hickens with their heads cut off. To make matters worse, the mayor - who was acting as a real motivation to the people of Tegucigalpa - was killed last night in a helicopter accident. Some neighbors and I h ave been ro unding up donations of

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fo od so these fo lks can eat. I t's pretty amazing to see very poor

I continue to take food donations to about 500 people in seven

people come up with so much food to share with their homeless

shelters in my ne ighboring areas. My co-workers and I also help

neighbors.

organize the food distribution, lay down ground rules, and

There is definitely a fo od crisis. Several supermarkets have closed because they have n o more provisions, and we haven't markets still open have long lines in fron t just to be able to go in.

self-sufficient. Women are definitely the hardest hit in this situation. While we see lots of men drinking away their sorrows,

looking at the l i kelihood of this crisis getting much worse.

women are the ones taking responsibility of ca ring fo r their

culty in transportation is huge, there is a big outbreak of crime

expens ive for the poor, and distribution is a problem since so

people a re out of work because of the disaster. There is n o more cooking gas in the city, and people are b u ilding fires outside their houses to cook. Gas is rationed and

very

strong spirit and everyone's talking about h ow we must pick ourselves up and get past this.

Cloud Forest.

The stress of this city is so high you can just feel it in the air.

and so many fa milies have suffe red tremendous losses. Many

Despite it all, I really think that Hondurans have

countryside repairs in La Tigra

No one has water, there are long waits in line fo r fo od, the diffi

into the muddy rivers to ga ther water for washing clothes. There

There is no normal life here anymore.

her visiting father and two Hondurans helping with

famil ies. Domestic violence cases are o n the rise, too.

is drinking water in the b ottled water factory, bu t it is too many parts of the city are now isolated from other parts.

Tegucigalpa. Honduras, helps on

Mitch. Here she is pictured with

Since practically all the crops i n the country were lost we are

was largely washed away by one of the rivers. People are going

Mennonite Central Committee in

in the wake of 1998's Hurricane

Soon we will need to focus our efforts on the women, especially helping them organize small b u sinesses to become

Water is another big problem. There was severe damage

community worker for the

many levels with the relief effort

provide emotional support to as many as we can.

been able to find gas for cooking anywhere. The few sup er

done to the ci ty's pipes, and the water company's headquarters

Anne Marie Sorenson '96, a

cars can only circulate every other day (even license plate

It's hard not to feel powerless in the face of such loss and destrudion.

numbers one day, odds the next ) . To control crime t h e y have ou tlawed the s a l e of alcohol after 5 pm, and there is a 9 pm citywide curfew. I love this law. Since I c o n t i n u e d on p a g e 1 6

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Cha rles Fallstro m died on Nov. 9. H e began teaching i n the Issaquah School District in

1 9 39 and co ntinued u n t i l

World War I I w b e n he entered the Navy and served as a l ieutenant

58 years, Marjorie '40; five grandchildren; and brothers, Geo rge Fallstrom '47 and

Lutheran Church i n

son David;

Donna Lewis has

Harold Fallstrom '5 1 .

Ci t ies A r e a Association o f Realtors i n

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co mman der. After the war he

Is saq u a h a n d earned a master's degree

Medical Corps a ft e r

in eJuc a t i o n at the U n i versity of \Na s h i n gton . Charles also served as a cou nse lor at Issaquah High School,

1 9 53 and retired 1 977. He was past president of St. Anclrew's Lu the r a n Church in became p rincipal i n

recen tly left the Navy 34 years to take a position with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of

Healthcare. He s urveys hosp i tals

IJeUevue and past president of the

son. Brian. and wife recently had his

National Association o f Secondary Sch oo l Principals. He also served as

throughout the U.S. and loves i t . His sixth grandc h i l d . Gordon is stiU sailing a nd singing.

president of Issaquah Kiwa nis Club and as a disaster coordinator for the American Red Cross' Seattle-King County chapter . Charles is survived

M i l w auk ie Ore.

by his wife of

Gordon Strom

ret urned to te a c h i ng and coaching in

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Don Fossa and Peggy Rodin we re married on Nov.

28 at King of Kings

a new position as

executive vice pre s iden t of the S u n

Service Award. He is an active jewelry a rt ist whose work continues to be exhibited and published i n t er nati onaLly He is also a com m i t ted .

Green Va ll ey, A r i z . S h e was rece ntly

teacher who retired after a fuU career

Va llev A ssoci a tion of Re al tors . Donna

Bellevue, Wash.

and has served on the board of

work as an a r t ist-in-residence

the executive offi c e r of the Green has l ived in G reen Va lley since

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d i rectors for Green Va llev Assistance Services, La Posada, the

C; reen Valley

Commu n ity Fund a n d the Fourth of July committee. Be fo re her move to

with the Bellevue School D istr ic t i n

Ron continues t o be

i nvolved in local schools through his

as we ll

as by preparing the next generation of art educators through universi ty-level teach i n g . w a s el cc t cJ a fo ur-year tcnll as

Les Wigen

Gre en Val ley, Donna had worked for

the YWCA for 33 years and retired as

W h i t m a n Cou n t y

chief executive officer of three d i fferent YWCAs i n the western United States.

Commissioner i n

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and rc·ekcteJ to a second term i n November

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Ron Ho rece ived the 1 998 Was h i ngton

1 998. He and his w i fe . Rosemary. live in Lacrosse, Wash .

Art Educa t i o n Association Public

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I Roger Westberg and Eva Frank were

m a r r ied on Nov. 28 in Sonoma. Calif. Roger is administrative vice president

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turing Inc. He received the Hall of in 1 997 and 1998 and recently retired as treasurer a fter 25 years. Eva is a manufacturers sales representative. 1 96 2

Margie (Quick) Stenson and her husband. M ike. have 1 1 children. nine of whom are adopted. and 1 2 grandchildren. M i ke was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives. 3 1 st District. i n

John Nilson, attorney general o f Saskatchewan; Linda Lee Nilson '74,

A is for artist, G is for grandma BY L A URE L W I LL O U G H B Y. A S S I S T A N T E D I T OR

a physician in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Karen White '8 9, the meeting planner for the Conference o f Western Attor neys General. from Sacramento. Calif.; and David Frohnmayer. president of the University of Oregon, former attorney general of Oregon and brother to PLU music Professor

November.

M i ra Frohn mayer, had a small PLU

Jim Snyder accepted an interim position as superintendent and

reunion at the National Association of Attorneys General in Durango, Colo.

principal in the Grapeview ( Was h . )

on July 1 5.

School District. H i s 35 -year educa tional career has included teaching, counseling, high school principal and vice p rincipal, central office and d i rector of alternative education in the Clover Park and University Place school districts. Jim resides in Grapeview.

Jacquie (Haverberg) Snyder ended

1 975

Scott Iverson was selected to the Region VII National Association o f Secondary School Principals

Place School District. She is now the

western states.

hood to provide her greatest inspiration.

Still, Dawson, Kali and Alexa don't appear In a ·simple" epic 1 97 6

painting or clever photo montage. Instead, Adix. who is retired

Denise Olsen Miller earned a master's

from teaching in various PW positions and in the Bethel School

degree in teaching from The

District, has featured the children in more than 26 pencil and

school coordinator for Mason County Christian School i n Shelton. She also

Evergreen State College in June. She

color-enhanced drawings, which were shown in a month-long

enjoys spending time with her two

is teaching health occupations at Thurston High School in Springfield,

exhibit during October 1998 at a Lakewood. Wash.• library.

grandchildren. Jacquie resides i n Grapeview, Wash.

Ore.

Bryan Gaume started a new job in October. He is a sales representative

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Claudia (Luke) Latham and her husband, Ron, celebrated their 30th wedding a nniversary on June 8. Their daughter. Kristin '98. is a graduate

for the Pacific Northwest in the cardiac assist division at Datascope Corporation based in New Jersey. He and his wife, Dana. live in Lakewood. Wash.

Claudia is a kindergarten teacher at Meadow Ridge Elementary School in Kent, Wash. 1 9 6 8

Sharon King is a charge nurse at St. John's Hospital and Living Center i n

alumni window decals

Jennifer Burkhart '77, '79 retired from the fam ily business, Burkhart Dental Supply, and moved to Southern Alaska to start her own

drawings, peeking over the edge of a table or from around a

business.

Taking the mammoth project even one step further, Adix created the dozens of feet of backdrop for the exhibit by wrapping a shoelace around a paint roller and tracking it back and forth across lengths of butcher paper.

Michael Fabert was promoted to assistant chief pilot of Northern Indiana Public Service Company. He

wind instruments) - all ani mals, each individually made. Some of them are

since 1 977. In 1 993 he started running a FIDO email service. an amateur

a year or so later. Although this was Adix' first exhibit, It has

tuned and play a n eight-note range.

store-and - forward email network.

confirmed, two pending), the possibility of reproducing her

In 1 999, Sharon will be the president

Last year h e was able to get a VSAT

o f her church. Shepherd o f the

station, a large earth station to con

Mountains Lutheran Church.

nect to satellites. and become a full Intemet service provider. Erik's home

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family to Calgary, Alberta, where Tom

www.habari.co.tz. and he can be reached at erowberg@habari.co.tz.

page is

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is a reservoir engineer advisor for

Regina Braker was promoted to

Mobil Oil. Their son, Aaron, attends

associate professor of German at

t.he University o f Illinois and their

Eastern Oregon University. She was

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daughter, Naomi. is i n high school.

also given an award for excellence i n

or 1 -800-258-6758.

The family plans to participate i n the Calgary Stampede this summer.

education by the Confederation for

Kim Reising '72, '75, has left Chief

Auto Parts of Dallas, Texas, after 1 3 years and i s now at Pep Boys, Inc., in

Language Teaching in Oregon, at its joint conference with the Washington Association of Foreign Language

Los Angeles. where h e works in the

Teachers held in Tacoma in October.

commercial division as a marketing consultant.

Bruce Neswick recently played organ

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Nancy Richards Peebles earned a master's degree in education from Lesley College in Cambridge, Mass. She was also named to the 1998 list of "Who's Who in Education." Nancy is a teacher at Komachin Middle School in Lacey, Wash.

Doug Henning '73, '78 is the new

dean of graduate and adult studies at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kan. He continues to teach psychology and is also finishing a clinical fellowship in rehabilitation psychology at The Rehabilitation Institute in Kansas City, Mo.

He also gave the fi rst public recital on the new Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ at PLU in October. In the fall he completed two anthems, commis sioned by Christ and St. Stephen's Church i n New York City and St. Phillip's Cathedral i n Atlanta, and had choral works published by Paraclete, His Girl Choristers at Was hington National Cathedral have made a CD for Church Publishing. Inc., of songs from the Episcopal Church's new sup plemental hymnal. "Wonder. Love and Praise." The Girl Choristers recently received a second m illion-dollar gift from the same anonymous donor who

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work: six commissions (four

drawings In a set of notecards, and perhaps taking her exhibit on

the road.

Adix's son Chris. and his wife, Debbie (who works in PW's

Conferences and Events office) are the parents of Dawson, Kali, and

newly bom Benjamin. Alexa 's parents are Adbc's son Tom, and his wife, Beeley. Mary is married to John Adlx,

1980-93_

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Bruce Templin and his wife, Kelly,

who

worked at PW from

1 982

Deb Erickson and Ken Bailey were

a n nounce the birth of their daughter,

married on Aug. I , on Camano Island,

Jenna Noelle, on Oct. 24. She joins 9-year-old Chase Michael and 4-year

Wash. Deb earned a doctorate degree

old Taylor Scott.

from the University of the Pacific in May 1 996 and was named d i rector of curriculum and special education for

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Greg HosteNer and his wife. Jean, announce the birth of their daughter, Julie Carey. on Oct. 1 0. They have moved from Honolulu back to the San Francisco Bay area, where Greg started a new job as an accounting manager with Matson Navigation Co.

Augsburg, Hope and Trinitas presses.

establish the choir three years ago.

�PRING

already brought her

recitals in Seattle at St. Ma.rk's

gave the original gift that helped

S C E N E

Reading a book called -Gretchen's ABCs'" gave AdIx the

foreign language instruction i n higher

Cathedral and in Birmingham, Ala.

L U T H ER A N

corner: or a butterfly that also appears several times.

initial spark to begin her project in the summer of 1 997, finishing

husband, Tom, have moved their

P A C I F I C

Adix's drawings sometimes spill onto the matting, often including little "surprlses": a bear that pops up in several of the

Erik Rowberg has been in Tanzania

window deca l ! The 2'/''' x 4'/'''

king I "

carves whistles and ocarinas (small

Cheryl (Bergen) Koonsman and her

call the Office of Alumni and

leads the viewer step by step through each letter, depicting a rapt Alexa in "E is for egg that hatches a chick," to a dentally

now flies jets and helicopters and can be reached at mfabert@hotmllil.com.

on your car - with an alumni

window decals are free. Simply

"A Is for automobiles, large ones and small" begins the first drawing; "B is for bat and also for ball." continues the next. Adix

Jackson, Wyo. S h e also h a s her Own art business, SHARON. where she

Wear your alma mater pride -

black and gold static-cling

poem Adix wrote.

challenged Kali in "M is for missing, so where's the tooth fairyr

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and their son, Marcus, is a sophomore at Western Washington University.

One or more of the children appear in each drawing, along with individual alphabet letters and snippets of an alphabet

to NBA-hopeful Dawson in "R is for rebounds. someday I'll be

student at Oregon State University

Get stuck on PlU with

the fonner art teacher had to wait for grandmother

"hools. Region VII represents nine

her 1 9-year career in education as the offIce coordinator at Chambers Primary School in the University

ary Adlx '86 had been drawing people all her life, but

committee on smaller secondary

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Tracy Hein-Silva and her husband. Carlos, announce the birth o f their son, Christian Joaquin. i n February 1998. He joins 4-year-old Zachary Carlos. Tracy works in community and media relations a t Contra Costa County Health Services, and Carlos is an information systems program analyst III for Contra Costa County, Calif.

San Carlos School District in July 1997. Ken is associate superintendent of business services.

Patricia Conrad '82, '83 and Scott Jeffery were married on Dec. 21 at Immanuei"Lutheran Church in Kansas. Patricia was hired as a project architect at Rafael Architects in August. Her most recent accomplish ment as p roject architect was the completion o f phase II of the Miami Heat Arena in Miami, Fla. Completion is scheduled for New Year's Day 2000. She also recently completed the renovation of the more than 1 00-year-old Westport Branch Library for the Kansas City Public Library. Scott is stationed in Korea until August. When he returns they will be stationed at Fort Carsen in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Linda Van Beek of Redmond, Wash.,

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died on Jan. 19 after a 2 3 - m onth

Jonathan Harllls

battlc with cancer. She graduated

and his wife, Deirdre,

from Was h i ngton High School in

a n nounce the birth

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o f their da ughter,

Lutheran 'University fo r t w o years

Susan Radosevich

service company, in May. They are i n

were married on

Susan (Bean) Gaydon and her

finance at the D isney C h a n ne l . She

husband, David, an nounce the birth

returned to the ;\lorthwest i n 1994

of their son, Eric Joseph, on Dec. 8.

july

Lodge at Beaver Lake i n Issaquah, Wash.

Michael Bundick is a product marketing segment manager for high performance tires a t Michelin Co rporation i n Clermont-Ferrand,

and was a d m i n istrat ive assistant to the executive vice president fo r

2-year-old Delaney. Susan feels

France.

marketing at Starbucks. I n addition,

for t u n a t e to be able to take t i m e off

Phil/ip Nelson and his w i fe , Gabriella,

she was an active Lute volunteer in

from her consulting business to

a n nounce the birth o f their son,

student recruitment and institutional

spend time with her t h ree wonderful

Christian Nicholas, on Sept. 1 6, 1 997.

advancement. Linda was extremely

children.

Phillip works fo r the State

fo nd of a n i mals, especially her dogs

Scol't Oslund is a n emergency

Department a t the U.S. Embassy i n

Cody, Tyler, Jennie and Katie. Her l i fe

medicine physician at S t . Francis

Gabon, Africa.

w i l l be remembered and celebrated by

Medical Center i n the i n ner city of

Dayid Sperry is a pilot at Chautauqua

fa mily and friends as one character

Los Angeles. S t . Francis is a trauma

Airl i nes/U.S. Airways Express. H e is based i n Pittsb u rgh. H e and his wife,

ized by strength, courage, joy,

center and is the busiest private

independence, enthusiasm, beauty,

emergency department in California.

Lana, con t inue to live in Kirkland,

depend a b i l i ty and a loving and ca r i n g

After graduating from PLU, he

Wash.

presence. She i s survived by h e r

worked fo r two years as a youth direc

parents Jallles

tor in M i n nesota. He then attended

Kent Bassett and his wife, Bonnie,

member of the PLU administration,

the University of Calif., i n Irvine,

and Channian

where he completed pre-medical

'78, '86; grandmother

Lo rraine Van Beek; sisters Lynnette

c o u rse work. In 1992, h e graduated

Rohr and Leslie Yo ung

from UCLA Medical School and

'89; brother

Mark Van Beek '93; fiance Charles

completed residency training in emer

Weaver and his daughter, jamie; and

gency medicine a t Stanford University

n i eces and nephews. Linda was grate

i n 1 995. Scott continues to scuba dive

ful for the prayers, encourage m e n t

and has served as a medical

a n d s u p p o r t from the Trinity

consultant for Divers Alert Network.

Lutheran Chu rch fa m ily, the PLU

As a physician and accomplished

co m mu n i t y and others d u ring her

underwater photographer, he served

illness. Remembrances can be made to

as medical advisor to National

the Linda Va n Beek Memorial

Geographic d u ring the prod uction of

Scholarship, PLU Devel.opment

a film on hazardous underwater

O ffice, Tacoma, WA 9844 7 . Linda was

marine life .

concerned by the large quantity of

Cheryl (Ensor) Capoocia a nd her

blood needed d u r i n g her t reatment. Please consider giving blood i n her memory.

husband, Robert, announce their recent adoption of twins, Isaiah and Tatiana, born on Dec. 3 , 1 996. They join a S-year-old brother, Do minic.

at Issaquah

D o u g is a project

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He joins 411z-year-old B r i a n and

'60, '69, a 3S-year

partnership with C h e r yl's brother and his wife.

M a y 2 4 , 1 998.

worked fo r the vice president for

Doug Schlepp a nd

LaserQuick, a laser printer supply and

Hailey Leah, o n

before transfe r r i ng to PU':. While l iv i n g i n Southern California, Linda

Cheryl and Robert started

manager at RH 2 Engineering, and Susan is a writer.

Elise Lindborg and Kelli H e nderson will celebrate eight years of companionship on March 23. Bjo r n , the d o g , i s still alive a n d as s p u n k y a s ever. Elise w a s recently honored i n Seattle b y t h e American Hospital Association for educating preg n a n t women on the hazards of s m o k.ing during pregnancy.

Mark Grambo and his wife, Gil lian, an nounce the birth of their daughter, Sophia Marie, on May 9, 1 998. She joins 3 - year-old Isa iah. Mark is a data architect at the I n t e rnational Society for Optical Engineering.

announce the birth o f their first child, Samuel Hart, on Oct. 26. Kent is a middle school teacher at Wood brook Middle School in Lakewood, Wash., and B o n n ie is a homemaker and works part-time a t an art gallery.

Heidi (Hahn) Behrends and her husband, Bruce, a n n o u nce the b i r t h o f t h e i r daughter. K r i s t i n Anne, o n March 2 8 , 1 998. S h e j o i n s S-year-old Alison. Heidi works part-time as a childbirth educator and maternity

1 986 Sherry ( Wolfe) McKee and her husband, Scott, announce their adoption of a s o n , Aaron Bradley, i n November 1997. He j o i n s 3-year-old school teacher and Scott is a detective with the city of Eugene, Ore.

Walt and Whitney (Poh/) Miles announce the birth of their son, Matthew Rey, on M"y 19. H e joins 6-year-old Jeff and 3 1 Il-year-old Joe.

narian. They reside i n Eugene, Ore.

Elke (Griessrneyer) Major and her husband, Michael, announce the birth of their son, Alexander Michael, on

Barb (Hilke,,) Bernard a n d her husband, joe, a n nounce the hirth o f their son, Peter Joseph, on J u n e 1 0 . He joins 4-year-old Madelyn.

Degree Tu ition

Allison. Sherry is an elementary

care coord i n a tor. Bruce is a veteri

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1 0 % off Master's

Dec. 26, 1 997. He joins 3-year-old

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION NURSING

To qual ify for the Alumni Discount: •

Joya Elisabeth.

Dayid Hale was elected as county commissioner i n Calvert County

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LUTE SALUTE Lute Salute is a special award given by the Alumni Board to alumni, parents and friends of the university, who display extraordinary service to PLU. CHARLENE COLBURN '49

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You must have received a deg ree from PLU and be re turning for a master's degree You must either have been officially accepted into or be currently enrolled in a master's program at PLU No application is necessary; the discount is automatic as long as you qualify Cohort programs qual ify, as long as they are master's programs Additional master's degrees (second, third, etc.) qualify

Questions?

Contact Kerri Fletcher Graduate Program Coordinator 253-535-83 1 2

Tacoma, Wash. For more than a decade of service to the university in organizing volunteers to help distribute commencement caps and gowns to PLU graduating seniors.

M: ' ===:::

DARREN HAMBY '94

Sca ttle, Wash. For countless contributions to the university by serving in leadership roles and/or as a member of the Alumni Board, the Class Representative program, the Admissions Ambassador program and PLUS Business. CLARK AND RAE PETERS

Milwaukie, Ore. For serving as liaisons to the university as volunteers i n their community, for the recruitment and good will toward PLU students and for serving the Parents Council as members and chairs.

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We applaud these individuals and celebrate their commitment to service to PLU.

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LUTHE R AN

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Marianne (Morley) Meese 'Jnd her husband, Tom. a n n o u n ce the b i r t h

of their daughter, Emma N o e l . o n

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Jon Wefald '59, president of Kansas State University, named I<anSall of the Year B Y G E N E S M I T H , T O PE K A C A P I TA L - J O URN AL

E DITOR'S NOTE: The fo l low i n g newspaper article from Jan. 1 0, 1 999, has been significantly shortened. The enti re story can be accessed by finding the Spring 1 999 edition of Scene at www.plu.edulprintJ scenel- or cop ies can be obtained by calling 253-535-7430.

Dec .

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Steve Valach a n d Natasha Edscorn were married on July I I i n Tacoma. Steve is a n E ngl ish teacher and assistant football coach at Thomas Jefferson H igh School i n Federal Way, Was h . , a n d Natasha is a m arket i ng ma n age r a t We yerh a eu ser.

Lisa Norris-Lampe and Calvin Lampe '89 ann o u nc e the birth of their son, Ethan Davis, o n Nov. 1 9. Lisa is law clerk for the c h i e f jus t ice of the Oregon State Supreme Court

Calvin

is a fourt h - g rade teacher.

on Wefa,d (PLU class of 1 959) was standin g on a stairway in

Palll Stordahl a"d Suzanne Jenn ings Stordahl a n no u n ce the birth of their

a big man in a black leather jack et and jeans muscled past.

joins

Kansas State Un i versity's adm i n istration building last week when Wefald hailed him and Introduced Dale Herspring, head of the

K-State Department of Political Science. "He can tell you how we do

things around here," said Wefald, a half-smile playing on his lips. "This is one of the most unhi erarch ical institutions around,"

son. Isaac William, on J u l y I I . He

3 - year- old Ethan.

Donald Ericlcsen recen t ly moved to Kal is p ell. Mont., and has jo i ned flathead VaUey O rtho pedic Medicine as a phys ic.ia n .

Herspring said instantly, leaving no doubt that was a major reason he's stm there. "The most you can hope for is that people will listen to

you. Here, they do. I turned down a job in Texas at 520,000 bucks

more a year, just

because of that. ..

It is for th is and many other reasons that The Capital.Joumal

named Jon Wefald, Ph.D., lifeti me president of Kansas State

UniVersity, Mighty Mite of the Powercats, its 1 998 Kansan of the Year. WefaJd is as unlikely a man as ever headed a major university. A

neat. compact man of 5'8- and 165 pounds, the 60-year-old M inot, N.D., native majored in history and political science at two

Washington state schools and finally earned a doctorate in history at the University of Michigan. The qualities that make this small Scandinavian stand out don't seem reduci ble to the pages of a formal res ume, for they are qualroes of heart and mind and attitude. He is a warrior without mil itary

experience, an athlete too small to serve as waterboy on any varsity team, a salesman who never stops

promoting his product. and exe<utive who commands from the saddle - and does it without angering others. Usually, anyway. He is a man in a hurry; a college president already ancient in his job (average tenure: under five

of H ighway Vol u nteers Needed !

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teachers and administrators. Probably no other university president in the country takes prospective student recruits home for lunch with him and his wife, Ruth Ann. Certainly no other would see them off on their return - and then call their parents, to pitch the advantages of atten�ing K·State.

volunteers out to dean the areas several times a year. Protective clothing and equipment is

R ivers ide H i gh School i n Auburn, Wa s h .

Mary ( Walker) DeMuth a n d her husband, Patrick, a n nounce the b i r th of their da ug h te r, Julia, i n June 1 998. She j o i n s 6- yea r- o ld So ph ie a nd

3 -yea r-old A i d a n .

Tamara {John so,,) Zanavich h a s a new p osi t io n as a databa se - m a rke t i n g a nal ys t at REI ( Recreation Equip men t I n c . ) , i n Kent, Wa sh . S he provide s dec isi o n s up po r t t h ro ugh analysis of m a i l o rd er, retail and o n l i ne events

married on O c t . 23, in Renton, Wash. So nj a is a co mp u ter programmer at Boe i n g and Ken is a computing p roject manager a t Bo ei n g.

Julie (Didier) Frazier and her

In 1 986, KSU ha d some problems when Wefald took over - de<lining student enrollments, few alumni endowments and an athletic program no one took seriously. Apparently, Wefald bel ieved the job was tailor-made for him .

Rapidly then, h e ticks o ff items: enrollment up from 1 5,000 to nearly 21,000; 2.2 million square feet

of new university build ings; a new art museum; a healthy endowment program; a strong university

athletic program. Reminded that the football team lost its last two games, and twitted about whether he was in the market for

a new

coach. Wefald shot back: "The team was running on empty" after the

Purdue.

committed to sending groups of

l ives i n Kent, Wash.

Dana Hinman i s a teacher a t

SOl/ja Riis a nd Ken G u nderson were

get into the dean of things.

highway near PLU and is

Sarah Rehfeldt a nd her husband, Steve, anno unce the b irth of theil son , Alex Jonathan, on Oct. 1 5 . T h e fa mily

and rarely hesitates to reply to any questions.

heart-breaking loss to Texas A&M, and never got its spirit back for the San Antonio scrap with u nrated

Relations adopted a stretch of

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and member buying.

PLU alumni and friends can now

The Office of Alumni and Parent

& Spor ts

years) who wants everyttling done now, today, never tomorrow or next week. He never dissembles, Most of all he is a collector - of talent: tomorrow's academic and athletic superstars, gifted

PLU Adopts a Stretch

and

Faced now with a brand-new millenni um, the unconventional college p rexy and his little

management team - only three vice presidents; maybe 10 a ssista nts, totill - haven't run out of ideas,

either.

