Ripon College Winter 1999

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ver the past 18 months as the College ommitment todevelop exemplary written and oral worked its way through a thorough and com- coip.munication skills in every student. prehensive planning effort led by trustees We anticipate chat Communicating PLUS will result

Guy Henshaw '68 and Mike Reese '65, I promised to keep readers of the Ripon Magazine 1_ informed of significant steps in the process. _,,, _:_-r--1

in a11''expansion of Ripon's active-learning approach to an aq ic major, while at the same time developing - oo-ieaJion skills throughout the curriculum. Our

Ratification of the plan by faculty, the alumnCboara corhfoitment to PLUS seeks to find the most effective and the board of trustees were important milestones ways to tie the teaching and learning of these skills to along the road of charting Ripon's future. So was a vote the teaching amd learning of writing and speaking by the faculty in February.

T e PLUS of the program will focus on teaching A special emphasis committee of faculty, staff, stuaents to identify and analyze problems, to develop trustees and a student had wrestled with the challenge strategies and proposals for solutions and to work of determining a curricular area in which Ripon alrea thrd1,1gh to that solution. did much and well. They also examined areas that could be built with resources, time and purpose into a ith the initial funding secured, we will distinctive curricular focus that could be attractive to immediately search for a program director. prospective students, true to the liberal arts, and- Once hirea, the director will work with the pertinent in the world of work our graduates enter. faculty educational Bolicy committee and faculty mem-

The faculty of Ripon College, Feb. 3, approved an bers in each major fi.eld of study to develop the area of special curricular emphasis now called Communicating PLUS program. Most likely, we will Communicating PLUS. create a Communicating PLUS center which would fea-

aciliti

Because of a belief in the importance of.this ture research f .........., e . s and technological support for curricular effort for Ripon at this time, anonymous program development. Outreach opportunities for donors have pledged funding for the first few years of elementary and secondary students and teachers, other the program's development. educational professionals, alumni and even local, state ln determining the special curricular emphasis, the and regional government officials are possible. First and faculty clearly understood that communication skills, foremost, we will capitalize on aspects of our academic both written and oral, are the primary skills employ-er·-s program that we already do well. look for in college graduates. Ripon's response to

C':ommunicating PLUS responds to the marketplace employers' needs is direct and timely. through the development of a substantive, outcomes-

Tbasecl program which emphasizes benefits and responds he PLUS of Communicating PLUS is an'-'-,di1c@Gdy to employer demands, as well as to acronym for Problem-Solving, Leaming Actively, Using Information and Skill

parental concerns on what they can expect as a return

Development. Together, the PLUS components enhance our teaching of an array of skills to which faculty are already committed.

The communication emphasis combines two ele ments already inherent in a Ripon educationteaching writing skills across the curriculum and the newer ''hands-on" form of education - with a third, oral communications.

You may wonder, "Is this new?" In som<;,.ways, no;,in... other ways, yes, very much so Communicating PLUS brings those educational components together into a highly defined and deliverable educational process. Communicating PLUS refers primarily to a special

fr:..:.o:.'.m th;.!:eir educational investment.

The campus community shares in the faculty's entnusiasm for Communicating PLUS. I know that many members of the Ripon community join me in my excitement for this new curricular direction for Ripon. l will continue to report to you on other steps in iml')lementing our comprehensive plan. I always welcorqe your advice and comments. I

RIPON

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MOLUME 32, NUMBER 1

2 Art Immortalizes Shaler

Clarence Addison Shaler was a creative genius who invented the vulcanized tire patch, an umbrella, a heating pad for people and the hot pad for food. His greatest legacy, however, might be the sculptures he left behind - both those he created after age 70, and those he purchased for the city of Waupun, Wis. Ripon College is proud to be home to two Shaler products - "Lincoln the Dreamer" and "Genesis " Here's a look at the man and his legacy.

By Lee Reinsch '89

On the Cover:

This photograph of a model of the sculpture "Genesis" hangs in the End of the Trail Candy Shoppe in Waupun, Wis., the city of statues macle possible by gifts from Clarence Addison Shaler, Ripon College Class of I880. Thanks to shoppe owner Steve Guth for loaning us the photo. "Genesis" is one of two Shaler sculp tures to adorn the Ripon College campus.

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20 Ripon Legacies

All told, there are nearly 100 legacies attending Ripon this year - sons, daughters, grandchildren, sisters, broth ers and cousins of Ripon alumni. The class of 2002 includes 20 legacies.

Ripon Challenges Vtes

The men's basketball team gave the Utah Utes all they could handle in early January. Pretty positive for an NCAA Division III school going up against the NCAA Division I runner-up from 1998.

By Randy Radtke, Ripon Commonwealth-Press

25 Rudy Inspires Red Hawks

Dan "Rudy" Ruettiger shared his inspirational message about his 20-seconds of football fame at the University of Notre Dame with about 600 people at the Red Hawk Ban quet. Ruettiger's experience inspired the 1993 Tristar movie "Rudy " By Chris Graham '93 26

Partners in Education, Medicine

Ripon College and Ripon Medical Center (RMC) are involved in a partnership which involves athletic train ing, sports medicine and rehabilitationservices. In addi tion, half ofRMC's sports medicine staff are Ripon Col lege graduates who got their start in the field as students•

- Dan T rampf '90 and Chris Schattschneider '93. By Deanna V. Boone

ne alumnus has succeeded in making his presence at Ripon College last some 120 years since he left the College and 138 years after he was born.

Thousands of students have walked by Clarence Addison Shaler's gifts to the school: the compelling bronze sculpture "Gen esis" and the stately "Lincoln the Dreamer." He made nearby Waupun, Wis , into "the City of Sculptures." And thousands of Ripon College women have lived in the wing of the Tri-Dorms named in his honor

Who was the man behind the statues and Shaler Hall? Many know him as merely a rich man and a sculptor, but there's more to this ingenious alumnus.

fun with it." During the following week, every cat was dunked in the horse-watering trough and made into a hard-shelled Baptist," writes biographer Fred L. Holmes in "Badger Saints and Sinners " One obstinate cat jumped through a glass window to avoid the religious conversion.

Shaler and his family moved to Ripon when he was 13. His father, Ansel Shaler, had taught school for two years before farming and later served as superintendent of schools in Ripon. His mother, Sally, had been mar ried before and had two other children, Henry and Helen

Clarence Shaler didn't start sculpting

- and then Ripon College in general studies.

From 1874-78, the Shaler twins attended first the Ripon college preparatory school - the Ripon Lyceum from 1874-77 until age 70. He spent most of his life earning his mil lions as an inventor, manufacturer and businessman In his last 11 years, he produced more art than many artists do in a lifetime.

He spent only a fraction of his life creating the art that has immortalized him. Born near Ripon on May 29, 1860, in the Township of Mackford in Green Lake County, Shaler lived on a farm. There, his mind was free to wander like the energetic deer that bound through Wisconsin fields. And wander it did. His cre ative thoughts rarely stopped, even when his physically weak body did. A childhood accident resulted in a bro ken leg, which eventually impacted his spine. The cur vature caused him lifelong trouble, seeing him in and out of doctors' offices throughout his life.

Maybe it was his chronic pain that made young Shaler dream of ways to make life easier and more entertaining. He once built two treadmills powered by barn cats. One treadmill operated a miniature thresh ing machine; another, his mother's butter churn. He designed kites of all styles, which he took for test runs on the land near his family homestead

The fresh air of Green Lake County kept Clarence and his twin sister, Clara, outdoors. Every spring, the members of the nearby Union Baptist Church held an annual mass baptism in a lake near their house, and the Shaler twins liked to have

Clara died in early 1878, before the twins' 18th birthday. Her death affected Shaler deeply He left school and returned to his parents' farm, even though he wasn't fit for farm work To make matters worse, three years later, his father died. Young Shaler was left with the dubious legacy of a 500-acre farm

While he continued to take classes at the College until 1880, he spent six of the most miserable years of his life trying to eek a living off the family farm.

Despite fertile soil, the farm failed. Taking advantage of his ignorance in farm matters, envious neighbors sold him badseed at outrageous prices.

Shaler's love of art began early and had many years to incubate. At age 22 and in Chicago for a doc tor's appointment, he met a young man working on a sculpture. The artist, Lorado Taft, would become world-renowned. Taft introduced Shaler to sculpture, and the two became lifelong friends Shaler also had a long-term correspondence with artist James Earle Fraser, whom he first met at the 1915 Panama-Pacific World's Fair in San Francisco Shaler and some business partners invested -m ney in a flax mill in Waupun, but that, too, failed, leaving the mill in disuse. The parmers discussed uses for the building and Shaler suggested putting an umbrella fac tory inside. Shaler had invented a detachable shell for the umbrella, with pockets into which the umbrella's spokes fit snugly. First Shaler & Hartgerink Umbrella Co. took up residence in the old mill, and then it

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became the Shaler Umbrella Co. The umbrella invenLion caught on in popularity and was sold in dry goods srores, bringing a healthy liv ing.

In 1895, Shaler married Blanche Bancroft. Now an adult, Shaler's cre ative mind was still thinking up ways to make life easier and better. His firm, the C.A. Shaler Co., of Waupun, manufactured electric pads for sore muscles and electric hocpads for food warming. He invented an adjustable set of golf clubs which were used to determine the appropriate length of clubs which were then custom made for the individual. The golf clubs won him favor at the Rock River Country Club in Waupun which he helped found.

Shaler epitomizes the forward-thinking mindsof the early 1900s era. It's not surprising, then, that he'd be drawn to the automobile when it hit the market. Shaler was among the first people in Wis consin to buy an automobile.

ne can only imagine what a popular gad about Shaler must have been, driving down bricked city streets and whizzing through the countryside's unpaved roads. But one of his close friends, a Waupun attorney, protested the invasion of cars to Waupun's streets and tried to get an ordinance passed to prohibit them.

In those days, tires were far from perfect, and roads were created for horses, not cars. The sounds of tire punctures inter rupted a sunny afternoon road trip like semi-colons in a multi-clause sentence. Peeved at flat tires, Shaler pondered how to fix them. He experimented with a discarded electric flatiron and a rheostat from an old dynamo and came up with a remedy: the vulcanized tire patch.

He took the idea and

ran with it. He patented an additive for gasoline to help the life of an engine and even a lens that was attached to an automobile

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The Shaler electric vulcanizer is demonstrated by E L. Hubbard, right, and his son. The elder Hubbard was a writer who died when the Lusitania sunk in 1917. Th, ShainCo. Ardu"'-' p/,oro

Shaler Rislone, "the oil alloy" was among Clarence Addison Shaler's inventions. It is manufactured today under the name of Ris lone Engine Treatment. Th, S/la!,TCo. Arclu,._, p/toro

Punctured tire tubes were the problem of every motorist.

headlight to increase efficiency. Shaler's gasoline addi tive continues to be manufactured today under the name Rislone Engine Treatment.

But Shaler is most remembered for the vulcanized tire patch, known as "the Shaler Hot Patch." He man ufactured electric, steam-powered and alcohol vulcan izers They made electric models of the vulcanizers for private garages and steam roadside models, which were alco hol-heated. Their motto was "Seal the Cuc and Save the Tire."

By 1928, Shaler was a mil lionaire.

But millions of dollars and bankrolls don't make a whole man in Shaler's view and the creative artist inside this mechanical genius ached to express him self At 70, in 1930, he began dabbling in sculptures. Why did this senior citizen turn to art so late in life? "He wished to be sure of a career at which he could earn his living and support his family," writes his daughter, Marian Shaler Hanisch, in her 1941 book, "Sculpture of Clarence Addi son Shaler: Interpretations."

''Therefore he gave the early

and middle years of his life to that other side of his creative genius which expressed itself in mechanical invention. However, he loved art, and especially sculpture, from the time he was a very young man.

"He tells of his first trip to New York to buy goods for the umbrella factory That he was a na·ive young man who knew noth ing about the requirements for establishing credit for his purchases and finally obtained that credit not so much as a result of any tan gible assets he possessed as of that obvious asset of his honesty. Nevertheless, though he felt this first debt he could not resist buying and bringing home a marble bust of a young girl, which was the first beautiful piece of sculpture that he had ever seen."

That same romantic impulse, wrote Hanisch, prompted Shaler in later life to acquire Taft's "Record ing Angel," purchased to memorialize his wife, and James Earle Fraser's "The End of the Trail." Shaler pre sented them to the Forest Mound Cemetery and the city of Waupun, respectively The two sculptures today, according to conservator Tony Rajer of Madison, Wis., are valued at more than $1 million each "They are

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Salesmen traveled the region selling Shaler hot patches out of vans The ShalerCo. Archives p/u,w

and middle years of his life to that other side of his creative genius which expressed itself in mechanical invention However, he loved art, and especially sculpture, from the time he was a very young man.

"He tells of his first trip to New York to buy goods for the umbrella factory That he was a na'ive young man who knew noth ing about the requirements for establishing credit for his purchases and finally obtained that credit not so much as a result of any tan gible assets he possessed as of that obvious asset of his honesty Nevertheless, though he felt this first debt......he could not resist buying and bringing home a marble bust of a young girl, which was the first beautiful piece of sculpture that he had ever seen."

That same romantic impulse, wrote Hanisch, headlight to increase efficiency. Shaler's gasoline addi tive continues to be manufactured today under the name Rislone Engine Treatment

But Shaler is most remembered for the vulcanized tire patch, known as "the Shaler Hot Patch " He man ufactured electric, steam-powered and alcohol vulcan izers. They made electric models of the vulcanizers for private garages and steam roadside models, which were alco hol-heated. Their motto was "Seal the Cut and Save the Tire."

By 1928, Shaler was a mil lionaire.

But millions of dollars and bankrolls don't make a whole man in Shaler's view and the creative artist inside this mechanical genius ached to express him self At 70, in 1930, he began dabbling in sculptures. Why did this senior citizen tum to art so late in life?"He wished to be sure of a career at which he could eam his living and support his family," writes his daughter, Marian Shaler Hanisch, in her 1941 book, "Sculpture of Clarence Addi son Shaler: Interpretations."

"Therefore he gave the early

prompted Shaler in later life to acquire Taft's "Record ing Angel," purchased to memorialize his wife, and James Earle Fraser's "The End of the Trail." Shaler pre sented them to the Forest Mound Cemetery and the city of Waupun, respectively. The two sculptures today, according to conservator Tony Rajer of Madison, Wis , are valued at more than $1 million each "They are

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Salesmen traveled the region selling Shaler hot patches out of vans

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icons of American culture," Rajer says, and are one-of-a-kind sculptures.

Shaler worked in a studio at his winter home in Pasadena, Calif. He had his sculptures cast in bronze by Nelli Foundry of Los Angeles as well as a foundry in Chicago. He also utilized a foundry in Mexico, accord ing to his grandson, Stuart Hanisch. In a little more than a decade, Shaler went on to produce numerous sculptures, including six that were placed in Waupun. Not surprisingly, Shaler made his own tools Each tool was eventually created to give the user maximum effi ciency.

In 1939, Shaler donated one of his prize sculptures to Ripon College: a statue of Abraham Lincoln, which stands near Farr Hall. The positioning of the Lincoln statue was highly debated in 1939 Should it face south? Southwest? West? Many letters went back and forth between the fifth Ripon College president, Silas Evans, architect Thomas Tallmadge of Chicago, and Shaler. The statue was finally set facing the south-

west. At that time, Farr Hall and Todd Wehr weren't built, so passersby on Ransom and Seward streets hada clear view of it.

The world before the crash of 1929 was one of opti mism, and Shaler "rode the wave of optimism," says Rajer who has studied Shaler's art and is in the process of restoring a second piece of Shaler sculpture from Waupun- "Dawn of Day." Shaler's first large bronze sculpture.

But the Lincoln statue was only the tail end of a string of gifts to the College. In June of 1936, he gave the College "Genesis," an original statue of a wild young woman forming herself out of rock. It stands between West Hall and Middle Hall on upper campus. The beautiful woman, with her long, flowing hair and smooth shoulders, seems to be either trapped in stone or bursting her way out of it. Marian Hanisch says in her book that the statue's name combines both the Biblical interpretation of Genesis and in the more sci entific explanation "of life arising and taking form from the primordial slime."

She writes: "Every idea and ideal which now govern mankind were once nothing until real ized in a monstrous and thrilling birth in the mind of some genius, breaking through the inertia and nothingness of matter as this woman's head and arm burst through the encompassing, hampering rock, instinct with challenge and purpose. So meaning comes out of nothingness. The artist, the philosopher and the poet are all midwives to its birth. Nietzsche has said, 'Unless you have chaos within, you cannot give birth to a dancing star.' "

Along with the gift of "Genesis," Shaler financed the restructuring of the stone embankment between the parking lot behind Middle Hall and the plot of land where the sculpture was placed. Some six months after gifting "Genesis" to the College, while visiting with President Evans, Shaler handed over a check for

$25,000 In October of 1937, he signed another check to the College, this one for $10,000, to be used for scholarships.

In 1939, the Tri-Dorms residence rrcility was dedi cated, with one three-story wing named in Shaler's honor, in recognition of another $25,000 gift he made to the College.

Shaler never sold any of his sculptures. He said the payment he received was the happiness he experienced when creating them.

The Recording Angel by Lorado Taft Fleu;h,rS1u4io phow

remaining grandchild and the son of Marian Shaler Hanisch, remembers visiting Grandpa Shaler in the summers. "In his studio, it was amazing to see the various stages of sculpturefrom the maquette-sized models in clay on a small scale to the full-sized plasters - and the process by which molds were made of big statues in white plaster and cast in bronze," he says. Stuart Hanisch was nine when his grandfather died.

More than 50 years after Shaler's death, the sculpture "The Citadel" was given to Waupun by the University of Southern California which had initially displayed the piece "on loan" from Shaler and later had woodsheded it for years.

The years Clarence Shaler knew in his prime were golden ones - the Gilded Age, Rajer says. But in the last years before he died, the world around Shaler had grown quite dark. Hitler had created a death machine in Nazi Germany, and Shaler saw soci ety spinning out of control. The last piece Shaler sculpted, "The Citadel," is believed by many to be Shaler's most powerful piece. Family members say the sculpture represents the fall of civilization at the hands of Nazis in Germany at the time of Shaler's death. It's believed that "The Citadel" reflects the artist's feelings about the rise to power of Nazi Germany during World War 11. "I think it will become the most important sculpture in the col lection," says Waupun historian Jim Laird. "It reflects

the barbarism of the time and of a civilization dying out." Shaler saw what was happening in the world and put it into bronze. "This is his masterpiece," says Rajer.

COPY FROM CLARENCE ADDISON SHALER BENEFACTOR PLAQUE

After graduating from Ripon College preparnwry school in 1877, Mr. Shaler attended the College in select studies. He went on to become a significant donor to the College in the 1930s by contributing to the construction and furnishings of Shaler Hall in Tri-Dorms and endowing the Clarence A. Shaler

Scholarship. In addition, Mr. Shaler created and donated the "Genesis" and "Lincoln the Dreamer" statues that are dis played on the college grounds. Mr. Shaler received an hon orary master's degree from Ripon College in 1936.

The End of the Trail by James Earle Fraser Fie.idler Smdio phow

Tri-Dorms, a women's residence hall at Ripon College, was partially

This plaque at one time was near the "Lincoln The Dreamer" on the upper campus at Ripon. The inscription reads "Represents the man Lincoln as he was at the out set of his public career. His charac ter, formed by his early hardships in the wilderness, partakes of the strength of the oak, tempered by the warmtfi of his human sympa- thies. He is leaving that early envi ronment in pursuit of an unknown destiny, untouched yet by tragedy, betrayal, and disillusionment A man at the noon of his powers which his high resolve has already dedicated to the good of hcoiuntsry and of mankind."

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"This is Clarence Shaler the artist, Clarence Shaler the humanitarian, Clarence Shaler the thinker. Herc at the end (of his life), he produces this incredible piece. "The Citadel," says Rajer, is intended to serve as a warning. "It is really about Shaler's fear that Facism, in the form of Nazism, might destroy the liberty and civilization that epitomized America," Rajer says.

"le may tell us something of his mood at the time of his death. It was provocative and wasn't intended to pacify peo ple. It was intended to provoke thought," Rajer says. "They (the University of Southern California) weren't interested in it, and it's really too bad. Hopefully it will be appreciated in Waupun," Rajer adds

The sculpture "Who Sows Believes in God," took a lengthy route to Waupun. The statue of a peas-

ant girl standing with a hoe and seedbag at her side spent more than 30 years in a basement at the Univer sity of Wisconsin - Madison after a professor labeled it "inferior art." For another 15 years, the statue sat in a remote spot at University Farms near Arlington, Wis. Waupun historians saw the value of the sculpture, cre ated in 1939, which was placed near the Waupun Memorial Hospital and dedicated in August of 1995.

Shaler also wrote and published poetry and prose and painted pictures. He also completed numerous other sculptural works, most of which never made it past the maquette stage, according to Stuart Hanisch. Shaler made maquettes in bronze as well as plaster, he says. Shaler also completed a bas-relief of geese in flight that hangs at the Waupun Public Library

Shaler died in 1941 when he grew dizzy while sun ning himself at his Pasadena apartment He fell six stories to his death. Part of his fortune was used to award scholarships for Waupun residents.

Shaler credited his longevity to his recreations of hunting, golfing and sculpture. He proved that it's never too late to explore one's talent. A statement attributed to him upon the dedication of "The Morn ing of Life," at his twin sister's grave, sums it up. "Death is more beautiful than life, for the dead are for ever young " OJ Lee Reinsch '89

Lee Reinsch is a feature writer for the Fond du Lac Reporter in Fond du Lac, Wis.,and a frequent contributor to Ripon Maga zine.

Sources: The Ripon College Archives; "The Sculpture of Clarence Addison Shaler: lnterpretatibns," by Marian Shaler Hanisch; "Badger Saints and Sinners," by Fred Holmes; Mil waukee Journal-Sentinel; "A Very Large Wizard of Oz," by June Kelly; interviews with historian Jim Laird of Waupun, conservator Tony Rajer of Madison and Stuart Hanisch of Madison

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Shaler Sculptures in Need of Restoration

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larence Shaler's ingenuity forms a 10-point constellation from Ripon to Waupun. In the last decade of his life, Shaler monumental ized himself in the sculptures he created and commissioned.

But little is known of some sculptures that are either missing or were never finished. Below is a listing of Shaler's sculptures, both those well known and those lost for the ages. Part of the prob lem with tracing the sculptures, art con servator Tony Rajer says, is that Shaler often had multiple names for his works.

• "Dawn of Day" - (Also known as "Waubun," a Native American word for "dawn of day")

"Like this Indian maiden who is casting off the old gar ments . who will ever look forward to the dawn of a new day ... I hope the people of Waupun will look into the dawn of a new day of greater prosperity and happiness,"

Shaler said in his dedication speech "Dawn of Day" was dedicated in 1931and placed outside city hall in Waupun. It has been at the center of a number of discussions about pornogra phy and is undergoing a $9,000 conser vation in Madison by art conservator Tony Rajer and Associates.

• "Diogenes" - Cast in bronze and made in the maquette size, only a few feet tall, had been located at 940 Hill crest Place in Pasadena, at the home of Shaler's daughter, Marian, until her death, according to Stuart Hanisch. "It disappeared when my mother died," Stu art says.

• "Doe and Fawn" - The pair of deer are Shaler's simple tribute to the pastoral setting of Rock River Country Club, which he helped found. "Doe and Fawn" was created around 1932 in Shaler's Pasadena studio and originally called "Group of Deer "

• "Genesis"

-Created in 1934 and dedi cated in 1936 at Ripon Col lege, "Genesis" depicts a woman forging her life from hewn rock. "So meaning comes out of nothingness. The artist, the philosopher and the poet are all midwives to its birth."

• "The Morning Of Life"Created in 1936, the sculpture features a simple young girl who lived close to nature. It is placed on the grave of

the sculptor's twin sister at Mackford Union Cemetery in Mackford Prairie in Green Lake County. Shaler said at the dedication of the statue that "death is more beautiful than life, for the dead are ever young."

• "Abraham Lincoln"(Also known as "Lincoln the Dreamer.") This statue shows a young Lincoln in the "morning" of his life, stand ing near a sturdy tree. It was dedicated in 1939 at Ripon College where it stands today.

• "My Mexico" - This bust of a woman draped in a shawl, is in Stuart Hanisch's possession.

• "He Who Sows Believes in God"(Also known as "Who Sows Believes in God") by Shaler, depicts a peasant girl with hoe and seedbag at her side, gazing off into the distance Historians in Waupun realized its value and brought it to Waupun, where it was placed near Waupun Memor ial Hospital and dedicated in 1995 The statue was created in 1939

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• "The Pioneers" - (also known as "The Family") by Shaler, completed in time for the 100th birth- ,-"I day of che city of Waupun. It features a man and woman with a young child, look ing out over the land It was placed in Wilcox Park along Highway 26 in Waupun in 1940. "The Pioneers" is the fifth and final sculpture given to Waupun by Shaler. He died 14 months later.

• "The Citadel" - Created in 1940, this piece is the most recent addition to Waupun's bronze gallery. Fam ily members say Shaler may have been com menting on the horrific events of Nazi Germany dur ing World War II, sculpting the devil to sym bolize the Nazi Party and the humble woman the German people. In 1994, Stuart Hanisch, grandson of Shaler, brought the statue to Waupun from the University of Southern California, to whom it had originally been given. "The Citadel" is located outside the Waupun Historical Society building. "The Citadel" was the last sculpture Shaler made before he died. He was working on the patina for this before his death, according co arc conservator Tony Rajer.

• "The Unfolding Flower" - In maquette size, the sculpture is in the

possession of Stuart Hanisch. A photo of it appears in Marian Shaler Hanisch's book, "The Sculpture of Clarence Addison Shaler: Interpreta tions." Stuart Hanisch says he hasn't been able to locate the sculpture, if there is a life-size version, but believes that the smaller model he has is the one that actually is in the photographs.

The whereabouts of other works depicted in Hanisch's book, such as "The Choir Boy," "The Vision," "The Broken Bowl" and "My Son," are unknown. Stuart Hanisch saw the clay model of this sculpture in his grandfa ther's studio but is not aware if "My Son" was ever cast

The whereabouts of "By the Road way of life," also depicted in Hanisch's book, is also a mystery. "I've never seen it," Stuart says. "I don't know that it ever existed beyond the maquette."

Rajer says most of the statues in the Shaler collection need serious refur bishing."Dawn of Day," now being restored, has been the victim of heavy vandalism. The statue's feather and ponytail have been broken off and stolen many times, Rajer says. Both pieces will be re-cast and welded on tightly. Improper moving of the statue many years ago, and the addition of support poles in the woman's legs, has resulted in what Rajer calls "explod ing."

"It's so corroded inside the statue that her ankles are exploding," Rajer says. She has been decked out in cloth ing and spray painted in inappropriate places many times over the years, he says. Also, the statue, "Morning of life," in Mackford Union Prairie Cemetery, has been shot with BB gun pellets.

These are just a few of the damages done to the statues which Rajer says he hopes to restore one per year.

piece sculpted by James E. Fraser depicts an Indian looking over the Pacific Ocean upon reaching the end of the trail. In June of 1929, the twice-life size sculpture was installed near a dam on the Rock River in a spot Shaler had selected. "The End of the Trail" is prob ably the most well-known statue in the Waupun collection. Shaler was moved by the sculpture when he first saw a copy of it made of plaster and painted to look like bronze because Fraser couldn't afford to have it bronzed. Shaler and Fraser began a long-term correspon dence and friendship, which resulted in Shaler commissioning the statue in bronze. "End of the Trail" was restored in 1997 at a cost of $25,000.

• "Recording Angel" - Shaler ordered this angel from his friend, sculptor Lorado Taft, in honor of his late wife.

In addition to his own sculpture, Shaler gave Waupun two pieces cre ated by well-known sculptors

• "End of the Trail" - This historic

"Recording Angel" was presented as a gift to Waupun in 1923 and stands in Forest Mound Cemetery near the site of the "End of the Trail" sculpture. The sculpture was placed on the National Register of His toric Places in 1974 and, according to Rajer, would bring $1 million. Shaler is also buried near mesculpture. 00 Lee Reinsch '89

All sculpture photographs reproduced with the permfasion of Fletcher Studio,Waupun, Wfa

THESE DAYS AT RIRK]·

ALUMNI INFLUENCE, SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT KEY RECRUITING TOOLS

Like many 1998 high school seniors, Michael Hetherington, formerly of Cen tral Square, N.Y. and now from Ft Smith, Ark., was undecided in his choice of colleges. Hetherington, who had been awarded a three-year, national Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholar ship, however, re ceived some helpful advice from some retired Army colonels - both products of Ripon's ROTC program.

good examples of the type of successful people who attend Ripon," says Het herington, a politics and government major and music minor. "They present ed Ripon as a place where successful people begin their careers "

Gentry initially learned about Het herington through a list of national ROTC scholarship winners who can attend any college in the country which offers military science. Ripon was able to offer Hetherington substan tial financial assistance to complement the ROTC award By providing funds for Hetherington's first-year of study, Ripon essentially extended the nation al scholarship to cover all four years of Hetherington's education.

the movement of substances into and out of cells to determine how the cells maintain their proper size These mech anisms are similar to those found in hu mans and are of basic scientific and medical importance, says Light.

Summer research is "a tremendous learning opportunity" for students. They acmally practice science, "not just hear about it, not just read about it, but do it. And that's what it's all about," says Light.

The research, started in 1993, is funded by the second of two three-year grants Light received from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Last sum mer was the second year of research made possible by the grant, which was renewed in May of 1997. Light has been conducting such research with students since 1993.

At the request of Capt. Todd Gen- Michael

That, says Hetherington, sealed the deal. "The extra scholarship help Ripon provided was the deciding fac tor," he says. "Ripon just blew the other schools away."

Hetherington '02 Gronau are sharing their results with others as well.

Aside from their presentations at the Argonne Symposium, Adler, Capes and try, assistant pro1r essor of military sci-

ence, retired Col. Bob Roth '70 and re tired Col. Dayle Balliett '39 contacted Hetherington and his parents to share their Ripon College experiences

Hetherington says the alumni input was critical in his decision to attend Ripon. Their success validated the good things Hetherington had already been told about Ripon from Admission and ROTC. "The alumni are real graduates, they've got real stories that made a dif ference in my decision to attend Ripon," Hetherington adds.

"I've experienced significant success attracting students to Ripon, as well as the ROTC program, through the help of our alumni," says Gentry. "I can't recruit the same way successful alumni who have benefitted immensely from their Ripon College experience can."

Gentry says alumni are valuable ass ests to recruiting because students, and especially their parents, are more in clined to trust the word of established alumni who have lived the experience firsthand and can relate their personal successes to Ripon College.

"I believe my role, as well as the role of the admission staff, is critically impor tant, but alumni can really make the dif ference," says Gentry

"Col. Roth and Col. Balliett are

SUMMER LAB TIME RESULTS IN ARGONNE PRESENTATIONS

Last fall, five Ripon biology and chem istry students presented results of their summer research at the ninth annual Argonne Symposium for Undergradu ates in Science, Engineering and Math ematics at Argonne National Laborato ry in Illinois.

Working with Associate Professor of Biology Doug Light, seniors Matthew Adler of Monona, Wis and Tracy Capes of Wauwatosa, Wis , and junior Rachel Gronau of Beloit, Wis., studied cell-volume regulation in mud puppy red-blood cells. They examined

Adler presented another abstract, co authored with Light, at the annual meeting of the Society for integrative and Comparative Biology in Denver Adler describes his "hands-on, indepen dent research" as an internship which helped prepare him for future experi ences "With Professor Light providing guidance and insight, lab work is con tinually a mystery which enhances stu dents' problem-solvingskills," says Adler

Capes and Gronau will present an other abstract in April, co-authored with Light, at Experimental Biology '99, a national meeting of biology societies, in Washington, D C. Capes says the re search has helped her see science in a challenging new light. She says "it

Matthew Adler '99 Tracy Capes '99

Rachel Gronau '00 Benjamin Joas '00

changes every day, like real life."

Gronau says the experience has helped her understand what original work is all about. "You're actually carrying out orig inal procedures," says Gronau, rather than step-by-step lab experiments which "people have been doing for years."

Both Adler and Gronau, together with Light and two other students, have written a manuscript, "Protein Kinase C and Regulatory Volume Decrease in

Mud Puppy Red Blood Cells," which appeared in the November issue of the Journal of Membrane Biology.

In other summer research efforts, chemistry majors Benjamin Joas, a ju nior from Larsen, Wis., and Jeanne Norton, a senior from Poynette Wis., co-authored an abstract which studies the synthesis of compounds.

Joas and Norton worked closely with Associate Professor of Chemistry

CAMPUS HOSTS IZAAK WALTON HEADQUARTERS

Ripon College and the Izaak Walton League of America ( IWLA) have teamed upto move the organization'sWis consin headquarters tocampus.

"We hope that the agree ment provides research connec tions for faculty and students; that it will augment our interest in an environmental focus and perhaps help us link to other en vironmentally-conscious groups for further collaboration," says David Williams, vice president for development.

The College and the Wis consin division of lWLA are collaborating to promote envi ronmental education first in the area and, eventually, across the state Ripon faculty, students and the student-run organiza tion Environmental Group of Ripon(EGOR) have opportu nities to work withWisconsin League projects, and the Wis consin IWLA has an office in Ripon's Farr Hall of Science.

IWLA was founded in 1922 as a national organization of conservationminded outdoor enthusiasts who work through volunteer, community-based

Dean Katahira - their summer research made possible by a Petroleum Research Fund grant awarded by the American Chemical Society of Washington, D.C. The trio attempted to form a connecting network of ligand molecules bonded to metal atoms - a feat which could be applied to the construction of filters and optical devices, if successful.

Teamwork and the coordinated ef forts of several people are necessary to

setting, says state IWLA Pres went Jeanne Agneessens.

"Right now we are in the gearing-up phase, looking for opportunities for educational outreach," says Professor of Biology BobWallace, advisor to JWLA interns. Four Ripon students are working to edu cate others about environmen tal concerns.

Seniors Arie Larson of Egg Harbor,Wis., and Mike Berens of Appleton, Wis., attend monthly state league meetings and are head ing up the education effort. Soon they hope to speak to ele mentary schools and philan thropic organizations as part of a communityoutreach cam paign. Plans also include in terfacing with EGOR.

Sophomores Molly Ellen becker of Ripon, and Simon Waldron of Indianapolis, are taking educational outreach online as they create an IWLA world wide web site for Wisconsin accessible through the Ripon College site.

Prairie Conservancy 130 acres of wetland, oak savanna and prairte"habitat.

"We hope to grow this mu

Already, the students have worked with other volunteers to seed Ripon's Ceresco action and education programs to ensure the sustainable use of America's natural resources There are divisions in 21 states

and more than 300 local chap ters in 32 states, withmore than 50,000

volunteers and supporters. Wisconsin is the first state to establish a perma nent

headquarters

"It's a concept that I think will work," says Alfred Peck of Green Lake, an lWLA mem ber

Ripon College senior Mike Berens of Appleton, Wis , seeds an area of the Ceresco Prairie Conservancy with native Wisconsin grasses and wildflowers.

and state director. "If we do a good job having something to gether like this in Wisconsin, it

can be an influence on other states "

The state division chose the College for its central location, proximity toan active Green

Lake chapter and the college tually beneficial relationship to make people more aware of the nature of our work and the critical nature of our environ ment," says Wallace. 12

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accomplish "tricky" research procedures, according to Katahira Rather than once-a-week, pre-designed lab experi ments, students focused their skills in original experiments, which mirror ex periences they can expect in graduate school or industrial jobs, says Katahira.

Joas values his research experience because it gave him the opportunity to learn different lab techniques by con ducting "real, in-depth experiments."

Norton, who says she gained "insight into what real-world chemists do," real ized through her research that "chem istry is what I want to do."

PALMERI '99 - A GooD EYE, A HERO'S HEART

Matthew Palmeri '99 didn't expect to see anything out of the ordinary as he drove a group of friends home during the early morning hours of Aug. 13. The designated driver, Palmeri was traveling on U.S. 45 near the town of Clayton, Wis.

Three-year-old Alex Kissel, mean while, had wandered from his baby-sit ter's house and was standing in the mid dle of the highway.

"This was not at all like seeing a deer," says Palmeri. "When you see a deer your first thought is of your car. To see a little boy standing on the highway in front of you is terrifying."

Alex's mother, Theresa Kissel, who had been out that night with her sister, returned to the baby-sitter's home to find her son gone. She says Alex appar ently woke up and decided to go home.

"It was 2:30 a.m. and kind of hazy. All of a sudden standing right in the lane of traffic was this little boy," says Palmeri. "I slammed on the brakes, slid around a little bit and ended up halfway in the ditch. I missed him by about a foot."

Palmeri apparently looked back and saw Alex, who was still standing in the road with headlights from an oncoming car heading straight for him.

"I backed up, reached out, grabbed him and pulled him close to my car and then halfway in the window because there were cars coming," says Palmeri. "Then I went back toward the ditch."

"Within the course of five seconds I went from the most scared I had been in my life to being the happiest," says

Palmeri. "The funniest thing is Alex thought the entire situation was so much fun. He had no fear whatsoever."

After attempting to find Alex's home, Palmeri called the sheriff's de partment on his cell phone. About the time a deputy reached the scene, Alex's mom began frantically searching for her son. A call to the sheriff's office found Alex safe and sound.

"Matt very well could have saved my son's life. He is a very nice young man. I just wish there were more out there like him," says Kissel.

FuTURE BRIGHT FOR FAUK '02

The future became much brighter for Steven Fauk, a first-year student from Fond du Lac, Wis., when he was in formed he had received a $20,000 scholarship from the Kimberly-Clark Corp. Pauk was one of 100 students from throughout the country cho sen to receive the corporation's 1998 Bright Fu tures College Scholarship. Fauk, who might have oth erwise attended a state school, says the scholarship provides him the Steven Fauk '02 option to attend Ripon. "The scholarship allowed for a better educa tion by enabling me to come to Ripon," says Fauk. Contemplating a

major in business management, Fauk is also a member of the Red Hawk baseball team.

Established in 1993, the Bright Fu tures program awards college scholar ships to sons and daughters of Kimberly Clark employees in the United States and Canada. Fauk's mother, Kathie, is a Kimberly-Clark employee in Neenah, Wis. The consumer tissue company re ceived more than 400 applications for the scholarships.

TRUSTEES: Two ]OIN BOARD, Two BECOME HONORARY

Victoria Bleise '73 of Edina, Minn., and , Claire Santeralli Caithamer '77 of Chicago are the latest additions to the Board of Trustees, while Robert L. Han ley and J. Gibbons Zeratsky recently be came honorary life trustees.

"Vikki and Claire bring to Ripon ex pertise that will assist us as we move ahead," says President Paul Ranslow. "Their successful careers in the business world add to their expertise on the board, and their dedication to the future well-being of Ripon College is reflected in their interest in serving as trustees. I expect their presence to be felt immedi ately."

Bleise is a client business manager at AT&T, where she has worked for 25 years.

An active participant in community service projects, Bleise is heavily in volved with Habitat for Humanity, and recently won the New York Area Com munity Service Award for her contribu tions to the community. Bleise is active in Rotary International, and also holds an office on her church council.

"It's an honor to be able to serve Ripon," says Bleise, who attended Ripon from 1969-71. "I really welcome this op portunity, and I look forward to adding value to the education of future students at Ripon." .

Bleise served on the college's alumni board from 1982-91 and as that board's president from 1989-91. Her community involvement also has allowed her to be an active student recruiter for the Col lege.

Although Bleise considers Ripon her alma mater, she finished her bachelor's

Three-year-old Alex Kissel sits on the lap of Matthew Palmeri '99 following a harrowing night last August. Palmeri spotted and rescued Kissel from the middle of the highway.

Calendar of Events*

April 2-28

Student Art Exhibit

April 2-June 27

Art Exhibit: Jon Fasanelli-Cawelti '75, prints and drawings

April 23-24

Alumni Board and Board of Trustees spring meetings

April 28

Awards Convocation

April 30-May 1

Retirement concert for Douglas Morris, professor of music

April 30-May 16

Senior Art Majors Exhibit

May4

Last day of classes

May 12

Last day of final examinations

May 16

Commencement

May 17-June 4

Maymester

June 25-27

Alumni Weekend

June 27-30

Summer Orientation

July 26-Aug. 6

Advance College Experience

August 25

Fall semester classes begin

* A listing of upcoming Alumni Events can be found on page 38.

degree in anthropology and sociology at the University of Minnesota in 1973. She also has a master's degree in busi ness administration from Minnesota.

Since 1997, Caithamer has been a group vice president of specialty opera tions business development for Chicago based CNA Insurance, one of the top 10 insurance groups in the United States. Previously, Caithamer was senior vice president of CNA'.s Risk Management Consulting Services, 1996-97, and vice president of CNA Consulting Group, 1995-96. Prior to joining CNA, she was with Coregis Insurance Group, a profes sional liability carrier, from 1985-95.

Caithamer was elected co the 1998 Class of Leadership America, a national, not-for-profit women's leadership orga nization, and has earned the professional designation of certified compensation practitioner from the American Com pensation Association. She is a past president of the board of directors of the Chicago-based non-profit Suzuki-Orff School for Young Musicians, as well as a former member and officer of The Ser vice Club of Chicago.

"As a trustee, I look forward to work ing with the faculty, staff, and all mem bers of the Ripon College community to contribute to the longterm goals of the College, particularly in the area of in creased student enrollment," says Caithamer.

Caithamer, who received her bache lor's degree in biology, previously served on the college's alumni board. She holds a master's of management degree, with concentrations in finance, marketing and international business, from North western University.

Committed friends of Ripon for more than 20 years, Hanley and Zeratsky have played integral roles in Ripon's develop ment.

"In his 21 years of service, Bob Han ley has given Ripon a welcome and visi-

Robert L. Hanley J.Gibbons Zeratsky

ble presence in Milwaukee and has as sisted in a variety of fund-raising cam paigns," says David Williams, vice presi dent for development. "He has always been extremely helpful in whatever manner necessary, and although he is not an alumnus, he has adopted Ripon College as an important cause in his personal life. Through his insight and guidance, we have been able to position the College well."

Hanley, who received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, and his law degree from Mar quette University, has served as chair man of the trustee committee on fi nance and contributed to the executive, audit and investment committees.

Recently promoted to managing di rector of Banc One Investment Manage ment Group for Wisconsin, Hanley is also director of the Western State Enve lope Co. of Butler, Wis. He is involved in the Wisconsin Society to Prevent Blindness and the De Paul Hospital Foundation.

Zeratsky of Green Lake, Wis., served 22 years as a trustee of Ripon, including 14 years as secretary. He also con tributed to Ripon's buildings and grounds committee.

"'Gib,' while not a Ripon graduate, has had tremendous dedication to Ripon and has served as an important connec tion between Ripon College and the Green Lake community," says Ranslow. "He has been generous with his time and effort. We will miss him as a regular trustee and hope chat as an honorary life trustee he will maintain his interest in and support for Ripon and continue to lend his insight on our progress and di rection."

Zeratsky, who received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wiscon sin-Madison, is president and chairman of the board for the National Rivet and Manufacturing Co. in Waupun, Wis.,

Victoria Bleise '73 Claire Santcralli Caithamer '77

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES GRANT FUNDS SUMMER RESEARCH

Elizabeth Duarte, a junior from Yorba Linda, Calif., and Jose Ton-es, a senior from Guilford, Conn., spent last summer con ducting research supported by grants from Student Support Services Summer Research Pro jectGrants

Duarte, an art major and art history minor, worked to lning art to others, while Torres connected psychological theory with laboratory research.

"In society today people need to ground themselves in something more natural," says Duarte. "Getting your hands into clay relaxes youand makes you feel like you are creating something unique."

Duarte's research goal was to find ways to pique people's in terest in art, even those who are not es pecially interested in

associate professor of art and gallery director. "She is the kind of student who becomes a role model for others "

Duarte worl<.ed with Kain to experiment with low-firing kiln techniques used to create ce ramics. The process involves firing simply formed clay at lower-than-normal tempera tures. The results often yield more decorative and expressive pieces than those produced under highfiring techniques, according to Duarte. With Kain's assistance, Duarte built her own kilns and varied the techniques of firing, including duration and placement in the kiln, the number of times fired, glazes used and tem perature.

"We tried to pro duce att'ractive pots with minimal time and effort as a way

"There are numer ous benefits of this re search, especially for people who love to do ceramics," says Kain. "It helps provide a way to gain confidence and control over the medi um of firing and pro vides us with more knowledge about ce ramic chemistry "

Torres, a psycholo gy major and sociology minor, assisted Joe Hatcher, associate pro fessor of psychology, in researching the effects of conformity and inde pendence on measures of physiological arousal.

In his research, Torres tested people's ability to agree or dis agree with artificial sit

art or who think that they do not have enough talent, she says "Elizabeth is ex tremely talented," says Eugene Kain, Jose Torres '99

and its subsidiary, the Shaler Co. He is also a board member for the National Bank of Waupun and served as president of the Green Lake School Board.

of bringing art to non-artsy people,'' says Duarte. "The process of firing took 40 minutes, opposed to the normal 24- to 36hour process "

uations. The tests helped him determine the subjects' physio logical response when answer ing questions in front of other people.

"This grant is the fruit of all my hard work as a /Jsychology

major at RiponCollege," says Torres. "No matter what field I choose, it is the application of what 1 have learned that is important This grant gives me an opportunity to get that ex perience."

Wilbur Wright College in Chica go.

Zeratsky's sister, Jill, is a 1955 Ripon College graduate, and his son, Andrew, is a 1986 alumnus.

POTTS NEW ACE COORDINATOR

David Seligman, vice president and dean of faculty "June brings a wealth of administrative experience from the University of North Texas (UNT), in cluding work with the Texas Academy of Math and Science. We are confident that her personal warmth and high en ergy will help move the ACE program forward as a unique Ripon College con tribution to the service of younger, aca demically motivated students."

Rising to a new challenge, June Potts re cently stepped in as the coordinator of

At UNT in Denton, Potts served as academic counselor and assistant to the dean in the school of merchandising and hospitality management. She was June Potts

sor to Mary who could continue the highly successful history of qualitative growth in the ACE program," says

.-

Potts retired from UNT to live in her grandpar ents' house in Ripon. She says she accepted the ACE position soon after "ACE is a good fit for me because I want to stay in higher education," the Advance College Experience (ACE) program. Potts replaces Mary Lyke who resigned after five years at the post.

"We were looking for an able succes

involved in academic advising, person nel, payroll and communications She received her bachelor's degree in music education and her master's degrees in counselor education and

Elizabeth Duarte '00 fired many of her ce ramic pieces in outdoor, hand-made kilns.

music educa tion from UNT. She also holds an asso ciate's degree in general arts from

says Potts. "I am very excited about the opportunity and will enjoy working with Ripon College."

ACE is held on the Ripon College campus for two weeks each summer Students in grades four through 12 take up to two courses designed to challenge

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and extend their knowledge, skills and excitement about learning.

Last summer, ACE enrolled 412 stu dents in 66 sections of courses including "Songwriting," "lnsect B1 0 logy, " "A mer- ican Civil War," "Sprechen Sie Deutsch," "Acting: Creating Charac ters" and "Exploring Physics for Fun."

HUBERT '99 BRINGS WORLD TO CAMPUS

Senior Sarah Hubert '99 has a knack for adding dimension, opinion and insight to campus. As chair of the SMAC con temporary issues program, she's packed Great Hall more than once with stu dents, faculty and Ripon community members interested in seeing and hear ing something new.

Hubert, who schedules and coordi nates Ripon visits by speakers and enter tainers, sees her role as chairperson as one of importance since it can provide a forum to address significant issues.

This year Hubert has contributed to several presentations at Ripon, includ ing a visit from former U.S. Ambassador to che United Nations Alan Keyes. Other presenta tions included "Faces of America," a oneperson show which addressed questions of multi culturalism; Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Les bian, and Straight Education Network (OLSEN); and

worked co create a varied program re flecting issues that affect Ripon Col lege students and students nationally."

EXPERTS SPEAK ON WORLD EVENTS, BUSINESS, RELIGION, LITERATURE AND SCIENCE

Some heavy-hitting speakers made their way to Ripon College this fall. Along with them came new insight into history, politics, business, litera ture and religion

■ Republican, conservative speaker Alan Keyes received the cheers and jeers of hundreds at Ripon College, _as he called for the resignation of Presi dent Bill Clinton. Keyes, a possible contender for the Republican nomina tion in the 2000 presidential race, said the crisis in the White House is too much for the nation to bear He was critical of those who consider Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky a private matter. "Here we have a human being paid for by the taxpayers and he is using it for his personal pleasur.e, said Keyes. "There is no sense at all m which we can chink of the president as a private person. He is never a private person." Keyes' talk on morality and politics was sponsored by the Young America's Foundation, Ripon College Republicans, the Student Media and Activities Committee (SMAC), the Campus Christian Fellowship and the college politics and government de partment.

school and is valued," said Kevin Jen nings, a nationally recognized gay and lesbian rights advocate. Jennings made his message clear: Americans do not have to accept inequality. Jennings is the founder of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), an organization dedicated to ending anti-gay bias in public, private and parochial schools, through community activism, advocacy and in-school pro gramming. Jennings' visit was part of the SMAC contemporary issues series. Donna Crocker '83, a member of GLSEN's board of directors, was instru mental in arranging Jennings appear ance at Ripon, according to Eric Tammes, director of student activities and orientation.

■ "The (Supreme) Court's decision up· holding virtually unlimited freedom of Sarah Hubert '99 Mimi Wyche, who performed "Eaten Co , presented "Musings on Micro Eco nomics & Business." Named the 1995 speech on-line has only resulted i more unexpected twists and turns and, m the Alive," a satire and discussion on eating disorders.