Longer term, he wants to get faculty salaries up. Ask Wefald his short·term goal for K-State and he'" shoot back the old Bernarr MacFadden mantra: "We're trying to get better every day and every

husband, John, annou nce the birth of their d a ugb t er, Hanna, o n Nov. 28. Ju l ie is t a k l ng a six - mo n t h leave o f a b sen ce from R E I , where she has been wo r k i ng as a technical co m m unica tions and t rai n i ng anal ys t , sp ecial izin g in I n t ranet website development. a nd John can be reached at

Julie

joh IIIllldj/il ie0'ea rlMi IIk. llel. Keith and Marjorie (Britton '90) Sippola a n n ou nce the b i r t h of their da ugh te r, Evaliisa Marjorie, o n Dec. 23. Kei t h is a d i s t r ict re p rese n ta tive a t

week."

Aid Association For Lutherans i n

Reprinted with permission from the Topeka Capital-Journal.

Rohnert Park, Ca l i f.

p rovided - you bring the fun!

Nancy AI/drew Clark is readers'

The Washington State Adopt-a

M u n i c ipa l Libraries in Anchorage,

Highway program is one of many volunteer opportunities you'll see in the coming months as the alumni office looks for a variety of ways to exemplify the

advisor y l i b r a r i a n a t A n c horage M a ry la nd on Nov. 3. He and h is wife, Anne Marie, moved to O w i n gs, Md., in 1 99 1 , where he started hi s own managc.mcnt consulting conlpany.

Alice (Boml) Newkirk a nd her husband, Greg, announce the birth o f

university's mission of educating

t h e i r d au gh ter, Rebeccd Noelani, on

for lives of service.

Nov. 3 . She joi ns 2 - yea r-old Rachel

To volunteer, call 253-535-741 5 .

Kurt Schira and his wi fe , Ti ffany, announce the b i rt h of thei r son, Jack, on Feb . 1 7, 1 998. Kurt has been self e m p l oyed as a con su lt a n t for the last five years. He works with mid-sized manufacturers in the Sea tt le area. Steve Danis and Lisa Ann Mikulencak '89 announce the birth o f

de p ar t me n t fo r Hewlett Packard's

h usband, M ichael, a n n o u nce t h e b i r t h

was i n the Air Force 10

Annette Olmstead and Adam Plym ale

C h r i s t I.utheran Church i n Walla

la st five years spent flying U-2s.

years

with the

Walla, Wash . . o n Dec. I, a fte r 10 months o f the rapy. Rev. John Knapp

'69 has been se rv i ng as t he par t - t i me pa s to r.

1 988

Ka thy Hjelmeland recently finished work i ng for Global Net P rod u ctions ,

1 987 Bartl, Merrill a n d his wife. Carmen, a n n o u nce the birth o f their so n , Rohan, o n A u g . 5. He j oi ns 4 - year- o ld Liana a n d 2-ye <l r- old Paola. Barth is a

fam il y physic ian and president of the medical staff a t Naval H os p ita l

Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico .

an inde pe nden t vid eo p rod u ct ion compa ny, on two projects: " Heal i ng

America's Wounds," a docume n ta ry on re co nc il iat io n based on the best sel l i n g book by Christian a u th o r Jo h n Dawson

(gl'lp@whidlJey.n.ct)

and

Hugh Ross o f the m i n i s t r y "Reasons to

B elieve" at IVwIV. rcasollS.org. She

working in the sales/marketing

were mar ried on Se pt . 2 6 at Kilworth

Chapel in Tacoma. Annette ear ned a j u ris d octo rate from the University o f Cal i fo rni a and i s a com p t ro ll e r. Adam is a b u yer fo r 13I0ckb uster, I nc.

Cynde Laur has a new position i n the

emergency department a t M a r y

B rid ge C h ild re n's H ospital in Tacom a . She is the new Eme rgen cy M ed ical Syste m s coord inator for Mary Bridge Base a n d Tra uma Center. She was also elected p res i den t of the Wash i ngt o n

"Journey Toward Creation," wi th is

P A C I F I C

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Lisa-Britt is a di rect or a t Pa ss age M a r ke ti ng l nc. and Rick is a n at to rney at l.evinson

Fr ied m a n .

1990 Keith Hauge" is finishing h is third and final year o f family practice resi de ncy in Boise, I d a ho. He s pe nd s

h i s free time skii ng, fishing and t ry i ng to get his car started.

Victoria (Wolkenhauer) Rodriguez a n d her husband, Ken, announce the

birth of t he ir son, Tyson , last June. Vi ctoria is a marketing m anage r at Casne E ngi n ee r i n g and Ke n is an IT manager a t A me ric a n Ex p re ss .

Rob and A my (Detwiler '92) Kelly

St a te Eme rgenc y Nurses Association

a n n o u nce the birth of t he i r son,

roles, Cy nde is wo r ki ng on o b t a i n i n g

Rob is a n e m e rge n c y p h ys icia n at S a le m H ospital i n Salem, Ore.

for 1 999. In a d d i t ion to these two

her p riva te p ilot's license and

m aster i ng ri d ing a motorcyc le .

Lutheran C h u rch, Mercer Island, Wash.

July 1 5. S h e j o i n s 3 -yea r- ol d Megan

stat io ned o u t of San Francisco. Hr

and 'pent two weeks in

a t Holy Tr in i ty

o f their d a u g ht e r, M a d i s o n Lyn n , o n

his left arm and hand aga i n . He returned to fu l l - t i me m i n i stry a t

David Rogelstad has a new job as a

1 998

married on Sept 26

Mic/,elle (Payne) Sanders and h e r

p i l ot at United Airli nes and is

Feb. I .

a nd Rick Da v ies were

de fi b r il l a to r s .

the hosp i tal lea rn i n g to walk and use

Robert McCoy su ffe red a stroke o n

thei r son, Lorenzo Joseph, o n Aug . 1 8. He jo i ns a 2 - ye a r- o ld brother, Matteo.

Lisa-Britt Tonning

m a n u fact ures automatic external

Anne. Michelle rec en tly co m ple te d her eig h th year as the study abroad program d i rector for the \OVestern region o f ASSE Student Excha n ge Pro gra ms.

Malia.

Alaska.

Hearts tream operation, which

Bryan Robert, on M a rch 1 7, 1 998.

Drew Bongfeldt is t he senior

educ a t i o n al p rogr a m m i ng for M o u n t

liX h n i citlll i n the creative center a t

Rainier, Nor t h Cascades a nd Olym p ic Fund, an environ m e n t a l non profit

( : hcvron C o r po r at i on i n San

1 .' rancisco.

org a n in lio n . l la rve), l ives in Seattle

Brian Ruud is a senior soft wa re · cngi nccr <l t Syl10psys in IkllcvlIc,

gatewaY l1et.

Wash.

Ka tllY Pheister rece n t ly moved back

Bret Gemlich rece i ved the 1 998

to Portland, Ore., after l i v i ng in

and can be rea ch e d at harveya@

t h e M i n nesota Mon th ly Magazine i n

�ovenlhl'r.

Valerie (Backlund) and Todd Ellis '89 a n no u nce the birth of their son, Preston james, on Nov. 20. Todd is a ales re pres en ta t ive fo r a computer so ftware company in Portland, Ore., worked for six years.

Valerie is fin ishi ng her fifth year with

B lueCro ss BiueShield o f Oregon. She is a co m plia nce coordi Regence

nator fo r Government Prog ra ms

L itera t ure. Th ey live i n Keizer, Ore.

Carol Rybak Halsey Matt hew, a n n o u nce the b irth o f thei r son, john Frederic ( jack),

1 998.

Caro l is enj o y i ng

job as the c l i nic t r i a ge/ adv ice

telephone nurse with a group of OB Gyn p hysicians .

John Brooks is a high school teacher and a t h letic director at Portland

Seattle.

Ch ri s ty is the leisure travel manage r at Carlson Wa go nl i t Travel i n

John expect s to earn his m a ster's

d egree in educat ion in May fro m the

grap h ics specialist with t he George C.

fo r European

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y e a r i n t h e , mall town i n the G er ma n a dentist and pa r t ner

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Krista Vander Yacht a n d Charles l\'lilier were married on Aug.

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Stevell Carlson is a program m a.n ager a t M i cToso ft .

Lisa (L.wgsilorf) {wd Brian '93 Rybloom a rc l ivi ng in No rwa y. They are pl a n n in g to return to t he United

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States in August

Dealln{/ (Weymou tll) Rink a n d her husha nd, W i l l i a m , a n n o u nce the birth of their son, j o na h Vincent, in September. Dea n n a is a program analyst

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Michael Davis and h is wife, Darlene, a n nounce the b i r th of their daugh te r,

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Michael is the

WilleI'd AI-Mossallam is t he m a na ge r

Erika Somm was promoted to a l e a d

writi ng pos i t i o n and co n t in u es to

board of directors for

p rofessiona l women's group at

the

markets at Qata r Nat i on a l

B a n k in Qatar.

Karen (Hanson) Scott and her

husband, Cu r t i s , a n n o u nce the b i rth

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Microsoft. She recently bought a

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David Bern has spent the last eight

announce the birth

yea r, worki ng with abused children i n

of their son, D a n i e l

j uv e n ile psyc hi at ric hospi ta ls . He is

Wallem , on Sept. 23.

cu rrent ly pu rsu i ng a ma s ter of science degree i n management a t Purdue

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Kristin (Aasdal) Wa llem Timenes a n d

i n K irkla nd , Wash., with her

fiance, Peter Davis.

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Uni versity in I nd i a n a . He w i l l

coord inator a t Mari time Hydra u l ics

graduate i n May 2000.

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Lisa Backlund a nd Roland Van

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is t.h e agency relations coordi n ator at Alaska C h i ldren's Services, a n d

Roland is a m i d d l e school teacher a t Sonrise Christian School. Their ho ney moon was a mission to Albania

wi th a week on a G reek island. Lisa and Ro land live i n Anchorage.

Kris (Paulson) Rees a nd her husband, Rich, a n n ounce the birth o f their daughter, Maggie, in October. Kris i s a teacher in the Yaki ma School District, and Rich i s a teacher i n the West Valley School District.

Renate DeWees Sorg earned a master's degree in TESOL from the American University in Washington,

D.C., in May. She is a n English as a Second Language instructor a t Montgomery Community College i n Rockville, Md.

Harvey Potts '91, '94, returned from a t h ree-year environmenta.1 education assignment with the U.S. Peace Corps

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t uitio n for week long course or half price for l a i ty.

Scholarships a n d discounts for early registra tio n .

Ryker. Ro byn r ecen t ly retired from her ch i ld ren 's mi ni s t r ies pos itio n at

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Doorne were married on july

N e l v i n Vos, M u h l e n berg College

d irector of operations at Aqua Care,

knows' She can he reached at

house

Martha Stortz, PLTS

4-yea r-ol d joh n n a a n d 2-year-old

Moriah, in May

r ugby playing. After t h a t . .who

serve on t he

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July 11-15, 1999 Pacific Luthera n U n iversity Tacoma, Wash i ngton

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Christy Reierson a nd i'vl alt helv M i ll er were m ar r i ed on March 7, 1 998, a t SI.

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Matthew i s in h is fo urth yea r of

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Hi s wi fe, Shar ilyn , teaches third grade,

director at hOJne.

st ay ing at bOI11L with j ack , and

John

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Ta ma rack Award for Fiction. His story, " W h ite R iver:' was published i n

where he has

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Bialowicza National Park's Nature Education Center in Eastern Poland.

Deirdre lVIurnane Crebs and her husband, Thomas, a n n o u nce the bi rt h of their da ugh te r, Kelly M a u reen, on Dec.

D e irdre is a high school

En glis h teacher in Tumwater, Wash., and Thomas is a human resources specialist at Was h ing ton Mutual Ban k.

Robert and Kristin (Pom merenke '90) Saathoff a n nounce the birth of their daughter, jessica, on Dee. 26.

David Strunk and Rochelle Clayton '94 were married on Nov. 1 4 a t Hallerlake United Methodist Church i n Seattle. David i s a n elementary educator in the Lake Wash ington School District a nd is near completion of an educational adm inistration master's degree from Seattle University. Rochelle is the center manager for Multi Service Centers of North and East King County.

Mark and Karen (Graham '94) Bain announce the b i rth of their daughter, Kayla, on Dec.

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I n September h e began working as the

Justill Yax and Ton i Reid were

d irector of community outreach an d

married on June

on th e Sea of

Cortez near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

justin works at KNC13- Dave i n Seattle

C a pit a l Manageme nt Com p a ny i n

and To ni works at Amazon .com .

Atlanta. David is an acco u n t

Kari Caldwell received level III

manager a t H e r m a n M i l l e r Office

coac h i ng certification with the U.S. Ski Team o n April

30, 1 998.

Kari is

also district director of the M us cu l a r Dystrophy Association in Tacoma.

Mark Eastman and Hollie Jall tz Eastman have moved back to director of youth and fa m i ly at St.

a nnou nce the b i r t h of their son,

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Washington where Mark is the new

Lyn n Mason a nd his w i fe, Jane, Colte r Rh ys, on Nov.

Pavilion. They can be reached at

Lu ke's Lutheran Church i n Spokane.

brother, Seth. Lyn n teaches geography

Jeffrey Yo ullg and Kelly Houkelberg

and gover n ment at Corvallis H igh

were married on Sept.

School i n Montana.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church i n

John and Katherine (Schultz '83) Wetherington a n nounce the birth of

wedding party included bridesmaids

their daughter, Bonte Eli7..abeth, in

A u gust . john is a band director and Katherine is a GIT teacher at Frontier Junior High.

Raquel Valenzuela works at SEEK Systems in Bot hel, Wash.

William and Sarah (Nelson) Walles announce the birth of their son, Payton Nelson, i n May

1 998. William

is associate pastor a t Prince of Peace Lutheran Church i n Phoenix and Sarah is a homemaker.

Jennifer Graham and Davi d Ha mpton were married o n july 4 a t t h e Schmidt Mansion i n Tumwater, Wash. PLU alumni in the wedding party i ncluded matro n of honor Julie

(Cruikshank) Siepmann '93; and attendant Sherry (Taylor) Whittaker '93. Tofa McCormick '94, Cindy Lathrop '93 a nd Carol Hagler '93 attended the wedding. Dave and lenn honeymooned i n Cancun, Mexico, later that summer. jen n i fer is a n assistant portfolio m a n ager at Atlanta

Kennewick, Wash . PLU a l u ms i n the

Jayne (Mcn utt) Leighty '93 a nd Jenllifer Trimble '93; groomsmen Troy Helseth '95, JeffJohnson '95, Jim Jolrnson '93 an d Jason Thompson '93; usher Adam Sturgill '92; a nd gift attendant Trina Sturgill '91. jeffrey graduated from Midwestern University's Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in june. He is now in family medicine residency at East Moreland Hospital in Portland, Ore. Kelly i s a product-planning analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. They l ive i n Lake Oswego, Ore.

Jeff Fritz has a new position a s a loan officer at Norwest Mortgage i n Mount Vernon, Wash.

1994 Christina Weist received th e J 998 Educational Leaders i n M a t h and Science Fellowship Title Co. Award. She has a fellowship at the Un i versi ty

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o f Washi ngton a n d has been wo rking on developing resources to help math teachers better prepare their students li)r the new state assessments. Magtl us Litldberg lives in Stockhol m , Sweden, a n d is t h e chief accountant a t Nikon, Amy Murphy earned her i n itial teach ing certi ficate fro m Western Was h i n gton University i n December.

Allisotl Mar/aytle Elliff earned a Teachers in Leadersh i p grant from the Gates Library I'ouJldation, There were l 50 teachers chosen for this award in the state of Washi ngton, The gra n t is a three-year award for advancement of computer technology in the c1'lSS room to form a fou n dation of curri culum and technology i n lea rni ng. A.l l ison also received the Excellence in Education award from the F r it7.ger a ld Foundation.

Media k�eep getting it wrong, says Carl Florea '76 A "fast" is quite different from a "hunger stri ke" BY L A U R E L W I L L O U G H B Y. A S S I STA N T E D I T O R

ack in 1 99 1 during the Gulf War. Lutheran minister Carl Florei'

'76 of Leavenworth, Wash., was jailed after a protest and didn't eat for 30 days. Thus began the local, regional and national media's

memory of him as a -hunger striker. W

50 when Florea decided again to cease eating while the U nited States

bombed Iraq in December 1998, he had barely set down his fork before the Associated Press was on the phone again, inquiring about his repeat

perfonnance. His actual fast only lasted the few days of the bombing, but

Tim McGinty is a registered nu rse, desert trailsmith and avid woodworker l i v i n g i n the Canyon Co u n tr y of Moab, Utah.

Florea continued a restricted food intake through Christmas. "The stories seemed to want to focus on the idea that I was on a hunger 'strike' as a power-play,

if I were making a drastic statemeot to

create political change, and that wasn't it at all," said Florea, executive 1 995

director of Upper Valley M END (Meeting Each Need with Dignity), a social

Jatlet Schilter and Dennis Shimabukuro were married on Sept. 5 a t St. M ichael's Catholic Ch urch i n Olympia. Janet works at the Wash ington State De pa r tm e n t of Revenue, and Dennis wo rks at the Wash ington State De pa r tm e n t o f Natural Resources.

Nathan A une is studying jazz pe rfo r ma n ce at Berkley College of Music in Boston. He rece n t l y returned from Co pe n h a ge n , Denmark, after living lhere 2't, years. Corey Bray earned a master of science degree in exercise and movemen t science with a concentration in sports psychology fro m the University of Oregon i n June. He recently accepted a position as research assistant with the NCAA. a t its he a dqu a rt e rs in O ve rla n d Park, Kan. Theresa Lyso a n d Tom Zi mmer we re marr ied in Portland, Ore., ill July. They live in Seoul, Korea, wh e re they

service agency that provides Wenatchee Valley needy with food, emergency housing, rental assistance, a thrift store and related services. Rather, Florea said, the fasts

were his personal expression of repentance and sorrow that the

United States had decided to use such force. "I somehow needed to identify with the suffering in a reflective and mournful way, to search within myself and ask 'How Is this (military action) consistent or inconsistent with Jesus Christ and what he stood for?'· said Florea. "And it just kept coming back to me that I needed to live according to my values and counter to the violence in our society." But whUe his self-exploration has brought an increasing inner peace, public reaction has often been negative. Some who remembered his protests over the Gulf War lost no time in leaving anonymous threatening phone calls when the conflicts - and Florea's fasting - began anew in December. M i sunderstanding was once again at the root of the problem, he said. "Just because I very strongly oppose the military violence doesn't mean I don't support the people on both sides," Florea said, noting he's had some success in winning over detractors when given the chance to explain his views.

"I have a real sadness over society's need to hate a person versus

situation," he reflected.

"We're all children of God with a human dignity that needs to be respected. The tendency has been for society to objectify the tragedy, when I �hink

we-

should be personalizing it. That's ali i was

trying to do." Florea lives in Leavenworth with his wife, Debbie, a nurse. They have three boys: Nathan, 20; Micah, 78; and Aaron.

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l ive above a bar it's usualiy very noisy and the customers aren't too respectful of the local gringas (white wo men ) . So no more drunks in front of my house: hurray! My spirits are pretty high as I co ntinuously count my blessings that I was kept safe and that I'm able to par ticipate in the helping activities. November 11

When we decide something is intolerable, we act and we move mountains.

To donate to the relief effort in Honduras, contact the Metlllonite Central Committee, Box 500, Akron, PA 1 7602, or pcp@mail.mcc.org, o r 71 7-859- 1 1 5 1 .

Not much has changed. No proposal has been made for the homeless: the first priority has been getting food to the homeless and cleaning up the streets and b u ildings. I'm still taking food to and working with the women in nearby shelters. A general sense of depression has set in. We are all realizing that though the storm is gone, its effects a re with us for the long haul. It's hard not to feel powerless in the face of such loss and destruction. I really am focu sing on lifting my attitude. My spirits are low, and I'm not even someone who lost anything. I must say, though, that one of the most encouraging things is hearing about all the s upport being shown from all over the place. It is wonderful to know that humans care about other h umans despite their geographical distance and differences. In the face of this s upport, however, I find mysel f reflecting that hunger and poverty and inadequate housing were already realities of daily life for a majority of Hondurans long before Hurricane Mitch. If we can rally around victims of natural disasters, then we must also have the collective power and compassion for the victims of manmade ones, such as economic systems that allow for such glaring inj ustices. When we decide something is intolerable, we act and we move mountains. Januar.�2!t_.199.9..:________________

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over. School is supposed to start on Feb. I, but many buildings are still full of homeless. The government has proposed the construction of three macro-shelters, but it's unlikely they will be finished until March. Plus, there are many safety and health concerns with putting so many people in such small quarters (each family, no matter how large, will be placed a 1 0x l 0 room) . Long-term housing solutions do n o t look good. The majority of the poor will probably not have access to government-funded housing projects because of the high cost. Those who could rebuild their makeshift shacks on top of their fallen houses have already done so. Those who have stayed in the shelters can't rebuild because the land itself is gone or in preca rious conditions. In more uplifting news, my co-workers and I have continued to work in the shelters in my neighborhood, providing emotional support and educational workshops to the women. Our big push has been on helping the women re-start their small businesses and gain some financial independence. This week we took 80 women on a one-day getaway to a mountain retreat center for a workshop on small business management. With the donations we've received we will be providing them with no-interest loans so each of them can get started again. They were all thrilled with the event, and highly motivated to get their activities started again. Many made comments about having a brighter o utlook for their future, and were refreshed after a day of getting out of the dusty, noisy city. What seemed to mean the most to them was getting to eat a nice lunch that they didn't have to prepare. Being served is not something they experience often. I t's helpful to be involved in this direct work, even if it is only with a fraction of the population in need. It's so easy to feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problems, but it's also easy to get excited with the small steps taken in one little neighborhood.

Theresa teaches French and Tom

Patrick i s a general contractor and

teaches physical education. They can

owner of Stephen Patrick Homes of

be reached at tizimmer0)crusader.sJs

Tacoma. Their wedding reception was

h. ac. kr.

an o l d - fashioned Fourth of J u ly

Eva Frey.earned a master's degree in

potluck w i t h Tacoma's fireworks

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the finale.

worked with a consortium of

Kelly Davis received t h i rd - p lace for

University of Washington-Tacoma

news page des ign from the S o u t h

and PLU professors this past year to

Carolina Press fo r his work at the Anderson Independent newspaper i n

Professional Teach i n g Certificate and

Anderson, S.c.

was awarded her professional certifi

Kelly Crithfield is a n i n tern pastor a t

Troy Ellis entered U . S . Army Special

I n termediate School and Kelly i s a

new book can be seen at >vww. career

d iscovery.

Kimbe rly Schelin a n d her husband, Todd, announce the birth o f their da ughter, Ta ryn Marie, on Oct. 6. Kimberly is a registered nurse a t Tacoma General Hospital.

Desiree is the owner and event

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planner of Events To Remember i n

him at CBR500@aoi. com.

Tacoma.

Susan Min earned a law degree from

Christina Heath and Michael Pitzen

Seattle University Law School in

1 998

were married on July 12 at Lakewold

At 2 1 , she is the youngest

Gardens in Lakewood, Wash. PLU

graduate in the 25-year history of the

a l u m n i i n the wedding incl uded

school.

Lance Keck '98, Jason Va " Galder '96 and Erin Mortensen '97. Christina is a communications coordinator at

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the MFA poetry program a t the

assistant a t the Washington State

Nov. 28.

the Palm Beach Co unty School

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Linda VallBeek died on Jan. 19.

Wwdy Rygh a n d Mark Wesem a n n

worker for the Department of Social

were m a rried o n July I I i n

and Health Services.

Michelle Price and Patrick Hawkins

Ruth (Sa/her) Phillips died on

Marty Mogk is a substitute teacher in

ceUular biology doctorate progra m .

Susan (Haniger) Fritz is a social

Housing and Fina nce Commission.

Richland Lutheran Church i n Richland, Wash.

Corvallis. She is i n t h e molecular and

Michigan School o f Dentistry.

Sherrie Hofman" is a p rogram

Charles Falstrom died on Nov. 9. 1 9 5 6

at Oregon State University i n

second year a t the Un iversity o f

U niversity o f Ariwna in Tucson.

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Kristin Latham is a graduate student

Arbor, Mich., and Michael is i n h i s

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Jason Stredwick a"d Kristina Hillesla"d were married on Aug. 8 at

District in Wes t Palm Beach, Fla.

Dental Consultants Inc., in A n n

Jason Thompson is i n h i s first year of

YO/l Love, was

published i n 1 99 5 . Excerpts from her

busi ness consultant.

husband, Keith, a n n o unce the birth of

promoted to captain in June. Friends

"At Wo rk in Hawaii" col u m n . Nancy's first book, Create Work

special education at Narrows View

their son, Keifer A n t hony, o n Dec. 1 7.

from psychology and ROTC can reach

December.

were married on July 1 8 in Portland,

Desiree (Neary) Sumers and her

Forces t r a i n i n g i n April. H e will be

years

writer for the Honolulu Advertiser's

Ore. Kasie is the department head of

S e m i nary i n SI. Paul.

speaker. She is also a contributing

Kasie Scales and Kelly Prat/ghofer

have one m o re year at Luther

cates. Eva is still teaching j u n i or high

and has worked in Hawaii for

as a career counselor, writer and

Norway.

com pleted i n August and then he w i l l

and loving i t !

those who are hurting. Nancy started her own company, Career Discovery,

Arild Lovaas is the treasurer at

Boise, Idaho. His i n ternship wi l l be

Currently, only 28 teachers in the

voice of God and speaks d i rectly to

fo r the Vashon Park Dist rict on Vas h o n Island, Wash.

King o f G l o r y Lutheran Church i n

entire state have p rofess ional certifi

Hope and Healing. I t is written in the

7 . Deborah i s the program d i rector

Kvitsund High School in Kviteseid,

pilot the new Was h ington State

State Board of Education meeting.

Fr om Pail! to loy - illspirillg Words fo r

of their daughter, A l i n a Mari, o n J u n e

Washington i n August 1 997. She

cate on Oct. 28 a t the Was h i ngton

Nancy Hat/50" '83 is the au thor of

husband, Richard, an nounce the birth

display over Com m e n cement Bay as

education from the University of

Authors Bookshelf

Deborah (Doell) Brown and her

Woodb u rn, O r e . Wendy is a special education assistant i n the Woodburn

were marr ied on July 4 a t Point

School District and Mark is an

Defiance Park in Tacoma. M ichelle is

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Q Club Profile

Q Cl u b

Lee Daw!;on '72, president

BY L E E D A W S O N ' 7 2 ,

an i nvestment i n tomorrow's decision-ma ke rs Q

CLUB PRESIDENT

T Lee and his wife, Debbie (also a

Q C l u b d i rector), l ive in Vaughn, Wash. H e is a semi-retired dentist working two days a week i n his own practice. Lee is a member of the American Dental Association, the Washington State Dental Association and has been a deacon at Kent Covenant Church for many years. H i s hobb ies incl ude snow and water skiing, and h i k i n g .