■ Katherine M. Hudson, president and chief executive officer of W.H. Brady

Hubert's favorite speaker was Keyes. "l thought we came to college to think, co protest, but, coo often we spend our time watching soap operas," says Hu bert. "Keyes' speech made many people uncomfortable and angry, but, it forced them to start talking "

Hubert's work as SMAC contempo

"Wisconsin Business Leader of the Year" by the Harvard Business School Alumni Association, and one of "America's Mose Powerful Women Managers" by Executive Female Maga zine, Hudson talked about her success in creating global growth within W.H. Brady Co., a manufacturer ofhigh performance labels, signs and industrial printing systems. Hudson's talk was

Guest Lectureship in Economics.

■ "I think it's critical that every school makes sure chat every child feels safe in

ly and friends of MacDougall, author and professor of journalism.

short run at lease, unanswerable ques tions," said Roger K. Newman, noted author and speaker on the Supreme Court and First Amendment issues. In his talk about censorship and the Inter net Newman dis ussed on-line gam bl g, pornography and Kenneth Starr's report on President Clinton. His lecture was sponsored by the Curtis D. Mac Dougall '23 Freedom of the Press En_rary issues chair has been,"committed, sponsored by the William B. Murphy dowed Fund - created in 1985 byfam1, thoughtful, organized and energetic," ac cording co EricTammes, director of stu dent activities and orientation. "She has

Republican Alan Keyes contemplates the coun• try's"moral crisis.'' RicDamm p/x,co

NEW FACUL1Y, STAFF ]OIN CAMPUS

Three new tenure-track professors have joined the Ripon faculty - Soren Hauge, economics; Patrick Hopkins,

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philosophy; and Jennifer Redmann, German - while a new and a familiar face have been added to the office of development. Cynthia Bertsch has joined the staff as a research officer, and Rhea Bell Behlke '87 has returned

MORE NEWS OF THE CLARK COLLECTION

The Clark Collection has recently been analyzed to determine costs for full reswration. A conservator was hired to complet.e the analysis which helps Ripon determine the next steps in preserving the artifacts

The re-discovery of the Clark Collection, detailed in the summer 1998 issue of Ripon Magazine, origi nally scarted in the Ripon College archives. About

15 years ago, then Archivist Louise Scliang took note of the shabbily wrapped objects on the top shelf of the fourth floor of Lane Librnry. Curiosity piqued, she /Julled the cardboard boxes from the shelf tofind diis long-lost treasure.

Schang says that al though the most recent re discovery of the Clark CoUection has led to an analysis of the group or ar- tifacts, the collection has actually been re-discovered many times since it was donated to Ripon in 1904 by Edward W. Clark,

pro fessorof Classics

She sa)'S that The College Days, the student newspa/Jer, records exhibits of the collection every decade or so through the 1960s. After that, the late Bill Brandt, who start.ed the archives in the mid-'70s, stored Clark's collection in the archiQ,,·es, perhaps pre serving it as well as could be done in those days.

When Schang began working in the archives around 1985, she found a number of artifacts along with the papers. Some, like the Roman coins, she al most immediately relocated since she felt their worth most likely exceeded the limits of security in the archives

Schang says she was puzzled h)•references to the "Antiquities Collection." 1t seemed important, but not archival, she says, as the documentation was sparse and handwritten mostly. "l had no idea what antiquities were," she adds.

When Scliang finally got on a ladder and

to campus to serve as di rector of the annual fund.

■ Hauge, assistant pro fessor of economics, has a master's degree in eco nomics from the Univer sity of Wisconsin-Madi son and his bachelor's

Rhea Bell Behlke ,87 from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. With a special interest in

the economics of South America, Hauge has spent several years researching eco nomic issues among farmers and the elected leaders in the Nuble Province of Chile. He is currently working on his doctorate in economics from UWMadison.

■ Hopkins, assis tant professor of

philosophy, comes to Ripon from the

carefully re moved several non-acid cardboard boxes from one

of the to/Jmost shelves, and

began to rummage through the newspaper wrappings from the l 960s, she was amazed. These were antiquities: vases, lamps and shards. Some research on Profes sor Clark indicated that he had been in a position to acquire genuine Roman pieces, but Schang had only her own sense of c.we to go by.

"I had never held in my hands items from so far back in history. I knew they shouldn't be in brown boxes with old newspaper, although at least that kept the light out," Schang says Later, Evelyn Kain from the art department, Jean Grant from college relations and Schang unwrapped the materials once again.

Schang persuaded Kain that the collection be longed more appropriately in the Rodman Center for the Arts than in the archives, though she, too, was uncertain of their real value.

Schang, at the time, felt that the "Antiquities

Soren Hauge

Patrick Hopkins Jennifer Redmann Cynthia Bertsch

Collection" shoukl be in the art department where the individual items could be properly identified, dis played and studied and someday have their true worth affirmed. Lisa Nico letti's work on the 300- piece collection of ancient vases, lamps, coins, and wblets from the years 2300 B.C. to 400 A.D. has built on past efforts, surpassed all previous re search on the collection and succeeded in the "im portant work of identifica tion and securing appraisal for the Clark collection," Schang says The collec tion is now valued official ly at more than $100,000

The next step, as Nicoletti emphasizes, is co realize that owning sucha collection requires that the College preser•ve the pieces from history and care for them so that this re-discov ery, with all its exciting in formation, is not again ne glected, Schang says.

Part of the collection is on dispk1y in the Rodman Center for the Arts

University of Col orado-Boulder where he served as a visiting assistant professor While at Boulder, he was a co-recipient, along with members of the department of biology, of a Na tional Science Foundation Grant for work in "Un dergraduate Re search in Behavior, Ecology and Evolu tion." Hopkins has a bachelor's degree in philosophy and psychology from the University of Mississippi and both his master's degree and doctor ate in philosophy from Washington University where he received the

- Hans C. Reichen bach Prize for out standing advanced graduate student.

■ Redmann, assis tant professor of German, has both her master's degree and doctorate in

WINTER 1999 17

GREEKS DECLARE 'WAR'

How do you pool the collective forces of Ri{Jon's fraternities and sororities for a single cause? Ami Stevenson knows.

The senicrr fmm Littleton, Colo., brought Ripon's Gt·eek crrganizations together last fall in an effcrrt to collect coats for local needy. "My goal as /)'resident of Alpha Delta Pi was to do some thing big to improve the re/Juta tion of Greeks on the Ri[Jon campus and within the commu nit)', while helping others in the process" says Stevenson. The result,War forWarm.th, succeeded on both counts. Stevenson contacted each cam pus fraternit)• and sorority and enlisted their help. Over the course of three weeks Ripon stu dents scoured the city of Ripon, going doorto-door collecting gently used coats. Several Ripon area businesses also chipped in, offeting their stores as dropoff sites for the coats and providing special discounts as incentives to

donators. About a quarter of all coats collected were from drop off sites at local businesses, says Stevenson

Believing that a healthy com petition would inspire a greater effort, St.even.son

contacted Greeks at Lawrence University and arranged acompetition be tween the two schools to see who could collect the most coats. All told, Ripon's efforts garnered more than 1,300 coats of all

types and sizes - more than doubling the number collected by Lawrence.

"Due to the long-standing ri valry between Lawrence and Ripon, it was easy to motivate everyone to work as hard as they could," according Ryan Mayrand, former president of Ripon's Sigma Chi fraternity

Despite Lawrence's perceived advantages - a largeT student body surrounded by the highly populated community of Apple ton, RiponCollege President Paul Ranslow, fcrrone, was not surprised by the outcome

"Ripon is a very caring col lege community and War For Warmth is the latest example of our students working hard for those in need," says Ranslow. "This is also another shining ex am/Jle of the College and the town working together on a pro ject. I am /Jroud of our students and proud to be associated with a communit)• that cherishes these

values," he adds.

The coats collected in Ripon, which filled two rooms in John son Hall, were distributed among several charitable organi zations in Fond du Lac and Winnebago counties. Recipients included Ch1istine Anne's House and Bethany House, homeless shelters in Oshkosh and Fond du Lac, respectively; Advocap, a group that assists the elderly; Friends Against Violent Rela-

German literature from UW-Madison. She received her bachelor's degree from Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., where she graduated summa cum laude. She comes to Ripon from the University of Kentucky where she was assistant pro fessor of German and teaching assistant supervisor.

■ Bertsch comes to Ripon from St. Nor bert College in De Pere, Wis., where she served as the director of research and

tionships (FAVR), a domestic abuse shelter in Oshkosh; The Salvation A1my and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

"The donation was greatly appreciated and a lot of needy people were helped because of this effort," says EdwaTd R. Goss, the manager of St. Vin cent de Paul in Oshkosh. "The grnup who brought in the dona tions were happy and helpful. This reflects well on Ripon Col-

records in the office of institutional ad vancement. As the development re search officer Bertsch collects informa-

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lege. It's heart-warming to see young people involved in set·vice to others."

"The War For Warmth highlighted the good results that can occur when all the Greeks cooperate," says Stevenson, who hopes philanthropic coop eration among the Greek com munity will continue in the fu ture.

tion to aid in fundraising, looking for potential sources of income for Ripon in individuals, businesses and founda tions.

At St. Norbert, Bertsch managed re search, records and computer services for institutional advancement. She ad vised advancement staff on research and information technology issues and oversaw the activities of other employ ees. Prior to working at St. Norbert,

Ami Stevenson '99 sits amid a room full of coats that were collected by Ripon fraternities and sororities as part of War for Warmth. The students' efforts garnered more than 1,300 coats which were distributed to several charitable organizations in Fond du Lac and Winnebago counties.

Bertsch held a similar position at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. Additionally, she has served as a librar ian and taught at the college level.

Bertsch, who is serving her second term as president of the Wisconsin chapter of the Association of Profession al Researchers for Advancement, has a master's degree in American history from Ohio State Univen,ity and a bach elor's degree in histor{from the UW Stevens Point ■ Prior to her return to Ripon, Behlke served as business administrator for Jef frey]. Kraig, D.D.S., where her responsi bilities included accounts payable, pay roll, and the development and adminis tration of retirement plans. Behlke also served as an admission counselor at

Ripon from 1987-88. Her career also in cludes experience with the Camp Eve lyn Girl Scout Camp and AC. Nielsen Marketing Research.

Behlke received her bachelor's degree in speech communication, English and leadership studies from Ripon.

ACE DRAWS PARTICIPANTS BACK TO RIPON COLLEGE

'The ACE program gave me the chance co fulfill something inside of me," says Christina Ninedorf, a senior French and Spanish major from Montello, Wis.

"After taking the French course I re alized what I wanted to do with my life, and I haven't changed since," adds Ninedorf. "As a child I was enamored with the idea that others could speak another language, and ACE offered me my first taste of French."

Ninedorf, who says she came to Ripon to learn French, says she fell in love with the campus atmosphere as an ACE student in grades eight, nine and

Ripon College's Advance College Experience (ACE) program is a two week educational session for students in grades 4-12. This year's July 26-Aug. 6 session marks the program's 15th season, offering 66 course sections from "Vive le Fran ais" to "Insect Biology." Last year's participation witnessed an all-time high enrollment with 416 students.

"I am pleased to say that interest in ACE participation has never been high er,"says David Seligman, vice president and dean of faculty. "The number and quality of students involved in the pro gram supports our educational philoso phy at Ripon We want these students to consider Ripon when it is time for them ro select a college," he says

Kevin Kitslaar, a first-year student from Monona, Wis., says it was the in teraction between professors and stu dents in the ACE program that en deared him to Ripon. "I learned more because the professors treated me as an equal - the relationship was based on friendship," he says.

Another ACE alumna, Amy Trotter of Princeton, Wis., is also a student at Ripon

"Ripon has yet to feel the full impact of drawing students from the ACE pro-

Clues to tlie Rast

Students from Mary Hunter's seventh-grade class at Green Lake assist Katina Lillios, assistant professor of an- ' thropology, during an archaeological dig at Mitchell's Glen in Green Lake. The dig, part of Lillios' "Archeological Methods and Techniques" course, allowed the younger students to work side-by-side with college students, exploring test plots and searching for clues to a past civilization "I can certainly see a continuing contact with Mary and her students over the years to come," says Lillios of the collaboration Mary H,m<er pho<o ten. "After the ACE program I just knew I wanted to come here," she says.

gram," says Scott Goplin, vice presi dent anddean of admission and finan cial aid. "In part, this is due to the age levels and limited numbers of students at the high school level, however, it is clear that more and more of these stu dents are now reaching the college search stage," he says

Goplin adds that the College is being proactive in encouraging ACE alumni to continue their post-high school education at Ripon. As an added incentive, Ripon College estab lished a scholarship program for ACE alumni in 1990, providing $1,000 re newable scholarships for students who have participated in the ACE program at least three years The scholarship was recently raised to $2,000, accord ing to Goplin.

"Attending Ripon College as a stu dent seems to be a natural extension of the opportunities ACE students have experienced through our summer pro gramming," says Goplin.

While George Johnson, a junior from Ferguson, Mo., and the grandson of Frances Sischo Altheimer '43, says it was the College itself and not the ACE program which influenced his decision to attend, Rachel Thompson, a senior biology and education major from Gre sham, Wis., says the ACE program, and

its subsequent scholarship, was an in centive. Thompson, the daughter of Steve '69 and Nancy Thompson and granddaughter of Jerry Thompson, pro fessor of religion emeritus, participated in the program during fourth, fifth and sixth grades and as an "ACER."

The ACER program, introduced in 1993, allows ACE alumni to work in an ACE classroom under the direction of a master teacher. In return for their assis tance, the students are not charged tu ition for that class.

A fellow ACER, Jeanne Norton, says her experiences in the ACE program created a sense of comfort for her at Ripon. A senior chemistry major and bi ology minor from Poynette, Wis., Nor ton participated in ACE for four years. "Through the program I became familiar with the campus and the professors. The chemistry course that I took piqued my interest in the subject," she says. Norton continues to work as a paid assistant in the program, assisting her mother, Mary Williams-Norton, professor of physics, who teaches "Exploring Physics for Fun."

Ninedorf plans to continue her in volvement in ACE this summer as an assistant coordinator. "I want to give back to the ACE program. It gave me great opportunities and memories," Ninedmf says. 00

Twenty new Ripon l,gados Matt '99); Pwick Blossing '99 (bwth, , Todd '89 =cl SMwo are among the class of 2002. '94); Cristina Cornejo '01 (brothers, Victor '95 and Juan '97); The group includes sons and daughters, grandchildren, Nicholas D Curran '01 (sister, Rebecca Lovering '88); Ryan brothers and sisters, nieces, nephews and cousins of Ripon Freitag '01 (sister, Amy '98); Melissa Frommherz '01 (sisters, College alumni or current students. All r Sarah '00 and told, there are more than 90 legacies on Heather '01); Adam campus this spring, including siblings. Godbout '99 (brothLaura L. Clark '02 has the longest er, Paul III '96); "pedigree" in this year's legacy tree -

Nicholas Griepenher father, Jeffrey P. Clark '76 is an ,, l'h""'"-- trog '01 (grandfather, alumnus along with uncles James R. E E. Von der Sump Clark '68 and John T. Clark '71 '37); Bradley HanJames R. Walley '02, has both parents naford '01 (uncle, who are legacies - James R. Walley Sr. Gordon Hannaford '75 and Cynthia Boone Walley '76. Jr. '68); Shannon Returning legacies include Christo- -- Hobbs '00 (aunt, pher J. Fischer '99. Both of his grandpar- Lois Brennan '86); ents - William A. and Adelaide Howard Jablecki '01 Munson Fischer '30/'31 - are alumni (sister, Kristin Jablecalong with his father, Thomas A. Fischer ki Hawksworth '97); '65, an aunt, Laurie Fischer Tremmel '68 Geroge H. Johnson and a great uncle, Alfred L. Fischer '42. '00 (grandmother, Also returning is Brian J. Zehren '99 Frances Altheimer whose great grandfather and great grand- '43); Jeremy Kasumother are both Ripon grads - Francis boski '99 (brother, J. and Margaret Sherwin Zehren '32/'30 Shawn '97 and sister, Other Ripon legacies in the class of ,,..--" Michelle '97); 2002 not pictured include Melissa L..........i..........

""- -"-'- J Patrick Kelly '01 Anderson (stepsister, Autumn D Senner Among the new legacies of the class of 2002 arc these 10 students. In (brother Matthew '89); Laura Bartlett (parents, William L. front, from left, are Erica Barry (father, Richard G. Barry '68); Sherrie '94); and Susan Lee Bartlett '75/'77); Andrew Plato (brother, Steven '93); Sarah Hoffman (sister, Jennifer '96); Lindsey Silas Marder '00 L. Capes (father, Terence Capes '71 and Bildsten (father, Scott Bildsten '81 and sister, Whitney '00); Meredith (parents Charles and sister, Tracy '99); Peter A. Gerlach Pribnow (uncle, Patrick M Lloyd '51); andJulie Kacmarcik (cousin, Jennifer Kacmarcik Halfpap '96) In back, from left, are Heath Swyers Kathleen Foran (sister, Betina '01); Daniel W. Kelm (sister, Holly '94); Craig Wilderspin (brother, Kirk '99); James Walley Marder '75/'75); (mother, Kathleen Skalsky Kelm '76 and (parents, James R. Walley Sr. '75 and Cynthia Boone Walley '76); and James McGuire '01 brother, David '00); Kevin Kitslaar (sis- Michael Barber (brother, Timothy '00) RicDammpi,,,u, (father, James ter, Jennifer A. Kitslaar-Kahl '95); Leslie McGuire '70); Carol

L. Meyer (sister, Erin C. Meyer '99); Jeffrey P. Nunemaker Miller '00 (uncle Lawrence J. Teeling '83); Michael Missak '01 (father, Donald A. Nunemaker '69); and Christine V. Regester (sister, Jodi '99); Jennifer Mubarak '00 (father, Robert (sister, Rhonda L. Mubarak '70 and uncle, Scott Mubarak '68); Erin Nugent '99 Regester '98). (sister, Courtney '96);

Among other Nichole Packard '99 (brother, Wade '93); William Papke legacies on campus '99 (father, Richard S. Papke '62 and uncle, David H. Papke this spring and who '73); Nicholas Parsons '00 (sister, Rebecca Parsons Baird '97); were not pictured Alexander Prochnow '00 (brother, Griffin '01); Timothy in the spring '98 Reichwald '00 (brother, Matthew '98); Leanne Stevenson '01 issue of Ripon Maga- (sister, Ami '99); Lawrence Tate '99 (sister, Stacy Tate Paleen zine, are Junelle '95); Geoffrey Troyer '01 (mother, Dot Troyer '00); Bret Baer '99 (brother, VanDyken '99 (sister, Lisa '94 and brother, Eric '96); Shelby Brian '97); Mark Vollbrecht '99 (sister, Cheryl '98); and Neely Zakos '01 (broth-

Christopher J. Fischer '99 Brian J. Zehren '99 Becker '01 (brother, er, Adam '99). OD

Red Hawks Repeat as MWC Men's Soccer Champions

The men's soccer team rebounded from a sluggish 5-5 start to the 1998 campaign, winning their final eight contests, including a second straight Midwest Conference (MWC) championship.

After disap

WRAPUP

pointing losses to the Univer sity of Wiscon sinOshkosh and St. Nor- bert College,

the Red Hawks scored shutouts against Lawrence, Grinnell and Knox enroute to an 8-1 conference mark and the priv ilege of hosting their second consecutive MWC tournament.

During their eight-game win streak, Ripon also disposed of nationally-ranked

Rhodes College, 3-2, in a game played on a neutral field in St. Louis. The win propelled Ripon into the regional rank ings, where the Red Hawks stood as high as sixth, though not enough to qualifyfor the national tournament

Head Coach Baro Sucevic's team de feated Lake Forest College, 3-1, in the conference tournament opener. The championship game was a rematch of last year's title game as Ripon met up with in-state rival Beloit College. Senior forward Bill Swartz of Waukesha, Wis., opened the scoring with eight seconds left in the first half. Two more Red Hawk goals early in the second period put the game and the championship away for Ripon. The men's soccer team now has a combined, two-season record of 30-5-1.

I The women's volleyball team put to-

gether a number of short winning streaks, including key conference victories against Beloit and Carroll colleges, but several losing streaks found Ripon with a 13-18 record overall by sea

son's end.

Second-year Head

Coach Kelly Witte saw her squad break a number of school records while estab lishing Ripon as one of the

best defensive teams in the country. The Red Hawks were 11th in the country in Division III for team blocks per game, averaging 2.88.

Individually, junior Julie Kaiserling of Shiocton,

Wis., finished 17th in the nation as she registered 1.32 blocks per game.

Ripon has only two starters graduat ing this year - co-captains Kerry Piller of Mendota, Ill., and Samantha Free man of Egg Harbor, Wis.

■ Ron Ernst and his Red Hawk football team battled to a 7-3 record, including a 7-2 mark in the newly-revised MWC. This year's conference play consisted of a round-robin format with each team facing every school in the league once. Ripon fin ished third in the MWC with losses to Grinnell and Beloit colleges.

After dropping the season's non-conference opener, Ripon tore off four consecutive league wins. The Red Hawks took a tough loss to eventual MWC Champion

in the final game upset Ripon's hopes of clinching second place in conference.

Quarterback Griffin Prochnow, a sophomore from Brodhead, Wis., threw for 21 touchdowns, the second most in school history. The recipient of many of those touchdowns, wide receiver Joe Rettler, a junior from Kewaskum, Wis., finished fifth in the school record books with 64 catches Rettler's 1,136-yard performance was the second-best in one season.

■ Women's Golf Coach Julie John son's five first-year golfers brought the program from one that was buildingin just its third year Grinnell, but responded with three wins in a row

saw them score 38, 52 and 45 points, respectively. A last second loss

Leading the way

Members of the 1998 Midwest Conference champion soccer team revel in their glory.

Wide receiver Joe Rettler '00 •-Of competition - to hauls in one of his 64 catches. one that would comCamill, Car!,on '00 phmo pete in every match.

Julie Kaiserling '00 Griffin Prochnow '01 Stephanie Jenniges '02

that

to Beloit

was first-year standout Stephanie Jenniges of Blaine, Minn., who finished as Ripon's top golfer in six of seven matches. Her best showing was 12th-

place at the MWC tourney.

As a team, the Red Hawks finished in the top 10 in five of their seven matches, including a dual-match victory over Marian College and a second-place finish at their own invitational.

■ Under the guidance of first-year Head Coach Bob Duley - who has led the men's and women's track programs the past five years - the cross country pro grams improved.

Led by seniors Lindsay Bieri of Stur geon Bay, Wis., and Lynn Krause of Green Bay, Wis., the women finished fourth at the St. Norbert Invitational and at Concordia.

At the conference meet, four Red Hawk women finished in the top 40. The men finished eighth at conference with season-best times from first-year runners Kevin Kitslaar of Monona, Wis., and Royce Baker of Oconomowoc, Wis., and sophomores Dave Humfleet of Westfield, Wis., and Nick Araya of Stanley, Wis.

■ Senior forward Tracy Capes of Wauwatosa, Wis., led the women's soc-

cer team with eight goals and 16 points, placing her third on the ca reer scoring list.

The Red Hawks finished at 3-12-1 under first-year Head Coach Erika Teri Starry '00 Freiburger. Joining Capes in the scoring column were first-year standouts Lauren Guillette of Wood stock Valley, Conn , with four goals and Lindsay Racine of South Milwau kee, Wis., with three

■ The women's tennis team experi enced its most disappointing season in the '90s with a 3-11 dual meet record. One of the most successful programs in the conference the past 10 years, the Red Hawks were hit hard by the gradu ation of their No. 1 and No 2 singles players, who had also combined for the No. 1 doubles team.

Beth Elliott of Medford, Wis., and Bobbi Eggert of Green Bay, Wis.,

closed out their careers at 40-22 and 3725 singles records, respectively. Junior Teri Starry of Beaver Dam, Wis., was the top performer for the Red Hawks, finishing sixth at the conference tournament. 00

Men's Basketball Hopeful for Conference Title

Despite disappointing losses to Illi nois College and arch-rival Lawrence University, the Red Hawks' men's basketball team has once again set the stage to win the league and participate in the NCAA tournament

1998 FALL ACADEMIC

for the sixth time in the 1990s

By Feb. 5, the Red Hawks were 13- 3, with convincing wins over Wiscon sin Lutheran and a big 66-64 road win at St Norbert College before falling 70-67 at Lawrence. After the Utah

ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

FOOTBALL

Reynee Sampson So. WOMEN'S TENNIS

Jeff Grothman Sr. Biology

Politics and Government

Tim Kachur So

MEN'S SOCCER

Beth Elliott Sr.

Economics

Bobbi Eggert Sr.

game ( see rel.ated story on page 24),Ripon squeaked out two road wins in a Califor nia tournament over the Universityof LaVerne and the host, Occidental Col lege.

Since the loss at Illinois College, Jan. 23, the men rattled off three league wins, including a 67-60 showdown with then conference-leading St. Norbert. The Red

Hawks' win over the Green Knights gives them a possible

WINTER SPORTS

tie-breaker ad vantage as they UPDATE

English, Education

Roy Richardson Sr.

Tim Reichwald Jr. Psychology, Biology

Politics and Government

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Computer Science, Art

Christina Mazurczak Jr.