Why is PLU important to you? " My attendance at PLU rewarded me with a fi rst-class education a n d

students also have roommates, friends and relatives who receive Q Club scholarships. Q Club enables deserving students to receive an education at PLU There is definitely something good abo u t Q Club members, too ! We all realize that by providing Q Club scholarships to today's students, we are investing in the formation of tomorrow's decision- makers through a quality, Christian, service-oriented education at PLU We know from the PLU students who frequent our dining room table from time to time in search of a home cooked meal that many of them would not be at PLU without the scholarship money. It is an important th ing we do as members of Q club. Jesus' disciples asked when they had seen Jesus hungry, thirsty, a stranger, sick, naked, or in prison and had not provided for Him, Jesus answered, "Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even to the least of them, you did i t to Me." Matthew 25:40. We would like you to join us in contributing to the future of educating great students at a great place. For more information about join ing, rejoining or increasing your commitment to the students at PLU, call the Q Club office 253-535-7429 or 800-258-6758 or email leedawson@msn.com.

here is just so much right about this place! The list of attributes, honors, accolades and awards relating to PLU seems to go on and on. It is great to be associated with a winner. The campus is expectant with the new capital projects, and the enthusiasm for this school year in all areas of the university is very contagious. As we enter the 26th year of raising scholarship money for PLU students, I 've found there is a lot right about Q Club, too. Q Club provides more than $ 1 .25 million in scholarships to more than 1 ,000 students every year - year after year. One hundred percent of contributions by alumni, parents, friends, businesses, staff, administrators, professors, corporations and even the students themselves go to need-based student scholarships. This organization is affecting the lives of the students in a very real way. As we broaden our base of support, even more students can enjoy and come to appreciate the education of thoughtful inquiry and service that P LU has as i ts mission. Many of you are currently sending sons and daughters, grandchildren and spouses to PLU Many of you will send some of these groups in the near future, and some of you have watched a recent graduate begin his or her life of service. Many of these

prepared me f o r a l ife o f service and commitment. The u n iq ueness of m a ki ng and ret a i n i n g l ifelong friends from my days at PLU astounds those who did not attend an institution prov i d i n g a q u a l ity

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C l u b or upg raded their membership from November 5, 1 998 through January 8, 1 999.

education in a Christian environ

REGENTS' CHALLENGE

Brian and Liesl Hall

Marvin and Virginia Johnson '

Gordon and Ilene Mackey

ment. It was here at PLU that I was

($1 0,000-$24,999/year)

John and Beverly Henderson '

Nancy and Pressley Mil len

Jon and Jean Malmin

cha l lenged in my Christian faith

1 Anonymous

John and Anne Kirkman

Fred and Barbara Motteler '

Cecil McClary

Richard and Lynn Ostenson '

Michael and Teresa Neiman

Robert and Joanne Mueller

Doug and Kristin Page '

Agnes Sm ith '

Sylvia Pugh

and made a com m itment to

PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE

follow Christ.

($S,000-$9,999/year)

From what I see i n the students

Gary and Mavis Koch '

today, a l l of these things sti l l

Warren and Nancy Morrow'

Bill and Allison Roberts

Jack Ruscoe

MEMBER

John and Aleen Schiller '

Kenneth and Rebecca Ryals

($300-$479/year)

Daniel and Debra Solberg

Bernie and Kathy Sanders

1 Anonymous

happen on a routine basis. There

Thomas and Connie Thomsen'

just isn't a better p l ace to entrust

SEN IOR FELLOW

Trygve and Cleo Vik

the education of today's men and

(S2,400-S3,599/year)

ASSOCIATE FELLOW

women. By realizing it is today's

Eric and Marie Bean '

David and Carolyn Christensen

(5480-$999/year)

students who w i l l ultimately shape

David E . and Nancy Ericksen '

Jane Curl

my future, I find it very exciting to

Ron and Judy Lerch '

be involved in ena b l i ng students

FELLOW

to experience P L U . "

( 5 1 , 000- 5 1 , 799/year)

Ellsworth and Nancy Alvord ' Marvin and Beverlee Bolland Henry and Jo Ericksen '

Doug and Antonette Wood '

Paul and Christen Stockdale

Gordon and Mary Braun

Gordon Strom Paul and Susan Trosellus

John Aakre and Cynthia Michael '

Deborall Erickson and Ken Bailey

ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Kevin Bartholomae

Tyler and Janine Gillis

($1 20-$239/year)

James and LaVonne Berentsen '

Daniel Grudt and Lois Swenson-Grudt

Christina Howard

Neil and Mary Bryant '

Roger Hansen

Robby Larson '

Rich and Irina Ehlinge r '

Harry Hoiland

Amy Smith

Carole Frederickson '

Peter and Kristi Isensee

Jerry and Carolyn Haralson '

James Law

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Betty Schaefer

David and Maurene Aakre

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Gifts, pledges and grants of $1 0 , 000 or more, October 1 to December 31 , 1 998 DONOR

AMOUNT

PURPOSE/ DESIGNATION

Aid Association for Lutherans

$45,000

Restricted Scholarships Grant and AAL Affirmations of Lutheran Higher Education Grant

Allen more Medical Foundation

$30 , 200

Restricted Scholarships Grant

Neal and Joyce Arntson

$20,000

o Club Endowment/Restricted Scholarships Fund

members' gifts to PlU

Janice Baker

$1 5 , 000

Elbert H . Baker II and Janice M. Baker Endowed Music ScholarshiplRestricted Scholarship

Duane and Joanne Berentson

$1 2 , 500

o Club Endowment/Marv and Dorothy Harshman Scholarship Fund/Gene and Marian Lundgaard

If you are a member of Aid

A. Dean and Marilyn Buchanan

$20,608

Charitable Gift Annuity/Buchanan Family Endowed Scholarship

Howard L. Byerly

$ 1 0,980

Mathematics Endowed Scholarship

are eligible to have your gift to

Dale and Jollta Benson

$ 1 1 ,653

General Endowment/O Club

PLU ($25 to $ 1 00) matched

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

$21 ,392

Unrestricted Operating Support

Gottfried and Marl Fuchs Foundation

$ 1 00,000

Mary Baker Russell Music Center Fuchs Organ Fund

Edna Gorder Estate

$40 , 0 3 1

Edna M. Gorder/Lutheran Brotherhood Education Endowment

Take advantage of this wonder

Brian and Liesl Hall

$ 1 5 , 000

Will Provision/O Club Pledge

ful new program and support

Independent Colleges of Washington

$25,256

Unrestricted Operating Support

Intel Foundation

$35,000

MESA Elementary and Southern Expansion Grant/South Sound Science Fair Grant

Iris Jacobson

$ 1 0 , 000

Mary Baker Russell Music Center Phase I I Construction Fund/O Club

Gordon and Alice Kayser

$ 1 0 , 000

Phillip and Alice Kayser Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Call today! 253-535-7636

Theodore and Doreen Johnson

$ 1 4 , 384

Science Equipment Endowment Challenge (SEEC)lRestricted Operating SupporVo C l u b

Margaret Knutzen

$ 1 1 7,500

Victor a n d Margaret Knutzen Endowment F u n d G i ft a n d P l e d g e ;

We are also keeping track o f our

Ruby Knutzen

$ 1 0,706

Einer and Ruby Knutzen Endowment Fund/O Club

PLU friends who are AAL members.

Gary and Mavis Koch

$ 1 1 ,063

Even if you do not curren tly donate

John and Lisa Korsmo

$20,000

John S . and Edna M. Korsmo Endowed Scholarship Gift and Pledge

to PL U, please let us know if you're

Constance M. Larson

$80,000

Will Provision

an AAL member. Thanks!

Anne Long

$965 ,000

Will Provision/Center for Learning and Technology Pledge/O Club Pledge

The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.

$30,000

United States-China Cooperative Research Program Grant

Lutheran Brotherhood

$60.028

Restricted Scholarship Fund/Matching 8 1 Donor G i ftslRegion I Consultation Lutheran Brotherhood Grant Restricted Capital Projects/O Club

AAl now matches its

Association for Lutherans. you

dollar-for-dollar.

the tradition of excellence at Pacific Lutheran University.

P A CI F I C

L U T H E R A N

Lutheran Brotherhood Scholarship Fund/O Club/O Club Pledge

Club G i ft and Pledge

Club/Campus Ministry

Kurtis and Pam Mayer/Kurt Mayer's Wanderlust Travel

$ 1 1 ,000

Alma Meisnest Estate

$2,486, 1 1 3

Meisnest Unrestricted Endowment/Science Equipment Endowment Challenge (SEEC)

Donald and Wanda Morken

$2,275,000

o Club/Donald and Wanda Morken Family ScholarshiplWill Provision/Restricted Capital Projects Pledge

Thomas Payne and Alexia Eide· Payne

$50,000

Rev. and Mrs. E . E . Eidbo Endowed Scholarship

Diana Pederson

$78,050

Arne and Gloria Pederson Endowed Scholarship for Leadership/Restricted Capital Projects

Karen Hille Phillips

$ 1 02,000

Xavier Renovation/PLU Alumni Endowed Scholarship

Elmer and Mary Louise Rasmuson

$ 1 00,000

Elmer E. and Mary Louise Rasmuson Scholarship for Students from Alaska

George and Jane Russell

$20,000

MALO Challenge

H . Loyd and Lynne Sutherland

$31 ,723

Lynne and H . Loyd Sutherland Endowed Scholarship

Donald and Edith Strandness

$50,000

Restricted Operating Support

Virginia Williams

Confidential

Charitable Trust

S C E N E

S P R I N G

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Game, Set, Match

Ten n,i s coach M i ke Be nson BY LENA TlBBELIN

'99,

'69

retires after

successfu l yea rs

S P O RT S I N T E R N , A N D N I C K D A W S O N , S P O R T S E D I T O R

atch point, Benson. After 30 successful years as head coach of the PLU's men's tennis team, Mike Benson '69 will serve out the match during 1 999, his final season . Benson will leave PLU at the end of June a n d with his wife, Ma ry, move to California. Yo ungest daughter Kaarin is a junior a nd the No. 1 singles player at California Lutheran University, and the Bensons have missed her. Dad and mom want to be part of their daughter's sen ior yea r i n college. As for what they do after that, there a re no set plans. "God will show us what will co me," Benson says. Benson's coaching career started in 1 970 when then-Athletic D i rector David O lson h i red him to di re t the men's program . Benson, a district dou bles champion for t h e Lutes, admits to knowi ng l ittle then about coachi ng. "That was an open ing God " p ro v id ed for me, he says. B t after two years of "coaching by the seat of m y pan ts," says B e nso n he grew into the job, l eaning h avily on h i s own love for the game. A look in the record book shows that Benson, indeed, learned a few t h i ngs about coach ing. Entering th is season, PLU's men's teams have won 23 of the last 29 Northwest Conference t i t les a n d comp iled a conference dual match record of 1 5 5 wins and 1 6 losses. His teams entering this year have won 57 stra ight matches. His teams have p laced as high as eighth at nati onaJs, and one p l a ye r Dave Trageser '79, r 路 ached the national tournament cham p ion sh ip match in both ingl e s and doubles. Not bad fo r a school from the r a i ny N orthwesL I n B1:: 1 150 n's five years as head coach of the w men's team ( 1 98 1 -84 and 1 99 8 ) , PLU won fo ur co n ference crowns. All of that has come despi t e PLU lacking what is generally regarded as necessities for such s uccess: covered courts, athletic sch 01arships, good weather and, says the humble Benson, "a coach who's capable of instructing in the mechanics and strategy of the game that most successful programs have." So how does he do it? "We've helped our people believe that it isn't what we have that matters but what we do with what we have." It's part of Benso n's coaching philosophy that has d veloped over time and has come from observing other sports programs, not j ust ten nis. Benson has added h is own belief that al l sports, at their root, are fun. "I've come to b el ieve there's a pretty direct relationship between fun and playi n g up to you r potential," Benson says. "What we've b ee n successful at doing is creating an atmosphere ar lind the program that is encouraging, positive and s uppo r t ive People respond to enconrag ment and support, and to knowing that their coach and team like them. That type of atm osphe re tends to take away th pressure that comes from sports." However, Benson is not about \( put himself first when it comes to taking credit for the success of the ten ni program. "I ,

think we have do ne well at helping the people who've played tennis here to enjoy the game and have fu n, and to enjoy the whole experience of college athletics;' Benson says. "We," in this case includes players and others who have, in Benson's words, " bought into that idea and helped p romote it. And I know that God h as played a big part i n any success that we've had." Benson's favorite match memory dates back to the 1 984 spring break trip to California when the Lutes played the University of Redlands, a tea m that dominated the NAIA back in the '70s and e a r ly '80s. Redlands coach Jim Ve rd ieck kept h is top players on campus one da y into their spring break to face the Lutes. "He treated us kind ly, al t hough he had no reason to," recalls Benson. Each singles match ended with a Redlands victory and with Benson telling Verd ieck how much he app reciated the Redlands teams playing P LU. The 1 984 Lutes were good a nd i ncl uded some new player. who, Benson says, "weren't overwhelmed by the Redl and mystique." After s ingles matches the sc re was 3-3. Figur ing that the Red lands players h adn t been prepared for s in gles but would be for doubles, Benson made sure that this historic moment was forever captured by aski ng his wife to take h is picture next to the score board. '

h e n PLU won two of three in doubles, and the match. Verdieck came up to Benson afterward and said, " I j ust wanted to tell YOLI how m u ch 1 a p p rec ia te you playing us." By t he end of the season, Benson will h ave 30 years of fond memories. He and h is tennis teams have been on nu merous road trips fo r conference matches and spring break trips to such warm -weather climes as California, Florida and Hawa i i . Other times Benson has been a proud coach and spectator as P L athletes represented the school a n d region at nationals. He will leave a tremendous legacy. A p a r t of the Benson legacy that will live on is the expression, " [ t's a great day to be a Lute." D spite common belief, the credit for this PLU mantra can't go only to Benson. Tennis player raig Koessler '83 helped originate the saying. Koessler CHRII TUMBUICH had a summer j b as a door-to-door book salesman and didn't like it, but stuck with it. After returning to campus he told Benson about h is training, which i ncluded saying to himself, " it's a great day to b e a book salesman" each time he app roached a house. The idea was to put h imself into a positive fr ame of mind. "We talked it over and thought it fit for ten n is," says Benson. "There's a strong scriptural reference for that saying; it's Psalm 1 1 8:24: 'This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it'."

ABOVE:

Mike Benson.

tennis coach and athletic fad lltles coordinator, reaches high to make another point in the '70s. l EFT, Mike Benson retires

after 30 years at PlU.

Benson Farewell Party May 3, 3:30-5:30p.m. Scandinavian Cultural Center caU 2S3-535-7350 for more information

" M i ke has a great a b i l ity to

" M i ke's successes with the PLU

" PLU was a respected opponent

" M i k e h a s cared perso n a l ly for

"The reason everybody felt PLU

encourage ath letes. H e ma kes

ten n is program have been

that we enjoyed playing even

h i s p l ayers, even back in 1 97 0

was the main opposition is

you feel l i ke you can do it. 'How

spiritual as we l l as mater i a l . I n

though they beat us most of the

w h e n he w a s j ust be g i n n i n g

because of the consistency a nd

did you feel out there?' is a

fact, when a l l i s said and done,

time. M i ke is a very special g uy as

coach i n g . H e a l ways wa nted t o

h i g h q u a l ity of the program.

typical q u estion M i k e asks after a

the spiritual will a lways outs h i n e

far as I'm concerned. H e's very

kno w how you were d o i n g

Yea r i n and year out you knew

match, a n d then he uses that

t h e mate r i a l i n m y eyes. M i ke

gentl ema n ly a n d welcom i n g . "

person a l ly, emot i o n a l l y a n d

what to expect from Pacific

during practice the next week. I

really c o u l d care less about wins

never w o u l d have d reamed that

and losses compared to seei n g

I would play i n national

young m e n and women come t o

cham pionship matches during

savi n g faith in Jesus Christ, a n d I

to have an i m pa ct on peo p l e.

knew what behavior to expect,

am one of those people . "

He is a comm itted C h r i st i a n

you knew how you cou ld

who s h a res h i s faith i n a stea dy,

operate a match and what

q u iet a n d concerned way. He's

o p i n i on you wo u l d get from

col lege, because I never even

went to state i n h i g h school . H i s method o f coach i n g is what brought the best out of me as an ath lete."

Stacia (Edmunds '85) Marshall (p layed for Benson from 198 1 -84, women's head coach 1985-86, women 's assis tant coach under Benson

1 998路99)

Doug Gardner ' 8 5 (played for 1 984-85, has been an

Benson from

Ross Cutter (Whitworth men's tennis coach 1957-93, and NW rep to the NAIA for 1 8 yea rs)

spiri t u a l l y. Ten n i s w a s j u st a n

Lutheran. I'm saying this i n a

ave n u e w h ere M i ke could u s e

deeper sense than that they

h is God-g iven relati o n a l s k i l ls

wo u l d be tough to beat. Yo u

assistant coach for both the men's and

a l ways been a s h i n i n g e x a m p l e

M i ke. He has a very h i g h and

women's programs in the intervening

of i n teg rity w h o d a i l y a p p l i es

very clear standard of behavior

h i s f a i t h i n s i m p le, pract i c a l

and that was, from my p o i nt of

ways, such as how h e treats

view, a delight. "

years)

people, how he handles h i s f i n a nces a n d how he organ izes his days. That is a n exa m p l e for

Russ Beaton

(Willamette University

Men's Tennis Coach

1982-98)

a l l of us and is probably his lasting legacy."

Ted Carlson '74 (PLU tennis player from 1971路74 and Benson's firs t conference and district singles champ ion)

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M A Y

University Theatre and Dance

Q Club Banquet SAT

4 ruE

6pm, Olson Auditorium

7 m

Forrestine Wise Monsen Memorial

The Threepenny Opera April 30, May 1 , 7, 8 at 8pm

2pm, free will offering accepted a t the door

May 9 at 2 p m

University Concert Band and Un iversity Men's Chorus

University Si ngers Homecoming 3pm Park Avenue Voca l Jazz

HOff With His Head: Ganesha's Invitation into Mythological SpaceH David Seal, English. 2:30-3:30pm, Adm i n . 200. Call 535- 8307 University Jazz Ensemble and Park Avenue Vocal Jazz

Un iversity Symphony Orchestra Masterpiece Series: Concert I I I

A p R

GUEST PREACHI N G

Stroll Through t h e Arts 4-7 :40pm, $ 1 2 SOFA memb ers, alu m n i ;

8pm, $ 1 5, no passes

FRI

"Cha l l enging the Architecture of Domination: The Via Crucis of Chicago's

Rev. Rick Rouse '69

Preside n t Loren

J. Anderson

Portla nd, Ore. - Gethsemane Lutheran Church Rev. Rick Rouse '69

Mexicano Community"

B i l l i ngs, Mont. - Messiah Lutheran Church

Un iversity. 2:30-3:30pm, Admin. 200.

"PLU Night"

Call 535-8 307

April 28

Children's Concert and Ice Cream Social University Wind Ensemble 3pm, Eastvold Auditori um. Free w i th tickets

Bill ings. Mont. - American Lutheran Church Doug Page, Executive Director fo r Development

May 30 Rev. Rick Rouse '69

Exhibits D

C U LT U R A L C e N T E R

Richland, Wash. - Richland Lutheran Church

A Nordic Celebration of Sound"

March 15

U N I V£ R

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Choral Union, Northwest Sinfonieta,

April 6 -28

Peter Sykes

J u l i e Sasse Exhibit

I m provisational Organ Recital: William

Opening reception, 5 - 7pm, April 6 Spring Art Graduates' Exhibit pening reccp t i n , 5 - 7pm, May 4

D r. Marc Kolden, Luther Semina r)'. 7:30pm, enter. Call 535 -8306

"British Intellectual and the Medievalist Appeal of European Fascism" P ter Grosve n o r. Political Science, 2 :30-3:30pm, Ad min. 200. Call 535-8307

NOTE:

Not all events were sched u led at press time,

so please continue to check out our website at

www. p/u. edul-events for updated event information!

Norwegian Heritage Festival l l am-3pm, Scandinavian Cul t u ral Center.

Call 5 3 5 - 7349

Women of the '30s, '405 and '50s Luncheon

PACIFIC DJIHERAN

1 1 : 30am- l :30pm, Mary Baker Russell Music en te r. Call 1 - 800 -258-6758

UNIVERSITY

Un iversity Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Ensemble

Taco ma, WA 98447-0003

8pm University Chorale Homecoming Concert

lUi

8pm

Regency Concert Series: Season Finale Music for Organ and Brass 8pm

LU T HERA N

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Spokane, Wash. - St. Mark Lutheran Chu rch

March 1 6 Wenatchee, Wash. - Grace Lutheran Church For more information, call 5 3 5 - 7423 P l: U

C O N N E C'T l O N S E V E l i i T S...

April 1 0

May 4-23

Call: 2Oth-Century Developments" candinavian Cultural

ON T H E R O A D

March 14

Through March 24

"Human Vocations and Luther's Concept of

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"The Magic of Music -

Annual Art Faculty Exhibit

Romantic Organ Music: Martin Rost

PACI F IC

Sequim, Wash. - Dungeness Val ley Lutheran Church

Karen Mary Davalos, LoyoJa-Marymount

David Dahl. un iversity organist

Porter

April 1 1

April 27

Through April 30

Tickets are $ 1 5, no passes, call fo r t imes

Richland, Wash. - Richland Lutheran Church Rev. Rick Rouse '69

Bremerton, Wash. - Our Saviors Lutheran Church

Series: Concert IV

8pm, $ 1 5, no passes

"CA

in the New M i l lennium

March 1 4

April 18

Art

International Organ Symposium: The Organ

the Road

Somers. Mont. - E i dsvold Lutheran Church

David Dahl, organ. 8pm

PlU On

Mel Butler, organ

3pm

Call 53 5-7762

Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ Series:

"Da nce Power" - PLU Dance Ensemble April 1 6- 1 7 , 8pm, Eastvold Auditorium. Tickets are

The Color of the Winds

Artist Series: LeeAnne Campos, soprano

PLU W,

University Symphony Orchestra Masterpiece

University Wind Ensemble:

4 students/seniors and willi

II 12

8pm

Francine Peterson, bassoon. 3pm

general,

8pm

$ 1 5 general. C a l l 535 -7 1 50

M A R ( H

are $7

$ 5 general, $3 studen ts/se niors (available at the door ) .

Rieke Science Center. Call 535-75 3 5

S AT

University Theatre performances held i n Eastvold Aud itorium. Tickets

No music season passes accepted. Call 535-7762.

Natural Sciences Academic Festival

March 1 4 at 2pm

Scholarship Piano Concert

8pm

A Man For All Seasons March 5, 6, 1 2 , 1 3 at 8pm

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Country music star, cinematographer and nurse among alumni award winners State and ACLU in ch ďż˝ h-

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Colleen Hacker takes her place at women's soccer World Cup this summer

PacificLutheran S

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Scene editors caught up with 25 alumni and asked them to share insig hts from their varied careers and l ife experiences .

1\\10 ways to create more Lutes: o

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Gerry Anne Sah l i n talks about her experiences as a PLU regent.

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New crop of a l u m n i award winners is outstandi ng .

"There's no place l i ke home ! " Get a snea k preview of Homecoming 1 999.

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Brown i ng makes history across the Atlantic

The future king of Norway made PLU the first stop on his first official visit to the Northwest on March 20.

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Prince Haakon; Audun Toven, associate professor of Norwegian; Hans Ola Urstad, Norwegian consul general of San Francisco; and an unidentified bodyguard toured campus with

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President Loren J. Anderson and MaryAnn Anderson before the Crown Prince gave a brief public address in Red Square. HLet me express again how g rateful I am to all of you for the good work you are doing to link our countries and to enhance and improve the already outstanding relationship between the United States of America and Norway - particularly for doing this through educating young students,H he said. In keeping with the tradition of visits to campus by

In February and March, PLU professor a n d internationally known Holocaust scholar Chris Browning not o nly taught history, he made it - by becoming j ust the fifth American to deliver the distinguished Trevelyan Lectures at the University of Cambridge, England. Brow ning's six lectures on "Contested Issues in Holocaust Scholarship: Nazi Policy, Jewish Labor, German Killers" put him in prestigious company; other speakers have come from Cambridge, Oxford, Columbia, Princeton and Harvard. The biennial lectures were founded in 1 957 to commemorate George Macaulay Trevelyan, a famous PlU History Professor Chris Browning (RIGHT) talks with former PlU regent English h istorian. Don Morken '60 i n Trin ity House at Browning's Cambridge trip crowns a 25-year career at Cambridge University after one of PLU that has been punctuated with frequent "firsts;' honors Browning's lectures. and top-flight scholarship. In 1 995 and 1 996, he was a scholar- in-residence at the U.S. Holocaust Memo rial Museum in Washington, D.C. And last year, he was considered a top candidate to fill a new chair of Holocaust studies at Harvard (a position that remains unfilled). He also has published four books on the Holocaust. At PLU, Browning has been chairman of the history department and the win ner of two distinguished teaching awards. He has del ivered coun tless talks and lectures, and in 1 997 was named PLU's first Distinguished Professor. Amidst this "extracurricular" activity, Browning has cont inued to teach over-enrolled classes of enthusiastic P LU students. This fall, Browning accepts the Frank Porter Graham Chair of History at the University o f North Carolina's Chapel Hill campus. H e took h i s final teaching b o w at P LU during Spring Semester 1 999 and was honored at a farewell reception May 14.

Norwegian royalty, one of the Rune Stones on Red Square was inscribed to commemorate his visit. Prince Haakon said that PLU's replicas of traditional Viking rune stones - markers that commemorate important people and events in history - serve as a visual reminder of PLU's Norwegian roots. In 1 995, PLU welcomed the Crown Prince's parents, King Harald and Queen Sonja. This was the Crown Prince's first official visit within the United States since 1 996 when he began his education at the University of California at Berkeley. The 25·year-old, who spent several years in the Norwegian military before going to college, is a junior political science major.

Retiree gatherings bring back great memories of PlU A grou p of 240 PLU retirees and their spouses gather periodically throughout the year for various events. About 55 retirees attended a Feb. 1 8 luncheon, where guest speaker Phil Nordquist '56, professor of history, had the audience laughing continuously at his look back to some of the "strange and wonderful" faculty members at PLU d uring the '40s and '50s. The April 2 2 luncheon featured retired faculty member Fred Tobiason, who gave a slide presentation on "Adventures with Wildlife Photography." The next retiree function is a picnic on July 22 at Dave Olson's house on Lake Lawrence. For more information on upcoming events, call Dave Olson, 360-894-2628.

I KEA Seattle donates new fu rn itu re to PlU; Scandinavian documents and a rtifacts sought for co l l ection Thanks to a donation from IKEA Seattle, the Scandinavian I mmigrant Experience Collection and the P LU Archives now has new furn iture - and it's even authentically Swed ish. The furniture incl udes work tables, computer tables, book cases, stackable chairs, swivel chairs and armchairs. Located o n the third floor of Mortvedt Library, the archives house PLU's historical documents, artifacts and photographs, as well as the Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection, which comprises items relating to Pacific Northwest immigrants from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Anyone willing to donate historical items to either the Scandinavian or PLU collections can contact Kerstin Ringdahl, 253 - 5 3 5 - 7586. More about the Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection can be found at www.plu. edulindlarchiveslhome. html.

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Registration and ad m issions go on l i ne Move over telephone, hello Internet. Through a newly implemented system, PLU students can now register fo r classes over the Internet, and prospective students soon will be able to apply to the university online. The Banner registration system allows students to search for available courses by class title, professor and time of day, and print o ut a complete schedule when they're through. Ninety percent of 1 50 seniors who participated in a trial run of the system in fall 1998 fou nd online registration easier than using the traditional telephone mode. While some options are not yet available online, the new system was made available this spring for summer and fall registration, and 47 percent o f continuing students took advantage of the opportunity, said registrar Julia Pomerenk. And while online registration could replace the telephone, phone-in registration will be available at least through the end of 1 999. Online application for admission to PLU is in the testing stages, said Ardys Curtis, Admissions' systems manager (and campus Banner gur u ) . Students applying for Fall 2000 admission should be able to send most of their information to PLU electronically. Some items, however - such as transcripts, fees and the exchange of signed documents - will still need to be handled through the mail. Those who apply online will be able to check the status of their application electronically, wh ile applicants llsing regular mail will not. Curtis said mail-in applicat ions will continue to be an option even when the online system becomes fully operational.

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State and ACLU i n chu rch-state battle over grants

Published Corner Craig Fryhle, associate professor of chem istry, coauthored (with T.W. Graham Solomons) " O rganic Chemistry" (Jo h n W i l ey & Sons, price TBA) in JU ly. The textbook emp hasizes the biological, medical and environmental appl ications of organic chem istry.

Ann Kelleher, professor of political science and dean of Social Sciences, and Laura F.

Klein, professor of anthropology, p u b l ished "G lobal Perspectives: A Handbook for Understanding Global Issues" (Prentice Hall College Div., $24.35) i n October 1998. The book provides a m u Itidisc i p l i n a ry vocabulary for

Should students be allowed to use Educational Opportunity Grants to attend private universities in Washington state? PLU says yes, the American Civil Liberties Union says no, and the Washington Superior Court has until mid-July to decide. In a 1 995 suit filed by a Washington State University pro-fessor and the ACLU, the Loren Anderson parties seek to force the state Higher Education Coordinating Board to prohibit students from using Educational Opportunity Grant money at what the ACLU says are sectarian institutions. The grants provide up to $2,500 yearly for j uniors and seniors who demonstrate financial need and who are "place bound" - unable to relocate for college due to health, fam ily or work commitments. (PLU curren tly has 88 students who receive EOG benefits, in a program that pays out $2.4 million annually throughout the state . ) B u t as the 1 0 members o f the Washington Association of Independent Colleges and Universities have said, EOG money doesn't help colleges, it helps students by giving them flexibility.

Students can spend the grant in ways that best meet their needs at the schools most convenient to them. I n trial testimony April 8, PLU President Loren J. Anderson described PLU's Lutheran and Christian fo undations. He also explained that a Lutheran university does not impose or require a particular set of religious beliefs. I n written testimony entered earlier in the trial, Anderson emphasized that PLU educates a "widely diverse student body" in an atmosphere that is " intellectually �ree and unfettered;' principles supported both by Lutheran heritage and by tenets of academic freedom. Throughout the cont roversy, the ACLU has stated flatly that subscribing to p rinciples of Christian education and references to Holy Scriptures in university policies make PLU, and other schools like it, sectarian institutions. The organization believes taxpayer dollars should not be used to benefit religious institutions. Trial arguments ended April 1 5, and the j udge p romised a final decision within the 90 days required by law. The decision will likely be appealed to the state supreme court.

expla i n i n g general issues or trends facing the contemporary world i: nvolving cu ltu ral diversity, economic develop ment. the natural environment, and

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international peace and violence.

Barbara Temple Thurston, associate professor of E n g l ish, pub lished " N adine Gordimer Revisted, " (Twayne Publishers,

Faculty and students address

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Studies at UCLA. Beck earned a

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price TBA) in April. The book, part of Twayn e's Author World Series, addresses the major issues that bind Gordimer's novels race, hi story, the land, ideology, Africanness, economics, revolution and violence, sexual ity and gender, and selfhood. Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of Africa's most d istinguished writers of novels, sho rts stories, essays and book reviews.

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Several h u n d red people

Associated New American

attended two public teach-ins

Col leges (ANAC) selected

President loren J. Anderson

the PLU Kosovo Relief Fund.

as its vice-chair and chai r-elect

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effective i m mediately. Anderson

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February 2000. ANAC is a

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discussion about the cou ntry's

or privately controlled schools

current situation. Sponsored

across the country that integrate

Bill Becvar and Bill Parker, professors of theatre, each

by the Integ rated Studies

lib eral arts and professional

received a Northwest Drama

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studies.

Conference Teach ing

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Myra J. Baughman, professor

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C h a n g i n g Face of War: Ethics and the M i l itary in a New Age" face o f w a r - tec h n o l ogical, geopolitical, re l i g ious, conventional and n uclear affects and should affect our

PLU has been featured n u merous times both in major newspapers and on loca l TV stations. Major

stories ra n the g a m ut from events on the Kosovo crisis, the f i l m i n g of a movie o n campus and the teach e r salary issue (a l l publ ished in T h e News Tribune) to television news segme nts featu ring President Loren J . Anderson o n the ACLU lawsuit, PLU students on the Chernobyl computer virus and a lecture on the " Art of Kissin g . " PlU's programs, fac u l ty and students

ethical conceptions of war and how it should be conducted. Active and retired m i l itary personnel, as well as students and facu lty, discussed the i m p l ications of modern warfare.

A tota l of 308 students partici pated in J-Term abroad classes this year. In just four years, the cou rses abroad have grown from t h ree i n 1 99 5 to 19 i n 1999. Last year, 42 percent of graduates had a n international experience either during J-Term or the reg ular school year.

a n d i nterim dean of the School of Education, was appointed to the newly esta bl ished Was h i n gton Advisory Cou ncil for

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appointed acting

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finance and

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lynn Beck. Ph.D., was appointed dean of the PLU School of Education effective Aug. 1. S h e comes from the U n iversity of Alabama, where she is professor

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wh ich touts the nation's top

The (Tacoma) News Tribune - 22 The Seattle Times - 2

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Western Rese rve University in Cleveland, Ohio, was ranked n umber one.

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College of Education. She also serves as i nterim d i rector for the u niversity's Educational Policy Center. Previously, she held several leaders h i p positions in the Graduate School of Education and Information

business, w i l l teach at Poland's Poznan Academy of Economics and Poznan School of Manage ment a n d Banki ng October 1999-J une 2000. This is Barnowe's third ful l-year F u l bright Scholar Awa rd . H e went to China in 1982 and N orway i n 1992.

Charles Bergman, p rofessor of E n g l ish, w i l l teach at the Un iversidad LaSa lle i n Mexico City August 1999-March 2000. He w i l l teach a course on environ mental phi losophy and ethics and will lead related facu lty seminars. Bergman's research will focus on wildlife projects underway i n Mexico.

Moshe Rosenfeld, professor of com puter science and engi neering, will teach a graduate level class, "The Shannon Capacity of Noisy Chan nels," in the department of appl ied mathematics at Charles U n iversity in Prague September December 1999.

in 1 979, and was appointed dean of the Division of Natural Sciences in 1993. She has served as dean of information resou rces since 1997. Charles Upshaw, vice president for finance and ope rations, resigned his position effective May 31 because of health issues. leon "lenny"

Reisburg, professor of education, was named acting associate dean of information resou rces.

Additional spring 1 999 retirees Ronal d Bartow, S h ipping!

Receiving

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Mike Benson '69, E ducation

Donna Redemann.

Business Office

Mieko Riggleman,

Residential life Roger Ryan. Plant Services

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Sheri Tonn, dean

educational leadership i n the

Wired Colleges" survey. This year,

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continue to be seen and heard

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degree in Engl ish from the

on the Kosovo crisis, benefiting

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Seiichi A,dachi

Larry Huestis, Ph.D.

Walt Pilgrim

Associate Professor of Psychology and Counseling and

Professor o f Chemistry

Professor o f Religion

When Larry H uestis a p p l ied to teach org a n ic chem istry at Wh itworth in 1 96 1 , he cou l d n 't have suspected that he wou ld be hi red by PLU, let a l o n e retire from teaching general a nd a n a l ytica l chemistry and mi nera logy 38 years later. Even so, h e says he's a lways enjoyed it. "A lot of times, where you ' re going w i l l take a big l eft turn from where you were p l a n n i ng on going, " H u estis observed with a reflecti_·e s m i l e . H u estis, a Ca l i fornia native, did his u n derg ra duate work at Berkeley, got his doctorate in organic chem istry from U.c. Davis, then went to the U n iversity of M i n n esota for some postgraduate work. It didn't ta ke many of the co ld wi nters before he returned to the W':!st Coast. H uestis has greatly expanded the opportunities ava i l a b l e to PLU und erg ra duate students. He started the u n derg raduate chemistry semi nar sessions, set u p a special projects l a b so that students could practice rea l research, and esta b l i shed a reference co l l ection of mi nera l s . After retirement, H u estis i ntends t o k e e p working j u st when and how he wants. He'd l i ke to set up a m i neral identification laboratory, and will p robably conti n u e to teach m i nera l ogy and possibly a n a l ytica l chem istry. B ut those w i l l play second fiddle to spending time with his wife and visiting their daug hters - E l a i n e (Huestis '8 1 ) Isaak, and Sharon Huestis '85 - i n Cal ifornia. He a lso i ntends to invest more of his time singing i n a loca l choir.

PLU's Religion Department may seem a little off-ba l a nce with Walt Pilg rim retiring. Through-out his 28-year teach i n g career with PLU, Pilgrim has worked to m a i ntain bala nce i n the department, the u n iversity and his own l ife. He says h e has been a successful teacher of the New Testament, both as a h istorical and religious document. He has done his best to hold the interest of students from i ncreasi ngly diverse religious backgrounds. H e h as advocated m a i ntaining PLU as a school of the c h u rch with top-of-the-l i n e academics creating a dia log between religion and other fields of learn i n g . He reg u l a r ly took students to Israel and Jordan for J-Term cou rses, and, overa l l , h e has a p p reciated the abi l ity to teach while p u rsuing h is own scholastic interests. Pilgrim is the a uthor of three books, the most recent is " U neasy Neighbors: Church and State in the New Testament" (Fortress Press, M inneapol is). Pilg rim earned his bachelor's degree at Wartburg Col l ege in 1 9 56, a bachelor of divinity at Wartburg Theological Seminary in 1 960, and a master of theology and doctor of p h i l osophy at Pri nceton Theological Semin ary in 1 966 and 1 97 1 , respectively. After retiring, Pilgrim wants to teach in a sem inary i n N a m i bia, work on his next book concerning Jesus' attitude toward women in the gospel, and work at Associated M i n istries of Taco ma.

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Shortly after Seiichi Adachi a rrived at PLU i n 1 967, people knew exactly where to find h i m : i n h i s office. Every day he'd a rrive early, brown-bag l u nch in hand. Even during a brief l u nch break - which consisted of either doing wo rk or reading a book - he wou ld be, without fa i l, working as h a rd as ever. Tha> is until Dean of Students Phil Beele taught h i m h o w to play bad m i nton. Adachi proved to be a q u ick study. He's won cou ntless com petitions over the yea rs, most recently bringing home two golds and a s ilver from the u . S . Badminton Nationals held in Seattl e in Apri l . Adachi ca me to P L U a s a ful l-time counselor i n the Co u nseling and Testing Services Office. H e also taught psyc hology and bad m i nto n . "Worki n g a t P L U h a s b e e n a l a rge fa m i ly experience. I appreciate the respect I've received, as well as the perso n a l and professional freedom I've been g iven . " After retirement, Adac h i w i l l devote more t i m e t o his m a ny hobbies: l isten i n g to Mozart, writing poetry, g rowing his own vegetabl es, spending weekends at h i s fami ly's beachfront prope rty o n Hood Ca n a l a n d , of course, playing badminton. Ad achi earned his bachelor's degree from Jamestown Col l ege in 1 946, his bachelor of d ivin ity from McCormick Seminary i n 1 95 1 , his master's degree from Col umbia Jniversity-Union Theological Sem inary i n 1 957, and his Ed.D. from the Teachers Col l ege of Col umbia U n iversity in 1 960.

Anne lucky '55

Maxine Pomeroy

Executive Secretary t o t h e President

Manager of Performance and Outreach

After 22 years as the Com m u n ication and Th eatre sen ior office assistant, Joanne Eager has some read i ng to catch up on. " [Reading] under these l i g hts? It's for the birds, " she sa id with a disda i nful gesture toward the fl ickering f l u orescent tubes a bove. She has no plans for travel or the other things that reti red people typica l ly do - she j ust wants to read i n day l i g ht. Si nce 1 977, Eager has been postponing her read ing to m a ke the department of Com m ' lnication and Theatre run more smoothly. Sh e's set u p a system for u n iversity theatre box office reservations and pre-ticket sales, instituted accurate academic major and m i nors l i sts, and managed mult i p l e accounts for the departm ent, a l l in addition to eternal paperwork and coffee preparation. Eager said she's been "very privileged" to have worked at PLU, as it a l lowed t h re e of her children Wendy (Eager) Koessler '86, M a rk Eager '88 a nd Kevin Eager '89 - to grad uate from here. When pressed for more information, she just smi les and laughs softly. "There's not much to tel l , " she sa id. " I come a n d I go. I came; now I go."

It's A n n e Lucky's spot, and everyone knows it. At 1 2 o'clock sharp a l most every day you can find her eating l u nch and reading the paper i n the left-hand corner of the l a rge leather couch i n the Faculty House living room. The tradition ends with her retirement this spri n g . I n 1 976 as a young, newly widowed mother of four, Lucky fo u n d herself looking for a job. She wanted not only a mea n i ngful p l ace of employment, but a lso a pl ace where her children wou l d have the opportunity to receive a h ig h q u a l ity educatio n . PLU, the university she had atte nded for three years ( 1 9 52-55), turned out to be the perfect place. Lucky worked in the residential life office and the stu dent l ife office before being a p poi nted executive secretary to the president, where she has loya lly served for 1 7 years. In that time, she has been assistant to both President W i l l i a m Rieke and President Loren J. Anderson. " It h a s been such a privi l ege f o r m e t o be associated on a day-to day basis with two such d i l igent and dedicated servant leaders, " Lucky said. She a lso a ppreciates the many opportunities she has had to represent PLU, in the presi dent's office and outside of the u n iversity. Lucky now looks forward to spendi n g more time with her husband, Carl, working i n her garden, visiting her children, who a re spread out all over the world, and prepa ring for an u pcoming trip to N orway.

Not many people have traveled as much as PLUs m a n ager of performance and outreach M axine Pomeroy. I n the past 20 years, she has had the opportunity to travel through out the Northwest, a round the East Coast and even as fa r as China and Japan with n u merous PLU music g roups. Pomeroy began her work at PLU i n 1 974 as head secre tary in the Music Department. She held several positions before being named to her current position in 1 99 5 . " One o f the greatest p leasures a bout t h i s j o b h a s been gett i n g to know students and trave ling. It has been such a priv i l eg e for me, " she said. I n reti reme nt, the fi rst thing Pomeroy plans to do is sit down and take a deep breath. Then she' l l f i l l her time with her three favorite hobbies - gardeni ng, sewing and reading. Pomeroy said that she will not only m iss the trave l i ng, but also the students and coll eagues she has come to regard as friends. " My son-in-law who is a high school m usic teacher reassures m e that if I ever miss the students and what I've been doing too much, h e' l l let me come and spend a day with his students. I ' m sure that wi l l help m e get it out of my system , " she said with a l a u g h .

Camille El iason

Art Martinson '57

Admissions Director and Transfer Coordinator

History Professor

Sometimes l ife takes unusual tu rns. After co ming to PLU just to help out temporari ly, Ca m i l l e E l iason is reti ring - 1 8 years later - from her position as the di rector of admissions a n d transfer coordinator. In 1 982, after more than 20 years of teaching j u nior high and high school stude nts, E l i ason su bstituted i n the PLU Reg istra r's Office. She was q u ickly h i red on to coordinate and counsel transfer students. " It's like a breath of fresh a i r, " E l iason says, describing the satisfaction she gets from dea l i n g with the d i rect i nten sity of tra nsfer students. Of PLU, she sim ply says, " It's an awesome pl ace to work. " E l iason w i l l m iss contact with the people h ere, as well as traveling to recruit more transfer students. Mostly, though, she' l l miss being able to help students navi gate their way t h rough PLU. " [When counse l i ng transfer students,] I have to be objective. 1 can't say 'If you do this and this you may grad uate some day.' I have to be a b l e to say 'Th is is what we offer, this is what you need over the n ext few years ' " After she retires, E l i ason i ntends t o spend more time with her family and her g ra n dchildren. She says she' l l proba bly keep u p on h e r trave l i ng, too, b u t with h e r husband i nstead o f pri m a r i ly looking for future Lutes. And maybe, she said, after relaxing for a whi le, she'l l come back "just to help out" a little more.

If you've ever been to the Nisqua l ly Plains Room i n the Mortvedt Library, you've seen Art M a rtinson's pride and joy. As a member of the PLU co mmunity for the past 33 yea rs, Ma rti nson has been a professor of h istory as we l l as a su bsta nti a l contributor in building one of the la rgest collections of papers, photographs and other i nformation o n the com m u n ity surrounding PLU. M a rtinson a lso is proud of the ro l e h e played i n the Cooperative E d ucation program, fo unded i n 1 979. " PLU is a very, very good pl ace to work. It has been both accom modating and supportive of my interests, something many traditional jobs wou l d n 't a l l ow, " he said. M a rtinson earned his history degree from PLU then graduated from Washi ngton State University with a master's and Ph.D. in the 1 960s. He taught for one yea r at Tacoma Com m u nity College before joining the PLU faculty. Outside of PLU, M a rtinson has been active with the Nati onal Park Service. He has been everything from a trai l foreman at M o u nt Rain ier t o a r a n g e r i n t h e North Cascades. An avid h i ker, skier, biker and climber (fo u r times u p Mount Rain ier), his love for the outdoors has kept h i m active and young, a nd, as his wife says, " a lways on t h e go ! " After his retirement, h e p l a ns to teach several s u m mer and J-Term classes. He a lso wi l l co ntinue venturi ng i nto the outdoors with a s u m mer rafting trip, facing the fury of the Colorado River.

S. Erving " Erv " Severtson has gone from being a student to being a leader of students: He is a graduate of PL'U and was a student body president, longtime pro fessor of psychology, and vice president and dean of student l ife. Severtson graduated from PLU with a bachel or's degree in classics, earn i n g a bachelor of divi n ity in 1 959 from Luther Theo logical Semina ry, a master's degree in 1 960 from the U n iversity of Wyoming and a Ph.D. in 1 966 from the University of Uta h . He returned to PLU the same year as an assistant professor of psychology. H e l eft PLU in � 983 to become the di rector psychology at Good Samaritan Hospital, but he co u l d n 't stay away from his a l ma mater for long, ret u r n i n g to PLU in 1 986 in his cu rrent position. Severtson always l istens, even if what hears is d ifficult or a personal criticism. In every situation, he puts hi mself into others' shoes and offers advice and encouragement. Jeff Jordan, d i rector of a u x i l i a ry services and one of Severtson's closest frie nds, describes him as the " u lti mate educator." " Erv has always given completely of h i mself. H e never fa ils to demonstrate his support and dedication to students, " says Jordan. Although Severtson is retiri ng. he will work on several special assignments for PLU as needed.

Joanne Eager Department o f Communication and Thea tre Program Specialist

5. Erving Severtson '55 Vice President and Dean of Student Life

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There's an expert i n every crowd. Whether it's deal i ng with the national spotlight or just learn ing how to keep your children's names straight, PlU alumni are very g ood at what they do. We tal ked with 25 alums and asked them to tell us th ings we all need to know. I n the interest of broadening our readers' horizons, we pass on their good advice.

How do you keep your heart healthy in 1 0 simple steps?

Capt. David

Wei;cl" '67, a pilol for Deltn ,\irlillc; alit

Of SId I Lake Cit)"

Inkes a brenk il1 the cockpit of a 727 at Sea· Tac Intemnlional Airport.

How do you make a perfect landing in rough weather? "Many years ago I asked a captain I was flying with to share his tech nique for achieving smooth landings in varying conditions. 'It's really quite easy,' he said. ' You just fly it down to an inch or two above the ground a lld wrestle it down from there.' Well, over the years I've gotten a lot better at the wrestling part than I have at determining the one to two inches. I have found, however, that a gasp from the second officer is an excellent indication that a touchdown is imminen t." Capt. David Weiscth '67

1 0 . Take a daily dose of 400 mcg of folic acid ( 6 vitamins) . 9. Take a daily dose of 400 IUs of vitamin E. 8. If you're middle-aged with a family history of heart disease, consider a daily dose o f 8 1 mg of aspirin (a baby asp i r i n ) . 7. Avo id hyd rogenated oils. 6. Laugh - 'A joyful heart is good medicine.' (PROVERBS 17:22)

5. Use monosaturated oils (olive and canola) and foods with Omega-3 fatty acids ( fish and flax seeds) . 4. Eat fruits and vegeta bles. 3. Stay active - exercise 30 minutes a day. 2. Avo id foods with excessive saturated fat and cholesterol (keep LOL cholesterol below 1 3 0) . 1 . 00 not smoke. PS: For inner heart health, practice daily devotions and prayer - 'For where you r treasure is, there will your heart be also.' (MATIHEW 6: 2 1 )

Pilot, Delta Airlines Issaquah, Washington

Bruce Johnson

How do you sing a love song? "In some way, every song is a l ove song because love is such a complex thing. We experience the emotions of love, all the way from that first rush of falling in love to being dumped by a lover. So you don't just sing a love song, you feeI it. And the best way to do that is to fal l in love." Nancy (Coltom ) Colton

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Songwriter ..nd Singer Issaquah, WllShington

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and Kay (Smith ' 8 1 ) Johnson

Careliovascular elis...se consultant and registered nurse (respectively) at the Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota

How do you answer the age old puzzler: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it really make a sound?

Mall Orme '86 played tl1e part of Pllck ill

'It says, 'Rats [or some expletive] - I'm falling!'

of 'i\ ,'vlidsu m m e r Night's Dream."

the TaCcJma Actor's Guild spring production

If one takes the question more seriously, though, the answer depends on how closely our ordinary notion of a sound is connected to hearing. Sounds must be capable of being heard . But do they actually have to be heard in order to exist? A comparison with the objects of other senses suggests they do not. Does a rose give off a fragrant odor if no one is smelling it? Is the skin of a peach fuzzy if no one is feeling it? Is there a beautiful sight from the north rim of the Grand Canyon if no one is looking at it? My inclination is to answer 'yes' to all these questions - that odors, textures and sights can exist without someone's actually smelling, touching or seeing them. So what makes sounds different? Perhaps they are more closely connected to their form of perception than are odors, textures or sights. Consider, however, new parents who have installed an intercom in their baby's nursery. When turning it on one of them would say, 'I want to hear any sounds the baby makes tonight: not, 'I want to be sure the baby makes sounds tonight: If this is right then, given our ordinary notion of sound, if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, it does make a sound."

How do you memorize pages and pages of lines? " It's kind of like eating an elephant - you take it one bite at a time. Some people tape their lines and listen to them in the car. Some people get into it kinetically, that is they have to know where they're standing or what they're doing whell a particular line is being said. Others can sit down and memorize by rote. Sometimes I j ust get a tennis ball and bounce it back and forth off the wall and look at the script as an overview. Sooner or later i t all starts coming together and the memorizing is easy." Matt Orme '86 Actor Seattle, Washington

How do you keep coming up with fresh angles on the same sports themes year after year?

Norman Dahl '61 Professor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota

How can you get the biggest (legal) tax refund?

Shmltlotl Brillias '85 co-anchors the

weeke!1d

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Ho,v do you get a shy person to appear on camera? "That is one of the hardest parts of a television reporter's j ob. First I try flattery and personal appeal. If that doesn't work, I try to convince them that it is in their best interest to offer their side of the story. I tell them they might not get another chance. Perse verance is the key. If I don't get the interview today, then maybe next week or next month, I will." Shannon Brinias '85 Weekend Anchor/Reporter, KING 5 TV Seattle, Washington

"Don't show up at you r accountant's doorstep with a shoebox full of receipts three days before April 1 5 when your taxes are due! You should be organized and thinking about your taxes all year. For example, you have up un til April 1 5 of the following tax year to make contrib utions to your I RA, but if you spread contributions out during the year you won't take such a financial hit on tax day. If you're considering selling stock or mutual funds, delay the sale until after Jan. 1 , that way you won't have to pay taxes on the gain for an entire year. It's a lot easier and cheaper to try the new TurboTax software than to have an accountant help you prepare your tax form." There are many little known tax breaks that went into effect for 1 998: • Interest on student loans ( up to the first five years of the loan) is now deductible. • The Hope Scholarship is good for a tax credit of $ 1 ,500 a year for the first two years of undergraduate college education. • The Lifetime Learning Credit is good for a tax credit of $ 1 ,000 a year for certain education expenses when the Hope credit is not claimed, i.e., the second two years of undergraduate college ed ucation. • Families now receive a $400 tax credit for every child 1 7 and under.

"The repetitiveness of the sports seasons makes fresh angles difficult, but not impossible. It helps to read other publications, other news and favorite writers. Sometimes a story, a phrase or a mere word can trigger something that leads to an idea about a fresh take. I t also helps that my field of sports manages to 'out-absurd' itself at a pace faster than I can keep up. As for the writing i tself, my trick for the fresh phrase is to know that the first, second and third things to come to mind when I'm looking for analogies or similes are probably cliches. I reject them quickly before reaching more fertile ground. As long as musicians can make new music with the same 88 piano keys, it's the least a writer can do to make new ideas with all the words available in the dictionary." Art Thiel '75 Sports Columnist, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle, Washington

Ar! Tfl iel '75 takes

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(I lot 0Igood-l1l1(urcd rihbil1g/rUlI1 his

colleagues in the Seattle P(Jst-IJI[ clfigClIccr's sporTS department while fryillg to write 11is regular [(JIllrH 11.

Leanne Webber '90, CPA Senior Tax Analyst, Starbucks Coffee Company Seattle, Washington

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Ho\;v do you teach science to grade school students? "It has to be hands-on, dealing with real problems. The Douglas Creek Watershed Project has been our outdoor classroom since 1 993, and the students visit it several times each fall and spring. They gather data on the wildlife, geology, plants and history of this freshwater ecosystem, comparing what's happened from year to year. The students come up with the questions and then have to find the answers from the data we collect. Science is about studying the natural world: it's exciting to them, and they want to find out how it works. Through science, students will write, do math, read - I 've seen kids read a field guide that's several years beyond their normal comprehension because it covers some thing they're interested in." Diane Petersen

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Fourth-Grade Teacher at Waterville Elementary School, and Washington's Region III Science Teacher of Year for

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How do you win an argument?

How do you keep your constituents happy?

"I can only tell you how to win an organized argument. First you need good support - evidence and facts to support what you're saying. Second, be clear. Use simple words and be structured . Last, be persuasive about the argument without being too emotional."

"By saying, 'I love you all ! ' I really do. I say that even though we may have different points of view on certa in issues, I certainly love you all and I under stand where you're coming from. I also keep my constituents happy by listening, really staying in touch , visiting their communi ties and their schools, and talking to them about their particular problems. I feel I've been able to help a lot of people while I've been in office."

Mike Burton

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Speech and Debate and English Teacher and Co-director of the award-winning forensics team at Auburn High School for 25 years

Puyallup, Washington

How do you preach a sermon?