Chemistry, Biology

WOMEN'S Tracy Capes Sr. VOLLEYBALL

CROSS COUNTRY Biology

Julie Kaiserling Jr.

Jane Kornowski So. Julie Schiegg Sr Business Management

Psychology, Education Economics

Heather Schneider So.

Lyn Krause Sr. Education

Math

look ahead to host the MWC tournament, Feb. 26-27

Senior Adam Zakos.._of Fond du Lac, Wis., leads the team with 18.6 points

per game (ppg). Fellow senior Bret VanDyken of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis , averages 15.1 ppg, while Matt Beckerof Delavan, Wis , adds 12. In other winter sports:

■ The first half of the women's basket

Tracy Capes '99 moves the ball against a Lawrence defender.

resurgence of defense and big contribu tions from a deep bench, Coach Julie Johnson staged some big victories head ing into the home stretch.

The Red Hawk cagers sputtered to a 0-5 start before dropping Carroll Col lege at home, 62-59, for their first league and overall win. On a trip to California, the women dropped two of three games but received some promising individual performances. On the trip, junior guard Erin Gatzke, from Sparta, Wis., finished

as the University of California-San Diego tournament's leading scorer with 57 points in three games, including a 25-point performance against the host.

Since returning from their trip with a 2-7 overall record, the Red Hawks had gone 4-3 in league play by early February, boosting their season record to 6-10. Ripon's biggest win came Feb. 2 when they disposed of then third place St. Norbert College, 4639, hold ing the Green Knights to just 19 per-

1998 FALL ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

FOOTBALL

First-Team Offense

Jason Verboncouer Jr.

Tight End

Matt Strelow Sr. Lineman

First-Team Defense

Charles Foreman Sr.

Lineman

Josh Heisler So. Linebacker

Second-Team Offense

Griffin Prochnow So.

Quarterback

Joe Rettler Jr. Wide Receiver

Chad Morack Jr. Lineman

Mike Grant Sr. Kicker

Second-Team Defense

Marc Evans Sr. Lineman

Adam Godbout Sr. Back

Honorable Mention Offense

Jason Beck So Receiver

Chad Wangeline Sr. Lineman

Honorable Mention Defense

Tim Reichwald Jr. Back

MEN'sSocCER

First Team

Bill Swartz Sr.

Forward

Matt Becker Sr. Defender

Second Team

JimRzad Sr.

Midfield

Mark Becker So.

Defender

WOMEN'S SOCCER

First Team

Tracy Capes Sr.

Forward

VOLLEYBALL

Second Team

Kerry Piller Sr.

Outside Hitter

Julie Kaiserling Jr.

Middle Hitter

cent shooting from

the field.

In the scoring col umn Ripon is led by junior guard Teri

Hepler (10.8 ppg) of Cambria, Wis., and Gatzke (10.1 ppg).

Sophomore center Neely Zakos of Fond du Lac, Wis., is aver aging 4.9 rebounds per game and leading the team with 17 blocks on the season. ■ The swimming pro grams are in a rebuild ing process under third-year Head Coach Jon Wilson. While the women's program had enjoyed most of the depth and success over the past few years, the 199899 season has seen the reemergence of the men's program. Wilson says this year's Red Hawk men's team is possibly the strongest it's been in a decade.

At a triangular against Carroll and Rockford colleges,

sophomore Matt Shattuck of Berlin, Wis., claimed first in the 200 free, the 500 free and the 100 breast. As a team, Ripon was a close second.

During the Christmas break trip to West Palm Beach the teams trained at an Olympic facility for two weeks. At the Private College Championships at Carthage College, Jan. 30, junior Man abu Ishikawa of Japan, led the men to third-place after notching a first and two seconds.

The women, led by senior Tabetha Hohneke of Prairie du Sac, Wis., have had a number of injuries and lack depth. 00

Adam Zakos '99 Bret VanDyken '99

Matt Becker '99 Erin Gatzke '00

Teri Hepler '00 Matt Shattuck '0 l

Manabu Ishikawa '00 Tabetha Hohneke '99

Neely Zakos '01 drives to the hoop against

RIPON NO 'PATSY' AGAINST DIVISION I UTAH

The Salt Lake City media used words like "patsies," "pushovers" and a "guaranteed win" in describing the Red Hawks' basketball game against the University of Utah Jan. 2. The Hawks were never supposed to be able to run with the NCAA Division I Utes at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, but Ripon battled the Utes every second and left a lasting, positive impres sion, despite a 74-49 loss.

"No one will play any harder against us this year," Utah coach Rick Majerus said of the

Hawks after the game. "Ripon played with great purpose I was really pleased with how hard and deter- mined they were," he says.

From the tip, the Hawks looked relaxed and in

looks for 'respect.' control as they jumped out ahead of last year's national runner-up, 8-0.

Even as the Utes inched back, Ripon remained composed and led until Utah's Hanno Mottola hit a 3-pointer that knotted the score at 18-18 with 6:57 left in the half. From there Utah went on a 16-5 run and opened up a 34-23 lead at halftime.

Senior Bret VanDyken of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., led Ripon in the first half with nine points and two re bounds. "To play against a team like that and have them down the first 15 minutes of the game is just an incredible feel ing," VanDyken says. "I think we've proven a lot to ourselves." VanDyken led all scorers with 17 points for the game.

In the second half the Utes' size was more than Ripon could handle. Utah's Alex

Jensen made up for his limited first half

action by scoring nine points and grabbing seven rebounds in the second half. All American Andre Miller also stepped up his game with 10 second-half points to finish with a team-high 16

Utah held a 41-16 re bound advantage including 15 on the offensive end. The home

looks for an outlet.

team also hit 17 of 30 (57 percent) from the field in the sec ond half. By contrast Ripon only shot 6 of 18 (33 percent) from the field in the second half. Behind VanDyken, Matt Becker, a senior from Delavan, Wis., added 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

Becker was also pleased with his performance against Miller, the top college point guard in the country. "I don't think I could ask for anything else. He had 16 (points) but I felt good about it," Becker says of defending Miller,

adding that he hopes Utah fans and players got a taste of Ripon basketball. "Everybody in the stadium knew that Ripon came to play in the end." Equally satisfying

for Becker was hitting a fadeaway jumper over Miller and getting a smile out of the future NBA draft pick.

"I think we gained some respect from players and fans after the game," adds senior Adam Zakos of Fond du Lac, Wis. "We all believed we could play with these guys."

For Ripon coach Bob Gillespie it was treat to see his players run with a team at "the zenith" of college basket ball on its home court. "I couldn't be mor e proud of our players," says Gillespie. 'They played their guts out every posses sion. For that 40 minutes I was like a kid in Disneyland." 00

Randy Radtke

Reprinted with permission from The Ripon Commonwealth-Press

Bret VanDyken '99

Adam Zakos '99

A Utah defender gets one on the chin from Ripon's Matt Becker '99. Photos

by Randy Radtke, Ripon Commonwealth-Press

'Rudy' Inspires Red Hawk Faithful

Sometimes a winner is a dreamer who just won't quit."

That's the message Dan "Rudy" Ruettiger shared with the nearly 600 student-athletes, parents, coaches and fans at the third annual Red Hawk ath letic banquet Nov 8.

"I wanted to dream when I was a lit tle kid. Where would you be today if you would have dreamed your biggest dream," asked Ruettiger of the crowd. A Notre Dame football legend whose real life story inspired the 1993 Tristar movie "Rudy," Ruettiger explained the influ ences which propelled him to his status as national icon and inspiration.

Ruettiger has spent the last five years traveling across the nation giving moti vational talks, sharing the stage with the likes of George and Barbara Bush, Joe Montana and Zig Ziglar. His formula for

THIRD ANNUAL ATHLETIC BANQUET GROSSES NEARLY $50,000

"l watch the movie and think, it's too bad Rudy only played 27 seconds, because he could have succeeded any where," says Gordie Gillespie, Ripon's head baseball coach and Ruettiger's former football coach at Joliet, lll., Catholic High School. "There's a little Rudy in everyone of you," Gillespie told the Ripon student-athletes

The Red Hawk banquet continues to be a vital fund-raising event for

Dan ''Rudy" Ruettiger addresses the Red Hawk faithful. Jim Koepnickphows

Brady and Casey Norton are huge Rudy fans who made the trip to Ripon to see their hero.

Julie Johnson, head coach of women's basket ball, has Rudy autograph a Notre Dame foot ball jersey The jersey was one of many raffle prizes given away at the banquet.

Rudy shares a few thoughts with members of the Red Hawk track team, from left, Reynee Sampson '01, Nick Araya '01 and Megan Draper '01.

President Paul Ranslow introduces Rudy to Catrillia Young '00.

Ripon athletics, according to Bob

in which they participate.

"We've certainly been blessed to have three hits in a row," says Gillespie, referring to the success of the previous speakers, Ripon alumnus and University of Wisconsin Head Men's Basketball Coach Dick Bennett '65 and former Marquette University

Head Men's Bas ketball Coach Al McGuire

Lind Krause of Ripon, Wis., "the voice of Ripon ath letics," was awarded the

"Booster of the Year." Krause has served as the public address announcer at sporting events for more than seven years. Krause is the 19th recipient of the success: "When you find that you have Gillespie, director of athletics. This annual award which nofears, you go for it. It's the fear that holds you back." year's banquet grossed nearly $50,000 to help support Ripon's 200-plus student-athletes and the 16 programs

recognizes an individual support of Ripon athletics.

Ripon College and Ripon Medical Center (RMC) are partners in a new project to provide athletic training services and game,day medical assistance for athletes. Erin Stave, although a medical center employee, spends his days at the College teaching and pro, viding athletic training services.

Dr. James Williams, also affiliated with RMC, is the college's team physician providing game, day and sideline assistance for football and occa, sionally for basketball - for the whopping pay of personal and professional satisfaction. And, while not closely involved in the college, medical center partnership, half of RMC's four, person sports medicine team are Ripon College graduates. Dan Tramp£ '90 and Chris Schattschneider '93 are both certified athletic trainers who got their start in the profession at the College.

WILLIAMS GNES 'SOMETHING BACK'

For Dr. James Williams, providing expert health care may not be just a sideline but that's where he can be found at all home Ripon football games Williams, a board certified family practi tioner, serves as head team physician for the fall sport

"It's great to be able to give something back to a communi ty that's been so good to us," Williams says

Williams provides medical oversight in athletic training, in the design and implementa tion of prevention programs for student athletes, medical ad vice, and team leadership in case of medical emergencies.

In his Ripon College role, Williams sees approximately 10-15 student athletes each week in the fall - providing follow-up care to injuries, in formation about other health related issues, or routine care for nonathletic illness or injury.

Having a team physician along the sidelines at football games has been "a lifesaver," says Ron Ernst, head coach. "It's nice to have Dr. Williams' professional opinion available immediately at the time of the Lnjury," Ernst says. "Recupera tion is faster and the student avoids more serious injury be cause we have Dr. Williams available to counsel the athlet ic trainers and football staff."

STAVE LINKS MEDICAL CENTER, COLLEGE

Erin Stave links the technology and knowledge ofRMC's sports medicine program with Ripon College athletes and coaches resulting in increased care.

"This partnership creates a full-time sports medicine program to the athletes and coach es, with the intent of preventing injuries and strengthening individuals for the sports sea sons," Stave, a certified athletic trainer, says Students have easy access to physical and oc cupational therapy and athletic training services along with the full range of physicians.

Stave brings experience in the care and prevention of athletic injuries from the NCAA Division I, II and Ill levels. He is certified by the National Athletic Trainers' Association, is a certified American Red Cross community first aid and CPR instructor and has degrees from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and Northern Michigan University.

He administers the college's athletic training room, supervises student trainers and pro vides game and practice coverage for athletic events.

With responsibility for all 18 varsity sports at Ripon, Stave travels primarily with the high-risk teams: football, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball. "For five stu dents enrolled in the sports medicine internship program," he says, "the link with RMC en hances their educational experience and medical exposure. This is a true partnership with everyone on each team - the medical team and the education team - contributing to the benefit of these student athletes." Stave says several of the students involved in the intern ship program plan to enter athletic training or physical therapy. The athletic training in terns must accumulate 1,500 hours of work credits to qualify to take allaccreditation exam ination.

Bob Gillespie, athletic director, says, "For this initiative to work, we need a cooperative spirit and that is so evident between the College and the medical center. At Ripon, we're here for the students and this program further emphasizes that. This blending of talents ulti mately improves our sports medicine program by increasing resources and helping to pro vide certified trainers at more events It's a win-win situation."

Dr. Williams of the Family Health Care Clinic (FHCC) which is affiliated with RMC, says students are benefiting most from the relationship. "This partnership places the RMC rehab services team in the forefront of sports medicine."

Dr.James Williams, left, and Head Football Coach Ron Ernst, center, talk with Brian Fritz '02 during a football practice at the College

As part of his athletic trainer responsibilities, Erin Stave administers the athletic training room and provides game-day and practice cover-age D"""'"' Boon,/kw

ATHLETIC TRAINERS LEARN SCORE AT RIPON COLLEGE

Aliberal arts education prepared alumni

Chris Schattschneider '93 and Dan Trampf '90 for their careers in sports medicine.

Both certified athletic trainers (ATC) at RMC, they credit their college years with teach ing them the value of teamwork and the need to be flexible with ideas and people. Today, they work in the health-care environment where their communica tion skills, leadership, writing and ability to think creatively help them adapt to new technology and techniques, always fo cused on what is best for their patients.

Schattschneider, a biology major at Ripon, earned his mas ter's degree at Illinois State University. "Ripon prepared me well for graduate-level courses," he says. "In fact, the advanced courses in health education seemed relatively easy compared to the sciences at Ripon; classmates in grad school struggled with academics while I reached toward my goals."

The liberal ans tradi-

Chris Schattschneider '93, certi fied athletic trainer (ATC) at Ripon Medical Center, checks the stability of a knee of Kristi Sigurslid '01 after her rehabilita tive workout Kristi, a sopho more, is from Markesan where Chris serves as Markesan High School's on-site ATC at prac tices and home games.

Deanna Boone photos

Dan Tramp£ '90 works with student athletes from Laconia High School in nearby Rosendale, Wis Above, Tramp£ examines Chris Jensen's knee which he injured in wrestling practice. Looking on is Laconia senior Nathan Arthurs. Deanna Boo,,e plwio,

tion makes it natural to "work with a variety of people and ideas, knowing the value of working together for a cause greater and larger than any of us could do alone," Schattschneider adds. "Learning side-by-side with students and professors from diverse backgrounds and frames of refer ence prepared me for working with physicians and nurses along with student athletes and high school coaches "

Trampf, a self-designed sports medicine major at Ripon, ap preciated the individual attention he received at Ripon and agrees that the teamwork approach to learning provided the solid foundation for the workplace "Rehab is all about team work," he says That's evidenced by the first-of-its-kind wound care clinic at RMC where one appointment means a patient can see a surgeon, physical therapist, podiatrist, prosthetist/or thotist, pharmacist and nurse. They collaborate to develop the best possible plan of care which lowers overall costs and de creases healing time

The rehab professionals also provide health care on-site to area business and industry, the '90s version of a doctor making a house call. Trampf assesses injuries, checks the design of

work stations, making ergonomic assessments and corrections, watches body mechanics of specific tasks and monitors people after they re turn to work following an injury. "It's proactive rather than reactive and it lowers health-care costs all around," Trampf adds. Trampf and Schattschneider provide athlet ic trainer coverage for home games and prac tices for nearby Laconia and Markesan high schools, respectively. "We aim to prevent in juries," Trampf says "By preparing the athletes prior to the start of their sport, we reduce the number of severe injuries and maybe prevent many of them from happening altogether." 00

DeannaV. Boone Boone is the director of community relations at Ri/1on Medical Center.

ROTC REUN. _ IO, N ' M

aj.Gen. Rudolph Os tovich '63, re tired, served as the keynote speaker for the fourth annual Army ROTC alumni dinner homecoming weekend in early October.

Ostovich retired from the Army in 1993 after a 30-year career including his final as signment at the Penta gon as the vice director of the joint staff.

Some SO ROTC alumni, current cadets and Ripon friends par ticipated in the evening's festivities. Next year's ROTC homecoming reunion has been set for Saturday, Oct. 2. 00

Rudy Ostovich takes time out for a photo with some of the current and former Ripon ROTC leadership. Standing, from left, are Cadet Andre Miksha '00; retired Lt. Col. Max Vancil, professor of military science at Ripon from 1967-70; re tired Col. Leo Eberhardt, professor of military science from 1963-67; Ostovich; Mike Hetherington '02; and Jake Creecy '02. Kneeling in front, from left, are cadets Autumn Hayes '99, Noah Brusky '02 and Kris Okimoto '02. Not pictured is Lt. Col Peter Gibson, professor of military science since 1997.

Ripon alumnus Karl Moessner '32, right, visits with cadet Jake Creecy '02, left, and Capt. Todd Gentry, center.

Among those attending the ROTC alumni dinner were, from left, Bill Roberts '41, Yvonne Furman, Bob Furman '41, Nancy Barbour Vandervelde '41, Vivian Kerr Johnson '41 and Floyd "Stretch" Johnson '39. AutumnHayes'99 photos

Also enjoying the ROTC alumni dinner were these 1941 graduates, from left, Gordon Heup, Ann Ewing and Iver Christensen.

As one of hundreds of freshman milling around the gym in the fall of 1958, I was relieved when Dr. William Fleming smiled broadly and bade me sit down while he reviewed my file. After a few seconds and a knowing "Ah," he informed me that my advanced lan guage placement test results qualified me to take Italian with Dr. Daniel Delakas.

The first day of class there were 10 of us twitching in our seats when this lanky, mischievous man entered the room cracking jokes and coolly surveying us, his prey. Within 10 minutes, we all had Italian-sounding nicknames By the end of

eyes and easily found my darting naked ego, evasivelydodging any meaningful encounter. He grabbed me with his practiced piercing glance, and his eyes said "Whatcha <loin'?" There was no superior attitude in his gaze. There was absolutely no mal ice. No threat He was just the kid next door you played with growing up, who knew your interpersonal devices as surelyas your feet knew the pedals of your bicycle ''Whatcha doin'?" Those eyes laughed playfully and he finally spoke. "I know, I know you're worried because of these ladies."

I exploded with pent up agitation and blurted out."Yes. They're seniors and language majors. I'm just a sophomore. I

AN ALUMNUS REMEMBERS WARNING •

Master Teacher on the Prowl

the semester we had covered Italian grammar. During second semester we studied the libretti of major operas such as "Rigo letto," "II Barbiere Di Seviglia" and "Cavelleria Rusticana."

Delakas was ruthless. He would not allow you to worry or become intimidated by either him or the language - or es cape being called upon in class. His laughter echoed down the hall as one of us stumbled over a translation or admitted to being unprepared for class. "Too bad," he would seem to say, "Let's have as much fun as we can anyway and learn as much as we can while doing it."

In a flash freshman year was over, summer melted away and I was back at Ripon. I automatically en rolled in the second year of my language requirement: "Dame's Divine Comedy" (La Divina Comedia) ... in Italian, of course

The first day there were only three of us waiting for Delakas: two upper class women majoring in foreign languages, and me. I'm sure the whites of my eyes were

don't have a chance." Delakas laughed that infectious, mis chief-filled snicker of his. The women couldn't help them selves and began to giggle. I couldn't help it, I started to laugh too

Then he used his secret weapon. He looked back into my eyes and said, "Aw c'mon, I know you can do it." It was not a cajole It wasn't hyperbole. It was just rank honesty from your nine-year-old friend next door. One of the women spoke, "We guarantee you a 'B' if you stay. If you leave, there is no class."

Delakas continued. "We'll have breakfast together in my office. We'll all have coffee and rolls and Dante We won't let you down, I promise." That wasn't fair. He left me no weasel room. I assented.

"That was close!" Delakas laughed as he pulled a steaming paper cup of coffee from behind him and one of the ladies pulled a cruller out of her purse. A knife cut the pastry in four parts as Delakas crooned "Fa Bene. Alora!" and we began the semester.

was not part of the Romance language department "in" crowd I was raw, undisciplined, inexperienced and unso phisticated But Delakas just metaphorically rubbed his hands together when he looked at me and seemed to chortle leaking out of my head as I quickly realized I was way, way out of my depth. It was time for me to get out of there now! I had just got ten up when Delakas entered.

Upon his retirement in 1983, Dan Delakas, right, gives possession of the ceremonial mace to Dino Zei, professor of physics, as the new faculty marshal. Delakas has carried the mace and led the processions as the senior faculty member.

I"Just the way I like 'em!"

During the first three weeks of the semester he picked me up by my ankles, held me upside down and began to shake me until my brain coughed, sputtered and started to work properly. He laughed the whole time

For the very first time my intellect began to stir as he re lentlessly presented mythic poetry, anagogical relationships two women each grabbed an arm and pulled me back into a chair. Delakas sat down opposite me, his Ichabod frame

As I started to leave, the

crammed awkwardly into a student desk. He looked into my

and figural representation. The journey of Dante, the Pilgrim, striding ever deeply within Dante, the Poet's, own psyche and soul, unfolded before me in Delakas' class. It started as Dante's "awakening" rocketed off the page with the opening tertzina:

Nel Mezzo Di Camin Di Nostra Vita Me Retrovai Per Una Selv'ascura

Perche La Via Dritta Era Smarita

Midway in the journey of our life, I found myself in a dark wood;

For the True Path, from whence I had strayed, was lost to me.

became hopelessly engulfed by Dante's magnificent poetry. l was fascinated by this piece of literature as nothing before had fascinated me.

When Dante meets Virgil, as the voice of reason, I under stood the noble poet when he says, "I can only take you so far There will come a time and place beyond which I cannot pass " I understood that reason alone cannot take one to the Divine abode. A leap of faith comes into play at some point. And occasionally faith isgiven through Grace ... Beatrice.

Later when Dante asks, "How can I know if God consents to accept me" Virgil's stunning reply swept through my mind like a grassfire: "God consents when you consent." Thus, in a mere tum of Dante's phrase the ancient quandary of free will versus determinism was forever solved in my mind.

One Saturday night each month we met at the Delakas' home for spaghetti and red wine. We spoke only Italian. Those nightsshine like the moon amid the stars in the bright night of my Ripon memories All the while there was Dan Delakas grinning and pointing the way to new ideas and new ways of thinking about life.

Using "The Divine Comedy" as his map and joy as his compass, Delakas guided the three of us through the labyrinth of a mystical and adventurous poetic journey: the seeker of truth as a Hero. In me he had accomplished the impossible: I began to think in entirely new ways.

Twelve years later when my own mystical alarm went off, I found that a foundation had been carefully laid. Swept up in an irresistible pull, at age 30, to go deep within in meditations lasting more than four hours per day, I often reflected during quiet waking hours on both Dante, the author, and Dante, the spiritual pilgrim. Recalling Dante's awakening in the dark and foreboding forest, I ruefully understood my own situation of waking up one day and wondering where in the world I had been all my life. Dante's journey was a familiar point of refer ence for a new and different life in which I now found myself.

Meditation works differently with each person. With me it wasself-discovery of the most unsettling sort. Like Dante, the Pilgrim, I went down through the stinking recesses of my own subconscious mind. I could viscerally understand Dante's trek through Hell and his revulsion mixed with fascination at the people and things he saw in "Inferno." I could appreciate the horrific inscription over the gates leading into the city of Dis, deep in the bowels of hell:

Lashava Ogni Sparanza Che Voi Contrai "Leave all hope, ye who enter herein."

ut I had been fortified by a teacher who unabashedly looked inside me and, without judging what he saw, reached out the guiding hand of his intellect and grasped me firmly Later there came times when I trudged on

in my solitary journey within, secure in the knowledge that the heavenly Beatrice was just around the comer. I had Dante's assurance on the matter. And Delakas'.

In "Paradise" when Dante, the Pilgrim, pines for redemp tion and total acceptance by God, he asks "If I surrender com pletely, how long will it take?" The response was swift and shocking. "As a lightning flash returns to its source, so quickly will the soul be received back into the Divine Abode."

I emerged from Delakas' class on the "Divine Comedy" a different person than when I entered. And later on my own mystical journey I had the memory of this mischievous, care fully camouflaged, cigarette smoking, intellectual giant named Daniel "Virgil" Delakas.

Dan Delakas had trade secrets to his teaching genius. I carelessly reveal them here

l. He taught with boundless joy. He never, ever used threat or intimidation.

2. He looked deep within you until he knew who you were, and it was always good enough.

3. He taught without any sort of assumed posture of superiority. His knowledge was the only superiority he ever needed. It was plenty.

4. He respected his students as people.

5. He was patient and kind.

6. He truly wanted his students to succeed in college and in life

ver the years I have heard students from various depart ments praise their advisors, department chairs and the outstanding professors they had experienced at Ripon. Westhagen and Tyree; Spud, Fudd and Zei; Aldus, Harris and Oyster were all legends in their own time. But never have I heard any of the Romance language students speak up about Dan Delakas

A few weeks ago as I started to prepare one of my many public talks, I deviated from my usual subject material drawn from the Far Eastern traditions of Vedic Hinduism, Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. I decided to give a talk in honor of the venerable Dan Delakas, and ended up speaking on "Dante: Mystic of the Middle Ages." I also thought I should drop a line to the Ripon Magazine because someone - even a non Romance language major and outsider like me - should say a word or two about this master teacher who sought to create masterpieces from the most humble material. This piece of clay is very grateful.