'74 1993 and member of the state House of 1991-93

Washington State Sen. Rosa Franklin Member of the Senate since Representatives from Olympia, Washiugton

How do you treat a common cold without traditional medicine? "Naturopathic medicine i s based o n a fi r m belief i n t h e body's i nnate ability, under most cases, t o heal if given the proper care. Healing and staying healthy are closely related and involve multiple factors. A holistic approach is used in working with patients to address their problems. Treating the common cold means first addressing the issues that lead to contracting the cold, i.e., why was the immune system susceptible to this disease? Lifestyle issues such as stress and poor diet are commonly at fault. Treating a cold could i nclude counseling on lifestyle patterns or emotional issues as well as specific nutritional supplementation, botani cal medicine, homeopathic medici ne, hydrotherapy or other therapeutic modalities. The specific treatment plan is unique to each individual." Naturopathic doctors Debbie Lantz '85 and Steve Wangen '90

1999 graduates

of Bastyr Universit·y, a leading education and research

eeD.ter for allltrnative, natural medicine Seatlle, Washington

ljm Diacogiannis '87 with IIi:> wife. 1.lI l/rel, and their eighl children - Gregg, 1 4 ; assh', 1 3; Jeremiah. 12; Cllri:5sn (Illel Ll11dsc)� [0; Joshu(l, 8; BelljlJ 1"in, 5; "lid Hosauna, 2 - 0 "

recent c) u t i1Jg to PLU.

How do you keep your children's names straight?

Rev. Dr. David C . Wold

"Each child likes to be known as a person not j ust as a kid, so names are very important in our family. There is a sign i ficance to each ch ild's name and each one knows its importance. One t h i ng that helps is that we were sure to avoid using the same first initial for all eight children. We have identical twin girls, and when their backs are to me I have no clue who is who. \Vhen they're facing me I can see a mole on Lindsey's right side, which is my left, so L-left equals L-Lindsey. \Vhen they were younger I just called them both Dolly." Jim DiacogilUUlis

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Father of eight, PE Teacher at Eatonville Middle School. He also owns a painting contracting busine� and a home-school consulting business Puyallup, Washington

Hovv do you blast through writer's block? "\Vhat I u sually do is s i mply tell myself what the rewards are going to be for fi nishing a particula r job - such as ' These people have a story that needs t o be told.'" Marvin Shaw '47 Allthor,joucnalist and former English teacher

(32

years), who has

collaborated on a reference book of English homonyms and who is shopping for a publisher for his recent gay fiction no...1.

Deputy Sheriff J\tIiCtlh LllIlltburg )92 has written traffic

tickets.

his sh(ln: of

How do you talk your way out of a ticket? Micah Lundborg '92 Deputy Sheriff, City of Lakewood (vice/narcotics squad) Puyallup, Washington

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Bishop, ELCA Southwestern Washington Synod Tacoma, Washington

How do you devise a defense to stop veteran quarterback Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers? "When you're dealing with a quarterback like Brett - a player with tremendous God-given abilities who has been arollnd seven or eight years and knows the game inside and out you have to give him lots of different looks and confuse him. It's called 'disguising your defense.' You don't wan t him to recognize the play until after the ball is snapped, so you have to make sure you can run differen t pJays from what may look like a familiar defensive pattern. If you can make the quarterback guess - and have him be wrong - you' l l decrease his confidence and you can render him i neffective." You'll get a chance to

see if Flaj ole 's strategy rings true when Seattle and Green Bay match up on ABC's Monday Night Football on Nov. 1 , 1 999. Ken Flaiole

"The easiest way is to tell the truth. Just be honest."

San Carlos, California

" Preaching is a public and com ll1unjty event, not a monologue or a private experience. It is an inter action of the Spirit of God between the Holy Scripture, the preacher and the hearer. The preparation has to take into account who the people are and what they are struggling with in their lives. People think bishops have j llst one sermon. But we need to speak a word from God that is directed to the specific faith community in which the message is proclaimed. And regarding delivery of a sermon, if the message doesn't sound as if it means something to the preacher, it will fall flat - orthodox, perhaps, but flat. It takes passion to engage the hearer. If you can't preach with at least some passion, stay out of the pulpit!"

'77

Seattle Seahawks Defensive Backs Coach (Former defensive as-,istant/quality control coach for the Green Bay

Packers. Also spent 2 1 years coaching college ball, including a stint

as a staff coach at PLU from Seattle, Washington

1977 to 1978.)

MallY or lim Walker's '76 grcl/t ideas are hatched right here ill his oj{ice a t the dOH'lll.o\\'/l SCII/riC advertising agency where lie works. His

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How do you find inspiration to write a poem? " Beauty, stories, ugl iness, desire, history, surp rise, cigarettes and delight inspire me. The important thing remains true: find what you love but cannot comprehend and throw the full weight of imagination to the task." Jason Thompson '96 Graduale sludenl al lhe Universily of Arirona

(also leaches

composition) Tucson, Arizona

How do you catch people's attention in today's busy world? "Advertising is like trying to set up a friend on a blind date by standing on the street and - as she flies by at 60 mph in her car - shouting to her the one intriguing thing about him, l ike 'He's rich ! ' Unfortunately, clients are seldom as simple as 'He's rich,' and with the p roliferation of new and old media, there are so many new 'street corners' to shout from. So the trick, if there is one, is to 'know where to stand' to be a very good story teller. Getting people's attention in a day and age where the phrase 'time poor' has become a common description of consumers requires that you reward people for listening or paying atten-tion. Make them laugh, make them cry, make them smile o r even make them mad , j ust don't waste their time." Jim Walker '76 Creative Director, McCann Erickson Advert ising Agency Seallle, Washington

How do you coax the truth out of a hostile witness?

"Show me the money! Maybe the best way is to pull back the blankets. I n a way, that real ly is true. I'll look into the structure of a business entity and the character of the business' control persons, and because corruption is about money, I'll u t i l ize various resources to fol low the traiJ of money."

"The best way is to be supremely prepared, with a well-formed grasp of the facts and evidence o f your case. The t ruth is always much more easily sustained tha n a lie. Also, the reluctant witness must make a conscious effort to 'bury' the facts, as opposed to volunteering information. Therefore it's much easier to catch the witness perp etuating a myth when you're prepared. You also need to maintain calm and not let the witness get the upper hand. And if you're having trouble getting an answer, break the question down to its most basic elements, making each piece irrefutable, then build upon them using your evidence, and you eventually get to the place you want to be. It all flows from being prepared - you can't wing it with a hostile witness."

Gregg Shankle '78

Susan Caulkins '82

De l�ctive wilh Ihe Oregon Slale Police Gambling Enforcemenl

Attorney and partner in Shiers, ehrey, Cox, Caulkins, DiGiovanni

How do you uncover a corrupt gambli ng operation ?

& Zak, LLP

Division Salem, Oregon

PorI Orchard, Washington

How do you pick the perfect employee? "The top three attributes that I look for in selecting a new employee are 1) Intelligence - Skills are important, but more important is the capacity to learn new skills and adapt quickly to change; 2) Attitude - A positive, enthusiastic attitude by itself will guarantee success in many j obs; and 3) Good References - The best predictor of future success is a person's previous job performance:' Bill Rogers '82 Co-founder and owner, Evergreen Slaffing Tacoma, Washtngton

How do you choose the perfect wine for dUmer? "It's traditional and customary that white wine goes with fish and poultry and red wine goes with beef, b ut it's not necessarily a good rule. Perso nally, I like white wine with fish and poultry because of the good balance of flavors and acidity of the white wine. It also depends on the balance of textures and aromas of both the meal and the wine. The bottom l ine is drink whatever you like with any type of food."

from left, lvfa re Dahlstrolll '83 with act ress Karell AlI.cn awl his wife, Callt/(lce Anlls/rollg '82.

How do you accommodate high -maintenance movie stars? "I won't name names, but here's how I handled one problematic type, a pretty well-known actor. I was assistant director on a film, and we were to shoot a scene where this guy had to kiss a woman. He had just come back from eating a chicken caesar salad with lots of garlic, and a look of horror came over his face. He looked around frantically and thundered, 'Who's in charge aroLind here?' and then to me: 'You. I need some mou thwash - get me some Scope!' That wasn't normally my job, but this guy had been hard to deal with all along - his trailer wasn't right, he had yelled at the wardrobe l ady, etc. - so I said to myself, 'To heck with it; let's j ust get this done.' I went down to the gift shop in the hotel where we were filming and all they had was Listerine. But this guy had a temper, and I figured if he said Scope, he meant Scope. So I went across the street to a convenience store and got him some Scope and a toothbrush and toothpaste, and everything actually turned out okay from there." ( Scene caught up with Dahlstrom j ust before he headed to the Cannes Film Festival in France to present "The Basket," starring Karen Allen, which his company produced and he assistant-directed. I n contrast t o the star described above, Dahlstrom said Al len is "a trooper. . . a real, nice, genuine human being." So they're not all bad.) Marc Dahlslrom '83 Parlller, Norlh by Northwesl Productions Spokane, Washington

The Rev. Russell Aldrich '76 Aldricb grows grapes for Flinl Winery on his 50-acre farm in Cienega Valley, 65 miles soulh of San Jose. He

Surrounded hy 60-gallon french oak willI' barrels j,l the Fhllt \·Vincry (Cit!.lleg(1

R""rli Aldrich

Valfcy),

spends Ihe b1!lk of his lime working as a Iiturgieal design consullanl and ecdesiasHeal artisl. Paicines, California

the Rev.

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PlU Board of Regents relies on open , sometimes lively, discussions Daniel L. Alsaker, Greenacres, WA NeaJ

L Arnts1:>n,

Portland , OR

Richard L. "Dick" Bauer, Boise,

Deborah Bevier, Seattle, WA Becky Burad, San Francisco, CA Cynthia Edwards, University Place, WA nda Evanson, Steilacoom, WA William H. Foege, Atlanta, GA Anne M . Hafer, Wileaton, I L Ken "Skip" Hartvigson, Jr., Seatt le, WA Roe Hallen, Apple Valley, MN James M. Hushagen, Edgewood, WA Kathleen Jacobson, Bend, OR Katherine L . Johnson, Shorel ine, WA Theodore L. Johnson, Seattle, WA Mark Knudson, Shoreview, MN

William

Krippaeh ne, Jr. , Seattle, WA

Rev. Rebecca Lu cky, Kent, WA Bishop Donald Maier, Seattle, WA Kurtis K. Mayer, Tacoma, WA Rev. Dr. Larry Neeb, SI. Louis, M O Martin R . Pihl, Ketcllikan, AK Bishop Mark Ramseth, Billings, MT William Ramstad , Rancho Bernardo, CA Gerry Anne Sahlin, Bow, WA Gary R. Severson , Kirkland, WA James

W Stauffer,

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Otto O. Stevens, Spokane, WA

B Y G E RRY ANNE S A H L I N , PLU R E G E N T

ontrary to popular opinion, being o n the PLU Board of Regents isn't all fancy dinners, adop ting rules and soliciting money for the un iversity. The board is respo n sible for overseeing t h e business o f PLU a n d making sure the university is a great place to l earn. Achieving these goals isn't always easy - it takes thoughtful and sometimes lively discussions and careful research, These discussions can even be uncomfortable, but having them helps us make P LU a better university. My five years as a regent have been a truly eye-opening experience. Being a regent has helped me grow as an individual and has allowed me to give something back to the school that educated my four children . More important, it has shown me the value of collaborative decision making. At one o f the board's first t rain ing conferences we were told to question everything and to communicate, communicate, com municate. Board members believe rigorous debate a nd thought ful discussion leads to better decisions. We were encouraged to ask questions while gathering facts, to communicate our ideas openly on each issue and to listen t o others' opinions.

An example of this process is our recent decision to build an apartment-style residence hall. This project required several steps: conducting appropriate studies; making sure finances were available; and hiring experts in development, construction, property management, and a well- respected a rchitectural firm. Our diverse group had differe nt opinions on how each of those steps should be achieved, But through careful research, working through our differences in opinion and ultimately agreeing on the best option, we have come up with a plan that will get the new building completed on time and on budget. For the boa rd to be effective, we need your input. That means everyone in the PLU community - students, alumni, parents, fa culty, sta ff and other friends of the university. I encou rage you to express yo ur ideas and concerns to a board member. Contact information is available by calling 2 5 3 -5 3 5 -7 1 1 1 . With your help, and a continued focus on collaborative decision making, we can co ntinue to make PLU the best university in the Pacific Northwest.

Susan Stringer, Bellevue, WA Rev. John L. Vaswig, Edgewood, WA Rev. Dean Wigstrom I I , Si lverton , OR Donald M . Wilson, Lake Oswego, OR Bisllop David C . Wold, Tacoma, WA EX-OFFICIO

Loren

J Anderson,

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Bishop Robert Keller, Spokane, WA Bishop Paul Swanson, Portland,

University Relations

Laura Majovski, Acting Vice President for Student Ufe

Kari and Mark Leppell

George and Karen Vigeland FELLOW

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Laura Polcyn, Vice President for Admissions and Enrollment SelVices Cristina del Rosario Fridenstine, Director, Student Involvement and Leadership Rev. Or. Richard Rouse, D irector, Churcll Relations Sheri Ton n , Acting Vice President for

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Bernice Jonson

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Jim and Cathy Ingram

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Mark and Marv Olson

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Michael Olson

Mike and Mary Benson

STUDENT M E M B E R

Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Prineville, Ore.

John Brallie and Te rry Retchuss

Don Gray

Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland -

Paul Menzel, Provost

Karen Phillips '

Goldia Brammer

David Aubrey, Vice President for

Rnance

Chuck and Carol Geldaker

($1 , 0 0 0 - $ 1, 799/year)

ADVISORY A D M I N I STRATION

Bradley and Marlena Falk

Bob and Connie Brag '

Anchorage, AK

Club or upgraded their membership from January

(5S,000-59.999/year)

(52,400-S3, S99/yea r)

Interim Bishop Larrv Jorgenson,

PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE

S E N I O R FELLOW

Arne Selbyg, Chicago, IL

Development

The lollowing individuals, churches and bUSinesses have joined the

Mark Bryant Maria-Alma and Richard Copeland Jan is and Scott Fox Peter and Jana Gedde Karl ancl Renae Granlund Knut and Kathrine Grosen

Ronald and Jeanne Patterson

(S60/year)

Susan and Guy Pittman

Jenny Aclams

Dan Pritchard

Forrest Griek

Darrell and Kathy Shideler

lisa Kellogg

Richard and Kath leen Shouse

Wendy Niebauer

Floyd Squires

Christa Voie

John and Monique Vaswig

($480-$999/year)

George and Karin H i rchert

Anacortes Lutheran Church

Lee and Lee Holden

Glenn and Margery Campbell

Michael and Tamara Hopwood

Larry and Roxanne Coffey

Sandra Jerke

Odd and Turid Vedeld

•

Increased from previous level

Dana Walk Timothy and Vivian Wallace John and Marie Zinne

Operations

ADVISORY FACULTY

Dennis M . Marti n , English, Chair of Faculty Leon Reisberg, Vice Chair of Faculty Linda Olson, Faculty-At-Large ADVISORY STUDENTS

Robert D . Larson, ASPLU President Greg Pickett, ASPLU Vice President Amy Sieve rkropp , ASPLU Director of Finance

Gifts, pledges

Gerry Anne Sahlin

Gerry Anne and her husba nd, Roger, own Tri p l e R Construction Co. i n Bellingham, Wash. They have four c h i l d ren, who are a l l PLU

grants of $1 0 , 0 0 0 or more, January 1 to March 31 , 1 999

DONOR

AMOUNT

PURPOS E / D E S I G N A T I O N

Faye Anderson

$ 1 3,000

Additional Will Provision / Xavier Renovation Pledge

Neal and Joyce Arntson

$347,500

Will Provision /

Carl and Myra Bennett

$30,000

Xavier Renovation Pledge /

Q Club

Club Pledge/Unrestricted Capital Pledge /

Endowment Pledge/Restricted Scholarships Pledge /

David and Carolee Berntsen

$70,000

Additional Will Provision /

$ 1 0 , 000

Xavier Renovation Gitt and Pledge

The Boeing Company

$ 1 2 , 070

Ed and Angela Brannfors

$30,000

Stanley and Terryl Brue

$25,000

Economies Excellence Endowed Scholarships

and Clara Davis

$ 32, 1 09

Cilaritable Gift Annuity

Marlowe and Alyce Ewy Estate

$72,276

Alumni Annual Fund / Unrestricted Endowment

General Endowment Fund /

$1 00,000

Xavier Renovation Pledge

Michael and Kimberly Halvorson

$ 2 5 , 000

Xavier Renovation Pledge

Arthur

$ 1 6 , 500

Jennie L . Hansen Endowed Scholarship / Jennie L . Hansen President's Scholarship

Hanson

Club / General Endowment Fund Pledge /

Carol J. Houston

$1 6 , 500

IBM International Foundation

$42,059

Equipment Credits Matching 27 Donor Gifts

Intel Foundation

$ 1 3, 500

MESA Mathematics Is Power Prograrn Fund Grant

Pearl N. Johnson Estate

$50,000

Pearl N. Johnson / Lutheran Brotherhood Endowed Scholarship for Nursing Dr. and Mrs. L. C Foss Memorial Endowment

a ClublXavier Renovation

William Kilworth Foundation

$ 1 0,000

Columbia Center Renovation Grant

'97

and Christopher

Club Pledge

Goodwin and Dorotlly H . Olson Endowed Scllolarship Gift and Pledge

Sa h l i n

S i g rid Sah l i n

$ 1 3,750

$60,000

97 ,

Endowment Pledge

William and Paula Foege

$25,000

Robert Gomulkiewicz and Andrea Lairson

Ida Foss Johnston Estate

Heather Sa h l i n

Club Pledge/Alumni Annual Fund

Club Gift and Pledge

Gordon and Alice Kayser

94,

Matching 53 donor gifts

a l u m n i (or soon will be) - Carl '

Pledge

Bruce and Jill Bjerke

J Walter

Regent Profile

and

Pledge

Gary and Mavis Koch

$1 1 ,944

Endowment /

Sa h l i n '00. Gerry Anne is a member

Edgar and Betty Larson

$50,545

Additional Will Provision

of PEO Chapter Ap, Edgemoor

Lee Charitable Trust

$90,000

Unrestricted Annual Fund

Lutheran Brotherhood

$ 1 0,980

Matching 1 58 Donor Gifts

Microsoft Corporation

$ 1 3,720

Matching 7 Donor Gifts

Donald and Wanda Morken

$1 , 300,000

Additional Will Provision

Larry Neeb

$51 5 ,000

Additional Will Provision / Xavier Renovation Pledge / President's Discretion arj Fund

Douglas and Kristin Page

$23,300

Will Provision /

William C. Parrish Estate

$69,745

Katherine Parrish Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Garden C l u b, U n i versity of Washington's President's C l u b, Tyee Member Coaches C i rcle, Western Washi ngton U n iversity President's

& Country Golf & Country

Club, B e l l i n gham G o l f C l u b, I n d i a n Wells

Club / Campus Ministry Office

Club Pledge

Diana Pederson

$ 1 3 ,000

Arne and Gloria Pederson Endowed Scholarship for Leadership

Club and Central Lutheran C h u rch

Merle R. Pflueger

$50,574

Charitable Gift Annuity

in Bel l i n g h a m .

Karen Hille Phillips

$1 06,000

Xavier Renovation Pledge /

John and Aleen Schiller

$20,200

Will ProviSion / Johannes and Aleen Schiller Endowment G i ft and Pledge

P A C I F I C

L U T H E R A N

Club

Otto and Shirley Stevens

$77, 0 0 0

Additional Will Provision / Science Equipment Endowm ent Challenge (SEEC)

AI and Ella Scheibner Estate

$30,000

AI and Ella Scheibner Endowed Scholarship

James Van Beek

$58,000

Additional Will Provision / Linda Van Seek Memorial Scholarship Pledge /

Calvin and Julia Watness

$ 1 9,200

Additional Will Provision /

Winston Zee and Peggy Chan

$ 1 0,000

Xavier Renovation

Dwight and Lee Zulauf

$31 ,541

Will Provision /

S C E N E

S U M M E R

1999

Club Pledge/Lute Club Pledge

Club Pledge

Club Pledge / Center for Learning and Technology / Al frecl and Alice Bishop Enclowed Scholarship

7/lere :s noplace like home Sixty years ago, in h e r role a s Dorothy in t h e movie "The Wizard o f Oz," J u d y Garland proclai med to t h e world "There's N o Place Like Home ! " Pacific Lutheran Un iversity h a s been "like home" t o m a n y of us a t one time or another. Homecoming i s f o r everyo ne - not j u st those celebrating a reu n ion. We look forward t o seeing you at Homecoming 1 999 !

Ath letic Hall of Fame Luncheon

Faculty House Reception for all Alumni

Oclober 15, 1 1:30 am

Oclober 15, 4:30- 6pm

Apple Festival

Gala Buffet and Concert

Oclober 15, 1-4pm

Oclober 15, 6 - 10pm

Enjoy apple cobbler and ice cream while listening to the P LU Jazz Ensemble. This popular campus group took the stage dur ing last year's Four Freshmen concert and stole the show.

A heavy hors d' oeuvres buffet in Olson Auditorium will be followed by an evening of music and recogn ition in Lagerqu ist Concert Hall i n the Mary Baker Russell Music Cen ter. The Alumni Award Win ners will be honored

H E R I TA G E

LECTURE

(see p ages 12-13).

October 1 5 , 3 - 4 p m U.S. Congresswoman Lois Capps '59 CAREER

o o

Golden Club Brunch

FAIR

;; z o

Oc/ober 16, 10 am

October 1 5, 1 -4 p m Alu m ni in a variety of occupations will serve as resources to cu rrent PLU students about career options.

ďż˝ :3

Nu rsing Alumni Brunch

Homecoming Royalty, 1 998

Oc/ober 16, 10 am

Alumni Tentl

omecoming Game

Oc/aber 16, I 'oon ..

The Lutes host the Whitworth Pioneers at I :30 pm at Sparks S tadium. Come to the Alumni Ten t before the game and then check in a t halftime to connect with fel low alums, register to win prizes, pick up alumni give-aways and enjoy a snack!

Class Reu nions

Jazz a t the Apple Festival

Oclober 16, 9:30 am, 7:30pm The classes of 1 9 54, 1 959, 1 964, 1 969, 1 974, 1 9 79, 1 9 84, 1 989, and 1 994 are being honored at the Tacoma Cou ntry and Golf Club in an evening event. Morning bru nches, special events and a celebration for the 50th reunion class of 1 949 are a lso planned.

Homecoming Worship Oclober 17, 10 am Visit the Bookstore, ypur resIdence hall(s), take

Join University Congregation for a special worship service in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center. Choir of the West will provide music, Bishop David Wol d '56 will be the presid ing m i nister, and Vice President Emeritus S. Erving Severtson '55 will preach. Come early fo r a complimentary continental breakfast at 9 am. A P LU Wind Ensemble Concert fo llows at 3 pm.

a campus tour and "'/4ch m re.

C L A S S Do ug las Co. Nan cy is a homcmaker.

1 941

her Joilllson re ti red i n 1 99 8 a fter a 50-year career as a co u n t ry pastor, a professor of b i o l ogy al Bethany

College, a h i gh school p r i ncipal and a pastor of a large metropolitan church

i n St. Pa u l , M i n n .

PLU

gathe rin g

thaI was held at Na ncy's son, David

Lipscomb's '84, h o m e . Thomas is a

retired U.S. Navy commander. He was

Eugene Ahrendt died on March 20. He s p e n t 32 yea rs i n the Franklin

ďż˝aval aviator and later worked

in technical support at McDonnell

tennis, landscaping, t ravel i ng and an

months as a b us i ncss a nalyst for

a n n u a l trip to the mounta i n i n h is

S),stem House. When Margaret

of the Korean War for the Northwcst

Pierce School District as a music

1 960 T R 3 . Gene is s u rvived hy his

VaJ ley ed itio n of the Ari zo na

teocher, high school a d m i n i s t Tator

\Vife,

alo ng with a color photo of Thomas

Pierce I'ducation Association.

on Nov. 2.

Following a tou r of d u ty in the

Republic. The art i cle was pubLished

and past pres ide n t of the Franklin

M ari ne Corps Reserve for 20

1 95 0

Tllomas Hoskins and Nallcy Lipscomb '59 were married On Aug. 8.

al s o

Thomas recently wrote his memories

Jack Guyot was a fea tured artist a t Ri\'erSea Gallen' in Astoria, Ore., i n

OC lober. His oi l

p ai n t i ngs

were pa rt

of the two - p erson exh i bi t , "Two fo r

the Show . . . ." l'lck became a dedicated a r t ist a fter h i s retiremcnt a fcw years ago from a career as a co nstruct ion contractor.

years,

retir i ng as a lieutenant colonel. Gene

returned to Ketch ikan, she worked al

LaWanlla ( Wellsalldt '51); daughters, Debra Nelsoll '76 (Dall '76), Jeanllie Klllltlig '80 (To m ) and Wllitney Hollalld '87 ( To ny ) ; two grondch ildren, Margo and Teague Nelson; sister, Evangelille Moeller

and brother, Armand Ah ren d t .

'48;

enjoyed classical music and pl ayed Symphony .tnd PLU Orchestra. He was an active member of Trinity Lutlwrlln Church, in Parkland, and served as congrega t i o n president,

d i rector,

member of the bell

choir and Men of Tr i nity. He enjoyed

a mu s eu m for n i n e m o n t hs. In 1 996,

her husband, Hans, retired ,lfter being d iagnosed with Alzheimer's. She cared for h i m at home for two years before he entered the Pioneers Home i n

Ketchikan l a s t lull'. M a rgaret Stephen M i n ister at

F i rs t

is a

Lutheran

Church, a n d she welcomed her t h i rd

v i o l i n for many years in the Tacoma

choir

Heritage lecturer

N O T E S

Korean War, he served i n the U.S.

1 9 47

They met in 1 988 at a

U.s. Congresswoman lois Capps '59,

g nndc h i l d in November. She would

1 9 5 3

Margaret (Larsell) AlltOf/Sell reti red from the Alaska D epa rtme nt o f

Health and Social S e rvices i n L990. She was the

eligibility office

a pp rec i ate hearing ('rom fo rmer classmatcs who .lre coping wil.h

having a loved o n e w i L h Alzheimer's.

manager.

She then worked i n H a wa ii for I I

PACIF I C

L UTHERAN

SC E N E

S U M M E R

1 9 9 9

1 954

group leader in the b u il di ng and fire

Vernon Lestrud died o n July t, 1 998. He was a profes s or of speech and thealer at Urbana Univ ers i t y i.n

I nsti tu te

p roductions in the fa ll of 1 99 7 through s pring 1 998. D u r i n g h i s 1 2 theater

facul ty and vice presid ent fo r

The U.S. De p<l1' t men t o f Commerce

Kay (JeTStad) lind Stu Morton, Clarene (Osterly) and Allell Johnson, Gillny (Grahn) alld [ver Haugen, Donna Swanson, Carol (Bottemiller) lind Cil uck Geldaker, Cathy (Biery) Hoye r, Sharon (Kinzer) Partoll, Millie ( Van Buren) Odul/I, Jean (Cilristensen) and Bob Wolfe, Norma Borgfo rd, Mary Lou (Biery) Magn uson, Barbara (McDonald) Spinny, Norita (Miller) Liebelt, Adollna (Bondahl) Galusha, Bev (Tranum) lind Dick Knl/tzen, lean (CogburtJ) Danielson, Myrna (PfanneKl/chen) Kucklick, Ruth (Sath er) Phillips, Carol Hintze, Millie Brammer and Diane (Bassett) Macgollgan. S ti l l b u ilding for

S ilver Medal was one of many awards

characte r.

t he N a t i o n a l B u reau of Standards

development, and division chair. He

( now NIST ) . James also had an

p ro fessor emeritus s peech and theater by the

was h o nored " i th

i nterest in historic p reservation, and

his many research p rojec t s included

universit)' board o f trustees. Before

the stone i n the wa l l s o f the Castillo

goi n g to Urbana, he held faculty and

d e San M arco s National Monument

a d m i nistrative positions at Idaho

in St. Augustine, Fla.