Thomas "Duffy" Ashley,Farraru:l '62

Ashley-Farrand has written several books on San skrit mantra and mantra-based meditation available through his website www.sanskritmantra.com. His two-volume set "The Ancient Science of Sanskrit Mantraand Ceremony" isihe largest collection of transliterated mantras available in the English lan guage His next book,"Healing Mantras," will be published by Ballantine Wellspring Books in July. Ashley-Farrand may be reached by e-mail at duf@earthlink.net

Dan Delakas taught French, Italian, Japanese, linguistics, comparative literature and the vio lin at Ripon from 1956-83. He now lives in Rockport, Mass , with his wife, Mimi.

Alumni gatherings in the past few months have had a definite west ern feeling to them as Colorado, California and Utah all had events for Ripon alumni and friends along with Madison, Milwaukee and Appleton, Wis. Alumni events in future months are planned in Chicago and Washington, D.C., London and Ripon.

DENVER, COLO. - A joint admis sion-alumni event brought out 25 friends and alumni at the Marriott City Centre.

MILWAUKEE, WIS. - When famed jazzsinger Al Jarreau '62 performed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in October, more than 75 of his fellow

alumni and Ripon friends were there to greet him.

APPLETON, Wis. - Despite a men's basketball game loss to rival Lawrence University, it was a cheer ful 80 or so Ripon alumni and friends who gathered during and after the game to cheer for their alma mater.

MADISON, WIS. - Ripon alumni took advantage of one of the music on the square performances around the Wisconsin state capitol building in August. Some 40 alumni and friends were on hand. The Madison group

also met for a "music on the terrace event" at Monona Terrace.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - The Red Hawks gave the Utah Utes all they could handle, and more, from a Divison III foe. A reception for the team, alumni, parents and friends drew about 40 people.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF, - This joint alumni-admission luncheon was hosted by trustee Sam Pickard '55 and his wife, Carmen. Some 25 friends and alum ni were on hand at the University Club in Palo Alto 00

ALUMNI SINGERS SOUGHT

To commemorate the 33-year teaching career of Douglas Morris, professor of music, alumni are invited to sing in two special performances of "Ein Deutsches Requiem" by Johannes Brahms

The college's Choral Union and Orchestra will perform and, to celebrate Morris' milestone, alumni have been in vited for a reunion and to sing in two productionsat 7:30 p.m. both Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1.The performances are set for Demmer Recitai Hall of the Rod man Center for the Arts.

A final rehearsal is planned for Thursday, April 29. Soloists for the performances will be opera singer Gail Dobish '76, soprano, and Morris, baritone.

The two performances are open to the public free of charge

Alumni seeking more information about performing

may contact Morris at morrisd@ripon.edu or morrisd@cho rus.net or Jannan Roesch '87, director of alumni and parent relations at 920-748-8126 or roeschj@ripon.edu. 00

IN MILWAUKEE, Al Jarreau '62, left, shares a newspaper clipping from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel with college classmate Robert Dieringer '62, right. Nancy Dieringer is in the center along with Dave Williams, vice president for development at Ripon.

IIN APPLETON, current head men's basketball coach Bob Gillespie, left, parent Steve Brooks, center and former head coach Doc Weiske '50, right, share comments about the game.

Teresa Pavlovich Soper '83 gets a hug from singer Al Jarreau '62.

At theJarreau reception are Dan Clark '87, left, and Christopher Jensen '85.

Students in Associate Professor of Music Kurt Di etrich's "World Music" course built their own working musical instruments based on instruments from different ethnic and geographic regions. Clockwise from top left with their creations arc Julie Waldvogel '02 with an Appalachian dulcimer; Nicole Baumann '01 with a Latin American marim ba; Emily Kastenschmidt '01 with an African mbira; and Kristin Tobolski '01 with a South Indi an slide veena.

WASHE! LAVEUSE

IN UTAH, Karen Anderson Altmann '85, left and her husband, Scott Altmann, visit with Amy Gcroso '86 nnd Dan Dussleby.

Former basketball scar Brad Alberts, '92, right, and his wife, Kathryn, left, trav elled from Texas to see the RiponUtah game. Above, they visit with current play, er Andy Van Wie '99.

The long-time friendship of head men's basketball coach Bob Gillespie, right, and head Utah coach Rick Majerus resulted in a game between Ripon and Utah.

President Paul Ranslow, left, visits in Utah with James Higgins '58, Stevens Point, Wis., and his wife, Joanne.

Former basketball standouts for Ripon, Ashley Cooper '82, left, and Terry Cramer '81, right, visit with current leading scorer for the Red Hawks, Adam Zakos '99, center. Sm Presu-rrm,lp,\ow,

Spare Some Change?

from Appleton, Wis., donates some spare change to Melissa Stittsworth, a junior from Eagle River, Wis., one of Ripon's homeless students this fall.

Stittsworth was one of several students who spent time living in the cardboard box to raise money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity. This year, 11 students will travel to Bend, Ore., during spring break to build homes as part of the pro gram's annual Collegiate Challenge.

Chad Wange

line, a senior

IN MADISON, the gathering drew these alumni and friends, among others. In cluded are Josh Satzer '98, Lisa Stein '89, Chad Hendee '97, Tom Dott '90, Jim Reuter '93, Dean Kowalski '92, Bill Neill '67, Steve Camarato '93, Missy Bauer Vaughan '91, Chrissy Roberts Hammer '91, Terrell Hyde '94, Bill Som mers'86, Michelle Martin '87, Tonya Ewers '95, Alley Packard '97and Dana Harris '96

IN DENVER, recent alumni Steve Martin '96, left, and Schuyler Van Gorden '95 catch up on events.

Meg Pickard Harmon '81, right, helped organize the Denver event. At left is Judy Karlson, director of special admission programs at Ripon while Beverly Moschel Hirsekorn '72 is in the center

Terrell Hyde '94 and Jim Reuter '93 visit during a break in the performance.

Helping to organize the Madison event were, from left, Lisa Stein '89, Missy Bauer Vaughan '91 and Chrissy Roberts Hammer '91.

IN SAN FRANCISCO, a luncheon hosted by trustee Sam Pickard '55 and his wife, Carmen, are, from left, Christine Dingman '92, Susan Frederick Clarkson '72, Stephanie Ranslow and the Pickards

Bay City area alumni Jondi Gumz '75, left, and Arleen Vallejo '74, visit Sam Pickard visits with James Herman '51 and Lynn Willis Herman '50

From left, in San Francisco, are parent Richard Palmer, JoAnn Johnson and Jeff Johnson '78.

Dave Kelm, a junior from Ripon, and Aurora Nelson, a senior from Appleton, Wis., man their shift during the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Phi Delta Theta fraternity annual "Teeter-Totter-athon." The event raised nearly $1,000 in pledges to be donated to the Wisconsin Head Start program and the Ripon Food Pantry.

Tim Lyke, publisher of The Ripon Commonwealth Press, professed so in an editorial praising the generosity of Ripon College students. Lyke was in, spired when this note from Johnson Hall Council President Jessica Jordan '00, attached to a $100 bill, was discov, ered in one of the Salvation Army's red kettles at Christmas time: "You guys do such a wonderful job every year. Keep up all the good work. Without people like you who do so much good for the world, this would be a very sad place to live. I hope this donation, though not very much, from our organization will help you to help so many others! Thanks again."

"Remember when you were 18, 19, 20, 21. Caring for others probably was n't foremost in your mind," wrote Lyke. "But it seems that whether col lecting coats to keep poor people warm, raising funds to help underprivileged kids or dropping $100 in a Salvation Army kettle, Jordan and her classmates transcend the selfishness common to so many of us at an age when our dispos, able income is low."

Members of the student-organized Ripon College Choraliers sing carols to the merry folk in downtown Ripon during the city's annual Dickens of a Christmas celebration Members of the Ripon High School band added some impromptu accompaniment.Pictured are, from left, Heidi Christensen '00, Andrew Malkowski '99, Doug Brown '02, Joshua DeWar '02, Lisa Sharpe '01, Mandy Valdes '99 and Sara Heinrichs '00.

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Alumni aren't the only ones to show their Ripon pride on their license

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plates Junior Camille Carlson sports RIPON 14, her jersey number in softball, and sophomore reserve quarterback Derek Blackmore desig nates his position with RCQB 11. Herbert Bagemihl '51 of Leland, N.C., proudly displays RIPON'51 and challenges his classmates throughout the country: ''Let's see 50 states with RIPON'51 on the cars at Alumni Weekend 2001!"

Surprise Visit

Charles Foreman, a se, nior from Spanaway, Wash., received a surprise visit from his father, Charlie, who made the journey to Ripon to watch his son play in his final home football game. Charles, an All-Midwest Conference de fensive lineman, was unaware of his father's trip until gametime. Howard Hansen, owner of Imagineers Silk Screening and Sports of Ripon and a fan of the Red Hawks' giant middle man, helped arrange the visit. Mr. Foreman was also able to accompany his son to the Red Hawk Banquet that evening.

Walk About

Ripon had a strong contingent in the Wisconsin AIDS Walk along the Milwaukee lakeshore in September. Four teen students participated, as did Eric Tammes, director of student activities and orientation, and Jannan Roesch '87, director of alumni and parent rela tions. Pictured are, in front from left, Tammes, Jessica Braun '02, Joshua DeWar '02, Lisa Sharpe '01 and Tricia Roll '02. Row two, from left, are Sarah Krembs '99, Christina Ninedorf '99, Bradley Balof 'Oland Zach Morris '02. In back, from left, are Margaret Miller '02, Starr Nordgren '99, Kelly Rataczak, Joel Steinpreis '99, Janel Frey '00 and Sara Heinrichs '00.

Ripon hadn't "officially" recognized its very first women's basketball conference championship team until Kathy Goodbout '80 and Lisa Heimler '80 stepped forward. The two thought there was a glaring hole in the display of women's champi, onship banners in the Wyman Gym of the Storz er Center and purchased one to recognize the

THANKYO U

CLASS OF 1997

President Paul Ranslow thanks An drew Drechsler '97 on behalf of his 1976-77 team, Ripon's first conference title holders.

class. The Class of 1997 presented this message board, located on the corner of Union and Thorne streets, to the College as its class gift. The board is used to promote campus events.

Former classmates, from left, Gordie Minch '50 of Ripon, Dick Froede '51 of Tucson, Ariz., and K.G. "Doc" Weiske '50 of Ripon made several new transac tions at the bank they all used as students 50 years ago. The trio had dinner at The Treasury, the former First National Bank, in downtown Ripon. Froede, a retired medical examiner with the U.S. Armed Forces, visited campus to speak to several classes about forensic pathology.

WRPNx 2?.

General Manager Mark Kastein looks at a cue card to remind him

that his Ripon radio station has changed its call letters from WCWC to WRPN. The local AM station now shares those letters with the college station. Ripon Col lege students conceded the call letters and changed their own to WRPN-FM. Fond du Lac Reporter plwto

Together Again

These nine alumnae from the class of 1977 have been getting together off campus each year for almost 20 years. Most recently the group reunited last spring at the home of Birgit Abromaitis Retson '77 and her husband, Chip '69, in Centreville, Va. The ladies spent time exploring Washington, D.C., in the rain and sharing college memories. The Ripon College t-shirts were a gift from President Ranslow. Pictured are, row one from left, Maureen Norris Warnimont, Connie Jess Zolkoske, Retson and Sue Higby Hodkiewicz. Row two, from left, are Jean Uetzmann Pordon, Ginger Newton Jacobi, Marsha Toll, Mary Jo MacSwain and Patty Mayes.

Instructor Kreston Peckham leads his troops across campus. Peckham's "American Civil War" was one of 36 classes offered to fourth- through 12th-grade students as part of Ripon's Advance College Experience (ACE) program last summer. This year's program runs from July 26-Aug. 6 and will mark ACE's 15th season.

Alumni Calendar of Events

April 17

Ripon in Chicago Theatre event. The Musical "Violet," 8 p.m., Apple Tree Theatre

Immediately following: a special "talk back" and desert with the play director, theatre's artistic director and theatre founder Eileen Boevers.

April 19

Ripon in Washington D.C. Details TBA

April??

Ripon in England

Reception, Kensington Hilton Details TBA

April 23-24

Spring Alumni Board meeting

April 28

Awards Convocation

Including the Alumni Association Senior Award

April 30 & May 1

Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem

Alumni Performers Requested

(See story on page 32)

May 16

Commencement

May25

Ripon in New England

Reception Before Boston Pops

Concert

June 25-27

Alumni Weekend

Bumby '52 Looks Deep Into·Green Lake

Retired teacher Mary Jane Bumby '52 has taken her love of Green Lake to a deeper level. For the past 27 years, she has researched the wa ters of the deepest lake in Wisconsin - the same waters that lap the banks of her home's shoreline

Bumby, who grew up vacationing at her family's Green Lake cottage, has lived at her lakeside home for 22 years She says she's noticed a lot of changes in the lake over the years. "My parents, who were both Ripon College graduates, owned their cottage for 40 years. The lake is just not the same as it was when I was little," Bumby says.

Bumby's research began in 1971 when she studied the lake's biomass changes in aquatic plant species for her master's degree, completed at the Uni versity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has since finished two additional studies, each spaced 10 years apart. Her award

winning work has brought to light new information regarding the health of Green Lake

Fundamental to her work was a 1921 report of the lake's aquatics plants that Bumby compared with her own studies in 1971, 1981 and 1991. She found that the plant species had dwindled from 13 in 1921 to 11 in 1971, and to six in 1981 and 1991. Two exotic plants were identified, Eurasian millfoil and Curly leaf pondweed

"I studied the water at three different depths starting from the shore and end ing in about 10-20 feet of water," says Bumby "The largest change in plant species numbers occurred at about 10 to 20feet. Starting with the late Charles Nichols (professor of biology emeritus), Ripon College was wonderful about loaning equipment to me in Farr Hall and at my work site Both Skip Wittler (professor of biology) and Bob Wallace (professor of biology) helped with sug gestions for my research."

In addition to the plant research, Bumby has compiled water clarity data for the past 15 years in the deepest parts of the lake The results lead her to be lieve there are excess nutrients such as phosphorus in the water which cause algae to grow Algae and sediments are causes for the water to look dirty, says

Bumby.

Causes for the increase in nutrientsis yet unknown, although lakeshore devel opment, motor boat and human activity may be factors. Other concerns are wa tershed management and erosion con trol. Watershed management involves the management of all waters within 114 square miles that accumulate in Green Lake

Bumby's studies have aided several

conservancy groups, as well as the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Green Lake Sanitary Dis trict, for which she is one of three com missioners Bumby is among more than 700 active volunteers in the state who monitor and study Wisconsin's lakesand waterways.

She is the recipient of four DNR awards: a Volunteer Excellence award in 1996 and 1998 and an Outstanding

Lake Stewardship A ard in 1993 and 1997. '

Bumby's data has turned the headsof several of her colleagues in local and state agencies, who now believe Green Lake is at a critical transition point. ln order to maintain the lake's relative health, DNR officials have bumped the lake's watershed into a priority group for conservation efforts.

V·O·L·U •N ·T·E·E·R·S

Ripon College alumni work vigorously as volunteers - always hoping to make a difference. Here we highlight the work of several volunteers who have achieved so much.

Leslie Arendt '84 Gets On Board

LeslieVeneman Arendt '84 of Port Edwards, Wis., was recently elected to a three-year term on the Communit)• Foundation of SouthWood County, a board that works to obtain and distrib ute grant moneys to local organiza tions Arendt, who is involved ina vari ety of charitable and social organiza tions in the SouthWood County area, aLso serves as a director on the boards of the John Alexander SouthWood County YMCA in Pon Edwards, Wis., and the American Players The atre in Spring Green, Wis.

Leslie Veneman Arendt '84

Serving on the YMCA's board is a fam ily tradition, according to Arendt. Her grandfather

founded the organization in the 1950s and Arendt took his place on the board when he stepped down. As for the American Players Theatre, Arendt says she had been interested in getting involved for years. "We have been going to the summer plays for 15 years Some friends were very involved and asked me to join the board last summer," she says.

"I stay at home with my two young children and find volunteer work for non-profit groups very enjoyable," says Arendt.

Arendt received her bachelor's de gree from Ripon CoUege and is a certi fied para-legal from the Denver Para legal Institute

Arendt and her husband, Patrick, are parents to Lauren, 9, and Jack, 4.

Tom Babcock '51 - Retires as Fire Chief

Tom Babcock' 51 recently retired as Fire Chief of Hiles Company B Fire Department in Three

Lakes, Wis , where he had served as fire chief for 10 years He received a bronze plaque and honorary fire helmet during an appreciation night and dinner held in his community.

Company B, according to Babcock, was formed in 1988 for the purpose of doing something about a fire before Company A could arrive, which involved anhour-long drive from the com munity of Hiles over narrow, twisting forest roads.

The incorporators, some 15 in number, knew that their average age of about 60 precluded normal fire fighting practices. Because of the sparsely populated area, Babcock says he knew they would need every able-bodied, willing person in order to have a viable fire department.

Training began immediately and it was decided to pre-plan fire fighting for each structure in the area. There is a page ina book for every home and structure in the area, according to Babcock.

Company B grew with fund raising to pay for training and equipment, but its purpose re mained unique because of die ages and physical limitations of its members Babcock knew interi or attacks would be out of the question in most circumstances.The company compensated by ob taining a deluge gun, which can blow out windows and doors from a distance, as a substitute for interior attack. ,

Water was not as big a concern for Company B. The majority of exposures in the area are lo cated within a few hundred feet of a bod-y of water. Most often, portable pumps are used in the lake to pump water up toa tanker, which then repressurizes the water stream and delivers it to the attack lines, according to Babcock.

Today, Company B has a fire station, three engines and 20 members. "I thank you for risking yourself to help others and to care enough to help to build this community of people who care for others," said Babcock at his appreciation dinner.

Former Fire Chief Tom Babcock '51, left, receives an honorary helmet from Chuck Hill, town supervisor and new fire chief. Babcock retired from the Hiles Company B Fire Department, i.n Hiles, Wis , after 10 years of service.

Pickard '49 Receives Wayland's Alumni Achievement Award

Jim Pickard '49 recently received the Alumni Achievement Award from Wayland Academy, a coeduca tional, col lege-preJ)ara

tory, board ing and day school in Beaver Dam, Wis

Pickard, a 1943 graduate of Way- land, received Jim Pickard '49

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the award at the Academy's 1998 Alumni Reunion Weekend for his outstanding achievement in banking, for representing the true ideals of the Academy and forsetting a living example of what a Wayland educa tion is about.

In addition tobeing a Wayland graduate, promoter and donor, Pickard was honored for his effortsat organizing a special reunion for the classes of 1941-45, the "War Years" in 1993 andagainin 1998.

Pickard, who resides in Blooming ton, Minn., and GreenValley, Ariz , received his honor during Wayland's recent Alumni Dinner/Dance in Pickard Hall. Like Ripon' s S. N. Pickard Commons, Wayland's dining hall is named in honor of Pickard' s father- the late Samuel Pickard, a Ripon College and Wayland Academy Trustee and benefactor.

In late February, Pickard was to play in anover-70 softball tourna ment, Senior Olympics program in Phoenix.

June 25-27, 1999

65th Reunion, Class of '34 60th Reunion, Class of '39

Retired Lt. Col. Ronald W. Schmidt '34 moved from San Antonio, Texas, to Sarona, Wis. to be closer to relatives.

1940s

June 25-27, 1999

55th Reunion, Class of '44 50th Relmion, Class of '49

Myra McMillan Furse '46 of Baraboo, Wis., writes a weekly column called "The Eye of the Beholder" for The Baraboo Sun.

Donald W. and Marcia Russell Beselcr '47f45 of Woodruff, Wis., spent November with their son in

Hawaii and will travel to Florida in Februaryand March.

Roberta Jackson Plummer '47 of Wautoma, Wis., traveled to the Amazon in spring and in October canoed down the Green River in Utah.

l.950s

June 25-27, 1999

45th Reunion, Class of '54 40th Reunion, Class of '59

Vilma Butcher Carlson 'SI of Tekonsha, Mich., and her sister, Elizabeth Butcher Fox '53 of Kala mazoo, Mich , toured Transylvania and explored Viking ruins in Labrador and New Foundland together.

Donald A. Clarahan 'SJ of Bloomington, 111., has retired from graphanalysis, document examination and his part-time business in handwriting investi gations.

Dr. Luis A. Vazquez '51 of Saint Clairsville, Ohio, works in medicine and surgery.

Andre W. Alkiewicz '52 of Newcastle, Nevis, West Indies, visited Italy in October.

Retired Lt. Col. John A. Mess and Helen Gat terdam Mess '52/'53 of Tampa, Fla., have been traveling since he retired as a technologist at Uni versity Community General Hospital. Their most recent adventure was a month of sightseeing in Switzerland

William F. lhsscn '55 of Fort Wayne, Ind., retired

after 41 years of teaching English, 37 of which were spent at Concordia Lutheran High School.

Michael J.Schmitz '55 of Mequon, Wis., retired as the executive vice president of commercial business after 4Z years with Firstar Corp. of Mil waukee. Much of his career was spent promoting credit cards as a profitable business for Firstar, according to the MilwaukeeJournal Sentinel.

Vernon W. Tank '55 of Wheaton Ill., traveled to the Holy Land in 1997 and 1998.

Maria Mayer Wentzel '55 of Rockville, Md., retired four years ago as a teacher aid at Children's Hospital in Washington D.C. She has traveled since then visiting fivecountries

1960s

June 25-27, 1999

35th Reunion, Class of '64 30th Reunion, Class of '69

Daniel W. Behring '62 of Manistee, Mich., has joined the faculry of Northwood University's Richflrd DeVos Graduate School of Management. He is an associate professor teaching behavior courses.

Ronald M. Case '62 of Lincoln, Neb., continues to teach and is the director of environmental stud• iesat the University of Nebraska.

Douglas S. Seator '62 of Sun.river, Ore., retired as manager of the Photo Products Division at East man Kodak Co.

William J. and Carol Haberkorn Beyer '64/'66 live in Sugar Land, Texas. William is the manu facturing manager for North American Pipe Cor• poration, responsible for six plants throughout Southern and Southeastern United States that manufactures PVC pipe. Carol works in OB/GYN clinical education for Memorial Hermann Hosp,, taISouthwest.

Jean Recd Tindall '64 of Evergreen, Colo.has

Daniel W. Behring '62

James H. Thorsen '65

retired as an instructor of computer science for

Rowan University of New Jersey

Ellen Robishaw Otis '65 of Elyria, Ohio, retired after 30 years as a biochemist in pharmaceutical research with Abbott Laboratories.

James H. Thorsen '65 of Idaho Falls, Idaho retired after 18 years as director of aviation He also received an award from the Federal Aviation Administration for aviation safety.

Martha Emerson Bowman '66 of Philadelphia, Pa., is supply pastor at Melrose Carmel Presbyterian Church in Melrose Park.

David G Burnley '66 of Hudson, Wis., owns Burn ley Real Estate Services and teaches part time at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College

WOJTASIK '57 RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Susan Brady Wojtasik '5 7, child life director at Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park, N .Y., recently received her profession's most prestigious honor, the Distinguished Service Award, for lifetime ser vice in the growthand development of the child life profession. The award was presented at the Child Life Council's international meeting in Kansas City, Mo Wojtasik began her career as an advocate for the needs and rights of children and families in health care following the premature bfrthand long hospitalization of her first

William H and Patricia Olsen Descher '66/'66 of Ocean Springs, Miss., areoperating 10 McDonald's restaurants in south ern Mississippi They traveled to Portugal, Spain and Morrocco over the New Year.

James G Hess '67 of Clearwater, Fla., is senior manager for Ernst and Young LLP in Tampa.

Edward R. Haggard '68 of Midlothian, Ill., owns a small business communications publisher in Orland Park. He writes poetry which has appeared in several literary journals and will appear in two forthcoming collections of poetry under discussion with a small publisher in Connecticut He was also invited for inclusion in the upcoming ninth edi tionof the international Who's Who of Poets and Poets Encyclopedia. In Dublin, Ireland, he partici pated in an adjunctive reading co the Annual

Dublin Writers' Festival and was a featured reader in New York City He will travel to East Africa in late '99 to research a series of poems having the subject, primordial origins. His first prose piece is forthcoming in Dream Quarterly International

Norman L. Hull '68 ofOrlando, Fla , was recently listed in the 1998 Florida edition of the Guide to Leading American Atwmeys published by the American Research Corp.

Patricia Smith and Glenn W. Larsen '68/'69 live in Cincinnati, Ohio, where Glenn is the vice pres ident of logistics and manufacturing for Cintas Corp and Patricia is a home economist.

William C. Jordan '69 of Princeton, N.J., received honorable mention for the Dartmouth Medal, an annual award given to outstanding reference books, for his four volume junior reference work, The Middle Ages. He is a professor of history for Princeton University and director of the Shelby

child in 1967 Five years later, she was elected to represent health-care con sumers from the Lower East Side of New Yark City, on the first Bellevue Hospital Community Advisory Board. In 1975 she joined the Office of Urban Health Affairs as coordinator of the com munity medicine curricu lum at New York Uni versity School of Medi cine She became the first director of the newly organized Child Life Department at Bellevue Hospital in 1980. While at Bellevue she and two of her colleagues devel oped the curriculum and

taught Child Life courses to prepare graduate-level special education students to work withchildren in hospitals. She has held faculty appointments at Bank Street College of

Education and N't1J School of Medicine.

Since 1991,Wajtasik has been director of the Child Life Program at Schneider Children's Hospital. In hospital based pediatrics she has developed programs, based on theories of child and Jamil)' development, that help patients and their families cope witha wide range of hospital experiences These pro grams offer therapeutic play, preparation for treatment procedures, and emotional support during all phases of illness and treatment

David B. Leach '69 of South Attleburo, Mass., owns the Alternative Service Co.

Donald R. Park II '69 of Greensburg, Pa., is the accounting manager of the electrical distribution products organization, a division of Cutter-Ham mer which is a subsidiary of the Eaton corp

1970s

June 25-27, 1999

25th Reunion, Class of '74 20th Reunion, Class of '79

James P Danky '70 of Stoughton, Wis., received the Wisconsin Library Association Dis tinguished Government Documents Award for the Society sesquicentennial edition of the Wis consin Magazine of History pub Iished in the sum mer of 1996. The edition featured the recollec tions of more than 70 persons formerly affiliated with the society. Dankey is the newspapers and periodicals librarian.

Mark A Larson '70 of San Francisco, Calif., is president for United Distillers and Vintners, N.A West.

Thomas C. Peters '71 of Renton, Wash., is a human resources manager for Boeing.

Anne Mackenzie '72 of Tallahassee, Fla , retired asstate representative and began a new job as the coordinator for the work of the Special Dis ability Trust Fund Privatization Commission. The commission must evaluate the financial lia-

Susan Brady Wojtasik '57

Cullom Davis Center in Princeton.

bility of a program set up to pay claims to workers who havespecial disabilities.

Richard J. Srednicki '73 of Lake Forest, Ill., is the president of Sears Home Services Division in Hoffman Estates.

Sam L. Weller '73 of Delray Beach, Fla , is now general contractor/project manager for Engineered Environment in Boca Raton.

Janice K. Lindsey '74 of West Palm Beach, Fla., is an assistant editor for Bank Rate Monitor Online

Sharon Jamruszka Cook '76 of Chapel Hill, N.C., volunteers in her church's children programs.

Gail L. Dobish '76 of New York, N.Y., sang the tide role in Verdi's "La Traviata" at the Grand Opera House in Oshkosh, Wis., in May, planned by Friends of Opera.

Judith T Lodge '76 of Aurora, Colo , is the account manager for Omnivest Insurance Group.

Peggy Zarek Oddo '76 of Glenview, Ill., owns a personal training service called "Pump With Peg "

Thomas G Rueping '76 of Brookfield, Wis., is the senior vice president of investments for Stifel, Nicolaus and Co.

Jonathan C. Schwartz '76 ofCanadaigua, N.Y., has been promoted to lead software quality assur ance engineer at Frontier Communications

Michael H. Zehfus '76 of Spearfish, S.D., is an assistant professor in chemistry at Black Hills State University.

Mugerditchian '62 Re.-elected as Vice President

Jerry Mugerditchian '62, a B737 cap tain for United Airlines heculquartered in Chicago, was recently re-elected to a third fouryear term as vice presi dent of adminis tration and secre tary of the Air Line Pilots Associ ation, Interna tional ( ALPA) .

Mugerditchian is one of the four top officers of ALPA, and is

most responsible for keeping mem bership records

Jerry Mugerditchian '62

and conducting voting and election pro cedures Mugerditchian will continue to be a member of ALPA's Executive

Mark J. and Sarah Jenks Porubcansky '77/'77, have moved to Pasadena, Calif., where Mark is the assistant foreign editor for The Los Angeles Times. He was previously with the Associated Press in Hong Kong.

Daniel F. Bostedt '78 of The Netherlands, is the director of business planningfor Snap-On Europe Holding, where he is overseeing a major restruc turing and learning the business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Dr. Cyril K. Daddieh '78 of Providence, R.I., is an associate professor of political science and the director for the program in black studies for Provi dence College.

Roderick S Haynes '78 of Fremont, Calif., is a health insurance specialist for Health Care Financing Administration in San Francisco.

Melanie Civin Kenion '78 of Winchester, Mass., is a volunteer coordinator for Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelrer.

Alan E. Korpady '78 of Thiensville, Wis., is an attorney for The Schroeder Group, S.C. in

Royce A. Dunbar '79 of Des Moines, Iowa, is senior solutions consulrant/general manager for Rainier Technology

Elizabeth Palmbach Nemecek '79 of Neenah, Wis., is the owner and co-president for AmeriPrint Graphics, which, for the second year in a row, has been ranked as one of the 50 fastest growing printers in the U.S. by the National Asso ciation of Printers and Lithographs

Michael M. Zahn '79 of Iola, Wis., is a sales repre sentative of Benjamin Moore and Co for northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan.

1980s

June 25-27, 1999

15th Reunion, Class of '84

10th Reunion, Class of '89

Steven J. Foelker '80 of Green Bay, Wis , is the medical/spinal representative for lnnorek Medical.

THRELKELD '59 RETIRES FROM CBS NEWS

Council which includes four national officers and nine executive vice presi dents.

An active ALPA volunteer, Mugerditchian has been a member of both the negotiating and the merger committees of Midway pilots, chairman and captain representative of Midway Airlines pilots based in Chicago, and chairman of the Master Executive Council, the highest elective office of the Midway pilot group. He has served on ALPA's Fiscal Planning Committee.

Prior to joining United Airlines, Mugerditchian flew for Midway for 11

Veteran CBS News corre spondent Richard Threll<eld '59 recently ,·etired after a 25-year career with CBS News

Threlkeld started at CBS in 1966 as a pro ducer/editor and served as reporter, anchorman, bureau chief and correspon dent. He worked as an ABC News correspondent from 1982-89 before returning to CBS.

Most recently,

Threl.keld served as the Moscow correspondent for CBS. He has been in Moscow with his wife, Betsy Aaron, for two years

During his distinguished career, Threlkeld has cov ered the Persian Gulf War for CBS News and reported extensively on theVietnam War. In 1975, he was among the last journalists evacuated from Phnom Penhand Saigon when those cities fell to the Com munists. He also covered the U.S invasions of

Panama and Grenada. In his earl;• years, Threlkeld cov ered such stories as the Patty Hearst kidnap ping and trial, the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and the execution of Gary Gilmore.

Among Threlkeld' s hon-

Richard Threlkeld '59

winning CBS documentary, ''TheWar Machine," part of the CBS Reports series on the Defense of the United States. In 1987, he, along with Betsy Aaron, George Strait, John years and for TWA for 16 years. He also served in the U S. Army for seven ·years. He lives in Wadsworth, Ill., with his wife, Cheryl. They have three chil dren, Jennifer '93, Mark and Mike

ors are Overseas Press Club Awards for reporting on Lebancm and Grenada; the AlfTed I. Dupont-Columbia Award for "Status Reports" on ABC's "World News Tonight" and a New Yori< State Bar Association Award for his "Crime in America" series.

In 1982, Threlkeld earned an Emmy for his work with CBS, where he reported the weekly cover story for "Sunday Morning on CBS" and was corre spondent for the award-

McWethy and Peter Jen riings, won the EdwardR Murrow Award for televi siori interpretation of foreign affairs for ABC News' "Soviet Union: Inside the Other Side."

Ripon College has recog nized Thielkeld's accom plishments by awarding him the Distinguished Alumni Citation in 1974 and an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 1989. Since 1990, he has beena member of the Board of Trustees

Waukesha.

Lt Col. Patrick G McCarthy '80 of Chesa peake, Va , is a policy and strategy officer for U.S Atlantic Command. He has recencly returned from

a one-year tour in Korea andgraduated from the Armed Forces Staff Col lege.

Dennis E. Taylor '80 of Montello, Wis , graduated from Northwestern Col lege of Chiropractic and is with Quandt Chiropractic Clinic.

Terrence M Cramer '81 ofBurr Ridge, Ill., is work ing as director, equity tradinginstitutional for Merrill Lynch.

A. Matthew Luebbers III '81 of Okinawa City, Oki nawa, Japan, is a sports specialise, head swim coach and program direc tor for the department of defense, U.S. Marine Corp community ser vices.

Robert 0. Meyer '81 of

West Bend, Wis , is vice president/bank manager with Horicon Scace Bank and heads the office in West Bend.

Lt. Joan Pendergast

Sangi '81 ofTuzla, Bosnia, is in the first cavalry divi sion, Operation Joint Forge.

Kent E Timm '81 of Sag inaw, Mich , is manager of outpatient services for Covenant HealthCare System. He was elected speaker of the member ship meetings for the Michigan Physical Therapy Association, where he

BOB BLAIR '66MANAGER OF HISTORIC MECHANICS HALL

Bob Blair '66 has swept floors, connected lights, stacked chairs, planted gardens and hung signs in Mechanics Hall, amid]9th century music hall on Main Street in Worcester, Mass As Mechanics Hall's build ing manager for more than 20 years, Blair has put his heart into the building

"I came here to care for the hall," says Blair, inWorcester's Telegram & Gazette "I wound up caring about it "

Listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, Mechanics Hall has been judged the nation's finest pre-Civil

War concert hall by architectural historians - a place where many artists have recorded their music.

Blair, who grew up in Worcester, went to Ripon to study journalismuntil the program was dropped after his first year. He later dropped out of school for a year, joined the Naval Reserve and thenreturned to Ripon to finish his degree

will preside over the business operations of this organization.

Sarita Holland May '82 of Alameda, Calif., is an engineer for Lawrence Livermore National Labo ratory.

Martha J. Spittell '82 of Brussels, Wis , is a consul tant for the Marion, Iowa-based Frank N. Magid and Associates, a research and consuIting firm that works with the broadcast industry.

Colleen Zuro-White '82 of St Charles, Ill., is an independent distributor for Starlight Interna tional, selling products from the nutraceautical and alternative health care industry

in philosophy While at Ripon, Blair roomed with Harrison Ford and became a member of Merriman fraternity. After graduating, he attended the Naval Offi cers' Candidate School and spent the next three years as an officer aboard a gunfire support ship patTOlling off the coast of Vietnam. When he returned to Worcester, he got involved in commu nity work and writing. He was a frequent con tributor to a local news paper's opinion/editorial column

"While I was trying to figure out what niche I could fit into, I was doing

a lot of social service stuff," Blair says. "I didn't want to do any thing that was dishonest or that ripped peoJ;le off or that was phony " After a winter storm in 1976, Blair helped the elderly caretaker of Mechanics Hall chip ice off the front sidewalk He continued to help with other chores. When the caretaker retired, Blair suddenly became the

hall's building manager. Since then, he's seen to the building's restoration and continuous care.

As the hall's senior staff member, Blair works from a cluttered office His department includes two other full time employees and occa sional part-timers, who do "whatever is needed." Collectively, they see to repairs, routine mainte nance, cleaning, event

Dr. William C Bartlett '83 of Nazareth, Penn., is a research scientist for Pasteur Me'rieux Con naught

Robert L. Brandfass '83 of Charleston, W. Va., has been named general counsel of the West Vir ginia United Health System He is a partner in the Kay, Casto, Chaney, Love and Wise law firm He led his firm's 11-member health care practice group and serves on the law and medicine com mittee and the judicial improvement committee of the West Virginia state bar.

Linda S Brown '83 of Sherman Oaks, Calif., is a partner with her husband in their own business,

set-ups, most of the light ingand some improve ments.

"The things I proba bly feel best about are improvements that will be permanent additions to the hall - little back space things that will make the operations run better or make something fit better or look better, that most people will never see," says Blair.

FilmBiz, an internet resource for entertainment industry professionals She is working on the "Austin Powers 2" set dressing

Kay A. Griffiths '83 of Ferguson, Mo , is senior project engineer for Boeing-St. Louis.

Betsy W Krueger '83 of Natick, Mass., is a stu dent at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Wendel J. Smith '83 of Tacoma, Wash., is a cardiac surgeon with Cardiothoracis Surgeons

Joy A. Huyck '84 of Oak Creek, Wis., isan inde pendent sales representative in the sporting goods industry.

Bob Blair '66 stands in front of the Worcester Organ in Mechanics Hall. The organ was built in 1864 and later restored in 1982.

Comer '68 Becomes Professor of Educational Administration

Kelvie Cureton Comer '68 recently became professor of educational administration and community lead ership at Central Michigan Univer sity in Mt.

Martha J. Spittell 'SZ

Brenda Duwe Mueller '84 of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis , is admin istrative assistant to the pastor at the Evangeli cal Free Church there.

Leigh J. Carson '83, a domestic relations attorney, wasquoted on the front page of the St. Louis Post Dispatch regarding recent changes in the child

Matthias J. Russ II '85 of San Diego, Calif., recently returned from deployment co the Pacific and Caribbean, as a helicopter crewman flying counter-drug missions

David A. Strick '85 of DePere, Wis , is the direc tor of application development for Schneider National.

Anne Bennett Hartleip '86 of Hartland, Wis., works in international customer service for Harken, in Pewaukee.

A. Marc Robson '86 of Kannapolis, N C., is a

Kelvie Cureton Comer '68

Pleasant, Mich., where she had served as professor and dean in the Col lege of Edu.ca tion for four years. Comer attended Ripon College for one year before transferring to

support laws in Missouri. She is on the board of directors of "Friends of Heritage House" and is the co-chairperson of family law section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. David E. Shogren '84 of Clayton, Mo., led a group of boy scouts from St. Louis on a backpacking trip to Rocky Mountain National Park.

Maj. Marcus W. Cronk '85 of Fayetteville, N.C., is a comptroller for the 44th medical brigade in Ft. Bragg.

Laurie M Fieber '85 of Littleton, Colo., is a regional accounting manager for ARCAOIS Ger aghty & Miller.

police officer for the city of Charlotte

James A. Harper '87 of Coral Springs, Ra., is the site telecom director for First Data.

Michelle L. Martin '87 of Madison, Wis., is the key account specialist for Newell Office Products.

Robert R. Reilly '87 of Whitmore Lake, Mich., works for Reilly Construction.

William E. Tourlas '87 of Elmhurst, Ill., is an advertising management director for Foote-Cone & Belding in Chicago.

Laura Goeden Zobrack '87 of Little Canada, Penn State University in University Park, Pa., where she received her bachelor's degree in education. She went on to receive both her master's

and doctoral degrees fromT emJ)le University in Philadelphia.

Her career in education spans nearly 20 years and includes a multi tude of positions. Comer served 10 years at the University of Akron, in Akron, Ohio, as associate dean, the atre program administrator and assis tant professor of arts management. She also spent five years at Temple University in various roles and five years as an English and social studies teacher.

She is a life member of the Ameri can Association for Higher Education (AAHE) and the American Associa tion of University Women (AAUW), and the recipient of sev eral awards. Her honors include an award for Outstanding Service from the American Association of Colleges forTeacher Education (AACTE) in 1997; an Outstanding Service as President award from the United Way in 1994; and aWomen of the Year award from the Connecticut AAUW in 1993.

LEE '60 SHARES ARTISTIC TALENTS

Claudette BeaU Lee '60 is a versatile artist who paints on canvas, ceramics, cloch ing and walls; she also knits, sculpts and designs jewelry. She defines herself as a "visual composer" whose interests lie more in "movement across the sur face of the cam1as or /)aper rather than inrecreating known objects." Lee is by no means an everyday artist limited to just one medium oranfonn.

Having done a great deal of teaching in the last year, Lee plans to spend more time in her studio She is sometimes tom between her artistic enthusiasm and helping others find their own creative drive. "Unfortu nately, there is not enough time for both teaching and painting," she says.

Lee's work is very much in the public e)'e. Recently featured on the Art in Wis-

consin website, she has gallery representations at The Gallery Ltd. in Mil waukee and Art Elements in Mequon Lee's most recent shows include the Paine Art Center in Oshkosh, Wis. and the Wustum Art Museum in Racine. She is aL o a mem ber of numerous art associ-

ations, including Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors and the Intemational Societ)' of Experimental Artists. "Energized" /Jy the promise of a blank canvas, Lee shares that enthusiasm through teaching. She believes that anyone can learn to be artistic and enjoys helping others to "pursue their own creative ability." Through the art studio Palette Shop, private studio classes, and teacher in-service presentations, Lee teaches beginning draw ing, painting with water color, acrylic and more.

"Imagination is what makes one artist different from another," she says. "The enjoyable struggle to stay with it until the idea reveals itself and the paint ing is complete "

"Spring Showing," acrylic, by Claudette Beall Lee '60.

Maureen Perkins Perkins is a sot>liomore from Highland Park, JU.

Minn., is a paralegal at the law firm of Rider, Bennett, Egan and Arundel, where she investigates claims against school districts and does background checks on potential employees.

Deborah S. Damrow '88 of San Francisco, Calif., took a year off, traveling the U S by car with her mountain bike and in the spring visited the Greek Isles and Turkish Coast She spent her summer in Green Lake running

the Lester Schwartz Gallery

Mario A Friedel '88 of Ladysmith, Wis , is the principal of Ladysmith Elementary School.

David L. Jonas '88 of Chicago, Ill., is a field representative for the American Cancer Soci ety, which includes work on the \Valkathon, Rollathon, and Chicago Marathon.

Dana Smith McGillen '88 of Shelby Town ship, Mich., works out of her home for the day carecompany, Child time.

Todd M. Blessing '89 of Phoenix, Ariz., is an attorney in the areas of government contracts

THE SOUND OF AN OSCAR

Tom Bellfort '67 doesn't speak in words He speaks in pictures.

A year ago, Bellfart won one of the most pres tigious awards possible for his work in movies - an Oscar - and has the hardware to prove it. He calls the trophy "the little guy."

As supervising sound editor for the movie "Titanic," BeUfort won the Oscar for "Sound

Effect Editing " He and a crew of about 30 people were in charge of all the sound postproduction work. Despite some pre stage jitters, Bellfort walked to the stage to accept the Oscar along with co-winner Christo pher Boyes

The Oscar e:>..peri ence, he says, "Is actu ally pretty scary. On one hand, you hope you're going to win, but if you win you are going to have tostand up (in front of millions of people) and be somewhat articulate."

"When my name was

and commercial litigation for Bryan Cave LLP

Melissa

Kerstin

great degree of historical accuracy, to some extent limits your canvas

Because 'Star Wars' is truly science fiction, your canvas is much larger." He adds that a sound supervisor could come up withamillion different solutions to put together the voice of the famous robot, R2D2 "Again, it's a big movie with a large canvas and that's very, very exciting."

studying French literature and philosophy. He earned a bachelor's degree from NewYork University before com pleting a master of fine arts degree in photogra ph)' at the California Institute of the Arts. Eventually, he switched from beinga professional photographer toworking on sound for films.

Looking back at Ripon, Bellfort says, "In

Tom Bellfort '67 on Oscar night.

called, I really don't remember anything after that," he says. But Bell fort says it was worth the stress. "ln tenns of for mal recognition, it's really one of the high points of one's career."

Currently, BeUfort is a sound supervisor onthe new Star Wars film, "Episode I: The Phantom Menace," due out May 21. This project, unlike "Titanic," Bel/fort says, is not as limited in scope. "'Titanic,' which has a

Bellfort, a freelancer who has worked primarily with Lucas Films since 1984, has a wide variety of successful films on his resume. "My last assis tant job was on 'The Right Stuff.' Then I became an editor and worked on 'Amlldeus.' I worked on 'Driving Miss Daisy,' 'Steel Magno lias,' 'Mission Impossi ble' and 'The Princess Bride ' I worked on 'Big,' which I loved I usually do about three films a year."

Bellfort attended Ripon from 1963-65

John D Geer '90 of Tampa, Fla., is the manager of applications delivery for lntcrmedia Commu nications He is also the chief information officer forSPMI.

Kelly F. Millenbah '90 of Williamston, Mich., received her doctor of philosophy degree from Michigan State University in 1999 where she is a restoration ecologist.

Erin K. Kinney '91 of New Hope, Minn., is a sales and marketing representative for the Qual ity Resource Group in Minneapolis.

June 25-27, 1999

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Michelle Kellogg Becker '90 of The Woodlands, Texas, is with Hewitt Associates.

Colleen M. Francis '90 of Mound, Minn , is a regional sales director for Latin America for the Vita-Mix Corp.

Meghan M. Mahony '91 of Chicago, Ill., works for Reliance National.

Willard J. Steinberg '91 of Eden Prairie, Minn., was a winner in the Minnesota Twins/Fisher Nuts "Work for Peanuts" contest. He and two other contest winners led the crowd in singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" for the seventh inning stretch at the Aug. 22 game between the Minnesota Twins and the Red Sox. He also par-

reLrnspect, I think it's the best school I went to. The professors were very wonderful people. They were really inspirational teachers " He adds that since attending Ripon, his life has been"a wonder ful journey."

Stephanie Hoon Lyncheski '94

Lyncheski is a freelance writer livingin Phoenix, Ariz She has her own busi ness, Blue Gecko Commu nications, and earned a master's degree in journal ism from Marque"tte Univer sity

ticipated in the "Here I Stand" conference, a forum, held in Minneapolis, to study the issue of gay and lesbian ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church Association.

Krystin Burrall Wengler '91 of Kansas City, Mo., is an administrative assistant forSprint PCS.

Lisa Mahnke Braam '92 of Madison, Wis., com pleted her Ph D in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is continuing in the MD/Ph.D program there, which she plans to fin ish in the year 2000

Scott A. Horning '92 of Chicago, Ill., is the exec utive director of the Lakeview Chamber of Com merce.

Kenneth A. Larsen '92 of Wyoming, Mich , is the terminal manager for Overland-Quast T ransporra tion.

Michael DeLos Reyes '92 of Chicago, Ill., is a research analyst for LaSalle National Bank.

Cooper Gardella '89 of Chicago, Ill., is a case manager for the Spanish Coalition for Jobs.

Timm Palumbo '89 of Elmwood Park, Ill., isthe vice president of Mint Masters.

Reunion, Class of '94

Schenck '72

Is Successful Realtor

Lynn Benson Schenck '72 is vice president of Grubb & Ellis/Krombach Partners in St. Louis, Mo. A former flight attendant for Eastern Airlines, Schenck's realestate career has soared since she became an active commer cial broker in 1978.

The recipi ent of the

ACTRESS, SINGER, REALTORJUDITH CHAMBERLAIN MOORE '68

Formerly an actress and singer, Judith Chamberlain Moore '68 has proved her self once againthis time as a successful real tor in Lexington, Mass. Moore was recently named Realtor of the Year by the Greater Boston Real Estate Judith Chamberlain Board. Moore '68 Her numbers

speak for themselves. In 1997, she generated 77 per cent of her sales through personal references. "I alwa·ys have worked really

the busiest times," says Moore.

A South em Califor nia native, Moore first moved to the Boston area with her family in the 1960s. After high school, where Moore performed

small parts in several dra matic productions, she attended Riponand contin ued her interest in acting. Following graduation, she

Shortly thereafter, Moore spent her days routing calls for an insurance firmand her nights on stage as a singer She and her partner formed "Two's Company" and landed a summer-long gig at the Holiday Inn in Fall River that led tobook ings across New England, according to the Littleton Independent

Since then, Moore has worked as a training direc

tor forW annakers depart ment stores in Michigan and as a personnel manager forW annakers' parent company in California.

Schenck is among the firm's top bro kers. Specializing in leasing and sell,.. ing commercial real estate, her trans action volume totaled more than $32.5 million in the past year Dur ing her career, she has sold or leased more than 3 million square feet of space and has a total sales volume of more than$300 million.

Schenck is active in the St Louis Association of Realtors and the Soci ety of Industrial and Office Realtors, where the St. Louis chapter named her 1997 Realtor of the Year.

hard," says Moore in a Lit tleton Independent arti cle. Moore, who entered real estate in the late l 980s picked the profession so she could choose her own hours and "control her own life. I had noidea I'd be working seven days aweek. And weekendsweekends are

joined the USO tours and was soon singing to audi ences in Hawaii, Korea, Okinawa, Guam and other American Service venues throughout the Southand West Pacific Once back in Boston, she performed in man)' small dramas before landing her first lead in the cult hit "Transplant "

Diane M. Gardetto '92 of Oakland, Calif., is working on her Ph.D. at the University of Min• nesota. She is the assistant director for the sport psychology program at John F. Kennedy Univer sity and does private consulting in sport psychol ogy.

Michelle Shepard '92 of San Pedro, Calif., received her Ph.D. in physics from Florida Seate University and is a staff engineer for Raytheon Systems Co., El Sequndo

Stephen D. Woolley '92 of St. Paul, Minn., is in the MBA program at the University of Minnesota.