Slate Universi ty, Pocatel[o; Co [ l ege of

He pUhlished

m o re t h a n 1 0 0 technica l papers and

St. M a ry, Omaha, Neb.; Tuscu [ u m

was active o n many committees, both

College, Greenville, Tenn.; University

n a t i o n a iJy and in ternationally,

o f Oregon, Eu gene , Ore.; and

includi ng the I n te r n atio nal

Wa rtburg COllege, Waverly, Iowa.

O rg a n iza tion for Standardization.

Vernon i s s u rvived by his w i fe,

Dar/een (Holl '54), three daugh ters , two sons and eight grand chi ldre n.

and moved w it h h e r family to S e a t t l e i n

1 937.

a bachelor's degree i n education, R u t h beg an teaching in t h e D upon t/ror t Lewis School District. In 1 96 5 s he went overseas to teach with the Department o f Defense Schools. She taught in Japan for two ycars and in Ge rmany fo r two years. Her l ast

assi g n m e n t was in E ngland, where she

stayed u n t i l her ret ire me n t i n 1 990.

Ruth ea r ned a master's degree frolll

M ic h igan State Un iversity and also a specialist degree. S h e was active at Resurrection

I nd ia. She retu rne d to Bothell, Wa sh.,

after her retirement, where she served

on the c h ur ch council a nd various c o m m ittees at Bothell

F ir s t Lutheran

Church, and volunteered her time in

De d icate d to that

the co m m u n i ty. R u th is survi ved by

talented, hut often silent, Class of '56:

he r brother, David

u n de rsigned have vowed to get

We the

Church i n

throughollt Asia, Europe, Africa and

is survived bv: his w i fe, Eva; s o n , M ichael; a n d sister Fran Clifton '65.

James Cliftoll died on J a n . 1 9 a t his home i n Roc k v ill e, Md. James was a

Lutheran

Ca mb rid ge, and enjoyed trav el i ng

James

From Go rdy Strom:

After grad

u a t ing from PLU with

that h e received d u r i ng h is career.

1956

'59, and his w i fe ,

:JlIumni!J(ec0lnilion :7/mards !

Beverly Hat!

for her work in p ublk hea l t h . her tireless

Michael Peterson '80

'66

effo rt · ill

supporting YOUI1!?; adults w i l h learning disab i l i ties, and her devotion to om l11 u nity service, Beverly

l latlen '66 receives the 1 999 D isUnguishe I Alumnus

For h is rise L o cOlLntry musi c :-,tardom and � (ou n t les.� � h aritable calise mOlley

recognizes tho

of life.

l eadi ng to d is t i n c t i on in a

pftlli.: i on or

t ion .

After earn ing her bachelor of (ien e degree i n

nursing, H a t len worked

as a

publ ic health llur 'e fo r

the Eugene School District; as a rcgistert'd n u rse fo r

Eugene Hospital teac her i n the regis te red n urse

ac rcd Heart General Hospital Jnd

a nd Clinic; and

as 3

program at Lane Comm u ni ty College i n Eugene, Ore.

fa mily moved to Apple Valley. M i n n ., i n 1 9 83 . Bev hecame administrative director of a local llssocialion fo r hildren with lea rn i ng When the

disa bi l i t ies, For her efforts ill supporting and parellls, teachers,

coaches an d other youth legislators fo r special

the

which he's given

and r ime , M ichael P'Lerlion

ience, dedi a tio n exemplary Lha rader anJ service -

�

[

ceives one

twu 1 999 O u t s tanding Al u m n u � Awards, which

Award, which recl>gn ize� years of preparation, e:'(per

educa t tn

and a

O rego n S tat e U n ive rsi t y. l l.e bega n h is career at the Argonne Na t io n a l Laboratory i n C h i cago, hefore j o i n i n g

associate dean o f fa c u l ty, dean of

question: "V\�1at arc P E E P S , and

why'" Those ha v i n g a good time were

P h . D . i n i norganic che m istry from

years a t Urbana, Vernon also served a s

1999

report o u r fI ndi ngs. This year' s

physical chemist'ry from the

U niversit y of Puget S o u n d

Ruth Christiall died on Feb. 4. Ru th was b orn in M i n nesota

educat i o n ) and to fa i t h fully (sort of)

ea rned a master of science degree i n

lhen continued on as the di rect o r of

stalus in

After PLU,

1 958

problem-solving ( u s i ng our superior

o f Standards a n d Tec h nology

(NIST) sin c e J 969.

Urbana, Ohio, a nd retired in 1 9 97. He

::::z::

together oft,�n fo r fun and world

research l ab o r a to ry of the Natio nal

who

have c.'�el lcd in

s pecial area

I n 1 995. Hatlen earned her ma s ter of public

year she aim estil blished

non-profi t . college - l ike

apa rtment l i vi ng program called M i n nesota Life Col lege; she l o n t i n ues to serve as ch a i r of the hoa rd. MI.C is co m pl eti ng i ts t h i rd year of opera t i on , h as 20 s tude nt s , and will be expan d i n g to 30 studeIHs nex t

year. MLC is noted fo r its holistic sk i l l - b u i l d i n g in six areas. Hatlen serves

the

co- founder and preside nt of

the Haden Foundation, as

m emb er of the Augsburg

Board of Regents, and on the

advi ory board of the

�pecial a rea of l i fe .

degree, Gebhard worked

a bachelur I f tI ne arts a

news cameraman ilt

K l RO TV in Seat t le th n wntinued h i � studies in 111 m <l nd televjsion at the Un iversity of Sou the rn

wen t gold, �e1l11lg more than 500.000 capie , an d it i�

California. Y;ollmving p rogre

now approaching p l a t i n um J Ie has won numerous

a, sign men ls in

country mu ic .lwards a n d ha., shared

tJ1e . tage wi tb

,Olllt' of country mu ie's biggest name!'> .

Peters

h e l pe d raised tens

u[ thou ands of

uollJU fo r dozens o f chil ri t ic including SI . l ude .hildren's Research Ho pital a n d thc Ronald McDonald Hous . He was t he 1 9':19 Official Ten nc.see Spoke'per on � r �peci.tl Ol ympics and the National A n t he m for his 1 999 i n a ugW'ation.

health degree from the Un iversity of Minnesota. That

;md al,;o t he top sell i ng nl'W male ar ti st of 1 997. H i l. debut alhum, " M i had Peterso n ," new artist of 1 997

was asked by the governor of Tennes ee to perform

Vol unteer Recogni t ion in 1 989 .

!>trong mo ral values a n d h i the fil m prod uction industry. Roger Gel lw rd '71 re,ei\'e� (lue of tw 1 999 Ou tstanding Alumnus Awards, whi h recog n il those whu have t:.'celled in After gradua t i ng w i t h

Peter on was Billboard M<\gaz ine'� mu l pla)'cd

education fu ndi ng, she w;,\s awarded state and

the Govern o r's Certificate of

ror h.is co m m i t ment to

work i n

leaders, ;md for l obb y illg ·tate natio nal a wa rds and

Roger Gebhard '71

A g ifted ath lete wilh a golden v ice, Peter on earned tnlent awa rds at Pl.U fo r b th fo \tball and music. i\ psycholugy ma jor, he ang in a uni vers i ty choir and pl.lyed left defen. i v e t ack le f; r t he foo tball team. He was on the N A I A Division I T Nat ional Championsh ip team in 1 980 .lud still wears hi champ i o nsh ip ri ng today. Fairly e ar ly in h is col l ege career be real i zed

between foot ball and m u si c l i e cho 'e football and, i ron ical ly, i L W;ll> that ,hoi e Lhat opened up the doors of opportunity in the world of music. had to choose

iwly d i t i nguishcd

tcll.'Vi ion prod ucti

I' .

Gebhard moved

major mori n pict u re pro duction . [ IiI> credits

i n clude " :Th )st," " Ra ml ( ) 1 U " and "The Longriuer ." enha I'd a ch i e ved p rll fessional ()pera.1!)f

;lC

laim as camera

�:lr "The Hu n t for R�d 0 tober." Within the

imlmtry h e i. h i gh ly rega rded

.1 S .l

person of i ntegri t y

able to main ta in stro ng hri · t ia n and fam ily va.l ues i n t h e w rid of Hnllywl,ud. AlLbough ffieially ret ireJ from the motion pi t me indust ry, he i linding e njoyment in b reeding and r,lcing t horo ughbred horses, two of whil.h have recently W()O grade-tw races in C,llifor n ia. He also ha ' bred and raced .l col t in tbe Breeder'. Cup. -

ne who ha� been

An articulate s pokespcr

n for fam il y v;l l ues.

member of alem Lu theran Church in (,Iendaie, Calif" where he has served i n Gebhard i an ac live

numeroos leadt'rsh ip po i t ions incl udi ng hurch

council and steward of worship. l lis co mmi lmc n L lO strong mora l value in soc iety hali also

heen pI' meted

lh ro ugh leader h i p il n d suhlitantial support o f Lutheran ' cial Services of outhern Cal i forn ia and

It was throu gh his friend. hi p w i th Brad Westering

lhrough n atio n a l and inlt'tnationnl as. i�L.1UCe with

'SO that he met

Lutheran World Relief.

pop and gospel sla r Deniece attributes much of his suc ess

Williams. M ichael also

Gebhard and his wite Martha ( better

known

John s Hopkins Kennedy Kl;eger Inst itute and the

to what he gained fro m his former football coach,

as CBS even i ng news anchor A n n Mart in ) . have two

Minnesota Parent

Frosty Westering.

dlildren. M athew and Tracy. and live i n Lu · Angde:.

Advocacy Coalition for

Educational Rights Cen ter. Hatlen and her husband, Roe '65, live i n Apple

lIer. M i n n and have three c h i ldren, Kari, Erik ; nd L.u . .

Michael and his w i fe, Tacey Jane. h ave two daugh ters .

They m a i n t a i n

home on Vasho n Island.

Anita (Gregersetl '59); s i s ter, Rhoda '71; nephew, Aaron '97 and his wife, lillie '96, as well as many other fa m i l y members and friends.

1 9 5 9

Merle Metcalf moved to the woods o f North e r n M i n nesota a fter

years

with the U.S. Navy. After travel i n g

program developer for the Navy Chief

1 947. In 1 947, Edwin became the

i n teaching a t M a ri o n Elementary

U niversity's Shepherd School of

o f Chapl a i ns i n Wash i n gton, D.C. He

d i rector of Compa" M ission, a

School i n the Ritenour School D istrict

Music i n Houston. The program was

received numerou, awards for cross

Lutheran social service agency on

in St. Louis Coun ty, Mo. Beth recently

taken from recit.ll perfOrillanCe5

cultural work, includ i ng fo u r

Skid Row in Scat tIe. In 1 95 9 he was

retired and moved w i th her husband,

recorded in the Edythe Bates Old

Meritorious Service Medals from the

elected president of the Pacific Synod

Bill, to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Grand Organ Hall by Elaine Walters

Dllane lohtlson is a portfolio man

U.S. Navy and U.S. M a r i n e Corps.

o f the United Lutheran Ch urch i n

Merle attributes his good l i fe and

A merica, a position he held u n t i l the

reward i n g career to the care a nd

merger in 1 963 t h a t created the

i nterest of PLC. It all began in 1 953

Lutheran C h u rch o f America. In 1 963

when he met Milt Nesl'ig

m u ch of the world, he and h i s w i fe, H e i d i , now l ive four miles west o f the headwaters of the M ississi p p i River.

Toledo. Edwin received ho norary

two children, 1 2- year- old Erik Martin and 9-year-old Britta Anne.

was born in 1906 i n Monohan o n the

and the University of Minnesota. He

eastern shore of Lake Sammamish,

was on the faculty of Luther Seminary

Wash. A fter two ycars in the busi ness

in Hong Kong, the National Taiwan

program at Oregon State U n ivers i t y,

Univcrsit), and St. Olaf CoJlege, where

he decided to study for the Lutheran

he was the first instructor o f Ch i n ese

m i nistry and transferred to

l a n g u age a nd where he established the

W ittenberg College i n Spri ngfield,

Asian studies major. He also has

Ohio. H e graduated from vVittenberg

served as a parish pastor in rural

i n 1 928 a nd completed h is m i n isterial

school.

Com me rce presi d e n t a nd the only

the University of Ctl i fornia, Riverside,

livcd for 17 years before m o v i n g to Des Moi nes, Was h . I n retirement, Edwin took u p woodcarving and was

GliS Kravas h a s accepted a posi tion at

person to hold that position twice,

as assistant vice chancellor i n student

previously in 1 98 8 .

services and enro l l m e n t . He was recently the vice-provost fo r stude n t

the business manager o f Northwest Senior Craftsmen u n t i l the organization disbanded in 1 993. He

graduate of Wittenberg, in 1 9 3 1 . After his ordination a t University Lutheran

War. I n 1 980, h e was recalled to active

Church in Seattle, he served i n th ree

d u t y as a chaplai n and cultural

Northwest parishes between 1 9 3 1 and

1 99 2 . Under his leadership, student

recently heard o n M i n nesota Public

rOT her extr aordi nary achievements in the field of

Award, w h ich those within 1 5 cars of gradu a tio n who h ave excelled i n a special a rea of l i fe. Soine earned bachelor" d egrees i n both mm. ing 1 999 Outstand ing Recent A l umn Lls

recognizes

a nd comrnuukatlon from P LLI in 1 988. D u r ing her

at P LU, she served as st udent body p resident and vol unteered w it h the Sa li shan Mission. A ft er gradllfltion, she accept ed ,\ position w i t h the Univers i t y of Washingt n Med ical enter in the

year

growth of the Student Advis ing a n d

February program t i t led " Rice

Betll (Erkkila) Gemblls received the

Learni ng Center. He began h i s career

Pudding" featured the organ a t Rice

Dia mond Circle Award for excellence

Saine cllrned t h e University

master of n u rsin g de g ree from

of Washingtun in 1 99 1 . SCrine's

groundbreaking re sea rc h in the area of patie n t et.lucati

h s led t

her illl.. reasi ng llcce.s an d

pr m i nence i n t h e field of cardiova�c\1 lar nursing . She

w' .

t he heart fa i l u re/pre-heart t ran plant

clinical nurse . peciaJ ist .ll the Wa

hi ngto n Mt'dical

-e n ter

n i ve r

ity of

fo r 'even year . After

completing tbe a d a l l nur e practitioner progra m at

last spring, !>he accepted a newly created po it Ion ilt n uclear .:atdiology, wnkh continues to ilUOW her to carry o u t both d ini..:.u , lIl d re ea rch the U W

adivilie. .

She has a1'<) held ,\ cl i ni c a l f'llcu l l �' positiolJ at the UW Sell() )1 (If N u rsing si nce \ 992. Over I he l a . I severa l yeaTS, oine has parti ci pated in n u merou� re!ie:u-ch stuJie5, cl U thured it book chapter, giw n many presentations a nd participated in numer lUS prof, ss ion aJ orga [lization�. So ine is al1

l ive member of Crown l.utheran

Churdl j n Seattlt'. al1d Hearl A ' ociat ion.

o l u nteer for the Amer ican

PLU and t he

of d i s t i n guished servicc to the u n ive rsi ty. While a st u d en t at PLU. Be nson was an i n tegr a l p art of the ten n i s program. I n 1 967 h e w a s a d is t ri ct dou bles cha m pion . His coaching ca reer sta rted in 1 970 when then At hletic Director David Olson h i red him to d i rec t the Heritage Award, which recogn izes years

men's p rogram. A look at the record book shows the wisdom ill tbat choia:. men's

E nt er i n g the 1 999 season, la:;t 30

teams have won 24 of t h e

Northwt."M Conference t i tles and compiled

wIns and 1 8 t limiting h i experience to just the men's

con ferellce dual match record of 1 66 IOSSt�s.

program , he coacheJ Ihe women in 1 9 8 1 -84 and

five con fere n ce crown . The ove.rall m en's record i s 400 w i n s and 1 96 l osses. The overall wo m en's tl:cord with BensoD- a . coach is 90 wins and 35 los�es. Much of Ben. on'!> success he ,mrih-utes to h i s p o it ive attitude toward l i fe. " I 've COme to b lieve tl1ere's i1 preuy direct relatiomhip between fu n and playing u l to yom potential:' Ben n ��'s. " What J 998-99 \-\ht:re PLU won

' w,, w

b�'en

succe

Ron '70 an d Ingrid '70 Gintz of Federal W,lY, and volWlteer service to PLU, Ro n and I ngrid Gintz ( b o t h ' 70 ) receive the- Alwll11i Service Award,

For their work in the comm u n ity

Wash. , which

pn'>b'1'am that i

encoun�ging, po itivt' and supportive. God has

hies, ed my coaching :tn I has provided d i rection and gu i d a n c every Jay." Ben:. n an d h is w ife, Mary '7 1 . have two d.lUghter �risti '97 and Kaarin, ,-"Urrently <1 junior ell •

Calif, rnia Lut heran UnjYersit)'.

recogn izes

those who demonstratt' out

standing voLun kcr leadership

an d

/o r service to t h e i r

co m IJ) \I n it y.

his bachdor of arts i.n t;crman from from tht' University of Wash ington . I ngrid earned an educati.on degr e and teaching certifi ate at PLU tlH.:n we n t un to earn a master of science i n mathematics from Western Washin gt on Ron earlloo

PLU and his M BA

University in 1977. T hey arc both fo r Smith B a r n ey.

cu rrentl y

elll ployed

S i n ce 1 99 J , the G intz fa m ily has provided

for mo re than 25 boys who have struggled w i t b

horue

problems sLlch ns drug ad d i c ti o n , a nger m anagem e nt, co n fl i ct with their own parents, a nd/or fai l u re i n

�choC)1. They have h a d lip to sevC'Il boys, ages 1 6 through 1 8 , l iv i n g with them <1 t any given time. Each boy receives s pec i a l attention, loving l i m its, and t he

freedom Lo

excel in school

a nd l i fe. Some

boys come

to the G i n tz home for il - hart pe r iod of time, while

with them tor years and we n t on

others liwd

college or t he m ili ta r y.

sful ;11 d �)i.ll g is creating an

.11 111 0 phert: a rOllnd t h i �

Service Learning Center, and the

written for the organ. The mid

grandchildren.

comm u nity, M ike Benson '09 receives the 1 999

PLU's

cardiotboracic intensive care u n it.

Leadersh i p Center, the Community

B a rone a nd devoted entirely to music

gra ndchildre n and fo u r grcat

For his many years of devot ed service to

ment of the Well ness Program, the

weekly program hosted by Michael

from Albuquerque, ;-.I . M . ; six

Mike Benson '69 c.lrdiova�cular n u rs in g , Laurie Saine receives the

services expanded with the develop

Radio's prod u c t i o n o f " Piped reams," a

Dayton, Ohio; daughter, Alice Reed

on active d u ty as a chaplain and Asian

(WSUJ, a position he has held s i nce

Emily Ericksotl Bor/ing's m u s i c was

is s u r v ived by h is son, Peter, from

c u l t u ra l resource d u ring the Vietnam

affa irs a t Was h i ngton State U n i versity

1 964

was preceded i n death by his w i fe and

Marjory Louise Scholl, also a 1 928

avy i n the Korean War, and was

Dec. 12. D a n iel will be attend i ng law

Mortuaries in Glendale, Calif. 1 e is

the 1 999 B r ba n k Chamber of

a n d returned t o Seattle, where h e

trai n i n g i n 1 93 1 . Edw i n m a r r ied

Waseca, M i n n . Merle served i n the

Dan iel's '98, graduation from PLU on

Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and

Years of the Pacific Synod," was p bl ished in 1 95 1 . He reti red in 1 9 7 1

University, 'laipci Language I ns t i t te

husba nd, Walter, attended th(' i r son,

Gary Olson is the vice p re s i d e n t of

Wittenberg. H is book, "The First Fifty

1 962

1 96 5

Cytltllia (Weaver) Bennett a n d her

1 963

doctorates from PLU and from

Edwin Bracher died on Dec. 1 6. He

of organ at the Shepherd School.

Cou n c i l . He and his wife, Patrice, have

the d i rector of Lutheran

Eastvold.

co n t i n ue to travel. After PLC, Merle

U.S.

beC<lJne

Social Services o f Northwest Ohio i n

They cut wood, fish, h u n t and attended Luther Semina ry, Ya le

'35,

reserve Navy chaplain, and President

and Em ily, both doc toral Illusic stu dents, and Clyde Holloway, professor

ager at New Mexico State Investment

the past 1 () yea rs. t h e also been host pa rents [or fo u r exchange

At va rious times d u ring LJ i n l z ' have:

�t lJdellt fro m Ecuador. [n add itit n, Ron anJ In g ri d have organi7ed many proje t for tee n with community service ohligat -jon:.,

f0r children to help them keel u p h,IVC been beclvily i nvolved wilh many d ifte ren t com m u n i t y o rganizations. Th e ir -vo l u nteer service to PLU in luJe� serving on the Q he l d

s tud y table

w i t h t heir h m ew( r k , and

Cluh BOJrd (If D i rectors, where lngrid h,\s most recen t ly hl!cn presit.lent. They al 0 part i ipaleO as

regional co - dl ai rs ()f the PlU

D i fference The

Make a L1.sting

a t itlfi,I) Campaign Cabinet .

C i n t z a re memhers o f Ma rine View

Presbyterian

h ur h and l ive in Fedt:ral Way. They

have two s ns, 1'.1ichael '96 and David.

at WSU as a cou nse li ng psychologist i n 1 9 7 1 and served as the d i rector of co u nsel ing sen/ices for eight years

( 3 . 4 m i llio n ) .

u n t i l he was appointed asso ciate vice

Cilldy McTee returned to campus i n

provost fo r studCJH aiTairs in 1 988. o

:z:

Gus earned a P h . D. from the Universi t y o f M i c higan i n 197 1 and a master's d eg ree from In diana State

Unjversit y in 1 969. H is wi fe .

COllllie '67 (see class note). w i l l be a t

Riverside also.

1967

COllll ie Kravas has accepted a posi

tion at the University o r Cal i fornia . Riverside. as vice chancellor fo r

unive rsi t y advancement. She w i l l be

overseei n g de vel opme n t, a l u m n i

relations, commun ications, leg islat i ve rclations, new i.n it i a t i vcs and

economic d evelo pm en t. Connie was recently the vice presiden t for u n iversity advancelnent at where she has worked since 1 97 1 . S h e ea.rn ed a P h . D. i n e ducatio na l

admin istration a n d su pervis ion from J U LY

1 999

1 6- 1 8

The Days of Wi ne and Roses

WSU in 1 9 74 and a m a,;t er's degree from Indiana State Un iversity i n 1 969. I n 1 98 1 she was elected p residen t of

the WSU F ounda tio n, and she l ed the

un iversity's fi rst comprehensive fund raisi n g e ffo rt, Ca mpai gn WSU, to

Alumni College 1 999 features a visit to the Rose City - Portland, Ore., where we will visit several rose gardens and tour some of the most interesting wineries found in Oregon. Also, you'll have an opportunity to participate in a PLU Connections Event along with other alumni, parents and friends at the Rex Hill Winery in Newberg. Tempting reasons to come along: • Led by guides from Grape Escape Winery Tours, you will explore three area wineries complete with a tour, wine tasting and a gourmet lunch. • Portland is home to not only the International Rose Test Garden, but also Peninsula Park Rose Garden, Ladd's Addition Rose Garden and the Japanese Gardens. For our overnight accommo dations, discover the charm of both the newly remodeled Kennedy School in Portland and the Hotel Oregon in McMinnville. Each offers tastefully appointed rooms, small pubs, movie theatres and fascinating artwork. • Leave the driving to us. We will motor through Oregon i n a ful l y air-conditioned tour bus

•

(we promise!).

March t o a ttend a performance of her work, "Circuits,» a concert overture for orchestra,

b y the

Un iversi ty

Sym p hony Orchestra. "Circuits" was written i n 1990 o n comm ission from the D e n ton Chamber Orchestra i n

which donors cont ributed more than $275 million fo r teach i ng, research and scholarships. Connie was named WSU Woman of the Year in 1 996 a n d received t h e W S U Alu m n i Achieve ment Award in 1 997. Her h usba nd.

Gus '65 (see class note), w i l l be at UC Riverside also.

Reserve, S a n D iego.

sc ho lar wi th specia l i n terests in l a t i n

commentary on a fi rst -cen t ury A D Latin poem t h a t desc ribes hope as del us io n and a cheat.

Septem ber. Robb Dale was na med

presiden t of Unity Group Insurance

by major sy m p ho ny orchestras on two

as vice president fo r the past 1 0 years. H e received t he Don C.

I nsurance Man of the Year Award a t

States. It is her most frequen tly

the 7 7 t h annual co nference of t h e

performed work. \Nhile st udy in g

In de pende n t Insurance " g e n t s and

under David Robbins at PLU, her o f v i s i t i n g composer Krzysztof Pende reck i in the spring of 1 974. He

Broker.; of Washi ngton

Dall Alldersotl grad ua ted from Lu ther Sem i na ry in May 1998. He was ord ai ned on M arch 1 3 and i nsta l led as associate pastor at Resurrection Luthera n Church in Portland, Ore., on March 1 4 . 1 98 0

Burnham

continents and dozen,; o f wind ensembles t h rougho u t the United

studen t works attracted the attention

1979

poetry and textual criticism. H i s latest

book, "Hope the Deceiver," o ffers

in Belli ngham , Wash . , a fter serving

( LIABW)

on S e p t . 2 0 . Dale is a p a s t presiden t o f t h e l IABW, a statewide trade

association represe n t i n g about 1 .300

i n v i ted her to study with h i m i n

i n de pe nde nt insurance agents and

Poland at the H igher School of Music

brokers.

went, and returned to PLU to fi n is h

her bachelor o f music d egree i n 1 9 7 5 . Further study with Pe nderecki and a master's d egree at Ya le fol l owed. After earn i n g a P h . D. a t the Un iversi ty o f Iowa, she returned t o I'LU i n 1 98 1 as

v i s i t i n g professor of composition.

S h e taugh t a t PLU fo r t h ree years before taking her presen t position as p ro fessor o f music composition at

North Texas State Un ivers ity ( n ow the University o f North Texas) i n Denton. Her list o f performances and awards is extensive. includi n g the N H K Sym p h ony Orchestra ( Tokyo), the Saint Louis Symphony, the Nat i o n a l Endowment l o r t he Arts. the A meri can Academ)' of A rts a n d

Letters.

the

Barlow Endowme n t fo r Music

1970

Composition, the American Guild of Organ ist s, the CoUege B an d D i rectors

William Allell co nt i nu es his consult i ng practice. providing p ro cess management cons u l t i ng to residential

country. He

se rves

National Association, the \Nas h i ng ton State Arts Comm ission, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the American

on the board of directors fo r t he

Symphony Orchestra, t. he National

Seattle-K in g Cou n t y M as ter Bu ilder s

Repertory Orchestra, the Memphis

A ssociation .

Symphony, the Hono lulu Symp ho ny, the P i t tsburgh New V l Iusic Ens mble. the Cleveland Orchestra and the

197 1 Claudill (Fried",,) Kwasillski is an

c1emen ta ry read ing specia lis t in the Fairbanks Northstar Borough School District.

National Sym p ho ny Orchl'stra.

Lt. C md r. JoillI Swallsotl is a chaplain i n the U.S. Navy. He recently completed susta i n m e n t training i n Hawaii w h i. l e ass ign ed t o t h e 1 3 th Marine Exped itionary Unit. The u n i t serves aboard t h e sh i ps of the U S S Boxer Amphibious Ready Group. John joined th e Marine Corps in june [ 99 1 .

french teacher at Mojave H i g h Schoo l in North Las Vegas. Her husband,

a professor of landscape

Johll Palll Olaf5011 a n d his pa rt n er of 19 )'ears, Bill Burqua, have relocated from Seattle to Sacramento, Cal i f.

john Paul accepted a t r" nsf"'r with

A i rTo uch Cellular. He is the new 1l1anager o f accounting o peration s in the S h a red Servi ces Organizat ion .

Geneva, N.Y. He earned his M .A . and Ph.D. from the U n iven;ity of I U i nois

Brellda (Rice) Gormly and her husba nd , Ken, announce the birth of the i r

so n , Con n o r Elliston, on Feb. a teacher at Curti,; High

School in University Place, Wasil . , and

1 98 2

Pacific Northwest Cou n c i l for Lan guages/ Na tio nal Text boo k Co mpany Northwest Language Teacher of the Yea r Award , pos t-second ary level. She was one o f five language teachers re cogni zed nati onally.

Bruce Neswick recent. ly conducted a choir festival at the Cathed ral Church of Sl. j o h n in Albuquerque. N . M . , and conducted for choirs a t

Sl. Paul's

Church and Tri n it y Church in

Indianapolis; Sl. Pe ter's Epi scopa l C hurch in Charlotte, N . C . ; and Ep iscopal D iocese o f Delaware at the Cat hedral Church of St. John in W i l m in gton, Del. In add itio n , he phlyed recitals a t the Falls Church Episcopal i n Falls Church, Va. • and a t West m i nster Presb yte ria n Church i n

concerts this spring at Em ma nuel Church in Chestertown, " l ld . ; SI. Ma ry's Cathedral i n Memphis, Ten n . ; a n d S t . J o h n's Epi scopa l Church i n Hage rstown, Md.

Perry Sclimid/ i s a U.S. Navy Commander, currcntl}, servi ng as the

Dalla Schroeder a n d h i s wife, Lynnette Johnson Schroeder, cele

brated the adopt ion of th eir da ugh ter.

Emily Bit Na, on Dec. 2. She was born on june 24, 1 997, and a rrived from Korea on March 2, 1 998. She join, a 5 -year-old brother, Christopher. Dana is d i rector of c ha plain cy services a t

Wyom ing Medical Cen ter. in Casper, Wyo., and is board-cer t i fied wi th the Association of P rofession al Chaplains.

Karell (Bliss) Demaree and her husband, Kendall, announce the b i rt h of their son, D a v i d , on j a n . 1 2. Karen and Kendall Were married on iVlarch 1 4 , 1 998, in

Shorel ine, Wash.

Karen is

a teacher in the Bellevue School Distri ct and Kendall is a n electrical e ngineer a n d software deve loperl consu lt a n t .

Kayi (Frallcis) HIIIISOII is enjoying living and working i n t h e small town o f Granite Falls, Wash. She spends most of her t i m e a t Mou n tai n Way Elementary School, K - 3 , as a parent vo l u n teer and suhstitute teacher. Gov. Locke na llled M o u n t a i n Wa)' a

architecture at the Un ive rsit y o f

Nevada. Las Vegas. T h e y have two ch i l d re n . 1 5 'h-year-old K nu t- Kje l l

a n d 1 3 - yea r-o ld

Liv.

1975 Pamelll Gu/ierrez is a tea dee I' a t

I Iilltop

H igh School i n Chula Vista.

Cal i f. She holds a n ad m i njst ra tio n

credential and also is a p rofesso r a t Na t i o n a l U n i versity. Pamela was named teacher of the year by

H il l to p

High School. the Rotary Club a n d

Call the Alumni and Parent Relations Office at 800-258-6TS8 today for more information!

National U n i versity. I n addit ion, she

also was named teacher of t he month

several t i m es.

Susall (Bllrnllam) Olr/is died Feb. 8 followi ng a nine-month battle with leukemia. Susan began graduate studies at PLU an d completed them at Utah State Un ivers ity. S h e married Thorn Cur tis on Feb. 1 3, 1 9 76, and t hey had (i,'e dl il dren . She was " leacher in t h e ,"h i t e River School District a nd rece nt l y t aught English as a Second la nguage a t Ho nau na u Scho ol i n Captai n Cook, Hawaii. She was also a disaster services voluntecr and instructor for the Amer ica n Red Cross . Susan is s u r vived by her

husband; daughter, Rebecca; and sons, Robert, Aaron, Shawn and Christopher.

GaelYII Beal is edit.or of Lutheran Brotherhood's "bond" magazine, which reccntly i n c reased its circulation from 700.000 to 2 . 5 m i l l i o n Lutheran households. T h is circu lation figure compa res w i t h

PA C I F I C

LUT H E R AN

S C EN E

S U M M E R

1 9 9 9

Brenda is

Regilla Braker received the 1 9 99

ving a s assistant

of classics

MAX Properties, Inc., i n A n cho rage, Alaska.

Tacoma.

and came to HWS in 1 99 3 after ser

p ro fesso r

Kelllle/ll Jelillek is a re alto r a t REI

Ken has a l aw practice in downtown

1 978

at Washingto n Cathedral performed

Micllael Armstrollg was promoted t o Hobart and William Smith Col leges in

Turi (Tllompso,,) Hovers/ell is a

1981

1977

Charlottesville, Va. I I i ,; G i r l Choristers

1976 a ssoci ate professo r o f classics at

1 974

Mark, is

reserve program director at N<lval A i r

1 99 3 . M ichael is a former Fulb righ t

Denton, Texas. I t has been performed

Fulbright Foundatio n , BMI, the

builders across the

at Kalamazoo College from 1 99 1 -

in Crakow for her senior year. Cindy

Wash i ngton State U n i versit y (WS U )

ALUMNI COLLEGE

major consumer magazi nes such as

Newsweek ( 3 .2 mil lion) a nd Peopl e

Alumni, faculty and friends join in Cambridge for an Alumni Connections Event in conjunction with History Professor Christopher Browning's lectures (see story page 3). FROM LEFT! Philip Nordquist '56, Chris Browning, Lauralee Hagen '75, 78, Mary Ann Anderson, Jenny Browning, Helen Nordquist '57, Dick Moe, Marcia Moe, Don Morken '60, Wanda Morken, Gary Severson, Neal Arntson '58, Cheryl Severson, Darren Kerbs '96, Joyce Arntson and President Loren J. Anderson.

"Read i ng School" for its success i n

Wi ll ia m Shakespeare's "A iv!ilisummer

teach i ng ch ildren to read a t grade

)..fi gh t's D re a m ." Hi::; \vi tC, Anna

level

by the end of third gr ade. Her

(Lallris '89), appeared with h i m .

husband, Rich, is a fi refigh ter for

They both earned master of fine arts

the city of

degrees from �1a n kato State

Everet t. They have two 7 -year-old Max and 5-year-old M a ia . ch ildren,

L'nivCfsity and have man)' other stage performances to t heir credi t . Laurie (Kiemele) McFaddell and her

1 983

husband, James, announce the b i r t h

Michael Carlsoll has worked for t h e Sacramento Police Department s i n ce i 98 4 , first as a dispatcher, then as a supervisor. In March he was promoted to a d m i n istrative analyst. M i chael and h i s w i fe, Bet h a ny, have three c h i ld re n : 9 - yea r- old

Ch ri stopher, 7-year-old Brianna and 2-year-old Lacey. Ch ristophe r will make his theatrical debut playing youn g Joseph in t he Sacramento Light Opera Company's summer prod uction o f "Joseph and the Am azing Techn icolor Dreamcoat." H e was selected for the part fro m 450 children who a u d i t io ned .

Mike Larsoll waS· named president o f Harold A. Alle n Company Realtors i n Lakewood, Wash. The company, curren tly in its 59th year, is the oldest

of t h e i r daugh ter, Sarah, i n Janua ry. Ed Walawellder accepted a posi tion as senior computer i n tegrated m a n u fac turing engineer a t WaferTech in Camas, Was h . WaferTech is a new foundry company t h a t m a nufactures integrated c i rc u i t s and semiconductor ch i ps. His responsibil it ies include administration o f the servers and software products s u p po rt i ng the shop floor environment. He resides i n Va ncouver, Wash . Norhatla (Suill imall) Schumacher and her husband, Albert, a n nou nce the birth o f their dau g h ter, AIika, in October. She j o i ns 7-year-old Farah and 5-year-old Alana. Norhana is a public hous ing specialist for the state of Hawaii and Albert works i n the computer industry.

real estate brokerage in Pierce Count}'.

1 987

Mike and his wife, Beco, are enjoyi ng their n i ne-month-old son, Peter Mack. Craig Normall a nd h i s w i fe, Kris, ret urned to t he Northwest w i t h their two sons, i 3 -year-old Sc an and

l O-year-old Jason, a fter ,ix years in

C raig fo r EMC

Bosto n and M i n neapolis. created a d i s t rict office

Co rporatio n i n Bellevue, Wash . After a sllccessful first year h e was p romoted to a rea manager. Mike McNamara was promoted to physical medicine fligh t commander with the U.S. Air Force in November and was elected president of the Anchorage O rtho paedi c Soc iet y i n September. l ie is a l s o coach and v i ce presiden t of h is area ski team.

Ralldy Wilson a nd h i s w i fe, Lisa, annou nce the birth o f their d augh ter, Michaelann, on Dec. I . Randy is a market ing educator at Ken t -t-.kridi a n H i g h School, and Lisa is a CPA a t Kn igh t Vale & G regory. Shalllloll (Ryall) alld Steve Mayer

ABOVE. FROM LEFT:

a n nounce the b i r t h of

Catron

their daugh ter,

l ordyn Beth, on Dec 3 .

as featured in the LEFT:

Geo rgi na , annOunce the birth of

March 8. Michael is a physi c i a n

works for National Merit Insurance in Seattle, and Barbara is a dental

fellow in the Comm u n ity and Family Medicine depa r t men t at Duke

Un i vers i t y Medical Center.

Georgina

1985

member Mark Reiman '79, now associate professor and chair of the PLU Economics Department_ Other members of the "Non-Lettermen," as they called themselves, included Kris Morris 'SO, the late

1 988

c o m m a nder in t h e u.S. Navy. He is

currently using hi.s M B A ski lls

coord inate the Navy's competitive sourcing effort, open ing certain

gove r n ment fu nctions for com pet i t ive bids from the private sector in a true

4, 1 998.

talent show in its heyday in the late 1 970s. Their rendition of "Youngblood" put them in second

moved b a c k to Norway in J a n uary

place, and they won "a lava lamp, luggage with wheels and a ton of Rice-a-Roni," said Reiman. "We

after living and wor kin g abroad for

all lived together that summer, and we were eating the stuff for weeks."

He joins 3 Ih - yea r

old EIIlily and 2 Ih-year-old Elliot.

before finishing their song. Besides holding fond memories (and probably a stray box or two of

j. wo/stad@dyvi. com.

Rice-a-Roni) of their time in the spotlight, the group would be served with monetary reminders

Joseph and Lisa (O'Neil '89) UptOIl

residual checks paid for reruns - that trickled in for years after. "I think the last one I received was

annou nce the birth of their daughter, Sara, on

D ec.

12 dollars and some change," Reiman recalled. Reiman and Morris also ·Iogged time in Morris and

6. She joi ns 3-year-old

the Cats, a short-lived, 'SOs Seattle dance band, which broke up when a recording contract failed to

Austin . Josep h is a fa m i ly pract ice physician at

Hellel'lle

materialize.

Family

Miyako Maeda moved back to h i s

announce the birth of t h e i r son,

They were invited to return to the show in August that year, but received the dreaded "gong"

Malaysia. He can be reached at

Doug alld Jill (Johllsoll '89) Gardller

Today, Phil Earley is coaching football at the Un iversity of Idaho, Mark Accimus is in medical equipment sales in the Seattle area, and Kr,is Morris is the vice president and manager of the

hOOletown o f Tottori-shi i n A p r i l to

Seafi rst Bank branch in Lacey, Wash. M i ke Catron was kil led in a work-related accident soon after

be near h i s mOlhe r. He was a n English

graduating - and Morris reported the videotape of the group's Gong Show performance is among

teacher at Nissei H igh Schoo!. He

the fondest memories the Catrons have of their son.

plans to teach i n Tottori-shi when he gets settled.

1 986 Robert St. Pierre is chief financial officer at the Maine Veterans' Homes

Ga,

Dalliel alld Carol (Nortoll) Wildermuth a n nounce the birth of their da ugh ter, Alexis Danielle, on Oct. l. After spending more than fou r years in B udapest, Hungary, and Hong Kong, Daniel and C1rol moved to Atlanta. They opened Kalas Capital, a l i m i ted broker dealer that special izes i n ca pi tal izi ng small-to medium size Christian com pa nies. Julie Gephart JOlles alld Jerry Jones '91 an nounce the birth of their

Karell (Auestad) Keellall and her husband, Eric, announce the b i r t h o f

old Natalie. COllllie (Craig) Klille an d her

hus b and, Greg, announce

the birth of on Feb. 1 6.

He joi ns 3 -year-old D rew.

Pol1yallll (BrYllcstad) B u tler and her husband, Jim, a n n o u nce the birth of

t hei r daugh ter, Elaine, on

Jan. 2 3 .

She j o i ns a brother, 2 l h-year old MacGregor. Matt Onne recently appeared in dual roles as Philostrate and Puck, in the Tacoma Actors Guild product ion of

Tem pest

t h e i r daughter, B e t h a n y A n n , on Nov.

Briall Olsen is the new associate

appeared with her. They both received

i n "Oklaho ma!," Captain

1 0 . Karen is working p e r d i e m while

pastor a t Harvest Community Church

master of fine arts deg rees from

" Ret urn To T h e Forbidden Planet,"

Mankato Sta te Un iversit y and have

and Vittorio Vidal in "Sweet

being a stay-at-home mom. Eric is a

i n Lancaster, Cal i f. He and Lise

firefighter.

(Halllloll

Steven alld Helell (McCarthy) Shaw

4 - year-old Grace Carolyn, 3-year-old

their credit.

Joy Christine and one - year-o l d

James Mischler m oved to Seattle from

announce the b i r th of th ei r da ugh ter, Madison Virgin ia, on Oct.

5. She

'90) have t h ree daughters,

Faith Elizabeth.

Jelllly Hermallsoll is a yo uth and

Chicago where he has lived the last

Maria ( Wiellhold) Ray"es and her

seven years. He is a n instructor a t the

Joshua. Helen i s in customer service

husband, Brian, announce the b i r t h of

Art i n sti t ute of Seattle.

a t Nordstrom and Steven is the

their son, Kaclan M a t h ias, o n June 1 5.

1'a mmi Wil1iams is working i n h e r

national accounts manager for

Maria is a report taker fo r the

Georgia Pacific i n Hi ghlands Ranch,

Anchorage Police Department, and

Colo.

Brian is a land survey assista n t for the Alaska Department o f Natural

1 989 Eirik Nilsell and his wife, Vibekke, announce the hi rth o f their daugh te r, Kamilla, on Sept. 4. He is back in orway a fter two years as a logist ics ma nage r for Norsk Hydro in Paris. Eirik i s now in charge of buying and sel l i ng a m m o n i a worldwide for Norsk Hydro. Rodlley ulld 1'ollya (Lallgford) Wishart annou nce the b i r t h of their son, Joseph ( joey), 011 Sept. 2 3 . He joi ns 2 111-year-old Jake.

Stevell alld Katr;lIa (Neely) Wreggit announce the b i rt h of their son, Brandon, o n Dec. 3. He joi ns 2-year old Na t h a n .

'91 (Rol1i/lS)

Cheek announce the birth of their

business. She is also assisti ng a friend with the start-up of h is C D - ROM

b usiness.

KellllY ByTlle recenlly appeared as Lo rd of Camelot in the 5t h Avenu e

M usical

Theatre Company

p rod uctio n of Lerner & Loewe's "Camelot," in Seattle. He started

Paul '89, '95 a l l d Susall da ugh te r, Kaitlyn

o w n gra p h ic design and illustration

advertising

Resources.

Elizabeth, on

March

She joins 5-year-old Dillon and 2 -

year-old Sha n non. Alllla (Lauris) Orme recently

ap pea red as Hermia i n the Tacoma

Acto rs Guild production of William Shakespea re's "A M idsummer Nigh t's Dream." Her husband, MaN '86,

Charlot t e."

many other stage performa nces to

joins 8-year-old Jessica and 6-year-old

son, Jared, on Nov. 3 . He j oins 4-year

the ir son, Dawson John,

spring break in California, plying their vocal talents on TV's "The Gong Show," a slapstick, low-rent

He jo i ns

Medicine.

i n Augusta)

After performing at a handful of local events, the group took the plunge and spent their 1 975

a nnounce the birth of their son,

" win- wi n" situation fo r taxpayers.

Feb. 4 .

M i ke Catron '79, Mark Accimus 'SO and Phil Earley 'SO.

Jakob Wolstad and his wife, Kristin, Bjorn, on May

hat's what happened to a group of Lute football players in the late 1 970s . . . they first sang together at "Breakaway," a preseason team function, "and it just grew from there," said group

more t h a n five years, mostly i n

Ies DUlliap is a Naval Supply Sys t em s

Bryson, on

3 - year-old Nora. Jakob and K r i s t i n

hygienist.

Saga.

From the gridiron to national television!

assistant and facul t y developmen t

Ralldy 015011 a nd h i s w i fe, Harbara, a n no unce the b i r t h o f their daughte r,

1978

Mark Reiman today.

their daugh te r, Alexandra Ilian, on

OB/GYN p rac t ice .

Angela Ma rie, on Oct. 2 8 . Randy

'79, Kris Morris '80, Mike '80 warm up to sing another hit,

The Non-Letterman Mark Reiman

Mark Accimus '80 and Phil Earley

Michael Keelle and h i s wife,

is a physician assistant for a pr ivate

1 984

'79,

si ngi ng a t the age o f 27, after spending is years playing football, studying Tae Kwon Do and working

wi th comp u ters. Aft er earni ng a

busin ess, computer and information science degree from PLU, he worked as a computer engineer while studying theatre 10caUy and i n New York for the past

fivc ycars.

H is

fa mi ly t hera pist at Park Co u nty Mental H ealth in

Powell, 'Nyo .

1 990 Stacey Heller- Weeks received the

i 998 PBS TOPS Award as one o f the top two individuals i n sta tion op erations for PBS. She recen tly started a new job with t h e state o f Oregon worki ng w i t h state, county and local agencies as a m ember of the state archives staff. ATlle Gard a nd Kri s t i n Allen were married on Nov. 28 at Holy Tri nity Lutheran C b ur c h on M.ercer Island, Wash. Arne's father, the Rev. G r a n t Gard ' 5 1 , was o n e o f the officiat ing

m i nisters. Arne is an engi neer at

B oeing, and

Illuse a t Medical Center.

Kristin is a

Children's Hosp it a l &

Kllu t Olson is a district representa ti ve for .Lutheran Brot herh oo

in Tacoma.

favo rite roles have been Curly ( twice)

P A C I F I C

L U T H E R A N

S C E N E

S U M M E R 1 9 9 9

He re ce nt ly earned me m b er s h i p LLJ

Hospi tal and Michael is a n ea r t h

Medical Products, Inc.

science teacher at Stadium H i gh

a m o u n t o f l i fe insurance produc t s

School. He earned h is m a ste r's d eg ree

Margie (Ferguson) and Theo '87 Roe

therd among mo re

tban 1 ,200

issued in January.

in education t ech n o l ogy from City

Erik Lorenz surv i ved two years of

Secnnd- Languagc i n s t m c tor at the

h u mid i ty in Hong Kong and North

Lutheran Bible Institute i n Issaquah, Was h . , and Theo i s a softwa rc

Northwest-based

from Duke Un ivers ity i n 1 998,

i n formation technology companies, Erik will p ro v i d e I're- and post

m a naging d i rectors il t Voyage r

now l i ve� in S a n

reached at erik(i,vo{u/1/'11 j , dllke.edu.

every l u nch hour.

M i n nesota to 'vVashi ngton state. Lois

fo u r years as an investment ban. ker i n N e w York, where h e co-fou nded

Chemical H anking Corporation 's Private Equity G roup , He t hen

worked in busi ncs:; d e vci op ment for

the Perkin-Elmer Corp o r a tion , a l i fe

s c ien ce instrument systems company in Norwalk, Conn. represe n tat ive for Lutheran Brotherhood i n 1:1coma, He recen tly

ea rn ed mem be rs hip i n Llllheran

Brotherhood's 1 998 P res i dent's Club.

Gregory Barretl-Wilt a n d his w i fe, Karen, J n n O lrllCC th e birth of their

and M i che lle is a soci al worker at Sun enter, The)'

1 99 8 a nd was

ordained a Luthera n pastor in August

1998. Jona than Brerrdefur com p l e te d

a P h . D. in mathematics education at

the U nive rsity of Wisco n s i n , M ad iso n , in Ja n ua ry. They have a two-year-old

da ught e r, M a re n .

Keri (Lenz) and Clrris Schmit a n n o u nce the

Thanks to all who partici pated ! You made this the most com plete and up-to-date reference ever compiled for PlU's more than 25.000 alumni. While the process wasn't always smooth. the information gathered is very important to the university. and we thank you for your patience.

birth of t hei r s o n , Rob in Christopher, on 0 t. 30.

Michael '90, '97 and Susan (Larson '89) Greenleaf an no u n ce the birth o f t heir son, A1eksil nder M i kacl, o n

1vl arc h 2 2 . H e jo i ns

h i ng ton Mutu�1 B�nk in Se a ttle.

for Lutheran Hrotherhood in T�com�, I Ie recenLly attended Career

Sch o ol ,

� weeklo n g educational event held a t

Lutheran flrotherhood's M i nneapo l i s

Kristi (Saari) Christianson accepted the position of U.S, corporate con tro l le r at Global Network Archi tects in Bellevue, Wash, Kristi a n d her husband, Gary, live i n

Red mond with th ei r two daugh t e rs.

d i rector at

51. Paul's E p i s cop a l

Church

3 - year-o ld

year i n A t l a n ta , They moved there

Forest, I I I . While

ther e , F red rick

Parent Relations, 800-258-6758 or 535-7115. to sign up. FROM LEFT, Robin Wubbena '90, Shannon Herlocker '98, Lauralee Hagen '75, Greg Brewis, Jocelyn Miller, Darren Hamby '87; FRONT: Darren Kerbs '96, Toppy Kyllo '50.

ta ugh t counterpoint at Concordia U n i versity.

Parlla-Noel Hibbard is a Ph . D,

Donald Walters opened

candidate in the Recovery of Lndigenous M i nd doctoral studies program a t the Ca lifornia Institute of I n tegral Studies, As a dreamer and

stu d ent of i n d ige no us scie n ce , her l i f'C wo r k is committed to the decolonization of the

and

\Nestern

mind

the recovery of the i n digenous

mind, speci fic to Western European

t ribal ways of k nowi ng , She is �Iso

active in traditional Ir i s h S t e p Dance, t r�vell i n g to com pet i t i ons an d per fo r m i ng in pubs.

Rick DUlin rec en t l y rejoined Gr�nt Thornton as a senior Inanager and manufactur ing/distribution practice lea d e r i n its SeattJe office. He previously worked at Gra n t Thornton

Hilary Burtt i s an app re n tice arti:;t

a dental

practice, Southside Dental Ca re, in

fo r th e 1 9 9 9 season with O p era Colorado in D enve r. She ", il l perform

Bellingham, \Na s h . , i n November

1 997. He has i n co r porat ed some of

the t h i rd l a dy in "The M .' gi c Flute,"

the latest tec hnolo gy, i n c l u d i ng video

Stephano in "Romeo and Juliet" a n d

images of each tooth, special glasses

Marla Hardmarr is

s cre e ns sh ow i ng t h ree dimensional

that aUow a p at i e n t to watch a fea t u r e film while ha v i n g work done, and a

d igi t,'1 X-ray machine tbat exposes the patient to one- 1 0 th of t h e radiation

u sed in conve n t ional film processing,

Richard Maisch accepted a prog ra m manager pos iti on w i t h V is io Corporation's IT Pro d ucts division.

His wife, Shana, is a h u ma n resources

a ssis tan t w i t h F5 Labs, The )' arc

enjoyi n g t h e i r new home i n K i rkla n d, v\lash ., with their two cats, seven birds and one tarantula.

LU 1 982 alumnus of the year Christopher Howell '66 is the di rector of Workshop in the Great Northwest, sponsored by the Oregon Writers' Workshop and Eastern Washington University. This year's conference will be held at PLU July 1 7-25. The workshop consists of two five-day sessions with dasses offered in poetry, fiction, environmental writing. translation, writing for children. the personal essay, journal writing and contemporary literature, There will be craft lectures in the afternoon for students and evening readings open to the public. Featured writers at the conference include: Dorianne Laux. Domenic Stansberry, Gillian Conoley. Diana Abu-Jaber. Philip Garrison. Nance van Winckel, Carlos Reyes, Carolyn Kremers, Joe Millar. Claire M u rphy and Gregory Spatz. This is the 1 2th annual conference, which began in Newport, Ore and has also been held in Lincoln City, Ore., and at Linfield College in McMinnville. Ore, Tuition is $250, with room and board optional. Graduate and undergraduate credit is available through Eastern Washington University. For a brochure or more information, call 509-623-4221 .•

Tab a r ro," � t ea ch e r a t

U m a t i l l a H igh School in Hermiston, O re,

Vidar Skoglund sta rte d a ne w

I as vice pres i d e n t a t the largest insurance a n d company i n Norway. H e was

position reh. Storebrand, finance

p reviously a key account manager ilt S

A Hygiene Products in To nsb e rg,

Norway.

Kary n (Swiackey) Gould and her hu sba nd, Jeff, a n n o u nce the

birth of

their daughter, Alexandria Rose, on

Feb. 1 8. Jeff i s an advertisin g a nd \-Vashington Medical Bureau.

"I Am," a record ing group based in

Duke Paulson '93, '94 and Amy Neel '98 were married on Aug, 8,

m us ic that l i fts the s p i r it and the soul.

Church in Gig Harbor, Wash. Duke is

Steven Sporre i s l e ad singer for

'66 alum heads writers workshop this su er at PLU all are welcome

Fru gol " i n " I I

promotions coord.inator at NorthweSt"

1 992

or email writing@mail. ewu.edu.

he PLU Adopt-A Hig hway program is already making a difference! With hardhats, gloves, bags and smiles, the PLU litter patrol attacked what seemed to be the trashiest strip of North bound 1-5 at the intersection where Highway 16 splits off. Seeing how quickly litter accumulates, the group is anxious to clean it again. The next opportunity will be from 1 - 4 pm on June 27. Call the Office of Alumni and

Del Loftorr is a district represen tat ivE

with S u s a n 's company from R iver

vice presid en t at Leitor I n c . , in Scatt le ,

g ra d u a ted fro l ll Wa r tb u rg Theological

If you did not receive a questionnaire or did not return the one that was mailed to you - and you have not heard from Harris - please contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations. 800-258-6758.