Chad

Nicole

Katherine L. Brady '94 of Edwardsville, 111., is

When she and her fam ily moved back to Lexing ton, Moore decided to explore real estate and is now with RE/MAX Pre miere Properties and a member of numerous asso ciations. Moore's daughter, Tiffany, is alsoa Ripon alumnae, class of'96.

Lynn Benson Schenck '72

Grubb & Ellis/Krombach Partners' Circle of Excellence Award in 1997,

A. and Robin Delnicki Johnson '93/'93, of Bethlehem, Conn , are donn parents at the Wood hall School, an all-boys boardingschool. Chad teaches at the school.

K. Larsen '93 of Waterford, Wis , is a mar keting consultant for Clearchannel Radio in Mil waukee.

e in environmental sci ence while working as an information systems graduate assistant forSouthern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

Katrin H Herbolsheimer '94 of St. Paul, Minn , has her own firm, Herbolsheimer Insurance Agency, for the Farmers Insurance Group of com panies.

Heidi H. Herschberger '94 of Washington Island, Wis., is a sales representative for Nabisco in Chicago.

Hernando Pantigoso '94 of San Jose, Costa Rica, is working on his MBA at lnstituto Cencroamcri cano de Aministracion Empresas, a school founded by Harvard in Central America, after working as a senior consultapt for Price Water house He is interning at Bayer Corporation, in Pittsburgh, working with the vice-president for strategic planning for the fibers, additives, and rubbers division

Jodi A. Piotrowski '94 of Wyoming, Mich , is the marketing coordinator for Earth Tech

Rena L. Pugh '94 is attending Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

with a concentration in the international health department Her education track is "Coping with Complex Emergencies "

Daniel A. Schneider '94 of Milwaukee, Wis , is a technology architect for Anderson Consulting

Denise Shadrick-Hancock '94 of Racine, Wis., is the on-site employment manager at SC Johnson Wax for the 2nd and 3rd shifts for Olsten Staffing Services.

Laurie A. Sucharda '94 of Thiensville, Wis., is an art therapist at Hartford Memorial Hospital.

Holly M. Swyers '94 of Evanston, Ill., received an award from the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program tofund her graduate studies and research at the University of Chicago, one of the most prestigious graduate schools in anthropology.

Lori Cason '95 of Romeoville, Ill., is a science teacher at Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Michele L. Cummins '95 of San Antonio, Texas, is completing a five-month course in Spanish at the lnstituto in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.

She has previously worked with Merrill Lynch.

Ann E. Dingman '95 of Madison, Wis., is a grad uate student in counseling psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Last winter she completed the Dallas White Rock marad1on in 4:03.

Jennifer A. Johnson '95 of Davis, Ill., graduated from Rockford College in May of '97 and is a pediatric nurse at Rockford Memorial Hospital.

Denise Ramstack McGlone '95 of Clinton Township, Mich., is an account support supervi sor for Electronic Data Systems.

Karin D Sand '95 of Madison, Wis., is the staffing manager for Officeteam, a division of Robert Hals International.

Andre M Krainik '96 of Brookfield, Wis , is a first-year student at the Medical College of Wis consin.

Steven E. Martin '96 of Ft. Collins, Colo., has completed his master's degree in speech communications. He is a lecturer at

MANAGEMENT BOOK BUILDS BRIDGES

It was his inability to answer questions such as "Wh·y, despil;e conscientious efforts, sometimes effective managers fail to achieve certain att.ainable goals?" that prompted Demetrios Georgides '56 to research the nebulous domain of the mind

Georgides says he

ExECUTIVE

Altemative Paths to

Jbfomumce Improvement

found that in addition to the gl.ass ceiling blocking women's access to top corporate positions, there is another gl.ass ceiling that may block everyone's efforts to make dreams come true Made up of invisible factors su.ch as expec tations, beliefs and the energy needed t.o carry out one's plans and decisions, it has largely been ignored by experts focusing on more easily identifiable aspects of human resource development.

Georgides has synthesized his findings in the book "The Execu tive Guru: Alternative Paths to Performance Improvement" just published under the pen name

THEPublication, Georgides says, seems timely as major corporations look for ways t.o improve the bot tom line through spirituality. The "S/Jiritu.ality in the Workplace" theme now appears on busi

ness conference agendas. Train ing organizations, government agencies and the media have also been foil.owing the movement towards exploration of inner space, a topic that - regardless of preconceived notions and skeptics' reservations - has grabbed the attention of business leaders.

Georgides says his new book "may serve as a doum-toearth guide for those interested in examining complementary ways of developing their potential or dealing with the rapid changes and stresses of our times." The book, he adds, is written in para-

Colorado State University.

Brian P. McGlone '96 is a mortgage broker for Arizona Mortgage Services in Scottsdale, Ariz

Edward G. Stewart '96 of Brookfield, Wis., is a student at Jllinois College of Optometry in Chicago.

Tammy Stahmann VandeBerg '96 of Rosendale, Wis., is a K-8 music teacher in Brandon.

Melissa J Williams '96 of Fond du Lac, Wis., is a senior therapist for the Autism Behavioral Net work.

Rebecca Parsons Baird '97 of Ripon, Wis., is teaching economics and U S history at Markesan High School.

Lt Daniel T. Collins '97 of El Paso, Texas, was recently promoted to first lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He is stationed at Ft. Blisso.

Claire E. Hansen '97 of Seattle, Wash., works at the Veterans Administration Hospital, studying the effectiveness of team treatment of depression in a primary-care setting.

Ryan M. Johnson '97 of Eden Prairie, Minn., is an executive

recruiter for a new information systems division of Pacioli Com

ble form to make it an easier read thana straightforward management book.

The story is that of an effec tive manager who is baffled by requests from his people to attend off-site training courses with mystifying names: Huna, Neurolinguistics, Reiki, Time line Programming. He seeks advice from a guru who surpris ingly provides him with busi nesslike answers backed by sci entific evidence. The manager is

convinced that there is more out there than meets the eye and decides to add the guru's lessons to his managerial tool bag.

The author is chairman of La Costa Consultants and an adjunct professor of management at National University in San Diego. Having authored several books and articles, he is co-cre ator of the Synolic model for comprehensive human resource development, the topic of a forthcoming book.

"The Executive Guru" is available from Xlibris, P. 0. Box 2199, Princeton, NJ 08543-2199

panies in Minneapolis.

D. Patrick Georges

"D. Patrick Georges."

Peter J. Mahler '97 of Merrill, Wis., is an underwriter for the Church Mutual Insurance Co

Melissa A. Mann '97 of Green field, Wis., is a consultant for Keane.

Ellen M. Onsrud '97 of Madi son, Wis., is me assistant for quality assurance at Sub-Zero Free.er Co. and a student at Edgewood College pursuing cer tification in secondary education to teach French.

Marci J. Bailey '98 of Pullman, Wash., is attending graduate school for organic chemistry at Washington State Universiry where she is a teaching assistant

Patricia A. Beck '98 of Baton Rouge, La., is a chemistry gradu ate student-Board of Regent Fel low at Louisiana State Univer sity.

Danie1 J. Curran '98 of Apple ton, Wis., is a recruiter wim Aerotek.

William C. Deppiesse '98 of Oostburg, Wis., is an income processor for outsourcing banks

Knaack '76 Named Publications/Public Relations Manager

Mike H. Knaack '76 has beennamed publications and public relations manager at Boger Martin Fairchild, a marketing communications agency in Elkhart, Ind. In his new

role, Knaack is res/Jonsible for the organiza tional, writing and editing duties for the agency's cus tom-publishing work. Boger Martin Fairchild produces a

number of proprietary magazines and custom publications.

"It's a little different ballgame putting out press releases rather than receiving them, but I like it so far," says Knaack "I think my basic writ ing skills can be traced back to Jack Christ's freshman writing class and working on The College Days news paper, with a few other refinements along the way."

Knaack has worked for several area newspapers as a reporter and editor during the past 20 years.

Ryan M. Johnson '97

with M&l Trust and Investment Management.

Trevor J. Durham '98 of Janesville, Wis., is the funds development coor dinator for Rotary Gar dens He assists in the organization's marketing, special events and fund raising efforts

Anna K. Jordahl '98 of Habichtswald, Germany, is attending the Royal

Academy for Dramatic Art, London, England, in the two-year stage management and theatre pro duction course.

V. Leilani Kupo '98 of Harrisburg, Ya , is working as a hall director and pursuing a master's degree in college student personnel administration at James Madison University.

Benjamin C Nummerdor '98 of Ripon, Wis., is a network technician for Heatley Consulting.

Louis S. Olinger '98 of Racine, Wis., is a manager

for Walgreens Co. inSouth Milwaukee.

Lynne M. Phillips '98 of Houston, Texas, is pur suing her Ph.D. in physiology at the University of Texas-Houston

William A. Powell '98 of Richmond, Ill., is a loan officer forShoreline Mortgage Corp. in Lake Geneva, Wis.

Carrie L. Schneider '98 of Chiba-Shi, Chiba-Ken, Japan, is an assistant language teacher for Chiba Prefectural Board of Education at Kashiwai Senior High School in Japan.

Gail L. Seefeldt '98 of Ringwood, N.J., is an envi

ronmental educator at Weis &ology Center

Trisha J.Stornmel '98 of Morrisville, N Y., is a resident hall director for the State University of New York-Morrisville

Jason B. Wittgraf '98 of Iowa City, Iowa, isa stu dent at the University of Iowa College of Law.

Megan Wolgamot '98 of Minneapolis, Minn., isa student and Chemistry teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota

WALLACE '78 LOOKS AT PAST THROUGH POETRY

Steering clear of the more traditional sources for researching history, such as reference books or text books, Anita L. Wallace '78 feels that poetry holds the key to unlock the history of education over the cen turies.

of an cirticle in the winter issue of Minnesota's The Link

"Using poetry and iconography gives you a small but interesting glimpse at how \Vestem educa tional ideals and goals have clianged through the cen turies," Wallace tells The Link. "It lets us see that so many of the ideas we currently are promoting as educational tury.

Wallace earned her master's degree in social and philosophical founda tions from the University of Minnesota last fall. As her graduate project, she cre ated an exhibit and catalog featuring educational themes that appeared in Western poetry from antiq uity through the 19th cen

To accomplish this, Wallace used rare books from Minnesota's special collections to develop a chronology of education from Homeric times through the Renaissance and into the Enlightenment and

Romantic eras. The exhibit, "Gladly wolde he leme and gladly teche," was displayed in a special collections and rare books department of UM' s Wilson Library last Marchand was the feature

innovations aren't necessariiy new ideas at alt."

Trevor J. Durham '98 D1 rham is now funds de ·elop ment coordinator for RotaT)' Gardens inJanesville, Wis.

Mike H. Knaack '76

Anita L. Wallace '78

ROWLEY '84 TAKES VIEWERS OFF THE BEATEN PATH WITH KURTIS PRODUCTIONS

For two-and-a-half years B,idget E Rowley '84 has beenworking for Kurtis Productions as associate pro ducer and still pho tographer on two documentary series: "Investiga tive Reports" and 'The New Explor- Bridget E. Rowley '84 ers," which air on

the A&E Network on cable television.

Originally intrigued by art inadrawing class during her last semester at Ripon, Rowley soondiscovered a passion for creating moving pictures Determined to pursue her dreams, she transferred from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago to Columbia Col lege Film School, working as a waitress to put herself

through their graduate program.

Rather than direct ing narrative scripts, Row ley decided to focus on doc umentary work. "There is so muchdrama

in everyday life, around the world; we don't need to fabricate," she says. "I see documentaries as an avenue to an alternate /Joint of view." Her goal is to give the public "st01ies that take you off the beaten path."

After film school Rowley was accepted at Kurtis Pro ductions. She recently trav eled with the company to Yellowstone National Park to create a documentary

Harold H. Erdman to Myra Middleton Becker '48/'47 Dec. 12, 1997. They live in Milwaukee and Green Lake, Wis.

Ray G. Besing '57 to Heather McEachern, in Rome, Italy, May 12. They live in Santa Fe, N.M.

David C. Van Singcl '64 to Paula Watson, July IO. They live in Long Grove, Ill

Susan Forrest-Lobb '81 to Mike Jeffreys, July 18. They live in Sierra Madre, Calif.

Michael J. Ewens '83 to Ellen Massie, Aug 29. They live in Greenfield, Wis.

Tamarah R. Holtan '90 to Tom Amo[, June 27. Now in Madison, Wis., Tamarah is a French teacher at Verona Area High School.

Daniel G. Tramp£ '90 to Jody Gustafson, June 20. Now in Oshkosh, Wis., Daniel is a certified ath letic trainer and strength conditioning specialise for Ripon Medical Center. Rev David Wheeler '74 performed the ceremony.

Mary A. Lauerman '91 to Mike Barlow, in April. They live in Appleton, Wis.

narrated by well-known television personality Wal ter Cronkite. One of her photos of the park was pub lished last spring in the New York Times. This spring Rowley will produce her own independent documen tary focusing on the excava tion of an 8,000-year-old Neolithic village at Cata! Huyuk in Central Anato lia, Turkey.

Rowley has not only experienced great success professionall)', but has had her share of personal tri umphs as well. Having overcome the obstacles of alcoholism and aneating disorder, she hopes her story will help others also strug gling withaddictions. "Total transformation of one's life is possible," she says.

Maureen Perkins

Rachel Ferrer '91 to Alex Jones, June 19 They live in Greenwich, N Y.

Garrett S. Jensen '91 to Deborah Hague, May 29 They live in River Falls, Wis

Karen J. Schmidt '91 to Eric Keller, July 22 Now in Aurora, Ill., Karen is a bilingual third grade teacher at GatesSchool in East Aurora

Bradley W. Alberts '92 to Kathryn Kittiko, June 28. They live in Irving, Texas.

Dean A. Kowalski to Patti Legawiec '92/'93, in October. They live in Dubuque, Iowa, where Dean is a member of the philosophy department faculty at Clarke College

Naomi E. Robinson '92 to Eric Mechels, Nov 7 Now in Minneapolis, Minn., Naomi is an execu tive trainer at United Health Care Corp

Helen Pelster '93 to Adrian Gilmore, Aug. 1, 1997. Now in Westminster, Colo , Helen is a development engineer forStorageTek in Louisville, Colo., and is working on her master's of computer science.

Mitchell R. Heiser to Stephanie A DiPietro '93/'94, in April. Now in Menomonee Falls, Wis., Mitchell is with HomeSide Lending and

Angela L. Rupnow '94 to Paul Meier, Sept 6 They live in West Milwaukee, Wis

Kelly A. McCandless '95 to Toby Harris, Oct 30.

Now in Chattanooga, Tenn., Kelly is a marketing specialist for Provident Companies

Scott R. Scheferman '95 to Heather, Oct. 18 They live in Laguna Niguel, Calif , where Scott is a regional sales manager for Joe Verde Sales.

Richard W. Johnson to Kolleen J. Hennigan '96/'98, May 23. They live in Manitou Springs, Colo

Deborah J. Shadrick '96 to Scott Marley, July 25. Now in Madison, Wis., Deborah is a child care provider and teacher for Bright Start.

Zachary R. Baitinger '97 to Dmma Tobiassen,

Oct.18. Now in Bowling Green, Ohio, Zachary is a seventh and eighth grade science teacher at Blessed Sacrament School in Toledo.

Ryan A. Gehrke to Andrea M. Walker '97/'98, July 4 They live in Gaithersburg, Md

Ivan K. Kanarek to Lorraine Ward '98/'98, July 18. Now in Greenfield, Wis , Lorraine is a recep tionist at Lurie Companies.

Andrew D. Kohn '98 to Laura Denson, May 30 They Live in Green Lake, Wis.

Jennifer M. Wiltzius '98 to Brain George, Aug. l. They live in Madison, Wis

Stephanie works for Ameritech

Daughter, Abby Lynn, to Thomas M. Vaubel '79 and his wife, Bethann, of Green Lake, Wis , Aug. 13

Son, John Kennedy Rammelt, adopted by Heidi Schwoch '81 and her husband, JeffRammelt, of Watertown, Wis , Aug 5

Daughter, Sarah Beth, to Joel D. Wells '82 and his wife, Kalen, of Frederic, Wis., June 15

Son, Lukas Cole, to Todd D Jaeger '83 and his wife, Kim, of Ixonia, Wis., July 30.

Son, Casey Gregg Westphal, to Gregg D Halvorsen '84 and his wife, Kathy, of Green Bay, Wis., Oct. 3 Gregg is a commercial lender with F&MBankNE

Son, Dylan, to Todd M. Keil '84 and his wife, Mary, of Woodbridge, Va., Dec 24, 1997.

Daughter, Mya Pearl, to Dawn Brown Hoke '86 and her husband, Gerry, of Mattawan, Mich., March 14, 1998.

Son, Ely, to James D. Leslie '86 and his wife, Cindy, of New Hope, Minn , Feb. 27, 1998. James has been teaching mathematics in Minneapolis public schools.

Pam Keeton '81

Takes New Position

Pamela Goodden Keeton'81 recently moved to Houston, Texas, to take on a new positioncoordinator of pub lic information and marketing for the Region IV Education Service Center. The Service Center is a state agency charged with providing training, prod ucts and services to 56 public school districts in the Houston area The program's goal is to improve student achievement. Keeton, who

handles all internal and external com munications and marketing efforts, plans to develop work shops for school

DEVELOPING FREE TRADE RAFAEL CARLES '80

Rafael Carles '80 has helped develop competition and free t.rade in Panama for the past two years. He plans to continue in this role for at least another two as he fulfill, an appointment from the president of Panama.

As commissioner of the Commission for Free Trade and Consumer Affairs, it is Carles' responsibility to pre serve the greater interest of

the consumer in Panama, by "protecting and ensuring the process of free economic competition and free con course," through the eradi cation of monopolistic prac-

tices and other restric tions of mar kets for goods and services. The Commis sion, accord ing to Car les, conducts studies of the market in order to

Rafael Carles '80

detect distortions which can eventually affect con sumers, including reporting the sale or distribution of anything that may repre sent a health risk or danger

to consumers

Carles focuses on education He writes, " our scope is not only to promote competi tion, but also to educate the citizens of Panama that the new rules for sur vival depend on how efficiently we integrate with the rest of

the nations in the process of liberalization of the econ omy, the deregulation of prices and the privatization of state firms."

Keeton

district adminis trators in com munications and public relations

She also serves

on the board of directors for the Texas School Public Relations Asso ciation and is a member of the Hous ton Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

A major in the U.S. Army Reserves, Keeton also serves two mil. ital")' assignments She is a public affairs staff officer in the Office of the Chief of Army Public Affairs and a military academy liaison officer (MALO). As a MALO, she assists students in Houston who are inter ested in applying toWest Point. "Recruiting is very rewarding as I meet the very best student, our schools have to offer," says Keeton. "Now T know why admission officers have so much fun!"

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June 3 Jacqueline isan assistant professor in the chemistry department at DcPauw University.

Son, Matthew Evan, to Craig P. Schaefer '87 and his wife, Liz, of Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., July 9. Craig was promoted to major for the U.S. Army.

Daughter, Martha, to Mike Lahti '88 and his wife, Mia, of South Dartmouth, Mass., Jan. 2, 1998.

Son, Max, to Robert A. Letsch '88 and his wife, Gayle, of Racine, Wis , in May Robert is with Sherwin Williams in South Milwaukee.

Son, Tarik Robert, to Oussaroa and Cheryl Unterweger El-Hilali '89/'91, of Bloomington, Minn., Dec. 7.

Son, DanielJoseph, to Jacqueline Flanigan and Daniel J. Miron '89/'92, of Racine Wis., April 25.

Son, Benjamin Michael, to Michael) and Marcia Blakeley Dusza '90/'93 of Western Springs, lll., Sept. 5

Daughter, Katherine Lauren, to Evelyn Barreto and Dean L. Polster '90/'91 of Milwaukee, Wis., May 26. Dean is a math teacher for Brookfield Academy Evelyn is owner of "Caring Compan ions," a companion/homemaker business providing services to families of Southeastern Wisconsin

Daughter, Danaan Sassandra, co Allison Laverty

Montag '90 and her husband, Mark, of Aurora, Colo., Aug 4

Son, Mehdi, to Redouan El Younsi '90 and his wife, Awatef, ofTetouan, Morocco, Nov 4.

Son, Andrew Michael, to Michael E. Jr. and Kristin Koch Hanscom '91/'92 of Mundelein, Ill , April 26.

Daughter, Miriam Lily, to Mohammed and Lisa McCutchcon Halim '91/'93 of Rosemount, Minn., June 12.

Son, Peter Keaton, to Karen Schmidt-Keller '91 and her husband Eric, of Aurora, Ill., Nov 29.

Son, Cody Christopher Suesser, to Karin Suesser '91 and husband, Joe Hatcher, of Ripon, Wis , Aug l.

Son, Benjamin Scott, to Cheryl Erickson Gahan '92 and her husband, Jeffrey, of Stoughton, Wis., Oct. 10 Cheryl is a client service specialiseand computer technician for Alliant Energy Corp.

Daughter, Elizabeth Ann, to Karen Sullivan Hoch '92 and husband, William, of Ripon, Wis., July 28.

Daughter, Camille Dion Marie, to Renee Metzger Jacobson '92 and her husband, Ron, of Mani towoc, Wis , April 24 Renee is a second grade teacher for the Manitowoc Arca Catholic School System.

Daughter, Morgan, to David J. Metcalf '92 and his wife, Lauren, of Hutchinson, Kan., April 5 David is a doctor of chiropractic, acupuncturist

Daughter, Mackenzie Christine, to Mark G. Mey-

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Daughter, Kirsten Marie, to Barbara Flatt Bay '87 and her husband, Eric, of New Berlin, Wis., Aug 26.

Daughter, Jessica Rae, to Jacqueline Baur Roberts '87 and her husband, David, of Greencastle,

ers '92 and his wife, Kathleen , of Cudahy, Wis., Aug. 24.

Son, Austin John, to John D Gifford '93 and his wife,Julie, of Watertown, Wis., April 19 John is a buyer/planner for Eaton Corp.

Daughter, Anastasia Marie, to Jennifer Kacmar cik Halfpap '96 and husband, Brad, of Pardeeville, Wis , Aug. 14.•

Son, Nicholas David, to Andrew D. Vande Hey '96 and his wife, Maxine, of Little Chute, Wis., March 11, 1998.

OBITUARIES

If )'OU are aware of a Ripon CoUege alumni who has passed away please send that information along with a printed obituary from the paper to the Office of Parent and Alumni Relations, Ripon College, P O. Box 24, Ripon, WI 54971.

George W. Glennie '25 of Penn Valley, Calif., died Dec 11. He wasa retired history and gov ernment teacher for Evanston Township High

LILLY '90 SHARES PASSION FOR READING AS HEAD OF LIBRARY YOUTH SERVICES

JSchool where he was a member of the football and coachingstaffs. Survivors include one son

Marian Millard Sullivan '26 of Sun City, Ariz , died Oct. 22.She was a retired teacher and librar ian for Northville High School in Michigan She was a Parmer in the Legacy, Ripon College's Planned Gift Program Survivors include two sis ters.

Dr. Chauncey C. Hale '28 of Dunedin, Fla., died Nov 14. He was retired from his job at Exxon R&E Corp. He was a Parmer in the Legacy, Ripon College's Planned Gift Program Survivors include his wife, Viola, 700 Mease Plaza, Apt. 417, Dunedin, FL34698, and a daughter.

urges parents to bring children to the library. Lilly also visits area elemen tary schools and conducts "story time" as part of community out reach programs.

As she said in an article in the Centre Daily Times in October, Lilly's position is "a combination of the things I like most reaaing and helping people " She has always preferred children's books to aault ones, because

kids' books "are nicer to look at The nonfiction titles

Retired Col. Neil F. Hein '30 of Chipita Park, Colo , died Jan.5 He was retired from the U.S. Army where he spent 32 years and was a Partner in the Legacy, Ripon College's planned gift pro gram Survivors include one son

Oiven B Iverson '32 of Milwau kee, Wis., died Nov 17. He was a retired general educarion teacher at Milwaukee Area Technical College where he worked for 35 years. He was principal of Arkan saw High School from 1938-41. Survivors include his wife, Mary, San Camillo Ret. Home,#714, 10200 W. Bluemound Rd., Mil waukee, WI 53226, two sons and one daughter.

Alfred R. Myers '34 of Kansasville, Wis., died Oct. 28. He rerired from the data process ing department at Massey Fergu son in 1976. He was a past Master of Racine Masonic Lodge#18 and was a member of the Wisconsin Scottish Rite and was a Shriner. Survivors include his wife, Nora,

24235 Fairway Drive, Kansasville, WI 53139, two sons and two daughters.

Since she was six years old, D.]. Lilly '90 has known she wanted to be a librarian. As the new heaa of youth services for the Centre County Library System in Bellefonte, Pa , Lill)' gets paid to do a job she has loved all her life.

In pursuing her goal to help patrons become more familiar with the library and its services, Lill)' selects books for the chi/.,. dren's and young aault areas, plans reaaing progmms' answers questions about books or computer use and checks out books at the circulation desk.

After graauating from Ripon witha psychology major and English minor, Lilly earned her master's in library science at the University of IIlinois at UrbanaChampaign. Before moving to Pennsylvania, she spent six years as a children's librarian at Rosenberg Library in Galveston, Texas.

Possessing a passion for reaaing from a very early age - she learned to reaa at age three-and-a-half - Lilly now seeks toinstill a similar enthusi, asm in youngsters To start valuable reading habits, she

cut through the posturing and tell you what youneed to know."

Lilly also appreciates kids' innocent ability to make her laugh, "even when I'm having arotten day." Her two main challenges are a lack of time to reach all the children she wants to and the lack of money to enlarge the library's selection. The greatest reward for Lilly comes with pairing readers and reaaing material. "Connecting books and people is a perfect job."

Maureen Perkins

Milo G. Phelps '34 of Windsor, Wis., died Jan 10 He was a retired music director for Green field Public Schools He had also raught music in other schools in Minnesota and Wisconsin and prior to World War II, owned a music store in Duluth, Minn Dur ing the war, he directed Superior's Butler Shipyard Band. In the sum mer of 1996 he took his son's place as guest conductor at a Capitol City Band concert in Rennebohm Park in Madison. He received a standing ovation. Sur vivors include, his wife, Mary,

Youth Services Librarian D. J. Lilly '90 reads a story to children and their parents at the Centre County Library in Bellefonte, Pa Cencre DailyTimes phoro

Rosner '89 Teaches Bio--Psychology

Amy L. Rosner '89 recendy filled a void at Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y. She became assistant professor of psychology specializing in bio-psychologyan area not previ ously represented at the college.

Rosner, who taught "General Psychology" and a sub stance abuse course at Hartwick last fall, teaches "Bio-Psychol ogy," a class which focuses on the biological basis of Amy L. Rosner '89 psychology, this spring. Rosner, who believes the most exciting aspect of her field is its youth, says there is still much to dis cover about the biology of the brain

and how it relates to psychology.

Prior to teaching at Hartwick, Rosner taught atWhitman College in Walla Walla,Wash. She says that

although her graduate professors tried to get her to move into university research, she knew her heart was in teaching. She enjoyed her liberal arts education so much, she says she wanted to be able to give back the gifts she had received.

6655 Highland Drive, Windsor, WI 53598, three sons and two daughters.

Retired Lt Col. Ronald W. Schmidt '34 of Sarona, Wis., died Dec. 22 He was retired from the U S. Army. Survivors include one daughter and one step-daughter.

Ruth Chase Maley '35 of Millington, Tenn., died Nov 5. She was a fonner U.S Navy nurse. She was a member of her church choir and a member of the Order of Eastern Star. She taught children's and adult church school and worked in the United Methodist Women organization. Survivors include three sons, one daughter, two nephews, David D. Chase '58, 1182 McMahon Drive, Sun Prairie, WI 53590, and Theodore W. Chase Jr. '74 and niece, Nancy Chase McMahon '57.

The Rev Harold A Schlink '40 of Princeton, Ill., died June 23. He was a recited minister of the American Baptise Churches He is survived by his wife, Eleanor, 920 South First St., Princeton, IL 61356, a daughter, two stepsons and two step daughters.

Joyce Winans Erdmann '41of Carmichael, Calif., died Dec. 6 She was a homemaker and volunteer in many areas.She received recognition for her 12 years of contributions co the Juvenile Services Council and for service at Juvenile Hall.She was a docent at Crocker Art Museum and was instrumental in the reorganization and

activation of the United Methodist Women at the Fair Oaks United

Methodist Church and the First United Methodist Church of Orangevale. She was also a member of the Air Force Officers' Wives Club. Sur vivors include her husband, Retired Col. Robert E. Erd mann '41, cwosons, one daughter and a brother-in-law, Retired Lt. Col. Orville L. Erdmann '43.

Daniel D. Schultz '41 of Ripon, Wis , died Nov. 27. Daniel spent 13 years at Speed Queen as assis tant purchasing agent and then became a selfemployed manu facturer's agent I-le was a past president of Rotary and served as chair of che Com munity Fund Drive. I-le was a city alder-

man in Ripon for 12 years and a member of the board at Ripon Medical Center for many years.He is survived by his wife, Patricia Thorkelson Schultz '43,508 VanDyke Ave., Ripon, WI 54971, a sister, Lenore Schultz Bainbridge '34, two sons and a daughter

Gwendolyn Healy Baumschild '42 of New Berlin, Wis., died Sept 23 She was a nurse with West Allis Memorial Hospital for 21 years, retiring in 1981. After her retirement she served as a volun teer at the hospital. Her favorite pastime was trav eling in the United States, Canada and Europe with senior groups. Survivors include, twosisters, Eleanor Healy Anderson '48, 3333 Wheelock Drive, Racine, WI 53405, and Helen Healy Edinger '55, cwo sons and twodaughters

Albert S. Brodeur '43 of Paradise Valley, Ariz., died Nov 18. He was d1e retired president of Town and Country Motors and a member of the Tempe Rotary Club. He was a Fanner in the Legacy, Ripon College's planned gift program Survivors include his wife, Barbara, 6031 North 45th Sr., Paradise Valley, AZ85253, and two daughters.

James D. Cowan '43 of Appleton, Wis., died Jan 9. He was a retired psychological consultant. He was a Partner in the Legacy, Ripon College's planned gift program Survivors include one son.

TRICKEY '71 COACHES SON IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Jeff Trickey '71, once a stand out quarterback at Ri/)(m Col lege, is now coaching his son Matt, a standout quarterback at Waukesha West High School in Wisconsin.

Trickey, who has 28 years of football coaching experience, is assistant to the offensive coordi nator of Matt's team. As a junior, Matt was the area's fifth leading passer, completing 96 of 146 passes for I ,310 yards, 13 touchdowns and just twointer ceptions

According toan article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the pair knows what to expect frnm one another. Matt has helped out teaching younger kids at many of his dad's quarterback campsTrickey has run camps throughout the state and around the country for the past 10 years. In general, according to

the Journal Sentinel, the two have enjoyed a season where the

peaks have outnumbered the vai leys. But, it isn't always about football. and Trickey is careftd not to push "A lot of people ask me if my dad makes me watch film and stuff and it's not like that at all," says Matt in the Journal Sentinel.

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"He doesn't pressure me into anything." One thing's for sure. At around 5 feet 8 inches each, father and son

share amutual admiration for each other. ''I've seen him on film," says Mauof his dad. "He was just agood all around athlete He could throw, run I'd like to be like him He did it and he's the same size."

Trickey says he cares more

about how Matt turns out as a person, thana player. "In many respects Matt is a role model for me in that he genuinely cares about other people and his team mates. T'm proud of the person he's become "

Rosemary DuMez Farvour '43 of Ripon, Wis., died Nov 9 Survivors include her husband, Franklin B. Farvour '41, 719 Ransom St., Ripon, WI 54971, one brother, Richard A DuMez '39, cwosons and one daughter.

Melvin R. Sussex '47 of Muscatine, Iowa, died June 24. He was a retired executive director for the Young Men's Christian Association. Survivors include his wife, Ruth, 1000 Sycamore St., Musca tine, IA 52761, a son and a daughter.

Glenn (Snuffy) W Brown '48 of Port Washing ton, Wis., died Oct. 14 He retired in 1998 after 25 yearsas a Spanish teacher for Port Washington High School. While at Port Washington he directed musicals for a number of years and inspired several students to become Spanish teach ers Survivors include his wife, Mary, 209 West

Daniel J. Kosikowski '54 of Sun City West, Ariz., died June 17. He was a retired manufacturing services man ager of Yale Materials Han dling Corp Survivors include his wife, Martha, 14319 W Dusty Trail Blvd., Sun City West, AZ 85375, three sons, three daughters and a brother, Lawrence J. Kosikowski '52

Chandler M. Kraus '54, of Dubuque, Iowa, and Naples, Fla., died Oct. 28. He had retired as general sales man ager of H & W Motor Express Co He is survived by his wife, Marian, of 2295 Coventry

Pierre Lane, Port Washington, Wis 53074, and a son. Square, Apt. 202, Dubuque, IA 52001, twosons and a

Janet Knop McCorison '49 of Worcester, Mass., died Nov. 27 She was a retired executive director for Preservation Worcester, an advocacy organiza tion for the preservation of historically significant structures in Worcester. After retirement she remained active in the organization and for her effort received a 25th anniversary award for per sonal achievement in preservation from the Mass achusem Historical Commission in 1988. She was presented with a letter of commendation from Governor William Weld upon her retirement and theCity of Worcester recognized her services to the city in 1989 and again in 1992. She was a chairman of the City of Worcester Historical Commission, moderator, Central Church of Worcester, and president of its Women's Fellow ship, a director of Massachusetts Preservation Action and of historic Massachusetts, a corporator of the Worcester Counry Institution forSavings and of the Worcester Arc Museum, a member of

theCity of Worcester Elm Park Advisory Com mittee and of the Design Review committee of the Worcester Bio-Med Park, board member of the Worcester YWCA and of ArrsWorcester, vice president of the Worcester YWCA, and commis sioner for City of Worcester's G.A.R. Hall and of the Historical Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Historical Commission. Sur vivors include her husband, Marcus A. McCori son '50, 3601 Knighrsbridgc Close, Worcester, MA 01609, four sons and two daughters.

Margaret Janzen Hall '50 of LaCrescent, Calif., diedJuly 26.She wasa part-time librarian for the city of Glendale. Survivors include her husband, William, 5438 Pine Cone Road, La Crescent, CA 91214, a sonand four daughters.

James E. Maley '50 of)asper, Ga , died Dec 14 He was a retired attorney for the Northern District of Georgia He was a Partner in the Legacy, Ripon College's planned gift program Survivors include his wife, Marianna, 311Starcross Lane,#20198, Jasper, GA 30143.

Retired Col. H. W. Tousley Jr. '51 of Hershey, Pa , died in 1998 He was a retired math and sci ence professor at Lebanon Valley College. Sur vivors include his wife, Marie, 214 Highland Road, Hershey, PA 17033, and two sons

daughter.

Dr. Laird W Heal '55 of Champaign, Ill., died Nov. 21. He was a professor emeritus of special education, social work and psychology at the Univer sity of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Hespe cialized in the interaction of individuals with disabilities and the community as well as quality of life issues for the disabled. Survivors include his wife, Helen, 3202 Lakeshore Drive, Champaign, IL 61821, a sister, Geraldine Heal Collings '57, four sons includ ing, Laird J. Heal '76 and Loren E. Heal '84, two daughters including, Jodi

GossE '91 STEPS VP IN NEW POSITION

A unanimous deci sion by Cedarburg' s Town Board recently pu1ced Scott Gosse '91 inhis new role as townadministrator for one of Wiscon sin's most popular cities.

Well-known for ir.s historic charm, Cedarburg, Wis , is

Town of Menasha

While work ing in Brown Deer, Gosse handled con tracts and personal issues and played a large part in implementinga

located north of Mil waukee Scott Gosse '91 new com puter system

Gosse, who began his post as town administrator last spring, says he faces a new challenge with Cedar burg - his first experience withland use and planning. Cedarburg has a compre hensive I.and use pl.an which was initiated three years ago

Prior to his current post, Gosse served as assistant village manager of Brown Deer,Wis , and intern to the administrator of the

Heal Bloom '78, a stepson and a stepdaughter.

John S Berens '57 of Terre Haute, Ind , died Jan IO He was a retired professor of business and marketing at Indiana State University where he caught from 1964-91. He was a member of the American Marketing Association, a fellow of the Midwest Marketing Association and was a mem ber of and faculty adviser for Delta Sigma Pi, the business professional fraternity. He was a charter member of Wabash Valley Marketing Associa tion of which he served as president in 1985-86 and in 1995 He was author of the book "Con temporary Retailing: Cases from Today's Market Place" in 1977 and 1980 and wasan editor and contributor of three editions of "Reading in Mar keting Channel Structure, Design and Manage ment." He is survived by his wife, LaRue Wald koetter Berens, 61 Antler Drive, Terre Haute, IN 47802 and a brother, Paul R. Berens '63

Russell E. Troudt '57 of Ripon, Wis., died Dec. 25. He was owner and operator of the Horner Insurance Agency, Ripon's oldest insurance firm He was a member of Tuscumbia Country Club and Grace Lutheran Church Survivors include his wife, Addie, 309 Houston St., Ripon, WI 54971, and twosons.

Gary E. McCuen '60 of Hudson, Wis., died Dec 25. He taught in Minnesota before and after

at theVillage Hall

Gosse, who received his bachelor's degree in history and government from Ripon, is currently working toward a master's degree in public administration from the University of Wiscon sinOshkosh. He and his wife, Kelly '94, live in Port Washington, Wis

Kimberli Sulk 'O1 Sulk is a former Ripon student from Laramie, Wyo.

serving in the military After his reaching retire ment he wasowner and operator of Gem Publica tions He took an active role in the publication of numerous works on social justice issues. He is sur vived by his wife, Carol, 411 Mallalieu Drive, Hudson, WI 54016, and two daughters.

Helen Husting Doehling '62 of Ripon, Wis., died Oct 10 She caught for 43 years at Roosevelt Ele mentary School in Ripon and also taught piano for 40 years. She first earned her teaching credentials at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee and updated them at Ripon. She played piano at the Ripon Christian Science Church and was known for her quick wit and an ability to find humor in most everything.

Robert J. Kiesling '66 of Lilburn, Ga., died Sept. 16. He was the regional credit manager for J.M Tull Metals. Survivors include his wife, Mary Kay, 4587 Cedarwood Drive SW, Lilburn, GA 30047, and a son

Marjorie Costello Smith '66 of Madison, Wis., died Jan 5 Shewas an educational assistant at Carl Sandburg Elementary School and worked eight years with the Title I program at Mendota Elementary School. Her talent and dedication to children, combined with a strong background in early literacy, benefited countless Madison area

Kelley '95 Finds Acting

Success in Boston

Augustus W. Kelley '95 has been acting in the Boston area for the past three years, where he has found suc cess in film, television and theatre.

Most recently he has performed in the Boston Theatre Works' produc tion of "Hamlet," as Marcellus, and for Bertolt Bretch's production of "Three Penny Opera." Other appearances include the SpeakEasy Stage Company's production of "Porcel.ain," the St Aire Produc tions' sitcom "The Carrie White

Show;" and the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's "Taming of the Shrew" and "Richard III."

Kelley, who is thinking about applying to Harvard University's graduate school, is taking acting through the university's extension school at the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training.

"Acting satisfies something inside me," says Kelley, "it makes me happy, so I keep doing it. "

children through her caring instruction She was an active member of the St. Benedict's Sunday Assembly. Survivors

include her husband, Bob, 617 Woodward Drive, Madison, Wl 53704, two sons and three daughters

Pamela King Williams '71 of Cummaquid, Ma., and St Maarten, N A., died Jan 6 Co owner of the Harbor Point Restaurant. Prior ro entering the restaurant business, Pamela managed the Head and Foot Shop. She is survived by her husband, William, of P.O. Box 303, Cumrnaquid, MA 02637.

Richard A. Edwards '78 of Jack son, Wis , died Dec. 26. He was

an attorney for 18 years in the West Bend area He was the president of the YMCA of Washington County, a member of the W consin Bar Associa tion, Washington County Bar Association, Youth and Family Project, Kiwanis Early Risers of West Bend and the West Bend County Club. Survivors include, his wife Lynn, 4443 Honcywood Court, Jackson, WI 53037, one son, one daughter, father, Richard L. Edwards '53, brother, Thomas G. Edwards '80, sister, Anne Edwards

SMITH '84 PROVIDES COUNSEL FOR U.S. BANCORP

Christopher J Smith '84 recently joined U.S. Bancorp, based in Minneapolis, as executive vice presi dent and general counsel for institu tional financial services.

In his new post, Smith handles all legal matters relating to the company's asset Christopher J. management and Smith'84 investment advisory

functions. U S Bancorp and its affiliates have $77.5 billion in assets under man agement. The company is the seventh largest bank provider of proprietary mutual funds, which are administered by its First American Asset Manage ment subsidiary.

Haskin '74, and brother-in-law, Bruce G. Haskin '73.

Linda Schwake Serb '80 of Woodridge, Ill , died Nov. 18. Survivors include her husband, Thomas, 2525 West Leland, Chicago, IL 60625, a s ter, andtwosons.

David B. Brittain of Brandon, Wis., died Dec 15 He was a retired professor of biology emeritus at Ripon College. Survivors include hIB wife, Sarah McGowan (librarian and director of libraries emerita at Ripon College), W13679 Liner Rd., Brandon, WI 53919, and daughter Carol A. Brit tain '86.

Dr. Lawrence D. Childs of Bradenton, Fla , died Oct 29 He was an associate professor of mathe matics and engineering at Ripon College from 1932-43 He was a registered professional engineer and was recognized for his research by the State of Michigan Department of Highways and by the Portland Cement Association Research Laborato ries in Skokie, Ill. Survivors include his wife, Mar iana, The Woodlands, #902, 1055 U.S. Highway 301 Blvd. E, Bradenton, FL 34203, and twosons

Priorto coming to U S Ban corp,Smith served as senior vice president and genera!coun, sel for Invest• mentMvis ers in Min neapolis Before that, he was with the Corporau

Finance Practice Group of Dorsey & Whitney in Min, neapolis from 1987-91. Smith, who lives in Orono, Minn., with his wife, Mary, and twochil dren, received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Janet Verte of Oshkosh, Wis , died Sept. 27 She was the widow of the late trustee John L. VetteJr

Thomas W. Zosel P'0l of Hudson, Wis., died Jan 16. He and his wife, Gayle, were the president of the Ripon College Parents' Committee He was the manager of environmental initiatives for 3M's Corporate Environmental Technology and Safety Services organization He was a member on the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee of the Envi ronmental Protection Agency, past chair of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Cemer for Waste Reduction Technologies and Chair of the National Pollution Prevention Center Advi• sory Board He also served on several National Academy of Science Committees and was a fre quent author and speaker on pollution prevention He was part of a U.S rerun that presented a semi• nar on cleaner production in China in November. He was also the president of the Ripon College Parents' Committee. Survivors include his wife, Gayle, 880 Willow Ridge I, Hudson, WI 54016, sister, Dolly Zosel Ledin '79, daughter, Alice L Zosel '01, and one son

The Lae;t W rd Ripon Magazine

Ripon, WI 54971

: sc ;d !f;g t; !n it cultural warfare, moral freefall, whatever. I accept the invitation to take sides and speak out.

For starters, the term "lesbian Christian" is an oxy Reflections on Ripon

Having been involved in a near-fatal accident some weeks ago, I've had time for much reflection as I've been recuperating. (A drunk driver ran a red light and hit me and a friend as we crossed a street in Washing ton, D.C.)

Part of my reflections have been on my years at Ripon and on their shaping influences: intellectual, physical and societal. Certainly, Dr. Crump and Profes sor Barber (math and physics) remain with me today The rigorous and vigorous physical regime of ROTC and track also have remained as an important feature of life; the doctors have expressed amazement that a 75- year-old could sustain an accident of major magnitude and be in reasonably good shape six weeks later. They ascribe a large part of this to being in such good physical shape.

An active engagement with public affairs and educa tion began at Ripon - and especially my desire to become a professor. While being one did not come until later in my life, the aspirations that were instilled at Ripon endured. Even now, as a professor emeritus at George Washington University, I have stayed on a one third time basis in order to be involved (currently I have three Ph.D. students).

Indeed, Ripon provided a wonderful foundation both for my personal and professional development.

William G. Wells Jr. '44 McLean, Va.

Contradictions Noted

I am deeply saddened that Ripon College (Ripon Maga zine summer 1998) has attempted to glorify and pro mote the radical, extremist perverted lifestyle (I call it deathstyle) of my fellow classmate, United Church of Christ lesbian minister Lois Van Leer '78. Far from pro moting politically correct tolerance, the article instead highlighted numerous contradictions in Rev. Van Leer's dual roles as Christian minister and in-your-face mili tant lesbian feminist ("I'm here and I'm queer").

Van Leer and I agree on one point. She referred to Dante's condemnation of "those who, in times of great moral crisis, choose to remain neutral," and she said "speaking out is important." To call this country's cur-

moron. Paul emphatically told the Corinthians that those who engage in homosexual behavior will not inherit the kingdom of God (I Cor. 6:9). An ordained Christian minister should be familiar with other Old and New Testament verses that say virtually the same thing....

Ms. Van Leer lettered in three sports at Ripon. She "faced the fact that she is a lesbian during her sopho more year." Did she inform her teammates? Did she request separate locker room facilities?

The article tells us that after graduating from Ripon, she served one year as a youth minister. This was well before she came out of the closet. The parents of those children had a right to know that their youth minister was a lesbian.

Miss Van Leer admits to lying about her sex life in order to enroll in Yale Divinity School, prompting one to ask: ls it possible to lie about one's sinful behavior in order to serve God?

Rev. Van Leer wanted her long-term relationship with her partner to be acknowledged and affirmed by the community Why should a Christian minister care one bit about what others think of her, as long as she is doing what is pleasing in the eyes of God? How ironic that a woman who chooses to live such a lifestyle would quote Paul: "God is not mocked." Her lesbian marriage makes a mockery of the sacred institution created by God.

Yes, I am a conservative and a Christian, and I was deeply offended when Rev. Van Leer equated the reli gious right with Nazi persecution of Jews in preWorld War II Europe. May I suggest the good reverend study the life and writings of German scholar/theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This hero of the religious right refused to bow down to Nazi neopaganism, thereby ensuring his own execution

The title of the article, "True to Her God, True to Herself," is quite appropriate for a woman who has cre ated a god of her own liking, a god who espouses "peace, love and kumbaya, but let's not be bothered with minor details."

Rev. Van Leer said she derived support and inspira tion from parents, friends, former teachers, her ... part ner, the apostle Paul, even Dante, but not a word about Jesus Christ.

I am guessing that the Ripon College administra-

tion's promotion of the gay/ lesbian agenda through Ripon Magazine is an effort to show prospective students that the college is tolerant, inclusive and culturally diverse. How ever, tolerance of sexual perversion is a radical departure from the Christian principles upon which the College was founded. For that reason, I cannot in good conscience continue to support Ripon College, financially or other wise, in its future endeavors.

Pete Hoffman '78 1978 Special Graduate Trustee Fairhope, Ala.

Less Than Worthy of Four Pages

I received the Ripon Magazine ... and I am expressing my distaste for the story entitled "True To Her God, True To Herself."

I remember Lois Yan Leer and agree that her athletic and likely academic success at Ripon is noteworthy. I found the topic of her lesbian lifestyle to be less than wor thy of four pages. It is intellectuallyshallow to "equate the religious right with what was going on in preworld War II Europe." Regardless of Ms. Van Leer's opinions, this state ment is patently false.

I would take issue with many of Ms. Yan Leer's com ments from a Christian basis however, I realize Ripon Mag azine is not responsible for her beliefs. It appears the Ripon Magazine was used as a vehicle to promote/endorse her gay lifestyle.

It appears this way because of the in-your-face, "I'm here - I'm queer" retaliatory aspect of the article. The con cluding comments, "I live from and in my faith-even, irreverently," is a sad effort to somehow validate the merit of the article.

I know there is better material to highlight in Ripon Magazine than an irreverent minister.

Patrick C. Saunders '76 Fall Creek, Wis.

'My Favorite Alma Mater'

My husband jokes that the list of colleges I didn't attend is shorter than the list of those I did! In truth, there were "only" four undergraduate schools, one of which was in Europe. Ripon was the first and, for many years, I never considered myself an alumna since I attended for only one year. However, it has become clear to me that one does not have to be a graduate of the institution to be part of

the alumni. Over the years, Ripon is the only undergradu ate college that has ever sent me anycorrespondence, including the university I ultimately spent five years at during which I received my degree in art history! It is with my friends from Ripon that I have maintained the most contact, though intermittently, over these many years.

Consequently, and where this communication is head ing, I have finally accepted my status as "alumna " It is with this that [ contribute to my favorite alma mater (after all, how many people can claim such a numerous selection from which to choose?).

As a post-script, I did finally shed the nomadic spirit: I graduated from New York Medical College in 1982, hav ing attended only the one post-graduate institution! I spent four years in specialty training at the Mayo Clinic and still live in Rochester, Minn., now practicing internal medicine at a smaller multi-specialty group practice.

Dr. Beth Kalman Karon '74 Rochester, Minn.

Editor's Note: Yes, any student who has attended for at least two semesters is considered an alumnus/na of the College. Like Dr. Karon, there are many Ripon alumni who, despite not completing a degree here, consider themselves alumni of the institution.

Challenging the Class of 1949

I thoroughly appreciate the effort and quality of your product, the RiponMagazine

Fifty years ago, when we graduated, we were the largest graduating class in the history of Ripon (146) up to that time.

We now will set a record for returning golden anniver sary graduates but let's establish one that will prevail for years!

We look forward to seeing you.

Walt "Jibo" and Jackie Gilbert Wittman '49/'49 Bradenton, Fla.

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