Tidcmann, O n Feb. 13, Oyvind is the

nea rs com pletion -

IBiv l,

of their son , Kristoffer Mar t in

live i n Shoreline, no rt h of Seattle.

C. Harris Publ ishing Company. Inc.. which the university hired to produce the PlU Alumni Directory 2000.

J syst e m s engi neer fo r

Susan (Foster '87), spent tht' previous

Kari (SallSgaard) B rendefur

By now. most alumni should have been contacted by Bernard

i n Bell in ghaxu , Was h , He and h i s w i fe,

Alumni d irectory

sup po rti ng Windows 9 5 a n d NT a t

Oyvirrd IIlId Michelle (Lechnyr '92, '95) Herrrr irrgsen a nn ou n ce the birth

in IvI,,)'

is a desktop production technician at

Fredrick Fralrm is the new music

Semi n a ry

The Hacker Group i n Bellevue. Jerry

son , Elias A l a n , i n May 1 998,

Heal th Youth Treat m e n t

hOllllilil.com.

hea d q u a rte r s .

Dan Wiersma is a district

She can be reached at II1llp l Z l @

'91,

1 9 9 1

software co mp a n ies in th e S ea t t le Harvard flusiness School, he spent

Graduate School of International Management i n Glendale, Ariz,

where he pla)'s cards w it h his co worker and brother, Paul Roe

Lois (Jollllsorr) Debner and Jerry Debner '90 have mo ved from

area, After e a rn i n g an MBA from

thanks to you !

Jose, Cil l i f., where he He c a n be

at Thund erbird, The American

develop me n t manager a t Aspe nTech

works for N or t d 'etworks.

C a p i t a l , I" ' i o r t o joi n i ng Voy age r, Erik

,,,IS pre s id e nt o f two early-s tage

Wear your alma mater pride on your car - with an alumni window decal! The 2'/''' x 4'/''' black and gold static-cling window decals are free. Simply call the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations. 253-535-74 1 5 o r 1-800-258-6758.

i.1ichelle Perry is a g m du ate student

Ca roli n a

i nvest i ng in pr iva te

Salem, Ore., where Stephen is iln or thodontist.

Voyager Ca p ital , a

l Ie

Suntevcr, O re. The co u ple l i ves

1 998. Margi e is an Engl i:;h as a

new posilion a�

g radu a t e d with an MBA

we re ma rrie d on Ap ril 1 9 , 1 998, i n

Margaret F e r guso n , on M arch 1 5,

Universi t y,

and

1 9 93 St.eplranie Lorenz and St ep h en Ye nn e

annou nce t h e b i r t h of their da ught er,

Erik Bel/son h a s a

inv""tmcnt support to tb ree

alu mni window decals

frolll 1. 99 1 -97, whe n he le ft to become

representatives n a t io n w i d e i n tbe

venture-capital firm

Get stuck on PLU with

I CU /

the controller for StairMasters Spor ts/

seniol' associate at

......

BSNC nu rse at Ta collla General

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Anastasia Je n ec. S u s a n is a n

th e Executives' C l u b and w a s r a n ked

Portlan d , Ore. The), co nce ntrate on

Cynthia Wordell a nd Kevin Johnson were married Feb,

28 ,

1 998, at

U n ive rsit y Place P resbyterian Ch urch

in U n i ve rsit y Place, Wash. Cyn di is

con tract a d m i l,il;trator at Jesse

Engineering Company, and Kevin is a Pierce County Sheriff's Deputy, Cynd i will beg in medical school i n t h e fal l .

Shane Moe graduated from Colorado

St � te U n iver s i .t y in May 1 998, He i s an

equi ne vet e r i n a r i a n at Range View La rge A n i m a l C l i n ic i n Col orado Spri ngs, Colo,

Carmen Hauck is i n the master of

education program a t the Un ive rsi t y

of M o n t a n a . Sh e i s p ursui n g a

second ary certification in b io logy and general science,

Mark and Karen (Graham '94) Bain an no u nce the birth of t h e i r daughter, Kayla C h ri stine, i n December. Mark

a n d Karen are fi nancial pla lUl ers at

1 998, at Ch a p c i

Hill Presbyterian

the director of Upward Bound for t h e Metropol ita n Development Cou nci l located a t PLU, A m y earned her maste r's d egree i n ed ucation from

PLU and is a t h i rd-grade t e ach er at

Lake Louise Elementary Sch o ol

the Clover Park School Dist rict. PLU a l u m n i in the wedd ing included best man Dearr Kelly

'93; and '95 and

groomsmen Darren Wenz

Adam Joh tlson '93.

Carolyn Fulton taught el emen t a r y music to children of 42 differe n t

natio n a l i t ies a t t h e I ntern at ional School of

Ba ng k o k , Thailand,

fo r two

years. S h e t raveled to Nairobi, Kenya, to prese nt a research paper at the I S M t Commission S e m i n a r o n Music in C u l t u ral, Educational a n d Mass

Media Politicies. Wh i le she was t h e re she had an accident with a " k i l ler

ba tht ub ," Ca ro ly n requi red nine hours

Rain F i n a ncia l Group.

of surgery to save h er r ig h t eye. They

Derek and Kim (Foiles) Enz

saliva glands. She calls the fou r

a n nounce the b i r th of their daughter, Amanda, on Se p t.

restored the eye orbit, tea r duct, and doctors w h o performed t h e

su rger),

her "dream team" because t h ey were educated at Harvard, the Mayo Cl ini c and Johns Hopk i n s U n ive.rsity and i n

Br ita in . During h e r rec overy. C arolyn

went to a fest iva l one-a nd-a-half

blocks from the American C o n sulate

on t h e n i g h t t h a t it was bombed,

PAC I F I C

L U T H E R A N

S C E N E

S U M M E R

1 9 9 9

1999-2000 Alumni ,

Board of Directors

2000 - 0 1 Alumni Award

Nominations

Please vote for 3. Two response boxes per candidate are

The PLU Alumni Association u rges alumni, friends and students to submit names of persons to be

provided for alumni in the same household who wish to use the

considered for awards recognizing their contributions to society or the university.

same bal lot. DETACH A N D M A I L TO:

98447-0003; OR EMAIL:

Alumni & Parent Relations, PLU, Tacoma, WA

O R FAX:

253-535-8555;

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Eva Frey 95

O R CALL:

Distinguished

Outstanding Recent

Special Recognition

Alumnus Award

Award

Through years of dedication and service, this alumnus has achieved

Tacoma, WA

Dennis Howard '64

Jeff Rippe '78

professional or vocational distinction.

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fa ce fro m t h e sta m ped e of 700

studen ts . The consul, who visited her

twice when she was in the hospital, was killed. Carolyn is currently study i n g under renowned music education and behavioral researcher Cl i fford Madsen at Florida State Un iversity. She has a teaching graduate i n ternship an d her students, n o t able to see the scar, agree that the doctors were brilliant. Carolyn says she feels fo rtunate to be alive.

Heather (Giakoumis) Stewart is a therapist at Oak Forest Psychological Services. She hegins a pre-doctoral psychology i n ternship a t Chicago Read Memal Health Center in September.

Catherine Herbst/er is in marketing and public relations at Franciscan Corpora tion i n Tacoma. 1 994

Rolf Bloomquist and Pamella Howard were married on June 27, 1 998. Pamella is a career counselor at the U n iversity of Oregon, and Rolf is a student.

Kimberly Petersen earned a master's degree in psychology from Rutgers University in May 1 998. She is currently spending a year working as a v i s i t i n g inst ructor of psychology at Co rnell College i n Mount Vernon, Iowa. Heather (Car/son) Wheeler graduated from the University of Washington Medical School in June 1 998. She is a res i d en t family p h ysic i a n i n S po k a n e . Heather and her husband, David, went w i t h Wo rld M ed ica l M iss io n/Worl d Gos p el Mission t o Kenya l as t sp ring for two months. She worked as a doctor, and David worked as a p har m ac i s t at Tenwek Hospital. They were involved i n the treatment of ma l a ria and cholera epidemics, A[DS and tuberculosis. They also prayed with the patients and studied the Bible with them i n their huts a nd many came to know Jesus.

Krista Martin earned a n M . P. H . i n epidemiology from t h e University o f Washington i n August. S h e i s attending veterinary sch.ool a t the U n iversity of Wisconsin-Madison.

Scott Bakke and Lorri Dale were married o n May 28 in Seattle. Scott is in sales at Seawestern, and Lorri is a fli g h t attendant.

Siw Karinen Maloney has a new position as information editor at Agresso G ro up ASA in Oslo, Norway.

Mikael Clemeflt is a financial analyst a t H & Q Norden Securities i n Oslo, Norway.

has served the

university in a unique or special way.

NOMINEE

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Heritage Award

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Awarded to a n alumnus for years

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of distinguished service to the

demonstrated outstanding volunteer

15 years of graduation. who has

of the university who

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t h e exp losion to pro tect h e r fr agi e

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who has

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University gathered around her after

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David Wallifl accepted a position with IBM i n the export regulation division i n December. He earned a master's degree in international affa i rs ( i n ternational economic policy) fro m American University on Ja n. 3 1 . jennifer Evans Wallin ha s been working at Exponent since July 1 997. She earned a master o f s c i e n ce d eg ree in environmental toxicology i n December 1 997.

leadersh ip and/or service to t ei r

com mun ity.

excelled in a special area of life.

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CITY,

STATE,

CALL:

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joel Aosved was ordained i n the U nited Methodist Church i n June 1 997. H e fi nished sem i narv a t Boston Univers i t y i n May 1 998 an �l has been serving three ch urches i n Central Idaho - Grangeville, Nezperce and White Bird, - since July I, 1 998. J oe l and his w i fe, Laura, enjoy be i ng back i n the Pacific Northwest.

Melanie Collison has a new position a t P u blic Radio Management w i t h headquarters i n Rhi neheck, N.Y. She works on the nationwide fu nd raising repo rting system for public radio stations and 011 web develop ment. Melanie was previously the gift m a nager at KPLU in Tacoma.

Susan Wussow and Greg Weber were married on June 27, 1 998, a t Our Savior Lutheran Church i n Tacoma. Susan i s a n acc o u n ta n t for the state of Washington, and Greg.is a graphic designer.

Nancy Keene and Thomas Steele were m a rried on Feb. 2 7 at Pa rkla nd Christian Church. Nancy i s the human resource director at Seattle Telco Credit Union, and Thomas i s a mach i n i s t a t t h e Un i versit y of Was h i ngton.

jennifer johnson and Andrew H iggins were married on Dec. 12 i n Mount Vernon, Wash. The weddi ng party included Robin (Buck '94) Evans,

jennifer (Dyer '94) Dietrich, Amy (Westendorf '95) Reisner, and Amy Wigstrom-Espinoza '96. Jen n i fer is i n the mas t er of education program at Antioch Univers i t y i n Seattle, and Andrew works i n the building permi t department fo r the City of Seattle.

Shannon Reed and Brian Boldt '98 were married on May 30, 1 998, a t Tri n ity Lutheran Chu rch i n Taco ma. Shannon is a research lab tech n ician at the VA Medical Center i n Lakewood, Wash., a n d Brian i s a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army t ransportation corps.

Douglas and Susan (Glenn) Nicholson annou nce the b i r th of their daughter, Kaitlyn Faye, on Jan. 3 .

Nathan A u n e is majoring i n jazz saxophone performance a t Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Shannon Bates completed a novel titled "Sleep," and is seeking a n agent to represen t her. She is curren tly working on a new novel, playing the saxophone in two community bands and playing soccer.

jellllifer Gtl ilband was promoted to

cruise d i rector for Carnival Cr u ise

Line i n March. She was previously an assistant cru ise d i rector a nd performer for a n u mb e r o f cruise l ines. As the newest c r u ise d i rector for Carnival, she will go from ship to ship, filling in where needed. Jennifer is e njoy i n g the hectic l i festyle of an a d m i n istrative staff member of a cruise ship, b u t she looks forward to securing a p er fo r m i ng spot sometime i n the future. If you take a cruise to Nassau, Bahamas, Key West or Cozumel, be sure a nd look fo r her.

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Ministry of the Baptized: Living the Gospel in an Alien Culture July 11-15, 1999

Krista Aflderson, a g ra d ua te assistant a t the Un i ve rsi t y of Alabama,

Padfic Lutheran U n iversity Tacoma, Washington

BirminghJm, presented a poster a t the National Neuroscience Conference in Los Angeles i n November. S h e will e nter the doctoral program i n n e u rob i o l og y at U A S th is summer.

f E AT U R I N G THE fOLLO W I N G FACULT Y :

P a u l I n g r a m . PLU Martha Stortz, PLTS Nelvin Vos, M u h lenberg

Leroy Stm,difer was promoted to police sergeant with the city of Tacoma.

$200 tuition

f<lf week long course or half Price for laity. and discounts f o r early registration . O�ti o n af room and board on campus.

Scholarships

1 996

A my Spies and Kirk Myhre were married o n Nov. 14 in Des Moines, Wash. Amy is a programmer-analyst at Boeing, and Kirk is an artist.

Pr5i!1lfed by PLU In parfll"'lhfP WIth LENS a1ld th" fLeA DivI>;on for

Where faidl

Homan Emami ea r n ed an MBA from Seattle University i n December. He is an operation program analyst at Boeing.

Kevin Marousek accepted a po siti o n w i th 3-Ring Circus, an adv er ti s i n g agency in Los A ngeles. Kevin was formerly at NBC in Burbank, Calif., where he worked fo r "The Ton i g ht Show wi th Jay Leno" and "The Howie Mandel Show." Max and Monica (Day) Milton have moved from Honolulu to Fort Ir wi n, Calif. Fort I rw i n is the national training center, and Monica is stationed a t the hospital as a labor and del ivery nurse. It is a Baby Friendly Hospital, one of only 14 in the United State, that hold that designation. Monica is the head o f that program, and she became a certified lactation consultant i n March. Max worked as a security specialist for Project Sea Launch in Long Beach, Calif. He continues to work on a master's degree.

College

Navy Lt. j.g. Harvey Ausmus is stationed at Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla. He joined the Navy in 1 983.

Wendy Howard and BreN Talbert

we re married on Au g. 22, 1 998, at

First Un ited Methodist Chu rch i n Salem, Ore. Wendy is a registered n urse at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way, and Brett is a config uration coord i nator a t M icrosoft.

M;n/my

/tits tile rond

Ohio, in August. Eric was a Fulbright Scholar i n 1 996-97 .

Michelle Horan a n d Shawn Wiley were married on Jan. 14 in Leaven worth, Wash. Michelle is a teacher w i th Taco ma Public Schools, and Shawn is a sergeant in the U.S. A rmy.

Isaiah johnson was voted Teacher

Laura F1at/lnll accepted a one-year

of the Yea r for 1 996-97 a n d 1997-98 by the students a t Kent Jf. High School i n Ke n t , Wash. He has been a soc ial studies teacher at the sch ool

position i n Tsuchiura, Japan, teaching English as a Second Language.

since 1 996.

Devyn Copley and Kevin Alan Larson

Erik Melver is a candidate fo r O h io

were married on Oct. 3. Devyn is a teacher a n d earned a master's degree i n teaching from George Fox U n i ve rsit y in May. Kevin is an Oregon State University graduate and civil designer i n the Portland area.

Un i ver sity's master of fine arts in theater degree. He will begin his third year in the program with a n i n t ern s hi p as a p rofess iona l a cto r a t t h e P layhouse i n t h e Pa r

k in Cincinnati,

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Julie Nordstrom is working on a

Angry Men" at Tacoma L i t t l e Theatre.

Tamra Miller was promoted from

master's degree in occupational

Faisal Alsabah is i n international

reporter to news anchor

thera py and a master's deg re e in educJtion at Idaho State University in Pocatello. She w i l l grad uate i n

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Kuwait in Abafat, Kuwa it.

a journalism fellowship w i t h the I nsti tute ror Educational I n q u i ry.

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were married on Aug.

Ste p hani e

works i.n accounts payable at U n i ted Pipe and Supply, and Russell works i n grou n d services.

2-year-old son , and your prayers for her and h e r fa mi l )' would be great ly

exa m, a n ati o nal ly recognized

appreciat ed . Cards and letters can be

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Katie Wasenm iller and Jonathan Saad '96 were nlarried on July 25,

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substitute teacher at

G u ild (TAG)

production of Wi l l iam Sha kespea re's

F R I E N D S A N D F A C U LT Y

p romo tion, The Red Zone.

Elmira "Molly" Bilker, PLU

ot he r

'50s and '60s, d i e d o n Ja n. 1 9 at the age of 86. li b rarian in the late

ca rll'

schools

th e Ta coma Sch ool D is t r ict.

Fulbright Scholarship.

Besides appearing in many pro du c

He re t u rn s

Northeast Normal U n i versity in

tions while at PLU, he was Leonard

China i n August.

Vole in "\'Vit ness fo r the Prosec ution"

Joy Will is a personnel assista nt I for

at the Lakewood Community

the Alaska Department of Labor i n

Playhouse, and J i m m y Curry in "The

Feb. 8.

the

Mao Liang is in the U n i ted States on a

N ight's D ream."

R a i n maker" a n d Juror

Nove mber: She W,\S pre v i ou s ly a

t h e roles o f S n u g/LioniMoth i n t h e

"A v 1 t idslIrnrner

1 9 7 5

Su.,,,n (Burnham) Curtis died on

Elementarv School i n Tacoma i n

Mikel Michener recently ap pea red i n Tacoma Actors

Joe Tveten died on Jan. 27.

1 6.

uper Bowl in M ia m i t h rough Coke's

as a k i n d ergarten teacher at Seward

H ealthca re i n Puya l l u p .

h e r boyfriend C l i n t \Vilson

trip

Matthew Steven.

Ellie Siegm ulld began a new pos i ti o n

specialist at Good S a m a r i t a n

Jill Nelsoll a n d

1 9 74

expense-paid

s o n , Christian David, in Ja n uary. He

3 -year-ol d

Edwin Brac/,er died on Dec.

won a n a l l

David, a nn o unce t h e birth of their

on Feb. 4 .

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Ka thleen Jones and her husband,

Mark Brannfors is a systems support

1 95 8

Rutll Cllristian died

advertising produce.r a t I n foSeek.

Coun ty.

joins

1 9 5 6

James Clifton d i e d on Jan. 1 9.

ceramic items. J o n a t h a n is a n

Utah.

Nixon '95, Lisa Erickson '95, Jetmifer (MacDougall) Fulfs '95, Tu ri Widsteen '96, Scott Cushing '97, Josh JolII/soII '97, Josh Wyrick '97 alld Chris Peirce '97.

Vernon Lestmd died on lull' I , 1 998.

Katie is a n a r t teacher a t Seattle

Allison Gray works ill special events at !Joys and Gi rls Clubs of Pierce

The wedding part)' i n c l u ded Lyris

with . . . LUTE LIN K

certification program/exam i n h u m a n

Lutheran High School a nd has s t a .r ted

Brigham You n g University i n Provo,

District, and Brian is a tax acco u n t a n t

Eugene Allrendt died on March 20. 1 9 54

a freel a n ce business i n h a n d - pa in ted

relations master's degree program at

al K n i g h t Va le & Gregory i n Tacoma .

1 9 5 0

A p r i l . I n January she passed the PHR

1 998.

David Wilson is i n the i n ternational

specialist in the Ce ntral K it sap School

Make the lin k

Avenue, Chula

1 9 9 8

i n Ta co ma .

!\m)' is an a d a p ted physical education

ComlTl u n ity

has a

l'vlay 23, 1 998.

Personnel

Group's downtown Seattle branch i n

Bri"" vall Valey and Amy Saathoff '95, '97 were married on Dec. 1 9 a t

Tri n i t )' Luthe r a n Church

1 9 3 5

Loise Babbitt was recentl y di agnosed

with te rm i nal colon cancer. She

Stephanie Dotsoll a n d Russell Watts

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Liz Russell w as promoted to assistant branch manager a t

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Scott Kolbet and Angie Davis were married on Feb. 1 3 a t St. Leo's Ca tholic C h u rch in Tacoma.

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in Pasco , \!Vash. She was also awarded

research at the Cen t ral Ba nk of

Joneau.

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Hacker wraps up her last year as sport psycholog ist for women's nati,o nal soccer team with a trip to the 1 999 World Cup Tou rnament BV N I C K D A W S O N ,

S P O RT S E D I T O R

"I had to t h i n k long and hard about that decision. In all o f our lives there have to be prior ities," says Hacker, who recently ret u r ned from a weekend trip with the nat ional team for a "frie nd ly" match against the tea m's top rival, China.

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"My commitment to PLU is first, then comes my commitment to the nat ional tea m." After that comes the National Soccer Coaches Association o f America, where Hacker serves as one of

35 members of the nat ional coach i ng staff, a nd

fi nally, as the b u sy Hacker says, "everyt hing else i n the world." With such a fu l l plate, Hacker has had to turn down p lenty o f d ream oppo rtu n i ties, such as working with t h e Atla n ta Falcons of the N ational Football Leag ue. Working with a wide range of players - from

1 7 to 33 years

old, m a ny si ngle, some m a rried with children, a ha ndful with

b a rely a dime to their name and others i n the m i llionaire cate o l leen Hacker, like most fa ns o f world-class women's

gory - H acker has fo u n d ways to help the players blend t heir

soccer, w i l l b e wa tching with great interest this

talents to become one of the world's best wome n's soccer teams.

summer as the United States hosts the

Her work proved to be crucial i n

1 999 \<\To men's

helping t h e United S t a tes t u r n t h e co rn e r

Wo rld Cup soccer tournament. This quadrennial

event will bring together

from

16 nations i n a battle for global

But u n l i ke the "footba l l " fa natic who w i l l fo rk over

"What To n y fo u n d is that t h e

$25 a nd

d i ffe rence i n

more for a stad i u m seat, or the casual viewers on ESPN, Hacker's

perspective will be up

and personal. 1 995, she has served

1 996 compared to 1 995, after

a yea r of psycho logical ski l ls t ra i n ing, was a sense o f confidence

That's because since

1 995 Wo rld C u p runn er-up to 1996

Olympic Games cha m pion.

women's soccer supremacy.

and all the t h ings that come with that," says Hacker.

as the sport

psych o logist fo r the U . S . women's national soccer tea m . As she d i d when the American women's team won Olympic Gold i n

Last m o n t h , Hacker relocated to the team's training base in Florida where she w i l l work th rough the duration of the World

1 9- July 10. She is meeting with the

1 996, Hacker w i l l take h e r sea t. o n the b e n c h w i t h U.S . head

Cup competition, June

coach To ny DiCicco a nd other support personnel d u r i n g the

p layers, observing, listening and spending long hours p reparing

1 999 Wo rld Cup. This is her last yea r with the team.

personal ized audio and video tapes to help their mental

It's a p lace - a n d a task - Hacker cou ldn't have envisione_d back i n

1 995 when she was first invited as a guest coach to attend

positive self-talk, commu nication and mental imagery. Hacker has met with as many as eight d i fferent players in a

the US. team training camp i n San D iego.

day when the squad is in training. In the team's recent contest

"Thi ngs went very wel l . I thought t h at would be t h e p i nnacle of m y career," recalls Hacker, w h o as Pacific Lu theran women's soccer coach from

preparation fo r each tournament game. She wil l emphasize

1 9 8 1 -95 led the Lutes to 232 wins

agai nst China, she had ind ivid u a l sessions with fou r of the women o n game d ay. All of t his was done with the express

and three NAfA national titles - earning national coach of the

p u rpose of helping the United States to re tain its status as the

year h onors three times.

best in the wo rld.

I ndeed, her interaction with the players and coaching staff

"There's a relationship a n d a role I have with the team t h at is u n iqu e," adm its Hacker. "If I was the coach, I wouldn't have it."

not only wen t we l l , it ear ned her an i nvitation - heart ily endorsed by the pl�l)'ers - from D i Cicco to serve as the tea m's fu ll-time sport psycholo gist. For the past fo u r years, Hacker has

Another role she has, a n d o n e she relishes, is that of fa n . ''I'm so am azed at w h o they a re and w h a t t h e y do o n the field

balanced a one-weekend-a-month (and sometimes more)

with the bal l," says Hacker. ''I'm working with and watching what

n ational team com m itment with her teach ing and administ rative

w i l l b e known in

dut ies i n the P LU School of P hysical Education.

soccer players. I love what I do."

S PO RT S

1 00 years from now as the world's greatest

N OT E S And in other PLU sports n ews:

More women's basketba l l notes: Center TARA

Women's basketba l l team makes it to NCAA Division I I I quarterfinals

Above, wome n 's basketb a l l head coach G I L R I G E LL. far left, and the Lute bench j u m p to their feet after center TARA M I LLET '00 scored the w i n n i n g basket in the last second of play during the M a rch 3 fi rst-ro u n d game of the NCAA Division I I I Championship To u rna ment agai nst C a l Lut hera n . T h e Lutes w o n two more game before losing on M a rch 1 3, one win short of a berth in the national tourna ment semifinals. The team in 1 999 posted a best-ever season record of 22-6, and Rigell was n a med Northwest Conference coach of the year.

M I LLET'S '00

standout yea r i ncl uded being named the Northwest Con ference MVP. With a year left to p l ay, she ra n ks sixth in a l l -time PLU women's basketba l l scoring and fi rst i n a l l-time reboundi n g . S h e a l so ga rnered NWC fi rst team honors for the second straight yea r, w h i l e g u a rd BECKY FRANZA '02 was na med to the

Center Tara M i l let

'00 (#32)

works

around a George Fox Bruin to

NWC second tea m . Fo rmer team m e m ber, g u a rd K I M CORB RAY '98. the a l l -time leading scorer for PLU wo men's basketball, was n a med fem a l e area col lege ath l ete of 1 998 by The News Tri bune. Men's basketba l l : Point g u a rd

fin ished the season as the N CAA D ivision I I I leader i n assists. Forward BRAD BREVET '99 was named to the Northwest Conference fi rst team, w h i l e center BRAD M c K N I G HT ' 9 9 m a d e i t on the NWC second tea m . TIM K E LLY '00

PLU teams w i n first place in Northwest Conference:

Congratulations to the softba l l team, men's a n d women's track, and men's and women's ten n is, a l l of wh ich took first place in NWC reg u l a r-season pl ay. See the Fa l l 1 999 Scen e for a wrap-u p on postseason actio n . Mandy Flores

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took second this yea r in NWC rankings.

against Seattle University.

The men's and women's

Lutes, Westering earn No. 1

"varsity eight" crew teams

nod: PLU won the J o h n H e i n rick

were seeded eighth and 1 2th, respectively, i n the West as they headed to the Pacific Coast Rowing Cha m p ionships in May.

Award as the Northwest's top sma l l -col lege footba l l team of 1 998, and Coach FROSTY WESTERING was voted coach of the yea r in bal loting for Little All-Northwest honors. The Lutes' 8-2 season included a berth in the NCAA Division I I I playoffs, where they lost to St. John's U n iversity i n the fi rst ro u n d .

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Men's and women's golf each

Baseba ll: Second baseman

a n d outfielder made the All-Northwest Conference baseba l l tea m .

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Rev. Rick Rouse '69, PLU Church Relations Director, guest preacher. For m ore information, call 253-535-7423.

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